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Good morning. Good morning. This is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord you are just so you don't know how excited we are to have you join us here at Christian love online. We are the Christian Love Missionary Baptist Church centered in the great City of Modesto, California and the proud Pastor Reverend Rod Cochran and the fact that you are here with us this morning that you decided to join us here in this this medium to hear a message from God. We're grateful we are honored but we want to begin like we began all things. Nothing should be done without seeking God's presence God's permission and God's power. So if you would join me in a word of prayer God we come this morning rejoicing because this is indeed the day that you have made and we shall rejoice and be glad in it. Fully begin ask you for anything. We just thank you for everything. Thank you for food clothing and shelter. Thank you for family friends for finances for health strength and a reasonable portion of sanding down and depressed about but we come rejoicing because we are glad God that even though things seem out of our control. They remain firmly in your control as we separate from activity in and works around us. We coming to this space and we acknowledge that you are the The Source the author and the finisher of our faith You Are God Alone and besides you there's no other you have all power in Heaven and Earth. You are all places at all times. You are all knowing you are unchanging and now he's everything is Shifting around does Sky we take great pride on a joy and Security in the fact that you are God and you change not We come right now God emptying ourselves and we come broken before the master Potter who can put us back together again. So God, we ask you to search us know us find things that are not like you take it away created us clean heart renew the right Spirit within us. We got praying now for the power the permission. The privilege of preaching and uncompromising gospel Let It Be rooted in love Let It Be relegated by your holy spirit. Let it be regulated guy by the soundness of scripture in the certainty of your principles being played Out Among Us. We don't want to just be here as though so don't make this entertainment make it education. So plowed through the heart and places of our hearts ripped out the Thorns that choke away your seed chase away the files that seeks to Devour the word before it is nurtured in fertilized and God also help us to be good ground. Hope it default deep within us to Germany Aid to die and then grow to a new life where we're not only be here is but we have been power to be doors and provide the fruit that pleases you the most. Last but certainly not least lie. Come before you and I tell you that I am just a broken humble Floyd servant but in your hands guide message become Majestic. So use me as I am, but God change me in such a way that I'll never be the same again fill me with the riches of Heaven allow me into the treasures of your wisdom fill me till I overflow and then God is not break me so that the contents will be poured out to your people. We finally pray that the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight for Lord. You are our strength and Our Redeemer to the name of Jesus. We pray. Amen. Amen. I'm just very happy to be with you this morning again, and I want to pause for just a second if I can because I did not get here and here would be at a very solid Place grateful for my church family grateful for the upbringing I've had. I am born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama and proud of it. But if I look around today, and I look at the events of our time, I would be negligent. If I didn't pay heed to the fact that although all these things are uncertain. Although we have no idea what will come of all this I want to give a word of confidence and reassurance that when everything seems out of our control God is still in total control and I thank God for guiding my path. Over 25 years ago my uncle. Dr. QE Hammonds the senior pastor of the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Pratt City, Birmingham, Alabama, Uncle Quint affectionately known to me found out his nephew little Bobby was beginning of a life in the ministry in As I began to proclaim the good news from California Journey back to Alabama and had occasion to pasture there and then on my way to pass during the, Texas. I happened to reach out to my uncle Quint and asked him if he could do me a great favour. There was a need I had I needed to make some foundational roots in the city of Houston and my uncle can't pick up the phone and made a call to his friend. Dr. Manson B Johnson of the Holman Street Baptist Church and without ever hearing me speak without knowing me without ever seeing me because of his relationship with my uncle Quint. He allow me to enter into his pulpit in to preach the gospel there. Nicole and I laugh about all the time at that time. I was a young father with two young sons and a new wife and we were broke and that fact I have one black suit and I was machine machine washing it at the time and I went there with absolutely nothing we moved there with just our belongings and the vehicle we own it. We're going to stay with their parents for a while and Dr. Johnson was so kind to me. Dr. Johnson treated me like a son. He did it not because he knew me but that she had made connection with others and by their faithfulness. He extended me some favor. That began a 20-year lifelong mentoring and he called me back again and again to Holman Street and every time he was more and more of not only a spiritual blessing but a financial one is able to allow us to get established to stand on my feet. He went home from labor to reward due to covid-19.

and I'm not who I am where I am or anyting to be reckoned with unless I acknowledge the men and women of God who played a role in me being where I am today and all of us should remember that nothing we have done is allowed us to be here only but the favor of grace of God and the friends favor help of others so doctor man, Cindy Johnson I speak his name and I tell him thank you for being a mentor a minister of God's word and influence of force in the city of Third Ward, Houston, Texas then Kind loving man to me. You'll be missed. Hey, man. All right. I'm through being sentimental Let's Get Serious. There's a word for up this morning. And if you have your Bibles, I'd love for you to turn with me term with me. To the Gospel of Luke. That's look at Luke.

Let's call it chapter 10 you let's do verses 25 through 37. Luke chapter 10 verses 25 through 37 when you have it. Say Amen Oh boy. Today I go ahead and get this out of the way. So we won't have to Terry with it will be talkin from the subject like a good neighbor like a good neighbor. All right, you have that scripture. We're going to turn to a here in just a moment and I'll give you a moment to flip2it read along with me. Luke chapter 10 verse 25 and it says in a certain lawyer stood up and tested him saying teacher shall I do to inherit eternal life. He said to him what is written in the law? What is your reading of it? 3 answered and said you should love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your strength and all your mind and your neighbor as yourself. He said to him you have answered rightly do this and you will live. But he wanting but he wanting to justify himself said Jesus. Who is my neighbor? Then Jesus answered and said a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among Thieves who stripped him of his clothing wounded him and departed leaving him half-dead. Not a chance a certain priest came down that road and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. Likewise at Levi when he arrived at the place came and looked and passed by on the other side.

But a certain Samaritan as a journey. Came where he was. And when he saw him he had compassion. So you went to him and bandaged his wounds pouring oil and wine and he said him on his own animal brought him to an end and took care of him. On the next day when he departed he took out two denarii gave them to The Innkeeper and said to him take care of him and whatever more you spend when I come again, I will repay you. So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves? He said he who showed Mercy on him. Then Jesus said to him go and do likewise. amen again our subject today like a good neighbor a sermon for being the change

You know, I'm always struck. with the term neighbor Send interesting concept. When you think about it, it's an interesting concept neighbor because we have become such a transient people. We move into places and we go there with the thought of not staying. I don't know if you ever been able to do such a thing. But we we do that all the time. I mean, we we will take a temporary dwelling going to be here for a little while. No need to go through the old hassle of introducing ourselves to people of making our rounds and see who we are friends because we are always progressing to the next better thing no matter where we are this somewhere else. We are on our way to But I'm almost I think old enough old enough. I'm almost sure that I'm probably that last generation. That was just glad to get to that step. Let alone thinking about her next. I had no anticipation of my life being much. I knew Miss Elvira had raised me to do good because good was done for into me. But as to gaining things are being owners of things of oath of having great wealth ahead early dreams that were juvenile about being Uber rich, but quickly sobered up in my adolescent years and definitely got clear headed in my teen years that that was more than likely not going to be the case and everything. I was going to get with either come by the sweat of my brow. Or the sheer sacrificial giving of others to me. So it became important to me. I was raised in a community where neighborhood steel matter for two blocks in any direction. I knew all my neighbors. Better than that into blocks in any directions all my neighbors new me. My brother and I got into many a great adventure and even more of some. Real Throwdown butt whippings because I actions were reported from far away places by people who weren't my mama. They would have a direct line to call home to River's End in bar and say I see Bobby and then then doing what they are not doing before we can walk home and return to our house. The news had beat us there and switch or Bell or whatever is he had handy was waiting on us. I even joke with my brother as we were counted my mother's 84th birthday about the time we stood on the corner smoking a lit cigarette six or seven of our friends from the neighborhood with all of us was sneaking doing what we are not doing just as we got ready to put it on our lips to Our Lives Down K my Momma from the hill and all our neighborhood friends knew that they needed to scatter because it was going to be bad when Miss Elvira got us into the house. It was it was bad. But I'm glad for those neighborhood memories. I'm glad for Neighbors who knew me and I knew them I'm glad for people who were looking out for me. Even when I wasn't being slick enough to look out for them. Neighbors neighbors are they matter? my childhood State Farm was the advertised insurance carrier and they had this clever slogan. They made you remember their product. State Farm is just an insurance provider it it's a brokerage house where they carry home life auto insurance. But but the slogan was so catchy that you find yourself in most of most oddly play situation. It was just the way they worded their tagline that made it memorable. It went something like like a good neighbor statefarm. Is there like a good neighbor?

and that's where scripture draws our attention to this morning not a tagline from an advertising firm, but a statement of fact Let the god of Heaven and Earth did not create us to live in silos. The maker of all things the one that is the author and finisher of our faith had intentionality when he meant for us to be people who lived in community who sought out Community who substantiated and supported community and would struggle without community. Tell me about to read ourselves into narrators of the Bible, especially when we being blessed, but I wonder if precept draw the same practical attention because here we understand that the premises being a Community member broad responsibilities it brought obligation. It brought a commitment a connection of compassion and concern they even if you didn't have good neighbors you were mandated by God to be a good neighbor. He's like nature would understand that they were driven off the principle of community. And if you would lend yourself to a little bit of attention and allow me to preach for just a little while. If God be pleased we're going to look at some things that constitute connect and commit us to be a good neighbor. And then hopefully by the time we're concluded that does narrative that we presented that like a good neighbor that maybe we can resolve some of the things that are happening right around us everyday because what I see What we suffer from is that a lot of good neighbor activity. What's the scriptures going to inform some of our understanding and if you'll pray for me God of reach through me and will be better for the meeting? It's here in Luke chapter 10. That's the writer begins to expound on this depth of teaching that Jesus is bringing to his disciples and while he's instructing his disciples manufactures chapter 10 opens with sending out the 70. Did they come back with the great report that many believed on the name of Jesus? They come back saying that they make they worked Mighty Works in his name and and and Jesus is quick to hear their accounts of the success and achievement, but then bring them back to a solid place on Earth. Simply tell them that nevertheless. Do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you. But rather Rejoice that your names are written in the book of life. And that's something they're out on missionary Ministry. They're out conducting the will of God to a weary World. They are working signs and wonders and there are moments in our lives where will be using some of the ways but Jesus bring the disciples back to discernible or and says don't float in the crowds too long. Because what you do here in my name or not make you shout but the fact that's what's been done with your name in the place to come out to be your joy. Yeah, it's not man's book of recognition recognition that we need to be shouting about its the Lamb's Book of Life that we ought to be striving to be written in and it's driving ain't even that hard. If you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart. God has raised him from the dead. The Bible says you shall be saved they can I translate that you will be written in the Book of Life. Timothy goes on he begins. To rejoice and it is something as soon as Joy comes in killjoys come up soon is shouting start some structures show. How do I got some witnesses here you come in with a celebration that you come in with a win in the midst of all the losses in your life. We've got these kind of neighbors. We got this kind of circle of friends that has become very from the battle. But with the the Treasures of the war under armed we want to shout about a success. We've had there's always a group that's willing to remind you not to be too happy to drag you back down to a place.

A rough consideration. I'm just simply saying no matter how much we strive for victory. There is always somebody who remind us that defeat is still possible. No matter how happy you are at making it there is a group that piss themselves to take it. He wants your job. They want your Jetta. They want your jelly. He want your joy. They that people who live to bring difficulty to your life. There's a group of people who exist to snatch defeat from the jaws of Victory is in sad to say this morning that group is a group that should have been rejoicing with Jesus instead. They find themselves on the opposite side of the side of Christ. They are the religious, right? They are the temple dwellers. They are those who have enjoyed the prominence of God without providing Provisions for God's people. They've been a focal been preaching to line their pockets not preaching to make better listeners better here is better do it. They've been the one accepting sacrifices for others, but making no sacrifices of themselves.

The Pharisees describes the Sadducees they live to turn people away from Jesus and make them lean just on them. My brothers and sisters if we practice our inductive method the scripture paint a bleak picture of these men hit plates painter of an odd parents that they they're always found fighting the cause of faithful man. What would Jesus was having disciples do in relationship they were quick to try to tie them back down to Ritual. And here they come just at Celebration at Tappan just as Jesus has Rejoice with his his his his dedicated disciples here. Come the Nay Sayers here come the Trap players Here Come Those Who want to take the smile off your face the pep out of your step and the loot out of your pocket. They want you where they are gram and and dark and damn. They they want you struggling like they are to live perfect to talk perfect to walk. Perfect, but I'm here to tell you this morning. I'm glad That ritual can't do what relationship does. What I messed up trying to live the word I can make up by believe in the word. What they wanted to do in the church. Jesus started to do in people who made the church. I want to look at a couple things and imma let you go cuz and they come on the scene. They they try to challenge Jesus in a place where no one should challenge Jesus. with the word chapter 10 verse 25 he says and behold a certain lawyer. I just love the fact that there's always a certain lawyer always somebody who thinks they've got one up. On the Incarnate Christ who think they know what's about to happen believe they can be about the father's business without being about a relationship with the father every move to that. First point. I say if we're going to be good neighbors instead of hearing first what we need to be doing. I think the first thing when you see is that good neighbors do not test big they don't Good neighbors. Do not test Bishop fact that I'm drawing your attention to this passage of scripture. We we we hear the opening barrage word that says behold when it says the hold it want you to pay special attention and it's showing you a weird dichotomy in the kingdom of God here is teachers of the word testing the word on the word. Did you catch what I was doing here to become teachers of the word coming to the word to test him about the word? That just like a tree. being questioned by a carpenter About the quality of wood, and it's like a child. Coming to the parent asking about the process is a parody. I think they are about to be certain levels little people. Don't try to climb up to talk to big people to be certain respect it there certain offenses. You are not jump over because some things on the other side of that fence might make you wish you'd never jumped. But any just like man, we got such a Godly things that we can start asking questions of God instead of answering the questions from God. Bear get like that. We wear those kind of people we think we read full chapters in 5 versus and now we can tell God what he meant to say we go out to some cemetery and now all of a sudden we know all the stuff that's useless and none of the stuff that's unifying. We learn to divide ourselves at places that are supposed to equip UPS equipment with knowledge to bring us together. So that's a reason why the world is in this mess the church has long been off task.

You're the one the one who should be teaching what Doug said the Lord was so busy challenging each other that we forgotten to charge one another.

So busy trying to impress those that sit behind us that we have met depression and impression on the focus in the front of us. and we quit call out doctrinal differences. But we don't go to the store to buy argument. If I had to say one thing that I can give them credit for it if they going to argue about the word. I'm glad they talkin to the word. They got a question to trip up Jesus. They didn't drag him into their Court there now being proud and walking into a place where Jesus has all the authority. I was John was in this conversation and they came to ask their questions. Be careful now because in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God and then the word Became Jesus.

So be careful when you start throwing scripture back at Jesus when you start claiming promises. From Jesus Jesus understand that every promise in his word is attached to a practice principle. It would be like you asking for dessert and you haven't eaten your dinner. But, I ask you a question. But if you are a good day, but you wouldn't text him but let's see what the test was. I just want to see what they thought they were clever about the maybe you can see it to he came to him and said teacher Rabbi what shall I do to inherit Eternal lights to sound like for me to question may affect another gospel writer says that was a rich young ruler who asked a similar question. But it's always a question, huh? We want to know how do we get to the end game? How do we know when we're doing it? Right? Give me a test. Give me a process. Give me some practices to let me know that I don't need to worry about it that I made it. You know what I'm glad God leaves. ability to please him in Dark Places I'm glad he's not splitting open in the skies speaking down into people who are doing the right thing. You ought to be a little shaky about if you're satisfying to God because whenever you think you made it, that's when you're so far away. You'll never see it in, Oregon. Whatever you think you have a ride. That's when you're recognized that you probably haven't even left your place of original position. The walk with God is meant to be a progressive walk meant to show games and strive, but you are never be able to mark your place in the journey. No man knows the day or the hour when the son of man shall appear you better work while it's day cuz night is coming. When no man can work now y'all don't have to say man. I can't hear you. But if you type it ain't man. Thank you. Later. Because a man don't mean to preach the Mega Man on me. Hurry up. A man says, I agree. I agree that I'm somebody that sometimes that your ex to remind Jesus that he said something Jesus needs no reminders of the principles. He's put to his people. And when you think your testing God you're setting yourself up from a failure for a failure in your own security. I see it. Jesus flipping argument on you. Oh, you want to text me? That's awesome. Well, you know the scripture, how do you read it? That's what 26s. He said to him what is written in the law because you you do know you have to read the law. And you say something very poignant In this passage translated from Greek to English. He says, how do you read it? What he's really saying is show me your scholarship. Did you want to text me show me his origin? Show me my intended meaning you do the work? It's not only a Prohibition to this one testing Jesus, but it's a prescription for us before we go to Jesus. You better have done some homework. Don't don't come to him not knowing what he said to begin with. But trying to beg for something at the end game don't come to him demanding a reward and you never really clearly understood the working bar. Is that how you read it? And I love it that describe had better and answered correctly. He has a correctly he said. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart with all.

You're so he says with all your strength with all your mind and it gets slick here that other part of that Golden Rule is to love your neighbor. as yourself

all he's moved out to be getting excited. I just like the Rich Young Ruler in his inquiry of Jesus Jesus validates that the one trying to test him have correct information. So she's so you do know the way. That would be a shout but we're too stupid to know that should scare us. Coming Jesus has all you know it now on you're responsible for it. You can't feign ignorance now and a lot of us get away with a lot of stuff cuz we act ignorant to it. All you ain't got to tell the truth here, but can I take you down? former practice Lane need a ride You catch him out of the corner of your eye and you know, they about to ask you for a ride. You know what? Your responsibility is. You ain't really got nowhere to go. If you really do have room in the car is just you and that 8 passenger Suburban. But you don't want to be bothered. I just ain't got nothing to do. I just don't want to do nothing for you. So we act like we're ignorant. to that need my friends would say we we played Stevie Wonder today request. Oh there you see me trying to flag you down. Oh, man, I missed you. I ain't even know I ain't see you need a ride with you. You should have said something to me and you know very well you saw them, you know very well with your application was if you made eye contact you weren't going to be able to lie. You weren't going to be able to tell him know but we have learned to navigate here. It is on demand ignorance.

All my brothers and sisters on loved ones. Let me tell you when you get Before the Throne in glory when Jesus opens the book of your works and the Book of the Lamb Lamb's Book of Life. You will be able to say I didn't know the Bible says that you will give an account of every deed done in the body of Every Idle Word. Any Idle Word Worship is in the house today. mumbling under your breath why put in your eyes to the left everybody started so loud that it sounded like you were saying it. Wheaton County Folk smiling in your face

William people What the Bible says that things don't come with ignorance won't be a benefit to you but not singing. It doesn't make you not responsible for it. If the psalmist was here. He would tell us that the bird told I said that word have i hidden in your heart in my heart that I might not see it. It's in me Romans and you suppress it. You know what you ought to be doing. Don't tell me we don't know that there are people out there that need help. Don't tell me we don't know that where we are is by grace and some have not been afforded the same Grace. Don't tell me we don't know that the life we've been given one wasn't just meant for us to Ball, but we might have been called to bail out somebody. But we think the Mercedes was just for me.

4000 square foot home is just for my lonesome self it all his money is just for my pleasure to much is given.

much you said you read it, right? This is the first 28 that you read it, right? Good neighbors. Don't test the master. They don't text him. You know what I see in scripture. What if you see it with me not only do they not test. We're good neighbors. Do not justify. Jesus told him you have said well go do it. But you know what? He's mad because he didn't show up Jesus enough. Solution that wanted he was supposed to agree with me. We needed to get into an argument and it says he was intent on getting his way.

He was fixated on the outcome. He wanted.

You do know some people can't get beyond what they want from you even with what you have and go satisfy what they want. That's so blind and driven by their own desires. They can't see that the people around them are not equipped to satisfy their desire. But you keep seeking thirst-quenching water from Wells that were never designed to do that. You keep speaking belly feeling bread from food sources. That was never meant to satisfy permanently.

Who you talkin to? Total woman at the well, if if you knew who asked you for a drink you would ask him for a drink and what I give will be a well and you beeping up and I wish somebody says read the Bible.

You can get from the world what you can only get from the word and try as you must trying to trip up God on his own word. You are not wise enough there is not enough knowledge. There is not enough libraries holding enough books that you have enough life to even digest to know enough to even begin to question the wisdom of God. Grandma Elizabeth you to tell my mama he can hit straight legs with crooked sticks. He's that kind of God. His mistakes are Majestic. He's that kind of don't If he can have conversations with himself and still leave with a better idea, he's smart like that. He's the kind of guy. That means what he says and says what he means I wish somebody would say, he's God like that. He's a God that tells you to stay harmless. I'm in the business of repaying for Behavior. He's the kind of guy that you had you go ahead and forgive. I'll find them in Midnight hours. You trust me cuz I can reach him where you'll never be able to I wish somebody. We stopped trying to justify themselves. Well, I got to do it cuz God ain't doing it. Now you're ahead of God, but you're using the calendar and God has no concept of time. He has no concept of it because he's the creator of it. Nothing was until he said be and nothing will stop until he said stop. I don't care. How smart you are. How rich you are. How old you are or how much you owe no matter how much you think privileges yard. If God gave it to you. That's a God can take it away. He's serious about his sovereignty.

You said you go and do likewise, but the man got indicted. The priests had a problem described had an itch to scratch.

He said he wanted to justify himself says the Jesus and who is my neighbor At the party and give you some background ain't going to be no sense to you the Jews wear a Lot Like Us. I say us because any human breathing air and circulating blood has a prejudice.

I just said something there. Y'all don't cancel me. But we we we like to say now now I might be able to side with you that we can't be racist because it's about restricting access but the Prejudice we have that clear about the term reference looks like prejudice. Just tell me you find it easy to love some of you but the Bible tells you to love all of them. But you love who you here is prefer. That's Apprentice. Is a Prejudice when you know, somebody's last mistake and you make a present-day conclusion about what they done before that they would do it. Again. That's a prejudice. You made up your mind that folk can't be trusted that they won't be close to you that they'll never love you and you will never love them without saying one word to him. That's a president. We love to call I love you for prejudice. But president is something that must be personally pointed out don't look at what others prefer. Look at what you prefer. She want to see you lack Prejudice. Look how many Bergen things are in your intimate Circle. If everything looks like you and makes what you making sounds like you sound and thinks like you think you not only have a Prejudice you are bound to it. It has become your belief or practice your love all your friends think like you owe your music is the same. All your clothing is the same you go to the same places and do the same thing looking for the same outcomes. It's prejudice. That prepares us. We go out to the world thinking what's already true without ever experiencing. One thing the world gets not listen everything you think might happen might happen, but let it happen before you make your mind up about it.

Who is my neighbor he was saying that because he knew the crowd he was in Jesus had this habit of drawing dogs to his discipleship meeting. Yeah, yeah, he he he came to his own but his own received him not but as many as would hear him we just talked about listen up Jesus never wasted breath.

Jesus never struggled with making people hear him. I'm doing it right now. I'm trying to keep screen flipping trying to keep my hands moving so I can keep your attention cuz Candy Crush is just like to swipe away.

And you'll be gone. Since I got to keep it Lively, I got to tell music going. I got to have all these bells and whistles because my prejudices will kick in and I'll do what makes me feel good and forget stuff supposed to be doing that what what points out that the father is good. Points out that always do this cuz it's it's dead. We don't get there. But let's look at it. Let's look at it. He wanted to justify himself says who is my neighbor and I love Jesus doesn't answer the question. He tells a story. Where is Michelle Vergara Miss Miss Elvira miss her so much look like I was in her Sunday school for 28 years and she told us junior class 11 and 12 year olds. I could never get out of here. 27 Sterling Oaks way with 11 year old sitting on the front bench cuz she would let us in the back of the room.

She would say a parable. Is an Earthly thing with a Heavenly meaning? It was Jesus way of bringing it to your level for the Beast a spiritual he'd lose you. We just told you the precept you check out like you're doing right now, but I got two stories if you want to hear it.

Went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. Ribeye told you Jesus doesn't waste words. It's important even the directionality in Jesus's conversation. Did he spend in the scene here? And he's a master painter? I love it. He leaves it open.

Leave it up to you because if he mailed it down, you'll excuse yourself if he said a certain black man white. List it be said of certain white man. Black. Listen. He's at a certain Married Man Singh check out. He said a certain single man married for back away. I love you. Just as I was certain man not knowing gender. He's really saying it could be any of you. Who are leaving here to go there? for leaving a place of height drop down to a low laying level Jerusalem said on the mountain Jericho was in the valley. That's a rough row between the mountain in the valley. I wish I had some witnesses here cuz you traveling more than you think you do.

David used to say yay though. I walk. in the Valley of the shadow of death that was believed to be a passage and area travel where Traders and Merchants dare not go after dark if you stay with me, you might see it. It's the bad part, but it always seems to be taking you away from the good spot in the good part of town that they do on the bad part of town. I mean you can have a good time over here. But when you go down there, you can really have a good time. Somebody here got Vegas vouchers. I know you think what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but we have a God who sees all you do. Get your hand off the slide arm. And here's all your face. You can whisper as long as you want. He's in Vegas. He's in the valley just like he's at the top of the mountain. He said his third man always leaving a high place going to a low place. It was known at this age that that travel that patch of road with a dangerous road left. It left the safety of Joyce right living and descended down into the area where heathens Jericho Road was a dangerous place brothers and sisters. You don't want to be on Jericho Road after dark. You better handle your business while the sun is high in the sky cuz when it starts to set you better get

I used to live all the bad side of town. You don't want to be in West End after Dark. You better know where you are when just start to fall. West Valley scooter Pratt City Ensley, I just remembered some storage y'all be in the Brickyard start to get dark. That's that's why I came from there was some parts of town where you want to go but sad to say I was okay in those rough spot I had problems on the mountain. Mountain Brook Hoover Homewood, Alabama, but I bet you got cities like that. You got places where privilege resides friendly Jana color privileges access. some about the privileged when the theme song for Good Times play some of us have no idea what some of that stuff is. We didn't grow up with a silver spoon, but we did have a spoon.

I'm I'm just talking about. Thank you Pastor Wilson. He said a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. And listen and when you go up when you come from up going down, you'll always fall among Thieves. He said he's fell among Thieves. Let me clear up this ambiguity in here. He didn't happen to make a wrong turn the whole road is full of Thieves. It's his fault for traveling so late. Cuz he was on the road with these congregate see whatever their privilege poverty is just outside of the gate wherever there is Rich this brokeness hangs on the outskirts where we that's Wellness sickness dwells just at the edge of hell in here. pain I'm trying to justify his offering. He said I can't do what he does. But he said be careful now seeing lines right at the door and some of you are so housebound. Did you think everybody's got it like you got it all if you would step outside your door. You found out some folk that kill you soon as kiss you. They'll cut you before they look at you that some people out there who smile in your face your place and they don't even know you they simply see you have something that they will never have and that's where they dwell. jealousy, June 12th on Jericho's Road Envy Heist out on the road from uptodown But my problem is if you would have made it up why you traveling down. Why you going what danger is? Why are you looking for looting this is where are you seeking? What are you thinking that you can't find in your satisfaction ain't that something? We always looking for love. In all the wrong I digress. Not only that only that. Not only do we see that he wanted to be justified. But I I see something else here in this passage scriptures that I think is really interesting. Jesus begins to talk about the travel and then he gets to the tragedy robbers. They were ruthless. They want just burglars. They were a bad man. Baby want to just take what he had they wanted to make what I had left useless. They robbed him of his possessions and beat him within an inch of his life. That's a tragedy. It's a bad thing when you drop your wallet, but it's a tragedy when someone takes your wallet and scratch your skull is.

It's a trial when you have to struggle to get good things, but it's a tragedy when you struggle to get good things and somebody comes along and doesn't consider you worthy to keep your good things nor even keep your life tragedies all around us is a tragedy that brought us to this place of protest. almost finished y'all is a lot of points, but I'm going to be Quick Care

They can never be a travel that never be a tragedy. Without a test. Jesus ain't telling stories to entertain. Jesus tells Parable to educate you want to text me. I'm about to text you. You better down companies road comes. a priest I love that he went here. Remember we talkin about what? A good neighbor is not a good neighbor doesn't tester a good neighbor doesn't justify. But guess what else I know. What is that sound in scripture religious neighbors are ignoring injury for Purity, and if you don't be a bad neighbor, but don't be these neighbors either.

detest, religious Neighbors religious neighbor tell you not to cut your grass on Sunday because it's holy and you should rest. Religious neighbors tell you that unless you keep the long you lost religious neighbors worry about keeping their garments clean in their hand sanitizer. Religious neighbor tell you to be well, but they won't feed you. Nobody pray for you, but they won't pay nothing. Religious merry verse pray for a man's attention. Not God, they go through motions. But they have wrong motives. I hate a religious neighbor cuz the religious neighbor wouldn't stop if it meant an inconvenience to them. Listen that priest understands levitical law. He has an obligation to help those who are in distress. It is the nature of of the Jewish mandate is to do good and good will come to you. But then why did he pass a man caught in a tragedy and go to the other side don't judge him. I got the reason why I stopped is burning and windows are broken. The reason why we're locked in our homes and have curfews is because we'd let practice Trump purpose. We'd rather look right then to write.

We'd rather be clean than caring.

And I got to really run here. It ain't just a priest but the levite came to and that the levite passes on the other side in the priest passes on one side. I see a holy person going through a hellish place.

The only person coming from a hellish place and I wonder why are religious people. in a rough town What you doing in Jericho?

If you work in charities in Jericho, why you down there? What does a priest have to do in a place with a reputation like that? Hey if you going to minister to the sick and broken hearted go ahead but looks like You could have served on the road even before you got to the city. It looks like you could have rented some good without Ever Getting fully out of your town you were going to do good you were going to do what was good to you.

And sometimes God call is in direct contrast to our desires. There's a stick hurt man right there. Stop what you're doing and do that. No God I got to go do what I got to do said he must have done something to be in that position will justify an action by him deserving to be abandoned and ignored. I know you heard the argument. I ain't stirring the pot to be telling you. This ain't a black thing in a white thing. This is a relationship thing.

You can't legislate morality. Ritual chant do what relationship does. You break the law if it pleases God.

But they were only to please themselves.

I know. I know I'm saying too much. I'm almost finished. I really am trust me when I tell you I ain't going to keep you long. I'm not I'm not. I'm not because there's no need to tarry long. We know this stuff. Religious neighbors are ignoring injury for Purity. They didn't want to get their hands dirty also see this though. But relational neighbors are involved. And invested a drop-down first 33 says but a certain Samaritan, let me interject Jews hate Samaritans. I don't know why. It makes no sense. Do you know most Americans with partly Jewish?

Donut sound dumb.

They are part of what makes you what is you that you hate the part of them that ain't you?

I'm trying to help somebody here. We love to point out differences, but we've got more similarities.

We all get hungry. We all have a thirst we all need sleep. We all want to be busy. We all say house when we're hurting we all smile when we're happy. and even if our presentations very the foundation is the same their veins running through flesh feeding muscle to staining bone with a flow that's red. That's the same no matter what color the container is. Oh, I wish their Shakespearean theater was here if you cut me do I not bleed?

You pierce me. Do I not die.

We are but flesh and Bone we are more alike than different. Prejudice doesn't give a damn. Prejudice focuses on the difference Prejudice making a judgment and an assumption about what someone he is without knowing who they are prejudiced doesn't care.

It only cares about what it cares about.

lessee police officers pushing down old people

but when I see Young folk kitten police officers with bricks y'all know I got cousins for arriving. And I got cousins who are the commander of police precincts. I got cousins who March for peace and I got a brother who participated in war in the Marine Corps family members who struggle with sickness and I got a nice who ruined his health as a nurse.

Y'all we ain't just on one side of this day.

We Complicated by trying to make the differences divide us apart. Don't you got the right relationship not only will you be involved but you will be invested because the similarities take you away from your comfort 2.8. Someone else's discomfort when you got a right relationship, you won't be able to sleep if others have no place to lay their head when you got a right relationship, you won't be able to have money when the others are impoverished. If you got a right relationship, you won't have a full stomach while others are empty.

Reason why we ain't carrying it's because our relationship is corroded.

If we knew and stood and right relationship with the one true God. We would need to ride it.

If segregation had to happen for Sunday, we never have to worry about Monday through Saturday. We got laws. To make our businesses schools recreational places and restaurants be Multicultural. But Sunday is still the most segregated day in the history of the world.

I had a brother asked me what was the white shirt cuz it would look around. If there's more that look like you didn't look like me you might be in a white church. Before you get high on your horse. If there's a white church, that means somewhere there's a black church, but when I read the word when I let my relationship in for my understanding there is not a white church. There is not a black church. There is not a Catholic Church. There is not a choice since there is. Those who relate to the one true God. In a bit like the truth in Revelation is a lie, and I saw people from all coaches. All Races and Creeds worshiping around the Pro Bowl. One body one baptism One Faith relational people understanding and he could no more pass by that man that man was here. What is the Sumerian? Keep on going anywhere this in the Samaritan was journeying. He might have made it on his horse daily. I see him loading up on his Kim. I see you standing up on his donkey saying I'm going to travel Jericho's Road. I'm going to go back and forth because somebody's going to get hurt and they might need some help. Say Amen somebody that Samaritans was right relationship. If there's a right relational neighbor. He's on the road not because he's headed for his own pleasure. But he's looking for people with Colin Farrell.

Somebody fell into a bad place somebody stepped up on the wrong one. Somebody ended up on the wrong side of a bad deal and I want to be there to help them. He said he journeyed. Do you get on your Campbell to show you care? Did you ride your donkey to go be dutiful to others do you get up on your horse to go lend a helping hand or is your car about your Carefree life? Is your ride about your wretched habits is your vehicle just to make yourself feel Vindicated. I want transportation that looks to carry others. I want to live a life that books to lift. All this. I want to be in a relationship that seeks to bring in others. I got Jesus, but there are more can have him. I don't want to travel I want to Journey.

Bible says and when he saw him is what Jesus is really putting rubber to the road when he saw and it said he had compassion brene Brown.

That we don't like to talk about we we we stay away from his call empathy. Now, let me tell you something. We all got sympathy.

When we seen some bad things when I told you the screen the last few days and made us cringe in it and sympathy will make you stay unhelpful an interesting things like oh, that's so sad. That must really have had to hurt. right back, if you're not careful sympathy might even devolve down into justification you stop looking at things that are horrible like you want to help he's not looking at things that are horrible trying to figure out how and why they happen. He must have done something. He had to be a bat, Kansas. He ain't no saint while y'all lifting him up with baby. You ain't no saint and somebody lift you up. If we all got helped by our past records, we still be laying on the Jericho Road to the lives. But somebody wasn't sympathetic when they saw us somebody was empathetic. They were moved with compassion compassion doesn't say what a shame that instead of going through something.

I want compassion. You are concerned. I want to be compassionate. You feel sorry. I feel inspired. You don't want it to cost you nothing. I'm ready to pay a price. I guess what I wanted to stand up for my blackness. I want what king saw on that Mountaintop. I know what he declared. spoke a day with little black girls and little black boys could play and be free with little white girls and little white. I was a day. What color does it start the conversation?

tired of being a African American I just want to be American.

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but since I met the Lord, I really want to be an American. I'm okay with having a passport since I met Jesus, I feel satisfied to know that I ain't got to make a place for me here. Two places being made for me there. I'm a pilgrim and God commands like the Samaritan display. We are divided bff or compassion life be about that life. Stop hunting f****** helper. g spot people to do something Don't talk about it be about it.

Tired of folks, when it's going to get better. It'll get better when you get better. dental care when you care

Samaritan did some stuff. I'm going to jump through this list cuz we got Lord's Supper today. We got to do communion. Listen to relational neighbor is involved in invested. How do I know listen? He left his comfort? A relational neighbor will leave what's comfortable to him, you know. It was just a lot of mad angry African Americans in the street. That's dangerous. That's dangerous. What is long as they see the homogeneous look up all black faces? We might get the treatment at all. Black treating All Blacks have been always getting but the day when others were moved from their place of privilege join us for a purpose and progress when the crowd started looking like Not just the oppressed, but when the crowd became populated with the oppressors image started to change all of a sudden. What's some of the protesters look like daughters and granddaughters of that privilege class? All of a sudden the NFL wants to apologize. All the sudden black voices can be heard now all of a sudden in less than 12 hours Drew Brees goes from My Country Tis of Thee to lift every voice and sing all of a sudden.

You got to leave where you work for to go somewhere where no one can work out of.

How is Marshawn Lynch was here? You need to be bout that action boss.

It actually says I got to go from where I am. I know I made it but I ain't made it to we all make it and I don't mean all that look like me. I mean all of us. No one should be hungry in America. No one should be homeless in America.

Nobody should be without a friend in America suicide should be done in America. We are lonely and crowds. We are hungry at buffets. We all lost with navigation in the Palm Dubai. What's wrong with America? We won't leave our comfort before you judge them. You got comfortable to 40 Years of civil rights and you thought you had arrived. surprise He left his comfort. Also the relational he he led with compassion. She didn't wait to see if it was playing the role. He didn't look around for other robbers. He's if we saw a man pleading got down off his beast and Ranch Orinda service.

He knew something needed to be done. He saw wounds and went to tend to him. He saw her and went to make it better. He saw pain and wanted to get bring a little relief and I'm wondering are you willing to lead with compassion? Herman Munster laugh your fist but if your brother Falls beside you stop protesting and start being productive. Don't let your anger inform your actions. this damn of standard god holds its people by do unto others. Listen as you would have them do unto you.

Not only did he leave his comfort. Not only did he leave with compassion, but the Bible tells me he also rendered compensation. Let's talk about money.

Talk about money. So we went to him and bandaged his wounds and pouring Oregon Wine. He said him on his own animal. What did he say about his own animal but he brought him to an end and took care of him. No, no search the corpse of the wounded man to see if his wallet was available. He didn't ask the sick one if he had a debit number to leave on file. He didn't ask if he could get the meds credit card number to reserve the room. He acted like the man that was hurt with him and he didn't get him a base level room. He put him in the hand that he would stay in. Keep praying for the accommodations that he would pay for himself. Listen. He saw no expense to be spared when he wanted to show that he cared.

My brother my friend doc today. Tell us a story about him traveling to Kenya. Tell me the story about him going to Africa. And if you and that that that that doesn't that's just a nominal fee for a well to be built. He went there for Mission, but now he understands God might be drawn to me to Ministry to serve to his purpose. He might be being invited to enjoying God where he's working and you can you come back home and it won't leave his so we can build some whales. If I Only Had some money What do I take grant for granted they are desperate for they just won't clean water and we throw more money at coffee. Then we do at the real needs of Life only we had enough money. He need about 15,000. His neighbor saw him mumbling to himself as Doctor Johnson might do from time to time. Let me just say he ain't talkin to himself. He's talking to his savior. It has he was praying. God was moving and his neighbor said what's going on? Is that all my heart's breaking? I went to a place in African. I just got back and there is this need for a well and I think we need about 15,000 what that woman didn't say. Well, God bless you. I hope you get it.

TSA what good luck. I'll be praying for you. No, she said well. I don't have much. But he is 1500. To start you off. I can't do everything but I can't do what I can do.

Am I still on U Street?

If you can say you can pay. What you want out of cost you something my mom and say what you want and what you can afford cuz the same. You'll find a way to pay for what you really want.

He took it to a year and he didn't say don't just let him sleep here. This is what he said. I'm opening a tab. Let him get what makes him feel better. If you need bandages you buy it gives money for that if he's hungry feed him his money for that if he's thirsty give him drink his money for that if he needs me need somebody to carry him down to the local market pay somebody to walk with my friend.

I'm wondering. I'm wondering if you're that kind of relational neighbor. Can God trust you with the resources he has entrusted you with? He left his comfort. compassion Do Brenda's compensation but look what else he did? He provided Transportation. He put them on his Beast that meant that man road while the man with the Beast won't he put himself discomfort. So others could be comfortable missing your children out Martian. Covid is still in the air. People are still dying outbreak is still possible. But some things I'm willing to be Deadpool. About how large is what the laws about loved ones? It's about every child and every family not here now, but that will be here when we're gone. We are tasked to make the road better by us being on it. Leave it better than you found it. My mama would tell me. We have forgot that we made it better for us and we left the road. We got our 40 acres and a mule and we hope the others did the same. We got the job and then pray that others would get employed. When was the last time you spoke up for your unemployed friend? When is the last time you went and pleaded for that open vacancy the Peter off good man who just needed some help. Stop looking at colors check character.

almost finished He provided Transportation. I wanted to stop there cuz the story stop there. Play day one more thing. On the next day when he departed he took out to dinner.

Gave them to the H-E-B and said take care of him. And whatever more you need.

Whatever more you spend over what I've left save the bill. I'll pay it when I come. Yeah, he he paid and owned the deck listen. Going to be hot. Transparent. I love y'all. Love you all. But if you say you need to go to the store and you hungry. I might go get you a gift card, but I can't just give you my debit card. Two two reasons first, I ain't got enough money in there to probably cover with you going to get it's probably like $12 in there. So you really don't want my debit card. I'm only going to want to give you what I want to give you but my fear would be that you would start buying things that you never bought before. Yaya Han experience like that with you with you with your homegirl and your partner and you you go at McDonald's and you know, your partner is in a rough way and you say hey. Hey man, I'm about to grab me a burger, you know, you can get something and they stop looking at the dollar menu and start looking at the combos. I'm just trying to make it plain. So you don't understand. You know that feeling in the pit of your stomach you get this Joker order extra cheats. I ain't even getting extra cheats. What you mean supersize how you going to be spending money. Like it's yours when you own resources like that you believe you own resources. Can I tell you a secret do yards is the Lord? And the fullness thereof the what Showman? That's not your job. That ain't your car you are mad at you the owner.

You really understand systems of ownership when you tell them eat what you want. My dad will pay for it get what you need. My Daddy's got resources that he's blessed me. I want to be a blessing to others. What state you don't need the 4-oz Petit get the crab legs and a lobster tail because you ought to see what it's like to eat at the master's table. I wish I could help somebody right here. You've been eating at his banquet for a long time. You ought to give somebody else a taste of his goodness.

I'm closing. And I ain't Baptist closing. I'm closing.

I see something else. That's Troublesome and triumphant. I got a problem with it, but it's still a praise break. all the stuff that relational when did Jesus turns and says

simple question. So which of these three do you think was the neighbor to him who fell among Thieves easy answer right Jesus even declare that form and a Samaritan. Who did you hear the words of Christ go back let you know she'll see he called him a Samaritan he knew exactly who the man was but notice how prejudiced invades purpose for thinking notice how you can be in the presence of Christ still have a problem with people. This is why I was telling folks. This is why I called that passes on Facebook not the past is a fool around with you. Can I tell you I got some brothers were whiter than the driven snow yet understand that my black skin. Don't mean we ain't kin.

You see me out eating at a restaurant one day with my brother's it looks like a Bennett today. David Korean Peppa Dutchmen and have a black man having breakfast and we literally think we are brothers because we all have the same father. I can go to Houston and stand in my brothers pool and you don't look like the mama argue. He's my brother from another mother. Syvarra's love him, too. She said what you do for him you do for me. Dr. Rodger Patterson get some stuff for me when I was broken. He befriended me. And guess where y'all he went black like me? The love ain't got no color. relationship don't respect racism the love of God unites not divide but when you want to be prejudiced You act sick in the presence of the Savior bad neighbors. Let Prejudice negate proper nouns. Who was the neighbor listen to what this foolish scribe said the one he who showed Mercy. You mean the Samaritan?

I hate when people say I saw that man. He must have been a criminal. Where is your mercy? You ain't got a record that because you ain't been arrested. You ain't got a record because you ain't been called. You've done enough to be choked out on the street. You've been enough bad places to be able to be labeled a bad person. You've done enough. He'll to earn citizenship. Don't say Amen say ouch. How do you justify prior bad acts of the reason for present-day cool Behavior? There's no excuse for being inhumane.

He breathes air like you. He bleeds like you do. He cries at sad movies. He laughs at funny jokes.

But even when the said you was talkin to him, he still wanted to stay sick key. Who did you knew your prejudices showing you can't even say Samaritan it pains you that much to think you are savior sees other people. Listen, there is no black Jesus. There is no white Jesus. There's just Jesus and here's the shout. Here's the good news is I close up. I'm going back so you can look at my face cuz there's nothing else to see on the right is just me telling you right now that the good news. Is that like a good neighbor? Jesus's day He told him to go do likewise. But Jesus says but wait, don't just go do it. Do what I do. I've come to be a good neighbor that that's why I can't do 33 generations to show you. What a good neighbor is a good neighbor will be born in a bad reputation, but still be a good person. That's a good neighbor. My good neighbor still can do great things by little means. Those are good neighbors. Jesus was a good neighbor. He walked with folk that people wouldn't work with it called folk that people rejected. He was living in cities that folk wouldn't even walk through. He was a good neighbor. He ate at publicans houses. He hung out with prostitutes. He signed on with tax collectors. That's a good neighbor. and then 1 Friday He did the ultimate Good Neighbor work. He took his name is cross. Poppy's neighbors keel wore his neighbors Crown took his neighbors lashes. What is Neighbors Nails in rivets driven into his hands and feet he hung out with his neighbors neighbors. That's right between two he gave one of his neighbors neighbors Paradise. He forgave all of his neighbors friends ridiculing him for a death that was meant for his neighbor and listen just like a good neighbor. He couldn't let him take his life. He's such a good neighbor. He laid down his life.

And just like a good neighbor. He died. So that somebody else could live just like a good neighbor he gave up so somebody else wouldn't have to give up. Like a good neighbor he was buried in a borrowed tomb cuz good neighbors. Don't use things too long without returning them the owners. He didn't plan on staying dead early Sunday morning. Like State Farm Jesus was there. In a cemetery Meant For Crying folk, that was a shout party. And Mary thought she knew him best barely recognize that it wasn't just a good neighbor spoke when she knew who he was. All my brothers and sisters that same Jesus wants to be a good neighbor to you. Not a black Jesus not a poor Jesus. Not a black lives matter Jesus. Not a bluelivesmatter Jesus. Not a republican Jesus not us Democratic Jesus. Not a wealth Equity Jesus not a property impoverishment Jesus.

The song of the only begotten of the Father the one who is and was and Shelby that's saying Good Neighbor that died for you Rose for you. I send it for you and guess what is on his way home? He's home is where his people are he said I go to prepare a place for you. That way I am that's what good neighbors. Do you maybe also and when I'm done I will come and with a hospitable neighbor and receive you unto himself somebody here.

Needs a good neighbor. Somebody here is caught up in this nonsense in our world and looking at their real name is funny cuz they ain't the same color then somebody this word to go out at night and some of us even go out in the day because we don't know what trust our neighbors anymore. What can I tell you when you know the Good Neighbor you'll just simply be a good neighbor and stop worrying about your neighbors.

What am I offering you?

Be like the good neighbor and go and do likewise do what Jesus did forgive those that need forgiving help those that are sick Renda care to those stuck in bad situation stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves. Stop looking at their color and remember your savior. He was just simply a good neighbor.

Almost a doctor King stuff now.

longevity has a place but I don't really care if I get there now.

I don't really care about living long no more. This is the life of long-living. I don't want it no more. So since I got a not live this long life in this mess, I'd rather die trying to make it better. I've lived enough. I've had enough winds. I don't want no more little ones. Growing up without Mamas and Dad. I want to see her and pain and suffering anymore.

the book just gives us some basic principle. Just do Hunter. As you would have them. Don't worry about their political affiliation just do for them. how to make nobody special Just make them the same.

Stop making it make a difference.

Somebody need that. Y'all ain't no law to change the hearts of men you have to make a decision to change and you make a decision to a person Jesus is the person. You got to ask Jesus. I'm tired of being Prejudice. I'm tired of being a religious neighbor. I don't want to just be clean. I want to be compassionate. I'm tired of sitting in the place of comfort watching other people in discomfort. I have been blessed to be born where I am. But God the blessing comes with the heavy burden to whom much is given. I got to use what I have is privilege so that others can be provided for.

Salvation is asking Jesus to do for you what you cannot do for yourself? If we would get Jesus we would need justices of the peace. We would need politicians. We would need a president. We would need Governors and Mayors and law enforcement cuz when Jesus comes Hearts get changed. I met him one day.

And I gave my life to him. And I stopped being a black Christian. I became a Christian who just happened to be black. I want to be known. By the kind of neighbor, I believe in no me for my Jesus not for my pigmentation.

I serve a living Risen Savior. He's in the world today. You can have Jesus. Just asking. Say you believe ask him to come into your heart ask him to forgive you your sins and fill you with the Holy Spirit and me and guide you forever. Maybe you already been saying maybe you need a place to grow. Listen find a church if you say bye in a church, not a black church. A white church find a church. That's led by Christ that follows scripture that practices unconditional love forget the color of the pasture and remember the power in the principles of the Bible. It's the same book no matter what color the believer that the same principles no matter what stage of life you're in.

Join that place in grow mature develop learn that scripture is not just to be quoted. It's meant to be live and then maybe just need prayer. This is a critical cream.

We see you same color being in suffering States and we want to get angry instead of get purposed. I understand it. I'm mad. I was hurt. Get scared. What did I get on my knees?

Ask God to take away anything that's not like God has not given me a spirit of fear. 12 love and power and a sound mind He's asked me to be angry, but sin not. He told me to be kind to those who have despitefully use me. And is it hard?

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it is not meant to be put down when it's not easy then why pick it up? Do the hard thing? Let law of inform your actions. how to put together a big cry, baby

And maybe just need that for you. I want to play with you. We've got a whole Ministry. That's the Cal has been so purposefully call he wants to help you make those decisions. He wants to walk with you. If you've said salvation a membership for prayers got a whole team of people waiting to walk with you. Will you do me a favor? You pray the sinner's prayer. If you want to know more about salvation, if you want to know if it's online church thing can be sent across country it can you just got to connect with us? Contact us a Christian love Modesto. G gmail.com market for the decision time ministry leader in passing New York. Allen will direct contact with him to him and he will reach out to you. He wants to walk with you. He's got committed Brothers and Sisters in Christ who are ready willing and able to help you find the way to become a good neighbor.

Press it, but if you don't stay with us. I really want you to join me in this place. She would. If I can ask you to bits on communion time. and that's what we do we We don't let what we are not have us remember.

that somebody gave up the ultimate comfort for us. He laid down his life. he said As often as you remember what I did for you. You show forth my death and suffering till I come again.

So if you prepare for the communion service, you've been giving your supplies by Deacon, but wherever you are grab a morsel of bread grab a sip of juice of water. And will you join us right now? The Bible says in interest get your cups of your sacraments together brothers and sisters and let me walk us through this. We ain't going to have a lot of Pomp and Circumstance, but we going to consecrate our hearts. So before you open it open your heart. The Bible says wait, I got to let you look at me. I got to get quiet. I don't want you to think this part you can skip over. If you have Hate in Your Heart. If you have unforgiveness in your heart, don't do this. Is symbolic, but it's serious.

Paul wrote to the church and he has a lot of reasons why Malala dead y'all don't hold sacred what you should hold sacred and you careless with things that you need to be careful with. If you're going to eat a meal about someone doing for you what you didn't deserve done then you can't be mad at 4. You can't hold a grudge and you can't dwell in unforgiveness. I don't care if you got the supplies. I need you to abstain. If you're not ready to forgive just don't do it. And then if you're not ready to forgive want you to talk to the Lord through the power of the Holy Spirit and ask what's wrong with your heart cuz the Bible says just as you forgive one another social your heavenly father forgive you if you say you need time. Is okay when you come to me, I'm going to need time to and you do know since you don't know what time it is. You might need more time than you have. So why are you have breath? You better let the power of the Holy Spirit change of heart. At least I don't do it, right but I work real hard because I do a lot of sin. I'm being selfish right now. So you know what? I do. I forgive everybody for everything instantly. I get over it. I work really quickly to let go because when I go before the Lord, I need nothing between me and him cuz I got a whole lot of forgiveness passport. answers to Calcasieu Kate when I bow before and I know I go with clear conscience of God, I don't hate nobody.

So if you've done that if you pray and seek God search me to check my heart make sure there's no animosity or hatred no and forgiveness. If that's the case then take the bread take it and let me just tell you what this was about that night. Jesus was before he was betrayed. He was in the upper room with his disciples and they just had dinner and he finished dinner and it was time to serve and honor the Passover and he took bread and he broke it and gave thanks and he says I know what this meant before it was 11 because you had to rush quickly out of Egypt but a new way I'm putting in front of this is a new Passover meal. Now this bread represents my broken body. Broken so that you wouldn't have to be broken. It was broken to your night you back with the father and it's often as you eat it. You show forth my death you come again. He said let us eat together.

Need to pick up he gave thanks and said this cup is my blood.

Is its representative of the blood I'm shedding for you on Calvary to remit all your sins. That means to clean your debt. This is him as that good neighbor paying the dead at that place of dwelling and saying whatever they need put it on. My tab is blood is his tab for your sins. He says as often as you drink at you show for my death and suffering till I come again. He had something really interesting to he says it also represents joy and I showed no more drink of it when I drink it with you brand new in Paradise. Let us drink together.

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I'm done. Thank you if you observe with this. Thank you if you shared that meal with this. But there's one more offering of worship. I need to remind you of one more thing we need to do before we get back to our normally scheduled program. The Bible says that we must give

I want those in connection and relationship with Christian love to know that we might be away from the building, but we are still the body. And Ministry still happening. We've had salvations we've had baptisms we'd have members join and connect with us. We've had Bible study. We bought materials. We are still ministry will still feed and in the City of Modesto. We're still trying to be faithful to the Great Commission and you are still bound to the commitment and Covenant you made with God to Render unto him. What is him a test is the start but we talkin about stewardship not just a dime out of your dollar. Can you give to God for all that? He's given to you go to our website Christian. Love Modesto. Org. Right tab in the right corner, click giving slack give any amount and you do not have to sign up to be a Perpetual Giver. That's okay. I just say if it's moving in You by the spirit to give gifts now. I got to tell you also on Monday we'll get together cuz I need to know what you thought of what God Said through me join me in my zoom idea. I'll give you some time to write it down and come on here. And you can just talk. This is talk about what you heard what God is saying to you and what you going to do in response to what God is dead will stay will chat. It's like Monday morning quarterbacking will review game take see where we messed up. See what we did right see what we can get better. That's Mondays from 6 to about 7:30. Join us there. Did I got some people to think? Really want to thank my friend my brother of 25 years Marcus Davis does Guy quest experience is Teen Challenge. She's such a together, brother. Give you this album quarter century ago. And now that we are in the copyright driven air and he is allowed us to use it free of charge and I'm so grateful. I just want to thank you Marcus Davis. Thank you. Jacob Luttrell. I hear your voice on here to thank you God quest for doing this for us. Not just him man brother field. Pastor Phil Ellenburg has blessed us with his first CD and told us have your way to passing the church. See what I told you we we might be the same color, but it's the blood of Jesus that makes us a I have it you can have it shared it with us and thank you, dr. Ellenberg. And thank you gospel Fellowship Church of Richmond. You got a good one my friend my brother and my fellow past it and then our very own talented Maestro. Jake. Jacob says dedicated some of his his time while he still laborers at a job for the world. He is giving us access to subtract that don't need copyright just him blessing us with his gift is I cannot wait to be back in the building and put you on that Hammond and let's cut up a little bit. We are going to celebrate but thank you brother Jacob for what you've done. Alright y'all. Imma let you all go but I have to leave you as I always will and do I love you guys and there is nothing you can do about it carry on love.

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