# Have a Focus

An episode of [Messages by David Antwi](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1069725119), 15 Jun 2025, 1 h 09 min.

Audio: https://yetanothersermon.host/_/kc/media/mp3/75669.mp3

Have a Focus Series: Book of Ephesians Pastor: David Antwi KP2 Date: 15th June 2025 Passage: Ephesians 4:28-30 ------------------- Moving beyond theoretical faith, this sermon calls believers to radical personal responsibility. Learn to battle greed, cultivate discipline, and guard your words, embracing a life of authentic obedience that pleases God and impacts others.

## Transcript

[0:00] Hallelujah. Thank you for tuning in to this powerful message by David Entry at Karis Phase 2,
[0:07] ! Our Christ Centred Youth Services. You can never find Christ outside of the open Word of God.
[0:13] May Jesus Christ reveal Himself to you as you listen.
[0:20] So, who is the devil? It's a spiritual personality. Okay. Everybody say the devil is real.
[0:30] Somebody will say, I don't believe in the existence. No problem. You see, when people say, I don't believe in something, I don't believe.
[0:37] Your not believing does not change the reality. My unbelief doesn't change the reality. Your unbelief, if I see the illustration I've been given,
[0:52] if you see a plane flying and someone tells you, oh, that plane is heading towards Heathrow. And you say, I don't believe it.
[1:00] Does it change the destination? It's irrelevant. So, our unbelief really costs us more when it comes to what God can do in our lives.
[1:15] And saying that I don't believe in the devil doesn't necessarily make you intelligent.
[1:25] It just displays ignorance. Spiritual ignorance. There's a devil. Oh, as for these people, they say devil. It's just their mind. Really?
[1:37] Have you got brains? Have you got brains? Is it not you to your mind? Have you ever seen your brains before?
[1:46] But any theology that suggests or ignores the reality of a devil is not sound theology.
[1:57] It's not sound biblical theology. Bible says that don't give, neither give a place to the devil.
[2:09] That means he's looking for a chance. He's just at large. He's just, he's not too far to step in.
[2:20] He said don't give place to the devil, neither let the sun go down, neither give place to the devil,
[2:25] and don't let the sun go down, and don't give place to the devil.
[2:30] Now, remember, I said the devil is a spiritual personality by evil personality.
[2:35] The next verse says that let him that's tall still no more, but rather let him labor, work.
[2:47] Work is necessary. Let's all say that together.
[2:52] Work is necessary.
[2:53] Say it again.
[2:54] Work is necessary.
[2:56] One of the things that is very debilitating or crippling to destiny is when you live your life for the government to take care of you.
[3:06] Nobody shines in life that way.
[3:12] It's different if your circumstances are so unfortunate, so you need a welfare system, which is a very good system.
[3:23] But some people have made the welfare system.
[3:28] To become their lifestyle.
[3:31] He said let him that stole still no more.
[3:41] Any dodgy means you are using to get money or income.
[3:47] He said stop it.
[3:49] How can you be a Christian and be doing fraud?
[3:58] Stop it!
[4:01] Let him not steal.
[4:02] Steal no more.
[4:04] Steal no more.
[4:05] I think tell somebody, steal no more.
[4:07] Steal no more.
[4:08] But!
[4:09] Instead of stealing work, whatever you are going to get through stealing, work can bring it.
[4:25] But pastor, the kind of money I want, my work cannot bring it.
[4:29] That means it's not your level.
[4:31] Right.
[4:31] Why do you want to own a private jet?
[4:36] For what?
[4:38] You are greedy.
[4:41] You are greedy.
[4:42] You are not living within your means.
[4:44] You are greedy.
[4:45] And that's why you are not content.
[4:50] Godliness with contentment.
[4:53] Not containment.
[4:54] Contentment.
[4:55] Contentment.
[4:56] 1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 5.
[5:00] Godliness with contentment is great gain.
[5:03] Hebrews chapter 13 verse 5.
[5:05] Let your heart be without covetousness.
[5:09] The fact that you see somebody's shoe, I want it.
[5:11] You see somebody's house, I want it.
[5:13] You see that, I want it.
[5:14] That's where greed.
[5:16] How greed manifests.
[5:17] And that's where problems come from.
[5:18] 1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 10 or verse 9.
[5:21] It says that, it says, but they, that will be rich.
[5:26] It doesn't mean it's wrong to be rich.
[5:27] But this, when you set your target, I have to make money at all costs.
[5:31] It said, you see, those who will be rich, be rich, fall into temptations.
[5:37] Not only temptation, you fall into a snare.
[5:40] Snair is a trap.
[5:43] A trap.
[5:44] Temptation is something that you are supposed to stay away from.
[5:48] But there is an appeal inside you for it.
[5:51] So, Satan uses temptations to block us and interfere with our work with God.
[5:56] To make us sin.
[5:57] So, it says, lead us not into temptation.
[5:59] Matthew chapter 6.
[6:00] So, temptation.
[6:01] A snare is a trap that is tailor-made for you.
[6:05] A snare.
[6:06] Set up.
[6:07] They trapped you.
[6:08] And you fell into it.
[6:10] It says, if you want to be rich, you fall into temptation.
[6:14] Not only temptation.
[6:15] And traps.
[6:16] Set snares.
[6:17] Not only that.
[6:17] And into many foolish.
[6:20] Later, you think, how did I end up in this thing?
[6:24] You can later realize that that was very stupid for me to have even thought that this guy who can't afford his own rent.
[6:32] He said, he's telling me he's the sole dealer of Mercedes-Benz.
[6:38] And I believed.
[6:41] And I gave him the money because he's going to sell me a very expensive car, 20% of the price.
[6:49] Some of you have bought stones thinking it was laptop in a box.
[6:55] So, if you want.
[6:58] He said, if you target an all you're living.
[7:01] Even if you are a businessman.
[7:04] You are a lawyer.
[7:05] You are a pastor.
[7:06] You are a doctor.
[7:07] You are a professional.
[7:09] You are a builder.
[7:10] Builders are bad.
[7:12] When they, all they want is money.
[7:15] They will do your roof for you and go.
[7:17] And after a year, the whole house will be leaking.
[7:21] And they go.
[7:21] They don't have, Bible says a good name is better than riches.
[7:28] Ecclesiastes.
[7:29] I think 722 Proverbs.
[7:31] It's in Ecclesiastes Proverbs.
[7:32] He said, a good name is in Proverbs 2.
[7:35] A good name is to be chosen.
[7:38] 22.
[7:38] A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.
[7:46] He says, what does it profit a man?
[7:49] If he gains the whole wealth.
[7:51] And it's your soul.
[7:53] Many people have compromised the health of their family in chasing for excess money.
[7:58] Running after excess money.
[8:00] They don't, their children don't even know them.
[8:03] Their marriages are, many marriages that are breaking down in the West is because of money.
[8:08] People are racing after money.
[8:11] Racing.
[8:12] They don't even know when to say, no, I'm not working today.
[8:15] They are living for money.
[8:23] My biggest dream.
[8:24] It shouldn't ever be for you a Christian that your biggest dream is to have so much money.
[8:30] A Christian's biggest dream.
[8:32] How can that be your biggest dream?
[8:34] Are you blind?
[8:35] We don't live for this natural world.
[8:39] Our greatest aspiration is when Jesus comes.
[8:42] When I meet you.
[8:44] I fought a good fight.
[8:46] I've kept that faith.
[8:48] I've finished my course.
[8:51] That should be your motivation in life.
[8:53] Because one day, we must all appear.
[8:56] 2 Corinthians 5, verse 10.
[9:00] We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.
[9:05] Your motivation as a believer is not what people say about you.
[9:09] It's not what you are getting now.
[9:11] But it's when you meet Jesus and the reward from above.
[9:15] He said, behold, I come quickly.
[9:17] I'm not coming empty-handed.
[9:19] He said, Jesus, when I'm coming, I'm not coming empty-handed.
[9:24] I'm coming with a package.
[9:27] Not for everybody, but for some people.
[9:30] And even that there will be levels based on your labors.
[9:35] Based on your sacrifices.
[9:37] Based on your genuineness.
[9:40] The genuineness of your work with him.
[9:44] Seek ye first the kingdom of God.
[9:47] And all these things.
[9:49] Listen, God knows you need them.
[9:51] God knows when you want them.
[9:53] And when you should have them.
[9:54] He said, if you can get your priorities right.
[9:59] Christian brother.
[10:01] Christian sister.
[10:03] Christian wife.
[10:05] Christian husband.
[10:07] Christian mother.
[10:08] Christian father.
[10:09] I'm not talking for the world.
[10:11] I'm talking for the Christian.
[10:12] Get your priorities right.
[10:15] Get your priorities right.
[10:17] God.
[10:18] God.
[10:19] Should be your ultimate.
[10:22] Please sit down.
[10:24] Thank you, Jesus.
[10:28] So.
[10:30] Riches.
[10:31] Jesus.
[10:32] Jesus put it this way.
[10:34] It's very, very interesting.
[10:35] Ah.
[10:37] He said, beware of covetous.
[10:40] Luke chapter 12.
[10:41] From verse 15.
[10:42] 15.
[10:43] Jesus said, beware.
[10:47] And he said unto them.
[10:49] Take heed.
[10:50] And beware of.
[10:51] Let's all say beware of covetousness.
[10:53] Beware of covetousness.
[10:55] Stealing is.
[10:56] The foundation of stealing.
[10:58] Most of the time is covetousness.
[11:01] Something you don't have.
[11:03] You want.
[11:04] Yes.
[11:05] Yeah.
[11:07] Something you haven't worked for.
[11:10] You want to live for.
[11:12] Or live in.
[11:15] You haven't worked for it.
[11:16] That's where gambling also comes in.
[11:20] Gambling is not working.
[11:26] It's not working.
[11:28] Gambling is not working.
[11:29] And don't be so naive.
[11:32] And so childish.
[11:35] Thinking that you know.
[11:36] One day my luck.
[11:37] If you live based on chances.
[11:39] You will be relegated to the back side of the desert of life.
[11:44] Don't live based on chances.
[11:45] You have to know what you are going for.
[11:47] Plan your life.
[11:48] Life will give you what you put in.
[11:52] You have to plan your life.
[11:54] You have to know.
[11:55] That is why.
[11:55] If.
[11:57] If.
[11:57] Reward.
[11:58] Answers to work.
[12:00] Work.
[12:01] The kind of work you do.
[12:03] Based on who you are.
[12:04] Based on your qualification.
[12:06] Based on your training.
[12:07] That's determining.
[12:08] The kind of.
[12:09] Money people will give you.
[12:11] You'll be paid for.
[12:13] There are some.
[12:14] People who are in the medical field.
[12:18] Their one day pay.
[12:20] Is like somebody's three months.
[12:21] Or.
[12:23] ESP.
[12:23] ESP.
[12:25] One day.
[12:28] It's like someone's three months.
[12:29] Why?
[12:30] It's not because he's a better human being.
[12:32] But because.
[12:33] Of how.
[12:34] The training he has given himself to.
[12:37] Training.
[12:38] That's why.
[12:39] God.
[12:40] Does not do your job.
[12:41] For you.
[12:43] So he will write your exam.
[12:44] For you.
[12:46] And so then.
[12:47] If you have exam.
[12:48] Common sense tells you.
[12:50] People who pass exam.
[12:51] Are people who prepare for the exam.
[12:52] You won't prepare for exam.
[12:55] And you won't go to do the preparation for you.
[12:58] You are sounding like someone.
[12:59] Who doesn't believe Satan exists.
[13:05] Are you getting what I'm saying?
[13:06] No.
[13:07] Don't fail exam.
[13:08] It's not nice.
[13:10] And it doesn't give you.
[13:11] Peace.
[13:13] And it has something.
[13:14] Deflates your confidence.
[13:15] And pride.
[13:17] Stop failing exam.
[13:19] Pastor.
[13:19] I'm just.
[13:20] You are good.
[13:21] It's just that.
[13:22] You have convinced yourself.
[13:23] That you are not good.
[13:23] And potentially.
[13:24] You are very.
[13:25] Lazy.
[13:28] Lazy.
[13:29] Lazy.
[13:30] You love your sleep.
[13:33] And your priorities are all over the place.
[13:36] Instead of studying.
[13:37] You are playing video games.
[13:38] PlayStation 5.
[13:40] Yes.
[13:43] You must know.
[13:44] There are times.
[13:45] You have to stop the PlayStation.
[13:47] And start preparing for your.
[13:48] Life.
[13:49] Other than that.
[13:50] Your life will be very harsh.
[13:53] Because you can't steal.
[13:56] So you see.
[13:57] You are a Christian.
[13:58] You can't steal.
[13:59] You shouldn't steal.
[14:01] And you won't steal.
[14:02] But you need the money.
[14:04] So you need to work.
[14:05] But because you didn't prepare for work.
[14:07] Life is working you.
[14:12] You have to prepare.
[14:14] You have to prepare to work.
[14:16] Those who don't work.
[14:18] Don't have worth.
[14:20] There is dignity in labor.
[14:24] Dignity in working.
[14:26] Even Jesus.
[14:27] He's God.
[14:28] In the flesh.
[14:29] He even said.
[14:30] Me.
[14:30] I have to work.
[14:32] Well.
[14:32] It's his day.
[14:33] Even when God came on earth.
[14:35] He worked.
[14:36] You.
[14:37] Don't like work.
[14:37] Then you are like the devil.
[14:38] Because if God likes working.
[14:40] If God likes working.
[14:41] And you don't like working.
[14:42] Then you are not like God.
[14:42] Jesus said.
[14:46] In John chapter 5.
[14:47] Verse 19.
[14:47] My father worketh.
[14:48] He that to I work.
[14:52] Verse 17.
[14:53] He said 17.
[14:54] Yeah.
[14:54] 17.
[14:54] Jesus said.
[14:55] My father worketh.
[14:58] He that to.
[14:58] Give us.
[14:59] New King James.
[15:00] My father has been working.
[15:02] Until now.
[15:03] When Bible said.
[15:04] He created.
[15:05] Finished creating man.
[15:05] And rested.
[15:06] No.
[15:06] He's still working.
[15:07] In his rest.
[15:07] Wow.
[15:10] Has been working.
[15:11] Work.
[15:14] There is dignity.
[15:15] In work.
[15:17] There is dignity.
[15:18] In studying.
[15:19] And passing exam.
[15:21] Oh.
[15:21] It makes you feel so good.
[15:23] How many of you have passed exam before?
[15:25] Yeah.
[15:27] Recently.
[15:27] I was teaching some pastors.
[15:28] And I taught them something.
[15:30] In our camp.
[15:30] At our camp.
[15:31] It was a blessing to me.
[15:33] Our pastors.
[15:34] And ministers.
[15:34] I taught them something.
[15:37] That.
[15:39] If.
[15:39] You are.
[15:40] Let me move away from here.
[15:42] Before I say it.
[15:43] If.
[15:46] If you are gaining.
[15:48] Weight.
[15:54] If you are.
[15:55] Watch this.
[15:55] Some of you don't know.
[15:56] What I'm about to say.
[15:57] But it's very profound.
[15:59] If you are gaining weight.
[16:02] More and more.
[16:04] It's a sign.
[16:06] That you are.
[16:07] Not in a good spiritual shape.
[16:09] Wow.
[16:10] The discipline.
[16:15] It requires.
[16:16] To engage.
[16:17] Privately.
[16:19] You know.
[16:20] To keep.
[16:21] Your diet.
[16:21] And all.
[16:21] It requires some.
[16:23] Discipline.
[16:24] And it's very private.
[16:25] People will not even notice.
[16:27] How much you are quaffing.
[16:28] You are consuming.
[16:29] I hear.
[16:30] I hear.
[16:31] I hear.
[16:32] I hear.
[16:33] Some people.
[16:34] When they go for buffet.
[16:35] They.
[16:35] They.
[16:35] Their food.
[16:36] It's like.
[16:37] You can't.
[16:37] See them.
[16:38] Behind the food.
[16:40] Their food.
[16:41] Is like.
[16:41] A mountain.
[16:42] Your level of discipline.
[16:49] Is what will make you.
[16:50] So when I say.
[16:51] I have not been going to the gym.
[16:52] I want to go to the gym.
[16:54] I haven't been able to go.
[16:55] It tells you.
[16:56] There's a correlation between.
[16:58] That.
[16:59] And.
[16:59] The discipline.
[17:00] In reading the Bible.
[17:02] The way you should.
[17:03] And praying.
[17:03] The way you should.
[17:06] Did you understand that?
[17:07] Yeah.
[17:07] Because.
[17:09] The way.
[17:10] You do your work.
[17:12] Is how.
[17:13] You work.
[17:14] Yeah.
[17:16] What you have been doing.
[17:17] Is what you'll be doing.
[17:19] Before I go back.
[17:20] To the text.
[17:20] Please.
[17:21] I beg you.
[17:23] Try and put some.
[17:24] Discipline in your life.
[17:25] To study.
[17:25] Those of you.
[17:26] Are studying.
[17:27] Because if you don't.
[17:28] Study hard.
[17:29] Your life.
[17:29] Will not be steady.
[17:32] Listen.
[17:33] The older you grow.
[17:34] The more you realize.
[17:35] That.
[17:36] Life is not just like.
[17:37] A walk on the back.
[17:38] You know.
[17:39] The older you grow.
[17:41] The more you realize.
[17:42] There are.
[17:43] A lot of realities.
[17:44] In life.
[17:44] I didn't foresee.
[17:49] So.
[17:50] Some of you.
[17:51] You live with your parents.
[17:52] This is the time.
[17:52] You can work hard.
[17:53] Like.
[17:54] Your education.
[17:55] So.
[17:56] You might not be doing.
[17:57] Work.
[17:58] Where you get your pay.
[17:59] But your work.
[18:00] Is your studies.
[18:02] Ephesians 4.28.
[18:03] Let him.
[18:04] That's still.
[18:06] Still no more.
[18:08] But rather.
[18:09] Let him labor.
[18:10] Working with his hands.
[18:11] The things which are.
[18:12] The thing which is good.
[18:14] That he might have some.
[18:15] To give to others.
[18:16] So.
[18:17] He said.
[18:18] Work.
[18:18] With your hands.
[18:20] Now.
[18:20] If you are not working.
[18:21] You are not employed.
[18:22] And you are studying.
[18:23] Your academics.
[18:24] Is your work.
[18:25] Work.
[18:25] That is why.
[18:27] People who usually.
[18:29] Who are able to.
[18:30] Feather their education.
[18:31] Tend to get.
[18:32] Better jobs.
[18:34] Why?
[18:34] Because.
[18:35] They have developed.
[18:36] The discipline.
[18:37] Of working.
[18:39] Most people.
[18:40] Don't realize that.
[18:41] So.
[18:41] The.
[18:42] Kind.
[18:43] Of course.
[18:44] You do.
[18:45] The.
[18:45] Will determine.
[18:46] The kind of.
[18:46] Rigor.
[18:48] The kind of.
[18:49] Discipline.
[18:49] You have been able to.
[18:51] Get yourself.
[18:52] To.
[18:52] Acclimatized.
[18:54] That's why.
[18:55] You can go.
[18:55] And study.
[18:57] Music.
[18:57] In Oxford.
[18:58] But you can get.
[18:59] A job.
[19:00] In the bank.
[19:02] You studied.
[19:03] Music.
[19:03] In Cambridge.
[19:04] But you got.
[19:05] A job.
[19:06] In the bank.
[19:07] Barclays Bank.
[19:08] HSBC.
[19:09] Or somewhere.
[19:09] Top.
[19:10] Lead.
[19:10] Management.
[19:11] Why?
[19:12] Because.
[19:13] The discipline.
[19:14] Required.
[19:15] You already have.
[19:16] Developed.
[19:16] That.
[19:18] Internal.
[19:19] Ability.
[19:19] Through the.
[19:21] Rigor.
[19:21] Of your.
[19:21] Steady's.
[19:23] Did you.
[19:23] Understand.
[19:23] What I'm saying.
[19:24] Yeah.
[19:25] That is why.
[19:26] When you are not.
[19:26] Even highly educated.
[19:28] And you are not.
[19:28] Giving yourself.
[19:29] To study.
[19:30] It affects you.
[19:31] If you become a pastor.
[19:33] You do your.
[19:34] Work lazily.
[19:36] The way you do your work.
[19:37] Is how you work.
[19:40] Hey.
[19:40] Someone.
[19:41] Let me.
[19:41] Something.
[19:43] Those of you.
[19:43] Who are so good.
[19:44] At failing exams.
[19:48] Not everybody.
[19:49] Who will go to.
[19:50] Investing route.
[19:51] Some might go to.
[19:52] Apprenticeship.
[19:53] But.
[19:53] You have to give yourself.
[19:55] To discipline.
[19:56] Some of you.
[19:56] Didn't know better.
[19:57] Because of the background.
[19:58] You grew up in.
[19:59] So it's not your fault.
[20:00] But thank God.
[20:01] For church.
[20:04] Thank God.
[20:05] Where you are today.
[20:07] Is not where you will be tomorrow.
[20:10] Your location.
[20:11] Is not your destination.
[20:13] As long as you can get up.
[20:15] You can get up.
[20:16] Do something.
[20:18] You have to take the responsibility.
[20:20] Take the reins of your future.
[20:22] Don't wait for.
[20:23] Oh my uncle said he will help me.
[20:25] And my man.
[20:25] My dad was not there.
[20:26] Excuse me.
[20:27] There are people whose dad was not.
[20:29] Not just there.
[20:30] He was fighting.
[20:31] The dad was fighting against them.
[20:32] but they are still making it.
[20:34] So you don't have an excuse.
[20:35] Stop using excuses because no one can take medication for you.
[20:40] You have to swallow your own tablets and pills.
[20:43] The point I'm making is,
[20:44] you have to take responsibility to push yourself.
[20:49] The world is ruled by tired men.
[20:54] The world is ruled by tired men.
[20:58] You think if I was living a very cozy life,
[21:01] I would be standing here.
[21:03] No, I live a very hard life.
[21:06] But I thank God for my background
[21:07] because harshness looks normal to me.
[21:13] Many, many years.
[21:15] What's holiday?
[21:16] Please, let's work.
[21:17] We're working.
[21:18] Working.
[21:19] The Americans said you burn out.
[21:20] What's burnout?
[21:21] We're working.
[21:21] We never burn out.
[21:22] We're going.
[21:22] Let's go.
[21:23] Let's go.
[21:24] So it's that philosophy.
[21:26] I don't think anniversary.
[21:27] I think attainment and achievement, accomplishment.
[21:29] Accomplishment.
[21:31] Accomplishment.
[21:32] Once one thing is finished, I'm thinking on the next thing.
[21:35] The next thing.
[21:35] The next thing.
[21:36] Relaxing in life.
[21:37] No.
[21:39] There's a place for that.
[21:41] There's a, even Jesus was going for feasting.
[21:43] So there's a place for that.
[21:45] But what I'm telling you is that naturally, I'm not saying that.
[21:49] So party, party, celebration.
[21:52] I'm not saying it's wrong because there's a place for that.
[21:54] If you live your life thinking, always enjoyment.
[21:58] I want this.
[21:59] I want that.
[22:00] I want this.
[22:01] I want.
[22:01] You end up being very unhappy easily.
[22:04] Because that your appetite is bigger than your work, your work culture.
[22:10] So it doesn't matter.
[22:11] You can be talented.
[22:13] But if you don't have the culture of work, hard work, you will be nobody.
[22:18] Because life thrives on hard work.
[22:25] Let him labor.
[22:28] I like the fact that King James didn't use the word let him work.
[22:31] Labor.
[22:32] Labor is pushing yourself.
[22:35] Welcome, pastor.
[22:37] Pushing yourself.
[22:38] Sit down, please.
[22:40] Labor.
[22:43] Many have been compromised.
[22:45] Don't like work.
[22:46] Nobody really works in your family.
[22:50] And you've grown up like that.
[22:52] And you think that life is run by Santa Claus.
[23:00] You'll be endlessly unhappy.
[23:03] And yet you have a big appetite for widescreen transparent TVs.
[23:08] Big TV.
[23:09] I don't understand.
[23:14] You want to live a certain life.
[23:16] But you don't want to live, do the work that life requires.
[23:21] You want the benefits that the work you don't want to do brings.
[23:26] That's why you are using chat GPT to do your exam.
[23:34] You don't want to put in the work.
[23:43] You don't want to put in the work.
[23:45] You want cheap lifestyle.
[23:47] You want cheap success.
[23:49] Cheap success.
[23:51] Cheap success.
[23:52] Yes.
[23:52] they give you assignment
[23:53] Yes.
[23:54] and you know you are stealing
[24:01] let him die
[24:03] steal no more
[24:06] stop stealing
[24:09] plagiarism
[24:12] you use plagiarism
[24:16] to do your assignment
[24:16] and now you've been caught
[24:18] you are coming for prayer
[24:19] you see what I'm talking about
[24:25] you see the problem we are dealing with
[24:27] you see the problem we are dealing with
[24:29] robbing Peter to pay Paul
[24:32] you see your left hand
[24:35] to steal
[24:35] to pay to reward your right hand
[24:38] no
[24:39] ok do you think God will answer my prayer
[24:42] for that one
[24:43] because he has told us already
[24:45] let him die steal
[24:46] stop stealing
[24:47] you don't want to sit down to do the work
[24:51] that's a problem
[24:52] and increasingly
[24:54] many young people in this generation
[24:56] don't like work
[24:57] they don't like work
[25:00] they like fame
[25:02] they like everybody to see them
[25:04] they don't know how to hide
[25:06] and build in quietness
[25:08] build in quietness
[25:12] develop yourself privately
[25:14] the world will know about you
[25:15] but they don't want it
[25:17] you have turned yourself into a vlogger
[25:20] self-made influencer
[25:24] who are you going to influence?
[25:26] you
[25:26] what have you got?
[25:29] what are you got?
[25:32] is it wrong to be an influencer?
[25:33] well I don't know
[25:34] I want to be an influencer for Jesus
[25:36] but the point I'm making is
[25:40] focus on developing yourself
[25:43] not your views
[25:44] focus on developing yourself
[25:49] most of us are targeting followers
[25:51] but you are not going anywhere
[25:54] yes
[25:56] you don't have anywhere going
[25:58] but you want followers
[25:59] think about that
[26:03] because to follow
[26:04] there must be movement
[26:06] why would you follow someone
[26:09] who is not moving?
[26:10] let him who stole
[26:17] steal no more
[26:19] but rather
[26:20] let him labor
[26:23] working with his hands
[26:25] not somebody's hands
[26:26] your own hands
[26:29] Paul said you know that
[26:31] these my hands
[26:32] have taken care of me
[26:34] working with his hands
[26:36] is someone getting something
[26:39] at all?
[26:41] working with his hands
[26:43] the thing
[26:44] which is good
[26:45] some things are good
[26:46] to work with your hands
[26:47] some things are also not good
[26:49] don't do it
[26:49] and you are giving Satan
[26:51] a food store
[26:52] because already
[26:54] demons have been assigned
[26:56] to fight people
[26:58] from your background
[26:59] so you have a specialist demon
[27:02] assigned to you
[27:03] for your downfall
[27:04] and you are in Christ
[27:07] don't give him a food store
[27:09] labor
[27:10] working with your hands
[27:13] your own hands
[27:14] work with your hands
[27:15] that which is good
[27:16] wow
[27:17] that he may
[27:19] have to give
[27:20] him that
[27:21] do you see that?
[27:23] so
[27:23] how many of you
[27:24] know that
[27:25] when you give to
[27:26] somebody
[27:27] you help somebody
[27:28] somebody's in need
[27:29] and you give
[27:30] it makes you feel so good
[27:31] there is honor
[27:34] in giving
[27:35] there's honor
[27:37] there's dignity
[27:38] in labor
[27:39] and there's honor
[27:40] in giving
[27:40] when you give
[27:44] for some reason
[27:45] it makes you
[27:47] feel
[27:48] because
[27:49] we make
[27:50] a living
[27:51] by what we earn
[27:52] we make
[27:54] life
[27:55] by what we give
[27:56] when you are
[27:58] giving to somebody
[27:59] you are helping
[28:00] somebody
[28:00] and you feel
[28:01] there's more fulfillment
[28:03] in giving
[28:04] but how can you give
[28:07] when you don't have
[28:08] how can you help
[28:11] somebody
[28:12] when you yourself
[28:13] you are choking
[28:14] so on the
[28:17] in the
[28:17] in the plane
[28:18] they said
[28:18] when there's
[28:20] oxygen
[28:20] goes low
[28:21] and then they supply
[28:22] even if you are with a baby
[28:23] do your own first
[28:25] put the mask
[28:27] the oxygen mask
[28:28] on your nose
[28:29] first
[28:30] before you can help others
[28:31] if you are suffocating
[28:32] how can you help others
[28:33] who are suffocating
[28:34] so
[28:37] you labor
[28:38] and as a Christian
[28:39] you must always think of
[28:41] how
[28:42] can I also be
[28:43] a blessing
[28:44] to others
[28:45] all your money
[28:47] is not meant
[28:48] for your
[28:49] dressing
[28:51] or shoes
[28:52] or
[28:52] food
[28:54] some of the money
[28:58] must be
[28:58] to bless others
[28:59] must be
[29:00] to honor others
[29:01] must be
[29:02] to
[29:03] to
[29:04] for your relaxation
[29:05] some must be
[29:06] for investment
[29:07] and some must be
[29:08] for spending
[29:09] you know
[29:11] and pastor
[29:12] even the one that comes
[29:13] before it gets to my account
[29:14] everything is finished
[29:15] but you must know
[29:16] as you
[29:17] because
[29:17] this is not
[29:18] where you always stay
[29:19] oh no
[29:20] you think
[29:21] that your enemy
[29:22] will not be deceived
[29:23] this is not
[29:24] where you always be
[29:25] it's just
[29:26] just a journey
[29:27] and it's good
[29:29] to be prepared
[29:29] for where you are going
[29:30] where you are going
[29:33] when earnings come in
[29:34] don't blow it
[29:35] all
[29:36] on shopping
[29:37] your father
[29:39] might not need
[29:40] your money
[29:40] but it is
[29:42] in your interest
[29:42] you say
[29:43] father
[29:44] this is something
[29:45] I just want to
[29:46] honor you
[29:46] I want to buy this
[29:48] for you
[29:49] I want to give this
[29:50] to you
[29:50] let him see
[29:51] how much you think
[29:52] about him
[29:52] he might not even
[29:53] have much to give you
[29:54] but that heart
[29:56] you cause in him
[29:58] will become a blessing
[29:58] for you
[29:59] it's good to also
[30:02] look for somebody
[30:02] you can always help
[30:04] when you earn money
[30:06] think about
[30:07] how can I also be of help
[30:08] even if it is
[30:09] 10 pounds
[30:10] to give to somebody
[30:11] I know this person
[30:12] is in need
[30:12] you have to think
[30:13] about that
[30:14] you also have to
[30:15] think about
[30:16] when you earn money
[30:16] you have to think
[30:17] about God's work
[30:18] in committing
[30:21] yourself to God's way
[30:22] there is a blessing
[30:24] it is more blessed
[30:25] to give
[30:26] than to receive
[30:27] Acts chapter 20
[30:29] verse 35
[30:29] Jesus said himself
[30:30] it is more blessed
[30:32] blessed
[30:33] you want to be blessed
[30:35] there is more blessing
[30:36] in giving
[30:36] tell somebody
[30:37] there is more blessing
[30:38] in giving
[30:38] say it again
[30:40] there is more blessing
[30:41] in giving
[30:41] alright let's move
[30:46] to the next verse
[30:47] verse 29
[30:49] let no corrupt
[30:51] communication
[30:52] proceed out
[30:53] of your mouth
[30:54] bad language
[30:59] I'm not teaching
[31:05] morals
[31:06] I'm just teaching
[31:06] scripture
[31:07] bad language
[31:14] oh look
[31:15] the scripture
[31:16] I just quoted
[31:16] before
[31:16] there is something
[31:17] there
[31:17] I just even
[31:18] noticed it
[31:19] Acts 20
[31:21] 35
[31:21] I've shown you
[31:25] all this
[31:26] how that
[31:27] so laboring
[31:28] you ought to
[31:29] support the
[31:30] week
[31:30] did you see that
[31:30] I didn't even
[31:32] realize that
[31:32] that's
[31:34] laboring
[31:35] it's a labor
[31:36] so you can
[31:37] support others
[31:37] why
[31:39] because
[31:39] and remember
[31:40] and remember
[31:41] the words of our
[31:42] Lord Jesus
[31:43] how it is more
[31:44] blessed to give
[31:45] to others
[31:45] so you are
[31:46] laboring
[31:46] to support others
[31:48] to help others
[31:48] wow
[31:50] if you are greedy
[31:52] how can you do this
[31:52] but
[31:56] the next verse
[31:58] as I went
[31:59] on
[32:00] is that
[32:00] let no
[32:01] corrupt
[32:03] communication
[32:05] proceed
[32:07] out
[32:07] of your
[32:08] mouth
[32:08] corrupt
[32:09] there
[32:09] means
[32:10] rotten
[32:10] let's
[32:12] slow
[32:12] other
[32:12] translations
[32:13] and see
[32:13] New K. James
[32:14] said
[32:14] let no corrupt
[32:15] word proceed
[32:15] out of your
[32:16] mouth
[32:16] but what
[32:18] is good
[32:18] for
[32:19] necessary
[32:19] edification
[32:20] that it
[32:21] may impact
[32:22] grace to the
[32:22] hearers
[32:23] wow
[32:23] he's speaking
[32:24] your language
[32:26] is impacting
[32:27] grace to people
[32:28] who are hearing
[32:28] that's nice
[32:30] New American
[32:30] Standard Version
[32:31] let no
[32:33] unwholesome
[32:34] words proceed
[32:35] from your
[32:35] mouth
[32:35] unwholesome
[32:36] so
[32:38] New American
[32:38] Standard
[32:39] English Standard
[32:39] Versus
[32:40] corrupting
[32:41] talk
[32:41] corrupting
[32:43] talk
[32:43] alright
[32:44] in New
[32:45] International
[32:46] Version
[32:46] the New
[32:46] Living
[32:47] Translation
[32:47] New
[32:48] International
[32:48] Version
[32:49] says
[32:50] do not
[32:51] let any
[32:52] unwholesome
[32:53] talk come
[32:54] out of your
[32:54] mouth
[32:54] New Living
[32:56] Translation
[32:56] that's
[32:57] getting
[32:58] interesting
[32:58] don't use
[32:59] foul or
[33:00] abusive
[33:00] language
[33:01] sometimes
[33:02] you wonder
[33:04] whether
[33:04] Christians
[33:05] have been
[33:05] reading
[33:05] their
[33:05] Bible
[33:06] because
[33:09] even
[33:09] reading
[33:09] there
[33:10] I realize
[33:10] okay
[33:10] you have
[33:11] to be
[33:11] careful
[33:12] that way
[33:12] it's
[33:12] used
[33:12] sometimes
[33:14] you may
[33:14] forget
[33:15] to read
[33:15] it and
[33:15] Holy Spirit
[33:16] is there
[33:17] it's there
[33:19] don't use
[33:20] foul or
[33:21] abusive
[33:22] language
[33:22] message
[33:24] watch
[33:26] the way
[33:26] you talk
[33:27] tell somebody
[33:28] that one is
[33:28] very soft
[33:28] tell somebody
[33:29] can't imagine
[33:30] this is for
[33:31] Christians
[33:32] so let
[33:33] nothing
[33:33] nothing
[33:34] foul
[33:35] or dirty
[33:36] come out
[33:36] of your
[33:36] mouth
[33:37] so that
[33:37] means that
[33:38] there are
[33:39] things that
[33:39] you are
[33:40] speaking
[33:40] that are
[33:40] foul
[33:41] the emoji
[33:44] for it
[33:45] is
[33:45] the emoji
[33:45] green
[33:46] thing
[33:46] coming
[33:46] let
[33:50] nothing
[33:52] foul
[33:52] or
[33:53] dirty
[33:54] i think
[33:57] about it
[33:57] so
[33:57] there are
[33:58] dirty
[33:58] things in
[33:59] your mouth
[33:59] coming out
[34:01] of it
[34:01] and Jesus
[34:02] said
[34:02] it's not
[34:02] what
[34:03] enters
[34:03] you
[34:04] that
[34:04] defiles
[34:04] you
[34:04] but
[34:05] what
[34:05] comes
[34:05] out
[34:05] of
[34:05] you
[34:06] he said
[34:09] it is
[34:10] not
[34:10] what
[34:10] enters
[34:10] a man
[34:11] that
[34:11] defiles
[34:12] him
[34:12] but
[34:13] what
[34:13] is
[34:13] coming
[34:13] out
[34:14] in
[34:14] Mark
[34:15] 7
[34:15] 15
[34:16] or
[34:16] Matthew
[34:16] 11
[34:17] as
[34:17] well
[34:17] so he
[34:18] says
[34:18] that
[34:18] nothing
[34:19] which
[34:19] goes
[34:19] into
[34:20] the
[34:20] mouth
[34:21] defiles
[34:22] a man
[34:22] but
[34:23] that
[34:23] which
[34:23] comes
[34:24] out
[34:24] of
[34:25] the
[34:25] mouth
[34:26] this
[34:26] defiles
[34:27] the
[34:28] man
[34:28] this
[34:29] defiles
[34:30] a
[34:30] man
[34:31] this
[34:31] defiles
[34:32] a
[34:33] man
[34:33] something
[34:34] that
[34:34] is
[34:34] coming
[34:35] out
[34:35] of
[34:35] you
[34:36] is
[34:36] contaminating
[34:37] your
[34:37] destiny
[34:38] your
[34:42] words
[34:42] are
[34:42] very
[34:43] powerful
[34:43] you
[34:43] know
[34:43] your
[34:44] words
[34:45] can
[34:45] make
[34:46] your
[34:46] destiny
[34:46] very
[34:46] dirty
[34:47] when
[34:49] you watch
[34:49] football
[34:49] there's
[34:51] something
[34:51] called
[34:51] foul
[34:51] what's
[34:53] that
[34:53] but
[34:56] illegitimate
[34:58] challenge
[34:59] and
[34:59] approach
[35:00] so
[35:00] foul
[35:00] they
[35:01] have
[35:01] to
[35:01] stop
[35:02] and
[35:02] they
[35:02] can
[35:03] give
[35:03] you
[35:03] a
[35:03] card
[35:03] red
[35:04] card
[35:04] some
[35:05] of
[35:06] you
[35:06] the
[35:06] thing
[35:06] you
[35:06] are
[35:06] saying
[35:06] has
[35:07] given
[35:07] your
[35:07] destiny
[35:07] a
[35:07] red
[35:07] card
[35:08] you
[35:09] been
[35:09] sent
[35:09] off
[35:10] the
[35:11] field
[35:11] already
[35:12] foul
[35:15] you
[35:16] had
[35:16] a
[35:16] beautiful
[35:16] destiny
[35:17] still
[35:17] you
[35:17] started
[35:18] talking
[35:18] foul
[35:18] language
[35:19] it
[35:22] has
[35:22] polluted
[35:23] the
[35:23] beauty
[35:24] of
[35:25] your
[35:25] future
[35:25] he
[35:27] said
[35:27] don't
[35:27] let
[35:28] foul
[35:29] talk
[35:29] king
[35:31] james
[35:31] new
[35:31] king
[35:31] james
[35:31] let's
[35:32] stay
[35:32] on
[35:32] new
[35:32] king
[35:32] james
[35:33] don't
[35:34] let
[35:34] let
[35:35] no
[35:35] corrupt
[35:36] !
[35:37] word
[35:37] proceed
[35:38] out
[35:39] of
[35:39] your
[35:39] mind
[35:39] okay
[35:40] let's
[35:40] think
[35:41] about
[35:41] it
[35:41] corrupt
[35:42] word
[35:42] what's
[35:43] the meaning
[35:43] of that
[35:43] word
[35:44] that
[35:44] is
[35:44] corrupt
[35:45] okay
[35:46] what does
[35:46] it
[35:46] corrupt
[35:46] let's
[35:47] see
[35:48] english
[35:48] and
[35:48] live
[35:48] version
[35:48] corrupting
[35:49] that
[35:51] sounds
[35:51] better
[35:52] so
[35:52] it
[35:53] has
[35:53] the
[35:53] propensity
[35:53] to
[35:54] corrupt
[35:54] wherever
[35:55] it's
[35:55] going
[35:55] okay
[35:56] if
[35:57] it's
[35:57] corrupting
[35:57] word
[35:58] who
[35:58] does
[35:58] it
[35:58] corrupt
[35:59] is it
[35:59] the
[35:59] speaker
[36:00] or
[36:01] the
[36:01] hearers
[36:01] who
[36:03] does
[36:03] it
[36:03] if
[36:04] you
[36:04] pass
[36:05] bad
[36:06] gas
[36:06] who
[36:11] smells
[36:11] smells
[36:11] who
[36:11] their
[36:12] who
[36:12] smells
[36:12] their
[36:13] foulness
[36:14] whoever
[36:15] including
[36:16] him
[36:16] including
[36:20] yourself
[36:20] the only
[36:24] thing that
[36:24] sometimes
[36:24] doesn't
[36:25] affect
[36:25] you
[36:26] is
[36:26] bad
[36:27] breath
[36:27] by
[36:33] corrupting
[36:33] talk
[36:34] a talk
[36:35] that
[36:35] corrupts
[36:35] you
[36:36] and a
[36:36] corrupt
[36:36] others
[36:37] a corrupt
[36:38] others
[36:39] don't let
[36:40] corrupting
[36:41] talk
[36:42] it will
[36:42] corrupt
[36:43] that
[36:43] means
[36:43] that
[36:43] something
[36:44] that
[36:44] was
[36:44] going
[36:44] to
[36:44] go
[36:45] well
[36:45] has
[36:46] been
[36:46] corrupted
[36:47] has
[36:47] been
[36:47] affected
[36:48] a
[36:49] corrupt
[36:50] word
[36:50] proceeded
[36:50] out
[36:52] of
[36:52] your
[36:52] mouth
[36:52] and
[36:53] it
[36:53] has
[36:53] corrupted
[36:53] your
[36:53] ministry
[36:55] it
[36:56] has
[36:56] corrupted
[36:56] your
[36:56] friendship
[37:00] it
[37:02] has
[37:02] corrupted
[37:02] your
[37:02] hearers
[37:03] they
[37:04] were
[37:04] doing
[37:05] so
[37:05] well
[37:05] until
[37:05] they
[37:05] started
[37:06] listening
[37:06] to
[37:06] you
[37:06] she
[37:08] was
[37:09] doing
[37:09] well
[37:09] that
[37:09] girl
[37:10] was
[37:10] doing
[37:10] well
[37:10] she
[37:11] got
[37:11] in
[37:11] all
[37:12] this
[37:12] bitterness
[37:13] and
[37:13] fornication
[37:13] till
[37:14] she
[37:15] befriended
[37:15] you
[37:15] and
[37:16] your
[37:17] corrupting
[37:17] talk
[37:18] has
[37:18] sent
[37:18] her
[37:18] back
[37:19] and
[37:19] further
[37:19] back
[37:20] some
[37:21] people
[37:21] who
[37:22] are
[37:22] online
[37:22] attacking
[37:23] churches
[37:23] they
[37:24] are
[37:24] so
[37:24] full
[37:24] of
[37:25] corruption
[37:25] their
[37:26] lives
[37:27] are
[37:27] corrupted
[37:27] and
[37:28] they
[37:28] spew
[37:29] up
[37:29] corruption
[37:29] corruption
[37:31] corruption
[37:32] people
[37:33] who
[37:33] listen
[37:33] to
[37:33] them
[37:33] never
[37:34] do
[37:34] well
[37:35] in
[37:35] their
[37:35] work
[37:35] of
[37:35] Christ
[37:36] do
[37:37] statistical
[37:38] examination
[37:39] and
[37:39] check
[37:39] check
[37:40] statistics
[37:40] people
[37:41] who
[37:41] listen
[37:42] to
[37:42] foul
[37:43] mouth
[37:43] people
[37:44] online
[37:44] every
[37:45] time
[37:45] they
[37:45] have
[37:45] something
[37:45] to say
[37:46] about
[37:46] a church
[37:47] about
[37:47] when the
[37:48] blind
[37:48] leaves
[37:48] the
[37:48] blind
[37:49] they
[37:49] both
[37:50] fall
[37:50] into
[37:50] a
[37:50] church
[37:50] let's
[37:53] not
[37:54] corrupting
[37:55] talk
[37:55] proceed
[37:56] come out
[37:58] of your
[37:58] mouth
[37:59] your mouth
[38:00] you used
[38:01] to speak
[38:01] in tongues
[38:02] in tongues
[38:08] it
[38:08] says
[38:08] the
[38:08] same
[38:09] mouth
[38:10] we
[38:10] the
[38:11] tongue
[38:11] we
[38:11] use
[38:11] to
[38:11] bless
[38:11] God
[38:12] we
[38:12] are
[38:12] using
[38:12] to
[38:12] curse
[38:13] others
[38:13] how
[38:15] can
[38:15] bad
[38:16] water
[38:16] and good
[38:17] water
[38:17] come
[38:18] from
[38:18] the
[38:18] same
[38:18] well
[38:18] James
[38:21] chapter
[38:21] 3
[38:21] out
[38:22] of the
[38:23] same
[38:23] mouth
[38:23] proceed
[38:24] blessing
[38:25] and
[38:25] cursing
[38:25] my
[38:26] brothers
[38:26] my
[38:27] brethren
[38:27] these
[38:28] things
[38:28] ought
[38:29] not
[38:29] to
[38:30] be
[38:30] so
[38:30] sometimes
[38:33] your
[38:33] friends
[38:34] are
[38:34] talking
[38:34] about
[38:34] some
[38:35] things
[38:35] but
[38:35] you
[38:35] can't
[38:36] talk
[38:36] about
[38:36] it
[38:36] what
[38:37] do
[38:37] you
[38:37] think
[38:37] I
[38:38] can't
[38:38] talk
[38:39] about
[38:39] this
[38:39] kind
[38:39] of
[38:39] why
[38:40] I
[38:40] speak
[38:41] in
[38:41] tongues
[38:41] I
[38:45] speak
[38:45] in
[38:45] tongues
[38:46] I
[38:47] speak
[38:47] in
[38:47] tongues
[38:47] so
[38:47] I
[38:57] don't
[38:58] why
[38:58] I
[38:59] speak
[38:59] in
[38:59] tongues
[38:59] don't
[39:03] tell
[39:03] them
[39:03] yours
[39:04] is
[39:05] fake
[39:05] that's
[39:05] why
[39:06] tell
[39:07] them
[39:07] don't
[39:07] tell
[39:08] them
[39:08] but
[39:08] say
[39:08] in
[39:08] your
[39:09] head
[39:09] yours
[39:09] is
[39:09] fake
[39:10] because
[39:10] if
[39:10] it
[39:11] is
[39:11] not
[39:11] fake
[39:11] you
[39:11] can't
[39:12] use
[39:12] both
[39:12] said
[39:12] how
[39:13] can
[39:14] good
[39:14] water
[39:15] and
[39:15] bad
[39:16] water
[39:16] come
[39:17] out
[39:17] from
[39:17] one
[39:17] well
[39:17] am
[39:20] I
[39:20] teaching
[39:21] a
[39:21] talk
[39:21] does
[39:24] give
[39:25] me
[39:25] you
[39:26] does
[39:26] a
[39:26] spring
[39:27] send
[39:27] forth
[39:28] fresh
[39:28] water
[39:28] and
[39:29] bitter
[39:29] water
[39:29] are
[39:30] the
[39:30] same
[39:31] opening
[39:31] it's
[39:34] either
[39:34] fresh
[39:34] or
[39:36] bitter
[39:36] so
[39:37] that's
[39:38] why
[39:38] he
[39:38] said
[39:38] I
[39:38] want
[39:38] to
[39:39] keep
[39:39] my
[39:39] tongues
[39:39] fresh
[39:40] so
[39:41] I
[39:41] can't
[39:41] mix
[39:42] it
[39:42] with
[39:42] gossip
[39:43] I
[39:45] can't
[39:46] mix
[39:46] it
[39:46] with
[39:46] foul
[39:46] talk
[39:47] don't
[39:49] forget
[39:49] where
[39:50] the
[39:50] motivation
[39:50] of
[39:51] this
[39:51] message
[39:52] is
[39:52] coming
[39:52] from
[39:53] talking
[39:54] about
[39:54] how
[39:54] Jesus
[39:54] has
[39:55] saved
[39:55] us
[39:55] and
[39:56] now
[39:56] we
[39:56] should
[39:56] walk
[39:56] the
[39:57] walk
[39:57] worthy
[39:57] of
[39:58] our
[39:58] calling
[39:58] how
[40:00] we
[40:00] shouldn't
[40:00] be
[40:00] like
[40:01] the
[40:01] unbelievers
[40:01] in the
[40:03] gentiles
[40:03] in the
[40:03] fertility
[40:04] of their
[40:04] thinking
[40:04] but
[40:05] because
[40:06] we
[40:06] have
[40:06] also
[40:06] learned
[40:06] Christ
[40:07] and
[40:08] he
[40:08] said
[40:08] that
[40:08] we
[40:08] should
[40:08] be
[40:08] changed
[40:09] in the
[40:09] renew
[40:09] of
[40:10] our
[40:10] minds
[40:10] then
[40:11] he
[40:11] begins
[40:12] to
[40:12] practically
[40:12] tell us
[40:13] how
[40:14] we
[40:14] should
[40:14] live
[40:14] by
[40:14] telling us
[40:15] that
[40:15] we
[40:16] shouldn't
[40:16] let
[40:16] the
[40:16] sun
[40:16] go
[40:17] down
[40:17] of
[40:17] our
[40:17] anger
[40:17] we
[40:18] shouldn't
[40:18] give
[40:18] the
[40:18] devil
[40:19] a
[40:19] place
[40:19] then
[40:19] he
[40:19] says
[40:20] that
[40:20] if
[40:20] you
[40:20] still
[40:21] don't
[40:21] let
[40:21] him
[40:21] still
[40:22] no
[40:22] more
[40:23] but
[40:23] labor
[40:23] to have
[40:24] something
[40:25] to give
[40:25] to others
[40:25] let
[40:26] not
[40:27] corrupt
[40:28] talk
[40:29] foul
[40:30] language
[40:31] come out
[40:32] of your
[40:32] mouth
[40:32] why
[40:33] I'm a
[40:33] Christian
[40:33] I can't
[40:34] say that
[40:34] it's so
[40:35] nice
[40:36] for people
[40:37] your family
[40:38] they say
[40:39] some things
[40:39] maybe at
[40:40] a party
[40:40] I can't
[40:41] say that
[40:42] why
[40:42] you know
[40:44] I don't
[40:45] do this
[40:49] kind of
[40:49] things
[40:49] I don't
[40:50] say this
[40:50] kind
[40:50] but
[40:51] it doesn't
[40:51] matter
[40:51] even that
[40:52] bishop
[40:52] was saying
[40:53] it
[40:53] I don't
[40:54] know what
[40:54] kind of
[40:54] Christian
[40:54] the person
[40:55] is
[40:55] but
[40:56] mine
[40:56] I know
[40:56] I can't
[40:57] do that
[40:57] they know
[40:58] it
[40:58] they just
[40:59] want to
[40:59] check how
[41:00] authentic
[41:00] you are
[41:00] they know
[41:02] it
[41:02] so
[41:04] opportunities
[41:05] come to
[41:05] check
[41:05] your quality
[41:06] and if
[41:08] you are
[41:09] taken by
[41:09] surprise
[41:10] and you
[41:10] say
[41:11] things
[41:11] you shouldn't
[41:11] say
[41:11] redraw
[41:12] it
[41:12] or repent
[41:13] you have
[41:15] to repent
[41:16] and redraw
[41:16] it
[41:16] I won't
[41:17] say that
[41:17] again
[41:18] I won't
[41:19] say that
[41:19] again
[41:19] I know
[41:20] I shouldn't
[41:20] have said
[41:20] that
[41:21] but anyway
[41:22] Lord help
[41:25] me
[41:25] praise the
[41:26] Lord
[41:26] somebody
[41:28] learning
[41:28] something
[41:28] it's
[41:31] important
[41:31] it's
[41:33] important
[41:33] so he
[41:33] says that
[41:34] let no
[41:35] corrupt
[41:36] words
[41:37] proceed
[41:37] out of
[41:38] your mouth
[41:38] but that
[41:39] which is
[41:41] good
[41:41] that which
[41:43] proceed
[41:43] out of
[41:44] your mouth
[41:44] but what
[41:45] is good
[41:46] for
[41:48] necessary
[41:49] edification
[41:50] is
[41:50] building
[41:51] you are
[41:52] building
[41:53] people
[41:53] what comes
[41:54] out of
[41:55] math
[41:55] when people
[41:55] listen to
[41:56] you
[41:56] they are
[41:56] built
[41:56] they are
[41:59] built
[42:00] built
[42:01] the Bible
[42:02] says that
[42:02] he that
[42:03] prophesies
[42:04] speaks in
[42:05] tongues
[42:05] builds
[42:06] himself
[42:06] but he
[42:07] will
[42:07] prophesy
[42:08] prophesy
[42:08] to speak
[42:09] for the
[42:09] word of
[42:09] God
[42:10] in that
[42:10] context
[42:11] 1 Corinthians
[42:11] chapter 14
[42:12] verse 3
[42:12] and 4
[42:13] verse 4
[42:13] particularly
[42:14] that context
[42:15] is talking
[42:15] about
[42:16] speaking
[42:17] forth
[42:17] God's
[42:18] word
[42:18] it says
[42:19] that
[42:19] he who
[42:20] speaks
[42:21] in
[42:21] tongues
[42:21] builds
[42:22] himself
[42:23] but he
[42:24] who
[42:24] prophesies
[42:25] builds
[42:26] the church
[42:27] so he
[42:27] said I
[42:28] prefer that
[42:29] you speak
[42:29] in tongues
[42:30] but rather
[42:30] I would like
[42:31] you to speak
[42:32] in tongues
[42:32] but rather
[42:32] that you
[42:33] prophesy
[42:34] can you
[42:35] imagine
[42:36] look at
[42:36] verse 3
[42:36] but he
[42:37] who prophesies
[42:38] speaks
[42:39] edification
[42:39] exhortation
[42:41] and comfort
[42:42] to men
[42:42] the next
[42:43] verse
[42:44] verse 4
[42:45] he who
[42:45] speaks
[42:46] in tongues
[42:46] edifies
[42:47] himself
[42:48] but he
[42:48] who prophesies
[42:49] edifies
[42:49] the church
[42:50] so tongues
[42:52] is very
[42:52] selfish
[42:52] it's not
[42:54] bad
[42:54] but it's
[42:55] just you
[42:55] now you
[42:57] have to
[42:57] learn
[42:58] how to
[42:58] know
[42:58] I
[42:59] prophesy
[42:59] to you
[42:59] that's
[43:00] not what
[43:00] I'm
[43:00] talking
[43:00] about
[43:00] let the
[43:01] word
[43:02] of
[43:02] God
[43:02] flow
[43:02] out
[43:03] of
[43:03] you
[43:03] when
[43:03] Bible
[43:03] use
[43:04] the
[43:04] word
[43:04] prophesy
[43:04] in here
[43:05] it's
[43:05] not like
[43:06] I
[43:06] prophesy
[43:06] that
[43:06] no
[43:06] as you
[43:07] speak
[43:07] the
[43:08] churches
[43:08] people
[43:08] are
[43:08] being
[43:09] encouraged
[43:09] you're
[43:10] strengthening
[43:10] the
[43:11] church
[43:11] when
[43:11] they
[43:11] listen
[43:11] to
[43:12] you
[43:12] as you
[43:13] communicate
[43:13] with
[43:13] them
[43:13] you don't
[43:14] need a
[43:14] puppet
[43:14] for that
[43:15] this
[43:16] kind of
[43:17] prophecy
[43:17] doesn't
[43:17] require
[43:18] a
[43:18] puppet
[43:18] it says
[43:20] that
[43:20] he who
[43:21] prophesies
[43:21] edifies
[43:22] the church
[43:22] look at
[43:23] the next
[43:23] verse
[43:23] verse 5
[43:24] I wish
[43:25] you all
[43:26] speak
[43:26] with
[43:26] tongues
[43:27] but
[43:28] even
[43:28] more
[43:28] that
[43:29] you
[43:30] prophesy
[43:31] do you
[43:32] see that
[43:33] even
[43:34] more
[43:35] that
[43:35] you
[43:35] prophesied
[43:37] for he
[43:37] who
[43:38] prophesies
[43:39] is
[43:39] greater
[43:40] than
[43:40] he
[43:40] who
[43:40] speaks
[43:41] with
[43:41] tongues
[43:42] unless
[43:42] indeed
[43:43] he
[43:43] interprets
[43:44] that
[43:44] the
[43:44] church
[43:45] may
[43:46] receive
[43:46] building
[43:47] up
[43:47] you see
[43:48] the purpose
[43:48] of prophecy
[43:49] so this
[43:50] prophecy
[43:50] is not
[43:51] talking about
[43:52] standing
[43:52] in the
[43:52] pulpit
[43:53] and
[43:53] declaring
[43:54] so some
[43:55] of you
[43:55] that's
[43:55] what you
[43:55] say
[43:56] pastor
[43:56] I have
[43:57] to declare
[43:57] I have
[43:58] to declare
[43:59] no
[44:00] no
[44:00] that
[44:00] is
[44:01] for
[44:01] church
[44:01] leadership
[44:02] and
[44:03] a
[44:03] bigger
[44:03] assignment
[44:04] you
[44:05] don't
[44:05] wait
[44:05] if
[44:06] you
[44:06] are
[44:06] waiting
[44:06] to
[44:06] get
[44:06] to
[44:07] the
[44:07] pulpit
[44:07] before
[44:08] you
[44:08] start
[44:08] prophesying
[44:09] you
[44:09] will
[44:09] never
[44:10] be
[44:10] great
[44:10] in
[44:10] the
[44:10] Lord
[44:10] but
[44:12] wherever
[44:13] you
[44:13] are
[44:13] you
[44:14] take
[44:14] your
[44:14] point
[44:14] yourself
[44:15] that
[44:15] you
[44:15] load
[44:15] yourself
[44:16] with
[44:16] bullets
[44:17] of
[44:17] God's
[44:18] word
[44:18] load
[44:19] yourself
[44:19] and
[44:20] it's
[44:20] processed
[44:21] in
[44:21] your
[44:21] heart
[44:22] when
[44:22] you
[44:23] speak
[44:23] it
[44:23] comes
[44:23] alive
[44:24] some
[44:25] people
[44:25] when
[44:25] they
[44:25] open
[44:25] the
[44:26] Bible
[44:30] doesn't
[44:30] reading
[44:30] quotations
[44:31] to
[44:31] people
[44:31] the
[44:32] go
[44:33] Bible
[44:34] doesn't
[44:34] talk
[44:34] like
[44:34] that
[44:35] it
[44:35] has
[44:35] to
[44:36] be
[44:36] alive
[44:36] in
[44:36] you
[44:37] you
[44:38] have
[44:38] received
[44:38] have you
[44:39] noticed
[44:39] that most
[44:39] of the
[44:40] things
[44:40] I'm
[44:40] saying
[44:40] I'm
[44:41] just
[44:41] talking
[44:41] it
[44:42] can't
[44:42] be
[44:43] church
[44:43] GPT
[44:43] pastors
[44:46] who use
[44:46] AI
[44:47] for their
[44:47] preaching
[44:48] they don't
[44:49] have
[44:49] life
[44:50] it
[44:51] doesn't
[44:51] have
[44:52] life
[44:52] it
[44:53] might
[44:53] not
[44:53] be
[44:53] bad
[44:53] you
[44:54] might
[44:54] have
[44:54] something
[44:54] to
[44:54] say
[44:55] but
[44:55] it
[44:55] doesn't
[44:55] have
[44:56] life
[44:56] because
[44:57] for
[44:57] it
[44:57] to
[44:57] have
[44:57] life
[44:58] it
[44:58] must
[44:58] go
[44:59] inside
[44:59] you
[44:59] and
[45:00] be
[45:00] processed
[45:01] in
[45:01] you
[45:01] it
[45:01] must
[45:02] be
[45:02] living
[45:02] in
[45:03] you
[45:03] and
[45:03] then
[45:03] it's
[45:04] burning
[45:04] your
[45:04] heart
[45:05] before
[45:05] it
[45:05] burns
[45:05] others
[45:05] hearts
[45:06] that's
[45:09] what
[45:09] we're
[45:09] talking about
[45:09] prophesying
[45:10] because
[45:11] what makes
[45:12] me excited
[45:12] is not
[45:12] your presence
[45:13] it's the
[45:13] presence
[45:14] of the
[45:14] word
[45:14] in
[45:14] my
[45:14] sense
[45:15] something
[45:16] is
[45:16] inside
[45:16] me
[45:16] and
[45:17] the
[45:17] thing
[45:17] is
[45:17] working
[45:18] me
[45:18] it's
[45:18] working
[45:19] me
[45:19] it's
[45:20] working
[45:20] me
[45:20] it's
[45:22] burning
[45:23] in my
[45:23] heart
[45:23] that's
[45:27] and
[45:28] so
[45:29] for
[45:29] you
[45:29] to
[45:29] prophesy
[45:30] to
[45:30] others
[45:31] you
[45:31] must
[45:31] get
[45:32] the
[45:32] word
[45:32] inside
[45:33] the
[45:33] ear
[45:33] get it
[45:35] assimilate
[45:36] it
[45:36] listen
[45:37] to
[45:37] preaching
[45:37] read
[45:38] your
[45:38] Bible
[45:38] listen
[45:39] to
[45:39] preaching
[45:39] read
[45:40] your
[45:40] Bible
[45:40] listen
[45:41] to
[45:41] preaching
[45:41] read
[45:41] your
[45:42] Bible
[45:42] listen
[45:42] to
[45:43] preaching
[45:43] read
[45:43] your
[45:44] Bible
[45:44] read
[45:47] your
[45:47] Bible
[45:47] don't
[45:50] read
[45:50] because
[45:51] you are
[45:51] going
[45:51] to
[45:52] preach
[45:52] it's
[45:55] necessary
[45:55] to read
[45:55] when you are
[45:56] going
[45:56] to
[45:56] preach
[45:56] but
[45:57] sometimes when you're a church leader, it gets to a place where
[45:59] you only read to
[46:01] feed.
[46:02] To feed others.
[46:05] Or, you're a chef.
[46:07] You only get to eat when you are cooking for others.
[46:12] You only get to
[46:13] cook and eat.
[46:14] Whilst you're cooking in the meal, you're eating some.
[46:18] It's not bad
[46:19] in itself, but that's not the best way.
[46:21] There must be time you are not, you are just
[46:23] feeding.
[46:25] Basking in God's word.
[46:27] Ah, I love your word.
[46:30] And I have this
[46:31] unpolished
[46:36] behavior.
[46:38] Doesn't matter where I am.
[46:39] Sometimes I'm reading the Bible and something hits my spirit.
[46:42] I'll scream.
[46:44] This morning, when I was getting ready to come
[46:45] to the main service, I told Minister
[46:47] Corby, read us the, he read it.
[46:48] Oh,
[46:49] this thing is doing so.
[46:53] So before I came, I'm already
[46:55] boiling.
[46:55] Wow.
[46:57] With the word of God.
[47:01] Prophesy.
[47:02] Instead of corrupting, talk.
[47:04] See what he said.
[47:06] Put you on the screen again.
[47:09] No, please.
[47:10] No, this one.
[47:11] Ephesians chapter 4,
[47:12] verse 29.
[47:13] It says that, let's all read it out of the screen.
[47:18] Let's go.
[47:19] Let's go.
[47:19] When people hear you, you impact grace to them.
[47:33] You.
[47:33] Yeah, you.
[47:34] This is not a message for preachers.
[47:37] It's a message for Christians.
[47:38] They don't have to be Christians to catch grace when you speak.
[47:45] When you speak, you set God at work in their lives.
[47:51] Colossians chapter 4, verse 6.
[47:54] It said, let your words be seasoned with salt.
[47:57] Let your speech always be with grace.
[48:00] Season with salt.
[48:00] Let your speech always be with grace.
[48:04] Season with salt.
[48:05] That he may know how you ought to answer.
[48:08] Everyone.
[48:10] Always.
[48:11] Always.
[48:12] Your speech is with grace.
[48:15] Grace.
[48:17] Grace.
[48:18] And truth.
[48:19] So in the verse 22, we heard the truth.
[48:23] Verse 21, it said, the truth is in Jesus.
[48:28] The way you can live the Christian life,
[48:30] the key and core elements are grace and truth.
[48:35] If indeed you have heard him and have been taught by him,
[48:39] ask the truth.
[48:41] The reality is in Jesus.
[48:44] Then grace is God at work.
[48:47] So suddenly you begin to realize that grace and truth
[48:50] are core elements in a genuine Christian life.
[48:55] Grace and truth.
[48:57] John chapter 1, verse 17.
[48:59] Did you see that?
[49:01] Let's read it out loud.
[49:02] Let's go.
[49:08] One more time, please.
[49:09] The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth.
[49:20] Grace and truth.
[49:21] Verse 21, verse 24, verse 29.
[49:25] You can see clearly the workings of grace.
[49:28] I mean, Ephesians chapter 4, verse 21, verse 24, and verse 29.
[49:36] What does 24 say?
[49:38] And that you put on the new man which is created according to God
[49:42] in true righteousness and holiness.
[49:46] Truth.
[49:47] Then 29, introduce us to grace.
[49:51] It's very interesting to understand, to notice that.
[49:54] I missed two texts that I have to give you before I move on.
[49:58] Ephesians chapter 5, verse 4, talking about the corrupt stuff.
[50:05] Let's already have.
[50:07] Let's go.
[50:08] These things should not come out of your mouth.
[50:20] Filthiness.
[50:22] Foolish talking.
[50:25] There are some talking that are foolish talking
[50:28] that a Christian should not produce.
[50:32] Colossians 3, 8.
[50:33] Let's read, let's go.
[50:36] But now you need yourselves out of your mouth.
[50:40] And I know a prayer.
[50:41] My list, blasphemy, filthy, and rich, out of your mouth.
[50:46] I don't know if you have thought about this.
[50:49] I want to ask you a frank question.
[50:51] I'm wondering if you have thought about this.
[50:53] Because when I see these things,
[50:55] these are the thoughts that come to my mind.
[50:56] Why is it that Christians are not reading their Bible?
[51:00] Because it's there.
[51:04] I don't know how you can generally be reading Bible
[51:06] and not see these things.
[51:09] And for many people, these things are not part of their Christian life.
[51:13] It's not bad.
[51:15] It's not part of their Christian life.
[51:18] These things are just for the creation in the Bible.
[51:20] It's not meant to be lived.
[51:24] That's what some people think.
[51:26] But if you read your Bible very well,
[51:27] it says that by now you yourself put off.
[51:30] Holy Ghost will not do it for you.
[51:31] It says you yourself put off all this.
[51:34] anger, wrath, malice, wickedness, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.
[51:45] Wow.
[51:47] It says so let no corrupt talk come out of your mouth,
[51:49] but that which, Ephesians chapter 4, verse 29,
[51:55] corrupt talk out of your mouth, but what is good?
[51:57] Let's just shoot for edification.
[51:59] Let's use American standard version and English standard version.
[52:02] Let me show you something quickly.
[52:05] Let no wholesome word proceed out of your mouth,
[52:07] but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need at the moment.
[52:14] All right.
[52:15] Let's go to English standard version.
[52:18] It says that, wow.
[52:21] Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouth,
[52:24] but only such as is good for what?
[52:28] I told you.
[52:29] You are building about this.
[52:31] Good for building us.
[52:33] As fits the occasion.
[52:36] It's right to say this at this time.
[52:38] Some things you can't say at some times.
[52:40] Other times it might be right to say.
[52:43] It's for the purpose of building.
[52:45] You have to pray that God,
[52:46] anytime I speak,
[52:47] use my words to build other people up.
[52:50] That means that you must be very intentional with your words.
[52:54] You must be intentional with your words.
[52:56] What you say and what you don't say.
[52:59] You must be intentional about it.
[53:03] Say amen.
[53:04] Amen.
[53:05] Let me add this briefly.
[53:07] building.
[53:08] I didn't give you a statement.
[53:10] Romans chapter 14, verse 19.
[53:14] Mutual edification.
[53:18] New American standard version.
[53:21] For peace and building up of one another.
[53:28] So let's,
[53:29] so then,
[53:31] we pursue the things which make for peace.
[53:35] How I wish a lot of Christians and church workers would hear this thing.
[53:39] The things you are going around telling others about this sister,
[53:41] about this brother.
[53:43] What way is it going to make for peace?
[53:44] Gossip is talking about something you are not part of,
[53:49] you are not part of the problem.
[53:51] You are also not part of the solution.
[53:57] There are some things you don't need to say to somebody because it will,
[54:01] it will ruin somebody's reputation.
[54:04] And the scripture prohibits us from that slanderous talk.
[54:09] But the point is,
[54:10] stop saying things about people which others don't need to know.
[54:14] Yeah.
[54:17] Because of that,
[54:17] let's go to the next verse.
[54:18] Verse 30.
[54:22] It says that,
[54:23] and do,
[54:24] ah,
[54:25] please,
[54:28] please,
[54:28] do me a favor.
[54:30] The word of God,
[54:30] can we all read it together?
[54:32] Is it okay?
[54:33] All right,
[54:33] let's read it.
[54:34] Let's go.
[54:34] Let's go.
[54:34] And you come,
[54:35] be the Holy Spirit of God.
[54:38] I give you a seal for the day of redemption.
[54:43] Remember,
[54:44] in the verse 27,
[54:48] the devil was mentioned.
[54:51] In the verse 30,
[54:52] the Holy Spirit is mentioned.
[54:53] Two personalities.
[54:56] That's why I spoke about the devil.
[54:57] That is real.
[54:58] The Holy Spirit is real.
[55:00] You are either under the influence of the devil
[55:02] or influence of the Holy Spirit.
[55:03] He said,
[55:09] do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God.
[55:12] You can grieve God for real.
[55:15] As that is the 310.
[55:17] Let's read here.
[55:18] Let's go.
[55:19] What they were about
[55:20] and grieve the Holy Spirit.
[55:22] Wow.
[55:27] Hey.
[55:30] God decided to do a U10.
[55:33] He was going with them.
[55:34] And then they grieved the Holy Spirit,
[55:35] so he decided to
[55:36] rather be their enemy
[55:38] and fought against them.
[55:43] Oh,
[55:43] is that not what they say?
[55:43] What they say?
[55:44] They rebelled and grieved.
[55:47] Grieving the Holy Spirit
[55:48] is a serious matter.
[55:49] I think Psalm 78,
[55:51] verse 40.
[55:54] Psalm 78.
[55:55] Is there a verse 40?
[55:58] There's a 40.
[55:59] How often they provoked him
[56:01] in the wilderness.
[56:03] One of the,
[56:03] English Standard Version.
[56:05] I think one of the translations say,
[56:07] they grieved him in the wilderness.
[56:10] Okay.
[56:10] English Standard Version says,
[56:11] how often they rebelled against him
[56:13] in the wilderness
[56:14] and grieved him in the desert.
[56:18] King James,
[56:19] back to King James.
[56:20] They,
[56:21] they,
[56:22] yeah,
[56:22] it's also used the word grieve.
[56:25] And grieved him in the,
[56:27] they grieved God.
[56:30] You can be a Christian
[56:32] and you're grieving God.
[56:38] 1 Thessalonians chapter 5,
[56:41] verse 19.
[56:42] Don't quench the spirit.
[56:48] There's a way
[56:49] you can block the spirit
[56:51] from having free flow.
[56:55] Don't grieve God.
[56:56] Tell somebody,
[56:56] don't grieve God.
[56:57] Don't grieve God.
[56:59] Tell another person,
[57:00] don't grieve the Lord.
[57:01] Don't grieve God.
[57:02] Don't grieve God.
[57:06] So you can tell that
[57:07] you either please the devil
[57:09] and grieve the Holy Spirit
[57:10] or walk with the spirit
[57:13] and not give Satan
[57:14] a full stone.
[57:18] Don't grieve the Holy Spirit.
[57:20] If you want God
[57:21] to use you mightily,
[57:22] if you want God
[57:23] to use you mightily,
[57:24] you must always practice,
[57:26] determine that
[57:26] I'll practice
[57:27] the presence of God
[57:29] and I'll work
[57:31] with the spirit
[57:31] so I don't grieve the spirit.
[57:34] I don't want to grieve
[57:35] the Holy Spirit.
[57:35] I don't want to grieve
[57:37] the Holy Spirit.
[57:40] The things you are watching,
[57:41] are you not grieving him?
[57:47] The things you are saying,
[57:48] are you not grieving him?
[57:51] The things you are thinking.
[57:55] Nowadays,
[57:56] Apostle,
[57:57] I find it so interesting
[57:58] how a lot of people
[58:00] want the Holy Spirit
[58:01] to use them
[58:02] but they are busy grieving him
[58:03] and they don't think
[58:04] he should have a problem
[58:05] with that.
[58:05] the Holy Spirit.
[58:09] Let me do my own thing.
[58:11] And the spirit of God
[58:11] is a person.
[58:13] He's grieved.
[58:15] He can be grieved.
[58:16] He says,
[58:17] oh.
[58:18] You know some children
[58:19] say,
[58:19] I'm not happy.
[58:21] Johnny,
[58:21] yes,
[58:21] I'm sad.
[58:23] Johnny,
[58:23] I'm sad.
[58:26] There are these people
[58:26] who don't say I'm sad
[58:27] but you have grieved him.
[58:30] He pulled back.
[58:32] He pulled back.
[58:32] He said,
[58:32] oh,
[58:33] how?
[58:33] Pull back.
[58:36] And you will not,
[58:37] people will not know.
[58:39] Especially those of you
[58:40] who are doing God's work.
[58:42] You can be singing in the choir
[58:43] but you've grieved the Holy Spirit.
[58:45] People are sad going,
[58:46] ah,
[58:47] I can be preaching.
[58:49] People say,
[58:49] wow,
[58:50] revelation.
[58:50] Oh,
[58:51] but I've grieved him
[58:52] before I came.
[58:53] Moses,
[58:54] God spoke to you.
[58:55] What told Moses?
[58:56] Can you speak to the rock?
[58:57] Moses went and struck the rock.
[59:00] And what happened?
[59:00] The water was coming.
[59:01] People say,
[59:02] go Moses,
[59:03] go Mo,
[59:04] go Mo.
[59:05] You've done it again.
[59:06] Moses has done it again.
[59:07] Oh,
[59:08] ah,
[59:08] you are the best.
[59:10] Happy Father's Day,
[59:11] Moses.
[59:12] Happy Father's Day.
[59:13] I love you,
[59:15] Moses.
[59:15] We will honor you.
[59:16] But he's grieved God.
[59:17] You wouldn't know.
[59:18] God won't tell you.
[59:19] But it's between him and God.
[59:22] He's grieved God.
[59:23] God said,
[59:24] Moses,
[59:25] because of what you have done,
[59:26] come,
[59:27] you will not go to the promised land.
[59:29] His destiny was,
[59:30] he was grieved.
[59:34] He grieved God.
[59:36] No one knew it.
[59:37] So they thought,
[59:38] Moses' time has come.
[59:39] God has called him.
[59:40] No,
[59:40] that wasn't the original plan.
[59:43] They're grieving.
[59:44] God was about to give you
[59:45] a very good marriage.
[59:48] Until this guy came into your life,
[59:50] you ate him
[59:51] and he left with bones.
[59:54] Yeah.
[59:57] And then you're quoting,
[59:58] can these dry bones leave?
[1:00:00] Son of man.
[1:00:06] But the relationship didn't work anyway
[1:00:07] because people who meet each other
[1:00:09] in church and they mess up,
[1:00:10] it doesn't usually work.
[1:00:13] else is a suicide mission.
[1:00:14] Wow.
[1:00:15] It didn't work.
[1:00:17] And now,
[1:00:17] eventually,
[1:00:18] you have,
[1:00:18] you're repenting,
[1:00:19] you are busy,
[1:00:20] serious.
[1:00:21] God will give you somebody,
[1:00:22] but not what he planned to give you
[1:00:23] because you knew you shouldn't have.
[1:00:27] Not that,
[1:00:27] you know,
[1:00:28] we can all fall into temptation,
[1:00:30] but there are times
[1:00:30] where you know
[1:00:31] that I can,
[1:00:32] I can say no.
[1:00:33] I can help by saying,
[1:00:35] ah,
[1:00:35] because of that lady.
[1:00:37] Because of that,
[1:00:37] I will do it.
[1:00:38] Ah!
[1:00:41] And the spirit of God
[1:00:42] withdraws.
[1:00:45] Some people,
[1:00:46] it's the beginning
[1:00:47] of the crash of destiny.
[1:00:50] It's a don't,
[1:00:51] grieve the spirit.
[1:00:52] We grieve the spirit
[1:00:53] in times
[1:00:54] where nobody will know.
[1:00:56] People will not know,
[1:00:57] but destiny will always show.
[1:01:00] People will not know
[1:01:01] because nobody was there with you.
[1:01:04] What you are thinking right now
[1:01:06] in your head,
[1:01:07] nobody's there.
[1:01:08] Some people,
[1:01:08] you are sitting here
[1:01:09] and you are blaspheming.
[1:01:12] All this God thing,
[1:01:13] all this God thing,
[1:01:14] nonsense.
[1:01:15] I'm not interested.
[1:01:16] All this God thing.
[1:01:17] I've been in church,
[1:01:17] I'm living in the ashes,
[1:01:19] but I know,
[1:01:19] I can be bothered.
[1:01:20] You are blaspheming.
[1:01:22] Nobody knows.
[1:01:23] Nobody will know.
[1:01:24] How will someone know
[1:01:25] what you are thinking?
[1:01:27] How will someone know
[1:01:27] what you are thinking?
[1:01:28] The things God is telling you to do,
[1:01:30] you are not doing.
[1:01:31] How will somebody know?
[1:01:32] Even if you are a twin,
[1:01:34] your twin brother will not know
[1:01:35] because God is so internal.
[1:01:38] It's so private,
[1:01:40] but you are the one
[1:01:42] who bear the brand
[1:01:43] because you know
[1:01:44] you haven't done it.
[1:01:45] People are clapping for you.
[1:01:46] They think you've done well.
[1:01:47] Like God speaks to my heart
[1:01:49] to give you,
[1:01:51] let's say,
[1:01:51] to give you 10,000.
[1:01:53] God blessed me with 100,000
[1:01:55] and said,
[1:01:55] give Adi 10,000
[1:01:56] because he needs it
[1:01:57] for that business.
[1:01:58] God,
[1:01:59] I feel God was there
[1:01:59] and then I call Adi.
[1:02:01] Adi,
[1:02:01] you know you're a good guy.
[1:02:02] Take 6,000.
[1:02:04] He's rolling on the floor.
[1:02:05] Thank you.
[1:02:06] Thank you.
[1:02:07] He goes,
[1:02:07] bring his father,
[1:02:08] his mother,
[1:02:09] his relatives,
[1:02:10] his wife,
[1:02:10] future wife
[1:02:11] and the future children
[1:02:12] who are here to be born.
[1:02:13] All of them say,
[1:02:13] we thank you.
[1:02:14] They are really.
[1:02:15] And then everybody's
[1:02:16] clapping for me
[1:02:17] and I know,
[1:02:18] but I have grieved God.
[1:02:20] I've grieved God.
[1:02:21] You didn't do
[1:02:21] what God told you to do.
[1:02:23] People are clapping for you,
[1:02:24] but God is grieved
[1:02:25] and you've compromised.
[1:02:28] It's easy to grieve God,
[1:02:30] but you can't say,
[1:02:31] I don't know.
[1:02:34] Stop behaving
[1:02:35] like a religious fanatic.
[1:02:38] I don't want to step
[1:02:39] on an answer.
[1:02:39] I don't want to grieve God.
[1:02:40] I don't want to offend God.
[1:02:42] So now you don't even know
[1:02:42] how to live
[1:02:43] because you're always afraid.
[1:02:45] That's religious harassment.
[1:02:49] Just be yourself.
[1:02:50] And when God speaks to you,
[1:02:51] you know he's talking to you.
[1:02:52] You will know.
[1:02:54] I feel this water.
[1:02:55] When you,
[1:02:56] the closer you get to God,
[1:02:57] you always know
[1:02:58] something to do.
[1:03:00] He gives you a to do
[1:03:01] and you have to work
[1:03:05] with the list.
[1:03:08] Else you are grieving him
[1:03:09] and nobody will know.
[1:03:11] But the future will tell.
[1:03:13] When you grieve God,
[1:03:15] he withdraws.
[1:03:17] He said,
[1:03:17] do not grieve
[1:03:18] the Holy Spirit of God
[1:03:20] by whom you have been sealed
[1:03:22] for the day of redemption.
[1:03:24] He's there not to take from you.
[1:03:26] He's there to give to you.
[1:03:29] Hmm.
[1:03:31] Today is a very
[1:03:32] interesting moment.
[1:03:36] My,
[1:03:38] what is on my mind is,
[1:03:39] but this is in the Bible.
[1:03:43] Many Christians
[1:03:44] who claim to be
[1:03:45] I'm a strong Christian.
[1:03:46] You don't see traces
[1:03:47] of these things
[1:03:48] in their lives.
[1:03:49] Some of them,
[1:03:50] you can live with them
[1:03:51] and it's like
[1:03:52] this thing is never
[1:03:53] recorded anywhere.
[1:03:55] No,
[1:03:56] there must be a sense
[1:03:57] of pursuit of God
[1:03:58] that you are striving
[1:04:00] to live it.
[1:04:01] maybe you are not there,
[1:04:04] but somebody around you
[1:04:05] can tell.
[1:04:06] You are striving
[1:04:07] to live in a,
[1:04:08] in obedience
[1:04:09] to the scripture.
[1:04:10] You are striving
[1:04:10] to live the scriptures.
[1:04:12] But I know
[1:04:13] too many Christians
[1:04:14] that this thing
[1:04:14] does never exist.
[1:04:15] You can be around them
[1:04:16] and it's like,
[1:04:17] they don't,
[1:04:17] that's what,
[1:04:18] one day I was studying
[1:04:18] my Bible
[1:04:19] and I've said,
[1:04:21] so these things
[1:04:22] are in the Bible.
[1:04:24] And most of them,
[1:04:24] many of my pastor friends,
[1:04:25] they,
[1:04:26] they fight,
[1:04:27] they insult others.
[1:04:28] So that pastor
[1:04:28] is a stupid man.
[1:04:29] Don't move.
[1:04:29] I don't talk to him.
[1:04:30] And I'm wondering,
[1:04:31] but don't they read
[1:04:32] the Bible at all?
[1:04:34] I'm wondering.
[1:04:35] Sometimes me Christians
[1:04:36] in church
[1:04:37] and they are fighting
[1:04:38] that I don't talk
[1:04:39] to that lady.
[1:04:40] No,
[1:04:40] no,
[1:04:40] I don't talk,
[1:04:41] I will never forgive her.
[1:04:42] And you are wondering,
[1:04:42] does this person
[1:04:43] even read the Bible
[1:04:44] and give regard
[1:04:45] to what the scriptures say
[1:04:46] or they are,
[1:04:47] a practical atheist?
[1:04:51] But a theoretical believer
[1:04:52] doesn't believe
[1:04:54] in God's word.
[1:04:55] Doesn't release,
[1:04:56] receive God's word.
[1:04:57] Doesn't embrace God's word.
[1:04:59] We saw in,
[1:04:59] in John chapter 14 yesterday
[1:05:01] and chapter 13
[1:05:02] and chapter 14 yesterday,
[1:05:04] how,
[1:05:04] if you are of God,
[1:05:05] you embrace God's word.
[1:05:09] This one is not
[1:05:10] preaching for you.
[1:05:12] I'm just letting
[1:05:12] the Bible speak.
[1:05:13] Me,
[1:05:14] I'm taking this myself.
[1:05:15] You don't have to take it.
[1:05:16] Your destiny will show me.
[1:05:18] I need this.
[1:05:20] Every one of us
[1:05:21] need what the word
[1:05:21] of God is saying.
[1:05:24] It's not to tell people,
[1:05:26] it's to feed on it.
[1:05:28] But my job as a pastor
[1:05:29] and my,
[1:05:30] I strive to do it excellently
[1:05:32] is to open the Bible
[1:05:33] for us all to see
[1:05:34] and to explain
[1:05:35] what the Bible is saying.
[1:05:37] So now,
[1:05:37] to do list has come.
[1:05:40] Some of you,
[1:05:41] from now,
[1:05:41] you must make up your mind
[1:05:42] you are forgiving somebody.
[1:05:44] From now,
[1:05:44] you must make up your mind.
[1:05:47] All those foul communication
[1:05:49] on WhatsApp,
[1:05:50] you are deleting them
[1:05:50] and you are stopping it.
[1:05:52] Foul communication.
[1:05:53] Foul communication.
[1:05:54] Blah, blah.
[1:05:55] You have to stop the fraud.
[1:05:56] The GDP are using
[1:05:57] chat TPG.
[1:05:59] All these things,
[1:05:59] it's there.
[1:06:01] It's there.
[1:06:01] Stop stealing that train.
[1:06:03] Is it bus or train?
[1:06:04] Pumping train, yeah.
[1:06:05] Stop doing fraud.
[1:06:09] Stop doing fraud.
[1:06:14] Stop the gambling.
[1:06:20] I'm prophesying.
[1:06:24] But God is our help.
[1:06:25] God is with us to help us.
[1:06:29] Amen.
[1:06:30] He just doesn't tell us
[1:06:31] go and do.
[1:06:32] He tells us
[1:06:33] and if you are willing,
[1:06:34] he comes alongside.
[1:06:35] He's our standby generator.
[1:06:37] You know,
[1:06:37] standby power.
[1:06:38] standby generator.
[1:06:40] The Holy Spirit
[1:06:40] is our standby.
[1:06:42] He's our advocate.
[1:06:43] He's our help.
[1:06:44] He's there
[1:06:44] to support,
[1:06:46] to help,
[1:06:46] to strengthen.
[1:06:48] When we are weak,
[1:06:50] grace is much more
[1:06:52] at work.
[1:06:55] The strength of God
[1:06:57] manifests on the platform
[1:06:58] of human weakness.
[1:07:01] He said,
[1:07:02] therefore,
[1:07:02] when I'm weak,
[1:07:03] I am strong.
[1:07:04] He said,
[1:07:04] God's strength
[1:07:06] is made perfect
[1:07:07] in my weakness.
[1:07:09] 1 Corinthians,
[1:07:10] 2 Corinthians,
[1:07:11] sorry.
[1:07:12] 2 Corinthians,
[1:07:13] chapter 9.
[1:07:14] God's strength
[1:07:15] is made,
[1:07:16] for my strength
[1:07:17] is made perfect
[1:07:19] in weakness.
[1:07:21] The platform
[1:07:21] for the display
[1:07:22] of God's strength
[1:07:23] is in human weakness.
[1:07:25] So don't raise yourself up
[1:07:26] because you've been
[1:07:27] struggling with something.
[1:07:29] Rather,
[1:07:30] embrace the word of God
[1:07:31] which is able
[1:07:32] to save your soul.
[1:07:33] receive with meekness.
[1:07:35] Receive with meekness.
[1:07:36] Receive with meekness
[1:07:38] the engrafted word of God
[1:07:40] which is able
[1:07:41] to save your soul.
[1:07:44] You must all strive
[1:07:45] and push
[1:07:47] to walk with God.
[1:07:49] And it's a personal responsibility
[1:07:51] for everybody.
[1:07:52] You have to be determined
[1:07:53] that I will not
[1:07:54] grieve the spirit.
[1:07:55] Pastor,
[1:07:56] so what do I do
[1:07:56] if I end up
[1:07:57] grieving the spirit?
[1:08:00] Just repent
[1:08:01] and determine
[1:08:02] you won't grieve him again.
[1:08:04] But what happens
[1:08:04] if it happens
[1:08:06] that I do it again?
[1:08:07] You shouldn't
[1:08:08] do it again.
[1:08:09] And so don't make plans
[1:08:10] for what happens
[1:08:12] if you do it again.
[1:08:15] Don't cover that side.
[1:08:17] Just leave it.
[1:08:18] Because you don't intend
[1:08:19] to do it again.
[1:08:21] Only talk history.
[1:08:23] Don't talk,
[1:08:24] what if I grieve him
[1:08:25] in future?
[1:08:26] Would you intend
[1:08:27] to grieve him?
[1:08:27] So you will not grieve him.
[1:08:28] God will help us all.
[1:08:34] Thank you for choosing
[1:08:35] to listen to this message
[1:08:36] by David Entry.
[1:08:38] We hope you were blessed
[1:08:39] by it.
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