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0:00So, when you find Matthew chapter number
0:0228, do me a favor. Go ahead and scroll,
0:05flip, paper Bible, y'all flipping, and
0:08uh to verse number 19. And it says this.
0:11If you don't have your Bible, Bible app,
0:12don't even trip. It's right here on the
0:13screen. It says, "Go therefore and make
0:17disciples of all nations,
0:20baptizing them in the name of the Father
0:23and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
0:28Read that one more time. Go therefore
0:31and make disciples of all nations,
0:34baptizing them in the name of the Father
0:39and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
0:42One more time for the people in the
0:43back. Go
0:46and make
0:48disciples. Go
0:51and make disciples. I'm going to put a
0:53tag on this text to teach for a few
0:55minutes from this topic. Uh, on the way
0:57down to your seat, just shout this out.
0:59I got boots on the ground. That's all.
1:03Boots. Boots.
1:06Got my boots.
1:08I got my boots on the ground.
1:13I got my boots.
1:16Unless unless you've been living under a
1:19rock, then immediately upon hearing the
1:21mere words as boots on the ground, you
1:24probably thought about this new popular
1:26song that has swept the nation.
1:30Some of us lie and dance.
1:34Others of us are lying trying to dance.
1:39Either way it go, uh, one day I'm
1:42scrolling on social media. I'm scrolling
1:45on social media and uh I saw something
1:47that messed me up. I I saw this dance
1:51and it messed me up. I I loved it. As a
1:53matter of fact, peep this. Turn your
1:54attention to this.
1:58Where them f?
2:00Where them fans at?
2:04Where them fans at?
2:06Where them fans at?
2:08Where them f at? Hit me one time.
2:13Oh. Oh,
2:15I got my boots on the ground.
2:19Yeah,
2:22oh,
2:24I got my boots on the ground.
2:26Y'all make some noise for the baby.
2:29[Applause]
2:31I love that video. I'm going to make
2:34that my screen saver some kind of way.
2:38Some of us are lying dancing. Some of us
2:40are lying trying to dance. And um I I
2:43just want to give you a quick little
2:44story about my boots on the ground
2:46introduction. We were at the sneaker
2:50ball, fresh church sneaker ball.
2:54And the DJ put on the boots on the
2:58ground song. Now when he put the song
3:01on, everybody got immediately excited
3:04because uh they understood what that
3:07meant. You know that there are certain
3:08cultural things that just is what it is.
3:11When a certain song comes on, you
3:13already know what to do. I didn't know
3:15what to do, y'all.
3:17The song came on, everybody rushed the
3:20the the the dance stage or whatever. Uh
3:23the dance floor. There you go. And they
3:25begin to do the little step, right? The
3:29only problem is I wanted to do it, too.
3:33I just didn't know the steps. So, I
3:35jumped in because y'all not going to
3:37leave me out of a good time. I feel like
3:39if we're all having a good time, I
3:41should be a part of having a good time.
3:44So, I jumped in to try and do the dance.
3:48As a matter of fact, who can do the
3:50dance? Who got it? Come here. Come here.
3:53Come here, Sunny. You got it. You got a
3:55fan. Come on, Sunny.
3:56I need I need one more. I need somebody
3:58else. Who else? Who else? Who else?
4:00Essence. Oh, I know. Essence. Come on,
4:02Essence. Come on. Come on. Right here.
4:04Right here on the stage. Come on.
4:08Yes, you good. Come on. Right there. All
4:10right. All right. So, here's what we're
4:12going to do. We're going to move this
4:14back a little bit. All right. And um
4:17Y'all need more space than that?
4:19Okay. All right. So, I'm I'm I'm going
4:22to jump in here because I want to learn
4:24how to do this, too.
4:26Huh?
4:27I don't.
4:29So, we got some people that's going to
4:30help us on the screen, too. Do that
4:31second one. And uh we're gonna all just
4:33do it together. for the people that have
4:35never seen it. Um, the people that's
4:37trying to learn it, I I don't know yet.
4:39Let's go.
4:46[Music]
5:05Hey.
5:11All right, y'all. Get off stage, y'all.
5:13[Music]
5:20I don't like y'all.
5:22I've been trying to learn that dance for
5:25this sermon
5:26for four days.
5:29I don't have it yet,
5:32y'all. What the part about that that
5:34messed me up is, fellas, come here for
5:36I'm going to get to the message. I
5:37promise. Fellas, come with me for one
5:39second. There's a part of that that does
5:40not belong to us.
5:46Like I know we want to be involved,
5:49but there's like a little hip thing that
5:51happens.
5:53You know what I'm saying? And and it's
5:55like like that thing that right there
5:59just stop. You just count one, two,
6:03three, then get back to the cuz that
6:06little hip. I'm telling you, I don't
6:08know about the hip. sister.
6:11But y'all family, I love that.
6:14We going we going to pass that. That
6:16wasn't made with us in mind. So, I
6:19couldn't do the dance, y'all. I started
6:21thinking about this idea of boots on the
6:22ground. But the reality is Boots on the
6:24Ground is not only a good song. It's uh
6:27it's actually Jesus's last instructions.
6:30It's crazy. It's crazy. In no uncertain
6:32terms, prior to Jesus leaving the earth
6:34and ascending to heaven, he shared with
6:36us and he shared with his disciples the
6:38importance of having boots on the
6:42ground. That's extremely important,
6:44y'all. Boots on the ground is a
6:46militaristic term in its origin. It
6:48speaks to, watch this, ground forces or
6:51combat troops that are actually on the
6:54front lines of a war engaged in battle.
6:58Yeah. Yeah. boots on the ground is these
7:00are soldiers who are active. Y'all say
7:02active.
7:03Active and physically present during
7:07combat. What does that mean for for us,
7:09pastor? Uh we aren't in the Army. I'm
7:12not in the Navy Seals. I'm not a part of
7:14the military or or the Marines. Thank
7:16you for your service, by the way. Uh no,
7:19no, we aren't being drafted. But God did
7:22give us a decision to make. And if our
7:25families, if our generations, if our
7:27churches, if our cities, if our cities,
7:30we're in a series entitled Summer in the
7:32City, if our cities are going to change,
7:34we're going to need boots on the ground.
7:37So then, stay with me for a few moments
7:39and we're going somewhere. Boots on the
7:41ground refers to believers who are
7:44actively and physically present in a
7:47place doing the work to accomplish God's
7:50mission.
7:52Okay, I need you to hang on to this
7:54definition because everything that I'm
7:56getting ready to say hangs on the hinges
7:57of this. Boots on the ground refers to
8:00believers. Say believers.
8:01Believers
8:02who are active, say active.
8:03Active
8:04and physically present in a place doing
8:05the work to accomplish God's vision. And
8:08some evil entity has incorrectly
8:11inculcated us with an insufficient,
8:14incomplete and incorrect version of
8:16Christianity that suggests that intimacy
8:19with God is more like entertainment than
8:21it is exercising.
8:25Let me say that again. Some evil evil
8:28entity has incorrectly inculcated us
8:31with an insufficient
8:33incomplete and incorrect version of
8:36Christianity that suggests that intimacy
8:39with God is more like entertainment than
8:41it is exercising. But our relationship
8:43with God is more like an exercise than
8:45it is entertainment.
8:48Are y'all here?
8:50It's tough, but we'll get there. Our
8:53relationship I Let me Let me say it like
8:55this. Christianity is more, watch this,
8:58it's more like an exercise than it is
9:00entertainment. Why? Because, why is this
9:02important? I'm getting ready to lose the
9:03whole church right here. I'm glad y'all
9:05danced off of where them fancy cuz y'all
9:09going to run out of church. Here we go.
9:11We live in an arena church culture.
9:19Okay. All right. Okay. Hold the doors.
9:23Close the doors. Close the doors.
9:27Close the doors. Arena church culture.
9:31And arena church culture is this. Watch
9:33this. Is right here on the screen. Is a
9:35polished stage performance with passive
9:38roles.
9:40It's when the church becomes a weekly
9:42show
9:44where spectators applaud, critics, and
9:47and even consume while we are exhausted.
9:50I'm sorry. While a few exhausted
9:52performers carry the weight,
9:55real transformation is rare rare because
9:58that's not why they are there. An arena
10:02church is a polished stage performance
10:06with passive roles.
10:10A polished production with passive
10:12people.
10:14Well,
10:14when you show up to an arena, you're
10:17going to be entertained.
10:20When you go see Beyonce,
10:24plies.
10:28U S H E R A Y M O N D. Now baby, tell me
10:33what you about to do with me. Got a
10:35brother feeling like Joe. I'm sorry.
10:38When you go see your favorite
10:40entertainer,
10:42you show up just in time for the show.
10:47You come with a mindset,
10:50sit down,
10:52go entertain me, please
10:57go. I paid you. Do the thing you do.
11:02And we live in a culture that has
11:05adopted the arena culture from the world
11:08and brought it into the church. I'm
11:10sorry.
11:12So now we come to church. I'm supposed
11:14to teach today. We come to church to be
11:17entertained.
11:19Do something. Praise team. You sing.
11:22Preacher, preach harder. Uhuh. That
11:24ain't good enough. Musicians play
11:26better. Y'all need to do better. They
11:28didn't sing my song. I don't like when
11:30they sing songs like that. I'm sorry.
11:32The songs aren't for you anyway.
11:35Tell somebody and say, "Worship isn't
11:37for you." I mean,
11:40you know, we live in an arena culture
11:42when we show up in time for the word and
11:45skip out on worship because I only want
11:47to be here for the thing that benefits
11:49me and nothing that benefits God is
11:51quiet in here.
11:54[Applause]
11:55I'm going go to this church. They got
11:57good kids, mention. Oh, let me go over
11:58here. They got donuts. Oh, they got
12:00crispy cream. Oh, let's go.
12:03So now I pick a church because of how it
12:06appeases what I desire to do.
12:08Does it benefit me to be a member of
12:10that church? Because I need my network
12:11to go up. So if my net worth goes up, if
12:14I go, it's quiet,
12:17y'all. All right.
12:19All right.
12:21So So we're not choosing church based on
12:26edification.
12:28We're choosing it based on
12:30entertainment.
12:32They got a better choir. That's what God
12:34is calling me.
12:38They got a more famous preacher. That's
12:40what God is calling me.
12:41They got a big time worship artist
12:43leading. That's what God is calling me.
12:46It's quiet.
12:47All right. All right. All right. Okay.
12:52Where
12:56I only show up to be entertained.
12:59Sing. Go dance. Go. Come on y'all. Y'all
13:04need to dance more. It need to be more
13:06exciting. I didn't tithe not to be
13:09entertained.
13:14Arena church culture is full of
13:16consumers.
13:18While active church culture is filled is
13:20filled with contributors.
13:22Let me say that again. I'm sorry. The
13:25arena church culture is full of
13:27consumers where in active church culture
13:30is filled with contributors. Active,
13:33y'all say active.
13:34Active churches or active culture sound
13:38differently. They ask these types of
13:40questions. How can I help?
13:44Not how can I be served?
13:52Okay. Active
13:55churches pursue not just being an
13:59intercessor, but seeking to be an
14:02answer.
14:05An intercessor prays about a problem.
14:10But when I become an answer, I don't
14:12often I don't always have to just pray
14:14about something I can go fix.
14:18If I'm hungry, I'm glad you prayed, but
14:22I'm still hungry.
14:29If if I need y'all fix the mics, if I
14:34need uh shelter, I'm glad you prayed.
14:39Please pray.
14:42But when I become an answer, I say, "I'm
14:45not only going to pray, but I have a
14:48place I can put you in for this amount
14:50of time.
14:51I have resources I can connect you
14:53with."
14:54That's right.
14:55So, when you're in y'all here, when we
14:58are when we have an active culture, then
15:00that means I'm not simply seeking to
15:03hear about what God desires for me to do
15:05in someone's life, but I'm heeding the
15:08word that God has given me about that.
15:09Are y'all with me? So, in this season,
15:12I'm Oh, God. In this season, I'm praying
15:15God I'm praying to God this simple
15:17request. And if you believe it, make
15:19some noise and give God praise. I'm
15:21praying God that you would make me an
15:23answer.
15:25That you would make me an answer that
15:28when someone's hungry, I have the
15:30resources to give.
15:35Somebody say, "Make me an answer."
15:37Make me an answer.
15:40So, I want to we want to be an active
15:42I'm I'm I'm hovering over the text. I I
15:45really am. I'm hovering over the text. A
15:47active church is beyond Sunday.
15:51It's in the courtroom. It's in the
15:52classroom. It's in the boardroom. It's
15:54at Walmart. It's at Publix.
15:57I would say Target, but we kind of like
15:59boycott.
16:02We boycott Target.
16:04You get the point.
16:07Some people better be glad that you go
16:08to an active church.
16:12Cuz if it wasn't for me going to an
16:14active church, I would have probably
16:15hurt somebody by now.
16:18So I I I I need I need a church that's
16:20active. I need a church that tells me
16:22the truth straight with no chaser. I I
16:24don't need acic plast plastic preaching.
16:28I I I don't need uh sanitized deodorized
16:32theology. I need theology that can
16:34handle my life's hiccups and my
16:37hang-ups. When I'm going through trials
16:40and trauma and tribulation and trouble
16:44and tests, I need to be able to lean on
16:47a God that says, "I can do all things
16:51through Christ." Is there anybody in
16:53here that can say, "God, I thank you
16:55that I have an active
16:57[Applause]
16:59an active."
17:01That's why somebody say, "I love my
17:03church."
17:05I don't know about you, I love my
17:07church. So then So then y'all tired of
17:10me already. I got 18 minutes. So y'all
17:13stuck.
17:16So So So peep this. Peep this. God did
17:19not call you. do God did not uh craft
17:23you God did not wire you
17:26uh to just be a part of an arena
17:29culture.
17:31He crafted you. He wired you to be a
17:34part of an active culture. And here's my
17:37here's my recommendation, my suggestion.
17:40Give me a little bit of moments of
17:42pastoral privilege and just to kind of
17:44pull you and pull you to a place right
17:45now. God says that for some of us, it's
17:48time for you to activate
17:50Yeah. Yeah. Uh oh. Y'all ain't like
17:52that. It's okay. I'm staying there. Then
17:54God says it's time for you to activate
17:56with all that anointing you have, with
17:58all that calling you have, with all the
18:01giftings you have. You got more degrees
18:03than a thermometer. And you're sitting
18:05on your skill set. And the kingdom of
18:08God does not benefit from what he's
18:10already blessed you with. But I got a
18:12word for you in 2025. This is your
18:15season to get active. Somebody say
18:18activate.
18:21says, "Put boots on the ground."
18:24Christianity isn't a concert where we
18:26show up to watch. It's a gym where we
18:27show up to work.
18:32We we we we we when we when we accept
18:37him as Lord and Savior, uh our
18:39acceptance of him is not simply to just
18:42be be a be a part of this inclusive uh
18:45Christianity country club.
18:49But it is actually the idea of when you
18:51go to a gym, you're a member of the gym,
18:55right? And the only way you get benefits
18:58out of the gym is when you do something
19:00while you're in the gym.
19:02It's only in America that we're able to
19:05be uh oh, are y'all here that we're able
19:09to profess something without putting it
19:11to practice?
19:13Eastern context of the following the
19:16way, you couldn't even profess something
19:18unless you were practicing it.
19:20They didn't believe you. But when we
19:23don't believe you, you say, "Don't judge
19:25me.
19:28I'm not judging you." The the B the I'm
19:30sorry.
19:32I don't want to.
19:34This is your sign from your savior. It's
19:37time to get active.
19:40It's time to get active. He said, "I
19:42anointed you for a purpose." How long
19:44you going to let church hurt keep you st
19:46at a standstill?
19:48Wow.
19:49You got hurt in 2020,
19:522018,
19:54and now you left the church. Now you
19:56don't trust churches. Your husband been
19:59cheating on you for seven years.
20:01You still with him.
20:03You're still with her.
20:05So, you do know how to forgive.
20:09[Applause]
20:12Yes, Lord.
20:13You took him back.
20:16You took her back. Tell me she fine.
20:18God is like, "I saved your soul.
20:21I healed you from cancer.
20:23I kept your mind. I provided for you. I
20:26protected you.
20:37Somebody shout activate. activate
20:40when Oh, I'm getting ready to run. Oh my
20:43I'm I'm I'm getting ready to run. When
20:46you activate,
20:47God will demonstrate.
20:49[Music]
20:53Sometime we're waiting on God to make
20:55the first move. And he already did.
21:00Before the foundations of the world,
21:04the lamb was slain. Come on.
21:07He's already made the first move by what
21:09happened on the cross.
21:12Everything that we do should be in
21:14response of a love relationship.
21:18So I don't serve out of law. I serve out
21:21of love.
21:23Because when you love somebody, they
21:25don't have to beg you for what you know
21:26they should have anyway.
21:28[Applause]
21:30Yes, Lord.
21:31Because I love my wife, there are things
21:33she don't have to ask me for. Amen.
21:35I just do it
21:37because I love her.
21:39My love won't let me see her with a need
21:42and not meet it.
21:43Come on now.
21:45And God is saying, "You already know I
21:47love you."
21:49The question is, "How do I know
21:53you love me?"
21:55Oh, he got an answer. Cuz he said, "If
21:57you love me, uh
21:58oh,
22:01you will keep.
22:05So, so God has a love language
22:10and it's obedience.
22:13He says if you talk about us love me,
22:17talk about Jesus, you would keep my
22:20commandments.
22:22So then I can't just say I love him and
22:24not keep his commandments
22:26because he defines love by obedience.
22:28It's quiet, but I love you anyway.
22:34How how are we going to take over the
22:35city, y'all? That's what we've been
22:37talking about for six weeks, taking over
22:39our cities. Um, okay. So, in our text,
22:42let me get to the text because I got 15
22:44minutes. In the text, uh, Matthew
22:47chapter number 28, Jesus didn't know
22:48certain turns preparing them to, uh,
22:50before he head to his heavenly trip. He
22:53is on his way. uh and the last piece of
22:56information or the last piece of
22:58instruction even uh it's not something
23:01to be debated on. It's something to be
23:03done.
23:05Jesus's last piece of information and
23:07instruction to his disciples. It's
23:10nothing nothing for us to debate. It's
23:11something that should be done. Matthew
23:1328 is a reminder that the business of
23:15the church ought be the rooted in the
23:17blueprint of Jesus's last instruction.
23:19Right? This is extremely important. that
23:21the business of the church should be
23:23rooted in Jesus in the blueprint of
23:26Jesus's last instructions. This is so
23:29important. What he does is he gathers
23:31them together and then he goes into
23:33Matthew chapter number 28 verse number
23:3418. Here's where he starts. Lord, this
23:36is good to me. I'm trying not to run.
23:38Y'all stay with me for like one minute.
23:39I got to give you this. Got to give you
23:40this. Are y'all enjoying this?
23:44Matthew chapter number 28, verse number
23:4618. Jesus came to them and said, "All
23:48authority
23:49in heaven and on earth has been given to
23:51me." Hold on. Wait a minute. I gotta
23:53tell you what he's talking about. He
23:54says, "All authority in heaven and in
23:57earth has been given unto me." He says,
23:58"All authority in heaven and in earth
24:00has been given unto me." No doubt,
24:02undoubtedly, Jesus has all power.
24:04Without question, he has all power.
24:06Right? Uh but the text doesn't
24:07necessarily say all power, though he
24:10does have all power. It says all
24:11authority. So then that begs the
24:13question, what's the difference between
24:14power and authority? Because there has
24:16to be a difference between a power and
24:18authority because power is the ability
24:20to get things done, right? You you have
24:22the power to pick up that chair or put
24:23it down. You have the power to move. You
24:25have the power to do certain things. But
24:27then authority decides the right
24:30appropriation of whatever power the
24:32authoritative figure wants to use.
24:36So, so the classic example is the
24:38individuals on the football field. the
24:40the the the the actual players have
24:42power to move the ball up the field or
24:45down the field. They can run it, they
24:46can throw it, they whatever it is, they
24:48have the power to do that. But the
24:50commissioners have the authority because
24:53they determine what's right and what's
24:55wrong.
24:56The authoritative figure can usurp the
25:00power of people that have power.
25:05So when when someone has authority,
25:09y'all with me?
25:10I can disqualify anybody's power.
25:16Because my authority usurps whatever
25:18power they have,
25:20I gave it to them.
25:24And some, uh, oh, I'm getting ready to
25:25run. Some of us have been in a season of
25:30stress and strain because the enemy has
25:33been exercising his power in certain
25:36areas of our lives.
25:39But I got good news for you.
25:41Doesn't matter how much power the enemy
25:43thinks he has if God has all authority.
25:48So uhoh. So then that means whenever God
25:51wants to, he can bless me whenever,
25:55wherever, and however he desires.
25:59He can protect me whenever, however, and
26:04wherever he desires.
26:06He can deliver me whenever,
26:09wherever, and however he desires. I'll
26:11wait till you catch it. He can keep my
26:14mind whenever, wherever, and however.
26:18Somebody stand up and sit back down and
26:20shout, "Authority. Authority. Authority.
26:22Authority. Authority. Authority over
26:25demons. Authority over dominions.
26:27Authority over the White House.
26:29Authority over sickness. Authority over
26:32cancer. Authority over diabetes.
26:34Authority o." Somebody shout,
26:37"Authority."
26:40If Jesus is claiming he has all
26:43authority, then that must mean nobody
26:45else has any.
26:47[Music]
26:50Either he's a lord,
26:54a liar,
26:56or a lunatic.
26:58Choose one. If he's saying I have all
27:01authority, then nobody else has any.
27:04Because all in the original language, I
27:06looked it up. Had to go to the Greek
27:08maseratic text. Had to use my little bit
27:10of a degree. Salade. Hallelujah.
27:15I said, "I'm getting my money out of
27:17this." I had to go had to go use my my
27:19my logo software
27:22and I had to do a little word study on
27:23the word all because it got to mean
27:26something in the original language. And
27:27I found out that in the original
27:29language, y'all, this going to mess
27:30y'all up. The word all literally means
27:33all.
27:35Everything.
27:37Everything you've been facing, somebody
27:40shout all. Any sickness, shout all. Any
27:45mind depression, shout all.
27:48He says, "I have all authority."
27:51Mess me up. Oh, put the scripture back
27:54up there. Uh, he says, "All authority."
27:58This what messed me up. Then he says,
28:00"In heaven."
28:03He said, "I got all authority in heaven
28:07and on earth."
28:08Wait a minute. Hold on. Well, hold on.
28:12What's What's the point? Here we go.
28:14What's the point of him telling us where
28:17all his authority lies?
28:20He said, "I got all authority in heaven
28:23and on earth."
28:25Meaning in heaven, I can command angelic
28:28hosts on behalf of the believers
28:32on earth.
28:33If you're dealing with mama's mess and
28:35daddy's demons, I got authority over
28:37that, too.
28:41So it doesn't Are y'all here?
28:44All authority
28:47in heaven and on earth. Lord have mercy.
28:50I got to go. My time is running. Has
28:53been given to me. Tell me about how we
28:56going to boost on the ground. What has
28:57this got to do with boost on the ground?
28:58I'm glad you asked. Um, watch what he
29:01says. He says, "All authority in heaven
29:02and earth has been given to me." The the
29:05great This is the great commission. This
29:07is this is the great commission. Come on
29:09y'all. This is the great commission. The
29:11great commission is an instruction
29:14command or a duty given or a duty given
29:18to a person or group of people. This is
29:22a a a this is a mandate. This is a
29:25mission from the master. He's saying
29:29he's saying here. Are y'all ready for
29:31this?
29:32I'm not Oh my god. That's the time. Lord
29:35Jesus.
29:37Watch what he says. Watch what he says
29:39here. Here's the here's the commission.
29:41Here we go. Verse number 18 is the great
29:43claim. All authority in heaven and earth
29:46has been given unto me. That's the great
29:48claim. But the great claim rests on the
29:51great commission.
29:53If the great claim is not true, the
29:55great commission isn't true. But if the
29:58great claim is true, and it is, then the
30:00great commission is our mandate.
30:02Watch what he says. cuz he's getting
30:04ready to leave. And you know when mama
30:05was getting ready to leave the house and
30:06she turned around and told you one last
30:08thing that probably was probably
30:10probably was the most important thing.
30:11And don't forget, make sure them rooms
30:13is cleaned up
30:16right before she walked out. Oh, and one
30:18last thing, make sure those dishes.
30:22So, so if you didn't do anything else,
30:24you better do the last piece of
30:25instruction.
30:27Here Jesus says with the last piece of
30:28instructions before his heavenly trip
30:32he says verse number 19 great commission
30:35go therefore and make disciples.
30:39I love that the first word of verse
30:41number 19 is is is is go because you
30:44can't get gospel without spelling the
30:46word go.
30:47He says go therefore and make disciples.
30:51Lord have mercy. The the idea of this
30:54word go is as you are going.
30:58It it is it is as you are going as you
31:02are doing what you do during life. Be be
31:05clear of the great commission to to to
31:09make disciples. All right. All right.
31:12This messed me up. This messed me up
31:14because he's given us our assignment and
31:16our assignment demands action.
31:18It demands urgency. boots on the ground
31:21demands urgency. I'm almost out of here,
31:23y'all. Y'all stay with me. Here we go.
31:25I'm skipping. Go. Go. Therefore, make
31:27disciples of all nation. Um, Lord have
31:31mercy. This is going to mess you up. I
31:33don't know how much time I got. Are
31:35y'all right? Can y'all give me three
31:37minutes?
31:38Please lock the door. They
31:41just lock it. They they want to leave.
31:45So, he's saying go. He's not simply
31:48saying just know how to make disciples.
31:53That's important. But he's saying go do
31:55it,
31:57right? Because sometimes we can get
32:00satisfied with just accumulating
32:02information
32:04as opposed to working it out.
32:07So then spiritual obesity is when we
32:10take in a lot of information
32:12and never work out what we took in.
32:21All right, I got to run. Y'all don't
32:23brought Rashad up here. Lord have mercy.
32:26Okay, I'm done when I tell you this. He
32:28says, "Go therefore and make disciples
32:29of all nations, baptizing them in the
32:30name of the Father." Uh, in the name of
32:32the Father and the Son of the Holy
32:34Spirit. Um, then he says, watch this.
32:36Teaching them, this is where I'm going
32:38hang out. Teaching them to observe.
32:42Somebody say observe.
32:43Observe. Now that observe is really obey
32:47right or to do all that I've commanded
32:49you and behold I'm with you always to
32:51the end of the age. He says teaching
32:54them to observe. If I had time I'd
32:57unpack so much more but teaching them to
32:59observe obey all that I have commanded
33:03you. Teaching them to observe and obey.
33:07Not just memorize
33:09but obey it.
33:11Some of us are good Christians because
33:12we have a good memory.
33:17He says, "Don't just read. Don't just be
33:21hearers of the word." Right?
33:23Be doers of the word.
33:24Okay? So, there's a young lady. There's
33:27this lady, right? She has this house.
33:28I'll get back to the message in a
33:29moment. She she and every every every
33:32evening, she stands in front of the the
33:34the the sink to wash the dishes, and she
33:36has a neighbor with a 10-year-old son.
33:39She loves him. He he often times when he
33:41sees her in the dish in the in in the
33:43window washing dishes, he knows that
33:45that's his sign that she's making
33:47cookies for him.
33:50And they have that beautiful
33:51relationship. So, it's nothing for the
33:53son, the the the neighbor's son to kind
33:54of head out the back door and run into
33:57the uh run up the patio and into the
34:00house and ask us, "Miss Williams, can I
34:02have some cookies?" So, no, just like no
34:04uncertain ter like just like any other
34:06time, the the the the young lady is
34:08there. She's washing dishes and she sees
34:10the boy getting ready to run up the
34:12patio. He's getting ready to run up the
34:14patio, but the only problem is her
34:15husband has painted the patio this
34:17morning. So, she sees him getting ready
34:20to run up the patio and she yells out,
34:22"Hey, Timmy, don't run up the patio."
34:25She goes to wash. She look, he's still
34:28going for Hey, second time, don't run up
34:30the patio. Timmy Timmy hollers back. He
34:33says, "Uh, it's okay, Miss Williams.
34:35I'll be careful."
34:38She said, "No, no, no. Don't run up the
34:40patio. It's wet. Don't run up there." He
34:43said, "No, it's okay. I'll be careful."
34:46She said, "No, I don't want you to be o
34:49I don't want you to be careful. I want
34:51you to be obedient."
34:54Be careful when you're trying to be
34:56careful in disobedience.
35:00[Applause]
35:02Wow.
35:04I don't want God is like I want you to
35:06observe what I've commanded you not just
35:09be careful when you're doing whatever
35:11you want to do.
35:13So am I supposed to accept
35:15it?
35:20So I want you to be careful.
35:23And some of us Christians, believers, we
35:26settle for careful.
35:28I'mma do a little bit. We live we live
35:31our whole Christian lives walking a
35:32tight rope.
35:35Wow.
35:36It's our whole life. God want us to do
35:38what we want to do. We right here the
35:40whole Lord Jesus. I'm f to go over here.
35:43I ain't got no business. Oh Lord. Lord,
35:46don't let her be pregnant. That's all.
35:47Father Jesus Christ.
35:50Lord don't let her be pregnant. Oh, some
35:52of y'all done survived the pregnancy
35:53scared so much. Lord,
35:57I don't know. Something ain't right.
35:59You didn't come see me this month.
36:04We live our whole Christian life trying
36:06to see what we can get away with. Can I
36:08do this?
36:09Well, how many drinks is too much? How
36:11much weed is too much weed? Cuz I mean,
36:14God put this here for me and you take
36:15advantage, man.
36:20Is it really stealing? I mean, it ain't
36:22like they going to miss it. I mean,
36:25I don't have to forgive them.
36:30this our whole Christian life
36:32right on
36:35talking about who yeah Lord
36:39that's when it start getting real good
36:41there oh
36:44that's when you got to come to Bible
36:45study on that day talking about I the
36:47prayer pastor where the prayer line
36:55he says why you trying to live like this
36:57I
36:59thought you said you love me.
37:01You think that's better?
37:06You know you playing with you flirting
37:08with a fatality.
37:12Why you flirting with the enemy? He's
37:14playing for keeps.
37:18He Jesus is like, "I'm getting ready to
37:19leave. I'm getting ready to leave and I
37:22got one piece of instruction for you. I
37:24want you to go where as you are going,
37:28wherever it is you go, make disciples.
37:33I'm sending you to have boots on the
37:35ground.
37:37Wherever you go, boots on the ground
37:41wherever you go.
37:44Because watch this.
37:50[Music]
37:52Followers
37:54have boots on the ground.
37:57Fans don't.
38:02And Jesus is trying to make a
38:04distinction.
38:07Where them fans at?
38:13Where where the fans? I I I I'm not
38:16dying for fans.
38:18As a matter of fact, whenever Jesus saw
38:20a big crowd, he said something that made
38:22the whole crowd disperse.
38:24Thousands of people came to follow
38:25Jesus, came to hear Jesus like, "Okay,
38:26unless you drink of my blood and eat of
38:29my flesh." They like, "All right, I'm
38:30out of here. I ain't got
38:35juxtaposed to us. We see big crowds, we
38:37get happy." Jesus see big crowds, he
38:39gets skeptical.
38:41He's like, "Why you here?
38:43Because our savior is not feing for
38:45followers.
38:49I'm sorry. Feing for fans. Thank you.
38:52He's not feing for fans.
38:56What's the point of this whole message?
38:57Because you don't you're not supposed to
38:58preach a a sermon. Don't have a
39:01a point.
39:03Say good stuff, but what's the whole
39:05point?
39:06Well, the sermon in a sentence is simply
39:09this.
39:11The great commission
39:13is the great co-mission.
39:17It is
39:19not only it's a shared mission
39:24that thrives on unity
39:26where every person has received every
39:29person who has received a fresh start
39:32plays a part.
39:35It is a co-mission,
39:39co-laboring.
39:41It is a partnership
39:44with one another and God
39:48to where every person who has received a
39:51fresh start plays a part. So in the
39:54kingdom, there's no such thing as being
39:56a believer and being dormant.
40:00There's no such thing. You are saved to
40:04serve.
40:06Everybody can't serve in the same
40:07capacity and we understand that and
40:09there's different ways in which we can
40:10do that. But but Jesus is making it
40:13clear. Be clear without a shadow of a
40:15doubt.
40:17This is the commission.
40:20Not just come get entertained.
40:23Not just come, oh, I needed my fix. All
40:25right. Bye. See y'all in three months.
40:28Not just, oh, I'll get there later
40:29because I don't really want to hear that
40:30song anyway.
40:33He's like, "No, no, no, no. You're
40:34missing that. No, you're missing that."
40:39Somebody's Yes. is tied to yours.
40:45There's kids that's going that's going
40:46to go upstairs
40:47[Music]
40:48and you probably are the only one with
40:50the patience to teach them.
40:53Maybe the way you break it down makes
40:56them understand.
40:58Maybe you have life experiences that can
41:00connect with them. May maybe when a
41:02person walks in the door, maybe there's
41:03something about you. Maybe there's
41:06something about you that when you give
41:07somebody a hug or you dab them up or you
41:09smile at them, ask them how to for
41:10whatever reason, they just feel better.
41:14Maybe you got skill sets that you thrive
41:17in in your profession, but you sit on in
41:21your church service.
41:25And God is like, "Why you think I wired
41:26you like that?" "So that the world
41:29benefits?" No,
41:35if you would stand to your feet.
41:39Well, one, if you got something out of
41:40this, man, would you put your hands
41:41together if you believe that there's
41:43something
41:44[Music]
41:48boost on the ground.
41:51I want to give you an opportunity, man,
41:53if you're connected to this house at any
41:54point, any measure, nobody move, nobody
41:57get hurt. Everybody stand right where
41:59you are.
42:02If you are connected to this house and
42:04watch this
42:06and you know you're supposed to be
42:08plugged in serving at some level, this
42:10those are the people I'm talking to.
42:12Don't do anything you don't feel like
42:14doing, but do whatever God is put uh
42:16prompting on your heart to do. And
42:18you're like, "Man, I don't know that
42:19I've been partnering with God to
42:22accomplish
42:24his mission
42:26in the earth." We're going to put a
42:28slide on the on the screen with a QR
42:31code.
42:33And maybe you say, "I don't know. I just
42:34I don't know exactly what I want to what
42:36I what I could do or where I want to."
42:38That's fine.
42:40But we're going to put that summer uh
42:41service slide up there and I want you to
42:44hit that QR code. If you know, great.
42:48Say, you know what? I want to be a part
42:49of this or or this is my passion or this
42:53is the area I want to whatever. Cool. If
42:55you don't know, that's fine. Hit it
42:56there. But you know what? I don't know.
43:00I'm just available.
43:04That's one way in which
43:07we all can partner. What would happen if
43:0912 turned the world upside down? What
43:11would happen?
43:16I want to pray for you.
43:19Every eye closed, every head bowed. I
43:21want to pray. Father, in the name of
43:22Jesus,