Keep Me Lit!
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Leviticus 6:12–13 (NLT): 12 Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out. Each morning the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it. 13 Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.
Just shy of the official announcement of the national pandemic, on February 19, 2020 Hip Hops break out artist and Rap sensation Pop Smoke was suddenly taken from us. He wasn’t a victim of the virus but he was a victum of gun violence
Pop Smoke was widely known for popularizing the use of the slang word LIT
In his hit single “Welcome to the Party” part of the main chorus was “KEEP ME LIT”
Depending on what generation you were born in,….. this urban slang ”LIT” will take on differing meanings
if you are a baby boomer or generation x
the slang LIT means Intoxicated Either they consumed
Alcohol
Narcotics
BUT Amongst millennials and gen -z “ Lit “ takes on a different connotation
it means that SOMETHING is "EXCITING," OR IN a broader SENCE it means that SOMETHING Is OF "excellent
for the sake of entertainment.... can i raise the relevant question because i know this is the lit crowd
HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN A SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE LORD?
HOW DO YOU STAY EXCITED ABOUT THE THINGS OF GOD?
HOW DOES ONE STAY SPIRITUALLY “LIT”? IF YOU WILL……..
AS A CONTEXT CLUE I believe the old adage is true….
THAT it’s not how you start .....but it is in fact ... how you finish
THIS IS THE FINISHING STRONG CONFERENCE ISN’T IT
I guess that’s why the writer of Ecclesiastes wrote in ch.7:8
”The end of a matter is better than the beginning and patience is better than pride
and Zechariah 4:10 WEIGHS IN ON THE SUBJECT HE says.... despise not the day’s of small beginnings
I’came to tell somebody on this 8th day of December, it’s not how you start ....but how you finish
WILL SOMEBODY TYPE THIS IN THE CHAT
AND WILL YOU ALL BLAZE THE ATMOSPHERE
AND SAY …
I’M FINISHING STRONG (2 X’S)
Consequently in this DIY GENERATION THERE ARE MANY BOOKS, BLOGS AND PEOPLE TRYING TO GET YOU TO SUBSCRIBE TO THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNELS TO LISTEN TO THEM TELL YOU HOW TO START SOMETHING
BE A BOSS
CEO
START FLIPPING HOUSES
BUT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT FINISHING
YOU GOT TWO STEPS TO BECOMING A MILLIONAIRE
THREE STEPS TO SIX FIGURES …
BUT CAN I SUGGEST…..BE LEARY OF PEOPLE WHO CAN TELL YOU HOW TO START
BUT CAN’T TELL YOU HOW TO MAINTAIN OR FINISH
AND I HATE TO BUST SOMEONES BUBBLE TONIGHT BUT THERE IS NO ELEVATOR TO SUCCESS
EVERYBODY HAS TO TAKE THE STEPS
SO IF YOUR GOING TO FINISH STRONG
IT’S GONNA TAKE SOME GRIT,… VGROR & SOME TENACITY
IF YOU BE FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS…
TO FURTHER PROVE THIS
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, ITS SAID THAT 70% OF MEGA LOTTERY WINNERS GO BROKE OR FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY WITHIN 3-5 YEARS OF WINNING
NOW I DONE MESSED SOMEBODY’S CHRISTMAS PRESENT UP
BUT ANOTHER STRIKING STAT IS DIVORCE
I READ A STAT THAT STATED THAT DIVORCE IS 27% AMONGST CHRISTIANS
MAYBE BECAUSE MORE EMPHASIS IS ON THE WEDDING AND NOT THE MARRIAGE
BUT MORE SO THAN MONEY AND MORE THAN MARRIAGE
YOU WANNA HOLD IT DOWN SPIRITUALLY
BECAUSE IF WE GET IT RIGHT SPIRITUALLY EVERYTHING ELSE WILL FALL IN PLACE
AND OUR TEXT TONIGHT LENDS SUPPORT IN THIS AREA
BODY
BODY
OUR TEXT TONIGHT IS A VERY POWERFUL PASSAGE EMINATING FROM THE PENTATEUCH
THE FIVE BOOKS OF THE LAW OF MOSES
AND UHH.. THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS HAS ONE CENTRAL THEME HOLINESS
WHICH THE HEBREW WRITER IN HEBREWS 12:14 SUGGEST THAT WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE WILL SEE GOD
BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TIME
THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS GIVES SPECIFIC INSTRUTIONS FOR THE WORSHIP OF GOD ( HOW HE WANTS TO BE APPROACHED )
AND IT IS WRITTEN FOR THE WORSHIPPER OF GOD
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ( JOHN 4:24 ) SUMS IT UP BECAUSE GOD IS DISTINCT IN HOW HE WANTS TO BE APPROACHED
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS THE OLD TESTAMENT ( AND HERE’S YOUR SHOUT ) ITS’S ALSO WRITTEN TO GIVE THE PREIST SPACIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW THEY WERE TO SERVE HIM
AND YOU MISSED YOUR SHOUT
BECAUSE I THANK GOD THAT WE‘RE NO LONGER IN THE DISPENSATION WHERE WE NEED HUMAN MEDIATORS BETWEEN ME AND GOD
LAST I CHECKED THERE’S ONE MEDIATOR THE MAN CHRIST JESUS
THEREFORE I CAN GO BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE …
AND I THANK GOD FOR THE SPIRITUAL RENEWAL TEACHER
I THANK GOD FOR THE DISCIPLESHIP TEACHER
I THANK GOD FOR THE CBI & CSM TEACHERS
I THANK GOD FOR PASTOR AND ALL CLERGY
BUT IF EVER I CAN’T GET AHOLD OF THEM
I CAN GO BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE
YOU OUGHT TO TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR EXORCISE YOUR RIGHT
SOMEBODY TYPE IT IN THE CHAT
EXORCISE YOUR RIGHTS
DEVIL YOU CAN;T WIN THIS ONE CAUSE I GOT RIGHTS
WHEN I WAKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING THE FIRST THING IM DOING IS EXORCISING MY RIGHTS
EARLY………… WILL IN THE MORNING I SEEK THEE
SO HE WRITES ON HOW TO WORSHIP HIM
AND HOW TO SERVE HIM
TRANSITION
TRANSITION
BUT THEN THERE WAS THIS ONE CARDINAL RULE IN CHAPTER SIX THAT INTRIGUED ME
GOD TELLS MOSES TO TELL THE PRIEST NOT TO EVER LET THE FIRE GO OUT
GOD SAYS TELL THE PRIEST THAT I SAID
KEEP ME LIT
YALL GONNA GET IT IN A MINUTE
NOW Fire CAN I SUGGEST is a metaphor IN THIS TEXT For …..
• Presence OF GOD (via Holy Spirit) WHICH PROMOTES THE
• Power OF GOD which is indicative of your
• Position in God
AND I NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND …What was the warfare waged against Fire that God would stress 3 X’S keeping it lit
He say's three times vs.-9, 12,13
Don't let the Fire Go out
THREE WAYS THE ENEMY WAGES WARFARE IN AN EFFORT TO PUT MY FIRE OUT
THREE WAYS THE ENEMY WAGES WARFARE IN AN EFFORT TO PUT MY FIRE OUT
NOW IN THE NATURAL THERE IS WHAT IS CALLED THE TRIANGLE OF FIRE .
OXYGEN HEAT FUEL CHEMICAL REACTION
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER : TAKE AWAY ONE OF THESE AND THE FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED
SO HOW DOES THE ENEMY WORK TO EXTINGUISH OUR FIRE FOR GOD
Complacient - (comfortable) - (calloused)
COMPLACIENCY IS WHEN YOU AND I AS BELIEVERS GET SPIRITUALLY LAZY
AND IT’S INDICATIVE OF THE FACT THAT MY LIFE HAS BECOME TOO CROWDED FOR GOD
OTHER THINGS AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BECOME MORE OF A PRIORITY THAN GOD
AND GOD SHOWED ME THE DANGER AND HOW TO WAR AGAINST THIS
AND YOU DON’T EVER WANT TO GET TOO CROWDED BECAUSE CROWDED WILL CAUSE YOU TO BECOME COMPLACIENT ABOUT THE THINGS OF GOD
I WAS UMM ADMIRING A SHIRT THAT MY WIFE HAD ON A WEEK AGO AND GOD BROUGHT IT TO MY MEMORY AS I WAS PREPARING THIS SERMON
AND HER SHIRT SAID
“IM AT CAPACITY“ ….
NOW I DON’T KNOW THE INTENTIONALITY OF THE DESIGNER THAT MADE THE SHIRT ( OR KITA WHEN SHE WORE IT )
ALL I KNOW IS WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I READ IT
AND THAT WAS THAT NOTHING ELSE COULD FIT IN
BUT I PLAYED IT COOL AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT AIN’T FOR ME ……. ALWAYS GOT TIME FOR ME
YOU EVER EAT AND GET SO FULL THAT YOU START TALKING TO YOURSELF AND YOU SAY MAN I CAN’T EAT ANOTHER THING
THEN YOUR AT CAPACITY!
THE ELEVATOR JUST AROUND THE HALLWAY HAS A SIGN IN IT THAT STATES THE MAIMUM CAPACITY
WHICH MEANS IF WE GO BEYOND A CERTAIN AMOUT OF POUNDS ON THERE THEN ITS A LIABILITY
AND I WAS JUST THINKING PAUL SAYS THAT WE HAVE THIS TREASURE….. IN EARTHEN VESSELS
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD EVERY BLOOD BOUGHT BELIEVER IS INDWELT BY THE HOLY GHOST
BUT ALL OF US ARE NOT AT CAPACITY
BECAUSE WHEN YOUR AT CAPACITY… THAT MEANS YOUR FULL
AND WHEN YOUR FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST
YOU DON’T HAVE ROOM FOR NONSENSE
WHEN YOU FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST YOU DON’T HAVE TIME FOR MEDIOCRE OR THE MUNDANE OR TRIVIAL STUFF
MATTER FACT WHEN YOU FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST…..
YOU CAN TAKE A INSULT AS A COMPLIMENT
SEE WHEN YOU FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST …..AND SOMEBODY
INSULTS YOU
DISRESPECTS YOU
ASSASSINATES YOUR CHARACTER
YOU DON’T HAVE TO RESPOND OR RETALIATE !!!
BUT TAKE IT AS A COMPLIMENT….. THAT THEY WOULD REVEAL TO YOU …. HOW IMMATURE THEY REALLY ARE
THAT’S WHY IF THER’S A PRAYER THAT YOU AND I GOTTA PRAY DAILY ….
IT’S LORD……
KEEP ME AT CAPACITY
KEEP ME FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST
CAUSE IF I’M NOT FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST………
I’LL MESS AROUND AND FIND MYSELF BACK AT THE PLACE WHER HE FOUUND ME
YALL AIN’T TALKING TO ME …..
IF I AIN’T FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST
I‘LL MESS AROUND AND DO SOMETHING
SAY SOMETHING
OR ENGAGE IN SOMETHING THAT I KNOW I AIN’T GOT NO BUSINESS
YALL LOOKING AT ME FUNNY …LET ME SEE IF I CAN REACH YOU
IF I DON’T STAY FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST
I’LL TAKE OFF THESE LOW HEELS
AND PUT HO HEELS
SNEAKING AND CREEPING WITH EVERY SKIRT
I’LL MESS AROUD AND HAVE A SIP OF SOMETHING
DON’T ACT LIKE YALL DON’T KNOW WHAT A SIP IS , I GOTTA CALL IT OUT
OK CIROC
OK GREY GOOSE
OK HENESY … MY BAD YOU GOTTA SAY HENNY
AND WHAT’S THE ONE THEY USE TO LIGHT ON FIRE
SEE I KNEW YALL WERE IN HERE…..
IF I DON’T STAY FUL…. I’LL TELL SOMEBODY WHERE TO GO
HOW TO GET THERE
AND THE FASTEST ROUTE
THAT‘S WHY WE GOTTA STAY FUL L
IF YOU KNOW YOU NEED IT .. SHOUT IT IN THE ATMOSPHERE
GOD KEEP ME AT CAPACITY
KEEP ME FULL
KEEP ME SPIRITUALLY LIT
THE REALITY IS … ALL OF IN HERE ARE FULL
THE QUESTION IS WHAT YOU FULL OF
ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR… NEVER MIND
THAT’S WHY I GOTTA STAY FULL
CAUSE I CAN’T GO BACK
I DON’T WANNA GO BACK
KEEP ME LORD!
TRANSITION TO THE END 3 POINTS
TRANSITION TO THE END 3 POINTS
HE TOLD MOSES… TELL THE PRIEST KEEP THE THE FIRE BURNING
DON‘T LET IT GO OUT
THE PRIEST WERE RESPOSIBLE FOR PLACING THE OFFERING ON THE ALTER
THE PRIEST WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR SKINNING AND BUTCHERING AND SEPARATING THE ORDAINED PARTS FOR THE OFFERING
THE PARTS THAT GOD RECEIVED AS AN OFFERING HE CONSUMED IN THE FIIRE IMMEDIATELY
THE FAT WHICH WAS CONSIDERED DISCARDED BURNED ON THE ALTER FROM DUSK TILL DAWN
AND EVERY MORNING THE PRIEST WOULD BE RESPOSIBLE FOR REMOVING THE ASHES AND ADDING WOOD TO THE FIRE
REPENTANCE LIKE THE FAT THAT BURNED CONTINUALLY
RENEWAL 2 Corinthians 4:16 (NLT): 16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.
LIKE THE PRIEST HAD TO BRING FRESH WOOD TO MAINTAIN THE FIRE YOU CAN’T LIVE OFFF OF YESTERDAYS FIRE
3. RECIPROCITY
Leviticus 9:24 (NLT): 24 Fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.