following program is sponsored by seattle open door church yet all of indoor church he's committed to loving god loving people and loving why our doors are open to whomever you know mass required seattle open door church fart for the kingdom of god so those you haven't seen the movie i'm going to give you some little bit about the movie the concept of the movie i'll give you a little bit to know who the character braveheart was so in the movie the character is mil gibson is the key actor in the movie he is known as the braveheart he portrays a character that was real and that character is william wallace william wallace was the wallace phil call to the nation of scotland to experience freedom from the british so that's the concept of who he was in the movie shows his acts and deeds in the wars they went through all that took place and  show what took place for scotland to be free how many nowell for there to be freedom and a country or a life there's got to be some death if you're going to see a country be free there's probably going to be a war that goes on for that nation to be able to find freedom and if there's a war whether be death how many know that if you're going to have freedom in your life there's got to be some dying there's they've got to be some things that got to disappear out of your life every man really lives is every one of us going to die of some point in time in our life every single one of us the last what jesus comes back before we die are you sold out are you sold out there was a person that was sold out william wallace was sold out if you saw the movie he was sold out for the kingdom the key to me was sought out for is for scotland to get freedom from britain he was sold out to it if you as if jesus died yesterday rose this morning's come back this afternoon you know a lot just start being sold out you start being a person have sold out for god sort of christian you're sold out for the king of your sort out for the kingdom of god you sold out for soldiers sort of for the last  something n you that when you start to understand who christ is and him living within you and he rules in range of the sum then the end you that want to live differently and you'll be sought out for the kingdom and so we're going to talk about a some people that were sold out their years of faith people that were sought out for the kingdom and as these years of faith we look at their life they were brave hearts and their time their brave hearts the question i ask you is are you a brave heart in your time are you a brave heart or are you a traitor to the kingdom you're not living for god you're a traitor to the kingdom are you a brave heart so here's a face we'll look at some heroes of faith shad rack me shack and be pressure and they do a little bit shook up but see this is what we do this what we take this story this what we do because they say you know not whether we live or die we were only worship god right that's what they say and we focus on them so impregnate so man they're really brave because they say whether we live or die really to worship god and him alone i don't care how brave you are if you're sitting there and there's flames burning and you know then a touch of the in the flames you don't think you're a little shook up you know they get a little bit nervous you don't think i sure hope that somehow this works out that they knew they could die right but how many know that if you die and fire is not fun i mean know when the fla star gone away on you how many know every time a plane touches you are you saying all that feels so nice what do you do on you probably scream the alexander scream and yell in the furnace that's what they'd be doing right screaming yelling there's a battle say they were screaming and yelling so in that story the bible says they did not get burned and they did not get singed and their clothes did not smell like smoke why did the bible say that why the bible say their clothes don't smell like smoke because if you are an affront  your clothes going to smell like smoke where they in the furnace yes to the close by like smoke no they didn't smell like smoke and it says are clothes are not singed how many of ever been around a fire in a spark comes out ok anybody ever been singed by any kind of fire whatsoever and then says they are not burned would you like to have a life like that the life you live life and no matter what the devil does or not you not smell like smoke no matter what the devil does your clothes are not sins don't know what the devil does that you're serving god with all your heart is that a hero they were heroes were they had their eyes focused on a jesus sun god did arise folks and god did they spiritual did it bother the latest they just said why can't there take us to we can't wait to jump in let us jump in ourselves you really think that's what they are like or do you think they were humans that had to go through trials and hardships and pain and suffering and all that and it  plays with their head you ever feel like the devil plays with your head your feel like your hardship plays with you your feel like the troubles and trials you're going through you feel like you can't make it your wonder if you want to get through today anybody ever felt that way i don't know if i want to get through to day and out of that that every one of these hills had that exact same feeling i want to look at thirteen nine and i w say it is my people and they shall say the lord is my god this says that he's going to take a third of the people this is the end days and the last days tiger mazak arrive this is i will take a third of them to put him through the fire and was a fire going to do the fire going to complaining you complained about your situation complain about your circumstance saying god i need your app and i don't care if you're a young person i don't care if you're the oldest person in this room the answer is still the same jesus calling out the jesus jesus help me to get through this but so many times we're trying to do it our way trying to be strong sooner or later everyone is going to fit into place we're not strong enough anybody been there for the watts well you just weren't strong enough and you know if god doesn't come through you're not going to make it that is god working and you know you may have experienced pain you may have disappointments let me tell you something it's ok god is going to get you where he has you to be so you can be a braveheart so you can be a hero of faith you have to go through the stuff you're going through to get to where you're going to be to be that you're going to have to die to self if you're going to be a hero you're going to have to die to self if you're going to be a braveheart you're going to have to die to self if you're going to be a man or a woman of god so what does it mean to die to self it means that you do that goal in leg ah god i will let you take care of this situation god i'm going to trust you in every situation i go through no matter what it is lord i'm go lean upon you and be willing to die for the cause of whatever it is that god's called you to you want to leave a legacy with a legacy is something that people speak about right as they say this person's life they did this this and this and isn't something good when you leave a legacy is on your tombstone is something about your discipline that's a positive thing about you do you want to leave a legacy then go through the fire go through whatever you're going through do you want to be that people look to unit say wow i see some jesus in you know i want that t willing to go through the fire do you know that every single person will go through fire every single person on earth goes through fires all of us are going to spirit's death of loved ones at some point in time all of us going to experience sickness at some point in time in our life all of us are going to experience some kind of loss whatever it may be is that you're going to that god wants to build character in you so i want to share something with you if you go through what you need to go through you will become a person of character or you become a character do we have a character put our character up there but where are you going to be are you going to be person as self control honesty actually is respect responds by chris are you going to be a person of character you're going to be a character will you do through the refiner's fire determines who you are so next become a talk about the fact that everyone does go through refiners fire and some of us is because of our sin is because of our rebellion it's because of our stubbornness and we keep going to the fire and over and over and over again you get to does choose do you know you get to choose do you want to be a person of character or be a character and somebody is going to say pastor you don't know what i've been through in what i'm going through guess what i don't know what you've been through i know little pieces but i don't know your life your personal i don't know what goes on in this and i don't know goes on this hard i don't know what you go through but does god know when you're going through god no don't get caught up with people don't understand they don't get it if they are only new man they'd be more nice to have the understood what i went through people honestly most the time don't care do you know that you might have a loved one that cares you may have a friend of theirs but you'd think that most people care what you're going through you think they're focused on you  are focused on you and you've got an idea that everybody in the world is around you folks around you but most people don't care but who does care god cares he knows what you're going through god knows every single day that you're going through there's nothing you've gone through that god does not know so who probably should you talk to about those things you're going through have a talking to the god that knows how about going to the god that knows as a you know what this is what and this is the heartache of fun this is the the challenge i'm going through god i need your help and he knows exactly what you're going through and how do i know that god knows what you're going through because the bible says that jesus took on the form of man and came on this earth and everything that we experience jesus experience on this earth if you've been mocked god understands because jesus fully god and he was mocked you ever felt hopeless your felt helpless when jesus was on that cross he was hopeless and helpless he knew that he's going to be separated from his father he knew he was going to die and go to hell he knew that there was going to be a consequence for this simple it upon him and helpless and hopeless god knows because jesus knows anything that we go through god knows because jesus went through it so god knows so i have a question for you now i'm going to look at william wallace again number describe some of what he went through and god knew exactly day he went through and god knew how he was going to die and god knows every one of us are going to die and god knows what our legacy will be if it will be good or for be bad god knows everything days him in as a young boy he saw them hung from a shed killed it affected his life the rest of his life he tossed father killed for fighting for freedom he saw his wife being attacked viciously attacked and then he found her dead with their throats slit horrific horrific you know  the ugly story because if there's a good story there's an ugly story too he saw his wife's throat slit he experienced men who trusted that betrayed him have you ever trusted anybody they betrayed you you ever had anybody come to you and say i love you you're the most important person in my life anybody ever had somebody say that and then these turn around and weed out around they start talking behind your back he's no good human being he's useless he has no value he has no worth anybody experience that what does it feel like it but he felt that i know some of the filth that his name is jesus was he betrayed who were healed by him but they went along with the crowd they said crucify him there's somebody else that knows what it is to be betrayed soul was was betrayed by fellow countrymen but you know how he died i'm going to ruin it for you for on the movie but you should know because it's history so it's in the history books but out of out it william wallace die what's that cut his head  before that he was tortured he was a martyr he died as a martyr do you know he died in nazi freedom for it's for scotland he died before there is freedom for scotland you know that jesus died before any of us accept him as our lord and savior when he died he saw people retrain him not serve him not honor him william wallace some people be tray him when he died as a martyr is right when the nobles of the land p trade him there was a horrific battle and scotland lost that battle because of traitors and yet he died even for traitors because he died for every scot man to have his freedom no matter who they were are you willing to be a martyr for the cause of god are you willing to die for the sake of the kingdom and i'm not talking about physical death honestly to die for the kenan physical death is actually easy because once you die there's no memory of that death once you die where you believe brother in the grave sleeping are you up for the jesus if you're a believer you don't have the fear death death has no such thing if you're a christian about dying where you have to give up some things  talk about dying by being a godly mother a godly father talking about dying to be a godly parent i'm talking about being a dying to be a godly roommate do you love god do you love  the concept of god do you love the concept of jesus the savior or do you love jesus because he is a year for you or do you just like that bible story because it sounds good so the question i have for you do you want to make a difference do you want to make a difference in this road if you are to make a difference you're going to have to die is the time to go through the refiner's fire is the time you want to sacrifice for your cause is that time to grow and be a godly parent is the time to take your talents and use it for the kingdom some of you know how to make money some are just gifted to make money what about making money for the sake of the kingdom for the sake of souls some of your hard hard hard workers how about working hard for the sake of souls then i would ask you is there a passion in u do you have passion is there a fire dept burns within you for something i don't care what it is is there fiery well i do care it is a fire for drugs no no but what is there a fire in you that you're willing to live and die for that fire burns but then you that you're really a turn off the t v and spend time in the word was the fire within you this is you know w that of missing church to watch a game i rather being a church and bring somebody with me instead of watching a game with the fire in you that you have a passion for the lost a passion for those that are hurting a passion for dogs who'd av some kind of need what do you care about ask yourself would do i care about and how much do i care about it what i die for whatever it is i want my wife back will you do whatever it takes to take get your wife back i you know what i want i want to be a person that makes a difference in our community what will you do in the community where you give your time your energy for  sake of the community what burns within you susan i think you have a fire in you and i think th you know it did you shared it with me and out of the fire within her there are kids in this church that would challenge you are you willing to do what you gotta do to reach whoever it may be there has to be a place that you let that refiner's fire work within you that you do whatever it takes that you let the fire be so strong in you that no matter what temptation no matter what trial no matter what tribulation he really did go through it to make a difference in the role that you live in we cannot necessarily make a difference in uganda except for one way through missionaries to give to other causes outside our realm because we don't have to die sometimes as a lot harder for the drusilla that surround us because it will take something of us so you have an all consuming fire was the reason you're living what your purpose on this earth what is your calling if you don't know your calling you don't know why you're on this service will you call out to god and say god show me why am i here what's the purpose of me being alive today what is it that you want me to do to make a difference every christian should have a cause for living in us the every single christian should have a cause for the great commission and yet there are people in this room if i asked you at the great commission you have no idea what it is and yet the bible says that every believer should have a burden a passion for the great commission was the great commission to proclaim the gospel of jesus christ to make sure that every person before they pass away because back that they know all that the way to get to heaven is through jesus christ there should be a passion for that great commission and that will be done in different ways and now looks different for every single person how you do that but it is the way that you can help out do whatever it is get a fire in you don't go through the refiner's fire and be a character be someone with character don't let all the things that you've gone through all the losses you've had all the bad times all the stuff that went on in your life that would make you hopeless and helpless don't let that take you down let that rise up but then you in reality everyone of us should be a william wallace that has a sword and says i'm going to fight the good fight of faith and everything that comes to gives me i'm going to take it out because there's a fire that burns with me and i will accomplish what god has for me to accomplish and nothing's going to stop me and all of a sudden you know what it doesn't take a pastor preach a sermon doesn't take somebody saying you should do this you should do that there's something you says i'm going to do it and i don't care who oust does it i'm going to do it because i don't care about anybody else is going to care about what god's called me that fire keeps you going because the fire of the holy spirit so i have a question i have a sore who wants to sort who wants to fight the next cause who wants to fight for the next soul who wants to be the next william wallace the next joseph the next astir who wants to be that person your choice today is what you do if you say i'm ready tomorrow tomorrow may never come and i hate war i hate war and i hated that movie because i don't like all the blood and gore but guess what the only way they got freedom is what by the blood guess what you know the good news is we can win the victory through the blood of jesus christ through prayer stand in the gap so as they c i'm asking you it was to come to this altar say you know what i want to be a warrior i want to be a fighter master ridge you need to know jesus christ your lord and savior jesus said behold i stand at the door and not going to be one hears my voice and opens the you have been listening to there is so with pastor richard over through jesus christ we can live a victorious life seattle open door church located in period committed to loving god loving people and loving life so you have an open door church once you don't know but regardless of where you've been or what you've done god loves you there doors are open to anyone and everyone their services are sunday mornings at eleven seattle open door church is located at six twenty five