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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 welcome to Christian. Love online is the online worship experience for the Christian Love Missionary Baptist Church located in Modesto, California where I'm the proud Pastor Roderick Cochran. I'm glad to be with you this morning. Have you made it through another week and glad you decided to join us and sharing his worship experience if you have your Bible, I would love for you to join us with open our Bibles. To Paul's second letter to the Church of Corinth 2nd Corinthians and enjoy me at chapter 4. I will be with verse 17. Sorry verse 7 through 15 second Corinthians chapter 4 verse 7 through 15 and when you are with me, I will. Read aloud and you can follow along silently today. I just want to talk a little bit about worth the wounds. worst the wounds actually when we use the title worth the wounds with leading into a series. four part series on a sermon series on suffering And its effect its implications is instruction. I'm hoping we'll all leave here with a better understanding of some of the difficulties. We are enduring right now. What does God intend to bring forth for us in the midst of suffering? All right. So if you have your Bibles, you'll join me 2nd Corinthians chapter 4 verse 7 and in the new King James version, you'll find these words. But we have this treasure in Earthen vessel. That the Excellency of the power may be of God and not of us.

We are hard pressed on every side yet not crushed. We are perplexed but not in despair. Persecuted but not forsaken struck down but not destroyed always caring about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body. We who live are always delivered to death for Jesus's sake that the life of Jesus Also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us but life in you. Since we have the same Spirit of Faith according to what is written, I believed and therefore I spoke. We also believe and therefore speak knowing that he who raised up the Lord. Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and present us with you. All things are for your sakes that Grace having spread through the mini may cause Thanksgiving to a bound to the glory of God. Hey, man, again worth the wounds 4 part series on suffering.

I struggled with dispatch if I can just start off hot hot as I introduction. I struggle with any passage of scripture that gives almost a second. to the work of suffering I struggle with it because I think I fell under the premise this false narrative that following God.

the following God mid faithfulness that following God meant

the ability for us to actually forgo suffering. To get Beyond tragedy to not to endure hardship. I believe that is a child. I thought when you're with Satan you're going to have the the sickness the disease that hurt the harm the danger, but if you would side with God you would have the pleasure the the promises the permission the power. I'm not young anymore. I have figured out that that was such. In a skewed view of what God was doing that was such a misalignment of what scripture promise that that once I began to dig through the gospels in my walk. I found that suffering. Is subscribe to our Salvation once saved one strain away from the ways of the world that we're not headed in the past where we are right in the mist of persecution and for the rest of our Earthly days. Difficulty trials trouble tragedy suffering negative circumstances hard outcomes loss grief anxiety depression. These things are now the normal in the life of anyone pursuing a walk with God. I hate pain since 2002. I have been in pain. I've been medicated. So Heavenly that I was incoherent and I've had to wean myself off some very harsh prescription meds meant to minimize my pain when I find out was It does narcotic. They gave me they would take the edge off the pain but never remove the pain or its presence it allow me to function in some facet myself, but limited my thinking my perspective my observation skills even my weariness. I didn't like that feeling but what I did notice is my Humanity lent itself to being medicated away from the misfortunate hurtful harmful things in my life, April all of us. in any aspect of life in any Endeavor, we pursue some degree of difficulty some presents of pain some occurrence of the unexpected will happen and it will cause harm to us, but my question as I'm introducing a scriptures What in your life? Is worth the ones you suffer? What in your life tells you that pain is coming but the pain is worth the progress. If you have a birthday child, and if you're a woman who birthed the child you understand that the labor-intensive work of delivery. Slowly Fades away when they put the the little one in your arms. Don't have any excuse it you had to go through it. But you were willing to be harmed. For the health of the baby you were carry. Expecting mothers understand that brothers who hit the gym. I ain't mad at you. I'm just telling you. I ain't one of you not one of you. But you going and instead after set and rep at the rep and increasing weight after increasing weight. It it hurts your spit Your tired your wore down to your empty yet. When you stand in the full-length mirror and look at the results. You don't remember the agonizing moments of pain. You simply look at the games and progress has look look how much I've developed. Look how much I've been shaped. That's what we say to ourselves. A little life is just about abs and babies with missing the mark because that must be multiple areas of your life there better be every area of your life where you're willing to go through something to get something. As long as the pain. Me is Meaningful as long as what hurts me becomes a help to me and to others as long as my burdens show themselves to be Benedict's beneficial after while I'm willing. I feel like I can shake my mind and tell myself. It'll be worth the wounds Paul in his letter to the Church of Corinth is trying to share something with us this morning. But the life of obedience to Christ the life of being willing to be used by him. 3 lady got it to be prompted to say what God desires you to say to go through difficult thing as a witness in a work to win others to be able to bear in and do a hardship like a good soldier will be a recruiting element for the army of the Lord.

There are things in our walk with God there is everything and I'll walk of God is everything God prescribed for us that is hurtful that is painful that requires endurance that expands energy. It all is worth the rules Wii game.

Is the same Paul that wrote right now? It doesn't appear but these light afflictions are nothing compared. to The Eternity of Glory These things we endorse here the death of that does the harm that the segregation the Prejudice the racial Injustice Christian. The hinder is the limitations debt. Did the danger seen and unseen it's all worth it and there's not a human has ever walked this Earth that left here without wounds. All of us are wounded.

all of us at Wounded

all of us have moments. Why life is out of control chaotic?

All of us have these things that are buying you nothing keeping us.

And I got to stop.

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Resume Rose. Alright 2nd Corinthians Chapter 4 verses 7 through 15 what we were talking about. We talkin about this idea this concept disbelief. That we are God's people and we are. to endure hardship like good soldiers Scripture goes into a deeper detail and I want to break this up into some parts so that we can see that a life with Christ is worth the wounds. I want to ask you all to not come into the zoom room. Cuz it's wide-open. So I need you to let me just occupied alone. Okay.

2nd Corinthians chapter 4 Paws beginning this Narrative of encouraging the Believers that suffering is a form of service in the life of a say believer. Got to follow Christ and endure difficulty allows you to develop and nurture the endurance and strength. You need to be a service to God and be an asset to a lost and unbelieving world. What makes things worth the wounds that that's the question we want to pursue here. What makes things worse the wounds. Well, if you're going to be in situations of pain and make them work the wounds, I think you need to understand the reason for the wounds the reason for the womb.

Paul starting his narrative in a very familiar passage of scripture that we all have seen and if you've been anywhere near doctor Ishmael, Kimbrough Jr. You understood who he was in the ministry. You understood that there was a passage of scripture that guided and informed his understanding in believe and it went simply like this for we have this treasure that this this Earthly treasure

right in Earthen vessels. We have this heavenly treasure in Earthen vessels. There's a party of the preciousness of God. Invested in us but the container is corrupted. There's this Perfection that sits in US.

What is surrounded by the dirt the mark clay? the impurities The Suffering The Struggle of all that the Earth entail the play jar no matter how its guilt and glazed the matter how much you secure it is made from a substance that once the protective barrier phase the elements of the clay can seep into the contents. That's always been an understanding but in biblical times because it was the method the mechanics of what was used to contain things. You suffered the impurity of the container. To have the benefit of the content. We in our Western Civilization if change packaging is everything what it looks like on the outside matters. Now if we want to sell it if you want people to buy into it and we want people to give themselves over to it fully we make it look appealing. We may be outside attractive in current. It's it's inviting it it engages the eye it pulls you in and sometimes we are very invested in me out with container. It would not as concerned with the n-word contents. I don't know how that applies in your life. But I know it mine. We'd rather look good then because I I would it looking good as everything went when I know my eyes are dilated and my T's are crossed when I know that my life is being at least seen as something desire, but when I have the trappings of success when I'm driving the right car when I'm wearing the right clothes when I'm adorned with the right accessories. When when when I'm working at the right job when we hold our when my wife and I hold our hands outside and in the public eye these public displays of affection showing people in outward container of success. But that same table as holding hands in public won't even talk to each other in private the contents. The inner parts of them is a struggle their tents cheated exchange is this bitterness and anger you even had some times where you you purchase things from a store that you've assumed to be new and opening up the packaging you found out very quickly that the packaging was new, but the product have been used

I wonder if our lives represent this to I believe Paul is saying here in this first part of this narrative right at chapter 4 right at 7 when he said but we have this treasure in Earthen vessel. He is literally saying God intentionally gave a great thing and put it in a gross box. PK Perfection and put them in put it in something problematic. He did what was good. But he sent it through what was bad. The life of the believer in the New Testament meant that we would have this glorious eternal life message, but we would be constantly dying in our finite bodies. The Ruby is doing sickness while preaching the gospel that declares Jesus is the great physician. If we would have harm and danger, but we we talked about God in terms of Safety and Security that we would have moments of famine why we preached about God multiplying fish and bread we have times where we be Darien loved ones and still preaching Through The Narrative of Lazareth. And if you allow yourself to get you caught up on what things look like you let the container be more important than the content or brother-sister. The reason for the Easter teach you to disregard the container.

That that black pristine goatee is going to turn gray like this one one day. That's my prayer for you Brothers. Did they really put a hair in that fro you pick out my turn to the few hairs? You have to clip off from month to month, but it's meant to be that way. It's meant for your body to be constantly destroyed so that the contents in you would be constantly glorified and uplifting somebody needs to say. I know it don't look like much on the outside, but all you could see what was on the inside.

If you get a door. What God was doing inside my heart in my life if you would allow God to be for you. On the inside of you, but he is on the inside of me the reason for our rooms first. We got to learn to disregard our containers. Our bodies are meant to go through destruction. This life is meant to offer suffering too. We supposed to be a sheep to the slaughter you ever had a day with no one was faking your death. I can promise you will probably wear the day that you were not committed to the cause of Christ cut the walk with Christ is to encourage the death sentence to live for him to be the container for his truth is Glory his Mercy is to request go through things that will tear you limb for limb. That will create wrinkles and scars stores in wound hurts and Hang-Ups you're asking for them because as we're being perfected in Woodley.

We're being persecuted out with me. The life of the believer needs to be a life dedicated to the reason for the wounds. It's the disregard the container. I see something else don't I only reason for the wounds is to disregard the container. What is also to deliver the contents we have this treasure. Earthen vessels that the Excellency of the power of God is maybe a God and not us. That's the problem right there. There's a pride problem. When it comes to the power of God Siri play and we want people to say our prayers made them better we sing and we want people to say that I worship had them shouting we preach and what you think I need to pull over that we preach and we believe our two points. Catchy hooks in all our little rations are closed anecdotal Stories We Tell the cute little ways. We move a narrative for how we work a crowd. We make the sermon about the one offering a sermon instead of the contents of the preaching delivery content. I wish God would have described the life of the believer in context of the mailman and I think we all would have had a better understanding of what we were signing up for you're going to deliver some people some bad news, but deliver it in a way you don't get some people to like from news delivery that to some don't see it as junk mail and send it to the side give him the delivery anyway, so I'm going to see it is serious and hold it up high deliver the mail to a mini way. They'll be rain but you deliver it will be sleep. They'll be snow. They'll be Bloom and dark of night deliver it anyway. Our problem is we want pristine conditions. For problematic position the delivery the job of delivery has always been a dangerous job. You never know what the ones receiving the package how they will respond. You never know how they'll react to the news you're giving and if you think too much about that reaction, you're going to take yourself away from me and effective in your job to deliver. I'm talking to preachers. I'm talking to Believers. I'm talking to anybody that has ever ever try. Just say good things to people and be a good used to God. I'm talking to anybody who wanted to come in with the word of wisdom in that word be witty and cute and sometimes when it's whipping and it hurts. God is looking for people who can take the wounds because they know the reason. Did the Bulls come to disregard the container? This old body is going to give out on me. Let me wear it out not let it be ruined by rust and I got to deliver the time. I drop something on the inside, but he's to get to this outside world. I got something in me and faith and belief of hope and trust that can get someone on the outside to see the same security that I have on the inside. Break me God. I wish Didion was here at the job place. So that the torch and Light Of God can be seen.

There's a reason. for the wounds

But that's a requirement of the rooms. They're going to do something they are for a reason and see if we can find it.

He says we are hard-pressed. On every side yet not crushed. We are perplexed. But not in despair. Persecuted but not forsaken cast down. Shut down. But not destroyed images back up here cuz there's some paradoxes working here paradoxes 888 a statement or response without an easy or easily discernible solution. They seem to contradict each other. They think they put themselves at all. The statement itself has no way of making sense in the life of the believer. I'm feeling Paul's Paradise right here either. I've been called to be with a perfect God. But living out his Perfection brings out imperfections in me. I called to deliver a powerful word, but that powerful word. weaknesses of the one Speaking them can be manifested he's about back. I'm talking about Liberty, but I've been in captivity. Tell me about freedom, but I'm bound.

I need a charger the intended inference that persecution and suffering is a requirement. If the rooms are going to be worth it. This is the only way for you to get one, I'm about to park right here. But I I need to pause I need to tell you this. Great Hitler stration of how stupid Pastor rod used to be. I'm still pretty stupid, but I'm working on it. Be patient with me. My brother not had a store. There was a store in our neighborhood other block over lady sold these icings homemade. We call them B-Bop's. Kool-Aid Frozen in styrofoam cups sold for quarter

Chips we had our little allowance. It's a very blessed us with a little bit. We have worked in the yard with cleaned out the gutters. We had trim the hedges picked up the edges from the yard spray painted some of the furniture and ornaments we Cutting trim some of the azalea bushes Miss ever made you earn every one of them nickels dimes and quarters, but when we got all the other my brother said, let's go to the store. I'm a cool guy. Let's go. He got on his bike. I got ready to get on mine and I suddenly realized I was leaving from out of the house and I had no shoes on. I know what you are. You know what I told myself. You know what it's okay. I'm going to go barefoot just riding over the next Hill a quick ride and get on the bike with pedal forget to the store buying stuff. I come back through with my bike back in the backyard when my brother went for me. I'm falling behind in the lady's house stated her house is at the bottom of her driveway.

Here I come riding. My brother goes down. He parked his bike. I get ready to go down. And I recognized very quickly. I'm moving way too fast. And I don't know because when I got to pull in his bike there no hand brakes. It's about your feet. You just adjust a pedal pedal forward and then back brought the break. And I went to put down on the brake and I recognize why I needed shoes there spikes on the pedal. So if I put force on the brake to stop the bike the spikes went deep into my feet. Call the meter let go of the braking mechanism in let go of the handlebars. The pain was excruciating and I jumped off the bike.

A scrape across the series of rock she had right beside her carport in my bare feet. Tore my toes up. Today I still have those scars on my toes deep wounds a couple of more to the bone is the point of trying to make. Those are my Badges of Honor. I'll look at those scars and see what a fool I've been. What do I put my shoes on and would have kept me away from unnecessary wounds because I'm broken heart is a necessary wound. If you're going to practice love disappointment isn't necessary womb if you got to practice service. Peter disciple in the necessary rule the required what is for you to pour into somebody and then the treat you poorly for pouring into them if they help people have the not even thank you when they're done do the wound. You will get supper wounds from your foolishness when they're already required wounds for your faithfulness your shoes on the gospel covers our feet. We will steal and do harm but not a necessary. We will still go through difficulty but not for my foolishness. I'm faithfulness wolves us, but those are scars of Honor.

What's the requirement for the wounds and listen the paradoxes obvious? He says we are hard pressed on every side that greed. What is a winepress being squeezed or constrain who haven't felt the pressure of Life bearing down on them? If you live one day you understand what it's like to be under the gun when Ritz do in food is needed in bills are piling in the job seems to not have enough hours for you to satisfy the requirement that the hard-pressed to find another job, but you work so many hours. You have time to go look you. Are you qualified and trained for a position? That's a hard press. The heart press racially and emotionally you want me to come from a home that's done. Damn it. You're going through a wall. That doesn't care. You've been broken. They want to break you too. They want to take advantage they want to manipulate they want to use and they don't charge you've already been taken advantage of manipulated and used. The world's all requirement. If we will live for God we must hurt. Before we even begin to help we must have harm done to us while we're trying to heal others. It is allowing the difficulty the stress the constraint of life to push you are the daughter says but we are not crushed. I said I'm being pushed on every side I can barely take it but because of the content Although the container is going through insurmountable pain the contents make it bearable. They might be killing me, but I won't die. They might be snatching my breast out, but God gives me a fresh Erdos every time that the service and obedience to the master is better than the severity of suffering from the world. It's worth it was trying to tell you it's worth it.

the wounds signal destruction I'll be out with side. I hear it. We are hard-pressed. We are perplexed. We are persecuted. This is where struck down. What's this mean? How could this be for the life of the believer these words signify that wherewith Christ it's the great Paradox to build. The master is to be a Slave. premiere for crisis to Die For Humanity What's the golden Glory we have to get through Calvary? Don't seem right or fair but it's just as God not only design but demonstrated for us. Jesus was hard-pressed disciples who couldn't remember who he was only wanted what he can do Thursday as you were trying to put him in prison and take his life. all the wild encountering only pockets of faith

and it's a very moment he needed all of them the most they would have banding him. Don't tell me we understand what being hard pressed is the winepress of the misery and our life is nothing compared to the person of Christ on his way to crucifixion. He is Do It free and turning their back on him. He endured betrayal for he is good for depression endured grief and loss of loved one. He knew what it was like to be homeless. He knew what it's like to be hungry. He enjoyed the heart prep because he was being prepped but never crushed the paradox.

Said he was perplexed. But not in despair perplex to be perfected to not see a clear answer to have an understandable solution to be searching if you never had perplexity in your life never been in a place where you didn't know what to do. I would challenge you to say you ain't never lived that you don't even know the questions to ask let alone the answers. You have children got a boss getting on your nerves. How do you survive one to provide for the other? That's a perflex city, right? There one is getting on my nerves but one or in my heart and I got to do what I got to do for the one that I want to do it for I got this conflict this internal turmoil going it's good to me, but it filled go text sometime glorious, but it's all so gruesome. It's perfect, but it can be up prosecutorial. It has a lot of elements to this thing is, is a complexity and stuff. It's a MIG Moroccan a question surrounded by mystery. Christian Life is meant to be a compare-and-contrast. It's meant to be the Paradox. Paul is painting its destruction. So you will have moments when you won't know what's going on Marvin Gaye. Don't let him for every believer. That's a question. What's it what's going on? Why is this happening? What's the reason for this? Why there? No answers. Why can't I go out? Why must I stay in? Why did my job in? Why must I come to work? I'm trying to think we wrestle with every day that we don't know why why do people lie they say that they know when they don't know why do people who no lies say they don't we don't know the answers to these things. But guess what? You don't need to know the answers, you know, the one who had the answers. This is about trust. This is not about being able to trace it. You don't need to know we're going to end up you just need to trust the one that's leading and guiding, you know, if you have questions, but Jesus is the answer.

Why are you in California Jesus? Why you working that job Jesus? Why you have a Jesus? Why are you home she did this. It's all about him. It's nothing to do with us. We're not meant to solve the question of life when Mississippi chew or an eternal life. This life has no answer it will end as it was always prescribe to do. Almost done here. perplex, it says

But not in despair. I might not know the answer but I ain't giving up hope that one's coming. I might not know the solution but I do know there is solution to no. I don't know how it's going to work out, but I know somebody who can work it out. answer something Requirements of the room it's meant for Destruction. It also purchase our devotion. That's what it does this right here as we start getting persecuted. But not forsaken. I got to turn back to our worldly examples to give Divine context. You know sniffing is a Bad Thing snitches bad. That's what people say. They tell you snitches get stitches like I share this colloquial term in our community and I wonder you know Who why we made it so manly? To go through meaningless suffering. No show that you're real or or down or or righteous or your stand-up guy. I'm keeping my stylus read some loyalty from those who might be doing harm and destruction but we've always counted that we always touted our soldiers are Kinfolk. I nephews who can sell the product get caught in the crime do the time without snitching and come back to some sort of glorified gangster reward. We made it the highlight of everybody behaving when you can go in and man, you didn't read a self. You ain't turn on us. You weren't no snitch. Shut up six nine.

but what I've noticed is Is that the Bible says similar things but you have a problem with it? Your celebrate somebody in the world who goes through difficulty knowing that they're going to do something. They don't have to if they would just give up if they were just surrender what they know if they would just let it go with no racial distribute that hanging to it ain't no reason to believe anybody going to do what they say. But I just trust I'm true like that. I'm real like that. We come out here. I got my song. That's my dog. I knew you want to let me down when the Lord put you in problem situations when God allows persecution that happen the first one.

Tell if it'll get me out of it. I'll let go a minute on ease the pain I'm done if it will deliver me God damn. I need you to be persecuted with the knowledge that you are never forsaken. That means you got to stop sending people for crimes. They didn't commit some poker going through because God wants them to

Because they've been bad because they've done harm sometimes hurt in their lives is a help and healing. In the plan go ahead and purpose for their life. I'll come here Jesus in the gospels asked his disciples coming up on a blind man who send him or his parents and there was all kinds of rumors about who was wrong. But Jesus finally said neither, but this was for the glory of God. Sometimes you're fired for the glory of God. Sometimes you strike your struck down for the glory of God. Sometimes you're striking with an illness terminal for the glory of God. You might have to suffer disability for the glory of God. Stop letting people forecast you a failure. When will you might be fortified by the faithfulness? Cuz which God calls you cause you to you will go through. I don't care how much you pray. You cannot under a prayer that get you out of the purpose prescribed plan of God for your life. What's for you is for you. You shout about the good like that, but you're scared of the bed like that if he's God of the good. He's also Lord of the lousy. It's both aspects of life. That's Romans 8:28 and we know all things. I'm not in despair.

I'm not persecuted. And forsaken, he hadn't forgotten about us the other part last part struck down but not destroyed. Some of us have suffered a death blow without a death outcome.

Extra wide boxing match message back in the day. But Iron Mike Tyson was my boxer man. If you ever paid for pay-per-view in Mike Tyson's boxing. You never got your money's worth. Do I have to take built up the fighting it was a buildup? Free fight interview the way in the Pomp and Circumstance coming in with Iron Mike faught though. He wore terry cloth top. He had black gloves black shorts black boots

He came here with no Fanfare no much to do. He just marched in. And hit you in the mouth.

I know dude all kinds of Fighters. There was a dancer that was the the surgeon like puncher to Precision boxer who would try to manipulate and limit his power. But Tyson was so unorthodox. He didn't the ring put up his fist he come in close and he was simply trying to knock you out with one punch. He's trying to make quick work of every opponent. He said everybody has a plan until they get hit in the mouth and he's right. If a stomach virus that's exactly what happened you had a plan but like hit you in the mouth. The marriage that was forever only lasted to me. The job that was going to be your your retirement career just gave you 30 days notice. It was still about the people who we thought would always be there would always be on the outside who always be supporting this week to call the way by death or walked away and disappointment. Here we are. I thought we had a plan. I thought we knew what was going to happen. I thought we were okay with where we were headed. The problem. Is that the straight chain and you let it take you out when it was only supposed to knock you down. p**** once you get knocked down we have a God who is ready willing and able to get you back up again. Some of y'all have gotten knocked down and you stayed I'm guilty of letting depressing things happen in letting depression linger too long having anxiety be introduced into my my lifestyle and letting anxiety find its own space in my life. Listen, the strike is necessary, but staying down is voluntary.

Cuz it says we are struck down. Will you not dead?

I hit a horse stories from some of the state's about the hard difficult things. They've been do it and you do know I can't stop smiling while they talk because the fact that you can talk about something horrendous means you got through it. The testimonies that you ain't here to tell the story. Yeah, it knocks you down, but it didn't take you out. Why can't we Delight? Did I win their worth it, but they are required for Destruction for devotion in that last one. It also for development. First 10 always caring about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus at the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body part is prescribing to the preachers and teachers of his word to the Elders of the faith that you are called to be this representation of a Dying life.

I'm dying to your flesh so that you might communicate life to the spirit and soul of those outside of you. Not only their reason for the rooms not only their requirement of the rooms. There is a reward from the wounds. We endure this so that you will into it. I can preach about it so you can walk it out. Not only am I the one talking about it? Not only am I the president I'm a client. I live the same gospel. I preached I had the hardest question for my sister. This week was visiting to strengthen my my wife and her time of losing her father. She asked me do you believe the gospel that you preach man with a question because right now we're out of our element your poop is gone. Your Amen Corner is silent. There's nobody in the Pooh. They not running their house no more. You can't hit three points in the conclusion. You can't prove that thing out when they are sitting dead. You are talking to an inanimate object.

Will you preach it in will you preach like you believe it and I'm talking to me? Will you have holding your voice? Will that be optimism in your toes? Will you still tell him that the wages of sin is still there? But the gift of God is still eternal life. We have this with trying this body the dying it's a call to crucifixion.

What is the cause of Christianity? What is a minister the servant the labor the teacher the discipler is to die so that your protegees will live its the preach life while the sermon is taking the life out of you to lay your body on the line. So that no more bodies need be lost from the wages of sin. we become Stickley in our seriousness

And we are so strong and our skepticism never seen more Faithful Men. functioning off a poisonous there seemed no meaning handle is at the word of life with a death look on their face. I've never seen so many people commanding people to call to walk the path and they won't even start the walk. You're asking for the truck, but you are still waiting till you see it. You're asking people to believe but you still Harbor the doubt. I'm a move on from this cuz the reward is that we're doing it not for ourselves, but for others he goes on process for who we who live already delivered to death are always delivered to death. That's what it's saying. Not only are you carrying that in your body and its death to us the words we preach highlight off faithlessness. Word of Truth is a light on our lives from the pulpit from the lectern from the Pew the world looks it up in the hypocrisies of believer and they shut our God when really they just need to be disappointed in our faithfulness. But God working it out. He is constantly perfecting you buy the dying of self daily so that you may live eternally with his power in his presence and do it for his people. He said you are always being delivered to death for Jesus's sake. I told a story before it is still a proposed a gun on a semi down the store to get that stuff in and she can she would send me with no money but a full list. That was the only limits apartment or every word. I need here's what I need you or that I need and you hand it to me. I'll be like and how much is in heat to know? I got a record of it right here. I wrote down your grandma's name.

and what she has So as long as her name is in my book, she's got credit. If some of the things you think can cuz you so smart you so kind you so happy you so open you so helpful you so intelligent. I want to tell you if your name one in his book. None of that would be a benefit. So you're screaming about being God's worth when really if it wasn't for his favor you be forgotten. It's for his namesake stuff works out for the believer. He will not suffer his reputation. Toulouse it's worth you will not degrade the name of the Lord. He will uphold it for the name alone is worthy to be lifted. Stop be known by who you were called, and now be known by who he declares you are you are redeemed that simply means you are my property and because you are a work things out. Because I'm telling you because I was killed for you. You're dying because I died for you. This is the call. almost done So then death is working in US. but life in you

sign up for this Duty. Who would want to be stepping out in front of everybody there life under a microscope everything they say and do either record it or repeat it. You don't have people who listen to sermons just to catch you in a lie.

The people who listen for Content so they can go and spread it without context. I know you'll know folk like that. I'm going to other folks who lives in the other live streams and other places where other churches are not this one not this livestream not the ones on Facebook not the ones on YouTube by other folk. You're not trying to be faithful. They're trying to find fault who is sign up for that Duty?

For anybody to step up and be a witness for God is to show your weakness to the world. Build-A-Bear suspicions about you offered to have rumors flying and most of them are true.

What is the do it anyway?

That's where I live. I'm going to do it anyway, because I'd rather die in his service. Ben died without his salvation. I'd rather he kill me everyday then for me to live with forever without him. I want to be where he is. Don't care what I got to do until I get there. If this means I get to you then let me die and this it is not only said I'd be delighted by the outcome, but there's a reason that it's death to us to preach us to teach us to witness up. Some search is because death to us is lying for them. Somebody's going to see Jesus because you're struggling. Somebody's going to see The Stranger because you were sick. Somebody will be ready to say yes to Jesus because the doctor says no answer for your illness.

Are you willing? Killer bee death for you. Finish this up with this one and see if we have the same Spirit of faith. If I can have the same death in me from Christ, then the reward from the wounds is just like Jesus suffered. I'll also enjoy Jesus as security. On the cross he was able to forgive those who were persecuting him literally marched him up a hill and then hung him on the cross be why are they spat on him while they mocked him while they're ridiculing he turns to his father and says forgive him, you know, why cuz he was Secure in the reward that was set before. Do you want this outcome would be he's willing to give them what they're not even asking for it because he's about to receive what you hear never earn without the cross. If it's so if you wanted to go to heaven without passing calorie shame on you. How do you get released from what Jesus had no release from how do you get the battle pass? What Jesus had to endure? You must be turned on you have to be put down. You have to be crucified to set the standard. Let them kill your body. But let God take you to a creative Paradise. That will house your soul for eternity. He says I'm I know that I know that if I die here. I'll live there. I know is I go through hardship here. There's Divine blessed Heavenly Delights there. I know it's I bear the weight here. I'll be free from burdens there. I'm sick here. I'm safe there. I'm shopping here. I'm dwelling there. I don't do this if it means getting there. Some of you just want to get there. Am I out of lessons in my walk with God? I just wanted to get there. You know what paralysis caught me, you know, what being in a coma taught me, you know, what being in the hospital 8 months got me. Do you know what 20 years of constant daily paying is taught me?

I think both sons graduate it's worth it. I got countless nieces and nephews it's worth it. I got more mom's than I know what to do with when I lay my only mom to rest. It was other mom comforting me and taking me into the sun. Will you worth it? It's worth grieving when Jesus comes and wipes tears from your eyes. Is worse sickness when he comes and lays on the bed of Affliction beside you and say I'm right here. I never had a cry pain that Jesus didn't respond to. Which is utmost attention? Proposing to his death to us.

Is Deliverance for all of them?

Is a story. I would like to tell about this. Engineering his son and his bridge and her son was crushed. So the train can't pass dreams full of drug dealers using pimps prostitutes and as such a great illustration it really is. The beautiful out come to that store. He can fix you if you listen to it. You know what?

Why did that have to be? Why? should I have to guilt or convict you into believing that somebody sacrifice so that you wouldn't have to the day he didn't remove the the work of death, but he took out the worst part of that which is total separation from the father Jesus through his obedient life during the shame and embarrassment of the Cross of suffering testmasters with of wearing a crown of thorn of carrying a Cross Beam up and healed delivered us from a death suck it that would remove us from God's presence for all eternity did that And because he did that when you go to your Calvary, it won't be a finite ending when you die will have no sting for you either when you died a grave will have no picture. You know, why because he did lay down his life that Friday. What are the first day of the week is resurrection set the record for you? Every country does Wonder get delivered us all. Because he laid down his life on this side. We get the pickup and eternal life on that side. episode of you

you need to be persuaded.

To be productive even though you're being persecuted.

all of the ones I hope you're feeling the intent. How this work right now.

because a problem is that's what we want.

Wanted to be something like us.

being coerced into this life with Jesus know Jesus was clear with us what we were signing up for look you are on your way to a burning hell on your best day. You still a wretch undone all your good works without me a filthy rags. I'm trying to help you. We talked so much about John 3:16, but why don't we focus on John 3:17? He came not to the world to condemn the world. But that the world through him. Might be safe. What is Jesus saying to me? He said if I don't come there is no release for you. if I'm not The Lord of your life if I'm not the king of your heart if you haven't confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that God has raised me from the dead then nothing's going to stop you from the hell. You're walking tour and you going to still go through pain. You don't still have hurts bad habits and Hang-Ups. You're still going to be harmed. You still going to be putting straight going to be broke. You got to be broken. Look at programs. All that still happens to good and bad the right and wrong the wages of being alive in this world is that we will suffer hardships. Can you stop a whale? Can you suffer from inside of the faithfulness of trusting that this outside container is nothing compared to the N word content? There's a treasure in here because I believe and I want you to believe. I want you to believe that Jesus came here for you and then So you're acting in Gone with the wound? Why was I wounded send is the one that caused the womb my God? You were born in Spanish shaped in iniquity. This is a birth was painful. Your first breast for painful.

You're ruining it because it was designed to be that way. The dysfunction in US is that we are born in sin. But listen, we were designed to be perfect. Come let us make man in our image. And then I like this God spoke from the Trinity's head of the father. I'm simply said this creature will be just like the Creator. You were designed to be perfect living in Perfection, but send separate you.

Why are you wounded? What are you willing to admit? I'm willing to admit that night life has hurt me. But but God I got to admit. Some of these wounds are self-inflicted. Dim the persecution I did shameful things they persecution is prosecution and there was evidence of my gift. Somebody's hurt Patterson. Hang up didn't find me. I found them. only willing to admit that I'm The Sinner scripture tells me I am And I cannot deliver myself. I'm going to admit that I'm so wounded. That I can pick myself up out of this message saying I'm in I can't separate myself from the struggle. I can't wean myself off of the wickedness in my life. Somebody has to do it for me. Good news. Somebody did it for you. His name is Jesus. He says if you will confess with your mouth. And believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead you shall be saved. Play what are you waiting for? John 3:17 says we are dead already on our way to a hell that's already designed not for us, but will facilitate us. And if you choose not to get the Salvation that's being offered to you. Hell is where you are always intended no one sending you the hell you're going willingly. Cuz you won't accept with the answer to deliver you. Your deliverance is in John 3:16 for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

best the invitation is for salvation. If you need Jesus to save you if you are wounded right now mortal womb. And you want to make the wound worth it come right now and I don't clean it up. Don't dress it up. Don't even put a bandage on it. Let the gaping wound stay open bring yourself broken bad bruise to Apple of Savior and watch him handle you with such care. Listen to him call to Joshua is a though your sins be like Scarlet. Come let us reason together. I'll wash you I'll make you white as snow. I want that for you. I want you to feel. The gentle beckoning call of Jesus for you to give your life to a man. Don't come to a building become a part of a body. That building was never you see it behind me. It's a beautiful place, but it was never where Jesus lives he lives here. I invited him in and he dwells he says behold. I stand at the door knocking If any man would open on TV and stuff with me and me with you and I'll come in and do that he wants to do well you got invited. Maybe you've already say maybe needs churchome look as virtual, but it still valid. We got brothers and sisters. We got disciplers waiting to walk with you through this journey of Discovery what Christianity looks like in your life and salvation is on your confession of Christianity is a process. It's a growing developing maturing work where you learn to put the The Narrative of life in the purpose for context of Christ. We want to walk with you and it last week. Not by salvation not by membership. You just need prayer reach out to us here at Christian love. We have an intercessory prayer Ministry that lives to pray over the problems pains and predicament all people share with us how we can pray for you and I believe it should always be about 3. I believe it should always be in constant communication with their source of strength Supply and sustaining. Sofa salvation for membership for prayer. Will you do me a favor? Will you send us an email to Christian. Modesto at gmail.com and give us your name your information tell us and we'll make the connection will reach out to you will facilitate the contact cuz we want to be there to celebrate their decision and then we want to be with you to walk in your broken development.

But just send that email send it to the attention of reverently on Kalin and any of the decision time.

disciplers and let them meet you where you are, but walk you to workout wants us to be there be patient God is not through with us yet. And he does finish will be pure gold.

Pakistan is also As we transition from my worship with the word to worship through our Reverend observances communion is our first Sunday. Here we are. Still shelter-in-place thinking we would already be back out already had plans for Gloria's August but looks like guy has other plans, but you know what the Bible didn't say is often. We were in a Fielding remembering he says as often as you do this you show forth my death and my suffering until I come again and that's what I want to do. I want to keep doing this to Jesus comes back for a loved one's here locally. You've already been Visited by your deacons and Deaconess Ministry of service to you. With what we use is a representation of the body and blood of Jesus or wherever you are. If you're with us today, listen, not about having the right elements about having the right intent. You can grab right now some piece of a bread tortilla cracker. You can separate some semblance of liquid or juicing bring yourself to this place and consecrate your heart. Got to handle the hard where you fix your heart to say. I know this ain't like I'm used to but God the the motive in my heart is just what I'm used to I'm remembering that somebody innocent diver somebody guilty. I'm remembering that somebody good gave up everything for somebody bad. And that is often as I do this. I remember that that was a great price price to pay for me to be in Paradise. But if I was just don't do it casually it without thought because this is a reason a lot of you are weak. And sick and die. You don't reverence the sacrificed in the greatest irreverence is unforgiveness. My brother my sister my love one if you're out there and you're about to take the sacrament, so you're harboring a grudge or resentment if there's anger or hatred or unforgiveness in your heart. Don't do this. Cuz this was done without any of those things. This was done from a pure place. He died for people who were killing him. While we were yet sinners, it said he died. We were his enemy and he was trying to be our friend.

Tell me I should take a minute wherever you are is I'm preparing to do this as I'm opening the contents preparing for us to share this together. I want you to take a minute and clear your head in your heart. And if you can't get rid of the art in your heart or the unforgiveness in your mind or heart just put down the sacraments. Don't take it refused to make a mockery of what God has meant for remembrance. But if you make peace and listen forgiveness don't have to be an act they can start to be an intention forgiveness starts in the heart got to bring the action. You've done that if you guys got to take it away then join me. weather remember what Jesus did Do you have your bread he says on the night? That Jesus was taken in the upper room after he finished eating he took bread and he broke it he gave thanks and says this bread represents my broken body, which is broken for you. It is often as you eat a eat of this you show for my dad and my suffering till I come again. Let's eat together.

Bible said that they eating the bread they took the cup. He gave thanks and said this wine represents my blood which is shed for you. He also said representative. And sharing it with you, but he says I'll no more drink of it on this side until I drink it again with you in Paradise. Let us drink together.

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God of all creation God Of Heaven dinner, thank you for what you and you alone if done. Thank you for breaking your body for pouring out your blood so that we might be in relationship with the father. We might be in worship of the Sun and if we might be endowed with the Holy Spirit. Teach us to forgive God in the same way that you forgive us help us not to Harbor a hold any resentment or evil intent to anyone to help us. To enjoy that free Grace offering you give us that is often as we ask you are faithful and just to forgive us never to forget that lesson to help us always to have moments of remembrance what you did for us so we could do nothing for ourselves. Thank you God. It didn't match with mighty name of Jesus. We pray amen. I so enjoy sharing communion with you. 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