(UPBEAT MUSIC) -
GOOD MORNING, CHURCH. COME ON, LET'S GIVE HIM PRAISE THIS
MORNING. WE SERVE OUR GREAT GOD.
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
- LORD, WE WORSHIP YOU. - YES, LORD JESUS.
- AND WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE IN YOUR HOUSE.
AND AS ALWAYS, YOU'RE THE MOST WELCOME GUEST.
- YES, LORD. - WE LOVE YOU.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD SAID--
- THAT'S A GOOD AMEN. I THINK THAT'S REALLY SHARP.
ALL RIGHT, WAS THAT-- SO LET ME ASK THE SOUND BOOTH.
DID YOU GUYS-- WAS THAT CANNED AMEN?
NO, IT WAS ACTUALLY YOU. YOU GUYS DID GREAT.
SO GIVE YOUR HAND-- SOMETHING, HAND CLAP.
LOOK AT THAT. PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
IT MUST BE BECAUSE-- I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE REASON.
BECAUSE THANKSGIVING IS NEXT MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW. AND YOU'RE THANKFUL? SO ANYWAY.
- WE'RE THANKFUL ANYWAY. WE DON'T NEED A SPECIAL DAY TO BE
THANKFUL. - YEAH, WELL, THAT'S TRUE.
WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL ALL THE TIME.
-THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
- WELL, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE OUR SON MATT HERE TODAY.
YOU HAVE BEEN ON-- HE USES HIS VACATION TO
GO TO FOOTBALL GAMES. - THEY KNOW THAT.
THEY KNOW THAT.
- SO MATT, WHERE WERE YOU LAST WEEK?
- I WATCHED A VERY ABYSMAL PERFORMANCE WITH THAT, A TIE.
LIKE, WHY WOULD I SEE THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
- CHERYL'S DOWN THERE, SHE WAS THERE.
- WERE YOU DISAPPOINTED? - SOMEBODY WAS THERE?
WHO WAS THERE? - CHERYL, SHE'S RIGHT HERE.
- YOU WERE AT JURY WORLD TOO? - YES, SHE WAS.
-YEAH, IT WAS A HECK OF A GAME. I JUST, I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN GREEN BAY'S WON 10 OF THE LAST 11 AGAINST THE COWBOYS
AND TO PUT ON A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT IN TIE,
- WELL, YOU HAVE SOME PICTURES TOO, RIGHT?
- WELL, IT WAS FUN TO HANG OUT WITH SUNIL, AND HE SENT HIS
GREETINGS. - HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER
SUNIL ISAAC? ACTUALLY, YOU OWE HIM A LOT, 'CAUSE HE LET YOU
STAY IN HIS HOUSE. - YES, I STAYED IN THEIR HOUSE,
BUT HE IS A COWBOYS FAN, BUT I SAID, "DUDE," I SAID, "JUST SO
YOU KNOW, "I GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU." AND HE GOES, "WHAT IS
THAT?" I SAID, "WELL, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET A HALL OF
FAMER?" AND HE GOES, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, FAVRE'S GONNA BE THERE,
"AND HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS, AND YOU KNOW, HE'S GONNA BE
OUT THERE, HE'S FLYING IN, AND I SAID, JUST WATCH. AND HE
GOES, NO, YOU'RE KIDDING ME. AND I WAS LIKE, I'M SERIOUS.
SO HE SHOWS UP AND WE WALK IN AND THEY COULD START PUTTING
SOME OF THE PICTURES UP AND VIDEOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT THEY'LL ROLL THROUGH SOME OF THESE.
BUT YEAH, THAT'S BRETT AND I RIGHT THERE.
AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE HIM AND JUST
BE ABLE TO CATCH UP AND KIND OF MESS WITH HIM AND STUFF.
YEAH, I HAD HIM LAUGH AND WE WERE DEFINITELY
CRACKING JOKES BACK AND FORTH, BUT YEAH.
OKAY, SO THIS, PASTOR MIKE, ACTUALLY, THAT CANVAS,
THAT WAS FROM TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO
WHEN WE HAD MY BIRTHDAY DINNER WITH BRETT
OUT IN MISSISSIPPI AND OFFICER HERRICK WAS WITH US.
AND PASTOR MIKE, YOU MADE THAT FOR ME IN A CANVAS.
WELL, I BROUGHT THAT AND BRETT GOES,
"HERE, LET ME SIGN THAT FOR YOU."
AND HE PUT, "LOVE YOU," TOO, MATT, "LOVE YOU, BRETT FAVRE."
BUT THEN SUNIL ACTUALLY GOT TO TALK WITH HIM.
NOW, BRETT AND DEANNA, HIS WIFE, WERE BIG FANS OF KIM
CLEMENT, PROPHET KIM CLEMENT, AND THAT'S HOW THEY
ALSO GOT INTO, YEAH, THE PROPHETIC MINISTRY, AND THEY
LOVE OUR MINISTRY WITH THAT. AND SO SUNIL WAS LIKE, "WELL, I
USED TO DRUM FOR KIM CLEMENT." AND HE GOES, "THEN I WENT AND
DRUMMED "FOR PASTOR HANK KUNNEMAN."
BRETT'S LIKE, "OH MY GOSH, I LOVE THE KUNNEMANS,"
AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SO IT WAS REALLY COOL. THAT'S US OUTSIDE
OF JERRY WORLD AND HANGING OUT. AND SO ALL
OF THAT WAS WAY BETTER THAN THE END RESULT OF A TIE.
SO THERE'S, IT LITERALLY FELT LIKE WALKING OUT OF THAT
SERVICE. - LOOK AT THAT ONE. LOOK AT
THAT. - I THINK IT'S GREAT.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU-- - I HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THESE.
THIS IS MY FIRST. - YEAH, THESE ARE REALLY FUN.
WE WERE CRACKING JOKES. -LET ME JUST DO THIS BECAUSE
WE HAVE A SERVICE. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT FOOTBALL FANS--
- I FELT LIKE I WAS WALKING OUT OF CHURCH LIKE SUNDAY AT THE END
OF THAT GAME. - HERE'S WHY I WANTED
MATT TO SHARE, BECAUSE THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
NOT FOOTBALL FANS, AND I WANNA DO THIS,
I WANNA GREET THOSE OF YOU ALSO
THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD.
AGAIN, PUT IN THE COMMENTS WHERE YOU'RE WATCHING. HERE'S WHY.
DON'T EVER THINK THAT YOUR PRAYERS AREN'T BEING HEARD BY
GOD. - YES.
- AND GOD SAID SOMETHING, JESUS, UNLESS YOU
BECOME LIKE A CHILD, WHEN MATTHEW WAS FIVE YEARS OLD,
WE WOULD PRAY FOR THE FAMILY, AND HE WOULD SAY,
"I WANNA PRAY FOR BRETT FAVRE." LORD, BLESS BRETT FAVRE. I
WANT TO MEET BRETT FAVRE. I'M GOING TO MEET BRETT FAVRE, GOD.
LOOK AT WHAT GOD DID. SO NEVER, NEVER, EVER LIMIT WHAT
GOD CAN DO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN--
- THAT WAS AN AWESOME TIME. WE LOVED IT. CAN I ASK ONE MORE
QUESTION? WHY DID YOU FEEL LIKE IT WAS YET A CHURCH MOMENT?
BECAUSE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER,
AND THERE WAS JUST NEAT THINGS TO--
- WELL, IT WAS REALLY COOL TO JUST EVEN WATCH
HOW THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
BUT IN THAT MOMENT, WATCHING HOW BRETT ALSO
INTERACTED WITH THE FANS, AND THEN IN THAT MOMENT,
IT WAS JUST REALLY COOL, THOUGH, THAT I COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN
FOR SUNIL, WHERE HE COULD BE ABLE TO MEET BRETT FAVRE.
- AND IT MEANT A LOT TO HIM. - IT DID. IT REALLY DID. AND
BRETT WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU GOT A TROY AIKMAN JERSEY ON. THAT'S
ONE OF MY BUDDIES. AND SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF A COOL THING.
- SO NEIL, YOU GOTTA COME BACK UP AND PLAY THE DRUMS
SOON. BUT THAT GAME, LEAVING, REALLY FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE IN CHURCH, IT FELT LIKE, I WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS?
IT'S SO QUIET, NO ONE'S TALKING, NO ONE'S TRASH TALKING.
IT'S LIKE COWBOY FANS AND PACKER FANS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
- IT'S BECAUSE ALL OF US UNDERSTAND,
YOU GO TO A GAME, DECLARED WINNER, NOT A TIE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S MOVE THIS UP.
NOW, HERE'S THE THING, I'VE GOT A GREAT WORD
IN MY MOUTH TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
WE'RE GONNA TALK SOME MORE ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF LOVE
AND HONOR AND HOW THEY'RE PART OF THE SHIFT CHANGE.
AND GOD IS DOING THIS, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY
CONNECTED. AND THE OTHER THING IS WE HAVE HOLY COMMUNION
THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP TO ADMINISTER TODAY.
- YES, I GOT SOMETHING TO SHARE ABOUT THAT.
- AND SO YOU HAVE TIME, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
TO GATHER THE COMMUNION ELEMENTS TOGETHER
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A GREAT TIME AS THE BODY OF CHRIST.
ALRIGHT WELL I AM READY TO WORSHIP THE LORD.
- I THINK WE SHOULD. - I THOUGHT I SAW HOLLY OUT.
FROM FLORIDA, ARE YOU GUYS BACK FROM FLORIDA?
- VISITING. - MAN! THANK YOU.
YOU MISS NEBRASKA FALL. THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
SO USHERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PUT THEM IN CUFFS. THEY ARE NOT
GOING BACK. YOU ARE GOING TO NOT LET THEM GO BACK.
WE DO MISS YOU, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK. WE LOVE YOU.
- AMEN, AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, PASTOR MATT, WOULD YOU PRAY
OVER THE PEOPLE AND PRAY OVER THE SERVICE?
- WELL, DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU,
LORD, FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM AND WATCHING
ACROSS THE WORLD, LORD. AND WE JUST THANK YOU, LORD, THAT
YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR HAND OF BLESSING UPON EACH AND EVERY
PERSON. LORD, GIVE THEM FAVOR. GIVE THEM TREMENDOUS, LORD.
JUST ANSWER PRAYER, LORD, THAT THE SEASON
OF CYCLES, LORD, ARE BREAKING IN THEIR LIFE, LORD, THAT
THEY ARE STEPPING INTO THE NEW AND A NEW SEASON, LORD, OVER
THEIR LIVES. IN JESUS' NAME, BLESS THE SERVICE WE DECLARE
AN ANOINTING AND A SUPERNATURAL GRACE COMES INTO THIS ROOM
AND INTO THOSE SCREENS AS WELL. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN.
- AMEN. ALL RIGHT, THROW THOSE HANDS UP.
SAY THIS, SAY, "LORD, I'M GOING TO WORSHIP LOUD. I'M GOING TO
WORSHIP STRONG. I'M GOING TO BE RAZOR FOCUSED ON EVERYTHING YOU
HAVE FOR ME." COME ON, SHOUT LIKE YOU'RE EXCITED AND
LET'S PRAISE THE LORD. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
- HALLELUJAH, COME ON, LIFT UP A SHOUT THIS MORNING.
HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH.
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
- COME ON, STIR IT UP, STIR IT UP, STIR IT UP.
COME ON, LET'S DECLARE IT WITH THE ANGELS.
YOUR NAME IS HOLY, YOUR NAME IS POWER.
COME ON, PROPHESY.
COME ON, DECLARE IT WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.
COME ON, SING IT AGAIN!
NOW, WON'T YOU BEGIN TO PRAY ALL ACROSS THIS BUILDING AND
ONLINE? LET'S PRAY IN THE HOLY GHOST.
COME ON, IT'S THE DOORWAY TO THE SUPERNATURAL.
IF YOU NEED A BREAKTHROUGH, COME ON, PRAY
AS LOUD AS YOU'RE ABLE IN OTHER TONGUES.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
IF YOU NEED DELIVERANCE, PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
IF YOU NEED HEALING, PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
COME ON, IF YOU NEED A BREAKTHROUGH FINANCIALLY,
PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. LET'S OPEN THE RIVER.
THE BIBLE SAYS, "OUT OF YOUR BELLY SHALL FLOW RIVERS
OF LIVING WATER." COME ON, BEGIN TO PRAY IN THE SPIRIT.
COME ON, IF YOU'RE FRUSTRATED BY SOMETHING,
PRAY IN THE HOLY GHOST WITH POWER.
DO IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. (PRAYING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, WE PRAY THROUGH THE PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT.
WE BREAK THE POWER OF EVERY DEMONIC ATTACK
THAT WOULD COME AGAINST YOUR THOUGHTS, AGAINST YOUR
MIND, AGAINST YOUR FAMILY. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, DON'T STOP, DON'T STOP, DON'T STOP.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, CAN YOU PRAY IN TONGUES ON A SUNDAY MORNING? YES!
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, STIR YOURSELF, STIR YOURSELF TODAY.
STIR YOURSELF IN THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY GHOST.
(PRAYING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, WHILE YOU'RE PRAYING, SOME OF YOU NEED TO
GET MAD AT THE DEVIL FOR WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING,
FOR WHAT HE'S BEEN TRYING. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
COME ON, IF YOU NEED PRAYER, COME ON, KEEP PRAYING IN
TONGUES. IF YOU NEED PRAYER, LIFT YOUR HANDS UP.
I WANT A BELIEVER TO PUT A HAND ON YOUR SHOULDER,
FIND SOMEBODY NEARBY AND WE'RE JUST GONNA PRAY IN TONGUES.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND? COME ON, FIND SOMEBODY WITH THEIR HAND UP
AND BEGIN TO PRAY FOR 'EM. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
I PRAY FOR THOSE ONLINE. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
WE MAKE INTERCESSION TODAY WITH GROANINGS
THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRAY, OR PRAY AND WHAT TO PRAY
FOR, PRAY IN TONGUES. [PRAYING IN TONGUES]
NOW TELL THEM, BE BLESSED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. HALLELUJAH.
ALL RIGHT, IF YOU'RE NOT FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST,
AND YOU'RE IN HERE AND YOU SAID, I'VE NEVER PRAYED IN
TONGUES LIKE THAT, I'VE NEVER PRAYED IN TONGUES.
WELL, DON'T BE SHY, RUN TO THE FRONT. COME ON, DON'T DELAY.
DON'T DELAY, IF THAT'S YOU AND YOU SAY,
I WANNA BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST
AND PRAY IN TONGUES LIKE THAT, I NEVER HAVE. WELL
THEN, DON'T BE BASHFUL, RUN DOWN HERE. JUST RUN RIGHT ON
DOWN, AND LET'S GET SOME PEOPLE FILLED WITH THE HOLY
GHOST TODAY. COME ON, LET'S GET THEM FILLED WITH THE
HOLY, COME ON, ON A SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE WORLD
WATCHING. COME ON, DON'T BE BASHFUL. DON'T BE SHY. I
PROMISE YOU YOUR LIFE. COME ON, GIVE THESE PEOPLE A
GREAT BIG HAND THAT CAME DOWN. I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT
BE SOME MORE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? YOU'RE JUST
STILL A LITTLE NERVOUS. DON'T BE NERVOUS. THIS IS
THE BEST PLACE TO BE. COME ON, HERE COMES ANOTHER.
HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH. ANY OTHERS? DON'T MISS YOUR
MOMENT. DON'T MISS YOUR MOMENT. COME ON, LET'S GET
SOME FOLKS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. HALLELUJAH. OH,
I'M GOING TO GET SOME OF OUR INTERCESSORS AND PRAYER
PEOPLE UP HERE. NOW YOU THAT CAME UP, JUST CHECK AND MAKE
SURE THEY'RE A NERVOUS, NOBODY ELSE THAT I MISSED. I
DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO MISS OUT. DO WE HAVE SOME OTHERS
COMING? ALL RIGHT. GIVE THESE PEOPLE A HAND. BLESS
YOU. BLESS YOU. GOT ONE MORE. COME ON. WHERE'S MY
PRAYER PEOPLE? I NEED ALL OF MY, OUR MINISTERS UP HERE.
IT'LL COME AND MINISTER IN THIS CROWD. YOU KNOW, I
THINK MORE PASTORS SHOULD GET PEOPLE FILLED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT ON A SUNDAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S AN
ANOINTING FOR IT. GOD DIDN'T WAIT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME
SECRET MEETING TO POUR OUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU KNOW
THAT ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST, HE DID IT IN
PUBLIC BECAUSE EVERYBODY OUTSIDE HEARD IT. AMEN. SO
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE AT THE FRONT, I'M GOING TO
TELL YOU THIS, YOUR LIFE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE TODAY.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO CHANGE. YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE
FOREVER. THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. TOUCH
YOURSELF AND SAY, THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE.
NOW, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT FOR BEING FILLED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR HEART TO JESUS.
AMEN. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU, YOU
KNOW, I DON'T WANT THE DEVIL TO TRY ANYTHING THAT WOULD
KEEP YOU FROM RECEIVING TODAY, LIKE TELLING YOU,
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A BAD SINNER, YOU'VE DONE ALL
THIS, YOU KNOW, YOUR LIFE IS MESSED UP, YOU MADE SO MANY
MISTAKES. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? THANK GOD FOR THE
BLOOD OF JESUS. WE'RE ALL SINNERS, RIGHT? WE'VE ALL
MESSED UP. BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 3.10, THERE'S NOT ONE
RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE. WE ALL NEED SALVATION THROUGH
THE BLOOD OF JESUS, EVERY ONE OF US. SO DON'T LET THE
DEVIL TELL YOU TODAY YOU'RE NOT WORTHY TO RECEIVE. OKAY,
YOU DON'T BASE IT ON A FEELING, YOU BASE IT ON
FAITH. YOU MAKE DECISIONS. HOW MANY OF YOU UP IN THE
LINE AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OUT HERE AND THOSE OF
YOU WATCHING, HOW MANY OF YOU MADE THE DECISION TO GET
UP AND COME TO CHURCH TODAY? NOW I WOULD BE FAILING IF I
DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT NOT EVERYBODY PROBABLY FELT LIKE
THEY WANTED TO GET UP AND BE HERE AT NINE O'CLOCK AND BE
DRESSED, RIGHT? BUT WE CHOSE. THIS IS HOW WE GET
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE SAVED.
NOW FEELINGS FOLLOW, OKAY? SO YOU DON'T BASE YOUR
SALVATION ON HOW YOU FEEL. YOU BASE IT ON A DECISION
AND YOU ACT BY FAITH AND YOU MAKE THE STEP FORWARD. YOU
KNOW WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN 40 YEARS, OVER 40 YEARS OF
SERVING GOD, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT GOD WILL MEET YOU
EVERY TIME YOU TAKE A FAITH STEP. AMEN. AND YOU ALREADY
LOOK AT YOU. YOU ALREADY MADE FAITH STEPS TODAY.
AMEN. SO WE'RE GOING TO PRAY AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS TO
YOU AND YOU ARE GOING TO SPEAK IN TONGUES TODAY.
AMEN. AND YOU GOT MINISTERS BEHIND YOU. THEY'RE GOING TO
HELP YOU. AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE ARE GOING TO
HELP YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAY. AND IF YOU'RE ONLINE
AND YOU'RE RECEIVING TODAY AND YOU'VE NEVER PRAYED IN
TONGUES, I WANT YOU TO JUST JOIN THESE PEOPLE AS IF YOU
WERE STANDING DOWN HERE ON THE FLOOR. THEY'LL GET A
GOOD CAMERA SHOT DOWN HERE AND YOU JUST PRETEND LIKE
YOU'RE JUST STANDING RIGHT HERE AND YOU'RE GONNA
RECEIVE. AND WE'RE GONNA HELP YOU, HELP YOU GET IN A
POSITION WHERE YOU ARE CONFIDENT TO PRAY IN OTHER
TONGUES. SO LET'S PRAY A PRAYER. WE'RE GONNA PRAY THE
PRAYER OF SALVATION. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW
YOU'RE RIGHT WITH GOD, AMEN. SO THOSE OF YOU IN THE LINE,
I WANT YOU TO REPEAT, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND REPEAT THIS
PRAYER AFTER ME. MEAN IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART. THE
REST OUT THERE ARE GONNA PRAY IT WITH YOU. SAY, "DEAR
HEAVENLY FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR JESUS, "THAT HE DIED FOR
MY SINS, AND HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. "HE IS SEATED IN
HEAVEN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. "JESUS, COME IN MY
HEART, FORGIVE ME OF EVERY SIN, FORGIVE ME OF ALL PAST
WRONGDOINGS, WASH ME IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS. AND JESUS, I
PUT YOU ON THE THRONE OF MY LIFE, I PLACE YOU IN
CONTROL, AND I AM ASKING YOU TO HELP ME FOLLOW YOU. I
COMMIT MY LIFE TO YOU, JESUS, AND I THANK YOU,
LORD, THAT I'M NOW A CHRISTIAN. I'M A CHILD OF
GOD. AMEN AND AMEN. NOW, IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER AND
YOU MEANT IT, ALL WRONGDOING AND SINS ARE PASSED AWAY AND
THERE IS NOTHING TO DISQUALIFY YOU FROM
RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A REAL
QUICK STORY. THE DISCIPLES, YOU KNOW, THEY DID A LOT OF
WRONG WHEN JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED. THEY RAN AND HID
AND WENT IN A ROOM AND LOCKED THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY
THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET ARRESTED. PETER EVEN
DENIED JESUS. AND JESUS CAME IN THROUGH A WALL AND FOUND
THEM. THINK ABOUT THAT. HE HAD TO COME IN THROUGH THE
WALL AND FIND THEM. AND THERE THEY WERE HUDDLED. YOU
KNOW, NOT ONE TIME DID HE SAY, WHY DID YOU DENY ME AND
DO ALL THAT? HE NEVER SAID THAT. THE ONLY THING THAT
CAME OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS PEACE TO YOU. AND HE
BREATHED ON THEM, GIVING THEM A NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE.
SO I WANNA TELL YOU THAT'S TODAY. YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
HIDING IN A ROOM, BUT GOD HAS WIPED ALL THAT AWAY
TODAY. HALLELUJAH. ISN'T THAT SO WONDERFUL? SO NOW
WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. I WANT YOU TO CLOSE
YOUR EYES. NOW, AFTER WE PRAY THIS PRAYER, I DON'T
WANT YOU TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE IN YOUR NATURAL
LANGUAGE, ENGLISH, SPANISH, WHATEVER YOU SPEAK. I DON'T
WANT YOU TO SAY ANY OF THAT ANYMORE. YOU'RE GONNA MOVE
YOUR MOUTH AND YOUR TONGUE AND YOU'RE GONNA PRAY IN
TONGUES, OKAY? BUT WE'RE GONNA PRAY AND YOU'RE GONNA
ASK WITH ALL YOUR HEART FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BAPTIZE
YOU. ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THAT? ALRIGHT, SO PRAY,
CLOSE YOUR EYES, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE PERSON BESIDE YOU
OR ANY OF THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE. SAY THIS, SAY, "HOLY
SPIRIT, I'M A CHILD OF GOD. I ASK YOU TO FILL ME TODAY.
BAPTIZE ME IN THE HOLY GHOST JUST LIKE THE BOOK OF ACTS."
AND I FULLY EXPECT LIKE THEY DID THAT I WILL SPEAK WITH
OTHER TONGUES. BECAUSE YOUR SPIRIT IS GONNA REST ON ME
AND GIVE ME THAT UTTERANCE. AND I'LL STEP OUT, LORD, IN
FAITH, AND I KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL FILL MY MOUTH.
NOW, I WANT YOU TO BEGIN TO JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES. SOME
OF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO LIFT YOUR HANDS, JUST BEGIN TO
MOVE YOUR MOUTH AND TONGUES. DON'T UTTER ANYTHING IN
ENGLISH OR A NATURAL LANGUAGE. (PRAYING IN TONGUES) IF
YOUR LIPS JUST WANT TO MAKE SYLLABLES, MAKE SYLLABLES.
(PRAYING IN TONGUES) DO IT AS BOLD AS YOU
CAN. DON'T BE SHY TO HEAR YOURSELF. NOBODY'S
LISTENING, BUT GOD. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) REMEMBER,
YOU CAN'T PRAY IN TONGUES WITH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED. YOU
CAN PRAY IN TONGUES WITH YOUR MOUTH OPEN. (PRAYING IN
TONGUES) SO JUST MOVE THAT TONGUE AND MOVE THAT MOUTH A
LITTLE BIT. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) COME ON, YOU'RE DOING IT. (SPEAKING
IN TONGUES) DON'T STOP. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
MOVE THAT MOUTH A LITTLE BIT. PASTOR'S COMING DOWN TO
LAY HANDS ON SOME OF YOU. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) YEAH, YOU'RE DOING IT, GUYS. KEEP
DOING IT. COME ON, RAISE IT A LITTLE BIT. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE,
JUST BEGIN TO MOVE YOUR MOUTH AND MOVE YOUR TONGUE.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) IF YOUR LIPS JUST WANNA HAVE
ONE SYLLABLE, THAT'S ALL. YOU NEED TO SPEAK OUT BY
FAITH. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES) LET GOD ADD TO IT. (SPEAKING
IN TONGUES) COME ON, EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM,
PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT OUT LOUD. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
MAN, YOU GUYS ARE DOING IT, YOU'RE BEING BOLD.
(SPEAKING IN TONGUES) YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING GOOD. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
HALLELUJAH. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
HALLELUJAH. HALLELUJAH, COME ON, GIVE THESE GUYS A GREAT
BIG HAND. NOW THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE DOWN FRONT, THE
PRAYER MINISTERS ARE THERE, AND THEY CAN GET YOUR NAME,
AND THEY'LL BE THERE TO WORK WITH YOU AND HELP YOU. AND
BY THE WAY, YOU CAN PRAY IN TONGUES AS OFTEN AS YOU
WANT. SAY, "PASTOR BRENDA, WHAT IF I MADE ALL THOSE
LITTLE SOUNDS UP?" WELL, YOU MIGHT IN THE NATURAL THINK
THAT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, YOU KEEP DOING THAT AND
THERE'LL COME A MOMENT, YOU'LL KNOW THAT IS STRAIGHT
FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD. AMEN? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE
GAVE YOU A LITTLE BOOKLET THERE AND THAT'LL HELP YOU
AND EXCHANGE THE NAME, MEET SOMEBODY, THEY'LL BE THERE
TO HELP YOU. IF YOU NEED MORE HELP OR MORE
INFORMATION OR YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW
BIRTH EXPERIENCE OR THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY GHOST,
WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. AND THOSE OF YOU
ONLINE, YOU CAN WRITE US, JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE AND
THERE'LL BE INFORMATION THERE AND WE CAN GET YOU
SOME HELP IN PRAYING IN TONGUES. ALL RIGHT, DO IT
ONE MORE TIME. (SPEAKING IN TONGUES)
HALLELUJAH! YOU GUYS DID GOOD. ALL RIGHT, GIVE 'EM A
HAND AS THEY'RE SEATED. I WANT EVERYBODY NOW TO JUST
BE SEATED IN AN ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP, AND WE'RE GONNA
RECEIVE THE LORD'S SUPPER TOGETHER, AMEN. (SOFT MUSIC)
♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
YOU SEATED. I WANT TO READ A SCRIPTURE TO YOU FOR
COMMUNION TODAY. I FEEL LIKE IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THE HOLY
SPIRIT DIRECTED ME. AND THIS IS THE COMMON SCRIPTURE THAT
IS USED DURING COMMUNION MEAL, BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S
JUST SO APPROPRIATE FOR WHERE THE WORLD IS AND WHERE
OUR CULTURE IS RIGHT NOW. AND AS YOU'RE HOLDING THE
ELEMENTS IN YOUR HAND, LET ME READ THIS TO YOU. IT
SAYS, THIS IS 1 CORINTHIANS 11:26-31, IT
SAYS, "FOR OFTEN AS YOU EAT THIS BREAD AND DRINK THIS
CUP, YOU DO SHOW OR YOU'RE HONORING THE LORD'S DEATH
UNTIL HE COMES. VERSE 27, WHEREFORE, WHOSOEVER SHALL
EAT THIS BREAD AND DRINK THIS CUP OF THE LORD
UNWORTHILY, THAT SCRIPTURE JUST USED TO TERRIFY ME. I'D
READ THAT AND I'D THINK, LORD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
MEANS, BUT HELP ME NOT DO IT. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER
THOUGHT THAT SAME THING? YOU THOUGHT, I JUST, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT JUST HELP ME NOT DO IT, LORD. I
WAS ABOUT 15 WHEN I FIRST READ THAT SCRIPTURE. BUT IT
MEANS WITH DISRESPECT. YOU SHOULDN'T BE DISTRACTED. YOU
SHOULDN'T BE CHATTING WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR OR, YOU KNOW,
SCROLLING ON SOCIAL AND BEING, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO
BE RAZOR FOCUSED. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S TALKING ABOUT.
UNWORTHILY OR DISRESPECTFULLY SHALL BE
GUILTY OF THE BODY AND THE BLOOD OF THE LORD. HERE'S
THE PART I WANT YOU TO SEE. BUT LET A MAN OR A WOMAN
EXAMINE HIMSELF. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, THE
BIBLE SAYS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 13:5, IT SAYS THAT WE
SHOULD EXAMINE OURSELVES TO DECIDE OR DETERMINE IF WE'RE
REALLY IN THE FAITH OR NOT. AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN A SELF-EXAMINING CULTURE, ARE
WE? IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK OUT THERE ON THE INTERNET
ANYWHERE, AND I'M NOT TALKING JUST SOCIAL, I'M
TALKING NEWS OR ANY PLACE, WEBSITES OF ALL KINDS,
PEOPLE LOVE TO EXAMINE THEIR FELLOW MAN. IT SAYS THAT
WE'RE TO EXAMINE OURSELVES BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE
COMMUNION MEAL. GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE CULTURE THAT'S ALL
... REALLY, IT'S EXAMINING OTHER PEOPLE WITH A CRITICAL
EYE AND ALWAYS HAVING SOME WAY TO POINT A FINGER OR
PLAY THE BLAME GAME. IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT.
THIS IS KIND OF HOW THE CULTURE'S GONE. AND YOU
KNOW, AS CHRISTIANS, YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T GET
SWEPT UP IN THAT. COME IN, IT'S A TOP OF THE WAVE OUT
THERE. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT? AND YET THE
SCRIPTURE WARNS HIGHLY THAT WE ARE TO EXAMINE OURSELVES.
AND YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, I SAW SOME THINGS OUT
THERE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE. HOW MANY OF YOU JUST
HAVE FOLLOWED A LITTLE BIT OF ERICA KIRK SINCE CHARLIE
WENT ON TO HEAVEN? AND PEOPLE ARE JUST SO
MEAN-SPIRITED. I MEAN, EVERY CRITICISM HAS COME AGAINST
THAT WOMAN. EVERYTHING FROM CRITICIZING HER TO BE SOME
SECRET SATANIST. CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE? I MEAN, ALL IN
THE NAME OF CHRIST. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN IT? I THINK
YOU'RE SEEING THE SAME THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN.
TELLING HER THAT THERE SHOULD BE A CERTAIN WAY
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO GRIEVE AND SHE'S NOT DOING IT RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, WELL, WHO MADE YOU THE GRIEVING
POLICE? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU KNOW, I JUST
DON'T. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RULE BOOK ON HOW
TO MOURN OTHER THAN WHAT GOD SAID IN THE BIBLE. YOU KNOW,
THAT IF YOU WEAR MAKEUP OR DON'T WEAR MAKEUP, THAT IT
SIGNIFIES WHETHER YOU MOURNED RIGHT OR NOT. THAT'S
JUST FOOLISHNESS, FOLKS. THAT STUFF OUGHT TO NOT,
DON'T YOU AGREE THAT SHOULDN'T BE EVEN NAMED IN
THE CHURCH. BUT IT'S OUT THERE, AND YOU KNOW IT'S
JUST GOTTEN CRAZY HOW PEOPLE ARE JUST EXAMINING, YOU
KNOW, THEIR BROTHER AND NITPICK AND FUSS. YOU KNOW,
IN FACT, PASTOR HANK, I'LL TELL THIS STORY, PASTOR HANK
LIKES TO FOLLOW, HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER JIM FLOWERS
WHEN HE DID THE WEATHER? WELL, PASTOR SAYS HE'S STILL
THE BEST WEATHERMAN ON HIS WEBSITE. YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THE, I'M NOT CRITICIZING ALL OF THE GUYS ON TV, BUT JIM
GETS IT RIGHT. AND SO, ANYWAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE
HAD A POST OUT THERE, PASTOR SAW, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS CHECK
JIM'S WEATHER. AND STILL TO THIS DAY, HE'S BEEN RETIRED
FOR YEARS, BUT HE STILL DOES IT ONLINE HIMSELF. AND SO,
YOU KNOW, HE HAD PUT OUT THIS POST, IT JUST BROKE MY
HEART. PEOPLE HAD CRITICIZED HIM FOR GAINING A LOT OF
WEIGHT. AND I GUESS HE WAS PUTTING OUT A, PASTOR TOLD
ME ABOUT IT, HE WAS PUTTING OUT, HE LIKES TO GO FISHING,
AND I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO SHOW A FISHY COD OR
SOMETHING. BUT ANYWAY, HE HAD GAINED A LOT OF WEIGHT,
AND PEOPLE WERE JUST CRITICAL, I MEAN, JUST
TERRIBLE. AND HE SAID, WELL, HE PUT A POST OUT, AND HE
SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNEW WHAT I'D BEEN THROUGH, YOU
KNOW, AND HE SHARED HIS HEALTH. GO OUT AND LOOK AT
IT AT SOME POINTS, JIM FLOWERS, METEOROLOGIST OR
WHATEVER. BUT, AND MAN, WHEN YOU REALIZE WHAT HE WENT
THROUGH IN HIS BODY, HOW MANY OF YOU SAW IT? DID
ANYBODY SEE THE POST? KAREN, YOU'RE WAVING. AND YOU'VE
WALKED THROUGH THINGS. SO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE
COMPASSION WHEN SOMEBODY'S GONE. I HAD TO WALK THROUGH
THE SITUATION WITH MY FOOT. AND I'LL BE HONEST, THERE'S
TIMES IT HURTS TO STAND UP AND PREACH. I'VE HAD TO WALK
THAT OUT. AND SO THE POINT OF THAT IS NOT ABOUT ME, BUT
THE POINT IS, IS HE FINALLY WENT IN AND SAID, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU ALL KNEW WHAT I HAD WENT THROUGH, BUT WHAT IT
BOTHERED ME WAS, IS PEOPLE GO OUT AND EXAMINE SOMEBODY
ELSE. AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT MAN HAD BEEN
THROUGH. AND I FELT, MY HEART BROKE. HE'S ON THERE,
SAYS, "WELL, I'VE LOST 22 POUNDS," AND HE'S TRYING
EVERYTHING, AND ALL OF THE THINGS IN HIS HEALTH. AND I
THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WE HAVE GOT
TO DO BETTER. AND THE CHURCH HAS TO LEAD THE WAY. AND THE
WAY WE DO THAT IS WE DON'T POINT THE FINGER AT OTHER
PEOPLE, RIGHT? OKAY, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO DO. AMEN. YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID IT LIKE
THIS, DON'T POINT THE FINGER, YOU'VE STILL GOT
FOUR POINTING BACK AT YOU IF YOU DO THAT. BUT HE SAID,
LET A MAN, THIS IS COMMUNION NOW. LET US EXAMINE
OURSELVES. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT IS THE
HARDEST THING TO DO, IS TO LOOK YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR
AND SAY YOUR NAME AND SAY, YOU NEED TO CHANGE. IF YOU
GET IN YOUR MIND, EVERYBODY AROUND YOU NEEDS TO CHANGE,
YOU ARE ALREADY ON THE WRONG PATH, RIGHT? "LET A MAN
EXAMINE HIMSELF, AND AFTER YOU'VE DONE THAT, "LET HIM
EAT OF THAT BREAD AND DRINK OF THAT CUP. "FOR HE THAT
EATS AND DRINKS UNWORTHILY "EATS AND DRINKS DAMNATION
TO HIMSELF." AND IT HIT ME. HOW DO WE DO IT UNWORTHILY?
BY POINTING THE FINGER AT OTHER PEOPLE. ISN'T THAT
POWERFUL? 'CAUSE THAT'S THE CONTEXT. NOT DISCERNING THE
LORD'S BODY. WELL, IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST THE
ELEMENTS. THAT'S PART OF IT. BUT WHO'S THE LORD'S BODY?
LOOK IN THE CHAIR TO YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT AND YOU'RE
GONNA SEE A NICE, BEAUTIFUL, SMILING, WARM BODY SITTING
THERE. THIS IS YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. WHEN YOU'RE
ONLINE, THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, WHETHER IT'S ON THIS WEBSITE
OR ANOTHER AND SOMEBODY'S PREACHING, THAT'S YOUR
BROTHER AND SISTER. YOU MAY NOT LIKE THEIR MESSAGE. IN
FACT, THEY MAY BE PREACHING SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE,
(HUMMING) RIGHT? 'CAUSE DOES ANYBODY GET IT RIGHT 100% OF
THE TIME? I MEAN, WE'RE LIVING IN A CULTURE YOU
CAN'T EVEN MISSPEAK, SAY A WORD, AND SOMEBODY'S OUT
WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA DESTRUCTION GUN.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) WELL, WE GOTTA LAUGH ABOUT
IT. BUT THE POINT IS, IS WE'RE THE BODY OF CHRIST. BE
CAREFUL WHO YOU JUST FRIVOLOUSLY CRITICIZE. THE
LORD'S REALLY BEEN TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS LATELY. NOT
DISCERNING THE LORD'S BODY, BUT HERE'S WHY THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT. FOR THIS REASON, VERSE 30, MANY ARE WEAK.
MAN, THERE'S A LOT OF WEAK CHRISTIANS. MANY ARE SICKLY
AMONG YOU, AND MANY SLEEP OR HAVE DIED PREMATURELY. FOR
IF WE WOULD JUDGE OURSELVES, WOW, THEN WE OURSELVES WOULD
NOT BE JUDGED. THERE'S A WHOLE TEACHING IN THAT. SO,
YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT
WE HAVE TO LOOK INSIDE AND THAT'S WHAT COMMUNION'S ALL
ABOUT. SO LET'S TAKE A MOMENT, AND IF THERE'S
ANYTHING YOU NEED TO GET RIGHT WITH GOD, MAYBE YOU'VE
JUST BEEN A LITTLE TOO CRITICAL OF SOMEBODY. MAYBE
YOU'VE JUST HAD SOME ATTITUDES AND YOU THINK, YOU
KNOW, LORD, I'M TOO BUSY LOOKING AT OTHERS AND NOT
LOOKING AT ME. AND JUST ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU. HE WILL.
HE'LL FORGIVE YOU RIGHT NOW. SO LORD, WE JUST PRAY AND WE
ASK THAT YOU'D FORGIVE US IF WE HAVE POINTED THE FINGER
UNNECESSARILY. FATHER, WE KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
CALLING OUT EVIL. BUT IF WE HAVE POINTED THE FINGER AT
OUR FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN AN UNFAIR WAY,
FORGIVE US. WE ASK YOU, WE EXAMINE OUR HEARTS. HELP US
TO DO BETTER. HELP US TO CHANGE THE THINGS WE NEED TO
CHANGE. AND WE ASK YOU IN JESUS' NAME. NOW LET'S HOLD
UP THAT BREAD TOGETHER. IT'S NOW THAT WE CAN DO IT
WORTHILY, RIGHT? SO LORD, WE HOLD UP THIS BODY OF THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND WE THANK YOU THAT THAT BODY WAS
GIVEN FOR US. WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST. AND TODAY
AFRESH, WE HONOR OUR FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN A
NEW WAY. AND WE THANK YOU THAT THAT BODY IS GIVEN, AND
WE'RE PART OF THAT BODY AS WE RECEIVE THIS TOGETHER.
LET'S RECEIVE TOGETHER THE BODY OF THE LORD. AND LORD,
WE THANK YOU FOR THAT BLOOD THAT WASHES US. BUT NOT ONLY
DOES IT WASH US OF OUR SINS, IT WASHES THE SINS OF OUR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AND LORD, WE PRAY FOR THOSE
AROUND US. FATHER, IN THE STRUGGLES AND THE AREAS
THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH, HELP US TO BE AN ARM
UPLIFTED, NOT A CRITIC. AND WE ASK YOU, LORD, TO SHOW
THEM THE WAY. TEACH THEM AS YOU'RE TEACHING US. IN
JESUS' NAME, WE RECEIVE THE BLOOD TOGETHER. AMEN AND
AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO STAND UP
FOR A MOMENT AND BE THE BODY OF CHRIST TO SOMEBODY. HUG
THEM, LOVE ON THEM, TELL THEM, I AM SO GLAD. AND
INTERNET, YOU DO THE SAME. I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE MY
BROTHER AND MY SISTER IN THE LORD. HALLELUJAH. WHY DON'T
WE TAKE A MOMENT AND GREET ONE ANOTHER IN JESUS' NAME.
[MUSIC]
- WELL, GOOD MORNING. YOU GUYS HERE IN
THE BUILDING LOOK LIKE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THESE PEOPLE IN
A WEEK. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME IN THE BUILDING,
I WANT TO WELCOME YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FEEL
WELCOME THIS MORNING AND MAKE SURE YOU GOT A BLUE
GIFT BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID
NOT, PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND AND ASSURE THEY HAVE THOSE
AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S
LOTS OF GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS
A GUEST REGISTRY PACKET. SO PLEASE, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU
WOULD TAKE THAT OUT, IT HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON
THE FRONT OF IT. JUST WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS
INSIDE THERE. THERE'S SOME INFORMATION INSIDE THERE, AS
WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE STAY CONNECTED CARD ON THE
LEFT-HAND SIDE. GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF, FILL IT OUT,
DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS
WHEN IT COMES BY, 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE TO CONNECT
WITH YOU, MAKE SURE YOU STAY CONNECTED WITH WHAT WE HAVE
GOING ON HERE AT THE CHURCH, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN
GET ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED. IF YOU ARE
WATCHING BY LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU,
YOUTUBE, ONE VOICE TV, WANNA WELCOME YOU TO THE SERVICE
AS WELL. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ONE VOICE TV IS, GO TO
ONEVOICETV.NET, CONNECT WITH US ONLINE. YOU CAN ALSO
CONNECT THROUGH YOUR DEVICES FROM THE ONE VOICE TV APP,
WHICH WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN UPDATED. SO I WANT TO GIVE
YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT REALLY QUICK. SO WE
HAVE ALL THESE NEW WAYS TO STREAM. WE USED TO HAVE JUST
THE APP STORE, GOOGLE PLAY, ROKU, AMAZON FIRE. WE ALSO
HAVE LG, SAMSUNG, ANDROID TV, APPLE TV+, VIZIO, AND
THEN ALL THOSE PODCAST PLATFORMS. THERE YOU CAN
READ THOSE. SO PLEASE CONNECT WITH US ON ONE VOICE
TV. WE'RE TRYING TO GROW THAT PLATFORM. WE'RE ALSO
TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS
POSSIBLE. TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT ONE VOICE TV, ABOUT
ALL THE CONTENT THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. WE STILL HAVE THE
24/7 WORSHIP CHANNEL. WE STILL HAVE ALL THE GREAT
CONTENT THAT'S OUT THERE. SO WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES.
WE'VE MADE A FEW ADDITIONS. THERE'S SOME CHAT AVAILABLE
THAT'S OUT THERE. THERE'S THE NOTES FUNCTIONALITY
THAT'S OUT THERE. SO PLEASE GO OUT, CHECK OUT THE NEW
STUFF AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. SO GO AHEAD,
CHECK OUT OVTV. AND WE LOVE TO SEE ALL OF YOU ONLINE
JOINING US EVERY SINGLE WEEK. GIVE EVERYBODY ONLINE
A BIG HAND CLAP AS PASTOR MATT COMES.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- TOGETHER, PRAISE THE LORD. WELL, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
OFFERING TODAY, PASTOR MATT, YOU HAVE A LITTLE EVENT
GOING ON THIS WEEK DOWN AT UNO. JUST TELL EVERYBODY, I
MEAN, WE'RE BACK OUT THERE. - PASTOR ANTHONY'S ON VACATION
RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED. 7 P.M. IN THE COLLEGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
BUILDING ON THE UNO CAMPUS, WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE DOING
KIND OF A DEBATE-STYLE CONVERSATION NIGHT WITH
STUDENTS, KIND OF LIKE WHAT CHARLIE KIRK DID. AND WE FELT
REALLY STRONGLY LIKE WE NEED TO GO ON THE CAMPUS. YEAH, AND
- YES, COME ON, GIVE GOD A HAND.
- YES, ANSWER QUESTIONS, AMEN. (CONGREGATION CHEERING)
AMEN, AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR
SURE, BUT PASTOR ANTHONY AND I WERE HAVING A DISCUSSION
THAT WE MIGHT BE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE
THIS SINCE THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED WITH CHARLIE ON A
CAMPUS. WE'RE CARRYING THE TORCH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW,
WE'VE DONE THE VISUALS AND ALL THAT STUFF AND THE
CELEBRATIONS. NOW WE NEED TO GET BACK TO WORK AND REALLY
SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS
THAT NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE, BUT THEY NEED TO BE HAVE.
AND TO BE HONEST, HERE'S THE THING. WE REALLY FEEL LIKE
IN THIS MOMENT, AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALSO OPEN FOR
THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS.
- SO TELL PEOPLE. - THIS IS WITH TPUSA OMAHA.
- THEY CAN TAKE A PICTURE UP THERE AND GET THE INFO.
- YEAH, WE REALLY FEEL LIKE THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT
MUST BE HAD AND REALLY, IT COULD BE POLITICAL, IT COULD
BE RELIGION, IT COULD BE ABOUT ANYTHING, AND WE'RE
GOING ON THAT CAMPUS TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS. AND ME
AND PASTOR ANTHONY ARE LIKE, WE ARE READY FOR THIS.
- LET'S DO THIS. - YES, THIS IS JUST
IMPORTANT. SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THIS
GETS REALLY ADVERTISED AND NOT JUST FOR, YOU
KNOW, THE NAME AND FOR GAME CHANGERS, BUT TO CARRY
THE LEGACY OF CHARLIE KIRK AND TO REALLY INFLUENCE
PEOPLE TO VOTE CORRECTLY, TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
- AMEN. - AND TO ALSO, MOST
IMPORTANTLY, STRENGTHEN OR GET A NEW RELATIONSHIP
WITH JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR. AND
SO WE'RE COMING IN THERE WITH ALL THE DISCUSSIONS.
- WELL, WE'RE GONNA BE PRAYING FOR YOU, AMEN. WE'LL
GIVE HIM A HAND. THANK YOU PASTOR MATT FOR DOING THAT.
VERY QUICKLY, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE OFFERING, JUST A
COUPLE OF QUICK REMINDERS. GOT A LOT GOING ON HERE AT
LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. JUST MARK YOUR CALENDAR, THE
26TH, SUNDAY THE 26TH OF THIS MONTH, JOHN AMANTWUKU,
I ALWAYS TRY TO SAY, IS GONNA BE HERE IN THE HOUSE
PREACHING, SO IF YOU LIKE BOLD VOICES, THAT IS THE ONE
FOR YOU. SO COME AND LEAVE ALL YOUR SENSITIVE FEELINGS
AT HOME. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT LIKE THAT. BUT HOW MANY OF
YOU LIKE REAL TRUTH? YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE DOESN'T
MINCE WORDS, IT'S VERY BOLD. AND THEN ALSO THAT SAME
WEEK, THE 29TH, PASTOR AND ALL OF THE STAFF HERE ARE
GONNA BE CONDUCTING AN ONLINE-ONLY EVENT, SO IT'S
NOT IN PERSON, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A PRAYER AND CALL-IN
NIGHT, AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THE PHONES RIGHT
HERE ON CAMPUS, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO CALL IN. PASTOR'S
GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S MATERIAL COMING
OUT, IT'S TIME TO RESCUE A GENERATION FROM THE EVILS OF
WICKED ENTERTAINMENT, AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT
THAT, BUT WE'RE GONNA BE PRAYING FOR KIDS, AND WE'RE
GONNA HAVE PRAYER REQUESTS UP HERE, SO GET PRAYER
REQUESTS IN, YOU CAN GO OUT THERE, THERE IS A QR CODE AS
WELL, AND YOU CAN JUMP OUT THERE, SUBMIT A PRAYER
REQUEST, ALL OF YOU ONLINE. THIS YEAR WE JUST DIDN'T
HAVE THE TIME TO DO THE PICTURES LIKE WE DID BEFORE
WHEN WE DID AN EVENT LIKE THIS, BUT WE ARE GONNA DO
SOME LIVE CALL-IN, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO CALL, AND
WE'RE JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT WHAT'S BEFORE US, AND WE
NEED TO GET OUT THERE AND BEGIN TO SUPPLY THINGS TO
THIS GENERATION THAT ARE AWESOME, AND YOU CAN JOIN
RIGHT ON OVTV. AND I'M EXCITED, I SAW SAMSUNG UP
THERE, I HAVE A SAMSUNG TV AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NEVER
WORKED RIGHT. SO I'M GOING BACK OUT AND GETTING ME SOME
OVTV ON MY BIG SCREEN, HALLELUJAH, THAT WAS
AWESOME. SO ANYWAY, THERE IS THE INFORMATION AND GET OUT
THERE. AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE THE RESCUING A
GENERATION PRAYER GUIDE, AND WE'LL BE GIVING THAT AWAY
FOR FREE TO ANYBODY THAT NIGHT WHO REQUESTS IT. SO IF
YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THAT, THAT'LL BE JUST
ABSOLUTELY FREE. WE'LL BE TALKING ALL NIGHT LONG HOW
TO WRITE IN AND GET A HOLD OF THAT. AND THEN I ALSO
WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, OMAHA VICTORY CAMPAIGN IS
COMING NOVEMBER 6TH THROUGH THE 9TH WITH KENNETH
COPELAND AND KATE BUTLER. I THINK JONATHAN SHUTTLESWORTH
IS GONNA BE HERE AND YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THAT. AND
I KNOW BROTHER COPELAND ISN'T DOING AS MANY OF
THESE, SO LET'S GET IN ON IT WHILE WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY. BUT I MOSTLY ESPECIALLY WANT TO DO THAT
BECAUSE HE WAS THE VOICE AND THE PLATFORM THAT STARTED
THE VISION FOR FLASHPOINT. AND HOW MANY OF YOU THINK WE
NEED TO HONOR, GIVE HONOR WHERE HONORS DO? AND THEY'RE
HANDLING ALL THE REGISTRATIONS FOR THAT, SO
THERE'S THE INFORMATION. GET OUT THERE ON THEIRS WHERE
YOU CAN REGISTER AND BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. AND THEN
BISHOP KEITH BUTLER, PASTOR WAS JUST THERE PREACHING FOR
HIM ON FRIDAY NIGHT. HE'S GOING TO STAY OVER AND
PREACH FOR US ON SUNDAY. SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE
AMAZING. SO BE A PART OF ALL THOSE THINGS. AMEN. WELL,
LET'S TALK ABOUT OFFERING TODAY. WE ARE ENTERING THE
FEAST OF TABERNACLES AND THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME.
LAST WEDNESDAY WAS WHAT WE CALL YOM KIPPUR. IT IS THE
DAY OF ATONEMENT. NOW LET ME JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT TABERNACLES IS. HOW MANY OF
YOU KNOW THE THREE FEAST SEASONS? IF YOU GO TO THIS
CHURCH, YOU SHOULD KNOW IT BY NOW. IT'S PASSOVER,
SOMEBODY SAY PASSOVER, PENTECOST, AND TABERNACLES.
THESE ARE THE THREE FEAST SEASONS OF SCRIPTURE. JESUS
HAS ALREADY FULFILLED OR MEMORIALIZED PASSOVER
THROUGH HIS DEATH AND HIS RESURRECTION. HE ALREADY
FULFILLED AND MEMORIALIZED THE SPRING FEAST SEASON, OR
THE SUMMER FEAST SEASON. PASSOVER IS SPRING,
PENTECOST IS SUMMER, AND HE ALREADY MEMORIALIZED
PENTECOST BY SENDING THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND WE WERE
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE LAW OF GOD IS NO LONGER
ON TABLES OF STONE. IT IS WRITTEN WHERE? ON OUR
HEARTS. AND SO, THEN THERE'S TABERNACLES, WHICH IS THE
FALL FEAST SEASON. I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE
AND WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT GOD SAID DURING THE FEAST
SEASONS, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THEM WELL. I WANT
YOU TO NOTE THESE TIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE THE VERY
FOUNDATION OF YOUR FAITH THAT YOU NEVER TAKE IT
LIGHTLY, YOU ALWAYS VALUE IT. AND HE SAID THAT WOULD
BE A SEASON THAT NO ONE IS TO APPEAR BEFORE GOD EMPTY.
GOD TOLD THEM DEUTERONOMY 16, 16, LET EVERY PERSON
BRING A GIFT AT THAT TIME SO THEY WOULD REMEMBER THOSE
THREE SEASONS ARE SOMETHING TO BE MARKED IN OUR SOUL.
THAT IF WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE, WE WILL STAY
ON THE RIGHT PATH WITH GOD. IF YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER AND
YOU VALUE WHAT JESUS DID DURING THE PASSOVER, THEN
YOU'LL STAY CONNECTED TO THAT. IF YOU VALUE THE
COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT, AND THE WORD OF GOD BEING WRITTEN IN YOUR HEART,
COME ON, NOT THE WORD OF MAN, NOT THE WORD OF THE
NEWS, NOT THE WORD OF CNN, BUT THE WORD WRITTEN IN YOUR
HEART, THEN YOU WILL VALUE THAT. AND SO BY GIVING AN
OFFERING, IT'S CALLED PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH
IS, A LITTLE BIT AS A MODERN SAYING TO GO WITH THAT. SO
GOD TOLD ISRAEL TO PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH WAS
AND TO BE CONNECTED. NOW, WHAT IS TABERNACLES?
TABERNACLES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THIS IS THE SHORT
VERSION, I'LL SAY IT QUICK, IS WAS A TIME WHEN THEY
WERE, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE TO BUILD THESE LITTLE
TENTS OR THESE LITTLE HUTS, AND THEY WERE TO TABERNACLE
IN THEM. AND THEY WERE A TIME WHEN THEY WERE TO BE
PREPARED FOR THE COMING OF THEIR MESSIAH. NOW THINK
ABOUT THAT. THEY WERE ANTICIPATING, SOMEONE SAY
ANTICIPATING. THEY WERE EXPECTING IN FAITH FOR THEIR
MESSIAH TO COME. NOW THEY DIDN'T REALIZE IT, BUT GOD
WAS POINTING THEM TO JESUS. NOW WHAT WE UNDERSTAND
TABERNACLES TO BE IN SHORT, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
TABERNACLES IS THAT WE ARE IN ANTICIPATION FOR JESUS'
SOON RETURN. THAT IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, THAT WE ARE
TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE ALWAYS READY FOR THE
LORD TO COME BACK. NOW WE KNOW BIBLICALLY, I'LL JUST
SAY A COUPLE THINGS, BECAUSE HOW MANY OF YOU HEARD ALL
THE RAPTURE HYPE THAT CAME AND WE'RE STILL HERE. AND SO
I'M ALWAYS APPREHENSIVE WHEN PEOPLE SET THESE DATES,
BECAUSE USUALLY THEY ARE NEVER, SOME OF YOU ARE OLD
ENOUGH TO REMEMBER 88 REASONS WHY JESUS WAS COMING
IN 88. AND THEN WHEN HE DIDN'T COME IN 88, IT WAS,
THEY MOVED IT TO 89. AND ANYWAY, IT WAS A WHOLE CRAZY
THING. AND THAT HAPPENED AND THE WORLD WAS JUST WORKED UP
OVER THAT. AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA TO
GET ALL EXCITED WITH IT. IMAGINE WHAT THAT HAPPENED
NOW. BUT ANYWAY, SO THERE ARE THINGS, BUT HERE'S THE
THING, WHEN IT COMES TO JESUS RETURNING, THE BIBLE
KIND OF GIVES IT TO US IN TWO WAYS. FIRST OF ALL,
JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 24, YOU GUYS KNOW IT, JESUS LAID
OUT ALL OF THE SIGNS, RIGHT, OF WHAT WE'RE TO LOOK FOR. I
THINK WE'RE SEEING ALL THOSE SIGNS. THEY'RE THERE, WARS,
RUMORS. IN FACT, ONE OF THEM IS THE LOVE OF MANY WILL WAX
COLD. WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING THAT. PEOPLE ARE JUST
COLD AND HARD-HEARTED. AND SO WE'RE SEEING THE SIGNS.
BUT THEN 2 THESSALONIANS 2:2, I'VE READ THIS TO
YOU. PAUL, IF YOU READ THOSE FIRST HANDFUL OF VERSES, HE
SAID, "NOW I BESEECH YOU, BRETHREN, "REGARDING THE
COMING OF OUR LORD AND OUR GATHERING UNTO HIM, THAT YOU
BE NOT SOON SHAKEN IN MIND, THAT YOU WOULDN'T BE
TROUBLED, EVEN IF YOU RECEIVE A WORD FROM US, OR
SOMEBODY WRITES A LETTER AND PUTS OUR NAME AT THE BOTTOM,
OR YOU'RE NOT SHAKEN IN SPIRIT BECAUSE SOMETHING
CAME TO YOU AND SAID THIS OR SAID THAT." HE SAID, "DON'T
BE SHAKEN REGARDING THOSE THINGS FOR THE DAY OF THE
LORD IS AT HAND." SO IT REMINDS AGAIN, THIS IS
TABERNACLES NOW, IT'S REMINDING US THAT THE DAY OF
GOD IS AT HAND. AND THEN IT GOES, BUT HE GOES ON TO SAY,
HE SAID, "BUT SO THAT YOU DON'T BE WORRIED," IN VERSE
THREE, HE SAID, "THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE TO
LINE UP TO THE COMING OF THE LORD. DON'T LET ANY MAN
DECEIVE YOU. THAT DAY IS NOT GOING TO COME, EXCEPT FIRST
THERE'S GOING TO BE A MASS EXODUS FROM THE FAITH."
OKAY? AND I THINK WE'RE SEEING SOME TRICKLES OF
THAT, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT ANYTHING CALCULATES TO A
MASS EXODUS YET. BUT IT SAID ALSO THAT THE MAN OF SIN HAS
TO BE REVEALED AND THAT HE WILL STAND UP AND OPPOSE
EVERYTHING AND ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOD. OKAY, WE
HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET, RIGHT? HAVE YOU SEEN THAT
YET? I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET. AND OPPOSING EVERYTHING
AND ALL GOD, THAT IS ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOD, OKAY,
I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU FOR ALL OF YOU THAT CAN'T
STAND THE MAN, DONALD TRUMP IS NOT THE ANTICHRIST. OKAY,
HE'S NOT OPPOSING EVERYTHING THAT IS GOD. OKAY, WHOEVER
THAT MAN OR THAT PERSON IS THAT WILL BECOME THAT AGENT
OF THE DEVIL WILL SAY THAT CHRISTIANS AND CHRISTIANITY
IS A FARCE AND WILL SET HIMSELF AND THEN IT SAYS AND
HE'LL HAVE TO SIT IN THE TEMPLE. THAT'S TALKING ABOUT
IN ISRAEL IN THE HOLY PLACE, EXALTING HIMSELF AS GOD. NOW
THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. WE NEED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
THESE ARE SCRIPTURES. THAT'S WHY DON'T PAUL SAID DON'T
GET HYPED UP ABOUT THESE RAPTURE PREDICTORS. BUT IN A
FLIP SIDE, THE BIBLE ALSO TELLS US TO BE SPIRITUALLY
READY. THIS IS WHAT TABERNACLES IS. I'M GOING TO
BE BRIEF WITH THIS. AND IN FACT, I WANT TO PREACH ON
THIS SOMETIME. BUT THREE TIMES IN REVELATION 22,
JESUS SAID THESE WORDS, I THINK IT'S VERSE 7, VERSE
12, VERSE 20, YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN. JESUS SAID, "BE
PREPARED, I'M COMING QUICKLY." OKAY? THROUGHOUT
THE BIBLE IT SAID HE IS COMING QUICKLY, THE DAY OF
THE LORD IS AT HAND. SO, YES, THERE'S THINGS THAT
HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT WE'RE TO LIVE IN A PLACE OF
EXPECTATION AND SPIRITUAL READINESS AT ALL TIMES. AND
THE BIBLE'S VERY CLEAR. AND THEN JOHN THE REVELATOR IN
VERSE 20 SAYS, "AND EVEN SO, LORD JESUS, COME QUICKLY."
AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR PRAYER, "COME QUICKLY, LORD
JESUS, THAT WE ARE LIVING." THIS IS WHAT TABERNACLES IS
ABOUT. IT'S BEING PREPARED EVERY DAY AND WE'RE TO BRING
AN OFFERING SHOWING THAT PREPAREDNESS. THAT'S
BIBLICAL. THE BIBLE ALSO SAID IN REVELATION 21:8,
THESE, I CALL THEM THE BIG EIGHT, THE THINGS THAT'LL
KEEP YOU FROM BEING GATHERED UNTO THE LORD. THE BIBLE
LISTS THEM OUT. THE FEARFUL, IT SAYS THE UNBELIEVING, NOW
FEARFUL DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET SCARED SOMETIMES. IT'S
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT CAN NEVER STAND FOR TRUTH
AND WILL SIDE WITH THE CULTURE. I NEED TO TEACH ON
THAT AT SOME POINT, THOSE ONES RIGHT THERE. PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING TO ALWAYS BEND. YOU HEARD PASTOR TALK
ON IT, THEY BEND TO THE CULTURE, RIGHT? AND IT SAYS
THE UNBELIEVING, IT'S THOSE THAT ARE NOT OF THE
CHRISTIAN FAITH. SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT
OPPOSE GOD, ALL LIARS, COME ON, LIARS, DECEIVERS. THAT'S
WHY I DON'T LIE AS A CHRISTIAN. BE HONEST, RIGHT?
DON'T SHIRK AROUND AND DECEIVE PEOPLE. LIVE A
SECRET LIFE. DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT. THOSE ARE THINGS
YOU DON'T DO. BUT I CALL THEM THE BIG EIGHT. THERE
USED TO BE A CONFERENCE IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CALLED
THE BIG EIGHT. THEY'VE DONE AWAY WITH THAT NOW. THERE'S
A NEW BIG EIGHT IN THE BIBLE. BUT THIS IS WHAT
TABERNACLES IS, AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. TABERNACLES
IS ABOUT WE READY OURSELF AND SAY, "GOD, WHAT DO I
NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR YOUR COMING?" I WANT TO BE
READY EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND THAT OFFERING IS MEANT TO
SHOW THAT WITH YOUR HEART, THAT YOU ARE PREPARED, THAT
YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THAT JESUS IS COMING VERY SOON.
AMEN AND AMEN. HALLELUJAH. ALRIGHT, WELL LET US PUT THE
GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE SCREEN. WE HAVE, BY THE WAY,
IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE MAILING LIST, WE DID SEND
OUT THE EIGHT BLESSINGS FOR FEASTGIVING. WE SHARE THESE
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ALL OF THESE ARE FROM EXODUS 23,
WHILE YOU ARE PREPARING YOUR OFFERING, GOD SAID HE WILL
BLESS YOU. GOD DOESN'T JUST ASK US TO GIVE AND HE
DOESN'T BLESS. HE SAID HE'LL RELEASE ANGELS, HE'LL BRING
YOU INTO THE PLACE THAT HE'S PREPARED, YOUR PURPOSE,
HE'LL DELIVER YOU FROM THE ENEMY'S PLANS, RIGHT, HE'LL
PROVIDE FOR YOU FINANCIALLY, ALL OF THIS IS EXODUS 23
UNDER FEAST GIVING. GOD WILL HEAL YOU, COME ON, THESE ARE
ALL STUFF WE WANT, FOLKS, GOD WILL MAKE YOU FRUITFUL,
YOU'LL LIVE A LONG LIFE, COME ON, OFFERINGS ARE
CONNECTED TO LONG LIFE, I'M WRITING ABOUT THAT RIGHT
NOW, AND YOU WILL HAVE INFLUENCE AND FAVOR. ALL OF
THESE ARE THE THINGS GOD SAID, IF YOU'LL GIVE DURING
THE FEAST SEASONS THAT I ASK YOU TO MARK, I WILL DO THESE
THINGS FOR YOU. SO THERE'S OFFERING ENVELOPES. THOSE OF
YOU UP IN THE STADIUM SEATS, THERE ARE ENVELOPES UP THERE
IN THE BACK, AND THOSE OF YOU DOWN ON THE FLOOR HAVE
IT IN YOUR CHAIR, OR YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE WHERE IT SAYS
TABERNACLES AND DAY OF ATONEMENT, YOU CAN GIVE IT
THERE. THERE ARE ALL THE WAYS TO GIVE, TEXT TO GIVE,
MOBILE APP WEBSITE, THE QR CODE, AND SO YOU CAN USE ALL
OF THOSE WAYS TO DO YOUR GIVING. IF YOU HAVE YOUR
GIVING READY, LET'S KEEP THAT UP THERE FOR A MOMENT
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE ONLINE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND STAND
AND HOLD YOUR ENVELOPE UP. THAT WAS GOOD TEACHING ABOUT
TABERNACLES. I THINK THAT IS, AND I FEEL LIKE THERE
DOES NEED TO BE AN AWARENESS AND A PREPAREDNESS FOR
JESUS' SOON RETURN. AMEN, HOLD YOUR OFFERING UP HIGH.
THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, JOIN US TOO. IF YOU'RE GIVING
TABERNACLES, COME ON, BELIEVE FOR THOSE EIGHT
BLESSINGS TO COME IN YOUR LIFE. FATHER, WE THANK YOU
FOR EVERY GIVER UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE TODAY. I
THANK YOU, LORD, THAT THEY ARE BEING BLESSED AND THOSE
THAT ARE SOWING AND GIVING THEIR TITHES. FATHER, EVERY
SINGLE SCRIPTURE THAT IS IN THE WORD OF GOD THAT
PROMISES US BLESSING, WE TAKE IT AND WE RECEIVE IT.
AND LORD JESUS, HELP US, SHOW US HOW TO BE PREPARED,
HOW TO TABERNACLE AND BE READY FOR YOUR SOON RETURN.
WE EXPECT IT AND GOD, WE JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'RE
EXCITED FOR IT. WE'RE EXCITED WHEN THE TIME COMES
FOR US TO BE IN HEAVEN. WE'LL GET TO SEE CHARLIE TOO. AND
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT WHEN WE'RE ALL GATHERED UP TO HEAVEN
IN LONG LIFE AND OLD AGE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS
NAME, AMEN. ALL RIGHT, PASTOR MATT, LET'S DO OUR DECREE.
- AMEN. REAL QUICK, I JUST HAD MENTIONED THAT IT WAS
THE COLLEGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE
AT. IF THEY COULD PUT, THE CONTROL ROOM WAS MENTIONING
THAT THEY HAVE THAT UPDATED GRAPHIC FOR ONLINE AND
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ONLINE PEOPLE HAD SAW THAT
AND GOT THAT. SO AGAIN, THAT IS THE COLLEGE OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, 7 P.M. THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, AND
THIS IS OPEN TO EVERYBODY. SO LOHERS, YOU ARE WELCOME
TO BE AT THIS AS WELL. AND I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT
THAT WE SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT AS A CHURCH BECAUSE THESE
STUDENTS AND REALLY THE COMMUNITY IS HUNGRY RIGHT
NOW FOR SOME SORT OF CHANGE, SOMETHING TO, YOU KNOW, BE
INVOLVED IN, COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT,
GUYS, THAT WE GET THERE. AND THAT'S WHY PASTOR ANTHONY
AND I FELT REALLY LED TO DO THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A
MOVEMENT THAT IS HAPPENING. AND I JUST THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE A PART OF THIS ONLINE
CHURCH, YOU'RE A PART OF THIS, AND WE GET BEHIND THIS
AND START SAYING, WE'RE GONNA CARRY THAT TORCH THAT
WAS JUST PASSED, AMEN? AMEN, WELL, LET'S DECREE TOGETHER,
AMEN? THEY COULD HAVE THAT UP AND READY. WE DECLARE THE
CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH SHALL BE
INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBT-FREE. WE DECREE IT
SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY
ASSIGNMENT, BE BUILT UP AND FINISHED. WE SAY THAT WE
HAVE ALL THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING
THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND
OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER.
WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO BRING FORTH
HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF
PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE
PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND
THEN WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS
NOW. WE DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. NOW
SAY THIS, I AM A PERSON THAT WALKS IN FAVOR. COME ON, I
AM A PERSON THAT WALKS IN FAVOR, AMEN. AND LET'S WELCOME
PASTOR HANK. I KNOW HE'S READY FOR A GREAT WORD TODAY, AMEN.
- GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR MATT. MAKE SURE YOU
SMILE IN A AISLE, BE FRIENDLY. GOD BLESS YOU FOR
YOUR GIVING. THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE GIVING
ALSO ONLINE. DON'T STICK OUT YOUR TONGUE AT ANYBODY, YOU
KNOW, RIGHT? WE WANNA BE NICE PEOPLE. SO, ALL RIGHT,
WELL, AS THE USHERS ARE SERVING YOU, I'M EXCITED FOR
THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT BECAUSE I JUST FEEL LIKE I'M
SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AND I'M GONNA MINISTER. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA PREACH, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M GONNA SAY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED
TO DO, I JUST KNOW I'M SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. SO I'M
GONNA BE HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, SO JOIN ME AND WE'LL
JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND IF I, I DON'T KNOW, WE PRAY,
MAYBE WE ALL LAY BEFORE THE LORD, DEPENDS IF I EAT CARBS
BEFORE I COME OUT OR NOT, SO, OR SUGAR, BUT WE'LL HAVE
A GREAT TIME. SO, PRAISE THE LORD. ALL RIGHT, USHERS, ARE
YOU STILL SERVING THE PEOPLE? ALL RIGHT, WHILE
THEY'RE SERVING THE PEOPLE, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW I WAS
AT FLASHPOINT, INDIANA, AND THEN OF COURSE DETROIT, WE
WENT UP TO DETROIT ON FRIDAY. BUT YOU KNOW I WENT
TO A RESTAURANT RIGHT NEXT, ACTUALLY AT THE AIRPORT, AND
I TELL YOU WHAT, I ASKED THEM FOR JUST SOME PLAIN
RICE AT THE AIRPORT, AND HERE'S WHAT THEY GAVE ME.
THERE YOU GO, I JUST WANTED SOME PLAIN RICE, AND YOU
KNOW YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL FOR AIRPORT FOOD. OH, STOP.
KIND OF A HERCULES DINNER RIGHT THERE, CAPTAIN. HE WAS
WITH ME. SO ANYWAY, YOU SAW THE PLANE RISE, DIDN'T YOU
THERE? OKAY, ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET INTO
THE WORD. IT'S BEEN, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS SHIP CHANGE
THAT WE'RE IN AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT REALLY TWO KEY
ELEMENTS AND WE'RE GONNA KINDA PICK UP FROM WHERE WE
WERE LAST WEEK. AND IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT I'M GONNA
SHARE WITH YOU AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE FOUNDATION OF GOD'S
THRONE IS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT
OUR FOUNDATION IS? I'M GONNA TELL YOU, IT'S TWO WORDS.
YOU'RE GONNA DISCOVER WHAT IT IS. CAN I TELL YOU WHAT
IT IS? A WILFORD GELATO. ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT IT IS.
IT'S LOVE AND HONOR. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT. LOVE
AND HONOR, HAVING THOSE AS THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR
CHRISTIAN WALK WILL DETERMINE IF YOU'RE GONNA
WALK BLESSED OR NOT. IT REALLY IS THE TRUTH. I WANT
YOU TO LOOK AT ISAIAH 42. WE'VE BEEN TALKING IN VERSE
NINE. PAY ATTENTION, BEHOLD, LOOK, FORMER THINGS ARE
COMING TO PASS. NOW, UNDERLINE THAT. THEN MY
QUESTION TO ALL OF US IS, WHY DO WE HOLD ON TO OUR
PAST? PAST RELATIONSHIPS, PAST FEELINGS, PAST HURTS,
RIGHT? PAST MEMORIES THAT HURT US, WOUND US,
DISAPPOINT US, MAKE US ANGRY, OR LIKE WHAT PASTOR
BRENDA SAID, DURING COMMUNION, IT KEEPS US FROM
EXAMINING OURSELVES. THE FORMER THINGS ARE COME TO
PASS. NOW, NOTICE THERE'S A SHIFT NOW, AND NEW THINGS. I
WANT YOU TO LOOK AT YOURSELF, RIGHT? HOW CAN YOU
LOOK AT YOURSELF? LOOK AT YOURSELF. PUT YOUR HAND UP
IN YOUR, LOOK AT YOURSELF. THERE'S YOURSELF. ALL RIGHT.
I WANT YOU TO JUST LOOK AT YOURSELF. I GUESS YOUR HANDS
WILL WORK, RIGHT? AND SAY, I RECEIVE NEW THINGS. PUT YOUR
HAND ON YOUR HEAD. WE'LL DO IT THAT WAY. I RECEIVE NEW
THINGS. THIS IS THE HOUR, THIS IS THE SEASON, THAT
THERE IS A SHIFT AND THERE IS GREAT CHANGE THAT GOD IS
DOING AND BRINGING IN THE EARTH. THEREFORE, OVER MY
LIFE, MY LIFE SHIFTS INTO THE DIVINE PURPOSE AND WILL
OF ALMIGHTY GOD. AND I WILL CHANGE, AND I WILL MOVE, AND
I WILL OBEY, AND I'LL DO WHAT GOD WANTS. AND I
RECEIVE A NEW SEASON OF BLESSING, ANSWERED PRAYER,
HEARTS DESIRE NOW IN JESUS' NAME. PRAISE GOD. WELL, THIS
IS THE SEASON THAT YOU'RE IN. YOU'RE IN THE SEASON OF
THE NEW. YOU'RE IN THE SEASON WHERE WE NEED TO GET
UP IN THE MORNING WITH GREAT EXPECTATION AND START
SAYING, OKAY, WHERE IS IT, WHERE'S THOSE ANSWERS? I'M
LOOKING FOR IT, RIGHT? RATHER THAN JUST REHEARSING,
COMPLAINING, BEING NEGATIVE ABOUT WHAT YOU DON'T HAVE,
WHAT YOU WISH YOU HAD, AND HOW MUCH LONGER, START
REJOICING IN THE THINGS THAT GOD IS BRINGING TO YOU
BECAUSE YOU PRAYED, BECAUSE YOU'VE DESIRED, BECAUSE
YOU'VE ASKED. AND THAT'S WHAT GOD IS TRYING TO TELL
US. NOW, I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HOW WE'RE IN A NEW SEASON. AND PART OF THIS NEW
SEASON IS, FOR THOSE OF YOU, MANY OF YOU, YOU FOLLOW WHAT
IS THE JEWISH NEW YEAR, OR WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO
INTO 2026. HOW MANY CAN BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ALREADY
GETTING READY TO GO INTO A NEW YEAR? HAS 2025 FOR THE
MOST PART BEEN PRETTY GOOD TO YOU? ARE YOU READY FOR A
NEW YEAR? WELL, I BELIEVE THIS IN ALL MY HEART, THINGS
ARE SHIFTING, THINGS ARE CHANGING. BUT WHETHER IT'S
5786, ACCORDING TO THE JEWISH CALENDAR, WHICH WAS
SEPTEMBER 26TH, THE NEW YEAR, 5786 HAPPENED, OR 2026
IN JUST A FEW MONTHS, IT LITERALLY MEANS, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT IT IN THE HEBREW, IT LITERALLY MEANS A
CONVERGENCE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH. BUT IT ALSO MEANS
THIS, A DIVIDING LINE. NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT
BECAUSE IN LUKE CHAPTER 12 IN VERSE 51, WE HAVE TO SEE
SOMETHING THAT JESUS SAID. NOW, JESUS IS NOT A STRIFE
BEARER. HE'S NOT ONE THAT SOWS DISCORD. THAT'S NOT
WHAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IN THIS VERSE. BUT WHAT HE'S
TALKING ABOUT IS A PRICE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
PAY IF YOU REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SERVE JESUS. IF YOU
REALLY, REALLY WANT TO PLEASE HIM AND DO WHAT HE
SAYS. THE BIBLE SAYS IN LUKE 6, VERSE 46, JESUS, THIS WAS
HIS WORDS. HE SAID, "WHY DO YOU CALL YOURSELF A
CHRISTIAN?" MODERN TRANSLATION. "OR WHY DO YOU
CALL ME LORD, "BUT YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING THAT I SAY?"
IT'S AMAZING TO ME, I'VE BEEN PASTORING FOR 28 YEARS,
I'VE BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR 40, AND I'M AMAZED AT HOW
MANY PEOPLE TRY TO CONVINCE THEMSELVES, LET ALONE ME AND
GOD, THAT THEIR WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY. I MEAN, I'VE HAD
PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, I JUST LIKE, MAN, IF YOU WOULD
JUST DO WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, LIKE FORGIVE, YOU
WOULDN'T BE TORMENTED, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS IF
YOU DON'T FORGIVE, YOU'RE GONNA BE TORMENTED. I KNOW
CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE FINANCIAL ISSUES. I'M LIKE,
IF YOU WOULD JUST TITHE AND GIVE OFFERINGS, YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE THIS PROBLEM. GOD SAID HE WOULD REBUKE THE
DEVOURER. WELL, THE REASON YOU'RE HAVING ALL THIS
DEVOURING AND THINGS KEEP BREAKING DOWN, BECAUSE YOU
DON'T BELIEVE GOD. IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST, HUSBANDS, YOU
KNOW, LOVE YOUR WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH, IF
THEY WOULD JUST DO THAT, RIGHT, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR
IT. IF HUSBANDS WOULD BE JUST MORE LOVING AND GIVING,
AND IF WIVES WOULD BE SUBMISSIVE, AND NOT ALWAYS
HAVE A TEMPERAMENT AND AN ATTITUDE, AND HAVE TO HAVE A
SAY AND BE IN CONTROL. IF PEOPLE WOULD JUST DO WHAT
JESUS SAID, WHAT GOD SAID IN THE WORD, LIFE WOULD NOT BE
SO DIFFICULT. SOCIETY WOULD NOT BE SO GOOFED UP IF
PEOPLE WOULD JUST DO WHAT GOD SAID. THERE WOULDN'T BE
GENDER MUTILATION OF CHILDREN IF PEOPLE WOULD
BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAID. THERE'S ONLY TWO GENDERS,
MALE, FEMALE. THERE WOULDN'T BE PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY IF
PEOPLE WOULD DO WHAT JESUS SAID. LOVE GOD AND LOVE
OTHER PEOPLE. NOW LOVE IS NOT CONFORMITY. I LOVE THEM
SO I HAVE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, AGREE
WITH WHATEVER THEY WANT. NO, NO, NO. LOVE HAS STANDARDS.
LOVE HAS MORALS. LOVE HAS TRUTH. LOVE HAS DIVISION,
RIGHT? WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG, WHAT IS GOOD
AND WHAT IS EVIL. SO LOOK AT WHAT JESUS SAYS IN LUKE 12,
VERSE 51. HE SAYS, "I WANNA SET SOMETHING STRAIGHT." AND
HE'S TALKING TO HIS DISCIPLES AND HE'S PREACHING
A SERMON, HE SAYS THESE WORDS. "DO YOU SUPPOSE," AND
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU GUYS HAVE THIS PRESUPPOSED
SUPPOSITION THAT I'VE ONLY COME TO THE EARTH FOR
EVERYTHING TO BE PEACEFUL. THAT YOU THINK THAT THAT IS
THE ONLY WAY THAT I AM, THAT I AM JUST COME SO THAT I
DON'T RUFFLE ANY FEATHERS. IN FACT, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT
GOOFED UP COMMERCIAL THAT HE GETS US, THEY WANT YOU TO
BELIEVE THAT. BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY IS WE
CAN LIVE ALTERNATE FROM THE BIBLE. WE CAN LIVE CONTRARY
TO WHAT GOD SAYS. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY REBEL, MOCK,
RIGHT? WE CAN LIVE IN SIN AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO
ENDORSE SIN. WE CAN MAKE A MOCKERY OUT OF MARRIAGE
BETWEEN ONE MAN AND A WOMAN. WE CAN MAKE A MOCKERY OUT OF
GENDER. WE CAN MAKE A MOCKERY, RIGHT, OUT OF WHAT
GOD SAYS BECAUSE WE ARE DETERMINED TO BE OUR OWN
LORD BECAUSE AFTER ALL, HE GETS US. DON'T YOU EVER
FORGET, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HE
ALREADY GOT YOU. GOD IN HEAVEN CAME DOWN IN HUMAN
FLESH AND DIED AN INNOCENT, HORRIBLE DEATH SO THAT HE
COULD GET YOU. HE BECAME AS ONE OF US. NOW WE NEED TO
GET HIM. IT AIN'T YOUR RULES, IT'S HIS RULES. IT'S
NOT YOUR TERMS, IT'S HIS TERMS. AND THAT IS TRUE
CHRISTIANITY, MY FRIENDS. IT ISN'T WHAT THE LIMP-WRISTED
PREACHER TRIES TO TELL YOU WHO'S A WUSS THAT BENDS TO
EVERY TREND. IT'S WHAT JESUS SAID. SO JESUS SAID, "HEY,
GET THIS OUT OF YOUR HEAD "THAT YOU THINK THAT
EVERYTHING IF YOU SERVE ME "IS ALWAYS GONNA BE CUPCAKES
AND ICE CREAM. IF YOU THINK SERVING ME IS GONNA COME
WITHOUT A PRICE, OR EVEN MARTYRDOM, YOU'RE WRONG. IF
YOU THINK EVERYBODY'S GONNA LIKE YOU, AGREE WITH YOU,
WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND, YOU'RE WRONG. YOU MAY LOSE
RELATIVES, YOU MAY LOSE FRIENDS, YOU MAY HAVE
NEIGHBORS THAT DON'T LIKE YOU ANYMORE, HIGH SCHOOL
FRIENDS, YOU MAY NOT WANNA GO TO YOUR 40TH REUNION WHEN
YOU WENT TO THE 30TH BECAUSE THEY AIN'T GONNA LIKE YOU
ANYMORE. 'CAUSE JESUS SAID, DON'T THINK THAT I'VE ONLY
COME TO BRING PEACE TO THE EARTH. HE SAID, BUT I TELL
YOU, NO, NO, I'VE COME TO BRING DIVISION. AND IF YOU
KEEP READING IN VERSE 52, HE BREAKS IT DOWN AND HE
LITERALLY SAYS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. AND I KNOW THIS FOR
A TIME IN MY OWN FAMILY, EVEN TO THIS DAY, I'VE GOT
CERTAIN SIBLINGS THAT DON'T WANT MUCH TO DO WITH ME, AND
THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM. AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING, THAT'S YOUR
PROBLEM, 'CAUSE I'M NOT CHANGING. I'VE BEEN SERVING
GOD 40 YEARS, AND IF YOU WOULD ADJUST YOUR LIFE, YOU
MIGHT BE BETTER. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
LOOK AT WHAT HE SAYS, "FROM HENCEFORTH, "THERE'LL BE
FIVE IN ONE HOUSE DIVIDED." COME ON, YOU KNOW
THANKSGIVING DINNER. YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO
THERE. BEFORE THEY DRIVE UP, YOU'RE OUT THERE, MAN, DOING
EXORCISM AROUND YOUR HOUSE. I BIND EVERY DEVIL, I BIND
THAT ARGUMENTATIVE SPIRIT, I BIND THAT GOOFBALL SPIRIT, I
BIND THAT SPIRIT OF PERVERSION, I REBUKE THAT
UNCLEAN SPIRIT, I REBUKE UNCLE WALLY FROM TRYING TO
FLIRT WITH AUNT SUSIE. BECAUSE UNCLE WALLY AIN'T
MARRIED TO AUNT SUSIE, BUT THEY'RE KISSING, THEY'RE
KISSING, WHAT ARE THEY, KISSING COUSINS? YOU
SHOULDN'T BE KISSING ON YOUR COUSIN! THAT'S JACKED UP. AM
I BREAKING IT DOWN? ALL RIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER
WATCHED THAT MOVIE CHRISTMAS VACATION AND THAT UNCLE,
WHAT'S HIS NAME? UNCLE BUCK OR WHATEVER, WHAT'S HIS
NAME? UNCLE EDDIE SHOWS UP, THAT'S SOME OF YOUR HOUSE.
IT'S THANKSGIVING DINNER, YOU GOT THE HOUSE CLEAN, AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAMPER, YOU KNOW, THE RV SHOWS UP,
(IMITATES ENGINE REVVING) AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH GOD, AND
YOU'RE OUT THERE PRAYING, I PLEAD THE BLOOD, AND IN FACT
I REBUKE THAT GOAT. RIGHT? HOW MANY EVER DID THAT? AND
THEY GET OUT OF THEIR CAR AND THEY START MANIFESTING.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE. BUT THEN WHEN THEY START
GOING TO THE DOOR, THEY'RE LIKE, (IMITATES CAR ENGINE)
'CAUSE YOU PRAYED AHEAD OF TIME, RIGHT? BUT JESUS IS
RIGHT. MOM, AM I DESCRIBING OUR THANKSGIVING? OKAY,
SHE'S SHAKING HER HEAD. I'M JUST KINDA JUST CHECKING
OVER THERE, ALL RIGHT. FROM HENCEFORTH, THERE'LL BE FIVE
IN ONE HOUSE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DIVIDED. THREE
AGAINST TWO, TWO AGAINST THREE. YEP, YEP. THAT'S THE
WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW BETWEEN BRENDA AND I AND THE FOUR
DOGS. THE THREE GERMAN SHEPHERDS AND THE SHIH TZU
AND ME ARE ON ONE SIDE, BRENDA IS ON THE OTHER.
RIGHT? YEP, YEP, YEP, YEP. WE ALL GO OUTDOORS AND TAKE
CARE OF THE DOG WASTE, BUT SHE DOESN'T. IT'S DIVIDED.
WE ALL LOVE HERBIE, BUT BRENDA, WHEN I GOT BACK, SHE
FOUND MORE BIRD FEATHERS IN HIS KENNEL FROM A NEW BIRD.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SHIH TZUS HAVE THE WOLF GENE IN THEM.
AND HE'S OUT THERE WOLFING AROUND. SO I CALL HIM WOOFIE
NOW. I'M LIKE, WOOFIE, WOULD YOU STOP THIS STUFF? SHE
TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY, SHE SAID, I THINK WE NEED TO
GIVE HIM TO THE ZOO. AND I SAID, BRENDA, LUKE 12:52,
FROM HENCEFORTH, THERE'S GONNA BE ONE AGAINST FIVE.
WE ALL WANNA KEEP HERBIE. AND SHE'S ONLY JOKING. BUT
ANYWAY, ARE YOU HERE? ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S GO ON. LOOK
AT WHAT HE SAID, VERSE 53. THIS ISN'T EVEN MY MESSAGE,
BUT I JUST THOUGHT, SURE. LOOK AT VERSE 53, 'CAUSE
THANKSGIVING'S COMING, WE GOTTA GET PREPARED, RIGHT?
"THE FATHER SHALL BE DIVIDED AGAINST THE SON, "AND THE
SON AGAINST THE FATHER, "AND THE MOTHER AGAINST THE
DAUGHTER, "AND THE DAUGHTER AGAINST THE MOTHER, "THE
MOTHER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, "AND THE
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW, "AND THE
SON-IN-LAW HAS TO DEAL WITH THE MOTHER-IN-LAW." AND MOM,
OH, HOW YOU DOING? I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY. I
JUST DID THAT 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING. NOW, HERE'S
THE POINT. YOU CAN SEE THAT JESUS WAS SERIOUS. THERE'S A
PRICE TO PAY. SO WHAT DO WE DO? DO WE JUST BECOME, YOU
KNOW, A COMPROMISED GROUP OF PEOPLE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS
JUST WANNA FIT IN? WE GOTTA MAKE EVERYBODY LIKE US. NO,
WE NEED TO PLEASE JESUS. NOW, I WANNA SHOW YOU WHAT
JESUS SAID. LOOK AT MATTHEW CHAPTER 22. SO HE'S GETTING
INTERVIEWED BY A LAWYER. AND THE LAWYER WAS TRYING TO
TRAP HIM. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER BEEN IN A LAWYER'S
OFFICE? OKAY, ONE THAT'S NOT FOR YOU. YOU EVER BEEN?
THEY'RE VERY GOOD WITH THEIR WORDS, RIGHT? KIND OF LIKE
THE SLIME BALL MEDIA. THEY KNOW HOW TO TRY TO INTERVIEW
YOU AND THEY WON'T LET YOU ANSWER LIKE HOW YOU REALLY
ARE ANSWERING. THEY WANNA CHANGE IT, RIGHT? SO MASTER,
THEY SAID, WHICH IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IN THE
LAW? AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, YOU SHOULD LOVE THE
LORD YOUR GOD. STOP RIGHT THERE. MOST OF THE WORLD'S
PROBLEMS WOULD BE SOLVED IF PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY HAD A
LOVE FOR GOD. 'CAUSE IF YOU LOVE GOD, HE'S NUMBER ONE.
YOU LOVE GOD, HIS HEART MEANS MORE TO YOU THAN YOUR
OWN LIFE, IMAGE, FEELINGS, REPUTATION. YOUR LIFESTYLE
BECOMES CONDUCIVE TO WHAT HE WANTS, NOT WHAT YOU WANT. IF
YOU LOVE GOD, WELL, WHERE DOES IT START? HEART TO
HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR MIND,
YOUR WILL. AND THEN NOTICE HE SAID THIS, "AND THE
SECOND GREATEST COMMANDMENT IS THIS, "THAT YOU SHOULD
LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD," AND THE NEXT VERSE, "YOUR
NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." THAT'S THE FIRST
COMMANDMENT. HE SAID THE SECOND ONE IS YOU SHOULD
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. NOW WHY, SEE HE
WAS TRYING TO, IN THE PREVIOUS VERSE, I DIDN'T
SHOW YOU THIS, BUT IN MATTHEW 22, IT SAYS THE
LAWYER WAS TRYING TO TRAP HIM. BECAUSE THE LAWYER KNEW
THE LAW, KNEW WHAT THE COMMANDMENTS SAID. AND HE
WAS GONNA SEE IF JESUS WAS GONNA RECITE THE 10
COMMANDMENTS AND THEN GET, YOU KNOW, OUT OF ALL OF THE
LAW, HE WAS GONNA, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO
FULFILL ALL THE LAW, RIGHT? SO THEY WERE TRYING TO TRAP
JESUS. BUT WHAT HE DID, JESUS IS SMART, PUT THE 10
COMMANDMENTS UP. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
LOOK AT WHAT JESUS DOES. HE DIVIDES THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
INTO TWO PARTS. THERE'S 10 COMMANDMENTS. THEY CAN BE
DIVIDED UP INTO TWO PARTS, LOVING GOD AND LOVING
PEOPLE. NOW WATCH THIS. HERE'S THE LOVING GOD. THOU
SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM. OKAY, THAT MEANS
FOOTBALL. COME ON, NO. NO, NO, NO. SOMETIMES I DO GET
TIRED OF FOOTBALL. I GET TIRED OF FOOTBALL IN
AMERICA. NOW TONIGHT I'M GONNA WATCH SUNDAY NIGHT IN
AMERICA BECAUSE I HAVE GOD BEFORE FOOTBALL. BUT THERE'S
SOME FOLK THAT GOT IT WRONG. THEY GOT FOOTBALL BEFORE
GOD. THEY GOT DECORATING BEFORE GOD, RIGHT? THEY GOT
THEIR PHONE BEFORE GOD. THEY GOT THEIR FRIENDS BEFORE
GOD. THEY GOT THE GYM IN THE MORNING BEFORE THEIR TIME
WITH GOD. RIGHT? IF THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS, IS
GOD NUMBER ONE? ONLY YOU AND HIM KNOW. BUT THEN ACCORDING
TO YOUR LIFESTYLE, JESUS SAID YOU COULD, SEE PEOPLE
SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, DON'T JUDGE, DON'T JUDGE ME. YOU KNOW
THAT'S UNBIBLICAL. WELL, PASTOR HANK, THAT IS HERESY. THE BIBLE
SAYS JUDGE NOT. CAN I GIVE YOU A CLUE? IT DIDN'T SAY
YOU CAN'T JUDGE. SAID JUDGE NOT LEST YOU BE JUDGED. WHAT
IT MEANS IS IT DOESN'T SAY YOU CANNOT JUDGE SOMEONE OR
JUDGE SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE OR JUDGE WHAT THAT
PERSON IS DOING, WHAT THEY STAND FOR, AND EVEN WHO THEY
ARE. WHAT JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 7, HE SAID, "LISTEN,
YOU KNOW A TREE BY ITS FRUIT. "SO IF YOUR FRUIT IS
BAD, "THEN I JUDGE YOU ACCORDING TO JESUS AS A
CORRUPT TREE." YOU'RE A CORRUPT PERSON. I DON'T
WANNA BE AROUND YOU BECAUSE IF I HANG AROUND YOU, YOU
HAVE BAD FRUIT AND I AIN'T GONNA EAT FROM YOUR TREE. SO
I JUDGE YOU AS AN IMMORAL PERSON BECAUSE WHEN YOU OPEN
YOUR MOUTH, YOU TALK DIRTY. I'M GONNA JUDGE YOU AS A
COMPROMISED CHRISTIAN BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T ACT
LIKE YOU ARE THAT ON FIRE FOR GOD. I'M JUDGING YOU
BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU LOVE GOD BUT YET YOU DON'T ASSEMBLE
WITH OTHER BELIEVERS. (CONGREGATION CHEERING) I'M
JUDGING YOU AND I'M SAYING YOU'RE A LIAR BECAUSE YOU
HAVE CONSTANTLY COMING FROM YOUR MOUTH LIES AND
EXAGGERATION. I'M JUDGING YOU AS A PERSON I'M NOT
DATING. JESUS SAID, "JUDGE NOT LEST YOU BE JUDGED." IN
OTHER WORDS, DON'T JUDGE, DON'T POINT SOMETHING OUT ON
SOMEBODY. LOOK AT THE FINGERS POINTING BACK IF
YOU'RE GUILTY. THAT'S WHAT THAT VERSE MEANS. AND SO
WHAT WE HAVE, PUT THE COMMANDMENTS UP. THOU SHALL
HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. HOW HARD IS THIS? THOU
SHALL NOT MAKE ANY GRAVEN IMAGES. CAN I TELL YOU,
SOCIAL MEDIA. SELFIES EVERY SINGLE DAY. WHY DO YOU HAVE
TO POST EVERY SINGLE DAY A PICTURE OF YOURSELF? YOU
HAVE BECOME YOUR OWN IDOL. AND THE BIBLE SAYS NO MAN
HAS EVER HATED HIS OWN FLESH, AND IT'S PROVEN BY
ALL THE PICTURES THAT ARE OUT THERE ON YOUR SOCIAL
MEDIA PAGE OF YOURSELF. AND I CAN'T FIND AS MANY
SCRIPTURES OR MORE SCRIPTURES THAN YOURSELF.
THEN WHO IS GOD? YOU ARE GOD. OH, I'M PREACHING SO
GOOD, I'M ABOUT READY TO LEAVE. I'M PREACHING SO
GOOD, I'M ABOUT READY TO GO GET ME SOME HASH BROWNS AND
SOME EGGS. 'CAUSE Y'ALL AIN'T READY FOR THIS. THOU
SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS. YOU WILL NOT MAKE ANY GRAVEN
IMAGE. YOU CAN DRESS UP FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT YOU
CAN'T DRESS UP FOR CHURCH. PREACHERS TODAY, THEY ALL
GOTTA LOOK TRENDY WITH THEIR UGLY, HAIRY LEGS AND SHORTS
AND THEIR, WHAT DO THEY CALL THOSE THINGS, THE THONGS ON
THEIR FEET? OR FLIP FLOPS, WHAT DID I SAY THONGS FOR,
WHAT THE HECK? I MEAN, I WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST SOME
PREACHERS THAT SHOW UP WITH HAIRY LEGS AND A THONG
NOWADAYS. A SPEEDO, LORD, HELP ME, JESUS. I MEAN, THE
CULTURE'S GOING THE WAY OF THE SPEEDO, WE'RE ALL GONNA
GO THE WAY OF SPEEDO, RIGHT? MY LORD, GET NO VISIONS OF
THAT. AND YET I READ IN MY BIBLE WHERE GOD WANTED TO
MAKE IT SO CLEAR THAT HE DRESSED JOHN THE BAPTIST
WITH CAMEL SKIN. HE DRESSED THE PRIEST IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT DOWN TO THEIR UNDERWEAR, HOW THEY WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE DRESSED TO SERVE IN THE MINISTRY. LOOK
SHARP. LET PEOPLE LOOK UP TO YOU AND SEE AUTHORITY, FEEL
AUTHORITY. NOT THIS, YEAH MAN, JUST WANNA BE LIKE ALL
OF YOU. AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT IT IS. PASTOR POPULAR,
WITH HIS MUSCLE SHIRT. YOU KNOW, WITH A LITTLE TIGHT
T-SHIRT SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE HIS MUSCLES. WELL, PASTOR
HANK, YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS. LISTEN, I GOT A ONE AND A
HALF PACK AB. I'M OKAY, I'M VERY SECURE. (CONGREGATION
CHEERING) IN FACT, I GOTTA TELL YOU THIS. YOU WANNA
TALK ABOUT LOVE AND HONOR? I WAS LISTENING TO A PREACHER.
HE WAS CALLING OUT, NO, SOMEBODY WAS CALLING OUT
SOMEBODY BEING FAT. I KNOW ONE WAS JIM FLOWERS. BUT NO,
I CAME ACROSS, I DON'T EVEN SEARCH SOCIAL MEDIA, I'M
SICK OF IT. BUT I CAME ACROSS THIS GUY'S COMMENT
ABOUT SOME PREACHER. AND HE SAID, "OH, WELL NOBODY COULD
RECEIVE FROM YOU PREACHER BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS YOUR
BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND YOU
SHOULDN'T BE FAT IF YOU ARE HONORING THE TEMPLE." AND I
STARTED LOOKING AROUND AND SOMETHING LANDED ON MY
SHOULDER. REMEMBER OLD FRIEND FLINTSTONE? "HEY,
MAKE A FAKE NAME, HANK." THE OTHER ONE, "DON'T DO IT."
[LAUGHTER] "MAKE A FAKE NAME AND COMMENT." (AUDIENCE
LAUGHING) I AM, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I AM SO
BOLD, I WILL JUST PUT MY NAME OUT THERE. DON'T DO IT
FOR THE SAKE OF GOD HIMSELF AND YOUR MINISTRY. I'M LIKE,
NO, I WANT THEM TO HEAR WHAT HANK KUNNEMAN'S GONNA SAY.
SO THEY'RE CALLING THIS PREACH OUT, YOU SHOULDN'T BE
FAT. YOUR BODY'S THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND I
ALMOST PUT, ONE VOICE MINISTRIES, THIS IS HANK
KUNNEMAN. DUDE, DO IT, HANK! DO IT. (LAUGHING) MY FINGERS
STARTED BURNING. (GROWLING) 'CAUSE WHAT I HEARD, I DON'T
THINK THEY WERE GONNA LIKE, 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA WRITE
THIS. YOU ARE CALLING OUT THIS PREACHER FOR BEING FAT
OR HEAVY, AND YOU DON'T KNOW MAYBE THEIR STORY, BUT YOU
TALK ABOUT THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT
OF GOD SAYS TO YOU, (IMITATES EXPLOSION) DON'T
DO IT. YOU AND YOUR TEMPLE HAVE A SEXUAL PERVERTED
LUSTFUL EYE AND YOUR FINGERS IS THE TEMPLE THAT IS
WATCHING AND SEARCHING PORNOGRAPHY. AND YOUR TONGUE
IS ALSO PART OF YOUR TEMPLE. AND YOU AIN'T USING IT
RIGHT, YOU IDIOT. HANK KUNNEMAN, THUS SAITH THE
LORD. BUT NOBODY SEES HIS LUSTFUL EYE. NOBODY SEES HIS
DIRTY, ROTTEN, FILTHY, SMELLY TEMPLE WITH HIS
FINGERS LOOKING AT PORNOGRAPHY. 'CAUSE THERE
WAS NO HONOR IN THAT PERSON'S HEART. BUT BECAUSE
THERE'S HONOR IN MY HEART, I BACKED MY FINGERS AWAY. COME
HERE AGAIN, PLEASE. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) YOU
GOTTA WATCH IT. LEBANON, PUT THE COMMANDMENTS UP. MAN, I
AM NOT EVEN PREACHING ANYTHING I'M SUPPOSED TO
PREACH. ALL RIGHT, THOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS
BEFORE ME. THOU SHALL NOT MAKE ANY GRAVE AMISSES. THOU
SHALL NOT TAKE THE LORD'S NAME IN VAIN. NOW, DON'T USE
THE WORDS JIMINY CHRISTMASES. THAT MIGHT'VE
JUST OFFENDED YOU RIGHT THERE, BUT I'M SAYING IT SO
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. DON'T SAY GD. DON'T USE, WHAT DO
YOU CALL IT, SUBSTITUTION. STOP IT. IF GOD SAID, "DON'T
CUSS LIKE A SAILOR, "ESPECIALLY WITH HIS NAME,"
THEN QUIT DOING IT. NO EXCUSES, NO EXCUSES.
REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, NOW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
THEY WOULD HONOR THE SABBATH DAY, A DAY OF REST. TODAY,
WE'RE TO HONOR A DAY. THAT'S WHY WE ASSEMBLED THE EARLY
CHURCH. IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, RIGHT? WELL,
THEN IF YOU'RE A LIVE STREAM E-MEMBER, DON'T SKIP JUST
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM AND THE LIBERTY IN YOUR OWN
HOME TO WATCH WHEN YOU WANT. NO, CHURCH STARTS AT NINE,
AND THIS IS YOUR CHURCH. AS YOUR PASTOR, GET THERE. IF
THIS IS YOUR CHURCH, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING ONLINE AND YOU'RE A MEMBER, GET HERE. DON'T JUST
BE AN ONLINE PERSON. NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE NOT
ABLE TO MAKE IT, OR WHATEVER, I GET IT. WE HAVE
2,000 MEMBERS HERE. YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IF I LOOKED
OUT HERE THIS MORNING. 'CAUSE WE AIN'T HONORING.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEBREWS 10:25, "DON'T FORSAKE THE
ASSEMBLING TOGETHER, "THERE'S POWER IN IT."
LISTEN, IF WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM THE FAKE MEDIA AND THE
LIBERAL LUNATICS, THE DEMOCRATS, IT'S AMAZING TO
ME HOW UNITED THEY ARE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
CONTENDING WITH FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR HOMES, FOR
GOD, AND THEY'RE UNITED. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HATE ABOUT
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY? WHEN THEY GET THEIR OPPORTUNITY,
WHEN THEY'RE IN POWER, THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING. THEY
ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING, RIGHT? YOU COULD, AMEN,
'CAUSE THAT'S TRUE. THEY'RE RHINOCEROS SPIRIT. YOU DON'T
WANT ME TO KEEP PREACHING. I'M JUST, BRENDA, GO AHEAD
AND CALL AHEAD TO THE DINER OVER HERE AND JUST ORDER ME
SOME, I WANT CHICKEN, FRIED STEAK, EGGS, SUNNY SIDE UP,
HASH BROWNS, I'M ABOUT TO END MY MESSAGE. PUT THE
OTHER COMMANDMENT UP. OH BOY. HONOR THY FATHER AND
THY MOTHER. NOTICE THE WORD HONOR, TWO FOUNDATIONAL
THINGS, LOVE AND HONOR. NOW, WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE
FIRST HALF IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. IF YOU LOVE
GOD, THAT'S THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT. YOU WOULD DO
ALL OF THOSE THINGS. NOW WATCH, IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY
ELSE OR OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUR MOM AND DAD,
YOU'RE GONNA HONOR THEM. NOW KIDS, KIDS, KIDS, LOOK AT
ME. I WANT EVERYBODY, I WANT EVERY KID TO LOOK AT ME. DO
YOU WANNA LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH? DO YOU WANT IT TO BE
WELL WITH YOU? NO, I WANT EYEBALLS. IF YOUR KID IS
SITTING NEXT TO YOU, MAKE HIM LOOK AT ME. THIS SECTION
OVER HERE, LOOK AT ME. HI, LOOK AT ME. YOU LOOK AT ME.
LOOK AT ME. I'M GONNA CALL YOU OUT IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT ME.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) I DON'T SEE SOMEBODY LOOKING
AT ME, LOOK AT ME. IS GOD LYING WHEN HE SAYS,
"CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD, "FOR IT IS
RIGHT," NOT WRONG, "THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU." DO
YOU WANT IT TO BE WELL WITH YOU? THEN DON'T BE A
REBELLIOUS KID. AND IT SAYS, "YOU'LL LIVE LONG IN THE
EARTH." NOW, CAN I TELL YOU SOMETHING? IT DIDN'T SAY,
"EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT ARE 25 AND UNDER." SO EVERY
CHILD OF GOD, LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME. HOW MANY OF YOU,
YOUR PARENTS ARE STILL ALIVE? MOM, I COULD DO
BETTER AND I'M GONNA GET BETTER. I HAVE TO SAY THAT
'CAUSE MY OWN HEART CONVICTS ME. NOW LISTEN TO ME, IT
DIDN'T PUT AN AGE LIMIT. DIDN'T PUT AN AGE LIMIT.
HONOR YOUR MOTHER. SO IS IT RIGHT TO BE NASTY TO YOUR
PARENTS? IS IT RIGHT TO CALL THEM OLD MAN, OLD WOMAN? IS
IT RIGHT TO NOT LISTEN TO THEM? IS IT RIGHT TO ARGUE
AND FIGHT AND SPIT? IS IT RIGHT? NO. HONOR YOUR MOTHER
AND FATHER. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. NOTICE WHAT IT
SAYS. THOU SHALL NOT KILL. MAN, DID YOU HEAR WHAT POPE
LEO SAID? HE IS AN IDIOT. POPE LEO, I HOPE I MEET YOU,
'CAUSE I WILL NOT SHOW REGARD TO YOU. I AIN'T GONNA
KISS YOUR RING OR YOUR BUTT. HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE
DEATH PENALTY. AND THEN HE STARTED BACKTRACKING HIS STANCE
ON ABORTION. RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THIS
AND THAT. I WANNA SAY, FIRST OF ALL, THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN KILLING A BABY IN THE WOMB AND THE DEATH
PENALTY, SOMEBODY THAT'S GUILTY IS THAT BABY DIDN'T
DO ANYTHING. POPE, LEO. IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME, YOU'RE
FROM CHICAGO, RIGHT? NOT THAT PEOPLE, YOU THAT ARE
FROM CHICAGO ARE BAD, BUT LET'S FACE IT, LOOK AT YOUR
MAYOR. LOOK AT WHAT THE PEOPLE VOTE IN. THAT OUGHT
TO BE A CLUE OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHAT THEY STAND
FOR. OKAY? SORRY, YOU FORMER CATHOLICS. LET ME JUST, HOW
DID MY DAD TEACH ME? HOW DID HE TEACH ME? YOUR GLASSES,
ALL THAT. YEAH, THERE YOU GO, OKAY. NOW HERE'S THE
THING. LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. THOU SHALL NOT COMMIT
ADULTERY. (CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) NOW LISTEN TO
ME. PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, PASTOR
HANK? I'VE HEARD LADIES, I WOULD NEVER COMMIT ADULTERY
ON MY HUSBAND. AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE LEAVE THE CHURCH
BECAUSE ONE DAY I WAS PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT OF
GOD, SAID I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING. SHOWED ME THREE
LADIES. SAID GET 'EM ALL TOGETHER WITH THEIR
HUSBANDS. THIS WAS BACK WHEN I USED TO, I DON'T DO THE
MARRIAGE COUNSELING AND ALL THAT STUFF ANYMORE HERE. I
SCARED TOO MANY PEOPLE. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) BUT
IF GOD TELLS ME, I GET INVOLVED. AND SO I CALLED
HIM IN, I TOLD HIM, I SAID, I JUST WANNA TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING THE LORD SAID THAT HAS TO DO WITH
SOME CHANGES THAT HE WANTS. AND I SAID, THE LORD TOLD
ME, YOU THREE LADIES ARE COMMITTING ADULTERY. AND
THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE FAITHFUL. I SAID, I'M
NOT TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL ADULTERY. YOU'RE COMMITTING
EMOTIONAL ADULTERY. YOUR HUSBAND'S COME HOME FROM
WORK AND YOU'RE NOT THERE BECAUSE YOU GOT A CHICKY
CLUB. AND Y'ALL HANGING OUT ALL DAY LONG, YOU AND YOUR
KIDS, AND YOUR HOUSE AIN'T CLEAN, FOOD ISN'T THERE FOR
YOUR SPOUSE WHO WORKS TO BRING THE BREAD. THIS IS A
FORM OF ADULTERY. YOU ARE GIVING YOUR EMOTIONS, YOU
TALK ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND AND ALL OF HIS PROBLEMS, EVERY
ONE OF YOU. AND YOU ARE GIVING A PART OF YOUR SOUL
THE INTIMACY OF IT THAT BELONGS IN YOUR MARRIAGE TO
ONE ANOTHER. AND GOD SAYS IT'S OUT OF LINE, AND THEY
GOT MAD AT ME AND LEFT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M NOT
CALLING ANYBODY OUT. I THINK EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE
DIVORCED TODAY. ADULTERY ISN'T JUST THE SEXUAL.
SOMETIMES, WHAT ARE YOU GIVING YOURSELF TO? IF
YOU'RE GIVING YOURSELF MORE TO YOUR BODY AT THE GYM THAN
YOU ARE GOD, YOU'RE COMMITTING A FORM OF
PHYSICAL ADULTERY. I'M NOT OUT OF LINE. THOU, HOW ABOUT
YOUR CELL PHONE? YOU'RE IN LOVE MORE WITH YOUR WIFE,
YOUR CELL PHONE, THAN YOU ARE YOUR OWN WIFE. YOU'RE
MORE IN LOVE WITH THE CELL PHONE OF YOUR HUSBAND THAN
YOUR OWN HUSBAND. YOUR CELL PHONE GETS MORE ATTENTION,
MORE TIME, MORE TOUCH, MORE FEELING. IT GETS TURNED ON
MORE THAN YOU TRY TO TURN YOUR SPOUSE ON. THAT WAS
REALLY REACHING, BUT THAT MIGHT WORK. (CONGREGATION
LAUGHING) TRYING TO MAKE A PHONE CONNECTION HERE.
TRYING TO, OH STOP, I'M TRYING, YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING, BAIL ME OUT. I'M TRYING TO MAKE A PHONE
CONNECTION. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) YOU GOT THAT
DOORDASH ORDER? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. OKAY, LOOK AT THE
NEXT ONE. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THOU SHALL NOT
STEAL. THAT'S CALLED CHEATING ON TAXES. THAT'S
LIKE THOSE EXTRA ITEMS THAT YOU GET THAT YOU DON'T EVER
MENTION THAT YOU GOT 'EM. THEY JUST HAPPEN TO APPEAR
IN YOUR BAG BY MISTAKE, RIGHT? AT THE CHECKOUT. MAN,
I HAD THAT HAPPENING ONE DAY. GOT SOME STUFF IN MY
BAG, AND IT WAS A LOT OF STUFF. AND I WAS LIKE, WOW,
MAN, THIS IS A LOT OF STUFF. I'LL CALL 'EM TOMORROW. I
DIDN'T CALL 'EM TOMORROW. AND EVERY TIME I PRAYED, I
KEPT SEEING THAT BAG WITH THOSE EXTRA STUFF FROM THE
HOBBY STORE. I SAID, MAN, I GOTTA CALL. AND IT WASN'T
THAT I WASN'T GONNA CALL, IT'S JUST I GOT BUSY. BUT
YOU KNOW, GOD DIDN'T CARE ABOUT MY SCHEDULE. 'CAUSE I
ASKED HIM TO KEEP ME ON A SHORT LEASH. I'M NOT A
THIEF, NOR WOULD I HAVE BEEN. I JUST DIDN'T PRIORITIZE
IT. AND GOD, MY FATHER, WAS GOING LIKE THIS. THREE
DAYS HAVE GONE BY, YOU HAVEN'T DEALT WITH IT. NOW CALL HIM.
- I DIDN'T TAKE IT. OH MY GOD, MY WIFE JUST, GIVE HER
A MICROPHONE. MY WIFE WANTED ME TO CLARIFY. HUH, I DID
NOT STEAL IT, I DID NOT TAKE IT. I DID NOT STEAL IT, I
DID NOT TAKE IT. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) I'VE
NEVER STOLEN ANYTHING BUT A PACK OF GUM WHEN I WAS 10
YEARS OLD, AND I RETURNED IT WITH A QUARTER IN IT. THERE.
THANK YOU, BRENDA. I DIDN'T STEAL IT, THEY PUT IT IN
THERE EXTRA BY ACCIDENT. AND I DIDN'T GET CHARGED FOR IT.
IT WAS BASICALLY ITEMS THAT, NO, I THINK IT WAS ITEMS
THAT I GRABBED AND THEN SOME EXTRAS THAT IT DIDN'T SHOW
ON THE RECEIPT. SO THREE DAYS LATER I CALLED THEM AND
I SAID, I AM SO SORRY, I FEEL HORRIBLE AS A CHRISTIAN
MAN. THEN I'M CALLING YOU THREE DAYS LATER AND I AM
TELLING YOU, I HAVE EXTRA ITEMS IN MY BAG THAT WERE
NOT PAID FOR. AND I JUST, NO, THIS MAY SOUND WEIRD,
BUT EVERY TIME I WOULD PRAY, THE LORD TOLD ME THAT I
NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THIS AND I KEPT PROCRASTINATING
BECAUSE I GOT BUSY AND I'M JUST APOLOGIZING AND I WANNA
GIVE EXTRA FOR YOUR BUSINESS. HE SAID, YOU WANNA
GIVE EXTRA FOR MY BUSINESS? I SAID, ABSOLUTELY, I'M
GONNA COME, I'M GONNA PAY FOR IT AND THEN I WANNA GIVE
YOU A LITTLE EXTRA FOR YOUR BUSINESS. AND I DID, NOW I'M
NOT A HERO, BUT I DIDN'T WANT THAT THING BUGGING ME
ANYMORE. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) RIGHT? MY WIFE,
YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HER IN CHARGE OF THE
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT? AND WE HAVE PRIVATE AUDITS FROM
INDEPENDENT FIRMS AND THEY SAY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN
BUSINESSES AND MINISTRIES LIKE THIS. 'CAUSE MY WIFE,
SHE'LL FIND THE PENNY. SHE WILL ACCOUNT FOR EVERY
SINGLE DOLLAR, EVERY SINGLE DIME. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU,
JUDY, YOU WORK IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, IS
THAT NOT TRUE? YOU HAVE TO BE THAT KIND OF PERSON. YOU
CANNOT BE A THIEF. AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING IT,
BECAUSE BOY, THAT COULD HAVE GONE VIRAL. ALL RIGHT, PUT
UP THE NEXT ONE. I'M ALMOST DONE. PASTOR KEITH, YOU CAN
GO AHEAD AND START COMING, 'CAUSE I'M ALMOST DONE. HOW
MANY MORE COMMANDMENTS DO I HAVE? (CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THREE TABLETS, BUT HE DROPPED ONE
OF THEM, MOSES, AND SO NOW THERE WAS TWO. I'M JUST
TEASING. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? DO YOU KNOW THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN FIRST TIME BY GOD,
BY HIS FINGER, AND THEN MOSES BROKE 'EM? I DON'T
KNOW. I THINK THAT'S TO ME LIKE NOT TREATING YOUR BIBLE
RIGHT. YOU KNOW, GETTING IT DUSTY, LETTING IT GET
STOMPED ON, RIGHT? AND GOD CALLED HIM BACK UP TO THE
MOUNT AND MADE MOSES HAND WRITE THE WHOLE LAW, NOT
JUST 10 COMMANDMENTS, MAN, THE WHOLE LAW. CAN YOU
IMAGINE THAT? IT'S LIKE EQUIVALENT TO MODERN
TRANSLATION. HE HAD TO WRITE SENTENCES. I THOUGHT THAT
WAS A GREAT ANALOGY. OKAY, YOU WANT ME TO BE DONE?
BRENDA, IS IT READY YET, THE ORDER? GET ORANGE JUICE OR
CRANBERRY JUICE. HERE WE GO, READY? THOU SHALL NOT BEAR
FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR. YOU KNOW HOW MANY
TIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, I GET FED UP WITH IT. WHERE I'VE
SEEN THROUGH THE YEARS PEOPLE CALLING OUT
PREACHERS, ACCUSING THEM OF THIS AND ACCUSING THEM OF
THAT, AND I KNOW THE PREACHER. AND I'M LIKE, THEY
HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. THEY JUST
READ SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY SAID ABOUT THE PREACHER AND
MADE UP A BUNCH OF STORIES, RIGHT? AND THEN EVERYBODY
BELIEVES IT. DEPENDS UPON WHAT STORY YOU READ FIRST,
RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. WHOEVER GETS TO TELL
THE STORY FIRST, PEOPLE BELIEVE. THAT'S WHAT WE SEE
WITH OUR CHOIR. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE LAW FAIR TODAY,
RIGHT? YOU GET THESE ME TOO WOMEN, RIGHT? THEY WERE ALL
COMING IN THERE AND GOT TO TELL THEIR STORY. AND THEN
BY THE TIME THEY TOLD THEIR STORY, AND MAYBE SOME OF
THEM WAS TRUE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT
WERE PROVEN TO BE FAKE. BUT BECAUSE THEY GOT TO SHARE
THEIR STORY AND THEY CRIED AND LIED AND BORE FALSE
WITNESS, PEOPLE BELIEVED IT BECAUSE THEY WERE CRYING AND
THAT POOR PERSON, AND THEY LIED UNDER OATH. BECAUSE
THEY DIDN'T REGARD THAT COMMANDMENT. IT'S NOT RIGHT
TO GET ON AND ACCUSE. IT'S NOT RIGHT TO GET ON AND BEAR
FALSE WITNESS. IT'S NOT RIGHT TO GET ON SOCIAL
MEDIA, RIGHT? TALK ABOUT PEOPLE, CALL PEOPLE OUT. I
MEAN, I JUST WONDER ANYMORE, CAN PEOPLE JUST BE KIND?
IT'S LIKE, IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW MANY PEOPLE JUMP ON
THE BANDWAGON OF ONCE INFORMATION IS RELEASED
ABOUT SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY, THEY IMMEDIATELY BELIEVE IT.
COME ON, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HAVING WHAT'S CALLED
SCAMMERS NOW, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT THAT'S CALLED, WHERE
PEOPLE CALL INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS THAT RIGHT,
CAPTAIN, AND THEY MAKE UP A BUNCH OF STORIES THAT AREN'T
TRUE? YOU'RE NOT TO BEAR FALSE WITNESS, YOU'RE NOT TO
LIE. THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE TRUTH IN YOUR MOUTH. THAT'S
WHY I CALL OUT THE LYING MEDIA, 'CAUSE I THINK IT'S
ABSOLUTELY WRONG TO MAKE UP LIES. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE
A REPUBLICAN, A DEMOCRAT. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE PART
OF TRUMP'S PARTY, OR YOU'RE PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY, AND YOU WRITE FOR TRUMP, OR YOU DON'T WRITE
FOR TRUMP. YOU HAVE TO TELL THE TRUTH, AND YOU CAN'T
BEAR FALSE WITNESS. THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH OUR
COUNTRY, THE REASON WHY IT'S SO DIVISIVE. NOBODY KNOWS
WHAT TO BELIEVE AND WHO TO BELIEVE. AND IN THE HOUR OF
AI, YOU CAN TYPE ANYTHING YOU WANT IN ABOUT SOMEBODY
AND MANIPULATE IT AND FAKE IT. AND WHAT'S EVEN WORSE IS
BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE'RE NOT PEOPLE OF THE
WORD, WE DON'T HAVE OUR SENSES, RIGHT? SHARPENED TO
WHERE WE CAN DISCERN ANYMORE BETWEEN WHAT IS TRUTH AND
WHAT IS WRONG. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA BELIEVE WHATEVER THE
STORY IS 'CAUSE WE READ IT ONLINE. OKAY, LET ME GIVE
YOU AN EXAMPLE. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW OUR OLD TABERNACLE?
RIGHT? I REMEMBER ONE TIME I RAN INTO SOMEBODY IN TOWN
AND THEY SAID, "YEAH, YOU KNOW, "I WAS THINKING ABOUT
COMING TO YOUR CHURCH, BUT I READ IN LINE THAT Y'ALL
SACRIFICE CHICKENS IN YOUR BASEMENT." [LAUGHTER] AND I
LOOKED AT HIM. I WAS IN THE GROCERY STORE. I SAID, WAIT,
WHAT CHURCH ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? LORD OF HOSTS. YEAH,
I'LL PASS THAT TO YOU. YEAH, BUT Y'ALL DOING STUFF DOWN
IN THE BASEMENT. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. AND I SAID TO THE
GUY, I SAID, YOU KNOW, IF I WASN'T A CHRISTIAN, I'D
PROBABLY DEAL WITH YOU A LITTLE DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW.
BUT I'M A CHRISTIAN, AND THAT'S A LIE. AND IT'S
STUPID. AND I SAID, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT I
THINK YOU'RE AN IDIOT. I DON'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE
THINK. WELL, PASTOR THAT DIDN'T SOUND VERY NICE. NO,
WHAT HE SAID TO ME WASN'T NICE. AND I WANTED TO SET
THE TRUTH. I SAID, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T HAVE A
BASEMENT. IT'S A STOREFRONT WITH A CONCRETE SLAB. HE
SAID, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, GO DOWN AND LOOK AT THE
RECORDS. I SAID, SECOND OF ALL, I'M A MAN OF GOD. I
DON'T DO THAT KIND OF IDIOTIC STUFF. AND PEOPLE
BELIEVE THAT. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME TO ME BEFORE.
PASTOR, DO YOU KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE WRITING THAT
USED TO GO TO THIS CHURCH AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS
WAS THIS WAY AND THAT WAS THIS WAY AND THIS IS HOW
THEY WERE TREATED AND THIS IS THAT AND THIS IS THAT. I
SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT IS ALL A BUNCH OF FLUFF. AND
THEN YOU GOT TROLLS OUT THERE LEAVING THEIR TROLL
HOUSE COOKIE DROPS. LITTLE PIECES OF CHOCOLATE CHIP
TROLL DROPPINGS. AND THEY LIE. 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
HONOR IN THEIR HEART. IF YOU DON'T LIKE A CHURCH AND IT
DIDN'T WORK OUT WITH THAT PASTOR AND IT DIDN'T WORK
OUT WITH THAT CHURCH, DON'T YOU DARE GO OUT LYING ABOUT
'EM. 'CAUSE NOW YOU'RE GONNA GET ON THE SIDE OF GOD. AND
GOD WILL DEAL WITH YOU. AND HE WON'T BE NICE. HE'LL BE
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
WHEN YOU AIN'T FEELING WELL ONE DAY AND YOU WONDER WHY
YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT THAT MYSTERIOUS SYMPTOM THAT THE
DOCTORS CAN'T REVEAL. WELL, PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU'RE
DIVIDING THE LORD'S BODY. AND PASTOR BRENDA JUST
SHOWED YOU, THIS IS THE REASON PEOPLE ARE WEAK,
SICK, AND DIE. I DIDN'T WRITE THAT. BECAUSE
SOMEWHERE THEY BORE FALSE WITNESS AGAINST ANOTHER
BELIEVER, AGAINST THE BODY OF CHRIST, OR A CHURCH, A
PREACHER, ANOTHER CHRISTIAN, RIGHT? AND THEY COULDN'T
KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT, THEY LIED TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK
BETTER. AND I ALWAYS SAY THIS, WHEN YOU KNOW YOU ARE
LIVING RIGHT WITH GOD, LET THEM SAY WHAT THEY WANT,
'CAUSE ULTIMATELY GOD WILL DEFEND YOU, AND SECOND, THEY
WILL PAY FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. HOW MANY MORE OF THESE
COMMANDMENTS ARE THERE? MAN, SOME GUY WENT, ONE. I'M
SORRY, MAN, THAT I TRAUMATIZED YOU, OKAY? HERE
WE GO. THOU SHALL NOT COVET, NOT THY MAID SERVANT, THY
MANSERVANT, THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, THEIR CAR, THEIR
HOUSE, RIGHT? THEIR WATCH. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HONOR.
I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT HONOR. SO I HAD ONE DAY, SOMEBODY
WAS JUST SO UPSET. HE WANTED TO LET THAT PASTOR KNOW,
THAT PASTOR HANK, THAT THEY WERE SO UPSET BECAUSE OF HIS
EXPENSIVE ROLODEX WATCHES. WAIT, ROLEX WATCHES.
[LAUGHTER] NOT ROLEX. WHICH ONE IS IT? IS IT ROLODEX?
WAIT, WHICH ONE IS THE RIGHT ONE? ROLEX. ROLODEX IS THE
ONE WITH THE CARDS IN IT, RIGHT? I PROBABLY HAVE ONE
OF THOSE TOO, WE DON'T USE THEM. AND SO THEY WERE
CALLING ME OUT FOR THESE BIG WATCHES. RIGHT? THESE BIG
WATCHES. HE'S FLEECING THE SHEEP. HMM. WHAT THEY DIDN'T
KNOW IS A LOT OF WATCHES ARE GIVEN TO ME. I DON'T THINK
I'VE EVER BOUGHT A WATCH. AND THE ONES DOJI BUYS ME,
WHAT ARE THEY, LIKE $90? AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE
$1,000. BUT I HAD A HUMBLING THING. SO I HAD THESE
WATCHES THAT I WAS WEARING. I DON'T WEAR THEM ANYMORE.
WHY? I'LL TELL YOU WHY. SO I HAD THIS BIG OLD WATCH. IT'S
ABOUT THE SIZE OF THIS, AND THEY WERE CALLING OUT MY
ROLEX. IT WASN'T EVEN A ROLEX. IT WAS A BIG OLD
WATCH. IT HAD LIKE A GRANDFATHER-SIZE HEAD ON IT.
I MEAN, I COULD BARELY WALK WITH IT, RIGHT? AND SO, IT
WAS GIVEN, SOME OF THOSE WATCHES WERE GIVEN TO ME IN
SOUTH AMERICA, AND THEY WERE CRYING, "OOOOH!" I'M LIKE,
"OKAY, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE US, THE LORD SENT." I'M
LIKE, "WHOA, THOSE ARE SOME REALLY NICE WATCHES." I
SAID, "NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. "I LIKE WATCHES,
BUT YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO IT." AND I SAID, "IF YOU
GIVE THEM TO ME, DO I HAVE PERMISSION TO GIVE THEM
AWAY? DO I HAVE PERMISSION TO TAKE THEM AND CASH THEM
IN?" 'CAUSE I'M TRYING TO, AT THAT TIME, WE WERE JUST
TRYING TO, I THINK, TAKE THE ROOF OFF OF THE BUILDING OR
SOMETHING. AND I WAS LIKE, "YOU KNOW, I MAY NEED IT FOR
THE MINISTRY. CAN I USE IT?" "YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU
WANT, BUT THESE ARE YOURS." (MIMICS HIGH-PITCHED VOICE)
AND I HAD LIKE, WHAT, LIKE FIVE OF THEM, RIGHT? THEY'RE
SO EXPENSIVE. AND SO I WAS LIKE, "ALL RIGHT." I
SHOULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU THIS PART, BUT I'M GONNA TELL YOU
IT BECAUSE IF I CAN USE MY LIFE TO HELP YOU, 'CAUSE IT
HELPED ME, I TOOK THE BIGGEST ONE OUT OF ALL OF
THOSE AND DECIDED TO WEAR IT ON THE AIRPLANE. IT WAS LIKE
THE GRANDFATHER SIZE. YEAH, SO THOSE OF YOU THAT
CRITICIZE ME, OKAY. WELL, YOU PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR
THING, DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR NAME IS? AGAIN, THAT'S
NOT DISHONOR. WHAT BUSINESS IS IT YOURS? MY SPIRITUAL
SON, DOJI, DID IT AS A WAY OF HONORING ME. WHAT
BUSINESS IS IT OF YOURS? WELL, DO YOU HAVE TO WEAR
HIGH COLLARS? WHAT BUSINESS IS IT IF I LIKE THE HIGH
COLLARS BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN IT USED TO GO LIKE
THIS? AND YOU CALL ME OUT BECAUSE YOU SAY THAT I WAS
SLOPPY. (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) WELL, I DON'T
THINK YOU NEED TO WEAR MAKEUP, PASTOR HANK. DO YOU
WANT ME TO, WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE ME? I'M A WHITE GUY.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING) UNDER THE LIGHTS. WHERE'S
PASTOR HANK? IS HE RUPTURED? ALL HE CAN SEE IS CLOTHES
MOVING. IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE PUPPET THINGS,
YOU KNOW? SO GET BACK TO MY STORY. SO I WORE THIS BIG
OLD WATCH ON THE AIRPLANE. AND THIS WAS, OKAY, GIVE ME
GRACE. I'M ALMOST 60, I WAS ABOUT, JUST ABOUT TO TURN
40. NOT THAT THAT MEANS ANYTHING. BUT IF I HAVE A
TAMTRA, I'M IN MY TERRIBLE 40S, RIGHT? SO HERE'S THE
THING. SO I HAD MY WATCH, AND I PUT MY SUITCASE UP IN
THE OVERHEAD. OH, OH, MADE SURE EVERYBODY SAW MY WATCH.
ASKED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, WHAT TIME DOES THIS FLIGHT
LAND? DO YOU WANT PRETZELS OR DO YOU WANT WATER OR
CHIPS? (EXHALES) I THINK I WANT PRETZELS. AND I WAS
SHOWING THAT THING OFF AND GOD KEPT SAYING TO ME, HANK,
HANK, HANK, HANK, HANK, HANK, HANK, HANK, HANK,
HANK. STOP IT. LORD, DON'T YOU KNOW MY WATCH? GUY ON
THE PLANE GOES, WHOA, MAN, WHERE'D YOU GET THAT WATCH?
YOU LIKE IT? IT WAS A GIFT. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I GET THESE
WATCHES HOME, AND I NOTICE SOMETHING. THEY CAN'T KEEP
TIME. I PULL THE PIN, OR TO TRY TO WIND IT, THE PIN
FALLS OUT. SHOULD HAVE THROWN IT, 'CAUSE AT THAT
POINT, I WAS HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM, I DIDN'T
KNOW IF IT WAS GONNA EXPLODE. WHAT'S A PIN?
YOU'RE LIKE A GRENADE. (AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
(LAUGHING) ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA GET DONE. STAND TO
YOUR FEET, MAN. I'M TRYING TO GET DONE. DO YOU WANT ME
TO FINISH THE STORY? SO, LET ME TELL YOU HOW BAD DISHONOR
AND PRIDE IS. SO I HAD ALL THIS PRIDE TRYING TO SHOW
OFF MY WATCH THAT WERE EXPENSIVE. THEY WEREN'T
WORKING, SO I, I THINK AMY, I THINK I TALKED TO YOU. I
SAID, "AMY, MY WATCHES ARE NOT WORKING." YOU SAID,
"WELL, WE GOT A PLACE OVER HERE YOU CAN TAKE TO." I
SAID, "AMY, THANK YOU, AMY, BY THE WAY, "I'VE BEEN
PRAYING FOR YOU, "AND I'M GONNA SAY THIS WORD TO YOU.
"I PRAYED FOR YOU," 'CAUSE HER BROTHER JUST WENT TO BE
WITH THE LORD, "AND I APOLOGIZE, I GOT BUSY
TRAVELING, "BUT I PRAYED FOR YOU EVERY DAY, "AND I
PRAYED, AND I HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY, "'THE SEED OF
CHRIST SPROUTED, "'AND THERE WILL BE A REUNION.'"
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING) YEAH, JUST ENOUGH, IT
SPROUTED. ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? ALL RIGHT, SO
ANYWAY, GETTING BACK, WHAT WAS, SO SHE SAID, "WELL,
TAKE THIS TO THIS WATCH PLACE." I SAID, "AMY, THESE
ARE EXPENSIVE WATCHES." SHE'S LIKE, "ARE YOU SURE?"
I SAID, "AMY, I'M GOING TO BORSHEIM'S." NOW, THOSE OF
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING BORSHEIM'S, THEY DEAL IN
LIKE THE ROLEXES, OR ROTODEX? I SAID IT RIGHT,
THEY DEAL IN THE ROLEX, THEY DEAL IN THE GRANDFATHER
CLOCK, THEY DEAL IN THE EXPENSIVE WATCHES, SO I
BRING THEM UP THERE. BROWN PAPER BAG. I GET UP TO THE
COUNTER. CAN I HELP YOU? I HAVE SOME VERY EXPENSIVE
WATCHES. SHH. YOU HAVE WHAT? SHH. I HAVE VERY EXPENSIVE
WATCHES THAT NEED REPAIRED. CAN I SEE THEM? THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN THE FIRST CLUE. PULL THEM OUT OF A BROWN
PAPER BAG. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST CLUE THAT
THEY WEREN'T EXPENSIVE. I PUT THEM DOWN AND I DUMPED
THEM OUT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER CLUE, RIGHT?
AND THE LADY LOOKS AT YOU, SHE GOES, "THESE WATCHES?
"YEAH, I KNOW THEY'RE EXPENSIVE. "I WANNA TALK TO
THE MAIN JEWELER." SHE GOES, "WELL, I CAN HELP YOU." "NO,
NO, THESE ARE EXPENSIVE WATCHES. "THESE WERE A GIFT.
YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE JEWELER?" "YEAH." "OH, I
CAN'T DO THAT." ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE JEWELER COMES
OUT, AND HE LOOKS LIKE THAT GUY ON HOGAN'S HEROES. "DID
SOMEBODY NEED TO TALK TO ME?" I SAID, "YES." I SAID,
"I HAVE SOME VERY EXPENSIVE WATCHES THAT WERE GIVEN TO
ME." HE GOES, "DID YOU GET THESE IN SOUTH AMERICA?"
"YEAH, I TOLD YOU THEY'RE EXPENSIVE." THESE WATCHES
HERE, THESE ARE TOYS, TOYS, TOYS. AND MY PRIDE, PSH. BUT
HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED. I WAS GETTING CALLED OUT BY PEOPLE
FOR WEARING EXPENSIVE WATCHES AND FLEECING THE
SHEEP. THEY WERE TOYS. SEE HOW QUICK WE ARE TO BEAR
FALSE WITNESS, COVET, LIE, ACCUSE. WE GOTTA HAVE LOVE
AND HONOR. I KNOW I OVERTOLD THAT STORY AND IT WENT WAY
TOO LONG. SORRY ABOUT THAT. ALL RIGHT, FATHER, I PRAY
THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF HERE NOW AND I'M ASKING YOUR
BLESSING UPON EVERYTHING THAT I SAID. GOD, I REALLY
TRIED HARD AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, I GOT TAKEN A
DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT I DO PRAY THAT ALL OF US, ME
INCLUDED, I SHARE THESE STORIES BECAUSE GOD, IT'S
TIME FOR ALL OF US TO DO WHAT JESUS SAID, TO LOVE AND
TO HONOR, FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU AND OUR
NEIGHBORS AS OURSELF. GOD, HELP US TO DO THAT. AND I
START WITH ME, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO CONTINUALLY
KEEP ME ON A SHORT LEASH, GOD, WHERE I LIVE A LIFE OF
LOVE AND HONOR TO YOU AND TO OTHERS IN JESUS' NAME. ALL
RIGHT, KEITH, I KEPT HIM LONG. PASTOR KEITH, COME,
LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND CLAP. DID YOU ENJOY, I MEAN, SOME
OF THAT? ALL RIGHT, I LOVE YOU, I'LL SEE YA.
- SO DON'T THROW STONES. AT TIME AXIS. OKAY, ANYWAY.
WELL, JUST THIS QUESTION. ALL THE USHER, OR USHERS,
ALL THE ALTAR TEAMS CAN COME UP HERE, PLEASE. IF YOU
HEARD THE SALVATION MESSAGE TODAY AND YOU WEREN'T UP
HERE, BUT YOU PRAYED THE PRAYER, OR YOU WANT TO PRAY
THE PRAYER, TODAY'S YOUR DAY. YOU CAN COME AND
IDENTIFY WITH CHRIST AS A BELIEVER AND KNOW HIM AS
LORD. SO I MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU TODAY. I
BELIEVE YOU HAVE HEARD THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL. JESUS
WANTS TO BE YOUR LORD, BUT BY BEING YOUR LORD, HE
BECOMES YOUR SAVIOR, YOUR HEALER, YOUR DELIVERER, YOUR
LIFE GIVER, AND THE VERY ESSENCE OF LIFE ITSELF,
GOODNESS. SO YOU CAN RECEIVE THAT TODAY. THE ALTAR TEAM
IS HERE TO PRAY WITH YOU AND THE ALTAR TEAM IS HERE TO
SHARE WITH YOU IN ANY NEED THAT YOU HAVE AND TO STAND
FOR YOU TO RECEIVE GOD'S BLESSING. I ALSO WANT TO
MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT AND THAT IS THAT STARTING THIS
COMING THURSDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WE
WILL HAVE A HOPE AND HEALING CLASS THAT IS FOR ANYONE
THAT HAS EXPERIENCED LOSS OF A LOVED ONE IN THEIR LIFE
AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. IT'S
AVAILABLE ONCE A MONTH, EVERY MONTH, THE SECOND
THURSDAY, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME. YOU'RE WELCOME TO
SIGN UP IF YOU WANT TO OUT ON THE, OUT AT THE
INFORMATION TABLES, BUT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOU. SO,
FATHER, I DECLARE THE WORD OF GOD HAS GONE FORTH. THE
POWER OF YOUR WORD IS WORKING IN EVERY HEART AND
EVERY MIND, BRINGING CONVICTION WHERE CONVICTION
IS NEEDED, BRINGING WHOLENESS AND HEALING IN
EVERY HEART AND EVERY LIFE, AND THE POWER OF YOUR
PRESENCE WILL RESTORE AND BRING THE POWER OF YOUR
GLORY ONTO THE EARTH TODAY, IN EVERYBODY'S LIFE. AMEN.
HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. BE BLESSED.