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A Colt for Christ - 3/29/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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with your friends. Now, let's join
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Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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God.
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>> Amen. And I'm thankful I heard his voice
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one day. Amen. And I appreciate the good
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singing tonight. Matthew's Gospel
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chapter 21. If you have a Bible,
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Matthew's Gospel, chapter number 21.
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Find your place if you would stand on
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rivers to the reading of God's word. Was
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thinking about something while they
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singing that. You know, I remember um
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first got saved and remember, you know,
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trying to discern the voice of God and
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the voice of my flesh, the voice of the
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devil in my life. And I I I've something
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in that song reminded me of something
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somebody said. I don't remember who told
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me this, but but u the devil when he
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talks to you, he's never personal.
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>> That's right.
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>> And uh you say, "What do you mean by
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that?" Well, it's always you. You did
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this. You did that.
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>> You know, you know you're guilty of
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this. You don't deserve that. When Jesus
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speaks to you, it's personal.
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>> Amen.
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>> Hey, child. That's
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>> right. Amen.
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>> That text she's talking about. Amen.
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Just a few short days, we'll celebrate
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that resurrection. Jesus looked at Mary
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and what did he do? He called her name.
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>> Tell you, there's probably a lot of
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people that um you look at Mary's life,
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there's probably a lot of people that
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took advantage of her that didn't know
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her name. But I'll tell you, the one
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that cared more about her than anything
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>> knew her name. Amen. And I'm thankful I
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know the voice of God by the way that he
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speaks. Amen. Jesus said, he said, "My
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sheep," he said, "they hear my voice and
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they know me." Amen. And man, I thank
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God for that. I appreciate the good
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truth uh shared in that song uh on this
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evening. Matthew's Gospel, chapter 21.
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You found your place tonight.
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>> Amen.
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>> Amen. Let's let's read together here.
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Look at these few verses. Going to read
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down through verse number seven. And you
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pray for me tonight. I just I really
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wanted to share this this morning, but
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God had other plans. And so, he knows
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what we need better than I do. And I'd
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rather him preach than me. Somebody say
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amen. And uh but I really like it when
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he helps me preach. Somebody say amen
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right there. Let's look in the text.
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Matthew 21:E number one. The Bible says,
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"And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem,
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and were come to Bethage unto the Mount
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of Olives, then sent Jesus two
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disciples, saying unto them, go into the
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village over against you, and
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straightway you shall find an ass tithe
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and a cult with her. Loose them, and
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bring them unto me. And if any man say
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all unto you, you shall say, The Lord
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hath need of them, and straightway he
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will send them. All this was done, that
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it might be fulfilled, which was spoken
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by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the
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daughter of Zion, behold, the king
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cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon
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an ass, and a cult the fo of an ass. In
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verse six, the Bible says, "And the
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disciples went and did as Jesus
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commanded them and brought the ass and
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the cold and put on them their clothes."
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Notice that last phrase, "and they set
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him there on." And uh I know we've heard
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this text preached. You probably heard
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this text preached every year around
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this time of the year. This being Palm
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Sunday, that is the celebration that's
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going to take place in this text. And
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I'm really not going to deal uh with the
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context. And I know that's that's
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crucifixion homalytically and
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hermeneutically, but I'm going to give
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you what God put on my heart. Amen. And
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uh it's going to be good. It's going to
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be uh it might be real good. It might be
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real bad, but it's going to be real
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either way. Amen. And you pray that God
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will help us tonight. Let's pray.
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Father, thank you for this truth
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tonight. Thank you for the word of God
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that you've given us, uh Lord, to look
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into. And I pray, God, that you would
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help us tonight as we've come to uh
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gather around the word tonight. We need
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your presence. We need your power, God.
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I realize I can't preach, God, if you
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don't help me. And so, God, I pray you'd
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clothe me in my calling. Give me
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uncction and liberty, God. I pray you'd
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fill me with the Holy Ghost. Remove uh
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any influence, God, that's otherworldly,
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God, that does not belong uh to the word
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of God and to the spirit of God. And I
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pray you'd bind the devil and the forces
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of hell, God. I pray for whatever needs
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are present in this service tonight,
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that all the will of God would be done
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in every heart and life. I pray that you
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would help us to receive with meekness
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the engrafted word and to receive the
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truth, God, that only you could give to
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us in these days. Help us to be obedient
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uh to the law tonight. Help us to uh
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receive it with meekness, God. That'll
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it'll help us. And I ask you, God,
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tonight for whatever needs are present,
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do your will. And Lord, I ask you, God,
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once again, get glory to yourself. And
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Lord, for what you do, we'll thank you
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for it because we ask it in Jesus' name.
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And God's children said,
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>> "Thank you for standing. You can be
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seated tonight. And I want to lay just a
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few things on your heart by way of
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introduction tonight. Today of course
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being Palm Sunday, my mind often
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migrates to this scripture and the
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parallel scriptures. Here you look there
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in Matthew 21 and in Mark chapter number
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11 and uh Luke chapter number 19. John
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12 deals with the triumphal entry of our
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Lord. And every one of them has a
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different perspective on this entrance
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of our Lord. But I'm what interests me
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about this is that every single one of
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the gospel writers accord record this
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event this time where our Lord enters
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into Jerusalem. And I like Matthew's
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account of it. But for Matthew has
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presented Christ as the king. And he
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emphasizes much the messianic prophecy
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in verse number four and five. He
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emphasizes that truth found in Zechariah
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chapter 9 and verse number nine that our
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Lord would come and he would travel in
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on that cult the f of an ass. And
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there's a lot of preaching that I could
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do on the text particularly this morning
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concerning the coming of our Lord. But
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I'll say this, we know that just as he
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came the first time humble and lowly
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riding upon this cult, amen, the fo of
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an ass, we know that he's coming again.
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And he won't be coming riding upon the
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colt the fo of an ass, but he'll be
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coming on a white horse. Somebody say
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amen right there. And we know without a
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shadow of a doubt that it's not going to
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be very long before he comes again. And
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I want to give you some truths out of
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this text. I want you to notice by way
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of introduction. Number one, the city
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that are mentioned here. The Bible says,
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"And when they drew nigh unto
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Jerusalem." So Jesus is making his
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journey toward the cross. Jerusalem of
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course would be the place where he would
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go to suffer and die. And I thought
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about this. You know Christ would enter
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Jerusalem on this cult. But you
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understand he would exit Jerusalem with
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the cross. Amen. He would be carried in
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by this cult. But as he would go out, he
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would be carrying his cross. And I'm
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thankful, friend, that for the days in
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our life, you understand there's days
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when we carry Jesus and we do a good job
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of expressing him to this world. We bear
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his name. But aren't you thankful for
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the days when we aren't able to carry
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him, he's able to carry us. Amen. Oh
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friend, that's good preaching tonight.
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Amen. I notice not only the city in the
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text as Jesus is headed to Jerusalem,
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but I notice Christ in the text, he is
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journeying with his disciples. Verse one
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he said they were come to Bethage which
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is Bethany unto the mount of olives and
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the Bible says then sent Jesus two of
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his disciples. So he has given them an
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instruction here in the text Christ is
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going to make his entrance in
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fulfillment of prophecy there into
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Jerusalem and they would throw the palm
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branches down in front of him. In verse
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number eight, that that great multitude
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spread their garments in the way and
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others cut down branches from the trees
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and straw them in the way. Verse 9, and
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the multitudes that went before and that
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followed, cried, saying, hosana to the
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son of David. Blessed is he that cometh
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in the name of the Lord. Hosana in the
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highest. And so EVERYBODY AROUND THIS
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SITUATION is exalting Jesus. Amen. And I
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don't know about you, but I like it when
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he's central and he is preeminent. Amen.
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And he's above all. Amen. And everybody
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around is just looking to him. Hey, let
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me say when he is exalted and he is
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central, the best thing that can happen
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in your LIFE FOR THE FELLOWSHIP between
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you and your family, for the FELLOWSHIP
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BETWEEN YOU AND THIS church is to allow
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him to be central and to be the focal
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point of everything that goes on.
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>> Because you know what? As long as you're
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looking around, you're going to
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constantly find fault. But I'm thankful
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nobody's ever found fault looking at
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him. Amen. So he's coming in in this
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text and I notice not only the city and
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the Christ in the text but I noticed
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this cult in the text and the Bible says
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in verse number number one he sent two
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of his disciples in verse two saying
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unto them go over go into the village
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over against you and straightway you
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shall find an ashtie and a coat with her
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loose them and bring them unto me. And I
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was reading this text and God just began
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to put some thoughts together in my mind
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concerning this message. Now, I've
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preached this message, preached a
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message like this before, a totally
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different way, talking about the donkey
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that had God on him and how that God, he
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supernaturally loosed him. He had to be
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redeemed. He had to be bought so that he
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could serve God. But I don't want to
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take that angle looking at this tonight,
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but I want to talk to you tonight if I
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could. Not about what this cult had to
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do to be made suitable. But I want to
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preach to you for just a little while on
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why this cult was suitable
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>> to serve Christ. And I was thinking
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about youth Sunday. I notice in this
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text and and you say, "What does this
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have to do with you Sunday?" Well,
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John's account literally says that his
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this cult was young. That's
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>> right. John 12 and verse number 14. It's
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a young colt. This is a yearling, so to
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speak. It's a young donkey. And when I
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was looking at this text, I I thought of
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just a few things here. And let me give
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you this and I'll get to the message. I
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I'll say this. Number one, this donkey
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was prophesied of.
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>> You say, "How is that?" Well, notice the
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book of Zechariah.
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Zechariah chapter number nine. Listen to
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what the prophet says concerning this
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little cult. Zechariah chapter 9 and
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verse number nine. Rejoice greatly, oh
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daughter of Zion. Shout, oh daughter of
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Jerusalem. Behold, thy king cometh unto
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thee. He is just and having salvation,
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lowly and riding upon an ass. Notice
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your Bible. And upon a cult, the fo of
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an ash. So it was prophesied. And you
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know what? In the mind of God, God knew
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exactly which one it would be.
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>> Amen. Boy, I'm thankful tonight, friend,
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that God knows exactly who you are and
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exactly where you're at. And he knows
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exactly the plan that he has in mind for
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your life. Amen. I'll say this. This
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cult was prophesied of, but not only
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this. This cult wasn't only prophesied
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of, but he was promised. Listen to what
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Jesus said to his disciples. He told
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them, he said, "You go over into the
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village over against you, and
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straightway, what's them next three
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words? Ye shall find." And you know
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what? Where they went, they found
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exactly what he said. You're
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>> right.
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>> There was a young cult tied. And I want
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to say this, he wasn't only prophesied
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of and he wasn't only promised, but I'll
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say he was provided.
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>> Right?
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>> Mark 11 verse number five and 6 says
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that the owner of this cult after he
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questioned the disciples, he gave them.
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He turned him over
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>> to the Lord. Now, there's a lot of
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preaching in that for young people, but
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I'm going to give you the message
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tonight. I wanted to highlight three
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things on on this text tonight. I want
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to title it this way. If we could call
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it this. I want to call it a cult for
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Christ.
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A cult for Christ. And when I look at
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this text, there's some things that I
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notice about this cult. Three things in
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particular, maybe four. I don't know if
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we'll get that far tonight. But I notice
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first of all in this text when I think
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about this coat I want you to notice
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first of all here in the text the Bible
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says that he was waiting to be loosed.
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Look what the Bible said in verse two.
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Jesus sent two of his disciples saying
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them go into the village over against
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you and straightway what's your Bible
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say? You shall find an ass what?
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>> Tithed and a cult with her. Loose them
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and bring them unto me. You say,
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"Preacher, well, what's the emphasis of
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that? What are you what's the point that
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you want to make with that?" Well, I
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think primarily in the text, you
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understand this cult was confined. Now,
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if you know anything about animals
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tonight, and I know where we live, Amen.
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Uh, in this part of the world, we know
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much about animals. What I had to find
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out the hard way about my little dog is
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is that he needs a lot to stay in. Amen.
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And so I just took him to Dustin's house
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and he lives over there. Amen. And
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instead of building a lot, I'm going to
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get one eventually. Amen. But what I'm
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saying is this. All right. Animals need
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confinement. You're
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>> right.
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>> You say, "Well, what's the emphasis of
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that?" Well, Jesus said, "You'll find
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this colt tied." Is there'll be an ass
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there and she'll be tied, but then
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there'll be this colt there and he'll be
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tied as well. And these these thoughts
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began to run through my mind. Why was he
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tied? Why was this cult tied up? And I
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thought about this this cult waiting to
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be loosed. I would say number one, he
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was tied up for number one, for
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provision.
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>> You say, "What do you mean by that?"
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Well, I would say he was tied up so he
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could grow.
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>> Amen.
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>> I You say, "What? What's the answer to
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that? If he got out, he could go out and
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roam and eat what he wanted to." No.
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Here's the thing about it. You need to
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know about this climate. You see that
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climate? It was desert.
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>> There's nothing that grows there.
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>> And if they were going to be fed,
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somebody voluntarily had to feed them.
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Amen. And so this cult is tied up in
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this text for his own provision. You
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say, "Well, why was he tied up?" Well,
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let me just say this. God couldn't use
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one that was wild,
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>> right?
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>> God had to use one had been kept up
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with, been taken care of. And let me say
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this to you young people. So you need to
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embrace the fact that you are not ready
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to be loosed yet.
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>> Amen.
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>> You say, "What do you mean, preacher?"
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I'm saying, "As long as you are in your
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parents' house, you are under their
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authority. And it is their
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responsibility to shield you and protect
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you from some things that otherwise you
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would be destroyed by if you were
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allowed to run loose."
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>> But let me say this. It's more than, and
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I'm giving you the second point there.
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Number one, provision. Number two,
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protection. Not only that they could
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grow but that so they could be guarded.
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>> Let me say this. You are given the place
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that you live the people that you live
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with. So they are responsible for you.
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They were responsible for your
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nourishment. And we know this that as a
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baby's not able to feed itself. A
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teenager just because they can feed
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themselves doesn't mean they have the
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right amen to decide where they can feed
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themselves.
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>> I'm not talking about physically either.
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>> Come on.
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>> I'm not talking about food. You
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shouldn't let your child decide where
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you going to go to church. You're
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>> right.
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>> Amen. It is your responsibility as their
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parent. This this this donkey was tied
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up. He was waiting to be loose because
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he NEEDED SOMEBODY TO PROVIDE HIS NEED.
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BUT HE ALSO NEEDED SOMEBODY to protect
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HIM BECAUSE IF HE GOT OUT, you know what
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was going to happen to him? He would be
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killed.
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>> Right.
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>> Loose animals were not treated kindly in
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this culture. And so if he was to get
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out, he would be taken out, so to speak.
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And let me just remind you this. ALL
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THAT THIS YOUNG CULT needed was right
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where he was at. That's
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>> right.
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>> Oh, friend, somebody hear the preacher
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tonight.
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>> Let me say this. Everything that you
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need, child, whatever age you are,
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you'll find it at your house and you'll
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find it at the church.
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>> That's right.
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>> All right. I'm going to try not to get
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ahead of myself on this because I want
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to emphasize this point. He was waiting
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to be loosed. You see, Christ could not
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use a wild cult. And and if it was wild,
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it would have to be caught. But you see,
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this cult was already tied up. You say,
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"Preacher, what does that mean?" Well,
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there's some things as a young person
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you ought to be tied up in.
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>> Right?
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>> Amen.
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>> Come on.
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>> You ought to be tied up with your
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parents.
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>> Amen. I tell you this, there's nothing
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better in this life than being close to
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your mom and daddy that they gave you.
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And I understand not everybody has that.
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If you do, you ought to thank God for
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it. Amen. But you ought to be tied up
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with your parents. You ought to be tied
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up with the people of God. Your best
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friends in this world ought to be in
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this building right now.
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>> You say, "How is that?" Well, let me
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just say this. I know the quality of
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what's here.
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>> And your parents, they want you to be
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involved in what's going on down at the
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house of God because they're trying to
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protect you. But not only that, they're
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trying to provide for you. I'll say
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this, there's people in the church
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that'll do you wrong. But I'll say this.
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I'd rather be safe in the house of God
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around people that love me than out in
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the world where people that hate my guts
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and don't care nothing about me. I'D
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RATHER BE TIED UP HERE THAN LOOSE OUT
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THERE. AMEN.
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>> You see, this cult was acceptable. He
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was easy to find because he was tied up.
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>> He was tied up so he could grow. Peter
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said this way. He closed out his second
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epistle. He said, "But grow in grace in
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the knowledge of our Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ." And that growth in your
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life is going to happen at the church.
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You're
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>> right.
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>> Amen. You need to be tied up the church.
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>> Oh friend, that's good tonight.
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>> You need to be tied up in the word of
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God. You need to be tied up in the
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church for your provision. But I'll say
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this concerning your protection. The
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home that you are in. The church that
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you are at is a haven for your growth
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and for your garden. And let me say it
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again. You are not ready to be loosed
18:05
yet.
18:06
>> Right?
18:06
>> You say, "Preacher, well, I'm 18." That
18:08
doesn't mean that you're ready to be
18:10
loosed yet.
18:11
And I know it ain't popular, but I'm
18:12
going to preach it anyway. If they're
18:14
living under your roof, they are under
18:16
your authority. And if you allow them to
18:19
walk over you, that's your fault.
18:21
>> Amen. You say, "Preacher, you try to
18:23
preach that when your children get 18."
18:25
I intend on preaching it. Because let me
18:27
tell you something, friend. If I don't
18:29
raise them by that book, the devil's
18:31
gonna come after them before he'll come
18:33
after any OF YOUR KIDS. WHY IS THAT?
18:35
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU THE
18:36
TRUTH.
18:38
HE WANTS THEM more than anybody CUZ HE
18:40
KNOWS IF HE CAN TAKE THEM, HE CAN
18:42
undermine what I have to preach.
18:44
>> And so, friend, you better believe I'm
18:46
going to preach it. They're going to be
18:47
tied UP. YOU SAY, "WHAT DOES THAT
18:49
translate to?" Sheltered.
18:51
>> Amen.
18:52
>> Amen, FRIEND. SHELTERED. I'M SAYING,
18:55
FRIEND, HEY, THE WORLD CAN FROWN ON IT.
18:57
Y'ALL a bunch of fanatics. WELL, I'LL
18:59
TELL YOU THIS. I'D RATHER THEM BE CLOSE
19:01
to Jesus and LOVE GOD AND LOVE THEIR
19:03
FAMILY THAN THEM KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
19:06
THIS WORLD. THE WORLD CAN SAY THEY'RE
19:08
SHELTER. THE WORLD CAN SAY WE'RE THEY'RE
19:10
WE'RE CRAZY. BUT WHEN THEY AIN'T GOT
19:12
TATTOOS RUNNING UP THEIR ARM AND SHOT
19:14
MARKS IN THEIR ARM OR THEY'VE BEEN
19:16
SHOOTING UP DOPE AND EVERYTHING ELSE
19:18
WHEN THEY AIN'T NEVER DRUNK A JOB AND
19:20
THEY AIN'T NEVER FORNICATED, LOST THEIR
19:22
PURITY. I'D RATHER THEM BE PRESERVED
19:24
DOWN AT THE HOUSE OF GOD. AMEN.
19:28
>> He was tied up. He was waiting to be
19:31
loosed. Let me say this. Get to the next
19:35
point. It's it's a good thing for your
19:38
children to learn responsibility. You
19:40
say, "Well, they need a job." If you
19:42
can't supervise that, I'd be careful
19:43
with that.
19:44
>> Come on. Come on.
19:46
>> There's a man that I know. I don't know
19:47
him very well, but his children, he was
19:49
a preacher and had some other
19:51
accusations come out on him, but he
19:53
allowed his children to go get a job in
19:55
a shopping mall.
19:57
And uh time went on. You watched his
20:00
children. It seemed that they their
20:01
their social media, that was another
20:03
thing. Amen. And if they're under 18
20:05
years old, they don't need all that
20:06
garbage. Amen.
20:08
>> But their ch his children, he he gave
20:09
them a job in a shopping mall. And what
20:11
happened is those liberals and leftists
20:13
in that shopping mall turned the minds
20:15
of his children. That's
20:16
>> right.
20:16
>> He lost them. And they run off. His boy
20:20
had a boy and a daughter and they run
20:21
off and left him. They started looking
20:23
like the world, acting like the world,
20:24
and dressing like the world because he
20:26
allowed them to have a job. Well, they
20:28
need some responsibility. You better be
20:30
careful. They may not be ready for that.
20:31
>> That's right.
20:33
Amen. You see, you're preparing them for
20:35
something.
20:36
>> You're right.
20:37
>> And I I I put this out there, too. You
20:39
could put it in the text. Amen. He He
20:41
was kept He was tied up for his
20:42
provision. He was tied up for his
20:44
protection. And I'll say this, he was
20:45
tied up for his preparation. That's
20:47
>> right.
20:47
>> You see, he had a job he was going to
20:49
have to do. That's
20:50
>> right.
20:50
>> Amen. And one of these days when that
20:52
job come to do, he needed to be ready
20:54
for that.
20:54
>> Amen.
20:56
>> Oh, friend, that's good. Tonight, let's
20:58
look at this. Second of all, I see not
21:00
only this cult was waiting to be loosed,
21:02
he was ready when they came to him. But
21:04
let me say this. Second of all, not only
21:06
he was waiting to be loosed, number two,
21:08
he was willing to be led.
21:11
Willing to be led. Notice the verse.
21:13
Verse two again. He said unto them, "Go
21:15
into the village over against you.
21:17
Straight way you shall find an asset
21:18
tied and a cult with her. Loose them."
21:21
What's that last phrase? And bring them
21:24
unto me. Notice verse seven or verse
21:26
six. And the disciples went and did as
21:28
Jesus commanded them. Verse 7, and
21:30
brought the ass and the colt. So, you
21:34
know what? This this donkey here, the
21:36
mother, and then this young colt here,
21:38
uh her son were brought by these
21:40
disciples unto Jesus. And I I this this
21:44
partic the reason that I've chosen this
21:46
particular account of this story is for
21:49
this reason. This is the only account of
21:52
this story where Jesus when he was
21:54
riding in on this cult that there's not
21:57
just one donkey mentioned. When you look
21:59
at Mark 11, Luke 19, and John 12, all
22:02
that you find mentioned is this cult.
22:05
But in Matthew's gospel, you find
22:07
mention that his mother is there with
22:09
him.
22:11
>> You say, "What does that have to do?"
22:12
Well, I say this in this thought,
22:14
willing to be led. The Bible says Jesus
22:16
told them to bring them. Verse seven,
22:18
the disciples brought them. So that
22:20
emphasizes the fact that they were
22:22
willing to go. All right? They were
22:24
ready to go. Now, let me say this.
22:26
Number one, in this thought that they
22:28
were willing to be led. Number one,
22:30
there is the example of the elk. You
22:33
say, "What do you mean?" Well, notice
22:35
the text again. Verse number two, ye
22:37
shall find an asset tide. That's a
22:40
female.
22:41
>> Ye shall find an asset tide and a cult
22:44
with her. Verse number seven. And they
22:47
brought the axe and the coat. You're
22:50
>> right.
22:51
>> So there's the example of the arrow. You
22:53
say, "What is that?" Well, if you know
22:55
anything about animals, when you
22:56
separate a mother and its baby, most
22:58
time it don't end well.
22:59
>> Right?
23:00
>> Amen. I read one writer said this said
23:03
that, you know, Jesus when they put him
23:05
on that coat, it was amazing that his
23:07
mother didn't get upset by this. Well,
23:09
I'll tell you the reason why his mother
23:11
didn't get upset. that that mother
23:12
donkey didn't get upset because that she
23:15
was watching her son bear the same
23:16
burden that she had borne.
23:18
>> That's right.
23:19
>> Oh friend,
23:19
>> come on.
23:20
>> Is anybody in the building?
23:22
>> You say, "What's the example of the
23:23
elder?" You see, this is in this
23:25
account. It reveals that this mother was
23:28
brought
23:31
first. Notice the order.
23:34
Ye shall find an asset tide and the colt
23:36
with her. Verse seven. and they brought
23:39
the ash and the colt. Now, isn't that
23:43
interesting? You say, "What's
23:45
interesting about that?" Well, it it
23:47
implies that the mother was leading.
23:50
>> You're right.
23:52
>> You say, "What is that?" Well, she was
23:54
faithful to follow those disciples. You
23:57
see, this mother was brought so the cult
24:00
could follow her.
24:00
>> That's right.
24:02
>> Let me ask you this. If we were to go to
24:04
where you're at, mama or daddy, would we
24:06
find your children there? Come on.
24:09
>> I'm not talking about locationally. I'm
24:11
talking about spiritually.
24:12
>> You're right.
24:12
>> It is your job to bring them along.
24:14
>> You're right.
24:17
>> It is your job to make sure that they're
24:19
nourished spiritually. You say,
24:21
"Preacher, should my children be as far
24:23
along as I am? They should know
24:25
everything that you know about God.
24:27
>> You should teach them every truth about
24:30
Jesus that you know. If you learn
24:32
something, you ought to share it to
24:34
them. If God shows you something, they
24:36
ought to know about it. You ought not
24:38
hide it from them because you are
24:40
responsible for their spiritual
24:42
condition. And you will answer to God
24:44
for what you teach that child. That's
24:46
>> right.
24:46
>> This donkey was brought to Jesus first
24:49
and the cult was to follow behind. She
24:52
is the leader led by the Lord. Let me
24:54
ask you this. If your children follow
24:56
you as they should, will it will they be
24:59
brought to Jesus? Come on.
25:02
>> IF YOUR CHILDREN FOLLOW YOU, if they
25:04
follow your life, if they follow your
25:06
faith, will they be brought to Jesus?
25:09
>> Amen.
25:10
>> The truth is, and I I think many of our
25:12
lives, we have a facade of godliness on
25:15
the outside, but we are refusing to
25:17
embrace the burden of being the leader
25:20
in the home. YOU SEE, IT'S OUR
25:21
RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH THEM,
25:24
>> RIGHT?
25:25
>> My dad embraced this. I remember I was
25:27
in middle school and and and I was in
25:29
public school. And look, I'm not telling
25:31
you what to do tonight. I'm not telling
25:32
you this is the only way to do it. But
25:34
I'll tell you, this is what God had to
25:36
do in our life. And I've told the church
25:37
this before, but I remember dad embraced
25:39
this. Dad embraced what Moses said.
25:42
>> Come on.
25:42
>> He said, "You shall teach them when you
25:44
walk by the way, when y'all sit in your
25:46
house, when you lie in your bed." And
25:48
basically what Moses was telling the
25:50
children of Israel, everywhere you go
25:51
and in everything that you do, you ought
25:53
to be teaching them. That's
25:54
>> right.
25:55
>> And this is what daddy told me. He said,
25:56
"I embraced that." And God was telling
25:58
me, "If you're at public school, I can't
26:00
influence you."
26:00
>> You're right.
26:03
>> If you're somewhere else being
26:05
influenced by somebody else or something
26:07
else, look, I know it's not popular
26:09
tonight, but I'll tell you this. I'm
26:11
thankful he did it when he did because,
26:13
man, I'm telling you, the voices of this
26:15
world and the voices of the wicked one
26:17
himself were trying to take me away. And
26:19
it TOOK HIM A TIME TO GET THEIR VOICE,
26:22
GOD'S VOICE, LOUDER INTO my life than
26:24
what that voice of the WORLD HAD BEEN
26:26
FOR SO LONG. BUT BOY, I'M THANKFUL THAT
26:28
HE embraced it and he brought me BACK
26:30
HOME. AND FRIEND, HEY, I DIDN'T LIKE IT.
26:32
I didn't like BEING TIED UP WHERE I'D
26:34
BEEN LET LOOSE FOR SO LONG. BUT FRIEND,
26:36
AFTER A WHILE, I BECAME ACCUSTOMED TO
26:39
THAT ROPE ON MY LIFE. YOU SAY,
26:41
"PREACHER, THAT'S BONDAGE." NO, FRIEND,
26:43
IT'S FREEDOM. IT'S FREEDOM IN JESUS
26:45
CHRIST. IT'S PEACE AND IT'S JOY. BEING
26:48
KEPT FROM THE SIN, BEING KEPT FROM THE
26:51
SUFFERING, BEING KEPT FROM ALL THE
26:53
WICKED AND EVIL, UNGODLY THINGS OF THIS
26:56
WORLD THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO,
26:58
>> RIGHT?
26:59
>> Because he embraced what the Bible said.
27:02
>> You say, "Preacher, that's Old
27:03
Testament." Well, let me ask you
27:04
something. Is it any less true?
27:06
>> That's right.
27:09
>> You're commanded to teach your children
27:10
every hour of every day.
27:12
>> You're right.
27:12
>> That's what that says. You say,
27:15
"Preacher, I can't literally teach
27:16
them." That's not the principle. They're
27:19
supposed to be watching how you live.
27:20
You're
27:21
>> right.
27:22
>> Amen. And if they can't watch how you
27:24
live, and here here's the sad thing. All
27:27
right. We I know people that ship their
27:29
children off to Christian school and
27:31
things of that nature. A lot of people
27:32
in this church do that, that's great.
27:33
I'd have no problem with that. But the
27:35
reason they do that is because they want
27:37
them to turn out better than they did.
27:40
>> And that's sad. You say, "How is that?"
27:43
I'm saying, friend, you ought to be the
27:45
best, most utmost character in their
27:48
life.
27:48
>> You're right.
27:49
>> You ought to be the most godly person
27:51
that your children know.
27:52
>> You're right.
27:53
>> And as far I'll be I'll be completely
27:55
transparent with you tonight. As far as
27:57
people that I know love God and want to
27:59
walk with God, my mom and daddy are the
28:01
top to me.
28:02
>> Amen.
28:03
>> And I'd say that in front of them. I'll
28:05
say it behind their back. And I bless
28:07
the name of God for that. My daddy will
28:09
tell you he's not the best preacher.
28:11
He's not the best pastor. He tells me
28:13
all the time, "Son, you're going to go
28:14
so much farther than I ever have. I ever
28:17
will because you got so much more than
28:19
what I have." But I look at him and I
28:21
say, "I just want what you got. I JUST
28:23
WANT TO LOVE GOD THE WAY YOU LOVE GOD. I
28:26
JUST WANT TO LOVE THE CHURCH AND LOVE MY
28:28
WIFE THE WAY THAT YOU DO. I'M SAYING,
28:30
FRIEND, YOU OUGHT TO BE THE MOST GODLY
28:32
PERSON IN YOUR CHILDREN'S LIVES."
28:37
>> The ass was first.
28:40
And then notice not only the
28:43
the example of the elder, but notice the
28:45
employment of the younger. Listen to me
28:47
here, parents. Listen to me, young
28:49
people. Notice what your Bible says.
28:52
Bible said in verse two, "Ye shall find
28:54
an ass tie in the coat with her. Loose
28:56
them. Bring them unto me." They're both
28:57
brought to Jesus. Verse 6 and 7. And the
29:00
Bible said in verse 7, "And they brought
29:01
the ass in the cold and put on them
29:03
their clothes, and they set him there
29:04
on." Now, we could look at all the other
29:07
accounts tonight, and here's what you'd
29:09
find. Some would say, you know, well,
29:11
they brought that mother donkey because
29:13
she was bigger and so Jesus must have
29:16
been set upon her. But if you look at
29:17
all the other accounts as well as the
29:19
prophet of Zechariah 9, it all implies
29:22
that Jesus rode upon the little one.
29:25
>> He was a little male.
29:28
And I thought about this in this text.
29:31
You see, the employment of the younger
29:33
and all of these gospel records state
29:35
that that the cult carried Jesus. And
29:37
and and so I I thought about this. You
29:39
you say, "Well, what was the reason for
29:41
that?" Well, I would say number one,
29:43
prophecy was the reason. It was a cult
29:46
that Zachariah prophesied of that would
29:48
carry him. But I'll say this, it was I
29:50
believe it was the purpose of God in
29:52
this text. And it fits this illustration
29:54
for this reason. You see, this older
29:56
donkey had been used for labor.
29:59
Listen to me. This older donkey had been
30:02
used for labor. Now, if you know
30:03
anything about Jewish history, meal work
30:06
was a big thing in Jewish history. And
30:09
they would use these donkeys. They would
30:11
tie them to a power wheel. Some would
30:13
have they would have two, some would
30:14
have four. And what they would do is
30:16
they would turn a big turntable that
30:18
would drive the meal. That's right.
30:20
>> More than likely, this donkey probably
30:21
did something like that. But I will say
30:23
this, if she didn't work uh if she
30:26
wasn't used in a meal, she would be used
30:27
for pulling wagons and and plows. And
30:30
and I thought about this. She she she
30:32
was she was used to labor. That's
30:34
obviously why she was tied. She has
30:36
birthed this cult. And uh so this cult
30:39
is being brought up. But I thought about
30:41
this truth. According to what the Bible
30:43
says, this cult had never done any
30:45
labor. Notice Mark chapter 11.
30:49
Mark chapter number 11.
30:53
Donkeys were primarily animals. They
30:55
were beast of burden. They were used to
30:56
ride upon.
30:58
Listen to what Jesus said. Markap 11.
31:01
Listen to Mark's account of this story.
31:03
Mark 11 and verse two. He sendeth forth
31:06
two of his disciples, say them, "Go your
31:07
way into the village over against you,
31:09
and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye
31:11
shall find a colt tied." What's that
31:13
phrase? Where on man sat,
31:18
>> right?
31:19
>> Loose him and bring him. You say, "Well,
31:21
what's the emphasis of that? This donkey
31:23
had never been used,
31:24
>> right?
31:25
>> This donkey's never labored. This
31:27
donkey's never had to work. He has never
31:30
had the burden on him that his mother
31:33
had.
31:33
>> That's right.
31:34
>> And you say, "Preacher, what's the
31:35
emphasis of that?" Well, it can be
31:37
summed up in this work, this truth right
31:39
here. The first work that this donkey
31:41
did was carry the Lord.
31:42
>> Amen.
31:44
>> Listen to what I'm going to tell you. If
31:46
you miss everything else that I say to
31:48
you tonight, do not miss what I'm going
31:49
to tell you right now. The first work,
31:53
are you listening?
31:54
>> Yes. The first work that your child that
31:57
any child should be involved in is not
32:00
the work in your yard. It's not the work
32:02
at home, but it's the work of the Lord.
32:06
>> You're right.
32:08
>> Before everything else, they shouldn't
32:10
have a job before they have a have have
32:12
something to do at the house of God.
32:14
That's
32:14
>> right. If they've never worked for the
32:16
Lord in some form or fashion, if they've
32:17
never went on visitation, if they never
32:19
went sewing, if they've never helped
32:20
with Bible school, if they've never
32:22
assisted in a Sunday school class, I'm
32:24
saying the first work that a child
32:26
should ever do is the work for the Lord.
32:28
>> Amen.
32:29
>> You see, his mama, of course, she
32:31
probably could have carried the load
32:33
better,
32:33
>> right?
32:35
>> Wouldn't we agree with that? But let me
32:37
say this, that donkey had to learn.
32:39
That's
32:39
>> right.
32:40
>> The same way mama did.
32:42
>> Amen.
32:42
>> And you know what? They brought mama
32:44
there. He comes along behind and what
32:47
does he do? She doesn't bear the Lord.
32:49
But you know what she does? She
32:50
accompanies him.
32:52
>> That's right.
32:52
>> As he does the work of the Lord. Right.
32:54
>> And let me give you some hope tonight,
32:56
mama, daddy, wherever you're at. Just
32:58
because whatever labor, whatever sin and
33:01
toil in your life has brought you does
33:02
not mean that you cannot see your
33:04
children thrive for Jesus.
33:05
>> That's right.
33:06
>> Amen. Amen.
33:07
>> Is anybody in the building?
33:09
>> Amen.
33:10
>> I don't know about you, but that's the
33:11
greatest thing. Amen.
33:13
>> Amen.
33:14
>> The sin that you've been dealt with
33:16
because of somebody else's decisions,
33:19
because of somebody else's failures, and
33:21
I'm sitting in a room where people I
33:23
know have broken homes and broken lives.
33:25
LET ME SAY TO YOU, CHILD OF GOD, MAMA,
33:27
DADDY, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOUR
33:29
CHILDREN CANNOT SERVE GOD.
33:32
>> BUT IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH
33:35
THEM, TO LEAD THEM. AND WHEN IT'S THEIR
33:38
TIME TO SERVE GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
33:40
NEED TO DO? YOU NEED TO GET RIGHT BESIDE
33:42
OF THEM AND WALK WITH THEM. IS ANYBODY
33:44
IN THE BUILDING TONIGHT? YOU NEED TO
33:46
STAY AT THEIR SIDE AND ENCOURAGE THEM.
33:50
AMEN.
33:51
>> AMEN.
33:54
>> The first work you should be involved in
33:57
is the Lord's work.
33:59
>> Amen.
34:00
>> And let me say this to you young people.
34:01
Before you can be loosed, you've got to
34:04
be willing to be led. Right?
34:07
>> If you are a constant pull against that
34:09
rope in your life, if you're constantly
34:12
against what your parents are trying to
34:15
teach you, they've got a right not to
34:17
let you go.
34:17
>> That's right.
34:19
>> Until an animal can stand in the barn
34:21
with that rope, that yoke loose, that
34:24
rope loose. Until they can stand there
34:26
and allow that rope to hold them and not
34:29
be pulling against it and fighting
34:31
against it, you know what you do? You
34:32
don't untie. That's
34:33
>> right.
34:34
We had show cows growing up and I
34:37
remember it man I I we we'd get those
34:39
bottle calves and man we we would lose I
34:41
mean I'm telling you we go down there to
34:42
the farm show and we'd have them bottle
34:44
cavs that we've raised ourselves and you
34:46
know other people they've spent 20 30
34:47
$40,000 on the champion bloodline simmon
34:50
tall. Amen. We show up with our little
34:52
black baldy mixed up thing. Amen. And
34:55
show up in there. We've raised on a
34:56
bottle and we fought with them. But you
34:58
know what? From the time that they were
34:59
a baby, you know what we'd do? We'd take
35:01
that halter and put on and tie them off.
35:03
That's right.
35:04
>> And every once in a while, we'd go and
35:05
untie them. And you know what we do?
35:06
We'd lead them around.
35:07
>> That's right.
35:08
>> But until they would get to where we
35:10
could lead them, you know what we do?
35:11
We'd leave them tied up. That's
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>> right.
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>> You are not ready to be loosed
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>> if you're not willing to be led.
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>> Amen.
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>> You are not ready to be loosed if you're
35:22
not willing to be led.
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>> Right.
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>> I'll give you this and I'm done.
35:30
And this is the best part. Amen. You
35:32
see, this donkey was waiting to be
35:35
loose. This donkey was willing to be
35:36
led. He's brought there.
35:39
None of the gospel accounts say anything
35:42
about him bucking under the load. And
35:46
you know, the only the master of the
35:48
wind and ways was riding him. That's
35:50
>> right.
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>> I mean, if there was any bit of will in
35:54
him that would rar up against the Lord,
35:56
you know what? Jesus didn't even have to
35:58
say nothing. He just
35:59
>> Right.
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>> Amen.
36:01
Let me say this. If you have a child
36:04
that's going that's that's fought
36:05
against the rope their entire life, you
36:08
know what they probably need? They
36:10
probably need Jesus.
36:12
>> Right?
36:14
>> If they won't listen to you and if they
36:17
have they've spurned every bit of truth
36:19
that you've tried to tell them, it's
36:21
probably because they need Jesus.
36:23
>> Right?
36:23
>> If they don't submit, that's that that
36:26
does not mean it's your fault, mama.
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does not mean it's your fault, Daddy.
36:31
And the thing about it is is, you know,
36:33
and I've I've seen this with parents,
36:34
and I I don't know why I'm just hanging
36:36
on this, but you say, "Preacher, well,
36:38
you've never raised children." Well, I
36:41
haven't, but I've been one.
36:43
>> That's right.
36:44
>> And I and I thought about I thought
36:46
about what I went through. I know I was
36:48
saved by the grace of God and the
36:49
brokenness of my heart and my rebellion.
36:52
I didn't enjoy those days. Right?
36:54
>> But if your child enjoys being in
36:56
rebellion to you,
36:58
>> they just need Jesus,
37:00
>> right?
37:00
>> And you know what you need to do? You
37:02
don't need to let them loose,
37:03
>> right?
37:05
>> Cuz Jesus needs to be the first thing
37:07
they carry.
37:08
>> Amen.
37:10
>> Needs to be the first burden they bear.
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Notice this and I'm done.
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We see he was waiting to be loosed. He
37:18
was willing to be led. Number three.
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Number three, I'll say this. He was
37:23
wanted by the Lord.
37:25
Notice what your Bible says again. Verse
37:28
two, he said, "Ye shall find an asht
37:30
tied and a coat with her. Loose them and
37:32
bring them unto me." Verse three, "And
37:33
if any man say ought unto you, ye shall
37:36
say, what's that phrase? The Lord hath
37:39
need of him." And let me say this to
37:42
you. I don't know, you know, I don't
37:44
know your situation. I don't know your
37:45
family life. I don't know any of that.
37:48
This is what I can tell you across the
37:49
board. God wants them.
37:51
>> Amen. He wants your children. He wants
37:53
you.
37:54
>> But he wants your children.
37:55
>> That's right.
37:56
>> But I thought about this. You notice in
37:57
that text, and I'm staying right in the
37:59
text with this. Okay. Number one, I
38:00
would say this. They were wanted by the
38:02
Lord in spite of the discouragement of
38:04
others.
38:04
>> You're right.
38:06
>> You say, "What do you mean in spite of
38:07
the discouragement of others?" Well,
38:09
notice what Jesus said. He said in verse
38:11
three, "And if any man say ought unto
38:13
you," you know, people's going to have
38:16
stuff to say about your children,
38:17
>> right?
38:18
>> Amen.
38:19
>> Trying to serve God. You trying to raise
38:21
them right? You better believe there's
38:22
somebody going to say something.
38:25
>> You say, "Preacher, but but but but but
38:27
I don't want them to be offended.
38:29
>> I don't want my children to suffer
38:31
because of my standard."
38:34
>> I'll tell you what, they'll suffer a lot
38:35
more because of your sin than they will
38:37
your standard.
38:39
>> Did anybody hear what I just said?
38:41
>> They'll suffer a lot more because of
38:43
your sin
38:44
>> than they will because of that standard.
38:46
>> You can't build a fence too high. That's
38:48
>> right. You can't do it. You say,
38:51
"Preacher, well, we're not going to be a
38:53
legalist." No. Let me let me tell you
38:55
what a legalist is. That's adding works
38:57
to salvation.
38:58
>> That's right.
38:59
>> What do we believe about salvation?
39:00
Salvation's by grace through faith.
39:03
>> That's it.
39:05
>> We don't add any works to salvation. But
39:08
you know what? Because they are saved.
39:10
>> Or if it's your young people and they're
39:12
not saved, because you want them saved,
39:14
you know what you want to do? You want
39:15
to protect them from everything that you
39:17
possibly can. Amen.
39:20
>> And let me say this. It's going to take
39:21
resorting to methods that the world does
39:23
not approve of.
39:24
>> That's right.
39:25
>> I mean, for I mean, and and you know,
39:27
heaven forbid we say this, but the truth
39:29
is you probably ought to turn the TV
39:31
off.
39:31
>> You're right.
39:32
>> They don't need a phone when they're 12.
39:35
>> Somebody help the preacher. They don't
39:37
need a phone when they're 12 years old.
39:39
They don't need a social media account
39:40
when they're 14. Amen. I'm saying the
39:43
only trouble that I could I couldn't get
39:45
in in trouble at home.
39:46
>> Come on. There was nothing to get in
39:48
trouble in at home.
39:50
>> You know where I got in trouble at?
39:52
>> The schoolhouse.
39:54
>> You know where my mind got messed up is
39:55
on the phone at the schoolhouse. I
39:57
didn't have one of my own.
39:59
>> Send people down to the schoolhouse. And
40:02
the thing about is let me remind you of
40:04
something tonight. Okay? It's your
40:05
responsibility.
40:07
You say, "Preacher, well, I DON'T WANT
40:09
PEOPLE TO TALK." WELL, LET ME JUST SAY
40:10
THIS. YOU BETTER LET THEM TALK. That's
40:12
>> right.
40:13
>> Amen. Cuz if they're not talking, you
40:16
probably going with them.
40:17
>> You're right.
40:21
>> Jesus said, "Marvel not that the world
40:22
hates you."
40:23
>> Yeah.
40:23
>> Know that it hated me before it hated
40:25
you. Amen. And the truth is right here
40:28
on this message, what I'm telling you is
40:30
people's going to have something to say.
40:31
That's
40:31
>> right.
40:33
>> You notice in the text,
40:36
Bible says, "If any man say ought," you
40:37
look at the other accounts, there was a
40:39
man, Mark chapter 11, he comes to them
40:41
said, "What are you doing with my
40:42
donkey?"
40:43
You know what the world's going to do?
40:45
They're going to say, "What are you
40:45
doing with my child?" That's right.
40:48
>> The world does not own your children.
40:51
>> The school system doesn't own your
40:52
children. Your friends don't own your
40:54
children. This church don't own your
40:56
children. You are responsible for your
40:58
children.
41:03
>> You say, "How is that?" Well, let me
41:05
just remind you of what's going on in
41:06
our world today. Okay? I won't preach
41:08
till I'm done. Okay? Y'all just get
41:10
comfortable. I'm going to preach until I
41:11
get done. I didn't preach this morning.
41:12
So, I got two and a half hours loaded
41:14
up. Amen.
41:18
>> You know what this world is telling us
41:20
right now? What they're doing in liberal
41:22
states all across this country? They are
41:24
turning their children on their parents.
41:26
>> That's right.
41:27
>> Trying to get them to mutilate
41:29
themselves.
41:29
>> That's right.
41:30
>> You think that this ain't this ain't
41:32
relevant? It's very relevant.
41:34
>> Your children belong to you.
41:35
>> That's right.
41:36
>> They're not the governments. Amen.
41:38
>> That's right. It's it's not it's not for
41:40
the governor to be telling our children
41:42
that their parents are crazy, that
41:44
they've lost their mind, and that you're
41:46
really not a boy or you're really not a
41:48
girl. SOME IF YOU CAN'T SAY AMEN ON
41:50
NOTHING TONIGHT, YOU BETTER BLESS GOD.
41:52
SAY AMEN ON THAT RIGHT THERE. IF YOUR
41:54
CHILD IS A BOY AT BIRTH, HE'S STILL A
41:56
BOY RIGHT NOW. IF YOUR CHILD IS A GIRL
41:59
AT BIRTH, HE'S STILL A SHE'S STILL A
42:01
GIRL RIGHT NOW. IT DON'T MATTER HOW MANY
42:04
SURGERIES THEY DO. IT DON'T MATTER HOW
42:06
MUCH THEY MUTILATE THEIR BODY. THEY ARE
42:09
WHAT GOD MADE THEM AND THERE AIN'T
42:11
ENOUGH DOCTORS TO TAKE IT OUT OF THEM.
42:13
AMEN.
42:17
>> You ought to be you. He's wanted.
42:19
They're wanted by the Lord in spite of
42:21
the discouragement of others.
42:22
>> Right.
42:23
>> Let me remind you of what Paul told
42:25
Timothy. 1 Timothy 4:12. Remember what
42:27
he said. He said, "Let no man despise
42:28
thy youth." That's
42:29
>> right.
42:30
>> You know why people despise youth? It's
42:32
ignorance. That's the number one reason
42:35
youth is despised because they don't
42:37
they're not they're not tuned in on
42:39
things. Your children ought to know and
42:41
I'll say it again. They ought to know
42:42
everything that you know.
42:43
>> That's right.
42:44
>> Amen.
42:44
>> You say, "Preacher, I'm trying to
42:46
protect them." You need to let them know
42:48
what wrong and right is.
42:50
>> You say, "Preacher, I don't want to have
42:52
that conversation about the gender
42:54
neutral and all that stuff." But you
42:56
somebody else will if you don't
43:00
preach. If you don't tell them, somebody
43:02
else will, AND THEY'LL BUY EVERY BIT OF
43:05
IT.
43:06
>> Come on, pre.
43:08
>> You You You need to know they're wanted
43:09
by the Lord. Paul said, he said, "Let no
43:11
man despise thy youth, but be thou an
43:13
example." You know how you don't let
43:14
people despise your youth? You teach
43:16
them to be the best young person they
43:18
could be.
43:20
>> And you know what? I'm thankful, friend,
43:22
that God God put it in my daddy's heart
43:24
to teach me how to be a man. And I'm
43:26
thankful that I've been able to have
43:27
fellowship with men since my youth days
43:30
because he taught me how to be a man
43:32
when I was still a boy. And I could
43:34
enjoy being around men that really love
43:36
God and really loved their family. I
43:38
didn't yoke up with all those men that
43:39
were older than me that still acted like
43:41
children. I wanted to be around a
43:43
working man that his hands were dirty
43:45
and greasy. I WANTED TO BE AROUND PEOPLE
43:47
THAT REALLY LOVED THEIR FAMILY and
43:49
really loved God. I COULD YOKE UP WITH
43:51
THOSE PEOPLE. YOU OUGHT TO TEACH YOUR
43:53
CHILDREN TO BE A man and BE A WOMAN, NOT
43:56
TO STAY CHILDREN FOREVER.
44:00
>> Because he's wanted, she's wanted by the
44:02
Lord.
44:04
Give you this. I'm done. It's wanted by
44:06
the Lord in spite of the discouragement
44:08
of others. Let me say this. I want to
44:11
remind you.
44:13
The desire of the Lord is singular.
44:18
>> Notice what the text says again. Nobody
44:21
else wanted this donkey.
44:25
Notice what the Bible says. Matthew
44:27
21:2, "You shall find an ashti and a
44:29
coat with her, loose them, and bring
44:30
them. If any man say all to you, you
44:32
shall say, what's the verse say? The
44:34
Lord hath made of them." Now, I don't
44:37
know this from the text, but I'm going
44:39
to give you a truth here. I want you to
44:40
want you to know. Okay? More than
44:43
likely, this young donkey was probably
44:45
going to be sold.
44:48
Probably going to be sold. I don't know.
44:50
He may have been kept around, but you
44:52
understand how bloodlines and things
44:54
like that work. You can't cross those
44:56
over. And so, he couldn't stay around
44:57
with his mama.
44:59
>> If his mama was the one that was pulling
45:01
the plow and doing all the labor, that
45:02
meant the little donkey had to go,
45:04
>> right?
45:05
>> And so, probably in just a short time
45:07
after he got big enough to go out on his
45:10
own and do his own thing, that that
45:11
meant he was probably going to be sold
45:13
off. But you know what Jesus said? Above
45:16
all of that, he said, "I need him."
45:19
>> That's right. Amen.
45:20
>> Do you understand that nobody else
45:22
probably wanted him?
45:23
>> That's right.
45:25
>> Come on.
45:27
>> You may not want your children. And God
45:29
help you if you don't. But I tell you
45:30
this,
45:31
>> the Lord wants them.
45:33
>> That's right.
45:34
>> YOU SAY, "PREACHER, HOW DARE YOU SAY
45:35
THAT? WE'RE SITTING IN A WORLD WHERE
45:37
THEY'VE BEEN ABORTED BY THE MILLIONS."
45:40
>> GOD WANTED EVERY ONE OF THEM BABIES THAT
45:42
THEIR MAS DIDN'T WANT. GOD DESIRED EVERY
45:45
ONE OF THEM BECAUSE HIS VALUES ON THE
45:48
SOUL. AND WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN IF
45:50
HE GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD AND LOSE HIS OWN
45:53
SOUL? IF WE LOSE THE CHILDREN OF THIS
45:55
COUNTRY, IT'LL BE NOT BECAUSE GOD TURNED
45:58
HIM OVER, BUT BECAUSE WE DID.
46:03
>> HIS DESIRE FOR THEM. HE HAS NEED OF
46:05
THEM. JESUS SAID, "It'd be better for a
46:07
man that he offend ONE OF THESE
46:09
CHILDREN, FOR A MILLSTONE TO BE HUNG
46:11
ABOUT HIS NECK, AND TO BE CAST INTO THE
46:14
DEPTHS OF THE SEA." GOD IS CONCERNED
46:16
ABOUT OUR CHILDREN,
46:17
>> RIGHT?
46:20
Regardless of what others say or do, God
46:22
desires. Listen to me, young people.
46:25
Regardless of what YOUR FRIENDS SAY,
46:26
REGARDLESS OF WHAT EVEN YOUR FAMILY
46:28
SAYS, God wants you to serve it.
46:33
>> And you don't have to do everything that
46:36
the world says you have to do.
46:39
>> Do what God says.
46:41
>> Oh, child of God, do what God says.
46:43
Parent, let teach your children to do
46:45
what God says. Amen.
46:48
>> And teach your children
46:50
that one of these days they might be
46:52
more spiritual than you are.
46:53
>> Amen.
46:55
>> And you tell them, you say, "If there
46:56
ever comes a point in my life when I'm
46:58
holding you back from the Lord, you make
47:00
sure you go on with God." That's
47:01
>> right.
47:04
>> Amen. John, Mark,
47:06
John and his brother. We read there in
47:09
Mark's account, Mark chapter number one,
47:12
the Bible says Mark,
47:15
they were John, James, they were in the
47:17
f than the boat with their father
47:19
Zebedee. I'll say this and I'll close
47:22
and Jesus came by.
47:24
>> Remember what the Bible said? He said,
47:26
"Follow me." That's
47:27
>> right.
47:28
>> And so, you know what they did? They
47:30
left Zebedee in the boat with his nets,
47:32
>> right? And what' they do? They went out
47:34
and follow Jesus.
47:37
>> If I could say anything to a young
47:40
person tonight, if your parents really
47:43
love God, they want you to follow Jesus
47:45
more than anything else.
47:46
>> They won't care where it takes you. They
47:48
won't care what it costs them. They will
47:51
want you to serve God more than anything
47:54
else.
47:57
>> But I want to remind you again,
48:00
you're not ready to be loosed yet.
48:02
>> Right. That's right.
48:03
>> You're not.
48:05
>> But it's not your fault. You were made
48:06
to be a kid.
48:08
>> You have to grow through this.
48:10
>> Amen.
48:11
>> But I'll tell you this. If you'll allow
48:14
that rope to train you one of these days
48:15
when Jesus comes to get you,
48:18
you know what? You won't fight him
48:21
>> right
48:23
>> when he comes calling. And the first
48:26
burden that you ought to ever bear ought
48:27
to be the burden for the Lord of God,
48:29
Lord of glory. Amen.
48:30
>> When he comes a call and you won't fight
48:32
against him. Every head bowed and every
48:34
eye closed tonight.
48:36
Talking about a cult for Christ. Let me
48:40
ask you something tonight
48:43
in your life. Mom and dad,
48:46
truth is none of us have ever been all
48:48
that we should be. But I'll tell you
48:50
this, tomorrow you can be more than you
48:52
were yesterday.
48:55
Tonight
48:58
you can be more than you was last night.
49:02
And I know your desire for your
49:04
children.
49:06
You want them to serve God.
49:14
I tell you this, they'll never serve God
49:16
unless you do.
49:21
They'll never turn to God unless you do.
49:27
You say, "Preacher, my children are
49:28
done, grown, and gone." Preacher, I wish
49:31
I would have done that.
49:35
I wish that I would have
49:37
showed them
49:39
instead of a life full of
49:41
inconsistencies and a life full of
49:42
unfaithfulness. Preacher, I wish that I
49:44
could have led them to Jesus and
49:46
accompanied them while they carried
49:48
Jesus.
49:50
You said, "Preacher, would you pray for
49:51
me? God to give me grace.
49:56
Anybody be that honest tonight? You say,
49:57
"Preacher, would you pray for me?"
50:00
God knows your heart. Yes. Yes. God sees
50:04
those hands. God sees those hands. I
50:08
tell you this,
50:11
the best part about it is God's forgiven
50:13
you. And I'll say this, you ought to
50:15
never stop praying.
50:17
>> Amen. for that weward son, that weward
50:19
daughter, those grandchildren. You ought
50:23
to never stop praying. God, deal with
50:25
their heart. Let me say this to those of
50:27
you who's got young children.
50:30
Maybe to this point, you've not invested
50:32
in them as much as you should have.
50:36
Maybe you ought to make up your mind.
50:37
You going to invest in them.
50:41
You say, "Preacher, how do I do that?"
50:43
Well, you show them how to serve God by
50:45
serving God yourself.
50:46
>> Amen.
50:48
When there's a ministry of the church
50:49
going on, you be here.
50:55
We're going door knockocking. You ought
50:56
to be leading them, showing them how to
50:57
do that.
51:00
You say, "Preacher, well, I'll do that
51:01
on my own time." Well, let me let me ask
51:03
you this. How can you expect them to
51:05
ever win somebody to the Lord if you
51:08
don't take them with you when you do it?
51:10
>> That's right.
51:12
>> And let me say this to you young people.
51:15
I know your parents, you've been given
51:17
good parents
51:18
that love God and want to help you.
51:22
They're not perfect. No parents ever
51:24
have been. But let me tell you this, you
51:26
need to be obedient to them.
51:30
The Bible still says, "Honor thy father
51:32
and thy mother."
51:35
You say, "Preacher, well, my family
51:37
situation's not natural." Who the daddy
51:40
in the home is and who the mama in the
51:42
home is, that's who you honor.
51:45
because they love you.
51:48
They care for you.
51:51
They're watching for your soul.
51:57
And they want you to have what they
51:59
didn't have.
52:01
They want you to be
52:04
because of somebody else's sin what they
52:06
could not be.
52:09
And you know what that's going to take?
52:10
That's going to take you listening to
52:12
them. That's going to take you obeying
52:14
them, submitting to their authority
52:20
and just being faithful
52:24
to wear the rope.
52:28
It's not a burden, it's a blessing.
52:30
>> That's right. Father, I pray in Jesus
52:33
name.
52:35
Lord, would you help us, God, to take
52:38
these truths and apply them to our
52:39
hearts and lives?
52:43
God, I know that our country has tried
52:45
to redefine the marriage and redefine
52:47
the home, what it is, and and say what
52:50
it's not. They say what we're doing is
52:52
crazy.
52:54
But Lord, I know what we're doing is
52:55
biblical.
52:57
And so God, would you please keep us in
52:59
the bounds of your word?
53:01
God, help us to apply the principles of
53:03
this message to our heart and life.
53:05
We'll be thank be thankful for what you
53:06
do. I pray God, every heart and life in
53:09
this room was touched. And I pray they
53:11
were challenged
53:12
because Lord, I'm challenged. I want to
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be better in every way. For my children,
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for my wife, and most of all for you.
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Would you help us do it, Lord? I pray in
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Jesus name.
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Amen.
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Thank you for joining our service today.
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We'd love it if you join us in person
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the next time you are able at Meadows
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Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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2988
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Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
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worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
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evening Bible study at 700 p.m. For more
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information, visit us at
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meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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Thanks again for tuning in.