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0:00[Music]
0:01Meet me in the book of Genesis, chapter
0:02number 6, verse number 8,
0:06verse number eight. And when you have
0:07it, say, "I got it." If you don't have
0:10it, don't worry. It's right here on the
0:11screen for you. The Bible says this,
0:13"But Noah
0:16found favor
0:19with the Lord."
0:22All right, let me say that again. Let's
0:23see if it's fresh church here. Um the
0:26book of Genesis chapter number 6 verse
0:29number 8 says but Noah
0:33found favor
0:36with the Lord. All right, that was your
0:39practice. Let's try this one more again
0:41for the people in the back. But Noah
0:45found favor. Y'all say favor
0:49with the Lord. I want to put a tag on
0:52this text and teach from this topic.
0:56What are you waiting for?
0:59What are you waiting for? What are you
1:03waiting for? What are you waiting for?
1:05You may have your seats in the house.
1:07What are you waiting for?
1:11What are you waiting for?
1:15Family, I I I want to say this from the
1:18outset.
1:19I am an avid reader.
1:23I mean, I I love to read. Like, I I it's
1:26it's in my blood. It's in my bones. I
1:29love to read. Now, here's the thing
1:31about me loving to read. It's getting me
1:34into an a problem in my household.
1:38So, if y'all will allow me to use this
1:41preaching moment as therapy because I
1:43need your help.
1:46I got issues. There are issues in the
1:49foster household and the issue stems
1:52from my love of reading. Here's the
1:55problem. The problem is I love reading
1:57so much. Not just digital books. I think
1:59that's cool because I understand how
2:01important, you know, it is and how
2:03accessible it is to have all the books
2:04on your little scrolling device and
2:07click and all that good stuff. But I
2:09don't like that. I'm not I'm old school.
2:12I I like to smell the book.
2:16I
2:16>> I like to feel the pages.
2:19>> I like the sound of the pages flipping.
2:22>> No, no. See, y'all new school.
2:25>> Y'all didn't come to church with a
2:26Bible.
2:30>> Y'all digital like me sometimes.
2:32But I love I love to read and I love
2:35pages. Let me tell you something. To the
2:37degree that a star uh uh not Starbucks,
2:39but a Barnes & Nobles hate to see me
2:41coming.
2:43We can't even if we're driving and the
2:45family's in the car and we're driving
2:46next to Barn by Barnes & Noles. I'm
2:48stopping. They already know we're going
2:50in. I'm I'm going to look at the books,
2:52grab a book. I got this idea of this
2:54picture. Ju just roll with me for a
2:56minute. But I love books so much uh
2:59since it's causing problems in the
3:01foster household. And here's the
3:03problem. The problem that is causing in
3:04the foster household is that I'm leaving
3:06books everywhere.
3:09I I got books on the kitchen counter. I
3:13got books in the driver's seat of her
3:15car. I got the books in my car. I got
3:17books on the bed. I got books in the
3:19living room. I have books in the foyer.
3:22I got books everywhere that it's it's
3:24causing a problem. And Pastor Sonia's
3:26fed up.
3:28So y'all pray for your pastor. So she
3:30got so fed up to the point that she
3:32said, "Here's what we're going to do."
3:34Say, "What are we going to do?" She
3:35said, "I am getting you a bookcase
3:39somewhere to house all of these books."
3:43I said, "Okay, cool." Then I had a
3:44picture in my mind about what I wanted
3:46the bookcase to look like because I have
3:48I have this Go with me. If maybe if you
3:49watch the movie and you've seen maybe a
3:51professor or something. You see like
3:52this just just elaborate library that
3:55you walk into and it has books
3:57everywhere all over and it even has like
3:59the little ladder that you slide down
4:01the thing and then you climb up like I
4:03want to climb up bookcase. That's a I
4:05was like, I want one of those. And so we
4:07went uh searching websites and all this
4:09good stuff to try and get a uh find a
4:11bookcase. So I couldn't afford the
4:13ladder bookcase.
4:16Couldn't really get that one. Not yet.
4:18But so we we found a bookcase that
4:20works, right? We got it. We put it here
4:22in our office and all that good stuff.
4:24And the bookcase is one that while it's
4:26not the latter bookcase, it is one that
4:28we can add to, right? So it's a bookcase
4:32with vision in mind. I got vision for
4:34the bookcase. So, I'm like, "Hey, so let
4:35me get the bookcase. That way, if I want
4:37to add to it, I can get another
4:38component to it and then put the books
4:40because I need all of my books. I need I
4:42don't need this digital thing. I need to
4:43smell all of the books."
4:47So, I go online. I'm clicking through.
4:49Uh, after about two weeks of searching,
4:51I find the bookcase. I got it. This the
4:56one I I I found the one that's going to
4:59work for me. Get the bookcase. I say,
5:01"Okay, let me click on it. Pay whatever
5:03it was, arm and a leg." Amen. Get the
5:05bookcase.
5:08So, I clicked on the picture, got the
5:09bookcase. They sent me bookcase. They
5:12sent a notification on uh uh UPS or
5:16whatever, and they said that it has been
5:18delivered. I got excited. I don't know
5:20about you, but I'm one of those people
5:21that order something and then
5:23immediately check on whether or not it's
5:25there. Am I the only one you order
5:28something from Amazon? Like, did they
5:29ship it yet?
5:31It's still pending.
5:35So that's me. So I get there. I get the
5:37thing. I'm at the house. She says, "Your
5:40bookcase has arrived." I rush and get to
5:43the front door to get the bookcase and
5:45find out that my bookcase is not there.
5:50>> My bookcase is not there, but there is
5:53about seven or eight boxes on my porch.
5:58Now I got a problem.
6:04I got a problem because
6:07I went online because I wanted the
6:10bookcase that I can add to because I got
6:12a ladder picture in my mind because I
6:15want to put the ladder on the bookcase
6:16and climb up the ladder, find the book,
6:18come down, tell you what page something
6:20is on that's in I got I got but they
6:22they didn't send me the bookcase. They
6:25sent me boxes.
6:28And I said, "Where's the bookcase?" And
6:31she said, "It's right there on the
6:32porch." I said, "I didn't order that."
6:35She said, "Yes, you did." I said, "No,
6:37no, no, no, no. I ordered this." Showed
6:38her the picture. She said, "No, you
6:40think you ordered that, but this is
6:42that."
6:44Oh, you think I'm talking about IKEA?
6:47>> I'm talking about your ideas.
6:51Because often times God gives us, God
6:53shows us a picture, but then sends us
6:56parts.
6:57[Music]
7:00[Applause]
7:04Sometimes what God does is he sends us
7:07pictures and then he he shows us a
7:10picture and then sends us parts. A
7:13picture is God's preference. It's what
7:16God desires to do. It's what God wants
7:19to do. It's what God is longing to do.
7:22But the parts are the things that God
7:24sends us that we have to participate in.
7:27so that we can see God's preference
7:29invade our present reality. Just just
7:32because it's God's preference doesn't
7:35mean it's automatic.
7:41>> The picture is the finished product.
7:46>> The parts are the painful process.
7:51>> The picture is the happy marriage.
7:54>> Uhoh. The parts is mutual submission.
8:02>> Okay, let me go here. The picture is the
8:05PhD.
8:07>> The parts is the late nights, research
8:10papers,
8:11>> and assignments due.
8:13>> I'll come get you. The picture is the
8:16promotion.
8:17>> The parts is the overtime and the extra
8:19hours
8:20>> and doing other people's work.
8:25I'll keep coming. The picture is the
8:28ministry.
8:31>> The parts is how you deal with
8:33disloyalty
8:35>> and betrayal.
8:37>> The picture is the successful
8:40entrepreneurial endeavor.
8:43>> The parts is the daily pressure that
8:46it's all on you.
8:49I'm not done. The picture is emotional
8:53health.
8:54The parts is where you sit on somebody's
8:57couch and do the work
9:00>> to heal from the hurt. Don't just ignore
9:04it. Just because it's numb don't mean
9:06it's healed.
9:13>> I'm not done. I'm an equal opportunity
9:15offender.
9:19The picture is a healthy life. The parts
9:23is the daily exercise,
9:26>> the nutrition,
9:28>> the discipline.
9:29I'm skipping past this. Let's go to
9:31something else.
9:33I've discovered, y'all, I discovered
9:36that we don't have a problem with the
9:38picture. The picture isn't the issue.
9:41The p the problem is the parts.
9:45We we've uncorrectly or I'm sorry,
9:48incorrectly interpreted God sending us
9:51parts and we're putting it in the wrong
9:54place. Here's what I want to suggest.
9:56When God doesn't give us a readymade
9:59picture, it's a sign uh or let me say it
10:02like this. When God doesn't give us a
10:04ready-made picture, it's not a sign of
10:07torment. It's a sign of trust.
10:12When God
10:14does not give you everything you think
10:18you need in order to do something, it's
10:21not that God is tormenting you or
10:24punishing you. It's actually that God
10:26trusts you. What do you mean, pastor? I
10:29mean faith is I'm sorry. Favor is not
10:32simply God liking me. Favor is when God
10:37trusts me.
10:38[Music]
10:41Oh God, this is so good. Favor is not
10:44simply when God is liking me. Favor is
10:47when God is trusting me. And you know
10:50when God trusts you. Oh God, look at
10:53your neighbor and say, "This is about to
10:54get good."
10:55>> Just tell them this. You know that God
10:59trusts you when he sends you parts that
11:02he didn't send somebody else,
11:04>> but he still expects you to build what
11:07he's called you to build.
11:11Trust is uh you watch this. You not
11:14having everything you think you need is
11:16not God tormenting you. You not having
11:20it is God bragging on you. He's saying,
11:23"Watch my boy do it without it. Watch my
11:26girl do it without it." They don't need
11:29that when they got me. Look at somebody
11:31and say, "I got Jesus on my side."
11:33What's wrong with you?
11:37So when I'm trying to help us reframe.
11:40So when God doesn't send us something
11:43that we think we need in order to do
11:45something,
11:46>> God is not tormenting us. He's trusting
11:49us. He's trusting us that we can build
11:52what he's called us to build without
11:54what we think we need.
11:57>> Now you can either Uh oh. Oh my. I
12:00didn't say this at nine o'clock. I think
12:02I'm in trouble now. Now you can either
12:05pout about what you don't have
12:08or you can praise God for what he did
12:10send.
12:12And I wish I Lord this I don't know I
12:15wish I had about 15 people that can say
12:18my season of pouting over what I thought
12:20I needed is over. God, you've given me
12:24everything I need to accomplish what God
12:27has called me to. Is there anybody in
12:30here that can say, "I've got everything
12:33I need?"
12:35>> Because uh-oh, favor is more
12:38comprehensive than a single blessing.
12:41[Applause]
12:44>> I got to come get you as we close out
12:45this favor. FA a blessing specifically
12:49speaks to something in an area. Nothing
12:51wrong with the blessing. I want to be
12:52blessed. Amen.
12:54>> Favor is more comprehensive. Favor is
12:58millions of blessings.
13:01>> So when the Bible the Bible the Bible
13:03Lord I'm ahead of myself but when the
13:05Bible says that Noah found favor with
13:08God that don't mean that he just got a
13:12blessing financially.
13:14Doesn't mean that he just got some cool
13:16people around him. It doesn't mean that
13:18he just got a little bit of influence
13:20and a little bit of impact. It means all
13:22of that and then some. Now, I know you a
13:25shout over a blessing. And if I was
13:28promising you a car, a crib, or some
13:30clothes, you'll be turning these chairs
13:32up, pulling your neighbor clean off. But
13:35I wonder if there's anybody in here that
13:37can say, "God, thank you for the favor
13:40that rest on my life, that I've gotten
13:43approvals when I should have got
13:44denials. That I got acceptances when I
13:47should have got rejections. that I've
13:49gotten a Is there anybody in here on
13:52this welcome home that can say favor
13:54over my life? Favor got me feeling
13:57fresh. Favor got me feeling new. Favor
14:01all over my life. Favor is all over you.
14:07>> Somebody shout favor.
14:09>> Favor.
14:10>> Noah found favor
14:13>> wi with God. Favor is not simply God
14:15liking me. It's God trusting me.
14:18Because
14:20uh God God Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Um uh I would
14:28rather be in a position where God can
14:32trust me.
14:34No. No. So, so when I say trust me, that
14:36doesn't mean that I'm perfect.
14:39That means that he knows where my heart
14:40is turned towards.
14:43Yeah. Yeah. That that that doesn't mean
14:45I'm perfect. That means he knows where
14:48my heart is turned. Oh, okay. I'll get
14:50to the text in a moment. I promise you I
14:52didn't get to say this at 9:30. 9:30. If
14:54y'all y'all should have came to 11:00,
14:56y'all at the Rome.
14:59Uh it doesn't mean that I'm perfect.
15:03It means uh that he trusts me. Because
15:07when I have favor over my life, there's
15:10still struggles that I have. Right now,
15:13watch this. This is interesting. I want
15:15to show you the difference. I was
15:16talking to somebody today uh yesterday
15:17about this. I want to show you different
15:19the difference between pigs. Pigs and
15:22sheep. Okay, pigs and sheep. Pigs uh
15:27they enjoy dirt.
15:30So when something is on a pig, they jump
15:33on the ground. They wallow around to get
15:35more on them. They like mud. Okay. Sheep
15:41um are different because sheep when they
15:45get something on them on their coat,
15:48guess what they do? They get on the
15:50ground and they wallow around too. So
15:54now this is interesting. You got pigs on
15:56the ground wallowing around and loving
15:58it. Sheep on the ground wallowing around
16:01and trying to get it off of them.
16:07If I don't have a discerning eye, I can
16:08think that everybody that's wallowing
16:10has the same heart.
16:16>> Some people are in some mud and they
16:18love it. Others of us are in mud and we
16:21trying to get out of it. Look at your
16:24neighbor and say, "At least I'm trying
16:25to get out. You ain't
16:28I ain't happy in it.
16:35Woo. Look, I preach the perfect people
16:37next service. Is there anybody that can
16:39say there's been some seasons where I've
16:42done some things I didn't even want to
16:44do. But God, thank you for your grace
16:46and your mercy to help me get up. I was
16:49sinking deep in sin, far from the
16:53peaceful shore, very deeply, stayed
16:57within, seeking to rise no more. God the
17:01master God of the sea. He had
17:06[Applause]
17:10>> from the water.
17:12>> He lifted me.
17:14>> I'm so glad that he lifted me. There
17:17were some seasons I wasn't strong enough
17:18to lift myself up out of it, but he
17:21lifted me. There were some times I found
17:23myself in other people bed I shouldn't
17:25have been in. Oh God, but thank you for
17:27lifting me. There were some seasons you
17:29was drunk, high, and all of the above.
17:32Oh, but God lifted you. Y'all ain't
17:34going to say nothing. There was some
17:35times you had an overnight bag and a
17:37plan already made. Oh, but God, is there
17:40anybody that can say, "Thank you for
17:42lifting me. Thank you for lifting me.
17:44Thank you for lifting me. I'm no longer
17:46what I used."
17:50>> Somebody stand up and sit back and say,
17:52"He lifted me. He lifted me.
17:55[Applause]
18:02God.
18:04>> Noah found faith
18:07>> with God. Because favor, I'm sorry,
18:10found favor with God. Favor is not
18:12simply God liking me. It's when God is
18:14trusting me. God God can God God God
18:19will not use a person that he doesn't
18:23trust.
18:25He He's not in the business. You You
18:26don't do that either. All a person got
18:28to do is show you one time.
18:31Amen.
18:32Anybody got a heavy cancel game, cut off
18:35game? It's just strong. Hallelujah. I
18:38mean, hallelujah.
18:41>> My God.
18:43Noah found favor. In our text, it's
18:46interesting in our text. God God tapped
18:48Noah on the shoulder and gave him an
18:51assignment. Now, now I'm I'm going to
18:52attempt to to to uh dig in this well uh
18:57and pull out something maybe we haven't
18:59necessarily pulled out before. I don't
19:01know. Hopefully, we'll see. Uh but this
19:03is interesting. This is this isn't Noah
19:05and the flood as you might have known
19:07it. Uh we're going to try and take a
19:09nuance to it. But I want to show you
19:10something in the text. Uh the Bible says
19:12this in Genesis chapter number 6 verse
19:14number 9 and 10. It says this. Uh this
19:16is the account of Noah and his family.
19:19Noah was a righteous man.
19:23The only, Lord have mercy, blameless
19:26person
19:28living on the earth at the time. Wow.
19:31He's the only person in scripture that
19:33got that title right there.
19:34>> And he walked, here we go, in close
19:37fellowship with God.
19:40>> Noah was the father of three sons, Shim,
19:43Ham, and Japheth. This is so important.
19:46Watch this. Now God saw that the earth
19:48had become corrupt and was filled with
19:52violence.
19:54Wait a minute. Hold on. Now God saw that
19:56the earth had become corrupt and was
19:58filled with violence. God observed
20:03all this corruption in the world. For
20:06everyone, y'all say everyone.
20:08>> Everyone
20:09>> on earth
20:10>> was corrupt. Contextually,
20:14let's deal with let me give you a little
20:15context so that you can respect the
20:17content. Contextually, sin has seeped
20:19into societal to the societal psyche.
20:23Sin has seeped into the societal psyche.
20:28Evil is everywhere. People are
20:30perishing. Injustice is apparent. Racism
20:33is running deep. Violence is their
20:35native tongue. Vengeance has a grip on
20:37their heart. Idolatry is imminent.
20:40Prejudice is permeating their minds.
20:42This sounds like America.
20:49>> Did this this sounds like America?
20:54Hold on. Hold on. It's almost as if the
20:56Bible is relevant, right? It's almost as
20:59if this this this author and finisher
21:02kind of knew what he was inspiring to be
21:04written because we're living in a time
21:06just this week alone.
21:09You see all kind of violence,
21:12>> senseless murder,
21:14>> senseless killing,
21:16>> selective saints with selective outrage.
21:19I'll talk about it.
21:22>> Oh yeah. Oh yeah. My heart mourns for
21:26those who have who who the families of
21:28those who have been senselessly killed.
21:31That's ridiculous.
21:32>> I'll get to the text in a moment. Y'all
21:34roll with me for a minute. It's welcome
21:35home Sunday. Give me a little pastoral
21:37privilege here. Here it is. My heart
21:40mourns for them.
21:43There's one one individual uh live
21:46stream
21:48violent lost his life. Two kids, a wife,
21:53a family. Come on.
21:56At the same time,
21:59I'm trying to figure out how is it that
22:02my brothers and sisters
22:05in the body are selectively outraged and
22:10outspoken
22:12about somebody that is senselessly
22:15killed
22:16that aligns with their political agenda.
22:21But when another person of color is
22:24senslessly killed at the hands of the
22:27police or any other entity is silence of
22:30the lambs.
22:31>> Now I got a question.
22:35[Applause]
22:36[Music]
22:38If we supposed to be brothers and
22:40sisters in Christ,
22:42>> how come your your your your your video,
22:45your phone, your live stream, it works
22:48when somebody that looks like you is
22:50hurt?
22:51>> But when somebody that looks like me is
22:53injured, it's Silence of the Lambs.
22:56>> So then that means there's two
22:58Christianities.
22:59[Music]
23:01There's one that mourns with those who
23:04mourn
23:05>> and then there's other who mourns with
23:07those who look like them.
23:11>> Contextually, cuz I want to be true to
23:12the text. All of this is happening.
23:18>> And here we are. Here we are in the
23:21text.
23:22>> All of this is happening. We got people
23:25mad
23:27and and and and donating money.
23:31George Floyd died.
23:34>> Silence of the Lambs.
23:35[Music]
23:37>> They they they they donating resources
23:39and and and and and sending resources
23:42and sending influence and uh uh Bana
23:45Taylor
23:48>> um Silence of the Lambs.
23:51I I'm I'm trying to figure out are you a
23:55Christian
23:57or not?
24:01Let me get back to the text.
24:03>> I'll get back. We're going to shout in a
24:05moment.
24:06>> I'm just asking questions that the
24:08people want to know.
24:10>> Inquiring minds are wondering, have you
24:13whitewashed Christianity to the degree
24:17that you don't understand?
24:19Y'all here? Yeah,
24:21>> I'm going get to the text that you don't
24:24understand that Christianity can't be
24:26whitewashed
24:28because the newest Christians are not
24:32black.
24:36Can I get to the text? I got to ask for
24:38permission cuz she know I'll go there.
24:42Cuz when you start thinking about
24:43Tertullian and all the church fathers
24:45who were northern Africans, that means
24:48you never brought us Christianity.
24:51How could you bring us something we
24:52already had before we got on the boat?
24:54>> We've been had
24:57>> y'all better stop believing these Hebrew
24:58Israelite. Devil is a liar.
25:01[Music]
25:02>> We were in Africa. I'm sorry. Africa.
25:07I'm sorry. We We had Jesus then. Yeah,
25:11>> I don't have time, but if I had time,
25:13I'll tell you about the Ethiopian unic
25:16>> and how it is he had an encounter and
25:18whether you think he went after he had
25:20his encounter. He went back to Ethiopia
25:22and
25:24>> told the Queen of Sheba,
25:28>> you you didn't you didn't you didn't
25:30give us Christianity.
25:32>> You gave us a perverted version of
25:34Christianity.
25:36>> You ripped out pages of the Bible in
25:38Exodus.
25:41Let me get back to all of this was
25:43happening in the text
25:46>> contextually.
25:47This is happening and uh and in the
25:50midst of all of that, the Bible says
25:52verse number eight that Noah found favor
25:55with the Lord. Favor, I'll give it to
25:58you for the night time. Favor is God's
26:00approval, God's acceptance, and God's
26:03acceleration.
26:05Favor is when God says yes.
26:08Favor is when God says you and favor is
26:11when God says now.
26:14So here it is. Uh the Bible says this.
26:18So verse number six, I got to run. Verse
26:19number 13 says this. So God said to
26:21Noah, I have decided to destroy all
26:23living cre destroy all living creatures
26:25for they have filled the earth with
26:26violence. Yes, I will wipe all of them
26:29out along with all everything on the
26:31earth. Right? Okay. So this is God
26:33talking. So God ain't playing.
26:37So, so God uh explained the current
26:40state of the world and the very next
26:42thing that he told Noah to do was to
26:44build something. Okay, this is extremely
26:46important. The first thing he wants Noah
26:48to do, write this down. I think it's
26:49worth writing. He's he's he's
26:50encouraging Noah to build something
26:53that's waterproof.
26:55Yeah. Build something that's waterproof.
26:57Verse number 14 says this, "Build a
26:59large boat of cypress wood and
27:01waterproof it with tar inside and out."
27:04All right. So the flood, stay with me,
27:06stay with me, great class. The flood in
27:08Genesis 6 is an inevitable disruption.
27:12The flood is an inevitable disruption
27:15that any human cannot control. Right? So
27:20the flood in Genesis 6 can represent an
27:23economic downturn,
27:26job layoffs, crisis, recession,
27:30famine.
27:32God tells Noah, "Build something that's
27:37famine proof."
27:39[Music]
27:41>> He
27:44Okay. The ark was not just the boat. The
27:48ark was a blueprint.
27:52He's telling Noah, "Build something that
27:57can serve as a template, a blueprint
28:00that will sustain your entire family."
28:04Now, Noah, I need you to do this before
28:07it starts raining.
28:12>> Okay? Yeah. Yeah. I I need you to build
28:16it before it rains. Um um here's why I
28:21need you to build it. I need you to
28:22build it before it rains because God
28:24wants to God wants to do something
28:27through you, not just to you.
28:30>> He's saying, "Noah, if you do what I'm
28:32asking you to do, you won't only be reap
28:35the benefits.
28:37The people you're connected to will reap
28:39the benefits
28:41>> of the blueprint I'm giving you."
28:47All right. So, your God-given identity
28:50or your God-given idea isn't just for
28:53you to get from one place to the next.
28:56It's a template for your family
28:58>> to get from one place to the next.
29:02Somebody say
29:03>> waterproof.
29:04>> He said build something that's
29:05waterproof. In other words, build
29:07something before the storm come because
29:08a storm is coming. I want you to hear me
29:10prophetically because a storm is coming.
29:13And when the storm comes, it's too late
29:14to start building.
29:16>> So Noah, go ahead and build right now.
29:18Let them think you crazy now. Let them
29:20think something wrong with you now.
29:22Build it now because a storm coming.
29:25>> All right, I got to run. I got to run
29:27cuz I want to get to one thing. And
29:29we're going to run up out of here and
29:30get something to eat. They got some good
29:31food back there. Somebody say mac and
29:33cheese. It's
29:34>> Hallelujah.
29:36>> Hallelujah.
29:37>> Oh God, we bless you tonight.
29:40Oh, hallelujah. Sha.
29:43Oh, God.
29:45I felt that for real.
29:48I quickened.
29:50Number two, uh, he says this, "Build it
29:53how I told you with the parts I gave
29:56you."
29:58I want y'all to hear me. Don't just hear
30:00me as if I'm preaching Noah. I'm
30:02preaching you.
30:04Build it how I told you with the parts I
30:07gave you. Watch this. Verse number 14.
30:10This is what he says. Watch. Watch. God.
30:12God, this is so good. Build a large boat
30:14from cypress wood and waterproof it with
30:17tar inside and out. Deconstruct the
30:20decks and the stalls throughout its
30:21interior. Make the boat 450 ft long, 75
30:24ft wide, 45 ft high. Leave an 18in
30:28opening below the roof all around the
30:30boat. Put the door on the side and build
30:33three decks in the inside of the boat. A
30:34lower, a middle, and an upper.
30:38He says, "Build it with the parts I told
30:43you to."
30:45Now, the reason you didn't shout is
30:48because I didn't tell you this. I didn't
30:51tell you, and I should have. It was bad
30:53on my part. I didn't tell you that
30:58there's a difference between an ark and
31:01a boat.
31:05A boat is not an ark
31:10>> and an ark
31:12is not a boat.
31:14>> What do you mean, pastor? Cuz I went to
31:16Sunday school and they told me in Sunday
31:18school, Noah built a boat. And that's
31:21one translation. And there's some
31:23translations of scripture where they use
31:24boat. But boat is not a proper
31:26translation of that particular word. And
31:29boat is not an ark. Why is that? Why is
31:32that important? An ark was not built for
31:35travel.
31:39>> Okay, let me make it plain. A boat is
31:42what you row in. An ark is what you rest
31:46in.
31:48[Music]
31:52>> An ark wasn't designed for
31:55transportation.
31:57It was designed for preservation.
32:04A boat. Lord have mercy. I'm about to
32:06get happy off a boat. A boat is designed
32:09for speed,
32:11>> but an ark is designed for sustaining.
32:16>> Oh god. I'm going to say this and I'm
32:18getting up out of here. I promise you. A
32:21boat needs a human to steer it. An ark
32:28is steered by heaven.
32:31>> Lord have mercy.
32:34And the problem the problem I'm sorry.
32:36The problem is that many of us, we've
32:39been working too hard on a boat. We've
32:42been working and striving too hard on
32:44the boat. And God says, "I never called
32:46you to build a boat. I called you to
32:48rest in an ark. I am the ark." Jesus
32:51said,
32:54>> "So that when the storms of life come,
32:58you don't have to roll your way out. You
33:00can rest your way out. Rest in me, God.
33:08>> I got to get out of here. My time is
33:10almost up." A boat, watch this. A boat
33:14signifies or is indicative of active
33:18participation. Y'all say active.
33:20When you're on the boat, you got to be
33:22very active.
33:24>> And you ain't going nowhere, right? When
33:26you're on the boat, you have to be very
33:28active. All right. So, so if I'm taking
33:30notes, I'm writing boat and then I'm
33:32doing like a little hyphen, little M
33:34dash like they do on chat GPT. When
33:36y'all be
33:39copy and pasting in Facebook,
33:42trying to make it seem like y'all sound
33:43smart. I see that M dash in there. You
33:45ain't right there. The boat. The boat.
33:49um is active. Y'all say active.
33:52>> Active.
33:52>> Okay. Um the ark is passive. Y'all say
33:56passive.
33:57>> Passive.
33:57>> I told you I want to turn the corner.
33:59What if it's a it's a significant or
34:03symbol of what it means to either live
34:06on active income or passive.
34:15When I live on active, that means I only
34:19can live off of what I work for.
34:20>> Yes, sir.
34:21>> I got to work for my money.
34:23>> Yes, sir.
34:24>> When Let me say it again.
34:25>> When I live on active, I got to work for
34:29my money.
34:30>> When I live in passive in the ark, my
34:34money works for me.
34:38And one of the ways you can rest in the
34:40ark is when you get to a place to where
34:44you're so rested in God that the things
34:47that you used to worry about when you
34:49were rowing when you had to work, when
34:51you had to strive, when you you're able
34:55to rest now and say, "I'm resting in
34:58God. God is going to take care of that.
35:00I'm going to sleep."
35:03You're able to say, "God is going to
35:04take care of them. I'm going to sleep."
35:07You're able to say, "God blessed me when
35:09he let them come into my life, and God,
35:12you blessed me when you let them walk
35:13out."
35:15Look at somebody and say, "I'm resting
35:17in the ark." I'm resting in the ark. I'm
35:21got to get out of here. Lord have mercy.
35:24I think I'm done when I tell you this.
35:26Um uh Lord Oh, God. That's my time.
35:30Jesus Christ.
35:34A boat is a vessel for transportation.
35:36An ark is a vessel for preservation.
35:39This is extremely important. I need you
35:41to get this. I need you to get this.
35:42Watch this. I'm done when I tell you
35:43this. Verse number 17. Look. He says,
35:46"I'm about to cover the earth with a
35:48flood." Y'all say flood.
35:49>> Flood
35:50>> that will destroy every living thing
35:53that breathes. Watch this. Everything on
35:56earth will die. Come on.
35:59>> God is not playing.
36:01>> Watch this though. Watch this. Verse
36:03number 18.