Nephilim Death Squad - The Prophecy of Enoch ｜ Straight Bible

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00:00:30.000 Jude 1, 14 and 15,

00:00:32.920 And Enoch, also the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these.

00:00:37.740 So Enoch prophesied.

00:00:40.440 What did he prophesy about?

00:00:41.760 He prophesied of these.

00:00:44.300 Who's the these, right?

00:00:45.600 Remember the context of Jude?

00:00:47.680 Who's the writer and who's he writing to?

00:00:49.420 You've got to always understand that.

00:00:51.320 In these books, Jude is writing to the church

00:00:54.480 and saying in verse 3,

00:00:56.500 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you

00:00:58.600 the common salvation,

00:01:00.300 I'm just going to write about common salvation,

00:01:02.080 then I had to change and I had to write unto you

00:01:04.640 and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith.

00:01:08.200 The people who were already in faith,

00:01:10.900 he was saying, I had to write to you

00:01:12.380 that you would earnestly contend for the faith,

00:01:15.080 which was once delivered unto the saints

00:01:17.120 because, verse 4,

00:01:18.900 there are certain men crept in unaware

00:01:20.800 who were before of old ordained to this condemnation,

00:01:24.560 ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness.

00:01:27.600 So now here we are in verse 14.

00:01:30.080 These are the these that are spoken of by Enoch.

00:01:32.660 Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these.

00:01:36.400 Look at verse 8.

00:01:37.260 Who are these?

00:01:37.840 These filthy dreamers.

00:01:39.940 Verse 10.

00:01:40.520 But these speak evil of those things which they know not,

00:01:43.220 but what they know naturally as brute beasts.

00:01:45.220 In those things, they corrupt themselves.

00:01:47.700 Verse 12.

00:01:48.980 These are spots in your feasts of charity.

00:01:51.000 So we're all on the same page of who's being spoken of.

00:01:53.060 There are fakers in the church that are taking people astray,

00:01:56.680 turning the grace of God into lasciviousness.

00:01:58.640 And because of that, people have to earnestly contend for the faith

00:02:02.200 because there's fakers in the church.

00:02:04.340 So we're back to 14.

00:02:05.700 We're going to focus on 14 and 15.

00:02:07.300 This dude, Enoch.

00:02:09.040 Not a lot in the Bible about Enoch.

00:02:11.080 You're going to see that.

00:02:12.220 But the little bit that there is, it's profound.

00:02:14.540 And Enoch, also the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, 0.78

00:02:20.040 saying, Behold, the Lord comes with 10,000 of his saints

00:02:22.480 to execute judgment upon all

00:02:24.740 and to convince all that are ungodly among them

00:02:27.200 of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed

00:02:30.160 and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

00:02:34.900 Remember the context.

00:02:36.620 In verse 4, it was ungodly crept in.

00:02:39.100 In verse 15, it's ungodly among them.

00:02:42.280 We're all good.

00:02:45.240 This is all about in the church.

00:02:48.920 Ungodly in the church, right?

00:02:50.400 If you missed that context, you missed everything in the book of Jude.

00:02:53.680 Again, we talk about, like, it's very rare to hear a sermon on Jude in the church.

00:02:58.800 Maybe this is why.

00:02:59.820 Maybe we should have more transparency and have these sermons out of Jude

00:03:02.740 to kind of explain this stuff to the people.

00:03:05.540 But here we go on 14.

00:03:07.520 Enoch, also the seventh from Adam.

00:03:09.400 So we don't have a lot about Enoch,

00:03:10.700 so we have to pull out a lot about the little bit that we got.

00:03:13.880 So Enoch is the seventh from Adam.

00:03:17.520 You can see that in Genesis 5.

00:03:19.280 I think it's Genesis 5 starting in 1.

00:03:21.020 It lays out the whole lineage through Seth, right?

00:03:24.260 But that's the Enoch we're talking about.

00:03:26.400 Enoch, the seventh from Adam.

00:03:28.240 And it's actually kind of intriguing.

00:03:31.340 Chuck from Guam got us this book.

00:03:33.620 It opens up like a—

00:03:35.220 Did you see the big green book we got from Chuck?

00:03:37.300 Yeah, yeah.

00:03:37.840 It opens up like an accordion, and it tells, like, the whole timeline of life.

00:03:42.360 And if you want it, the shrug.

00:03:45.640 And it shows, like, not just the church, but even the natural realm.

00:03:51.220 It shows all these timelines.

00:03:52.240 Well, in the timeline with Adam, it shows Adam, Seth,

00:03:57.520 and it goes straight through all the way to Enoch.

00:03:59.000 Enoch, it shows the timeline.

00:04:00.900 Bro, the timeline with Adam and Enoch overlap.

00:04:07.220 They overlap, bro.

00:04:08.380 So I'm like, I don't know.

00:04:11.140 I like to think about, did Enoch go to Adam?

00:04:14.800 Was he like, dude, what was he like?

00:04:18.860 You know what I'm saying?

00:04:19.720 And then Adam was like, he probably got that question a lot

00:04:21.720 by the time it came down to, like, his seventh descendant.

00:04:24.220 He's like, oh, yeah, man, it was good.

00:04:25.600 You know, and then Enoch's like, no, no, Adam.

00:04:27.680 Adam, like, what was he like?

00:04:29.640 You know what I'm saying?

00:04:30.740 And then Adam realizes Enoch's the real deal, right?

00:04:33.360 He says, Enoch, like, you don't understand, dude.

00:04:36.040 It was like, it was crazy before the fall, man.

00:04:39.520 Like, it was crazy.

00:04:40.980 Like, me and Eve, like, we operated in other dimensions.

00:04:44.340 Like, now we're stuck in the three dimensions.

00:04:46.300 Like, fourth, if you count time.

00:04:47.620 Like, we're just stuck in these dimensions right now.

00:04:50.400 But Enoch, like, I can't even explain what used to happen.

00:04:53.780 Like, before the fall, like, I can try to put in words for you.

00:04:56.560 But, like, I can't even go there, bro.

00:04:58.200 Like, we fell so far from what we had.

00:05:00.940 And, like, you know, now we're, like, stuck in these skin suits and stuff. 0.62

00:05:04.500 It's just, it's very different.

00:05:05.700 It's very different, man.

00:05:06.520 I can't even explain anything.

00:05:08.340 You know, and then Enoch, I could just see Enoch just being like, no, no.

00:05:10.200 But, like, what was he like?

00:05:11.460 Like, Adam, you were talking face-to-face with him, right?

00:05:13.640 He's like, yeah, Enoch, we could move at the speed of thought.

00:05:16.080 Like, right now, y'all only use, like, 10% of your brain.

00:05:18.640 We used to use 100% of our brain.

00:05:20.880 Like, there was so much we could do, man.

00:05:22.800 And then Enoch's just like, yeah, yeah, but what was he like?

00:05:24.800 Like, what was it like?

00:05:25.620 Like, you were interacting face-to-face with him.

00:05:28.000 Like, what was it?

00:05:28.800 You know, and then I could see Adam being like, dude, I used to play catch with him.

00:05:31.780 Like, I used to play catch, man.

00:05:33.600 He taught me how to ride a bike.

00:05:34.680 Like, I don't know.

00:05:35.340 I don't know exactly, like, what the stuff was back then.

00:05:37.560 But it was, like, that type of stuff.

00:05:38.960 And Adam's, like, talking to Enoch.

00:05:40.820 And Enoch's like, no, dude.

00:05:42.200 Like, I have to know this.

00:05:43.700 I have to know this one.

00:05:44.960 I have to know God.

00:05:45.800 I was like his dad.

00:05:46.980 Yeah, man.

00:05:48.100 But it's just wild to think about.

00:05:49.620 Like, Enoch is this very different dude in the day that he lived in.

00:05:53.020 So it's very intriguing to just kind of think about, like, what made him like that?

00:05:56.020 Like, did he go talk to Adam?

00:05:57.340 I don't know.

00:05:57.880 But I like to daydream about that stuff.

00:05:59.600 You know what I'm saying?

00:05:59.860 I'm not starting a new denomination based on that.

00:06:02.080 I'm just saying, like, I think we should think about these things, man.

00:06:06.820 Okay.

00:06:07.280 So we're going to get into the life of Enoch, right?

00:06:09.620 We have to start in Hebrews 11, just like we did last week.

00:06:15.500 We're getting into Cain and Abel.

00:06:17.440 So we did Hebrews 11, 1 through 4.

00:06:20.100 Well, the life of Enoch, like I said, there's not a ton about Enoch in the Bible, man.

00:06:24.160 So you've got to pull out what you can from each of these passages.

00:06:27.980 So remember last week we talked about Hebrews 11, 1.

00:06:31.640 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

00:06:37.160 Right?

00:06:37.580 We talked about that last week.

00:06:38.900 Like, so faith is evidence, right?

00:06:42.080 We're not just Christians because our parents were Christians and our grandparents were Christians.

00:06:46.020 Like, that's not what we're doing.

00:06:48.780 Like, we have evidence.

00:06:50.520 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

00:06:54.660 Right?

00:06:55.400 We already went over that last week, so we're not going to deep dive into that.

00:06:58.300 But let's just read it in order.

00:06:59.720 If we jump from 1 straight to verse 5.

00:07:02.140 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

00:07:05.860 By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found because God had translated him.

00:07:12.400 For before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

00:07:16.420 But without faith it is impossible to please him.

00:07:19.000 For he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

00:07:25.000 So right at the jump we've got to deal with this thing by faith.

00:07:30.440 By faith Enoch was translated.

00:07:32.360 So faith makes stuff happen.

00:07:34.120 This wasn't random.

00:07:36.100 Faith makes stuff happen.

00:07:37.860 This wasn't just some random turn of events, and God was like, oh, I'll just grab Enoch, man.

00:07:41.920 I'll pick him.

00:07:42.540 I'll choose him.

00:07:43.160 I'll take him.

00:07:44.120 By faith Enoch was translated.

00:07:45.900 It's not random.

00:07:46.860 And faith makes things happen.

00:07:48.760 Like, we have to be aware of that.

00:07:52.440 This is an intriguing thing, too.

00:07:53.900 It says that by faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found.

00:08:01.160 Like Moses.

00:08:02.160 Sorry.

00:08:03.700 Yeah, I'm just saying, like, imagine if there was a dude today who's, like, famous, and just maybe the dude Elon.

00:08:09.780 They're like, yeah, we can't find him.

00:08:11.900 And they're like, okay, well, where is he?

00:08:13.160 They're like, well, I don't know.

00:08:14.100 Like, his family doesn't know where he's at.

00:08:15.460 Like, nobody can find him.

00:08:16.940 Like, okay, where's his body?

00:08:18.100 Did somebody kill him?

00:08:19.060 Like, no, we just, nobody can find him.

00:08:22.340 Like, imagine in that day, just Enoch just wasn't found.

00:08:25.660 Like, they just had to put pieces together, and somehow they figured out, like, God took him.

00:08:30.560 That's kind of crazy, right?

00:08:32.260 Yeah, it's wild.

00:08:33.980 But this is the word of God, dude.

00:08:35.580 Like, what we believe is wild stuff.

00:08:38.620 All right.

00:08:40.360 The big thing I want to get into right here in verse 6,

00:08:42.780 but without faith, it is impossible to please God.

00:08:45.680 That's a wild statement.

00:08:49.020 Because at the end of verse 5, it says that Enoch pleased God.

00:08:51.860 I think that's a good life goal.

00:08:53.260 I think people were like, they think about, like, life goals, and like, I want my 401k to have this many commas and zeros,

00:08:58.400 and I want to have, like, this many pieces of real estate, or I want to have, like, this much stuff and this many things.

00:09:03.080 Like, I think it's a good life goal to please God.

00:09:06.220 Like, that's his testimony.

00:09:07.340 His testimony was that he pleased God.

00:09:10.000 But verse 6 is like, this is like a life verse, dude.

00:09:13.060 You could live your life on this verse, man.

00:09:15.240 Without faith, it's impossible to please God.

00:09:18.380 For he that comes to God must believe that he is, that he is God.

00:09:22.600 And then this is like a staggering statement.

00:09:24.320 And you have to believe that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

00:09:30.940 So this is, so first off, you have to believe that he's a rewarder.

00:09:35.740 Do people understand that, that God's a rewarder?

00:09:40.960 Without faith, it's impossible to please God.

00:09:43.140 For he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder.

00:09:46.600 So we, so we got to believe that, like, and you do need to think about, like, what reward are you seeking today?

00:09:53.920 I think, I think we need to, like, understand that, know ourselves enough to say, like, what exactly is the reward I'm seeking today?

00:09:59.840 Because I think it's common in America to, like, be seeking the American dream, be seeking money, which doesn't mean we're all bad people.

00:10:06.560 It's just, that's the culture we're born into.

00:10:08.680 I mean, we are all technically bad people until we're saved by grace through faith.

00:10:12.140 But nevertheless, you're, like, going after these rewards, and I think we need to be mindful of what is the reward that we're going after, and how are we going after it?

00:10:23.160 So God's a rewarder, and who's a rewarder of those?

00:10:27.980 Those that diligently seek reward?

00:10:30.760 No.

00:10:31.520 Who?

00:10:32.220 Those that diligently seek him.

00:10:34.260 Boom.

00:10:35.120 Boom.

00:10:35.540 So this is where, like, the so-called prosperity gospel goes astray, right?

00:10:39.160 Because it's, like, seeking prosperity, seeking reward.

00:10:43.020 Like, that's not the game.

00:10:44.400 The game is he's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him, not his benefits.

00:10:49.240 Not his benefits.

00:10:50.740 It's, like, people struggle with that.

00:10:52.040 Like, do you really want God, or do you just want the benefits that come from God?

00:10:56.260 Let's look at Matthew 6, 5, and 6.

00:11:00.040 I'll get there quick.

00:11:01.260 And then I think we're in Matthew 7 right after that, so we'll be close.

00:11:04.140 And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites.

00:11:12.340 Remember, we've talked about this before.

00:11:13.600 Jesus has no problem with, like, name-calling.

00:11:15.860 Like, when people get offended today, he's not worried if he offends you.

00:11:18.480 Which is a big deal, dude, because people are, like, what Jesus is doing is he's saying you've got a rattlesnake in your backpack.

00:11:26.820 People are, like, I don't want to know about the rattlesnake in my backpack.

00:11:29.280 I just want to reach in there and grab my Lunchables and my little food and my little snacks and my little animal crackers.

00:11:35.200 Don't tell me that there's a rattlesnake in my backpack.

00:11:37.620 God doesn't care if it offends you.

00:11:39.120 He's going to tell you you've got a rattlesnake in your backpack.

00:11:41.820 And if you're offended by that, then good luck with everything.

00:11:43.940 And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corner of the streets that they may be seen of men.

00:11:52.920 We're going to get into this.

00:11:54.060 Actually, next week's going to get heavy into this, like, desiring the appraisal of man, which this system today is very much built on that.

00:12:02.320 Like, how many views do you get?

00:12:03.720 How many of the likes do you get?

00:12:05.100 How many of the tweets do you get?

00:12:06.760 80,000.

00:12:07.580 Yeah, our whole system is based on, like, this big thing of, like, liking.

00:12:13.520 Like, I remember when the Instagram first came out and it was, like, the likes.

00:12:17.780 It's just I just come from a place of, like, who cares if people likes it or not?

00:12:21.240 Like, what does this mean?

00:12:21.960 Like, the whole context is, like, you post a thing and then people say if they likes it or not.

00:12:27.680 Like, think about what that's building in our society, that you're trying to do a thing to get humans to likes it.

00:12:33.660 Like, that's just so strange.

00:12:35.140 It's so strange to me.

00:12:37.240 And it's in contrast to the word of God, right?

00:12:40.080 We've got to be careful that we're not doing stuff for the reaction of man.

00:12:43.600 But here's what Jesus says, man.

00:12:45.180 He says, they love praying in front of everybody that they may be seen of men.

00:12:51.320 Watch what he says.

00:12:52.000 He doesn't say they don't get a reward.

00:12:53.400 He says, verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

00:12:56.500 Their reward is that they have big shots, man.

00:12:59.100 Society thinks they're big shots.

00:13:01.060 He says, yeah, no problem.

00:13:01.960 That's what you want.

00:13:02.680 You want the praise of man?

00:13:03.620 You got it.

00:13:04.160 That's your reward.

00:13:05.780 You won't have any reward in the eternal realm, but you get your reward on the earth.

00:13:08.820 People think you're a big shot.

00:13:10.080 Good job.

00:13:11.240 But you, when you pray, enter into your closet.

00:13:13.440 And when you shut the door, pray to your father, which is in secret.

00:13:17.100 And your father, which sees in secret, shall reward thee openly.

00:13:21.620 I mean, this is a big thing, dude.

00:13:23.300 Doing stuff in secret, doing stuff, seeking God, where it's just you and him.

00:13:27.560 That's a big deal.

00:13:29.260 That's a big deal.

00:13:30.660 All right, let's look at Matthew 7, starting in verse 7.

00:13:39.640 Ask, and it shall be given to you.

00:13:42.660 Seek, and ye shall find.

00:13:44.760 Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

00:13:46.860 That's heavy, man.

00:13:48.320 I just want to say this.

00:13:49.720 Like, the nature of the kingdom of God is, like, it's very intentional.

00:13:55.020 It's very exploratory, if that's a word.

00:13:57.820 Exploratory.

00:13:58.260 Yeah, it's like you're very much into exploring.

00:14:00.540 You're curious.

00:14:01.300 You're going with, like, the scripture talks about having, like, a childlike nature.

00:14:04.400 Except you become converted and become as little children.

00:14:08.380 You shall not enter into the kingdom of God.

00:14:11.240 You shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven, I think it says in Matthew 18.

00:14:15.020 Like, you've got to keep this childlike nature and this curiosity and, like, going, asking, seeking, knocking.

00:14:20.140 Remember how curious you were when you were a kid?

00:14:22.060 And, like, everything around every corner was cool?

00:14:24.580 You have to keep that.

00:14:25.660 You cannot let the monotony of life just take you down to where you're just, like, go to the job.

00:14:30.160 Punch in.

00:14:30.960 Punch out.

00:14:32.060 Mow the lawn.

00:14:32.940 Wash the car.

00:14:33.860 Do the American thing.

00:14:35.160 Play on the phone.

00:14:36.160 Do the stuff.

00:14:36.680 Like, you can't do that.

00:14:37.480 You can't let it drag you down like that.

00:14:39.180 You have to keep, like, that childlike nature.

00:14:41.660 You're very intentional.

00:14:42.800 You're exploring.

00:14:43.800 You have a sense of adventure.

00:14:44.980 You can't lose your sense of adventure.

00:14:46.400 That's a major theme of the Bible.

00:14:47.700 You have to keep a sense of adventure.

00:14:49.380 And when you go into the Scripture, that's what you're doing, man.

00:14:52.100 You're exploring, like, a treasure hunter that goes into jungles and stuff.

00:14:55.780 You're doing that, but you're doing it in the Word of God.

00:14:58.340 Like, you're doing that.

00:15:00.500 So ask, seek, and knock.

00:15:03.480 Right?

00:15:03.900 These can't be done in fear.

00:15:05.140 These are all things that have to be done in faith.

00:15:07.140 Nobody's doing these things, and they're afraid of life, right?

00:15:10.240 Ask, and it shall be given you.

00:15:11.640 Seek, and you shall find.

00:15:12.900 Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

00:15:14.560 Because everyone that asks, this is it.

00:15:17.380 Remember, he's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

00:15:20.880 Right?

00:15:21.420 And now God's telling you, ask, seek, and knock.

00:15:23.880 Why?

00:15:24.180 Because everyone that asks, receives.

00:15:26.620 Like, the ball's in your court.

00:15:28.320 He that seeks, finds.

00:15:30.660 That's what we're saying in Hebrews, man.

00:15:32.780 He's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

00:15:35.160 And now here's Jesus saying, he that seeks, he will find.

00:15:38.520 And to him that knocks, it shall be opened.

00:15:40.640 What man is there of you, if his son asks for bread, will he give him a stone?

00:15:46.280 Or if he asks a fish, will he give him a serpent?

00:15:48.220 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your father, which is in heaven, give good things to them than ask him?

00:15:56.300 God's saying, like, I'm just like your dad, but better.

00:16:01.320 Like, you're asking me for stuff.

00:16:03.340 Yeah, I want to give it to you.

00:16:04.660 Like, I want to give it to you.

00:16:06.620 Therefore, all things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do even to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

00:16:11.800 He's really saying, like, this is the nature of God.

00:16:13.640 He's like that.

00:16:14.660 Treat other people the way you want to be treated.

00:16:16.520 Enter in at the straight gate, because wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leads to destruction.

00:16:24.000 And many there be which go in there at.

00:16:27.540 Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way which leads into life, and few there be that find it.

00:16:34.720 Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way.

00:16:37.200 Remember Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life?

00:16:40.000 That's John 14, 6.

00:16:43.480 Jesus is the way.

00:16:44.840 There is no other way to the Father.

00:16:46.880 Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads into life, and few there be that find it.

00:16:52.940 So if we want to be on the way, we want to be with Jesus.

00:16:56.220 Jesus is the way.

00:16:57.720 Right?

00:16:57.960 This is tying into God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

00:17:03.300 He is the way.

00:17:05.140 He's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him, not his benefits.

00:17:08.360 A lot of people can get caught up in, like, being a Christian for the benefits, but not necessarily, like, seeking God.

00:17:14.780 Right?

00:17:14.980 All right, let's get into this seeking God concept, right?

00:17:20.480 Isaiah 45, 15 says, you are a God that hides yourself.

00:17:26.320 You are a God that hides yourself.

00:17:36.580 So this is this wild thing.

00:17:41.820 We got to unpack this a little bit.

00:17:43.180 It's like he's leaving breadcrumbs.

00:17:45.460 Right?

00:17:45.880 He's not just hiding, like, for the sake of hiding.

00:17:51.260 He's, like, leaving breadcrumbs.

00:17:53.000 Let's look at John 12, 35, and 36.

00:17:56.300 I just want to show you, like, this is kind of the nature of Jesus.

00:18:00.660 Then Jesus said unto them, yet a little while is the light with you.

00:18:07.360 Walk while you have the light.

00:18:08.800 I want to pause on walk just for one second because we're going to talk about in a little bit how Enoch walked with God.

00:18:14.600 So just keep that in your back pocket.

00:18:16.860 Walk, right?

00:18:18.380 Walk while you have the light.

00:18:20.320 Less darkness come upon you.

00:18:22.160 For he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

00:18:25.740 You want me to keep reading?

00:18:30.340 Oh, yeah, I'll keep going.

00:18:32.880 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of the light.

00:18:37.000 This is, again, that theme of children.

00:18:39.280 These things spake Jesus and departed and did hide himself from them. 0.92

00:18:43.300 Did hide himself.

00:18:44.420 You see what I'm saying?

00:18:45.460 Like, this is the nature of God.

00:18:47.040 I'm going to try to explain this in a way that's going to be a little weird, but I'm going to do it anyway.

00:18:51.360 The nature of your relationship with God is like this, man.

00:18:54.260 I remember it, like, it's kind of wild because as I was getting ready to do this, I was finding all these passages that were so big to me, like, when I first got converted.

00:19:03.320 This whole topic was very big to me in the beginning, and it still is this huge thing, but I just haven't thought about it for a while.

00:19:09.420 And I remember, like, sitting there and thinking, like, what is this thing going on with me and God right now?

00:19:13.760 Like, this is crazy how all this is happening, and it wasn't really coming through people.

00:19:17.360 It was just kind of coming between me and God.

00:19:19.320 And I started to understand our relationship.

00:19:21.300 Like, I was in a burning building, and I was in, like, the bottom of the basement in the farthest corner of the basement from the exits in a burning building.

00:19:29.320 I was, like, dying, and smoke was just coming, and I was getting ready to take my last breath.

00:19:35.460 This is really just how I was, like, seeing this in my mind, right?

00:19:37.860 And then Jesus just scoops me up, dude, like, right before I take my last breath and go, okay, I guess this is it, right?

00:19:43.100 He scoops me up, throws me over his shoulder, like, gets me outside, and it's nighttime when I'm seeing this.

00:19:49.000 It's, like, nighttime, right?

00:19:49.980 And he, like, sets me down in the grass against this house, like, against this building, and he's, like, you good?

00:19:54.920 You good?

00:19:55.780 Like, gives me water.

00:19:57.040 Like, I remember it vividly, man.

00:19:58.360 You good?

00:19:59.540 You need a little water?

00:20:00.560 I'm, like, yeah, I'm good, man.

00:20:04.140 I'm good.

00:20:04.840 Everything's good, right?

00:20:06.180 And then he, like, walks away, and then I'm just trying to, like, come to terms with what just happened, so I get up to, like, go after him, and it's, like, this scene where, like, right where the last corner where I saw him turn, like, I get to that corner, like, he's already gone.

00:20:19.960 I get to that corner just in time to turn and look, and he's at the next corner turning, and then I'm running to the next corner to, like, see him.

00:20:25.940 I get there just in time to see him turn the next corner, and this just went on for a while, and I noticed, like, this is really the relationship with us in Christ, man.

00:20:34.100 In the beginning, he chases you.

00:20:36.120 It's like a game of tag.

00:20:37.220 You know in tag?

00:20:37.880 Like, you run, and you got to tag the guy, but then you got to get away.

00:20:40.760 He does that, dude.

00:20:41.760 Like, you can't help yourself.

00:20:43.040 You can't bring yourself to life.

00:20:44.720 Like, he has to bring you to life.

00:20:47.260 He has to come to you.

00:20:48.200 He has to bring you to life.

00:20:49.200 I remember I used to have crazy dreams before I got converted, too, man.

00:20:52.080 I was always in chase dreams, dude.

00:20:54.300 I'm remembering all this just from getting ready for this, dude.

00:20:57.080 I used to have the craziest chase dreams.

00:20:58.880 I'd be chased in jungles.

00:21:00.360 I would be chased in, like, cities, like, where you're jumping from, like, buildings.

00:21:04.100 And trying to go down staircases and stuff, and you're just frantically, like, stressful dreams.

00:21:08.620 Especially when I was coming off Oxys, I'd have the craziest poison dreams, too, where I would just be so stressed and wake up in, like, hot sweats and cold sweats and stuff.

00:21:15.960 But I'm, like, always being chased in these dreams, in, like, in boats, in airplanes, in cars.

00:21:22.460 I had so many crazy chase dreams, and then I quit getting them when I got converted, man.

00:21:26.760 Like, the Lord will chase you down and save you, but the second he gets you, it's on you now.

00:21:31.580 It's on you now.

00:21:33.120 You're never going to not be dependent on him.

00:21:34.980 Don't get me wrong.

00:21:36.220 But now it's your job to go after him.

00:21:38.960 Like, tag.

00:21:39.700 And I hope that helps people.

00:21:41.040 I think maybe some people, that will make sense.

00:21:43.940 They'll start to understand as they look at their life.

00:21:45.760 They'll go, dang, man.

00:21:46.680 Like, he did come after me like that.

00:21:48.960 Like, God really did, like, have this whole turn of events to, like, get me, to get a hold of me.

00:21:53.840 But, like, once he does, now it's on you, man.

00:21:56.200 Like, now the ball's in your court.

00:21:57.840 Like, you got to go after him now.

00:21:59.360 And that's what this is teaching.

00:22:01.460 God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

00:22:04.220 So you stopped having dreams once you started getting really serious?

00:22:10.320 No, no.

00:22:10.720 Not dreams.

00:22:11.420 Those dreams.

00:22:12.100 The chase dreams.

00:22:13.100 Gotcha.

00:22:13.480 No, then they just went into other topics.

00:22:15.120 But, like, at that time, it was heavy on the chase dreams.

00:22:18.660 There was a lot of other, like, I used to have the craziest poison dreams coming off of Oxys. 1.00

00:22:22.840 But those I would have even when I was sober or whatever.

00:22:25.900 I just always had these chase dreams.

00:22:27.680 Like, super stressed.

00:22:28.820 Just running and running and running.

00:22:30.960 And then it was one day, like, years later, I was like, I'm not having those dreams anymore.

00:22:35.340 I was like, what changed?

00:22:36.600 And I was like, oh.

00:22:39.120 Oh, that's what changed.

00:22:41.000 You know, in the dream, I felt like it was, like, this bad thing chasing me.

00:22:44.020 Because we're enemies of God before we're converted. 0.51

00:22:46.740 So it is, dude.

00:22:47.540 It's like, you're, like, running and this is your enemy.

00:22:50.360 You're, like, terrified and you're trying to get away.

00:22:52.560 And then you realize one day, like, oh, no.

00:22:54.200 He was the good guy all along.

00:22:56.220 You know what I'm saying?

00:22:57.360 That might be kind of, like, foolish or whatever for people.

00:22:59.740 But it might make sense to some people.

00:23:01.480 Like, if one or two is like, yeah.

00:23:03.620 No, that's, yeah.

00:23:04.700 I understand that.

00:23:05.540 That is what happened in my life.

00:23:06.680 Then hopefully that helps them.

00:23:08.520 But there's, like, this playful nature of God, dude.

00:23:10.840 But there's, like, this, it's like Tag.

00:23:15.460 It's like Tag, man. 0.65

00:23:16.620 He's got this playful nature.

00:23:18.180 And he hides himself.

00:23:19.520 Look at Proverbs 25, 2.

00:23:21.640 Look at Proverbs 25, 2.

00:23:24.400 This is all stuff I loved when I first got converted.

00:23:27.320 I forgot about some of these passages.

00:23:29.060 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.

00:23:31.160 But the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

00:23:34.220 So it's like hide and seek.

00:23:35.840 He's not hiding it from you.

00:23:37.360 He's hiding things for you.

00:23:39.520 He's just saying, that's how we're going to do this.

00:23:41.480 I'm not just going to spoon feed you everything in your life.

00:23:44.940 He's not doing that.

00:23:45.960 He's saying, I'm going to hide things.

00:23:48.500 And you need to put some effort in here.

00:23:50.040 Like, you need to come find this stuff.

00:23:51.700 I'm going to hide it for you.

00:23:52.980 I'm going to create a path for you.

00:23:54.180 I'm going to leave you breadcrumbs.

00:23:56.660 But you've got to go find it.

00:23:59.040 It's the glory of God to conceal a thing.

00:24:01.340 But the honor of kings is to search out a matter.

00:24:04.920 I like that, man.

00:24:05.740 He wants to see some effort.

00:24:06.900 All right, Deuteronomy 29, 29.

00:24:08.640 Again, these are all passages I loved, like when I first got converted.

00:24:12.600 And I still love them now.

00:24:13.840 It's just I haven't thought about them for a while.

00:24:17.160 Deuteronomy 29, 29 says,

00:24:18.660 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God,

00:24:21.200 but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever,

00:24:25.540 that we may do all the words of this law.

00:24:29.140 That we may do all the words of what God has given us,

00:24:32.220 what God has taught us through the Scripture, through everything.

00:24:34.640 Not necessarily like the law of Moses, although that's the context here,

00:24:38.540 but the completeness of God, that we may obey him.

00:24:41.580 Do you see what I'm saying?

00:24:42.460 The secret things, so God's got some secret things, right?

00:24:47.340 God's got some secret things.

00:24:48.900 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God.

00:24:50.920 There's some stuff he's not going to tell us, dude.

00:24:52.500 Like, for me personally, I think it's like end time stuff, if you will, right?

00:25:00.020 Like, I know there's a lot of dudes today.

00:25:03.000 They have the charts and the graphs,

00:25:04.500 and they can tell you exactly how everything unfolds, like in the end,

00:25:09.140 exactly how like Jesus' second coming, they lay it out like line by line.

00:25:13.580 This is exactly what happens.

00:25:14.820 I don't know.

00:25:15.360 I don't know, man, because at his first coming, nobody knew what was going on.

00:25:17.880 Nobody at the first coming was like, okay, born of Mary, she's a virgin, 0.68

00:25:22.000 comes into town on a donkey, doing all the miracles, hung on a cross, crucifixion.

00:25:27.920 Yeah, check, check, check.

00:25:29.040 Yep, that's the Messiah.

00:25:30.040 I don't think anybody was like that.

00:25:31.660 I think people were incredibly confused, so I don't know.

00:25:34.040 I don't know if like the second coming, anybody has it pinpointed.

00:25:37.460 So to me, for me personally, those are like secret things, man.

00:25:41.340 But I don't know.

00:25:42.360 Maybe the Lord will show me some of that stuff as time goes on.

00:25:44.620 But right now, those are secret things.

00:25:46.020 But the secret things belong to God.

00:25:47.880 So there's some stuff that we can't really pry into.

00:25:50.180 They belong to him.

00:25:51.700 But those that have been revealed belong to us and to our children forever.

00:25:57.840 So that's what I want.

00:25:59.280 So I know there's secret things, and I know there's revealed things or downloaded things, if you will.

00:26:05.040 Like anytime you see this context of like revealed, it's more like a download.

00:26:09.940 It's like a thing just goes into you, and you understand it now.

00:26:12.480 You're not necessarily learning from like cemetery school or any kind of like traditional educational learning.

00:26:19.140 It's just been downloaded into your spirit.

00:26:21.020 That's revelation, man.

00:26:22.060 It's a thing that you understand now, and you own it.

00:26:24.360 It's funny that you say that term because on the show, we get a lot of, I don't know, victims of whatever, alien abduction, things like that.

00:26:36.260 They talk about downloads.

00:26:37.740 But that's not – that's just – it's not just a demonic thing.

00:26:41.580 That is just how it works in the spirit realm.

00:26:43.760 It's a God thing.

00:26:44.920 Atma changed his name.

00:26:45.820 That's my guy, dude.

00:26:46.680 I appreciate that statement, Atma.

00:26:48.040 You're my guy, bro.

00:26:48.700 What do you say?

00:26:49.420 Just something nice, dude.

00:26:50.640 I try not to read like when we're doing this because I don't want to get off track.

00:26:53.760 But like that's my guy, dude.

00:26:55.360 I love these guys.

00:26:56.360 Elohim is my guy too, man.

00:26:59.420 But in every – like you guys all know who's my buddies and stuff out there, man.

00:27:03.260 I'm just incredibly grateful for even what we're doing.

00:27:05.740 Not to go on a tangent.

00:27:06.640 Sorry about that.

00:27:07.100 But all I'm saying is like if the secret things belong to God and those which are revealed belong to us, I want to push the limits.

00:27:13.400 That's all I'm saying.

00:27:13.900 I want to push the limits.

00:27:14.780 I'd rather God be like, bro, bro, back up.

00:27:16.700 Like you're going kind of too hard right now and you're getting into the secret stuff.

00:27:20.640 You're coming up against the line of the secret stuff.

00:27:22.340 Back up.

00:27:23.060 I'd much rather him do that than be like, bro, you're lazy.

00:27:27.200 Like what are you doing?

00:27:27.960 I got stuff to reveal to you and you're busy with Facebook and TV shows and Justin Beaver and the Kardashians and you're not even coming after me to find out these revealed things.

00:27:35.640 I would hate if he does that.

00:27:37.540 I would much rather he say like, bro, you went too hard.

00:27:40.440 You went too hard.

00:27:41.000 You pushed the line on the secret stuff.

00:27:43.320 Do you see what I'm saying?

00:27:44.820 So there's some secret stuff we're just not going to get, but I want to get the revealed stuff.

00:27:49.180 I want to get the download.

00:27:51.660 So we're back.

00:27:52.520 So we're back to this whole like seeking God thing, right?

00:27:55.240 We're seeking God.

00:27:56.200 He's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.

00:27:59.100 Like we have to understand that.

00:28:00.760 Look at Psalm 25, 1 through 14.

00:28:03.040 Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

00:28:12.960 Oh, my God, I trust in thee.

00:28:15.620 Let me not be ashamed.

00:28:17.520 Let not mine enemies triumph over me.

00:28:21.100 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed.

00:28:24.560 Let them be ashamed, which transgress without cause.

00:28:28.140 I'm going to read it from here.

00:28:29.440 Show me thy ways, O Lord.

00:28:31.000 Teach me thy paths.

00:28:32.080 Show me.

00:28:32.940 That's like revelation.

00:28:34.060 That's like the download.

00:28:35.740 Show me thy ways, O Lord.

00:28:37.340 Teach me thy paths.

00:28:40.380 Dude, if everybody tunes out like right after this, no problem.

00:28:44.060 No problem.

00:28:44.440 Just understand this, man.

00:28:48.760 God will teach you.

00:28:51.460 Like this is a major concept.

00:28:53.460 This is a major concept.

00:28:54.540 Didn't you just say there's some famous character that said God won't teach you.

00:28:57.900 You have to learn from all the people.

00:28:59.680 There has to be like the, we need people to teach the Bible because people can't understand it.

00:29:05.200 Nick Fuentes said that.

00:29:06.280 Yeah, you just said that.

00:29:07.140 You just said that yesterday, I think.

00:29:08.440 Yeah.

00:29:09.060 He's probably a nice guy.

00:29:10.160 He just has never read these passages.

00:29:11.820 He's kind of gay. 0.77

00:29:12.160 And understood the context of the Bible.

00:29:14.500 This is a major theme of the Bible.

00:29:16.400 He's not a nice guy.

00:29:17.860 And actually, this is why I think this show specifically and what you're doing is so important.

00:29:23.100 Because he has major influence on people like AJ, that, JJ, that age group and your son.

00:29:30.180 You know that guy?

00:29:31.700 Where's JJ at?

00:29:32.580 Do you see him?

00:29:33.340 Yeah, JJ's over here.

00:29:34.280 You know the guy he's talking about?

00:29:36.760 Yeah.

00:29:37.920 So he's just, he just doesn't know this.

00:29:40.260 That's okay.

00:29:40.840 I've heard people say this before at church.

00:29:42.440 They're like, oh no, you can't understand it.

00:29:44.380 Only people that have like letters behind their name can understand it.

00:29:47.040 He's 99% good, though, on a lot of things.

00:29:51.640 98% good, especially with the younger crowd.

00:29:54.000 But it's that one lie that gets in there that is the most detrimental.

00:29:57.980 And that's one of the things I've just been waiting.

00:29:59.880 I'm watching and waiting.

00:30:01.000 And that's what he did.

00:30:02.420 So now we respond with straight Bible.

00:30:05.320 Yeah, the Bible's plain on this.

00:30:07.100 The Bible's very plain on this.

00:30:08.320 God will teach you directly.

00:30:09.680 And then this is a big deal, bro.

00:30:11.100 If you're like, oh no, only the professionals can tell us what's up.

00:30:15.300 That's how people control people.

00:30:18.780 Like the Bible is the exact opposite of that.

00:30:21.200 The Bible is like, here, you have the word of God.

00:30:24.060 No one, no thing, nothing present, nothing to come, nothing anywhere in the seen or unseen

00:30:29.320 realm can control you because you have a Bible. 0.79

00:30:32.100 You have the word of God.

00:30:33.240 You have access to a relationship in God.

00:30:35.740 Nothing can touch you.

00:30:36.580 That's what the Romans 8, like 38 passage is about, dude.

00:30:39.600 Nothing can touch you.

00:30:40.560 So I just think like, yeah, anybody who's saying like you need big shots to teach you

00:30:46.380 the Bible, that's strictly a move for control.

00:30:49.140 I don't know the guy you're talking about.

00:30:50.980 And so I don't know if that's his deal or not.

00:30:52.660 But like to me, if somebody's saying you need big shots to teach you the word of God, they're

00:30:56.140 just saying you need people to control you.

00:30:58.020 This is just a move.

00:30:58.940 That's just a power move for control because the scripture is plain.

00:31:02.440 God will teach you.

00:31:03.540 And I don't think most people know this or understand this.

00:31:06.400 And they think like, oh no, I can't learn directly from God.

00:31:08.760 Yeah, you can show me thy ways.

00:31:11.060 Oh Lord, teach me thy paths.

00:31:12.840 Lead me in thy truth.

00:31:14.720 Remember the New Testament says those who are led by the spirit of God, those are the

00:31:18.200 sons of God.

00:31:19.420 Lead me like we're like our life should be led by God, guided by God.

00:31:23.960 Lead me in thy truth and teach me again.

00:31:26.160 Verse five, for you are the God of my salvation on thee.

00:31:28.820 Do I wait all the day?

00:31:31.540 Remember, oh Lord, thy tender mercy and thy loving kindness for they have been ever of old.

00:31:36.380 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions.

00:31:39.580 According to thy mercy, remember me.

00:31:42.460 Don't remember me according to like who I am.

00:31:45.480 Remember me according to your mercy.

00:31:47.780 For your goodness sake, oh Lord, good and upright is the Lord.

00:31:50.980 Therefore, will he teach sinners in the way.

00:31:53.240 So you don't have to be like super righteous and just and perfect for God to teach you.

00:32:00.880 That's heavy, man.

00:32:02.220 That's how you can't like you can't even get on the path without God teaching you.

00:32:06.160 Good and upright is the Lord.

00:32:07.340 Therefore, will he teach even the sinners in the way.

00:32:10.640 The meek will he guide in judgment.

00:32:12.540 All the meek will he teach his way.

00:32:14.440 Look how much this is saying God will teach you.

00:32:16.180 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

00:32:21.820 Look at that balance with mercy and truth, right?

00:32:25.040 Because you can hit people with the sledgehammer of truth, but God balances it with mercy and truth, right?

00:32:32.720 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth.

00:32:34.780 This is just like in the New Testament where it says grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

00:32:38.400 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

00:32:43.620 For thy name's sake, O Lord, part of my iniquity, for it's great.

00:32:46.660 What man is he that fears the Lord?

00:32:49.000 Let's bring this topic up, too.

00:32:51.440 Anywhere where you see in the Old Testament the fear of the Lord, that's comparable with the New Testament where you see faith.

00:32:57.920 Fear of the Lord in the Old Testament is comparable to faith in the New Testament.

00:33:01.420 Those are interchangeable terms, if you will.

00:33:04.940 The fear of the Lord, that's like a whole episode.

00:33:07.240 That's like a whole two-hour episode if we get into the fear of the Lord.

00:33:10.080 But it's just more like this concept of like you're on this giant building, and you look over the edge, and you're like, you get the butterflies in the stomach a little bit.

00:33:18.480 You're like, dang, dude.

00:33:19.800 And then you back up.

00:33:21.200 You don't think the building's like coming to kill you.

00:33:23.720 Like you don't think God's coming to kill you.

00:33:25.600 He's not your enemy, but you have this fear of God.

00:33:27.880 Like you don't have a fear of the building itself, right?

00:33:31.400 But you look over the edge, and you're like, wow, this is heavy.

00:33:34.040 Like there needs to be some reverence, and there's no guardrails here.

00:33:37.400 Like I better just back up, right?

00:33:38.820 I better have this healthy fear of the edge of the building, not that the building is like trying to hunt you down to kill you.

00:33:45.540 God's not doing that.

00:33:47.180 He's not doing that.

00:33:47.740 But we have to have this reverence and this awe of God, the fear of the Lord.

00:33:51.380 Remember, faith has to do with loyalty, faithfulness.

00:33:55.680 What man is he that fears the Lord?

00:33:57.700 To that person will he teach?

00:34:01.280 See what I'm saying?

00:34:01.940 Man, like this is the prerequisite, man.

00:34:05.340 If you want to really get taught by God, really cultivate the fear of the Lord.

00:34:09.820 What man is he that fears the Lord?

00:34:11.440 Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

00:34:13.680 His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the earth.

00:34:17.220 Remember in Timothy it says, we haven't been given the spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.

00:34:22.880 That's like this.

00:34:23.600 His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the earth.

00:34:28.020 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.

00:34:34.880 So do you see what I'm saying?

00:34:36.100 These are the secret things, but we need to understand the why of why we're seeking God.

00:34:42.060 To me, this is where this is all coming to.

00:34:44.420 God is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him, right?

00:34:48.720 Like, that's what we're talking about.

00:34:50.440 As we seek him, he'll teach us.

00:34:53.300 Like, to me, that's the why behind the seeking him.

00:34:56.380 Seeking him.

00:34:57.300 I want to be taught by him directly.

00:34:59.920 Some people think this is silly, but like John 14, 26 was a major passage for me, dude.

00:35:05.820 And again, I thank God that like I read it and just believed it.

00:35:08.740 Like, I read this passage and I just believed it.

00:35:11.120 That's all.

00:35:11.820 That's all that happened.

00:35:12.620 And I look back now, and it is a bit of a miracle, man.

00:35:15.580 Like, if I look back at like who I was back then and just even like the path of my life,

00:35:20.160 like I'm looking at it and I'm saying like, dude, it's a miracle that I read this passage

00:35:23.740 and I just was like, okay, got it.

00:35:26.060 I believe that.

00:35:27.100 Like, I don't know.

00:35:27.900 I guess a lot of people read this and maybe they just read it fast or they read right past it

00:35:31.880 or they don't stop and think about it.

00:35:33.060 I don't know.

00:35:33.800 I don't know.

00:35:34.100 But it says this.

00:35:35.200 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall

00:35:40.360 teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto

00:35:45.020 you.

00:35:45.620 That's kind of cut and dry, bro.

00:35:47.280 I don't know how people say, oh, no, only the professionals can teach you.

00:35:51.140 Unless, again, they're just trying to control the masses.

00:35:54.820 Because people talk about like, oh, religion controls the masses.

00:35:57.020 Well, only if they're not reading the Bible, like, like people who are Bible readers cannot 0.94

00:36:01.680 be controlled.

00:36:02.820 They report to God.

00:36:05.400 So, yeah, I just read this passage to you and I was like the dumbest person I know on

00:36:09.020 the planet.

00:36:10.140 I'm reading this passage and I just went like this.

00:36:14.260 Okay.

00:36:16.280 I guess I'll try it out.

00:36:17.620 And then I would like read passages and I'd be like, okay, God, I have no clue what's being

00:36:21.620 said here.

00:36:22.360 Like, I don't understand anything that's being said.

00:36:24.800 And I would just be like, I want to understand this.

00:36:27.760 And then I would read passages a little more.

00:36:30.640 And then I would like start to understand it.

00:36:33.680 Like, I would start to like hear this explanation in my mind.

00:36:38.920 And then I'd be like, okay, so I'm just having a conversation with myself in my mind.

00:36:43.680 And then I'd be like, no, because I never thought that I, that would have never made sense to

00:36:49.960 me.

00:36:50.260 And I don't use words like that.

00:36:52.440 Like those words that just got said inside me that, that made me understand this passage.

00:36:57.820 I don't talk like that.

00:36:59.320 So this isn't just me talking to myself.

00:37:01.820 And then I started to realize I was communicating with the creator of the universe.

00:37:05.220 And I'm telling you, bro, like, as soon as you get to that place, the stuff of the world

00:37:10.260 doesn't mean anything anymore.

00:37:11.940 Like, I'm just being straight with you.

00:37:13.120 As soon as you get to this place where it's not just this religion, it's not just like,

00:37:17.180 oh, this is what I do because I'm a Christian.

00:37:19.100 Because like, that's cool in America right now.

00:37:20.880 Cause like, I guess all the athletes are Christians now.

00:37:22.980 And like the people in politics are Christians and the podcasters are Christians and like

00:37:27.240 everybody that's cool is a Christian now.

00:37:29.240 No, not you guys.

00:37:30.320 I'm saying like famous people, like everybody, like it's cool to be a Christian, but you, you

00:37:37.680 are, you are.

00:37:38.440 I just try to take shots when I can.

00:37:41.260 You start to get to this place, man, where you're, you understand that you're hearing the

00:37:45.420 voice of God.

00:37:46.200 It just, and you're communicating with them like commas and zeros and bank accounts just

00:37:51.280 don't mean that much anymore, man.

00:37:52.840 And bigger TVs don't mean that much.

00:37:54.500 And like fancier houses don't mean that much.

00:37:56.740 And like excess stuff, it just doesn't matter, man.

00:37:59.980 Like you're, you're realizing like, dude, I'm, I'm communicating with the creator of the

00:38:03.620 universe.

00:38:04.100 And that just takes you to another level, man.

00:38:08.540 All right.

00:38:09.140 So let's look at, um, let's look at, uh, let's look at, uh, let's

00:38:16.180 look at the passage that we're even like talking about Genesis 5, 21 through 24.

00:38:20.860 This is a very brief, but telling biography.

00:38:24.260 And Enoch lived 60 and five years and begat Methuselah.

00:38:28.080 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah 300 years and begat sons and daughters.

00:38:35.020 And all the days of Enoch were 365 years.

00:38:43.300 And Enoch walked with God and he was not for God took him.

00:38:49.140 365 years is a long time.

00:38:52.240 It's also a strange time.

00:38:54.020 Oh, what do you mean?

00:38:55.040 I don't know.

00:38:55.700 That's a number like your numerology thing is like that sets off buzzers.

00:38:58.940 Oh yeah.

00:38:59.760 365 days.

00:39:00.540 And he, it just sets off some sort of buzzers for me.

00:39:03.320 Okay.

00:39:04.000 So again, this is really like all we've got in the scripture about Enoch.

00:39:10.660 I know you get in the conspiracy theory realm and Enoch's like this big character.

00:39:14.740 And I'm not saying he's not in the Bible.

00:39:16.560 I'm just saying it's like John the Baptist.

00:39:18.060 There's not a ton of stuff written about John the Baptist, but he's a major dude, right?

00:39:21.480 Enoch, there's very little here.

00:39:23.380 So we have to pull out everything we can about this.

00:39:25.940 Okay.

00:39:28.100 One thing I really like about this dude is I, okay.

00:39:30.980 Enoch lives 65 years and begat Methuselah and Enoch walked with God.

00:39:35.220 We're going to unpack that.

00:39:37.220 Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah 300 years and begat sons and daughters.

00:39:41.300 And all the days of Enoch were 365 years.

00:39:44.740 And Enoch walked with God twice.

00:39:46.500 It says it.

00:39:47.280 And he was not because God took him.

00:39:50.340 So I want to look at this and say, all right, what's up with this dude, Enoch?

00:39:53.540 He walked with God, like he was so close to him that God took him.

00:39:57.020 Okay.

00:39:57.280 He must've like lived in a cave.

00:39:59.380 He must've like lived this totally secluded life.

00:40:02.340 He was not part of society.

00:40:03.920 Like, yeah, he walked with God.

00:40:05.340 He can, because he didn't have all the things that I have in my life, right?

00:40:08.560 Like in my life, I got a mortgage.

00:40:10.980 I got an electric bill.

00:40:12.260 I got a coffee shop.

00:40:13.380 I got a farm.

00:40:14.260 I got all these things.

00:40:15.280 It's so hard.

00:40:15.880 Oh man, life's so hard.

00:40:17.620 Like Enoch, he didn't have it like that.

00:40:19.380 He just had like the smooth sailing path where he could just be like a hermit and he could 0.98

00:40:23.280 just be with God.

00:40:24.460 Nope.

00:40:25.080 Nope.

00:40:25.880 It says Enoch had sons and daughters.

00:40:30.620 He had a family he had to provide for, dude, just like we do.

00:40:34.660 Just like we do.

00:40:35.660 He had all of the problems that we have, right?

00:40:38.040 Like you have to raise sons and daughters.

00:40:40.620 That's a lot.

00:40:41.300 You had to provide for them.

00:40:42.440 Enoch was doing all that.

00:40:43.840 That's the subtle little hint we get there, right?

00:40:46.300 Like, cause I think people wouldn't be like, yeah, that's this dude, Enoch, but that's

00:40:49.620 not me.

00:40:50.180 You know, I have a normal life.

00:40:51.300 Enoch had like a normal life, if you will.

00:40:53.860 He had to provide for his family, just like we had to provide for our family.

00:40:56.960 So we shouldn't just assume, oh, he's this super holy other guy, like different than

00:41:01.920 me.

00:41:02.240 Nope.

00:41:02.700 Nope.

00:41:02.960 He's just like you.

00:41:04.140 No, Enoch had, uh, he had a chamber in one of the great pyramids named after this dude

00:41:09.060 was doing something in Egypt.

00:41:10.620 He had some major, major role to play in the world scale.

00:41:15.500 I wouldn't be surprised by that.

00:41:17.100 I don't, the scripture doesn't say it.

00:41:18.340 So I don't know a lot about outside scripture, but I wouldn't doubt that.

00:41:21.480 I mean, this dude walked with God and then God took him.

00:41:24.600 Like he, like he was so close to God.

00:41:25.900 He's walking with God.

00:41:27.140 I've heard it said like this, that God was like, Hey man, we're closer to my house now

00:41:30.340 than we are to your house.

00:41:31.100 You want to just come home with me?

00:41:32.580 Like, like Enoch's just walking with God, bro.

00:41:35.180 He's so close that God just takes him.

00:41:37.060 You couldn't tell me anything about Enoch that like, that I'd be like, no, there's no way

00:41:41.620 like this, this dude's on another level.

00:41:43.240 It's like, it's like Elijah.

00:41:44.840 We're studying in Elijah where he gets taken, right?

00:41:48.100 This dude gets taken, man.

00:41:49.120 He gets translated.

00:41:52.060 And some would look at it this way.

00:41:53.800 I don't want to get in fights with people over this, but some would look at it this way.

00:41:58.300 Enoch walked with God and God raptured him.

00:42:02.540 So there's a coming devastation.

00:42:04.560 There's a coming worldwide devastation, wrath of God, if you will.

00:42:07.540 And there's one guy who gets taken out ahead of time.

00:42:11.600 He gets taken out ahead of time.

00:42:13.260 There's another group.

00:42:15.140 This is going to ruffle some feathers.

00:42:16.720 I'm just saying some people acknowledge this.

00:42:19.200 Some people don't.

00:42:19.840 It's all good either way.

00:42:20.820 There's another group that has built something ahead of time.

00:42:23.720 There's another group who's been warned of God ahead of time of the wrath to come.

00:42:27.240 And they've built something ahead of time because of that.

00:42:30.180 They've been warned.

00:42:31.500 They're not caught off guard.

00:42:32.620 They've been warned, and they've built something that the family of God is supposed to fit in.

00:42:41.040 Some would say that's comparable to the church.

00:42:43.080 But they've built this thing, right, that's going to survive the wrath of God,

00:42:48.600 that's going to go through the wrath of God, but it's going to be protected the whole time.

00:42:52.660 So it's not actually going to take the wrath of God.

00:42:55.200 It's going to sail above the wrath of God, if you will.

00:42:58.120 There's a flood, and this thing that's been built ahead of time because they've been warned,

00:43:01.980 it floats above the wrath of God.

00:43:04.280 It's not touched by the wrath of God, even though it goes through the wrath of God.

00:43:08.180 So some people would point that out, that Enoch was actually raptured before the wrath of God,

00:43:16.240 but another group went through it.

00:43:18.720 We're not getting into all that.

00:43:19.920 We're just saying there's some people that look at it that way.

00:43:22.100 So Enoch walked with God, right?

00:43:23.580 I just want to point out that walking is intentional.

00:43:28.000 Walking is something you need to do.

00:43:30.860 It's a thing that's very easy unless you stop doing it.

00:43:34.740 You know, like the old people, when they stop walking, it's very hard for them to keep walking. 1.00

00:43:38.880 So it's this intentional thing.

00:43:40.460 There's this progression, right?

00:43:41.720 We talk about Galatians where it says,

00:43:44.060 walk in the spirit so you don't fulfill the lust of the flesh.

00:43:48.720 There's that.

00:43:49.580 There's this progression.

00:43:50.680 They didn't have the concept of like he walked with God on a treadmill.

00:43:53.440 They don't have that concept back then.

00:43:54.660 They're getting somewhere.

00:43:55.740 Not to say you can't walk in circles because you can,

00:43:58.080 but he walked with God.

00:44:01.620 All right.

00:44:02.180 So one thing about walking with someone, you got to meet them first, right?

00:44:06.140 You can't walk with somebody if you don't meet them first, if you don't know them, right?

00:44:09.740 You have to actually be introduced and you have to meet God to walk with him.

00:44:13.460 So that's part of this.

00:44:14.340 We're just trying to pull out anything we can because we have this very brief history.

00:44:17.780 But let's unpack the walking with God thing.

00:44:20.480 Do we have Micah 6, 6 through 8?

00:44:22.520 Yes.

00:44:28.060 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before the high God?

00:44:33.540 Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

00:44:38.820 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with 10,000 river of oil?

00:44:44.280 Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

00:44:49.680 Remember last week we talked about Cain and he was bringing sacrifice,

00:44:54.320 but it was meaningless because it wasn't done in faith?

00:44:58.960 Micah's touching on the same topic.

00:45:00.300 That's what I'm saying.

00:45:00.700 The whole Bible is always saying the same thing, man.

00:45:03.200 It overlaps so much.

00:45:06.860 He says, is this what God really wants?

00:45:08.760 Is like sacrifices without any guts behind him?

00:45:11.500 He has showed thee, O man, what is good and what doth the Lord require of thee,

00:45:18.340 but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with thy God.

00:45:23.760 So let's unpack that a little bit, right?

00:45:28.440 To do justly and to love mercy.

00:45:30.140 Like so much in our kingdom is like there's an internal and an external.

00:45:34.300 It's like to love mercy is this internal thing.

00:45:36.860 And that's what happens externally is to do justly, to do what's right,

00:45:42.560 to live in a just manner.

00:45:44.880 But that's because it's coming from internal.

00:45:47.160 It's not because you've given yourself this rule book that you have to live a certain way.

00:45:50.260 It's because you've been changed internally and your internals come out in your outside life.

00:45:55.140 So there's an internal of loving mercy and an external of doing justly.

00:45:59.820 But Micah says this.

00:46:00.880 He says, walk humbly with God.

00:46:02.960 I don't know.

00:46:03.740 When you kind of unpack this, it's like understand that somebody is with you, right?

00:46:10.540 If you're going to walk with God, walk humbly with God,

00:46:13.020 understand that somebody's with you as you go about your day.

00:46:16.400 Understand that like in your normal life,

00:46:18.520 not one day a week during a certain hour.

00:46:21.640 But in your normal life, walk humbly with God.

00:46:24.340 Be aware that one is with you as you go about your life.

00:46:27.580 Just be aware of that.

00:46:29.040 Be very aware of that.

00:46:30.200 I think somebody explained it before like,

00:46:33.120 the Holy Spirit is like a dove.

00:46:35.260 Imagine if you had a dove on your shoulder and you didn't want it to leave.

00:46:38.080 Imagine how serious you would have to be about your walk with God.

00:46:41.420 Imagine how serious and intentional you would have to be aware

00:46:44.620 if you didn't want that dove to leave.

00:46:46.920 That's heavy.

00:46:48.660 Like that's a heavy one, especially for us because we joke a lot

00:46:51.840 and we say crazy stuff and we push the line.

00:46:53.980 And I'm grateful to be a part of this, but we definitely do that.

00:46:58.020 But this is really the secret, man, to walk humbly with God.

00:47:01.580 Be aware that he's with you.

00:47:03.500 Like be aware that there's a presence that's with you and live accordingly.

00:47:07.100 Like don't do stuff in secret that you think is in secret because it's not in secret.

00:47:12.120 Like he's with you.

00:47:13.080 You want to walk humbly with God.

00:47:15.160 All right.

00:47:15.620 How about Amos 3, 1 through 3?

00:47:18.720 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel,

00:47:27.780 against the whole family which I brought up.

00:47:29.580 Family.

00:47:29.980 Hold on.

00:47:30.400 We got a family.

00:47:31.360 We're in the family of God.

00:47:32.720 I didn't mean to interrupt, but that's talking about the family Israel,

00:47:35.820 which I know that's going to trigger the chat.

00:47:37.180 But nevertheless, that's what it says.

00:47:39.200 But we are in the family of God.

00:47:40.960 You know, I heard somebody say, like, think about this.

00:47:43.220 If you run into somebody at church and they say, hey, man,

00:47:48.620 I'm not going to be able to pay my rent this month.

00:47:51.440 Imagine if you're like, you know,

00:47:53.480 imagine like what your reaction would be to that person at church.

00:47:56.660 But then imagine if your little brother or your little sister said, hey, man,

00:48:00.120 I'm not going to be able to make my rent this month.

00:48:02.440 And imagine what your reaction would be to them.

00:48:05.160 Like the church is a family.

00:48:08.000 The church is supposed to be a family.

00:48:09.680 It's like whatever that reaction was to like your little brother or little

00:48:13.340 sister, think about that type of reaction. 1.00

00:48:15.860 If somebody in church says, I'm not going to be able to pay my rent.

00:48:18.620 Somebody in the body of Christ.

00:48:20.740 Do you see what I'm saying?

00:48:21.780 It's the family of God.

00:48:23.340 Like we're in a family now.

00:48:25.840 Sorry to cut you off.

00:48:27.760 All good.

00:48:28.560 Did we ever turn on the on air sign?

00:48:30.660 Yeah.

00:48:32.880 Oh, children of Israel against the whole family, 1.00

00:48:35.660 which I brought up from the land of Egypt saying.

00:48:39.680 You only have, I know you only have, I known of all the families of the earth.

00:48:44.280 Triggered.

00:48:44.740 You're getting triggered.

00:48:46.180 Therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

00:48:49.080 They like that though.

00:48:50.140 Yeah.

00:48:50.280 We like that part.

00:48:51.880 Can two walk together except they be agreed?

00:48:54.900 This is big, man.

00:48:56.200 This is big.

00:48:57.420 Can you walk with God except you agree?

00:48:59.640 We're talking about Enoch walked with God.

00:49:01.420 And then the scripture says, can two walk together except they be agreed?

00:49:05.120 So if we want to walk with God, we have to develop his character.

00:49:08.920 I know I was just talking to somebody yesterday about the contrast between the Old Testament

00:49:13.600 and the New Testament.

00:49:14.760 And the New Testament tells us so much about the benefits that we get, that we gain in Christ.

00:49:20.440 Whereas the Old Testament tells more of the story of God, just, I don't even know how you say it, dude.

00:49:28.920 Just in his engagement with humanity and everything that he's gone through with his people.

00:49:33.460 And it really makes you understand his heart.

00:49:36.740 It really brings you into terms with the heart of God and who he is and everything that he's been through

00:49:41.040 in his dealings with humanity.

00:49:43.360 And also, I think you have to understand the Old Testament, bro, for the context of who God is.

00:49:49.500 For the New Testament to really mean anything.

00:49:51.640 Like, think about in America, if you tell American people, like, God loves you, right?

00:49:55.560 These are American kids who, like, they grew up, their mommy and daddy loves them.

00:49:59.000 They get a trophy if they come in last place.

00:50:01.520 Everything is built around, like, giving them good self-esteem.

00:50:04.940 And you come along and say, God loves you.

00:50:06.900 They go, yeah, no kidding.

00:50:09.300 Like, why wouldn't he?

00:50:10.660 Like, everybody loves me.

00:50:11.660 Do you see what I'm saying?

00:50:12.340 Do you see how that's so different from, like, understanding the fear of God?

00:50:16.820 Like, understanding the fear of God and being raised in such a way where you understand this reverential awe of God

00:50:23.240 and then approaching people and saying, hey, God loves you.

00:50:27.660 Then maybe that's a little more meaningful.

00:50:29.460 Do you see what I'm saying?

00:50:30.440 But reading the Old Testament is like you've got to be in that to kind of cultivate.

00:50:35.320 And the New Testament as well.

00:50:36.640 I'm not saying you don't learn the character of God.

00:50:38.420 You certainly do by watching what happens at the cross and the resurrection.

00:50:41.200 Of course, of course.

00:50:42.560 But there's this long, long story of God's dealing with humanity in the Old Testament

00:50:47.520 that you really need to cultivate his character so that you're compatible and so that you can walk with God

00:50:53.460 and so that you can agree, right?

00:50:58.260 Okay, so we've gone through all this.

00:51:00.680 We've gone through all this.

00:51:01.360 We're going to go back to Jude now.

00:51:03.140 We're going to go back to Jude 1, 14 and 15.

00:51:06.760 Because now we know Enoch walked with God, right?

00:51:09.960 Like, that's what we're getting at.

00:51:11.860 And like I said, I think I said, the only other place where Enoch's really in the Bible is like in the genealogy of the Messiah in, I think, in Luke.

00:51:20.380 And like, that's it.

00:51:21.300 Like, these are the only places where Enoch's really spoken of in the Scripture.

00:51:24.100 But we know that Enoch walked with God, right?

00:51:26.540 How can two walk together unless they agree, right?

00:51:29.140 So you want to ask yourself, like, what did they talk about, right?

00:51:34.100 Aren't you kind of curious?

00:51:35.780 Like, Enoch walked with God.

00:51:36.980 Like, what did they talk about?

00:51:40.700 Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying,

00:51:46.640 Behold, the Lord comes with 10,000 of his saints to execute judgment.

00:51:50.300 They talked about the judgment to come.

00:51:54.220 They were talking about Jesus?

00:51:57.060 Yeah, I'm sure.

00:51:58.000 I mean, he's probably talking with Jesus.

00:52:00.740 You know what I'm saying?

00:52:01.540 Like, all these times in the Old Testament.

00:52:02.960 Confusing, right?

00:52:03.460 Yeah, where man is, like, communicating with God.

00:52:05.720 Like, I don't know.

00:52:06.540 If he's walking with them and they're talking and stuff, I'm assuming that's Jesus.

00:52:10.180 He's walking around with Enoch.

00:52:12.280 There's a man in the Godhead.

00:52:13.620 He's completely compatible with man.

00:52:16.500 So, I don't know.

00:52:18.400 A lot of this stuff, I look at it that it's Jesus.

00:52:20.260 A lot of this stuff in the Old Testament, like, Adam in the garden, communicating face-to-face with Jesus.

00:52:25.440 Like, I don't know.

00:52:27.340 I don't know if there's somebody out there who's like, no, Matt, you're wrong about that.

00:52:29.700 I don't know.

00:52:30.080 Maybe I am.

00:52:30.660 But this, I'm just seeing in my heart, like, when I'm reading these stories, I'm picturing, he's like, yeah, he's vibing with Jesus.

00:52:35.180 Like, he's talking with Jesus.

00:52:36.800 But they're talking about the judgment to come.

00:52:40.140 Can two walk together?

00:52:41.220 It's said they agree.

00:52:42.100 Enoch walked with God.

00:52:43.080 And here's Enoch.

00:52:44.200 He's prophesying about the judgment to come.

00:52:46.740 Like, that's, I'm sure they're talking about many things, but they definitely talked about the judgment to come.

00:52:53.900 This is a big deal, man.

00:52:55.280 This is a big deal.

00:52:56.440 This is what we have to understand.

00:52:57.520 Remember, the context of Jude is fakers in the church, right?

00:53:00.260 And we've gone through examples of apostasy.

00:53:02.200 The whole context of Jude is apostasy.

00:53:04.260 We went through Israel.

00:53:05.800 We went through the angels that fell.

00:53:07.600 We went through Sodom and Gomorrah.

00:53:09.200 We went through Cain.

00:53:10.380 We went through Balaam.

00:53:11.340 We went through Korah.

00:53:12.200 And these are all examples of apostasy.

00:53:14.320 And Enoch is laid in direct contrast with those guys because he prophesies of the judgment to come.

00:53:19.900 That's in direct contradiction and opposition to apostasy.

00:53:25.800 Do you see what I'm saying?

00:53:27.180 Like, apostates, dude, they love to tell you what you want to hear. 0.98

00:53:30.400 That's their whole thing.

00:53:31.820 Don't rock the people.

00:53:32.860 Like, rock them.

00:53:34.260 Rock them to sleep.

00:53:35.360 But don't, like, upset them.

00:53:36.840 Rock them to sleep in their little crib.

00:53:39.040 Rock them to sleep.

00:53:39.720 Shh.

00:53:40.580 But don't rock them to the point where you wake them up, right?

00:53:43.260 Don't preach of the judgment to come.

00:53:45.080 He's laid out in direct opposition to apostates.

00:53:48.500 That's why he's in here.

00:53:50.140 Like, that's the context of the book.

00:53:52.020 He's not just looking for a reason and talk about Enoch.

00:53:54.480 He's talking about apostates.

00:53:55.940 And he says, let's put somebody in here who's in direct contrast to apostasy.

00:53:59.880 Enoch.

00:54:00.340 Why?

00:54:00.560 Because he preaches of the judgment to come.

00:54:02.860 So, we've got this thing, right?

00:54:07.980 We've got this thing where people are like, Jesus, the buddy.

00:54:12.200 Jesus, the homie, man. 1.00

00:54:13.360 Yeah, you just get, you just go get, like, salvation.

00:54:17.440 You come to the front.

00:54:18.480 You say a prayer.

00:54:19.860 And it's just like getting a happy meal at McDonald's, man.

00:54:22.540 It's just like quick.

00:54:23.400 Dude, you just go through the drive-thru, bro.

00:54:25.560 Right?

00:54:26.020 Jesus, the little eraser.

00:54:27.160 Yeah, he's your buddy.

00:54:28.660 Yeah, man.

00:54:29.100 It's playtime.

00:54:30.040 Let's look at Acts 10, 34.

00:54:31.540 I just want to drive home a point that, like, New Testament preaching, we're not even pulling

00:54:35.420 anything from the Old Testament about the judgment of God.

00:54:38.900 Let's just pull it from the New Testament.

00:54:40.760 Acts 10, 34 through 43.

00:54:42.620 Then Peter opened his mouth and said, of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter

00:54:48.160 of persons.

00:54:50.220 But in every nation that feareth him, he worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

00:54:56.020 Okay, here's what he's saying.

00:54:57.260 This is the early church.

00:54:59.000 It's all Jews right now. 1.00

00:55:00.460 It's all Jewish people.

00:55:02.220 Peter, he's on the roof.

00:55:05.200 He goes into a trance, and he has this vision of the sheet coming out of heaven, right, with

00:55:10.040 all the animals on it, and God says, kill and eat, Peter.

00:55:13.020 And he says, not so, Lord.

00:55:14.660 Like, I never eat anything unclean.

00:55:17.500 And he says, no, don't call anything that I've made unclean.

00:55:21.340 And I love Peter because it says he did this three times.

00:55:24.380 Peter argued with God.

00:55:26.620 Like, I love this dude.

00:55:27.780 I'm so grateful for the dude, Peter.

00:55:29.440 Like, he's like, no, no, no.

00:55:31.060 This is for Jews only.

00:55:33.420 Like, what do you mean?

00:55:35.120 Like, what do you mean everything's clean now?

00:55:37.380 He says this three times.

00:55:38.740 God tells him back three times, no, Peter, this is what's up.

00:55:43.240 So at the same time, so Peter has that vision.

00:55:45.860 Then at the same time, people knock at the door and say, hey, man, we're looking for one

00:55:49.960 named Peter.

00:55:50.500 They're like, what?

00:55:51.220 What's up?

00:55:51.880 Peter goes, what are you guys doing here?

00:55:53.080 They said, hey, man, Cornelius, he had a vision of an angel a couple days ago and said

00:55:58.260 to find you in this house.

00:55:59.760 And here, like, we've just found you, bro.

00:56:01.800 And Cornelius wants you to come tell us, like, whatever you want to tell us.

00:56:04.940 Like, that's the context of this passage.

00:56:07.360 That's the context.

00:56:09.380 And Peter just had the vision.

00:56:10.780 He just went into the trance and had the vision that everything's clean now.

00:56:14.100 So these Gentiles show up at the door and say, hey, man, come tell us about this. 1.00

00:56:19.380 Peter shows up at the house.

00:56:20.680 He says, dang, dude, I didn't realize it.

00:56:23.560 God's no respecter of persons.

00:56:25.100 He doesn't care what your reputation is.

00:56:26.880 He doesn't care of any of that.

00:56:28.600 And you don't have to be from the nation of Israel.

00:56:31.080 But this is shocking to us because this whole story is about Israel.

00:56:35.540 The scriptures come from Israel.

00:56:36.820 The Messiah comes from Israel.

00:56:38.720 Like, what do you mean it's not just Israel?

00:56:41.240 And he's coming to terms like, oh, wait, this is for everybody now.

00:56:44.480 Like in Romans, it says we've been grafted onto that tree.

00:56:46.860 Everybody can be grafted into this now.

00:56:48.760 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ.

00:56:55.520 He's Lord of all, not just of Israel.

00:56:58.440 That word, I say, you know, which was published throughout all Judea and began from Galilee

00:57:02.520 after the baptism which John preached.

00:57:05.020 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power,

00:57:08.840 who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil,

00:57:12.320 for God was with him.

00:57:13.680 And we are witnesses of all the things which he did,

00:57:16.000 both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, who they slew and hung on a tree.

00:57:20.080 Him God raised up the third day and showed him openly.

00:57:23.380 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God,

00:57:26.760 even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.

00:57:30.220 We're witnesses that he rose from the dead.

00:57:32.600 He died, he went in the tomb, and he rose from the dead,

00:57:34.700 and we ate and drank with him.

00:57:35.700 We've seen him.

00:57:36.500 We've seen him since he came back to life.

00:57:38.720 And he commanded us to preach unto the people.

00:57:41.980 I'd say this next part of the sentence is very important.

00:57:44.740 He commanded us to preach unto the people.

00:57:47.960 To preach what?

00:57:48.720 All the blessings of God, the prosperity of God, the tithing.

00:57:53.520 What did he command you to preach?

00:57:56.600 He commanded us to preach unto the people and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God

00:58:01.080 to be the judge of the living and the dead.

00:58:03.080 To him give all the prophets witness that through his name,

00:58:08.480 whosoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins.

00:58:11.860 This is what people don't get, man.

00:58:13.780 This is what people don't get.

00:58:14.740 In the New Testament, they're preaching Jesus the judge.

00:58:18.000 Enoch, back in the day, and why he's different from the apostates,

00:58:21.800 is he preached about the judgment of God, the judgment to come.

00:58:25.640 New Testament preachers are preaching about Jesus the judge.

00:58:28.920 This is gone today.

00:58:29.920 This is gone today.

00:58:30.540 Very rare to see this.

00:58:32.000 Very rare to see this.

00:58:32.960 People call it hellfire and brimstone preaching, and they say they don't like it.

00:58:38.980 But there's like these dudes like Jonathan Edwards that preached in the Great Awakening, right,

00:58:46.420 in New England, Jonathan Edwards.

00:58:48.860 And he preached a famous sermon called Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,

00:58:52.560 and many people got saved because of it.

00:58:54.420 He preached hellfire and brimstone.

00:58:55.760 And there's a time and a place.

00:58:57.800 There's a time and a place for everybody and for everything, right?

00:59:00.120 There's a time and a place of the preaching.

00:59:02.520 He preaches this sermon called Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,

00:59:08.140 and it's like hellfire and brimstone preaching, right?

00:59:11.380 And he dealt with people like this because he loved them, right?

00:59:14.680 Excuse me.

00:59:15.280 He dealt with them because he loved them.

00:59:16.880 And they asked his daughter one time, they said, hey, how come your dad is so rough with the people?

00:59:25.520 And you know what she said?

00:59:28.240 She said, you don't hear them weep for their souls at night.

00:59:30.520 I just, I don't know, man.

00:59:39.900 I just think we're missing something in the church today, man.

00:59:43.480 I just think that this playtime games and stuff, we're missing something.

00:59:48.760 But I think it's coming back.

00:59:50.620 I think it's coming back, man.

00:59:51.780 I think we're going into a time of like real ones.

00:59:54.400 I think there's like real ones.

00:59:55.820 Like a lot of people in the chat are real ones.

01:00:00.760 Like some of us just don't fit into the system today, like this church system today.

01:00:05.560 We don't know why.

01:00:06.420 Maybe we think there's something wrong with us, but maybe there's not, man.

01:00:09.420 Like maybe there's not, dude.

01:00:11.160 Like maybe God's raising up some real ones outside of the system right now, man,

01:00:15.340 that are going to get it, that are going to be like straight Bible.

01:00:18.100 They're just going to go to the Bible. 0.87

01:00:19.440 They're going to read the Bible.

01:00:20.600 They're going to believe that God will teach them, and they're going to get it.

01:00:23.960 But it's not just this one example about Jesus being the judge.

01:00:27.700 Look at Acts 17, 22 through 31.

01:00:31.220 Now, this is real preaching, bro.

01:00:32.960 This is real preaching.

01:00:34.580 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars Hill and said,

01:00:37.900 Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.

01:00:42.040 So he's standing among nonbelievers in a public place, right? 0.96

01:00:45.160 Be like if you're at Walmart today or, I don't know, at a baseball game or at the Super Bowl

01:00:49.300 because this is probably like a big event.

01:00:50.600 But so he's not preaching to people who love the comfort of their seats

01:00:58.900 and they want the air conditioner at the right temp and they love the music.

01:01:02.020 And if they don't, they're going to tell you to change the music

01:01:03.840 and make it a certain way they want.

01:01:05.440 He's preaching to people that didn't come there to hear this.

01:01:08.800 He's just preaching in the public place, dude.

01:01:10.780 Like this is hardcore preaching.

01:01:12.500 Ye men of Athens, like that implies that they're pagans.

01:01:15.680 Yeah, man.

01:01:16.400 Watch what he goes to talk to them about.

01:01:17.980 False gods, dude.

01:01:19.100 He's going to get down with them and tell them, explain to them that they're missing it.

01:01:23.060 I'll read it.

01:01:24.400 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars Hill and said,

01:01:26.240 You men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you're too superstitious.

01:01:32.740 For as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,

01:01:37.140 To the unknown God.

01:01:38.740 So there's this inscription, To the unknown God.

01:01:41.600 Him therefore you ignorantly worship.

01:01:44.000 Could that be said to churchgoers today?

01:01:45.980 Him therefore you ignorantly worship.

01:01:49.640 Him declare I unto you.

01:01:51.580 God that made the world and all things therein,

01:01:53.780 Seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth,

01:01:55.500 Dwells not in temples made with hands.

01:01:57.600 Neither is worshiped with men's hands.

01:02:00.080 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

01:02:01.680 God that made the world and all things therein,

01:02:04.160 Seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth,

01:02:06.240 Dwells not in temples made with hands?

01:02:08.540 Why are they taking up all this money to buy land and build buildings?

01:02:12.000 Neither is worshiped with men's hands as though he needed anything,

01:02:17.180 Seeing he gives to all life and breath and all things,

01:02:21.420 And hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth.

01:02:26.620 I love that.

01:02:27.820 It doesn't matter what your skin tone is.

01:02:30.500 He is made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth.

01:02:34.280 I remember when I was a little kid and somebody explained to me what racism was.

01:02:39.400 You know, I am like, I got to know all the answers when I'm trying to understand a thing.

01:02:43.340 Somebody was explaining to me what racism was.

01:02:45.300 I was like, wait, they don't, they don't like people because they have different skin color. 0.99

01:02:48.800 And they're like, yeah, it's called racism.

01:02:51.860 I just had no concept.

01:02:53.160 I was like, well, what if they have different eye color?

01:02:55.380 They're like, no, it doesn't matter.

01:02:57.000 Like, so do they hate people?

01:02:57.960 They have different eye color.

01:02:58.920 They're like, no, it's just that they have different skin color.

01:03:01.100 And I was like, okay, do they hate people?

01:03:02.680 Do they have different hair color?

01:03:04.520 They're like, no.

01:03:06.040 That's bigger.

01:03:06.820 This is bigger than just racism.

01:03:09.580 This is talking about your salvation and who God's people are.

01:03:14.940 Yeah.

01:03:15.120 Or who God created.

01:03:16.060 So this is talking to Jews and Gentiles.

01:03:18.840 That's bigger than white, black, Spanish.

01:03:21.500 That's talking, in my opinion, there's a big discussion to be had there, but that's not for today.

01:03:27.020 Well, no, it's all of that.

01:03:28.120 It's all of that.

01:03:28.920 Yeah.

01:03:29.460 It's Jew, Gentile, black, white. 1.00

01:03:31.640 It's all that.

01:03:33.020 But the Jew, Gentile thing is the big one. 1.00

01:03:35.180 That's fair.

01:03:36.220 Because that is who is God's people?

01:03:39.440 Who can be redeemed by God?

01:03:40.880 If some people think that you can't because of your blood, that's a big deal.

01:03:46.160 Who thinks that?

01:03:48.260 Some people.

01:03:48.840 Oh, I see what you're doing.

01:03:50.020 No, no.

01:03:50.560 No, we're just straight Bible, bro.

01:03:51.840 Like, whatever they say in the Twitter, we don't care.

01:03:53.980 It doesn't matter if they're like, oh, only certain people can get it.

01:03:56.420 Who cares?

01:03:57.100 We have a Bible.

01:03:58.340 Right?

01:03:59.020 And that's what the Bible is saying right here.

01:04:00.620 Yeah.

01:04:00.920 He had made of one blood all nations of men. 0.93

01:04:03.580 Remember, he's not preaching to Jews here.

01:04:05.180 He's at Mars Hill.

01:04:06.540 So there's no, it's not like a Jewish thing. 0.90

01:04:09.300 You know, he's a Jew, but he's a Roman citizen.

01:04:11.700 But you're right.

01:04:12.420 There's a lot going on here.

01:04:13.440 You got the Jew, Gentile thing. 1.00

01:04:14.940 But I like it because it does deal with like racism.

01:04:17.860 Yeah.

01:04:18.060 We're made, we're all made of one blood.

01:04:21.360 So have made of one blood all nations of men. 0.95

01:04:24.820 Yeah, there's different nationalities.

01:04:26.460 There's different nations, but we've all been made of one blood and blood is what redeemed

01:04:30.040 us from the curse.

01:04:31.060 So who cares about the skin tone? 0.96

01:04:32.980 Who cares about the eye color or the hair color?

01:04:35.100 Like none of that's relevant.

01:04:36.480 We're redeemed by blood and we've all been made by one blood.

01:04:39.960 He has made one blood, made of one blood, all nations of men to dwell in the face of 1.00

01:04:44.520 the earth and has determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation

01:04:48.680 that they should seek the Lord.

01:04:50.820 Here we are again, seeking God.

01:04:52.860 Really quickly.

01:04:53.720 This is, this is why Nick Fuentes doesn't want you to read the Bible, but please continue.

01:04:58.760 I'll tell you later.

01:04:59.600 That they should seek the Lord.

01:05:00.960 If happily, they might feel after him and find him.

01:05:04.020 I love that, man.

01:05:05.540 They should seek the Lord and somehow they're going to find him.

01:05:08.960 They're going to feel after him and find him though.

01:05:12.540 He be not far from every one of us because in him, we live and move and have our being

01:05:18.880 for in him.

01:05:22.680 We live and move and have our being.

01:05:24.480 You ain't getting away from them.

01:05:25.980 I don't know.

01:05:26.440 There's like people today that think they're done with Jesus.

01:05:29.240 People today haven't even begun with Jesus.

01:05:31.720 They haven't even started.

01:05:33.740 You're not getting away from them in him.

01:05:35.620 We live and move and have our being as certain.

01:05:37.980 Even also of your own poets have said, for we are also his offspring.

01:05:41.660 For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead

01:05:46.200 is like on the gold or silver or stone graven by art and man's device.

01:05:52.640 Can't be bought.

01:05:53.720 He's not something of gold or silver and he can't be made up.

01:05:57.060 It's funny that he says this about artwork.

01:05:58.860 You weren't on the Raven show the other day.

01:06:00.220 I went on and there was a Catholic dude that was like, yeah, there's all these statues of

01:06:04.000 Jesus.

01:06:04.480 I was making the point that like you go all around the Vatican, you don't see anything

01:06:07.540 of Jesus.

01:06:08.480 There's some stuff, but it's very little.

01:06:10.440 And he was making the point that there's 10 statues of Jesus there.

01:06:13.420 Like, bro, it says it right here.

01:06:15.000 Like you can't make the Godhead out of art or anything graven by art and man's device.

01:06:21.100 Like that's like if you're building a statue of anything like this supposed to represent

01:06:25.100 God, like you're missing it.

01:06:26.400 You're missing it.

01:06:27.560 There should be no statues of Jesus.

01:06:29.600 Like if you're doing that, you're missing it.

01:06:31.540 That's what this is plainly saying.

01:06:33.580 For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead

01:06:36.980 is like on the gold or silver stone graven by art and man's device.

01:06:41.520 Don't.

01:06:41.920 And that's what they're doing in Athens, right?

01:06:44.100 At Mars Hill, they had these statues made by man and it's somehow become this thing of

01:06:48.940 worship.

01:06:49.760 So maybe you're thinking it's right.

01:06:50.860 It's a statue of Jesus.

01:06:51.860 So I'll worship it.

01:06:52.540 It's a statue.

01:06:53.860 It's a statue.

01:06:54.660 In the times of this ignorance, God winked at, but now commands all men everywhere to 0.94

01:07:00.800 repent.

01:07:01.440 So he deals with it right there.

01:07:03.200 Like, dude, if you did this in ignorance before, that's fine.

01:07:05.680 But now everybody's going to be held accountable.

01:07:08.420 Why?

01:07:08.960 Because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by

01:07:12.940 that man who he has ordained, whereof he has given assurance unto all men and that

01:07:17.120 he hath raised him from the dead.

01:07:19.040 So I'm just making the point that in this sermon, in this preaching, it's Jesus to judge.

01:07:24.660 It's Jesus, the judge.

01:07:26.260 Enoch stands in opposition to his pastates because he talks about the judgment to come.

01:07:31.040 He doesn't say sweet things that you want to hear.

01:07:33.280 He tells you the truth about the judgment to come.

01:07:35.540 That's why Enoch stands in opposition.

01:07:37.600 And this is New Testament preaching is Jesus, the judge.

01:07:41.000 Not to interject or interrupt, but remember we had that conversation about music and worship.

01:07:46.240 Yeah.

01:07:46.720 Yeah.

01:07:46.940 I think that's about anything that has any kind of art.

01:07:50.120 It's a, this is a form of worship, whether you like it or not.

01:07:52.640 It's, it's, it's pointed at something.

01:07:55.360 So you're saying there shouldn't be any music because that's a form of art.

01:07:58.140 And he says, God can't be graven by art.

01:08:00.380 I'm not saying that there shouldn't be.

01:08:01.680 I'm just saying that, that it is.

01:08:04.000 So we shouldn't have music in church because it's art.

01:08:07.860 No, I don't know.

01:08:08.840 I'm just saying that, that it is, that is worship.

01:08:11.540 Music is worship towards whatever.

01:08:13.180 Can be worship.

01:08:14.400 Always is.

01:08:15.020 So Creedence Clearwater run through the jungle is worshiping when he's talking about running

01:08:20.280 out of the jungle to not die in Vietnam.

01:08:22.460 It's worshiping something.

01:08:24.300 Okay.

01:08:25.680 Talk about that later.

01:08:27.740 Off air.

01:08:30.220 No, I, me and you are saying the same thing in music.

01:08:35.060 It's just, you don't like to agree with me when we talk live.

01:08:37.480 You like to be like opposite.

01:08:38.820 Amen.

01:08:39.160 Talk live.

01:08:39.520 But, but here's the point though.

01:08:42.540 So Jesus, the judge, but keep this in mind too, whereof he's given assurance unto all

01:08:47.620 men and that he has raised him from the dead.

01:08:50.220 So like he's the judge, but he's given assurance to all men by the resurrection.

01:08:55.780 Like the fact of God raising Jesus from the dead, that gives assurance unto all men.

01:09:00.680 Why?

01:09:01.400 Because we're the body of Christ, right?

01:09:03.500 The church is the body of Christ.

01:09:05.160 The church is not being made by man, buildings.

01:09:09.560 That's not the church.

01:09:10.500 501c3 institutions, positions, structure.

01:09:13.380 No, the church is the body of Christ.

01:09:15.440 Like that's playing in the Ephesian letter, the church, which is his body, right?

01:09:19.740 And he's given assurance unto all men in that he raised him from the dead.

01:09:24.020 If we are the body of Christ and Jesus is the head, right?

01:09:28.160 Like that, that's the plain teaching of scripture is we are the body of Christ.

01:09:31.880 Christ is the head.

01:09:32.740 In the resurrection, Jesus is raised from the dead.

01:09:36.760 Just like in a natural birth, the head comes out first.

01:09:40.180 Then, you know, the body's coming with it.

01:09:43.140 Do you see what I'm saying?

01:09:44.260 That's our assurance that we'll be raised from the dead because we are his body.

01:09:48.300 We are his body.

01:09:49.820 He is the head.

01:09:50.780 We have assurance in the same way he's been raised from the dead and been given a glorified

01:09:54.300 body.

01:09:54.780 In that same way, we will be raised from the dead and have a glorified body.

01:09:58.360 That's a whole teaching for another time, but that's plainly what he's saying right here.

01:10:02.040 All right, let's look at 2 Tim.

01:10:07.600 2 Tim chapter 4 verses 1 through 10.

01:10:10.360 I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ who shall judge the quick

01:10:15.540 and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom.

01:10:19.820 Preach the word.

01:10:21.060 Be instant in season.

01:10:22.640 Out of season.

01:10:23.780 Reprove.

01:10:24.460 Rebuke.

01:10:25.140 Exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

01:10:28.100 Sorry, I wasn't there yet, but you said it in verse 1, right?

01:10:32.480 I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus who shall judge the living and the

01:10:36.840 dead.

01:10:38.280 Here it is again.

01:10:39.380 I'm just trying to make this point.

01:10:40.480 The judgment of God, it's always here in the New Testament, and it runs totally in contrast

01:10:46.800 to apostasy preaching.

01:10:48.720 In that preaching, you are not brought face-to-face with the judge.

01:10:52.900 You're brought kind of into this kind of weird, almost like a bounce house at a kid's party.

01:10:57.780 You're kind of just in there having a good time or the Ronald McDonald thing with the

01:11:01.040 balls.

01:11:01.480 You're just kind of in there having a good time, and you're not brought face-to-face with

01:11:05.260 reality, right?

01:11:06.560 And so real preaching brings you face-to-face with the reality of the judgment of God,

01:11:11.840 which this is another whole study for another time, which we probably definitely should do.

01:11:16.700 You've got the great white throne judgment, which is to non-believers, right? 0.62

01:11:20.780 Where everything gets thrown in the lake of fire ultimately, right?

01:11:24.540 Hell even gets thrown in the lake of fire.

01:11:26.660 When people talk about if hell is eternal or not, yes and no.

01:11:29.900 Hell ultimately gets thrown in the lake of fire, which is eternal.

01:11:33.540 That does go on forever.

01:11:34.940 The lake of fire, but then for believers, there's the bema seat. 0.97

01:11:40.500 In the Greek, it's called bema, B-E-M-A.

01:11:43.060 That's where we're rewarded at the Olympics, where you either get gold, silver, or bronze,

01:11:48.160 I think it is, when you're at the Olympics.

01:11:50.020 For the believer, we all go to the judgment, too.

01:11:53.600 You all go to the judgment as well, but it's a different judgment.

01:11:56.580 And then we're saved by grace through faith, but what we've done since we've been saved,

01:12:01.200 that gets judged, and that's the reward ceremony, if you will, where the rewards are

01:12:04.920 handed out.

01:12:07.320 So I'm just saying that, like, it's appointed unto man once to die, and after that, the

01:12:11.140 judgment, believers and non-believers, it's two different judgments, but we have to come

01:12:15.100 to terms with Jesus the judge.

01:12:17.980 Okay.

01:12:19.080 Preach the word, be instant in season, out of season.

01:12:21.600 Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all lung suffering and doctrine.

01:12:24.340 For the time will come where they will not endure sound doctrine.

01:12:28.020 Dude, there's coming a time, dare I say we're living in it, where people just won't endure

01:12:32.260 sound doctrine.

01:12:33.120 It's too much.

01:12:34.100 It's too much for people.

01:12:35.680 It stretches them too much.

01:12:37.060 They just want little snippets.

01:12:38.280 They want the little tweeter snippets that are real quick, like fortune cookies.

01:12:41.620 That's all they can handle.

01:12:42.980 They can't handle, like, a sermon that goes one hour, 12 minutes, and 45 seconds.

01:12:48.320 They don't want that.

01:12:49.360 They don't want to endure sound doctrine.

01:12:51.600 They just want snippets.

01:12:53.080 There's coming a time for that.

01:12:54.740 But after their own lusts, shall they heap to themselves teachers having itching ears?

01:12:59.400 So they're picking teachers specifically because it preaches to their lust, to their natural

01:13:05.380 lust. 0.98

01:13:05.820 Remember, that's what Jude is saying.

01:13:07.460 These dudes are like brute beasts.

01:13:09.020 That's what we read in 1 Kings, right, where Ahab is, he's asking for the prophet that's

01:13:14.380 going to tell him what he wants to hear.

01:13:15.540 Yes.

01:13:16.120 Same thing.

01:13:16.760 Yes.

01:13:17.160 The whole Bible is always saying the same thing.

01:13:18.880 It's always doing this.

01:13:21.040 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned into fables.

01:13:28.060 Dude, this is people, man.

01:13:29.780 They're turning away from the truth.

01:13:32.260 So they're facing the truth and they're making a conscious decision to turn away from it.

01:13:36.860 Have we got JJ on the JJ cam at all?

01:13:44.420 They're turning away from the truth, bro.

01:13:46.380 We got to get JJ a better camera.

01:13:49.680 But watch you in all things.

01:13:51.920 Endure afflictions.

01:13:53.120 Do the work of an evangelist.

01:13:54.340 Look what he's saying what's going to happen in real Christian living. 1.00

01:13:57.380 Watch in all things, man.

01:13:59.320 Endure afflictions because it's coming.

01:14:01.420 Do the work of an evangelist.

01:14:02.800 Make full proof of your ministry.

01:14:04.900 For I'm now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand.

01:14:09.060 I've fought a good fight.

01:14:10.340 I've finished my course.

01:14:11.380 I've kept the faith.

01:14:12.400 Bro, this is like the B.I.G. album, Ready to Die.

01:14:14.980 That's where B.I.G. got it from.

01:14:17.180 For I'm now ready to be offered.

01:14:19.620 He's saying, I'm ready to die, dude.

01:14:22.000 And I love this when he's talking about death.

01:14:25.180 He says, the time of my departure is at hand.

01:14:27.540 Like, that's all it is for us, man.

01:14:29.180 Like, whenever we go, we want to be able to look to heaven and say, man, we had a good run.

01:14:34.980 Why, man, it seems like.

01:14:36.960 We had a good run.

01:14:38.020 All these, all these, like, strong men of God, they get to this point where, like, we're reading about Elijah.

01:14:43.640 And he's just like, hey, I'm done.

01:14:44.680 I'm done.

01:14:45.200 Like, but God's like, you know, you got to do a couple more things.

01:14:47.420 But there's like, I've done so much and I'm ready to go.

01:14:50.880 Yeah.

01:14:51.220 Well, no.

01:14:52.200 Well, don't you want to die like that?

01:14:53.520 Do you want to get to the end and be like, oh, no, I got another 20 years of stuff I could keep going?

01:14:59.660 God's like, bro, no, it's the time of your departure.

01:15:02.380 Do you want to go hard all the way to the end?

01:15:04.240 That's what I'm saying with the guy who came in and was trying to do, like, the retirement plan.

01:15:07.660 Like, bro, bro, my retirement plan isn't like going on cruises and playing golf and sitting in the Lazy Boy.

01:15:12.800 Like, hopefully I'm being persecuted, maybe thrown in prison.

01:15:16.360 And then I'm potentially getting my head chopped off because I'm preaching the gospel hard all the way to the end.

01:15:22.500 Do you see what I'm saying?

01:15:23.360 Like, that's how you want to go out, bro.

01:15:25.120 And Paul, he's just at the end of his journey, bro.

01:15:27.480 So I'm ready to go, dude.

01:15:28.440 I'm in prison all the time, but I'm writing all the New Testament.

01:15:31.600 Like, I'm writing all these letters from prison.

01:15:33.640 Yeah.

01:15:33.940 So, like, I'm making the most of it.

01:15:35.300 But, like, I'm in prison.

01:15:36.220 I'm locked up.

01:15:37.260 But, like, Timothy, like, dude, two Timothys hard, bro.

01:15:40.200 Two Timothys hard because this is Paul, like, his last words to his son, dude.

01:15:44.040 Think about that.

01:15:44.600 If you're on your deathbed and it's, like, the last thing you get to say, this book should be looked at.

01:15:49.180 Like, there's a lot we're going to have to look at.

01:15:51.440 But we're not doing that all right now.

01:15:53.120 But that's the context of Two Timothy, dude.

01:15:54.740 He's at the end of his life.

01:15:55.540 He's like, bro, this is the last thing I'm going to tell you.

01:15:58.420 You have to understand this.

01:16:00.900 Now, I'm ready to die, man.

01:16:02.240 And the time of my departure, that's all it is to us.

01:16:04.720 When we leave here, it's just the time of our departure.

01:16:06.600 I've fought a good fight.

01:16:10.800 I've finished my course.

01:16:12.240 I didn't just start my course.

01:16:13.920 People, you know, you've got to get this, man.

01:16:16.680 He didn't just start the course.

01:16:18.300 He didn't just kind of, like, get on the track and then it's okay because you say a one-time prayer and then you're good forever.

01:16:23.360 No, no.

01:16:23.740 He finished his course, man.

01:16:25.720 He kept the faith.

01:16:26.780 Why would he say, I've kept the faith if you can't lose the faith?

01:16:31.140 He said, I've kept the faith.

01:16:32.220 That doesn't make any sense for him to say, I've kept the faith if everybody keeps the faith once they get it.

01:16:36.600 You were saying faith is a substance.

01:16:39.100 It's a thing.

01:16:39.920 Yes.

01:16:41.640 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

01:16:45.460 It's beautiful looking at this scripture under that sort of understanding.

01:16:50.100 I love that.

01:16:51.340 You might be right about worship and music, too.

01:16:53.680 Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day.

01:17:00.360 And not to me only, but unto all them also that love is appearing.

01:17:04.840 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me.

01:17:07.160 This is what Paul is saying to Timothy.

01:17:08.760 Hey, man, do your diligence.

01:17:09.780 Get to me quick, dude, because I'm close to dying.

01:17:13.680 Because Demas hath forsaken me.

01:17:17.160 Hold on to that.

01:17:18.220 Having loved this present world and is departed into Thessalonica, Crescens went to Galatia, Titus went into Dalmatia, and only Luke is with me.

01:17:31.340 Take Mark and bring him with you, for he's profitable to me for the ministry.

01:17:34.940 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 0.54

01:17:36.660 The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when you come, bring with you in the books, but especially the parchments.

01:17:47.120 That's an interesting thing.

01:17:48.320 I think I read a little too far, but I like that verse 13.

01:17:50.660 He says, bring me the books.

01:17:51.880 Bring me the stuff by G. Campbell Morgan.

01:17:54.600 Bring me the stuff by Alexander White.

01:17:57.020 Bring me the stuff by Oswald Chambers.

01:17:59.760 Bring me the stuff from Andrew Murray.

01:18:01.840 Bring me the books.

01:18:02.560 I think when he says parchments, it means the scriptures.

01:18:06.280 Bring me those books, man.

01:18:07.540 I need good reading material while I'm in prison, but especially bring me the scriptures, man.

01:18:12.440 They didn't have Bibles laying around.

01:18:13.720 It's like, especially bring me Isaiah, man.

01:18:15.940 Especially bring me Jeremiah.

01:18:17.840 Like, I want all that other stuff, too.

01:18:19.900 I want to read the books, but bring me the scripture.

01:18:24.900 Okay, let's just look at this contrast, because we even have it right here, man.

01:18:28.840 Paul in verse 8, he says,

01:18:31.360 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all that love is appearing.

01:18:43.060 So there's a special reward for those of us who love and look for his appearing.

01:18:48.780 So Paul kept the faith, right?

01:18:50.620 Remember he's saying that?

01:18:52.020 Paul's saying he kept the faith.

01:18:54.900 Why?

01:18:55.300 Because he loved, he loves and looks forward to the appearing of Christ.

01:19:00.500 How about Demas?

01:19:01.800 Demas is an example of apostasy. 0.82

01:19:04.780 Demas has forsaken me.

01:19:06.420 What did he love?

01:19:07.220 Did he love Jesus appearing?

01:19:08.980 No.

01:19:09.760 Verse 10, Demas loved the present world.

01:19:12.780 We keep coming back to this.

01:19:14.140 You see how we keep coming back to this?

01:19:15.880 There's those who love the eternal realm.

01:19:17.920 They love God.

01:19:18.740 And then there's those who love the temporary realm.

01:19:20.920 And they sell out for the rewards of the temporary realm.

01:19:24.060 Those are the two things.

01:19:25.520 That is the, that's the difference, again, we keep running into between faith and apostasy.

01:19:30.380 What did Jude call them?

01:19:31.560 The beast of?

01:19:33.200 He calls them brute beasts.

01:19:34.480 Brute beasts.

01:19:37.020 But Demas, you say, oh no, Demas never was saved to begin with.

01:19:41.300 It's not like Demas was saved and then he forsook it.

01:19:43.800 Okay, well in Colossians 4.14, Paul's talking to Colossians like in a greeting or like in a salutation.

01:19:53.960 He's saying, Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.

01:19:58.680 So Demas was his guy right there.

01:20:01.100 Demas was his guy.

01:20:02.140 Philemon 1.24, he's actually referred to as Demas, my fellow laborer.

01:20:08.420 Bro, you have all these?

01:20:10.100 Yeah.

01:20:10.560 Let's go, man.

01:20:11.480 Yeah, Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers.

01:20:16.900 Demas is called a fellow laborer here.

01:20:19.760 Bro, look back at this though, man.

01:20:21.820 Verse 10, Demas hath forsaken me.

01:20:24.520 Like he was on the path with me, but he forsook this, man, because he loves the present world.

01:20:30.880 And this is in direct conflict with the present world.

01:20:33.860 Like he loved the benefits of this present world.

01:20:38.100 And he went astray for those things of the present world.

01:20:41.480 He didn't love the appearing of Christ.

01:20:43.640 He loved the present world.

01:20:45.060 He fell off.

01:20:46.220 He was on track and he fell off.

01:20:53.060 Can you blame him, man?

01:20:54.480 It gets heavy.

01:20:55.860 It gets too heavy for some people, dude.

01:20:58.020 All right, let's wrap it up.

01:20:59.060 We're wrapping it up.

01:20:59.700 We're in Matthew 16, 24.

01:21:02.140 Do we have that?

01:21:03.460 Of course we have that.

01:21:04.620 You're the man, bro.

01:21:09.780 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

01:21:16.440 That, so, oh, dude.

01:21:19.680 So this is like the credentials.

01:21:21.940 This is the criteria to follow Jesus.

01:21:24.500 JJ's got this in his notes because JJ's preaching in a couple of weeks.

01:21:27.300 He's using this in his notes.

01:21:28.560 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, here's the criteria if you want to follow me.

01:21:35.460 You must deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me. 0.90

01:21:40.080 He never sugarcoats it.

01:21:41.620 He never is saying, he's never trying to make this a palatable message and sugarcoat it so that you'll become a Christian.

01:21:47.880 He's never doing that.

01:21:49.400 He's never doing that.

01:21:50.820 He's saying, just make good and sure you're ready for this before you sign up for this.

01:21:54.460 Because if you're not ready, do not sign up for this.

01:21:57.020 We've read those passages before.

01:21:58.820 It'd be better for you to have never heard of me than to hear of me, commit to this, and then depart.

01:22:04.360 Oh, man.

01:22:08.220 All right.

01:22:08.720 You sure you want to take part in this?

01:22:10.480 If any man will come after me, he has to deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

01:22:14.380 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it.

01:22:17.020 And whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

01:22:24.040 For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his soul?

01:22:30.580 For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

01:22:33.500 Do you see how this is laid out, man?

01:22:35.840 For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

01:22:40.140 Do you see how this is laid out in the scripture?

01:22:43.620 Like, what in the world could you gain for the next 120 years that would be worth losing your soul?

01:22:51.420 Like, again, like, this is straight Bible.

01:22:54.180 Like, this is just plainly what the scripture teaches.

01:22:57.580 Like, we've got to bring this back into the body of Christ.

01:23:00.260 We have to bring back these plain...

01:23:01.380 I don't know why, though, this is so hard to preach this to people who are filled with earthly things.

01:23:08.980 When these guys have so much money, they have these buildings, the cars.

01:23:12.480 Go preach this to a guy with a Ferrari.

01:23:15.140 You know what I'm saying?

01:23:15.880 But that's why the world doesn't believe it.

01:23:19.040 It's like a clown show right now.

01:23:20.720 It's like a straight clown show, bro.

01:23:22.660 Like, yeah, they're saying these things about, oh, heaven, eternity, God.

01:23:26.020 And they have a Ferrari.

01:23:27.520 Yeah.

01:23:27.960 It's a clown show.

01:23:28.960 The world looks at that and goes, you don't even believe what you're saying.

01:23:31.740 Why would I believe what you're saying?

01:23:34.140 And so I don't know how we got here.

01:23:36.120 I don't know.

01:23:37.100 But, like, in a weird way, how come none of the people with the microphones are saying this?

01:23:44.520 How come you have this entire church structure in America and nobody's saying these plain things?

01:23:51.640 Like, why aren't they saying it?

01:23:53.020 Even if they're not partaking of the Ferraris and the mansions, because a lot of them aren't, right?

01:23:58.000 Some would say those ones are just the successful ones.

01:24:00.520 And then there's all these other ones that might have the same heart, but they're just not as successful in this, like, giant ministries and stuff.

01:24:06.420 But why are they not preaching against it?

01:24:08.160 Why are they not bringing this out?

01:24:09.960 Why are we not drawing a direct contrast and saying, I'm not a part of that?

01:24:13.580 I'm not a part of that.

01:24:14.540 That's some other system that I'm not a part of.

01:24:18.080 Because they're the ones with the microphone getting paid for it.

01:24:21.040 Well, there's also this idea, and not to bring up this guy again, but this idea of Nick Fuentes of being a pariah.

01:24:30.580 I know.

01:24:31.180 A guy being a pariah, but then being given the opportunity to play ball. 0.86

01:24:36.200 Maybe these people are holding on to that.

01:24:38.000 Like, I'm not that successful guy right now, but, like, I'm in the game.

01:24:41.360 And if I play the right game, then I can play ball later on.

01:24:46.260 Get the money, get the temporary rewards in the natural realm?

01:24:49.040 Yeah.

01:24:49.500 See it all the time.

01:24:50.580 Okay, well, that's what this is all preaching about.

01:24:52.940 Yep.

01:24:53.720 That's what Jude is about.

01:24:56.180 So it's almost like, how did all the politicians get corrupt?

01:24:59.180 Well, it's like, who's going to change it?

01:25:02.520 They're all the ones getting paid for it.

01:25:04.120 Like, politicians have to change the current structure.

01:25:07.340 They're the ones getting paid on it.

01:25:08.860 Why would they change it?

01:25:10.400 Yeah.

01:25:10.600 I'm sorry to be super offensive, but the church has found itself in that same model now.

01:25:15.260 It's found itself in that same model.

01:25:17.560 Like, this stuff has to change.

01:25:19.300 We have to get back to apostles, prophets, pastors, evangelists, and teachers.

01:25:23.020 We have to get back to breaking bread daily from house to house.

01:25:27.280 We have to get back to, like, not just apostles, prophets, pastors, evangelists, and teachers,

01:25:31.420 but those equipping the saints to do the work.

01:25:34.080 So we're not dependent on the professional.

01:25:36.260 And we're not in this structure of where we're going to go be entertained on Sunday morning.

01:25:40.660 Like, we've got to get out of that.

01:25:42.180 We've got to get out of that.

01:25:43.240 Like, say you still enjoy that model.

01:25:45.380 That's fine.

01:25:45.940 But there has to be more than that.

01:25:47.380 There has to be more than that.

01:25:48.360 We've got to get out from under that model.

01:25:50.700 We've got to start getting some distance between ourselves and that system and that model

01:25:54.240 and start doing it according to the Word of God, if that makes sense.

01:25:58.160 Guys, we're going to wrap up with Acts 20, verse 17 through 38.

01:26:03.480 I probably don't have this in the notes.

01:26:05.040 I think I just, like, was looking at this this morning or something.

01:26:08.640 But I just felt like this was a good thing to wrap it up.

01:26:14.120 I know you get mad when we do, like, the long ones.

01:26:16.660 No, no, no, no.

01:26:17.320 It's all right.

01:26:17.560 I just don't have this scripture pulled up.

01:26:19.040 But go ahead.

01:26:19.660 Okay.

01:26:20.060 Acts 20, verse 17.

01:26:22.580 And from Miletus, he sent, this is Paul, he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church.

01:26:28.420 So Paul, again, this is another time he's getting towards the end, or he's towards the

01:26:33.820 end enough that he thinks he's not going to see the church at Ephesus again.

01:26:38.180 This is the context.

01:26:39.080 So he calls all the elders of the church together.

01:26:41.940 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, you know from the first day that I came

01:26:45.760 into Asia after what manner I have been with you at all seasons.

01:26:50.200 Let's do that game we play where we say, what doesn't it say?

01:26:52.780 You know from the first day that I came into Asia after how good my sermons were on Sunday

01:26:58.700 morning.

01:26:59.980 No, no, that's not what he's saying.

01:27:02.500 He says, you know how I've lived among you.

01:27:06.740 Like, like that's how he's pleading with them.

01:27:08.540 He's saying, you know how I live.

01:27:09.760 You saw my life.

01:27:10.640 My life was an open book.

01:27:12.040 It was bare and wide open before you.

01:27:14.080 This isn't just about my sermons.

01:27:16.060 You know what manner I have been with you at all seasons.

01:27:19.020 I was with you guys at all seasons.

01:27:20.820 I lived among you.

01:27:21.780 There's nothing to hide here.

01:27:22.900 You know that.

01:27:23.580 You know who I am.

01:27:24.860 It's not just you saw me for two hours a week in the pulpit, which is lovely and wonderful.

01:27:29.540 Everybody loves preaching.

01:27:30.640 I love preaching.

01:27:31.620 I think it's a great thing and we need to be doing it.

01:27:33.580 But there's more than that.

01:27:34.920 There's more than that.

01:27:36.220 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind and with many tears and temptations, which befell

01:27:41.100 me by the lying in wait of the Jews and how I kept back nothing.

01:27:47.180 Oh, dang, dude.

01:27:49.020 Dang, how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but I've showed you and have taught

01:27:56.640 you publicly and from house to house.

01:28:00.780 See the church model in the Bible?

01:28:03.460 In person.

01:28:04.040 Yes.

01:28:04.740 In real life.

01:28:07.340 You guys know when I saw you at Walmart and we had that whole conversation about the kingdom

01:28:11.120 of God, you remember at the baseball game, we had that whole conversation.

01:28:14.020 Remember in the coffee shop, we talked about all that stuff.

01:28:15.920 Yeah, in real life, I taught you publicly and then even from house to house.

01:28:20.740 I didn't send out flyers or build some giant building, take your money to build a building

01:28:25.360 so that you would come to me every week.

01:28:26.820 I went to you.

01:28:28.080 He's saying, I went to you.

01:28:29.120 Testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward

01:28:36.100 our Lord Jesus Christ.

01:28:37.240 And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall

01:28:41.840 befall me there.

01:28:42.820 I don't know exactly what's going to happen when I get taken to Jerusalem other than the 0.99

01:28:46.680 Holy Ghost witnesses.

01:28:47.720 He's saying like through prophets, every city he goes into, somebody tells him this by the

01:28:53.320 Holy Spirit, save that the Holy Ghost witnesses in every city saying that bonds and afflictions

01:28:58.360 abide me, saying that when I get to Jerusalem, I'm going to be put in bonds. 0.51

01:29:02.560 I'm going to be in prison.

01:29:04.140 I'm going to be trapped, right?

01:29:08.560 I'm going to be arrested.

01:29:09.780 I'm going to be put in bonds and I'm going to be put in afflictions.

01:29:13.340 It's not going to be playtime.

01:29:14.680 It's not going to be Ferraris.

01:29:15.560 It's not going to be mansions like when I go to Jerusalem, it's going to be pain and 1.00

01:29:19.140 suffering and afflictions.

01:29:21.080 But none of these things move me.

01:29:24.440 That's a man of God, bro.

01:29:26.260 None of these things move me.

01:29:28.120 Neither count I my life dear unto myself.

01:29:34.600 Didn't we just read that?

01:29:37.660 Any man who will save his life will lose it.

01:29:39.980 Any man who will lose his life will save it.

01:29:42.660 None of these things move me.

01:29:43.880 Neither count I my life dear unto myself.

01:29:46.480 Dude, that's what we need, bro.

01:29:48.080 Preachers that don't count their own life dear to themselves.

01:29:50.980 They're just here on behalf of the kingdom of God and they're going hard and whatever

01:29:54.580 pain and afflictions is awaiting them.

01:29:56.480 They don't care, man.

01:29:57.580 That's real gangster.

01:29:58.640 That's gangster stuff.

01:29:59.840 None of these things move me.

01:30:02.000 Neither count I my life dear unto myself so that I might finish my course.

01:30:06.220 See how much he talks about finishing?

01:30:07.880 So that I might finish my course.

01:30:09.400 Not just start it, but finish it with joy.

01:30:12.420 Even if I'm in bonds and afflictions, I still have joy.

01:30:16.120 So that I might finish my course with joy in the ministry which I have received of the

01:30:19.980 Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

01:30:22.760 That's what I'm here for.

01:30:23.540 And now behold, I know that you all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God

01:30:29.160 shall see my face no more.

01:30:33.420 This is heavy, bro.

01:30:34.900 Wherefore, I take you to record this day that I'm pure from the blood of all men

01:30:39.300 because I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

01:30:43.980 Take heed, therefore, unto yourselves and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost

01:30:51.300 hath made you overseers to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own 0.62

01:30:56.680 blood.

01:30:57.820 Remember, Jesus purchased the church with his blood.

01:31:00.720 Take very good care of that church.

01:31:03.060 He didn't take tithes for it?

01:31:04.340 No.

01:31:04.820 It's weird.

01:31:05.520 Be very, very mindful of how you in a leadership role are dealing with the church that Jesus

01:31:11.960 himself purchased with his blood.

01:31:16.640 Do you see what I'm saying?

01:31:18.300 You better be very mindful of this.

01:31:20.980 Oh, you're going to take advantage of the flock?

01:31:23.720 You're going to use them for personal gain?

01:31:25.980 Just keep in mind, Jesus purchased that church with his blood.

01:31:31.340 You say, oh, no, you're being too dramatic, Matt.

01:31:33.840 Let's see what Paul says.

01:31:34.980 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you.

01:31:40.700 In the church.

01:31:41.960 Remember, that's the context of Jude.

01:31:45.460 In the church.

01:31:46.720 Enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

01:31:49.880 And even some of you guys here right now, not just dudes coming from outside and like

01:31:54.580 not here right now that'll come in and won't spare you, but even some of you guys here right

01:31:59.160 now, also of your own selves, shall men arise speaking perverse things.

01:32:05.600 Why?

01:32:05.820 To draw away disciples after themselves.

01:32:09.320 To draw away disciples after them, not after Jesus.

01:32:14.180 Right?

01:32:14.920 You see this today.

01:32:16.120 You see this with fakers in the pulpit.

01:32:17.660 They're just trying to get people to follow them as opposed to following Christ.

01:32:22.140 Like a real preacher is just like, Jesus, Bobby, Bobby, Jesus.

01:32:26.400 Holler if you guys need anything.

01:32:27.700 Like that's real preaching.

01:32:29.220 Not like, oh, yeah, you're dependent on me.

01:32:31.300 Keep coming to me for what you need.

01:32:32.820 No, no, no.

01:32:33.480 You go to Jesus.

01:32:34.320 Bro, this is the context of Jude.

01:32:39.700 What I'm saying is not this one-off thing in the Bible.

01:32:42.280 It's through the whole Bible.

01:32:43.880 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing

01:32:47.620 the flock.

01:32:48.280 Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after

01:32:54.020 them.

01:32:56.120 Therefore, watch and remember that by the space of three years, I cease not to warn everyone

01:33:02.180 night and day, even with tears.

01:33:04.780 Remember what Jonathan Edwards' daughter said about her dad?

01:33:08.920 He said, bro, real preaching.

01:33:10.460 It's not apostasy.

01:33:11.760 I'm warning you with tears, man.

01:33:14.140 This is not playtime.

01:33:15.300 This is not a joke.

01:33:16.240 We're not in a bounce house.

01:33:17.600 This is very serious.

01:33:19.100 I'm warning everyone night and day with tears.

01:33:21.940 What a testimony for this guy.

01:33:23.800 Yeah, but he also says here he wants to finish his walk with joy.

01:33:29.540 Amen.

01:33:30.460 How do you do that?

01:33:32.980 Joy is not based on circumstances.

01:33:36.920 Joy is an internal thing in your relationship with God.

01:33:39.760 It's internal.

01:33:40.480 You have joy.

01:33:41.700 Happiness is like, ride on.

01:33:43.580 I'm on a jet ski today.

01:33:44.600 This is fun.

01:33:45.220 I'm happy.

01:33:46.220 I just shot a big buck.

01:33:48.100 Just caught a giant fish.

01:33:49.800 I'm so happy.

01:33:51.400 That's not the same as joy.

01:33:52.740 Joy is this internal thing that like, you're good.

01:33:55.080 You're good.

01:33:55.720 Everything's good.

01:33:56.360 Like I have joy if I come in here today and I go, dang, dude, I'm like going to come in here and preach the gospel on a podcast.

01:34:04.800 I don't even know how any of this even happened in the last few months.

01:34:08.440 And both my kids are out there running the coffee shop.

01:34:11.780 Do you see what I'm saying?

01:34:13.320 Like I have joy.

01:34:14.240 I just have like everything's good, dude.

01:34:16.940 This internal thing, like the goodness of life is so good.

01:34:20.440 And even if it goes bad, I retain that joy because of my life in Christ.

01:34:25.020 Do you see what I'm saying?

01:34:25.560 It has nothing to do with the externals, right?

01:34:28.280 We're just happy.

01:34:29.000 Like for the things in our life, we have joy regardless, like regardless, no matter how bad it goes.

01:34:34.680 This dude, this is the book of Acts, but like the other stuff, he's writing from prison.

01:34:40.100 He's writing from prison to free people, telling them like, you need to live in joy.

01:34:45.640 I'm living in joy.

01:34:46.620 You need to live in joy.

01:34:47.440 He's in prison.

01:34:48.100 So joy is this internal thing that doesn't have to do with external circumstances.

01:34:54.500 It's got to be cultivated too, though, just like anything else.

01:34:57.380 It's got to be cultivated.

01:35:00.320 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

01:35:06.620 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after themselves.

01:35:12.160 Okay, because of that, man, you got to watch and remember that by the space of three years,

01:35:16.440 I never stopped to warn everyone night and day, even with tears.

01:35:20.120 And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace.

01:35:23.480 Depend on that because it's able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

01:35:29.540 I have coveted no man's silver or gold or apparel.

01:35:34.320 Like in that day, they paid with clothes, it looks like.

01:35:36.580 Like gold and silver have always been money, and it looks like clothes in a weird way was money too.

01:35:42.100 But he says, bro, I didn't need anybody's money.

01:35:44.360 Yeah, you yourselves know that these hands have ministered into my necessities and to them that were with me.

01:35:53.160 I have showed you all things, how that's so laboring you ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus Christ,

01:35:59.980 how he said it's more blessed to give than to receive.

01:36:02.580 He said, I didn't take money from you guys.

01:36:05.820 I worked.

01:36:07.700 He's called a tent maker.

01:36:09.080 Some say it was like a prayer shawl or whatever, but he worked to pay for his stuff,

01:36:14.540 which I'm not saying a man of God shouldn't be paid to preach.

01:36:17.300 I'm not saying that.

01:36:18.260 There's a time and a place, and we've got to come to a balance with that

01:36:21.000 because I don't think that you should have the most important job in the world and have a side hustle.

01:36:26.880 That's my personal take on it.

01:36:28.980 If we're saying preaching the gospel is the most important thing, I don't think you should have a side hustle.

01:36:34.700 And we talked about the apostles last week or two weeks ago that they spent 40 hours a week in prayer and the word.

01:36:41.080 So I don't know that that really leaves you time for a side hustle,

01:36:44.220 but we can unpack that as exactly how does a man get to that place where he can do that and not be dependent on their money.

01:36:49.860 But Paul says, I wasn't dependent on your money.

01:36:51.380 I didn't need it from you guys.

01:36:52.760 What if you have to pour brown water?

01:36:54.880 Then you got to do what you got to do till the Lord opens up another path.

01:36:58.520 Amen.

01:36:58.780 I've showed you all things, how that's so laboring.

01:37:05.080 You ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus,

01:37:08.320 how he said it is more blessed to give than to receive.

01:37:11.360 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down and prayed with them all.

01:37:14.640 And they all wept sore and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,

01:37:19.100 sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke that they should see his face no more.

01:37:26.020 And they accompanied him under the ship.

01:37:31.580 I just want to wrap up just saying, man, Enoch stands in direct contrast to these,

01:37:40.400 to these fakers in the book of Jude.

01:37:44.000 Jude is warning us about apostates in the church.

01:37:47.720 Those who preach judgment like Enoch, they stand in direct contrast to apostates. 0.85

01:37:54.500 You have faith and you have apostasy.

01:37:58.420 We want to be on the side of faith.

01:38:00.280 We want to stay the course.

01:38:01.600 We want to finish the course.

01:38:02.760 We want to fight the good fight of faith.

01:38:04.220 And we want to finish all the way to the end.

01:38:06.580 Amen.

01:38:06.820 Amen.

01:38:06.960 Amen.

01:38:07.020 Amen.

01:38:08.960 Amen.

01:38:09.020 Amen.

01:38:24.500 Amen.

01:38:25.040 Amen.

01:38:36.560 Amen.

01:38:36.760 Amen.

01:38:37.240 Amen.

01:38:37.340 Amen.

01:38:39.700 Amen.

01:38:39.880 Amen.

01:38:40.260 Amen.

01:38:40.520 Amen.

01:38:41.880 Amen.

01:38:41.940 Amen.

01:38:42.540 Amen.

01:38:42.860 Amen.

01:38:43.000 Amen.

01:38:43.900 Amen.

01:38:44.000 Amen.

01:38:44.040 Amen.

01:38:44.080 Amen.

01:38:44.940 Amen.

01:38:45.500 Amen.

01:38:46.040 Amen.

01:38:52.160 Amen.

01:38:52.180 Amen.

01:38:52.260 Amen.

01:38:52.700 Amen.

01:38:53.200 Amen.

01:38:54.060 Amen.

Nephilim Death Squad - December 02, 2025

The Prophecy of Enoch ｜ Straight Bible

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