Skyfall 2023: Come and Take It by Matt Long
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In “Skyfall 2023 - Come and Take It by Matt Long,” Matt Long presents a Scripture-centered message about family discipleship, marriage and covenant, faith. Drawing especially from Ephesians 5, 1 Corinthians 16, Genesis 1, Deuteronomy 31, the teaching emphasizes that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. Long connects that foundation with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order.
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Long focuses on family discipleship. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order. The practical emphasis is to practice patient, truthful love in relationships and conflict.
Long focuses on family discipleship while working through Ephesians 5. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Long focuses on faith while working through Genesis 1. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Long focuses on spiritual vigilance while working through Genesis 1, Deuteronomy 31, Joshua 1. The message argues that believers are urged to remain sober, alert, prayerful, and ready amid spiritual danger. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Long focuses on family discipleship. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that marriage is treated as a covenant requiring faithfulness, sacrifice, truth, and biblical order. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Long focuses on family discipleship while working through Genesis 1. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that God’s commands reveal His standard and direct the obedient life. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Long focuses on family discipleship while working through Revelation 21. The message argues that faithfulness in the home requires instruction, loving correction, protection, and a consistent Christian example. It connects this with the conviction that objects and practices tied to idolatry are treated as spiritual compromises that should be renounced. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Long focuses on biblical creation while working through Genesis 1. The message argues that the creation account is defended as foundational to biblical authority and the meaning of the created order. It connects this with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
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foreign [Music] I have to give an introduction to my friend Matt long um yeah you get give him a handcuff right you come on up brother let me just say this about Matt you know he and I don't get to see each other much and you know but but there was something in six years ago at the Flat Earth International Conference in Raleigh North Carolina I met Matt and in my spirit I knew immediately that he uh he loved Jesus and he wasn't a poser and uh and I want to tell you know when all the crap hit the fan after the right after the conference in that little group text we had Matt was the only one that stood with me and not with me really but with the truth and uh I knew then that he was a man of integrity a few years ago I had the opportunity to and the privilege to do his wedding and praise be to God it's going well Hallelujah I told him over there a minute ago I said it's a it's a it's a blessing when a minister can do a wedding and then watch it watch it go well especially in these days but I love Matt Matt is a man of integrity he's a man of the word uh his one of his presentations I think it was 2019 on biblical apologetics was so good I incorporated into our ministry School even though he's Oklahoma Sooner I forgive him for that uh but we love Matt and I'm gonna take up any more of his time so brother let's get you going well it said that quarter hours decide the fate of Nations and I've got an entire hour so we'll see what we can do with that um what an introduction from Dean the only thing he missed is that I have spoken at every single Skyfall and which is um quite a streak that I'm proud of it's one of the few streaks that I have left in my life you know as I get older really the only thing that gets bigger is the the letters on my screen here so but I want to thank Dean and Nancy I was I was worried that you guys did have it last year and no one told me about it and so because like I said I am proud of this streak and and very excited to be back and man meeting everybody out there is just it's so much fun and I I tend to forget that I'm coming here to speak and I'm not you know just hang out with everybody I came in late and I was like I guess we're getting started here so um my favorite part of Skyfall not last year but I guess the year before was when Robert paint tank Moore where are
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you there he is yeah he described the Roman destruction of the Jewish temple in 80 70 as a peaceful protest so that was that was my favorite part this talk you know just quickly it's kind of evolved um it says come and take it how to be a man in 2023 and it's really it's kind of adjusted to how to be a man and not be tread on in 2023 because there's a lot of that going around and I I planned on wearing my green zielinski sweatsuit um to talk to you guys but instead I just growed my beer out and actually put on some nice clothes so I'll see that my favorite thing about speaking is trying out my jokes so my name is Matt son of Chris son of Bill son of Robert son of James I'm a fifth generation Texan I am a Christian a husband to an amazing wife Jessica and I am a father of seven and we'll see if this uh this guy's working no then am I pushing the wrong button is it on yeah that's a good question too no it's not on you even you even told me to turn it on right yeah you and my wife would get along great okay there we go look at that look at that crew we even got one here in real life there's Seth down there stand up give a wave buddy [Music] we're working on handshakes so if you see Seth shake his hand right so that's Seth June Lily Landon Winslet Boaz and we've actually had one more since then yep little Prairie May she's six months old tomorrow and she's actually the first child that I delivered 100 on my own no assistance yeah I mean just just was there right she was there but yeah but yeah I delivered her so I will say that with that many children running around if your wife asks you to hang something on the wall you better hit a stud right and exhibit a this is about 15 this is a shelving unit 15 seconds post installation off Facebook Marketplace and this is the same unit like 45 seconds after after I put it in yeah that's my life so uh but you guys can follow me on YouTube at uh no wait you can't follow me there um maybe you could you could try Twitter we'll do Twitter where do I point this there we go yeah oh no can't follow me you know what just text me if you guys you guys want to know what's happening
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uh but I I have actually started a new account on on these platforms so Twitter Youtube Instagram telegram at Matt son of Chris if you want to get a hold of me the best way is to either message me on Instagram or Twitter that's the I check all those messages so um but if you want to see what it's like to actually hold on I missed a slide here we'll go back okay if you want to see what it's like to thrive with a big family uh check out my wife's Instagram it's at lemon drop tribe she has a beautiful Instagram with pictures of our lovely family and then she just truth bombs success you know unsuspecting mothers in her insta stories it's like the fastest you know place you can get your news is her insta stories there so um let me go back here because I did I did bring some books and I've got them out in the in the foyer there it's called the house that Jesus Built it's a book on why we should believe the Bible and our senses over what we see on screens and in textbooks challenging the idea that we live on a spinning ball flying through space um it also has a really great chapter on why the Bible is the most reliable and accurate collection of books in the history of the world I mentioned Robert Moore earlier he actually did the illustrations for that book they go for about 10 bucks you can leave cash you can do venmo or if you really didn't plan on spending 10 bucks please just take one and then you know just like look down at your phone like you're doing venmo you know if other people are watching um but seriously don't let the ten dollars get in the way of you taking a book if you want one okay that's why I brought them so um yeah so if you want to connect um make sure to come see me and I'm leaving tomorrow unfortunately so make sure to connect with me today but first my message hey Dean if I'm not talking loud enough with the mic just like yell at me okay you guys yell at me too just say hey we can't hear you so my message come and take it how to be a man and not get tread on in 2023 I sent the I sent this to Nancy before I kind of added the deal there so um but let me make sure I can uh see my notes because my wife wrote this so that was a joke like she didn't because it's how to be a man okay all right I think I delayed the punchline too much all right so let's start by looking at this loser right here on that's me on the right I don't know if you recognize me um with all the chub in the kind of cheek chin area and look what's in my hand there I got a beer this this speech that I'm giving today is to this guy all right so I'm going to talk about a lot of stuff
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but just know that no one in here should be comparing themselves to anyone else in the present they should be comparing themselves to themselves in the past that's the only fair analysis here and I just wanted to yeah focus on that region look at that I don't know how much beer I drank but um that's where it was all going right around the face there and I'm gonna I'm gonna talk about alcohol because it's it's not a good thing uh if you want to be a man uh there's like it's like the equivalent of taking like three or four birth control pills estrogen-wise I don't know if you guys knew that so if any if there's a reason to not drink beer that's it um we'll move on here yeah okay just there's just a difference look at that like there's a lot of stuff that I've done and I'll talk about it that has changed me from that guy to that guy um and it's not all physical some of it's spiritual and yeah just that's kind of an embarrassing photo that I thought I'd throw up there of myself okay we'll just keep that up so it's burned in my burned my image there okay so the Napoleon quote earlier that quarter hours decide the fate of Nations was in reference to war it's that quick decisions and quick actions made it key moments can lead to the Turning of the tide or ultimately determining the outcome of a war and the destiny of a Nation adjusting this to a personal level instead of quarter hours deciding the fate of Nations how about quarter seconds deciding the fate of families because those individual battles or decisions and our personal lives that are seemingly trivial sometimes or ultimately what lead to the fate of a man of a family of a people and of a Nation so Ephesians 5 23 says for the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church his body and is himself its savior sometimes forget about that last part and is himself a savior so in my family I I I'm like Joe Biden right I'm the president but we all know someone else is running the show right there's also some other strange correlations like I really like ice cream you know it's like one of my things I get hurt a lot um and sometimes I say things that don't make sense yeah just you guys see him fall down yesterday that was I thought about doing it on here as I walked up but I thought you guys would think it was real and I would just like be covering it so so yes my wife runs the show aka the household while I'm busy working running a business staying fit she's feeding children teaching children making lists of things things that need to be done on the house ordering things that we need
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