Sermon transcript:
Come on now. Can we give God some praise in his house? No, no, you got to do better than that. You allowed for me? Come on. We gotta be louder for God.
Hello? Yeah, there we are. Yeah. Come on. I love this house. I'm back. I told you we're family. There's no getting rid of me. There's no getting rid of me. I'm still waiting for invite to a cookout, no pass. So that's what I'm, that's where I'm at. I'm gonna have to book a trip to come down here just just to kind of make a house tour just because oh my Hey, I'm a cousin now. I'm here. I'm here. Third time, here's a rule of my house. The first time you come we show you where the cups are, and the plates on everything. The second time, you gotta go to the frigerator you know where everything is. So I feel that way. I'm glad to be here. It's an honor to be here. And I would love to honor your pastor, your leaders, Pastor Brent, man, what a phenomenal man and God and who he is as, as a pastor. And you know, there are some things that you don't even know he does. He calls me randomly, just to check in just to encourage us. There's been some hard things we've gone through. As church planners, we lost the church by the way, January 21. We had our first Sunday or 18 weeks in
come on the teams back home right now killing it.
I love what God is doing. He calls he encourages we went through a hard time in the beginning and and he just he just kept calling and encouraging. So can you guys give some some honor to your pastor to your leader?
I've been given a tall task this morning.
To to break down and into cover. First Corinthians chapter three.
I'll tell you this right now as this is this is how you know we're family because as a guest coming in,
to be asked us preach on First Corinthians. Any Corinthians is like, Oh, all right, we want to get into some business. Okay, Lord, we want that we want to step on some things and do it and talk about some things. But I believe this, I believe that if you came expecting or believing whether you're in the room or online, for God, to open your hearts, open your minds to a new perspective and revelation of who he is, and his goodness for your life. I believe that you're going to leave this place, you're going to leave this this this moment. And your life is going to be impacted, not just for tomorrow, but for the days to come.
Not just for what God's gonna do in your life today. But for the years to come and the encouragement. So I do encourage you to just press it, to lock in, until allow not my voice to be the loudest voice in the room, but the Lord's voice to be the loudest voice in your heart and your mind and in your soul. Can we do that? Come on, let's pray. Father God, I pray right now that you were blessed this time, Lord, that you did, you would reveal yourself to us
in a way that we need you to this morning.
I pray that as I'm an instrument in the orchestra, that you are leading. Lord, I pray that you will allow not the focus to be on me. But the focus to be on you Your Word, and the revelation and a breakthrough that we all need to receive this morning, whether we're in the room or we're online.
God thank you for what you're doing. And thank you for what you're getting ready to do in Jesus name, a man. All right, so we got we got we got to talk about it. First Corinthians Chapter Three of the I'm gonna break it down. And I'm not going to read all of it, because it's pretty long, but I'm gonna lump it into verses so you can track with me. And then on the back end, I'm gonna give you three life changing steps. I believe that we're learning from this, this chapter in First Corinthians. And just to give you some context, the Corinthians First and Second Corinthians, and this is for all my Bible, theological theologians in the room. It was actually if you look at the order of the New Testament, it goes, it goes x into Romans in Romans into First and Second Corinthians. However, that's not the original order. It was written in first and second Corinthians was written first. Paul was ready to come in and he was ready to check some things and do some things. But I believe that as Paul was reading it, he said, Wait a minute. This is a little harsh. So let me write Romans and put Romans first to soften the hearts to receive the truth of the matter. The fact of that the way we're living as believers and Christians are not necessarily up to the par to the level that Jesus has called us to live. And so as we as we step into this, have that perspective and understand that this is Paul, correcting the people, the believers correcting the people saying, Hey, what the way you're doing this is not right. This is the way you need to walk it out and do it so in Corinthians Apostle Paul is addressing the Corinthians about the spiritual maturity. Here's the breakdown.
Know the chapters verses one through four Paul criticizes the Corinthians For their spiritual maturity saying they are still worldly and not ready for solid food, but only for milk. Come on somebody.
Come on. That's that's real. I like me some some heavy food now. verses five through nine Paul talks about how God is the only one who gives growth. And he and apologists are just servants working in God's field building on the foundation of Jesus Christ. Verses 10 through 15. Paul discusses the importance of building on the foundation of Christ, which qualifies with quality materials that will that will withstand the test of fire on the Day of Judgement. Verses 16 through 17. Paul reminds the Corinthians that they are God's temple and should not destroy it with division and conflicts. Verses 18 through 23 These are the last verses Paul contrasts the wisdom of the world with the wisdom of God using the Corinthians to not boast in in human leaders but only in the Lord
the overall mean the importance of the of the spiritual maturity building on the foundation of Christ and the danger of division and pride within the church. Come on how many people can agree with me by the end the room online that that those three things are pretty well we would call immature. They're pretty things that that happened that we would look at and say man grow up.
We will look at it say why are you acting like that and doing that? In my household? I have four kids, three girls and one boy.
I am the Sophos stuff is dude in my house. My daughters know that my daughters know that they they take advantage of daddy, they they know I have a nine year old, a three year old and a two year old. They're probably watching right now they're probably here. And I'm probably shaking their head like yep, we know.
We know. We know we we get it. So So what happens in my household sometimes is my daughter's would would go and they do this sweet little thing. Like my oldest. She's nine and I was getting a haircut yesterday. And I was at my brother's house and I didn't know my my brother and my sister in law. Were gonna go pick her up and bring her over. But they did and she ran into the room. And she said, Hi, Daddy. I said Hey, baby, I said do you need these? She said no, just a kiss. I was like, oh, okay, here's 20 bucks.
She knows how to play the game. Like she gets it like she knows that if I can get dad in this, this soft place and all hugging him and loving on him. She knows that whatever she asked for besides makeup. She will get she will get it. And my youngest are picking up on that. Because here's what they'll do. They'll go to mom, and they'll ask mom, and I say Mom, can I have it? She will say no.
Or they'll go to my mother in law and they'll ask my mother in law. Hey, can I have grandma can I have and they will say no.
And then she'll come. Ayanna, Ziaja they'll come and let's see, dad.
I'm working in typing and doing some things come and give me a hug. And I was like, I love you.
I love you.
Hey, can I have some hot Cheetos?
I'm not sure why.
You got some hot Cheetos. You go get them sick. I can't get on. Can you get a formatic? Director? No. Can you get them? Yes, sir. Get out. Go get him slide. Like what are you doing? I'm getting a on this month. I just told her
why she can't handle hot Cheetos.
Why she got
me into having a combat with my wife and it's just hot Cheetos. The worst is, is sleeping in our bed.
My wife will go put our daughters down. And they know they don't want me for anything else other than to get them to what they want. They're like, can I have daddy? I'll go upstairs and I go to the room.
By way, can I just can you just can you just hold me in your bed?
Here's what says she knows her bed is uncomfortable for me. I'm like, Yeah, sir. Come on. Go. And now he's like, Hey, what are you doing? This is why they don't sleep in a room and like she just wants to cuddle. What's wrong with her wanting to cuddle with her that? I'm not gonna get these years but one day she's gonna grow up and she's not gonna want to be around me. I just I just want to hold my three year old what? Why don't you love your three year old enough to want to hold her
what do you what are you doing? Man? Maybe Maybe there's something wrong with you and I know for me like
she's watching right now.
As we listen, I'm gonna get text messages.
But but but my kids have learned how to play this game. They've learned how to work the system and work things out and, and say just enough and know what to say and how to say it and when to say it and, and how to apply it and what to do to get what they want. Which, which then sometimes oftentimes, which puts me and my wife at odds, because we find ourselves in a space where, where we both want what's best for our kids, we both want to see them when we we both want them to feel loved, welcomed, and instruction and obedient and all of these things, but yet, we are operating on two different spectrums. Because one is operating on this, like we're going to do this, and the other one is operating out of color what it is manipulation.
pride, arrogance, or, or just wanting to be right, or just wanting things done my way, or just just wanting to feel fulfilled the way Don wants to be fulfilled. And then what causes this thing in our kids is, they begin to see this and they begin to know how to work it, they say wait a minute, it worked one time, it'll work again.
And then all of a sudden, the system is structured. And the things that we put in place, are now being blurred.
And the lines are being compromised. And the morals that we stand on are no longer being stood on. And the things that we're supposed to live by walk by, are no longer being led by water by hope you hear me is saying about parenting, I hope you hear what I'm laying down.
When we begin to play this game
of manipulation, or understanding or, or doing this and, and going behind and making things happen to where we want it to happen, or because we want our pride and we want to feel tough and macho, or we want to feel loved and fulfilled or, or we got trauma and insecurities that we try to cover up and hide, or we got things that we're trying to deal with and navigate that we don't want nobody to know. And so we begin to move and do and be in and walk and talk and do and I don't know, we ended up doing the one thing that enemy wants us to do.
And that's the only scheme if the only thing you get from me this morning.
I want you to hear me say this, the enemy only has one scheme,
one game plan.
Nothing else. He's not great at anything else. But there's just one thing.
And that's causing division.
The enemy wants to cause division in your life, he wants to pull you away, he wants to isolate you. He wants to put you in a space to where you're by yourself or you're going against your pride or, or your air like this, this tension in you. There's something in you that's that's pulling you away from what God has for you, to isolate you and to put you in a place to compromise.
Well, damn winning some Bibles. Let me give you some Bible in the beginning.
When God created man, he said what he saw that man was not fit to be alone. So therefore Eve was then created. And from that moment, man was never alone. until Satan shows up to the sea. And she He isolates Eve into the garden. And he asked her a simple question.
Did he really say that?
But can I tell you where Eve compromised first? By being alone?
Can I tell you what then took place? She said that God said we couldn't eat or touch of the tree. Can I tell you that? That's not what God said. God said that you couldn't eat from the tree. See, here's what the enemy knew. The enemy knew that if evils was willing to add to it, she'd be willing to take away from it. Why? Because the law was already blurred and compromised. The line was already corrupt. The line was already was already messed up, messed up and jacked up. So he said, Wait a minute, if you're willing to add touch to it,
you'll be willing to take away eat from it as well.
And so he gets her he deceives her he wins her over why? Because she was alone, she compromised the line and then all of a sudden it trickles down to them.
And they both become compromised.
Division is cancerous, it spreads.
It destroys.
It's not healthy, it's not good.
And it's something that has to be nipped in the bud right away.
It's something that has to be stopped immediately. It's something that has to be addressed immediately and sometimes in a harsh way, in a real way,
in a loving way, but in a direct way.
And what Paul is saying when we just read, In the beginning of the Corinthians, he says, Hey, your spiritual maturity
is not mature enough to handle food.
You need milk?
You need milk?
What time I've been coming to church for 10 years. I know all the books in the Bible.
I can quote all of everything.
Give me a Bible trivia.
As great
but instead of zero division in your life,
have you compromised the line?
Whether it be for your own personal gain or or hiding insecurities, or or anything else is there division in your life?
See, I believe that Paul's writing this letter, not to not to necessarily come down hard and beat down the Corinthians and beat down the believers. But he's writing this to say, Hey, you got to check your heart.
Hey, I need you to I need you to self evaluate what's in your hearts. I need you to look at yourself and be honest and be true to what's in your heart. Because Because what's in your heart, if it's not pure, if it's not until the Lord if it's, it can't be unto me posing it to me or policy. It can't be both of us enough. We don't even pose it. I don't even want the credit. It has to be unto the Lord.
Because anything else causes what? Division.
When you begin to compromise the line,
we begin to justify sin.
We begin to say, oh, you know what, it's okay for us to do. We're forgiven God's grace.
We begin to do the same thing the enemy does. All throughout Scripture, where he takes scripture, he takes verses and he twists it and manipulates it in such a way that he then he uses it in a way to sound enticing to sound good to sound the way it's supposed to be. But in all reality, all it is is out of context.
We see this in Matthew
chapter one, when Jesus in the world has been tempted.
He says surely he'll send the angels they're concerned about you.
And Jesus respond with what God says don't put him to test
if we're not careful, we fall into the line of division.
And we cause lions to be compromised.
And here's the truth of the matter like there's a couple things that that causes this that leads to this and I just want to throw out there and again
that's the Holy Spirit convicts you you need to take it over there don't don't email past and present Don't ever bring him back. Because he was all in my business. We family we family in a me is the Lord didn't take it out with him now taken.
But here's some of the things that we do in pride or arrogance, or cockiness, or, or out of insecurity or, or just maybe we don't even know, and maybe going to run today and you have no idea that these things are wrong. Well, I'm here to help you see that again, what Paul is saying is there's a right way to do things. But but sometimes we what we'll do is we'll take things and we'll label it something just to justify to make it right.
gossiping.
Will they bless I'm just venting.
That's all I'm doing. I'm just venting. Grad I gotta vent to you today.
Man, you gotta tell I gotta tell you some
will start gossiping.
Gossiping causes division.
Here's the thing. Just just take this, this free, this little nugget.
If you're venting to anybody that's affected by what you're talking about. It's gossip.
If you're venting to anybody that can cause a productive solution, to set a fix or to move forward, it's gossip.
If you're venting to anybody that just says, Oh, you're right.
He shouldn't have done that. seasickness said that girl.
I have cut friends out of my life for this for me simply going to them and having a what I call a spiritual brother conversation. And if the whole conversation there
bring with me and that helping me see my blind spots. My blind spots are the ways that I can do different or be better or better husband a better father a better pastor better leader. I have cut them out of my life.
Because I found myself going back because there's just guilty pleasure of gossiping.
This is guilty pleasure of have got some tea.
I love some tea.
PuTTYgen cost division
meant, did you hear what Pastor Brian said? Hey, we really gonna do that. That's crazy. I don't even think we ready for that as he must be wild. I don't know what he talked
about some given when we talk about giving every weekend person.
That's gossipy.
That's monitoring. We see it in all throughout the Bible. Jesus tells the Kenyans come down. I'm going to your house for dinner. I'm giving I'm giving a lot of Bible right now. I'm sorry, I'm, I'm in the context, I'm in the Word.
And what do we see the believers the mother and said he's gone to have dinner with his son? Should we be celebrating that?
Should we be in all of that? Should we be yes to that?
Should we should we sit and wait whenever a leadership says or or a leader or somebody that says hey, we're going to take over the city of El Paso for the kingdom should we all just rejoice and get excited and be on the on the same page with that? Should we all be excited to see the everybody know Jesus in El Paso or or whatever city you live in.
And we're gonna raise X amount of money to do X, this shouldn't increase your faith to believe that you've seen God do some crazy things. And you're believing that he's going to continue to do the impossible. But what happens is, we allow doubt, or fear or insecurities, or our past hurt, or what this church do to us or what this person said to us or what this leader did to us, or what this done all of this. And we begin to doubt.
And we begin to doubt.
And we begin to have what I call the faith of the 10 spies.
And we begin to mutter
and spewed
discord among one another because we were gossiping.
Here's a healthy way to vent. Find somebody who's gonna hold you accountable.
Find somebody who's not going to just let you throw up on them and let you stay where you're at.
Find somebody who's willing to pick you up
and say, Yeah, I hear you. And I understand you thought that way.
But
have you thought about looking at it this way?
Have you tried this perspective?
Maybe you're looking through the lens of offense? Have every one of you just forgave them? Well, I just can't forgive them what Jesus says what?
Forgive
Jesus on the Way to the process. Father, forgive them for they don't know what they're doing.
Surround yourself with people, spiritual leaders, spiritual brothers and sisters
that are gonna, that are gonna hold your hand and hold you accountable that you can vent to, but they aren't gonna let you stay there.
If they're fueled by your gossip, you need to cut them out of your life.
I get it. I may be your best friend. I get it. I grew up childhood friends. And I understand that some healthy boundaries and being able to meet me and my wife we vent girl did you hear that? Maybe Did you hear it? I didn't know that.
But let it be healthy. The second thing is is control
wants to try to lead I'm just a leader.
But we're really controlling.
We're really controlling we really do what I say as I say because I said so.
apparents we do this a lot.
We got to control I'm a control I'm a control and we labeled it leading.
Hey, you should be God's will for your life.
I wish to be praying for God to give wisdom and discernment to the individuals that we're leading or that God has blessed us with to steward whether that's sons and daughters or employees or friends or or any relationship God would you would you give me wisdom to how to how to how to lead this individual.
Now parents I'm not telling you to let your let your kid go out here and be big in the world. That's not what I'm saying.
But I
saying is oftentimes we can use control
in a way, and we label it leadership.
And the truth of the matter is it causes division. Because people then end up walking away from God.
They walk away from his will, and its purpose for life. Because I can tell you this, anytime that you get get put in somebody's life can I tell you, it's because the Lord placed you there? And when you use an abuse that can I tell you this? Yeah, they may not trust people again. But you know who else is on the line of them not trusting God,
the Holy Spirit.
And what Paul is adjusting, as Paul is saying, hey, based on how you're living your life, and what you're doing, you're not living by example. That way people want to follow you
gotta be somebody that somebody looks and says, I want to be like him. I want to be like her whole my life to be changed not by because they told me this and that but because they live by example, the way he loves his wife, man.
I want to love my wife one day like that. The way she just loves her as her husband, man.
Girl, I know it's hard, man. I know it's hard. But man, the way you push through, it motivates me. The way you your family that you don't got a lot of money, but maybe I'll make time for your family. I want to be like that.
That's what it looks like to truly lead somebody.
You got to lead yourself before you can lead others.
And Paul is saying What are y'all doing? You're getting so caught up in following a man that you're not even unto the Lord.
Another thing we do is we take manipulation, and we label it love.
My daughter is the queen of manipulation. The Hot Cheetos thing is just one of the 1000 things that happen in my house daily.
I promise you she's just she's just a queen at it.
And the way she disguises it,
is by getting all lovey dovey.
Say, Daddy, I love you. Now my oldest, I think she's just naturally just wanted to give me a hug and a kiss. And I just was a softy. And I just gave her $20
versus that's just, that's just that's just the truth of the matter.
But the youngest thing they know the tactful
because they want what they want
and they're willing to compromise and blur the lines
and good thing I love them unconditionally.
Because because I don't never my love for them will never run out.
But can I tell you that people
can smell and see manipulation over a long period of time.
And eventually
what you present as authentic
will eventually be perceived as fake over time.
And phone stopped being answered and text messages stop being answered. And things stop being the game division in the relationship
be authentic and honest and real. You don't have to manipulate to get your way
you can just love people genuinely
there's times where I call pastors and I say hey, I don't need nothing from you I'm gonna change planets everybody every time I talk to somebody they always think I want money or resources or another from you as well that you know I love you
I'm breaking the barrier down
I could call and be like hey pastor you know I love you you know we could use about another 1015 $30,000 Now you know
but guess what? If I do that I can be blocking what God has for me because I can manipulate this over here and get something and God could be saying but I was gonna give you so much more I was gonna do so much more for you but you're over here manipulate and get the promotion but I was getting ready to to give you a business you over you're manipulating to get this relationship but I was getting ready to give you multiple relationships with multiple people who can who can impact your life in a positive way
you got to understand love least away
and when you genuinely are genuinely and you're genuinely loving people and you're authentically doing it it makes a difference
here are three again are closing with these three things I'm sorry we good y'all we are still love me all right. I'm gonna ban some people not clapping
leaves now he Are you out
In Gaza, you talked about T I was done, you gotta left.
You could have been out of here. He talked about his manipulation, love.
Lesson and I'm just I'm just I'm on assignment. I wish I could come up here. I'm a faith guy. I love increasing faith. I want us to be running around this room and believing for the miracle signs and wonders of the Lord I'm, I'm a Holy Spirit filled guy. And, and yes, like, boom, but but this is this is true, we got to we got to know the word.
We got to know how to live the Word, we got to know how to apply the word to our life. Because there's a lot of believers in the world as a lot of people in the world who are catching tick tock revelations, or Instagram theology, or podcasts, just just goodness truth for their life. And they, they take that and it just planted in their world. And they never dig the hole and plant the seed and water it. They never do anything to it. And they find out they figure they want to they, they get to a place where they, they they're frustrated with the way their life looks. And that's because nobody ever took the time to do the hard work.
We got so caught up on this popularity thing.
I love you and passive really loves you.
He loves you enough to say hey, we got to talk about the we got to talk about the solid.
We got to talk about the truth the realness of the word.
Hear me say there's there's nothing wrong with the Tick Tock revelations, or the Instagram theology. I am a pastor I posted encouraging things on Tik Tok all the time.
But just that alone,
was not enough.
Just that alone was not enough. Some of that will keep you where you are feeling good.
And the thing is not Jesus don't want to leave you where you are. He wants to take you on this path of sanctification.
And on this journey of being sanctified. There are some things that have to break off and come off of us. There's some things that we have to realize, wait a minute, I didn't know this was wrong.
Wait a minute, I didn't know I was in the way.
And maybe just maybe the truth today would be the truth that you need to get out of the way.
And to allow the Lord just to start flowing in your life.
The thing you've been praying about maybe, maybe it's I just I just went, Oh, wait. There's division in my life. I need to get rid of division.
Wait a minute, there's this bitterness in my heart, this offense and I need to I just need to get rid of
what I've been in all of a person I need to be in all of the Lord.
I just move out of the way and just open up the floodgates.
Just open up to heaven gates over your life.
Miracle signs of wonders peace that surpasses all understanding.
Mercy that's new every day.
These are all things that the Lord has for you. That if we're not careful, will allow these things to just camp out in a heart,
combat in our mind, combat in our soul.
And we'll walk around digging, it makes us tough. It means we have endurance. It means we're macho, that we're strong enough that we're tough enough.
But my Bible says
that when we're weak,
he's strong.
My Bible says that if we will be humble enough
to lay ourselves down
at the feet
that he will that he will lift us up.
My Bible says don't grow weary in doing good for a proper time you will reap a harvest.
But it does take some hard work. So here are three truths here are three life changes things I just want to encourage you to do three things, and we're gonna get up out of here because it's time to eat.
The first day, hey, we need to make sure that we're building we need to make sure that we're building on a solid foundation. In verses 10 through 15. The apostle Paul uses the analogy of building to describe the importance of building our lives on a solid solid foundation, which is Jesus Christ. He emphasized that our work will be tested by fire, and only those built on Christ will withstand the test. This reminds us to prioritize our relationship heavy with Christ and ensure that our actions and efforts are rooted in him. This point urges us to reflect on whether our lives are aligned with Christ
and to make adjustments where necessary.
We got to make sure we're building on something solid. I'm a big I'm a big man.
Everything I step on
I don't know if you saw me but I even did this over here. Like I'm like, everything I step on get a get a get a test step.
I sit down I sit down. Okay, let me sit down.
Because I want to make sure solid
Can I ask you a question? Can God trust you with the heavy things?
Can God trust you with the big things? You're asking for big press? Can he can he give it to you?
You want a solid foundation?
Or if he gives it to you, when it cause you to fall and stumble, and either one hurt yourself, or to embarrass yourself?
These are these are real questions. So you got to be asking yourself.
God, I need us break through I need this big miracle God, but
can you can you handle it?
Can you withstand it?
If not fine, it's good. It's all good.
Today, we get to make myself for forgetting check in our hearts
getting aligned with Christ and making the necessary adjustments in our lives.
making the necessary adjustments, the necessary little things matter.
You'd rather do it on the front end in the back end, I promise you I was at the DMV for seven out no, not DMV, the car dealership for seven hours is a long day. Because I didn't do some work on the front end.
It'll never happen again. I'm gonna do some work on the front end now.
I gotta make some adjustments that are put my pride away.
The second thing is unity in the body of Christ.
Paul addresses this issue of division among the Corinthians believers. In verses one through nine that he highlights the danger of jealousy, strife and boasting and causing division within the body of Christ. Paul emphasized the importance of unity and working together for the common goal of building up the church. This serves as a powerful reminder for us to strive for unity and harmony within the body of believers focusing on our our see our shared faith in Christ rather than allowing division to disrupt our fellowship.
Come on, if you're sitting on this side of the room, because you can't stand somebody on this side of the room, we got to fix that.
Ain't nobody here. If you're online because you can't stand nobody in the room. We got to fix that. There's nobody here like church, right?
We got to make sure there's no division in the house.
I just told somebody this this week. God is holy.
Holy means set apart.
And this is a message for a whole nother time. But I'll give you this little nugget. That when sin steps in, God steps out.
There is nothing in your life that can be holy when there's sin among you. Your marriage, relationships, work, your finances,
your children,
your church.
When there's sin among you,
classes I can't I'm holding them set apart.
We have to daily be asking the Lord God, would you forgive me what you cleanse me once you forgive me of the sins that I've committed today?
We all sin.
We all sin.
Don't be too big to ask for forgiveness.
And don't just think you walk in forgiveness.
Go to the Lord daily, daily.
And let's get rid of division. Let's serve together let's get on fire for what God is doing at Life Church in El Paso. Let's say Hey, God is doing something crazy here.
This church has even since I've been here ever been this church has grown. Since I've been here.
God is doing some amazing things. I hear about all the stories of what of what God is doing through this discharge through this church and now in the city of El Paso and God is moving this kid's camp. It's amazing to get kids off the street into the house of the Lord God is moving here. This is good soil. This is a good place to be planted rooted and together working together to advance the kingdom. I get it most people I talk to you the level No Pass. Oh say oh, I want to be here.
I love our paths. Oh
this is a beautiful place to be.
So amazing place to be God is good.
He's working. He's moving. He's using you to advance the line.
on the front line.
On the front line, I was talking to Mr. Jim last night.
He works down at the border.
That's what I said, thank you for what you do.
Because every day you hold the line.
Every day you hold the line
for our country, for our kids,
for our community,
for the kingdom.
If you work at the border, and then I just want to take this moment to say thank you for what you do.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,
you matter.
This is an amazing place, let's be unified. Let's love what we do. Let's love how God is moving. Let's love what God is what God is what God is breaking through and breaking up.
The last thing is the temple of the Holy Spirit. And the bank can load and I'll lend a plane here.
Towards the end of the chapter, Paul reminds the Corinthians that they that they are God's temple, and at the Spirit of God dwells in them. This profound truth highlights the significance of our bodies as a vessel of the Holy Spirit. It challenged us to honor God with our bodies to live in a way that reflects his presence within us and to avoid the flooding. defending ourselves with the society filling ourselves with sinful practices. Understanding that we are temples of the Holy Spirit can transform our perspective on how we live our lives, guiding us to make good choices that honor God and uphold the sanctity to sanctify of our of our bodies, the sanctity of our bodies.
I talked about being set apart.
You were made in the image of God.
God didn't make a mistake on you.
God didn't mess up on you.
There's nothing wrong with you.
Your past is not defined you the mistakes you've made. don't dictate who you are. You are God's son. You are God's daughter. Hear me say that.
He loves you.
What time you have no idea.
He loves you. Well, dama what I did by Baba he loves you
Tom I messed up so much. I've done so much wrong.
He loves you.
He didn't make a mistake on you
have a DOM
so many things wrong with my body. I don't look good. I don't feel you remain in the image of God.
Perfectly made.
He made an atom he stepped back and he was well pleased.
He's well pleased with you.
You just have to start believing it
is started understanding that because you were made in the image of God there's a responsibility you have to be what set apart
as a as a Christ follower.
To be set apart,
set apart.
We're talking about serious sin and holiness can't
can't mix.
You got to be set apart.
You got to allow the Holy Spirit to give you that wisdom and discernment. If you didn't check in your spirit as you shouldn't be talking to this person. Maybe I shouldn't say that.
And I gotta say this.
It's baby steps.
Okay, one step at a time.
You walk out here, you may remember I'm not gonna gossip for a week.
You get today five. Thank you.
I was talking about that girl. Talking about that. That guy went okay. I'm proud of you for doing four days.
Now let's let's do it. Let's do another week.
Most people think because when we fall, we gotta get up and start over. That's not how it works. We get to fall and keep moving forward.
Church, can I challenge you to keep moving forward.
Keep moving forward.
And I strive to be like Jesus, keep moving forward.
I'm gonna keep my eyes fixed or keep moving forward.
Keep just keep moving forward just keep going
I get it and even fun dental insecurities. This week my ice wall up and it's been swollen for the last four days the iPads on got to the hotel as long as I'm not wearing his iPads tomorrow
I'm not doing
my eyes while anybody's gonna be looking at my eye like oh, what's wrong Bobo?
Mr. Jim says some so good to me.
He said da
tomorrow they're not gonna care about your eye.
They're gonna come for the word.
Coming to church for the Lord.
You know what I did? I said, Man, you right?
God
I'm here showing the nine all
who cares
about Dawn
and Hill about you.
It's about what the Lord is getting ready to do through you.
Church can we be a church. So when we say hey, we don't allow the vision to creep in and to creep up
to get in the way in a stop what God is wanting to do through this church.
What God wants to do through your family through your life?
Can we not compromise the line?
Because first Corinthians simply sums up this it offers valuable insight on building our lives on Christ, fostering unity within the body of believers and honoring our bodies as temples with the Holy Spirit.
Reflecting on these points can lead to transformation.
It changes we can change our attitudes, our actions and our relationships.
Ultimately, come on drawing us closer to God and strengthening our faith
that's what happens
when we apply the hard NISS
of First Corinthians Chapter Three to our life.
Let's pray God I pray right now
that you would equipped us with the things that we need
in order to walk out
it's a walk in what you've called us to do,
and live a life
and be the people that you've called us to be.
Lord, I pray right now that needed division in our hearts and the division in our and our minds or our soul that's been created
either by accident or on purpose
lowered to allow us to make the necessary adjustments
to get rid of the division
as you allow us to stand on the firm foundation
of the goodness of the love and mercy and the grace that comes with being your son with being your daughter
Lauren and I prayed for this house this church
what would you stir up
a fire
in this house
that would be so contagious.
This house would be a beacon for the city of El Paso
that it would be lights
that we put on a nightstand giving light to the whole house
and got any division that causes us a bowl or anything to try to cover that later.
I pray that that would no longer be
rooted in this place.
Root rooted in the kingdom, rooted in our hearts
Lord, that all offense,
all bitterness, all hurt. Any transgression, any transgression that's been made against us that we've been holding on to nor would you allow us just to release it now.
Just to release it now.
To chores
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Once you allow our focus, to be building a life
that's on the firm foundation
of who you are
that we would declare that we would go to life
on the firm foundation
that way with any store may come
any trials or tribulations that may spark
that we would know that we are rooted and safe in your presence
that we don't have to blur the line. We don't have to compromise. What are the bins bend the knee to be anything outside of who you've called us to be.
Thank you, Lord, for what you're doing.
And thank you for what you're going to do. In Jesus name.
