Let's Follow the Son ~ Part 7: "I'm Doing What He Said" | Pastor Bobby D. Hamilton

[Music] do [Music] do [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] do [Music] do [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] good morning good morning friendship how we doing we greet you in the name of our lord and savior jesus christ those of you who are online with us right now is the time for you to hit share and for you to send us out over the airwaves tell everybody that you know every friend that you have on any one of the platforms tell them those folks over there having church again and sugarland if you're in the house let's stand to our feet before our great god [Music] and let's give our great god a handicap of praise right now [Music] [Music] this is [Music] come on and clap your hand come on [Music] nobody my god he is is heaven god [Music] have you done this [Music] [Music] is nobody is [Music] [Music] there's nobody like there's nobody [Music] hallelujah [Music] nobody like you god you are god [Music] [Music] listen we want you to turn to someone now you're in the sanctuary and give them a fist bump and tell them you're glad to see them today in your homes greet those that are in your homes amen [Music] [Music] uh [Music] good morning good morning good morning friendship glad to have you in the house of lord one more time good morning all those who are watching online this morning we do thank god for you joining us here at friendship a place to begin again one more time one more sunday a lot happening around this church lots happening today this is vaccination that you know today we're having vaccination after service from 1 to 3 p.m you get shot number one shot number two and for those that qualify you get shot number three and whenever they roll out shot number three for all of us we'll be shooting again when they go live for the kids to get vaccination we'll be shooting again whatever it takes we're going to be prepared and we're going to be ready to do vaccinations and we continue doing ministry and doing life together no matter what this covert does no matter how long it lasts we're going to always find a way to minister the way to keep the message of jesus christ the ministry of jesus christ going forward no matter what because we are people that have learned how to pivot and we're going to continue people so we thank god for that i also want to mind your friendship god's fine china god's fine china just doing a fall bible study on on thursday september starting on the ninth from 10 to noon uh sign up you go online sign up for the women's study thank god they're studying i think something called discipleship so that's a wonderful wonderful thing also friendship you know we started this ministry we're going to be launching it's called a digital impact ministry it's a way to interact with the people who are online uh who are online not just the members but also those who from around the country who interact with us online some of you who are online right now some of you who are members who don't come out and can't come out for a myriad of reason it's an opportunity for you to do because some of your ministries were based on the facility and the facility's not totally open and so but you can still do some minutes be a part of this ministry you would just let us know online we need 12 people and the judges mean older people it could be younger people because some of you are so tech savvy you get a chance to interact it's going to be a training we're not just going to turn you loose talking to people okay but it won't be a whole lot but we need some people to be able to engage we're going to use every means any means necessary to reach people that's what this is about so please go online we're looking for 12 looking for 12. some of you who do ministry you've done ministry put your ministry on hold right now here's an opportunity for you to still do some ministry in a way in which you get stretched a little bit from your comfort zone also once all the preachers and all the ministers in the house know that this saturday this saturday at 9 00 am is our monthly preachers meeting this saturday at 9 00 a.m looking forward to seeing all the ministers online it's a virtual meeting and i'll see you at 9 00 a.m on this saturday morning amen thank you brother for all you've been doing thus far now we've got something new coming up we want to talk about a new opportunity and bring my wife up for this one because there's something that that we want to address uh in this congregation and for those who are also online leticia if you would come up there where's where's the mic with the handheld reverend eden took all the microphones lord jesus my goodness here how we have this kind of ministry and got three microphones lord jesus amen amen hey man it's my wife y'all amen amen see my wife online in a long time i stand here first i want to just greet you in the matchless and marvelous name of jesus christ our lord and savior i stand here as a beneficiary of his grace i know something about his grace the last time i stood here i was asking for prayer because i was facing some uncharted territory and so as you can see god is good [Music] what a wonderful opportunity this is what i do know i know that i've been prayed for i know that my name has been brought before the father countless number of times i know that he caught every tear that i cried in this last year and a half i know that he has been my constant help that he has been my hope and my faith and my peace i know that i also know that i've been married to him my good thing for over 30 years [Applause] so we stand here together as exhibit a yeah for what god can do for what he has done in marriage a marriage that has been tested tried and true and yet we stand here together i know that in this season there has been countless attacks on marriages in this family in this church family and i know that god answers prayer so based on that the new opportunity is this for all married couples sunday mornings 6 a.m y'all everybody say ouch who feels that 6 a.m on sunday mornings we'll be gathering to pray for our marriages we know that satan is busy we know that he that he exacts a tax on marriages but we also know no weapon formed against us will prosper we know that we know that we're more than conquerors in christ we know that in our marriages so i want to invite you to make that sacrifice to make the investment it's sunday morning 6 a.m for every sunday in october amen amen amen amen amen amen we talk about marriage we teach about marriage but very seldom do we collectively pray about marriage the lord says that the prayer of the righteous evaders much what james said and so we're going to believe god for that so if you have more questions contact my wife and that's not that's not just for the women okay okay for the couples okay brother man you too you too old too okay i mean don't send her as your proxy all right no no no you got you got to show up too amen amen amen now can you handle a few shout outs i'll give you a couple of shout outs because last week i didn't do any shout outs but the lord shouted out so let me give a couple shout out the smith loma and kareem smith are they in the house are the smiths in the house and and they had to come right there uh celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary 15 years amen and their quiver is full and getting fuller and we thank god for that for all he's doing also i want to give a happy belated birthday to sister cindy rylander who turns 66 is past sending here sitting in the house okay amen amen you guys ran up and amen amen who turned 66 on best pass monday praise god miss sunday amen happy birthday to deacon alvin campbell it's camel in the house amen amen can you put his age on here y'all [Music] deacon campbell amen i want you also to guys keep in prayer uh the byfield family since the battlefield want to be the lord keeping uh prayer brother martin you know but mark martin uh his father pastor benjamin martin went on to be with the lord so we're going to keep them lifted up in prayer also so there's so much going on in the triumph i mean thank you in the tryon family and so it's so much going on we thank god for all that's transpiring thank you also friendship that on wednesday night we had technical difficulties somehow facebook decided it did not want us to participate but yet thanks for all you who went on over to youtube and were able to still maintain the study and so thank god you gotta always pivot you guys we're gonna sit here fret and fright no we're gonna find a way to make this thing work and move on for the glory of god so thank you for joining every wednesday night you're so faithful for your comments for your interaction for your dialogue uh evening blowing up my cell phone amen amen that's all right some of y'all got my number and you'll be putting your questions in there on my phone i can't ask them during the study but i'll get to you when the study is over so we thank god for all that you're doing now we're blessed today to have not one but two baby dedication y'all come on please we got some babies to dedicate y'all come on up come on up come on up come on up come on up we've got some babies to dedicate nothing like having babies in the house babies crying amen amen i told you man we have this church has been built kingdom kids is blown up blown out and we thank god for all the service we have amen amen the thing i love about what y'all doing here friendship is that is that uh some of y'all making two three four trips up here say amen and that's a wonderful wonderful thing we do thank god for it so much so much look at that allen family the camel's here also so we thank god for you so let's see what god i've got i've got two beautiful you've got john isaac and john isaac allen hey man what's up john what's up my brother great biblical name sean matthew cam what's up right here right here right here amen amen amen amen amen the parents are kelly and angela amen right here amen amen amen and if you know the parents are right here uh we know who they are chase and stacy uh god paris angela and corey miss corbin man correct go down here okay okay god parish is uh stacy page and brandon is that correct amen amen amen amen and shay and chase y'all each other so y'all y'all siblings god parents boy y'all from the country amen but that's what family ought to do amen ain't nothing wrong with that whatsoever that's where it ought to be we're going to be together anyway so come on amen amen pray it's a friendship and for all watching online we have a lot of fun doing this but this is a serious time because it's not simply just christianity we don't christen babies that's i know that's some places do that but that's biblically incorrect and it's biblically correct because every child becomes a christian the same way we all become a christian through faith in jesus christ so what we're doing is dedicating children we're dedicating to the lord to that child's neighbor on their own to choose christ for themselves and it's an awesome day even jesus himself was brought to the temple and dedicated so to dedication is a very biblical concept and so we're dedicating these wonderful boys these wonderful children we have here that god may bless god may keep god made guide and strengthen you know we're living in some days now that every time you turn on the news something violent and vile and just wrong it's been happening to children they don't have a chance it looks like and the ones who should protect them and guide them are the main perpetrators of their own demise so you've got a wonderful opportunity and god has blessed you it's a blessing of the lord it's a blessing of the lord that god has given you these children and so we as abide and believe we wanted to stand agreement with you we want to pray and bless and you continue doing what you were doing and our job as a church is to come along and supplement what you're doing to be the help be the guy be the teaching instructor be it to correct be able to say get down leave that alone that's our job it's our job but it's all done in love and for the glory of god so if we would just be so kind if you would friendship please stand with us because these children are gonna dart our doors one day they won't always be standing with their parents one day they'll be with us it becomes our job so i'm actually parents the parents of you just come a little closer say y'all coming up coming up close parents come look right yeah right in there everyone else elder you just kind of surround us a little bit just surround us a little bit please [Music] praise the lord let's pray together as a body believer father in the name of jesus we have the awesome opportunity of dedicating these two wonderful children lord we just thank you right now lord for john and sean lord god we thank you lord god for grace grace allow them to be born and grace is going to sustain them we pray lord god for their growth pray god for their maturity for their salvation they would come to jesus christ at an early age and god they would operate within their headship as young men we ask and pray almighty god for the parents just the unity just lord the provisions that are needed and lord god the witness to the world about lord god what you meant when you gave us children pray god for the god parents and the grandparents and the cousins and nieces and nephews all who will interact all who will lay a hand into this whole process of raising a child i pray god that you would allow them to understand that they are dealing with that which is precious in your sight valuable in your sight a gift of the lord and they would deal with them as such lord god see them as as not a problem not as trouble not as a bad kid but as a kid that's been given by god and that god they would encourage their hearts speak to their hearts and lord love on them lord god and pray without ceasing pray without ceasing lord surround them with godly friends and good friends and with those who mean them well and not mean them evil i thank you for them lord god may you bless them from the top of their head to the soul of their feet may you god let them use them god in ways they never dreamt or imagined you've already have a destiny for them you've already a portion lord talents and abilities and a future for them and god may they walk in exactly what that is and may the parents be wise enough may they be spiritually attuned enough to know god how to raise their child according to the bent that you've given to them thank you lord god we bless you we praise you god we honor you for blessing this family lord god for blessing these couples with wonderful healthy beautiful children lord god we thank you lord in jesus name we pray amen amen and amen [Music] to remind you that on this day [Music] on this day sean and john that you guys will dedicate here at friendship community bible church i remember praying for him and there you are holding him dedicated to the lord the lord is able and praying for you guys your babies and you know what you would be what you would do now look at you god has blessed the fruit of your womb may god bless you may god keep you and may you even have better days ahead everything you've ever had behind you amen amen we give god [Applause] hey fellas hey ted what's going on well just sitting here waiting for my boys all i'm saying is you missed a lot bruh freeze me and that's the exact reason why i went ghost but johnny is not going to tell me how to do ministry the only person that i halfway listen to and let me tell me what to do is tasha feel me yeah right yeah we hear you you know what you might be right i had to get up out of the sanctuary cause johnny and monticello had their heads together and who knows what foolishness they was about to put on us they act like what we do ain't enough always talking about discipleship like that's the end all to be all to being a christian and that is precisely why i know how to separate myself from the madness all that disciple talk we know you just disappeared but we can't all go ghost terry we all can't disappear we have ministries that we lead i mean my life group keeps me in the middle of everything i mean my question is why can't that count why can't life group count that's that's discipleship i mean i've been trying to disciple another person but oh lord and that's how they got you to johnny and monticello game night put all that pressure on you always talk about talking about god to meet you where you are yeah and and meet the person where they are you take a step and god will do the risk that's how they got you hey hey hey and where did that get you you know what i'm saying some knuckleheads supposed to be disciples sister that ain't gonna change for you right in all them bible verses in book studies changed her how well it really hasn't changed that much see the way i see it y'all each one of us up here we're involved in what two three ministries you know what i'm saying and and now you want to add this whole discipleship piece to the mix ain't nobody got time for all that look working in kingdom kids takes up a lot of my ministry i gotta get the parents to log the kids in then i get excuses that's why i'm through with all this discipleship talk i'm only focusing on my ministries and that's enough no and i'm not going to mention choir practice praise theme best ministry speak on it leadership connection all the time all the time we always got something else to do man spiritually this brother is bawling you know what i'm saying and so for me i think i'm gonna just give a little bit over and above my tie ten percent right that should be enough should be you know what y'all got me thinking i mean but i have been trying to disciple this young lady and all i seem to get from her is it's pushback so i mean since you don't need all that stress don't need it i mean guys but i mean i don't know if i can just leave her hanging i mean i don't know if i can leave her hanging out there by herself i mean she does the work she tests my patience but she does the work tell you i'm gonna shut you down right now sis you know what i'm saying you need to rebuke them voices in the name of jesus don't listen i i mean i don't know if i can we we've been called to do this we have been called to go matthew 28 says go and make disciples be fishers of men we did not get saved to just keep it to ourselves we were saved to help another or bro another brother or sister in christ we can't just quit and not do it we know today but it's too much it's too much time to invest in another person there's just one more thing to being a christian always one more thing isn't accepting him enough now i got to go fishing for people too and you know what i don't even really like fish like that you know what i'm saying so you want me to go fishing on top of all these other ministries that we're involved in i i i i just you know brother johnny he a preacher right sister monticello she was a car caring christian from the jump street we're not built like that y'all we cut from a different cloth guys we but we said we would do it we all said we would try we all said we would try and make disciples pump the brakes ain't no y'all that's a big y'all not me you know what i'm saying you guys decided to park on that road y'all got to travel it hold on hold on hold on you know what i can't believe with y'all i cannot believe what i'm standing here sitting here standing here what i'm hearing y'all are making no sense none y'all are just being wish you watched these things one conversation with terry just one conversation and y'all all but giving up y'all gonna throw in the towel i don't want to do this i'm time i do too much ministry where that come from before he got here y'all was saying y'all was gonna do it then y'all don't change all my i don't even believe y'all you are you you work in a you know you work in a profession where you people don't even look like you and you guard them bless you in the middle of a doggone pandemic in the middle of a pandemic to have your own barbershop where they do that at you being blessed why they do that ain't nobody else get no barbershop in the middle of ending but you got one you can retire early you you mr that's a young that ain't us you the main one got this great job you a successful man in a tough industry being blessed on bliss on blessing and y'all seen him tell me i don't want to do this i can't believe y'all i'm it ain't too much it's not you know what i'm done i can only speak for myself being grateful y'all know how long i've been teaching 21 years 21 years of teaching and finally finally i am out of the classroom i am an instructional coach to some amazing teachers and y'all want to sit here and talk about y'all i don't want to do this i came with y'all y'all to me i'm making me sick i'm gonna go get my kids cause i don't know of y'all making me sick i can't stand y'all i'm done hey y'all telling my child i don't want to be disciples i don't want to be a disciple maker god doesn't bless y'all y'all sitting there being ungrateful lord jesus help me lord help me i got two kids that are in these acting they worse than my kids i don't even understand what happened hold on hold on let's let's let's talk about this hey hold up hey hold up [Applause] [Music] so [Music] god is is speaking to us today he's asking us [Music] will your heart and soul say yes [Music] will your spirit still say yes there is more that i require of these soul [Music] say yes [Laughter] now will your heart and soul [Music] and will your spirit still [Music] say yes and if i told you what i really need [Music] would your heart and soul say yes [Music] [Music] [Music] there is more is oh i really need if i told you what i really need with your heart and soul so just want me i am is i'll oh [Music] [Music] yes sir you [Music] all i god to do god is say yes you've blessed me and bless me and bless me and bless me and bless me and bless me god all i need to do is [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you god [Music] yes i am yes [Music] [Music] i am right [Music] if it's my help i'll do what you want me to do [Music] what is the lord calling you to agree to today what is he calling you to say yes [Music] i i [Music] is say yes [Music] [Music] is yes [Music] [Music] [Music] it's been a long time since some of you said yes to the lord you said yes to a whole lot of people for a whole lot of reasons but when it comes to the lord it always seems to be i'll get back to you i agree grab your bibles quickly go to the gospel according to say matthew chapter 28 please [Music] matthew 28. when you get there say amen [Music] reading from the new american standard version if you're at home grab your tablet grab your bible grab your phone and stand up with us please the text says but the 11 disciples proceeded to galilee in the mountain with jesus designated and when they saw him they worshiped him but some were doubtful and jesus came up and spoke to them saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptized in the name of the father and the son the holy spirit teach them to observe all that i commanded you and lo i am with you always even to the end of the age i want to preach this morning i'm in this series and i want to tag with the title i'm doing what he said look at your neighbors and neighbor i'm doing what he said let's pray together father in the name of jesus here we are so glad to be here in your presence so glad to be with your people oh god we pray for the feeling of your spirit right now we pray god you have your way in this place lord god invade the parts of our hearts and our mind that we have and we have closed off to you lord god don't let us punch the clock this sunday lord god too much is at stake too much we need and we're asking praying and a fresh word and a fresh moment and a fresh heart right now i pray god as always you wouldn't know me this very strategic hour let me preach your word with power and lord somebody may be saved somebody may be encouraged somebody may be lifted some burden some shackle may fall off and remain off [Music] have your way lord we glorify you we agree that your lord your king of kings we agree we agree we agree have your way lord in jesus name i do pray amen you may be seated in the presence of the lord i'm doing what he said we've been in this sermon series now for five weeks to six weeks and talking about one thing that as a born-again believer your job who is in christ also imitate christ and it's the idea to make a disciple to be a disciple and to make a disciple that's a totality of why we're still here but today i want to talk about i'm doing what he said we had a crazy crazy story about this woman in kenya woman in kenya who had a very unique unexpected way of having her husband's funeral of course the audience should have known something was going to be weird and strange because she showed up to the funeral wearing a white wedding dress but that's not all she proceeds to go up to the casket where her husband is lying she proceeds to grab his finger put a ring on it and put a ring on her finger but it wasn't over yet after putting a ring on a finger for this for this dead man's wedding renewal if you will she breaks out and danced breaks out all around the compound shouting and dancing but it's not over yet when they finally got her husband's body prepared to drop into the dirt to put him in the ground he put him to the ground a ground that had been covered in saturated gravesite with cabbage cabbage was beneath the casket but that's not all after that was completed they gave every attendee a piece of the cabbage as a souvenir to remind them of the service in that crate in that strain why why why she did it because that's what her husband asked her to do and she simply as strange as weird and as crazy that was she did what he said now when i finished shaking my head at the absurdity of all that i kind of started smiling and thought about patting my feet because it dawned on me that that sister is not the only one that has someone who left planet earth and left instructions for after they leave but it wasn't a spouse it's our savior jesus christ he too left some instructions for us as the body of christ to be about when he got out of here and no matter how strange it may be how bizarre it may be how unorthodox it may be he still intended for us to carry it out to carry out his last testament and will and that is to make disciples let me oh there you go again pastor we heard them talking about you over there in the play there you go again always talking about discipleship yes i am because you know why because for too long the church has been ripped van winkle when it comes to discipleship we've been asleep at the well we've been asleep because we have forgotten that discipleship is not simply about what happens in this house it's also about what happens in your house discipleship makes you a better singer makes you a better single person discipleship makes you a better youth and a better young adult discipleship makes you a better husband and a better wife discipleship makes you a better employer and employee discipleship makes you a better neighbor a better friend a better parent discipleship makes you but you'll never get better bill wagon at your house or at this house unless you decide to do for jesus the same thing you did for your mama when she died and your father when they died and your spouse when they died and your kid votes when they died you carried out their will jesus said if you did it for them do it for me this text is a familiar text and that's the problem it's so familiar that we know it but it's so familiar that we don't show it we we see it we've heard it but we haven't seen it nor heard it we just been around it we can quote these texts point to this text extract certain principles from this text but when it comes to the actual living out the text it's just a lesson matthew writes this text from an after it state of mind he writes this after jesus has been tried after jesus has been crucified after jesus has been put into a bar return after jesus resurrected he writes about what happens after chapter 28 is about after all that has been done and also he talks also about in the same chapter about after the whole incident whenever the roman soldiers took the hush money but they wouldn't say hush and so he writes this check to talk about not just jesus looking back but jesus looking forward because jesus know he has to go it's time to get out of here y'all but before he goes he leaves the church in final marching orders the final thing that it'll be about the final thing is by what making disciples because the challenge for the church today the challenge for the body of christ all around the globe is a condition called vampire christians what's a vampire christian these are christians who want the blood of jesus oh yes they do we want the blood but but we don't want christ to mess with how we live we want life you save us you make us born again but we don't want you to be lord over our lives vampire christian all we want is the blood blood with no impact of our behavior the lord says i'm telling y'all make disciples if the truth does nothing else it must make disciples and the church is about nothing else it must be discipleship it must be about making disciples and look and i like how matthew starts this he says but the 11 disciples i like how he starts this he's talking about this galilean rendezvous you said meet me on the mountain in galilee it's in rendezvous he says 11. it's it's a slight jab still at judas why are you talking about because here's a deal that they're supposed to be 12 12 disciples like what 12 tribes of israel but satan had a snake in the circle that's a sermon right there what are you doing as a snake in a circle and so judas is gone and so they're taking a jab at you because 11 suggests imperfection 11 suggests that something is off something is missing something's not it should have been 12 but it's only 11. however before they start throwing hateration over at judas they need to remember that matthew also said in chapter 26 that guess what that when they came to get jesus in the garden of gethsemane guess what verse 56 says they all left him enslaved they all ran away and all his children know is the idea of saying they would like saying run run as fast you can you can't catch me i'm the gingerbread man they ran away they ran away and now here they are at this galilean rendezvous and i like what the text says they came to the mountain and when jesus and they saw him verse 17 they worshipped him which what you ought to do with a savior worship him prosecuting with the word they bowed down they they worshipped jesus all but there was some doubtful dystopia is the word this idea of meaning that some hesitated some are unsure some were true minded is what it means they weren't sure they ain't seen you they ain't sure and you would have thought that jesus would have catalogued his three-year ministry with them you would have thought jesus would have brown beat at them you would have thought jesus said now enough is enough he didn't say a word about them having doubt you know why because no matter what they thought it's been it's been a minute now since they last saw jesus it's been a minute now say last so jesus take his last breath and say it is finished it's been a minute now and jesus didn't care about anything what he cared about he says what they made their way to the mountain because they met him on the mountain what they did in the past did not matter what they said in the past did not matter what they felt did not matter all that mattered is what they did they showed up when he summoned them they showed up what am i saying to austin here today i'm simply saying this is that you got to show up in spite of your issues they had issues oh yes they did but yet they still showed up with your issues you still have to show up one of my favorite sports commentators on television is a former hall of famer he's still a hall of fame football player uh named shannon sharp comes shay sharp some people call him that i like shannon sharp because shannon first of all he's from the country but also shannon sharp he tells it like it is and i heard him say one time is that people think that these million dollar athletes with all this money have no problems but he said you don't understand more money often means more problems he said they are inundated with issues issues with their wives issue with their children issue with their broke relatives issues some type of issues on top of issues with their own self-confidence they struggle with self-confidence he said but sunday morning is game day and on game day no matter what your issues may be you got to show up on that field and you got to show up no matter how much stuff in your life it's tough you got to bring all your issues but you still got to show up i like that because you know the lord is telling me and the body of christ it's game day and they want the body of christ to know that ain't just true about football so about every follower of jesus christ because the truth be told we got issues too we got issues with our wives and our husbands say amen we got issues with our children say amen we got issues with our broke relatives who won't pay back what they're borrowing we got issues also with our self-confidence and sometimes self-esteem we struggle to but yet jesus said when i got up from the dad it's game day and no matter what your issues are you still gotta show up and serve show up in spite of your issues because here's the deal your past does not preclude the lord or prohibit the lord from using you in the future whatever your past is or somebody to catch that right now let that sink into your spirit that go into your psyche because we're struggling we've disqualified ourselves we're struggling and somehow we just can't do it we're struggling and i'm saying it doesn't matter about your issue we all have issues if you live long enough you'll have issues with issues that's just part of life and yet the lord has said in spite of your issues i still want you to show up stop disqualifying yourself but pastor me and my husband fight like the hatfields in my car so what pastor my income is so low so what pastor i got a future pass so what pastor my speak is unsophisticated so what pastor you don't understand these children have embarrassed me so what pastor you don't understand that my education is on the lower room so what the last time i searched the bible the bible said that we are children of god so children of god we are people who our adequacy is not in ourselves our advocate comes from christ that all that we are all we have is through jesus christ we are adequate in him we're not adequate within ourselves it only comes through jesus christ you know what that means that means simply this that we are who we are and greatness doesn't come because you're so great greatness comes through grace the grace of god the grace of god it's the grace of god that's able to use you and bless you in spite of your issues always have time to work that and walk that forward man no time's getting away but i wish we had time to work that for a minute that inspired your issue that the lord can still use you somebody needs to know that today because somebody lied to you somebody shot your spiritual mickey and told you god can use you oh yes he can somebody say i got a drinking issue hey guess what so did noah but god used it anyway somebody says guess what i got an adultery issue i had a couple of situations that guess what so did david and god use them anyway so i got a marriage issue that's messing me up so did hosea go but god used them anyway what is your issue what is your situation that the god can't use you say i got a building in it i'm a better brother my bitter sister so didn't they on me but god still used them even if you're a scary cat like these disciples and you ran off from your assignment god can still use you the grace of god use people who don't qualify and use people who are inadequate use people who fell off the wagon use people that went back to rehab and used people to have babies out of wedlock and you just people that somehow thought about suicide uses people oh yes he does i'm trying to get through this thing but i just thinking about my own life that god could use somebody like me i know where i've been i know what i did and yet the grace of god has chosen to use me and he wants to use you he wants to use you he wants to use you in spite of your issue who says you ever gonna qualify you will never qualify god qualifies you you're who you are by the grace of god who lied to you what church you've been to what bible you read the bible says we are nobody but through christ we become somebody in christus in christ [Music] [Applause] show up you embarrassed show up you come to church and your wife won't come to church you come to church and the husband won't come to church show up you stand on the verge of bankruptcy show up you stay there and you are inundated with so much debt but show up you there driving a car that you can't afford but show up you got a child who don't call you know where that child even is but show up you got a marriage with you in one room there another room and the two never meet like shift crossing the night but show up you got to say wait what you thought you contemplated going back to the pipe going back to the blow going back to the over y'all but show up hey [Applause] scar that we serve and look what he says he said i want y'all to know something boys all ex lucia all authority all athon is mine it's jesus public proclamation you remember that the authority once resided in the first adam adam had authority but adam fought his authority through what disobedience in the garden of eden now the last adam jesus comes along and said guess what i didn't poo-poo mine away oh no i did not he comes on guess what i defeated the devil i died and now i'm alive again and now all authority in heaven and earth belongs to me in ephesians 1 22-22 the bible says that when jesus was raised from the dead he was seated high above every power every authority every dominion everything is under his feet he said i got all power and authority what adam lost i retrieve it's all mine it's world is mine i'm over everything and everybody it's all mine i am in charge i own it i made it i redeemed it it's all mine i'm over every democrat i'm over every republican i am over every taliban office i'm over over every terrorist i'm over everything it's all mine i'm the god of the universe i'm not the god of america only i'm not the god of the bloc i'm not the god of the cul-de-sac i'm the god of the whole wide world from everlasting everlasting i am god all by myself and because we have a universal god he gives them a universal mission look what he says i want you to do something i want you to go and make disciple all nations all people all ethnicities everywhere don't you be racial with this don't you be caught up in colorism the problem with the evangelical church i hope you watching me right now write me a letter text me i'll meet you in the parking lot we made christianity a cultural phenomenon we made christianity something only that you wrap yourself in the flag i ain't wrapping myself in the flag i've wrapped myself in the cross of jesus christ the cross at the cross where i find son of light and the blind of my heart rolled away god bless america yes but god bless africa too god bless zambia too god bless asia too god bless mexico too god bless because it all belongs to god [Music] one mission one imperative make disciples in the original coin greek language if you were to break this down there's one when i say emperor that means command there's only one command it's a command that's tied to three participles they give it a more of an adjectival nuance would mean it's like a description of it in other words he's saying make disciples and when he starts saying going baptizing and teaching those are subsets of the idea of make disciples now he's saying make disciples he did not say make church attendees he did not say make an army of tithers he did not say make membership small medium or large he did not say make philosophers of potentiates he said what i want you to do is to make disciples make some people who look like me and live like me and love like me and are willing to follow me at the end of the day he said this is my organism this is my church i got my name on it and what i want you the church to make every church every church a different vision but the mission we can't choose the mission he's already given us the mission is to make disciples and the question on the floor is this the bezel we've been reading this studying this teaching this and wanting and teaching us over there and soldier for christ how we gonna do this how are we gonna be able to pull this off yeah yeah i see the bible say but in the elephant in the room how we do it look what he says he first of all go that mean don't stay it means stay with me we can't wait for the world to come to us we must go to the world it means hear me friendship we can't hide out in our safe comfortable suburban neighborhoods we can't hide in our gated communities we got to be willing to what engage them we got to be able to meet the world where it is and we're already in the world on your job you're in the world when you go to the barber shop in the beauty shop you're in the world it's about your front door you're in the world but he said we got to stop hiding and being closet christians you got to go to them to carry the gospel of redemption reconciliation and the removal of sin that's our job not their job we got to go oh in the past ham you know code is out here real bad you know i can't go out of my house you understand i got five masks i wear every single day i got a shield over my faith you understand pastor hamlet i'm taking 19 shots right now i got 30 pills on top of my shelf you understand i ain't getting out there i ain't fooling people good don't go but let the gospel go stay inside but get the gospel outside how text message get it outside instagram get it outside facebook get it outside tick tock to talk the chick get it outside [Music] [Applause] that ain't no excuse because i prove it if people need a gospel now more than ever over 600 000 people have died they need the gospel and the church is playing church and the church is building buildings and the church is raising money and the church enjoy the sundry of things that have nothing to do with eternity and all we're doing is swapping money and swapping members big passer i said i wasn't coming back this week but you made me come back so we got to go we got to go i've been working on something i'm going to tell you about a little later about something about how we can become missionaries on our blocks how we can impact that block just start just your street just your street because that that's what we got to be what the church is meant to be holistic ministry loving people meeting people where they are meeting their knees but not being ashamed of the gospel we gotta go we gotta go we'll go but also he says there's nothing that's reaching but also baptized in the name of the father-son holy spirit that is the idea of what if that's reaching this has to be rooting rooting them in their identity rooting them in who they are baptism a way of demonstrating not just only just with the water but the washing water with the word or let them know exactly who they are and whose they are to let them understand that when you became saved something happened to you something changed in you your whole destiny your whole identity everything changed because the bible says any man being christ he's a new creator old thing to pass only become you're not who you used to be we let them also know that now they are trinitarian they are part of a triune god a triune the god of heaven and earth is operating the kind of a triune godhead and let them know exactly what that means let them know there's a father who selected them it's the son who saved them it's a spirit that seals them that we are trinitarian because the bible says in the name not in the names in the name singular in the name of him so we need to level up who you are because we don't know who we are we are we are christian we are christian and we are bipolar christians we don't know who we are rule them rule them let them know what happened to you let them know what it's becoming let them know what your future holds you got to reach got a root then we also got to remind you he said teach them to observe all that i command and watch before me because we love teaching oh we love breaking out our notes and our commentaries and we love word studies and we love teaching we love just just but he ain't just talking about just only teaching he's talking about a teaching that is connected application teach them to obey know what this ain't some doctrine dump this ain't some information job we know what we don't assume that because you heard it reverend headed that you got it and we don't understand assume that because you teaching it you in it teach teaching what to obey live the lesson has got to be lived ain't enough that you understand the bible from killer to killer ain't enough that you understand what john 3 16 says ain't enough i want to know what do you do with what you know it ain't about just knowing more about jesus it's about being like jesus make disciples what's all this mean preaching it means that jesus had a process he had a relational process that was rooted in relationship love patience sacrifice and modeling and now over three years later that they've all mostly back up to this mountain and suggested everything he did worked because they're here it worked so what's he saying we got to surrender to the process he wants us to copy what he did i talked to folks all the time about they got these concepts about discipleship would do this and do this dude i was thinking wait a minute what did jesus do oh no we're gonna find that out first jesus copy jesus i was talking to one of my crazy cousins yesterday back from back home and you know you know you talk to your cousin i call just kind of check in maybe like five ten minute conversation oh my god forgot he's a long way talking a long time i've got he's long-winded oh my goodness anybody got any long-winded relatives we talk on the phone like oh lord i i saw i dialed your number i should have text you long-winded guess what he took me all the way back to high school and he reminded me of something i've forgotten all about that we had a classmate who was in our english literature class and we took this test and he made a hundred and you say well that ain't no i make hundreds all the time no but not him he more like 40s and 50s he got a perfect score he made a hundred the teacher knew something wasn't right but she didn't know what cause you don't go from 40 to 50 to 100 maybe a 65 68 but not a hundred she didn't know what something wasn't right then she figured it out he cheated he cheated he cheated off somebody's paper but how did she figure it out she sounded like guess what this five beta kappa brother this brother didn't not only copied the person's paper he also copied the name he copied everything what am i saying somebody ought to put a shout of press right there it may be wrong to copy in school but it's right to copy the savior he said it's all right look at my paper and do exactly what i did because i want you to make a hundred in discipleship you might be a 40 or 45 but i want to move you up to a hundred it's okay to copy my paper the lord is saying look at the book look at my life look at my work and copy me don't make it up for yourself don't just download something no look at me and do what i did and you will be what i am and you'll get what i got but we must learn as a body of believers to copy the savior am i right about it we thank god for leaving us a copy we thank god for a process we thank god we're not a shot in the dark he showed us and told us exactly what we should do and i thank god for showing us how we should do it how in the world was paul able to disciple timothy because what he copied jesus how in the world were bonnie was able to disciple john mark because he copied jesus behind the world on the day of pentecost and the early church with three thousand and then five thousand high in the world could they reach the world because they copied jesus what the bible is saying today that we must copy jesus because jesus way works but wait a minute i ain't just talking about who led them who disciple them here's the question who discipled you who led you was anybody discipled up in hell give god praise thank god for your discipler thank god for your investor thank god who poured the youth thank god that somebody loves you enough love christ enough to copy christ in your life when you wouldn't come to church they reach for you when you would not live like you've been to church they rooted you and when you act like you knew all about church they reminded you it ain't about knowing it's about showing and the fruit of the holy ghost thank god for jesus anybody doing what he's saying but wait a minute there's more meat on this bone and jesus says guess what in verse 19 i'm giving you a commandment but in verse 20 i'm giving you comfort look what he's saying and lo i'm with you always all the days to the end of the age i ain't some fly by night savior i ain't some johnny come lately i ain't somebody who can start but can't finish he says in matthew 1 23 call him emmanuel which means god is with us and now at the end of the gospel account he says guess what what i was then i still am now i will be with you always don't you worry well pastor you understand what if i get rejected no i'm with you always what if i get ostracized by my family and friends because i got too serious i'm with you always what if they ask me something that i don't have an answer for i'm with you always what if i find myself in danger don't worry about danger cause i'm with you always the promise is to stick with it don't you quit don't you throw in the towel it's long it's hard discipleship is a process of pain the patient processed but stay with it and don't turn your back on the law wait a minute let me find yourself on friday i had my grandbaby drew drew bailey we're in my backyard having some country fun she was back there picking up sticks and breaking sticks just working picking up sticks breaking sticks just working picking them up having the best time in her life picking them up and breaking them and i wasn't working i was watching because i saw that when she pick it up and breaking them that there were some bees around that she did not see there was some bugs around that she did not see there was some wasp around that she did not see i saw danger that she did not see so while she was enjoying herself just working i was there spotting swatting putting things away that she may be successful as she works i'm on my way home what i'm trying to say for all of us that's about to have some country fun making disciples in this discipleship journey they have some spiritual bugs there's some spiritual beings that's in spiritual walk and yet we serve a savior that i am with you just keep on and keep on and keep on working i got your back friendship i got your back just keep on just keep on i'll never leave you nor forsake you give god praise give god glory hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we gonna be a people that show up let's fight about issues we're going to be a people who surrender to the process we're going to be a people who stick with it cause lo i'm with you always and nothing gets to you unless i authorize it so now for us as we prepare to close this thing is not about knowledge knowledge we have it's a very biblically literate church but it's about our behavior will we trust god enough step out of our comfort zones of convenience to put down just simply checking the box i went to church check the box i went online check the box i gave a tithe on an offer check the box no lord show me use me just in my circle i ain't got to be like you you ain't got to be like me we're all trying to be like him but lord use me [Music] that lies may be changed for the glory of god so i want to give somebody the invitation to come to this christ this christ who loves you died for you was buried for you and rose from the grave for you it was all about you he took our sins upon himself and it was nailed to a cross for you for me for us aren't you sick and tired of trying to save yourself i want you ready to let christ have you he'll love you he'll lead you and he'll never ever leave you alone will you come to christ will you agree that you're a sinner will you agree that jesus only savior there is the god man and we used to render yourself to him god give you me you've given yourself to other people for far less who could never do what christ will do for you with this time you give yourself to the right person will you give yourself to jesus christ i'm going to lead you in a prayer if it's your desire just pray the prayer it's a prayer of faith of you just receiving christ god god wants you to be connected to him to know him not second-hand information to know him but you got to choose it's your choice here's the prayer every head bowed father in the name of jesus i admit i'm a sinner i want to be saved i want you to change my life i give you me i give you my i believe you love me you died buried for me you rose from the dead you're alive today ask you to forgive me of all my sins and come into my heart and make me the person you saved me to be i'm yours in jesus name i pray amen if you prayed that prayer in this house or pray that prayer online step your hand up if you prayed that prayer to receive jesus christ you prayed that prayer received jesus christ him you pray that prayer receive jesus christ slip your hand up if you pray if you're ready to receive christ as your savior to give the headship of your life over to the savior step your hand up if you're online m4friendshipcbc.com let us know you know we'll call you today tonight you'll receive christ my second imitator join friendship you need a church home in a church family when you join friendship a place to begin again i always say you checking us out come on amen amen amen checking me in checking in checking in let's let this brother catch that brother catch that brother catch that brother amen god bless that brother take that brother take that brother amen amen amen amen amen there's more there's more there's more you've been vacillated you've been vacillated you assumed that just coming what's good enough now god wants you to come all the way in across the line of commitment you join this church right here right now thank god for sending us all these great men thank god for these men he sent us thank god and sisters my third imitation to the body of believers i want to pray for you online for you in the house please stand [Music] i got a question before we pray if you are open to someone coming alongside discipling you are you open to come alongside discipline somebody else sit behind them oh my goodness oh my goodness [Music] for those that raise their hand and say i want to pour into somebody else teacher h vicky where's ralph where's ralph come here you guys stand right here the four of you stand right here [Music] is laura here okay [Music] we're not perfect people they lead our discipleship minister to church this is not a mile of perfection but if you have that desire there are a lot of people in church who are doing it we know who's who and we can line you we're going to put you with someone or someone that your gift can be exercised like this church so if you're one of those person that says hey i want to appoint somebody then just let them know and they'll get your information and we'll pray and we'll let god lead you the way because it because we shouldn't just sit here on our gifts god wants to actualize the gifts mobilize us so when this service is over jot down your name drop down your number and tell them and we'll see how in life group how i walk through the bible how in our men's ministry women's ministry children's ministry that the culture of this church is about people engaging other people that they could walk with christ and know christ that's what we're about let's pray together father in the name of jesus we thank you for this mountaintop moment we ask and pray god that you would liberate us from only thinking about ourselves from our fears and uncertainties and our trepidations and our bondage that we've self-imposed we've limited ourselves we say you can do all things but it'll apply to us we've allowed our probably bigger than you forgive us god cleanse us god oh but god started start a revival in his church a revolution in his church of people god serving but also serving one another allow men to disciple men and women to be with women and young adults with young adults and youth with youth and allow the older saints god to invest in the younger saint and allow us god to stop talking about it and to really be about it we're so caught up with so many priorities that pull us away you've gifted us you blessed us you've trained us now release us not for a class but for a communion with you and with others thank you lord thank you lord for leaving us instructions thank you god for being our great god our great god thank you lord for mercy mercy mercy mercy bless us lord we honor you and we praise you in the mighty name of jesus christ i do pray amen amen and amen give god praise give god pray grip god pray amen amen and we thank god and god great god i look forward to seeing you tomorrow on on a move monday and i'll see you on wednesday night guys on wednesday night i'll see you on wednesday night when we come back in our own line to deal with this but we thank god our big god our big great don't forget to pass by and give me your name give your number come on come on man come on you

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