Rwy'n dweud dros gen i rôl uchosesgau, byd yn ei gymryslw์ makerth bob i myf ei ta했다eth ffahrwr y— bydd gynny lleiw sydd yn ei ffrind mus remakehowwyristolau fel chi'n vaf. Yr ystafelliciaid Yn Ysgolfau sydd yn ei mar名 i'r ysgolfa Paswen ym Leith. Surprise ca hitf o arwech o'r pryd ordered o scôtyn. Gwybrus envoedd yn rhoi'r ariannigolwys iaily犬 mewn eu sgwm upright replaced o agais gwleid gwy fireplace i g fertilizerio ondご iaeth a blyll yn swyddadolcheering yn gyfrifiadau. The negotiations on pay settlements are a matter for public sector bodies, as the employer, and the relevant staff representatives are trade unions, and it's right for employers and trade unions to follow recognised collective bargaining procedures. Stephen Kare. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. The Scottish police federation has rejected what they describe as the derisary pay offer of £565. And we learned yesterday that they will withdraw all goodwill from 5pm tomorrow. Now a whistleblower within Police Scotland has told me that there are not enough frontline police officers to ensure safe levels of policing and that across the east of Scotland those safe levels have not been achieved any day this year. Police officers are over those days. The work is unpaid for up to 20 hours a week, and up to 1,600 of them are planning to quit the service within months. Will the cabinet secretary reverse the cuts to Police Scotland of recent years that have had such a damaging impact on policing in this country and offer safe working practices and decent pay to Scotland's police officers? Maewd gyda'r ddweud i ddwylliannol ag omfintau yn ôl i ddofod ar ôl i ddweud. Rwy'n credu yn meddwl i ddiogel i'ch cyfleol. Rydyn ni'n cyfleol a bydden ni o'r pendantau. Felly, mae cyflopio ar oesul yn cynnig, ond mae'ch cyfleoedd yma. Rydyn ni'n credu diogel â mewn cenedl, ond rydyn ni'n cyflopio a bydd ydw i'ch cyfleoedd. Yn mynd i gael nid o'r ddweud, that public sector workers across the board are recognised through fair and affordable pay offers, and we will ensure that we give trade unions in particular the respect that they deserve and the respect that has been sorely lacking in similar negotiations in south of the border. Can the cabinet secretary advise us how the Scottish Government can deliver the pay increase that is being demanded when the UK Tory government has allowed for inflation of only 2.4 per cent in our block grant this year, at a time when inflation is four times that? Kenny Gibson raises an important point that, over the last few years, we have chosen a progressive pay approach. That means cumulatively that public sector workers in Scotland are paid on average 7 per cent more than elsewhere in the UK. That comes from within our own budget, because there has been a distinct lack of consequential funding from the UK Government. Kenny Gibson is quite right to identify the fact that our block grant settlement from the UK Government, which was set last autumn when inflation was much lower, is constrained. Obviously, with this I will close, the fiscal commission noted that this year's budget is 2.6 per cent lower than last year's in cash terms, but 5.2 per cent lower in real terms, mainly due to reduced UK Government funding. We will continue to take a distinctive approach, but it has to be from within a very constrained budget position. Marine protection workers have been undertaking strike action to secure a fair pay rise, but are now being subjected to underhand tactics in order to force them back to work. Tactics include vessels being birthed in inaccessible areas, little accommodation being made available and the workers being put off the vessels when on strike. That is the kind of behaviour that we would expect from the Tories, not a Government that claims to value the role of trade unions and recognises the importance of fair work. Will the minister condemn those tactics and commit to both the Scottish Government and Marine Scotland bringing forward a pay offer that addresses the workers' concerns? Our approach to pay negotiations is to recognise the important role that trade unions play, not just rhetorically, but through the process as well. In recent years, we have seen a distinctive approach being taken. Fully understanding the pressures on workers across the public and private sectors right now, we are committed to negotiations that reach a conclusion that is fair and affordable, recognising the work of our public sector workers, and we will continue to work with employers as they negotiate with trade unions. To ask the Scottish Government where it will provide an update on the roll-out of high-speed broadband to the rural locations, the cabinet secretary. The greatest off-com figure shows that over 2.6 million homes and businesses across Scotland can now access superfast broadband speeds. Indeed, the three strands of activity that make up the R100 programme, which is obviously the R100 contract, £600 million worth of the R100 contract, the voucher scheme and commercial build are helping to deliver that full fibre infrastructure into rural Scotland. Latest figures show that, despite telecoms being fully reserved, the Westminster over 9,800 connections have been delivered through the R100 contracts and vouchers, with the vast majority being full fibre. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. Several residents in Craigtown village, Mulgyi, do not have access to fibre optic broadband, as they are too far away from the exchange, despite being just 11 miles outside Glasgow city centre. Because both BT and the Scottish Government consider Mulgyi reached, residents have been told that cabling could cost them tens of thousands. Cabinet secretary, the planning and the roll-out aspects of broadband is the Scottish Government's responsibility. So what action will the Scottish Government take to ensure homes on the outskirts of towns and villages are not being overlooked in the roll-out of the high-speed broadband? The member may want to review the Scotland act, which confirms that telecoms is fully reserved to the UK Government and therefore entirely the remit of the Conservatives in power. However, despite that, we are investing £600 million in the R100 roll-out. I will be very happy to look into the specific households or locations that Pam Gossel has referenced, to understand when they might be connected. Right now, we have a further 9,500 connections in build on top of the 9,800 connections that have already been delivered. We will do everything that we can, and we are using the Scottish Government's devolved spending to reach areas that are in a reserved area because of the importance of the issue. No one will be left behind if the Scottish Government's mantra on R100 broadband. Can the cabinet secretary explain to my constituent on Shetland's westside why it is so difficult to get connected? In places such as Walsr, the current scheme will allow some neighbours to be connected with superfast broadband, but only do-it-yourself vouchers for others. As the member will know, construction work is being undertaken right now to connect the subsea cables to our island communities—16 subsea cables with investment from the Scottish Government. I continue to engage with Openreach in particular to see whether we can push the build even further and faster than it is being proposed. Understanding the importance of not just starting the job on some of our islands, but completing the job on our islands, I am also engaged with the UK Government to ensure that project gigabit funding helps to complete the job on our islands. One of the big challenges is the UK Government's arbitrary cap on reaching rural properties at £7,000. In other words, if a property is going to cost more than £7,000, then the UK Government cannot help with project gigabit. However, we will try to ensure that all the jigsaw pieces of funding and support reach our islands and finish the job. 3. Siobhan Brown Can I ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with South Asia Council regarding the current situation at air symmetry? It is for South Asia Council as the burial authority to manage, secure and maintain the burial grounds for which it has responsibility. The Scottish Government has no locus to intervene in the operational matters of burial grounds. However, in response to correspondence from relatives about water ingress and to burial chambers at air symmetry, officials contacted South Asia Council for details on actions being taken to remedy the situation, and responses were sent to the relatives. While this remains an operational matter for South Asia Council to manage and resolve, officials remain in contact with the council about the matter. 4. Siobhan Brown Families in my constituency are completely devastated that this has happened to their loved ones, and a resolution for the situation needs to be a priority for the council. I know that the council have ordered an investigation into how this has happened, and families need guarantees for peace of mind that the coffins will now be air and watertight as first promised. Can I ask the minister if she agrees with me that any investigation into this and how this has happened is made public and lessons are learnt so this tragic situation never ever happens again to any grading family? I want to start by offering my deepest condolences to those families and their loved ones who have been affected by the situation at air symmetry. I agree with the MSP for air and welcome the investigation that South Ayrshire Council is conducting into how the issues arose at air symmetry. Where possible, any results or lessons learned from that investigation should be shared to ensure that no family is faced with a difficult situation like this again. Undoubtedly, those families who are bereaved will be concerned about what has happened, and it is vitally important that they understand the steps that South Ayrshire Council are taking not only to deal with the current situation, but also to prevent any other families having to experience this in future. Thank you, Presiding Officer. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the minimum income guarantee steering group. The steering group is comprised of an expert group that has representations from academia, trade unions, poverty and equality organisations that has formed into five work streams. There is also a cross-party strategic strategy group that has representatives from the five parties in the Scottish Parliament. The group is progressing well and has held three meetings since it was established. The last meeting on 9 June agreed a work plan that includes several pieces of commission research, establishing a lived experience panel and a series of equalities workshops, all of which will inform an interim report by the end of this year. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. A minimum income guarantee is a radical and bold policy. The work that the Scottish Government has progressed in this area already is a clear demonstration of its ambition to do everything within its limited powers to deliver a fairer Scotland. Does the cabinet secretary agree that tackling poverty must be a national mission, not just for government but for all of society, including employers? I agree with that. We need support and action from everyone in society, including employers, so that we can make meaningful and lasting change. The minimum income guarantee has real potential to deliver transformational change by reducing poverty and inequality, ensuring that everyone has enough money to live a decent life. I agree that that has to be a national mission. We are determined to find ambitious ways to tackle poverty, and the minimum income guarantee is one such way. I am acutely aware that the need for action is even more urgent, while households across the country are facing a serious cost-of-living crisis with those on the lowest incomes being hardest hit. Question 5, Collette Stevenson. Gas to Scottish Government, what estimate has made of the potential impacts on Scotland's economy and society of the UK Government's policy programme, including the current and future impact of Brexit on Scotland? It is clear that UK Government policies are hurting Scotland's economy and society, and that is why we are spending almost £3 billion this year to support families through the cost-of-living crisis. Households across Scotland are facing challenges made worse by UK Government decisions, with the UK seeing the highest inflation in the G7. Every day, there is new evidence of the cost of Brexit, which is harming our trade and making us poorer. The OBR forecasts that Brexit will hurt UK productivity growth by 4 per cent around twice as much as the long-run impacts of the pandemic. That said, Scotland's exports are still outperforming the UK, including oil and gas exports to all countries. In 2021, we are down 1 per cent from Scotland on 2019 levels, compared to a fall of 8 per cent for the UK. Collette Stevenson. In my lifetime, Scotland has had to endure market thatcher, Blair and his Iraq War. Labour, Lib Dem and Tory ministers prioritising nuclear weapons on the Clyde, rather than investing in public services. David Cameron's austerity and Boris Johnson and his reckless Brexit deal. Tory cost-of-living crisis that we are all facing is yet another example of UK Government failure. With one hand tied behind her back, there is only so much that this Parliament can do to mitigate Westminster's damaging policies that there is a positive alternative. Does the cabinet secretary agree with me that the only way to reverse the harms of Brexit is to get rid of nuclear weapons from Scotland and to have the economic levers to build a fairer, greener, wealthier country is for Scotland to become independent? Yes, I agree with the member. The Scottish Government has consistently outlined the significant economic costs of policies such as austerity and Brexit. Once again, the economy faces significant challenges. As the question implies, Westminster holds most of the powers that are needed to tackle the problems that are brought about by the cost-of-living crisis, both in the immediate and longer term. The Scottish Government has continually urged the UK Government to use all the powers and fiscal headroom at its disposal to address the cost-of-living crisis. Of course, the member is absolutely right. An independent Scotland would have the powers, the wealth, the capability, the people, the skills, the talent to be able to create a fairer, greener and wealthier society here in Scotland. I look forward to that happening. Two key policy areas that the minister has completely neglected to mention are the development of green free ports and the very welcome development of the levelling up fund, designed to invest over £4.8 billion to help our town centres, our high streets, local transport projects, cultural and heritage assets. What does the minister intend to do of a recess to promote those really welcome schemes and to make sure that communities that have been left behind by the Scottish National Party Government for 15 years will benefit from this investment? The member will be aware or should be aware that the green port process is moving forward. Bidding has closed and the decision will be made over the course of the next few weeks as to where Scotland's two green ports will be located. As to UK support, UK has put in place measures that are supposed to make up for the loss of funding from the EU, but, of course, as anyone will tell you, we see that locally and we see it in terms of the numbers. Those schemes fall far, far short of the support that was previously received by Scottish businesses, Scottish local authorities and others directly from the EU. Another reason why Scotland needs to take its economy into its own hands, become an independent country and become a full member once again of the European Union. To ask the Scottish Government how many housing developments in Scotland are currently unable to progress as a result of funding for schools and social infrastructure not being in place. The Scottish Government does not hold that specific information, although planning authorities do monitor housing land locally through regular housing land audits. In our draft national planning framework 4, we have been clear that we want the planning of future development to take an infrastructure-first approach so that homes are delivered alongside the facilities and services that communities need. In 5, there are certainly three sites that I am aware of that are stalled as a result of not having infrastructure for the schools. I had previously met with the previous planning minister, civil servants and developers to try and find a way forward. It is not that the developers are not willing to pay through a section 75 £16 million for a new school in Dumfemellan and £6 million for a new school in Kelty. They simply say that they have not got the money to front load this. I hear ministers going on here this morning about what powers they want, but the problem is that they need to use the powers that they have. We need to tackle that. We need to be able to bring the local authorities together. That is just those three sites, thousands of houses being stalled because they lack a front infrastructure to load that to happen. Will the minister agree to meet with myself, weigh homes for Scotland and with the specific developers and the civil service to see how we can tackle that problem? I am happy to meet the principal of meeting. Obviously, we cannot get involved in any live planning applications. However, I am happy to do that. The member will be aware of the £2 billion learning estate investment programme that will benefit around 50,000 pupils across Scotland by the end of the Parliament. That includes two of Fife Council's priority projects for investment, including the Dumfemellan learning campus and the Inverkeithing high school. There will be phase 3 opening to local authorities in 2022, and successful projects will be announced before the end of this year. There is work going on to ensure that the school estate continues to be improved and expanded, but on the specific matters that Alex Rowley mentioned, I am happy to have a meeting about those.


We're going to cover Mark chapter 2 verses 13 to 17 and What I would want you to think about is When you see a helicopter What do you think about when you think of the image of a helicopter what comes to mind? well in 1987 in July 17th of 1987 there was a group of children in from a Baptist Church in a camp in Texas and They were beginning to prepare to leave the camp because it was flooding season and As they began to leave in their bus To try and get back home They got up to a river that was over flooded They the bus driver decided to go over the bridge a Wall of water rushed over 60 mile an hour water rushed over the bridge caught the bus with some 43 kids inside and They began to Try and escape the bus in the midst of a river of water and As they did so They would get out and the river would sweep them away and Many of them would cling to trees They would cling to trees in the midst of a overflown river Going 60 mile an hour water going by Helicopters were called in to try and air vac the and deliver and save these kids out of trees 10 of the kids did not make it and they drowned 33 of the children were able to be delivered by the helicopters out to dry land Now I ask you when a child when one of those child or one of the family members of those children When they see a helicopter What did they think of? with great need You begin to see things differently now. Let me ask you a question How much sin do you have the how you answer that question makes you Changes how you see Jesus Jesus Christ Do you see when you understand your great need then you have different eyesight to see Jesus Christ This text is a particular blessing because it teaches us how much we need Jesus Christ It teaches us that in order to be able to see and know Jesus Christ. You must first see your sin The more you see your sin the more you will love Jesus Christ So I asked you the question how sick are you?  If you look in our text in verses and you should have an outline in your bulletin to help you follow along Here's the outline We're gonna see three different groups first is Jesus and We'll see Jesus first come to the sinners in verses 13 to 15 Verses 13 to 15 we see Jesus calling sinners to follow him and then in verses 16 to 17 We see Gina Jesus calls the sinners not the self-righteous He calls sinners on the self-righteous so in verses 13 to 15. We'll see those who acknowledge their sin In verses 17 16 to 17.  Let's look and see the the beauty of our Savior as he As he confronts various sinners in this text. So first the context Look with me and we'll skim through the book of Mark to remember where Jesus is in the context Okay, if you flip to chapter 1 in Mark And you begin to see how is Jesus introduced and how is he could? Come across in this story of the gospel according to Mark and if you see in verses 2 and 3 Mark brings the Old Testament to bear to say who Jesus is that he is the Lord and that John the Baptist was preparing His way preparing the way for Yahweh and it was Jesus and John the Baptist testifies We see in verses 9 to 11 Jesus is is drawn out into the wilderness and Into 12 and 13 at Jesus's baptism the trinity testifies and then when Jesus is driven into the wilderness even Satan has to testify that he's been defeated by Jesus Christ in Verses 14 to 15 we see the message summarized of Jesus that he said he preaches that he must repent and believe and Then in verses 16 to 20. He begins to call followers to his side In verses 21 to 28 Jesus goes to a synagogue and he has power over demons in Verses 29 to 31. He has power over sickness and Then in chapter 1 verse 38. He says his purpose He says let us go into the next towns that I might preach there also because for this purpose I have come and he was preaching in their synagogues throughout all galley can casting out demons and Verses 40 to 45 we see him healing and saving a leper and Then in we're in chapter 2 in verses 1 to 13 1 to 12 We see that Jesus forgives sin for those who have faith in him Now we come up to verses 13 to 17 and what do we see? But we see Who Jesus forgives of sin? Who he forgives of sin is? the humble sinner They read with me in verse 13 Then he went again by the sea and all the multitudes came to him and he taught them First you see in verse 13 it describes Jesus went out again here likely He's been in the house of Matthew and he's coming out by the sea This is the place where Jesus likes to go Jesus likes to go by the sea because there are many people there It's a place of commerce is place of activity It's a place where he can preach and teach and reach many different people It's a public venue and it's a place where there's a lot of activity so he again he goes out by the sea and Why is he going? He's going because for the same purpose for which he came to preach and He's coming to this seaside and he is in particular He has someone that he's in particular has in mind to go and reach What happens is a multitude come to him and the multitudes have been growing They have been growing because of the healing ministry of Jesus Christ He's been he's been growing because Imagine you know people talk about health care in the US and they maybe they want free health care imagine if Jesus is there and he offers free health care instantly on the spot It'd be worth the wait in line, right? The the group there's a great community wanting to follow him For various reasons for various reasons But Jesus is here and it says at the end of verse 13 and he taught them and he taught them You don't have to wonder what Jesus was teaching Because it's summarized in chapter 1 verses 14 15. He's preaching about repentance. He's preaching about faith He's preaching about who he is and This preaching and healing ministry shows the mercy compassion of God It shows his kindness and how he cares for the body and soul It shows how he's seeking to be other to save others and As he's making this general call out in the community Likely there's someone listening in There's someone in particular listening in to Jesus teach and preach and who is it in verse 14 But a particular person look with me and as he passed by he saw Levi the son of alpheus Sitting in the tax office and he said to him follow me so he arose and followed him here Jesus is passing by as if at perhaps after his teaching and He sees Levi the son of alpheus. We know him as Matthew We know him as Matthew He writes the first gospel and here he is sitting at a tax office Think with me and as I remind you what does it mean culturally? What does it mean for for Matthew? Who is Matthew and what is he doing in this time? Who is Matthew and what is he doing in this time? He is a Tax collector remember there are different types of tax collectors in the ancient world There are three primary categories. There's the goodbye and Mokes in mokes. They're greater mokes and lesser mokes So what happens is Rome? has taken over Israel and they set up a tax franchises and in order to Have one of these franchises you have to have a lot of money In order to purchase them from Rome and you'll run it and if you run it.  This is what Matthew did He's someone who has goodbye under him Who collect general taxes on land and property and income like poll taxes registration taxes?  That's to be the thinking of an Israelite and Then they would hire Israelites Israelites who would sell their soul to the devil Sell their soul to the devil and take taxes for Rome That's the mindset of a Jewish person in this time and in part They would someone who would become a tax collector would do that Because they would be ostracized from worship. They would not be allowed in the synagogue They would not be allowed to testify in court. They would be You'd be kicked out of polite society. You would not be able to go and worship God Think about the who Matthew is now then he is someone Who has weighed out? money or God money or God and he's chosen money He's purposely and intentionally Chosen money to be more important than God He's someone who has sold his soul for his God He would receive many insults. He would receive much hatred As he would stand on his tax booth the booth would be similar to like an elevated Like this is elevated here. He would be able to sit at his booth and as people went by Perhaps even fishermen he would tax them for their business Some of the disciples may have even known him because he would be taxing people in Galilee He would have primarily two types of taxes had tax on individuals was relatively small but then revenue tribute tax for goods and produce brought into the area for sale and The way that a tax collector would work is a small mok would have to Give a certain amount of money to the greater mohk and the greater mohk has to give a certain amount of money to roam So once they know how much money they're required to give Then everything else is theirs So because of that, they would change the tax rules. They change the tax laws so that they can fill their pockets Matthew would become a very rich guy But it we many people would hate him and Matthew would be have a thick skin He would have a thick skin because of how much hatred he He hears how many scowls he would he would see how many curses would he hear and He wouldn't care. He wouldn't care. He would just gather in more money. He would Comfort himself with his big house He would comfort himself around his friends that are also not allowed to worship he would be kicked out of society and Jesus now imagine our setting now Jesus comes and he sets up in such a place Where Matthew can hear him? He sets up in such a place and perhaps even the disciples come by in in even being taxed and They are able to speak to Matthew somehow Matthew is able to hear of Jesus Christ Look and see the very intentional effort in which Jesus goes about to reach Matthew You can see Christ's love for individuals here Praise God for how he specifically and lovingly Pursues lost sinners praise God for how he specifically came looking for you Look here now at what happens to Matthew. What does Jesus say when he comes up to Matthew? while he's sitting in verse 14 while he's sitting at his tax office and Jesus passes by purposely intentionally and he says to him follow me You can imagine someone preaching in the in the park, right?  Do you understand what you what you heard? Do you want to follow Christ? He sees someone listening intentionally someone who's soft It's almost as if Jesus could see him beginning to weep And he goes up to him and he says to him Follow me Matthew has to know something about Jesus in order to understand these words. He has to understand follow What does that mean? What is it going to mean for Matthew to follow Jesus Christ to do what Jesus Christ does? He's got to know follow me. He's got to know who Jesus is So he's got to know who Jesus is and what his teachings are He's got to consider Jesus and then he's got to consider his life He's got to consider that now he's not following him Now he doesn't know Jesus like he should do you see the call to discipleship here? Do you see how Matthew then has to consider the cost? Matthew has to consider How how much his money he has to consider his God? the dollar bill He has to look at it and then he has to look at Jesus He has to look at his life and who his friends are and he has to look at the disciples and what they're like He has to calculate in his mind. Is it worth it to follow Jesus Christ? What about my what is it gonna cost me in my sin? What does it happen? How does Matthew respond? It says in the end of verse 14 so he arose and followed him So he arose and followed him Do you see the miracle that happens in verse 14 when you consider the background of who Matthew is and you consider who? Jesus is how hard Matthew would be the miracle that is happening there So he arose and followed him here the meaning of follow me. This is what Jesus Said continually and repeatedly. Have you ever considered what Jesus what the most common phrase of Jesus is? What is the thing that Jesus said the most? This race follow me follow me What do you to apply today? to follow him if You look through the Bible and you consider what does it mean to follow Jesus? You can see there's a literal meaning to it and You can see how there's a meaning of following his teaching following who he is Jesus called Peter Andrew James and John in Matthew 4 to come and follow him and he'll make him fishers of men Jesus would repeatedly come back to the disciples and tell them follow me like in Matthew 8 18 to 22 and when he would tell the crowds he would say let the dead bury their dead But come and follow me and Matthew 9 verses 38 to 39 When he's sending out the 12 he says that you need to take up your cross and follow me We see that evangelism is part of what it means to follow him persecution is what it means to follow him in Luke 9 23 to 26 we see it will cost you that you must deny yourself.  There's a rich young ruler who comes to Jesus Christ and Jesus Christ calls him to sell all and follow him But the rich young ruler doesn't he's not willing it to follow Jesus In Luke 18 verses 35 to 43 we see Bartimaeus a blind man who rises up and follows Jesus in John 1 we see Andrew Peter Nathaniel Philip follow Jesus in John 10 We hear about the sheep who follow the Good Shepherd in John 12 Verses 23 to 26 Jesus calls you to lose your life to gain it to follow him and In John 21 Jesus mercifully restores Peter calling him to follow him There is a necessary Submitting of yourself to Jesus Christ if you want to be a Christian You must submit to his lordship his authority his words his wisdom The call to discipleship is the call to be a learning follower You must learn of who Jesus is you must submit to his authority. You just can't learn You just can't say well, I know of Jesus Christ I'll learn of him in the Bible. You have to obey and follow him. You cannot Disconnect the two You cannot disconnect the two you do not have a relationship with God if you just learn of him You must be a learning follower. You cannot follow him if you do not learn of him The two must go together You can't make up your own idea of what it means to follow Jesus Christ You have to learn of him in your in the word You have to learn of him on how he's a prophet and how he's a priest and how he's a king You have to learn of more of Jesus Christ in order to follow him more The call to you today is to be a disciple to be a learning follower Christ is not here physically now calling you to follow him But he called some who called others who called others who called others who called others and now The calls to you You're alive now. You're hearing the call of Christ from his word to come Follow Jesus Christ be his disciple consider the cost become and be a learning follower of Jesus Christ He's not here, but his church is so how do you know if you're following him? Are you part of the church? Are you committed? Are you? Submitting to the to the leadership and to the way that the church calls you to follow Christ Are you willing to continually pay the price to follow Christ? Are you in the word to know him and follow him? Are you pouring over passages of scripture? Are you learning of Christ doctrine and growing in?  Are you growing in your obedience? That is how you know if you're following Jesus Do you see the individual nature here of the call to be a Christian? There are many Discoveries and decisions and good things to make. I remember there's a sir James Simpson is the one who discovered chloroform for surgery But when he was at the end of his life, he said his greatest discovery was not of the What could be used for surgery, but it said his described greatest discovery was of his savior Do you have that attitude about Jesus Christ? Is that your heart about him? That's what Jesus came up to Matthew to call him to do With great grace with great authority. Do you see that with great grace? He comes to Matthew the worst sinner in the bunch with great authority. He says follow me Do you have the same call? Yes. Do you will you obey the same call? Look at how Matthew arose. He didn't have to go home and think about it But he forsook all even if it cost him all his money He was determined He determined in his cost as zealously as he followed money now zealously. He'll follow Jesus Christ It was immediate He knew what Jesus was saying was true So he didn't delay. He took immediate action It was wholehearted In what Matthew did He didn't try and stay behind With one foot in the world and one foot out He was wholeheartedly ready to follow Christ. It was exclusive He wasn't depending on himself, but fully on Christ Matthew's following was life-changing It was Christ directed and it was life-long it would cost him his very life One day he would be martyred for the faith Following Jesus Christ for you is the same You have to forsake sin. You have to be determined. You have to have immediately Immediately called to follow Jesus Christ. You have to have this be wholehearted You have to have an exclusive love for Christ above all else and all else will look like hatred You have to have a life change that is radical You have to have Christ to be the focus of your Christianity. You have to have this be life-long The call to follow Jesus Christ is not that just the call to Matthew two thousand years ago It's the call to you right now and continuing Will you follow Jesus Christ? Look at what happens now in our story in verse 15 Matthew's humble and costly response at the end of verse 14 We see now he has another risk part of that response Which is care for others in verse 15 Now it happened as he was dining in Levi's house that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and his Disciples for they were many and they followed him For they were many and they followed him In verse 15 here here is a Jewish way of telling the story As it's a phrase to be able to develop what happens next now it happened next in our story Meanwhile back at the ranch He says as he was dining in Levi's house That many tax collectors and sinners also sat with Jesus and his disciples Matthew since he's ostracized from society. He has friends that are also outside of society criminals prostitutes other tax collectors the worst of the worst Now for us, this is kind of difficult to understand because in the US We there is a great push in all of our society to become more and more secular and to have No segment of society that is ostracized. It doesn't matter how wicked and how evil and perverse you are That sin is fine. That sin is fine. You can see it with homosexuality The push that there would be no group in society Regardless of what kind of evil thing they do that they would somehow be ostracized So for us to understand this we'd have to go back in time or is it or understand something that's different than our country here in in Israel There there is much division Between because there's an acknowledgement of truth that the Bible is true But in here in the US we since we deny that more and more and more So therefore the foundation of truth is eroded more and more and more There is no foundation to be able to decide what it's right and wrong and to distance yourself from a lifestyle of sin instead We have all sorts of Lifestyles of sin mixed together Here Jesus goes pursuing those who know That they are estranged from God. They know they're separate from God They know they can't just come in with their sin and worship God They know that because of how much of the Bible is around in the community But Jesus goes searching for them Matthew goes searching for them now because he's following Jesus and So Matthew has this idea where they can't come to the synagogue to hear Jesus where he's teaching and preaching He knows they may be able to hear him outside, but Matthew's not gonna leave that to chance Matthew's not gonna leave it to he's gonna set it up. He's gonna set up a lunch at his house he's gonna set up lunch at his house and It just so happens that Jesus is gonna show up and as they begin to recline and dine around and leave ice house Here the the dining here is the same for the reclining in The ancient Middle East how you would eat is to be gathered around a Like a very low couch Laying out on a couch. It's kind of a comfortable way Some of you guys may eat that way in front of the TV, right laid out with lots of pillows You know in the crumbs go over the couch, right? You can imagine a similar kind of meal going on with a guy's layout and they begin to talk to one another and Jesus Christ is here and who's he here with? It says he's here with tax collectors and sinners This pursuing of Matthew and Jesus pursuing the sinners Shows great hospitality. It shows great love and care That the Pharisees are not doing this. This is not what is accepted in polite society You would not eat with someone who was a tax collector and a sinner Luke tells us that this is a great feast that they're having Luke Paul Matthew pulled out all the stops Let's get he got the best food. He got the He laid it all out and made sure everybody was comfortable and set up the whole service the whole service and Matthew's mind He has it. This is gonna be like a church service Where Jesus is then gonna be able to teach them about what it means to follow him We can see as in these groups That the tax collectors and the sinners the tax collectors Remember how in Matthew 5 Jesus says a tax collector. He uses a tax collector as describing as an example of the worst kind of person That even they love those who love them The tax collectors we learn about tax collectors in the Bible and we see in Matthew 18 That those who continue in sin should be treated as if they're a tax collector to be separated from In Luke 3 we see tax collectors who follow Jesus who follow John the Baptist and they're called not to steal from the people anymore Sinners is a term used throughout the Bible generally To this goes with tax collectors So here in this term could be general other general types of sinners who cannot be part of the worship For example Peter in Luke 5 called himself a sinful man and Luke 7 Verses 37 to 39 a prostitute is called a sinner In Luke 19 Zacchaeus was called a sinner Paul tells us in 1st Timothy 1 that the law is made for sinners the law is made to show us that we're sinners Here around Jesus is a mafia of criminals But there's a revival happening a revival happening Where there are humble sinners coming how do you know there's a revival happening look at what it says They sat together with Jesus and his disciples here the first turn the first time disciples is using a book of Mark Those who are following Jesus Matthew Peter James John Andrew Sitting with him and there were many the house is packed out Many people and was it say about the sinners and the tax collectors and they followed him Here we see the heart of the meeting Here we see that what Jesus is after and what Matthew is after There is Various times of false teaching That's kind of that people use this verse to be able to justify a false idea of ministry Okay, so one of those would be like a contagious Christian the idea that you're supposed to Make friendships and have those friendships for extended long period of time in order to win the right to be able to tell them about Jesus In other words, how you go about talking to people about Jesus is that you shouldn't talk about Jesus at first Because I might scare him off you may think you're weird so instead give him to know you and Help him see that you're not weird and then they'll like you and when they like you then you can kind of pull out Jesus at A place that's comfortable for them. You see you can kind of ease it in That kind of teaching is not what Jesus is doing here. Jesus is here For the first time meeting these people and what is he doing? He's helping them to follow him Another type of false understanding of ministry that's you based in this text is you know what? let's go to the nightclubs and Tell people were Jesus were followers of Jesus let's go to the bars and tell people that were father Jesus and They'll begin to see that we're really not that much different than them and Because we're not that much different than them We'll kind of ease them into Christianity. It'll be a short step, you know We don't want to make the step to Christianity so high that they can't get there So instead we'll kind of lower the demands of Christianity and look Jesus hung out with sinners, didn't he? But that's another twisting of this text What is Jesus doing? He's there. He's not going out to where they're sinning and participating in the sin He's pursuing sinners Humbly kindly lovingly, but without compromise. Do you see that a? Right understanding of just reading the details of the text will help you to see what Jesus is doing So then are you doing the same? Are you doing the same? Do you have the same heart as? Matthew and Jesus Do you start with your relationships and your friends and your family? Do you use your house to bring and win others to Christ? This is Christianity 101 What do you think Matthew knows in order to do this just the bare basics just the bare basics This is Christianity 101. You want to follow Christ? Here's the first thing to do Open up your home have a fellowship invite all your friends that don't know Christ and Talk about them around the dinner table. So step back and look at the big picture What do we see here? What's the big picture in verses 13 to 15? Jesus is pursuing and calling those who see their great sin Jesus is purposely pursuing the worst people in society and They're acknowledging that we are sinful people That we don't deserve to follow Jesus Christ.  Are you humble this way? Do you recognize these things? Is this how you look at Jesus Christ? You know I was thinking about this passage this week. I'm like do I still see Jesus this way? Have you lost it? I thought have I lost it? Do I still see Jesus this way? Am I still? Do I still see my sin as? As an offense to God. Do I still have I lost that dependence on him that I had when I was first saved?  I Was at work this week, and I'm thinking and there's just like filthy conversation happening And I'm thinking I got to get out of here. I got to get out of here because I Will I'll be affected by this by this thinking? and So I got to leave the room right and in leaving the room. I'm recognizing and remembering Sin is still has the ability to grasp me and pull me into this this hit and Change my thinking and then I'm recognizing once again. Jesus is my only hope Jesus is my only hope What I'm saying to you is Sin around you and the way that it affects you whether it's a what you see on TV Or whether you who you hang out with is an reminder to you that you Continually need a savior to continually help you to follow him You are continually in need of Jesus Christ Are you a humble sinner? We've seen the humble sinners that Jesus goes to in verses 13 to 15 are you? One of the proud sinners we see Jesus now speak to the proud sinners in verses 16 to 17 Verse 16 and when the scribes in the Pharisees saw him eating with the tax collectors and sinners They said to his disciples How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners? So in our story the the dinner that's going on is a public in nature It's kind of like if you were to open up your garage door And you were to have all the bit the dinner in the garage door and then people in the community would walk by and There's much more of an idea of community like a lot of in If you go to a lot of communities in the US people Drive into their they open they drive up to their house And they push a little button in their car and the garage door opens and they enter in like a Jetsons thing And then they don't they don't hang outside people in the neighborhood don't know each other Often where there's more money. It's more like this. Okay, I'm making generalizations And you can see some in different cultural backgrounds in the community How it's like that too Depending on your culture or background, but other cultures and other backgrounds people hang out outside all the time The neighbors know each other. They sit outside. They wave to each other It's easier to talk to people outside Some of you may have recognized this going door-to-door and going in different communities with different cultures You'll see the different results here in a Jewish culture. They're very open very open Talking with one another outside. They don't have the little garage door thing that the dinner that's going on is open So people are coming by crowds are coming by people are following Jesus people want to know where Jesus is The word gets around he's in in the house of tax collectors that gets the ear of some people Who is it that gets the ear of who begins to say let's let's go check this out somebody who? puts on their their nice clothes They get their good Bible the scroll and they say let's go check this out This could be important Here is a group of sinners, but they are prideful sinners They're arrogant sinners. They don't see their their need For him the scribes and the Pharisees saw him eating with the tax collectors and sinners you see that in verse 16 The scribes of the Pharisees are as a particular division of Bible teachers They believe in a lot of orthodox things they believe in the resurrection They believe in that the Bible is inspired they believe a lot of good things and They come up to Jesus Christ now they come up to Jesus Christ and There's an assumption here That they are a self-righteous Because they're offended at what Jesus is doing. They're offended at what he's doing Look at the way they asked the question How is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners? You know you can ask a question and it not be really a question What's the big idea? What kind of gall have you got? You see how those aren't questions They're accusations. What are they saying here? First they come to this his disciples. They don't come to Jesus here. The snake comes slithering in and The snake doesn't come up right to Jesus and said they find somebody it's easy to complain to Somebody else about a third person Right It's easy for me to come to Jobe complain about Tyler Because Jobe won't fight me like Tyler was he won't he won't debate me. He won't reason with me It's an easy listening ear. So here they come The Pharisees and they pull aside some of the disciples And they say them I've got something a complaint. What is Jesus doing? What are you doing? Eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners The people here this is the Pharisees and tax collectors. They don't see their own sin If they saw their own sin, then they and saw how much they deserve hell Then they'd be ready to help others then they'd be ready to be merciful to others They have all their theological eyes dotted and all their teas crossed But they've forgotten how to spell grace They worked a lot on those eyes and those teas But how to spell grace? I can't remember They come because of their pride They're so arrogant and prideful. They think they deserve to be with God, but these others don't test your heart test your heart When you see what the evil is happening even in our city, right? Or with Orlando strong instead of being Orlando humble. We have Orlando strong instead of being Orlando, let's repent of our evil and our homosexuality. We have let's celebrate homosexuality you as a Christian when you see that Do you Respond with only anger. There's something right about being having a right anger But do you only respond with disgust and anger? or do you respond with a combo of Righteous anger, but that it still leads you to be able to have a heart to go after them a Heart of compassion to pursue them the ability to explain the gospel to them To bring the light of Jesus Christ to them Look the danger for a verse 16 is Is going to be here We believe the Bible We're the ones who hold to the Bible and teach the Bible The danger to be have a hatred for sinners and have be cold towards them is a danger that we have here So where's your heart? Where's your heart towards this if you understand your breast desperate need that you understand and Have compassion for others Look here and now in verse 17 When Jesus heard it He said to them those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance in our story Jesus is around laying around Relaxing telling about the gospel with those who want to follow him and something catches his ear an argument a fight and is as if he stands up and Authoritatively he says out with a loud voice to interrupt the conversation and to say Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those that are sick. I Did not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance You see the crowd there around him stop and look now. This is the most important part of the service This is the most important part of the text Do you see verse 17? Do you understand it? This is the most important part. Don't miss this Jesus himself is Instructing us and teaching us There's a particular blessing when Jesus himself explains salvation That there's a great clarity a great beauty and a great joy to understand when Jesus himself explains What does he say? He says those who are well have no new need of a physician, but those that are sick Here's a truth.  You give me Jesus is saying Everybody knows this everybody knows If there was only healthy people doctors who run out of work to do Everybody knows that Sick people go to the doctor Okay, then Jesus is saying I am the doctor. I am the physician Jesus is saying That it is a dangerous Spot to be in where you think you are well As long as you believe this delusion you will never be saved You understand that you could come to church and you can believe oh, yes I'm a sinner for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God It's easy to be able to acknowledge.   Do you see?   What about you? The gospel is not for those who believe themselves to be basically good Jesus didn't come for you if you believe that you are basically good Jesus says what he came for in the verse 17. He said in the middle of verse 17. He says I did not come When Jesus says why he came or his purpose, that's something to really glue your eyes to that's something to really take note of Why did Jesus come? Why does he come? He says I did not come. So what purpose did he come for? He came to not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance Luke is what the gospel that Helps us understand that this is what Jesus said about calling to repentance This clear important truth is what Jesus is for and that's what the church is here for now Here for this call So when the homosexual comes Call them to repentance when the diseased person comes when the the adulterer comes when the liar comes When the cheat comes when the person that you would want to distance yourself from Comes you call them to repentance you see them and have mercy upon him Jesus is making you choose between him and your self-righteousness You cannot have both This is so difficult for us to remind ourselves of and to see it only happens by a work of God In Luke 4 we see that light is for the blind Freedom is for the those that are bound Healing is for the broken-hearted and liberty is for the captives.  Do you admit that?    Let me take you to this doctor's office Walk with me now to the doctor's office of Jesus Christ look in Isaiah 53 to close How does this doctor work? How does he take away sin? Isaiah 53 3 He was despised and rejected by men here speaking of Jesus a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and We hid as it were our faces from him. He was despised and we did not esteem him Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet. We esteemed him stricken Submitted smitten by God and afflicted. He was wounded for our transgressions He was bruised for our iniquities that chastisement for our peace was upon him and by his stripes We are healed all we like sheep have gone astray We have turned everyone to his own way and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all Look at in verse 5 by his stripes, and we are healed Here Jesus the doctor of souls Speaks about a healing that is not physical in nature, but spiritual. How would you know that? the context Look in verse 5 wounded for transgressions bruised for iniquities Chastisement or punishment was upon him for our peace and so now His stripes were healed is by by the Jewish parallelism this Jewish figure of speech We see that this is talking about a healing that is of our sin How does it happen? How does it happen when we are all like sheep on astray? Because God lays on him the iniquity of us all How is it that Matthew? this sinner of Great Magnitude and degree. How is it that right now he's in heaven? In all of the cheats and all the lies and all the sexual immorality and all the friends that he has with prostitutes and criminals and all the drunkenness How is it that he's able to praise God in heaven now? Because the Lord Jesus Christ himself took every one of Matthew's sins on the cross Matthew had gone astray But Jesus Christ took all his sin upon him and as he died on the cross Jesus bore all the wrath of God that should have been given to Matthew and I pray that today You would not be a self-righteous sinner, but you would be one humbled Humble to the point where you see once again There your desperate need for Jesus Christ to be the doctor for your soul and Here all of your sin is going to be laid on him at the cross That is how the good physician heals He does not come to heal those who are well, but those that are sick. So I ask you how Sick are you?  Let's pray Dear God we pray now Help us Lord as a people to be able to recognize and See our sin so that we might see your beauty so that we may understand your salvation Lord help us to be humbled and Help us to love you help us to put our faith in you and to trust you What I pray That your word would change us Lord, please help us to repent and follow you. Amen


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the lens, and I'm gonna get started. What's up, everyone? Today is Monday. Today is YouTube Live Day. So I had a pretty good day today. I made about $9,000, and I'm gonna talk about that after. But the main thing I wanna talk to you guys about is our 2021 Live Trading Bootcamp coming up on August 17th, guys. So let me kind of explain what our bootcamp is, and just so you guys know what to expect. So number one is it's our third year since we created MIC.  So last year, what we did is we threw a live trading event. So Bao and I got on Zoom, and basically we were trading together. I came on at nine in the morning, or eight in the morning. I made a watch list until nine, and then from nine to noon, Bao and I were literally on Zoom, on screen share, calling out our trades, trading live, drawing the lines together. Basically you guys could see behind our shoulders and see how we were trading. So this event went really well. Everyone learned so much from it. So we decided, all right, let's do it again this year, but let's actually make it even better, right? So what we're doing this year, guys, is same thing, nine a.m. or eight a.m. to nine a.m. I'm gonna be making a watch list. Bao and I are gonna be trading live from market open until noon, and then from noon to four, we're gonna have moderator presentations. Tom Diesel's gonna teach you how to not blow up your account. Joe is gonna teach you how to trade part-time. Brian, our tax guy, is gonna show you how to save the most money on your trader taxes. We're gonna have our partner broker, Cobra show up and basically educate you guys, so it's gonna be a 15-minute presentation, along with a 15-minute live Q&A, right? So this is your opportunity to see the process unfold live. This is your opportunity to get educated and watch me and Bao trade live together. Now we don't ever do anything like this, right? We reserve it for the boot camp because we want to be able to teach you. So a couple of things, guys, couple of things is, number one, if you are an MIC annual or lifetime member, this event is 100% free, right? It's free, free, free, okay? So if you're an MIC annual and lifetime member, you get to attend, you get to watch, you get to have a replay, all for free, guys, for free, okay? Number two is we are having two tiers of tickets, right? So if you want to be a general admission, meaning you are not an MIC member, right? If you are not an MIC member, the cost is $3.97, okay? If you are an MIC member, the cost is $2.97. So let me tell you something. We are actually running a promo right now where your first month at MIC is half off. So if you sign up for the half off promotion for $99 and buy a ticket for $2.97, that is the same price as a general admission ticket. So not only if you want to come general admission, you might as well join the discounted monthly, get the ticket, and now all of a sudden you have entry into the event and you get to be a monthly member, right? You get to have one month of MIC. So now let me throw some twists your way. We're gonna be giving away a lot of shit, guys. So number one is if you sign up as a general admission ticket, you are going to be entered into a raffle to win a monthly membership.  I'm gonna be giving away my exact trading monitor and ship it directly to you on Amazon, right? I'm gonna get it on Amazon, I'm gonna ship it directly to your house. So again, general admission is gonna be in a raffle to win a monthly member.  Now, if you upgrade to an annual membership, you're gonna be in the raffle to win a lifetime membership. So if you upgrade to annual and come to the event for free, you're gonna be in the raffle to win a lifetime membership at MIC.  So you're gonna get mentored by me specifically for one hour if you upgrade to lifetime. So this is a crazy, crazy giveaway, guys. So not only are you guys gonna be able to attend the bootcamp, not only are you guys gonna be able to see what happens, but we're gonna be giving away a monthly membership, a 32-inch trading monitor, an annual, a lifetime membership, and a one-on-one mentorship call with me. So I mean, this is the best opportunity in history to learn, right? Because you're gonna be seeing me trade live. You're gonna see Bao trade live.  You're gonna have a Q&A, and at the end of the bootcamp, we're gonna be giving away everything live, right? Live. So that's number one. So I mean, who wouldn't want to get a free month? Who wouldn't want to get a free trading monitor? Who wouldn't want to get a free lifetime membership? And who wouldn't want to get a free one-on-one with me, guys? A one-on-one with me. Now, here's the best part, guys. What we're also doing for this event, because keep in mind, annual members and lifetime members get to come for free, right? They get to come for free. So what we're doing is we're doing a special discount for the bootcamp for annual and lifetime memberships. We're gonna be discounting the annual and lifetime memberships dramatically. And we're gonna be including the accelerator course in the annual. So if you guys want to get access to the annual or lifetime membership and get in the running for a free lifetime membership and a free one-on-one, text Tosh at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or DMM in Slack and say Bootcamp. And if you guys do that, you guys are gonna get special discounts to all this stuff. So I mean, the event is on August 17th. Go to myinvestingclub.com slash bootcamp to see the landing page. You know what? Let me just show you guys. Give me a sec. Let me show you guys. So if you guys go to myinvestingclub.com slash bootcamp, you're gonna see me about trade live for two hours. The event is on August 17th, which is in 14 days. And this is kind of the schedule that we're having for the event. So the schedule is I'm gonna be there teaching you guys how to make a watch list. Bao and I are gonna be trading live. Tom is gonna teach you how to never blow up again. Joe is gonna teach you how to make a full-time income trading part-time. We're gonna have a lunch section. Brian's gonna teach you how to save under trader taxes. Our broker partner, Cobra, is gonna teach you how to save money on commissions and locates. Austin is gonna teach you how to have momentum trading strategies. James is gonna show you the successful routine of a trader. Harry's gonna teach you how to identify parabolic runners. And at 3.30, we're gonna have the giveaways. So again, these are the prices, guys. If you are a non-member, it's $3.97. If you are a monthly member, it's $2.97. But we have a half-off sale. So if you join the monthly and get a ticket, it is the same price of getting general admission and you also getting a month. So I don't know why anyone would ever sign up for the general admission when you could do the half-off and get the ticket. And again, guys, we're gonna be giving away a one-month membership. We're gonna be giving away a trading monitor. We're gonna be giving away a lifetime membership. And we're giving away a one-on-one mentorship phone call with me. So I mean, this is the opportunity of a lifetime, guys. And there's been no better opportunity to learn from actual traders than to kind of see how they execute live, right? We're not gonna be doing any pump and dumps.  We're basically gonna be making the watch list and we're gonna be executing based on that watch list every single minute, calling out our trades, explaining everything, no delays.  And not only are you gonna learn how to trade, you're gonna be getting access to the best giveaways ever, man. I mean, like, I don't know how you guys don't check this out. So it's at myinvestingclub.com slash bootcamp August 17th, massive, massive discounts for annual and lifetimes. I mean, do you guys have any questions about bootcamp before I talk about my trades? These events take a lot of work to do, guys, a lot of work. And last year, after we had this bootcamp, I mean, everyone learned so much. This is a once a year thing, right? It happens every year on MIC's birthday, which is August 17th. So we're not having another live trading bootcamp. It's gonna be one full day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's going to be live streamed.  Are you going to give discounts at the event?  So remember, annual members and lifetime members come for free. You're gonna be getting a discount to be annual and lifetime. And you're gonna be in a raffle to win a lifetime membership and a one-on-one with me.  Even if you paid me $10,000, that's not worth my time for a one-on-one. But here I am doing that for you guys, man. So it's gonna be so much fun, man.  You know, what we like to do is MIC's built on members helping members and traders meeting traders. And the truth be told is because of COVID and because of the restrictions and because of all the vaccine shit, we can't have another live event. But next year on MIC's birthday is going to be a live event where we're live trading. So again, guys, this is your opportunity to stream and watch us trade live and learn live. So all the details are on myinvestingclub.com slash bootcamp. And for the love of God, man, love of God, annuals and lifetimes are coming for free. And you know what, man, I'll do something.   You could be a monthly, general, lifetime, annual, whatever. I'll pick one random person. I'll buy him a nice $250 Tomahawk dinner. You know what I'm saying? So this is your opportunity, guys. So if you have any questions, DM Tosh in Slack, upgrade to annual or lifetime, text Tosh<PHONE_NUMBER>. If you guys want a ticket, go to myinvestingclub.com slash bootcamp. If you are an annual or a lifetime member in the exclusive lifetime and annual member channels in Slack, there's going to be a registration form. You will register there. If you're a monthly member, we're gonna put the registration form in after hours for you guys to get a ticket, okay? But yeah, man, that's it. This took a lot of work to set up.  And you know what? I have a great time trading live together.   I have no clue, man. But I mean, I'm trying to do everything that I can to get you guys excited to do this.    This is an awesome, awesome, awesome opportunity. And yeah, so DM Tosh, if you guys want to upgrade, guys, there's no discounted memberships on the website. The only way you could get the discount is to DM or text Tosh. All right, let's talk about trading, guys.  Okay, so let's talk about trading, guys. Holy fuck, I'm up $2 million this year, right? It's kind of crazy to say. It kind of blows my mind. But yeah, I'm up $2 million this year trading for just an hour a day. And I see people posting and bragging that they're making so much money, but I dare you to find someone that makes as much money as me, trading as little as me. So I'm very proud of that. I don't need to be making $10 million a year. If I'm making $2 million a year trading an hour a day, I am rich and that's all I care about, guys. So Mondays are really tough because everyone's so excited to trade and I kind of mentioned that in the last video, but I want to talk about a couple of things. For the past two weeks, shorts in this market have been getting bailed out. And when I say bailed out, what do I mean? I mean that they're having bad entries and the stock is going down. The stock is tanking instead of going up. So shorts are very comfortable. The market moves in cycles, guys. The market moves in cycles. So the longs are in advantage and the shorts are in advantage. And then the longs are in advantage and then the shorts are in advantage. So at this very moment, we are at where the shorts are having the advantage but it's starting to dwindle away. And to me, whenever shorts are in control for about two weeks straight, something tells me that something's gonna change here and that's exactly what happened on EVK. So EVK at this moment is up 155% on the day. And I was actually interested in shorting EVK, right? But if you look at the chart, guys. So look at the chart at 9.54 AM. The chart, this is the line. The stock broke under support and immediately reclaimed.   And from there, the stock bounced like crazy, teleported up. So that was the first stock of the day. Number two was BTBT. If you look at the daily chart on BTBT, you can see that it's a daily chart breakout. And anytime a stock has a daily chart breakout, that is a 100% avoid on the short side. And we mentioned that very, very early. So EVK, we caught the reclaim and BTBT, we identified the daily chart breakout. Tesla, Tesla was on the watches today for a breakout over 700. And at this very moment, it is trading at $722, right? So we identified Tesla was a long and the last stock of the day was DLPN. So we have Tesla running, we have BTBT running and we have EVK running. So when we have three stocks that are running, I'm basically looking to short the stock that no one is talking about and that is DLPN. So I mentioned to the guys in the room that DLPN, the money flowed out of it. The money flowed into BTBT and the money flowed into EVK. And when that happens, a stock with DLPN bounces that not a lot of people are looking at that there's not a lot of attention on. That's the one that I want to attack. And DLPN went and got a VWAP rejection and tanked $1 after.  So now this market is now shifting back in the favor of longs. The market is shifting to trap the shorts. And right now EVK is at $6, $5, $86. And I hope to God it goes to $10 so we could get the next cycle of runners. If you guys remember two weeks ago we had Nuro, N-U-R-O that went to like $30 or something like that. That lit up the market for a week. We got sympathy plays, we got crazy plays and that's the opportunity that I made $100,000 in a week. So when these crazy stocks come, when these crazy runners appear is when I make the most amount of money. So I'm rooting for EVK to go up.  And you know what? I hope to God that we have a crazy runner on August 17th which is the bootcamp day. So you guys can see exactly how professionals like me and Bout execute those trades. And you know what? $10,000 today still keeps me on track with making over $2 million a year. So I wake up, I stick to the process, I focus on the broken stocks and what I'm very proud of this year so far is my stock selection. Knowing what stocks to trade and knowing what stocks to avoid. So stock selection is everything, guys. BTBT, daily chart breakout, avoid. EVK, low day reclaim, avoid. Tesla, daily chart breakout, avoid the short. DLPM, broken stock, attack. So knowing what stocks to trade and knowing what stocks to avoid are very key. And the way that I figure that out is by trading for over seven years, man. So I've seen what works and I've seen what doesn't work and that's kind of what I'm meant for and educate you guys on every day. So today was another great day in MIC. Today was another great trading day. You know, I can't complain when I make over $10,000 in one day, but yeah, man, I'm just really happy. My trading's been good. My mental health has been good. My bank account has been growing extremely fast and overall, guys, it's just a matter of sticking to what works. Overall, it's a matter of avoiding the hot chick on day one. And you know what? Probably tomorrow on BTBT and tomorrow on EVK, I'll probably all over attacking them because you know what? Tomorrow there's gonna be a new hot stock. Tomorrow there's gonna be a new hot chick. And it's time for us to make money, man. So do you guys have any questions on the bootcamp, on the trading, all my charts, all my fills, all my watchlists are in the room for MIC members? So remember, join MIC with the half off sale. Get a ticket and it is the same price of getting a general admission without a month. And if you do that, you're gonna be in the running to win a 32 inch monitor, the exact one that I use. So any questions, guys? Let's see what you guys. If a stock breaks the death line just after a zombie hour, is this still okay to short? I personally don't trade after zombie times, but if it breaks, you could use half size to attack that. HPI teleported.  Look at HPI, guys, zombie time. At 10.30, at 10.30, it was at $8.50. At 11.30, it's at $10. So if you stopped at zombie times and maybe even went long, you could have made a crazy amount of money, man. So this is why we preach zombie times. This is why I preach everything. It is not a coincidence that I'm up $2 million because I walk away. I mean, we're gonna be teaching you guys all this stuff in the bootcamp, man.    We're literally gonna be live streaming, live trading from morning to close, while also educating and mentoring you. And just for attending, you're gonna get a monthly membership. You're gonna be in the running to win a trading monitor, a lifetime membership, and a one-on-one. And you know what, if I beat battle that day, I'll do that steak dinner. This is the opportunity of a lifetime, guys. This is the opportunity of a lifetime. So if you want to upgrade annual or lifetime, DM Tosh or text him bootcamp at<PHONE_NUMBER>. If you wanna join MIC for a couple of days and see what we're like, go to myinvestingclub.com, click the half off sale, okay? And is it recorded? If you are an MIC member, monthly, annual, or lifetime, it is recorded. Can we see your trades on-chart at the event you'll see them? And if you're in the room, I post them every day. It's on August 17th in like two weeks. How do you adjust your lines and your size when money flows out of a stock? Well, if money is in stock A and it flows to stock B, I wanna size in larger on stock A and avoid stock B. Bootcamp is only free for annual and lifetime members. Monthly members get a discounted rate and if you sign up as a monthly member, you're in a raffle to win my 32-inch monitor. How do you know if it flows into another? One stock dumps, the other stock ramps at the same time. So guys, this is your opportunity of a lifetime, man. I mean like, I tried to do these giveaways so that you guys get an opportunity to sign up. I tried to do these giveaways to make it a no-brainer for you guys to sign up. You know, there's a lot of work that goes into these events, a lot of work that goes into it, and you know what, I'm just excited and everyone that attends, man, I promise that you're instantaneously gonna become a better trader after this bootcamp, man. So let's see what happens. So I'll see you guys back in the room. I'll see you guys right back here. And for anyone asking, this is what my office looks like, man. So I appreciate all of you guys attending. I appreciate all of you guys here. Myinvestingclub.com slash Bootcamp. Text Tosh now to get discounts for annual and lifetime. And I will see you guys back in the room.   So I'll see you guys back in the room. Thank you for attending. And yup, that's it. Thanks.


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