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The Treasure of Faith and Guidance 0:00 On today's Declassified edition of fixing the money thing. So many people chase after titles. You wanna make sure you're following demonstrated results.0:12 The success code declassified series now on fixing the money thing.0:43 We're starting a brand new series, today, and it's called The Success Code Declassified. So you wanna get your notepads ready, buckle your seat belts, and hang on.0:56 It's gonna help you, I'll tell you. How many remember the movie National Treasure? There were 2 of them I think, but actually they found a secret code on the back of1:07 what? Declaration of Independence. On the back they found numbers, which they called cipher. And so it was going to show them away.1:19 And of course, the whole movie wraps around all these clues, and they end up in a cavern full of what? Gold, I mean, massive amount of treasure. Wouldn't it be great to find a real1:31 treasure map? Kind of like the 1 behind me on the screen. The treasure map says there could be a silver coin under your seat. That's what it says, in case you don't see it. But wouldn't it be cool if you really had a1:41 treasure map that told you where the treasure was at? Everyone would be happy about that, wouldn't they? That'd be awesome.1:53 I do this quite often to teach lessons here. All right. Where is it at? Where is it at? Where is it at? You may have to get up and search a chair next to you, but there is 1 somewhere.2:08 That back set this that over that section over there. You guys are lazy or what? Look for your coin. I mean, this whole group's gonna come storming over there2:20 in about 5 seconds. Okay, Holly. Just grab it. We're out of time.2:34 Bring it back. You I get to keep it. We tried. You can give it to me after service. Gosh. The2:45 lesson was here's the object, is that you believed it was there, you believed me, so you went and searched for it. You failed.3:03 This whole message means nothing now. I just start over. Well, the other service found theirs anyway. Alright. Let's move on.3:16 Anyway, if you had a map that showed you where the treasure is, you would be sure to go after it, I'm sure. Right? Yes. You had a chance to redeem yourself right there, but This3:28 is a true story. Back when we started the church, back in the warehouse days, we had a couple there, farmers, they're, and they had a business on the side. Their business was not doing well, and they were facing3:38 sheriff's sale, their foreclosure. And of course, they were praying about it, and it didn't look good. Came up to about 2 days away from the foreclosure, and he said, well, there's nothing else I could do. I just, you3:49 know They were remodeling an old farmhouse that had the old plaster walls, plaster ceiling, And he said, well, I just went back to working on the living room, he said. I'd I'd already tried everything. There was no way4:01 out. And so, as he was on a ladder tearing the plaster out of the living room ceiling, he happened to hear a big clunk on the floor behind him. He looked behind him and there was a wire mesh purse4:13 full of old coins. Took the old coins down to Alan's coin shop that's here in Columbus and asked them what would they be willing to give, you know, him for the coins. The man4:25 said, mister Alan's not here today, so I'm unable to offer any more than this amount. I think the amount to get out of sheriff's sale was maybe like 2500. This is back in the nineties. And he said,4:37 I'm only authorized to give up to 2500, and and the the guy in our church said, that's basically what I need. And he said, I'll take it. And he goes, well don't you want to know what the coins are really worth? He goes,4:48 I don't want to know what they're worth. Today, they're worth the farm. True story. And so, it'd be great if you had access to a treasure chest, right, to5:00 solve your problems. The issue is you do have access. The real the real issue is you have a treasure chest. I'm gonna help you understand that. Let's begin our study today in Luke chapter 5 verse number 4. It's a story5:12 we've read many times, but I wanna point something out. We'll begin in verse number 4. When he had finished speaking, that's Jesus, he said to Simon, that's Peter, okay? Just give you a clue here. Put out into deep water5:23 and let down the nets for a catch. Peter answered, Simon, master, we've worked hard all night, haven't caught a thing, but because you say so, I will let down the nets. When they had5:35 done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. Now, you've heard me mention this many times, that this is a picture of the kingdom. The Earth curse system laboring all night hoping5:47 to catch something, hoping to survive, or the kingdom more than enough. A lot more than enough. Right? That's what the kingdom looks like. That's what you're looking for in the kingdom. Right? That's that's what it5:59 looks like. So, let me ask you a question. How did they catch the fish? How did Jesus catch the fish? You need to be able to answer the question. Now remember, Jesus set aside his6:11 former glory, the Bible says. He is ministering as a man anointed by the Holy Spirit, the same as you. So, let me ask you a question. How6:22 did the fish show up? Because if you can't explain how they showed up, you'll not be able to duplicate it. So let's look for some clues. We're spiritual scientists. Right? Once you have an understanding6:34 these stories are illustrating kingdom laws that you have access to, you need to think different. How did they show up? Okay. So, we know right away that Peter, the business, James and John6:46 were partners from the story. Jesus needing a boat to preach from, to get back from the crowd, so he could speak to them borrowed the boat, or let me put it in different terms, he borrowed the6:58 business. Now you know from being at Faithlife a long time probably, that what happened to the business at that moment spiritually, it changed jurisdiction. It came7:10 out of their jurisdiction. They voluntarily placed it under the kingdom of heaven's jurisdiction which gave heaven the legality to do what? Download a word of knowledge7:22 to Jesus where the fish were. Now, you remember I've told you this many times, anyone can catch fish if what? If Jesus tells you where they're7:33 at and how to catch them. So a word of knowledge is also, if you remember, 1 of the 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit given to the church. That'd be you by the way. The words of7:45 knowledge. It's activated by faith. Peter said, I will because you said so, which gave heaven legality when it changed kingdoms, jurisdiction, and a word of knowledge was given to Jesus.7:57 Alright. So that's number 1. Your number 1 asset in your success code of course is the Holy Spirit. The book of John calls him your counselor, and that is your answer, the Holy8:09 Spirit. Number 2, and number 2 is where we're going to focus at today. Let's finish the story verse number 7. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and8:21 filled both boats so full they began to sink. Now we went a whole another level. We had nets breaking in the first part. Now we have 2 boats sinking. Wouldn't it be great if the shocks in your car8:33 gave out going to the bank? Can't carry anymore. That'd be pretty awesome. But that's what heaven looks like.8:45 That's what the kingdom looks like. But let me ask you a question. How thrilled do you think James and John were that day, that Peter was a partner in their business?8:57 I think they're pretty happy about that. Remember, Peter said, because you said, I will. Peter's Now, understand this. James and John exercised 0 faith in that harvest.9:10 Remember the harvest is already there. Peter asked them to come help him gather it. So why did their boat almost sink when they exercised no faith? Because they were partners. A9:22 lot of spiritual truths in this story that you can learn, but the bottom line is is that Peter's faith brought the harvest. They helped. Alright. So I imagine they're9:34 pretty happy about that. Right? Man, we're glad we got Peter on board today. That's an awesome story. So today's lesson, that's all in that's just introduction. Today's message is, who are you9:46 following? Success code declassified. Who are you following? Luke chapter 6 verse 40 says this, the student is not above the9:57 teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher. Will be like their teacher, not maybe. They will be like their teacher.10:09 To illustrate this, let's look at first Samuel chapter 22 verse number 1. This story occurs after David had killed Goliath. Saul is very upset and jealous and is trying to kill David.10:21 And so, we picked the story up here in the 20 second chapter verse number 1. David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard10:33 about it, they went down to him there. All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him and he became their leader. About 400 men were10:45 with him. So let's let's stop and analyze this. So they heard of what? It said they they heard about it. What did they hear about? Help me out. I already told you. What10:57 just happened? They heard about David killing Goliath, right? So his family and friends and all these people gathered around David. I need to ask a question, why11:09 did they gather around him? He did not open a new office down at the cave, leadership clinic. In fact, David was a shepherd, he wasn't even a leader.11:21 He was just a shepherd. Now, why did they gather around him? Because they saw what happened.11:34 So many people chase after titles, but you you want to make sure you're following demonstrated results because you'll become exactly as those you11:46 follow. They gathered around him because he had results. It wasn't a title, it wasn't a degree, it wasn't a new office opening, it wasn't a glittering web page, it was he had the results. He had the goods.11:59 They needed help. So, let me say something else. Why did they gather around him? Let's pick up another clue that's vital to your life in first Samuel 17. Let's just go back a couple chapters.12:12 Verse number 8 through 11. Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, why do you come out and line up for battle? He said. I'm am I not a Philistine? And you're not the Are you not12:24 the servants of Saul? Choose a man and have him come to me. Now remember Saul was the King, King Saul. If he's able to fight and kill me we'll become your subjects, but if I overcome him and kill12:36 him you'll become our subjects and serve us. Then the Philistines said, this day I defy the armies of Israel. Give me a man let us fight each other. On hearing the12:47 Philistines words, King Saul and the Israelites were dismayed and terrified. Write this down. If the King12:59 is fearful, there are no answers. Let's listen to what David said though. Remember David heard Goliath ranting and raving and went to King Saul and offered that13:11 he would fight Goliath. 17 verse 36 through 37. Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine13:23 will be like 1 of them. Because he has defied the armies of the living God, the Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from13:35 the hand of this Philistine. Notice David is basically saying, wait a minute guys, he has no covenant. We have covenant. I have a covenant with God. He has no covenant.13:47 He's putty in my hands. Do you understand? Yes. I have a covenant. He does not have a covenant. Now there was a great reward if you read the story in the bible,13:59 that the king was going to give to whoever took Goliath out. Number 1, great wealth. How many here would like great wealth? I don't believe you, none of you moved.14:13 Great wealth is not a bad thing. His daughter in marriage was more than just a wife. That gave him access to all the benefits of the entire kingdom. Number 3, his family would be exempt from taxes.14:25 That's pretty good stuff. Right? Available to every person there. Wouldn't you agree every person there, including the king, had the same covenant David did? Absolutely. Then why didn't 1 of them stand up and volunteer?14:43 And this is the point I want to make and it's gonna make a point for your life as well. They were corrupted. You will take on the spirit of who you follow.14:56 The entire army was subject under Saul. Saul was terrified. Now, fear is a contagious thing and so is faith. Saul's15:07 fear and lack of leadership corrupted the entire army. So that not 1 of them had the courage to stand up against Goliath. Although they had the same covenant and the same15:19 reward was offered to them. Amazingly, God had to bring a shepherd out of the back hills to take on Goliath. Pretty amazing story, isn't it? Pretty amazing.15:31 And let me say this, you say why did they follow David into the cave? Because here's the difference, they David, this is important. David showed them what covenant looked like, not what it said,15:44 not the religious quote, what it looked like. You want to follow people that show you what it looks like. What it looks like. They know how it got that way. They know how15:56 to help you get there. They understand it's not about a glossy website or, something that glitters or a title. You wanna follow people that can show you what it looks16:08 like. It's important. You might remember this, Art Williams, he built the largest life insurance sales agency in the US. And he always used to say this phrase, which I don't have it down exactly, but he16:20 said, who wants to follow a dull, disillusioned crybaby? No 1. Right? Now, we have to admit the men that came around David had issues. The Bible says they had issues.16:32 Their discontent. You ever been around a bunch of people, they're discontent? I mean, it's a pretty negative conversation. Right? How about in debt? I I think the Bible is referring to these guys being in debt. Meaning,16:43 they they really didn't see a way out. In distress, these these people are they're they're desperate. David did not advertise. He didn't send out an email that he was16:55 starting his leadership school. Why did these folks follow David? Because they saw what the covenant looked like. If it worked, and if it did17:07 work, this is, you know, if it worked, possibly it could work for me. Do you understand what I'm saying? They needed answers. They had to see it work for someone to have the17:19 confidence and courage to step into it themselves. Now, amazingly, these guys that followed David had issues, we see that. But through their journey with David, things changed drastically.17:31 In fact, they are listed as David's mighty men of valor in the book of Chronicles. It begins to list all the exploits that they did.17:43 They changed. And as David began to prepare, gathering the wealth for the temple, that his son Solomon would build, of course David gave a lot of money to that. But listen how much the Bible17:55 records these guys gave to the temple. 9.3, and this is in today's dollars. 9300000000.0 dollars in gold,18:06 282000000 dollars in silver, 2000000 dollars in bronze, and 73000 dollars in iron. These same guys that were once in debt, disillusioned with life,18:18 hopeless, now have become extremely wealthy. If you follow their story in the Bible, you're gonna see they did the same kind of exploits that David did. You'll become just like your18:30 teacher. They had simply duplicated. They had simply learned and submitted themselves to David's leadership and they became as David was. Who is18:42 your hero? Who are you following? You will take on the spirit of your leader. You'll take on the spirit of who you follow. How many here got in trouble for18:54 copying a test or a paper of your neighbor in school? I have my hands up. I'm I'm just curious because put them up really high. Okay. Aren't you glad there's salvation in Jesus Christ? Right? Say amen.19:10 I was in college when I did my little thing happening, but anyway, I tried to write a paper. Well, I did write a paper, to me. I turned it in and they sent it back to me, the big f on it, and19:22 under it it said, is it possible you even went to high school? So when I was asked to write another paper, my friend who is in the dorm next to me, we had the same19:33 class, writing the same paper. So I asked, would you care if I look at your paper to make sure I'm formatting it correctly? As I was looking at it, I thought this is really good.19:46 I'm not this good. I'll just copy this 1. So I turned I copied it, turned it into the professor. I woke up at 3 in the morning with a startling revelation. We're in different classes, but we have19:58 the same professor. But I did go to Doctor. Hayden and tell him the next day, and, you know, I should give you an F, but because you came, I'll give you a C, so you pass the course. He didn't want me20:09 back, basically. Doctor. Hayden, he's a great he was a great professor at ORU. Hey, how many, football fans do we have here? Yes. Amen. How20:21 many well, I won't get into who voted for which 1, but the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl, of course. That was the, first time since, 2003. They've been in 1 in their history, and they won20:33 2003, but it's been a long dry spell. And of course, last year they were losing team. And so now, of course, you know, Tom Brady takes him to the Super Bowl. Did anyone think20:45 there must be some lessons in that? Yeah. There's it's you know, how you know, you would how did that happen? Right? Well, let's let's analyze this.20:57 The coach, the head coach of the Buccaneers wrote this. I am reading his quote right now. Most NFL teams do things right about 75 percent of the time,21:09 and that's pretty good. Unless you're trying to build a bridge in which case 75 percent gets you a bridge that collapses. Tom Brady showed the Bucks the 10021:21 percent. The uncut corner made them understand the applied workload that would be required to get them to the Super Bowl. This is important phrase. This is what coach21:33 said. We really didn't know how to win, the coach said. What is he saying? We really didn't know what it looked like. The21:45 leadership that Tom brought to the team, his attitude, it permeated our whole locker room. His belief and knowing he had been there and done that changed21:56 our entire football team. So let's talk about this. Obviously, Tom Brady has won 6 Super Bowls before this 1. He knew exactly what it took. He knew22:08 what it looked like. He knew the cost that would be required to prepare for it. He knew everything about it 6 times over.22:20 These guys that were playing with the team now, long surpassed the 2003 team. None of these guys have been there, but having someone that was now who they could follow that knew what it looked like22:32 and showed them what it looked like, and what they must do to get there, took them into the Super Bowl. What kind of Super Bowl are you trying to win?22:44 Who's your hero? Who are you following? It's imperative that you understand this. Matthew 15 verse 14 says this. I like this phrase, this is Jesus talking about the Pharisees and the22:56 Sadducees or teachers of the law. He says, leave them, they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit. Friend, you're gonna end up23:08 same place, whoever you're following is going. And the Bible says, Jesus said, if it's not where you want to go to do what? Leave them.23:19 Leave them. So who are you following? 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