Submitting To Authority

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And if you're 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:11.480 ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by. We 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.040 give you a personal invitation, promise you we'll make you 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.240 feel right at home. But thanks again for tuning in. 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:18.320 And I'd like to start each week with something kind 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:20.480 of funny. And of course you know these are just jokes, 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:24.440 so don't anybody get offended. John was the only Protestant 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.880 in a large Catholic neighborhood, and every Friday during Lent, 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:30.800 while his neighbors were eating cold fish, he was in 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:34.040 his backyard grilling a steak and they couldn't stand the 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:37.120 temptation and decided to try to convert him to Catholicism. 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.000 After several talks, John agreed and they took him to 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.800 the church and the priest sprinkled water over him and said, 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.320 you were born a Baptist, you were raised a Baptist, 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:47.880 but now you're a Catholic. A year later, during the 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.840 first Friday of Lent, the neighbors smelled the same smell 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:51.800 of steak in the air. 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:53.360 They rushed to John's house. 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:56.080 He was in the backyard sprinkling water over his steak 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.840 saying you were born a cow, you were raised a cow, 0:02:59.000 --> 0:03:03.359 but now you're a fish. 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.400 All right, Hold up your Bible, say it like you mean. Ready, 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.679 this is my Bible. I am what it says. I am. 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:12.639 I have what it says I have. I can do 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:15.320 what it says I can do. Today I will be 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:19.359 talked the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.960 is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:28.120 the same. I am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:32.080 ever living seed of the Word of God. I'll never 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:35.680 be the same. Never, never, never, I'll never. 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:36.120 Be the same. 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:40.480 In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want to talk 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:44.119 to you today about the importance of submitting to authority. 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:48.880 Everywhere we go, we're under some kind of authority. A 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.440 speed limit sign is an authority. Unless you're asking us 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:55.960 to go a certain way, he's an authority. Most every 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:59.720 person has a boss or a supervisor. The choir members 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.240 have a choir leader. On a ball team, you have 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.400 a coach. So we're all under some kind of authority, 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:09.360 and every day, maybe a couple of dozen times, we 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:13.480 are tested on how we're going to respond to that authority. 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.279 And some people have a real problem in this area. 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.560 They don't want anybody telling them what to do. 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:20.400 They're always kind. 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.360 Of trying to buck the system. Well, I'll drive as 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:25.720 fast as I want to I'm in a hurry. Or 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.279 it's okay to park in this no parking zone, it's 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:31.760 not hurting anything. Or I'll sit in that church wherever 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:33.120 I want to. I don't have to listen to that 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:36.440 usher man. I've been coming here longer than he's been alive. 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.440 Who does he think he is telling me what to do? 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:41.400 Now? 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:45.160 Really, that kind of defiant, rebellious attitude is going to 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:48.320 keep you from being blessed. And some people wonder why 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:51.760 their prayers aren't being answertain why they can't seem. 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:52.160 To get out of that. 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:55.720 Rut, And it's all because they have a problem with authority. 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:59.000 And if you don't learn how to submit to authority, 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.599 you will never in a position of authority. We've got 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.640 to first pass that test. And when I say submit 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.360 to authority, I don't mean that you do what you're 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.640 told and then you complain about it the whole time. 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.640 Well, I'll park over here, but I sure don't understand it. 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:14.760 When I get home. 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:16.600 I'm gonna write that company a letter and give him 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:20.680 a piece of my mind. That's not really submitting to authority. 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.960 You're submitting with your actions, but God is looking at 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:27.440 our hearts, and true submission is when we just humble 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:31.039 ourselves and say, God, I don't really understand this, I 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:35.800 don't agree with this, but I'm will come under this authority. 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:36.719 And be obedient anyway. 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:39.920 See, if you're really gonna pass the test, you got 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.200 to do it with the right attitude. 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:43.799 Maybe your boss asks you to run. 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.720 This package over to a client's and you're busy, You've 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:47.120 got your. 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:48.080 Day all planned out. 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.200 Of course you say, sure, I'll do it, But that 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.560 whole way you complain, Well, who does he think he is? 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.400 Doesn't he know I'm made for more than this. He's 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.200 getting me off schedule. Now you've got to learn just 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:01.360 swallow your pride, submit yourself, and do it with a 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:02.680 proper attitude. 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:04.400 If not, you're not passing the test. 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.479 And the scripture says here in Romans thirteen, verse one, 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.760 every one of us must submit to the governing authorities. 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:16.560 For there is no authority except that which God has established. 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.640 Notice God has established all authority. It may be a 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.400 security guard at work, may be an usher at the 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:25.080 ball field, may. 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:26.799 Be a supervisor at the office. 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.159 We may not agree with them, but that's not the 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:32.680 point God has established it. We're always going to have 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:36.479 people and policies and rules that we don't like and 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:40.159 we don't understand. But if we're going to experience God's best, 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:42.560 we got to learn how to come under that authority, 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:47.320 to respect those leaders, and to basically have a submissive attitude. 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:49.800 And even if we don't do it for them, we 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:51.400 need to learn to do it unto God. 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:52.360 God. 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:54.359 I don't want to park over here, but I'm going 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:54.760 to do. 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:56.520 It unto you God. 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:59.080 I don't agree with this boss, but I'm gonna be 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:00.839 obedient anyway for your sake. 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:01.880 For God. 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.800 I don't feel like paying these taxes. They seem too high, 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:06.960 but I'm going to do it all because I love 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.800 and respect You and understand this. 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:11.160 When we don't. 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:15.400 Obey those that have authority over us, really we're disobeying God. 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:17.800 I know this is kind of a tough pill. 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:20.080 To swallow, but the fact is, when we speed down 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:24.120 the highway, we're not just disobeying the city, We're disobeying God. 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:27.080 Or when we walk across the lawn when there's a 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:30.360 big sign that says please stay off the grass. We're 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:33.400 not just disobeying that park, We're disobeying God. 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:35.200 And listen. I was the world's worst. 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:37.880 When I used to get on the freeway. I wouldn't 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:40.200 even think twice. I'd put it on seventy miles an hour. 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:43.840 My attitude was fifty five is just too slow, and 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:44.440 I'm busy. 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.720 I've got a lot of things to do. Not even 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.000 get spiritual about it. 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:50.600 Say God, I'm speeding down the highway because I'm in 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:51.840 a hurry to get to church. 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.240 I'm in a hurry to minister to your people. 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:57.880 In other words, God, I know it's okay to break 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:00.000 the law as long as I'm doing it for you. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:02.600 And of course i'd find me some good scriptures to 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.240 back it up. You know God, the apostle Paul said, 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:06.600 we're not under the law anymore. 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:07.360 Thank God for that. 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.040 I've discovered you can find a scripture to justify anything 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.720 you want to if you look hard enough. And even 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.840 speeding down the highway, I would pray God, I thank 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.560 you that you're gonna show me which hell the policeman 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:25.200 is over. God give me that spirit of discernment. Man, Now, 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:26.800 I thought, even if I did get caught, I'm just 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:28.040 gonna pray for more God's favor. 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:29.120 I'm gonna try to get out of it. 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:33.280 But one day I realized that I'm never gonna be 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.679 in a real position of authority until I learn how 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.240 to come under authority. That's the only way we're ever 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:41.800 gonna get promoted. I don't know about you, but I 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.840 don't want to get stuck at a certain level in 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:47.559 my life all because I have a problem with swallowing 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:51.840 my pride and coming under the authority that God has established. 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:54.120 Notice, I said again, God has established it. 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:56.960 If it's your company policy for you to be there 0:08:57.000 --> 0:09:00.400 at eight, but you show up every other day fifteen 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:02.400 to twenty minutes late, I don't see how God can 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.480 bless you. Or if the speed limit says thirty, but 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:08.320 you think nothing of going fifty or sixty all the time, 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:11.520 that's going to keep you in mediocrity. We may not 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:15.040 agree with it, but God has established it. If the 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.319 parking attendant asked me to park over here, he may 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:21.800 be a teenager. I may be quote more important, or 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:23.120 maybe I make more money. 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:26.640 Listen, none of that matters. He's the authority there, and. 0:09:26.600 --> 0:09:29.640 I need to respect his authority, knowing that when I 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:33.199 respect him, really, I'm showing my respect for Almighty God. 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.520 It's amazing today how many people have a problem in 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.040 this area. I was thinking about this young man. I 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.200 knew he came to the church for a long time. 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.480 This was years and years ago, and he was the 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:47.160 nicest guy in the world. He used to volunteer for us, 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.959 and I had nothing but respect for him. But little 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:52.960 did I know he had a major problem with authority. 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.440 And we started getting reports that he was giving the 0:09:56.480 --> 0:10:00.360 police officers outside a hard time about where he could 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.320 park and why he couldn't do this, and why he 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.120 couldn't do that. And I could hardly believe it was 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:08.040 even the same guy. But one day he tried to 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.599 turn in the front drive here after a service, and 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.439 the officers asked him not to, and they were making 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.319 the traffic go the other way, just trying to keep 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.000 everything flowing. They didn't have anything against him, they didn't 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.200 even know him. I mean, there's thirty or forty policemen 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.640 out there, but he went ahead and turned in any 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:26.199 way and disobeyed their orders. And so an officer came 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.800 over to him and started talking to him, and that 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.920 young man got so belligerent and he threw such a 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:34.240 fit they finally had to put him in the car 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.600 and just take him off the property. And do you know, 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.520 I have not seen that young man since, and I thought, 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:43.480 what a shame that he is allowing something so minor 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:47.559 really to keep him from fulfilling his destiny. And if 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.840 you don't discipline yourself and really make yourself come under 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:54.360 that authority, then that old rebellious don't tell me what 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:57.640 to do attitude is going to develop into a stronghold, 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:01.520 and unfortunately that will plague you whole lifetime. And if 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:03.959 you have a problem with authority today, you need to 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.160 look down deep on the inside and get to the 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:09.400 root calls of it. I heard somebody complaining just last 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:11.840 week about how they were going to have to start 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.880 clocking in at their office, and this was something new 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:16.760 and they just couldn't understand it. 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:18.880 They were all bent out of shape about it. 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.760 But usually the only people that have a problem with 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:25.240 submitting to authority are the people that are breaking the rules. 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:27.360 I mean, what's the big deal if you have to 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:29.280 clock in at your office? If you get to work 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.200 every day on time. The problem is when you don't 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:35.400 get there on time. I remember my father. He used 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:38.640 to ask people to be at their desk at nine am. 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:40.800 He didn't want you to be in the lunch room 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.199 getting a cup of coffee at nine, didn't want you 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:45.320 to be visiting with a coworker at nine. 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.040 He wanted you to be at your desk ready. 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.520 To go at nine o'clock sharp. That was his pet 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.920 pee Well, there was a young lady that worked here. 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:56.760 This was years ago, and she just didn't understand that. 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.080 She had a kind of a defiant attitude. She said, 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:02.280 that's not right. If I'm on the property at nine o'clock, 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.600 that means I'm officially at work. Well, the reason she 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:07.719 had such a problem with it was because she was 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.600 late every other day. And if you make a big 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:13.600 deal out of something like that, that's not a big deal. 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.760 Nine times out of ten, you're the problem. And you 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:20.200 need to recognize that company is paying you your salary. 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:22.800 They may have some pet peeves, they may do some 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.200 things you don't like, but you're gonna have to swallow 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.880 your pride, quit complaining about it, and start coming under 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:32.360 that authority that young lady. She didn't last around here 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.760 but a couple months time. My father wouldn't put up 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.880 with that. And here's the problem. If you're not submitting 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.600 to authority in you're always looking for some reason to 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:42.480 buck the system that's. 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:46.040 Gonna follow you wherever you go. You'll leave that place 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:47.959 all sour with a bad attitude. 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:49.760 You'll go to the next place and have the same 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:52.760 problem the next place and the next place. You might 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.040 as well just make up your mind that you're gonna 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.920 swallow your pride and say, God, I'm gonna start coming 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:01.079 under this authority. I know you have established it, and 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:02.400 they're not the problem. 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.240 I'm the problem. God. I know they don't need to change. 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:06.199 I need to change. 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:09.600 When we have that kind of attitude, that's when God 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:10.920 can promote us. 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:12.079 But really, I. 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.480 Believe in all of us, there's something that doesn't like 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:16.800 being told what to do. There's something in human nature 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:17.520 that says, you know what. 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:18.839 Just don't tell me what to do. 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.000 And usually if we have a problem with authority, I 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:25.200 found it's one or two areas. It's either pride, we're 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.600 too proud, man, don't tell me what to do. I 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:31.440 know what I'm doing. Or we're insecure, and we think 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:33.839 that when we submit, we're going to look like we're weak, 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:34.679 or we're going. 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.319 To feel like we're a little inferior. 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:39.400 But really it's just the opposite. When you can submit 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:42.560 to authority, you know who you are. When you're kind 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:44.960 and courteous to those that are over you and you 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.439 do what they tell you to do with a good attitude. 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:49.840 That's the mark of a very mature person. That's a 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:53.040 mark of maturity. I know, on these events we've been 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.560 doing on the road. Not too long ago, we pulled 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:58.320 up at this one arena about a half hour before 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.720 the service was to begin, and there was this long 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:03.520 line of cars waiting to get in. There were probably 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.400 six or seven different gates open, and there was an 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:09.640 eight dollars charge for the parking. And somehow nobody on 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.000 our team had notified them that we were coming through 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.120 that gate, or maybe we came to the wrong gate, 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.520 I don't know, but when we pulled up there, the 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.960 parking attendant happened to be a young teenage guy, and 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.760 he came up to our car and he said, that'll 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:23.440 be eight dollars, and you know, we kind of laughed 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:23.840 in the car. 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:25.560 I thought, that's kind of interesting. 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:30.600 I've never paid to see myself and our driver. He said, no, no, no, 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.720 no no, this is the main men that they're all 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:34.280 coming to see. 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.600 These are the main people we need to get in now. 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:38.400 I'll never forget that teenage He stuck his head in 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.080 our car, and he looked at me, and he didn't 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.840 know me from Adam. He wouldn't let us in, and 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.360 so he got on the radio and he started calling around. 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.880 And really it wasn't his fault. He didn't have the 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:50.600 authority to let us in. But this all took place 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.120 maybe just ten or fifteen seconds. The first thing I 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.640 did was check my wallet. I thought, man, let's pay 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:59.040 him and move on. Unfortunately I didn't have any money, 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.640 and I had asked as somebody to call on me 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.960 borrow eight dollars. But you know, my attitude was, we 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:06.560 don't have to make a big deal out of this. 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.240 Let's just swallow our pride, pay the money. Thank god 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.360 we got enough money, and let's just move on. But 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:16.080 the truth is, we could have just burrowed our way 0:15:16.120 --> 0:15:19.120 in there and embarrassed the guy, and I'm sure it 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.400 would have been okay. After all, it was our event 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.520 we were bringing thousands of people to that arena. But 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:27.360 my point is you can't be too proud to just 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:30.280 swallow your pride and do what you're told to do, 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.040 even though you know it may not be right or 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:34.280 it may not seem fair. 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.640 Let me tell you, in the long run. 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.840 God will make that up to you. And sure I 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.520 could have thrown a fit. I could have said, look 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:45.000 at here, buddy, don't you know who I am. That's 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.360 my picture up there on the marquis. I'm the smiling 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:49.000 preacher man. 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:52.560 Where you been not smiling too much? 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:57.840 Now, buddy, learn to swallow your pride. Just humble yourself. 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.680 You got to have a submissive attitude. And remember when 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:04.440 we disobey and disrespect those in authority, even if it's 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:07.920 a teenager, we're really disobeying and disrespecting God. 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:09.600 And too many people. 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.160 Just are always looking for some reason to bust the system. 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.760 They're always looking for some reason to fight. 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:15.120 Man. 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.400 You can't tell me where to park, don't tell me 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.520 where to sit around here. You know, they got that 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.720 rebellious kind of defiant attitude. And you know some people 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:25.720 they'll even come into church and sing and pray, Yes, 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.760 this is the day the Lord has made God bless you, brother. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.720 You sure look great. Then they go out in the 0:16:30.760 --> 0:16:32.400 parking lot and chew the policemen out. 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:34.920 Don't tell me I can't turn left here, buddy. I 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:38.120 didn't turn and left you all my life. They bust 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.800 out of here, going fifty in a thirty, almost mow 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:44.240 down two neighborhood kids trying to beat the Baptist to lubys, 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:46.480 you know. 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.920 And then they pray, You know, God, how come you 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:51.240 never answered my prayers. 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.720 I went to church, I gave him the offering, even 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:58.480 volunteered in the nursery last week. The whole problem is 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:02.160 they're not submitting to authority. They're not dealing with that 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:05.840 stronghold of rebellion. And as I said, God can't bless that. 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.320 And I've learned most of the time it is not 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:12.040 the big things that keep most people in mediocrity. It's 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.960 not lying, she eaten, committ an adultery, It's just the 0:17:15.040 --> 0:17:18.439 small things. The scripture says, it's the little foxes that 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:22.320 spoil the vine. Why don't you start submitting to that authority. 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:24.879 Just swallow your pride and do it with a good attitude. 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:28.000 When we went down to minute May Park this year 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:29.040 for our Easter service. 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:30.600 The policy there. 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:32.199 At the park, as most of you probably know, is 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:34.360 they got to check your bags before you come in. 0:17:34.880 --> 0:17:37.120 And so when Johnny and I pulled up before the service, 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:39.480 we had a couple bags, and so we just got 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:42.720 into line. I'll never forget what the security lady said. 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:44.520 She said, you know what, that's what I. 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.119 Like about you. You don't think you're too good to 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:48.800 get into line like everybody else. 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:51.720 And really I never really thought about it, you know, 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:53.119 I mean we were on their turf. 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:54.040 It was their building. 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:55.399 I thought, if I'm going to go in and have 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:58.679 our Easter service, I'm gonna have to come under their authority. 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.960 And see, don't always trying to be the exception to 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:04.399 the rule. Listen, I'm too important. I don't have to 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:07.239 follow those rules. Or I've worked at this company a 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.359 long time. I can make some personal long distance phone calls. 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.080 I can leave early if the boss sitn't looking. I 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.680 can play on the internet if I want to know. 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:19.000 Those are the little things that keep so many people from. 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:19.760 God's very best. 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:23.160 And after all, what kind of witness are we being 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.960 if people see us speeding down the freeway cutting people 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:29.560 off or if we're always gossiping about the boss behind 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:32.119 his back, Or if we throw a big fit because 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:34.639 the elevator is closed for repairs and we got to 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:36.320 walk up a couple flights of stairs. 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.240 Hell, that's not right. I want to speak to the manager. 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:43.439 No, the Bible says we are Christ's ambassadors here on 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.800 this earth. We represent Almighty God. Now, I would hate 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:50.160 to think that somebody could look at my life and say, man, 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:53.320 isn't that that minister? Can you believe how rude he 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:57.080 was to that security guard? Can you believe how fast 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:59.320 he's driving? Can you believe he's parked in that no 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:03.159 parking zone? You're talking about ruining your witness friends. We 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:07.399 got to start respecting and obeying authority. I found most 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.760 people are not listening to a sermon. They're watching our lives. 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:14.639 Quit looking for reasons to always bunk the system. Start 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:17.960 obeying those that have the authority over you. Thinking about 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:20.080 that young teenager at the parking gate. 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:21.240 What if he could go to. 0:19:21.200 --> 0:19:23.719 His friends and say, man, you should have seen that 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:25.920 guy When I wouldn't let him in, he threw a fit. 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:28.439 He's one way on TV, but no, I know what 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:32.080 he's really like. No, Thank God, I've learned, and I'm 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.160 learning to have a submissive attitude. 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:35.400 I'm doing my best to. 0:19:35.440 --> 0:19:39.960 Obey and respect authority, knowing that other people are watching, 0:19:40.280 --> 0:19:44.520 especially our children. I remember a few years back, when Jonathan, 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.040 our son, was about six years old. We were driving 0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:50.280 home from basketball practice one night, and he started asking 0:19:50.640 --> 0:19:53.119 about the street signs and how I knew where we 0:19:53.160 --> 0:19:55.919 were going, and all these questions about driving, and so 0:19:56.000 --> 0:19:58.800 I started explaining this to him. And about that time, 0:19:58.880 --> 0:20:01.600 we came upon this speed limit sign and he saw 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.040 the three to oh and he said, hey, Daddy, what 0:20:03.080 --> 0:20:05.399 does that thirty mean? I said, well, Jonathan, that's the 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:07.720 speed limit. That's how fast we're supposed to be going. 0:20:08.200 --> 0:20:10.280 I'll never forget. He leaned up from the back seat 0:20:10.359 --> 0:20:13.920 and looked at my supdometer. He said, as innocently as 0:20:13.920 --> 0:20:16.639 you can imagine, Daddy, how come we're going forty five? 0:20:18.080 --> 0:20:18.199 Now? 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:20.360 I thought to myself, why am I teaching him this? 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:24.919 But you could hear the concern in his voice. I 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:26.320 know exactly what he was thinking. 0:20:26.440 --> 0:20:29.159 If it says thirty, daddy, why aren't we doing it? 0:20:29.560 --> 0:20:31.359 And the truth is I didn't have a good answer. 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:33.119 I wanted to say, you're gonna have to talk to 0:20:33.119 --> 0:20:37.840 your mother about this. Finally, I said, Jonathan, I'm just 0:20:37.880 --> 0:20:38.840 in a hurry to get home. 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:40.960 There's really no excuse for it. So we're going to 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:42.680 slow down and obey the law. 0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:45.640 But see, we can't tell our children to do one thing, 0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:49.919 to respect their teachers, to respect other authority, and then 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:53.160 by our own actions we're not respecting and obeying other 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:56.639 people's authority. We need to be a good example to 0:20:56.760 --> 0:20:59.919 our children, to our co workers, to the lady at 0:20:59.880 --> 0:21:04.639 the grocery store. When it says express lane twelve items, mimic. 0:21:04.800 --> 0:21:06.840 Don't go up there with twenty seven items. Say oh 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:08.560 I just lost count today. 0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:10.240 Be a good example. 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:13.760 I've made up my mind I'm gonna respect the authority 0:21:13.800 --> 0:21:15.800 in my life. Sure, I may be the boss when 0:21:15.800 --> 0:21:17.920 I'm up here, but when I get out on the freeways, 0:21:17.960 --> 0:21:20.119 I got to come under that authority. When I go 0:21:20.200 --> 0:21:22.400 to the ball field, I got to come under that authority. 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:24.880 When I go to the swimming pool and they ask 0:21:24.920 --> 0:21:27.440 you not to bring drinks in, I'm not gonna hide 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:30.760 my doctor Pepper's under my towel when they say no 0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:33.520 children under sixteen, I'm not gonna take my ten year 0:21:33.520 --> 0:21:34.480 old and just say, boy, he. 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:38.159 Sure looks young, doesn't he. No, I know I'm not 0:21:38.200 --> 0:21:39.680 gonna continue to be blessed. 0:21:40.000 --> 0:21:43.440 I'm not gonna stay in a position of authority until 0:21:43.480 --> 0:21:45.760 I really know how to stay under authority. 0:21:45.920 --> 0:21:46.040 Now. 0:21:46.040 --> 0:21:48.280 I learn so much of this from my father. When 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:52.240 we used to travel overseas to India. Daddy had such respect. 0:21:51.920 --> 0:21:52.760 For those leaders. 0:21:53.320 --> 0:21:55.720 We would go way back into the villages and sometimes 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:57.840 they would gather as many as two or three thousand 0:21:58.000 --> 0:22:01.520 native pastors, and here Daddy would well known and well 0:22:01.560 --> 0:22:04.320 thought of throughout India. But when he got there, one 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:06.680 of the first things he would do was to meet 0:22:06.720 --> 0:22:10.919 with the main leaders and just basically submit to their authority. 0:22:11.200 --> 0:22:13.280 He would ask them, what do you want me to do? 0:22:13.320 --> 0:22:15.840 How long you want me to speak? What subjects would 0:22:15.920 --> 0:22:17.440 you like me to do with? How can I help 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:20.280 you the best? He just did his best to honor 0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:23.600 them and to come under their authority. And sure Daddy 0:22:23.600 --> 0:22:25.920 could have blown in there like a big shot here 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:28.320 I am, I'm ready to do my thing. No, he 0:22:28.480 --> 0:22:32.399 just humbled himself and he had that submissive attitude. In fact, 0:22:32.440 --> 0:22:35.159 one thing in India at that time was that the 0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:36.880 women didn't wear any jewelry. 0:22:37.040 --> 0:22:38.240 They didn't think that was right. 0:22:38.680 --> 0:22:41.240 And so when we got there, first thing Victoria would 0:22:41.240 --> 0:22:44.080 do was take off her jewelry. We had any other ladies, 0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:46.359 we'd ask them to take off their jewelry as well. 0:22:46.720 --> 0:22:47.439 We didn't have to. 0:22:47.520 --> 0:22:49.959 We could have argued with them, we could have debated it. 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:52.240 We could have tried to make a statement to them, Hey, 0:22:52.240 --> 0:22:53.640 why are you being so legalistic? 0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:55.400 Now we knew the right. 0:22:55.200 --> 0:22:58.199 Thing to do was to just respect those leaders and 0:22:58.280 --> 0:23:01.399 come under that authority. What point is when you go 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:05.040 to somebody else's office, somebody else's home, you're on somebody 0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:08.440 else's turf. They may not do everything exactly the way 0:23:08.480 --> 0:23:12.640 you used to, but respect them. Don't have that defiant attitude. 0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:14.840 Well this is not the way we do it at 0:23:14.880 --> 0:23:17.760 my office. We can leave fifteen minutes early on Friday. 0:23:17.760 --> 0:23:20.640 I don't understand it. Or this church made me sit 0:23:20.720 --> 0:23:22.639 over here, and I really wanted to sit over there. 0:23:22.920 --> 0:23:25.480 At my church, I can sit anywhere I want. Have 0:23:25.560 --> 0:23:28.359 you ever realized you're not at your church? Respect that 0:23:28.480 --> 0:23:31.680 authority and do it with a good attitude. Who is 0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:36.960 getting hot in here today? After my father went to 0:23:36.960 --> 0:23:38.760 be with the Lord. The first few months we had 0:23:38.840 --> 0:23:42.119 quite a few guest ministers. We always had these guidelines 0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:45.040 we asked them to follow, and one thing that was important. 0:23:44.680 --> 0:23:47.200 To us was that they speak a certain length of time. 0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:50.000 As you know, we have our children's and youth services going, 0:23:50.080 --> 0:23:52.320 we have parking issues to deal with, and so it's 0:23:52.400 --> 0:23:55.119 very important to us that we get out on time. Well, 0:23:55.160 --> 0:23:57.720 we asked this one young minister, a good friend and 0:23:57.760 --> 0:24:00.760 a very good person, if he would speak for thirty 0:24:00.800 --> 0:24:03.000 minutes and then turn it back over to us. 0:24:03.200 --> 0:24:05.320 He said absolutely, I'll do whatever you want. 0:24:05.640 --> 0:24:07.080 And he got up here in the pulpit and he 0:24:07.160 --> 0:24:10.399 was very gracious and very honoring toward us, and he 0:24:10.440 --> 0:24:13.040 even said publicly at the very beginning, I'm only going 0:24:13.080 --> 0:24:15.680 to speak thirty minutes tonight. I really want to honor 0:24:15.720 --> 0:24:18.959 the leadership here. And I realized that anybody can make 0:24:19.000 --> 0:24:21.399 a mistake, but I'm just making a point. And the 0:24:21.440 --> 0:24:25.439 funny thing is, thirty minutes came and went, forty five minutes, 0:24:25.720 --> 0:24:29.199 one hour, one hour, and fifteen minutes. An hour and 0:24:29.240 --> 0:24:31.440 a half later, he finally got through. 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:33.440 Half the congregation was gone. 0:24:33.720 --> 0:24:37.479 And the truth is I wanted to be gone. Our 0:24:37.560 --> 0:24:40.000 kids had been out for an hour running around with 0:24:40.040 --> 0:24:40.639 no parents. 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:42.640 I mean, it was a big mess, he. 0:24:42.640 --> 0:24:44.640 Told me after his boy I just really got caught 0:24:44.720 --> 0:24:47.280 up in the spirit tonight. And I thought to myself, man, 0:24:47.280 --> 0:24:50.600 you got caught up in the wrong spirit, because listen, 0:24:50.880 --> 0:24:52.920 God is not going to give you a different plan 0:24:53.119 --> 0:24:55.800 than he's given the leader of that place. And even 0:24:55.840 --> 0:24:59.160 if you do feel like that you have different direction 0:24:59.280 --> 0:25:01.080 and you want to do so something different, you should 0:25:01.119 --> 0:25:03.679 at least meet with that leader and submit to their 0:25:03.720 --> 0:25:06.320 authority and ask them about it. The problem with what 0:25:06.440 --> 0:25:10.040 he did is unless God split this auditorium wide open 0:25:10.119 --> 0:25:12.480 and gave us a sound from heaven, we would never 0:25:12.560 --> 0:25:13.679 invite him back. 0:25:14.040 --> 0:25:14.280 You know. 0:25:14.600 --> 0:25:16.800 And if you're not submitting to authority, really you're only 0:25:16.840 --> 0:25:21.160 hurting yourself. When you're on somebody else's turf at their home, 0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:24.960 their business, if it's their seminar, their ball team, come 0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:29.080 under that authority, respect, honor, and obey what they're asking 0:25:29.119 --> 0:25:32.359 you to do. One thing I really appreciate about Victoria 0:25:32.560 --> 0:25:35.919 is she's always respected my authority as the leader in 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:39.760 our home. She's got a very strong personality, she's bright, 0:25:39.920 --> 0:25:43.600 she's got great insight into things, and probably ninety nine 0:25:43.640 --> 0:25:46.440 point nine percent of the time we see eye to eye, 0:25:46.560 --> 0:25:50.080 we agree, But there are times, like anybody that you know, 0:25:50.160 --> 0:25:52.359 I just don't agree. I say, Victoria, I'm sorry, I 0:25:52.359 --> 0:25:54.800 do not see it that way. And when it comes 0:25:54.840 --> 0:25:58.000 down to making the final decision, she always tells me, Joe, 0:25:58.240 --> 0:26:00.440 you know how I feel. Just do what you think 0:26:00.480 --> 0:26:03.359 best for our family. Sure enough, I'll do it my way, 0:26:03.400 --> 0:26:05.520 And a couple of weeks later she'll say, see, I 0:26:05.600 --> 0:26:11.560 told you so. But in a marriage, somebody has to 0:26:11.560 --> 0:26:14.800 make the final decision. And the fact is God is 0:26:14.840 --> 0:26:17.560 going to hold a man responsible for that home. And 0:26:17.640 --> 0:26:20.440 I'm not saying that we're not equal. We both should 0:26:20.520 --> 0:26:23.920 have equal input, but somebody has to have the final say. 0:26:24.480 --> 0:26:26.440 The key is I respect. 0:26:25.960 --> 0:26:30.000 Her, I value her opinion, I listen to her input. 0:26:30.520 --> 0:26:32.639 A lot of men today they love that scripture the 0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:35.520 wife has to submit to their husbands. But the problem 0:26:35.600 --> 0:26:39.679 is that husband is not submitting himself under God's authority. 0:26:40.119 --> 0:26:43.199 You got to love and honor and respect your wife, 0:26:43.560 --> 0:26:46.200 and submitting to you doesn't mean you just blow her off, 0:26:46.640 --> 0:26:48.639 You run over her like a door match, you know, 0:26:48.680 --> 0:26:49.560 and never listen to her. 0:26:49.760 --> 0:26:52.399 Now, you've got to value her opinion. You've got to 0:26:52.440 --> 0:26:55.919 listen to her input. You've got to respect your wife. 0:26:57.119 --> 0:26:58.320 All the women are clapping. 0:27:00.480 --> 0:27:02.359 I heard about this guy that was bragging to his 0:27:02.400 --> 0:27:04.480 buddy about how he was the head of his house. 0:27:04.560 --> 0:27:07.639 He said, yeah, I run things at my house. About 0:27:07.680 --> 0:27:10.000 that time, his wife walked up. He hung his head 0:27:10.000 --> 0:27:12.400 and said, I'll run the vacuum, the lawnlorder, and the dishwalker. 0:27:13.680 --> 0:27:15.879 Daddy used to say, the man is the head, but 0:27:15.960 --> 0:27:19.760 the woman is the neck that turns the head. Men, 0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:21.880 you won't have any problem being the leader of your 0:27:21.880 --> 0:27:24.840 home if you'll respect and honor your wife. I like 0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:26.399 what somebody said. Men, if you want to be the 0:27:26.480 --> 0:27:29.879 king of your home, make your wife the queen. Let 0:27:29.920 --> 0:27:32.879 me ask you this today, how do you respond to 0:27:32.920 --> 0:27:35.439 the authority in your life? Do you humble yourself and 0:27:35.480 --> 0:27:37.560 submit to it or do you kind of have that 0:27:37.640 --> 0:27:39.720 defiant don't tell me what to do attitude. 0:27:40.000 --> 0:27:42.400 No. God can't bless that and some of you. That's 0:27:42.440 --> 0:27:43.240 the only thing. 0:27:43.080 --> 0:27:46.080 That's keeping you from going higher. If you would just 0:27:46.520 --> 0:27:50.359 swallow your pride and start respecting that authority, you'd see 0:27:50.359 --> 0:27:54.640 God's favor in a greater way. Remember when we disobey authority, 0:27:54.680 --> 0:27:57.880 we're really disobeying God. It may not be a big thing, 0:27:58.200 --> 0:28:00.600 but if we don't deal with the small things. 0:28:00.440 --> 0:28:02.280 They're going to keep us from God's very best. 0:28:02.680 --> 0:28:04.719 So why don't you make a decision with me that 0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:07.760 you're gonna start coming under the authority in your life 0:28:07.800 --> 0:28:11.120 with a good attitude, be a good example. You may 0:28:11.160 --> 0:28:14.200 not agree with everything, but at least do it unto God. 0:28:14.760 --> 0:28:17.919 If you will have a submissive attitude and respect the 0:28:17.960 --> 0:28:20.239 authority in your life, let me tell you there's no 0:28:20.320 --> 0:28:21.000 limit to what. 0:28:20.920 --> 0:28:21.399 God will do. 0:28:21.600 --> 0:28:24.280 He'll promote you, he'll pour out his blessings in favor, 0:28:24.320 --> 0:28:26.720 and you'll experience the victories he has in story. 0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:29.040 Amen, how many of you receive it today? I know 0:28:29.119 --> 0:28:29.359 you do. 0:28:32.200 --> 0:28:34.960 We never like to close all broadcast without giving you 0:28:35.040 --> 0:28:38.000 an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 0:28:38.200 --> 0:28:42.480 Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll 0:28:42.520 --> 0:28:47.240 repent of my sins. Come into my heart. 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