Participants: CA Murray (Host), Pr. Edward Bryan
Series Code: FDOF
Program Code: FDOF000039A
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00:21 My name is CA Murray, and it is my privilege 00:23 and pleasure to welcome you to session number three, 00:27 in a four part series presented by our speaker, 00:30 Pastor Edward Bryan. 00:31 And we know God has being blessing 00:33 as he has preached the word of God, 00:36 under the anointing of God, 00:37 with the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:38 We heard "Burn Baby Burn," followed by the "Golden Touch," 00:42 and this presentation is entitled, "Oh, Brother." 00:46 And we can not wait to hear what God is going to say to 00:49 and through the man of God. 00:52 God has been good to our speaker. 00:54 He's a young man still and we can call him that. 00:58 Pastor, evangelism, with a passion 01:00 for youth ministry 01:01 and God needs consecrated leaders 01:03 to lead our young people. 01:05 He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, 01:07 but turned his back on his Christian roots 01:10 and followed the way of crime and vice. 01:13 But you know, God has the ability 01:15 to pull you back from the edge, 01:17 to pull you back from the course 01:18 that you set out for yourself and put you on a new course, 01:21 and that is precisely 01:22 what he did in the life of our Pastor, 01:25 Pastor Edward Bryan. 01:27 He now works with his wife 01:29 and two daughters to serve the Lord. 01:32 He is a pastor in the Northern New England Conference 01:35 of Seventh Day Adventist. 01:37 He passes a Three Church District, 01:39 there in Northern New England, 01:41 where it gets very cold in the winter 01:44 and but God keeps him warm 01:45 through the fires of the Holy Spirit. 01:48 He wants to serve the Lord. 01:49 He wants to see young people come to the Lord. 01:51 He wants to see young people serve the Lord, 01:53 and he dedicated his ministry 01:55 to lifting up the name of Jesus, 01:57 the Three Angeles Messages of Jesus 01:59 and bringing young people 02:01 into a loving relationship with Jesus Christ. 02:04 And we know God has a great message 02:06 to give to you, from him, this very day. 02:09 And so we ask that you listen closely and attentively 02:13 because God has a message just for you. 02:16 Our music minister for today 02:19 is someone that I've known a long time. 02:21 In fact, I've known his family a long time. 02:23 I used to pastor his family. 02:25 His mom and family there in Amityville, New York, 02:28 at the Bethesda Seventh Day Adventist Church 02:30 there on Long Island. 02:32 And God has given Mark Prentice 02:36 an unusual gift of playing, 02:40 writing music, singing music. 02:43 He has got a range that is really fairly impressive. 02:46 He can go from baritone almost up to soprano. 02:49 God has given him a great gift, which he has chosen 02:52 to give back to God in service. 02:55 He has two projects out and one on the way. 02:58 My Testimony is his first recording, 03:01 followed by "Refashioned Hymns," 03:03 a reworking of some of the classic hymns 03:06 that we know in love, 03:07 in Adventism and across Christianity. 03:09 And I'm told the new one is going to be out soon called, 03:12 "Way Out of No Way." 03:14 God has blessed Mark with a beautiful voice 03:17 and a beautiful spirit. 03:18 And I know his mom and know his family 03:20 and they are beautiful Christian people. 03:22 So we're gonna have a good time in the Lord today. 03:24 God is going to bless our sitting 03:26 as Christ is lifted up in music, in song, 03:29 and in the preached word. 03:30 So we ask you to stay by and listen with stilted ear, 03:35 because God has much to say to you through his man servant. 03:37 We're going to pray then we're going to ask 03:39 Mark to come out. 03:40 After he shall have sung, the next voice 03:42 you will hear will be that of our friend, 03:44 our pastor and he has a great word 03:47 from the Lord, Pastor Edward Bryan. 03:49 Shall we pray? 03:51 Father God, we praise You now 03:54 as we turn ourselves to You for a blessing. 03:59 We know that there is power in the word 04:01 and we ask that as the word is preached, 04:04 Your power may be given to the speaker 04:07 and then through the speaker to our hearts. 04:11 Bless the music that shall be sung, 04:13 as it lifts our hearts towards Jesus 04:16 and sits us in heavenly places. 04:18 We dedicate all that we are and all that we have to You 04:22 and ask that Christ alone will be seen and glorified. 04:26 And we thank You for your promise to hear 04:29 and answer the prayer of faith in Jesus name, Amen and Amen. 04:35 Just now, Mark Prentice 04:38 followed by Pastor Edward Bryan. 04:55 Jesus alone 05:02 I must tell Jesus 05:06 All of my trials 05:12 I cannot bear 05:15 These burdens alone 05:22 In my distress 05:25 He kindly will help me 05:32 He ever loves 05:35 And cares for His own 05:42 I must tell Jesus! 05:47 I must tell Jesus 05:52 I cannot bear 05:56 These burdens alone 06:02 I must tell Jesus! 06:07 I must tell Jesus 06:12 Jesus can help me 06:17 Jesus alone 06:22 I must tell Jesus 06:27 All of my troubles 06:33 He is a kind 06:36 Compassionate Friend 06:42 If we but ask Him 06:48 He will deliver 06:53 Make of my troubles 06:58 Quickly an end 07:03 I must tell Jesus! 07:08 I must tell Jesus 07:13 I cannot bear 07:17 These burdens alone 07:23 I must tell Jesus! 07:28 I must tell Jesus 07:33 Jesus can help me 07:38 Jesus alone 07:51 Jesus can help me 07:54 Oh, yes 07:56 Oh, yes, He can 08:00 Oh, how the world to 08:03 Oh, how the world to 08:05 He loves me 08:10 Oh, how my heart 08:14 Is tempted to sin? 08:20 I must tell Jesus 08:25 And He will, He will help me 08:30 Over the world 08:35 The victory to win 08:39 Yes, I must tell Jesus! 08:44 I must tell Jesus I must tell Jesus 08:49 I must tell Jesus 08:51 I cannot bear 08:54 These burdens alone 08:59 Oh, no, no, no, no 09:01 I must tell Jesus 09:04 I must tell Jesus I must tell Jesus 09:11 Jesus can help 09:13 Oh, yes, He can 09:16 Jesus can help 09:18 Lord, we need You, we need You, we need You 09:21 Jesus can help 09:23 Only You can help me 09:26 Jesus, You alone 09:31 I must tell Jesus! Tell Jesus 09:36 I must tell Jesus 09:41 I cannot bear 09:45 These burdens alone 09:51 I must tell Jesus! 10:01 Oh, I must tell Jesus 10:09 I know You can help me 10:20 Dear Jesus 10:27 You alone 10:35 Amen. 10:41 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. 10:43 Praise the Lord that we can take 10:45 all of our burdens to Jesus. 10:49 I feel so privileged to be able to minister alongside 10:53 Brother Mark Prentice. 10:55 A man of God and meeting his family, 11:00 well, last couple of days has been a true pleasure. 11:03 And I pray that I'd have this privilege 11:07 again in the future. 11:11 How many of you like family reunions? 11:14 How many of you like family reunions? 11:16 I enjoy family reunions. 11:17 I come from a big family that likes to get together 11:22 and congregate as frequently as possible. 11:23 Now, unfortunately now being a pastor, 11:28 being almost more than a thousand miles 11:30 away from home, 11:32 I don't get that opportunity very frequently. 11:33 So when I do, I try to advantage of it 11:36 and I appreciate it all the more. 11:38 I grew up in one of those families 11:40 that would get together every holiday. 11:45 Maybe 20 people in a small house 11:47 or a tiny apartment. 11:49 Ten cousins sprawled out on the living room floor. 11:51 You had to step over bodies 11:53 in order to get to the restroom, 11:54 aunts and uncles fussing and fighting in the kitchen 11:59 to the late hours of the night or early into the morning. 12:05 Sure, there was disagreements and there was drama, 12:07 but eventually things seem to sort themselves out. 12:10 Time could heal every wound. 12:15 I love my family. 12:17 I love family reunions. 12:19 And did you know that heaven 12:21 is going to be a giant family reunion? 12:26 Now some of you say, amen, and others keep your peace 12:31 because maybe you came up in a toxic family. 12:34 And you say, man, 12:35 if it was going to be family reunion, 12:37 I might need to rethink this thing. 12:39 But now, don't get discouraged now. 12:41 There's going to be some difference. 12:45 There will be a little bit of difference there. 12:49 It'll be a bigger type of family, 12:50 but a different type of structure. 12:52 Sure, there'll be some overlap between the two. 12:55 But the point is, it's going to be a big family reunion 12:59 and I'm looking forward to that day, 13:00 I don't know about you. 13:04 Now, Jesus is coming soon. 13:08 And in order to be ready to go to that family reunion, 13:11 we got some preparation that has to take place. 13:14 And I think sometimes we must understand 13:15 what that preparation necessarily is. 13:21 You know, I like to preach... I like to preach doctrine. 13:24 I like to preach solid doctrine from the Bible, 13:26 'cause I think the Lord has given us 13:28 sufficient information here 13:29 to answer all the big questions in life, 13:32 the B-I-B-L-E, 13:34 basic instructions before leaving earth. 13:39 And I like to preach prophecy as well. 13:42 I'm still learning it, 13:44 but the more I have to delve into it 13:45 and study in order to teach it, 13:46 I feel like I greatly benefit from it. 13:48 But I've realized that 13:49 sometimes when I preach in States 13:51 and sometimes when I share it, 13:52 it almost becomes like a rally where everybody... 13:57 when I'm sharing these truths is excited. 14:02 But, I've come to realize at times 14:04 that it can almost serve as a smoke screen 14:08 to not address some of the issues 14:13 and serious defects going on in our character 14:16 and in our hearts. 14:20 Because God's word is true 14:22 and it's beautiful in everything, 14:24 all the gems in it, 14:25 how precious and should be shared. 14:27 But, sometimes we allow the head knowledge 14:31 to take priority to the hard work 14:35 that God's trying to do. 14:37 And there's a lot of people acquainted with God's word 14:39 who will not be ready when Jesus Christ 14:40 comes in the clouds 14:42 and they're going to miss heaven, 14:43 they going to barely miss it, 14:45 they are going to miss it by 18 inches, 14:46 the distance between the head and the heart. 14:49 So today, I'm going to invite you to stick around 14:53 and to let God speak to your heart 14:55 and figure out how to make this message practical, 14:57 'cause I know that we will all be challenged by what we hear. 15:03 But before we start, I want to go to the Lord 15:05 with the word of prayer. 15:07 As Pastor Murray mentioned today's title is 15:10 "Oh, Brother. Oh, Brother." 15:12 Now don't bow your eyes by your heads. 15:15 I'll kneel. I'll go to Lord in prayer. 15:18 Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, we have nothing to gain 15:24 from sitting in your house and opening your word, 15:27 if your spirit is not putting an impression on our hearts. 15:31 Lord, so I pray that You will speak to us at this time. 15:35 And that this will not simply be information, 15:38 but that we would experience transformation 15:39 in Jesus' name amen. 15:44 I invite you to join me in Genesis Chapter 4. 15:47 We're starting our study in Genesis Chapter 4. 15:49 A story you've probably heard before. 15:51 I'm going to begin reading at verse 1, 15:52 and I'm reading from the New King James version. 15:54 It says, "Now Adam knew Eve, his wife, 15:58 she conceived and bore Cain," 16:00 and said, "I have acquired a man from the Lord." 16:06 Let me set up a little context about the story 16:08 we're about to look at. 16:09 As we just heard, mentioned the name of Adam and Eve. 16:13 Now, this is in Chapter 4. 16:15 This is after the fall, after they had committed sin. 16:19 So now this is the fall in human race. 16:21 That sets up, the act of sin, it sets up the context 16:25 for every other story we read in the Bible 16:29 and every event you see in our earth's history, 16:32 the devolution of man. 16:35 Notice, I said devolution, 16:37 because in school we teach evolution, 16:39 but in reality we have been devolving 16:41 for the last 6,000 plus years. 16:46 And if you don't believe it, you just turn on the news, 16:47 you see. 16:48 Just don't watch too long 16:50 because you might expedite the process. 16:54 Verse 2, "Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel, 16:59 now Abel was a keeper of sheep, 17:02 but Cain was a tiller of the ground." 17:04 Abel was a what? 17:06 Keeper of sheep, he was a shepherd. 17:07 Cain was a tiller of the ground. 17:10 He was a farmer, two sons, very different. 17:16 Let's read verse 3 and 4. 17:19 "And in the process of time it came to pass 17:23 that Cain brought an offering 17:26 of the fruit of the ground to the Lord." 17:30 What did Cain bring? 17:31 Cain brought the natural choice, 17:34 pun intended. 17:37 He brought what was readily available to him, 17:39 what was convenient for him, because he was a farmer 17:42 and he brought produce. 17:45 Verse 4. 17:47 "Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock 17:51 and of their fat. 17:52 And the Lord respected Abel's offering." 17:55 As you see, Abel also brought 17:57 what was readily accessible to him, 18:00 what was seemingly convenient. 18:03 I say seemingly convenient. 18:06 He bought a lamb. 18:08 Now, why did Abel offer up 18:10 the first born of his flock, a lamb? 18:14 What was it representative of? 18:16 You guys already know. It was representative of Jesus. 18:20 We read about that in many places. 18:24 Isaiah Chapter 53, John Chapter 1:29. 18:27 When John the Baptist sees Jesus and says, 18:29 "Behold the Lamb of God 18:30 who takes away the sin of the world." 18:32 Revelation, Chapter 13:8, "Jesus the Lamb slain 18:35 from the foundation of the world." 18:38 Even referred to as the firstborn 18:40 of creation in Colossians Chapter 1:15. 18:46 Abel's offering represented Jesus. 18:49 Now, but how did the first family know? 18:50 I mean, how did... How would he know? 18:53 How would they know which offering 18:55 was supposed to be presented on the altar? 18:58 Well, in Genesis Chapter 3:21. 19:02 Just one chapter earlier, a strong case can be made 19:07 for when Jesus provided 19:09 the tunics of skin to Adam and Eve 19:12 after the fall to replace those pathetic fig leaves. 19:17 He must have gotten that skin from somewhere. 19:21 And the case is made in the book 19:24 "Patriarchs and Prophets," 19:26 specifically, let's see, page 47. 19:29 That God had made the first offering of a lamb, 19:34 showed them the high price 19:35 that was gonna have to be paid for sin, 19:37 representative of Jesus Christ, the lamb, that would be slain. 19:43 So therefore we see 19:45 God is not merely favoring Abel's gift. 19:49 Abel actually brought what the Lord was requiring 19:53 on behalf of his sin. 19:56 Let's read verse 5. 19:59 It says, "But He did not..." 20:01 Talking about God, 20:03 "Did not respect Cain and his offering. 20:05 And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell." 20:14 Cain was very angry and his countenance fell. 20:16 Have you ever seen 20:17 somebody change in a split second? 20:20 Have you ever seen them happy and joyful and all of sudden, 20:25 the countenance just falls, the spirit in the room changes? 20:29 It's as though, they're not, them anymore? 20:32 This was the moment that Cain was having. 20:34 God rejected Cain's offering, why? 20:36 We just said it, because he brought 20:38 what God was not asking for. 20:39 1 Samuel Chapter 15:22 tells us that, 20:42 "To obey is better than to give sacrifice." 20:44 The following verse, verse 23 tells us that, 20:46 "Stubbornness is like idolatry." 20:50 We got to realize that Cain was a sinner 20:53 just like you and I, just like all of mankind. 20:56 He needed to bring an offering to the Lord. 20:59 But can you really bring a... Can you bring somebody... 21:02 Do you take somebody a gift that feels appropriate to you, 21:05 or do you take them what they are desiring? 21:08 You would take them something that they would want. 21:09 God had instructed what they would bring. 21:11 Cain brought what he wanted to bring. 21:14 That stubbornness in his heart was like... 21:17 It was like idolatry. He was being his own God. 21:20 Psalms 51:17. 21:22 I would like us to read that one together. 21:24 Psalms 51:17 says, "The sacrifices of God 21:27 are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 21:32 these, O God, you will not despise." 21:37 God wants a broken spirit. 21:38 See, it's not about the sacrifice 21:41 as much it is about the spirit, 21:42 that the sacrifice is being brought in. 21:45 Also see, God wasn't just rejecting Cain. 21:47 He wasn't just rejecting Cain's gift, 21:50 He despised the attitude with which Cain was bringing in. 21:55 And in Hosea Chapter 6:6, we're told, 22:00 "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; 22:04 and the knowledge of God more than burnt offering." 22:08 God wants the sacrifice to be brought in His spirit, 22:12 a sacrificial spirit, merciful, graceful spirit. 22:19 We'll see just how off, 22:20 Cain's offering was in just a moment. 22:23 But before that we're going to verse... 22:25 Going back to Genesis 4, we're gonna read verse 6 and 7. 22:27 It says, "So the Lord said to Cain, 22:29 'Why are you angry? 22:31 And why has your countenance fallen? 22:33 If you do well, will you not be accepted? 22:36 And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door 22:39 and it's desire is for you, but you should rule over it." 22:49 God is talking to Cain. 22:50 Now, have you ever asked yourself, 22:52 how is it that God was talking to Cain? 22:53 How is it that God was communicating with Cain? 22:56 How did God used to talk to his parents? 22:59 And I said, used to talk to his parents in Eden. 23:03 We're told... He used to talk... 23:05 God used to talk to them face-to-face in the Garden, 23:06 before sin when they were able to stand 23:08 in the presence of a Holy God and speak face-to-face, 23:11 I believe through God the Son, Jesus Christ. 23:15 But then they lost that privilege at sin. 23:18 So I would contend that God is talking to Cain 23:21 in the same way that he talks to us 23:22 through the Holy Spirit, through the impression 23:26 of the Holy Spirit in his heart. 23:27 Now somebody out there might be saying, 23:28 "Oh, I don't know anything about 23:30 the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament though." 23:31 All right, well, its right there, 23:33 Genesis Chapter 1:26, and then again in Genesis 3:22. 23:38 When God says, "Let us make man in our old... 23:41 In our, in our likeness, us. 23:44 He's talking in the third person, 23:46 both literally and spiritually, 23:47 father, Son, and Holy Spirit, third person. 23:51 And God's pleading with Cain 23:53 and see, well, He pleads with us 23:54 through His Holy Spirit 23:56 to relinquish His diabolic anger 23:58 and that grudge that He's holding in 24:00 and that bitterness that He's allowing to consume Him. 24:05 But like many of us, Cain decides 24:08 that he would not respond. 24:11 That he did not want to respond to the pleadings 24:12 and the promptings 24:14 of the Holy Spirit on his heart. 24:16 He lets his heart harden. 24:19 And he begins the ascent down the path of what, 24:23 we know is the unpardonable sin 24:25 which occurs as a result of rejecting the impressions 24:27 that God is trying to put in our hearts. 24:31 Now, you know, we read this book 24:32 sometimes like a history book, 24:33 but in reality it's more than that. 24:35 God is trying to bring us examples of situations 24:37 that we find ourselves in. 24:39 Have you ever felt it was the right thing to do... 24:42 Have you ever felt like God was impressing you 24:44 to do a particular thing, to let a certain grudge go, 24:47 to mend a broken relationship, 24:49 to get something right with somebody, 24:52 and just pushed it aside? 24:54 You could pray all you want, 24:57 and you could preach all you want, 24:58 and you could read the Bible all you want, 25:00 but something is not right 25:01 until that relationship is repaired. 25:04 This was the experience that Cain was having. 25:05 God was saying, "This is going to lead to something bad. 25:07 You either listen to My spirit or you're going to be persuaded 25:11 by a counterfeit spirit." 25:13 Let's read verse 8. 25:15 "Now Cain talked with Abel, his brother" 25:20 You know, that's always a dangerous thing, right? 25:23 You got a problem with somebody, 25:25 the Holy Spirit is trying to talk to you, 25:26 you won't talk to God, you won't fall on your knees 25:27 and talk to God, but you got to hurry up 25:29 and go catch that brother and talk to him. 25:34 I remember a sermon that Henry Wright once had. 25:37 He said "You ought not go see the elders about Lord," 25:41 and that's very true. 25:42 We got to talk to God first. So we're told in verse 8. 25:44 "Now Cain talked to Abel his brother, 25:46 and he came to pass when they were in the field 25:49 that Cain rose up against Able, his brother and killed them." 25:55 Tragic. 25:56 Can you picture anything worse, killing your own brother, 26:01 killing your own flesh and blood? 26:04 Now, if that seems bad in our day, 26:05 just picture their day. 26:08 Mind you, they have, they had never seen 26:11 another human being die, much less be murdered. 26:16 I said a moment ago that it seemed like 26:20 Cain brought the gift offering that was convenient to him 26:24 and Abel brought what was convenient to him. 26:27 Do you think there was anything convenient 26:28 about killing a lamb? 26:32 Nothing can be convenient about taking a life, see, 26:36 taking a knife, taking it to the throat of a lamb, 26:41 nothing convenient about it. 26:42 We're told that they were so sensitive to death 26:45 that his parents Adam, after sin, 26:47 when he saw the first leaf die. 26:52 We saw the first, first leaf die on a tree, 26:55 we're told them in the book "Patriarchs and Prophets," 26:57 fall to the ground. 26:59 He wept bitterly. 27:00 He wept more bitterly we're told, 27:02 than human beings do now at a loss of a loved one, 27:09 just so that we can understand how dramatic, 27:12 how devastating this act of Cain 27:15 was in killing his brother. 27:17 Now, I realize that this sounds really extreme. 27:19 I know none of you could ever be accused of a sin 27:23 so heinous on this level, right? 27:27 I'm letting Jesus call you out. 27:29 Matthew Chapter 5:21, 27:31 we're gonna go to Matthew Chapter 5:21 27:33 and we'll read four verses there. 27:37 It says, "You have heard that it was said 27:42 to those of old, 'You shall not murder, 27:45 and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.' 27:48 But I say to you that whoever is angry 27:51 with his brother without reason," 27:53 I'm sorry, "without cause 27:55 shall be in danger of the judgment. 27:57 And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' 28:00 shall be in danger of the council. 28:02 But whoever says, 'You fool!' 28:03 shall be in danger of hell fire. 28:07 Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, 28:10 and they remember that your brother 28:11 has something against you, leave your gift... 28:17 Leave your gift there 28:20 before the altar, and go your way. 28:22 First be reconciled to your brother, 28:24 and then come and offer your gift." 28:31 These are few things worth noting there. 28:34 God says, you know what, 28:38 before you get old, all pious, 28:43 before you get too holy, 28:47 before you drop to your knees, 28:48 before you start giving Bible studies, 28:50 before you start witnessing to everybody out there, 28:52 you don't have a person, you got some problems with? 28:55 Go find them and make it right. 28:58 Because when you harbor bitterness 29:01 and hatred in your heart for an individual, 29:04 you're not just keeping them out of your life, 29:06 you are crowding the Holy Spirit 29:08 out of your life. 29:10 God said, "How can you love Me who you have not seen 29:13 and not love your brother you have?" 29:16 Now, you may be saying, well, it says, 29:20 it says there that whoever is angry 29:22 with his brother without cause. 29:24 But I got good reason. 29:26 I got cause to be angry with them. 29:28 This person did this, he did this and did that. 29:31 But let me ask you something, disciples of God, Christians, 29:34 because this is what I consider myself. 29:38 I'm to follow in the steps of Christ 29:41 and sometimes I think I have good reason 29:43 to cut people off in my life completely. 29:47 But when I look at the life of Christ, 29:50 an individual, who for me was spit upon, 29:55 was hit, had his back lacerated, 29:59 was marked, had a crown of thorns put on his head 30:01 and hung on a cross naked. 30:05 Only to stand there, look over the very people 30:07 who did it and who were mocking them 30:09 and say, "Lord forgive them 30:10 for they know not what they do." 30:13 What cause can I possibly have for harboring such vitriol 30:18 and hatred to not be willing to forgive somebody else? 30:24 When Jesus taught us to pray, he said, Lord, 30:26 forgive us as we forgive 30:28 those who have transgressed against us. 30:32 By the same measure in which we judge, we will what? 30:35 Be judged. 30:38 Therefore we got to think about the way that we justify, 30:45 kind of people out of our lives 30:47 and harboring bitterness towards them. 30:50 You know this word Raca that he said? 30:53 That whoever says Raca 30:55 shall be in danger of the council. 30:56 That is a Jewish term of disrespect 30:58 that means somebody is worthless. 31:01 It is the ultimate term of vilification. 31:05 Now, I know we don't walk around vilifying everybody. 31:11 But we're told, we don't have a good enough 31:14 excuse to gossip and slander 31:19 and tell upon our brothers and sisters. 31:22 The Bible does not condemn it. 31:24 I mean, does not condone it. Jesus does not condone it. 31:26 He says, "You are not to vilify your brother." 31:30 And you've probably heard it said, 31:32 "When you point at someone, 31:33 what do you got pointing back at you, 31:36 three times as many fingers. 31:41 God says, "You know, what? 31:43 I want you to come to Me, 31:44 I want you to come to Me boldly and freely. 31:45 But, you know, what? 31:47 I want you to stop to pump the brakes 31:48 and to make things right with your brother 31:49 before you come." 31:53 After all they are His children too. 31:57 This is something we don't realize sometimes. 31:59 You know, if I was to think about, 32:02 if somebody was to approach me and want to be kind 32:05 and affectionate with me and friendly with me 32:08 and wants to be at my table, and wants to come in my home, 32:11 but they have utter hatred and distain 32:14 with my daughter 32:16 or they are not on talking terms 32:17 with one of my daughters. 32:21 How open do you think my door is gonna be to them? 32:25 Well, you got to realize that, that person that you have 32:27 problems with, that's God's child too. 32:31 Matthew Chapter 12. 32:35 But who is my brother? But who is my brother? 32:37 Matthew Chapter 12:46. 32:42 And we'll read, yeah, we'll read verse 46. 32:45 Well, oh, let me set up the context. 32:47 Jesus is doing what He always does, 32:49 He's preaching. 32:50 Well, often he was healing, more often he was healing. 32:52 But, Jesus is preaching in a home 32:55 and it's a pact house like it always is, 32:57 all sorts of curious people there. 33:00 And all of a sudden, somebody spots 33:02 somebody very important in the back, 33:04 very important, VIP. 33:05 Look what it says in verse 46. 33:08 "While He was still talking to the multitudes, 33:10 behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, 33:14 seeking to speak with Him. 33:16 Then one said to Him, 'Look, Your mother 33:19 and Your brothers are standing outside, 33:21 seeking to speak with You.'" 33:22 He stopped everything. 33:24 He said, oh, Jesus, hold on, hold on, hold on. 33:25 I know we've got a packed house here, 33:27 but guess who is outside? 33:28 We got somebody, VIP outside. 33:29 We got somebody who is actually important, your family. 33:32 Your mother, your brothers are there 33:33 and you don't really pop up very frequently, 33:35 you don't hear about them 33:36 popping up very frequently in Jesus ministry. 33:37 So it was expected that, that would take priority 33:43 to everybody else to what Jesus was doing there. 33:46 They probably were with me. 33:48 If my family showed up in my church, 33:50 I say, look, look, you guys are cool, 33:52 but they are important. 33:54 But look at Jesus response. 33:56 It's very interesting, in verse 48. 33:59 "But He answered and said to them, 34:02 to the one who told Him, 34:04 "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" 34:07 Interesting question, Jesus is saying, 34:08 they are schooling them, dropping gems on them. 34:12 And he doesn't even know who his mother 34:13 and his brothers are. 34:15 Now that was a rhetorical question, 34:17 because the gentlemen didn't respond. 34:19 Jesus' just tells him in verse 49. 34:21 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, 34:24 "Here are My mother and My brothers! 34:27 Whoever does the will of My Father 34:28 who is in heaven is My mother, sister and brother." 34:37 He's explaining to the gentleman 34:39 who wanted to stop everything. 34:40 He says, yes, they're very important. 34:42 But you see these people right out here, 34:44 they're very important to me too. 34:47 But, blood is thicker than water. 34:50 Maybe, but, you know, what? 34:52 Jesus says, "These are my brothers 34:56 and these are my sisters as well, why? 34:58 Because we have the same Father." 35:01 They're not less important to me than others. 35:06 This is an important point, think about it, think about it. 35:09 When we have family members, like, me and my brothers 35:11 we're at odd sometimes. 35:13 We go at each other's... Well, not anymore. 35:15 We used to go at each others stories at time 35:17 and, I mean we used to literally 35:18 get into fisticuffs. 35:21 And by the end of the day, we worked it out. 35:26 Now, that you all do, Hey, if you have a disagreement, 35:28 it may last, you may not talk for a couple of days, 35:31 worse a couple weeks, 35:32 but it's gonna get worked out, right? 35:34 But some of you come out... 35:36 I said you, don't feel bad. 35:38 Some of us come out 35:41 and we can sit in the same church, 35:45 live on the same street with somebody 35:48 who professes to follow the same Father 35:52 and not talk for days, weeks, months, years 35:56 and we will carry a grudge to our grave. 36:00 Now, is that how you treat family? 36:04 Because Jesus said they are family. 36:08 And I don't think He's just using a figure of speech. 36:10 We just use figure of speech when we say, brother, sister. 36:13 We're just talking sometimes. 36:15 We think it's just religious slang and lingo. 36:17 Jesus started that because it was real to Him. 36:21 We had no inclination that he stopped 36:23 what he was doing and ran outside. 36:24 He was like, man, this is all my family. 36:27 You know, and it troubles me. 36:28 I remember doing homeless ministry for some time 36:30 and it troubled me because I had some individuals 36:35 that would come out to church 36:37 and one of them wanting to get baptized. 36:40 And that night, everybody was saying, 36:43 "Oh, welcome to the family, 36:44 it's so good to see you, brother." 36:45 And then they all kind of send him on his way. 36:47 Nobody... 36:48 Everybody knew he was homeless, but nobody asked him 36:50 where he was going that night. 36:53 And as he got in my car, and I started driving him back. 37:00 I say, "how am I gonna go and leave this individual 37:03 under a bridge? 37:05 And they have the nerve to call him brother." 37:09 If he was my actual brother, 37:12 would he be sleeping out in the cold tonight, 37:15 and sleeping wet because he just got baptized? 37:19 That brother had to come to my house that night 37:22 and we had to figure that situation out. 37:25 But, you know, what? 37:26 I've realized that oftentimes 37:28 we'll call somebody our brother, 37:29 we'll call somebody our sister 37:31 and we know nothing about their lives, 37:34 we don't get to know them, they join in our churches, 37:38 they're returning to church, 37:39 they in our ranks, and we hardly know them. 37:43 We won't invite them to the house for a meal, 37:45 they may be hungry. 37:48 We are grudges built up against them, 37:50 we're not even worried about reconciling them. 37:52 And God says, "Hey, this is family." 37:59 And I know you're probably also thinking 38:01 because the verse, 38:02 when we looked at that verse a second ago, it said, 38:05 "Whoever does the will my Father who in Heaven 38:08 is my brother and sister and mother." 38:11 And you might be thinking well, 38:13 that person ain't doing God's will, 38:14 well, that's the difference. 38:16 They ain't the child to God, that's the child of the devil." 38:18 They ain't doing God's will. 38:20 How do you know? 38:22 Brothers and sisters, how do we know? 38:25 But a word in the testimony, yeah, let me tell you somebody 38:27 who knew the Bible better than you and I ever will. 38:31 His name was Saul. 38:34 This man knew the Bible. He spoke the languages. 38:37 He spoke the language that the Old Testament was written 38:39 and plus many others. 38:41 He was more of a scholar than we could ever be. 38:44 As far as righteousness, he can hit the checklists 38:47 a thousand times better than us. 38:49 He knew what he was doing. 38:50 He was righteous in his own eyes. 38:52 He was fervent for the Lord. He had a zeal for the law. 38:55 But, you know, what he didn't realize? 38:57 That he was actually persecuting 38:59 those who were following God with all their heart. 39:03 And he was doing it in the name of God. 39:06 And I think we fall into this danger sometimes that, 39:08 we think, we're doing the Lord's bidding, 39:11 and in actuality, we're persecuting his children. 39:19 Paul did this. 39:20 He carried this out until he had 39:22 an experience with the Lord, 39:23 a personal experience with the Lord Jesus Christ. 39:26 He had this conversion moment. 39:28 You know, there's some of us that, 39:29 we may have church offices or some of us that, 39:32 we might well acquainted with adoption, 39:33 we might even understand prophecy inside and up, 39:35 but I have yet to have the personal experience 39:37 with Jesus Christ 39:38 and it's reflected in our relationships with others. 39:43 And there's others of us who maybe have at some point, 39:49 but we've fallen away. 39:55 You know, when Paul on the road to Damascus 39:57 had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ, 39:59 his name was Saul, His name was changed to Paul. 40:03 But, brother let me assure you that, 40:05 if the enemy is utilizing us 40:07 to persecute our brothers and our sisters, 40:11 then we are harming our hearts to the Lord just like Cain was. 40:15 I tell you something, at least, Cain we were told in that, 40:17 in Genesis Chapter 4:8. 40:19 At least he spoke to Abel. 40:21 Some of us won't even speak to our brothers and sisters. 40:25 And not just in the church, some of us have 40:27 broken relationship with neighbors, 40:28 some of us have broken relationships 40:29 with family members 40:31 who we have not spoke to for a long time. 40:32 How do I look as a Christian, as a follower 40:35 of the Lord Jesus Christ, 40:36 not being willing to talk and share and check up 40:41 on somebody who is my flesh and blood? 40:45 How am I ever gonna bring them in to a fold, 40:48 get them to accept Jesus Christ 40:50 if they cannot see Jesus Christ reflected in me. 40:59 1 John Chapter 4:20 and 21 tells us that, 41:03 "If you've done it the least of these, 41:05 you've done it to Me," and that's one of... 41:06 That's the major point, is that, you know, what? 41:09 We want a good relationship with the Lord. 41:12 But that's one of the goal Lord needs us to get it right 41:14 with our brothers and sisters because He says, 41:15 "Hey, if you're doing it to one of them..." 41:17 He says, "If you did to me." 41:19 I tell you what, if you're gonna break somebody's arm, 41:20 I'd rather have somebody break my arm 41:22 than break my daughter's arm, 41:23 because it hurts more to see my daughter in pain, 41:27 than experiencing the pain myself. 41:31 You know, a Christian is known by the way that he treats 41:36 the most vulnerable among them. 41:40 And my heart breaks sometimes for some of our new members, 41:44 for some of our kids and youth, 41:47 for some of those were turning into the faith. 41:49 For some of those who have been in the church their whole life, 41:51 but are going through hardships and pain 41:53 and are just holding on, barely holding on 41:56 and the way that we treat them at times. 42:01 You know... 42:04 Quick story about my family like I said, I love my family 42:07 and we just sit around before I was converted. 42:09 We'd sit around and drinking, 42:10 unfortunately I have a big drinking family 42:12 and we'd sit around drinking 42:13 and you had to have the quick way, 42:15 because whenever you walk in the room, 42:16 they get the roast and everybody inside. 42:19 Nobody gets a pass. 42:22 Some of you all come from those kind of families. 42:25 And who gets it the worst? The most vulnerable. 42:27 So we had a uncle and I love him to death. 42:30 I love him. 42:32 But we had an uncle who was crippled, 42:34 he was half paralyzed. 42:36 And he'd come walking up stumbling in 42:40 and everybody will get to roast at him. 42:42 It's not right. 42:44 I don't condone it now, but this is what we used to do. 42:46 I used to think it was all right. 42:48 I was... You know I wasn't converted. 42:50 So I remember one day I was on a neighborhood in Miami. 42:52 I had moved back to... 42:54 I've lived in Miami, Florida as a kid and I had moved back 42:55 and I was on the block 42:58 consuming substances with friends. 43:03 And my uncle, who everybody knew in a neighborhood 43:05 and everybody knew in town, 43:07 he just came stumbling up the block, walking. 43:10 They all loved him 43:11 and they all have respect for him. 43:12 And I remember when he walked up, 43:14 I just had to let him have it. 43:15 I just got to roast at him. I just got to roast at him. 43:17 Because I felt like, hey, this is what we do at home. 43:21 This is what I'm going to do out here. 43:24 So I just got to roast at him and just giving him a hard time 43:26 and I looked back expecting everybody 43:28 to be laughing and getting a kick out of it, 43:30 and there wasn't, they were shocked. 43:32 There was uphold that I would treat 43:34 a family member in such a way. 43:37 And I remember feeling embarrassed 43:39 about my actions. 43:46 Friends, you know what? 43:48 It's like that sometimes in the church. 43:51 It's like that sometimes in the church. 43:53 Sometimes those who are most vulnerable among us, 43:56 who come in, who should expect the most sympathy, 43:59 the most love, the most compassion, 44:01 who when they fall, should expect somebody 44:02 to come up and help them up, 44:03 get the harshest treatment upon God's professed people. 44:08 And then they leave the church and find more compassion 44:11 and they do a God's house, and it should not be. 44:14 Then they do among those who call them 44:17 brother and sister and it should not be. 44:21 We supposed... We supposed... 44:22 We're supposed to be characterized by love, 44:23 1 Corinthians Chapter 13:1-3. Let me read this. 44:27 This is a verse that changed my life, 44:29 because when I got converted, I got zealous for the Lord, 44:32 and I got jumping in His word and He changed my life 44:34 and He freed me from so many addictions 44:36 and He fixed my family and He did it all. 44:39 But as I got to jump in God's word, 44:41 you know, what, 44:42 I started feeling self righteous after a while. 44:47 And I started looking down and every time I took a step, 44:49 I wanted everybody else to come and take the step with me. 44:52 And if they didn't, I got to criticize. 44:53 And when I walked around the church 44:54 and I saw things wrong, I wanted to point fingers 44:56 to start calling everybody an apostate. 45:00 But, you know, what? 45:03 When my Christian experience was turning better, 45:05 I found myself at a bible study and they presented this 45:10 and it was the first time I'd read something 45:11 in a Bible study that brought me to tears 45:13 because that I realized this was what, 45:14 was missing in my Christian experience. 45:16 1 Corinthians Chapter 13:1-3. 45:21 It says, "Though I speak with the tongues of men 45:23 and of angels, but have not love, 45:26 I have become like sounding brass 45:28 or a clanging cymbal. 45:29 And though I have the gift of prophecy, 45:32 and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, 45:34 and though I have all faith, 45:36 so that I could remove mountains, 45:38 but have not love, I am nothing. 45:42 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, 45:45 and though I give my body to be burned, 45:47 but have not love, it profits me nothing." 45:52 Jesus says, all the good you think 45:55 you could do is worthless if you don't have love. 45:59 All your understanding of God's word is worthless, 46:02 if you don't have love. 46:04 And I was realizing, you know, what? 46:05 I'm quickly understanding God's word. 46:07 I'm quickly picking up on prophecy. 46:09 I'm quickly fixing up my life and becoming a better person 46:12 or God's fixing my life to become a better person. 46:14 But then I start feeling miserable 46:16 and I realized why, 46:17 because I was missing the secret ingredient, like, 46:20 you know, like mom's cooking. 46:22 I was missing the secret ingredient 46:24 to a Christian life, love. 46:28 Let me read a statement here from 46:29 "The Acts of the Apostles" page 318. 46:33 "No matter how high the profession, 46:36 he whose heart is not filled with love for God 46:39 and his fellow men..." 46:41 Notice that, and his fellow men. 46:43 "Is not a true disciple of Christ. 46:45 Though he should possess great faith 46:47 and have power even to work miracles, 46:50 yet without love his faith would be worthless. 46:54 He might display great liberality; 46:56 but should he, 46:58 from some other motive than genuine love, 47:01 bestow all his goods to feed the poor, 47:03 the act would not commend him to the favor of God. 47:07 In his zeal he might even meet a martyr's death, 47:13 yet if not actuated by love, 47:15 he would be regarded by God 47:16 as a deluded enthusiast or as an ambitious hypocrite." 47:22 Mercy, I heard that and it was actually 47:25 somebody who has preached here 47:26 foundation of faith by Dwayne Lemon. 47:29 I heard that and it brought me to tears 47:31 because I realized that I had gone from being converted 47:34 and becoming a Christian, to becoming a hypocrite. 47:38 And God told me, you know, what, you love Me, 47:41 you need to love My children or You don't love me. 47:46 John Chapter 13:35 says, 47:49 "By this shall all men know that 47:51 you are My disciples, if you," what? 47:55 "have love for one another." 47:56 He says the test of a disciple isn't your head knowledge, 47:59 it isn't how much you want to do for the Lord. 48:02 It's your love. 48:03 It's how much you reflect the character of Christ. 48:08 So returning to Genesis, we're wrapping up, 48:11 returning to Genesis Chapter 4:9. 48:16 "Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" 48:22 He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?" 48:30 Well, the fact that God asked the question 48:32 that He already know this, the answer to implies that, 48:35 yes, you are your brother's keeper. 48:39 But his response, I don't know. 48:43 It's not my problem. 48:46 But, friends, it is our problem, 48:49 it is our problem. 48:50 God is asking you today, where is brother so and so? 48:55 Where is sister so and so? 48:57 I know you had it falling out, where are they? 49:02 Brother so and so, last time you heard from him 49:04 was that time you had just this rift. 49:06 Where is he? Have you checked up on him? 49:08 How is he doing? 49:10 Where is that neighbor that you had a fall out with? 49:13 Where is that co-worker that you had a fall out with? 49:16 Where is that family member that you have not called? 49:20 That, either does he come to the family reunion 49:22 or you won't go to the family, the family reunion to avoid. 49:26 Where are they? It does matter to God. 49:29 It does affect your Christianity. 49:33 And I can't cover that up with all of my knowledge 49:35 and insight about the Bible. 49:38 You know, if you look around this, 49:40 this church right now, there's a lot of empty seats. 49:45 Well, never in 3ABN, right? 49:48 But in our local churches, there's always empty seats 49:51 and what do we love to say? 49:54 They're filled by the angels. 49:57 There's not an empty seat in here, 49:59 because the angles are there. 50:00 You know what? 50:01 The angels could deal with the heat outside 50:03 and with the cold outside much better than we can. 50:05 They don't mind having to stand up and hover, 50:06 as if they just fly hover over us. 50:11 God is concerned with filling the church with angels, 50:15 He wants his children there. 50:17 And when you look around those empty seats, 50:18 there's somebody who used to sit there. 50:21 There's somebody who used to sit there 50:23 who has a broken relationship that was never mended. 50:29 And their brothers and sisters should be hunting them down 50:32 just like you would hunt down the person missing 50:35 at the Thanksgiving dinner table. 50:40 As a matter of fact, there will be a whole 50:41 lot of more angels in the church. 50:44 It was God and angels accompany 50:47 those who they were protecting back into God's fold. 50:50 God is asking you today, friends. 50:52 Where is that person who used to sit on your right? 50:54 Where is that person who used to sit on your left? 50:57 Give him a call. You see how are they doing? 50:59 Let them know you love them, that the Lord loves them. 51:03 That whatever you had in your heart against them, 51:05 that you put it away, 51:07 that you put it aside, that you forgot. 51:08 Remember, what we read. 51:10 I should emphasize on it when you're ready. 51:11 It says, "If your brother has an offense against you," 51:14 It did not even say, 51:15 if you have an offense against your brother, 51:17 because sometimes we say well, 51:18 I don't got no problem with them. 51:19 So that's their deal. 51:21 No, the Bible says, if your brother 51:22 has offense against you, 51:24 think about it right now just for a movement. 51:27 Who is it that you did not see, 51:30 either I would that you had a fight with? 51:33 Who is it that you have not talked to 51:36 that you know, you need to make things right with? 51:41 This is why the Lord is sending this message, 51:44 because we got phone calls we need to make. 51:45 We got visits that we need to do 51:47 and get things right with the Lord. 51:51 Now don't misunderstand me. 51:53 I'm not saying that you need to let people 51:54 walk all over you. 51:56 The Bible says, "To be wise as serpents, 51:59 but harmless as doves." 52:01 That means we need to wise enough to realize 52:04 when the devil's sending somebody our way and avoid it. 52:09 However, we don't need to be... 52:11 It don't say be wise as the serpent 52:13 and then attack like a serpent. 52:15 We don't needed to go off and on, two for two. 52:17 No, we need to wise enough to catch it, 52:19 but then be harmless as a dove, be led by the Holy Spirit. 52:23 Avoid that situation, 52:25 but don't harbor bitterness in your heart. 52:30 God wants us to be accountable, friends, 52:32 for our brothers and sisters. 52:33 John Chapter 1 John 3:1 says, "We are all His children." 52:42 I said heaven is going to be a big family reunion. 52:48 I believe it with all my heart. 52:51 I believe it with all my heart. 52:53 John Chapter 14:2 tells us, 52:57 "In my Father's house" Jesus tells us, 52:59 "In my Father's house are many mansions, 53:01 if it were not so, I would have told you. 53:05 I go to prepare a place for you." 53:09 Now, I know we like to think of heaven 53:11 and talk about the mansions and the streets of gold. 53:13 Do you realize that's going to be the last thing 53:14 on our minds when we get to heaven? 53:17 All we go and wanna do is be around Jesus 53:19 and be around those that we love. 53:22 That's going to be the main concern. 53:24 When somebody we love passes away, 53:27 we're not thinking about mansions, right? 53:28 We're thinking about that reunion. 53:30 But check this out. 53:32 That word for mansions, translated as mansions. 53:39 In the Greek is monay, monay. 53:44 It actually means dwellings. 53:48 So think about that. 53:50 The way that it's actually written is to say, 53:52 and I'm not trying to kill, 53:53 you're loosing about the mansions now. 53:55 You can keep dreaming about the mansions, 53:58 but what God's expression is that, 54:00 in my Father's house are many dwellings, 54:02 there's enough room in my Father's house 54:04 for everybody. 54:06 There's enough room for everybody. 54:08 But, what happens if you show up 54:10 and you're not willing to co-exist with somebody? 54:14 If you can't co-exist with somebody on this earth, 54:17 well, you know, do we get there to have him? 54:20 When God brings you in? 54:21 All right, Lord, but where is sister so and so? 54:23 Because if she's on the left, in the east wing, 54:24 I need to go to the right wing. 54:27 Oh, if she over there? 54:29 Okay, just let me know she's coming 54:31 because, I know this is heaven, 54:32 but if I come across her it's gonna be the opposite. 54:36 No. It won't work like that. 54:39 It's just like, if I was to go to my mother's house right, 54:41 for Thanksgiving. 54:43 I had a problem with my brother. 54:45 And I say, Mom, he better not be there. 54:47 I'm just letting you know now, he better not be there. 54:50 What's my mother gonna tell me? 54:53 Now, if you ain't coming here to get along, 54:56 you better not be there. 54:59 Right? We're both invited. 55:03 We're both invited as long as we both 55:05 willing to come in there and be amicable. 55:07 We got to be willing to be sit at the same table. 55:12 You know, praise the Lord, 55:13 he's gonna have a big banquet table. 55:14 I know some of you all love Thanksgiving. 55:17 God's gonna have a big banquet table 55:19 and we're gonna be there with all our loved ones. 55:21 But if you can't sit at the table 55:23 with one of your brothers and sisters now, 55:26 if you can't sit at the potluck table 55:28 with some of your brothers and sisters 55:29 from the church now, 55:31 oh, man, you're gonna miss out on the feast, 55:35 because everybody is invited 55:36 and God's coming to take all His children back. 55:40 But these things that we got to work out now, 55:44 because God's coming to take us back, 55:46 but you know, what? 55:47 That flight has no baggage check. 55:51 It's only carry on, 55:53 because you can only take one thing to heaven. 55:55 What's that? Your character. 55:58 So if your character is not resembled that of Christ, 56:00 you can't go, because some of us got 56:01 a whole lot of baggage 56:03 and we're carrying that thing around through life. 56:04 Oh, everything that ever happened to you as a kid, 56:07 every argument about debate, or debate about 56:12 theology or politics or whatever, 56:14 we're carrying that baggage around. 56:16 You know, you can't take that to heaven. 56:18 There's no way to check that. You got to check that here. 56:19 You got to handle that here. 56:22 Because the only thing you gonna take 56:24 is your character, that carry on. 56:26 So brothers and sisters, I haven't given you enough. 56:30 I'm sorry. 56:32 I know I walk around beating everybody in the head. 56:33 But, you know, what I'm really doing? 56:37 I'm reminding myself that they don't do me no good 56:41 to stay here and preach 56:43 and read God's word and to pray, 56:44 if I'm not applying this, 56:46 if I'm not get in relationships right in my life, 56:49 if I'm not fixing what needs to reconciled. 56:51 I promise you I would not be so presumptuous 56:52 as to come up here 56:55 and share a message of this nature. 56:58 Well, I'll first make, trying to make things right 57:00 and making those phone calls, 57:02 but now this is my appeal to you. 57:05 There's somebody you need to call tonight or today. 57:10 There's somebody you might need a call as soon as you get, 57:13 as soon as this message wraps up. 57:16 There's somebody you need to visit 57:19 and make right, and make things right. 57:23 Not make him right, because someone else 57:25 want to make everybody right. 57:26 I pray that you would do that, 57:27 that you would take the time to do that. 57:29 Don't let the sun go down on your wrath, 57:31 like Ephesians Chapter 4:26 says. 57:34 Make things right with your neighbor. |
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