So the Nets are finishing 2022 in style, taking a 10-game winning streak into action versus Charlotte. On this new year's eve, we'll have more on tonight's matchup in just a moment. But before the confetti falls and the celebrations pick up, let's recap the year Brooklyn has had. And we begin last season, January 5th, when Kyrie Irving made his season debut playing only road games due to New York City's COVID-19 regulations. 10 days later, Kevin Durant suffered a knee injury and the Nets struggled during his absence. On February 10th, Brooklyn broke up its big three at the trade deadline, sending the unhappy James Harden to Philadelphia. The trio played together just 16 times. An exemption to New York's private-sector vaccine mandate led to Kyrie's Barclay Center return March 27th. The Nets ended up the seventh seed in the east. That meant a playoff matchup with the Celtics who swept Brooklyn on their way to reaching the NBA finals. In late June, while the organization was planning for a new season, Kyrie exercised a player option in his contract to stay, while Durant requested a trade. But on August 23rd, Sean Marks released a statement announcing the Nets and Durant would move forward together. There was a major shakeup. Just seven games in went on November 1st. Steve Nash was fired as head coach after over two years. Perum Oil continued a couple of days later when Irving was suspended for failing in multiple opportunities to apologize for tweeting about a film containing anti-Semitic material. The suspension lasted eight games. Now, he and Durant have the Nets on a roll with one game left before 2023 arrives. Talk about some kind of year. At least we can say it seems that the ship has been righted right now.


Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. Today we're looking at a Sightmark Ultra Shot M-Spec Reflex Optic. It looks like a Neotech, it's nowhere near the cost of a Neotech, but I have found it to be a very nice optic. I have this mounted on my CM-MG Banshee MK57 chambered in 5.7x28mm and I really enjoy the firearm but I did not like the optic I originally went with. I had a Bushnell TRS-25 and if you look closely you can see that that glass is protruding out of the frame and I spoke about that and I said I need to find a better optic, something that I could trust and I found it right here with the Ultra Shot M-Spec. It's a real nice optic. These are selling on Amazon with the quick detached levers right now for $1.18 and that is not too far off from this but it offers so much more. 10 brightness settings, controls right over here, all right, so as you're gripping you could just use your thumb there on off right there, increase brightness, decrease intensity and that's actually night vision. I haven't played around much with that, but I mentioned it looks like an Eotech. It does have that protective covering that is aluminum and then it is housed in what they're calling magnesium alloy. Now I don't know what magnesium alloy is but it's supposed to be stronger so it's definitely well built. It is mounted very tightly and you may see this right here. You say what the heck is that? Okay it's got those levers there. You don't know if you push on them or whatever but actually it's a built-in sunshade so you could use that if that sun is bothering you. But it does have unlimited eye relief and the reticle itself is a 2 MOA dot with a circle around it. I'll throw in a picture right now. You can check that out and it is very easy to acquire your target with that reticle. Another reason why I like it is because it has 10 brightness settings so you could adjust it however you like it and it even has the bottom there says NV for night vision. I have not played around with that but I guess it has it has that somehow. CR123 battery up to a thousand hours of life dependent upon how often use it obviously and it is shockproof waterproof and rated up to recoil of 50 BMG and that's about the most you're going to get. So it definitely meets the toughness requirements I guess is the way to say it. I feel confident that if I dropped it if I dragged it that this would work just fine. It's a good looking optic quite a bit larger than the TRS 22 but I don't mind it's not it's not that heavy. Now it does come with this casing right here you can put it on there neoprene casing labeled sight mark and this nifty box right here. Alright so it says the integrated sunshade precision accuracy that I found to be true. A 12 hour auto shut off which I like because I've been in that situation before where I left my optic on later went to use it and the battery was shot low battery indicator which is nice I already mentioned 10 brightness settings and waterproof up to 40 feet. So one of the things I was looking for was something that had longevity something that wasn't outrageously priced I think I already mentioned on Amazon right now 118 and that has the quick detach lever this one here use an allen wrench and that's okay because I have no plans to remove it but sight mark makes some pretty nice optics at the working man's budget and that's one thing that I appreciate because when you when you're constantly buying long guns or even AR pistols you need an optic with it and you don't always want to spend what an aim point or an eotech would cost something like this would definitely suit the bill I do like that reticle finding that target is easy with it and in many cases dependent on how far back you are that that circle just sort of encases the target and your two MOA dot is pretty dead nuts once you get it sighted in so definitely happy with this optic it's been great for me I like the toughness of it I like the way it looks I like the size of the glass that is large and with the unlimited eye relief and the easy to operate buttons is pretty pretty nice you know for a working man's budget I already mentioned that but uh you know 118 on Amazon I think that's a steal okay so you've got your windage and elevation there and an overall pretty nice and tough package that I am very much pleased with so I wanted to share that with you see what you guys think and see if this is something that may be of interest to you I certainly like it and I also have another sight mark called the wolf hound I put that on my AR I'm going to show you that probably within the next couple of weeks I think you'll like that one too but very much impressed with sight mark they did a great job with this ultra shot m spec and it's working well with my cmmg banshee mk57 if you like videos like this please subscribe and share I always appreciate thumbs up button thanks for watching and you guys be safe


ranger the other way ref lucamodrich has the ball silver malik beasley jazz barry walker isaam obli getting breakers claw breakers claw all right give me a sec we'll recap so there's still the nets left the next one everybody but again if we can get that filled up we'll start right away if not we'll do it after eminence quick recap that that nice blue ice lebron number to 125 silver ivy hyper kessler red max christy purple ice lofton to 149 blue ice wendell more twice we have two of them autos of willy green bj armstrong for chicago reggie jackson malakai brannum kenneth lofton jr ej ladel nicola yovitch silver trevor keels for the nicks and we had couple mag guards purple osha agbaji 1099 jazz and ruby wave palo ben caro that will do it thanks again everybody we are on to another break which one is it though the net cell i mean if you have to lock the door we lock the door you know what's funny is it gets locked from the outside though it's not even an option we've never locked that door we never should i didn't know um i don't know kenny jansen was coming today one of the red sox gonna have a save opportunity at a certain point i have to put him out there for an inning you know what i mean like they have to put him out there maybe we'll get like a close game and he'll pitch he can't just sit there and not pitch time actually comes then he's really screwed maybe they're just warming up one night that's pretty much it they'll just send him down to throw like a simulated game or something to throw like a couple innings it's up or hey yeah we'll get started we're gonna just do eminence now guys so wait on the nets to fill up so we're doing eminence first yeah we'll get to eminence guys let's get uh let's get that that break filled up next on pump two i'm excited another case tonight as well guys with spots left for eminence random hits i'll every spot hits thanks for filling this up everybody again another case tonight two from the ones i've been given health and t twice jeff m twice or a r twice michael s thomas j let me get the random hit open net sold out so we're good to go on that next one to everybody thank you very much for filling up all the breaks today let's get eminence going i would say let's just do prison but i already made the decision i'm just typing the random we're doing eminence there it has already happened already happened everybody forced here this is jake guy over here doing ripping 21 22 eminence basketball hobby case number four case number four we're going to type in the hits as we go it's random hit style 10 spots the break 10 hits we'll do the random at the end to see who gets what y'all know how it goes you pull heat we random off the hits good luck good luck one more present for box after this sam's live at five more baseball breaks tomorrow with matt on the baseball channel personals with kyle on drip tonight starting at five eastern drip prism basketball and all franchi again franchi again yeah hi the game i hate franchi corda more than anybody in the world right now dude hits like one run a year for the red socks and then he's like let me just be a Yankee and literally be like hit three a week oh my god i hate franchi cordaero anyway not more than pablo sandoval though not more than pablo sandoval pablo sandoval might have been the worst red softball yes he is like at least other guys have tried yeah he blatantly like was like bad and was like i don't care thank you for the big contract i do not care oh no dude they're styrofoam they're styrofoam everyone i'm gonna find styrofoam like in my pocket extra styrofoam in here in toronto that was so funny yeah you like chop swung and this all right we're we're we're good good vibes only good vibes only good vibes only you guys good vibes only all right we got most of styrofoam off here we go diamond guarantee let's start with quad diamond auto steve kerr 10 of 10 diamond dynasty four-time NBA champion golden state warriors very nice hit to start there good coach auto coach kerr 10 of 10 quad diamond auto what's up cool it's coming up next up is a magic johnson auto five out of five for the lakers urban magic johnson you can't look though like what what like what i hope you can see when i pull it but like you can't look okay you know what i mean i'm just covering those are both sick those are both sweet this is sick 75th anniversary diamond auto the truth paul pierce 10 of 10 these look so good diamond anniversary diamond auto i have one more present yeah i this was full and i was like i'll jump yes there we go paul pierce i find silver troy ounce auto oscar robertson eight of 10 the big o hawks legend oscar robertson yeah troy ounce he played for uh since that year royals yeah find silver troy ounce auto oscar robertson eight of 10 that's sick guys want to see something uh really cool you got cut signature charles dickens one of one yeah that's crazy oh oh my god christmas story legend dude that is wild that's insane y'all good luck on that good luck on that charles dickens cut signature it's not the first cut we pulled why is he in there he never shot 40 percent from the three point line i'm gonna check how many mba finals mbps he played before the three he played before three point era dude leave him alone come on man geez learn your history cow dude no way this is ins look at this good lord dude oh my god dude oh my god we've got an rpa 205 jonathan kaminga game worn patch i don't know why the next yeah that's the first card in the in the bottom there yes vaughn you'll see why kaminga 205 rpa game worn oh man oh next to troy ounce of fine silver auto josh giddy eight of 10 thunder rookie oh man yeah try not to find silver logo man auto josh giddy the silver is not game worn next up jumbo patch rucky autograph kade conningham seven of 10 three color patch game worn this is uh this is pretty fun yes the daunte xm's coming make sure you guys didn't see that one that's the that one goes to the house though that one goes to sam any daunte xm's and eminence go to sam by the way guys yes i think jumbo rpa kade conningham to 10 it's a silly this is silly we've got rpa franz vagner five of 10 holy cow and yes all game worn in this look at the patch four color franz vagner rpa five of 10 kaminga giddy kade franz there's a third franz that we pulled right there i pulled it i pulled the franz every time and on the back this is this is this is pretty fire though quad diamond diamond dynasty auto one of one kareem abdul jabar unreal hit what an absolutely phenomenal case good luck everybody there are i yeah i mean it really doesn't get it too too much better it doesn't get too much better are you kidding you guys are you kidding me are you not entertained are you not entertained empty our styrofoam is everywhere dude i'm gonna lose my mind lose control i missy elliot saying about music make you lose control let's go okay random time the charles dickens carol was on the top carol was on the top of the of the case oh that's that's the this is this is silly this is silly good luck y'all randomize the names and the hits nine times a piece and put them side by side to see who gets what names first one two three four five six seven eight and nine thomas j down to horre art and then we got nine times on the hits one two three four five six seven eight and nine paul pierce down to steve kerr there you have it thomas j the paul pierce diamond auto jeff m the giddy silver bar auto and the france vagner rookie patch auto jeff killed it's whore hey with the oscar robertson silver auto michael s the charles dickens cut hilton magic johnson auto chris m kareem one of one quad diamond auto chiway the kaminga rp805 hilton the kade jumbo patch auto seven to ten and whore hey with the steve kerr quad diamond auto let's get those results posted one more break today everybody one more break coming up as soon as i get that break uploaded results are posted let me get some photos yeah this is second charles dickens kind of i've pulled in the past few months i think i've won a bowman transcendent in uh new years well i've pulled a lot of those things i should keep buying big stuff yeah and that kareem looks so sick i would imagine the rp is probably bigger than that but i could not i could not end with a one-of-one kareem second all-time leading score yes it is mike and so 11 and 12 should be the same case i'll have sam do 11 and 12 is the same case air sponsors tonight guys another evidence tonight a lot of prism prism random teams breaks we got multi-year prism mixers as well there's some football later too more prism pyts there's some tonight but there's a lot of teams available in tomorrow's daytime breaks everybody so tomorrow morning kenzie will be at it with some prism pyts thanks for your patience today everybody i know we fell a little behind but uh had to get some breaks filled up appreciate the understanding on that we'll get this uh last four bucks for the daytime done everybody forced here up in 2223 prism basketball hobby four box number 10 picker team style let's see one thing here andre m with the net thanks for selling that's the last spot for the daytime angel let's get you like a black prism kd or something andrew p with the suns anthony m bulls bohia b pacers chenyao pistons derrick j bucks edward p lakers eric w thunder and magic greg a sixers harper nuggets james l pelicans jason k warriors jeffrey h rockets and kings john l hornets mavericks josh h grizzlies costa raptors landon hawks mark s heat mark m celtics michael h with the calves michael s nicks moe s spurs robert p blazers ryan as a jazz waming wizards wen shun tea wolves you're on with the clippers good luck everybody let's go ahead and get uh going on this thing last break daytime appreciate y'all playbook football releases on friday and so does it dynasty baseball dynasty dynasty it's gonna it's gonna be it's gonna be a good time dynasty with this ricky checklist it's ricky class sliver fearless alan iverson sixers sliver doug mcdermott spurs katelyn houston shade on a sharp yeah jaws definitely tough pull in this like big names are just tough pulls in prison basketball you see less of them than in any football ruby wave cameron thomas for the nets hyper shack lakers for doing everything good benethyc matherin reama jude already up chelsea's cooked blue ice coal magic color match to 125 96 of 125 next up is a silver pat bev lakers kendall brown rookie jaylen doran rookie silver fireworks julius randall nicks alandis williams nets rookie sensational signatures first i'll go into the last spot purchased like to see it hyper gobert tea wolves lindel agbaji silver dairies basely for the thunder silver fearless yokich nuggets a mousse de abate clippers rookie sensational signatures mousse hyper aladipo heat chet base chet base yang ruby wave deontay mary for the hawks got a silver bones highland nuggets i thought sam would be wearing a um a hawk jersey after their big dub last night agent zero baby because we're an agent zero oh boy you guys ran for it tonight oh yeah hyper middleton bucks yeah guys there's some random styles available for tonight there are some cool mixers as well with brand new prism and last year's prism random seems just 20 223 is almost full there's some uh py t spots available to and eminence later also guys silver fireworks baldy beel wizards silver wilts chamberland lakers marjane bowchamp jayden hardy marjane bowchamp you have to buy that one i guess silver luck of the lottery dyson daniels pelicans hyper paul pier celtics purple chris middleton bucks number two 99 yeah sam's a fun time oh yeah just like chaos silver france vagner magic jebari spit jr rookie rockets sam's like if monster energy drink were a breaker ruby wave jebari spit jr are there you go rockets with a color match i hope so xo that was a tough one pulsar palo ben caro awesome palo we'll get that mag for you magic dirt nabitsky jade and ivy ruby wave john marant grisly's with a silver alec berks for the pistons tarry eason rookie god hyper derrick white celtics yebate silver luck of the lottery dyson daniels pelicans with a silver tremor for the third pelicans jaylen williams blue prism montres hail sixers that one's number two one 99 michael hyper christian wood watson blue eyes carl malone jazz number two 125 i mean every prism releases a big checklist silver christian wood mavericks keegan murray prism is just always a tough hit product big checklist that's it hey it was mine it was mine a yang rookie red two 99 for the thunder jeff hornet check gold signatures suns jeff hornet check there you go three of ten hyper rookie nemard there you go pacers it's a nice one malachi brandon base that our first number at auto today orange wave jaylen smith to 60 for the pacers 39 out of 60 silver lebron james jade and ivy rookie last one we read in robinson ruby wave davante grand pelicans hyper zac levine bulls tarry smarton silver drew u banks blazers ravia trevor keels blue prism okoro calves to 199 blazer shade on sharp rookie signatures congrats blazers there he is shade on sharp first auto of his we pulled today brats portland pulsar middleton bucks ryan rollins silver fireworks julius randall nicks silver paul pier celtics mark williams oh i see what you did there ccs there c shulman ruby wave van vleet raptors hyper deandre hunter hawks david roddy patrick ballwin jr all right last two boxes of the daytime and then it'll be all to sand the pole of heat hyper grace and allen for the bucks palo ban caro base caloco silver fireworks kb brooklyn silver rookie patrick ballwin jr warriors walker castler jaylin williams ricky red for the thunder number to 299 hyper kawaii landed clippers orange wave frank jackson pistons to 60 51 of 60 god silver france vagner magic chat holmgren base usmani yang alan iverson ruby wave rookie chat holmgren thunder nice card chat holmgren ruby wave there we go ok c hyper and mccollum pelicans shade on sharp rookie silver fred van vleet for the raptors mather and rookie houston purple colin sexton jazz number 299 47 of 99 silver up next is pat bev lakers dison daniels a j griffin purple eyes david roddy there go grizzlies rookie to 149 and grizzlies zair williams second year auto sensational signatures rookie hyper trevor keels nicks asia mobili last four packs of box three come on now let's see a monster ruby wave gordon hayward hornets silver caruso bulls christian brown drabari walker blue scotty barns to 199 raptors second year scotty 68 of 199 with a netz auto jason kid good stuff netz for the last team purchased happy to hit a couple of autos last team of the daytime next jason kid pulsar j shuntate rockets scotty pippin jr silver luck of the lottery usmane jank thunder silver 20 parker spurs yovitch ruby wave buddy healed pacers hyper monta morris wizards like westley brice mcgowen's last box all right let's see if last box of daytime's got some uh got some heat in it he took a little one of one come on i don't i don't think i've seen him in this year i don't i don't think he's in it which is disrespectful honestly honestly i would take palo out of the product and put hey du turkey with their end product silver prismatic tatum celtics silver rookie shade on sharp nice card blazers blazers good break for you it's an easten rookie does he actually rory i've seen him in punini products recently got red gary painton sonics going to the thunder number to 299 some dust on that though we'll get off hyper middleton bucks i was like is that new news like what do i miss purple fornia nicks number 299 silver badly deal wizards j dub taryon rea disappointed in chelsea ruby wave rookie max christy for the lakers there's no subtitles on but i can just tell hyper trey jones spurs a bad joke right at the end yeah i never really take you guys seriously unless like you double down on it ruby wave max truce heat silver jeff green nuggets which i'm right to do i'm right to to be skeptical of everything y'all tell me hyper scotty barnes raptors malachi brandon base rookie for the spurs and a keegan murray base matic davis silver voosevich bulls david robinson jabari smith junior rookie rockets red prism kaminga second year for the warriors to 299 with a clippers rookie auto musa di abate silver signatures there hyper diallo pistons jade and ivy all right last four packs it's not good silver luck of the lottery jade and ivy pistons i need the the trainer silver brand in your pelicans you have a mound visit trevor keels tyrese martin ruby wave trey man thunder the hyper john wall clippers jake laravia blue ice pascal siacum raptors number to 125 eight of 125 silver russell westbrook lakers rollins blue prism derrick white selphix that one is numbered two 199 with a mark price calves sensational signatures hyper rookie shade on char blazers man killed in the last break of the day you parallels now and that is going to do it everybody recap before i do guys get your spots for tonight you find all the breaks coming up there on the home page thanks for a great release day y'all are the best thank you thank you we got hyper rookie shade on sharp silver shade on sharp ruby wave chet jabari smith junior a lot of a lot of good parallels here red wispane jang red jaylen williams purple ice david roddy autos here of mark price jason kid as a net there xire williams musidia batae alanda's williams silver uh dia batae and a gold jeff warnichak for the sun's shade on sharp rookie signatures for the blazers and pulsar palo that'll do it thanks again everybody we'll see y'all in about an hour sam will be live then get your spots for tonight we appreciate it i'll see y'all tomorrow evening more a lot of py t's tomorrow daytime as well there's some py t's tonight but there's a lot tomorrow so thanks again everybody uh take care dynasty on friday and playbook on friday matt is live again tomorrow morning kyle will be live on drip tonight at five eastern as well for personals see you guys


After this video, you'll be a like-to-know-it-and-reward-style pro. I'll tell you exactly what to do in order to get accepted into the program, share my best tips on posting on the LTK app, and how you can make blogging your full-time job just from the civilian marketing app. My name is Sonali and I've been on YouTube for about six years now. I have been using this app for as long as I can remember, but I'm just now learning the exact tools on what's making me the most money. So I want to share everything I know about like-to-know-it-and-reward-style with you today so that you don't waste any time making money. To start off this video, I want to explain exactly what like-to-know-it-and-reward-style is. They are two applications, but they do go hand in hand. You may have seen your favorite influencer or blogger post about their like-to-know-it profile, and this is where they'll link their beauty favorites, home decor favorites, and outfit of the day so you can shop from the app. When you shop on their profile in the app or use any of their affiliate links, they will get commissioned and this is called affiliate marketing. I would kind of describe reward style as the back end of like-to-know-it, so not everyone is going to see exactly what reward style is, because only influencers and brands can really see what's going on in reward style. So this is where you can see your analytics, you can see how much commission you've made, and all of just like the back end kind of stuff. If you are a part of the community, you can actually post from both the reward style app and the like-to-know app. You're probably thinking, this sounds awesome. How do I join this program? And unfortunately, it is an exclusive community, so it's not very easy to join, but I'm going to share my best practices on how to get accepted into reward style. First off, you're going to have to have some kind of platform, whether that's Instagram, a blog, YouTube, or now a TikTok, and there's probably so many more that I'm not mentioning, but definitely make sure that you have a lot of content on there, so that when you are applying on reward style, they can look to see that you've been doing it for a good amount of time. I'm not sure if there's a follower requirement, but I have seen people under 2,000 followers on Instagram get accepted, so don't get discouraged, just post consistently. If you get accepted, you're going to want to start posting on the like-to-know app. I truly regret after all these years not posting on the app. I think I started to here and there maybe six pictures in 2015, but other than that, I really just started posting, I would say this year, and I'm really going to try to make it a point to post consistently, and I'm really excited to share all my tips with you guys, because I feel like I finally got it down to a T. I really only use reward style to collect links from the link ninja extension, which I'll talk about a little bit later, and put into my YouTube description, so that I can make a little bit of commission from those links. But like I said, I wasn't posting on the LCK app, and it honestly makes me so mad that I didn't. Posting on the app consistently will actually help you gain a following on there. There's a few tabs that say trending, recommended, and all that stuff, so essentially there is a for you page or explore page on the app, so whenever I'm bored, I'll just go through those tabs and follow people on there, just to get outfit info or see what staples I should be carrying in my closet, and then I actually find those people on the app, and then go follow them on Instagram, so I feel like it's a good way to grow your platform in general. One of the first things that you're going to want to do is to download the link ninja extension. I will link where you can download it, and it has a really simple tutorial on their site on how to just like set it up, but basically this is where you're going to pull majority of your links from. You'll pull up the dress that you want to link, and literally all you have to do is click the link ninja extension, and it'll pull up the link, and you can actually add it to your folders, your favorite folders here, and I highly recommend starting to favorite everything that you own, or your beauty favorites, your home decor, just start favoriting everything and putting them into your folders, and really try to organize it from the get go, because this will help you in the long run. Also, I'm pretty sure that you can really only add folders in the reward style app on your phone, so just a heads up, I couldn't really find another way to create new folders and like label them, but from everywhere else, you can access those folders and add to them. It is time for me to break the bad news to y'all. Unfortunately, not every store is linkable through rewards down like to know it. For example, Princess Polly isn't linkable, and there's so many stores that you probably shop at that are not linkable, but there are so many that are linkable, so that is the good news. For bigger brand names, sometimes you'll get lucky and find that boutique sell that brand. So for example, I had this lack of color hat that I loved, and I had to link for you guys, so I searched everywhere and I finally found this boutique that carried the exact lack of color hat, and I was able to link it through them. Since I've been posting on the app pretty consistently, I think ever since March of last year, I really started to only buy clothes and home decor and beauty stuff from stores that I can actually link on the platform. I did used to go thrifting quite a lot in college and a little bit after post grad, but I kind of stopped doing that because it's so hard to find the exact product and link it afterwards. Unless it's a big brand that you're buying on Poshmark, like Lululemon that you can easily link, but if you're buying a random flannel that doesn't have a brand name, it's just hard to find the exact one. If you're going to slowly invest into your wardrobe and only shop from stores that are linkable, I highly recommend not shopping from fast fashion stores like Boohoo and Misguided and Even Forever 21 because sometimes I'll buy a shitload of stuff from Misguided because it's so freaking cute. I won't show you guys. I filmed the haul later that week and then half of the things are not even on the site anymore like they sold out and they're probably not going to be restocked because they're so trendy. So that's why I got inspired to start shopping at stores like Abercombe and Urban Outfitters that have pieces for a really, really long time and they don't sell out that fast. If you are running into this problem where you can't find the exact thing that you ordered, you can always use this site called Like Dat. You basically upload a picture of what you want to link and it will pull affordable lookalikes. It will pull a little bit more expensive lookalikes and it's just a really good way to find similar looking products so that you can link it for your followers. Now, let's talk about the best practices when posting on Like to Know It. They say it's best to post two to three times a day and I really recommend trying to think of when people are going to actually be on the app or when people are going to feel like they want to shop, which is definitely not really during work hours. So I would recommend to probably post around late afternoon and evening. Make sure you're not posting your content back to back because when I see this on my feed, I feel like I just want to unfollow the person. So this is where you can use the scheduling option which is so nice that they have it. They actually have it on both the reward style app and Like to Know It app and if I didn't say this already, you can post from both apps which kind of gets confusing but I'll tell you guys which app I prefer posting on. When you do post from the Like to Know app and you have selected all the things that you want to link, you need to make sure that you're filling in every one of these circles and I know it says to only do this for the exact products that you're linking and not similar or dupes, but I recommend doing it for all because for the ones you don't select, they actually collect them in a group and they put text on it that says related items. So you can't really visibly see it laid out which is definitely annoying because your followers are most likely not going to click on the related items. I personally never do because I just like to see it all laid out. So make sure you're selecting everything that you're linking in that post. I personally prefer to post from the reward style app because you can enable the image to post on your Instagram. They have all these really good templates for call to actions, like check out My Like to Know It where you can shop blah blah blah and it's just a really good tool to educate your followers about Like to Know It and really how to use it. I also like posting from the reward style app because you don't have to worry about selecting all of the items that you linked in order for them to show up like I showed you earlier. It actually just does it automatically and it doesn't do any of that related items kind of thing. The next tip is something that I definitely have to work on but that is just to make sure that you post your content in the Like to Know app first and enable the image for Instagram and everything and then post it on your Instagram with the link and tagging Like to Know and everything like that because you just want to get your followers used to seeing that on your profile and knowing to go to the Like to Know app for anything that you've linked. Like I said, they have a bunch of templates that you can throw in your Instagram caption to get your followers educated on how to use the app but I do highly recommend just going on your stories every once in a while maybe like every month or every other month and telling your followers that you have a Like to Know profile this is how you use it this is how you access it this is how you can shop my exact items that I will be linking. This will be so helpful for you in the long run because it will minimize the amount of DMs asking where things are especially if you already linked it on your Like to Know app. If you do not have a swipe up for your Instagram stories do not worry there is still a way that people can shop your feed. You're going to want to have something like a link tree so basically a link tree is a website that you can go and make a profile on and it is just one page of all of these different links labeled so I have shop my feed my YouTube channel my TikTok I used to have my gift guides during the holidays maybe my Amazon storefront just things that you are often talking about and this is just a very helpful resource to have when your followers are constantly asking where can I find this how can I get to this you know you can just point them to the link in your bio and go to shop my feed. If you do have a swipe up first of all congratulations because this is what everyone wants but second of all definitely make sure you're being active on your stories I've been challenging myself to put up 10 Instagram stories every single day and when I'm talking about a random product I'll go ahead and link it because you want to get your followers used to you linking things this will be really helpful especially when you start to get sponsorships and you'll have to link to the website that you're being sponsored by hopefully by then your followers will be used to swiping up on your stories and really engage with your sponsored content next I want to talk about utilizing the reward style visual features on your blog to access this you're going to want to pull up reward style on a desktop and then click apps and you'll see a drop down menu you'll see three options lookbook, boutique and money spot if you do have a blog I highly recommend using these tools because it's just an awesome visual to really see the product that you're talking about instead of just linking the product name and the product link after you make the visual on reward style it will create an embed code and you will just copy it and paste that onto your blog and it should show up this is what a lookbook is this is what a boutique is totally forgot to add this in but this is what shop my post looks like and this is what a money spot is this is definitely my favorite visual because you can actually click directly on the picture and whatever products that you're interested in and it will take you to the product link I use this on my holiday gift guides this year and they were a hit next I'm going to talk about everything you need to do to be successful in the reward style program you're going to definitely want to look at your analytics pretty often and take note of what scores do well on your platforms where your followers are actually buying from and how much money they're actually spending on each order this will tell you if you need to be focusing on more affordable products or if your audience doesn't mind splurging here and there or if they're into home decor this is definitely helpful when planning out your content see what does well for you and try to recreate that you can actually also look into your analytics on just the like to know it app I've actually seen that product collages do really well unfortunately they do take a little bit of time more time than just linking a picture that you take because you actually have to make the visual content I do it in Photoshop and I actually made a template that I use every single time but it does still take a while to you know import the images and place them so that they're visually aesthetic and people actually want to buy from that product collage other content pieces that you should be linking are close-up photos maybe a beauty post you can link all your everyday makeup candid photos maybe you can link your best friend's outfit if you know what they're wearing mirror selfies of your outfit of the day flat lays apparently do really well for some people and recently they made it so that you can actually post video content too so you can post your reels and your TikToks especially when I do fashion TikToks it's so nice to be able to upload the whole video because I can link everything in that video just in one post I highly recommend to plan ahead of time pull up a calendar know what holidays are going to come up know the holidays that have the major sales like Black Friday Presidents Day I feel like every holiday people just make sales out of so just prepare yourself especially when it comes around Christmas time you'll definitely want to put out some gift guides and you'll definitely want to do that sooner or later because I feel like people shop for Christmas so early these days if you create content for YouTube make sure you're linking everything that you're talking about even if you're not going to say oh I'll link it down below like if I show you my phone case I'll just go ahead and link it down below in case anyone's curious to see where it's from another hack if you don't have swipe ups for Instagram you can actually put in links that are clickable in your IGTV videos so if you're wanting to do like a little mini vlog and link your outfit of the day you can link stuff in there and also if you're talking about a product on your stories don't be afraid to tell them to DM you for the link any call to action will work if it's you know go to the link in my bio but I feel like DMing for the link is probably easier and that way you're engaging with your follower if you're making TikToks create content that is linkable for example fashion videos Amazon favorite videos and if somebody asks where did you find it you can direct them to the link in your bio which is probably going to be your link tree which has your shop my feed linked to it directing them to your like to know profile this is kind of random but definitely worth mentioning every store has a different commission rate and the commissions can change you can see all the commission rates when you click on advertisers on the reward style desktop but I've actually narrowed down my favorite stores from shoes active wear normal clothing home decor beauty and I put it on my blog so if you guys want to see like a more narrowed down list especially if you think you have the same style as me I'll link the blog post down below where I have that whole list so hopefully that helps you guys out especially when you're deciding where to shop the next tip I have is always link similar items because you never know if something that you link is in your audience's price range or not so it's always good to add some affordable options in there and dupes for the product you link for example my best selling product is my couch that I actually got two years ago from Wayfair and I decided to link a bunch of similar couches from Wayfair and other sites that are more affordable some are wider some are shorter I literally researched all these couches just to provide some similar options for my audience and these similar couches have been climbing up to the top in my top five bestsellers the last category I have for y'all is random things you need to know because I just didn't know how to categorize the things I'm about to tell you guys next so let's get into it if you didn't know you can actually link to products on Amazon but unfortunately these commissions take a while to show up it could be three days after and your Amazon commission will finally show up in your reward style app I have no idea why it does this and also something to know in the past year Amazon like messed with their coding I don't even know maybe they didn't want reward style to have like all this information they made it so that you won't be able to find out the exact product that you're getting commissioned from which really sucks for the people that only ever talk about Amazon because you'll never know what product did well and what product you should be pushing more you'll see that it'll pull up just a great photo and just your commission which is so annoying and I really wish it still had the exact product because that would just help out so many more people maybe it's because they want to encourage people to use the Amazon affiliate program and I actually have a whole video on that so if you're interested in making an Amazon storefront if you're an influencer and are always being asked about your favorite Amazon products I highly recommend to check out that video and just see how you can make money through this Amazon affiliate program something else to note is that your commissions most likely won't immediately show up so if you know that one of your followers bought something off of your link your commission might show up the next morning so definitely be patient the team at reward style is always so helpful you can always shoot them an email and ask for their best practices on posting and how to gain a following and all of that they're so great but I always recommend to make sure you sign up and tune in for their webinars they're really helpful they always kind of switch it up I think the last one I watched was how to incorporate links into your TikTok account which I thought was really cool and you can always go back into their resource library to watch all the webinars and they have so many like blog posts that are really really helpful so if you guys are just starting out definitely recommend checking their resource library if you need some inspiration on and what exactly you should be linking I highly recommend going on the desktop reward style and click on products and then you can see the most popular products that are being sold throughout the whole program this will kind of give you an idea of what you can link in the future and what's doing really well the awesome thing about these affiliate links is that if I link to a Sephora concealer and then you go by that concealer and then also add five more things to your cart I actually get commissioned from the whole total of your cart also if you don't end up buying your concealer but you go through my link I still get commissioned off of the total which is honestly amazing something to note is that you will only be paid out once your threshold meets $100 and they will pay you through PayPal and if your threshold is always met then you'll be paid bi-weekly if you zoned out listen up because I'm going to share something that I was super confused on for the longest time and I'm going to break it down for you guys so when you go and see your commissions you'll see that it probably says open or closed some stores leave it open for up to 90 days because they want to make sure that the person doesn't return it because if they return it then you don't get the commission so only after those 90 days will you get paid from that store and then it will switch from open to closed and that means that you've been paid for that commission so if you get accepted today and start posting your links don't expect to see that commission hit your bank account until like three months from now the last thing that you should know is that you can pull links from reward style app on your phone but I highly recommend to try to do it from your desktop on your computer because it's kind of slow on the app so it's just going to waste your time a little bit so if you are home and with a computer definitely take that route so that wraps up this video I hope it was super helpful for you guys I know it was extremely confusing when I got accepted into the program so I wanted to just spill all the tea and tell you guys exactly what you should expect if you guys have any other questions feel free to comment them down below or got this video definitely hit that subscribe button and I will see y'all in my next one bye


We're in John chapter 16 verses 1 through 15 and I believe this is the fourth sermon in this section of scripture Appreciate you bearing with me as we work through these texts These texts although we try to look at paragraphs in the scripture and stick to specific paragraphs These paragraphs are shock full of biblical truth And so oftentimes it will take us some time to work through those We don't want to go so slow that we're not making progress and we lose sight of the book as a whole But we don't want to go too quickly either we want to dig into these passages and learn what the lord would have us learn And so as we would find ourselves this morning in john chapter 16 We've been working through verses 1 through 15. We come this morning to verse 12 As we consider this passage and the remaining verses in this section of scripture this morning The context of a passage like this should really consider us to remember How weak and how needy we are in one sense We need to put ourselves in the shoes of the disciples here And in considering our weakness and considering our oftentimes our ignorance our proneness to wander The difficulty that we often have with Understanding and applying the word of god. We also need to remember how gracious How merciful how patient right how Compassionate the lord jesus christ is to us In john chapter 16 Remembering the context setting the table so to speak It's the night of the lord's arrest At the hands of a wicked traitor It's the night before his scourging the night before his crucifixion at golgatha And the lord is making his way With his disciples to the garden of gethsemane In the garden where he will agonize in prayer Over the cup that is set before him and that cup Is filled to the brim with the terrors of the wrath of god Do our sin the wrath of god reserved for me the wrath of god reserved for you It's a cup that he will soon drink to the dregs in our place In our stead on our behalf Having loved his own who are in the world were reminded he loves them to the end In the garden over that cup he'll pray with such anguish That in furrowing his brow Bursting the capillaries in such anguish that he sweats as it were great drops of blood What are the disciples doing While he's praying in the garden They're sleeping They're sleeping right This passage of scripture Gives us the account Of what's happening The last night of the lord's earthly life earthly ministry Last night before he dies For them on the cross And with all that he's facing He's imparting to them Gracious and loving last words And in light of that their hearts their minds Swirling on this night With thoughts other than him They have an argument in luke chapter 22 over who will be the greatest among them in this context in this context They have an argument amongst themselves over who's going to be the greatest They enter the upper room in john chapter 13 and no one humbles themselves to wash his feet After three years in ministry with him They show their ignorance by asking him to show them the father in john chapter 14 In john chapter 16 explains that in just a few short hours The disciples will forsake him being scattered. They will be offended at him They leave each their own home leaving him alone So often right to our shame We're just like these disciples We behave often like spoiled Ignorant self-absorbed children not knowing our left hand from the right But consider with me from john chapter 16 the lord's mercy The lord's patience toward us rather than rebuke them In john chapter 16 verse 12 The lord says to them i still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now That's gracious, isn't it? That's merciful It's a wonder of god's mercy and grace that he told them anything at all, right That it reveals anything he stups. He condescends to reveal himself to us And yet his tender mercy is focused on them as they walk along this path toward the garden The riches of his goodness right the riches of his forbearance his long suffering in him by isaac woodbury The hymnist writes mindful of our human frailty is the god in whom we trust He whose years are everlasting. He remembers we are dust Now another reason from verse 12 That they can't bear these things now Is because of their place in redemptive history one The weakness of their flesh their ignorance their frailty They don't have the ability verse 12 speaks of ability the word cannot they cannot bear them now But another reason that they cannot they don't have the ability to bear them now Is because of their place in redemptive history They don't have the ability yet to understand or to bear these things on this side of the cross on their side of the cross It wasn't possible yet for christ to to dive into so many great truths about his Substitutionary death right his atonement for sinners great truths about his resurrection Those things are only fully understood in light of the cross on this side of the cross They were in no position yet to understand those things but lastly they weren't able to bear them because Many things that he writes here He has to say to us are only understood by the illuminating and elucidating work Of the spirit of god in the life of a believer look at verse 13 However When he the spirit of truth has come he will guide you into all truth That is a glorious promise. Amen A glorious promise the gift of the spirit is a promise Given to believers and it is a needed Gift right we desperately need the work of the spirit of god We need the indwelling of the spirit of god turn back with me to john chapter 14 And look at verse 16 the lord speaking regarding this gift john chapter 14 verse 16 the lord jesus christ says And i will pray the father And he will give to you another helper that he may abide with you forever the spirit of truth Whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him But you know him for he dwells with you and will be in you as part of the new covenant God says in ezekiel chapter 36 verse 27.  Let me ask you the question Do you have the spirit of god dwelling in you? Do you have the spirit of god dwelling in you john would say later in first john chapter 3 verse 24 Now he who keeps his commandments abides in him and he and him And by this we know that he abides in us by the spirit whom he has given us We know That we abide in him and he and us by the spirit whom god has given us Do you have the spirit of god in first john chapter 4 verse 13? john writes by this we know that we abide in him and he and us Because he has given us of his spirit Has there been a work of the spirit of god in your heart? Do you see the fruit of the spirit of god at work in your heart not perfectly You're gonna go instantaneously from lost wretched center to holy saint There's a work of god that takes place in your heart though The work of the spirit of god in your heart to make you more and more like christ to make you more and more holy Has there been a work of god's spirit in your heart? Now notice in john chapter 14 verse 26 there That he's called another helper john chapter 14 verse 16 another helper The lord means another helper like me That's what he's talking about here.  He's the third person of the trinity the word here for helper is paracletus It's derived from a verb meaning to call to one side to call to one side It's used in the sense of exhorting Encouraging helping in other words As christ departs to go to the father He sends the spirit of god to minister to genuine christians In his place and on his behalf. He sends another helper another helper like him Jesus christ is called a paracletus in first john Here the spirit the paracletus Now last sermon in our text We saw that the helper here the paracletus point three is at work in the world. Look at verse chapter 16 verse 7 The helper the spirit of truth the spirit of god the paracletus is at work in the world nevertheless verse seven I tell you the truth It's to your advantage that I go away for if I do not go away the helper will not come to you But if I depart I will send him to you and when he has come He will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment Of sin because they do not believe in me Of righteousness because I go to my father and you see me no more And of judgment because the ruler of this world is judged Now this week this week as we look at chapter 16 verses 12 through 15 The spirit of god is now taking up residence in the people of god and we see point four on your notes The holy spirits work in the church Now the spirits work in the church is a multifaceted work many Things that the spirit does many ways in which the spirit benefits or blesses the people of god Many ways in which the spirit of god ministers to the people of god and these are tremendous blessings bestowed on the people of god By the spirit of god However in john chapter 16 verses 12 through 15 There are two primary ways discussed by john in which the spirit the spirit blesses the people of god one He's at work in the church Glorifying christ by leading or guiding in truth. That's verse 13 He's at work in the church glorifying christ by leading or guiding in truth Secondly, he's at work in the church glorifying christ by declaring the truth. That's verses 14 and 15 So think about the context with me now as The disciples were encouraged by the lord jesus christ with the work of the spirit in the world Their ministry being to a lost world to preach the gospel to a lost world The spirit of god at work in the world through the gospel preached to convict the world of sin righteousness and judgment The lord jesus christ now in john john chapter 16 works to encourage the disciples with the work of the spirit of god in them The work of the spirit of god in the church point four on your notes. The spirit is at work in the church. Look at verse 13 with me We see first The way that the spirit is at work in the church He is glorifying christ by leading or guiding in truth verse 13 says this However When he the spirit of truth has come He will guide you into all truth for he will not speak on his own authority But whatever he hears he will speak and he will tell you things to come And notice first in verse 13 that he has referred to here is the spirit of truth the spirit of truth first This clearly communicates Something important regarding the essential nature of the holy spirit, right? He is the spirit of truth First john chapter 5 verse 6 says the spirit is Truth what's being communicated by this term this title is something about the nature of god the nature of the spirit of god here The spirit of god doesn't lie right The spirit of god is the spirit of truth the spirit of god Never contradicts himself He never lies. He never contradicts himself. He never contradicts the word of god He works through the word of god.  He will not contradict himself He will not guide in any way that is contrary to his word And he will not lead in any way that is contrary to his word He will not dispense gifts In a way that is contrary to the word of god. He's not going to do it He is the spirit of truth the spirit of truth does not lie the spirit of truth does not contradict himself It's fundamental Right to the essential nature of god That god and here god the spirit is truthful in all things Now that should be comforting to the people of god right the spirit of truth will not lead you in error We want to know the truth We go to the word of god and the word of god revealed to us by the spirit of god He leads us into truth doesn't lead us in a way that will be contrary to the word These things aren't shifting and transitory. They're not Shadows right these things are clear. They're elucidated clearly and they are truth We can take it to the bank because the word of god says it right And the spirit of god is confirming that numbers chapter 23 verse 19 The bible says of god that he's not a man that he should lie Nor a son of man that he should repent Has he said and will he not do? Or has he spoken and will he not make it good? Our god makes it good right anything that he says we can trust him completely He is the spirit of truth Now however What's being communicated here by that title goes beyond just describing one of god's divine Perfections right one of the attributes of god. There's more that's involved in the title here. Secondly The spirit of truth Not only is truth. He communicates the truth He communicates the truth and he does that Through two primary means he communicates the truth through two primary means One means is inspiration Another means is illumination inspiration And illumination. Let's look at inspiration first right now remember in john chapter 16 Who the lord is speaking to here remember who he's speaking to here. He's talking to the disciples These are men The spirit of god would inspire to write the bible All right One of those men that is there at this time is john And we're reading john's gospel this morning All right, now he tells them these men in verse 13 He tells them that when he the spirit of truth has come He will guide you into all truth. Look back again at john chapter 14 and look at verse 26 john chapter 14 verse 26 Where the lord says but the helper The holy spirit whom the father will send in my name He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things that i said to you A good example of this promise a good example of the blessed work of the holy spirit in this is the gospel of john It's the bible that you have in your hands right now. That's a fulfillment of that promise a fulfillment of that gift That john was there as the lord was explaining this. So the holy spirit came Guided john into truth Called to john's remembrance all things that christ had said And you have the result of the spirit's communication to john in your hands and we're reading here in the gospel of john this morning Right, that's how the lord works. That's how the spirit works through inspiration. Look with me at second timothy second timothy chapter three I want to go through a couple of texts with you to discuss this second timothy chapter three And look with me at verse 16 second timothy chapter three beginning in verse 16 And here paul says in verse 16 all scripture All scripture is given by inspiration Of god and remember we're talking about two means by which the holy spirit communicates truth inspiration and illumination The first of these inspiration and here paul says in verse 16 all scripture is given by inspiration of god that word inspiration Means god breathe thaop newstas God breathe it's interesting in chapter 16 verse 13 That the spirit there the word for spirit is numus Meaning breath. He's called numus tasalatheus the breath of truth here his thaop newstas inspiration is god theos Newstas breathed god breathed right all scripture is given by inspiration of god And is profitable for doctrine For rip proof for correction for instruction in righteousness that the man of god may be complete Thoroughly equipped for every good work this truth in mind therefore The word of god Is not a matter of one's own interpretation It is god Breathe god breathed it out by the holy spirit. Now. What does that mean? Does that mean when I come to scripture? I can look at scripture and say well, what what does scripture mean to me? What do I think this means? What do you think this I have my interpretation? You have your interpretation turn to second peter second peter chapter one It's not the way this works all scripture is given by inspiration of god god's Inspiration god's breath god breathes it out. It comes from god god Is its source the spirit of truth here specifically is its source look at second peter chapter one And look at verse 20 second peter chapter one verse 20 Knowing this first of foremost importance knowing this first That no prophecy no writing No giving of scripture is of any private interpretation The word interpretation there. It's an unfortunate translation. It refers to source Right. It refers to source. No prophecy of scripture is of any private source Any private interpretation verse 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man Prophecy scripture God's truth never came by the will of man But holy men of god spoke as they were moved by the holy spirit No truth of god no truth of god has ever come about through the will of man We understand the implications of that right Here the greek word is a genitive of source. It refers to the source Or the origin of the word of god man Is never the source of divine truth The source of the meaning of divine truth is never man Never man you can't look at the scripture and say well, what does this mean to me? Right You can't put a bunch of guys in a committee in a room and have them all come up with some interpretation of scripture And that becomes the authoritative interpretation of that passage The meaning of scripture never comes by the will of man the source of scripture the interpretation of scripture the meaning the understanding Never comes from man God is the source the spirit of truth is the source the source Rather here specifically holy men of god spoke as they were moved By the holy spirit that word moved means carried along in ax chapter 27 That word is used to Show how a ship is carried along the waters toward its destination driven by the wind right carried along in this sense These men were carried along by the holy spirit the writing of scripture In other words here again men are not the source of truth Truth is not open to man's limited understanding.  You can't do it For that matter you can't find justification in scripture for an adulterer to be a christian Or a drunkard to be a christian Truth isn't determined by a majority vote of the membership in some denomination And that that happens all the time Look at denominations that meet and they'll have a vote On what a passage means to them in their context at this time Truth isn't determined by your experience In other words your experience is not the source or the determiner or the arbiter of truth Your experience has to be run through the filter of god's word Truth is contained in the word of god as it has been inspired by the spirit of truth Inspired and illuminated by the spirit of god Now be sure That if that word comes from the spirit of truth, it is true. It is true And if it's true Then someone who believes in inspiration, right if if the holy spirit cannot lie if the holy spirit cannot contradict himself Then anyone who believes That the word of god is inspired Which most people would Must of necessity believe that the word of god is inerrant Which most people don't I don't understand the disconnection there the spirit of god cannot lie The spirit of god will not contradict himself And so if you believe in the inspiration of the word of god You must have necessity hold to the inerrancy of the word of god. The word of god is true It is infallible. It is inerrant Every word And that is because it is inspired By the spirit of truth The work of inspiration by the spirit of god is done That work of inspiration is done in other words when somebody writes to him today, it's not inspired Right when somebody prays, it's not an inspired prayer When somebody writes a book it's not inspired somebody makes a movie it's not inspired Somebody says they have a word of prophecy not inspired The work of inspiration now is done. There is no additional revelation Being given look at Hebrews chapter one Hebrews chapter one You're in second Peter just Hebrews James Peter turn back a few pages Hebrews chapter one It's important to have these things firm in your thinking in our minds as we consider the word It's so important right so important to your christian life So important to our understanding that we know what the bible teaches on these things and it requires diligence or requires study Requires the spirit of god to bring us understanding right Hebrews chapter one And look at verse one god Who at various times and in various ways spoke in times past To the fathers by the prophets Now when he says that in verse one various times various ways in time past Now consider those with me for a moment in various times Ages before this one in history redemptive history God in various times before this one spoke in various ways spoke through prophets Communicated through vision Communicated through a dream one time communicated through a donkey right god is in times past In various times and in various ways. He spoke in times past to the fathers here by the prophets by the prophets And he has in these last days now spoken to us in visions No He hasn't these last days spoken to us by words of prophecy No, he hasn't this last day spoken to us through dreams No, no, no those are various times and in various ways in time past In which he spoke to the fathers by the prophets in these last days He has spoken to us by his son. Do you see that? Now most of what you see today revealed that comes under the moniker of revelation from god is wrong And the spirit of god cannot lie and the spirit of god will not contradict himself And the spirit of god will not ever prophesy anything that does not come to pass The spirit of god does not lie. He is the spirit of truth Most of what you see today grossly Contradicts what scripture clearly teaches It grossly will take a look at a passage in a little while It grossly contradicts what scripture clearly teaches most of what you see today That would come under the moniker the title of revelation from god Is done or taught by overtly false teachers in overtly false churches By overtly ungodly people And he is the holy spirit He is the spirit of truth Most of what you see today Is reproduced or replicated in all false religion in false religion Look with me at Ephesians chapter 2 Ephesians chapter 2 And we're just taking a look at a cursory look if you will at some of the teaching of scripture with respect to this It's important. We build this foundation Ephesians chapter 2 And look at verse 19 Again, we're talking about the inspiration Of the spirit of god With the word of god The fact that inspiration is now done Ephesians chapter 2 look at verse 19 Now therefore you brothers and sisters we We're no longer strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of god Now that household of god verse 20 Having been built On the foundation Of the apostles and prophets. What is that? What's it referring to when it says apostles and prophets? Referring to scripture Apostolic teaching apostolic teaching the prophets old testament often the word prophets used to summarize the old testament The new testament apostles the old testament prophets that foundation the household of god being built on the foundation of God's word Foundation of the apostles and prophets jesus christ himself being the chief cornerstone In whom now the whole building right the church being fitted together Grows into a holy temple in the lord on the foundation The bedrock foundation the granite slab foundation of god's word Teaching of the apostles the prophets jesus christ himself being the chief cornerstone The whole building now the people of god the church being fitted together Grows into a holy temple in the lord in whom you also are being built together For a dwelling place of god in the spirit the spirit of god the spirit of truth the holy spirit. Do you see revelation chapter 22 18 Says this for i testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book If anyone adds to these things God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy God shall take away his part from the book of life from the holy city and from the things which are written in this book There'll be folks that will try to do hermeneutical gymnastics with that passage to think that you just can't add to the book of revelation No revelation is the close of the canon from genesis to revelation. We have gods Intended revealed truth given to us in christ in his son in its completion Illucidated and illuminated by the spirit of god. We have gods revelation We have the bible god's intended revelation in our hands genesis revelation If you add to that He will add to you the plagues that are written in the book If you take away from that he'll take away your part from the book of life From the holy city and from the things which are written in the book And the idea of new revelation right the idea of new inspiration Is common to all cults. It's common to cults It's common to all false religion. It's common in the roman catholic church Right, it's common in the roman catholic church adding writings To scripture that have been passed down by popes and councils It's adding to the revelation of god god's intended revelation Adding the apocrypha in 1546 Uninspired books added for an ulterior agenda 1546 the apocrypha Added to god's word The bible that you have the 66 books of the bible that you have in your hands is the word of god That's the word of god that's been given been inspired By the spirit of god God does still speak today. How does god speak? He speaks through his word He speaks through his word And that's so important for the christian to understand this So important For the christian you're in aphesians 2 just flip the page to aphesians 6 aphesians 6 Look at how important this is Look at verse 10 finally my brethren aphesians chapter 6 verse 10 Be strong in the lord and in the power of his might Put on the whole armor of god that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood But against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this age Against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places Therefore brother sister listen therefore take up The whole armor of god that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand And those of first importance in our taking up the armor of god stand therefore Having girded your waist with truth Right the first piece of our armor that we're to take up is truth That truth Given to us by inspiration of the spirit of god the holy spirit the spirit of truth Now secondly he works through inspiration Communicates truth through inspiration Secondly the spirit of god the spirit of truth communicates truth through illumination illumination The spirit of god Works in the life of a believer to apply The truths of god's word to your heart and mind The spirit of god given a specific task of taking the word of god Pointing to christ glorifying christ and illuminating your mind your understanding by applying the truths of god word god's word To your heart and mind that's done through illumination and we Desperately need the spirit of god to do that work in us through us right look at first carinthians chapter two with me first carinthians chapter two We need the spirit of god to do this work. We need the spirit of god to illumine our understanding To guide us so to speak into truth first carinthians chapter two Look at verse six verse six right In this referencing this work of the spirit of god and illumination First carinthians chapter two verse six however paul says we speak wisdom among those who are mature Yet not the wisdom of this age nor of the rulers of this age who are coming to nothing But we speak the wisdom of god in a mystery the hidden wisdom which god ordained before the ages for our glory That mystery there that he's referring to is the gospel the gospel right the wisdom of god in the gospel verse eight Which none of the rulers of this age knew For if they had known They would not have crucified the lord of glory When the lord jesus christ addressed the Pharisees Or when he was in confrontation with the Pharisees he told them in john chapter five He said to them listen you search the scriptures Because you believe that in them you have eternal life But they those scriptures are they which testify of me the lord jesus christ says right It's going to point to christ They would not have crucified the lord of glory if they knew the truth if the truth had been illuminated to them The lord jesus christ in john chapter five telling that to Pharisees who were obsessed with the old testament scriptures Many of them had large swaths if not all of the old testament committed to memory So he told them Those men who were obsessed with the old testament scriptures much of the old testament scripture memorized They had it committed to their memory and he told them you search those scriptures because in them you believe that you have eternal life And yet those are the scriptures that point to me right those are the scriptures that concern me in other words They don't know the scriptures Although they had them memorized although they were obsessed with them What would it have taken it would have taken the spirit of god to open their understanding right like lydia Having her heart open her understanding opened to understand the things spoken by paul We need the spirit of god to illuminate the scriptures to our heart and mind Here in first christians chapter two look at verse nine It is written i has not seen nor ear heard nor have entered into the heart of man the things which god has prepared for those who love him but god Has revealed them to us believers Through his spirit. Do you see that? That's the illuminating work of the holy spirit You may have met i've witnessed the guys before that knew their bibles inside and out Talked to guys that are our biblical scholars And yet they are dead concerning the things of god No understanding of the scriptures we need the spirit of god to reveal them to us god verse 10 has revealed them to us Through his spirit for the spirit searches all things. Yes, the deep things of god For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him Even so in the same way No one knows the things of god except the spirit of god Now we've received not the spirit of the world but the spirit who is from god That we might know so that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by god We need the spirit of god amen These things verse 13 we also speak not in words which man's wisdom teaches But which the holy spirit teaches Comparing spiritual things with spiritual But the natural man does not receive the things of the spirit of god for they are foolishness to him Nor can he know them because they are spiritually discerned You know, it's it's Very troubling in scripture, but it's also troubling in the church When you have someone that professes christ, they profess to be indwelt by the spirit They profess to be christians, but over a period of time, right a lengthy amount of time and they just never make progress Never understand the word of god Always searching so to speak never coming to a knowledge of the truth It's because the spirit of god is not at work there, right? We need the spirit of god and we need to make progress in the word of god Depending upon the spirit of god for that progress Verse 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things yet he himself is rightly judged by no one For who has known the mind of the lord that he may instruct him We have the mind of christ This illuminating work of the spirit of god Extends to all christians in john chapter 16 The lord jesus christ is speaking specifically to the disciples and that illuminating work of the spirit of god to remind the Disciples of all things that christ has said to them And they'll in the illuminating work of the holy spirit under the inspiration of the holy spirit will write scripture But this work of the spirit of god in illuminating the word of god extends to christians in this sense We need the spirit of god to illuminate the scriptures to us You know professing christians, right? Always attempting to find or discern truth apart from the word of god Finding truth in any number of things, right? You read some of these terrible books Found, you know finding theology in some movie Finding theology in some poem some song just moved me, you know Always attempting to find or discern or follow truth As they see it as they think it apart from the word of god. That is impossible It doesn't exist apart from the word of god Or professing quote-unquote christians Always attempt to find Or discern the leading of god Apart from the illumination or the application of the word of god by the spirit of god Heard it said this week this way The spirit of god without the word of god Is like oil without a lamp Oil without a lamp May cause a flash Right, but not sustained light It's like heat Without light, you know churches like that. Don't you know christians professing christians like that all heat?  That's already been revealed He's going to guide you specifically the disciples here are going to guide them in new revelation He's going to guide them in all truth Now based on our understanding of inspiration here the truth that he's leading you into is not Whether you should marry that girl Is not whether you should take that job You know, I've been thinking about getting a tattoo. I'm gonna pray about it And lord, you know, if you want me to get the tattoo Just don't say anything lord, and I'll take that as a yes that I should get that tattoo That is absurd That we laugh about that But how many circumstances in your life where you've skirted doing just that maybe have done that in your life We don't understand how the spirit of god leads through the word of god how he guides into all truth All truth here is referring to the whole council of god The entirety of the revealed word of god that which god has intended to be revealed to us It's the 66 books of your bible not the apocrypha added in 1546. It's the 66 books of your bible the whole Council of god now as he explains here that when the spirit of truth comes he will guide us into all truth He then gives us an explanation for this And the explanation begins with the word for there halfway through verse 13 for He will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak And he will tell you things to come now first It says there in explanation Of the guiding of the spirit of truth The explanation is that one he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears He will speak the spirit of truth In this does exactly what the lord jesus christ does right the lord jesus christ says I always speak those things which I heard from the father the spirit of truth has the same priority in other words There's a there's a perfect unity In the godhead There's a perfect unity of both word a perfect unity of work A perfect unity in the revelation that's given that perfect unity existing within the godhead He does not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears. That's what he speaks Secondly, it says here that he will tell you things to come Tell you things to come and that's not merely Eschatologically speaking of end times things for them that started right away. He's going to tell you Things that are to come speaking of all future revelation to them until the canon is complete. All right but the spirit of god In this work from verse 13 has a purpose Has a purpose to his ministry of communicating and illuminating the truth that purpose is found in verse 14 He will glorify me the spirits work In illuminating in communicating truth is to glorify christ now think with me about that for a moment The spirit of god did not come to magnify and glorify himself The spirit of god did not come to magnify and glorify himself in that sense though. He is worthy of glory The spirit of god came to point to christ to glorify him He will glorify me verse 14 for he will take of what is mine and declare it to you Verse 15 all things that the father has are mine. Therefore. I said that he will take of mine and declare it to you In chapter 14 verse 26 the helper the holy spirit whom the father will send in my name He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things christ says that i Said to you The holy spirit is not off on his own. He's not running some rogue mission Right He's not running his own program here. It's not that the spirit of god is off doing one thing now The spirit of god does that's totally different from what christ did Or from what god did in the old testament There's a continuity and there's a unity to god's revelation and god's redemptive purposes and the spirit of god In perfect unity with the god head Exercises his role to that end. He's not giving new revelation to people now That's not happening. He points to what jesus christ has said In chapter 15 verse 26 The lord says but when the helper comes whom i shall send to you from the father the spirit of truth who proceeds from the father He will testify of me Now think about it with me to know christ To know christ is eternal life is eternal life god has revealed his redemptive purposes his plans For man for you and i to be right with god We're going to be right with god through repentant faith in christ All of those purposes all of those plans of god the redemptive purposes of god from the fall To revelation is about god redeeming his people to himself Why would the spirit ever come in contradiction or contrary to any of that work? It's simply not going to do it the spirit of god is in alignment in unity with the god head For those purposes to be fulfilled and those purposes and plans are all fulfilled all wrapped up in the lord Jesus christ and now the spirit of god works to point to him christ says that he the spirit of truth will take What is mine and declare it to you look with me at first john chapter four first john chapter four That's the spirit's role He will take what is mine christ says and declare it to you first john chapter four and look at verse one This is again john John's later epistle here first john chapter four verse one beloved Do not believe every spirit I was speaking with someone not long ago and Just justification For their own belief where they're at Indiscriminately believing everything that goes on in the world today with respect to revelation With respect to gifts of the spirit But here john is specifically warning don't believe every spirit Test the spirits whether they are of god Because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Don't we know it right?  He is again the spirit of truth not a spirit of error Not a spirit of confusion not a spirit of contradiction. He's the spirit of truth Many times today You see those with revelation they claim to speak on behalf of god They've got some new inspiration some new words some new prophecy some new vision And they are those who disobey christ By their lives denying the lord who they claim bought them First john chapter four verses one through six they are not of christ They are not of christ many of those That we see today right one divorce after another One adulterous relationship after another Greedy covetousness worldly Prideful not of christ Line up those spirits by the word of god Christ says that the spirit of truth will take what is mine and declare it to you Let's get a prime example of that turn with me to acts chapter two Acts chapter two and let's get a look take a look at the spirits work doing exactly this Christ says he will take what is mine and declare it to you acts chapter two And look at verse one The spirits work is to point to christ to show that the scriptures are about christ It's all about christ In verse two chapter two verse one when the day of pentecost had fully come they were all with one accord in one place Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled the whole house where they were sitting Then there appeared to them divided tongues as a fire and once had upon each of them They were all filled with a holy spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance Now if you look down at verse 16 This is in fulfillment of prophecy Joel had prophesied that this would take place verse 16 Peter says But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel it shall come to pass in the last day says god that I will pour out Of my spirit on all flesh your sons and your daughters shall prophesy your young men shall see visions your old men shall dream dreams And on my men servants and on my maid servants. I will pour out my spirit in those days They shall prophesy That's the prophecy of joel look at the actual fulfillment of that prophecy look at verse five And there were dwelling in jerusalem jews devout men from every nation under heaven When this sound occurred the multitude came together and were confused Because everyone heard them speak in his own language. These are actual languages They were all amazed and marveled saying to one another look are not all these who speak galleans How is it that we hear each in our own language in which we were born? Parthians and meads and elamites those dwelling in mesopotamia Judea capidosh upon us in asia Phrygia pamphlia egypt in the parts of libya adjoining sireen visitors from ron both jews and proselytes Cretans and arabes we hear them speaking in our own tongues The wonderful works of god. That's the biblical gift of tongues, right? That's not what we see today Now what does the spirit do? We have in chapter two an account of the spirit of god given at pentecost This is what was prophesied This is what the lord jesus christ was talking about when he said the spirit would come, right? The spirit has come and acts chapter two and what is the very first thing That the spirit does through the preaching of peter when the spirit comes at pentecost look at verse 22 Peter stands up and preaches and he says men of israel Hear these words Jesus of nazareth He immediately points to christ A man attested by god to you by miracles Wonders and signs which god did through him in your midst as you yourselves also know Him christ being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of god You have taken by lawless hands have crucified and put to death whom god raised up Having loosed the pains of death because it was not possible that he christ should be held by it He points to christ Why was the spirit given in the way that it was at pentecost to point to christ Why were the signs and the wonders and the miracles done to point to christ Now we have the revealed word of god through which the spirit of god works to point to christ Those things aren't happening that way any longer The gibberish that you hear today is not the gift of the holy spirit Settled in your heart and mind folks He says in verse 33 Therefore being exalted the right hand of god and having received from the father the promise of the holy spirit He poured out this which you now see and hear For david did not ascend into the heavens, but he says of himself the lord said to my lord sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool Therefore let all the house of israel know assuredly that god has made this jesus whom you crucified Both lord and christ So what does the spirit of god immediately do in this inspired sermon of peter at pentecost? He points to christ You in fact when the focus Is on the spirit Rather than on christ It's a good indication. It's not of the spirit All things that the father has are mine the lord jesus christ says Therefore i said the spirit of truth. He will take what is of mine and declare it to you Let me give you one example Of a false teacher look with me at jeremiah Jeremiah chapter 23 Everything must be run through the filter of the truth of god. He is the spirit of truth He will not contradict himself.  They say No evil shall come upon you For who has stood in the counsel of the lord has perceived and heard his word who has marked His word and heard it Behold a whirlwind of the lord has gone forth in fury a violent whirlwind It will fall violently on the head of the wicked The anger of the lord will not turn back until he has executed and performed the thoughts of his heart In the latter days you will understand it perfectly I have not sent these prophets yet they ran I have not spoken to them yet. They prophesied But if they had stood in my counsel and it caused my people to hear my words Then they would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings. You see They had spoken god's word god's word does not go out void. It accomplishes the purpose for which it goes out And if they had spoken god's word They would have turned them from their evil way from the evil of their doings God says in verse 23 am I a god near at hand says the lord and not a god afar off Can anyone hide himself in secret places so I shall not see him says the lord Do I not fill heaven and earth says the lord I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesied lies in my name saying I have dreamed a dream How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesied lies Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart. Do you see Who try to make my people forget my name by their dreams Which everyone tells his neighbor as their fathers forgot my name for bail The prophet who has a dream let him tell a dream He who has my word let him speak my word faithfully What is the chaff to the wheat says the lord is not my word like a fire Says the lord and like a hammer that breaks the rock and pieces Therefore behold god says I am against the prophets who steal my words everyone from his neighbor Behold I am against the prophet says the lord who use their tongues and say he says Behold I am against those who prophesy false Dreams says the lord and tell them and cause my people to air by their lies and by their recklessness Yet I did not send them or command them. Therefore they shall not profit this people at all Says the lord All of this has application for us today, doesn't it? Those words could have been written now Just as applicable today And we talked about the inspiration of the holy spirit One of the applications for you and I brother and sister today So we need to take up the inspired word Inspired by the spirit of truth.  They've abandoned the word of god having abandoned the word of god Their so-called church is on a foundation of shifting sand Examples of this abound don't they? Prioritize the word of god take up the word of god We talked about the illuminating work of the holy spirit We need the spirit of god to give us illumination, don't we to give us understanding We need the spirit of god to help us understand to lead us to guide us Into the truth as it is in christ. We're dependent upon the holy spirit. We need the spirit of god So what are we to do? We're to pray We're to pray we're to depend upon the word of the spirit of god as we read and study The word of god we're to seek him in his word You and I have to acknowledge that we are often dull hearted We are often of dull minds We have clogged ears and fogged eyes And we need the spirit of god Take heed how you hear right take heed how you hear The spirit of god's work through the word of god is to sanctify you to sanctify me in the truth. His word is truth Word in the hands so to speak of the spirit of god is to elicit from you a response We're to respond in faith. We're to respond in repentance. We're to respond In dependence upon him. We're to respond in greater love greater affection for the lord jesus christ We're to respond with more joy. We're to respond with obedience Devotion commitment fervency zeal We are to be transformed That happens when the spirit of god works in us through the word of god It's to draw forth a response The bible says that we're to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Why? Because he god The spirit of god is that work in you to do into will according to his good pleasure First that's learning chapter four for this is the will of god Your sanctification He has given us of his spirit Ephesians chapter four. We're not to grieve The spirit of god Ephesians chapter five were to be filled With the spirit of god direct application. We just don't have time to go into all of these are so many applications, right? Direct application is is our testimony or witness for christ. Remember that in john chapter 16 The specific context in which the lord is speaking to them is in the context of their ministry now In this lost world with the gospel as christ is departing and going to be with the father It's their evangelism. They're going to face a hostile persecuting world And he encourages them with the ministry of the spirit to them That will provide the necessary help and strength and empowerment revelation For their ongoing ministry Acts chapter one verse eight. You shall receive power When the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me in jerusalem and all judia and samaria and to the end of the earth primary application For those of you here today That are not in christ is the spirit's work Of causing sinners to be born again That you would turn from your sin You would humble yourself don't harden your heart call on depend on the spirit of god to break you over your sin Better to go to the house of mourning than to the house of feasting amen Turn from your sin put your trust in christ But the spirit of god have his work in your heart this morning. Don't harden your heart submit to him Spirit of god is a tremendous blessing and it's the spirit by which we persevere to the end to be saved amen Let's pray Father in heaven, we praise you. We thank you for this glorious gift of the spirit of god Would help us not to take that glorious gift for granted spirit of god Please have your way in our hearts and our minds help us to understand Word of truth Sanctify us or buy your truth Help us. We need you. Thank you lord for your work in us and through us according to your good pleasure Thank you spirit of god for having Caused us to be born again And thank you for your continued work of sanctification we Want or desire we hunger and thirst for righteousness To be pleasing in your sight Help us to this end for your glory in jesus name. Amen