Stay LIT

The title of this morning’s message is stay lit. Stay LIT. And I’ve had the privilege of uh you know traveling at many uh ICPF um conferences, one day conferences around the country. And what we’ve been seeing that the Lord is doing is something remarkable. And and I want to bring the same message to you uh this morning. And we Pastor Jimmy alluded to it this morning about being unveiled. Unveiled meanings to reveal or to uncover some things. And I want to specifically talk about how to stay lit in our everyday lives. Okay? So if you could turn to your words to 2 Corinthians chapter 4 6. This is part of the theme verse of the whole uh day. For God said for God who said let there be light in the darkness. Perfect. For God who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made the light, made this light to shine in our hearts so that we can know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. So God who said, “Let there be light in the darkness made this light shine in our Okay, only two people are paying attention. Let’s try this again. For God made this light to shine in our hearts so that we can know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus. My question to you this morning is when was the last time that you saw the glory of the Lord in your life? When was the last time that you’ve allowed the light of God to shine in and through you? So this morning I have three points. Okay, I’m going to give you a preview of what each point will spell. Okay, so point number one starts with the L. Okay, point number two will start with the I. There we go. We I already gave you the first point. Okay, point number three will start with the T. It’s going to spell lit. Okay, I was very creative in in my arranging of these points. Okay, point number one, live authentically. Live authentically. As we read in the in in God’s word at the very beginning of Genesis, there was darkness and God, what how did he create? How did he choose to create? God God what? Spoke. God said, “Let there be light.” And there was right. So we see at the very beginning of creation, before there was even life, before there was anything else that was created, before there was anything existing, there was light. How many know that light has to exist before life exists? Out of all the things that God could have chosen to create, very first thing, why did God choose to create the light at the very beginning? Why was the first thing that God said, “Let there be light and there was light.” Why did God choose this? Because he understood the power of light. Without light, you cannot have life. What light also does is light will reveal what is hidden in the darkness. I don’t know. I know I’m talking to many, you know, super spiritual Christians in this room and maybe you’ve woken up in the middle of the night and and you needed to go to the restroom. Maybe you need to grab a glass of water and without disturbing anybody, you tried to walk in the dark. And sometimes uh I don’t know about you, but for me I I’ve hit my toe on the side of the bed many times, you know, and maybe some unknown tongues will come out and you may say some things, right? And how many know that I’m walking in the darkness is not what God intended. You’re going to stumble in some things. You’re going to run into some things. But when you turn on the light, you can see what has been hidden. You can see what has been around you. When light enters, everything becomes clearer. Many young people that I talk to, they say, “Pastor Steve, I feel like, you know, everything’s blurry. I don’t have clarity for my life. I can’t hear God God’s voice in my life. You know, Pastor Steve, can you help me?” And I asked them, “When was the last time that you truly read the word of God to to uncover some things in your life?” Oh, you know, Pastor Steve, I have this Bible app and I read one verse a day, you know, just my devotional. I’m not talking about just devotional for you to check off a routine thing. You can read a verse and go on through the rest of your day and not allow that verse to change and transform your life. But here’s what I’m asking. When you’re reading the word of God, how many times have you asked, “Lord, reveal your revelation to me as I read the scripture this morning. What is it that you want to speak to me in my life? How can I hide your word in my heart so that I would not be far from you?” Many times so many young people come to me and say, “Pastor Steve, I feel like God is so silent.” And I asked them, “How can God be silent when he has given you 66 books to speak from?” Hallelujah. It’s hard to hear the voice of God if you don’t know what the voice of God says. Say that again. It’s hard to hear the voice of God when you don’t know what the voice of God says. And so when we are talking about living authentically, what does that mean? living a life of integrity, living a life that is reflecting Christ’s character. I I have the privilege of um teaching a lot of college students for CFNI. I’m a professor there at Christ for the Nations and I asked these young adults and I was like, “Hey, when you evangelize, what’s the number one kind of response that people give you of why they don’t want to become a Christian? what’s the number one excuse that they give? And they say, you know, Professor Steve, you know, the number one uh excuse that they give me is that they don’t want to be like other Christians who are hypocrites. The greatest enemy against Christianity is not the enemy. It’s not the devil. It’s our own Christians who say one thing with their mouth, but their hearts are far from it. Please don’t say that you’re a Christian on a Sunday morning, but Monday through Saturday your lifestyle is far from the Lord. We cannot say that we are Christians and yet our lifestyle shows something completely different. God wants full access to you throughout the week. Did you know that? Did you know that the presence of God is not only confined in the four walls of the church on a Sunday morning, but the presence of God can go with you in your car on the highway? Do you know that the presence of God can go with you in your school? The presence of God can go with you in your workplace. And so, we have to invite the Lord. Lord, I want you to be the Lord of all. Hallelujah. Either God is God of all or he’s not God at all. I’m going to say that again. Either God is God of all or he’s not God at all. And a lot of times we treat God, Lord, I’m going to give you part-time access to my heart. Only on Sunday mornings, worthy is your name. And we’re worshiping. We could fool everybody in the church. But you know who we can fool? God. How many of us say that we love Jesus with our lips, but our hearts are so far from it? So my question to you this morning is, are you living an authentic life that is reflecting the characteristics of what Christ has demonstrated in his word? You see, light exposes reality. Light and darkness cannot exist in the same room. Verse 1 John chapter 1:es 5-7 says this God is light and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say that we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light as God as is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other. And the blood of Jesus his son cleanses us from all sin. This means you don’t have to fight darkness. You just have to turn on the light. How many of us are just uh in the dark room and we’re just like, “Okay, I’m just going to fight this darkness so that way the light can turn on.” No, we’re not fighting in the dark. You just simply turn on the switch. The light comes on and everything that was hidden in the darkness is exposed. Same thing with the word of God. How many of us are turning on the light of God within our hearts within the things that we want to keep hidden from the Lord and say, “Lord, I want you to take access over every part, even the hidden things that have hidden away from everybody else that no one else knows about. Lord, I want you to have complete access.” Because we are lying to ourselves if we have fellowship with God, but go on living in spiritual darkness. Hallelujah. I know this is not a popular teaching and maybe this may be my last visit to Arizona after this message, but I’ve come to say enough is enough. No more counterfeit Christians. We need authentic Christians who believe what they read and live out what they believe. Not just when it’s convenient for you. Not just when everything’s on the mountaintop, but even when you’re in the valley. Even when you feel like you’re going through the valley of the shadow of death, I want you to remind yourself that you will fear no evil, for God is with you. And if God is with you, then who could be against you? I wonder how many of us have come in, you came in with a heavy heart this morning. You came in defeated. You came in on your last breath. I declare to you in the name of Jesus that God is going to resurrect some dead things this morning. God is going to resurrect some dead dreams in our lives. God is going to turn on the light in our hearts and expose some things that we’ve been putting off for way too long. And if you’re serious about some changes, I believe that revival can start right here, right now. Amen. If we’re not careful, when we are in a dark room for too long, our li our eyes will kind of adjust to the darkness. We can kind of see our things uh see some things around the dark room. And if we’re not careful, we may say, “Oh, you know what? This is normal. I I can handle this.” But that is not the way the Lord wants us to live. Hallelujah. Darkness distorts your perception, but the Lord wants to give you clarity through the light. Amen. When you are feeling like your life is spiritually cold, you have to look at, are you living in the light or are you being hidden in the darkness? A couple of months ago, I had the privilege of uh traveling to ICPF uh SoCal and or sorry, NorCal, and we were uh speaking in San Jose. And so, a couple of my friends uh came with me. And so, the day before the conference happened, we decided to catch a baseball game. And so, we went to the stadium. Uh we were sitting, you know, high in the highest rafters, closest to heaven, you know, uh up in the nosebleleeds. And so, uh, the way this this arena was arranged that there was a big like, um, awning, a big kind of, uh, dwelling, I should say, or not even a full roof, but it’s just an awning that we were sitting under. If you know, the the climate of California is very similar to Arizona. It’s beautiful, right? It it’s nice and pleasant. And we were sitting in there and uh, my friends were shivering and they were b they were just like, it’s very cold. and and luckily I came with the a hoodie so I wasn’t feeling that cold and uh after the after the game was finished we walked down the stairs and immediately as we came from the shadows of the the higher balcony as we were coming down the steps we all of a sudden as soon as the hit sun hit us we noticed that the temperature changed we were no longer cold but instead we felt the warmth of the son. What happened? We changed our positions from the shadows into the darkness. Same sun, different position. Same sun. We didn’t need a new sun. We The same the sun didn’t change. The same sun was there. What changed? Our position. We needed to move from the the darkness into the light. And when we did, we notice a dramatic difference spiritually in our own world, in our own lives. Many of us are feeling spiritually cold. And my question to you this morning is, where are you spiritually? Are you hiding in the shadows where the enemy wants you to be hidden? Or are you allowing yourself to be in the light that Christ has asked you to be in? Don’t blame the enemy. The enemy has a lot of tactics and things, but a lot of times we have to look ourselves in the mirror and we have to take accountability for the for the behavior that we’ve done that causes us to go back into the shadows. Can I tell you this morning that God’s best for you is not to live in the shadows. God’s best for you is to be living in the light that he has created for your life. So number one, live authentically. Number two. Okay, it starts with the I before we show it on the screen. Okay, we showed it on the screen. Never mind. I was going to have you guess, but it’s okay. I is illuminate boldly. Illuminate boldly. Turn in your word with me to Matthew chapter 5 verses 14- 16. Matthew chapter 5 14- 16. It says this, “You are the light of the world. Like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden, no one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on the stand where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine for all to see so that everyone will praise your heavenly father.” Okay, let’s keep that scripture up there for a quick second. Okay. Verse 14 says, “You are the light of the world.” Does it say your neighbor’s the light of the world? Does it say your co-workers the light of the world? It says you are the light of the world. Many of us are waiting for someone else to be the light. When God has given us the opportunity and the authority to be the light in the world, we’re wait, oh, I’ll let someone else evangelize to my friends. I’ll let someone else uh be bold about their faith. But God is saying, you are the light of the world. Stop waiting on someone else. You are the light of the world. This is not optional. This is your identity. You have to understand if I’m called to be the light of the world like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. The question that should be asked of ourselves this morning is am I allowing the light to shine through me. Am I being a light in the darkened world? The reason why the Lord has called you to be in your specific job place is not because you have all these fancy degrees. It’s not because you have all these fancy fancy intellect. That’s that may be one component of it. But do you know what ultimately what I believe that the Lord has you in that place for a reason is for you to be a light in the darkened world. You know why young people that you are in the school that you’re in the class that you’re in is not just because it’s a required class or it’s part of your major. I believe that the Lord has put you in the specific classroom sitting next to those specific students is to be a light in the darkened world. Oh, Pastor Steve. Uh, I don’t want to be very religious. I don’t want to shove my religion down people’s This is the excuse that I hear from a lot of young people. I I just I I don’t want to shove my religion down people’s throat. I’m not asking you to shove anything down anybody’s throat. All I’m asking is, are you being bold about your faith? Okay, Pastor Jimmy. When I came up to the stage, did you ask me, you know, Pastor Steve, can you show me a picture of your family? You did not ask me that, right? I showed the picture of my family because you know why? I love my wife. I love to show her off. I love my kids. Yes, they give me some gray hair sometimes, but I like to show them off sometimes, you know? And so, no matter where I go, I’m showing you, hey, here’s my family, my wife, my kids. Not because you asked me, but because I’m in so in love with my wife. My wife and I, we made a commitment. We made a covenant before the Lord. Till death do us part, for better, for worse, sickness or in health. Me and you work together. This is the difference between religion and relationship. Religion is because I have to. I feel obligated to. But when you are in a relationship with Jesus, it’s because you want to. I want to go back and be with my wife right now. Why? because I love her. Being away from her, my heart is longing for her. How many of us have that same longing when we are far from the presence of the Lord, Lord, I want to be with you. I want you to speak your word into my heart, Lord. I want more of you in my life. I’m not satisfied with just yesterday’s touch. I’m not satisfied with yesterday’s anointing. Lord, I need a fresh touch from you. You tell me how healthy would my marriage be if I say blessy I want a new agreement now. Okay. From now on I will tell you I love you only one time per week. That’s on Sundays from 8:30 to 12. After that I’m going to live my own life and do whatever I want to. How we know very quickly that will not be a marriage anymore. Bless you saying, “Wait, wait, wait. You’re only limiting how much you love me on Sunday mornings from this time to this time. That’s not a true relationship. That’s not a healthy relationship.” Same thing with our walk with God. How many of us are limiting the way we express our love for God only from Sundays, from a certain time to a certain time? and we’re not inviting the presence of the Lord to be with us. Young people, let me ask you this question. If I were to ask your friends, if they think that you are a believer, what would they say? Would they be surprised? Oh, that that guy goes to church. He’s laughing at the same jokes that we’re laughing at. He’s watching the same things on Netflix that we’re watching. He’s introducing me to some videos that I never even was exposed to. He shows me the videos. That person is a Christian. Yeah. Yeah. Right. If if if Christianity became illegal and you were brought before the court, would there be enough evidence to support that you are a Christian? Or they say, you know what, there’s not enough evidence. You say that you’re a Christian, but there there’s not enough evidence to support that claim. the reason why I’m so passionately in love with Jesus because I recognize that he’s done so much in my life and I can’t be silent. So the way I live my life, it’s just hey, I’m not doing anything out of the ordinary. I’m just doing everything that’s pleasing before the Lord. So that means if someone says a joke that gives me conviction, I’m not going to laugh at that joke. Why? Because I’m bringing glory to my father. Right? If someone were to disrespect my wife, you better believe very quickly. I will be going into the ministry of laying of hands very quickly. I may even go to prison and I’ll start a prison ministry. But you cannot disrespect my wife. Why? Because I’m in love with my wife. How many of us have allowed people to disrespect our God by the way they talk, by the way they joke around? Even some of your language is maybe disrespectful to the Lord. This is not a condemning message. I I want you to understand this. I want this to be a an encouraging, convicting message that takes us higher to everything that God has called us to be. So when I ask you, are you illuminating the light of Christ boldly or are you ashamed? Are you afraid? Are you hiding in the darkness? That’s a question that only you can answer. No one else can answer that for you. I looked up on uh the web just out of curiosity and I said, “Okay, what would happen to a human body?” How many are in the medical profession? Can you raise your hand? Anybody that’s in the medical? We have a few. Okay, great. So, maybe you could help answer this question for me, too. I looked at online. And I said, “What would happen to a human body if they were not exposed to any light whatsoever? If they lived in the darkness their entire lives, what would happen to the human body?” This is what Google told me. The most plausible deadly scenario is that a lack of sunlight could prevent the body from producing vitamin D which in turn would inhibit calcium absorption. So very low calcium levels might lead to spasms of the larynx causing suffocation. So wait, if I live in the darkness, I will die due to the lack of oxygen to suffocation. I won’t be able to breathe. Isn’t that a brilliant spiritual analogy that if we are living in the darkness too much that the enemy wants to rob us of the breath of God that is inside our lungs? Hallelujah. When Ezekiel looked at the the valley of dry bones, what happened? The breath of God entered those bones and they became a living army. How many of us are just living on life support because we’re waiting for the next Sunday’s gathering and the enemy is going after the breath of God in our lungs and we could barely breathe. So many of us are just starving and the and the spirit of God is saying I want to inhabit your life. I want to be in every aspect of your life. I know this is January. This is the first of the month. Many of us made New Year’s resolutions, I’m sure. Right? I want everybody to write this down. Okay? Many of our New Year’s resolutions was to, you know, put a priority. Hey, we want to read our Bibles more. That’s great. We want to pray more. That’s awesome. I want everyone to write this down. Okay. This year, I want to encourage you. Do not put God first. Oh, I got everybody’s attention. Do not put God first. What does that mean, Steve? What are you saying? Here’s what I mean. Many of us look at God as an item on our to-do list. So the first thing in the morning when we get up, we pray, we read the word, then we get ready for for work, we go on the highway, we get second traffic, we go to work, come back, go to sleep. It’s a very big routine, okay? We forget. Even if I were to ask you at the end of the night, hey, what did you read this morning in your word? You’re like, oh, I don’t know why, but I did read something. I I said my prayers. And we we just check a to-do list. Put God first. Okay. Then we go on to our everyday life. Can I encourage you? Don’t put God first, but put God in the center of everything that you do. What does that mean? When I am stuck in the highway, when someone cuts me off, instead of me giving them, you know, number one with the wrong finger, you know what I’m talking about, right? Instead of me saying you’re number one, I I I’m just saying, hey, that person may need to go uh to the restroom. Who knows? you know, their their reason why they’re speeding, they’re cutting in front of me. I’m not going to allow them to steal my joy, for the joy of the Lord is my strength, right? And we’re inviting the Lord, Lord, as I go to work today, Lord, I pray, Lord, just open up an opportunity for me to have a conversation. Maybe someone’s going through a hard hard deal uh in life and maybe they’re going through a tough situation. Lord, I pray give me the right words to say at the right time. Lord, I want you to be in the center of everything that I do in my education. Lord, I want you to be in the center of what I’m studying. Not just for my own intellect, not just so I can pass some grades and get a good degree, but Lord, I want you to be in the center. I want you to be glorified in everything that I do. So, instead of putting God first, we’re now putting him at the center. And we’re inviting God into everything that we do. As we parent, parents, how many of us know that when we pray for the fruit of patience, the Lord gives us kids, right? And we’re praying and Lord, I want you to give me patience. And the Lord said, okay, I’ll give you some kids. Here you go. Practice some patience. How we know that when we are parenting, we have to invite this spirit of God into our parenting. Not just because I said so, I’m the I’m the parent, you have to. Oh, baby. No. How can I teach my children the spiritual principles? Not just obeying your father and mother. But here’s the thing. The reason why we don’t lie is because for us to be pleased and acceptable be before the Lord, we have to be truthful in everything that we say, right? We don’t lie because that breaks God’s heart. So when we are explaining things and helping them grow in the ways of the Lord, our heart should be as parents, Lord, I pray that you help me raise these kids in the way of the Lord so that way they would not depart from them. Can I can I tell you something, parents? Your spir your kids spiritual disciplehip is not only dependent on the pastor. You are with them more hours of the week than your pastor is. Therefore, you have a responsibility. Men of God, can I encourage you as well? Your responsibility is not just to make the paycheck and bring home finances. Your responsibility in the household is to lead your family the way God has designed you to lead the family. That doesn’t mean just depending on oh my wife will take care of all the discipline, my wife will take care of all No, no, no. You have to lead by example. I want my kids to know that they have a father who loves Jesus. Not because it’s out of obligation, but because they have a true relationship with the Lord. And I want to show examples in my own life that when my kids get older, they’ll be able to reflect on the memories of their childhood. And I’m say, I remember when my family was going through a difficult financial situation. My parents got on their knees. They were pleading before the Lord and they’re asking God to open the floodgates of heaven. I want my kids to witness miracles, signs, and wonders in my house. And I want them to be able to say glory stories and testify of the Lord’s goodness and mercy in their lives. This is my prayer. Parents, we have to step up in our areas to disciple our kids. Not just discipline. Discipline without disciplehip will equal rebellion. Every time we have to disciple along with discipline. I remember whenever I was young, my parents I hated this growing up, but now that I’m a parent, I appreciate it more. Before my dad gave me an arty, my dad said, “Steve, quote me our favorite family scripture.” Dad, do I have to quote? Yes. I want you to understand what you did. Obey your parents and the Lord for this is right. Okay, Steve Moron, you know when I give you this ID, it hurts me more than it hurts you. Dad, you don’t understand. I’m getting the You’re not okay. You’re giving it this. And then when he’s giving me the money, it’s hurting me. I’m just going to give you this. And I say, okay, children, obey your parents to the Lord for this is right. Now that I’m getting I’m a parent. I am saying these same things to my kids. Ethan, what does the Bible say? Yeah, we we have to teach them. Obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. Right. And so I want to encourage you, disciple your kids along with disciplining your kids. I don’t even know that wasn’t even in my notes. That was bonus content for you both. Okay. That was not I don’t even know where that came from. Okay. Okay. So L how many were taking notes? L L is what stands for? Live authentically. I was illuminate boldly. T How many want to guess what T is? Say it. Say it loud. I heard some people say transform. There we go. T is transform powerfully. Transform powerfully. What does that mean? 1 Peterapter 2:9 says this. But you are not like that. You are a chosen people. You are royal priest, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. And as a result, you can show others the goodness of God. For he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. I want everybody to write this down. Stop blending in when God has called me to stand out. Young people, I want you to remember this. Stop blending in when God has called you to stand out. The reason a lot of times young people don’t want to share the gospel because, oh, I’m afraid of I’m afraid of what my friends would think. I’m afraid of my reputation. What we’ve acknowledged at that point is that you value your reputation over obeying God’s commandment. What was God’s commandment in the great commission? was to go into all the world making disciples, right? Go into all the world. Did the Bible say go into all the world when you have a Bible degree? Go into the world when you memorize all 66 books of the Bible. Go into all the world when it’s convenient for you. God did not say any of this. Jesus said simply go. But unfortunately, a lot of our response is no. When God says go, go into all the world. A lot of young people, we we are compromising our character, our convictions, our standards to blend in. Light has no fellowship with darkness. We have to transform boldly. Stop blending in when you’re called to stand out. The world needs light. How many know that this is a dark world that we live in? The more that we turn on the news, the more that we’re seeing things on our social media page, how many know that this world needs Jesus? And the more that we’re able to be bold about our faith, the more that we’re able to radically change this world upside down for the kingdom of God. worship team. I would like um maybe just for the keyboard, can you can you just come up just keyboards? I want to encourage you as I wrap up this message. I want to encourage you with this. Let’s look at this uh water bottle, right? The water bottle. How much do you think a water bottle’s worth? How much? A dollar. How many? How much? How much you think? 150. Everybody else? $2. Okay. How many know I I don’t know if the pricing of the Costco here in Arizona, but the pricing of Costco in Texas at least? There’s a vending machine with um waters and it’s 25 cents at Costco. Right. This is a Costco water bottle. 16.9 fluid ounces, 25 cents at Costco. If you were to go to the gym, you know, gym, they sell you water as well. Do you know how much water costs at the gym? $2. If you go to the movie theater, oh, none of us go to the movie. I’m talking about other heathens. When they go to the movie theater, none of us. or Pentecostal belie at the movie theater. Do you know how much a bottle of water costs? Four bucks at the movie theater. Okay. Now, if you go to the airport, I was just at the airport yesterday. Do you know how much a bottle of water costs at the airport? $8. What? What I say? Six sometimes. But $8 is what I see. 16.9 fluid ounces. Same same amount of water. Why is it that the same amount of water cost different amounts at different places? It’s because your environment will tell you what you are worth. Oh, I didn’t think anybody heard me when I said this. The reason why some of us feel worthless, we need to look at the environment that we are surrounded in. Maybe there are some relationships, maybe there’s some habits, maybe there’s some things that we’ve been surrounding ourselves with and it’s degrading the value that God has given us and we may feel like a 25 cent Christian. But I encourage all of us, let’s be around some godly people. Let’s be in an environment where we have some people that says, “I know your value. I know what God has created you with. I know the calling of God that is on your life. And you are not called just to be a 25cent Christian. I want you to pull out everything within you to become all that God has called you to be. When you feel worthless, you have to look at the surroundings around you and say, “God, am I surrounding myself with people who pull out my true worth out of me? They call me to be better. They push me towards God.” Young people, I want to encourage you with this. When you look at your friends group, either your friends will push you towards the Lord or they will pull you away from the Lord. What kind of friends do you have that are surrounding you? Just because they go to church doesn’t mean they’re a Christian. I hate to say that. Just because you go to a church, God is not in heaven. Say, “How many times did you attend church? What’s your attendance record? God’s going to say simply one of two things. God would say, “Come in, thy good and faithful servant.” Not good and successful, not good and wealthy, not good and fancy, good and faithful. What does faithful mean? Faithful in the calling that God has given you. Faithful in the purpose that he has planned for your life. Becoming a good and faithful servant. That’s one thing that he may say. Another thing that he may say and it breaks my heart. It scares me. He’ll say, “Depart from me for I never knew you.” This is the difference here. People of God, listen to me very carefully. I am afraid that a lot of us know about God without knowing God. What does this mean? I can go online. I can research all the facts and figures about President Trump. I can know how many kids he has, how many grandkids he has, how many businesses he has, where he was born and and raised, what uh colleges did he go. I can know all these different things about President Trump. And what if one day I decide, you know what? I’m going to go to the White House. Number one, even before I approach the front doors of the White House, I’m going to get stopped by Secret Service. And Secret Service going to ask me, “What is your purpose of being here?” “Oh, I want to meet President Trump.” “What do you mean you want to meet President Trump?” “Oh, I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you how many kids President Trump has, how many grandkids he has, what colleges he went to, when he was born, when he was raised, all these different things. I’ll tell you everything about President Trump.” You know what the Secret Service is going to tell me? Okay, that doesn’t mean anything. Just because you know everything about President Trump does not mean President Trump knows who you are. How many of us have been going to church our whole lives? We know a lot about God. We know all the scriptures about the Lord. We know all the Bible stories. We’ve won all the trophies. We have all the different things at the house that proves our knowledge of the word. But just because you have knowledge of the word doesn’t mean you have a relationship with the Lord. I want us to hear this from my heart. Listen, I want you to ask yourself if your heart were to stop right now. What would the Lord tell you? Come in, thou good and faithful servant, or depart from me, for I never knew you. S