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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's read from the Book of Luke 9:51-56,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.34,0:00:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.14,0:00:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.64,0:00:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because He was heading for Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.67,0:00:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven like Elijah did to destroy them?”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.04,0:00:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Jesus turned and rebuked them, "You don't know what spirit is leading you!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.87,0:00:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the Son of man came not to destroy the souls of men but to save them, and they went into another village.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.55,0:01:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see from this text, that if John and James were not genuinely following Jesus, for the same purpose and goals as Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.11,0:01:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when this rebuke happened, they would have got offended and even renounced discipleship.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.83,0:01:18.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they were not honest and sincere with God, this rebuke would have exposed that they wanted power, fire, and do their own things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.07,0:01:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Lord rebukes us, He is doing so to remind us of our focus and calling and service that we have to do for Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.18,0:01:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your calling now is to do media-projection for the Kingdom then do it in the best way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.11,0:01:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are responsible with worship and praise for the Lord, then make sure you prepare yourself some hours, before you do the service,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.47,0:01:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the service is for the Lord not for men!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.37,0:01:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord looks and James and John and reminds them the purpose of their calling.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.06,0:01:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We didn't come to destroy men, we didn't come to make the people confused, we didn't come to give them another religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.21,0:01:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, we came to seek and find the lost and save them!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.43,0:02:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did James and John get offended in the first place and say, "Let us call fire from Heaven"?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.64,0:02:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because their Master was rejected into the villages of the Samaritans.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.66,0:02:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.07,0:02:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means that if James and John had focused on their assignment they would have not looked at rejection and the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.61,0:02:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their focus was on what other were saying or doing towards them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.39,0:02:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have the wrong focus you will take a bad attitude; when the attitude is wrong then the prayers are wrong;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.84,0:02:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these expose your misbehavior and acting out of character.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.45,0:02:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you take your eyes from Jesus and from the purpose you have from Him, and give your attention to others thing then you derail.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.44,0:02:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's also read from Genesis 4:4-6, "And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.75,0:03:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.82,0:03:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.10,0:03:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, how patiently God is with us!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.08,0:03:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...and his face was downcast".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.78,0:03:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.26,0:03:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you said, "Yes" to Jesus Christ, if you understood and found your place and received the grace to serve Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.02,0:03:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then the work that you do for Him, do it as for God, not as for men!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.91,0:03:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sacrifice that you bring in the house of God is wise to be done according to His standard or else don't do it!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.85,0:03:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you worship, whether you preach, or whether you do social media make sure is done accordingly!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.60,0:03:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God doesn't receive or need any second-hand sacrifices!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.99,0:04:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine someone coming at your place, to honour you for your birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.04,0:04:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead of bringing you something nice on which he spent himself and sacrificed, they bring you something cheap...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.70,0:04:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How will your reaction be? It humiliates me you may say...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.18,0:04:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why God is lowered so much today at the standard of the flesh?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.27,0:04:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when a work is to be done for Him is better to not do it than to displease Him and draw a curse on us!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.04,0:04:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please, receive in good heart what I'm telling you, because the Almighty looks at the quality of your work and sacrifice!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.52,0:04:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why He is rebuking us!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.47,0:04:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For God Almighty, we are not called to do what everyone is doing, but what the best do!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.87,0:05:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God didn't appreciate the sacrifice and the work of Cain!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.71,0:05:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is correcting and rebuking us to make us partakers of His divine holiness nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.69,0:05:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by crushing our flesh with its desires!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.46,0:05:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord Jesus says in John 15:2, "He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.25,0:05:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it will be even more fruitful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.53,0:05:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you think this pruning is being done?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.04,0:05:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we want to see God, we have to love this side of God also and understand that His corrections are not without purpose.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.86,0:05:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He does not correct His people in order to humiliate them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.96,0:06:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to partake them to His glory and holiness; so be ready to embrace the process
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.08,0:06:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where your character of flesh has to die, and the character of the new man in Christ has to arise! Amen?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.55,0:06:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ Music ]