Kingdom Inc.
I love you, but you don't have to leave with the same burdensome Hallelujah. I believe the Lord Jesus Christ is here, and he's able to meet your needs. He's able to take care of you one more time won't you just lift up your hands and say Jesus. I need you to work in my life today Jesus. I need you to work in my life today Jesus. I need you to speak to me today. I need you to give me directions today Lord. I need you to give me strength today. I need you to give me healing today Lord, you know, where was the name of Jesus? I need you to take Sunday.
Thank you, Jesus.
Hallelujah, hallelujah, praise God. I'm so thankful today. For the West Palm group coming and leading us and worship again Hallelujah. Could you clap your hands and thank the Lord took him praise the Lord. I want to say that last song was written by an Apostolic author. Somebody who's part of our organization is name is James Wilson, the name of that song is wait on the Lord. I'd love it. If you after service going by that song off of iTunes or wherever it is, you get songs from James Wilson and support him and his ministry in God is doing so many great things through him and and and we're just so excited about him. And what a powerful song. That is a man praise God. Thank you Lord. Thank you Lord. I am excited today to get into the word of the Lord if you'd like to grab your Bibles and head to Luke Chapter 2. and verse 41
wonderful to have each and everyone of you with us here today.
What if we have each and everyone of you with us, it's wonderful to have our visitors Samuel and Nancy praise the Lord good to have you with us. Praise God. How about we clap our hands for them and praise the Lord?
Praise God everyone else. Now. I do want to say please continue to pray for sister judisch as she is still recovering. My God is certainly providing healing for her body and taking care of her and and I know there's there's many who were out today because of sickness and stuff like that, but appraisal. Let's continue just to see what the Lord wants to do today. Amen. Praise God. We're going to go to Luke Chapter 2. Verse 41 and we're going to read quite a bit here. We're going to read a story but just follow along with me and then I will talk about the story clarify a few things after we pray so Luke chapter 2 verse 41 says now his parents his parents being Jesus's parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover and when he was 12 years old, Jesus was 12 years old. They went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast And when they had fulfilled the days as they return the Child Jesus Terry behind in Jerusalem and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But days supposing him to have been in the company went two days journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances and when they found him not they turn back again to Jerusalem seeking him. And it came to pass that after three days. They found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors both hearing. Praise God got messed up here.
Hearing them and asking them questions. And all that hurt him were astonished at his understanding and answers and when they saw him they were amazed and his mother said into him. So why has now this dealt with us Behold thy father and a high has salt The Sorrowing And Jesus said unto them. How is it that you sought me and this is the line that I'd like to preach on but he said to them Whiskey not that I must be about my father's business. And they understood not the saying what you speaking to them and he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject unto them. But his mother kept all these sayings in her heart and Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and Anna favor with God and man praise the Lord this morning. I want to talk to you about this topic and might be silly. But I want to talk to you about Kingdom Incorporated Hallelujah, and and I believe that God certainly wants to do a work here today and I don't know who exactly I'm going to be preaching to I'm just preaching what I believe. God has led me to preach and it seems like God has been moving me in a certain vein here lately and I just want God to use me. How about we put our Bibles down and let's say a word of prayer and just ask God to speak to us and to have his way to De Lord Jesus. We know and trust that God you are in this house and that you've got a plan for us and that Lord you want to do a great work in this place. I pray in Jesus name that God today. You would speak to us Lord speak to us God minister to our hearts minister to our minds that we may know and understand your plan for our lives. I pray that every person in this place Lord God as we leave this house later on would have us in some of the ministry in the purpose in that you created them for in Jesus name anoint me God and use me to say Lord what you want me to say Lord Jesus and nothing more and nothing less than Jesus name.
Praise the Lord everybody clap your hands until the Lord right now. Thank you Lord. Preparing your Cheez-Its Hallelujah Hallelujah, Lord. Hallelujah, and man you can be seated.
In this story. We find a young Jesus Jesus only being 12 years old. I his parents Joseph and Mary brought him to the Passover Festival in Jerusalem. The Feast of unleavened bread followed the Passover and together. They were in Jerusalem around seven days when the seven days were up Joseph and Mary of course decided to to go along with their Caravan at that time, you would hardly travel alone, but there would be just Caravans of Jews and people who would travel to Jerusalem together today more than likely wearing a large Caravan and had obviously family with them and friends and acquaintances that they were highly comfortable with so, you know, and I apologize for another movie reference your today and and I'm going to do the same movie reference. But at this store really reminded me a lot of the Home Alone 2 and and again, I apologize for the movie reference. I just I don't know if that was kind of the situation here. You know where Joseph Joseph and Mary were walking out of Jerusalem and they look back and they saw a boy with a similar codon and you know, similar haircut and didn't see his face. So just assumed oh that must be Jesus and that they continue to walk but whatever the case the Bible tells us that they walked for an entire day without realizing that Jesus was not in the Caravan with them or at least not there by their side. So they anxiously begin to run around trying to find a Jesus. They searched all the neighbors around where they were at went to all their family members in the Caravan. Put them in their friends and acquaintances and no one had seen Jesus as you probably would be in as I have been a couple times where I thought little William was in one room and I walk into that room and he's not there you get that little anxious feeling, you know where your child is missing and now we can't blame Joseph and Mary for all of a sudden becoming very concerned. Any parent who has lost or look for a child he or she couldn't find will understand how panicky they became. They began to rush to Jerusalem that this this was interesting to me. So so Jesus was in Jerusalem 12 years old by himself for 3 days. I just I wonder where it was that Jesus lept Perry got food to eat water to drink somehow. He survived. I'm telling you this whole story is Home Alone 2 lost in Jerusalem. He's there by himself and the Bible said that Joseph and Mary went and begin to search all around Jerusalem. They could not find them then they decided we'll let's just go into the temple. That's where we took him the first time maybe that's where we'll find them. They walk into the temple and they find Jesus sitting there with the doctors. Now the doctors means the scholars those who are a biblically inclined. They study the Bible. They searched the scriptures in the Bible said that he was sitting there talking with them debating with them asking questions or answering questions at 12 years old those who are around we're awfully confused and perplexed how that this young boy. Jesus had such a indep knowledge of the word of God and the principles of God's Will and Marion just said Has any Probably would they ran to him and said Jesus? I mean, come on. I know you're the Son of God and everything. But I still have a responsibility to care for you. And as we know Jesus did not he was not born. talking and quoting the Ten Commandments Had to develop as all people do so even at 12 years old. He may have had a greater understanding of biblical principles, but he still had the developmental abilities of a twelve-year-old and SoJO Seven. Mary being very afraid they asked him. Why would you do this to us? Why would you remain here in Jerusalem knowing that we were leaving? Why would you calls us to come under such a panic and make us so afraid for your well-being? Why would you do this in the Bible says that Jesus was can choose Capper play. He was just he was bewildering all that. Mary could even ask such a thing. He said he didn't understand why could you even question it if you knew you knew several years. Lego 12 years ago that angel came to you and told you who I was going to be in told you my mission and told you my purpose. How could you even question where I would be if he said how could you not understand that don't you remember what the angel told you what I was hearing the same my people from their sins don't you? Remember you asked me a question. He says I'm to her how could you really questioned don't you know that I'm not stupid. I must be about my father's business break away from the store for just a moment and testify because I remember the day when I was first hired into Kingdom Incorporated. I was a young 14 year old boy who had a lot of issues in my life. But I finally surrender myself to God about. They're serving God with all my heart. I went to my father who was my pastor and I said to him and listen when you going to give me an opportunity to you know, maybe preach a little bit. I think maybe God want me to preach if he's home yet when you know, that sounds good. He said our next you service. I'll give you an opportunity to do a fire e v i said man. That sounds awesome. I can't wait till he came up to me two days later. He said hey, and I think he got the sermon on Sunday. So what what do you mean? I think you got the sermon on Sunday. I okay. So you want me to do a fiery 5 before you get up and put down? Oh, I think you got the whole sermon on Sunday. That was Thursday. I tell you what. I had no idea what I was going to preach on. I never preached the day of my life never took a class on preaching. All I did was listen to a lot of preaching and stole everyone else's idea. I had a whole mixture of about 900 different points on Danes variously from baptism to Holiness to you know, this and that and there was hardly any any real point to the message has to remember standing behind that pulpit and take a nap microphone. I'm beginning the preacher and feel the anointing of God in Me and the Holy Ghost Roaster my body. It was nothing like I've ever felt before and it probably wasn't very clear to me, but I understood something. I have been called to the father's I can call them to do work today. I remember that evening at that altar call, perhaps people came down out of pity for me, but everybody came down and we had a powerful Walter call center people crying every we're certainly not because I've done a good job, but God had supported me and people were crying and praying that I remember a single person crying more than this guy that I'm just going over to my grandmother came to hear her grandson preacher talking to him. I said, this is what I'm going to do for. The rest of my life is nothing else expect rain compared to this right here, lie and listen to me. I know you might not be called to be a preacher and you may never stand behind the pulpit. Into the kingdom of God and the kingdom Incorporated and I place my father's business on somebody clap your hands to praise God. You got a higher purpose in the kingdom of God. I can't tell you what it is. Maybe it's Pulpit Minister. Maybe not maybe you're just meant to evangelize your your family and your neighbors your school's your places of work. I don't know what it is, but I'm here to tell you you are a part of the father's business and you are hired into the kingdom Incorporated and I'm telling you it's time to do the work. Come and see this thing and it's time to see the kingdom of God moving forward anybody in this plane. So you feel passionate about others business. And as I read this story.
I began. To really feel the passion of Jesus's heart. Apollo God
What episode of me?
If you just can't find me and I'm gone. My phone's not on. I hope that one day you just can't find me you find me sitting in the living room watching a show or a movie. I hope that's not the case. I hope that you don't find me a pathetically sitting around the house and I don't know but if you want to find out where I am to passion for this thing, I'm going to be in the Kingdom Hall. This is everything to me. This is everything to the house of God. Got a business when he needs some people who are passionate some people who will say, you can't you can't find me anywhere else. You can find me in the house of God. If you don't find me anywhere else, you can find me in the park loset. If you don't find me anywhere else, you can find me preaching on the street because I'm not sure.
Is anybody else passionate to barrier? About my father's business.
Jesus was so passionate. He said I must be about my father's business. And in Luke's gospel, we find him using that word must several times why Jesus was passionate Kingdom work as an option. I'm going to say that again. He didn't see Kingdom work as an option. Neither. Did he see Kingdom work as a convenience?
But if she said I must I am required I am down to it. I have a burden for I cannot do anything but the King Dome watercolor luya and working in my father's business and he said it many times John 3:14 John Ford 4.9 and for John 10 and 16 loop 20 and 9. He said that Jesus said I must preach in Luke 4:43. He said I must suffer 922. He said I must go on my way and Luke 13:33. He said I must stay at the home of Zacchaeus and Luke 19 and Barb. He said I must be delivered up crucified and rise again and Luke 24 and 7. He said I must suffer these things ahead and turn into his glory. 22 and 37 hex key set with reference to himself in 24 and 44. I'm here to preach to you today. We need to get a must attitude about the kingdom of God. I don't have a choice in the matter anymore. I got to see the kingdom of God grow up. I got to see the church move forward. I got to see people born again into the kingdom of God. What is your what is your processor? I can tell you I must worship. God read my Bible and study my Bible witness to my co-workers. Oh, come on out. Summermoon didn't answer attention or Jim. I'm not sure everybody's got somebody else in this plane. So I must attitude. This isn't an option.
It always amazes me.
This is nobody here. This is somebody who doesn't even tame this church household one time. Play sad. We want to come to church. Civil right now. Our life is crazy. We can't plan for anything. We just we just can't plan for anything. If we got time to come will come to church if it's possible. We'll try to do it but we just can't playing for anything not now. Please mind you this wasn't like a new saying this wasn't somebody who'd you don't never live for God. This was somebody who claimed to be a lifelong servant of the Lord is it so if if if we're able to but man I just can't plan for anything. My life is so crazy. How do you keep a job? Really? How do you keep a job because you know what? I do praise God when my alarm clock goes off. Right after I break it. I told myself I must get up. I must get dressed. I must go to work. Because I got to pay the bills and I got to take care of my family a whole cheese and I'm telling you to some people got rise up and say I must get busy in the Kingdom or I must be on church on time on my hands and worship. My father. I must preach the gospel. Come on. I'm talking about some people who are really not to live off of convenience. Started to do praise God.
Praise the Lord. I hope not to go too long here today, but you never know. I'm here to tell you that God values hard work and hard workers. Or I hope you get this today. God values hard workers. If you could go to Proverbs chapter 22 in verse 29.
Proverbs 22 and 29
Celsius now a man diligent in his business he shall stand before Kings. He shall not stand before mean men. The Bible values people who are diligent in their work, in fact and Romans 12 and 11 we find. as opposed talking to the Romans and and giving them instructions on how to be Christian like one of his advisors or principles. He says this he says that you should not be slothful in business. In other words not be lazy in your business dealings. Not take the easy Road. Not do things just simply because they are convenient, but they have a determination a foreign see in spirit when you are serving the lord. I praise God and we see in the Bible. You know a lot about sweet just think that the only place God can call somebody is in the church or maybe in a secret chamber somewhere, but we see in the Bible with time and time again. God called people who are in the middle of hard work. We see where Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law. middle of a sudden off in the distance of bush catches fire and goes Ablaze And while he is carefully giving attention to the Sheep, he recognizes the voice of God. Oh, Jesus Moses was hard at work Amos and Amos 7:15 tells us that he was shepherding a flock of sheep when God called him and told him to go and prophesy unto His People Israel Elijah, one of the great Heroes of the Old Testament Elijah the Bible tells us that he was plowing the ground which way yolks of oxen now, that's a lot that was true to his word and not it just anybody could do he was a hardened farm when Elijah came and threw his coat upon him. And what did he do it right then and there he said let me go say goodbye to my family. He killed the yoga box in there and he went and stayed and served Elijah until Elijah went up there having a penny. Bubble the portion of Elijah's on the morning at 10 beginner prophesied heavy use my. What I'm saying here. Today is Jesus is looking for people who are not lazy, but who are hard at work, dear. Feeling the kingdom of God, praise the Lord. Where are you? I recognize today that all these people they were hard at work building their own Empire their own business and I recognized you today. I've said this before we bought some of the hardest working people men that I've ever met who attend this church people who work over 40 hours a week of the week. You're constantly doing strenuous work out in the sun Hallelujah. I know we got people in this house who are hard at work to provide for their families. I'm here to tell you. Thank God for you. I know not. Everybody would say about him telling you Thank God for you. Hallelujah. Thank God for men and women who are willing to put in the time of hard work to see that their family taking care of that might seem strange to some. Better to tell you I think God for you. We should in all of our business dealings do it as unto the Lord a man. Praise God the Bible says do all things as unto Jesus not into the ball. So not too to try to seem like you're all that or to try to impress a boss or get a raise. No, but you go to that job and you give him a hard days of work. I just simply because Jesus is watching and he likes people who are hard workers if you believe that same man, Let me also get this morning.
Please don't get so focused on building your Empire that you forget about the kingdom.
OG Maco the Holy Ghost on that Don't get so focused on building your Empire that you forget about the kingdom because thank God that you've got a good job where you got luck getting a decent amount of money. I can care for your family. I'm not nothing that one bit but I am saying that only fuels the kingdom of God that is only done so that you can work at 10 do what God called you to do it because I'm not I but I must be about my business and I must be about Walmart's business or wherever it is you want I must be about my father's business watching where my passion is. That's where God told me to that's where I go to work, but some others business. Everything else I do it is to provide a means that I can continue in the Kingdom Incorporated Hallelujah Oggi's. She's Zoom is this all right here today. Haha, how could that be Pastor? How could that be don't you understand? I got to eat I got to provide for my family. I got to make sure we got a house to live in clothes and put on my back. I get know that and the Bible said that he that doesn't work doesn't eat. I'm saying some stuff here today. He that doesn't work doesn't eat. But we also see a principal in Matthew 6 and 31.
Matthew 6 and 31
says therefore take no thought saying what shall we eat? Or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed for after all these things do the Gentiles seek? Hallelujah? For your heavenly father knoweth that you have need of all these things. He's not sitting there wondering all I wonder what they need here today. Will they better go out and work for it? No, he knows exactly what you need. He knows how to provide for you and me but it gives us misunderstanding first the kingdom of God and his righteousness unto you see the kingdom of God first person needs to be the kingdom of God first. I didn't need to be the kingdom of God order me to Davis needs to be the first thing on your agenda. This needs to be the first thing on your agenda each and every day the first thing you do when you wake up, but it shouldn't be Let's see who I need to call today and let's see what business I need to get into the day. It should be caught up only be getting down and praying until God and getting to the kingdom.
So with my
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gets in the way a kingdom work. I may have to choose. Give me the day. I know I'm walking on Dangerous Ground here because of you. I fully support I'm about to get a job myself. I'm searching right now for a full-time job. But at the same time I've got to put my trust in the Lord and recognized that if I am an employee at the Kingdom Incorporated provide for my he's going to answer my prayers and my kids will not go hungry. I will not go without a roof over my head or clothes on my back. As long as I do in business still take care of my business to take care of my business Hallelujah, and we see more examples of working man in the New Testament. I'm almost done. I don't have a lot left. We see more examples in the New Testament of those who were work workers hard workers Peter Andrew James and John we're all fishermen. And in fact, they were Partners in a fishing business It is believed. Matthew chapter 4 and verse 18 tells us that and it gives us the story of how these two men Peter and Andrew were in the midst of hard work casting a net into the sea when Jesus came up to them and said to them follow me. And I'm going to change your mission statement. Follow me. You're going to have to change your business, but you going to be doing similar work and I will take your fishing business and I will make you Fishers of Men.
Hallelujah, why is that it's because I am a firm believer that the business you found yourself in the expertise that you have God likes to take those expertise and use them to benefit the kingdom of God. Hallelujah, praise the Lord. Hear me today Peter Andrew, you're not called to be fishermen. You're called to be Fishers of Men are in this house. You're not called The Bean fisherman my call to be Fishers of Men Thank God you got a good career. Career does not define you what defines you as what you do for the kingdom of God find you.
The Bible says that straight away without hesitation. They didn't sit around to consider their choices straight away when they pop
The going on from hence the Bible says that Jesus came across to Brethren James and John they were both in a ship with their father Zebedee. They were mending their Nets Nets. You see they had a business with their father and had a family business. Jesus came and Jesus called to James and John. We don't see him calling Zebedee. He called out to them and said the same thing follow me. The Bible says that they immediately left the ship and their father. and followed after Jesus
I'm not here to claim. The being a part of the Kingdom work. It's going to be easy. Sometimes to do Kingdom work. You're going to have to leave things behind.
Sometimes in order to do Kingdom work you're going to have to leave loved ones behind. Sometimes to do Kingdom work. You're going to have to leave the thing that you are passionate about behind. Sometimes you have to lay things aside.
Because the fact is if I went around the room probably most of us, if not, all of us would say you're at full capacity right now. You don't have much more time to give. if I took this water bottle filled it all to the way to the brim with some reason Aquafina likes to do that and every time you open the bottle it gets all over your hand. Filled it all the way to the brim. Yeah, I can't put anything else in it. Because it's full. And the only way I can fit more into the bottle. So I'm going to have to empty some out. Sometimes to do Kingdom work. I'm going to have to empty myself out of the things that are taking my time. Is this all right here today? In Matthew 99 received an example.of another disciple. His name was Matthew. Jesus the Bible says past 4th from Thins and he saw this man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of the custom. He was a tax collector. And much like Tax Collectors today. He was disliked.
But in those days they were highly disliked. In fact, it was more than just your taking my money. There was a suspicion of them. There was a belief that they were Rome and Susie as that. They were just constantly taking the side of the Romans rather than the Jews. There was this idea that Matthew specifically in and the other Tax Collectors that they would side with their enemy rather than siding with them that they would hang out with the Roman they would spend their time with the Romans even though they themselves were Jews. They were looked down upon almost hated for their position, but hear me today that didn't matter to Jesus when Jesus came I call Simba. He said the same words. He said follow me in the Bible says that Matthew arose and followed after Jesus. Tell you it doesn't matter what your past says and it doesn't matter what you've done in your past. It doesn't matter the reputation you've gone when Jesus calls you you need to get up and follow up with him because he can change your reputation and he can set you free from that bad position. You were in praise God. Can I tell you I know some of you never guess this but I was a troublemaker before I got into the kingdom of God. And I was highly disliked in our organization. In fact, there were youth groups youth pastors who would tell their youth groups. I don't want you to hang out with there and meet him. I'm telling you honestly because it's a hung out with me. I drag them down. I pull them into the sin that I was in. I was Cardinal I was ugly. I was nasty. People who are afraid of me youth pastors were afraid I was going to pull their young people down at changed me coffee to the ministry. I was only 14 even at fourteen. I had a bad reputation like that a whole but when God calls you to the ministry quality and you get part of the kingdom when you start doing Kingdom work when you start living for God God is able to set you free from that place where they able to deliver you from that reputation.
Praise the Lord. I just want to say a couple more things. Then I'm done. I want to talk real quick about the work ethic of Jesus. I'm in I'm done the work ethic of Jesus John 4 and 31 if you'd like to go there real quick.
What should you hear? The passion that Jesus has for the king to work. God I pray that God would give us the same passion.
John 4:31 in the mean meantime while his disciples prayed him saying master eat
I'm going to be honest here. I've never had to be reminded to eat praise God as you can tell.
but they said
eat faster. Why don't you just take a break here? We've been going and going and going. Why don't you take just the Paul's here? It just a short pause and break for lunch and come in and eat some food. You can't keep going without eating Jesus. You can't keep going without a break Jesus. You got a pulse sometime. You got to take a break sometime. Jesus said unto them. I have meat to eat that she know not of their for said the disciples went to another day. Did you bring him food now, did you bring him food now? I didn't bring them food. They got very confused. And Jesus said unto them. My meeting is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work. I'm here to tell you we got to get that about the work of God Like Jesus did he wasn't even willing to take a break because he must be about my father's business.
How many excuses can we come up with? to not go to church I'm sorry, but this is so in-your-face. I didn't mean to preach so good today, but how many excuses and and reasons do we need to step out on prayer? How many excuses to eat after evangelize not to talk to a co-worker's? Somebody how about you just shout and say I must be about the kinked about father's business.
I must I must this is why Paul said to the church in Corinth if they are for my beloved Brethren be steadfast unmovable always abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as you know, that your labor is not in vain in the world. Come on. I'm calling on some people to get into the work of the Lord to hunt down in the work of the Lord to be steadfast unmovable paperwork about come on when calling all the pictures. I'm determined to see this being rude. I'm determined to reach my family, Foxy. Come on somebody like she was born right now, I'm determined. I'm ready to do the Father's Day.
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you can be you can stand right now Hallelujah.
Always abounding in the work of the Lord.
Sometimes Pastor I feel like when I pray my prayers are just hitting the ceiling and falling back down.
Don't you know? Your labor is not in vain.
Who's the hours of praying? It's starting to feel like I keep inviting my friends and my co-workers and my neighbors and nobody's coming. So it doesn't know what the recovery want them to be saved for your labor.
Because God does not determine the reward based on the outcome. He determines the reward based on the labor.
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John 9:4 Jesus said I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day. the night cometh when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Did I tell you that this business not going to last forever? And there's going to be a time. We're reaching your family is no longer an option.
Advancing the kingdom of God is no longer going to be an option. That's why I Revelations 22 and 12 says and behold. I come quickly. And my reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be let me ask you.