Thank you, thank you very much, Darius, for that wonderful introduction to Jesus we go. Let me hear the congregation. Happy Sabbath, happy day, pathfinders, pathfinders, pathfinders, change the world. Indeed, pathfinders, changing the world, a step at a time, a person at a time because God has gone before us. Welcome back to the afternoon session to our virtual viewer. You're most welcome. This is still Nairobi Central SDA church live from Nairobi, Kenya. Today we are celebrating world's pathfinder day, a day that makes us so excited knowing that the Lord is with us and will always go before us. Before we proceed any further, I request all present to rise. We start with a word of prayer from my sister Donna. Let's all rise. Let's all rise. Pathfinders, prayer attention. Let us believe and pray. Thank you Jesus for keeping us. Thank you for bringing us back. Even as we want to start our afternoon program, I ask that you be with us and keep us teachers and help us learn from all the programs you're going to have this afternoon in Jesus' name. I pray and I believe. Amen. Thank you. You may be seated. Great. So I want us to start this session of singing songs of praise and we'll start with song number one eight three. I will sing of Jesus' love one eight three. Amina tuimbe pendolake katika halihio ya luga e tutukufu ya kisoeli tutafanya wimbo number miya sitini natisa one six nine katika nyimbo zetuza kristo wimbo huu naongiaku su hukumu yesu ataka pokuja tutashinda je hukumuni. Maybe for those who may not understand Swahili, it talks about that time of no judgment when God will gather together the wheat and separate the tears. So nga noni wheat galani is to atatupambali makapi, makapi are the tears. So we pray that we be among the number that will be considered as wheat and not the tears. Now being an afternoon and just to engage with those who are present here, let me just have a selection from my right column one. Yes, two eighteen. Let's see when he cometh, when he cometh to make up his jewels. Chanda two, continue. Yes. Thank you. Again, I'll give an opportunity, somebody, this column. Selection, yes. Six hundred. I hope it's one we can sing and we know all together. Yes, hold fast till I come. That's a sweet promise which has been given to us all. Left, right. Change formation, double rank. Left, right, left, left, left, right. Maintain your lines, left, right. Change into slow time, slow. March, miss, check, stop, left, right, left, right, left. Aba, tan, left, right, left, right. Number four, march, you in, one, two. Left, right, left, right, left, left, right, aba, tan, you in, one, two. Left, right, left, right. Nusukulia, nusukushito. Kanaga pose, one, two, three, four. Lift, right, lift, right, lift, right, cross, cross, cross, aba, tan, one, and stump. Lift, right, maintain your lines. Lift, right, march, well, path, does, by the eyes. He's right. Front, short steps, short steps, aba, tan, in, one. Left, right, pick up the face. Left, right, left, right. Nusukulia, nusukushito. Kanaga, one. Left, right, left, right, left, right, step, step, step, aba, tan, left, right, left, right, saluting, saluting to the owners. Salute, you in, one, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, eyes. Front, left, right, aba, tan, it's okay, in, one, left, right, left, right, change into slow time, slow, march, miss, check, change formation, single rank, left, left, right, aba, tan, you, in, one, left, right, left, right, once, hold, check, one, two, red, you'll tan to the right, right, tan, one, two, three, red, dress into the right, right, dress, red, you'll tan to the right, in the swiss, d, miss, one, tan to the right, step. Good afternoon, parents, pathfinders, master guides and all those following us online. Today is WAL Pathfinder's Day and Pathfinder's worldwide have the joy to celebrate 72 years of pathfindering. The Pathfinder Club has more than 2 million pathfinder members joining together with the challenge to change the world. Sometimes, we pathfinders may ask ourselves, how can I change the world when I don't know what to do? With God's help, you can change the world no matter where you are or how old you are.  Even if your impact may seem very small, in God's hands your impact will be powerful and as you go about your week always remember that you need to have a Christ-like character in order to change the world. Before you are the Nairobi Central Pathfinder Club members ready to share with you lessons from the acronym Pathfinders, watch it Letter Stands For and a character trait that goes with it. Welcome. Hi, church. My name is Abigail Bracha from Companion Class. I have the letter P. Stands For prepares us for emergencies. Emergencies are serious unexpected situations requiring immediate actions in pathfinders. Through first aid lessons, we learn how to respond to medical emergencies. Through drills, we learn how to respond to through drills, we learn how to quickly respond to situations. Through environment studies, we learn how to quick to respond to natural disaster like floods and fire. The character trait that goes with P is courage. Courage helps us to courage is confidence to face many challenges that come your way. Courage helps us to face unexpected situations too. Joshua had courage to fight the battle of Jericho and Rahab had courage to fight to hide the Israelite spies even though she could get in trouble. About courage, the Bible teaches us in Psalms chapter 27 verse 1 that The Lord is the light of my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid of? Amen. Good evening. Good afternoon church. I'm doing my name is Jeremy and I'm doing letter A for the acronym which stands for active vacance to share our faith. In Pathfinder, we learn how to share what we learn with other people around the world and in our community. We can share what we learn in our community by going to preach to the people who do not know God. Our faith grows stronger when we share it together. Pilemon chapter 1 verse 3. Amen. Good afternoon church. My name is Esther Okelu. I am in friends class. I have letter T. T teaches us skills. Skills refer to the potential possessed by an individual to do something exceptionally well. In Pathfinder club, we learn a lot of practical life skills which equip us to be creative. Some of the creative skills we learn include camping and survival skills like fast aid skills, swimming, tent pitching, hiking and much more. This is supported by the book of Proverbs 9 verse 9 which was written by King Solomon and says anything you say to the wise become wise whatever you tell the righteous adds to their knowledge. Amen. Good afternoon church. My name is Elma Magati. I am in friends class and I am 11 years old. H.E.S. helps us to know our Bible. As a Pathfinder, we need to be able to know our Bible and quote from it in good and bad times. Waste know our Bible are by doing tag. Tag is time alone with God. You read verses and internalize them as you know them. A verse that goes with tag is Psalms 19 verse 11 and it says your word I have hidden in my heart that I may not seen against thee. A character trait to go with H.E.S. committed. Committed is you should be able to do something until it is done. A verse that agrees with committed is First Kings chapter 8 verse 61 and it says let your heart therefore be loyal to the Lord your God to walk in His statues and to keep His commandments as at this day. Amen. Happy sabat. Happy day. My name is Avrela Ching. I am 10 years old. I am in friends class. My letter is letter F which stands for foster team spirit. To foster team spirit, you need a cooperation. Cooperation is when two or more people work together to achieve a goal. For cooperation to work, everyone must be an active member of the group and do what they agree to do. Cooperation improves peer relationship development, problem solving skills and builds self confidence. Apart finder can foster team spirit by helping their teachers and friends, encouraging their friends to encourage their friends to be kind and loving to be kind and loving and to be kind and loving always. My name is Bendithian Silas. I am 14 years old and I am in ranger class and my letter is I and the letter stands for inspires us to go outdoes and to go outdoes we need to be appreciative. Being appreciative is to appreciate what you have or in simpler terms it is to accept what you have, how it is and live with it. So we are going to read the book of Romans chapter 1 verse 2. It says, forever since the world was created people have seen the earth and sky through everything God made they can clearly see his invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature so they have no excuse for not knowing God. When you know God you learn from him from the things he has created and they are only found outdoes. Thank you. My name is Jordan Nuru. I am 10 years old. I am in friends class. I have the letter and in the acronym Pathfinders and stands for necessitates us to shine for Christ. Second Corinthians chapter 4 verse 6 it says, for God said that there be light in the darkness has made this light shine in our heart so that you could see the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. The character trait that goes with the letter N is dedicated. Dedication is putting all your effort into something when you're doing it. Dedication should appear in everything we do, especially in God's work. It helps us to do the best you can do so that you can shine the light of Jesus Christ. Amen. Good afternoon church. My name is Michele Alexander. I am 11 years old and I am in companion class. I am doing the letter D which stands for develop appreciation of nature. Nature teaches us about God. You appreciate nature by caring for it. It's good to appreciate what others do for you. Thank them. Think of the troubles they have gone through. Let's all learn how to appreciate what others do for you and appreciate what God has done. My character trait is appreciative. Sam's chapter 19 verse 1 and it says the heavens declare the glory of God. Amen. My name is Grace Pendo. I am 11 years old. I am in companion class and I have the letter E. E stands for encourages thrift. The character trait is thrifty. Thrifty means using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. As pathfinders, we need to practice thrifty as a character in our daily lives by identifying a life goal. To become thrifty, you need a change in perspective. Pay as little as possible for things of durable quality and also don't forget to practice the 3 Rs each and every day which are reduced, reused and recycled. Proverbs 21, 20 and it says the wise have wealth and luxury but full spend whatever they get. Amen. Good afternoon. My name is Alvina Rige and I am 11 years old and R stands for release surplus energy. As pathfinders, we are aged 10 to 15 years old. At our age, we are very energetic. Activities and events in pathfinder club, we do them in safe and constructive ways such as swimming, matching and drills, other sports and helping in church and at home. It supports it by Ecclesiastes chapter 9 verse 10. It says whatever your hands find to do, do it with all your might and strength. Amen. Hi, church. My name is Lexand Feifim and I am doing the letter S. S stands for saving souls. We can save souls by fundamentally being a Christ role model inviting other children to the pathfinder club. In countries worldwide, there is a need and desire to bring our younger children closer to Christ. The pathfinder club is there to help our children learn about Jesus as well as get them involved in physical and fun activities. I would like to share with you five keys to guide you on how you can make a difference in the community and in people around you. One, always be courageous and believe that you can do anything. Two, when you are obedient, you will be blessed. Realize that you are set by God at the right time. Four, be an instrument of salvation and lastly, be decisive, concentrate and act.  Pathfinders, change the world. Amen. Have a blessed evening. Pathfinders, change the world. Let me see how good a class you are. Pathfinders, hide the letters. Turn the letters. Let's see how well you did. Hide the letters please. What does P stand for? Hands up. P, yes? Prepares us for emergency. Give me letter T. Letter T. Letter T, parents, yes? Teachers and skills, give me letter H. Letter H. Letter H. Yes, at the back. Help us to know our Bible correct. Give me letter A. Parents, we were saying amen. Were you getting it? Letter A. Letter A, where is the hand? Letter A, yes. Activate us to go outdoors. Is he correct? Is he correct? No, the Pathfinders have said no. You have failed exams, sorry. Letter A. Letter A, parents. Parents. Church, letter A. Okay, parents have failed, imagine. They have failed exams. Show them letter A. Letter A, let's all say it. To share our faith. Did you say that? Okay. Let's go to letter D. Letter D. Letter D. Yes, at the back. Yes, develop. You are a good class. I'll give you 90%, amen? N. Letter N, N. Letter N. Letter N. Letter N, parents. Okay, think about it. We'll ask you at the end of the song. Thank you very much for your participation. Pathfinders. Change the world. Amen. Happy Pathfinder Day. Change the world. My name is Joald Skye from Rangers Class and This Is. The Nairobi Central Pathfinders are going to take us through a Bible study entitled The God's Pattern of Revealing the Future. The purpose of this Bible is to visualize God's systematic pattern of revealing a future event hundreds of years in advance and then choosing a profit close to the crisis time to prepare his people to go through the event. From the beginning of time to the end, there are six major pillar events that the Bible discusses. From these events, the Bible reveals a certain consistent pattern. This pattern involves a set of two profits for each event. God would use the first profit to reveal this event hundreds before. The second profit would take the people through the experience. Our fellow Pathfinders took the time to prepare for this Bible study. I would like to welcome our first pair to start us off. Happy Sabbath. Happy Pathfinders Day. Okay. What do you think the first major pillar of events was? Anyone in the congregation? Anyone except the Pathfinders? Okay, we were told that there were major events in the Bible. So what do you think the first major event in the Bible was? Anyone? Surely, this is something we should all know. Anyone, the first? Yes. Yes, creation, correct. As you can see, my assistant has shown this diagram of creation. So the first major pillar of event was creation. Who do you think was the prophet that prophesied a hundred years before? Anyone? Anyone? Okay, the answer is no one. Because there's no one except the Godhead, the God Triangle.  So there's none who prophesied a hundred years before. So I am all of us know about creation. So I would like to welcome the next group to take us through the second major pillar of events. Thank you. Good evening. Okay. What was the second major event? Oh, hi. My name is Immanuel, and this is my assistant. Valencia, I am 10 years old, and I am in France class. And I am 11 years old, and I am in companion class. What was the second major event? Yes, back there. Correct, the flood. Who do you think prophesied a hundred of years in advance? Anybody? That is incorrect. Yes, correct. It's Enoch. This can be found in the book of Genesis chapter 5 or 21 to 27, but they talk about the prophecy in verse 22. It says, after that, Enoch lived in fellowship with God for 300 years and had other children. How do you think Enoch was given the prophecy? Yes, correct. Through naming his child Methuselah. Methuselah means, in the end of his life, it shall come. In fulfillment of this prophecy, Methuselah died the same year the flood came. Who do you think took God's people through the crisis? Yes, incorrect. Yes, no. Yes, correct. It's Noah. Now we see the patterns that God desires for us to see the future with two prophets. One to tell the prophecy hundreds of years in advance and one to take God's people through the crisis. Now, I welcome the next team to come and continue with the Bible study. Hello. So my name is George and this is Maya Sistant. Maya, I am an explorer and I'm 12 years old. And I am an explorer and I'm 12 years old. So what do you think was the next event from the flood? What do you think was the next event? Incorrect. The next event? Incorrect. Yes, it was the exodus. So who do you think God told about this event 100 years before it happened? Yes, that is true. So we get this in the book Genesis 15, 13 to 16. And I like my assistant to read 13 and 14. And it says, the Lord said to him, your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land. They will be slaves there and will be treated clearly for 400 years. But I will punish the nation that enslave them and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them. So we all know that the Israelites were captives in Egypt for 430 years and when they were leaving, they left with great possessions that they had asked for. So who did God choose to take them through this event? Yes. So we get this in the book Exodus 3.10. And it says, now I am sending you to the king of Egypt so that you can lead my people out of this country. So from this, it is true to say that God chose prophets 100 years before the event they prophesied. Ah, correct. It was the Babylonian captivity. And which prophet was chosen to prophesy this 100 years before? Yes. No. Sorry. Jeremiah, no. Nehemiah, no. Yes. Correct. So Moses was chosen to prophesy this event 100 years before. Now, which prophet was chosen to take the Israelites through this crisis? Yes. Elisha, almost. Huh? No, almost. Daniel, almost. Yes. Jeremiah, correct. Jeremiah was chosen to take the Israelites through this crisis. In, where we find this verses from the book of Deutronomy chapter 28 verse 32, 36 and 49 to 52. Let us open it. Can you read 49 and 50?  Okay, our next verse is from the book of Jeremiah verse 1, chapter 1 verse 10 and 12. When you're there, you say, I, if you're not there, say have mercy. Is it for us?  Then the Lord said to me, you have seen well for I am ready to perform my word. Okay, so now I'll invite the next group to take us through the next event. Thank you. Happy Pathfinder Sabah. Change the world. So what do you think was the next major event? Correct. Sorry, I didn't tell you my name. My name is Benithian Silas. I'm 14 and I'm in ranger class. And this is my assistant. Edleen Jaquach and I'm 11 years old in companion class. So the second event was, sorry, not the second. The next event was Christ first coming and who was the prophet who prophesied this 100s of years before. Any of them. Yes, Isaiah. Yes, Daniel. Yes, Mike also prophesied. Yes, he also prophesied. There are many prophets who prophesied this. But the first prophet who prophesied this was not a prophet. It was God himself who said this. And you can find this in Genesis chapter 3 verse 15. And it says, So who was the prophet who was taking them through the time when Jesus was there? Who prepared them? John the Baptist. And John the Baptist was prophesied in Isaiah 40 verse 3. And it says, We can see from the people who prophesied this, that it was an extraordinary event because first it was not prophesied by one person but the first time it was said, it was said by God himself. Everything Christ did was prophesied in the Old Testament and it was fulfilled one by one in the New Testament. And the first, I'll start with one, when he spoke in parables, it was prophesied by David in the Book of Psalms and the place of his birth was prophesied by Micah in Micah 5 verse 2 and it was revealed in Matthew 2 verse 1. And all these events were prophesied one by one by many prophets and you can find more detail about the second coming of Christ in the Book of Isaiah chapter 53. So I'll invite the next team to take us through the next event. Thank you. Hi people, find us Abath. Change the world. My name is Bill and I'm here with my assistant Moseti and we are going to be taking you through the next event. So does anyone have any clue what the next event is after Christ's first coming? Yes? No? Good trial? Yes? That's correct. The next event is the second coming of Christ. Predictions of Christ's second coming were made by various prophets in the Bible. We get this in Jude chapter 1 verse 14. I'd like my assistant to read that for me. The seventh from Adam prophesied about these men also saying behold the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints. What this verse means is that God sent different prophets to prophesy to us about Christ's second coming. Can anyone give examples of prophets that were sent to prophesy about the second coming of the Lord? Anyone? Anyone? Okay, to kick us off I'll just give one example. An example of a prophet that prophesied about the second coming of Christ was Isaiah. Other prophets include Job and Daniel. Now, can anyone say any example of a prophet that prophesied about the second coming of Christ? Yes? Yes, John, that is correct. Many prophets prophesied about the second coming of Christ as well as Jesus Himself. Jesus Himself prophesied about his own second coming from John chapter 14 verse 3 and 4.  That where I am there you may be also. And where I go you know. And the way you know. Now today God sends various people to talk about his message. An example of someone who was sent by God to talk about his message was Ellen G. White. Ellen G. White was communicated with God through her various visions and dreams and she wrote it in her books so that you can be able to have an understanding of what Christ's coming will look like and how you can be able to prepare for it. Does God send anyone today to help us prepare for his second coming? Yes, he does. And we see this in Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 to 13. And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets the equipping of saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. God sends people today to help us prepare about the second coming of Christ. And we are the people who are sent to prepare for the second coming of Christ. If you follow the teachings of the Lord and we apply them and teach others as well, we'll help other people prepare for the second coming so that you can all be there together in heaven on that day. Now we'll take it back to our inducting team for the conclusion. Okay. Will we expect God to continue his systematic way of dealing with crisis? Would we expect him to also choose a prophet to prepare his people for the final crisis? As we were told, Ellen G. White is the prophet that's taking us through this final crisis. Her reading helps people through this last days. In conclusion, we need to think about whether or not we're using the instruction that God has given us to prepare us for the last events. Thank you for being with us through this Bible study. Amen. Amen church. What do we say to our Pathfinder Bible Study group? Amen. Now let me ask you one thing. Just stand up. What did you learn? What new thing did you learn from this study? Was it an interesting study? Yes, and actually I did not give them the words. I just took them through. We sat down and did this. We did this study together and I let them internalize it and then come and present it to you. So what new thing did you learn from this study? Anyone? A daddy and a mommy. Yes, one thing that you learnt new from this study. One that had never heard about it before. Oh, you already knew about this study? Yes. Okay. The last event. Yes. Amen. He just said for those online who didn't hear that he has learnt that there is a pattern and that this last event, Ellen White writings are taking us through, but we are also part of preparing for the last event. Amen. Amen. God bless you so much Pathfinders and I hope that you will teach this study to someone else so that you can learn it better. Amen. Amen. We will have the Pathfinders come for an item. We will ask the Pathfinders to pick your seat as you leave the stage. Let's say a big amen to our Pathfinders. Amen. Amen. We can also give them a club. Thank you. Thank you so much Pathfinders. We appreciate you. Life can get real hectic busy at it's birth but it is important that we pose to Happy Sabbath church. Let's do it better. Happy Sabbath church. Happy day. Happy Pathfinder Sabbath. Change the world. Happy Pathfinder Sabbath. Change the world. From the song we have just sung this changes start with who? Me. With me. We want to thank you so much for being a part of our Pathfinder Sabbath. We thank you for joining us in this celebration. We thank you for observing this world Pathfinder day with us. Church, what do you say to this amazing young men and women? Please give them flowers. Amen. Amen. And you can agree with me that we have a church for tomorrow. Amen church. And we want to thank God for each and every one of them who has taken time to prepare. We want to thank you so much Pathfinders. You have done a beautiful job. Church, please let's clap for these children. Amen. Amen. They have put in the time. They have internalized the studies. They have worked hard on it. And we want to thank God for each and every one of them and praying that God may continue to bless them, may continue to work in them and may continue to use them in his vineyard as they change the world. We also want to thank our parents. Let me see the parents of children who are here. Please raise up your hand. If it's not too much to ask, please stand up. Please stand.  Pathfinders, what do we say to our parents? Amen. Let's wave at them as we are thanking them. Parents, we want to thank you in a special way for bringing us early every time we have meetings for helping us prepare when we call upon you for even giving us encouragement whenever we feel like we are about to give up. Parents, you play a very special and important role in this club and we want to thank you in a very special way for that. We normally have a tradition where when people come early, we give them something. When they come early for Pathfinder meetings, we give them something. At the last meeting, I got here and there was a list of at the very least 20 people who had come early. So I'm about to run out of some things but I want you to keep giving me that challenge. I want to come to you and tell you that I have some things just to bring them early. That's what I want. So just keep giving me that challenge. We don't want to get tired. We want in a special way to thank... I don't know if church you noticed. We have a visitor amongst us. Did you notice? Yinka, please come. Please come. This is Yinka. Yinka, how old are you? Eight. I'm a PCA Bahati church. She was invited by triplets. Triplets come and furaha. They told me it is a combined effort. That's what they told me. These amazing children invited Yinka and Shua Yinka knew the songs and invited Yinka to even join us up front. Church, what do we say? Let's keep changing the world one person at a time. If all of us did what these amazing children are doing, Christ would definitely come back sooner. Christ would definitely come back sooner. So this is a challenge for all of us. I want to thank... Where is Mama and Baba triplets? Thank you. Thank you for bringing all these people. Thank you so much. Thank you. Please join the rest. Yinka, we invite you to join us every time. I also want to thank our staff members. They are standing at the back. Just raise up your hand, staff members. Church, what do we say to these staff members? I really have no words for them. If they didn't do what they were doing, I don't think I would be able to stand up before you and just even give this vote of thanks. I am really thankful for the staff members and thankful for everyone who has made this day a success. We are praying that even as we go forth from here, that we may continue changing the world, continue being a pathfinder wherever you are. I'm sure most of us passed through this pathfinder club when we might have forgotten some of the things that we were taught, but let's keep reminding ourselves. And the parents who are here and your children are between the ages 10, all the way we are able to accommodate them even up to age 16. If they have not gone to boarding school, please bring them. We have beautiful programs for everyone. In fact, the balloons we have at the back there are in class colors. So we have blue representing the friends. Friends raise up your hands. We have companions represented by red. Companions raise up your hands. Explorers are green.  Then we have rangers. Silver. Rangers raise up your hand. Rangers raise up your hand. Yes, yes. Then we go to Voyager, the Bagandi. And we thank God we have Bill with us, who is the Voyager amongst us. Say amen for Bill Church. And then we would go on to guide. And as you notice, as we are going this way and the hands we are raising, the numbers are growing smaller because children at this point are going to boarding school. Others think Pathfinder is no longer for me, but I want you, our parents, to help us encourage them to keep coming. If they are not in boarding school, I assure you and I guarantee you we have a beautiful program for them. They can also be part of changing the world where it starts with them. So thank you so much and we are praying that as you go, may God truly bless you, may He keep working with you and your families, and may His grace continually be sufficient. So we will all rise up. Okay, okay. So amongst our programs, I have just been reminded amongst our programs, which we also encourage all of you to keep support. One, we will be having our, we will be having a comfort later on this year, which we want you to be a part of, the Pathfinders to be a part of, those who are within those ages, please come, and we are also preparing for the international kampuri that is next year, but one. I know that one gets a lot of attention, but I want you to start coming now as we prepare for that. The international kampuri is in 2024 in the U.S. So I'll invite Chasara who will be leading us through the national anthem as we close off for today, and Elder Billy Apollo will give us the closing prayer. Shall we all be upstanding? Pathfinders, attention. At ease. Attention. Flag bearers. Flag bearers, take your flags. Read. National anthem, present your arms. E tu. Hakiki wegao namlizi Natukaina udugu Ammani na uhuru Raha tu patena ustawi Amkenin dugu zetu Tu fa nyesote bidi Nasi tuji to e kwanguvu Nchi e tu ya kenya tunayo ipenda Tu we tayariku ilinda Natu jengeta ifa letu Endi o wajibu we tu Kenya isahili heshima Tunga nemi kono pamoja kazini Kila siku tu we na shukrani Uda yu arms Prea attention Letus pray Agadana fadu hatin heaven Once again we come before the throne of Christ and mercy this evening We thank you Lord for when we started the Sabbath day in the morning We invoked your name And surely your presence have been with us We thank you Lord for the successful programs that ran through A kind of loving father in a special way also you want to commit a part find the club Lord that you can continue to work with them May you continue to give the leaders wisdom that they may be able to take through the gifts that you given unto us So that they may be able to continue working for thee and knowing only thee We thank you also Lord for the parents who have allowed for their children to come Please bless them and continue guiding them and giving them strength As we about to leave Lord to go to various places of abort We pray Lord that you may protect us and you will deliver us home safely But continue binding us with your love For we pray trust and believe in Jesus name May be seated Pathfinders we are dismissing Left turn We dismiss Can walk down


Pearson's ball over the top for Solanke to get in the channel. Great pace from Dom Solanke to get there in the penalty. Of course, yeah! Not in the second half! Andrews, Birmingham Nill, Bournemouth won. It was a great set-up play, was it? Was it Pearson who knocked the ball through? It was Mepham. Mepham was a great ball, it was bouncing just before him, side-footed it over the top, and Dominic just used his pace. He got away from the set-off and kept his composure. Hard and low into the far post. Great goal. Stamislass says the cherry looks for the second goal that would surely put this game to bed. In it comes, driven to the back post where Ibsen Rossi's pulled away, got it back in, and it's a cherry's first goal for Jaden Antony! And you cannot say he doesn't deserve it, for what he's produced over the last few weeks. Fantastic moment for the youngster, fires it into the top corner. The cherries are on for their sixth successive win here, and it's one of the star men, one of the star young men. Jaden Antony! It was planned, Chris, if you see, just before Junior takes the set-piece, Ibsen Rossi goes over to Junior and tells him to do something. Ibsen Rossi pulls off the back post, someone blocks him, heads it back, and Jaden Antony's there to pick up the pieces and hopefully fire home the win.


Amen Galatians chapter 5 so last week so first of all Galatians. What are we learning in Galatians? Paul was writing this letter to the Galatians where Somebody has come in or a group of people have come into the church and had been preaching You know against the perverted. They've been preaching a perverted version of the gospel. They've been preaching a works-based Gospel and Paul in the last few chapters has been you know refuting that gospel Using the Old Testament using the word of God He's been refuting that gospel and then in Galatians chapter 5 last week We were in Galatians chapter 5 and I focused in on Paul calling out the person or persons That was causing this trouble that was bringing this into the church and we talked about you know how to deal with situations like that where somebody would come in and you know spread false Doctrine or a false gospel or whatever Paul you know teaches us how to deal with that how to recognize that and then of course We looked at the what the Bible says about why people do that, you know why people would come in and do Something like that so this evening in Galatians chapter 5 I want to look at mainly the latter half But you know we can start out with the first couple of verses But I want to look at this idea this evening of Christian liberty and what that means What that means to us what that means to other people Paul talks a lot about Christian liberty this idea of You know liberty in Christ, so let's look at that this evening from both our perspective And then look at how it could actually be like an issue or a problem with people that we meet that maybe aren't Saved so let's go ahead and start in verse number one where the Bible says stand fast Therefore in the liberty where with Christ have made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage Behold I Paul say unto you that if you be circumcised Christ shall profit you nothing Then of course he's using circumcision as an example here the one you know an example of something that they were struggling with here But basically Paul is saying in verse one He's like don't let anyone tell you that you're not free is what he's saying And that's what happened in the church at Galatia these people came in and they started pushing These works and these ordinances and all these things in this case He calls out circumcision and he says look don't let anybody tell you that you're not free is what Paul says Because look we are he says stand fast You know stand fast hold fast hold hold on to this Liberty he's like you you know you have the liberty Now let's skip down and continue in verse number 13 where we left off last week And let's go verse by verse through it and then I'll give you a few thoughts this evening But the Bible says in verse 13 For brethren you have been called unto liberty again. We see that word liberty Only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh but by love serve one another So I'm going to preach through these these last few verses in Galatians and then we'll apply it this evening But what he says here is he says you've been called unto liberty He says but don't use your freedom Don't use your freedom to just as an occasion to the flesh to just do what you want to do Do what your flesh wants to do and he'll explain that as he goes Further here, but then he he also throws out this other idea here where he says but it's kind of like proverbs here Right he's like don't do this But do this is what he's saying he says but by love he doesn't just say follow the law He says but by love serve one another he says For all the law is fulfilled in one word even this thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself So here Paul is saying we're called unto liberty We are free from the law and he says but then he equates You know following the law with loving and serving your neighbor is what he equates here So don't forget that he says but again an opposite if he bite and devour one another take heed that you be not Consumed one of another this I say then Walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh So basically he says in verse number 16 that walking in the spirit is the opposite of Fulfilling the lust of the flesh so in verse 13. He says an occasion to the flesh the lust of the flesh It's the same thing. So he's basically saying we can fulfill the flesh or we can walk in the spirit There's two different things here. Okay, they're opposites walking in the spirit is opposite of Fulfilling the lust of the flesh and if you walk in the spirit then you're loving your neighbor the Bible says look at verse 17 For the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh. So not only are they opposites But they're fighting against each other Okay, so they're battling each other and these are contrary to one another they're opposites So that you cannot do the things that she would so it's saying you know You want to walk in the spirit, but your flesh is fighting against that spirit then verse 18 He gives us the answer and he says but if you be led of the spirit you're not under the law So look the Bible says here in verse number 14 For all the laws filled in one word even this I shall love thy neighbor as thyself living your Christian Look the spirit will lead you in liberty first of all is what Paul is saying in these few verses That the spirit that is in you will lead you in this liberty Yes, you say we're gonna talk about Christian liberty tonight. What is Christian liberty well first of all You know the spirit will lead you in it is the first thing that you need to know and then in verse 14 He says living your Christian liberty living your life in Christian liberty is not about you personally fulfilling the law It's about you loving your neighbor. He says here So you can either be Taken do you think about it this way you can either be taken over and live for the lust of your flesh Which is you know, it's your flesh. Is it not in that case? You're serving who you're serving yourself or you can be taken by the spirit which is also in you and Serve one another so this is how it works As I stand here. I am flesh and spirit I have the spirit in me and I have my flesh my flesh wants to serve myself But the spirit wants to lead me in this liberty and that will serve others Yeah, it's kind of like Garrett sermon on Sunday night.  That's a person that's being led by the spirit in their life And the Bible says that that is you know being led into liberty That's liberty. You say liberty is doing what I want to do Liberty is doing what no if you're in the flesh see this is where we kind of need to get liberty right as Christians because we think you know freedom, you know as we've been raised this secular idea of freedom This is not the biblical idea of freedom Okay, this liberty in Christ you'll be led by the spirit which will have you serving other people if you're led by the flesh You will serve yourself And you will be in bondage The Bible says Okay, so look I mean you know investing in other people is what Garrett talked about on Sunday night That's another example of this look so I mean yeah Are you starting to understand that as you read the Bible and you study the Bible? How you treat your brothers and sisters in Christ is kind of a really big deal Are you getting that? Are you getting that sometimes I think sometimes I think and it's hard for me to even imagine It's in it's so in your face in the Bible It's hard for me to imagine how people miss this And here's another thing here's another thing my brothers and sisters in Christ are not my best friends My brothers and sisters in Christ are the people that are saved That's your brothers and sisters The people that are saved hello You're like well, there's a certain brother in church. We just don't get along. Well, you've got a problem You've got a problem with the Bible I mean the Bible has all this advice on how you know you can solve this problem But you're just like I just don't like that guy well if he's saved and you're saved You know that's a problem and the Bible says here in Galatians chapter 5 that you're serving the flesh You're not walking in the spirit in that case I mean it's literally the difference Paul here is saying that that how you treat your brothers and sisters in Christ Loving your neighbor. I mean your neighbor isn't even necessarily saved people Paul even goes outside that here But look he's saying it's the difference between walking in the spirit and being in the flesh Go to verse number 19 Verse number 19 now the works of the flesh are manifest So he equates the law with loving your neighbor, okay? Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness Idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulation emulations wrath stripes additions heresies envying envying's murdering murders drunkenness revelings and and such like of the which I tell you Before of the witch I tell you before as I've also told you in time past that they would do such things Shall not inherit the kingdom of God now Many people will use that to say that you have to do good works to get into heaven, okay? So look first of all, let's just think about this for a second. We're in Galatians. We've been studying Galatians for seven or eight weeks now What is Paul preaching against in Galatians? This is the dumbest thing in the world for someone to use this verse I mean just think about this for a second. What's the problem in the church here? The problem in the church is someone is teaching works Paul is coming in. I mean just look at the big picture. Let's just not take verses, you know here and there Let's look at the big picture the context look homeschool moms You got to teach your kids how to read something and then understand what they just read They got to comprehend what they're reading This is why book reports are so important because you got to be able to look you've got to be able to you know read Yes, book reports are important. I saw some eyes going Book reports are important.  I have to reread all those pages. I do that all the time I do that all the time I'll be reading the Bible and I'll read and it's and you know I'll be thinking about some other part of the Bible many times and I'll be reading the Bible and I'll be reading. I'll read some verse. I'll be like, oh, yeah Yeah, but I just keep reading and then I just read like page after page after page And I didn't comprehend anything that I read you must comprehend what you're reading Otherwise, it's a waste of time to read. Reading is great But you got to understand how to comprehend to read you got to read a few paragraphs You got to read a chapter and just say what's happening? What's I mean you think about some of the great authors and how they can paint such great pictures? I mean like Charles Dickens is really hard to read But he can just paint such detailed Pictures if you read I mean I mean he slows me down when I read books that are written by Charles Dickens Because you have to actually think so much about the details that he's talking about but it's almost like if you do think about it It's almost like you're there.  It's brilliant But you got to be able to comprehend what he's saying so We'll think about Galatians and let's comprehend what we have in our reading We have a problem in a church here of somebody that came in and is ruining the gospel by adding works to salvation and Paul has spent chapter after chapter after chapter Just refuting that and saying no it's nothing to do with works. It's not even a little bit by works It's either grace or its works pick one it can't be a mix of the two and he goes into this big You know recital on the in the Old Testament in Abraham and using all these pictures that God You know, you know created over thousands of years to just show that the gospel has always been the same It's brilliant and it just shows you the brilliance of the Bible now How many people think that as Paul preached works for the last, you know five chapters then we get this one You know verse he just then he just preaches works. I mean it was what it doesn't make any sense at all Okay, so first of all we know that it doesn't mean that it we know that we know just even the context of the book itself That we're reading we know that he's not preaching works turn to 1st Corinthians chapter 5 Yeah, I mean it just shows you how little People understand even of Galatians not even the Bible when they when they say things like that So they that do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God The Bible says well, what are you talking about Paul look at 1st Corinthians chapter 5? What are we talking about in even Galatians chapter 5? We're talking about walking in the spirit or walking in the what the flesh We are always going to have this flesh. I mean look. It's a problem It's a problem. It's a problem that we're all going to deal with until we're dead physically We're always going to have this flesh But look Something's going to happen to us when we do die physically look at 1st Corinthians chapter 5 and verse number 50 The Bible says now this I say brethren that flesh and blood blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God whoa They that do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God when you do envies murders drunkenness Revelings what is that the spirit in you doing that?  These are things you're doing against your neighbor These are things that your flesh is doing against your neighbor to serve yourself When you rob somebody you're serving yourself It's your flesh But flesh and blood can't Can't inherit the kingdom of God Paul says in 1st Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 50 behold I show you a mystery here We go. Let's solve it. We should not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. Thank God. I Need to be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be Changed for this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on Immortality so when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality Then you should be brought to pass saying that has written death is swallowed up in victory.  Where is thy victory the sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law But thanks be to God which has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ look these things The flesh and it only makes sense because all these things wrath strife Lecivius this murders revelings drunkenness all these things they couldn't be allowed in heaven Those things could not be allowed in heaven. I mean That's why we have to be changed and those things have to stay here Okay, what he's talking about is the flesh the corruptible that we're in right now. That's going to be changed to incorruptible Thank God look down at verse 22 Verse 22, but now so those are the those are the the works of the flesh or you could say the fruits You know, that's what the flesh produces But now look in verse number 22, but the fruit of the spirit is Love joy peace long suffering gentleness Goodness faith meekness temperance against such There is no law turn to Romans chapter 8 So look the Bible says that the spirit is going to produce Fruit in your life. So look, I mean We'll get to this in a little bit, but the spirit the spirit can actually help you out in your life I mean it only makes sense that the spirit can actually help you out when the Bible says that you're led by the spirit But look here's the thing you have to let yourself be led By the spirit, but the Bible says the spirit will help you out and and it will produce Fruit and the fruit is these these items love joy peace long suffering gentleness now It sounds like we're back being a blessing to our neighbor again Look at Romans chapter 8. Look at verse 26. We always go to Romans 8 28, you know But we're gonna go to the few verses. I always find that like really famous verses in the Bible for some reason there's really good stuff Rate before them usually too if you ever notice that look at verse number 26 Likewise the spirit here it is again the spirit also help it our infirmities. Look the spirit That's in you can help you. Did you know that?  We are not under the law Paul is saying so you can see if someone Is you know just to wrap things up here you can see if somebody's walking I mean, this is the easiest way to see it You can see if somebody's walking in the flesh or in the spirit by how they treat their neighbor The bible says by how much they love their neighbor and that you know what that means It doesn't mean like all love is action We know this from the bible so you can tell how how you know You can tell how in the spirit a christian is by how much they're loving their neighbor their brothers and sisters in christ Christian liberty, let's look a little bit closer At it, let me divide up the law christian liberty is telling us here. Let's look at it from our perspective What does it mean from our perspective? You know, I don't have to obey the law anymore. The law doesn't apply to me anymore No, it's talking about that's not what it's talking about. First of all, let me divide the law up a little bit here Turn to Ephesians chapter 2 Let's look at what the law actually is today Look at Ephesians chapter 2 Because there's certain things in the law That were during this time when paul was talking that this just literally don't apply anymore Because of the fact that jesus came and fulfilled certain things look at Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 13 Let's just real quickly. We could do a long bible study on this But real quickly. Let's look at a couple things But now christ now in christ jesus who sometimes were a far off made nigh by the blood of christ for he is our piece Who had who hath made both one and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us We're going to talk about this sunday Having abolished in his flesh the enmity even the law of the commandments. Whoa He says christ abolished the law of the commandments. Look, there's no rules anymore folks There's no rules. No, just keep reading contained in ordinances It says for to make himself of twain one new man So making peace and he might reconcile both unto god in one body on the cross having slain the enmity thereby So the three words you need to underline there are contained in ordinances turn to heber's chapter 9 So he's saying he he abolished He literally abolished that means made go away He literally abolished the law of the commandments. Look if if he said if it just ended there then there's no law But he says the law of the commandments contained in ordinances Look at heber's chapter 9 and verse number 6 So what does that mean? Now when these things were thus ordained the priest went always into the first tabernacle accomplishing the service of god But into the second went the high priest alone once every year not without blood Which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people the holy ghost This signifying that in the way the holiest of all was not yet made manifest while as the first tabernacle was yet standing Verse number 9 which was a figure For the time then present in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices That could not make him that did the sacrifice perfect as pertaining to the conscience Which stood only in meats and drinks and diverse washings and carnal there it is again Ordinances imposed on them until the time of reformation Look they had these carnal ordinances these these meats and these drinks and these diverse washings These ceremonies all these carnal ordinances Circumcision was one of these carnal ordinances. And what was the point of them? They were a figure They were a picture of what was to come In the time of reformation in the time of jesus jesus fulfilled All this that's why he feces chapter 2 could say that jesus coming abolished these carnal ordinances But christ being come and high priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle Not made with hands that is to say not of this building neither by the blood of goats and calves But by his own blood he entered into the holy place once into the holy place Having obtained eternal redemption for us everything that they were doing in the old testament was just a picture Of the real thing that was going to happen when jesus came That's what all these these ceremonies and these sacrifices not look the sacrifices didn't cleanse sins Only jesus's blood could could have done that it was just a picture It was just a figure of what was to come so these carnal ordinances are literally done away with they're abolished As they were just a figure of christ to come now christ has come They're gone But in galatians chapter 5 paul uses the example of circumcision here, which is literally abolished Which was the you know, it was a controversial cardinal ordinance that they were pushing at the time But look it literally no longer applies however now here's another part of the law Now we see the cardinal ordinances, but what about the moral law? People can you know people can take the fact That we're saved and the new testament does away with the jewish customs of meats and drinks and cardinal ordinances And then say that the moral law no longer applies You ever heard these people? Oh, that's old testament They just want to justify any type of sin or perversion or whatever and they're just like oh, it's old testament look God does not change These cardinal ordinances they were abolished by christ because they were they were designed to be abolished Because they were a figure they were just a picture of christ until he came look god does not change The moral law is still in the new testament by the way everywhere Turn to matthew chapter 22. You even see it in glaces chapter 5 With the love of your neighbor Look at matthew chapter 22 And look at verse number 37 I mean we could go through every single moral law But basically all the moral law is encompassed in matthew chapter 22 and verse Number 37 where the bible says jesus they said master Which is the great commandment in the law and jesus said unto him Thou shalt love the lord thy god with all thy heart and with all thy soul with all thy mind This is the first and great commandment and the second is like undo it Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself on these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets He's like every single moral commandment moral law falls under those two categories Talking about loving your neighbor and loving god those two things And that's you know paul's talking about loving your neighbor and walking in the spirit in glacian chapter 5 I mean so the law look the law still applies to us The law still applies to us john 1415 says you know if he loved me keep my commandments The law still applies to us but only in the sense of us showing our love and obedience towards god Only in the sense that you know we're gonna avoid you know chastisement from god by following the law that he wants us to follow Is nothing Not any way at all to do with salvation Not a little bit Getting it or keeping it Turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 2nd Corinthians chapter 3 So I mean what's the point Of the law for us. What's the point of this this christian liberty for us The bible says in 2nd chriny is chapter 3 and verse number 17 The bible says now the lord is that spirit and where the spirit of the lord is There is liberty Again showing that if you are saved you have Liberty or look this is how it works if you're saved The more you listen to god's rules The happier you will be I mean it seems and you know what you may have thoughts in your christian life Especially if you're getting out of a certain life and getting into the christian life Especially for people maybe who are who are babes and christ or you know are new to this whole thing You know there might be thoughts in your mind I remember I thought this of baptist before I was saved Okay I mean I literally we had neighbors who were baptist when I was a luther in in texas and I really liked them I really liked them. I just told my wife. I said they're boring They're boring And boy was I wrong First of all because the more I mean I wasn't even saved first of all You know, I'm speaking of something. I don't even know what I'm talking about But look even a saved person might get in their christian life and just be struggling with things and struggling with things of the world They just be like man, you know, there's all these restrictions and all this stuff. Look there's you you have liberty You have liberty in christ, but here's the thing the more you listen to god's rules the happier you will be Why is that?  They're punching their parents They're throwing temper tantrums all the time. Look these kids with no discipline and no moral law are miserable It's the same thing with us With our heavenly father If we just don't we just disregard god's rules. We're going to be under the chastisement of god Nothing's going to work out for us. Look, there's always persecution. I get that But in general we're not really under any persecution today In general the more you follow god's law the more you walk in the spirit the happier you are going to be And I mean you're saying what the more I do for other people the more I serve my neighbor and not myself.  Why do we raise these kids in a certain way? Why are we you know, why are we spanking our kids and and drawing these boundaries for kids? Why are we doing it? Yes, I get it the bible says do it so we should do it but why I mean god god always has a reason You know, he always tells us we should just do whatever the bible says but look Their rules put in place and we're doing this for our kids to protect them from harm To protect them from bad things To protect them from an evil and wicked world that is trying to corrupt them It's the same thing with us and the law The more we walk in the spirit the more we will be protected from all that evil that's all around us It's exactly the same thing Saved Equals follow the law equals walk in the spirit equals happy Very simple, it's very simple for us The more we walk in the spirit the happier The more joyful that's a better way of putting it the more joyful that we will be I mean, you will just have a life filled with joy the more garbage sin you get out of your life And the more you start walking in the ways that we keep talking about every single week You will just get more joyful and more joyful and more profitable and more profitable And you'll invest in more people and you'll see your invest, you know return on investment And you know people will come to church that you got saved and then they'll get people to come to church That they got saved.    Okay, the problem it's it's simple for us But in the world we're living in with what people have done to the gospel This idea of christian liberty has become very complicated With all the workspace gospels out there the whole subject of christian liberty becomes a complete mess And you will see this out Solving and it is a matter of fact Christian liberty this great thing that we have It can actually be a stumbling block for people not to get saved I'll explain it to you You know, this is the people that you know, you'll see at the door I'm going to give you three types of people people you'll see at the door.  I mean, but people just don't think things through So look at this. Here's the first one. I'm going to give you three people Three people where the where christian liberty is a stumbling block three people that you will meet If you're a soul winner, you will meet or have met these people. First of all, it's this person the person who has overcome some great sin The person this is the person that used to have a life that is a mess They used to be on drugs. They used to be a drunk.  They're going to flat out reject that They're going to flat out reject that because you know They're going to flat out reject that you don't have to live right to be saved message because that's what they've done In their own mind because they'll immediately as soon as you tell them this they'll immediately visualize the terrible person that they used to be And they'll associate that with you telling them that They can go back to that Look, they may even get angry. These people they may even get angry at you with this notion I mean they'll flat out reject it I mean it's go look it's great And i'll tell you how to get around this as soon as we get through these three people But I mean that's one person you're going to meet the person that's overcome some great Sin in their life. Here's another one. The person who just thinks they're pretty good You know, this is your this is your catholic, especially the older, you know devout catholic You know, they think you know turn to second chronicles chapter 25. They think they're pretty good You're not telling this person You're not telling somebody who has a lot of works in their own mind Who's put a lot of investment into the works in their life. You're not telling them That it's not of works Because they work pretty hard to get where they are You know, it's like somebody who's spent a lot of money on a worthless investment And you're trying to convince them that it's worthless.  Look at second chronicles chapter 25 and verse number six He hired also So he's putting this big army together and then it says also he hired these guys He hired a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of israel For a hundred talents of silver He spent a lot of money on these these mercenaries But there came a man of God to him saying oh king let not the army of israel go with thee for the lord is not with israel To wit with all the children of Ephraim But if thou wilt go do it be strong for the battle God shall make thee fall before the enemy for god have power to help and to cast down So in verse number eight he says But look if you're gonna do it anyway, he's like just do it But you better be really strong because god's not going to be with you It's basically what he's saying in verse number nine The king the king says back to the man of god. He's like He's rationalizing with him. This is the catholic at the door That's got all the works. They've been building a life full of works in their own mind For years and decades and decades and decades and amaziah said to the man of god But what shall we do for all the works that have done my whole life? He says what should we do for the hundred talents which i've given to the army of israel? And the man of god answered and said the lord is able to give me much more than this There's such a lesson here first of all, but second of all he's saying you just got to let it all go He's like what god can give you is nothing Or it what what this money is is nothing compared to what god can give you But i've spent all my life thinking that i've had to do all these things Look those people are going to lose the battle They're going to lose the battle if they don't turn away from that thinking If they don't take those hundred talents of the works they've done for the last 40 years They're going to go to hell they're going to lose because god has power to cast down Just like the man of god told amaziah and they will be cast down They must let it go you just have to convince them You have to persuade them That they've just invested in the wrong thing Just like the man of god, you know told amaziah you just you just invested in the wrong thing Just forget about the hundred talents that's exactly what you have to do with these people that think that You know it's just too much that they've invested i've had people literally tell me that I've had people literally tell me that you know what i understand what you're saying I understand what you're saying i understand the difference between what you're telling me and what i believe But i've just i've just done this my whole life and i'm just not going to let it go I've had people telling me that i mean it's really sad Because they do understand they're just like you know what i understand man of god I understand man of god, but the hundred talents i just i saved for years for those hundred talents I saved and i saved and i saved and i decided that i was going to spend it on this army from israel And there's just nothing that you can tell me i just it's too much for me to realize that i just wasted it all But that's what you have that that's why it's so hard To get somebody who's older that believes that saved i'm not saying it's impossible it happens But it's hard Because it's hard for them to let go of those talents Here's the third person Here's the third person the third person is this the person who thinks that work will auto follow True salvation Now this isn't a specially foolish concept when you actually think it through Because i mean think about this god clearly Gives man free will Clearly i mean he helps him right i mean he helps him he gives him a conscience to start He gives him this wonderful creation as a witness to himself You know i've often i've often said like many times you know i grew up in the country and i often told the kids I was like you know it's easier for somebody who grew up in the country to believe in god Because you're surrounded by the creation you're surrounded in the country when you grow up in the country You're surrounded by things god made When you grow up in the city you're just surrounded by things that man made Everywhere but look i mean god created this creation as a witness to himself And then i mean even further than that he creates soul winners to go out and help the odds of getting more people saved i mean look But from there from there Man can really take this thing in whatever direction he wants i mean think about it He designed first of all he designed salvation to be by belief alone total free will Total free will there can never be any forced conversion to christianity Ever it's the only religion that you could say that about You could never forcefully convert someone to the true gospel because it has to be by their belief And by you forcing violence on someone you would just be you would be driving their belief further from what you're saying It's the only religion that can actually claim that by the way So we have this free will And here's another one that's obvious that we have free will It's obvious that we have free will In this world because of you know this defies capitalism too It's obvious that we have free will in this world because of the look at the spectrum of results Look out there Look out there You got all these men placed on the earth Look at the spectrum of results. I mean the spectrum is from the saved To the serial killer I mean that's quite a spectrum From people who have protected their conscience or had it protected You know in a godly home as we talked about with our children to people who have Literally thrown their lives away to become reprobate haters of god That is the spectrum Free will is the only thing that can explain it And it look all that spectrum is right here in fresno It's all right here This free will is pretty obviously demonstrated So back to these people that think that when you get saved you have free will and then you get saved and you become like this robot Right that just like can reach sin with perfection Or something if you are saved you will have the works because you get saved it's like Walking in the spirit Like you can perfect yourself Or something You know you will repent Of your sin. What does that even mean? What does that even mean? Look these are the people that you know Which which sins Which works How many of each for how long the only problem is turn to first john chapter five The only problem is the bible I mean it's a nice thought that we'd all turn into these spirit led robots Kind of kicks out christian liberty out the window too But first john chapter five verse number 13 You know that you're just going to repent from all your sins and all this You know the only problem is this number one. You'll never repent from all your sins You're never going to be you know, you're never going to reach sinless perfection the bible you will not find that anywhere Look, I mean if somebody in the bible reach sinless perfection after they got saved we might have a problem But look the bible I mean you're never going to reach sinless perfection until that moment where that mystery happens Where that corruptible is turned into incorruptible. We just read it That's when it happens That's when it happens and look if you're never going to reach Sinless perfection then you have a problem with first john chapter five and verse number 13 Because the bible says These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the son of god that you may know That you have eternal life the bible says you can know And if if I would get saved And turn into this robot that would have to repent from all my sins and just all this I I mean look and I could and I was a robot. I believed that I would become a spirit led robot But I could never repent of all of them And I knew that I was still a sinner and I knew that I kept sinning. I could never know That I was saved I could never know for sure I could hope But I could never know And the problem is that those people are relying on repenting of their sins and they're relying on their works This is the truth of it and the reason that they don't know is because they're not They're not saved Because they're trusting in themselves Look you could and should and hopefully will repent of sin in your life Hopefully you turn from sins in your life, but you'll never reach that perfect state In this corruptible body That's what paul is saying in glaceous chapter five And there's no measuring stick in the bible on works getting you saved. So you could never know So look to these people to these people To these three people you just you just have to try to persuade them and you just have to say look these things that you do Listen good person. It's been a good person for 40 years. They haven't been a good person But you have to persuade them and you just have to look these are all good things to do But it has nothing to do with your salvation because look you could really come up to these people And you could really be like no no no you don't have to be a good person I could go out and murder everybody over there right now I mean I could go and I could just you know go and shoot up a place or whatever and I I'd still go to have Look, that's the wrong approach to take That's the wrong approach to take first of all It would be a silly thing to say But I mean the point is you have to you know the good works are good But you know you have to teach these people and tell these people and persuade people like this That it's just not tied to your salvation It has nothing to do with your salvation and that's how you can know That you're saved so We have this freedom. We have this liberty in christ in conclusion I got to wrap it up here and the more we walk in the spirit The freer we will be It's the opposite of what you think if you ever start thinking in your life boy this this christian life is is awful restrictive With you know what the bible says I should wear and what the bible says I should do and shouldn't do look The more you listen to what the bible says. It's not what you think when you're thinking that way. That's your flesh thinking That's the lust of your flesh just remember The more you walk in the spirit The freer you will be because the spirit of the lord Is our liberty Now look look back at the first verse actually Of gallations chapter one. Let me turn there real quick. Let me just end here Look back at the first verse verse of gallations chapter five And the bible says this it says stand fast therefore in the liberty Where with christ hath made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage The funny thing is you can even see this with nations This works on a national level too and not to go off too much on this but a nation A nation that is that is a a nation that promotes freedom Will be a godly nation That's that's a godly look that is a godly philosophy You say what do you mean?  I mean you think about Stalin and Mao and polpot. You know what they did they killed anybody that was any anybody That had anything to do with religion A free nation Is the only nation that has a chance to be a godly nation And the more you move away from being godly as a nation The more you will head into slavery It's personally true and it's true as a nation as well and we're seeing it today And it's going to get worse and worse and worse as we head away from god. We're going to head into oppression Why why is that I don't know because the bible is true That's my answer I don't know because the bible says it that means it's going to work like that forever until the world ends That's just it the bible says. I mean, why can't we figure this stuff out? You think about this This isn't rocket surgery galatians chapter 5 I mean the gospel is simple galatians chapter 5 is simple and and just look what we're doing We're just heading towards slavery You know personally people head towards slavery as a nation. We're heading in the same place Galatians chapter 5 christian liberty. I'm glad I have it Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer


Easy money unfortunately for left tackles. It's not so simple my friend So YouTube team keep it clean. What's going on? It's a engraving here with another video and in this video This was a conversation that we've talked about a lot throughout this last season and especially over these last couple of weeks But we were hoping it will be one of those things that the Ravens wouldn't really have to face Until possibly next season, but it looks like we're here It looks like we're here and if you don't know what we're talking about Orlando Brown, Jr He of course is in the final year of his deal and with him being in the final year of his deal along with Mark Andrews along with a Mar Jackson for now, but you know, they're probably gonna pick up that fifth-year option But with him being in the final year of his deal this is the time when those contract negotiations usually start and Based off of the tweet it that tweet was so little words It could have meant so many different things, but before we jump into some different things. It could have meant Let's look at the tweet. It says I am a left tackle I'm a left tackle and emphasis on the left because we see it was in all caps So what what that meant to me is that it's money time It's money time and if you want to keep me Well, I actually you're not gonna keep me because you already have your left tackle in place with Ronnie Stanley and if I'm a left tackle, I want to play left tackle It ain't no two left tackles on the team no two starting left tackles on the team He wants to be paid like a left tackle. He played left tackle this year. He did an excellent job at it by the way, too he did a phenomenal job at it and continue to raise his stock and His stock doubled this year it doubled because We already knew he could play right tackle. That was old news But this year when Ronnie Stanley went down Orlando Brown moved to the left side and he he did his thing he did his thing and We always talk about how timing is everything and it is still certainly is because with Orlando Brown, Jr. Being in the last year of his deal It's time for him to essentially get paid within the next 365 days It is time for him to get paid now with all these guys We mentioned Lamar Jackson. We mentioned Mark Andrews and we mentioned Orlando Brown, Jr. And there are more as well, but those three main guys They are key pieces to this Baltimore Ravens team key pieces to this Baltimore Ravens offense Cornerstone pieces you could even say and whenever we think about Which one would they keep or which ones would they keep? A lot of people have different answers, but usually the consensus pick end up being Lamar Jackson and Mark Andrews Because the two go hand-in-hand But Orlando Brown, Jr. I think one of the biggest reasons why so many people don't feel like the Ravens would keep Orlando Brown, Jr. It's not because of his play style Because he can certainly play we know he can ball and It's because of the money. That's it the money Because again, you're paying Ronnie Stanley already. So A lot of us didn't envision the Ravens paying two tackles. It would be nice. It'd be really nice And i'm sure they could find a way to get it done, but To pay left tackle money to two different people on the roster It just it's not happening So Jason locking for he chimed in And let's see what he had to say based on Orlando Brown's tweet The Ravens top money deal with left tackle Ronnie Stanley and what I am hearing from sources Brown is stuck in is only interested in playing left tackle and his days in baltimore are likely numbered trade may be the only solution And we know what Jason locking for a lot of times when his credit his credibility has been a little bit Shaky, but recently ever since the whole Earl Thomas thing I ain't had no complaints about Jason locking for now I haven't really seen much of his stuff, but I haven't heard any complaints about him Because with the whole Earl Thomas situation in the story. He was on it and he was on point So shout out to Jason locking for for that one But with this one, I mean, it's really not saying anything that we don't already know ourselves though And it's not really saying anything that Orlando Brown jr. Didn't just put out there for the world to see on twitter He is a left tackle. He wants to play left tackle and he wants to pay of a left tackle and I can't blame him I am not mad at Orlando Brown jr. Whatsoever Don't have any problem with what he did don't have any problem with what apparently what he wants Don't got no problem with it. Why because it's the nfl It stands for not for long These dudes are trying to get paid. They are trying to make money They're trying to capitalize on their opportunity to play the game that they grew up loving Well, even if some of them didn't grow up loving it but to play the game that they love And they want to make some bread in the meantime So for him to if he really does just want to be a left tackle And if he only does want to be paid what a left tackle gets paid I'm not mad at that What am I be mad at that even if I'm a fan of the team? What am I be mad at Orlando Brown jr. For for trying to get his money get your money man get it Yeah, I got no problem with it whatsoever. Yeah as a Ravens fan Getting ready to lose a really good player most likely nine times out of ten Whether it's this year or it happens next year It's looking now more and more like it's gonna be this year But getting ready to lose a really good player sucks That sucks. No doubt about it. It really does But it's part of the business And like we always say man You can't keep everybody You can You can't keep everybody. I was just talking to my boy flirting to whiskey about this a couple of hours ago And just the timing of everything and it goes back to how I felt before I said that with Ronnie Stanley again timing is everything with Ronnie Stanley I think if the injury would have happened, but the contract didn't happen I think he would have ended up being Ronnie Stanley on the outside looking in I think he would have been the one that they shipped out I really do and I've said that before plenty of times on here But that's now that that's in the past That's in the past and they obviously paid Ronnie Stanley So he's the one that they're gonna roll with he's the one that they're gonna stick with Now Orlando Brown jr. I see a lot of people say oh, what is he worth? What is he worth? Right tackles worth something but left tackles they worth like something something like for real Because again, you're protecting the quarterbacks blind side. They they trust you with their careers So with Orlando Brown jr It's the minimum is a first But that's not it. It's gonna be at least a first and change at least a first and change The conversation it starts with a first, but it doesn't end with that And we we talked about it last night when Sarah Ellison shout out to Sarah Ellison By the way when she came on the channel last night She talked about how would egg the costa How he's been flipping all these trades. He'll flip a player He'll flip a draft pick and it'll always look like man The ravens fleece these guys ravens came out on top and more Went in this in this trade in that trade in this one and a third Man, how do ravens keep okie dokie these people? And that's usually for like a fifth round pick But Hayden Hurst got traded for what a second round pick and change But in this case Eric the costa would have the player the premier player Not even in that prime yet Not even in that prime yet Almost there, but he would have the premier player and now he would be the one to acquire the draft picks Usually it's him sending them out, but him sending out those cheap draft picks But now no no now you get to acquire The draft picks So Eric the costa It's probably a very bittersweet thing for him right now because he's like man This guy Orlando Brown jr. And and another reason why I think it is a real bittersweet thing is because His dad played for the ravens Zeus he played for the ravens So it's like man, you would love for for zoos jr. To not only play for the ravens, which was amazing And it's crazy that he even got the opportunity But to stay with the ravens at least get a second contract with him But Then the the business side again, it's ugly But that's that's the bitter part for Eric the costa and just really the entire team But then the sweet part is that you can really come up on some pick like really come up on some picks uh with this Probably probable soon to be trade Because it's looking like it's going down Looking like it's going down so We'll just have to wait and see what happens with this entire saga It's unfortunate. It really is and me. I feel the same way. I feel about Hayden Hurst I wish that they would stay But I completely understand Why they want to leave and it's probably not even that Orlando Brown jr. Wants to leave But it's probably that he just he wants to be paid And one scenario that I think could could be going on right now or could have been going on Is that maybe they approach him about a contract extension? Maybe they talk to him about money But when they talk to him and his agent and his people They offer them right tackle money And his agent and his people they looked around Looked around the league They probably looked at Ronnie Stanley's contract And they were like hey Hold up No Uh-uh not doing it not signing it. Don't want it. That's right tackle money. I'm out of that league I'm a left tackle now. You saw what I did last year pro bowl on both sides Pro Bowl and I know the pro bow is not everything that is hyped up to be but If that's on your resume Your money goes up You if if that if people can look at a sheet of paper And your name you have pro bowl on there and multiple times and two pro bows in the last two seasons that you played Oh, yeah, your stock is through the roof It's through the roof So Orlando Brown jr He got some leverage when it comes to that He certainly does But best believe uh, Eric Dacosta is going to make the most of this situation so Just like Orlando Brown jr. It's probably gonna be very very soon probably early in the league year I'm out


What's this night today? Olives soaked in water, right? Soaked in water olives, and they're not olives, olives, almonds, right? So these have been soaked in water and you can freeze these by the way. So I soak a whole bunch of almonds in water, right? Let them sit for two, three, four days or whatever it is. And whatever we don't eat, we can freeze. And then when you want to un-thaw them, you put it in the bowl, right? Pour hot water on it and it thaws. And then the skin, check this out, right? The skin is really to come easy to come off, right? It just peels off, right? And you just pop this. It's easier to digest, right? And you're not eating the skin. The skin, I don't know. I'm pretty sure it has nutrients, but it's easier on the tummy. If you've got issues with nuts, it's not a bad way to try it out. Maybe you won't have issues with nuts, right?