When Old Meets New: Embracing God's Inclusive Message
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1. "The problem with age and the problem with getting old is this. Our society tends to write old people off. We tend to say, oh, you push them out to the pasture, they're done, they're over with. And, you know, we don't need the old people anymore. We tend to say, okay, you're old, you're done. And in our culture, this is a general stereotype of our culture. We tend to say that to old people." [03:07] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "The gospel, the good news goes across all barriers. It is for everyone. See, the angels. When the angels said this, the angels were out, and the shepherds were in the fields at night, and the angels were declaring good news of great joy. They were declaring that, and they were singing that choir, and they were proclaiming the good news that there has been a savior been born to you." [06:16] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "You don't have to be this ideal person. You can be a poor shepherd. You can be a young gal. You can be an old lady, you can be an old man. You can be a group of people at work, and God has a message for you. God has a movement for you. You came here today and maybe you're watching online and you're going, why? What am I doing? And I'm telling you, God has a message for you today. And you don't have to fit the perfect box in order to be used or in order to hear God." [10:50] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Don't come to God empty handed. Don't come to God. Just say, okay, God, feed me, feed me, feed me. And never giving anything back. Not just your treasure, but what about your time? What about your talents that he's given you? Are you giving that back as well? Or are you using all of your treasures all of your time for your own good? And then God gets, maybe if you're watching online or you're sitting in the building, maybe you okay, I'm going to give him once a month. I'm good once a month. And that's what I'm going to give God." [16:58] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "You're never too young to obey God. You are never too young to obey God. You might be watching online. You might be here in the church, but you're never too young to obey God. Don't put it off till tomorrow. Do it today. Be faithful to God's word today, obey God. The other thing is you're never too old to obey God. The scriptures are filled with treasures of old people who obeyed God and God used them in their senior years." [35:10] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Make yourself available to bless others constantly. Be available to bless, to encourage, to say words of scripture to other people. I'm going to tell you a story. The story goes like this. One day, there was a young boy. A young boy. He lived on the east coast. He lived right close to a pier. And this young little guy, he went out there, and he was out on the pier one day. And he looks to the left. Instead of looking out to the ships that are on the ocean. He looks to the. And he sees a face in the rocks." [37:29] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "What happens if you spend all your time looking at Jesus? You begin to look like Jesus. Just like that young boy spent all of his life looking at the rock, and he begins to look like that. So this year, make it your goal to be obedient and look continually into Jesus so that the young people who follow after you will say, do you see Jesus? And they'll say, yes, I think he looks like you." [40:29] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "The gospel of Luke is fantastic at not doing any of that. It is fantastic. And for the last couple of weeks, we've been looking at the birth of Jesus, the story of Jesus. And so we've learned that Luke is writing to a man who is not in the category of any of those four. He's a wealthy mandeh. Luke is writing to Theophilus, and he's writing to a man who, you know, commentators tend to think that this is, Luke is a slave to this older man." [05:12] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "The old woman was where she needed to be. Church. She was where she needed to be. Look at this story. This is a great story. There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penul, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old. Not like. Not like Elizabeth's husband, Zachariah. Oh, well, she's advanced in age. No, just flat out bold. She was old, right. I've had some commentators say that she was over 100 years old. Wow. The earliest that she's going to be is 84." [31:22] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "The old man speaks wisdom. He spoke wisdom. Young people, don't dismiss the wisdom of the old people. Don't say, well, you know, they're old. They don't know how to use a phone. They don't know how to use a computer. They don't know how to drive an electric car. They're old. They're still using internal combustion engines. All those old people, right? Don't dismiss them. They've got some wisdom. So I want to challenge you people who are younger, to find a person who is older and listen to them." [27:57] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "The gospel, the good news goes across all barriers. It is for everyone. See, the angels. When the angels said this, the angels were out, and the shepherds were in the fields at night, and the angels were declaring good news of great joy. They were declaring that, and they were singing that choir, and they were proclaiming the good news that there has been a savior been born to you." [06:16] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "You don't have to be this ideal person. You can be a poor shepherd. You can be a young gal. You can be an old lady, you can be an old man. You can be a group of people at work, and God has a message for you. God has a movement for you. You came here today and maybe you're watching online and you're going, why? What am I doing? And I'm telling you, God has a message for you today. And you don't have to fit the perfect box in order to be used or in order to hear God." [10:50] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "Don't come to God empty handed. Don't come to God. Just say, okay, God, feed me, feed me, feed me. And never giving anything back. Not just your treasure, but what about your time? What about your talents that he's given you? Are you giving that back as well? Or are you using all of your treasures all of your time for your own good? And then God gets, maybe if you're watching online or you're sitting in the building, maybe you okay, I'm going to give him once a month. I'm good once a month. And that's what I'm going to give God." [16:58] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "You're never too young to obey God. You are never too young to obey God. You might be watching online. You might be here in the church, but you're never too young to obey God. Don't put it off till tomorrow. Do it today. Be faithful to God's word today, obey God. The other thing is you're never too old to obey God. The scriptures are filled with treasures of old people who obeyed God and God used them in their senior years." [35:10] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "Make yourself available to bless others constantly. Be available to bless, to encourage, to say words of scripture to other people. I'm going to tell you a story. The story goes like this. One day, there was a young boy. A young boy. He lived on the east coast. He lived right close to a pier. And this young little guy, he went out there, and he was out on the pier one day. And he looks to the left. Instead of looking out to the ships that are on the ocean. He looks to the. And he sees a face in the rocks." [37:29] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "What happens if you spend all your time looking at Jesus? You begin to look like Jesus. Just like that young boy spent all of his life looking at the rock, and he begins to look like that. So this year, make it your goal to be obedient and look continually into Jesus so that the young people who follow after you will say, do you see Jesus? And they'll say, yes, I think he looks like you." [40:29] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "The gospel of Luke is fantastic at not doing any of that. It is fantastic. And for the last couple of weeks, we've been looking at the birth of Jesus, the story of Jesus. And so we've learned that Luke is writing to a man who is not in the category of any of those four. He's a wealthy mandeh. Luke is writing to Theophilus, and he's writing to a man who, you know, commentators tend to think that this is, Luke is a slave to this older man." [05:12] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
9. "The old woman was where she needed to be. Church. She was where she needed to be. Look at this story. This is a great story. There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penul, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old. Not like. Not like Elizabeth's husband, Zachariah. Oh, well, she's advanced in age. No, just flat out bold. She was old, right. I've had some commentators say that she was over 100 years old. Wow. The earliest that she's going to be is 84." [31:22] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
10. "The old man speaks wisdom. He spoke wisdom. Young people, don't dismiss the wisdom of the old people. Don't say, well, you know, they're old. They don't know how to use a phone. They don't know how to use a computer. They don't know how to drive an electric car. They're old. They're still using internal combustion engines. All those old people, right? Don't dismiss them. They've got some wisdom. So I want to challenge you people who are younger, to find a person who is older and listen to them." [27:57] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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