Hey this is Stephen Fertake. I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our

podcast. I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope this inspires you. Hope

it builds your faith. Hope it gives you perspective to see God is moving in your life, enjoy

the message.

I have one verse of scripture that I want to preach on today.

I did not choose the scripture it chose me in fact I would say it jumped up and

bit me on on bit me on my neck and told me preach me or I'll kill you

it's just that fierce the way the way that this verse came to me. It's in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 verse 10

You know what though if we preach on just one verse today if we preach on 1st Corinthians 15, how's that going to make verse 9 feel?

And if we skip by verse 8 to get to verse 9,

so I only want to preach one verse, but I think I should start at

verse so that we do not offend any of the other verses whose support we need contextually

in order to give the full illumination of the meaning of

the verse. So listen to these words now from the Apostle Paul and I don't make you

stand the whole time if you're new here. You get a little nervous at this point.

We do sit down and then some people stand back up.

Just the ones who love Jesus, they jump up while I'm preaching and stuff.

I'm kidding. I'm kidding. You can love Jesus and sit down too. It's just you love

him more if you stand up, but you can love him a little bit and sit through a

sermon. Now brothers and sisters I want to remind you of the

gospel I preach to you which you received and on which you have taken your

stand by this gospel you are saved if you hold firmly to the word I preach to you.

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