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Hey, but before we get into the baptism service, I want to get into the Word. And before I get into the Word that I can't wait to preach, I want to get into our word of the year. If you're new to social, we have a word that shapes and frames every single year of our church. And the word for 2025 is planted. If you're looking around going, how did all them know to say that at that time? Because they've been planted in the house of the Lord. That's how they know. So just to remind us of our Word, every sing Sunday, irrespective of what text I'm preaching from, we declare Psalms 92, 13, 15. So we going to do it today with uplifted, excited, energetic, and caffeinated voices.
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Come on.
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Y' all ready? Come on. You got a cheat sheet if you don't got to memorize yet. It's on the screen. 1, 2, 3. Those who are planted shall flourish. They shall still, they shall be fresh to declare that the Lord is upright and there is no unrighteousness in him. Oh, y' all sound good. Y' all sound real good. Today we begin a series that we have brazenly entitled God Hates Blank. And really, the promo that you just saw should have been a warning and an indicator of how this series is gonna go. Let me just warn you up front, this is not gonna be a cute, cuddly, bubbly, fluffy, snuggie type series. No, no, no, no. This isn't a make me feel good series. This is a. This is a stretch me series. This is a mature me series. This is a confront me series. Because you do understand that real growth in your life doesn't always feel good. Come on, somebody. True transformation in your life is not always comfortable. As a matter of fact, true transformation in your life is rarely comfortable. In fact, one of the things that I have learned to love about the Word of God is its ability. Watch this. To comfort me and confront me at the same time. That's what I love about the Word of God. It has a unique ability not just to encourage you, but also to expose you that the Word of God has the unique ability and agility to soothe your soul, but it will also stab you in your heart in the best way possible. So what I'm trying to say is this is gonna be a stab you in the heart series in the best way possible. Yeah. Yeah. Everybody gonna get cut over these next six and a half weeks in this series. You gonna get cut. I'm gonna get cut in this series, matter of fact, just look at your neighbor and get them ready and say, hey, neighbor, come on, don't be afraid to talk to your neighbor. Say, neighbor, you gonna get cut in this series. That neighbor was bougie. They didn't want to talk to you. Find another neighbor. Say, other neighbor, I'm telling you, you gonna get cut in this series. Now look back at them and say, but it's good for you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's good for you to get cut. Because here's what I've learned about the word of God. If the word of God can't cut you, it can't change you.
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If it can never get to the.
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Core of who you really are, this.
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Is why the unknown writer of Hebrews.
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When he begins to articulate what the word of God is, he says, it's alive, it is active, it is sharper.
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Than in a two edged sword.
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It will cut you.
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As a matter of fact, the word.
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Of God is like a scalpel in the hand of a skilled surgeon. It's like a scalpel in the hand of a skilled surgeon. You do know that a skilled surgeon with a scalpel and a psycho serial killer with a knife are essentially holding the same instrument. They both cut. The only difference is their intention. The psycho serial killer is cutting you to kill you. The skilled surgeon is cutting you to heal you. Oh, I'm having church already.
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What I love about my sovereign skilled surgeon is that God doesn't just cut.
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Me to harm me.
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God is the only one that has the ability to cut me, to heal me, to cut me, to make me better, to cut me and conform me to the image of Christ. To cut me and extract the toxicity from my life. To cut me and get the cancer out of my character, to cut me. And I look back and say, oh, it was good that you cut me in that area. I didn't say amen. I said ouch. But now that I got a scar, it's a testimony that you are a skilled sovereign surgeon. And I needed your scalpel to cut some stuff out of me.
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I want to tell somebody right now. Who's on the operating table? Don't get up. Don't move. When the sovereign skilled surgeon is cutting things away from your life. Oh, yeah, God cuts. God cuts. Some of you are like, I don't like that. Well, buckle up, buttercup. It's going to get worse. God cuts and God hates. Let that simmer in your spirit. God hates it. Don't even look right on the screen. Some of you find just Those two words put together, problematic. It's a paradox. And for some of you, it's causing spiritual and mental indigestion because it doesn't look like those two words go together. God and hates. Come on. One of these things is not like the other. How in the world can God hate something? It's interesting. The team made me laugh because we have something called Text in Church and it'll send you an update and let you know about service. And you notice the one for today said it's baptism Sunday because they had some trepidation to send out. Pastor Robert is starting a brand new series called God Hates. They were nervous. They're like, we can't send that out. Can we really say God hates? And it kind of makes you pause for a little bit because we're not.
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Used to seeing those two words together.
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God and hates.
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Come on.
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That's not the song they taught you in Sunday school. You saying, jesus loves me. This I know. They don't sing no songs talking about, you know, God hates some stuff before we talk about his love. They didn't teach you that in Way Sunday school.
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Come on. One of the first Bible verses anybody Learned is John 3:16 for God.
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So, oh, y' all went to Sunday school. Loved the world that he gave his.
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Only begotten Son, that whosoever would believe in him would not perish but have everlasting life. They taught us in First John, chapter.
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4, verse 8, that God is love.
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They taught us in First John, chapter 4th, verse 19, that we love because Christ first loved us. They taught us in Jeremiah 31:3 that he has loved us with an everlasting love. They taught us in Psalms103.8 that God is compassionate and he is gracious, that he's slow to anger and abounding in love. They taught us in Romans chapter 5, verse number 8, that God demonstrated his love toward us, that while we were still sinners, that means he didn't wait for you to get your act together to redeem you while you were still stuck in your sin. Christ died for us. They taught us in Romans 8:28, for we know.
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Oh, I feel like preaching it here today.
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They taught us in Romans 8:28, for we know that all things work for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to his purpose and right.
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When you get stuck at Romans 8:28.
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And you think your purpose is predicated upon God's love, here comes Paul with Romans 8:38, and he says, for I am convinced that neither death nor Life, nor angel, nor demon, nor present or future, nor height, nor depth, nor powers, or anything in all of creation can ever separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. If there is anything that God is, He is a love. He doesn't just do love. He is love. And somebody on baptism Sunday better thank God that He is a God that has an everlasting unlimited capacity to love.
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Talk about brand identity. He is love. Doesn't do it. He is it. And yet, In Proverbs, chapter 6, Coach Taylor he says there are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to Him. I'm confused. How can a God of love have something or some things that he hates? This is where we must understand that two things can be true at the same time. That he is a God of love and it is a perfect love. But he also has a perfect hate. And here's the power of God's love. When you look at his hate, his hate is not opposing his love. His hate proves his love. I would argue that biblically and perhaps even sociologically, hate is not the opposite of love. Apathy is. I would much rather you hate me than to be apathetic towards me. Because when you hate me, at least you feel something. But how many of you know when you are completely apathetic? That means you don't care at all. That means you don't feel anything at all.
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All.
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Whenever you are apathetic, you can look at something and go, I could care less. I don't have a tear to shed. I'm not going to say anything. But here's what I love about God's perfect hate.
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He says, I cannot stay silent because.
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I love you too much.
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And I hate the things that are harming my kids. I hate the things that are destroying my body. I hate the things that are tearing apart the people that I gave my life to receive redeemed. Don't you understand that when we look at what God hates, it reveals the character of who he is. The reason he hates lies is because he is the truth. And he knows that lies erode trust. The reason that he hates hands that shed innocent blood is because he came from heaven to earth and his innocent hands were pierced on a cross for every single one of us. The reason he hates people that sow.
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Seeds of discord and division is because your God died to make us one. And so God says, I hate the things that harm that which I love. And think about it. Since you're made in his image, you the same way. You don't Like, I dare say, hate the things that harm what you love. Let somebody, if you're a good parent, talk about your kids. Oh, somebody else can talk about them. They can even say something, right? But it's different when they're talking about your kids.
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If you, a good husband, let somebody.
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Slide in your wife's DMs, I bet you're gonna have a reaction.
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If you, a good wife, let somebody start flirting with your man in front of you and watch some earrings come off.
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Cause true love will come against anything that is a threat to what it loves. So in this series, we are going to look over the next few weeks at the things that God hates because it reveals his heart. Is this helping anybody in here today? I want to look at it real quick. Let's look at that verse one more time. It's Proverbs, chapter 6, verse 16. And it says, There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him. When I was reading it, I said, okay, hold on. This is in the book of Proverbs, and this is written by Solomon. So this is wisdom literature. And if this is wisdom literature, I'm confused. Because he says there are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable. Then he goes on to list seven things. Solomon, I'm confused. If it's seven things that he hates.
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Why not just list the seven? Why do you have to deal with the six? You should just say there's seven things the Lord hates. I get the seven.
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I don't get the six. Seven. I don't get the. That's ain't nothing new under the sun. I don't understand the six. Seven. The six.
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Seven. Like, what is Solomon doing?
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This is wisdom literature.
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Solomon, did your WI fi go out? Did you not have an eraser? Why in the world are you talking about this six? Oh, wait a minute, I forgot.
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No seven thing.
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And then you list seven things. What are you doing, Solomon?
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Are you confused or are you using a literary device that was known in Hebrew writing, something called numerical evaluation that is not just found here, but is also found in Job, chapter five, in Amos, chapter one, and also in Micah chapter five, where the writer is intentionally saying one, one number, and then says another number. And they're not doing on accident, they're doing it on purpose because they're trying to let you know this list I'm about to give you is important, and you better lean into this list. Don't miss the list. When he says there are six. Oh, no, seven. He's doing it on purpose so that all of us will have a clear understanding that God wants you to know what's on this list. And I want to hate the things that God hates. And so I think over the next few weeks, we're going to look at this list and we're going to say, how is this list helping us see God's heart? The first thing on the list, you will not be confused as to what to put in the blank in this series. The first thing on the list, it says that God hates haughty eyes. Yeah, God hates haughty eyes. Some of y' all laughing. You don't even know what hottie means. Come on, let's be honest. This is not language that we use today. When was the last time you talked to somebody said, you see them hottie eyes they had? You have never in your life. Life. Come on, fella, you ain't never been in the mall and say, oh, you see shorty with them hottie eyes? This is not language that we use.
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So I got to spend some time today just talking about, what in the.
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World does hottie mean?
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But before I even talk about the fact that God hates haughty eyes, let's.
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Just unpack the reality that this is the first thing on the list.
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How many know in the Bible there's.
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Something called the law of faith first mentioned? Whenever something is mentioned first, pay attention to whatever's mentioned first because it carries more weight.
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It's something about the first mention that's.
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Probably the root of everything else that's going to be on the list. Come on, y', all, Christmas is coming. You know your little kids about to make a list, and they don't put the thing they want the most at.
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The fourth on the list. They going to put that right at the top.
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Dog, bunny, squirrel, this is my house.
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Bike. They put whatever they want at the top of the list. You ain't got to do your kids, do you? If God showed up on planet Earth.
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Today and said to you, hey, I'm.
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About to do your top five things.
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You need me to do in your life.
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Make a list. I'm doing it tomorrow. By 5pm you better believe you gonna put the most important thing at the top. Top of the a man, please, with a job and all his teeth, Lord, whatever you want, you're putting at the top of the list. And at the top of the list.
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Of what God hates is haughty eyes. What in the world are haughty eyes? Well, let's go to the Hebrew. The Hebrew is lofty Eyes. Lifted eyes. It is eyes that elevate themselves above other people. They're eyes that refuse to look up and acknowledge who God is and his authority in their life. So as a consequence, those same eyes look down on other people. In other translations it says arrogant eyes. In other translations it says he hates a proud look. What are haughty eyes? Haughty eyes are when you look down on other people because you think you are better than them. Haughty eyes are when you elevate yourself above other people.
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Hottie eyes is just pride.
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If I say it like I feel it, it's just pride.
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And can I tell you, God hates pride. Pride. He cannot stand pride. Notice he don't even like a proud.
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Look because he knows a proud look.
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First started with a proud heart. And he understands that when it comes to your eyes, he's not concerned with their color, he's concerned with their posture. And if your eyes have been raised in arrogance and pride and you're looking down on other people, God says, I.
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Can'T stand your pride. I want to know you heard the. You. You got a little something. Do you have pride in your eyes? Pride in your eyes. The thing that makes you look down on other people.
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Oh, pride is at the top of.
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The list because it is the most dangerous thing. Pride will kill your life. Pride will destroy your walk with the Lord. Pride, Pride.
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Pride. The pride that.
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That won't say I'm sorry.
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The pride that won't repent.
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The pride that won't see another perspective.
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The pride that thinks you're always right. The pride that makes you a bigot. The pride that makes you prejudice. The pride that makes you racist. The prize that gives you a misogynistic mentality. The pride that won't make you call your kid. The pride that won't make you come to God and surrender and humility. The pride that makes you think that just because the money is in your bank account is yours, the pride will destroy your life.
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No wonder prize at the top of the list. Pride is the sin that made a cameo in heaven. Lucifer. The one who was in heaven.
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And he was there and he was worshiping.
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He was in the presence of.
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Of God.
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Pride is what turned an angel into the devil. And isn't it interesting?
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In Isaiah, it says exactly what his heart said. In Isaiah 14, he said, for you have said in your heart, talking about Lucifer, Satan.
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I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God.
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I will also sit on the mount of the congregation. I Will ascend above the highest of the clouds. I will. Will be like the most high. Do you see how many eyes are in that? Because hearty eyes will destroy your life.
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I told you you're gonna get cut in this series. Some of y' all, like, I didn't.
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Want to come on this. I thought it was baptism Sunday.
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Pride is the silent killer. Pride is the thing that blocks my ability to receive what God has for me. You know what scripture I've always been intrigued with is? James, chapter four, verse number seven. It says, submit yourself to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee. Oh, that's good right there. It's good because it lets me know that if I submit myself to God and I resist the devil, he must flee. You know what I shout and stuff. It lets me know that the enemy has limited power, that if I'm submitted to God and I resist him, he has to flee. But you know what intrigues me more is what my homie James says right before this verse. He says, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. So if I resist the enemy, he's got to flee. But if I am walking in pride, God will resist me. And how do you fight against God? You can't cast God out. You can't rebuke God. Because pride is the one thing that destroys your ability for God to work in your life. Because if your God has ever needed anything, which he hasn't, there's only one thing that he needs. He needs your need. He needs your recognition that you need him. And pride makes you think you've got it. Makes you think you pulled yourself up by your own bootstraps. And it starts with haughty eyes. So here is my question. How do you know if you've got haughty eyes? How do you know? How do you know when pride has gotten in your eyes? Because, have you noticed pride hides. Any proud people in the house?
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Make some noise.
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One on this side. Okay, let me try.
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To any humble people in the house, give me a wave. I'm a humble people.
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See, you just lost it. Humility is hidden and pride hides.
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So how do I.
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How do you know if you got haughty eyes? Don't you wish there was, like, a pride detector that could let you know when the haughty eyes have gotten in your spirit? Because hear me, if I can't detect it, I can't defeat it. So the enemy will always hide pride.
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How do you know if.
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I wish there was a pride detector that would let you know. I forgot There he is. Yo, have y' all seen this? Y' all haven't seen this? Okay, you've heard of a lie detector, right? Y', all, this is a pride detector. I'm being serious. I'm sure you've seen it on TikTok. They just came out with these. They just came out with these. This is a pride detector, y'. ALL LAUGHING this is real technology, y'. All. This is a pride detector. Let me tell you what this thing does. It is unbelievable. What this thing does right there is it measures the micro expressions of your facial muscles with this part of the device right here. And with this, it measures heightened elevation in your heart. And by those markers, it can gauge how much pride is actually in your heart. And it communicates that pride through a series of beeps.
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Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
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That's how you know, okay? The more frequent the beats, the more pride that you have in your heart. Y' all think I'm playing with y', all, but this is brand new technology. I know people at Meta. This is a real pride detector. All I gotta do is put this on your face, put this in your hand, and all I gotta do is take my remote that's in my pocket and we can see by the beeps how much pride is in your life. Anybody at Texas Trust Theater brave enough to try this thing today?
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Woo.
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I ain't gonna do you like that. What if we did our pastors?
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Don't you want to know if you got some prideful pastors on staff?
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Yeah.
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Not me. Pastor Michelle, make some noise for Pastor Michelle. Our kids, Pastor. And make some noise for Pastor Senior, AKA Robert Madou Sr. My dad. How many want to see how much pride they got?
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I'm telling you, this is a real thing. Okay, Pastor Michelle, you ready? All right, I just need you to put this over your eyes. Dad is going to measure the micro expressions of your facial muscles. You're going to hold that right there. It's going to connect via Bluetooth to your ego. When I push this, we're going to see by the beeps how much pride is in our amazing kids. Pastor, you ready? Pastor Michelle, are you ready? I know I am. I'm about to see one, two. Oh, we got some. Y' all hear it? Pastor Michelle is there and it's steady. It's still going. So there's some pride there. Yep. Like a heartbeat. Y' all pray for Pastor Michelle. I was really hoping there wasn't gonna be nothing. We got A steady beat. Come on now, let's try. Good job, Pastor Michelle.
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Let's try.
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Pastor Senior, my dad. You ready? Hold that. That's gonna check your heart. This is gonna measure the micro expressions in your facial muscles. You got it on? You ready? Are you ready? About to sing.
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One, two. Oh, Lord. Oh, you about to break the machine.
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Look at it.
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It's reading like crazy. Y' all pray for this Nigerian man right here. Y' all give him a hand. You had how many beeps?
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I think it's because you're doing the Cupid Shuffle and you thought you had it. Y' all think I should do it?
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Y' all want me to? All right.
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Hey, I ain't never scared. I'll do me. Let's see. All right, I gotta push it. All right, y' all ready? One, two.
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Wow. So let me try one more time because y' all hold on. Try one more. One, two.
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Hey.
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Don't hate the player, hate the game.
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Come on, somebody. There's a method to my madness. Do you see the point? It is easy to detect the pride and the hottie eyes in everybody else.
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It's hard to detect the pride that's in you. So when it's you, oh, no, I just got good self esteem. Oh, when it's you, oh, no, that's not me. I'm not. It's easy to detect it in everybody else.
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It's harder to detect the pride that's in you. If only there was a way to know when we started to get hottie eyes. Because the mirror is not going to tell us. And this is something think God hates. And somebody comes to play softly behind me because we about to baptize some people. I think. I think you can find out how much pride is in your heart by how you react to things. Because pride hides in your reactions. I think you know how much pride you got in you and how haughty your eyes are in the way you react to criticism. Yeah. When somebody criticizes you, what is your reaction? Criticism, that's that thing that everybody is ready to give but nobody wants to receive when you're giving it.
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I'm just trying to help you.
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When somebody's giving it to you.
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Now, you don't understand what I was trying to do.
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Criticism. How do you react to criticism? Look at the reason pride hides in criticism is this. It's because pride can't handle criticism. Because criticism threatens the image we built of ourselves. So if you want to know if there's pride in your heart, watch how you respond to Criticism. Not only criticism. Watch how you respond to rejection. When somebody rejects you, what is your reaction? Is it, I'm fine. I am the Lord's and he is mine. Or are you completely defeated? Deflated? Because somebody wrote something sideways on your page? Because somebody ghosted you? Rejection is interesting because here's what I've learned. Rejection. Rejection reveals whether Jesus is really my source or if I'm secretly addicted to people. Approval.
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How do you respond?
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Not just the criticism and rejection. How do you respond to advice when somebody says, hey, I think you should maybe date a guy that actually doesn't hit you, that maybe actually respects you?
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Well, God's working on him. You don't know about his childhood.
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No. How do you respond to advice? Especially godly advice? Here's what I've learned about advice. When you have pride and haughty eyes, pride makes you unteachable. It already assumes you know everything, not just how do you respond to criticism, rejection and advice? How do you respond? Who to praise? Oh, this is the lethal one. When somebody applauds you, when somebody gives you a compliment. You know how church people do. We got that false humility. Oh, it's not me, it's Him. Really? No, it was you and it was him. Do you have a healthy relationship with praise that can get a compliment and it doesn't go to your head? Here's what I've learned about praise and pride. Pride is addicted to praise and will always try to make it about you. Huh? Those are ways you can know if you got haughty eyes. How do you respond to criticism? How you respond to rejection. How you respond to advice. How you respond to praise. Criticism. Rejection. Advice. Praise. Criticism. Rejection. Advice. Praise. Criticism. Rejection. Advice. Praise.
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How do you. Wait a minute.
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How do you respond to crap? It's the crap. How do you respond?
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See, how you respond to crap reveals the pride that is in your heart. And I'm never to supposed talking about.
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My little acronym that some of y' all still just missed.
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I'm talking about even when you're going through pain, even when you're going through suffering, God can use suffering in your life if you'll let him use suffering. But some of us are so full of pride that even when we're going through difficult things, we have our fist at God and we say, God, I shouldn't be going through this anyway, instead of saying, God, I still trust you. I don't like this situation, and my situation is not good. But. But God, I know that you are good. So I'm gonna Humble myself. And even when I'm in the valley, I'm gonna praise you. Oh. Do you want to know what the antidote to haughty eyes is? It is humility. It is a heart that says, God, I need you, God, I can't live without you. Humility is the antidote to haughty eyes. God hates haughty eyes, but God loves a humble heart. If you want to see the heavens open up in your life, get some humility. Humility.
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Pride is a deadbolt that will shut the heavens to you, but humility is the hinge that the heavens open up. Can I bring it to baptism? In a moment. We're about to go out these doors, and over 500 people are going to be baptized. It is not only a public declaration of their faith, it is a sign of humility. None of them will baptize themselves. Not one person gonna get in the water, say, no, I'm good. I got me. They will humble themselves. They will step in the water, and they will say, the old me is about to die and the new me is coming up to follow Christ. It is what our Savior did. The son of the living God stepped into water he created and went to John the Baptist one day and said, you must baptize me. I have to fulfill all righteousness.
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Why?
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Because there's going to be people in the future at Texas Trust Theater, and.
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I've got to be faithful. I've never sinned.
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There's no sin in me.
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But this is about my obedience. And Jesus, our perfect, flawless Savior, he lived the life that we were supposed to live and died the death that we were supposed to die. And he went as our example.
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And John said, no.
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I should be baptized by you. How are you coming to me?
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And Jesus said, we got to do it. He baptizes Jesus, and the heavens open up. Up until this point, John was the dude. You know, you're the man when Jesus comes to you to get baptized.
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Oh, John's ministry was exploding. Everybody was going to John until that moment. He pointed out Jesus. Then John started losing followers. Then John's disciples started deserting him. And one day, they came up to John and they tempted him with praise. They tempted him with something. They said, hold on, John. You know that guy Jesus that you baptized? Everybody's going to him now. Everybody's watching him now. And I. I love John because he had a moment to let pride really show itself. He could have had Hattie eyes and.
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Said, I can't believe they're going to Jesus.
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They should be Coming to me. John said, no, no, no, don't get it twisted. I am not the Christ. I told you that. I just came to prepare the way of Christ. My joy is now complete because Jesus is here. And then John drops a bomb in John 3:30 that every person that has haughty eyes needs to get in their heart. He says, I must decrease, but my Savior must increase in me. You want to break the spirit of pride? Say, God, let me decrease and you increase in my life. I need somebody that wants God to increase in your life. Would you get up on your feet and give him the best praise that you got? I must. I must.
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Everybody standing, please. Nobody moving. John did not say I should decrease and he should increase. John didn't say, I'm praying about maybe decreasing a little bit so that he can increase. No, I must. Why must you decrease and why must he increase? Because God hates pride. And pride will stop you from receiving what your loving Father has for you.
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How many?
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Ask, heads be bowed, eyes be closed in this moment. The reason this is the first on the list is because this is the sin that affects every other sin. Pride. You can't even surrender to Jesus until you admit your name. Need for him. His name means Savior. And yet there are so many people who are drowned and refuse to admit it. But here's what I love about God, is once you throw up your hands and give up and say, I can't. I need you. I humble myself. He comes running in. He resists the proud. He gives grace to the humble. God hates haughty eyes, but he loves humility. Heads are bowed, eyes are closed. Today, if you're here and you say, hey, P.R. if I was to really put on the pride detector, I know it'll be going off. And this is a message that should give you hope because humility attracts God. He says, a broken and a contrite heart, I will not deny. So with heads bowed and eyes closed today, if there's an area of pride in your life that I believe that as I was speaking, the Holy Spirit was speaking to you, that you need to say, God, I'm tired of the haughtiness. I'm going to allow humility to come in. Here's the thing. Pride comes before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall. The pride and the haughtiness is just the crack and the foundation of before the whole house comes down. The thing is, God doesn't want to humiliate you. He's always wanted us to humble ourselves. If that's you today, you say, I know there's an area of pride in today. I'm surrendering it to a savior who was humble enough to come to earth, put on human skin and die for me. That's you. And you know what that area of your life is? Would you just lift up your hand just as a sign to say, God, I surrender it to you. If you hate hottie eyes and you hate pride, I can't do life without you. I want a humble heart. Thank you, God. Put it right back down. Head still bowed, eyes still closed. Please, nobody move it. If you're here today and you have never surrendered your life to Jesus, it starts not with your record, not with your good behavior. It starts in humility, saying, God, I cannot do it without you. I need you. If you're here today, you say, pr. I've never surrendered my life to Jesus. But today's the day I'm letting my.
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Pride die.
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So that Christ can live in me. That's you. Would you just lift up your hand? I don't care if it's one person, you be worth it today. Today's the day I am coming home. We say it all the time. It's social. You can always come home. I see that hand. Thank you, Jesus. I'm looking in the balcony. Yes, thank. I see that hand. I see this hand. I see that hand. Thank you, Jesus. Anybody else? Come on. That's why you had to be here today at Texas Trust Theater. Anybody else? Come on. I think this message requires this type of response. I could easily let you pray this prayer from your seat. That's okay, and that would be fine. But I just think there's something powerful about leaving where you are and moving into a new space.
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Because you're saying, even in your body.
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Language, the old me staying in my.
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Seat, but the new me that is.
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Humble, the new me that is admitting.
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My need of a savior, is coming to the front.
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So when I count to three, if.
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You lifted up your hand or you should have, I don't care how far, far you have to walk. I promise you, every step is worth it. I just want you to come right down here to this altar, and you're going to hear people in this room giving God praise. I want you to come when I count to three. 1. This is your moment. 2. When you hear God speaking to you, don't harden your heart.
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Three.
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Would you come? Would you come? If you lifted up your hand or you should have lifted up your hand. Come on. Come on. Come on.
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Thank you, Jesus.
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Thank you, God.
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Thank You, God.
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Thank you, God. Anybody else? Come on. Come on. Come all the way up. Come on, church. You could do better than that. Would you give God some praise? Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Come on.
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Come on.
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Your pride has got to die so that he can live. I don't want hottie eyes. I want a humble spirit. Come on. Anybody else? I'll wait for you. I'll wait for you. Come on. This is why we do this.
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Thank you, God. Anybody else? Come on. Anybody else?
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Come on.
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Come on. Come on, my soul. Oh, don't you get shouting. Lift up your songs. I'll wait a few more moments. Don't let pride stop you from receiving the transformation that your heart wants so bad. Pride is a silent killer. It's like carbon monoxide to your soul, suffocating you sometimes. I'll stand right here on the side and worship, and I'll watch some of you. And again, feel free to worship in whatever your expression. But sometimes even our pride stops us from lifting up our hands. And some of you, the freedom that you so desperately want would happen if you would just forget about what anybody else thinks and just lift up your hands.
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Stop letting the enemy make you think, oh, you're not holy enough to do that. None of us are holy enough, but our eyes are fixed on the holy one. And if you would lift up your hands, I'm telling you, you would feel a weight come off of you.
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But pride, this posture stops you from receiving. I want to wait a few more moments. Anybody else saying, today's the day. I need a surrender. Thank you, God. Thank you, God.
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Praise you.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Come on.
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Thank you, Jesus.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, God. We're gonna pray in just a moment. And I just feel so led to say this. Some of you think that God hates. Maybe you heard somebody say that God hates this or that and put that on the blank. But he's clear in scripture what's on his list. He does not hate you. He hates what is harming you. He is in love with you. I want to lead those of you who responded in this prayer. As a matter of fact, those of you who, if you've not already made your way out, only those who are candidates for the baptism, you can go ahead and just kind of make your way out, especially if you've already registered. But I want to lead us in this prayer. I'm going to give you the words. Would you say it from your heart? Can you lift up your hands? I just think that's a sign of humility. And surrender. Would you say this? Say Jesus. Come on, everybody declare and say Jesus, I need you. I cannot do life without you. Lord, I know that you hate pride, but you're attracted to humility. So today I humble myself and I surrender. Come into my life. Forgive me of my sin. Make me brand new Jesus. From this moment forward, Lord.
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All of.
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Me is yours in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Come on. Can we give God some praise and celebrate?