Even If Faith: Standing Firm in Babylon
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1. "This morning I want to talk to you about the kind of faith required to be a citizen of heaven in a babylonian culture. It is a great faith that is needed in this hour so that we would not conform to the culture around us. It's a bold faith, it's a tenacious faith, it's an overcoming faith and it's a faith that is a faith that is a faith that is a faith that is a faith that does not have fear of the future." [01:13] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "You will find yourself in places and spaces where you have to choose am I going to succumb to the temperature of this culture or am I going to rise up to a level of greater faith as a citizen of heaven in God's kingdom." [04:14] (15 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Standing firm in Babylon requires an even if faith in the middle of an only if culture. So culture would say serve God only if it serves you, worship God as long as you're comfortable, give God your best, give him the first of your tithe, give him what is costly to you only if you know that he's going to give it back to you. But even if faith says my God does not owe me anything, my Jesus died on the cross for me, my God is able, he is faithful, my experience does not dictate who God is, my God is who he says he is, he is the I am, he is the alpha and the omega, he was there before time and he will be there at the end of time, he is eternal, he is faithful, he is able to deliver me but even if he does not I will not bow, I will not conform to the current of the state around me, I will serve a higher way, I will worship only my God." [09:01] (76 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "The voice of the Lord must be heard and the voice of the Lord must be louder than the sounds of culture. Verse 5 says when you hear the sound of the horn flute zither anyone play the zither you do okay who lies liar liar on the camera zither lyre harp pipes and other musical instruments bow to the ground to worship King Neb's gold statue anyone who refuses to obey will be immediately thrown into a blazing furnace so at the sound of the musical instruments whatever their race or nation or language bowed to the ground and worshipped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up culture has a sound and you're like totally I know it's like my uncle arguing on Facebook that's the sound of culture it's annoying it's loud it's no that not necessarily there were many instruments used that day and the enemy has many instruments to lure you into apathy and settling into the current of Babylon." [10:39] (68 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "The voice of the Lord called to Zacchaeus and said, get out of that tree. We're having dinner today. The voice of the Lord called to Gideon and said, get out of hiding. You are a mighty warrior. If you're feeling encouraged, if you're feeling uncomfortable, if you're feeling called out, it just might be the voice of the Lord. Psalm 29 says this of God's voice. The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of glory thunders. The Lord thunders over the mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the Lord is majestic. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars. The Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning. The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forest bare. And in his temple, all cry glory. John 10 says, my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me." [12:04] (57 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Even in the fire, Jesus is with me. Verse 23 says, So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego securely tied, fell into the roar, flames. Then King Nebuchadnezzar leapt to his feet in amazement and asked his advisors, weren't there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire? They replied, certainly your majesty. He said, look, I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed. And the fourth looks like a son of the gods. Neb is shook because scholars and all the smart people across the board will agree. This was not just a son of the gods. This was the son of God. This was Jesus in the fire physically with them, which is actually amazing because a hundred to 200 years before Daniel was written, Isaiah prophesied of the Lord in Isaiah 43. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you. And when you walk through fire, you shall not be burned and the flame shall not consume. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy one of Israel, your savior." [16:32] (75 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "When you feel the opposition, step on the gas. Church, when you feel the opposition, step on the gas. When you feel the tension, when you feel the current of the culture, I encourage you to step on the gas, lead harder, speak louder, give greater, step on the gas, wake earlier, stay up later, seek his face harder, read longer, worship louder. Step on the gas. These are not times to bow down. Everyone older than me, smarter than me, I keep hearing them say, these are interesting times. And I haven't been around long enough to know what kind of times we're in, but I hear them and I go, okay, these must be interesting times. These are interesting times. It's not time to fall asleep and get lulled into the sounds of culture. It's time to step on the gas. It's time to live bolder. It's time to live with an even if faith that says, I will live bolder. It's time to live with an even if faith that says, I will serve one God. I will attune my ear to the voice of the Lord and I will not bow even if he doesn't. I will worship him." [26:17] (72 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "We might be singed. We might smell like smoke. We might be bruised and we might be battered, but we are going to see a glory like we have never seen before. It is going to be worth it on the other side. We will press in. We will dig. We will pray. We will serve. We will give. We will worship. I will not bow. I will not bow to the culture around me. We say, Jesus, come as citizens of heaven. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." [27:45] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "You will find yourself in places and spaces where you have to choose am I going to succumb to the temperature of this culture or am I going to rise up to a level of greater faith as a citizen of heaven in God's kingdom." [04:14] (15 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Standing firm in Babylon requires an even if faith in the middle of an only if culture. So culture would say serve God only if it serves you, worship God as long as you're comfortable, give God your best, give him the first of your tithe, give him what is costly to you only if you know that he's going to give it back to you. But even if faith says my God does not owe me anything, my Jesus died on the cross for me, my God is able, he is faithful, my experience does not dictate who God is, my God is who he says he is, he is the I am, he is the alpha and the omega, he was there before time and he will be there at the end of time, he is eternal, he is faithful, he is able to deliver me but even if he does not I will not bow, I will not conform to the current of the state around me, I will serve a higher way, I will worship only my God." [09:01] (76 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "The voice of the Lord must be heard and the voice of the Lord must be louder than the sounds of culture. Verse 5 says when you hear the sound of the horn flute zither anyone play the zither you do okay who lies liar liar on the camera zither lyre harp pipes and other musical instruments bow to the ground to worship King Neb's gold statue anyone who refuses to obey will be immediately thrown into a blazing furnace so at the sound of the musical instruments whatever their race or nation or language bowed to the ground and worshipped the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up culture has a sound and you're like totally I know it's like my uncle arguing on Facebook that's the sound of culture it's annoying it's loud it's no that not necessarily there were many instruments used that day and the enemy has many instruments to lure you into apathy and settling into the current of Babylon." [10:39] (68 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "The voice of the Lord called to Zacchaeus and said, get out of that tree. We're having dinner today. The voice of the Lord called to Gideon and said, get out of hiding. You are a mighty warrior. If you're feeling encouraged, if you're feeling uncomfortable, if you're feeling called out, it just might be the voice of the Lord. Psalm 29 says this of God's voice. The voice of the Lord is over the waters. The God of glory thunders. The Lord thunders over the mighty waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the Lord is majestic. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars. The Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning. The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forest bare. And in his temple, all cry glory. John 10 says, my sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me." [12:04] (57 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Even in the fire, Jesus is with me. Verse 23 says, So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego securely tied, fell into the roar, flames. Then King Nebuchadnezzar leapt to his feet in amazement and asked his advisors, weren't there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire? They replied, certainly your majesty. He said, look, I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed. And the fourth looks like a son of the gods. Neb is shook because scholars and all the smart people across the board will agree. This was not just a son of the gods. This was the son of God. This was Jesus in the fire physically with them, which is actually amazing because a hundred to 200 years before Daniel was written, Isaiah prophesied of the Lord in Isaiah 43. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you. And when you walk through fire, you shall not be burned and the flame shall not consume. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy one of Israel, your savior." [16:32] (75 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "When you feel the opposition, step on the gas. Church, when you feel the opposition, step on the gas. When you feel the tension, when you feel the current of the culture, I encourage you to step on the gas, lead harder, speak louder, give greater, step on the gas, wake earlier, stay up later, seek his face harder, read longer, worship louder. Step on the gas. These are not times to bow down. Everyone older than me, smarter than me, I keep hearing them say, these are interesting times. And I haven't been around long enough to know what kind of times we're in, but I hear them and I go, okay, these must be interesting times. These are interesting times. It's not time to fall asleep and get lulled into the sounds of culture. It's time to step on the gas. It's time to live bolder. It's time to live with an even if faith that says, I will live bolder. It's time to live with an even if faith that says, I will serve one God. I will attune my ear to the voice of the Lord and I will not bow even if he doesn't. I will worship him." [26:17] (72 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "We might be singed. We might smell like smoke. We might be bruised and we might be battered, but we are going to see a glory like we have never seen before. It is going to be worth it on the other side. We will press in. We will dig. We will pray. We will serve. We will give. We will worship. I will not bow. I will not bow to the culture around me. We say, Jesus, come as citizens of heaven. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." [27:45] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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