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turn your Bibles to Hebrews chap 11 Hebrews chap 11 we're going to continue this morning our series on broken uh talking about how that uh God uses broken people and how God heals broken people as we go through Hebrews chapter 11 God's Hall of faith and those who have uh uh God has used over the years and why he has used them and so we're down at verse number 32 Hebrews chap 11 verse number 32 and says what sh What Shall I more sa for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and of baric and of Samson of jeffa of David also and of Samuel of the pro and of the prophets and so he's coming down to the end of the chapter and he's running out of time so he's just kind of naming off some names

here and then he just gets to kind of a generic and the prophets and you'll see that we'll talk about that a little bit later on but today we're going to look at the at one of the characters here that's a little hard to to understand and to see why God listed his name here and that is baric if you look there right after Gideon I think most of us are at least somewhat familiar with the story of Gideon and most of us know about Samson who comes after but then you got baric uh how many of you know who Barack is all right how many know how who Barack is all right but not not this Barack okay we're not talking about this one uh we're talking about Barack of the Bible and Barack was the fourth

judge of Israel now you remember Israel after they went to promised land and after Moses and Caleb were gone and and Joshua and all those leaders were gone then uh Israel kept backsliding and then uh then they would uh God would send a nation to punish them and and they would get get right with the Lord and he would send a judge to to rescue them and then they get right with the Lord and then they go right back through that whole cycle over again of backsliding as well and so Barack is is unique because uh the story about him if you'll turn over to Judges chapter 4 the Book of Judges chapter 4 is where we read the story about Barack and it's actually chapter 4 and chapter five in chapter

four we have the story of Barack and then in chapter five we have the song of Barack uh they actually uh follow up the the the story itself and then we have the same story but in a in a poetry singing way uh kind of like going to a musical in the movie theater and so we've got the two different versions but we're going to look at Judges chapter 4 and we're going to look at verse number beginning with verse number one it says and the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord when ehad was dead and the Lord sold them into the hand of jabin king of Canaan that reigned in hazar the captain of whose host was s ciceria which dwelt in herath of the Gentiles and the children of

Israel Cried unto the Lord for he had 900 Chariots of iron and 20 years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel and Deborah A prophetess the wife of Le lapo uh she judged Israel at the time and she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between raham and bethl in Mount Ephraim and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment and she sent and called Barack the son of uh abon and called uh out of this place I can't even bother trying to pronounce and said unto him hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded saying go and draw toward Mount tabore and take with the 10,000 men of the children of Napa and and of the children of zebulun and I will draw unto you draw unto thee to the river

kishan CER the captain of jabin's army with his chariots and his multitude and I will deliver him into thine hand and Barack said unto her if thou will go with me then I will go but if thou will not go with me then I will not go and she said I will surely go with thee notwithstanding the journey that thou takest uh shall not be for thine honor for the Lord shall sell cesaria to the hand of a woman and de ra arose and went with Barack to Gish now the reason I have a struggles with Barack in God's Hall of Fame is because we read here that because he was afraid to go he said listen I will not go into battle unless Deborah you go with me now Deborah is identified as the judge of Israel we'll

talk about that in just a minute here and Barack was never actually called a Judge of Israel it probably would have been more like a general in Israel uh but uh uh Deborah calls Barack to her and says listen God wants you to go and defeat the enemy and uh they were outnumbered and outgunned but he said God's going to be with you and why don't you go to defeat the enemy and he said well I won't go if you won't go with me and so she says all right I'll go with you but understand then you're not going to get any honor for this you're not going to get any credit for this because uh it it was a woman who's going to get the Victory and actually it wasn't her it was another woman if you remember

further in the story uh when cesaria was running away after being defeated that another woman uh put a peg into his head you know and killed him that way when he tried to hide uh but the point is is why is God honoring Barack when God when Deborah told him you're not going to get any honor out of this uh it doesn't seem to make sense you see Barack was kind of a coward wasn't he I mean to say to a woman I'm not going to go to battle unless you go with me isn't that kind of to identify you as a coward the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 16134 watch ye Stand Fast like men quit stand fast quit you like men Stand Fast in the faith quit you like men be strong let all your things be done with Charity

or love uh we want to have men serving the lord don't we we want to have people that are willing to take a stand and to do what's right and not to be afraid and even when they're afraid to stay faithful to take their stand and you know God could have chosen many other of the judges to honor here he could have chosen back in Judges chapter 3 there was a man named aen uh this was Caleb's brother you remember Caleb was one of the great leaders of Israel one of the great he had the faith give me that mountain and he believed that they could go and defeat the enemy and and uh so that's a good pedigree he God could have said could have put Caleb into Hebrews chapter 11 God could have put another

judge in in judges 3:1 15-17 a judge named ahud which was the judge right before uh Barack and he could have put him in there and he was also known as a great warrior he was left-handed you might remember him is the one that went into the tent of the of the general the other Army the king and and stabbed him with his left hand remember we talked about the reason we shake with our right hand is because most swordsman are right-handed and so when you put out your right hand you were saying I'm not going to stab you well he was left-handed so he put out his right hand and went boom and stabbed the guy and defeated him and and won the Victory and then you've got uh shamgar just briefly mentioned

in judges 3:31 and uh he killed 600 men with an oak God a go uh he he he just he didn't have a sword he didn't have a weapon he just had an oak go Ox go and he killed 600 men with that uh those would have been M Great Men of God those would have been great men of Faith to honor but God didn't honor any of these three now we have this idea that God is looking for men and that's true God is looking for men what kind of man is God looking for in in our eyes we've got this picture that God is looking for somebody that's handsome somebody that's strong somebody that's smart somebody's talented somebody that's rich you know like me all those things you know uh that's what God's looking for

somebody that's a He-Man and going to stand up and he's big got big muscles and and he's very you know that that's what we think of when we think of who is God looking for now the Bible tells us in Ezekiel 22:30 and I sought for a man among them that should make up the Hedge and stand the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it but I found none and so God is seeking seing for men who will take a stand for him but he's seeking for men that are not strong in their own strength but they're strong in the Lord the Bible says in Ephesians 610 finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might it's good to have muscles it's good to have character it's good to

not be afraid of things it's good to be a man and I think we've kind of got away from that in our society today but but God doesn't need somebody that's strong in themselves he is looking for somebody that will be strong in the Lord in 1 chronicles 16 and verse number n it says for the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him you see I think one of the reasons that God put Barack into Hebrews chapter 11 is he wanted to make it clear to us that I'm not looking for somebody that's strong in their own power but I'm looking for somebody that can be strong in the Lord I'm looking for somebody that I

can show myself strong in their life and here was a man who was uh we would might probably call him a coward he was afraid to go to battle unless the L the woman went with him and and we would say that's not much of a man but God says listen I'm not looking for somebody that's willing to that's strong I'm looking for somebody strong in the Lord you see sometimes the greatest abilities that we can have is first of all to have availability in Isaiah 6 and verse number 8 also I heard the voice of the Lord saying whom shall I send and who will go for us then said I here am I send me you see God is not looking for some people that have these great talents and great abilities he's just looking for

somebody has availability he's looking for somebody to say you need help in the nursery here am I you need help in one of the classes here am I you need somebody to go out Soul winning here am I we need people that are willing and available to do what God wants them to do and the second greatest ability is the is dependability in Philippians chapter 2 we kind of looked at this in my Wednesday night class we're teaching on Bible study and we uh did a character study in the life of Timothy and one of the things that we read about Timothy in Philippians chapter 2 verses 19- 23 we won't turn there for time sake but Paul said listen Timothy is somebody I'm going to send to you because I know that

whatever I ask him to do he's going to do it well he's going to do it to the best of his ability he's going to do it even better than I would he was Dependable you know one of the biggest struggles working with volunteer labor in a church is people aren't dependable you ask them to do something and and it doesn't get done and then you've got the frustration of having to go and say are you going to do that then they get mad at you because you ask them if they're going to do that and and they never get around to do it or if they do it it's kind of halfway and it's kind of last minute and it's not done well and and God says listen I'm not I'm not looking for people with great abilities but I'm

looking for people that have availability I'm looking for people that have dependability and then number three I'm looking for people to have responsibility now when we talk about responsibility we're not talking about like brother Grady when he was growing up I understand very responsible young man when everything anything went wrong they would say he's responsible uh because he was the one that did it you know uh that's what I'm talking about the Bible says in in Colossians chapter 3:1 17 whatsoever you do and word or deed do all in the name of the Lord Jesus in verse 23 and what shall we do do it heartily as in the Lord the responsibility knowing I have the responsibility of this ministry

I have the responsibility of reaching my neighbors for Christ I have the responsibility of teaching little kids little children I have the responsibility of greeting people when they come to church I have the whatever it is I realize this is not just for me it's not just for my church it's not for my honor it's for God's honor and I want to do it to the best of my ability because I want it to do it for the Lord and and those are the kind of people that God is looking for and I believe the reason he put G baric and in Barack into uh Hebrews chapter 11 you want to remind us I'm not looking for big he men that are strong and can do all these things in their own strength and their own power but

I'm looking for people that are available I'm looking for people that are Dependable I'm looking for people that are responsible I'm looking for somebody that I can show myself strong in their lives you see God is looking for the man that he can use go over to 1 Corinthians chapter 1 keep a marker judges we'll come back there but 1 Corinthians chapter 1 and beginning with verse number 26 1 Corinthians chapter 1 beginning with verse number 26 for you see your calling Brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called but God had chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and God had chosen the weak things of the world to confound the

things which are Mighty and base things of the world and things which are despised as God chosen yay and things which are not to bring to not things that are that no flesh should glory in his presence but of him are you in Christ Jesus who of God has made unto us wisdom and righteousness and sanctification and Redemption that Accord is written he that glor let him glory in the Lord you see if God is looking for weak people and if God is looking for foolish people and God is looking for base people then he's got a room full of people to use right here in this Auditorium see God is not looking for somebody that's so great that they're going to get the honor God is looking for somebody that can

give the honor and the glory to him God is looking for people that he can use even in their weaknesses even in their fears even in their struggles he can use them in whatever Ministry he's called them to whatever whatever he's called called them to do now my first question was why Barack but my qu second question is why not Deborah why didn't he list Deborah in Hebrews chapter 11 I mean really when you read the story in Judges chapter 4 and 5 uh Deborah was the judge Deborah was a prophetess Deborah was the leader really the spiritual leader here so why didn't God put her name instead of barack's name now we know there's other women that are listed here in Hebrews chapter 11 so that's not

why it is so why is that is God somehow against women is God somehow uh you know against females in every way I do not believe that women can be pastors okay the Bible says in 1 Timothy 2:12 but I suffer not a woman to teach nor usurp authority over the man but to be in silence and the idea of that passage is that she's not to be in a position of of authority uh within the church uh the Bible also says in 1 Timothy 3:2 a bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife Vigilant sober of good behavior given to hospitality apt to teach and you know that one phrase there a husband of one wife uh despite same-sex marriage today that just doesn't work for us in the church okay if you're

going to be a husband of one wife that means you're going to be a man and then that's the criteria that God set for the preacher for the Pastor now a lot of people today look at that say that's not fair God's just some kind of uh you know Mis how do you say that word Mis misogynist thank you I was trying to I had it re phonetically written out here I still couldn't get it uh you my tongue does not it covers my eye tooth and I can't see what I'm saying all right but anyway uh is God a misogynist is that what the problem is he doesn't like women is there a problem with women no God just said listen women can't be pastors but that doesn't mean women can't serve the Lord you remember what

happened in Genesis 3 and verse one now the servant was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God hath made and he said unto the woman y hath God said You shall not eat of every tree of the garden I think what happens is sometimes maybe a woman might look at this and say I can't be a pastor and and focuses on that well God said I can't serve him no God didn't say you can't serve him God said there's so many ways you can serve him just not as a pastor and so don't don't take one phrase that God said and make a case out of that one phrase God didn't say that women are second class citizens in his kingdom in fact God in a time that women were second class citizens God made them

equal in Galatians 3: 26-28 it says for you are all of the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus for as many as you have been baptized into Christ and put on Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek there's neither Bond nor free there's neither male nor female for you're all one in Christ Jesus you see God said we're going to make everyone equal and God is not saying that women are second class citizens and secondly God is saying that women canot serve the Lord there are great many women of God that served him in the Bible uh the Bible says in Philippians chapter 4 and verse number three I treat thee also true yoke fellow help those women which labored with me in the gospel with Clement also

with other my fellow la neighbors whose names are in the Book of Life when you go through both the Old Testament and the New Testament you see woman after woman after woman who's being used of God and many times they were in the Forefront many times they were doing great things for the Lord and and and just because you're a woman doesn't mean you can't serve god so let's be careful that we don't say well has God really said this God said a woman cannot be a pastor that's clear in the Bible but God has not said a woman cannot serve him and over and over the Bible women are able to serve the Lord right here Ohana we see many women who are Faithfully serving the lord now we need to understand

that women are different than men despite what we see in the world today despite what they're trying to teach in our colleges today and and everywhere else you turn women are different than men in Genesis chapter 1 and verse 27 it says so God created man in his own image in the image of God created him male and female he created them you know nowadays there's a big argument you know the phrase they use is is whether or not they're a biological female well you know there is only biological females and biological males there's no third choice here folks it's either male or female and men and women are different and that's what we've got to accept and believe you know I I um I'm glad I'm a man

I'm just going to be honest with you I'm glad I'm a man and there's many reasons why I'm glad I'm a man uh number one I'm glad I'm a man because I don't have to have the babies every time I see a pregnant woman walking around like a and like carrying a 10lb bowling ball in their stomach and every time every time I watched my wife screaming in pain when the kids were being born I was just the whole time I wasn't thinking but Lord just help her help her I was thinking Lord thank you thank you thank you thank you you know I'm glad I'm not a man because I don't have to have the babies number two I'm glad I'm not a man because I'll never have to walk in high heels in fact I thought we'd

demonstrate that so Ricky you come up here and no I'm not going to I'm not going to do that to you Ricky you know I have no desire to walk I I see women walk in high heels and I think what torture that is I I don't I just wouldn't be willing to do that another reason is I don't feel obligated to drill drill holes in my ears and other places of my body I know a lot of men are wearing earrings and stuff like that and I just cannot understand it we don't have to fellas we don't have to the women feel obligated to do that we don't have to I'm not going to let somebody poke holes in me I got enough holes in my head another reason I'm glad I'm a man is I can comb my hair with one hand and I don't

need to wear makeup even when I need it ain't that a blessing brother Grady I just you get something where he goes I'm done just kind of takes a cloth and polishes a little bit now we know brother Grady could stand some makeup but he doesn't put any on because he doesn't have to We're Men I'm glad of a man because there's shorter lines in the bathroom I'm glad of a man because a a 5-day vacation owner requires one suitcase I'm glad of a man because fewer people feel obligated to mention that you have Let Yourself Go I'm glad of a man because I don't have to carry a purse I don't know what it is you guys keep in that purse my wife will tell me go get something out of my purse and I'll say I'm

too scared I've seen what comes out of that purse there's things in there that can hurt me I I'm glad I'm a man because uh I get to keep my last name for my whole life I'm glad I'm a man because I get extra credit for the sight this act of thoughtfulness you know women are thoughtful and nice you think that's women a man does something thoughtful and nice it's like wow I I'm glad of a man because um I can be showered and ready to leave in 10 minutes I'm glad of a man because uh wedding plans take care of themselves it's true I'm glad I'm a man because you don't go crazy every 30 days I I'm glad I'm a man that one's going to get me in trouble uh I'm glad of a man because your clothes are

cheaper and generally all look alike you ever notice that all men's clothes are cheaper than all women's clothes and Men we go to our closet and say what am I wear today there's only two or three choices it really comes down to the same choices I'm glad of a man because I get the same work more pay yeah I know oh I'm glad of a man because your work is done when you get home no it's not men it shouldn't be but isn't that quite the of it is ladies you feel like you come home at work and your husband come home sit on a couch I'm glad of a man because gray hair and wrinkles add character to men you know everybody says yeah you just look car but not women don't feel the same way and here's the

reason I'm glad my man also is colors are blue green orange red and yellow not teal lavender or mauve okay life is simple when you're a man and so I'm glad a man but you know what I'm thankful for the women that God has used as well you know Deborah was an amazing woman she was a wife a mother a Believer a judge a strategist she did all those things she was a multitasker somebody once said whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good luckily this is not too difficult you know and I think there's a lot of Truth to that Proverbs 3110 says who can find a virtuous woman for price is far above rubies and you go through verses 29 through 31 you you see are the

whole chapter you see the the quality and the the specialness in verse 29 many daughters have done virtuously but thou excellest them all favor is deceitful and beauty is vain but a woman that fearth the Lord she shall be praised give her the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates I will tell you as a pastor that if I want something done and done right in this church I probably will look to a woman before I will a man because many women are committed and many women know what how to do the work and and and they've got that character and that ability that God has given them and I I am thankful for the women who are serving the lord now we need men who will serve the

Lord and we need men who will get involved and we need men who will be faithful we need men who will do what's right and I believe the reason that God put barack's name in in there instead of Deborah's name is to remind us that I I don't have a problem with the women I can find a number of women that will serve me but I'm having troubles fighting men that will serve me so what are the lessons that we learn here the first lesson we learn is the bad pattern that have been established back in judges go back to Judges chapter 4 again Judges chapter 4 and look at verses 1 through3 Judges chapter 4: 1-3 and the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord when ahud was dead and the

Lord sold them into the hand of jabin king of Canaan that reigned in hazar the C captain of whose host was ciceria which Bel dwelt in heres of the Gentiles the children of Israel Cried unto the Lord for he had 900 Chariots of iron and 20 and 20 years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel okay so so here's what happened is is they would get right with God and everything be going great then they' get complacent and start falling into sin again then God would send somebody to judge them and then they'd cry out to the Lord Lord where are you why aren't you helping us and the Lord would send another judge and they'd get right with God and it was just a constant cycle that was going on over

and over and over again and the problem is look at Judges chapter 17 and and verse number six judges chap 17 and verse number six in those days there was no king in Israel but every man did that which was right in his own eyes you see that again in chapter 18 verse1 chapter 19 verse1: 21-25 uh uh chapter 21 verse 25 over and over again the problem was they just started they forgot God and they started doing what they thought was right and they got away from the Lord and God had to judge them and they cried out to God God sent a judge to help lead them out of that when that judge would die they'd go right back through the cycle again and is that the cycle in your life is this what happening

with you you get right with God you get rid of that sin in your life and then you're right back into it again you get right in your marriage and things are going great and then you're right back where you were before over and over again we follow that pattern of uh that cycle in our lives and and and we've got to change that go over to Deuteronomy chapter 8 just a few books before judges Deuteronomy chapter 8 and and look at verses number 10-4 it says when thou has eaten and are full when thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he had given thee beware that thou forget me me forget not the Lord thy God and not keeping his Commandments and his judgments and his statutes

which I command thee this day lest when thou has eaten and are full and H has built goodly houses and dwelt therein and when th herds when when thy herds and thy flocks multiply and th and thy silver and thy gold is Multiplied all that thy house Hast is Multiplied then thine heart be lifted up and th forget the Lord thy God which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage you see so often we have this cycle we forget God and we think we've got this all handled and got this all taken care of and we think we can do what's right in our own eyes and that cycle that just continues in our life and there's some of you here today that that's what's happening in your life

over and over again you go back through that same cycle again and again and again and again and it's time for you to break that cycle the second lesson to learn is Don't Be Afraid Barack was afraid to go into battle because this was an enemy that had uh what did they say 900 chariots now remember chariots back in that day they were like the tanks of that day it'd be like going with foot soldiers against a a tank and battle and that's what they were facing and and and he was afraid and you know what if if if chariots scare you listen to what it says in in Jeremiah 12:5 if thou H has run with the footmen and they have worried thee then how can thou contend with horses and if a land of Peace

were now trusted they Wei thee then how Willl thou do in the swelling Jordan he said listen if you're struggling in battle against the foot soldiers what are you going to do when the tanks come and if you're struggling in battle when things are going relatively well in your life what are you going to do when the real problems come folks if you can't handle it now what are you going to do when it gets tough what are you going to do when it gets hard what are you going to do when the real pressure comes he was afraid because those were tanks coming those were those were chariots that they they outnumbered them and and and they had the the better weapons so what do you do when you get afraid go

to Psalms chapter 56 Psalms chapter 56 and look at verse number three Psalms chapter 56 and verse number three what time I am afraid I will trust in thee look down to verse number 11 in God have I put my trust I will not be afraid what man can do unto me when you're you're afraid trust in God when life overwhelms you trust in God when the battle is going against you trust in God because he is the one that's going to bring the victory you can't do it it also is important remember it's good to have strong spiritual friends to go with you Barack said listen I don't think I can do this by myself Deborah you need to go with me you know it's good to have people in your life when you're facing

tough situations you can say can you go with me can you go with me on this journey can you come and help me through this time in 1st Samuel 23:16 it says and Jonathan Saul's son arose and went to David into the wood and strengthened his hand in God let me ask you who's the person in your life that will strengthen your hand in the Lord who's in the person your life can go with you when you face a battle that's overwhelming later on after Jonathan was dead David faced another situation that was overwhelming in 1st Samuel chapter 30 and verse number six it says and David was greatly distressed for the people spake of stoning him because the soul of all the people was grieved every man for his

sons and for his daughters but David encouraged himself in the Lord is God and I truly believe that the reason that David in that time was able to encourage himself and God was because of what Jonathan had done for him back in chapter 23 who is that person that can come into your life when you're going through those difficult times we can't do this alone then go to Exodus chapter 33 Exodus chapter 33 you remember when Moses was on the mountain and God had given this marching order so to speak and the Bible says in verse 11 the Lord spake unto Moses face to face as a man speaketh unto his friend then I want you to skip down and look at verse number 12 it says and Moses said unto the Lord see

thou sayest unto me bring up this people and thou Hast not let me know whom thou will send with me yet thou Hast said I Know Thee by name and thou Hast also found Grace in my sight now therefore I pray thee if I found Grace in thy sight show me thy way that I may know the thee that I may find Grace in thy sight and consider that this nation is thy people and he said my presence shall go with thee and I will give thee rest and he said unto him If thy presence go not with me carry us not up hence for wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found Grace in thy sight it is not is it not in that thou goest with us so shall we be separated I I and thy people from all the people

that are upon the face of the earth and the Lord said said unto Moses I will do this thing also thou has spoken for thou Hast found Grace in my sight and I Know Thee by name and he said I besee Thee show me thy Glory Moses said listen God I can't do this without you now if you remember back we looked at Moses earlier if you remember back when the first time God called him what did he say I can't do this alone so God said I'll send with you Aaron and Aaron helped him but also caused a lot of trouble people will fail you but God will not and many times God will give you somebody in your life that can go with you into battle and go with you in those difficult times and I'm thankful for the

people that God has put in my life and you need to find people like that that you can say listen I can't do this without you but ultimately folks it's not people that are going to get you through life it is going to be God and we need God to go with us and that's what Barack understood he couldn't do this alone he couldn't do this without God and you and I need to understand the same thing so today let me ask you as you look at your life the people that God honors the people God uses are not people that are strong in their own strength but it's people are strong in the Lord It's people that are saying listen I can't do do this without God and the greatest abilities that God calls us to is

availability dependability and responsibility we accept that call from God but we also need to understand that God wants to work in our lives and our hearts remember Deborah was a Believer she trusted in the Lord and you and I need to also trust in God and put our faith in him in Acts chapter 4 verse number 12 the Bible says neither is there salvation any other for there's none other the name under Heaven given among men where whereby we must be saved you see Moses said I want to know you your name he knew the name of God and I wonder today do you know God's name do you believe in his name 1 John 5: 12 and 13 he that hath the son hath life he that hath not the Son of God hath not life these

things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the son of God that you may know that you have eternal life and that you may believe on the name of the son of God you've got to believe on his name you've got to believe that Jesus died and was buried and rose again you got to believe that he's the very Son of God and he died for you to save you from your sins and you've got to call upon his name in Romans chapter 10 veres 9 and 10 it says that if Thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and Shall Believe in thine heart that God has raised the dead thou shall be saved for with the heart man believeth under the righteousness and with the mouth confession is made on salvation

and Romans 10:13 for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved have you called upon his name have you believed in his name have you believed in the name of the Savior Jesus Christ in your life and as a Christian you need to ask God to show you his way in Proverbs 14:12 it says there is a way which seeth right unto man but the end thereof ways a death it's not what seems right in your own eyes you need to say God show me the right way to go we need to willingly offer ourselves to God in Isaiah 6 and ver8 also I heard the voice of the Lord saying whom shall I send and who will go for us then said I here am I send me we need men and we need women who will say I can do that

not in My Own Strength my own power but by the power of God I can do it I can't tell many people in this church that I've said hey would you teach a Sunday school class and they said I can't do that but they said yes' and to became one of the greatest teachers we've had in this church and I can tell you Time After Time After Time where people said I can't do that but you you cannot do that but God can in and through your life so don't miss the blessing there's a number of people Bible scholars who say that God chose Deborah as a prophetess and the judge because there was no Men available that would really stand for him I I don't think that's true I don't think God is looking down saying I

can't find anybody that's not the God I serve but you know what we do need to see is this don't miss being the one that gets the blessings of serving God you remember in the book of Esra 4:14 and and M Malachi said to Esther perhaps know who knoweth whether thou has come into the kingdom for such a time as this and God is look look for an opportunity to bless you and let you be blessed of him as you serve him