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Oh, I'm so glad that Jesus died on the cross and took the shame and the pain and the sickness and the rejection.

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So I don't have to take an ounce of it. Jesus died and ran before I could get there to say no, no, no, don't touch him.

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This is my son who I love. What a God who says I'll take the judgment for them. I'll take the rejection for them.

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Welcome to the City Light Church podcast. Thanks for joining us today as we look into God's Word and discover the hope and truth that he has for us.

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If you want to connect with City Light Church, feel free to visit us at citylightnyc.com, that's citylightnyc.com.

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Pastor Boyan Jansik and his team believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is already working in our hearts and minds.

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As you listen to today's teaching, remember that you are deeply loved by God, that you are surrounded by His grace, and that He has a real hope and a future for you.

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Well, it's my pleasure to introduce our guest speaker. Look, you may not know this, but in pastoral circles, like all of my colleagues think I'm absolutely crazy for having a guest speaker on Easter Sunday.

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Because Easter Sunday is when the senior pastor should preach, I guess as an advertisement to the church, you know.

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But if you haven't decided by now whether you like me or not, I don't know.

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Let's make your decision now. But the hand of God is an evangelist, Nathaniel. He's been a friend of this house for 15 plus years, and he has the Word of the Lord in his belly for you today.

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Come on up and greet him.

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Praise the Lord.

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Praise the Lord. Can we just give Jesus a shout of victory in this place?

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I said this in the first service, but Jesus gave death a curfew.

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He said, you can only hold me for 72 hours, and after 72 hours, death can never hold me or anyone else who accepts me.

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Which means you may die, but you're never really going to die. You have eternal life because of Jesus. I'm so glad He raised from the dead, He rose from the dead, and He gives us life.

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If you are excited about that, give Jesus a praise.

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Hallelujah. Praise the Lord. Are you all ready?

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All right, let's get into this Word. I'm really excited to be here, man, and to celebrate with you guys for those who are first time visitors, y'all don't know me, but I'm your uncle.

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Yes, yes, and you will learn to love me.

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I at least tolerate me, okay?

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No, but like Pastor Boyle said, I've been preaching here. I've said life over 15 years. I know I look young.

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I am young, but yeah, I can't wait, man.

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So I don't have a typical Easter sermon. Like I was here last year, I had a typical Easter sermon, but it's not a typical Easter sermon, but every sermon is an Easter sermon.

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Because Jesus resurrected from the dead, now you have life. So every sermon is an Easter sermon. So let's get into it.

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Luke chapter 15. Luke chapter 15. We're going to read verses one and two. Luke chapter 15, one and two.

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Praise the Lord.

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My whole family's here with me. My wife's in the back, so because the baby she didn't want to bring the stroller.

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And you know, she's like, no, babe, I don't want to be a disturbance. And then my son yells every time I preach.

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Are you trying to preach with me or just maybe things you could preach better than me?

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So she's like, I want to save everyone that. All right. Luke chapter 15 verse one. I'm reading from the amplified version.

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I don't usually read from the amplified, but I'm reading from the amplified for these two verses. And then the rest of the verses.

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I'm reading from the new King James. And then at the end of the sermon, I'm going to read two other verses. And I'm going to be reading it from the message Bible.

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So I'm all over the place today. But I hope we catch what God's trying to say to us today. Are you all ready?

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How many resurrected people we have in the house?

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All right.

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Some of y'all couldn't shout because you're not resurrected yet. But after this sermon, I believe you are coming to Jesus.

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All right. Luke chapter 15 verse one. Here's what it says.

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Now all the text collectors and sinners included non-observant Jews were coming near Jesus to listen to him. Verse two.

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Both Pharisees and scribes began muttering and complaining saying, this man accepts and welcomes sinners and eats with them.

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Verse 11.

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So I skipped something. If you don't see what I did in the text there, I read two verses and then I skipped over eight verses.

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Eight or nine. Okay.

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I skipped over a few verses there.

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Because those two verses after the Pharisees and the scribes had this discussion between themselves, why is Jesus eating with the worst people in society?

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Why is Jesus around the people who are ostracized in the eyes of people in the eyes of culture?

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Why is Jesus hanging out with the worst of the worst sinners?

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Jesus has a response for them and he tells them three stories, parables we call them.

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A parable is just a natural story with a spiritual meaning at the end of it.

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So he shares three powerful parables and this is the first time reading these parables that I actually something clicked in me and I understood it fully.

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The first parable that Jesus talks about is the parable of the 99 sheep. Well actually a hundred but one goes astray.

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Jesus leaves the 99 and he goes after the one sheep that was lost.

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And then the second parable Jesus talks about, are y'all still with me?

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The parable of the lost coin. This parable is very, very significant to the story and I didn't understand it until I actually read it in the context.

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The second one had to do with a woman who had ten coins. That was her livelihood. That's all she had. She didn't have any Bitcoin, she didn't have the wallet.

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She had a 401k. Her savings were ten coins. Ten might. She loses one. So for her it's very significant.

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She gets her lamp, she looks for it, searches all over her house and finds it. And when she finds it, she rejoices that she finds it.

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And that's when the Holy Spirit said, those two stories, Jesus allowed the last story to be the summary of those two stories.

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You're like, okay, what does that mean? I always read the next story and it's the story of the prodigal son.

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You ever read that story before or heard that story, you've heard the word being a prodigal, you know, I always read that story thinking that it was the story of the prodigal son or the lost son.

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And then that's when the Holy Spirit said, no, these two stories summarize that story. This is not the story of the prodigal son or the lost son is the story of the lost son.

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With an S. And I said, what do you mean, God? He said, look what I did in the two stories, how I summarize what I was going to talk about in the next story.

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The first story, he talks about a sheep going astray, leaving and going into the wilderness and the shepherd having to leave the comfort of that place and get the sheep.

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The second story is someone who was in the house, a coin that was in the house like the older brother was in the house but got lost in what shows me something.

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You can be in church and still be lost.

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You see, I knew how quiet people were going to get, you know, you can come to church every Sunday and not know Jesus.

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You can come to church every Sunday and have a more perspective about who Jesus really is.

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All right, so now that brings us to this story already for this. I thought that was good, but the first service liked it better.

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Then he said, so he's telling his third story now. He told the first two stories, lost sheep, lost coin, lost out in the wilderness, lost in the house.

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Now he's going to tell you, I'm going to show you the example. There's a younger brother, that younger brother lost in the wilderness.

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The older brother lost in the, oh, y'all got it.

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Okay, look at this. Now he said, a certain man had two sons, two sons. So the story's not about one son because Jesus was just, he had one son.

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He would have made a big deal. Why did Jesus say two sons? Because he wanted to let you know the story's not just about the one son and we've emphasized and put all the focus on one son, but Jesus wants you to put the focus on both sons.

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Because both sons were lost. One was lost in rebellion. One was lost in religion.

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That was good. I have to say, Amen. Amen. Wow.

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And the younger of them said to his father, so this is the younger son. Father, give me the portion of my goods that fall on me.

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So he divided them, his livelihood, his livelihood. That means everything he worked for. He divided it. He said, all right, take your portion.

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I'm going to keep reading. Not many days after the youngest son gathered all together, journeyed a far country to a far country.

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And there, there he wasted his possessions with product of living, verse 14.

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But when he has spent all, there are roses of your famine in the land.

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Man, you know when God lets everything dry up so you can come back to him?

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You know when God allows everything to fail so that you can come back to him?

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No one God allows that relationship to not work out so that you can...

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You know when God allows things to happen? So you can come back into...

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Because you know the most important thing to God is covering it with him? It's relationship with him? It's not your comfort.

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And you will allow everything around you to fail just so you can come back into the house and you can be blessed.

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How am I going to allow temporary discomfort in this moment so you can come back to me and you can be in the house and you can have be blessed?

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What a good God. We're thinking, oh God's messed up. God's like no, no, no, you don't understand I had a perfect plan. I want you to come back, son.

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Daughter, I love you so much. I'm gonna allow all this bad stuff to happen to you outside the house because when you come back in the house you'll be blessed.

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But when he has spent it all, there are roses of your famine in the land and he began to be in want. That means all the money he got, he lost it.

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Right? They scammed him.

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Then he went and joined himself to the citizen of that country and they sent him to the fields to feed swine so he was feeding pig.

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You have to understand this in the Jewish context. This is a good Jewish boy, right? The good Jewish boy leaves his dad's house and gets what job he gets, the worst job for a Jewish person.

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He has to take care of the pigs. That's not kosher. That's not right. In the Jewish eyes, no, no, no.

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We don't mess with swine. There's no, there's no pork on our fork.

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There's pork on my fork. I'm in Jesus. The swine is divine. Hey, glory.

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I'm going to talk a lot about food in this service.

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And he would have gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate and no one gave him anything.

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Verse 17,

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Verse 17,

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Bring out the best robe and put it on him and put a ring on it.

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Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet and bring the fatted calf here and kill it and let us eat and be married.

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For my son was dead and he is alive again. He was lost and he is found and they began to be married.

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Now his older son was in the field and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

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Hold on. How you dance so loud, you hear it.

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What kind of like? Step in. They brought a whole step crew. Stop the yard out there.

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So they called one of the service and asked, what do this things meant?

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What does it mean? I hear singing. I hear dancing. What's going on? Look what it says.

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And he said to him, your brother has come and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.

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Now where I'm going to get to the preaching, you're like, man, there's a lot of reading. But you all need to see this.

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But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him.

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The father leaves the party to plead with him.

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And he answered and he said to his father, low, these many years I have been serving you.

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I never transgress your commandments at any time and yet you never gave me a young goal.

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That I might make Mary with my friends, verse 30. But as soon as this son of yours came who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, how you know he spend his money on harlots?

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He just got back home. How you know?

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You killed the fatted calf for him. And he said to him, son, you're always with me and all that I have is yours.

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It was right that we should make Mary and be glad for your brother was dead and he is alive again and was lost and is found.

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May God bless the reading of his word.

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Most people who identify this sermon identify it as the story of the prodigal son.

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But I venture to say that this is not the story of the prodigal son because if you actually look at the word prodigal, it doesn't mean loss.

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The word prodigal means to spend without restraint and to spend without restriction.

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So I venture to say that the real prodigal is the father.

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The prodigal was the one who even though his livelihood got taken from him, he comes back to the younger brother and gives him everything back again plus.

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But we got to start the story from the beginning. We got to start the story from Jesus and who he was speaking to.

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First of all, Jesus was addressing two types of people here.

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One was the Pharisees and the scribes who were the religious people of the day, who were the judgmental people of the day, who were the people who looked at everyone's sins and everyone's mistakes and judged them based off their failures and their faults and their mistakes and their shortcomings and their transgressions.

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And then there was another group of people. They were just called the sinners and tax collectors.

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Tax collectors were literally the worst people of that society because they didn't just pay taxes to them, they literally stole your money.

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So Jesus got a whole category, sinners and tax collectors.

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And this is even in Jesus' days, tax collectors.

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Cut to your army times I call the IRS 6,845 and can't get one answer.

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So Jesus is speaking to two groups of people, the sinners and the supposed righteous people.

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And guess who he addresses in the story? The sinner and the supposed righteous person.

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So the story starts with a son, younger brother in mature because you know what I realized about something?

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Is that just because you get it first doesn't mean you're going to keep it.

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And the Bible says this, the inheritance gained to early is lost in the end.

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Some of you are going after quick schemes to make money and you're never going to be rich that way.

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I'm going to get off that. I thought in my spirit to say that that some of you are looking for temporary things, things that don't take long in order to be wealthy, rich schemes.

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And guess what? You're going to end in destruction and death.

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And so this younger brother thought, let me just ask my father for what belongs to me right now.

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Just because you get something doesn't mean you have the maturity to handle it at that moment.

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Be careful what you ask the father for. Lord, I want to be married. You don't have the maturity for marriage yet.

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Lord, give me my business. You don't have the maturity to handle the business.

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Oh, this is good because if you get it too early, you will lose it in the end.

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It wasn't like this in the first service.

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There's some sharp correction coming from the father.

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So look at this. Can we get back to the text?

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So this is younger brother and he says, I want my inheritance. I want what belongs to me and the father's, the Bible calls it the father's livelihood.

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That means everything that he worked for, everything that he labor for.

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Half of it was going to the younger brother. Half of it essentially was going to the older brother.

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And so the younger brother said, I want my part of the inheritance. He gets his part in the inheritance and the next day he's like, I'm moving out.

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He goes to a far away country, a place where the father could have found him far, far away from the house, far, far away from the father's presence, far, far away from connection to the father.

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He goes as far as he could possibly go. And when he goes there, he starts spending his money on crazy stuff.

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The older brother exposes him and talks about what he saved his money.

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Somebody sent him some postcards like, yo, I'm living it up out here.

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Somebody sent him a few postcards, yo, let me tell you I took some Molly last night.

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I met this girl last night. Oh, they got quiet.

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He's half ill attacked. And he lives this life that's crazy. And in no time, he loses everything.

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In no time, he wasted away what the father gave him. And that's when God stopped me and said, why are you wasting away your life?

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I gave each and every one of you an inheritance. I give each and every one of you a life to live. And some of you have wasted away your life on things that don't matter.

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You've left my presence. You've left my house. You left connection with me. And you've wasted away your life. But today's the day to go back to the father.

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He's calling you back to himself. He's calling you back because he loves you.

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And so look at this. You have to see where life led him to. It was the most disgusting place you could possibly be.

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The Bible says he got so desperate and so hungry that he said, I'm just going to eat the food that we give the pigs.

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He got to the point where he's sitting in a dirty pig pen. And he's like, I'm so desperate and so hungry. I'll eat something that I know would destroy me.

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See, some of you who have that void on the inside of you and you don't realize what it is is a God filled whole.

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Only Jesus can satisfy the longing. Only Jesus can satisfy the void in your soul. Only Jesus in his word, the bread of heaven is the only thing that can satisfy the broken place on the inside of you.

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But you've been running after everything else and you're willing to eat things you know that are poison.

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He got to the point. Let me just eat this thing because at least it can give me temporary satisfaction even though it gives me eternal damnation.

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He said, the Bible says he got the pig food in his hand and it's something clicked. The Bible says he came to himself.

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See, today is a day of decision. It's a day for you to come to yourself and realize I'm not living up to the standard God wants me to live because I'm disconnected from the father and I'm disconnected from the father's house and I'm disconnected from relationship with him.

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I'm disconnected from his love and his grace and his mercy and it's time to get back. It's time to get back to the heart of God. It's time to get back to knowing him.

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Some of you have strayed so far and you don't even realize you're a son of God but you don't even live in the reality of who you are because you've strayed from who he is.

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It's time to get back. You know what I realized and I heard this quote and it completely blew me away that you're born looking like your parents but you die looking like your decisions.

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You're born looking like your parents but you die looking like your decisions and he had a decision to make there. Am I going to die looking like a pig and a pig pen?

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Am I going to die looking like the son that I am? You have a decision every one of you have a decision.

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Will I die in the pig pen of sin? Will I die in the pig pen of transgression? Will I die in the pig pen? Will I live as a resurrected being in the house of God as a king and priest before the living God?

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Will I live in the victorious mind that Jesus has given me? You got a choice to make today. Are you going to live your best life? Are you going to live your own life?

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Because your best life is your life in Jesus. I know the world told you your best life is yellow. Your best life is doing your own thing. Your best life is just forgetting about what everyone tells you.

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Your best life is your life in Christ. It's not a perfect life but it's a life of peace, it's a life of joy, it's a life of prosperity, it's a life of favor, it's a life of grace, it's a life of love, it's a life of compassion, it's a life of forgiveness.

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I want that life, I want eternal life.

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I'm almost at my point. Y'all still with me?

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So the father, the father, let's the son go, the son is in this pig pen and he has an awakening.

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Let me go back to my father's house and maybe he will let me be a servant because the servants in his house at least they have bread.

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Maybe I can just get a couple of pieces of bread, he'll just let me back and I can just ask him if I can just be a servant.

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And so he said he goes back. This is a part of the scripture that really blew my mind because I looked at the first two parables and in the first two parables it looks like whoever is the main person in the story is looking for something.

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The shepherd leaves the 99 and what searches for the one sheep and then in the other story there's a woman looking for a coin and the Bible says she turns her house upside down, flips all the mattresses, gets everything off and then she looks for and I'm looking at this story and I'm like it doesn't seem like the father was looking for the son.

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But then when you read it in the context you understand that he actually was, he wasn't just in his house like it's okay, he'll come back.

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That wasn't the father's disposition. The father's disposition was like if I just see my son from a distance I'll go out and get him.

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I'm going to look for him and you know this because it says it clear in the scripture it says the son was a far distance away and the father had his binoculars out.

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That looks he walks like my son. He looks like my son. He has the image of my son.

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And so you know what the father does? This is so good. The father, the Bible says he takes off running.

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Y'all may not understand this but in the Eastern culture during Jesus time grown men didn't run.

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It was actually a shame for them to run. Why? Because they had to pull up their robe and expose their legs.

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He's not like not men wear shorts and you see it was a disgrace who's an embarrassment for a man to pull up his robe, expose his nakedness.

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We have a God who pulled up his robe, expose his nakedness, embarrass himself on a cross.

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We have a God who left the comfort of his home. Heaven was his home. He left the comfort of his home because he looked down and he saw my son is coming back and there's no way he can actually get life.

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If I don't go there first and meet. There's no way I got to beat him there. Let me run.

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Think about the divine running to the cross before you could get there. Imagine the divine running to judgment before judgment comes to you.

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You have to look at it in the context, in the context when a son went astray and spent his father's inheritance when he would come back.

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They would meet him at the city gates the whole entire community and they would take a pot. They would throw it at his feet and the pot would break into a million pieces.

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Now I was saying, hey, you're broken and you've broken covenant with us. You're completely dead.

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And if we can't put these pieces of these pots back together, then that's a sign that you can never put back together in this community.

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Oh, I don't get it.

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So the father didn't just run to run. He ran because he knew judgment was waiting for the son at the gates.

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And before judgment could get to him, the father got to him.

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Oh, man, today cannot say something. There's judgment out there. But the father ran to you first so that you won't be judged with the world.

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Oh, I'm so glad that Jesus died on the cross and took the shame and the pain and the sickness and the rejection.

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So I don't have to take an ounce of it. Jesus died and ran before I could get there to say, no, no, no, don't touch him.

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This is my son who I love.

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Oh, what a God. What a God who says, I'll take the judgment for them. I'll take the rejection for them.

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And so he runs before him and he gets there before everyone else.

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And his son has a whole speech that he prepared.

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Oh, dad, I messed up and I failed you and can I just be your servant.

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And as he's given the speech, the father doesn't even entertain any of the talk.

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The first thing the father does is the father says, the father starts kissing him.

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If you look at the word in the Greek, it means he kissed him all over.

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Every party is beautiful. Yeah, you smell like pig.

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Yeah, you haven't showered in weeks. He just took a long journey.

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Even the dirty parts of you, I love.

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Even the parts of you that have shame, yeah, yeah, I'm going to kiss those parts.

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Oh, man.

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Then the Bible says he wraps his arms around him and he hugs him.

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And I actually looked up that word to hug.

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And it's the same word that's used in everything.

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And I actually looked up that word to hug.

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where it says the Holy Spirit came down.

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Actually, Acts chapter 10, where it says the Holy Spirit came down on Cornelius's house.

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And it says it fell on them.

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That's the same word for fell was the word that was used for hug.

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Which means at that moment, he didn't even say much.

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All he did was show up and the Holy Spirit came on him.

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Can I tell you something, people of God?

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I know you feel disconnected from God, but the moment you repent,

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the moment you come to him, the moment you turn from the pig pen,

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and you turn to him, he goes, my Holy Spirit's here with you.

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My presence is here with you.

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He wraps his arms, he's just kissing him one more.

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And then he has a whole speech.

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It's like, I want to do four things for you.

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And it's the four things that happen for everyone who says yes to Jesus.

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The first thing, he says, take off this old robe.

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Take off this filthy pig-centred dirty robe off of him.

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Because that doesn't identify him anymore.

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Oh, my God.

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Now I want you to put a clean robe, the best robe.

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Look at it in the Greek. It literally means a long robe.

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Long robes are only worn during special events.

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Get my longest robe. Why?

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Because it took more material to make. It was more expensive.

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Get the most expensive robe. Don't put that cheap stuff on him.

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I want full Gucci outfit.

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No, no, no, no, no.

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Not the primark stuff.

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I rock with primark, I rock with primark.

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Primark comes through in the season that needs to come through.

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Right? There's seasons for primark.

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There's seasons for Gucci.

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Hey, Mother Church, amen.

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I'm buying no Gucci t-shirt, regular white shirt.

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Devil is a liar. Primark, baby, you good enough.

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But put on the best outfit on him.

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I'm talking about get the outfit I'm saving for Easter.

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Get the Gucci sweater.

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Some of y'all didn't laugh because you don't realize

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past the boy I was wearing a Gucci sweater.

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And some of you just don't like to laugh.

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But I hope Jesus saves you today.

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And put some joy in your soul.

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Got some angry things out here.

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So I'm looking at the story and it's right at this moment.

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Put the best outfit on him.

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This is what Jesus did for us.

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He took away our robe of sin and he put on us the robe of righteousness.

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I say this often, but I'm going to say it again.

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You're not a sinner.

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Once you accept Jesus, you're no longer your ex sinner.

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Now you're a saint.

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Now you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

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You're not the same time.

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The math ain't mathin.

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You are now righteous because of the cross,

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because of Jesus and what he did for you.

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Then he said, I'm going to do a second thing for you.

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I got you.

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First thing I'm going to put a robe on you.

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Second thing I'm going to put sandals on your feet.

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He puts these sandals on his feet.

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You have to understand the significance and the culture of sandals on the feet.

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He knows who were part of the household.

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Sons in the household had sandals on their feet.

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Everyone else servants walked barefoot.

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When he came there, he said, let me just be a servant.

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Let me be a servant.

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The dad goes, put the shoes on his feet.

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Show him he's not just a servant.

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He's a son.

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You're not just a servant.

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You're a son.

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Someone woman like, I'm not a son.

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Yes.

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It's not about gender.

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It's about position.

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Your position is you are a son of God.

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So, he puts the sandals on his feet.

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He puts the robe on his back.

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And then he does another thing.

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He takes his signate ring.

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He's like, get my signate ring and put it on his finger.

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It's something you're like, okay, cool, it's a ring.

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Nope.

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In that culture, the signate ring was significant.

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It was the ring that was used for every transaction.

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So, it was like an American express black card.

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It was like, let me give a better example.

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It was like, I got $10 million in crypto and I'm giving you my crypto wallet.

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He doesn't just spend everything.

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But here, you could take all, you could take my crypto account

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and the password here.

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Hold on.

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He don't deserve that.

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No, no, right.

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He don't deserve that.

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You know what he deserves to work harder?

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You ask my son.

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For me, that son would have been working for months.

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That's my nature.

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I'm trying to be more like Jesus.

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He would have been working for months.

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Boy, you better go out there and make sure that the sheep are in order.

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You better go out there and make sure you cut the grass.

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Because for three years, that grass hasn't been cut

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because you was out there living a debauchery life.

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You're so nasty.

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You're so nasty.

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You are here spending my money on nasty stuff.

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Yes, be a servant for two months.

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No, no, no.

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Take those shoes off him.

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Stay with your outfit.

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Maybe in two months, I'll let you get a shower.

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Okay, maybe I'm not that extreme.

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But you have to understand what he really deserved.

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It was judgment, it was wrath.

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It was being disconnected from community.

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It was not being close to the father.

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It was not being a part of the household.

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It was being eternally separated from the presence of the father.

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But the father looked at all the sins and was like,

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I'm not just going to, you know, because some of you think you come to Jesus

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and you just get, I just get eternal life.

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And that's a big thing.

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You don't just get eternal life.

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You get everything that is wrapped up in Jesus,

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which is the signant ring, the robe of righteousness,

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the sandals that signify your sonship.

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And then the last thing that he gave him was a party with a fatted calf.

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Oh, I'm talking about a cow.

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They have some ox tail up in there.

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Okay, y'all ain't excited about ox tail like me.

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He said, I'ma get the fatted calf.

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Not just the regular calf.

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You know, I sell like $40 a plate now.

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This man said, I'ma cut a whole cow.

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And not this small one.

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I'ma get the fattest one.

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I'ma, we're going to have some ox tail tonight, boy.

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Woo-hoo.

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Some of y'all don't know about the ox tail.

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If you know about ox tail, you need deliverance.

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God's going, before you leave this earth,

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you need a taste of ox tail.

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Taste and see that the Lord just fine you a corner Jamaican spot.

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I'm talking about, it may look a little shady on the outside.

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But they can have the best ox tail.

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Just say, excuse me, sir, ma'am.

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And they may not be nice to you.

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Don't leave the store.

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I know y'all want good service, y'all boozy.

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They're not nice to me.

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No, no, they're not going to be nice.

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I'm warning you now that your makin' lady may not even pay attention.

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What does mine want?

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What do you want?

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What do you want?

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What do you want?

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They may talk just like that.

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It's worth it.

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Stick around for the ox tails.

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They're going to change your whole life.

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So I want ox tail and I want rice and peas.

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I want some plantain on the side.

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I want some cabbage.

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My God, I feel the anointing.

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Y'all look lost.

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Yeah, more connection with the sermon and the food.

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But I'm going to throw this big meal.

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I'm going to put the most expensive thing on the plate.

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00:42:56.000 --> 00:43:06.000
Wagyu, A5, Japanese steak.

403
00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:12.000
I'm making people hungry here.

404
00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:15.000
But I'm throwing this big feast for him.

405
00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:22.000
And then the Bible says the feast was so insane that you heard the dancing from a block away.

406
00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.000
I'm talking about a big bash.

407
00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:29.000
I'm talking about like a real Caribbean party.

408
00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:32.000
You know, Caribbean parties, you'd be hearing it from like six blocks away.

409
00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:33.000
Like, oh, yeah.

410
00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:39.000
My neighbors having that barbecue again.

411
00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:41.000
See, only New Yorkers can understand this.

412
00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:51.000
If I wanted some church in Illinois, they're like, what is he talking about?

413
00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:57.000
They're the dancing and the music and the singing from blocks away.

414
00:43:57.000 --> 00:44:00.000
And the older brother comes in, hold on.

415
00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:03.000
We used to have a party.

416
00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:04.000
What's going on?

417
00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:07.000
They didn't tell me about the party.

418
00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:10.000
They didn't tell me about the celebration.

419
00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:15.000
What's going on?

420
00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:24.000
And then one of the servants goes, you don't understand what's happening.

421
00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:29.000
Your brother was lost.

422
00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:34.000
He was in the pig pen.

423
00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:37.000
He was deep in sin.

424
00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:43.000
He was living a life that was disconnected from the house and from the father.

425
00:44:43.000 --> 00:44:48.000
And he came back home.

426
00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:51.000
And the reason why I say this is a story of the two lost sons,

427
00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:55.000
because the older son's response showed me that he was in the house,

428
00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:58.000
but he was still lost.

429
00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:01.000
It showed me that even though he was in the house,

430
00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:04.000
he was disconnected from the heart of the father.

431
00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:06.000
Because you know what?

432
00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:09.000
He looked at his younger brother coming back instead of that being a moment of rejoicing.

433
00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:13.000
He said, this is a moment of anger.

434
00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:16.000
How come he deserves that?

435
00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:18.000
He messed up so much.

436
00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:20.000
I should be getting this.

437
00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:22.000
I worked so hard.

438
00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:26.000
And he started putting his works before God's grace.

439
00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:28.000
Well, you know what?

440
00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:35.000
I've been faithful all these years and you never made me ox tail.

441
00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:40.000
You never killed a fat and calf for me.

442
00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:44.000
And the father looks at me and is like, okay, you don't get it.

443
00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:45.000
You were in the house.

444
00:45:45.000 --> 00:45:49.000
Everything that was here was already yours.

445
00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:52.000
He lost all of it because he left the house,

446
00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:55.000
which shows me something, which shows me something.

447
00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:59.000
This poverty message don't make sense.

448
00:45:59.000 --> 00:46:03.000
The poverty is for those outside the house.

449
00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:09.000
The insufficiencies for those outside the house.

450
00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:11.000
But once I get into the house,

451
00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:14.000
all the benefits of the house is mine.

452
00:46:14.000 --> 00:46:15.000
The ring is mine.

453
00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:16.000
The robe is mine.

454
00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:18.000
Oh, I just need someone to shout up in here.

455
00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:20.000
The sandals are mine.

456
00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:22.000
The fat and calf is mine.

457
00:46:22.000 --> 00:46:23.000
It's all mine.

458
00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.000
What's up in the house?

459
00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:26.000
Are you in the house today?

460
00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:28.000
Are you part of the covenant?

461
00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:31.000
Are you connected to the father?

462
00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:34.000
Because that's the place of blessing.

463
00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:44.000
So, the older brother exposes himself.

464
00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:48.000
And I'm going to show you how he exposes himself,

465
00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:50.000
because he was lost in religion.

466
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:53.000
Look at the things he said to the father.

467
00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:57.000
Look at the ways you can see he was lost,

468
00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:59.000
even though he was in the house.

469
00:46:59.000 --> 00:47:03.000
The first thing is he had a comparative spirit.

470
00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:05.000
He was living in comparison.

471
00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.000
You know you're lost.

472
00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:09.000
Even though you're in church,

473
00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:13.000
when you start comparing your sins to other people's sins.

474
00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:14.000
I like this.

475
00:47:14.000 --> 00:47:16.000
And you know what church people like to do?

476
00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:20.000
We like to compare the world's sins to our sins.

477
00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:24.000
No one's saying amen, but this is good.

478
00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:28.000
He said, but I didn't sin like he sin.

479
00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:31.000
And you threw him a party, you didn't throw me a party.

480
00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:32.000
I didn't do what he did.

481
00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:35.000
He spent his money on prostitutes.

482
00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:37.000
I did it.

483
00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:41.000
He spent all his money on only fans.

484
00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:44.000
I did it.

485
00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:46.000
Okay.

486
00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:49.000
Quiet, quiet, quiet.

487
00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:53.000
Then the second thing he did was he had a transnational type of faith.

488
00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:56.000
He thought, because I did, I should get.

489
00:47:56.000 --> 00:47:58.000
He said, I'm not saying anything.

490
00:47:58.000 --> 00:48:02.000
You doing, does it, is not the reason why God does.

491
00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:04.000
Oh, this is good.

492
00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:08.000
You, what you do and how well you do it is not the reason why God

493
00:48:08.000 --> 00:48:09.000
blesses you.

494
00:48:09.000 --> 00:48:11.000
He blesses you because he's good.

495
00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:13.000
Think about it.

496
00:48:13.000 --> 00:48:17.000
The younger son did nothing but make mistakes.

497
00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:19.000
He did nothing but sin.

498
00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:21.000
He did nothing but fail.

499
00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:25.000
He did nothing but spend his father's money on harlots.

500
00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:27.000
He did nothing right when you look at it.

501
00:48:27.000 --> 00:48:30.000
And the father's like, I'm a blessing anyway.

502
00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:32.000
Because a blessing is not based off what you do.

503
00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:35.000
It's based on how good I am.

504
00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:47.000
The next thing is that the older brother had an entitlement.

505
00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:51.000
He was like, you own me because I've been good that you should do this for me.

506
00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:57.000
And then the last thing is that he lacked joy in his relationship with God.

507
00:48:57.000 --> 00:48:59.000
Because the father was like, okay, cool, cool, cool.

508
00:48:59.000 --> 00:49:01.000
But just coming to the party.

509
00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:04.000
Because the party ain't just for him.

510
00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:09.000
The party is not just for the servants.

511
00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:14.000
Even the servants were at the party and he wasn't at the party.

512
00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:19.000
The party is for you.

513
00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:25.000
But don't be so self-righteous that you're like, you know, just let them do their thing.

514
00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:32.000
This sermon was just, you know, why didn't pass a date and not preach a sermon about resurrection?

515
00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:39.000
It shows me you're an older brother.

516
00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:40.000
Why?

517
00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:45.000
Because this word is tailor-made for younger brothers to come back home.

518
00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:48.000
But you're concerned with the sermon.

519
00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:54.000
And now with the message, this is good.

520
00:49:54.000 --> 00:50:01.000
I want to share a few verses because I saw something really powerful and we're going to end with this point right here.

521
00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:12.000
In every single story, something was lost, then found, and then there was rejoicing and celebration.

522
00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:21.000
So I don't want us to end off this sermon without celebration.

523
00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:28.000
Because this morning dozens of people gave their lives to Jesus.

524
00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:34.000
I believe by the time we end today, dozens more are going to give their lives to Jesus.

525
00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:45.000
And online, we're going to have more than that.

526
00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:48.000
Join the party.

527
00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:49.000
Get into the party.

528
00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:52.000
Do you allow dances?

529
00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:58.000
Do you sing in that annoyance somewhere next to you?

530
00:50:58.000 --> 00:51:04.000
Some of y'all older brothers because the singing annoys you.

531
00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:05.000
Sing loud, I don't care.

532
00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:09.000
You have tone, you got no rhythm, you got no, I don't care.

533
00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:12.000
Clap, clap, clap.

534
00:51:12.000 --> 00:51:16.000
Older brothers hate jokes because they don't want to laugh.

535
00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:25.000
Oh gosh.

536
00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:29.000
But this is the moment.

537
00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:31.000
Because there's two types of people.

538
00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:34.000
You're either the younger brother or the older brother.

539
00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:36.000
You don't want to look at your good works.

540
00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:40.000
Oh man, I'm in the house but you're disconnected from the heart of God.

541
00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:42.000
Or I've gone astray.

542
00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:45.000
I'm living a life that I'm not even, I'm ashamed of.

543
00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:47.000
I'm doing things that I never thought that I would do.

544
00:51:47.000 --> 00:51:51.000
I'm completely disconnected from God and His presence and from the Father.

545
00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:55.000
And I need to get back.

546
00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:59.000
Whatever you are, the Father's waiting for you.

547
00:51:59.000 --> 00:52:00.000
You know what's interesting?

548
00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:04.000
The Father came and looked for both of them.

549
00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:05.000
Look at the text.

550
00:52:05.000 --> 00:52:11.000
He looked for one of them outside of the house.

551
00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:14.000
And then the Bible says while he was at the party,

552
00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:18.000
he realized my older brother, my older son's not here.

553
00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:20.000
Where's my older son?

554
00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:23.000
Let me go look for him.

555
00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:25.000
And he goes out of the party in the house,

556
00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:27.000
but out of the party in the house.

557
00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:29.000
He was lost when he was in the house.

558
00:52:29.000 --> 00:52:31.000
And he's like, oh, I'm pleading with you.

559
00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:33.000
Come into the party.

560
00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:35.000
Oh, the brother, no, I'm good.

561
00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:38.000
I'm not coming in.

562
00:52:38.000 --> 00:52:41.000
This is your invitation to come into the party.

563
00:52:41.000 --> 00:52:42.000
Oh, there's a party.

564
00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:44.000
And can I tell you something?

565
00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:48.000
The party starts here and it continues in eternity.

566
00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:50.000
Oh, come on, somebody.

567
00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:52.000
So if you can't rejoice here on earth,

568
00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:56.000
you're going to be super uncomfortable in heaven.

569
00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:58.000
If you can't shout here on earth,

570
00:52:58.000 --> 00:53:01.000
you're going to be super uncomfortable in heaven.

571
00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:03.000
If you can't dance here on earth,

572
00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:05.000
you're going to be super uncomfortable in heaven.

573
00:53:05.000 --> 00:53:08.000
Because that's going to be rejoicing and parting

574
00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:10.000
and dancing in heaven.

575
00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:13.000
I just need about three people

576
00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:17.000
who are willing to dance and shout in this place.

577
00:53:17.000 --> 00:53:20.000
Whoo!

578
00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:24.000
All right.

579
00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:26.000
I'm calling to the two groups of people

580
00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:28.000
and I'm going to ask you to raise your hands.

581
00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:30.000
You're like, I'm the older brother.

582
00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:32.000
There's no more joy in my salvation.

583
00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:33.000
There's no more joy.

584
00:53:33.000 --> 00:53:34.000
Even though I'm in the house,

585
00:53:34.000 --> 00:53:35.000
I'm disconnected from God.

586
00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:37.000
I have really never gave my life to Jesus.

587
00:53:37.000 --> 00:53:38.000
Yes, I did all the churches.

588
00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:40.000
I know all these songs,

589
00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:41.000
but I don't know God.

590
00:53:41.000 --> 00:53:44.000
And I want to have a relationship with the Father.

591
00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:46.000
I want you to just raise your hands right now.

592
00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:47.000
Come on, if that's you.

593
00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:48.000
If you're the younger brother,

594
00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:49.000
and you're like, man, I've strayed.

595
00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:51.000
I'm here for Easter because my cousin,

596
00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:54.000
my brother, my baby mama, invited me.

597
00:53:54.000 --> 00:54:04.000
But I want to get connected to God.

598
00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:07.000
Because I need this.

599
00:54:07.000 --> 00:54:10.000
And I just wasted my life away in the pig pan.

600
00:54:11.000 --> 00:54:12.000
I want every single person.

601
00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:14.000
If that's you, I want you to raise your hands high.

602
00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:15.000
Come on, either one.

603
00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:17.000
Raise your hands high, high, high.

604
00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:18.000
Come on, come on.

605
00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:19.000
Come on, you're saying, God, I need you.

606
00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:20.000
God, I need you.

607
00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:21.000
God, I need you.

608
00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:22.000
God, I need you.

609
00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:24.000
If that's you, I want you to stand to your feet right now.

610
00:54:24.000 --> 00:54:25.000
Stand to your feet.

611
00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:26.000
Older brother, younger brother.

612
00:54:26.000 --> 00:54:27.000
Don't be ashamed.

613
00:54:27.000 --> 00:54:28.000
Stand to your feet.

614
00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:30.000
Because we want to rejoice with you.

615
00:54:30.000 --> 00:54:32.000
It's not to embarrass you.

616
00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:34.000
We want to shout with you.

617
00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:38.000
We want to praise with you.

618
00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:42.000
Come on, look at those giving their life.

619
00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:44.000
Y'all being too cute.

620
00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:48.000
The Bible says the angels rejoicing heaven went one.

621
00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:55.000
I dare you to begin to worship God and glorify God.

622
00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:04.000
Luke chapter 15, and I'm done after this.

623
00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:07.000
Luke chapter 15.

624
00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:11.000
We're going to look at the verse 6 and 7.

625
00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:13.000
The last few verses that I gave you.

626
00:55:13.000 --> 00:55:18.000
And I'm reading from the NLT.

627
00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:20.000
Luke chapter 15.

628
00:55:20.000 --> 00:55:22.000
Those last few verses.

629
00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:25.000
Look at this.

630
00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:28.000
Sorry, from the message.

631
00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:31.000
Suppose one of you had a hundred sheep and lost one.

632
00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:36.000
Wouldn't you leave the 99 in the wilderness and go after the one that you lost until you found it?

633
00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:38.000
He says, you can be sure.

634
00:55:38.000 --> 00:55:42.000
You will put it across your shoulders rejoicing when it got home.

635
00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:50.000
Call all your friends and neighbors saying, celebrate.

636
00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:53.000
Celebrate with me.

637
00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:59.000
You know, God is asking you to celebrate with.

638
00:55:59.000 --> 00:56:05.000
Which means it's not the angels that are celebrating in heaven.

639
00:56:05.000 --> 00:56:09.000
Is God Himself celebrating in heaven?

640
00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:14.000
And then God goes, I'm going to call all my friends.

641
00:56:14.000 --> 00:56:18.000
Are you a friend of God?

642
00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:20.000
I'm going to call all my friends.

643
00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:24.000
Yo, pass the boy on.

644
00:56:24.000 --> 00:56:26.000
Another one got saved.

645
00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:27.000
I'm a rejoice.

646
00:56:27.000 --> 00:56:29.000
Are you going to celebrate with me?

647
00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:34.000
Are you going to come to the party?

648
00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:36.000
Let's look at the other verse.

649
00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:43.000
I'm trying to show you something.

650
00:56:43.000 --> 00:56:45.000
I think it's nine and ten or eight.

651
00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:49.000
Message Bible gives you the whole entire block.

652
00:56:49.000 --> 00:56:51.000
Yeah, this is it.

653
00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:53.000
Imagine a woman who had ten coins.

654
00:56:53.000 --> 00:56:54.000
She loses one.

655
00:56:54.000 --> 00:57:01.000
When she light a lamp and scare the house looking at every nook and cranny, that's ridiculous.

656
00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:10.000
Looking cranny, that is a Caucasian version right there.

657
00:57:10.000 --> 00:57:21.000
I never heard a black person say looking cranny.

658
00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:23.000
I'm sorry, y'all.

659
00:57:23.000 --> 00:57:24.000
I'm not trying to judge.

660
00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:30.000
I never heard it in my life.

661
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Okay.

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Looking at every nook and cranny.

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Until she finds it.

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And when she finds it, you can be sure.

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She'll call all her friends and neighbors.

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I don't even know you like that.

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But this is something to rejoice about.

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I found my lost coin.

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Count on it.

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That's the kind of party.

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I told you coming to the party.

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That's the kind of party.

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God's angels.

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There was at least 10, 15 people who gave their lives to Jesus.

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That's the kind of party.

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God's angels throw every time one loss, not 15.

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So there's a party for one.

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All right, y'all quiet.

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If there's a celebration for one, see this is what I need everyone to stand to your feet.

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And we're going to give God a shout for the probably about 60 people who gave their lives to Jesus today.

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Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

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The shepherd's like, I got this sheet.

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I got this sheet.

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Now I'm going to call all my friends.

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Come celebrate with me.

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The woman loses the coin.

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I'm going to call all my friends.

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Come celebrate with me.

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The particle sun comes back home.

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The lost sun comes back home.

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I'm going to get all my servants to come celebrate with me.

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And you know the only one who's not celebrating the religious person.

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The Pharisee.

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The person disconnected from God.

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But everyone else is rejoicing because this is a momentous, powerful, amazing time.

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To see people who are destined for destruction and damnation come into eternal light.

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Oh, there's a praise.

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That's an invade our spirits when we see one person come.

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And about 60 people came.

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So our day just lifted up your hands.

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And I want every single person to join the parties.

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It's not just a regular party.

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It's a praise party.

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And just give God a shout of praise and thanksgiving.

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This is the City Light Church podcast.

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That you have been reminded how much God loves you.

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