Must Believe That He Is, and That He Is a Rewarder of Them That Diligently Seek Him

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[00:03] Sabbath peace. Sabbath peace. Another opportunity for us to come together and hear and learn of the word [00:09] of truth given to us by the most high God. All honor go through the father son whose name is Joshua. In him lies the [00:17] only hope for salvation. We know that it is obtained by grace faith not work anyone should boast and given freely as [00:24] a gift to all who obey him. We understand not made or made obvious that we do not [00:31] believe in this state. You should expect no good thing from the most high. However, anything that you do get [00:37] whether it be a gift of tonger any supernatural experience that you may have. It can and it will be used against [00:44] you in the day of judgment. With that said, the saints that are in the room, saints that could make it saints watch [00:53] the saints scattered around the world about No piece of the wicked only [00:59] that they might live. [01:05] Um so last week talked about uh we talked a [01:11] little bit about uh uh Hebrews. Um we [01:16] got deeper into the connection that the writer was trying to make about mecoded [01:24] Remember couple weeks ago in the fifth chapter he talked about how they wasn't [01:31] ready for strong food they had like [01:36] I wish I could talk more about this but it's too deep and he went on and talked [01:42] about like the seventh chapter chapter n chapter 10 chapter we kind of saw how [01:49] everything came together the role of a priest [01:55] In that same order that's outside [02:02] and now he went to the holy of holies just like the holy of holies but went to [02:07] the holy of holies in a structure that was made based off of the pattern that [02:12] was seen in heaven. Meanwhile, Yahu went to the actual [02:18] init [02:30] that is our true savior. [02:38] What he's trying to demonstrate. It's one thing for a person to be able to just say it and that's good enough, [02:43] right? If I come to you and I say, "You sure?" And I just say it, [02:48] I'm right. So that's good enough. Even if I can't explain it to you, even if I can't point it to you in the scripture [02:54] like that, that in itself is good enough. It's a lot of There's no sound. [03:03] Test test testing test and come on man. [03:11] I don't got time. Whenever you start getting all them comments, I'm like going I don't got time for this. I can't [03:18] work like this. I don't have time for this. I can't work like this. Say classic. Bronburgie Brownie classic. [03:25] So, uh [03:31] we we we end up we end up looking at uh like how Yahushua plays a part in all [03:38] these things. And so if if I explain to a person that Yahosua is king, Yahosua [03:46] is the savior, I'm right. Even if I don't open a scripture, even if if a [03:52] person believes me just based off of my word, just because they think that I'm so smart and I know everything about God [03:59] and they believe it, they still can enter into the kingdom assuming that they they obey Yahu the way they're [04:05] supposed to, right? But then it's different for a person to open up the [04:10] scriptures and break it down. It's one thing to kind of know something just because you know it, and it's another [04:16] thing to be able to display it and teach it. And that's what we're reading from the writer of Hebrews. Not only does he [04:22] know it, he's able to demonstrate it in great detail using the scriptures, using [04:28] the Psalms, using the the law, everything. He pulls it together and demonstrates it in great detail. So, we [04:34] gonna we going to continue this week and uh pick it up at at Hebrews chapter 11. [04:40] This is Hebrews 11 verse 1. [04:52] Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Okay, hold on now. Hold on now. Hold on [04:59] now. You know what I'm saying? This where all the Christians start standing up. He said, "Faith is the substance [05:06] of things hoped for in what? The evidence of things not seen." [05:12] And the evidence of things that are not seen. What does that mean? We hear every [05:20] one of us has likely heard this verse in our lifetime. But I kid you not, [05:25] although I heard it and repeated this in Sunday school and in vacation Bible [05:31] school and all of the things, I didn't understand this until I started reading [05:36] the book for myself. And it was probably the third, fourth time I read the book before this clicked for me. Right. So it [05:43] says faith is the substance of things hoped for. [05:50] What's the uh what's that word when two things are opposites or it's like ironic? It's a oxymoron, right? [05:57] When you hopes for something, do you have a substance? No. [06:02] Hold we got grab Romans chapter 8. Help me out on the verse. I feel like we just [06:07] went over this not too long ago. It was probably verse 22. Maybe 20 somewhere [06:13] around there. 25 maybe. This is Romans chapter 8. Let's do verse 20 something. [06:24] Yes, I know exactly what verse 20some is [06:32] because we have to understand what he's saying. He's saying the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of [06:41] things not seen. [06:47] This is Romans chapter 8. What verse? Uh you want verse [06:57] uh we'll do verse 24. [07:05] This is uh Romans chapter 8 verse 24. Watch what the book say. For we are [07:11] saved by hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. He said we are saved by hope, but hope [07:18] that you can see is not really hope. Right? Why? [07:24] For what a man seeth, why does he yet hope for it? It don't make sense to hope for something that you already have. So [07:31] now, if you have the substance of something hoped for, it can't be what you actually hope for, right? [07:39] So now we're putting a definition for faith. And if you got a physical Bible, go [07:45] ahead and keep your finger right there in Romans 8. We about to turn back to Romans I mean to uh Hebrews. But keep [07:51] your finger right there in Romans 8 cuz we coming back to Romans 7, right? No, we not. We coming back to what? Romans. [07:56] We coming back in Romans 10, I think. Right? But if you look at this, we are putting a definition for faith. So think [08:04] of it as like a math problem. faith equal sign [08:10] the substance that represents hope right the substance [08:16] of hope the hope you can't hope for something that you actually have so that [08:21] substance is not the product of the hope right the substance is not what you're actually hoping for but the substance is [08:31] is is is something that is representative of the hope that you have okay So faith equals the substance of [08:39] things h hope hoped for. And the next part of that verse says what? [08:45] The evidence of things not seen. And it's the evidence of things you're not able to see. So just like Paul just [08:51] told us, he said, "What man hopes for something if they can see it?" That don't make sense. So what you can't see [08:59] is what you hope for, right? And then faith equals the evidence of what you [09:07] can't see. So I can't see it, but I have evidence that it exists. [09:12] Right? This is the definition that the writer of Hebrews is giving us for [09:17] faith. So when we talk about a biblical faith, this is what it's talking about. It's talking about faith, right? Being [09:25] the substance of something hoped for and the evidence of something that you cannot see. Okay? I think that kind of [09:34] does not make sense still, right? How do you have evidence of something you can't [09:39] see? How do you have substance of something that you hope for? Well, let's see if James can explain it to us. This [09:46] is James chapter 2. Give me verse 17. [09:52] This is James 2 verse 17. Then after that, we going to Romans chapter 10 [09:59] verse I don't know. [10:05] I feel like when we go to Rome, we might as well start at 9, maybe 10. This is James chapter 2, verse 17. Baby, [10:13] you turned on the weather channel this morning. What you looking at? You was curious. Oh, [10:20] yeah. I walked in and saw the weather channel. I was like, look at you. You trying to, you know what I'm saying? Where you trying to go? [10:25] Even so faith if it has not works is dead being alone. He said even though if listen if you [10:32] have faith and they don't have works by itself the faith is dead. He says watch [10:37] this. Yeah. A man may say thou has faith and I have works. Uhhuh. Show me thy faith without thy works and [10:43] I will show you thee my faith by my works. Look. So he said a man might have faith [10:50] and somebody else might have works but he's saying show me your faith what [10:57] he said show me your faith without thy works. So he said look you try to show me your [11:03] faith without your works right and then what he going to do I will show thee my faith by my works. [11:09] So now if faith is the substance of what I mean the evidence of what you can't [11:15] see, can you really show someone what you can't see? [11:21] But what you can show them is your works. So now we have to ask ourselves based [11:27] off of what what James is saying. Hey, how do I show my faith? Remember, it's something that is it's is it's evidence [11:34] of something you can't see. It's the substance of something that can't be seen or is not tangible. Like the sister [11:40] said, the sister said it's non-tangible. Right? So, it's the evidence of something that's not tangible. It's the [11:47] substance of something that's not tangible. Right? Our hope has to be that [11:53] Yahosua is going to resurrect us. That's our hope. Our hope is that we'll live [11:58] forever with him, that he'll change us, right? That's our hope. [12:04] So the substance of that hope is the faith, is the behavior, is the works. So [12:10] that's why James is saying, I can't show you faith. [12:16] But what I can show you is my works. So you show you go ahead and try to show me [12:21] your faith without works. I'm going to show you my faith by the works. And so [12:27] now we have to say, what are works? Works is your behavior. [12:33] right? The actions you take, the the the the your choices, right? That's the best way to look at it. Works is a [12:40] representation of your choices. So when you're when you make a choice, that is a [12:45] work. When you make choices consistent with the words of the Messiah, then you [12:51] have works according to the faith. And when you have works according to the [12:56] faith, now you can demonstrate your faith, right? As the substance, that's [13:02] something that's tangible, something that people can see for something that they can't see. They can't see your [13:09] faith. They can't see that you what you hope for. They can't see any of that. All that's invisible. But what they can [13:14] see is your behavior, the choices that you make. By us making the right choices [13:20] and having the correct behavior that shows people what we believe that shows [13:26] people our faith that shows people what we hope to become right so when we go [13:33] back to Hebrews chapter 11 let's read it one more time with that context [13:41] one thing that's very important or one concept that's very important in this book is understanding how God defines [13:51] words, right? It's very important because it's [13:56] that that's where everything that we have from the most from the most high [14:01] God is based off of the word, right? From the word, he created everything. [14:08] So, if we are to be deceived, if Satan is going to deceive us, the the one [14:14] thing that he's gonna have to attack is the word, he's going to have to if he can't change the word, then he has to [14:20] change your understanding of the word, right? So, we have to make sure that [14:26] we're not defining stuff, you know, just because we heard it somewhere. It has to be how did God defined it? How how does [14:34] God see these things? And that's how we have to define words that come from the book. Right? This is uh Hebrews chapter [14:41] 11 verse one. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not [14:47] seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Right? So the substance of things not [14:52] hoped for. I mean substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. Right? That's a definition of [14:59] faith. We understand that the substance and the evidence in that verse is representative of works. We know that [15:05] because James told us, "I'll show you my faith by my works." Faith without works [15:12] is dead, right? Faith, if you don't have works with it, is dead because you don't [15:19] have evidence for what you hope for, nor do you have uh substance for what you uh [15:25] what you believe or what's what you don't see. And I said that backwards, right? But you don't have substance for [15:31] what you hope for, nor do you have evidence for what you can't see. [15:37] Grab um grab uh Romans chapter 10. This is Romans chapter 10. Go ahead and start [15:42] me off at verse 9. We going to shoot through this real [15:48] quick. This Romans chapter 10 verse 9. [15:57] that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the master Yahosua and shall believe in thine heart that God has [16:03] raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Thou shalt believe in thy heart that what? [16:09] The master Yahosua and shall believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be [16:14] saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made [16:21] unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. [16:26] Okay? For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek. For the same master over all is rich unto all that [16:31] call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the master shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom [16:37] they have not believed? And how shall they believe him in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a [16:43] preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent? That's right. As it as it is written, how beautiful [16:49] are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace. And bring tidings of good things. Listen, man. It's so beautiful when a [16:55] man preach the gospel of peace, right? And bring forth good tidings. In other [17:02] words, good news. Watch this. Keep going. But they have not all obeyed the gospel. He said they have not done what now? [17:08] All obeyed the gospel. Some of these people's behavior, some of their choices don't align with the good [17:15] news, with the teachings that came from Yahushua. That's what he's saying. He says, "Listen, you can believe the man [17:22] and you can hear the man, but you got to get it from the right person because it's beautiful when somebody come and [17:29] they teaching the gospel." But be clear, not everybody is obedient to the gospel. [17:36] Some people's behavior and their choices do not align. So now define faith for us [17:42] here. Keep going. So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So this is our other definition for [17:48] faith. We have two definitions, right? Both of them connect. One, faith cometh [17:56] by hearing and hearing by the word of God. That's one definition. It comes [18:04] from the word. Right? The second definition that we hear about in Hebrews [18:09] chapter 11 verse one is that faith is the substance of things hoped for and [18:16] the evidence of things not seen. So if we put those definitions together, that [18:22] means faith, right, is the evidence of things hoped [18:28] for, right? And the in the in the uh I'm sorry, is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen [18:35] based off of the word. based off of the word. So when we read [18:43] this word and Yahushua tells us if you don't do this you are defiled. If you [18:50] keep doing this you are defiled and we don't believe that [18:56] right that means that we don't have faith. If we do believe it if we say we [19:01] believe it then our behavior has to align with what we say we believe. [19:06] Otherwise we don't have faith. Even if we say we have faith, even if sometimes [19:11] we think we have faith, if our behavior doesn't align, that's the true barometer [19:17] for us to know whether we truly believe what we we say we believe or not. Right? [19:23] So Hebrews 11:1, let's go back to it again. It says, "Faith is the substance [19:31] of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." Let's keep going. [19:37] That's verse two. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of [19:44] God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Mhm. By faith, Abel offered unto God a more [19:51] excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous. Right? Y'all remember that? Y'all [19:56] remember Abel? Look, y'all remember Abel looking like, "Yeah, no. I'mma go ahead and get an animals as a sacrifice." Most [20:02] High God was looking at that. We like to speculate when the most high God I like to believe when the most high God saw that he saw that and he was looking [20:09] like, "Oh, I can do something with that. A animal sacrifice. I ain't never seen [20:14] that before. I can do something with an animal sacrifice." And so we had he had favor upon the animal sacrifice that [20:22] came from Abel, right? But then he looked on Cain and he was looking like, [20:27] you know what I mean? No, that's good. You know what I'm saying? No, it's good. Ain't nothing wrong with that's good. But he looked Ael looking like I can do [20:34] something with that. And y'all already in his brain he was thinking like look I started off with Abel take his idea and [20:42] then fast forward and I'mma have a sacrifice [20:48] of I'mma do a sacrifice of my son. He looked at that sacrifice and then he [20:53] played the whole thing out and said this is what we want. This is how we got to play this thing out. So, he had favor on [21:00] Abel's sacrifice, but when it came to uh Cain's, he just looked at like, "No, that's no, it ain't nothing wrong with [21:06] it. I accept it. I'm just saying, you know what I'm saying? It just ain't what I'm excited about." Right? Abel did that [21:13] by faith. Right? Abel did that simply by him [21:18] believing in who Ya Yahweh was and his behavior aligned with his beliefs. [21:26] Right? Keep going. God testifying of his gifts and by it he being dead yet [21:31] speaks. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death and was not found because God had translated him. [21:38] For before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to [21:44] please him. Right? So what he's saying is you can't please God without faith. Why? Because [21:49] the only way to please God is to behave. Right? Is to have is to have appropriate behavior. So when you have appropriate [21:57] behavior, when you make appropriate choices, then by faith you can please the most high God. However, how can you [22:03] make an inappropriate choice? I mean, how can you not make appropriate wait, how can you make appropriate choices if [22:09] you don't have faith, right? So he's saying it's impossible without faith to please God. Enoch did that. And for [22:16] that, Eli Enoch didn't die. He was translated as the book say. Keep going. For he that cometh to God must believe [22:22] that he is and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Right? Does that make sense to us? [22:29] He said two things. He that comes to God must believe that he what is [22:36] that he exists. That's one. First thing you have to believe is that God exists. If you come [22:42] to somebody, how you going to come to somebody if you don't even believe they exist? So he said the first thing you to [22:47] come to him you have to believe that he exists. And then the second thing is what? [22:52] And that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Okay. The second thing is you have to [22:58] believe that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. Those are two [23:04] conditions he's saying is a must for faith. Why does that make sense to us? [23:13] Yahosua said something to us. Remember he said, "Seek ye first the kingdom." [23:19] If somebody look, if somebody came to you and was like, "Listen, I got something for you." But uh first, [23:28] go do this work for me real quick. No, no, I got you. Just go do this work [23:33] for me real quick. They can take you for everything you got. [23:39] Right. If you go to a bank, the bank has he's [23:44] established, right? He's the bank has been established for a while. You've seen it there. You know, people that go [23:51] to the bank. You see him on TV. So, you have faith because it's like, I know [23:56] they'll take care of my money. A lot of people bank with them and I ain't heard nothing bad. So, you put your money in [24:02] there. But imagine somebody just coming up and you ain't never heard of him before. He got a top hat on, you know [24:08] what I'm saying? and a do-rag under it. And he say, "Look, I'm a bank. Give me [24:13] your money right now. You'll collect interest right away." And you just look at him like, "What bank are you?" You [24:18] know what I'm saying? I'm the bank of Northtown. You know what I'm talking about? I'm the the bank of the East. You [24:24] know what I'm saying? And you look at him, you looking like, "Okay, you're not going to have faith, [24:31] right?" Because the second piece, not you have to believe he exists. And yes, this man right in front of me, he [24:36] exists. But the second thing, you got to believe that this man is a rewarder of somebody who is who diligently seeks [24:43] him. So now I don't believe that this random guy from the east side talking [24:48] about he owns a bank and that if I give him my money, he'll collect interest for me immediately and give it back to me. I [24:56] don't believe him. I don't believe that he will really reward me. I don't believe that if I gave him what he's [25:02] asking for that he'll return and hold up his end of the deal. So guess what? When [25:07] he tells me to give him his money, guess what I'm going to do? I'm going to tell him no. Cuz I don't believe you. I don't [25:13] believe that you I can't trust you. So it's two things you have to do with the most high God. One, you have to you have [25:19] to know that he exists, right? But that's not enough. A lot of people think that's enough. A lot of people thinking, [25:27] "Well, I believe in God." And they think that's enough. That's not enough. That's only the first part. You have to know [25:34] that he exists. And on top of that, you have to believe that he rewards those [25:41] who diligently seeks him. And if you don't believe that, right, if [25:48] you start if you start saying, you know what, I'mma change my life. I'mma live right. [25:54] And then stuff start getting bad in life. Your water get darn cut off. You [25:59] lose your darn job. your boyfriend, girlfriend dump you, all these things [26:05] start messing up and you start stressing out and you start losing it, right? Guess what happens [26:12] now? That means that you if you start sinning in that position, that means that you don't believe that he rewards [26:20] people who diligently seek him. You stop believing that you ran into rough and [26:26] hard times and then you stop believing that he'll reward you. You start looking like, man, I'm not getting no reward. [26:32] I've been doing the right thing. I've been doing this, that, and the other. And you start getting down. But those [26:37] two are the requirements. It ain't no way around it. There's no cheat code to it. That is the game. You have to [26:44] believe two things. One, that he exists. And two, that the man is going to reward [26:50] you if you endure to the end. Right? If you hold on to those two [26:56] things, you will please him. But don't kid yourself. If your actions [27:03] and your behaviors and your choices are not lining up with the book, one, you're not pleasing them. And two, you do not [27:10] believe those two things. At least one of them, you stop believing. [27:17] Keep going. Watch this. By faith, Noah being warned of God, [27:23] warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house, by the which he [27:31] condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. By faith, Abraham when he was called to [27:37] go out into a place which he should which he should after inheritance at [27:42] obeyed, and he went out not knowing where he went. By faith he sojourned in a land of promise as in a strange [27:48] country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked for a city which had [27:54] foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and [28:01] was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Mhm. [28:06] Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the [28:11] stars of the sky and multitude, and as the sand which is by the seashore, innumerable. Mhm. These all died in faith. Not [28:18] all these all live. These all died in faith. These all got what they wanted when they was alive. [28:23] These all died in faith. All these people died in faith. Watch this. Not having received the promises. [28:29] They didn't get nothing that they asked for. They didn't get nothing that not that what they asked for. They didn't get nothing that Yah promised them. [28:37] And they died like that. And guess what? It didn't stop their [28:43] behavior because they believe two things. They truly believe Yahweh exists [28:48] and they truly believe that he would reward them as long as they diligently seek him. [28:56] So then that was the faith that they had shown by their works which was the [29:02] evidence of things that they hoped for. They hoped that Yahw would deliver these promises that he gave them and that hope [29:11] instructed their behaviors and their behavior was motivated by the [29:16] fact that they know he exists and they believe that this man will reward him reward them if they continue on to the [29:23] end. And so on to their death, they were faithful to Yahw and they died not [29:29] receiving the promise. We get mad still alive if two weeks of us thinking that [29:36] we did the right thing. You know what I'm saying? It'd be two week go by and we don't get what we Most High God ain't [29:42] promised us a thing outside of the book. But if we don't get what we thought we should got should have got for doing two [29:48] weeks of righteousness, then we get mad and frustrated and get ready to break. And you know this stuff is pointless and [29:55] I don't even know if God knows me. I don't even know if God notices me. Why would God let this happen to me? I've [30:01] been doing good. I don't deserve this. All type of stuff we get to lying to oursel and telling ourselves we look at [30:07] this much of the the picture is this big. We look at this much of it. We spent 25 years doing the biggest sins we [30:14] can from age like 16 on. We spent we doing the biggest sins we can. We going [30:22] out all out with the sins and then we spend the last five years trying to clean it up and we look [30:28] talking to God about what we deserve. But that's the mindset, [30:35] right? Our mindset can't be that. Our mindset got to be I might just die being [30:40] faithful and still not get what the man promised me. But I still believe he's a rewarder of [30:48] those who diligently seek him. Because what I'm looking for comes after death. [30:54] Keep going. Watch this. But having seen them a far off and were [31:00] persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare [31:07] plainly that they see Did we skip something? No. And truly if they had been mindful of [31:13] that country from where they came out, they might have uh they might have had opportunity to have returned. [31:19] Mhm. But now they desire a better country, that is in heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their [31:25] God, for he has prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac, and he that had [31:32] received the promises offered up his only begotten son. Uh-huh. Of whom it was said, that in Isaac shall [31:37] thy seed be called. Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from whence [31:43] also he received him in a figure. By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith, [31:49] Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph in worship, leaning on the top of his staff. By faith, [31:55] Joseph, when he died, made mention of departing of the children of Israel, and gave commandment concerning his bones. [32:01] By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hid because they saw that he was a proper [32:06] child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. By faith, Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be [32:13] called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, [32:20] esteeming the reproach of the Messiah greater riches than the treasures in Egypt, for he had respect unto the [32:26] recompense of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of [32:31] the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. Through faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of [32:38] blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as by [32:43] dry land, which the Egyptians are saying the goat were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they [32:50] were accompassed about seven days. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with him that believed not when she had [32:57] received the spies with peace. And what shall what shall I more say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and [33:03] Bareric and Samson and Jeffa and David also and Samuel and all the prophets. [33:08] Was a bad boy. He's in there. He just running down our whole our whole history. He like, "Boy, I just I'm only [33:13] getting through the front of the book. Boy, I can I can keep going. I don't have enough time to tell y'all about all [33:20] these people." And he and he's really just touching on these situations. In each one of these, I can assure you I'm [33:26] not about to. In each one of these, I can break down and show you in detail [33:32] what he really is trying to say. Like in each situation, he talking about by faith this person did it. Like he just [33:38] giving you like a quick a quick highlight and letting you remember the story so that you can understand the [33:43] faith. But we could stop at each one of these, go back and look at it and break [33:48] down exactly how they had a substance of things hoped for and an evidence of [33:54] things that they could not see and that they knew Yahw exists and they diligently uh were seeking him and hope [34:01] that Yah would reward them because they believe that Yah will reward them. Like we could demonstrate that in almost all [34:07] these situations, right, with the scripture and break it down and show why he's using these examples. And he's [34:13] saying, listen, I don't even have time to give you the highlights on everybody. It's so many. Right. Keep going. [34:21] who thought faith who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of [34:27] lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant [34:34] and in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead, raised to life again, and [34:41] others were tortured, not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection. And others had [34:47] trial of cruel mockings and scourgings. yet moreover of bonds and imprisonment. [34:52] They were stoned. They were saw aunderder. They were tempted. Were slain with the sword. They were wandered about [34:58] in sheep skins, in goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, and tormented of whom the world was not worthy. They [35:05] wandered in deserts and in mountains and in dens and in caves of the earth. All these And all these and these all having [35:12] obtained a good report through faith received not the promise. God having provided some better thing for us that [35:19] they without us should not be made perfect. [35:26] Keep going. This is uh Hebrews chapter 12. Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed [35:33] about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight in the sin which does so easily beset [35:38] us. So when he says seeing that we we've compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses he's talking about all of the [35:45] scripture he's saying all of the script scripture is is a witness to us telling us this is how it works yah is true he [35:54] exists and he rewards those who diligently seek him right so he's saying [35:59] all of these are witnesses he's giving us examples but those examples represent [36:04] witnesses for us right keep going When you think of a witness, you think [36:10] you think of evidence. And let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto [36:15] Yosua, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising [36:21] the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of [36:27] sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Right? So he says, look, think about him [36:33] lest you mess around and want to give up. It's important that we see this stuff and we read it and we take it to heart [36:41] because it's like we read this stuff and we just read over it and it don't mean nothing to us. And the reason why it [36:47] ends up not meaning anything to us is because we've been fed lies and distractions and all this stuff all our [36:53] life. But listen to what the man is saying. All of these are witnesses for us. He's saying pay attention to it [37:00] before you mess around and face some some something that discourages you or something that scares you and then you [37:06] mess around and give up. But if you think about Yahosua and you think about what the man went [37:12] through and think about how he is the greatest of all, right? Then that might [37:18] encourage you to deal with the little problems that you got, right? The little stuff that just kind of throw us off that make us like, "Oh, nobody [37:25] understands. I stubbed my toe today, right? No. Nothing can stop us and [37:32] separate us from the Most High. We have to get it. What is that? Romans 8. You know what I'm saying? I think nothing can separate us. I [37:38] almost want to get it, but I think it's like Romans 8 somewhere somewhere at the end. Keep going. [37:57] is uh where we at is Hebrews Hebrews 12 what? Uh [38:08] is Hebrews chapter 12 verse verse two. Let's see what the books say. looking unto Yahosua, the author and [38:14] finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is sat [38:21] down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against [38:26] himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin, [38:32] and ye have forgotten the ex. In other words, he's saying you, you know what I'm saying? You you ain't even did nothing yet. You know what I'm [38:37] saying? He said you baby butt. You know what I'm saying? You ain't you haven't resist. Ain't nobody make you bleed. You [38:44] know what I'm saying? You haven't resisted. Not Not for the go. Somebody might have made you bleed, but not for the gospel sake. Ain't nobody came to [38:50] you and say, "Because you believe what you believe, I'm about to slap you in your mouth." Ain't nobody came to you [38:56] and said, "Tell me you don't believe in Yahosua." And you be like, "No, I do believe in Yosua." Smack it. That's [39:03] never happened to any of us. He said, "Listen, if that's happened to you, then at least you'll have something to brag [39:09] about." out. But he said, "Man, the little stuff we dealing with." No, man. The stuff is little. And we have to see [39:16] it that way. Like, we have to look at it and be like, "Man, this little this stuff is little. This is little." And the grand thing, this is little. It's [39:22] tiny. Won't even matter. Stuff that we we go through stuff. It don't even matter in a week. I mean, I tell I tell [39:30] my my my people this at work all the time. It's like, "Listen, you are about to freak out for the next hour over this [39:37] case that you working." and over some feedback that you got, you got a quality review and made a mistake and now you [39:45] gonna beat yourself up about this for the next hour. But while you're in that hour, I'm not telling you not to beat [39:50] yourself up cuz I want you to get it right. But while you're in that hour, just remember [39:56] an hour later, you're not going to even remember. It's not going to mean nothing to you. You going to be on to your next [40:01] case and it's going to be over, right? And that's sometimes that's what hope does for us when you can look forward [40:08] and look to the end and look for you know what the resurrection is at the end. [40:14] What somebody said to me that hurt my feelings, what somebody did to me that hurt my my body, that's not I mean yeah [40:22] it's a lot right now. Right now it means everything but man in the end who cares, [40:30] right? And if you keep your if you keep you being small, if you keep the stuff that happens to you being very small and [40:38] momentary and keep your eyes on the prize, you keep your eyes on what's in the end, you ain't going to have to [40:43] worry about no depression. You're not going to have to worry about no no no sorrow. You're not going to have to worry about nothing lasting. All that [40:50] stuff is going to happen. You going to be depressed. You going to be sorrowful. You going to be angry. All this stuff is going to happen. But you don't have to [40:56] ever worry about it lasting cuz your eyes is on something different. Your focus, your faith, your hope is on [41:01] something different. You're headed somewhere different. Right. Keep going. [41:07] This is Hebrews chapter 12 verse what? Three, six, five. Somewhere in between. [41:13] And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks unto you as unto children. My son, despise not thou the chastening [41:19] of the master. Mhm. Nor faint when thou are rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loves, he chastineth [41:25] and scorges every son whom he receives. He He scourges. Scourges. [41:30] Listen. Uh they got a they got a guy named uh Mark Lamont Hill, [41:38] right? And he always talking about his kids. You know what I'm saying? He said he got a bad kid. And so people online [41:45] was telling they telling him, "Well, whoop his butt." You know what I'm saying? Just whoop your kid butt. He's [41:50] like, "No, I don't believe in whoop." You know what I'm saying? I don't believe in whooping kids and and and and and taking on vi violence on kids. That [41:57] what he said. And I was like when I read it, I'm reading in real time. When I'm [42:03] reading it, I'm looking like, well, okay, well that's cool. That's your prerogative. You know what I'm saying? But then stop complaining about your boy [42:08] then. Like he bad cuz that's why. You know what I'm saying? So it's like to me that's not fair. I shouldn't be able to complain about my kid being bad if I'm [42:16] the one who lets him be like if he bad because of me. Like you shouldn't you can you can't complain and let him be [42:22] bad. You got to choose one. Now, if I whoop this button, I'm doing everything I can. Like, man, my kid just darn bad. [42:27] I do this. I do this. I do this, but he's still darn bad to me. You have a right to complain because you're doing [42:33] everything you can. The complaining might get you advice that you haven't you haven't, you know what I'm saying? You haven't applied yet. But if you [42:40] choosing not to do the stuff to make sure your kid has good behavior, you don't get to complain. So, I'm looking [42:46] at it like, bro, that's not that's unfair to your kid. You know what I'm saying? He just doing what you let him get away with and he going to be looking [42:53] at you like how you complain about me when that's you you act like it's cool when I did it. You know what I'm saying? You never told me I was bad. You know [42:59] what I'm saying? You I guarantee he not in the house looking at kid like, "Boy, you bad." He probably don't believe in [43:04] saying that to his kid. Right. So now the kid going to grow up and see him online and on these videos calling him [43:11] bad. The kid going to be looking like, "You never told me I was bad. You always told me I was a good kid. you always [43:17] throw and you was trashing me online when I was a kid. People don't think [43:22] about that when they raising kids. You got to raise your you got to pick a side. Everybody got to pick a side with [43:28] everything that we do. You can't have it both way. If you want your kid to be good and respectful, then you got to [43:35] punish. You ain't got to butt. You can do whatever you want, but you got to punish them consistently. If you not, [43:42] then guess what? You're going to get what you get. But then don't trash the kid like like he doing something wrong. [43:48] He doing what you tell him to do. He learning from you. So he come back the person the person [43:54] that messed him up came back was like you know what the Bible say. You know what I'm saying? Spare the rod, spoil [44:01] the kid. It's not what it says. It's not what it says. And Mark Lamont is a smart brother. That brother is [44:07] sharp as a darn tap. You know what I'm saying? You know what this smart brother said? That's not what it says. [44:14] And I look at it, I'm a little smart, too. So, I jump in. I say, "You're [44:20] right, brother. That's not what it says. You're right." You know what I'm saying? But you know exactly what it's referring [44:25] to, and you know what it's coming back. So, he come back, not talking to me, but talking to other people. He come back [44:31] and he said, he said, uh, he said, "Actually, that's actually an [44:36] interpretation that comes from a poem." So, I'm like, "Well, where did the poem [44:42] come from, brother?" You know what I'm saying? Like, where do you think the poem came from? And he admits it comes [44:47] from not talking to me, but he admits to other people that um that it came from [44:52] uh what is that? Proverbs what 13 or something like that. Proverbs 16, 13, whatever it is. Uh so he admits that it [44:58] come from proverbs. Then he goes on to say, but that's not the proper [45:04] interpretation of it. He says biblical scholars, I love it when they start a [45:09] biblical scholar. I here come the lie. He'll say here come the dark line. He said biblical scholars maintain that the [45:17] rod is actually uh um what did he say? [45:22] Uh is is the rod is actually imaging the guidance of a shepherd. [45:30] I said that sounds beautiful doesn't it? But I was like but have you considered [45:35] Micah? You know what I'm saying? When the Most High God said, "I will strike them in punishment with a rod," I was [45:42] like, "No." Have you considered uh Isaiah when when the Most High God says, "I'm going to use Assyria as the rod of [45:50] my anger." No, it's violence. [45:55] It's not guidance. It's guidance through violence. Right? And it's okay for you [46:01] to say, "I don't use the Bible to guide my life." That is okay for anybody to [46:07] say. I'm not going to stop you to say that. But why you got to lie on the book? That's my thing. It's like, why [46:12] can't the book just be what it is and then y'all just say I don't mess with it? [46:18] Why do you have to try to reinterpret the book? Like, why? You don't have to believe it. What What is it? It's not [46:25] like you get It's not like we live in a time where you get extra like social points for believing the book. There are [46:32] plenty of people that tell you straight up the book written by a white man this that and the other. Like I respect that. [46:38] Why you got to act like you believe it and then try to change what it mean to fit something that ain't there? That's [46:44] disrespectful to me. It's like now you just doing extra like just don't believe like you already don't believe the book. You a Muslim or something like a kind of [46:50] Muslim I think he is. Cuz even Muslim he don't believe that. You know what I'm talking like boy you [46:56] don't believe nothing. You just perpetrating darn frauds. I hate smart frauds. Yeah, buddy. [47:01] I hate when smart people is like they smart enough to use their words and and be smarter to people and make them think [47:07] they don't know what they talking about. I hate that. I be hating that. I be looking like, "Yeah, do that to me. Come do that to [47:13] me. Come talk to me." You know what I'm saying? I know what your butt saying. Come do that to me. You know what I'm saying? That stuff is like, you know what I'm saying? Like, just be honest [47:20] with people. Just tell people what's going on. One thing, look, one thing I try to do [47:27] and I tell people do I try to make people's argument for her. I was talking to the sister this weekend. She called [47:33] me on Sunday. She was looking like she was like, "Look, I just had a Bible study." [47:39] So, at first I got jealous. I was like, "With who?" She was like, "Man, it was this sweet old lady at Walmart." [47:44] Whatever she met. I might be lying. I don't know. She said she met the sweet old lady at some place. I said, "Oh, [47:49] okay. Well, how'd it go?" and she got to telling me about what they talked about and all the different stuff and she said [47:55] some stuff that I thought initially was wild. I'm looking like the lady tried to teach you what she's like, "Yeah, just [48:02] you know what I'm saying? Such and such." I can't remember what it was, but it was like such and such and such and such. And I kid you not, what I did is [48:08] my first thought is, "Okay, well, let me see how I can make this work." You know [48:13] what I'm saying? So, I started thinking all the scripture to try to support what she was teaching. I was like, "Well, she could be looking at it like this. I [48:19] guess technically if you interpret this verse this way, my first thought is, how can I make your argument for you? Can I [48:26] even make your argument better than you? Right? If I take your position, how can [48:31] I do it? Because how then can I know that I don't under I mean that I truly understand what you saying if I can't [48:36] make your argument. And that's what people don't try to do. People just be wanting they argument. [48:42] They just And so they they they'll they'll obuscate your argument. They'll twist your darn words just to make [48:48] theirs stronger, which is wrong and it's evil. And at the end of the day, just whoop your darn kid. You know what I'm [48:55] saying? Straight that thing all up, right? God, right? When you get older, you gonna whoop your [49:01] kids or No. Oh my goodness gracious. All right, Mark. You know what I'm saying? All [49:07] right, Lamont. You know what I'm saying? That's a middle name, too. Lamad, you Mark Lamad Hill. You know what I'm [49:13] talking about? He gonna ground them. That's crazy. I ground them if it's not that bad. [49:22] You going to whoop their butt. All right. That's all that's all I'm saying. Don't be trying to make it look like I'm wrong. You going to whoop their butt, [49:28] too. You know what I'm saying? Everybody going to get a little whooping. That's all right. Whoop your darn kid. But stop [49:33] talking about him on the internet. Turn around. Give me the Yeah. Everybody know the whooping. You [49:40] know what I'm saying? The whooping is king. He kid darn behaves a little bit most of the time. Some of them they wild up, but [49:46] guess what? You get the whooping. Keep going. Let's see where we at. I don't even know what we talking about no more. Oh, I I mentioned that because the most [49:51] high God or the writer of Hebrews talked about how the Most High God is scorging us, right? When he punishes us, that's a [49:58] scourge. So, you think of a scorge, that's a whooping. You know what I'm saying? Ain't that a whooping? The the the thing that's a thing, right? So, [50:04] yeah, that's a whooping. You know what I'm saying? He's scorging us, but he's just doing it through life and through what? [50:11] His peace tank. Go tell them get in the B. That's nasty. Um, keep going. Watch this. But if you be without [50:17] chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons. [50:22] Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh. Hold on. The sister the sister asked a question. I missed it. She said, "So [50:28] wait, what does spare the rod mean? It doesn't mean discipline." No, it absolutely means discipline. So spare [50:34] the rod means I'm not giving the rod. What is a rod? A rod is a stick. So a [50:42] lot of us might remember getting hit with switches. They tell us to pull to pull a switch off the the tree. We [50:47] called it a switch, but the book would call it a rod. So you pull a stick off of the tree and you hit them. So when [50:54] they say spare, Huh? That switch used to hurt. That thing used to hurt bad boy. It don't know nothing about a switch. [51:00] But you say spare the rod, that's what it's talking about. It's talking about a switch. It's talking about a stick. So he's saying spare as in don't give him [51:07] the rod. So if you don't give him the ride, the actual verse, I don't remember where it is. He who spares the rod hates his son. [51:12] Yeah. So he who spar spares the rod levy. Oh, okay. Whatever. He who spares the [51:20] rod, right, hates his son, right? That's what the verse says. So basically he's [51:25] saying if you don't hit your kid with the switch, you hate your kid, right? So [51:33] basically saying if you don't punish them, then you hate your kid, right? And then that's that's what that's what [51:39] that's what um that's what the uh that's what the book is trying to communicate. So in other words, spare the rod just [51:46] means I'm I'm choosing not to discipline them. Right? If you discipline them, [51:52] then you're not sparing the rod. So that's what the verse means. It's definitely talking about discipline. Keep going. My [51:58] But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are you bastards and not sons. Furthermore, we [52:04] have had So hold on. Let's just make sure. You mean there are people that are not the sons of God? [52:09] Yeah. That's what we need to know. People will try to talk to you like we're all God's children. No, we're not. We're just not. [52:16] It's just not true. Some people going to end up being his children. Some people not, right? Let me know what I'm talking [52:23] about. Keep going. Watch this. [52:30] Further furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Shall we not much [52:36] rather be in subjection unto the father of spirits and live? For they verilely for a few days chasened us after their [52:42] own pleasure, but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemth [52:50] to be joyous but grievous. Never nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto [52:56] them which are exercised thereby. All right, hold on. Hold on real quick. Zahar. [53:01] Where's Zahar? Zahar, go get him. [53:10] Oh, read that one more time cuz it's important to understand this. [53:15] It's stuff be rough. But look, it only be rough for the moment, [53:21] right? Watch what they say now. No chastening for the present. What's a chastening? [53:26] Punishment. No punishment. What? For the present seemth to be joyous. What's present? at the present time. [53:34] No punishment seems pleasant in the moment, right? In the moment, it always [53:41] feels so bad and it seems so bad and it seems like everything is over and it seems like I'm never going to survive [53:46] and it's going to be the end of my life. In the moment, it always feels like it [53:51] is the worst. Right? That's what we are going through when we living right and [53:56] stuff start happen to us and they start shaking our life up and stuff that you have to realize okay this is just in the [54:05] moment this is it is just in the moment let me focus but in the moment there's [54:11] no escaping it like don't kid yourself and thinking in that moment it's not going to like oh if I tell myself this [54:16] is just in the moment it's going to feel better it's not it's not it's going to feel just as bad even when you're [54:22] thinking this is only for the moment. But it still sucks, right? The goal [54:28] though is to look past the moment. Don't be stuck in the moment. Cuz if you let [54:33] yourself get stuck in the moment, the moment lasts a little bit longer, right? Keep going. Watch this. [54:42] Wherefore, wait. [54:48] But afterward it yielded yieldth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. [54:53] Right? So now after the punishment after we go through what we go through in life after our life gets shaken up and it's [54:59] looking like man I don't deserve this because I be doing the right thing. I didn't mess up. I turned my life around. I did this. Why is God letting all this [55:06] stuff happening to me now? This stuff didn't even happen to me when I was running wild and I was sinning. [55:12] But now I turned my life around and why is God letting this stuff happen to me now? Why is he attacking me now? Why is [55:19] he punishing me now? I was doing the right thing in the moment. It feels like [55:25] the worst. Right? But then he says, "What does it bring about? [55:32] Nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby." You [55:39] have to use those moments to exercise your hope. [55:46] Those moments are a test and the test will cause you to doubt to believe that [55:52] you know what I know God exists but he is attacking me right now or he's letting Satan attack. That's how people [55:59] look at it. He's allowing Satan to attack me right now. He's allowing me to go to what's you know whatever I'm going [56:05] through. And so then you stop believing that he is a rewarder of people who diligently seek him. And so you give up. [56:12] You say, "This is worthless. This you don't you don't allow yourself to really think it, but subconsciously that's what you think it. It's worthless. It ain't [56:19] worth it. Stuff's still going the same. Ain't nothing changed. I'm not feeling no different when I'm righteous. So [56:26] what's the point of it?" And then you give up and you stop. And as soon as you give up and you stop, it doesn't give [56:33] the fruit of righteousness. Right? But if you stay consistent, that [56:38] is what God blesses. When he says someone who diligently seeks him, he's [56:44] talking about consistency. He's talking about something that continues to happen. No matter what get in your way, [56:50] no matter what comes up, no matter what happens, I can consistently do what I [56:56] committed to do for God. I can consistently have my vows, right? And if [57:02] we do that, then the most high God will bless us, right? The most high God will look after us. But you have to be able [57:09] to make it through the moment. And once you do, that means it is exercised in [57:15] you. In other words, your faith, right? Your hope is exercised in you because you're able to look past the moment and [57:21] see what you hope for all the way at the end. And then you make it through. And that brings out righteousness. That [57:27] makes you stronger. That makes you well-versed in the word. That makes you well-versed in in living righteously, [57:34] right? Keep going. [57:39] Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, lest that [57:45] which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men in holiness without [57:51] which no man shall see the Lord. Right? Nobody is going to see Yah. [57:56] looking diligently, lest any man fail of the grace of God, lest a root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and [58:02] thereby many be defiled. Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of [58:08] meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he [58:14] was rejected. For he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. [58:19] For ye are not coming to the mount that Y'all understand that reference? Why does that reference make sense? [58:27] What's wrong with you? Why does that reference make sense? [58:33] He referenced Esau who sold his birthight. Do you remember it or do we got to get [58:38] it? Right. Y'all remember when when when [58:44] Esau he was hungry, starving, right? In the moment. That felt like the [58:51] end of the world for him, right? But he didn't see he couldn't see [58:57] past that moment to understand what his birthright meant to him. So he sold it. [59:02] And that's fine. You can sell your birthright. But guess what happened later on in his life? He was looking [59:08] like, man, he stole my birthright. At least father, give me a blessing. And [59:14] his father ended up giving his blessing to the same person who stole his birthright. And he feeling like, man, he [59:19] stole both of them from me. But he really didn't steal both of them from me. You sold one of them and you sold it [59:25] because you were in the moment and you got caught up in the moment and you made a decision out of the emotion of you [59:31] fearing that you were going to be too hungry. Right? That is the type of stuff that we [59:37] have to look past. We have to be able to see past the moment, see past where we at, and we got to look further. And we [59:43] got to look at what we hope for. And that hope has to create substance in us. And that substance has to create [59:49] righteousness, righteous works, righteous behavior, righteous choices. And if we can make it through that [59:56] punishment, make it through that moment while maintaining righteousness, while maintaining consistency, while [60:02] maintaining the commitments that we made to God, the vows that we made to God. If we can do that, a lot of us make vows to [60:10] God and we act like they're not truly vows. It's been something I wanted to talk about for a while with with all of [60:16] us. Like when we be in tough moments and when we be talking to ourselves like, [60:22] "No, I'mma I'mma do that, man. You know what? I'mma read the Bible every day or I'mma do this." Those are vows that [60:29] you're making to the most high God when you vocalize them, right? So, you have [60:34] to you have to take those more serious and you have to say, "You know what? I said that. I vocalized that. Somebody [60:41] else heard me say that I got to stick. As soon as somebody hear you say something that you going to do for God [60:47] and you don't follow through on it that you are representing God. [60:54] So we have to either say don't say nothing, right? Shut your darn mouth about what you going to do and just keep [60:59] it in your darn head. But if you say it, be consistent about what you said, [61:05] right? Honor what you said because the most high God will bless you for that. The most high God is blessing and will [61:12] continue to bless y'all who are reading this Bible in the year with us. And not everybody, not everybody posted in the [61:18] chat, right? It's some people that I know read [61:23] every day or read whenever they read and they don't post nothing in they don't post nothing in our group chat, [61:31] right? It don't matter if you post it or don't post it. That part don't matter. The part that matters is if you're [61:38] consistent. The most high God is going to see you and reward you secretly. [61:43] Right? But these are the things that are important when it comes to faith. Right? It's turning away from sin. It's [61:50] maintaining our commitments and our vows to the most high God. Right? And it's looking past the moment so that we can [61:56] gain strength and gain motivation from what's ahead rather than what we're going through in the moment. Keep going. [62:07] For ye are not come into the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, [62:12] and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which voice that they heard and treated, that the word [62:17] should not be spoken to them anymore. For they could not endure that which was commanded. And if so much as a beast [62:23] touched the mountain, it was stoned or thrust through the dark. Book book says thrust through. [62:28] And so terrible was the sight that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake. For ye are coming to the Mount Zion, unto [62:34] the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and [62:40] congregation of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and the spirits of just men made [62:47] perfect, and to Yahosua the mediator of the new covenant, and of and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better [62:54] things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escape not who if [63:00] they escape not who refused him that spake on earth, how much more shall we escape if we turn away from him that [63:05] speaks from heaven? Whose voice then shook the earth. But now he has promised saying yet once more [63:11] I shake not the earth only but also heaven. And this word yet once more signifies [63:16] that signifies the removing of those things that are shaken as of things that are made and those things which cannot [63:22] be shaken may remain. Wherefore we receive a kingdom which cannot be moved. Let us have grace [63:28] whereby we may serve God accept acceptably with reverence and godly fear [63:34] for our God is a consuming fire. All right. So that's the end of the book of Hebrews. We going to stop there. Uh next [63:41] week we going we going to pick up the book book of Jude and then combine that with the book of uh second Peter. So we [63:49] already read first Peter. We actually read second Peter too because if y'all remember the brother read second Peter [63:54] most of second Peter. We didn't realize it was second Peter. We thought we was reading first Peter. So, we going we [63:59] going to finish up second Peter. We might reread some pieces cuz uh you know, I had a chance to kind of read [64:05] through it. So, it's like, okay, let's let's let's break it down a little bit better than we did did last time. But, [64:11] um we going to uh reread Second Peter and uh and Jude next week. Y'all [64:18] willing. Any questions? [64:24] What is a birth date? A birthright is uh I'm trying to ask [64:29] that question because you're the first born. A birthright is something that went to the firstborn child. So they [64:34] they have the right generally they would have the right to um to inherit you know [64:41] the firstborn portion. So like I might say I might say I'mma leave my house to [64:48] my oldest kid. So, I'mma leave. I want the house to go to Zahar after I die. Or it may it may not even be after I die. [64:54] It might be while I'm still alive. I just say, "Okay, you of age. So, now I'mma give you this." So, as the [65:00] firstborn, traditionally, you would have the right to do, you know what I'm saying? To get uh uh to get the best [65:07] portion of what's handed down from the father. [65:13] But I don't know. You know what I'm saying? I got see what I'm saying cuz sometime you [65:19] know what I'm saying sometime it was the second born that got it. I'm just saying sometime you know what I'm saying sometime I'm not listen grab uh what is [65:27] it? Genesis let me see Genesis chapter 47 real quick. Is it 48 or 40? May maybe 48. [65:32] Let me see Genesis chapter 48 real quick. [65:42] I love you too, sister Sharon. [65:51] Uh, this is uh this is uh Genesis I think [65:56] it's 48, right? Yeah. Verse 14. This this is Genesis chapter 48:14. And [66:01] Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manass's [66:07] head, guiding his heads willingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. And he blessed Joseph, and said, "God, before [66:12] whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my lifelong until this day, the angel which [66:18] redeemed me for all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them in the name of the fathers Abraham, [66:24] Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." Right? So he gave his right hand to the [66:31] second born and his left hand to the oldest. Usually the right hand goes to [66:36] the oldest. So he switch it up sometimes. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes you can switch it up. You know what I'm saying? Sometimes you can [66:42] switch it up. Any other questions? [66:48] All right, let's pray out.