WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:09.759 Welcome to Pinoy Tagalog Sermon Podcast, your daily dose of inspiring, 2 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:13.800 heartfelt Tagalog sermons from different pastors and speakers all over 3 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.719 the Philippines. We hope that this podcast finds you in 4 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:25.960 good shape. And now here's your message. It'll come. Well, 5 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:29.160 you know it already most of you do. Let's do it. 6 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:32.759 This is my Bible, it is the standard I live 7 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:36.840 my life by. I am a spiritfuled believer, sustained by 8 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:40.920 my personal relationship with the Lord, empowered by my commitment 9 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:45.240 to community and express throughout reach to others. Therefore, I 10 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:51.359 can say, and all right, we're going to interrupt the 11 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:56.719 series on Galatians for today, regalations for for next week. 12 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.799 But I want to start with just a great video. 13 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:03.159 The most Amazing Man Alive. 14 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:13.799 The most Amazing man alive. Police often questioned him just 15 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:18.400 because they find him interesting. He once counted to infinity twice. 16 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:22.400 His picture is worth a billion words. He is both 17 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:26.040 left handed and right handed. It only takes him twenty 18 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:29.519 minutes to one sixty minutes. He can't judge a book 19 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:32.920 by its cover. He uses to askos locks instead of 20 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:37.079 by seeing. He can speak Braille. He once beat up 21 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.359 the man who invented boxing. He once overthrew a Third 22 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:44.000 World dictator by making a single phone call. His barbecue 23 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:47.760 ribs are so good. He was given a Nobel Peace Prize. 24 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:51.319 People come from miles around just to watch his beard grow. 25 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:54.000 He was turned down for the Lead and Cool Hand 26 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:58.079 Look because he was too cool. He never asked for 27 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:02.239 directions because he has never lost. He had to walk 28 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:07.840 to school, appeal both ways in the snow barefoot. There 29 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:11.520 is no lufa in his shower. He uses an sosa. 30 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:14.120 He has had a full time job since he was two. 31 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:17.560 He is not afraid of the dark. The dark is 32 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:22.680 afraid of him. His favorite food is steak. Sometimes he 33 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:26.280 even cooks it. He won the Bulletser for a grocery 34 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:29.479 list he scribbled out on an apple. He once was 35 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.919 named Man of the Year on January eight. He does 36 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:36.479 not lift weights. He cannot find any that are heavy enough. 37 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:39.879 He knows what to do with a Klondike pack. He 38 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:44.120 is the most amazing man alive. He is your father. 39 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:49.280 Happy Father's Day, My friends. 40 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:52.080 Come on thereby, let's give all the man a hand clap. 41 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:59.039 Let's do yeah, you know, and rightfully so we celebrate 42 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:01.400 Mother's Day, and it's awesome, and you get to Father's 43 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:03.240 Day kind of like your dirty dog give You know, 44 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:06.840 we need to celebrate men because men are awesome, and 45 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:11.280 we're gonna make it special. They are, yes, yes, and 46 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:14.000 don't forget at the close of service, we've got something 47 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:17.520 special for every man in the house. You know, let's 48 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.280 not make it just fathers. They have about Father's week. 49 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:26.439 What if the man gets to control the TV remote 50 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:34.120 all week long? Someone like that. As Sarah feared Abraham 51 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:37.080 and called him lord, You're gonna be called lord for 52 00:03:37.080 --> 00:03:42.479 a whole week. I just went lordy, lordy. Okay, oh 53 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:45.560 my hey, We're gonna look at a day in scripture 54 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:50.840 that will help you. And I remember, God wants us 55 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:57.439 men to think legacy. Everybody say legacy, very very important, 56 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:02.759 very important. That men understand stand this, every man, every woman. 57 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.680 So even though I'm addressed seeing men, this applies to 58 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:09.280 the ladies just as much. Every single parent. Wherever you 59 00:04:09.319 --> 00:04:12.919 find yourself today, God wants you to be able to 60 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:19.279 leave and create a venue for legacy. No matter how 61 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:22.800 we have started, no matter how we have failed, no 62 00:04:22.839 --> 00:04:26.720 matter how much we've blundered, no matter how much we've 63 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:32.279 maybe taken no responsibility God can change things and do 64 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:36.680 things quickly in your life so that you finish well, 65 00:04:38.480 --> 00:04:42.800 finish well, So it's not just starting, it's finishing well. 66 00:04:43.199 --> 00:04:47.519 I've seen many people start something, a project or something spiritual, 67 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:52.240 whatever it is, only to stop quickly. And I'd rather 68 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:56.720 see someone start slowly and finish strong. So everybody say, 69 00:04:56.759 --> 00:05:01.079 finish strong. And while you have bread and you have 70 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.639 this day, God, out of his mercy and his grace, 71 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:09.720 can begin to create legacy from your life and just 72 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:14.399 help you. Legacy is such a great word, and basically 73 00:05:14.680 --> 00:05:19.519 it's just something that's handed down by a predecessor, someone 74 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:23.120 that is just giving you something of value for your life, 75 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:26.519 to help you so that you can run your race 76 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:29.439 in such an accurate way, godly way, and that way 77 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:32.639 you can finish strong and keep this process going. The 78 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.720 picture I think of is when you drop a pebble 79 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:40.480 or rock in water and boom, Okay, there you are 80 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:44.480 your legacy. But if you've done this correct, thinking about 81 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:47.360 not yourself but those that are following and those that 82 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:50.720 are going to take up your mantle, it begins to expand. 83 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:53.000 The circles get bigger and bigger. Are you with me? 84 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:57.839 How many men want something to outlive you and live 85 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:02.720 way beyond you, and all the men say, yes, I 86 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:12.639 think of qualities that create legacy, like trust and faith. Men, 87 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:16.639 how about the word commitment and the effect of commitment 88 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:22.720 a life of devotion. Are beginning to live a life 89 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:26.560 of devotion or just deciding I'm going to live a 90 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:32.959 dedicated life with God's principles. Legacy begins with all of that. Again, 91 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:36.079 it's it's not how you started or what's happened in 92 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.560 your past that always defines you. Because very often the 93 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:43.399 people that have great impact in society, they had a 94 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:49.480 very rough start, they had very poor examples, but somehow 95 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:52.639 they were able to realize life wasn't just about them, 96 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:55.360 it was about all those who would follow them. God 97 00:06:55.399 --> 00:06:59.079 could be giving you mercy today, giving me mercy today 98 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:04.199 to defy a brand new future, something that's just awesome. 99 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:08.040 To define a legacy you may not even see in 100 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.319 your own life right now, but you're going to say 101 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:14.279 I'm going to make decisions and quality choices so that 102 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:20.160 legacy does follow. And everyone says, now, I'm honorative. Had 103 00:07:20.199 --> 00:07:21.959 a lot of men and have a lot of men 104 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:25.360 in my life who have impacted me in ministry, in 105 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:30.600 what I'm doing. I have three overseers. My pastor, brother 106 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:33.759 Larry Stockstill. We were texting and emailing each other throughout 107 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:37.120 the week, thanking him for his impact in my life. 108 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:40.399 And he will be here eventually, comes periodically every few 109 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:44.560 years to other overseers, Mike ware and Jeff Tarbas. They're 110 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:48.959 in periodically. You've met them whenever there's an emergency or 111 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.240 a need or whatever. Right here to be here with you. 112 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:54.319 Two men are who are now with the Lord, Brother 113 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:56.560 Billy Hornsby. Some of you go back real far and 114 00:07:56.639 --> 00:08:00.279 remember Brother Billy and his impact on my life. Brother 115 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:03.279 Larry's dad, Roy Stockstill, who passed away a year and 116 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:06.639 a half ago. I think of my own dad, John Harrow, 117 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:12.839 he passed away thirty three years ago, healthy at could be, 118 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:15.839 and just the different things that he would do to 119 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:18.839 help and serve in our community. He was also a 120 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:22.920 volunteer fireman. My little community was kind of like Mayberry RFD. 121 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:27.000 Anybody like to watch Mayberry RFD really kind of describes 122 00:08:27.040 --> 00:08:30.199 the community. The small community I grew up in Louisiana, 123 00:08:30.319 --> 00:08:33.480 everybody helping doing no matter what. My dad was a 124 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.080 volunteer fireman and one of the rescues that trained to 125 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:41.279 relm and he got some very toxic material on him, 126 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:45.200 which led to a cancer that ended up taking his life. 127 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.200 But he was a man of his word. Now, I 128 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:50.559 remember as a kid going in our little bank because 129 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.720 we had a farm, and all the things that he did, 130 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:57.879 I remember this. I saw it. He would borrow money 131 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:04.639 with a handshake, no paper signed ever, can't do that now. 132 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:08.440 And then as selling the cows and all the things 133 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:11.679 that would take place in the farm, he'd pay back always, 134 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:19.039 I said always, because a man pays back his loans. Amen. 135 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:22.279 That's just who he was. He would help the needy. 136 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:25.840 I mean, he would help people up. Our phone would 137 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:29.200 often ring throughout the night because Dad, even though he 138 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:32.399 had great principles, had great mercy. So in the community 139 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:34.440 when people got in trouble, and I grew up in 140 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.480 the area where there was a lot a lot of alcohol, 141 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:40.320 and so when people would be drunk or whatever get 142 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:43.960 put in jail, inevitably they would call Dad, because my 143 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.879 dad would go bail them out and he'd lecture them 144 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:50.039 and he talked to them, and then he'd make them 145 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:54.000 work on the farm and he'd witness to him. Now, 146 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:55.960 that's what he did all the time. So when I'd 147 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.320 hear the phone ring in the middle of the night 148 00:09:57.360 --> 00:09:59.759 and I go here, he goes again. If there was 149 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:03.480 an he saw the need. Our community needed a golf course. 150 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:05.960 My older brother played golf and was very very good. 151 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:09.559 We need a golf course. He built one. He just 152 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:12.159 did it. He got someone to draw plans, he got 153 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:14.759 a few men, let's do it. You know, some people dream, 154 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:18.279 some people do. I remember it destroyed our tractor built 155 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:20.440 and it's there today, and it is a fine golf 156 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:24.799 course that he built. We needed a school when all 157 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:27.200 our schools were in rough condition and all kinds of 158 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:30.879 things going on. He built a school, a private school 159 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:34.120 that's still there today. So this was the man that 160 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:37.080 I grew up around. And I found a picture of 161 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:39.679 him when he was finishing college. So bring that picture 162 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:42.720 of my dad there is when he's finished college. It's 163 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:46.159 John Harrold, just trying to get you to think of 164 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:48.879 people that have helped you. He and my mom got 165 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:53.679 married shortly after this picture. Then, of course he died 166 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:56.000 when I had just gotten married to and I had 167 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:59.639 just gotten married. I sent my mom off to Bible College. 168 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:04.679 She's around fifty years of age. She graduates, the school 169 00:11:04.759 --> 00:11:07.440 sends her overseas. She's a missionary for a year as 170 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:09.720 a dean of women. Comes back and I kept telling 171 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:11.679 my mom, you need to remarry. No, no, no, no, 172 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.480 you know she don't want to do that. Well, great 173 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:17.519 man whose wife had died. Great friends in the family. 174 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:21.399 There again, everybody knows everyone in the small community. And 175 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:23.480 Bill's youngest daughter and I were good friends. We used 176 00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:26.080 to ride horses together. We had horses on our farm. 177 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:29.679 So the Lord brought Bill into mom's life. And after 178 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:33.080 she was a widow for four years, she married Brigadier 179 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:36.080 General William Hogan. So bring up picture of Bill. Now, 180 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:40.399 that's Bill right there, my stepdad on one of his missions. 181 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:42.080 I don't know where, but I found that picture and 182 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:44.519 I thought, well, let me bring that one in case 183 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:48.159 you did know too. He played football for LSU. Come on, 184 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.720 bring up the next picture. There he is when he's 185 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:54.360 in college. He was center for several years. When he 186 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.679 was a senior, he was quarterback for Lshoe. Yeah, so 187 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:00.759 we grew up. Well, of course I'm an adult then. 188 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:03.919 But Bill was a great man. They were married for 189 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:07.720 seventeen years and he was twelve thirteen years older than 190 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:10.240 my mom, and he passed away twelve and a half 191 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:15.279 years ago. Just showing you people of integrity and character 192 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:19.639 and quality. Great leader, great, great leader. And then I'm 193 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:25.039 gonna bring up another picture my great grandfather and his family. Okay, 194 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:28.519 this is an old picture. Bring it up there it is. 195 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:34.600 He died in nineteen fourteen. Okay, so this picture is old. 196 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:39.919 Everybody say old. Okay. This is my great grandfather right here. 197 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:45.559 He was a philanthropist. He just made things work. He 198 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:50.960 owned banks and farms and houses and I don't know 199 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:54.799 what'll Apparently he loved the Lord because you go around 200 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:58.759 our community. He built this church, he built that church. 201 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:01.879 He gave them my for this over here. That's what 202 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:07.799 he did. Now, this is my great grandmother, Ellen Gray Harold. 203 00:13:08.360 --> 00:13:12.480 I'm Mark Gray Harrold. You just heard Andrew Gray Harrol 204 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:16.480 and Declan Gray is running around here somewhere. So just 205 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.200 showing ongoing. This is my grandfather's a little boy. This 206 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:24.679 is his older sister. There's a big age difference. That's 207 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:29.120 because five children died between them, not just in infancy, 208 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:34.039 but at age ten twelve. All the diseases way back then, 209 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:38.840 it took place. Now, the great man that he was. Unfortunately, 210 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:42.279 my grandfather became an alcoholic at an early age when 211 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:46.080 the depression hit and he lost all the stuff that 212 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:49.720 he had worked so hard to accumulate. So I'm so 213 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:53.960 grateful when my day grew up he broke that curse. 214 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:58.879 He broke that because he wanted to create something of 215 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.840 legacy and kind of picked up the mantle that my 216 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:04.720 great grandfather had. Now are you ready for his name? 217 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:14.240 His name was Leonidas. It is Greek, and Jonathan my 218 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:17.600 middle son. I mean, he's a family buff. They're getting 219 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:19.679 ready to have their first child. Guess what his name 220 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:22.759 is going to be Leonidas and they're gonna call him 221 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:27.440 leon So someone who died over one hundred years ago, 222 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:35.399 legacy is continuing. Men, What are you creating? What are 223 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:40.720 you doing? When my great grandfather moved to Louisiana, it 224 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:46.039 was four brothers from Harrowsville, North Carolina. You can go 225 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:49.480 to Harrowsville, North Carolina. They're a very small community of men. 226 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:53.360 I guess the family big old colonial home is still there. 227 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:55.559 I don't know. It was in pretty shabby shape the 228 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:58.320 last time we were there. But my great grandfather came 229 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:04.279 south and he began doing all that he did legacy 230 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:09.559 legacy so many others. Men in the church who committed 231 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:14.559 themselves to the vision, men who lead their family, men 232 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:18.480 who have stayed devoted, men who could trust the Lord, 233 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:25.279 not just their feelings, even if others were failing them 234 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:28.200 in their lives, or family members were failing them or whatever. 235 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:32.480 They stayed committed as a man, as a husband, as 236 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:35.519 a dead someone who could stay steady in a moment 237 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:39.720 of testing our trial, that when others maybe couldn't do 238 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:43.360 it or wouldn't do it, you decided I'm going to 239 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:47.399 do the right thing. May we be men who do 240 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:54.759 right even others don't. John twenty, verse twenty nine. And 241 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:56.960 then we're going to look at our theme someone we're 242 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:59.480 going to study just briefly in the scripture. But John 243 00:15:59.519 --> 00:16:06.200 twenty twenty nine, I want you to see this. And 244 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:11.120 this is after his resurrection, and Thomas was doubting the 245 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.120 whole appearance of the Lord, and Jesus appeared to him. 246 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:20.480 Then Jesus told him, Thomas, because you've seen me, you 247 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:25.960 have believe. And that's one thing that's great. You've heard 248 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:28.679 the frame. If I see it, I'll believe it. That's 249 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:30.759 kind of where this guy was at the moment. But 250 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:34.200 look at this. The rest of the verse blessed her 251 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:39.159 those who have not seen and what you believe yet 252 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:42.840 have believed. So God wants to raise up men, women, 253 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:47.039 dad's fathers that are willing to be devoted even before 254 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:54.360 even before they see the outcome, willing to have faith, 255 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:58.559 even before they see the result of that faith. Oh 256 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:03.320 it's quiet in here today. Come on, ma'am. Anybody can 257 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:05.559 believe when they see. But the Bible says there's a 258 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:08.480 blessing that comes on a person that can actually make 259 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:13.519 the right step before they see the outcome, right, the 260 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:19.079 right decision, staying committed, staying devoted, staying loyal. So let's 261 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:22.759 look at a man in scripture. Turn to Matthew chapter one. 262 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:27.880 We're gonna look through a window of his life because 263 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:31.559 he's not talked about a lot throughout the scripture. We 264 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:33.599 don't know a lot about Joseph. And I'm not talking 265 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:37.400 about the Old Testament Joseph. I'm talking about Joseph the Guardian, 266 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:41.440 the earthly dead of Jesus. Joseph. Can I say, the 267 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:45.519 foster dead of Jesus, And you don't hear much about him? 268 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:50.160 He gets a cameo appearance at Christmas time. You don't 269 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.519 think of all the bathroodramas and so forth. Here comes 270 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:56.720 Joseph and do you have any room at the end? No, bam, 271 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:59.119 off to the manger, they go. That's about all you 272 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.519 really see or here. But let's look at a few scriptures, 273 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:07.160 and I hope men especially let this rivet you something 274 00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:10.920 you can talk about. Think about in regards to your legacy, 275 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:15.000 not just your biological family, but your spiritual family people 276 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:18.400 you know, your community and so forth. Think all that 277 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:24.680 Joseph was up against. Just think about it. Can you 278 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:30.559 imagine the task of being the dead of Jesus? How 279 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:35.119 do you direct or correct something that's perfect? I mean, 280 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:39.240 come on, put yourself in that place. So think with 281 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:44.400 me the task God gave Joseph in the legacy God 282 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:50.839 gave him through his adopted son that he was responsible 283 00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:57.920 to raise Jesus Matthew Chapter one, beginning verse eighteen. This 284 00:18:58.119 --> 00:19:01.319 is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. His 285 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:05.480 mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but 286 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:08.279 before they came together, she was found to be with 287 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:12.839 child through the Holy Spirit. Now would you stop and 288 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:18.240 think about that conversation for a few moments. Please, Joseph, 289 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:24.519 I have something to tell you. I'm pregnant. Who's the dead? 290 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:37.119 The Holy Spirit? I haven't met the Holy Spirit? Think, 291 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:41.119 come on, think with me for a minute. He is 292 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:47.799 aware of this news pre dream. Okay, hadn't had the 293 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:52.000 dream yet. He's aware of this pre dream verse nineteen. 294 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:55.279 Because Joseph, her husband, You said, well, wait, I thought 295 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:58.759 they were engaged. Well, back then, when you got engaged, 296 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:01.480 you had to go through divorce or a form of 297 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:06.200 divorce to break up an engagement, So engagement was legally 298 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:10.359 binding at that time. Are you with me? Because Joseph, 299 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:14.480 her husband was a righteous man. Everybody say righteous man, 300 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:19.880 and he did not want to expose her to public disgrace. 301 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:25.119 He had in mind to divorce her quietly. He's going 302 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:28.200 to do this quietly, in an honorable way, when he 303 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:33.440 felt Mary had been unhonorable to him. He's just doing 304 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:38.880 the thing that you would do, except he's doing it honorably, 305 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:45.680 and he's trying to still protect Mary. Thank man, think 306 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:53.720 of qualities here. But after he had considered this, that's important. 307 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:58.759 But after he had considered this, that's probably one of 308 00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:02.359 the most important raises as it relates to Joseph, because 309 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:08.240 he's thinking, he's contemplating, trying to figure this out, trying 310 00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:11.440 to understand what's going on, trying to do it in 311 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:14.920 an honorable way, not try not to make Mary become 312 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:18.599 a disgrace in the community. An angel of the Lord 313 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:22.440 appeared to him in a dream. Now just stop for 314 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:25.240 a minute. I've had a lot of dreams, and I've 315 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:29.079 had some spiritual dreams as well. All of us probably have. 316 00:21:30.079 --> 00:21:35.799 But still it's a dream. It's not an appearance. It's 317 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:42.440 a dream. Okay, there is a difference. But after he 318 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:44.559 considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him 319 00:21:44.599 --> 00:21:47.640 in a dream and said, Joseph, son of David, do 320 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:50.200 not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, 321 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:55.039 because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 322 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:03.680 She will give birth to a son. And you, Joseph, 323 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:09.039 you have the responsibility. You're to give him the name 324 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:16.839 what's his name? Because he will save his people from 325 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:19.720 their sins. Of course, they were looking for a a 326 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:22.480 side that would be a political redeemer and deliver them 327 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:25.759 from the Romans. But right here, even the angels saying 328 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:31.160 he's going to deliver people from their sins verse twenty two. 329 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:34.720 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had 330 00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:37.960 said through the prophet, the Virgin will be with child 331 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:40.440 and will give birth to a son, and they will 332 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:44.640 call him Emmanuel, which means God with us. When Joseph 333 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:49.400 woke up, he did what the Angel of the Lord 334 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:55.640 had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. Wow, 335 00:22:56.240 --> 00:23:00.279 next verse very important. But he had no union with 336 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:04.279 her until she gave birth to a son, and he 337 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:13.319 Joseph gave him the name what Jesus. So here we are, 338 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:18.559 two thousand plus years later, singing songs about Jesus, rejoicing 339 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:23.880 in our spiritual heritage because of Jesus, because a man 340 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:34.680 named Joseph created legacy. And you don't hear much about Joseph. 341 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:38.119 Think about what Joseph was up against. Think about the pressure, 342 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:46.680 the shame, the accusation. And let's think about our time today, everybody. 343 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:49.519 I've never seen a time such as now where people, families, 344 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:54.599 men are under such pressure. Many of you. The pressure 345 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:59.119 is robbing you of sleep at night. You have anxiety, 346 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:03.759 pay the bi raise the kids, answer to the boss, 347 00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:07.880 deal with the situations, fix the problems, fix the broken 348 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:12.279 stuff around the house. Everybody say stuff that pressure on 349 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:17.319 you of trying to figure out life and land it. 350 00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:20.000 Think of the pressure on Joseph when all this went 351 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:22.759 down and he has to take a whole new direction. 352 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:26.799 I'm sure he had a nice condominium picked out somewhere 353 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:29.400 that they were going to live. I mean, he had 354 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:37.000 all these plans and now it's chaos. Come on, chaos, 355 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:41.279 And with all those pressures, Joseph did the right thing, 356 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:50.119 even before he had a full revelation. Come on, ma'am. 357 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.880 Of course, you've got to know the word to know 358 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:54.240 what the right thing is. You've got to know the 359 00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:56.119 heart of God. You've got as Andrew was talking about 360 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:58.160 listening to the Holy Spirit. You've got to know that 361 00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:01.440 to know what the right thing is. Joseph was a 362 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:03.640 man who did the right thing, and because he did, 363 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:06.559 he got the revelation from God. Because he was going 364 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:09.920 to do the right thing, and because he got a 365 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:13.000 revelation of God's plan and of being committed and devoted, 366 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:18.160 God gave him a legacy that speaks today, delivering men 367 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:21.839 and women of their sins no matter what country we're from, 368 00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:23.799 aren't you glad we celebrate the nations of the world 369 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:27.119 got people out all over and we have guest missionaries 370 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:30.079 in today. It's awesome and I believe that is the 371 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:34.519 heartbeat of every person here. It's not in your notes, 372 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:37.880 but write it down. God wants your life to outlast 373 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:42.839 your few moments here on earth. Got to thinking about 374 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:45.480 that earlier, and I wrote it down. God wants your 375 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.759 life to outlast your few moments here on earth. So 376 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:50.799 let me just quickly give you four things we can 377 00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:54.680 see from the life of Joseph as we just take 378 00:25:54.720 --> 00:26:00.000 a glimpse through this window that can help us create legacy, 379 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:03.559 fine legacy, or expand the legacy that we're already working on. 380 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:08.279 Number One, Joseph was a man of marrows, but he 381 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:12.640 was also a man of mercy. Okay, can you see 382 00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:17.839 that what we've just read? It's a great combination. I 383 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:23.480 love combinations. Anybody go to dairy Queen occasionally? I like 384 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:29.519 a strawberry cheese quake blizzard. Do I hear an amen 385 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:34.480 in the house? Combination? I love a combination peanut butter 386 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:44.000 and no, not chocolate. Jeanet. Gosh, she's got one track mine, 387 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:50.960 don't she. Peanut butter and jelly. Yes, I like my 388 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:56.640 pizza with pepperoni and Canadian bacon combination and cheese. Of course, 389 00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:02.039 I like a combination of things going on all at once. Now, look, 390 00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:07.119 this is an amazing combination for Joseph, Marls and mercy. 391 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:11.960 You say why because most people have a tendency to 392 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:16.599 dominate on one or the other. Come on, men, thank 393 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:21.920 God for Marls. Please, but listen, if you are just 394 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:26.839 totally driven by Marls, which we need, I mean, it 395 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:30.480 doesn't move. But if you just dominate that and just 396 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:35.000 communicate that, you can create an atmosphere where God's forgiveness 397 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:39.200 can't flow. Yes, yes, see, because the Holy Spirit is 398 00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:42.759 going to want to minister mercy and compassion. The lady 399 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:47.160 caught an adultery. She should have been killed, but Jesus 400 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:52.759 had mercy. He wasn't condoning sin. He was trying to 401 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:55.000