WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:07.006 (MUSIC) 00:07.006 --> 00:12.012 HAPPY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHO WANTS TO HEAR A MESSAGE 00:12.012 --> 00:16.850 FROM PASTOR BRENDA TONIGHT? SHE HAS A POWERFUL 00:16.850 --> 00:19.184 WORD IN HER MOUTH. YOU'RE NOT GONNA WANNA MISS IT. 00:19.184 --> 00:22.355 SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, STAY TUNED FOR THAT. 00:22.355 --> 00:24.690 IN THE MEANTIME, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS TO THE 00:24.690 --> 00:27.861 KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS TONIGHT. LET'S GIVE 00:27.861 --> 00:31.530 HIM SOME WORSHIP. LET'S GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE. HALLELUJAH. 00:31.530 --> 03:02.181 ♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪ 06:12.372 --> 06:30.389 ♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪ 09:12.885 --> 09:20.059 I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN. 09:20.059 --> 09:29.735 I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN. 09:29.735 --> 09:37.076 I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN. 09:37.076 --> 11:17.677 ♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪ 13:03.283 --> 13:06.285 COME ON, LIFT YOUR HANDS, WORSHIP HIM, WORSHIP 13:06.285 --> 13:09.121 HIM HE ALONE IS WORTHY OF THE GLORY. 13:09.121 --> 13:38.485 ♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪ 14:39.379 --> 14:41.715 COME ON, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU. 14:44.049 --> 14:47.649 HANDS ARE LIFTED TO GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. ALL OVER 14:47.649 --> 14:52.892 THE WORLD. LIFT YOUR HONOR TO GOD. YOUR WORSHIP 14:52.892 --> 14:56.730 TO THE KING. WORSHIP HIM. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD. 14:58.230 --> 15:04.236 YOU ARE EVERYTHING. IT'S OUR HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU. 15:04.236 --> 15:09.576 IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO SING FROM OUR HEART TO YOU, GOD. 15:09.576 --> 15:18.751 WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. 15:18.751 --> 15:27.594 OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU. HOW WE LOVE YOU, GOD. 15:27.594 --> 15:30.596 A HEART OF GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING WE GIVE TO 15:30.596 --> 15:40.440 YOU, GOD. OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. SO GREAT YOU ARE. 15:40.440 --> 15:46.278 (MUSIC) 15:46.278 --> 15:53.119 AND YOU ARE ONE POWERFUL, POWERFUL, POWERFUL GOD. 15:53.119 --> 15:59.292 AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE OURS. AND WE HONOR YOU TODAY. 15:59.292 --> 16:07.966 OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. AND WE GIVE THANKSGIVING AND HONOR TO 16:07.966 --> 16:18.979 YOU. GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE. 16:18.979 --> 16:22.982 AND I DON'T JUST SPEAK OF SALVATION, 16:22.982 --> 16:27.988 BUT I THINK OF THE DAY TO DAY, HOUR TO HOUR, 16:27.988 --> 16:32.658 WEEK TO WEEK, MONTH TO MONTH, YEAR TO YEAR. 16:32.658 --> 16:38.664 YOUR BLESSINGS ARE SO AMAZING. WE JUST WANT TO TELL 16:38.664 --> 16:42.335 YOU THAT, THAT YOU REALLY ARE THE GOD THAT DOES 16:42.335 --> 16:48.841 EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD ASK OR THINK, 16:48.841 --> 16:54.681 BECAUSE YOU LOVE US. BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING. 16:54.681 --> 17:04.105 WE LOVE YOU. WE REALLY, REALLY DO, GOD. WE REALLY LOVE YOU. AND 17:04.105 --> 17:08.424 WE JUST ASK TODAY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD REVEAL SOME MORE OF 17:08.424 --> 17:14.184 YOUR HEART TO US. BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO BE MORE 17:14.184 --> 17:25.375 PASSIONATE, MORE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR WAYS. AND WE LOVE YOU SO 17:25.375 --> 17:36.746 MUCH. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY, REALLY LOVE YOU SO VERY 17:36.746 --> 17:44.092 MUCH. AND IT'S OUR HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU. NOW I WANT YOU 17:44.092 --> 17:50.006 JUST, AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING, JUST SAY YOU KNOW WE SANG ABOUT 17:50.006 --> 17:52.556 IT, ABBA FATHER. I LOVE THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES 17:52.556 --> 17:55.405 PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU KNOW IT'S ONLY MENTIONED TWICE IN THE 17:55.405 --> 18:00.115 BIBLE RIGHT? SO JESUS MUST HAVE ONLY REFERRED TO THE FATHER AS 18:00.115 --> 18:05.965 PAPA OR DADDY TWICE RIGHT? BUT REALLY THAT'S WHAT GOT THE JEWS, 18:05.965 --> 18:12.175 THE PHARISEES, THE DOCTORS OF THE LAW UPSET IS THAT THIS GROWN 18:12.175 --> 18:17.576 MAN BECAUSE THEY ONLY KNEW GOD IN A CORPORATE SENSE. THEY 18:17.576 --> 18:23.365 DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN JESUS SAID, "MY PAPA, MY PAPA." IN 18:23.365 --> 18:28.915 FACT MANY OF THE REFERENCES IN THE ORIGINAL ARAMAIC THAT THE 18:28.915 --> 18:32.665 WORD FATHER IS USED IT REALLY WAS ABBA. SO LIKE WHEN JESUS 18:32.665 --> 18:38.276 SAID, "HERE'S HOW YOU PRAY, MY ABBA, WHICH ART AND THEY GOT 18:38.276 --> 18:44.215 REALLY MAD BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, "YOU'RE SAYING THAT GOD IS YOUR 18:44.215 --> 18:49.885 PERSONAL DAD?" AND THEY GOT REALLY, REALLY MAD ABOUT IT. SO 18:49.885 --> 18:57.296 I WANT YOU TO DO THIS. SAY, "ABBA, MY DADDY, MY PAPA, I ASK 18:57.296 --> 19:02.996 YOU TODAY TO REVEAL MORE OF YOUR HEART TO ME, SO THAT I MAY LOVE 19:02.996 --> 19:11.905 YOU AND WORSHIP YOU AND SERVE YOU AND BE OBEDIENT, THAT YOUR 19:11.905 --> 19:18.266 KINGDOM MAY COME AND YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE IN MY LIFE. NOW I 19:18.266 --> 19:28.105 DO ASK YOU, ABBA, BLESS MY LIFE. I DECLARE HEALTH, HEALING, 19:28.105 --> 19:35.215 WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS OF MIND, A BLESSED MEMORY, PRESERVATION, 19:35.215 --> 19:41.695 PROTECTION, DELIVERANCE, KEPT FROM HARM. I DECLARE BLESSING, 19:41.695 --> 19:51.806 PROSPERITY BY THE POWER OF YOUR SAVING HAND, PAPA, ABBA. I 19:51.806 --> 20:00.746 RECEIVE IT UPON MY LIFE AND EVEN THOSE OF MY FAMILY. AND LORD, I 20:00.746 --> 20:04.645 EXTEND THAT TO THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN JESUS' NAME. AND 20:04.645 --> 20:09.465 EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. WELL, I WANT TO GET MAMA UP HERE, MAN. I 20:09.465 --> 20:13.276 AM REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR HER MESSAGE. HOW ABOUT YOU? SHE'S 20:13.276 --> 20:16.516 GOING TO TEACH ON THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION AND WHAT 20:16.516 --> 20:20.056 SHE'S BEEN SHARING TO ME. YOU KNOW, I HAVE LIKE MY OWN 20:20.056 --> 20:24.165 INTERPRETATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE HTL HANK 20:24.165 --> 20:29.056 TRANSLATION VERSION. WHETHER YOU HEAR HER, WHAT IS IT, THE BTL, 20:29.056 --> 20:33.526 BACON, LETTUCE OR BLT, BRENDA? I WAS TALKING TO YOU, BACON, 20:33.526 --> 20:37.066 LETTUCE, TOMATO, THE BLT VERSION, THE BRENDA, LOVELY 20:37.066 --> 20:41.385 TRANSLATION OR THE WHATEVER. SO IT'S GONNA BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, 20:41.385 --> 20:43.875 HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEBODY, SHARE 20:43.875 --> 20:49.996 YOUR NAME, AND THEN SAY, I BET I KNOW, I BET I KNOW, WHAT YOUR 20:49.996 --> 20:57.705 FAVORITE, FAVORITE COLOR IS. I BET I KNOW. NOW, YOU CAN'T SAY 20:57.705 --> 21:00.759 CLEAR AND STUMP THE AUDIENCE, OKAY? SO YOU 21:00.759 --> 21:02.429 HAVE TO COME UP WITH A COLOR. ALL RIGHT, GREET 21:02.429 --> 21:03.930 ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. 21:03.930 --> 21:44.637 (MUSIC) 21:44.637 --> 21:49.393 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE STUMPING THE AUDIENCE? AND BY THE WAY, THOSE 21:49.395 --> 21:51.976 OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, LISTEN, PUT DOWN YOUR FAVORITE 21:51.976 --> 21:54.705 COLOR. I'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE. AND AGAIN, 21:54.705 --> 21:57.766 DON'T PUT CLEAR, AND THEN DON'T PUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAVORITE 21:57.766 --> 22:03.826 SCENT IS UNSCENTED, YOU KNOW. ANYWAY, HOW MANY'S FAVORITE 22:03.826 --> 22:08.746 COLOR WAS BLUE? OKAY. DID ANYBODY COME UP WITH THOSE WEIRD 22:08.746 --> 22:14.895 COLORS THAT LIKE THEY DIDN'T EXIST IN THE CRAYON BOX? BRENDA 22:14.895 --> 22:20.175 LIKED FUCHSIA. LIKE NOBODY EVER COLORS WITH FUCHSIA, RIGHT? YOU 22:20.175 --> 22:24.435 KNOW, WE JUST GOT, WE GOT FUCHSIA ON, ALL RIGHT... 22:24.435 --> 22:27.135 I SEE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TYPICAL 22:27.135 --> 22:30.863 ONES LIKE YELLOW AND RED AND BLACK AND BROWN AND GREEN AND I 22:30.863 --> 22:36.998 THINK ORANGE AND, DON'T QUIZ ME, BUT I DO KNOW THEM, OKAY. WELL, 22:36.998 --> 22:39.195 IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HERE. ARE YOU GLAD YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE OF THE 22:39.195 --> 22:43.516 LORD? HOW MANY HAD A GOOD DAY TODAY? DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY? 22:43.516 --> 22:46.066 RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAD A GOOD DAY. THAT'S GOOD, I'M 22:46.066 --> 22:48.165 REALLY GLAD, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I PRAY OVER YOU EVERY DAY. ALL 22:48.165 --> 22:50.536 RIGHT, NOW THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO PUT YOUR 22:50.536 --> 22:53.865 HAND UP TOO, BECAUSE DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY? 'CAUSE WE PRAY 22:53.865 --> 22:56.715 FOR YOU EVERY DAY TOO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DECLARE 22:56.715 --> 23:01.036 OVER YOU, NOT ONLY THE BLOOD COVENANT OF PRESERVATION AND 23:01.036 --> 23:05.355 PROTECTION, BUT WE ALSO PRAY THAT PSALM 23, THE GOODNESS AND 23:05.355 --> 23:09.855 MERCY FOLLOWS YOU. AND YOU THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM THIS DAY, 23:09.855 --> 23:13.695 RIGHT? AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. SO HOPEFULLY 23:13.695 --> 23:15.796 YOU'RE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND YOU'RE GOING, WHOA, 23:15.796 --> 23:22.006 HI, GOODNESS, HI, MERCY. AND LOOK FOR IT, EXPECT IT, 'CAUSE 23:22.006 --> 23:24.885 THAT'S THE KIND OF GOD THAT YOU SERVE. SO THAT'S REALLY 23:24.885 --> 23:30.535 WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, I WANT TO TALK TO 23:30.535 --> 23:34.665 YOU ABOUT TONIGHT'S OFFERING REAL QUICK. SO YOU CAN GET YOUR 23:34.665 --> 23:38.355 GIVING INFORMATION OR YOUR GIVING READY. BUT I WANNA SHARE 23:38.355 --> 23:43.589 A SCRIPTURE WHEN IT COMES IN THE CONTEXT OF GIVING, JOHN 3:16. 23:43.589 --> 23:46.905 NOW YOU SAY, NOW WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH AN OFFERING? 23:46.905 --> 23:51.316 WELL, THERE IS A LOT IN THIS VERSE. SOMETIMES WE JUST THINK 23:51.316 --> 23:55.336 THAT IT APPEARS ON OUR TV AT A FOOTBALL GAME, RIGHT? YOU ALWAYS 23:55.336 --> 24:00.586 SEE THE GUY WITH THE SIGN, JOHN 3:16. I DON'T THINK LIKE THE 24:00.586 --> 24:03.766 CHICAGO BEARS WOULD HAVE THAT UP BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET 24:03.766 --> 24:09.611 SPIRITUAL, RIGHT? HOW MANY BEARS FANS ARE IN HERE? CHRISTY, I'M 24:09.611 --> 24:15.256 MESSING WITH YOU. ANY DALLAS FANS? OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. YOU 24:15.256 --> 24:17.625 KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S FOOTBALL, RIGHT? BUT 24:17.625 --> 24:22.425 ANYWAY, THE POINT IS JOHN 3:16 HAS A LOT MORE IN IT THAN WHAT 24:22.425 --> 24:26.655 SOMETIMES WE REALIZE. BUT I WANT US TO LOOK AT A PRINCIPLE THAT 24:26.655 --> 24:33.316 I'VE APPLIED IN MY LIFE IN SERVING GOD SINCE 1984. AND I 24:33.316 --> 24:38.715 REALLY HAVE PUT IT TO PRACTICE. IT'S WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE A 24:38.715 --> 24:43.695 GIVER. IT'S WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE A CONSISTENT TITHER SINCE 24:43.695 --> 24:46.965 BEFORE I MARRIED BRENDA, WE GOT MARRIED IN 1989. SO I WAS 24:46.965 --> 24:52.816 TITHING BACK IN 1984 AND I WAS ONLY MAKING 50 BUCKS A WEEK, BUT 24:52.816 --> 24:56.925 I TITHE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW GOD TOOK CARE OF ME, BUT HE DID. 24:56.925 --> 25:00.465 AND THEN WHEN BRENDA AND I FIRST GOT MARRIED, WE CAME TOGETHER, 25:00.465 --> 25:04.096 WE MADE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WERE GONNA NOT ONLY TITHE, BUT 25:04.096 --> 25:08.056 WE WERE ALSO GOING TO BE GIVERS AND PARTNER WITH MINISTRIES. AND 25:08.056 --> 25:11.746 WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL PICTURES FROM THE CHECK 25:11.746 --> 25:13.935 STUBS. Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, 25:13.935 --> 25:17.205 YOU USED TO GET CHECK STUBS BACK. I DON'T THINK THEY DO THAT 25:17.205 --> 25:20.175 ANYMORE, DO THEY? BUT ANYWAY, THE CHECK STUBS, WE TOOK 25:20.175 --> 25:24.286 PICTURES OF IT, AND IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT WE WERE SOWING SEED 25:24.286 --> 25:27.076 WAY BACK IN THOSE DAYS. BUT I WANNA SHOW YOU THE PRINCIPLE. 25:27.076 --> 25:29.476 ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE 25:29.476 --> 25:35.895 WATCHING? ALL RIGHT, WATCH THIS. FOR GOD SO LOVED, UNDERLINE 25:35.895 --> 25:40.395 LOVED, BECAUSE THIS IS THE KEY TO BLESSING. PEOPLE SAY TO ME 25:40.395 --> 25:44.625 ALL THE TIME, "WHY ARE YOU SO BLESSED?" AND I ALWAYS SAY, 25:44.625 --> 25:48.016 "BECAUSE THERE'S A COMPONENT "THAT I HONESTLY THINK I HAVE IN 25:48.016 --> 25:52.935 MY HEART." AND THIS ISN'T PRIDE TO SAY IT, IT'S CALLED LOVE. I 25:52.935 --> 25:58.036 LOVE GOD. I REALLY DO, AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO. WELL, WHAT DOES 25:58.036 --> 26:00.766 THAT HAVE TO DO WITH GIVING? LET'S CONTINUE TO READ. FOR GOD 26:00.766 --> 26:05.056 SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT'S US. AND I BELIEVE THAT HE LOVES WHAT 26:05.056 --> 26:10.215 HE CREATED, BUT IT'S REALLY US THAT HE GAVE. NOW NOTICE THE 26:10.215 --> 26:15.316 FIRST THING BEFORE YOU GIVE, YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO 26:15.316 --> 26:19.006 COME TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. AND THAT 26:19.006 --> 26:25.935 WHICH PLEASES GOD IS CONNECT WITH YOUR GIVING LOVE. IF YOU 26:25.935 --> 26:31.726 LOVE GOD, TO ME WHEN PEOPLE ARGUE OVER THE TITHE, I'M LIKE, 26:31.726 --> 26:39.705 I REALLY COULD CARE LESS IF IT'S PREOLD TESTAMENT, OLD TESTAMENT, 26:39.705 --> 26:42.675 BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND THE 400 YEARS 26:42.675 --> 26:46.605 OF SILENCE, WHATEVER, RIGHT? IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, DID IT PASS 26:46.605 --> 26:55.486 AWAY, DID IT NOT? I DON'T CARE. I LOVE GOD. AND IF HE IS MY 26:55.486 --> 27:00.105 LORD, WHICH HE IS, AND I LOVE HIM, I DON'T JUST GIVE HIM 10%, 27:00.105 --> 27:06.346 I GIVE HIM 100% OF MY LIFE. BUT IF 10%, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, 27:06.346 --> 27:09.826 CAUSES THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN TO OPEN, FOR HIM TO POUR OUT 27:09.826 --> 27:13.425 BLESSINGS I DON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE, TO REBUKE THE DEVIL, 27:13.425 --> 27:17.839 RIGHT? GOD, OUT OF MY LOVE, I'LL GIVE YOU 10%, BUT IF YOU WANT 27:17.839 --> 27:22.665 11, I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU 12. I'LL GIVE YOU 27:22.665 --> 27:30.736 WHATEVER I HAVE, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. HERE'S ANOTHER THING. YOU 27:30.736 --> 27:39.491 KNOW WHAT I ALSO DO? IS I LOVE HIS WORKS. I FIND MINISTRIES 27:39.491 --> 27:44.506 THAT I LOVE. I LOVE THIS MINISTRY. AND SO I LOVE TO GIVE 27:44.506 --> 27:49.036 TO IT. IF YOU LOVE THIS MINISTRY, YOU SHOULD LOVE TO 27:49.036 --> 27:54.016 GIVE TO IT. RIGHT? YOU SHOULDN'T JUST LOVE TO RECEIVE WITHOUT 27:54.016 --> 27:58.425 GETTING ANYTHING BACK. I LOVE MY WIFE, SHE CAN TELL YOU, I SPOIL 27:58.425 --> 28:04.683 HER SO GOOD. SHE'S GOT A CHRISTMAS TREE IN EVERY CORNER. 28:04.683 --> 28:07.546 I MEAN, I'M HAVING TO JUST TRY TO WALK, YOU KNOW, AND TRYING TO 28:07.546 --> 28:14.385 FIND MY WAY. BUT I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT, ALL THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. 28:14.385 --> 28:19.699 SEEN THEM ALL, BUT SHE KNOWS SHE'S SPOILED. WELL, I LOVE HER. 28:19.699 --> 28:23.205 WHEN SHE DECIDED A FEW YEARS AGO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, TO GET 28:23.205 --> 28:26.746 A FOURTH DOG, I WAS WORKING HER DOWN TO TRY TO GET A FOURTH 28:26.746 --> 28:31.864 GERMAN SHEPHERD. I WANTED A GERMAN SHEPHERD, RIGHT? AND I 28:31.864 --> 28:34.635 WAS WORKING HER DOWN. I WAS SO CLOSE. WELL, THEN ALL OF A 28:34.635 --> 28:38.086 SUDDEN, ONE DAY I'M ON A ZOOM CALL, AND HERE COMES THIS TEXT 28:38.086 --> 28:40.246 MESSAGE. AND I SAID TO THE PEOPLE ON THE ZOOM, EXCUSE ME, 28:40.246 --> 28:43.576 BUT BRENDA, I HAVE A RULE, AND THIS SHOULD BE YOUR RULE. IF ANY 28:43.576 --> 28:47.949 OF MY WIFE CALLS OR TEXTS, I ANSWER, OR MY CHILDREN. SO MATT 28:47.949 --> 28:51.826 AND JOHN, YOU KNOW THAT. YOU'RE WATCHING TONIGHT. MY RULE, AND 28:51.826 --> 28:54.915 MAKE THAT YOUR RULE, BY THE WAY, BOYS. I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU. 28:54.915 --> 29:01.096 BUT I ALWAYS ANSWER, OR THAT'S JUST MY RULE, OKAY? AND SO I 29:01.096 --> 29:06.496 SAID, "JUST A MINUTE." AND SHE'S HOLDING HERBIE, OUR SHIH-TZU. I 29:06.496 --> 29:11.056 SAID, "WHERE ARE YOU?" SHE SAID, "ISN'T HE CUTE?" I SAID, "GET 29:11.056 --> 29:16.516 OUT OF THERE, BRENDA." I KNEW SHE WAS IN A PET STORE. AND SO, 29:16.516 --> 29:19.516 I'M GOING SOMEWHERE, ALL RIGHT? I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF ROUGH 29:19.516 --> 29:24.256 HERE, BUT ANYWAY. SO I'M ON THE ZOOM CALL, AND SHE SENDS ME A 29:24.256 --> 29:31.965 PICTURE OF HER AND HERBIE. AND SHE SAID, "I'M ON MY WAY." AND I 29:31.965 --> 29:34.905 DIDN'T SEE, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON, AND I PUT A 29:34.905 --> 29:41.865 HEART. SHE THOUGHT THAT MEANT GET THE DOG. SO I GET OFF THE 29:41.865 --> 29:44.784 ZOOM CALL. SHE PULLS UP, SHE GOES, 29:44.784 --> 29:47.056 "WELL, DO YOU LIKE HIM?" LIKE, WHO? 29:47.056 --> 29:49.096 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 29:49.096 --> 29:53.715 "HONEY, YOU BROUGHT A RAT HOME." 'CAUSE I WAS USED TO BIG DOGS, 29:53.715 --> 29:56.865 AND FOR ABOUT, WHAT, TWO MONTHS, HIM AND I DIDN'T LIKE EACH 29:56.865 --> 30:00.375 OTHER, BRENDA? YEAH, NOW HE'S YOUR LITTLE BABY. NOW, BECAUSE I 30:00.375 --> 30:07.036 LOVE HIM, I DO WHAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. I GIVE STUFF 30:07.036 --> 30:10.395 WITHOUT MAMA LOOKING UNDERNEATH THE TABLE TO THE LITTLE GUY. AND 30:10.395 --> 30:13.395 HIM AND I ARE BUDDIES. WHY? 'CAUSE ISN'T THAT A POWERFUL 30:13.395 --> 30:17.326 OFFERING HERE, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LOVE AND GIVING GO TOGETHER. 30:17.326 --> 30:24.326 I HATED HERBIE, BUT WHEN I SLID INTO LOVE, HIM AND I BEGAN TO BE 30:24.326 --> 30:29.276 GIVING OF ONE ANOTHER. RIGHT, HE GIVES ME KISSES AND LITTLE HUGS. 30:29.276 --> 30:32.215 HE LETS ME HOLD HIM LIKE A LITTLE BABY. IN RETURN, I GIVE 30:32.215 --> 30:39.175 HIM. I FULFILL THE SCRIPTURE, BRENDA. REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE 30:39.175 --> 30:43.375 SCRIPTURE? EVEN THE DOGS GET THEIR SCRAPS UNDERNEATH THE 30:43.375 --> 30:46.885 TABLE. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. BUT ANYWAY, LET'S BRING THIS TO A 30:46.885 --> 30:50.816 CLOSE. WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY TO YOU? IF YOU REALLY WANNA COME 30:50.816 --> 30:58.346 TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF BLESSING, CONNECT YOUR GIVING WITH LOVE. 30:58.346 --> 31:02.066 IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD, DON'T BE STINGY. IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD, 31:02.066 --> 31:05.905 DON'T ARGUE OVER THE TITHE, JUST DO IT. IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD, 31:05.905 --> 31:09.955 BE A GIVER ABOVE YOUR TITHE. AND IF YOU REALLY, REALLY LOVE GOD 31:09.955 --> 31:13.496 AND YOU LOVE THE MINISTRY THAT YOU SEE GOD IN, LOOK AT WHAT 31:13.496 --> 31:16.105 GOD'S DONE IN THIS MINISTRY THE LAST TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS AGO, 31:16.105 --> 31:19.526 HE PROPHESIED AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NEW YORK 31:19.526 --> 31:24.566 CITY AND MENTIONED THAT THAT MAMI-KAMI WOULD GET ELECTED. HE 31:24.566 --> 31:28.135 SPOKE TO US. I LOVE GOD FOR TALKING TO US. LAST SUNDAY, I 31:28.135 --> 31:31.615 WAS SO TIRED 'CAUSE I ONLY GOT THREE HOURS OF SLEEP, HAD BEEN 31:31.615 --> 31:34.435 AT THE VICTORY CAMPAIGN. I'M JUST BEING VULNERABLE. I WALK UP 31:34.435 --> 31:36.925 HERE, I'M FEELING THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD COMING ON ME. I'M LIKE, 31:36.925 --> 31:40.165 'CAUSE I'VE LEARNED TO RECOGNIZE. I WALK UP HERE, I'M 31:40.165 --> 31:45.715 LIKE, "LORD, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK." BISHOP BUTLER'S HERE, 31:45.715 --> 31:48.685 AND THE LORD SAID, "NO, I REALLY WANT YOU TO PROPHESY. "I REALLY 31:48.685 --> 31:52.705 HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY." AND I STARTED GIVING MY EXCUSES. BUT 31:52.705 --> 31:55.645 THEN MY LOVE KICKED IN. AND THEN WHEN HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO 31:55.645 --> 31:58.915 SPEAK NOW, "AND I WANT YOU TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE. "I WANNA 31:58.915 --> 32:01.586 GIVE YOU A WORD ABOUT THIS SHUTDOWN." SO MY POINT IS, WHEN 32:01.586 --> 32:06.145 YOU LOVE, IT'LL ALWAYS BE FOLLOWED WITH GIVING. WELL, YOU 32:06.145 --> 32:09.924 SAY, WELL, HOW CAN I SHOW MY LOVE TODAY AND MY GIVING? THE 32:09.924 --> 32:12.296 GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. THERE'S THE DIFFERENT 32:12.296 --> 32:16.556 WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE TONIGHT BY WAY OF ENVELOPE, MAIL, 32:16.556 --> 32:20.006 WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE. HOW MANY OF YOU USE THE 32:20.006 --> 32:25.046 SCAN QR CODE? HOW MANY OF YOU USE THAT? SO BY THE WAY, BRENDA, 32:25.046 --> 32:28.945 I STILL NEED TO UPDATE MY APP. SO I OWE A COUPLE OFFERINGS IN 32:28.945 --> 32:33.326 THERE THAT I'VE TRIED. SO I'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, MY WIFE WILL 32:33.326 --> 32:36.175 HELP ME WITH THAT. BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING. ALL 32:36.175 --> 32:40.165 RIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU, ARE YOU STILL FILLING OUT YOUR PHONE OR 32:40.165 --> 32:43.645 WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FILL OUT YOUR PHONE. HOW ABOUT 32:43.645 --> 32:47.786 YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY TO GIVE? 32:47.786 --> 32:50.816 INCREASE YOUR LOVE AND WATCH WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEASURE 32:50.816 --> 32:53.935 OF YOUR GIVING. NOW WATCH THIS, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 32:53.935 --> 32:57.056 MEASURE OF THE BLESSING THAT'S RETURNED TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU 32:57.056 --> 33:02.395 READY TO STAND TO YOUR FEET? I'M GONNA ASK MAMA TO COME PRAY. ALL 33:02.395 --> 33:07.885 RIGHT, WOULD YOU COME? 'CAUSE SHE'S THE DECREE QUEEN. WE'RE 33:07.885 --> 33:09.865 NOT GONNA DECREE TONIGHT, BUT BRENDA, I WANT YOU TO PRAY A 33:09.865 --> 33:13.375 PRAYER. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR YOU PREACH TODAY. THANK 33:13.375 --> 33:18.175 YOU. I'M EXCITED TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? ALL RIGHT, 33:18.175 --> 33:21.806 HOLD YOUR PHONE UP. OFFERING ENVELOPE, SAY THESE WORDS, SAY 33:21.806 --> 33:28.375 LORD JESUS. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE TO GIVE TO YOU. IT'S AN HONOR. 33:28.375 --> 33:33.326 IT'S A PRIVILEGE. AND I THANK YOU THAT OUR GIVING IS 33:33.326 --> 33:37.885 RECIPROCATED BY YOUR GIVING BACK. AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR 33:37.885 --> 33:43.046 THAT, LORD. YOU'RE A GOOD GOD. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, 33:43.046 --> 33:47.605 USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE GIVEN, 33:47.605 --> 33:51.925 YOU CAN BE SEATED. WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO THIS TONIGHT. EITHER 33:51.925 --> 33:56.036 WAY, MY LITTLE NIECE KATIE CAME IN FROM YOUTH. I SAID, ARE YOU 33:56.036 --> 33:58.766 NOT GOING TO YOUTH TONIGHT? THEY'RE AT THE OTHER END OF THE 33:58.766 --> 34:01.615 BUILDING. SHE SAID, I WANTED TO HEAR YOU PREACH. I SAID, IT'S 34:01.615 --> 34:04.046 THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION. YOU SURE YOU WON'T 34:04.046 --> 34:08.425 BE BORED? IT'S LIKE ALL DOCTRINAL, BUT YOU KNOW, KATIE 34:08.425 --> 34:12.536 GOES IN FOR THE DEEP STUFF, I'M TELLING YOU. SO GIVE HER A HAND. 34:12.536 --> 34:17.726 SHE CAME IN. SHE WASN'T SKIPPING OUT ON YOU. I THOUGHT, "ARE THEY 34:17.726 --> 34:20.155 DOING A TEST DOWN THERE OR ANYTHING THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO 34:20.155 --> 34:24.445 GO?" ALL RIGHT. THAT'S OKAY. WELL, GOOD. WELL, THIS IS A GOOD 34:24.445 --> 34:28.436 TOPIC. AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, 34:28.436 --> 34:32.456 AS I WAS READING THROUGH SOME OF THESE VERSES, I'VE PREACHED THIS 34:32.456 --> 34:35.996 BEFORE IN THIS CHURCH, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS. AND I JUST 34:35.996 --> 34:39.985 FEEL LIKE IT'S ONE OF THESE TOPICS THAT, SIMPLY BECAUSE 34:39.985 --> 34:45.115 THERE IS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF CHURCHES NOW. HAVE YOU 34:45.115 --> 34:48.865 NOTICED THAT? DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHURCHES, YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME, 34:48.865 --> 34:52.286 YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS STATEMENT BEFORE, IF YOUR PASTOR 34:52.286 --> 34:55.436 ISN'T STANDING UP AGAINST WOKE AND EVIL, GET OUT, GO TO ANOTHER 34:55.436 --> 34:59.456 CHURCH. YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT. THE CHURCHES THAT 34:59.456 --> 35:05.126 ARE TRULY PREACHING A TRUE WORD, WE HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, IF 35:05.126 --> 35:08.996 CHURCHES ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT MANIFESTING 35:08.996 --> 35:13.135 IN THOSE CHURCHES, ARE THEY DEAD, ARE THEY DRY? AND SO, BUT 35:13.135 --> 35:15.806 JESUS REALLY LAID OUT, AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT 35:15.806 --> 35:20.065 FROM THESE, NOW I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH MAYBE THREE, MAYBE FOUR 35:20.065 --> 35:24.056 TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE KIND OF HOW WE DO, AND THEN WHAT 35:24.056 --> 35:26.306 I DON'T GET THROUGH TONIGHT, WE'LL FINISH NEXT WEEK. BUT 35:26.306 --> 35:30.626 JESUS TALKED ABOUT THESE, AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT 35:30.626 --> 35:34.346 IS THESE SEVEN CHURCHES, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ THE 35:34.346 --> 35:38.635 PASSAGES MANY TIMES? THESE SEVEN CHURCHES REALLY DEPICT THE 35:38.635 --> 35:42.956 EXPRESSION OF THE CHURCHES THAT YOU SEE TODAY. NOW WE'RE GONNA 35:42.956 --> 35:45.655 FIND IN IT THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, WE'RE GONNA FIND 35:45.655 --> 35:49.135 DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHES, AND WE'RE GONNA FIND EVANGELICAL 35:49.135 --> 35:52.376 CHURCH, WE'LL FIND THE LIVING CHURCH, WE'LL FIND COMPROMISED 35:52.376 --> 35:55.436 CHURCH, WE'RE GONNA FIND ALL OF THE THINGS IN THERE. AND THE 35:55.436 --> 35:59.635 REASON IT'S IMPORTANT IS FOR YOU AS THE BELIEVERS TO RECOGNIZE, 35:59.635 --> 36:04.405 RIGHT, WHEN YOU'RE IN A CHURCH, THAT, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T 36:04.405 --> 36:08.835 PICK A CHURCH JUST BECAUSE WE LIKE THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT. 36:08.835 --> 36:12.445 WE CHOOSE A CHURCH BASED ON ITS DOCTRINE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA 36:12.445 --> 36:15.596 FIND DOCTRINE IS A BIG PART OF WHAT JESUS BROUGHT OUT FOR THESE 36:15.596 --> 36:21.326 CHURCHES. WE CHOOSE A CHURCH BASED ON FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS AND 36:21.326 --> 36:24.146 HOW THAT CHURCH EXPRESSES THOSE THAT IT FOLLOWS THE NEW 36:24.146 --> 36:27.775 TESTAMENT PATTERN. BUT YOU DON'T JUST PICK A CHURCH BECAUSE 36:27.775 --> 36:31.195 SOMEBODY WAS FRIENDLY AT THE DOOR. NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND 36:31.195 --> 36:34.286 WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE FRIENDLY AT THE DOOR. WE NEED THOSE THINGS, 36:34.286 --> 36:37.226 IT'S ALL GOOD. YOU DEFINITELY DON'T PICK A CHURCH, IF YOU'VE 36:37.226 --> 36:39.596 HEARD PASTOR HANK PREACH AT ALL, YOU DEFINITELY DON'T PICK A 36:39.596 --> 36:43.016 CHURCH JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOOD COFFEE. AND PASTOR SHANE 36:43.016 --> 36:45.326 WOULD LOVE TO SAY, "WE HAVE GREAT COFFEE AT LORD OF HOSTS 36:45.326 --> 36:49.315 CHURCH." HE MADE SURE OF THAT, AND THAT'S ALL OKAY. BUT THE 36:49.315 --> 36:53.425 POINT IS, IS WE LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT JESUS, COME ON 36:53.425 --> 36:59.246 SOMEBODY, IT'S JESUS, THE LORD OF THE CHURCH, AND WHAT HE 36:59.246 --> 37:05.186 DEEMED IMPORTANT FOR US TO VALUE MINISTRY. SO, NOW YOU'RE GONNA 37:05.186 --> 37:09.146 FIND HERE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT, AND IF YOU'VE READ THE PHRASE, 37:09.146 --> 37:13.226 "TO THE ANGEL AT THE CHURCH OF SO AND SO WRITE," OR "THE ANGEL 37:13.226 --> 37:15.956 OF THIS CHURCH WRITE." NOW THAT WORD ANGEL IS NOT REALLY THE 37:15.956 --> 37:19.135 WORD, IT COMES FROM THE SAME WORD, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY THE 37:19.135 --> 37:24.056 WORD THAT MEANS ANGELIC BEING, LIKE A DIVINE BEING OR AN 37:24.056 --> 37:27.626 ANGELIC, IT'S REALLY THE WORD MESSENGER, AND IN THIS 37:27.626 --> 37:32.666 PARTICULAR APPLICATION IT MEANS PASTOR. SO TO THE PASTOR AT THE 37:32.666 --> 37:35.936 CHURCH OF LAODICEA WRITE. SO IT'S REALLY MEAN, IN FACT I 37:35.936 --> 37:39.385 HEARD A PASTOR FRIEND OF OURS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, PASTOR 37:39.385 --> 37:41.755 HANK AND I WERE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE 37:41.755 --> 37:45.896 MINISTRY, WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING OR NOT. AND 37:45.896 --> 37:47.905 WE WERE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT THE 37:47.905 --> 37:51.385 CONGREGATION, BECAUSE WE TRY TO MAKE A VERY BROAD DECISION. ONE 37:51.385 --> 37:54.835 THING ABOUT US AS LEADERS IS WE TRY TO, WITH REALLY GOOD 37:54.835 --> 37:58.436 COUNSEL, MAKE WAR. YOU'LL NEVER JUST SEE THAT TYPICALLY WE'RE 37:58.436 --> 38:01.076 NOT THE KIND OF LEADERS THAT ARE LIKE, WELL, I'M THE PASTOR AND 38:01.076 --> 38:04.585 THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. YOU KNOW, WE WANNA GET INPUT, GET INSIGHT 38:04.585 --> 38:07.646 FROM OTHERS, GET INSIGHT FROM THOSE SPIRITUAL ADVISORS THAT WE 38:07.646 --> 38:10.076 HAVE, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SO ON, AND PRAYERFULLY THE 38:10.076 --> 38:13.465 SCRIPTURE. AND SO WE WERE ASKING THIS PASTOR FRIEND OF OURS, A 38:13.465 --> 38:17.275 VETERAN IN THE MINISTRY, AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE MOVE 38:17.275 --> 38:20.126 FORWARD? AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU'RE THE ANGEL OF THE HOUSE. 38:20.126 --> 38:22.826 NOW, I'D NEVER HEARD ANYBODY USE THAT PHRASE BEFORE. I NEVER 38:22.826 --> 38:27.115 HEARD IT. BUT THEN I REMEMBERED THE BOOK OF REVELATION, TO THE 38:27.115 --> 38:29.126 ANGEL OF THE CHURCH, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT SOUNDS A 38:29.126 --> 38:31.885 LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW, IT SOUNDED A LITTLE SPOOKY TO ME. BUT 38:31.885 --> 38:35.545 ANYWAY, JUST THE WAY HE WORDED IT LIKE THAT. BUT THEN I 38:35.545 --> 38:40.376 THOUGHT, NO, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GOD IS STILL HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE 38:40.376 --> 38:45.175 FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, GOOD OR BAD, BY THE WAY. AND SO 38:45.175 --> 38:49.856 TO THE ANGEL, RIGHT. SO THE MESSAGES OF THESE CHURCHES IS 38:49.856 --> 38:53.786 WRITTEN TO THE SENIOR LEADERS OR THE ONES THAT GIVE THE 38:53.786 --> 38:58.315 LIFE-GIVING WORD TO THE PEOPLE, THE ONE THAT CHOOSE THE MESSAGES 38:58.315 --> 39:01.315 THAT ARE GONNA GET PREACHED, RIGHT? THE ONES THAT CHOOSE THE 39:01.315 --> 39:05.096 DIRECTION, THE VISION, THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF 39:05.096 --> 39:08.306 HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, JUST NEARLY ALMOST 100 39:08.306 --> 39:11.215 EMPLOYEES, NOT QUITE, I DON'T THINK, BUT GETTING UP TO THAT. 39:11.215 --> 39:15.175 AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR AREA, THEIR DEPARTMENT, 39:15.175 --> 39:19.525 BUT THE DIRECTION OF WHAT THE CHURCH IS EXPRESSED AS COMES 39:19.525 --> 39:23.246 FROM THE SENIOR LEADERS. AND SO HE'S SAYING TO THE PASTORS THAT 39:23.246 --> 39:27.985 CHOOSE A CERTAIN MESSAGE, YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ARE LAYING OUT, 39:27.985 --> 39:31.286 RIGHT, THE VISION, YOU'RE LAYING OUT THE DIRECTIVES, YOU'RE 39:31.286 --> 39:34.585 LAYING OUT THE EXPRESSION, RIGHT? HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD SAY 39:34.585 --> 39:37.766 IF YOU COME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, YOU'LL FIND GREATLY 39:37.766 --> 39:41.365 THAT, AND YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO THE PASTOR OF 39:41.365 --> 39:44.155 THE MINISTRY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY PREACH, IT RESONATES WITH 39:44.155 --> 39:47.425 THEM, AND SO THEY CHOOSE IT BASED ON THAT, THAT THEY FEEL 39:47.425 --> 39:49.945 LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT PASTOR'S GOT THEIR HEAD SCREWED ON 39:49.945 --> 39:52.226 STRAIGHT, AND THEY'RE GONNA PREACH THE RIGHT WORD, AND THEY 39:52.226 --> 39:55.976 RESONATE WITH THAT ANOINTING AND THAT MINISTRY, AND THERE IS SOME 39:55.976 --> 39:59.936 MERIT TO THAT. BUT THEN THAT PASTOR, ACCORDING TO WHAT JESUS 39:59.936 --> 40:04.226 TEACHES HERE, HAS THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY THE 40:04.226 --> 40:07.525 VISION AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER GOD HAS PUT IN THEM, 40:07.525 --> 40:14.335 COME ON, THEY'RE CARRYING OUT RIGHTLY. AMEN. SO WHEN YOU HEAR, 40:14.335 --> 40:17.936 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE, WHEN IT SAYS TO THE ANGEL OF THE 40:17.936 --> 40:21.835 MINISTRY, RIGHT, THIS AND THUS AND SO, THAT IT IS REFERENCING 40:21.835 --> 40:25.916 THE PASTOR. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE CHOOSE A CHURCH, 40:25.916 --> 40:30.742 THAT PASTOR, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PASTOR CHOOSES CAREFULLY HOW 40:30.742 --> 40:34.702 THEY LEAD YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT SUBMISSION AND 40:34.702 --> 40:39.052 ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND I'M REALLY NOT INTO THE WHOLE BLIND 40:39.052 --> 40:43.251 SUBMISSION THING. AND I CAN SAY THAT AS A LEADER. I THINK A LOT 40:43.251 --> 40:46.461 OF STUPIDITY HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT TEACHING. WELL, YOU GOTTA 40:46.461 --> 40:50.556 BE LOYAL FOREVER. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DO NEED TO THINK LONG 40:50.556 --> 40:53.692 AND HARD ABOUT A CHURCH THAT YOU CHOOSE. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 40:53.692 --> 40:58.072 LOT TO IT. AND YOU CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T PLUCK UP AND GO AWAY 40:58.072 --> 41:01.402 SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU HAD A BAD DAY OR AN IMPASSE WITH SOMEBODY. 41:01.402 --> 41:05.297 THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON, OKAY? CONFLICT IS EVERYWHERE. ALL 41:05.313 --> 41:09.172 RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LISTEN, HALF OF THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES 41:09.172 --> 41:12.614 IN THE WORLD CAN'T AGREE ON THE SAME TOOTHPASTE. SO, YOU KNOW, 41:12.614 --> 41:17.211 WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE MOMENTS. THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. BUT WE 41:17.211 --> 41:19.731 SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE STICK-TO-ITIVENESS TO HAVE A 41:19.731 --> 41:24.442 LONGTERM CONNECT TO WHATEVER THE VISION IS THAT WE'RE A PART OF. 41:24.442 --> 41:28.251 BUT WE STILL, AS PASTORS, HAVE A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO 41:28.251 --> 41:31.239 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEADING YOU INTO TRUE DOCTRINE. COME ON, 41:31.239 --> 41:33.264 RIGHT? TEACHING DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING THAT WE EVER SAY IN 41:33.264 --> 41:36.652 THE PULPIT IS PERFECT. I MEAN, WE'RE GROWING JUST LIKE YOU. 41:36.652 --> 41:39.621 ISN'T THAT GOOD? AREN'T YOU GLAD YOUR PASTORS ARE GROWING? SO 41:39.621 --> 41:43.402 THAT'S PART OF IT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE AND GET INTO 41:43.402 --> 41:47.242 THIS 'CAUSE JESUS WAS VERY SERIOUS. THESE CAME FROM THE 41:47.242 --> 41:51.172 LORD OF THE CHURCH SO THEY MUST BE IMPORTANT. ALL THESE 41:51.172 --> 41:54.952 DIFFERENT SEVEN EXPRESSIONS, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT 41:54.952 --> 41:58.731 CHAPTER TWO, VERSE ONE. I'M GETTING JUST A LITTLE RING UP 41:58.731 --> 42:02.061 HERE IN MY MICROPHONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S FROM BUT LET'S 42:02.061 --> 42:05.541 SEE IF WE CAN ADJUST THAT. I'M TRYING NOT TO TALK DOWN ON IT. 42:05.541 --> 42:09.501 DOES IT SOUND FUNNY TO Y'ALL OR Y'ALL GOOD? OKAY. THE CHURCH OF 42:09.501 --> 42:13.581 EPHESUS, LET'S LOOK AT THAT. REVELATION CHAPTER TWO, VERSE 42:13.581 --> 42:18.952 ONE, UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, WRITE, OR TO 42:18.952 --> 42:22.972 THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, WRITE THESE THINGS. 42:22.972 --> 42:26.572 THESE THINGS SAITH HE THAT HOLDS THE SEVEN STARS IN HIS RIGHT 42:26.572 --> 42:30.262 HAND. YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME WITH SUCH AUTHORITY IN THESE. I MEAN, 42:30.262 --> 42:33.681 IT MAKES YOU SHUDDER TO YOUR BONES A LITTLE BIT. THE SEVEN 42:33.681 --> 42:37.521 STARS IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHO WALKS IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN 42:37.521 --> 42:41.001 GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS. I MEAN, JUST THAT VERSE ALONE SHOULD 42:41.001 --> 42:45.711 MAKE YOU TAKE CHURCH SERIOUS, RIGHT? CANDLESTICKS, WHEN JESUS 42:45.711 --> 42:50.871 IS TALKING, STARS IN HIS HAND, THAT'S HIS AUTHORITY, MAN. VERSE 42:50.871 --> 42:55.311 TWO, FOR HE SAID TO THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, I KNOW YOUR WORKS. 42:55.311 --> 42:57.922 NOW, LET ME SAY THIS, CHURCH, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS AT THE 42:57.922 --> 43:00.831 BEGINNING, THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, AND YOU CAN WRITE THIS 43:00.831 --> 43:04.132 IN YOUR NOTES, THIS IS THE CHURCH OF WHAT I WOULD CALL THE 43:04.132 --> 43:07.371 PHARISAICAL CHURCH. THIS EXPRESSION WAS THE 43:07.371 --> 43:11.092 SELF-RIGHTEOUS, JUDGMENTAL CHURCH, AND BY THE WAY, JESUS 43:11.092 --> 43:14.121 COMES TO THEM AS THE JUDGE. ISN'T THAT WHAT THE WORD SAYS? 43:14.121 --> 43:16.972 THE WORD SAYS, DON'T JUDGE HARSHLY, 'CAUSE WITH THE 43:16.972 --> 43:19.492 JUDGMENT THAT YOU GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA COME 43:19.492 --> 43:25.702 BACK TO YOU, RIGHT? SO WRITE IT DOWN, THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS IS 43:25.702 --> 43:31.431 THE SELFRIGHTEOUS RELIGIOUS CHURCH. AND SO JESUS COMES TO 43:31.431 --> 43:34.552 THEM AS THE GREAT EXAMINER AND THE JUDGE, AND WE'LL SEE THAT. 43:34.552 --> 43:38.751 HE SAYS, "I KNOW YOUR WORKS AND ALL YOUR LABOR." AND THEY WERE 43:38.751 --> 43:42.052 HARDWORKING. THESE PEOPLE, THEIR ACCOLADES, THEY WERE WORKED. I 43:42.052 --> 43:45.021 MEAN, THEY SHOWED UP FOR CHILDREN'S MINISTRY. THEY 43:45.021 --> 43:49.641 SERVED, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU ARE COMMITTED. THESE PEOPLE WERE 43:49.641 --> 43:56.811 CHURCHGOERS. THEY CAME ON A WEDNESDAY. OH, TOUCH YOURSELF, 43:56.811 --> 44:03.134 SAY AMEN OR OMI. I KNOW YOUR LABOR, YOUR PATIENCE. I WORD 44:03.134 --> 44:07.492 PATIENCE IS THE WORD ENDURANCE. AND HOW YOU, NOW HERE IT IS. 44:07.492 --> 44:11.271 THIS IS THE PHARISAICAL, RIGHTEOUS. I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE 44:11.271 --> 44:17.842 WERE, THEY WERE DETERMINED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. I KNOW HOW YOU 44:17.842 --> 44:24.081 CANNOT TOLERATE THOSE THAT ARE EVIL. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE, 44:24.081 --> 44:29.751 YOU CAN'T PUT UP WITH IT. YOU HAVE TRIED THOSE THAT SAY THAT 44:29.751 --> 44:32.811 THEY'RE APOSTLES AND THEY'RE NOT. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE 44:32.811 --> 44:38.211 FOUND THOSE PEOPLE TO BE LIARS. YOU FOUND THEM TO BE FAKES AND 44:38.211 --> 44:44.931 PHONIES, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE FOUND THEM LIARS, BUT YOU HAVE 44:44.931 --> 44:49.672 BORN AND HAVE PATIENCE FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. YOU'VE LABORED AND 44:49.672 --> 44:53.692 YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN UP. VERSE FOUR, NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE A 44:53.692 --> 44:57.862 LITTLE THING AGAINST YOU BECAUSE YOU LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE. 44:57.862 --> 45:00.742 REMEMBER THEREFORE FROM WHERE YOU ARE FALLEN, REPENT AND DO 45:00.742 --> 45:04.882 THE FIRST WORKS OR ELSE I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY AND 45:04.882 --> 45:09.291 REMOVE YOUR CANDLESTICKS. THAT'S SERIOUS TALK RIGHT THERE. AND 45:09.291 --> 45:16.161 I'LL TAKE IT OUT OF ITS PLACE UNLESS YOU REPENT. BUT THIS THOU 45:16.161 --> 45:20.001 HAST THAT YOU HATE THE DEEDS OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ALSO 45:20.001 --> 45:23.391 HATE. NOW THAT, IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THE DEEDS OF THE 45:23.391 --> 45:26.302 NICOLAITANS WERE, THEY WERE, IT WAS A DOCTRINE. IT WAS SORT OF 45:26.302 --> 45:30.922 WHAT WE WOULD CALL TODAY GREASY GRACE. AND PRETTY MUCH THAT, YOU 45:30.922 --> 45:36.112 KNOW, YOU COULD JUSTIFY SEXUAL SIN, ADULTERY, DIVORCE, AND HAVE 45:36.112 --> 45:39.411 A JUSTIFIED REASON. YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT MAD AT YOUR 45:39.411 --> 45:43.461 WIFE, YOU COULD JUST RUN OFF AND GO MARRY SOMEBODY ELSE. THERE 45:43.461 --> 45:47.811 WAS ALWAYS JUSTIFIED REASONS FOR EVIL, ABOMINABLE THINGS. SO IT 45:47.811 --> 45:51.652 WAS A GREASY GRACE TEACHING, BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH LACED IN 45:51.652 --> 45:55.942 IMMORALITY. HEATHEN HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT 45:55.942 --> 45:59.211 SAYS TO THE CHURCHES, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, SOMEBODY SAY 45:59.211 --> 46:03.561 OVERCOME. TO HIM I'LL GIVE TO EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH 46:03.561 --> 46:07.041 IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF GOD. NOW, LET'S BREAK DOWN 46:07.041 --> 46:11.632 FOR A MOMENT SOME OF THE PHARISAICAL CHURCH'S ACCOLADES. 46:11.632 --> 46:14.842 THEY DID A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT. NOW, THE REASON THIS CHURCH TO 46:14.842 --> 46:18.322 ME IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE THE CHURCH 46:18.322 --> 46:22.161 THAT CALLED OUT DARKNESS AND EVIL. OKAY? THEY WERE THE 46:22.161 --> 46:26.782 PATRIOTS. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT SAID, "NO, HOMOSEXUALITY IS 46:26.782 --> 46:30.262 A SIN. DON'T YOU DARE." THEY WERE NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT 46:30.262 --> 46:34.641 CULTURE. THEY WERE NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT WRONG. THEY WERE NOT 46:34.641 --> 46:39.351 AFRAID TO CALL OUT EVIL DOERS AND LIARS, RIGHT? NOW, THERE'S 46:39.351 --> 46:42.952 NOTHING WRONG WITH THOSE THINGS. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT. WE ARE 46:42.952 --> 46:47.391 SUPPOSED TO CALL OUT EVIL, BUT WHAT JESUS SAID IS THEY GOT OFF 46:47.391 --> 46:50.692 IN HOW THEY DID THAT. SO LET'S SEE WHAT HE SAID. LET'S SEE HOW 46:50.692 --> 46:53.692 WE COMPLIMENT HIM. THESE WERE HARDWORKING PEOPLE. HERE WAS 46:53.692 --> 46:56.871 THEIR POSITIVES. THEY WERE CAREFUL NOT TO COMPROMISE OR 46:56.871 --> 47:00.771 ALLOW ANY SIN IN THE CHURCH. PRAISE GOD, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S 47:00.771 --> 47:04.911 A GOOD THING. THEY EXPOSED FALSE DOCTRINE. ONE OF THE CHURCHES 47:04.911 --> 47:08.782 WE'LL STUDY THROUGHOUT THIS TEACHING IS THE CHURCH OF FALSE 47:08.782 --> 47:13.101 DOCTRINE. THEY EXPOSED IT, AMEN, THAT'S GOOD. THEY HATED THE 47:13.101 --> 47:16.521 DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANS, THE TEACHING THAT'S BASED ON SEXUAL 47:16.521 --> 47:20.001 FORNICATIONS AS BEING PERMISSIBLE. I MEAN, THE CHURCH 47:20.001 --> 47:22.222 HAS GOTTEN SOFT ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS. THE DOCTRINE OF THE 47:22.222 --> 47:24.322 NICOLAITANS, OH, IT'S OKAY TO STILL LIVE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND 47:24.322 --> 47:27.922 BEFORE YOU MARRY HER. IT'S AMAZING WHAT THE CHURCH EXCUSES 47:27.922 --> 47:32.931 NOW AND ALLOWS AND DOESN'T STAND UP TO, THINGS THAT WERE JUST 47:32.931 --> 47:38.452 NEVER ACCEPTED 30, 40, 50 YEARS AGO ARE NOW KIND OF TAUGHT AS 47:38.452 --> 47:41.692 OKAY, OR WE JUST WINK AT IT. PEOPLE DON'T WANNA COMPROMISE OR 47:41.692 --> 47:45.952 THEY DON'T WANNA ADDRESS IT. THIS WAS THE CONGREGATION. ONE 47:45.952 --> 47:49.672 OF THEIR ACCOLADES WAS THEY NEVER GAVE UP. THANK GOD, AREN'T 47:49.672 --> 47:53.661 YOU GLAD FOR THE PATRIOTS OF AMERICA THAT NEVER GAVE UP 47:53.661 --> 47:57.202 THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION CYCLE? THIS IS A GOOD THING. OKAY, BUT 47:57.202 --> 48:01.942 JESUS SAID, "NO, BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS YOU GOTTA ADJUST. FOR 48:01.942 --> 48:05.902 THEY HAD ABANDONED THEIR FIRST LOVE." NOW, I ALWAYS READ THIS 48:05.902 --> 48:08.362 LIKE THIS, AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE DONE THE SAME. I ALWAYS 48:08.362 --> 48:12.442 READ IT AS THEY LEFT THEIR FIRST LOVE, MEANING THAT THEY DIDN'T 48:12.442 --> 48:14.811 LOVE GOD AS MUCH AS THEY DID WHEN THEY FIRST GOT SAVED. HOW 48:14.811 --> 48:17.842 MANY, THAT'S HOW YOU'VE READ THAT? WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY USED 48:17.842 --> 48:21.472 TO LOVE GOD MORE. THEY WENT TO CHURCH MORE. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN 48:21.472 --> 48:23.842 THE NEW LIVING, SOME OF THE OTHER TRANSLATIONS, IT SAYS 48:23.842 --> 48:28.041 THESE WORDS. IT SAYS, "YOU DIDN'T LOVE ME AS MUCH, "BUT YOU 48:28.041 --> 48:32.751 STOPPED LOVING OTHER PEOPLE." NOW WE CAN BECOME, NOW LET ME 48:32.751 --> 48:36.711 JUST SAY THIS, I WANNA SAY IT VERY CAREFULLY. WE CAN BECOME SO 48:36.711 --> 48:39.862 AGGRESSIVE. NOW, I'M GONNA CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS HERE, 48:39.862 --> 48:42.411 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE CAN BECOME SO AGGRESSIVE ON 48:42.411 --> 48:47.751 RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT WE MISHANDLE RIGHTEOUSNESS. ARE YOU LISTENING 48:47.751 --> 48:50.961 TO ME? NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN SIN, 'CAUSE THERE'S PLENTY 48:50.961 --> 48:53.092 OF CHURCHES IN HERE THAT DID THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA GET TO 48:53.092 --> 48:57.322 THOSE. BUT THE POINT BEING IS, WE CAN CALL OUT AND CALL OUT AND 48:57.322 --> 48:59.481 CALL OUT TILL WE MISTREAT PEOPLE. NOW HERE'S WHAT 48:59.481 --> 49:04.012 HAPPENED. THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, JESUS WAS NOT CALLING THEM OUT 49:04.012 --> 49:10.371 SO MUCH ON THEIR ADDRESSING OF EVIL IN THE CULTURE. HE WAS 49:10.371 --> 49:13.041 CALLING THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY TOOK THEIR LOADED GUNS AND 49:13.041 --> 49:16.731 STARTED SHOOTING THEM AT THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THE BIBLE 49:16.731 --> 49:21.442 SAYS DO GOOD, COME ON, TO ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE 49:21.442 --> 49:25.461 OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. OKAY, SPEAK THE TRUTH, WE HEAR IT 49:25.461 --> 49:29.992 AGAIN AND AGAIN IN LOVE. OKAY, AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, AND I 49:29.992 --> 49:35.422 KNOW, OH LORDY, HELP ME SAY IT GOOD. WE HARP ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO 49:35.422 --> 49:39.646 MUCH, BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A COMMENT SECTION 49:39.646 --> 49:41.331 DOES NOT MEAN THERE SHOULD BE A COMMENT. 49:41.331 --> 49:45.318 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 49:45.318 --> 49:49.371 I'M AMAZED SOMETIMES AT HOW, AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE CALLING 49:49.371 --> 49:55.072 OUT TRUTH AT HOW VICIOUS CHRISTIANS ARE IN THE COMMENTS 49:55.072 --> 50:00.021 ON SOCIAL. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. AND IT'S NOT 50:00.021 --> 50:02.782 THAT I JUST LOOK AT THE ONES THAT COME TO THIS CHURCH, BUT I 50:02.782 --> 50:06.501 SEE 'EM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE JUST VICIOUS, VICIOUS 50:06.501 --> 50:12.021 THINGS. AND YEAH, ARE THEY CALLING OUT WRONG? YEAH, OKAY, 50:12.021 --> 50:14.782 BUT JUST BECAUSE A PREACHER'S PREACHING SOMETHING THAT YOU 50:14.782 --> 50:18.621 DIDN'T LIKE OR AGREE WITH, AND BY THE WAY, WHAT WE BELIEVE AND 50:18.621 --> 50:22.282 AGREE WITH CAN MORPH OVER TIME. OKAY, I'M REMEMBERING YOU'VE 50:22.282 --> 50:24.322 HEARD ME, SOME OF YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THIS STORY. I REMEMBER 50:24.322 --> 50:28.132 THIS WAS YEARS AGO. THIS WAS AT EBAY FIRST CAME OUT. AND PASTOR 50:28.132 --> 50:33.291 HANK LEARNED THAT YOU COULD BUY MODEL TRAINS ON EBAY. EVERYTHING 50:33.291 --> 50:35.481 THAT HE COULD GET THAT HE COULDN'T GET AT THE TRAIN STORE 50:35.481 --> 50:40.521 HE COULD FIND ON EBAY. I MEAN, PEOPLE THIS BIG AND LITTLE H.O., 50:40.521 --> 50:44.688 IT'S HO SCALE IS THE MODEL SCALE THAT HE RUNS, THESE LITTLE TO 50:44.688 --> 50:48.918 SCALE PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS AND HE'D START BUYING STUFF ON EBAY. 50:48.918 --> 50:53.027 AND THAT WAS BEFORE, I THINK EBAY WAS KIND OF BEFORE AMAZON, 50:53.027 --> 50:56.748 BUT ANYWAY, SO HE WAS SEARCHING ON EBAY, LOOKING FOR TRAIN 50:56.748 --> 51:01.398 THINGS AND HE FINDS, GET THIS NOW, AN OLD, HOW MANY OF YOU GO 51:01.398 --> 51:03.918 BACK FAR ENOUGH IN THE CHURCH, YOU REMEMBER THE OLD CASSETTE 51:03.918 --> 51:08.327 TAPES, BROTHER COPELAND HAD THEM IN THE CASES AND THEY OPENED AND 51:08.327 --> 51:11.478 THERE WERE LIKE A SIX SERIES IN THERE AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS 51:11.478 --> 51:14.387 JUST MAN, THE CAT'S MEOW IF WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE. WE 51:14.387 --> 51:17.418 USED TO STAY UP HERE AT NIGHT ALL NIGHT AND PRINT THE COVERS 51:17.418 --> 51:21.887 TO OUR TAPE SERIES AND TAKE THEM ON THE ROAD WITH US AND I MEAN, 51:21.887 --> 51:25.418 I SAT HERE, AMY ROKHOLZ, SHE KNOWS, TILL TWO AND 51:25.418 --> 51:27.737 THREE IN THE MORNING PRINTING ON, YOU KNOW, 51:27.737 --> 51:32.657 THE LITTLE, THIS WAS AT THE FIRST COLOR PRINTER. I MEAN, IT 51:32.657 --> 51:37.097 TOOK 45 MINUTES. THANK GOD WE PREACHED IN LITTLE CHURCHES. IT 51:37.097 --> 51:41.688 TOOK 45 MINUTES TO PRINT ONE COVER, AND WE'D HAVE FOUR OR 51:41.688 --> 51:45.318 FIVE OF THESE, AND WE'D TAKE 'EM ON THE ROAD AND PREACH. AND SO I 51:45.318 --> 51:49.128 REMEMBER, I MADE MY OWN TAPE COVERS. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? 51:49.128 --> 51:54.077 AND I REMEMBER PASTOR SITTING, HE GOES, "OH, LOOK AT THIS. 51:54.077 --> 51:57.257 "THIS IS ONE OF YOUR TAPE SERIES. "IT'S FOR SALE ON EBAY." 51:57.257 --> 51:58.847 (CONGREGATION LAUGHING) 51:58.847 --> 52:03.557 NOW THIS WAS YEARS LATER, YEARS LATER. AND I THOUGHT, "WHAT ONE 52:03.557 --> 52:07.608 IS IT? "I'M NOT SURE I BELIEVE IT ANYMORE." ANYWAY, SOMEBODY 52:07.608 --> 52:09.918 SOLD IT FOR AN EGREGIOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND I'M LIKE, "I 52:09.918 --> 52:14.088 WOULDN'T EVEN PAY $5 FOR THAT." BUT ANYWAY, IT'S ALL FINE. BUT 52:14.088 --> 52:20.088 THE POINT OF THAT WHOLE TOPIC IS THE FACT THAT WE CHANGE, WE 52:20.088 --> 52:24.617 GROW, ALLOW PEOPLE TO GROW. JUST 'CAUSE SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING 52:24.617 --> 52:28.367 DOESN'T, THERE'S THINGS THAT, MAN, I STOOD FOR AND BELIEVED, 52:28.367 --> 52:30.168 AND NOW I LOOK BACK AND I'M LIKE, WELL, GOD, YOU HAD TO 52:30.168 --> 52:33.498 TWEAK THAT. GOD, YOU STILL HAD TO GROW ME IN THAT. YOU HAD TO 52:33.498 --> 52:37.338 DEVELOP THAT. AND SO THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS WAS SO QUICK TO CALL 52:37.338 --> 52:41.027 OUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY LEFT THEIR FIRST LOVE. THEY FORGOT TO 52:41.027 --> 52:45.797 TREAT PEOPLE WITH DECENCY. AND JESUS SAID, I'M NOT GONNA PUT UP 52:45.797 --> 52:49.007 WITH THAT. DON'T BECOME A PHARISEE. YOU CAN CALL OUT 52:49.007 --> 52:51.918 WRONG. NOW, NOTICE IT WAS REALLY, IT REALLY WAS THE 52:51.918 --> 52:54.228 CHRISTIANS THEY WERE CALLING OUT. IT WASN'T SO MUCH THE 52:54.228 --> 52:57.228 WORLD. NOW I'M NOT SAYING YOU GO AHEAD AND IT'S OKAY TO MISTREAT 52:57.228 --> 53:00.527 PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. BUT I'M SAYING IT'S FINE. WE HAVE TO 53:00.527 --> 53:04.367 CALL OUT WHAT IS EVIL IS EVIL AND NOT GIVE EVIL A VOICE. WE 53:04.367 --> 53:07.427 HAVE TO AS THE CHURCH BE THE BARRIER, ARE YOU LISTENING TO 53:07.427 --> 53:11.418 ME, TO STAND UP AGAINST DARKNESS AND WICKEDNESS. BUT THERE IS A 53:11.418 --> 53:16.157 RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. AND YES, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH 53:16.157 --> 53:20.927 BOLDNESS. LOOK AT THE EARLY APOSTLES, THEY WERE SO BOLD. THE 53:20.927 --> 53:23.777 APOSTLE PAUL POINTED AT THAT SORCERER AND SAID, "YOU'RE GOING 53:23.777 --> 53:28.487 BLIND FOR A SEASON." OKAY, HE SAID TO SIMON THE SORCERER, HE 53:28.487 --> 53:32.927 SAID, "YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I CALLED HIM OUT AND SAID, 'YOUR 53:32.927 --> 53:41.568 MONEY'S GONNA DIE WITH YOU.'" BUT THE POINT IS, IS WE ALSO 53:41.568 --> 53:46.248 HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST EXTENDED. SO THIS 53:46.248 --> 53:49.847 WAS, GOD CALLED OUT THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS FOR THEIR PHARISEE. 53:49.847 --> 53:53.088 THEY GOT OVER INTO A PHARISEE. IN FACT, LET ME SHOW YOU A 53:53.088 --> 53:55.847 SCRIPTURE. I WANNA SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE ABOUT THIS. 'CAUSE I 53:55.847 --> 53:58.608 FEEL LIKE THIS NEEDS SOME TEACHING RIGHT NOW IN THE BODY 53:58.608 --> 54:02.177 OF CHRIST. I LOVE PASTOR HANK'S SERIES THAT HE'S DONE ON WALKING 54:02.177 --> 54:06.737 IN LOVE, THAT WE DO NEED TO TREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST. THE 54:06.737 --> 54:10.248 BIBLE IS VERY ADAMANT THAT WE TREAT EACH OTHER. IN FACT, WE 54:10.248 --> 54:13.157 WERE TALKING WITH SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY ON THE PHONE ABOUT THE 54:13.157 --> 54:17.447 FACT THAT IT BOTHERS ME THAT WE CAN GET THE LIBERAL LEFTISTS CAN 54:17.447 --> 54:22.188 ALL UNITE TOGETHER ON THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ISSUE. YOU 54:22.188 --> 54:25.788 KNOW, THEY WERE ALL LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE 54:25.788 --> 54:28.818 THAT ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT THINGS AND STAND FOR 54:28.818 --> 54:33.797 CONSERVATIVE VALUES CAN'T AGREE ON ANYTHING. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A 54:33.797 --> 54:39.588 TERRIBLE TRAVESTY TO THE CHURCH AND THE BODY OF CHRIST IF WE 54:39.588 --> 54:44.748 CAN'T GET AN AGREEMENT. AND WE HAVE TO BE HUNG UP AND ALWAYS 54:44.748 --> 54:49.277 CALLING OUT THIS OR THAT OR SOMETHING. WE NEED TO DO THE 54:49.277 --> 54:51.288 RIGHT THINGS. NOW LOOK AT, LET ME READ THIS SCRIPTURE TO YOU. 54:51.288 --> 54:54.677 LOOK AT GALATIANS. IS THIS MICROPHONE OKAY? I DON'T KNOW, I 54:54.677 --> 55:00.047 FEEL LIKE IT'S TOUCHY TONIGHT. GALATIANS 6:1. BRETHREN, IF A 55:00.047 --> 55:02.688 MAN, NOW WATCH THIS. BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A 55:02.688 --> 55:05.807 FAULT, YOU THAT ARE SPIRITUAL, HOW MANY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE DO I 55:05.807 --> 55:08.657 HAVE HERE AND WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT? YOU WHICH ARE 55:08.657 --> 55:12.827 SPIRITUAL, WE LIKE TO ALL THINK WE'RE SPIRITUAL, RESTORE SUCH A 55:12.827 --> 55:18.168 ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS. WATCH THIS, CONSIDERING YOURSELF 55:18.168 --> 55:21.978 LEST YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD FALL INTO 55:21.978 --> 55:26.538 A FAULT AND NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU ONE DAY. COME ON, THIS 55:26.538 --> 55:30.407 IS POWERFUL. BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS. DON'T CALL THEM OUT IN 55:30.407 --> 55:35.057 THE COMMENTS, OKAY? AND SO FULFILL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SO 55:35.057 --> 55:37.967 MANY PREACHERS NOW, AND THIS IS, I'M NOT TEACHING THIS JUST TO 55:37.967 --> 55:40.998 DEFEND THE MINISTERS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE DAY AND AGE OF 55:40.998 --> 55:44.177 STREAMING, I KNOW SO MANY PREACHERS, THEY'RE AFRAID, YOU 55:44.177 --> 55:48.288 KNOW PART OF THE REASON THAT WE GET MINISTERS THAT ARE AFRAID TO 55:48.288 --> 55:52.487 SAY THINGS FROM THE PULPIT, AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST AFRAID 55:52.487 --> 55:56.148 BECAUSE THEY'LL BE DECIMATED ON THE INTERNET. IF YOU DARE SAY IT 55:56.148 --> 56:01.757 THE SLIGHTEST WAY THAT'S WRONG, COME ON, YOU DARE HAVE A MISSTEP 56:01.757 --> 56:05.777 WITH YOUR MOUTH, OKAY, YOU DARE MAKE THE SLIGHTEST DOCTRINAL 56:05.777 --> 56:12.527 MISTAKE, MAN, THE PHARISAICAL POLICE ARE OUT TO DESTROY. AND I 56:12.527 --> 56:16.608 FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER AS THE CHURCH. BEAR ONE 56:16.608 --> 56:20.387 ANOTHER'S BURDENS, OKAY? I'VE LEARNED NOW, SOMEBODY SAYS 56:20.387 --> 56:24.498 SOMETHING THAT, I'M LIKE, YEAH, I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THAT. 56:24.498 --> 56:26.717 DON'T THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER. I HAD SOMEBODY, I 56:26.717 --> 56:29.447 HEARD A TEACHING THE OTHER DAY, AND I'M LIKE, "DO I KNOW, DO I 56:29.447 --> 56:33.197 BELIEVE THAT?" GOD, I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE WORD AND STUDY THAT 56:33.197 --> 56:37.847 OUT. AND IF THEY MADE A MISSTEP, SO BE IT. YOU KNOW, BUT PEOPLE 56:37.847 --> 56:42.217 ARE READY TO THROW PEOPLE OFF A CLIFF OVER ONE STATEMENT. I 56:42.217 --> 56:44.987 DON'T KNOW ALL OF WHAT GOD REVEALED TO 'EM, BUT GOD, 56:44.987 --> 56:50.777 LISTEN, LET'S JUST SETTLE DOWN. CAN WE JUST ALL CALM DOWN? WE 56:50.777 --> 56:54.047 DON'T HAVE TO GET UPSET. SO THEY MAY MAKE A MISTAKE IN THE 56:54.047 --> 56:59.478 PULPIT. YOU DIDN'T LOSE YOUR SALVATION OVER IT. RIGHT? LET'S 56:59.478 --> 57:02.838 GROW UP, BE MATURE. IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE 57:02.838 --> 57:05.148 FALLEN OFF THE CORNER ON SOMETHING, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO 57:05.148 --> 57:09.677 GET RIGHT BACK UP OVER THERE. AMEN. THERE'S THINGS I'VE SAID 57:09.677 --> 57:14.327 IN THIS PULPIT OVER 28 YEARS THAT WERE NOT THE BEST. SO WE'RE 57:14.327 --> 57:17.027 GROWING. BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS AND SO FULFILL THE LAW 57:17.027 --> 57:20.657 OF CHRIST. FOR IF ANY MAN THINKS HIMSELF TO BE SOMETHING, OKAY, 57:20.657 --> 57:24.918 THIS IS WHERE EPHESUS WAS. WHEN HE'S NOTHING, HE DECEIVES AND 57:24.918 --> 57:29.688 LIES TO HIMSELF. OKAY, THAT'S WHERE IT SAID, DON'T BE A 57:29.688 --> 57:32.478 KNOW-IT-ALL. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY, DON'T BE A 57:32.478 --> 57:38.447 KNOW-IT-ALL. LET EVERY MAN PROVE HIS OWN WORK. FOR THEN HE SHALL 57:38.447 --> 57:43.277 HAVE REJOICING IN HIMSELF ALONE AND NOT IN ANOTHER. FOR EVERY 57:43.277 --> 57:46.157 MAN SHALL BEAR HIS OWN BURDENS. THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY AND TALKS 57:46.157 --> 57:49.365 ABOUT WHAT YOU SOW, YOU'LL REAP, WE USE THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF 57:49.365 --> 57:52.967 GIVING. BUT REALLY WHAT IT MEANS IS IF YOU SOW EVIL TO OTHER 57:52.967 --> 57:57.527 PEOPLE, YOU DO WRONG BY SOMEBODY, YOU'RE ALWAYS CALLING 57:57.527 --> 58:02.177 THEM OUT, YOU WILL OF YOUR OWN SELF REAP CORRUPTION. VERSE 10 58:02.177 --> 58:05.268 IS WE HAVE THEREFORE THE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD TO 58:05.268 --> 58:08.088 ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE THAT ARE THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. 58:08.088 --> 58:11.148 NOW THIS WAS EPHESUS. SO LET'S CONTINUE, LET'S JUST GO VERY 58:11.148 --> 58:15.228 QUICKLY. THE WARNING JESUS GAVE THEM AS THE GREAT EXAMINER AND 58:15.228 --> 58:19.518 JUDGE, GO BACK TO REVELATION CHAPTER TWO, THAT HE SAID THEIR 58:19.518 --> 58:23.088 LAMP-STAND WOULD BE REMOVED, MEANING THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE 58:23.088 --> 58:29.688 CONSIDERED IN HEAVEN AS THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL. GIVEN OVER 58:29.688 --> 58:32.358 TO DARKNESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE 58:32.358 --> 58:35.958 PART OF IT. I WROTE IN MY NOTES HERE, IT SAYS, "IF YOU CALL OUT, 58:35.958 --> 58:38.777 ALWAYS CALL OUT THE DARKNESS "OR THE WRONG IN SOMEBODY ELSE, 58:38.777 --> 58:43.998 YOU'LL BE FOUND IN THE DARK YOURSELF." SO, PASTOR BRENDA, 58:43.998 --> 58:46.577 HOW DO WE FIX THAT? WELL, I THINK THE KEY LESSON IS, FIRST 58:46.577 --> 58:51.137 OF ALL, WE ALL HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE CAME IN AS SINNERS. THANK 58:51.137 --> 58:57.077 GOD. RIGHT? JESUS SAVED US ALL. HE SAVED US FROM OURSELVES. SOME 58:57.077 --> 59:01.188 OF US, I MEAN, IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION. SO REMEMBER WHERE WE 59:01.188 --> 59:05.177 CAME FROM, RIGHT? IT'S AMAZING. WE ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO GIVE US 59:05.177 --> 59:08.807 GRACE. IT'S HARD TO GIVE GRACE TO OTHER PEOPLE. THIS WAS THE 59:08.807 --> 59:11.538 LESSON FOR THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS. REMEMBER, THIS IS WHAT 59:11.538 --> 59:16.577 JESUS SAID, "REMEMBER FROM WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN." THAT'S WHAT HE 59:16.577 --> 59:20.387 SAID. "REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM BEFORE POINTING THE 59:20.387 --> 59:26.628 FINGERS." DO THE FIRST WORKS. OVERCOMING ALL OF THESE AREAS 59:26.628 --> 59:30.588 ALLOWS US PERMISSION THEN. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT, BUT 59:30.588 --> 59:33.347 I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY. THIS IS WHAT JESUS, HE SAID IN VERSE 59:33.347 --> 59:36.677 SEVEN, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR TO HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING 59:36.677 --> 59:40.487 "TO THE CHURCHES, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES," OR DOES WHAT HE'S 59:40.487 --> 59:46.277 ADMONISHING THEM TO DO, "TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, I'LL GIVE TO EAT 59:46.277 --> 59:49.547 OF THE TREE OF LIFE "WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF 59:49.547 --> 59:53.987 GOD." I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS OUR SALVATION COULD 59:53.987 --> 59:57.768 BE AT RISK BECAUSE WE MISTREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST. I'VE BEEN 59:57.768 --> 01:00:02.594 READING A LOT LATELY THE SCRIPTURE IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11 01:00:02.594 --> 01:00:05.387 TALKING ABOUT COMMUNION. THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF YOU EAT OR DRINK 01:00:05.387 --> 01:00:08.208 IT UNWORTHILY," HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ THIS SCRIPTURE? "YOU 01:00:08.208 --> 01:00:11.777 EAT OR DRINK IT UNWORTHILY, YOU EAT OR DRINK DAMNATION TO 01:00:11.777 --> 01:00:17.628 YOURSELF, NOT DISCERNING," WATCH THIS, "THE LORD'S BODY." HOW WE 01:00:17.628 --> 01:00:20.717 TREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS THE LESSON OF 01:00:20.717 --> 01:00:24.737 EPHESUS. OKAY, WE CAN BE BOLD. WE NEED TO CALL OUT WICKEDNESS, 01:00:24.737 --> 01:00:29.657 BUT WE NEED TO TREAT OUR FELLOW BELIEVERS CORRECTLY. JESUS 01:00:29.657 --> 01:00:33.737 DEMANDS IT. ONE OF HIS MAIN PRAYERS BEFORE HE WENT TO 01:00:33.737 --> 01:00:37.757 HEAVEN, HE SAID, "FATHER, LET THEM BE," WHAT? "ONE, EVEN AS 01:00:37.757 --> 01:00:40.637 YOU AND I ARE ONE." SO THIS IS THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, THE 01:00:40.637 --> 01:00:44.177 PHARISAICAL CHURCH. WELL, YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WE DON'T BECOME 01:00:44.177 --> 01:00:48.827 THAT IN THIS GENERATION. IF YOU JUDGE WRONG, YOU BE JUDGED, 01:00:48.827 --> 01:00:51.614 THANK GOD. I'M LIKE, WELL, LET ME PUT ALL THOSE POINTER FINGERS 01:00:51.614 --> 01:00:56.324 AWAY, SAVE THEM FOR ANOTHER TIME, RIGHT? AMEN, ALL RIGHT, SO 01:00:56.324 --> 01:00:58.724 WE GOTTA TREAT THE CHURCH RIGHT. SECOND CHURCH I WANNA TALK 01:00:58.724 --> 01:01:01.454 ABOUT. ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? I'M HELPING 01:01:01.454 --> 01:01:07.333 YOU. AND BY THE WAY, I AM NOT IN ANY WAY SAYING WE DON'T CALL OUT 01:01:07.333 --> 01:01:10.784 WRONG AND EVIL. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I'M SAYING WE'VE JUST GOT 01:01:10.784 --> 01:01:13.784 TO REMEMBER AS THE BODY OF CHRIST, THERE'S OTHER EDGES THAT 01:01:13.784 --> 01:01:18.673 WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THOSE THINGS. BY THE WAY, MAKE SURE 01:01:18.673 --> 01:01:21.403 YOU'RE ESPECIALLY NOT CALLING SOMEBODY OUT FOR SOMETHING YOU 01:01:21.403 --> 01:01:26.353 YOURSELF ARE GUILTY OF. OKAY, RIGHT? OKAY, DON'T BE CALLING 01:01:26.353 --> 01:01:30.733 OUT SOMEBODY FOR CUSSING IF YOU'RE CUSSING. RIGHT, DON'T 01:01:30.733 --> 01:01:33.884 CALL OUT PEOPLE. YOU'VE GOT STUFF TO GROW YOURSELF. I HAVE 01:01:33.884 --> 01:01:37.153 THINGS TO GROW MYSELF. SO WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL WE DON'T 01:01:37.153 --> 01:01:40.213 NITPICK AT EACH OTHER. THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S GOOD 01:01:40.213 --> 01:01:45.373 PREACHING, PASTOR BRENDA. ALL RIGHT, THE SECOND CHURCH, THE 01:01:45.373 --> 01:01:49.784 CHURCH OF SMYRNA. "UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SMYRNA 01:01:49.784 --> 01:01:54.523 WRITE," THIS WAS THE PERSECUTED CHURCH, "JESUS COMES TO THE 01:01:54.523 --> 01:01:59.442 PERSECUTED CHURCH AS THE GIVER OF LIFE." THE BIBLE SAYS IN 2 01:01:59.442 --> 01:02:05.443 TIMOTHY 3:12, "ALL," SOMEBODY SAY ALL, "ALL THAT WILL LIVE 01:02:05.443 --> 01:02:10.094 GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION." NOW, YOU 01:02:10.094 --> 01:02:13.733 KNOW, THIS HAS BECOME NEW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YOU 01:02:13.733 --> 01:02:18.494 KNOW, WHEN 2020 HAPPENED, WE ALL ACT LIKE SHOCKED THAT, YOU KNOW, 01:02:18.494 --> 01:02:22.304 WHAT, YOU MEAN THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE CHURCH? AND YOU KNOW, 01:02:22.304 --> 01:02:24.554 WE HAVEN'T BEEN AS USED TO THAT. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME 01:02:24.554 --> 01:02:28.514 DISCRIMINATION, SOME ISSUES THAT WAY, BUT I THINK PERSECUTION OF 01:02:28.514 --> 01:02:32.264 THE CHURCH ITSELF HAS GONE HIGHER IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT 01:02:32.264 --> 01:02:35.143 THIS IS ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIANS, THE PERSECUTED 01:02:35.143 --> 01:02:39.463 CHURCH ABROAD, IN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DIED FOR THEIR FAITH, THAT 01:02:39.463 --> 01:02:43.063 HAVE HAD TO, IT'S EITHER JESUS OR DEATH. AND I'LL BE HONEST 01:02:43.063 --> 01:02:44.983 WITH YOU, IN THE DAY THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, WE HAVE TO THINK 01:02:44.983 --> 01:02:48.643 ABOUT THOSE THINGS. JESUS SAID, "IN THE LAST DAYS, "THEY WILL 01:02:48.643 --> 01:02:53.744 CAST YOUR NAME OUT AS EVIL. "THEY WILL CALL YOU AN EVILDOER. 01:02:53.744 --> 01:02:56.653 "THEY'LL MAKE UP LIES ABOUT YOU "AND MAKE IT OUT AS IF YOU 01:02:56.653 --> 01:03:01.784 TWISTED EVERYTHING "AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN. "EVERYTHING YOU SAY 01:03:01.784 --> 01:03:07.034 WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU." RIGHT? THIS IS THE AGE OF 01:03:07.034 --> 01:03:10.333 PERSECUTION THAT WE LIVE IN. AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S NOT GONNA JUST 01:03:10.333 --> 01:03:14.503 GET BETTER IN THE WORLD, IT WILL CONTINUE. PERSECUTION'S BEEN 01:03:14.503 --> 01:03:19.753 WITH US SINCE THE DAY JESUS WENT BACK TO HEAVEN, RIGHT? SO THIS 01:03:19.753 --> 01:03:23.353 WAS THE CHURCH AT SMYRNA, THEY WERE PERSECUTED. HE SAID, "THESE 01:03:23.353 --> 01:03:26.353 THINGS SAY AT THE FIRST AND THE LAST, "HE THAT WAS DEAD AND IS 01:03:26.353 --> 01:03:32.114 ALIVE, I KNOW YOUR WORKS." SO THEY WERE ANOTHER HARDWORKING 01:03:32.114 --> 01:03:36.043 CHURCH. AND BY THE WAY, EVEN WITH EPHESUS, ALL THOSE THAT 01:03:36.043 --> 01:03:38.474 WORKED HARD, JESUS COMMENDED THEM FOR THAT. THAT'S WHY BE 01:03:38.474 --> 01:03:43.603 INVOLVED IN CHURCH. BE CONNECTED, SERVE SOMEWHERE. 01:03:43.603 --> 01:03:46.364 OKAY, HELP WITH THE CHILDREN. DON'T JUST LET THE SAME OLD 01:03:46.364 --> 01:03:49.724 SWEET LADY THAT'S BEEN DOWN THERE CHANGING DIAPERS FOR 25 01:03:49.724 --> 01:03:54.554 YEARS BE DOWN THERE FOREVER WHILE YOU CAN'T EVER JUST GIVE 01:03:54.554 --> 01:03:59.864 ONE SUNDAY, RIGHT? HELP SOMEBODY OUT, HELP THE YOUTH, HELP THE 01:03:59.864 --> 01:04:04.574 DEPARTMENTS. I KNOW, AND BY THE WAY, VOLUNTEERS, WE THANK YOU. 01:04:04.574 --> 01:04:07.903 SOME PEOPLE SERVE TWO AND THREE AND FOUR TIMES A WEEK. IF YOU'RE 01:04:07.903 --> 01:04:13.153 ABLE, THROW IN AND HELP. PRAISE GOD, THAT WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR 01:04:13.153 --> 01:04:20.534 A FANTASTIC AMEN, PASTOR BRENDA. THROW IN AND HELP, RIGHT? SO, 01:04:20.534 --> 01:04:24.403 JESUS COMES TO THE PERSECUTED CHURCH AS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL 01:04:24.403 --> 01:04:26.534 LIFE. NOW LET'S TALK, LET ME READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS 01:04:26.534 --> 01:04:30.014 CHURCH. VERSE NINE, "I KNOW YOUR WORKS, YOUR TRIBULATION, "YOUR 01:04:30.014 --> 01:04:34.034 POVERTY, YEAH, YOU'RE POOR, BUT YOU ARE YET RICH." IN OTHER 01:04:34.034 --> 01:04:38.114 WORDS, THESE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE UP EVERYTHING FOR THE 01:04:38.114 --> 01:04:41.684 SAKE OF THE GOSPEL. AND BY THE WAY, WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM 01:04:41.684 --> 01:04:49.273 THEM. OKAY, I KNOW THE BLASPHEMY OF THOSE THAT SAY THEY ARE JEWS, 01:04:49.273 --> 01:04:52.333 BUT THEY AREN'T. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY LIE. THEY PRETEND THEY'RE 01:04:52.333 --> 01:04:54.974 YOUR FRIEND. THEY TWIST EVERYTHING, BUT THEY'RE OF THE 01:04:54.974 --> 01:04:59.684 SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, THAT PHRASE REMINDS ME, 01:04:59.684 --> 01:05:03.793 DON'T EVER THINK GOD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST. THE 01:05:03.793 --> 01:05:08.574 BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 20 THAT THE GOD OF JACOB WILL DEFEND YOU. 01:05:08.574 --> 01:05:11.173 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE TO LEARN THAT. I HAVE TO LEARN 01:05:11.173 --> 01:05:13.364 THAT. I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT GOD, I DON'T HAVE 01:05:13.364 --> 01:05:17.353 TO DEFEND MYSELF AGAINST NAYSAYERS, PEOPLE THAT SAY 01:05:17.353 --> 01:05:20.923 THINGS AND LIE AND MAKE UP STUFF. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DO 01:05:20.923 --> 01:05:24.704 WHAT I'M CALLED TO DO. I CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING. PEOPLE ARE 01:05:24.704 --> 01:05:27.523 GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF 01:05:27.523 --> 01:05:30.193 YOUR FAMILY PERSECUTES YOU BECAUSE YOU TITHE AND YOU GO TO 01:05:30.193 --> 01:05:33.014 A CHURCH THAT SPEAKS IN TONGUES, JUST TELL THEM, "WELL, THANK YOU 01:05:33.014 --> 01:05:36.373 VERY MUCH. "I SO APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN." AND KEEP ON TITHING 01:05:36.373 --> 01:05:40.244 AND KEEP ON TALKING IN TONGUES. JUST KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE 01:05:40.244 --> 01:05:44.384 CALLED TO DO. THAT'S WHAT JESUS TOLD THE PERSECUTED CHURCH TO 01:05:44.384 --> 01:05:47.893 DO. YOU MAY LOSE, BY THE WAY, I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 01:05:47.893 --> 01:05:54.884 YOU. YOU MIGHT LOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD. OH, SHOCK, 01:05:54.884 --> 01:05:58.873 RIGHT? THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT WON'T INVITE YOU TO 01:05:58.873 --> 01:06:06.014 THANKSGIVING. DIDN'T WANT TO EAT THEIR DRY TURKEY ANYWAY. IT'S 01:06:06.014 --> 01:06:10.423 OKAY, RIGHT? IT'S OKAY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. JESUS SAID IT. 01:06:10.423 --> 01:06:13.364 HE SAID, "I DIDN'T COME TO BRING PEACE. I CAME TO BRING A SWORD." 01:06:13.364 --> 01:06:16.934 IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE A PERSON THAT DIVIDES PEOPLE, BUT THE 01:06:16.934 --> 01:06:21.284 GOSPEL WILL DIVIDE. SOME PEOPLE WON'T WANT A THING TO DO WITH 01:06:21.284 --> 01:06:26.114 YOU, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE SOMEBODY ASKED, ARE YOU GONNA GO 01:06:26.114 --> 01:06:31.123 BACK EVER TO YOUR CLASS REUNIONS? I THOUGHT, WELL, FIRST 01:06:31.123 --> 01:06:38.653 OF ALL, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY, I JUST WANT THEM TO REMEMBER ME 01:06:38.653 --> 01:06:42.043 THEN, OKAY? SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO GO BACK 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY 01:06:42.043 --> 01:06:45.036 THINK, WELL, I'VE IMPROVED AND ALL OF THIS. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, 01:06:45.036 --> 01:06:48.614 THEY ONLY REMEMBER YOU WHEN YOU WORE A STUPID HAIRDO AND A DUMB 01:06:48.614 --> 01:06:53.204 DRESS, YOU HAD BRACES ON YOUR TEETH. YOU KNOW, WHAT DIFFERENCE 01:06:53.204 --> 01:06:55.469 DOES IT MAKE? BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, CAN I BE HONEST WITH 01:06:55.469 --> 01:06:59.353 YOU? SOME THINGS WE JUST NEED TO RECOGNIZE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO 01:06:59.353 --> 01:07:01.724 BACK AND NOW THAT YOU LOVE GOD AND TALK IN TONGUES, THEY'RE 01:07:01.724 --> 01:07:06.764 PROBABLY NOT GONNA WANNA BE YOUR BEST FRIEND ANYHOW. YOU KNOW, I 01:07:06.764 --> 01:07:15.014 JUST, I SAY HAVE NO PART OF IT. SO, AMEN, WE'RE ALL PROBABLY 01:07:15.014 --> 01:07:23.353 SKINNIER THEN TOO, IT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW. AND YOU KNOW, NOW IF 01:07:23.353 --> 01:07:25.664 YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE GRAY HAIR, HAVE THEM REMEMBER WHEN YOUR 01:07:25.664 --> 01:07:28.813 HAIR WAS DARK BLACK OR YOU HAD SOME, IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S ALL 01:07:28.813 --> 01:07:32.864 GOOD. IF YOU'RE NOT ON FACEBOOK, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU LOOK 01:07:32.864 --> 01:07:39.224 LIKE NOW. DON'T TELL 'EM. OH, YOU GOTTA LAUGH. DON'T, 01:07:39.224 --> 01:07:41.393 IT'S NOT TIME TO GO TO BED YET. IT'S ALL GOOD. 01:07:41.393 --> 01:07:45.065 (LAUGHS) 01:07:45.065 --> 01:07:48.760 SO, THIS IS THE CHURCH. THEY'RE AT THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. IN 01:07:48.764 --> 01:07:53.023 OTHER WORDS, THESE PEOPLE WERE LIARS AND CHEATERS AND 01:07:53.023 --> 01:07:58.244 PRETENDING TO BE SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T. FEAR NONE OF THESE 01:07:58.244 --> 01:08:03.043 THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SUFFER. IN OTHER WORDS, FEAR NONE OF IT. 01:08:03.043 --> 01:08:05.623 AND NOW I SAID TO THE LORD ONE TIME, I SAID, "WELL, GOD, YOU 01:08:05.623 --> 01:08:08.713 KNOW, I READ HORROR STORIES. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER READ FOXE'S 01:08:08.713 --> 01:08:14.384 BOOK OF MARTYRS?" AND, YOU KNOW, GOD TOLD THE TWELVE WHEN HE WENT 01:08:14.384 --> 01:08:17.594 BACK TO HEAVEN, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, "YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER," 01:08:17.594 --> 01:08:20.203 ACTS 1:8, "YOU'LL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY GHOST COMES UPON 01:08:20.203 --> 01:08:22.033 YOU, AND YOU'LL BE MY WITNESSES." THE WORD 01:08:22.033 --> 01:08:25.243 "WITNESSES," HE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, IN THE GREEK, MEANT 01:08:25.243 --> 01:08:27.583 "YOU'LL BE MY MARTYRS." THEY ALREADY KNEW THAT THEY WERE 01:08:27.583 --> 01:08:30.944 GOING TO HAVE TO DIE FOR WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO OR THE 01:08:30.944 --> 01:08:35.474 MISSION THAT THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TO. AND SO JESUS, AND I 01:08:35.474 --> 01:08:39.163 THOUGHT, WELL, IF THEY ALL KNEW IT, WAS THERE EVER ANY FEAR 01:08:39.163 --> 01:08:42.163 THERE? SO I TOLD THE LORD, I READ FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS A FEW 01:08:42.163 --> 01:08:44.594 TIMES, AND I THOUGHT, LORD, MAN, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THESE 01:08:44.594 --> 01:08:49.753 PEOPLE BEEN THROUGH IS HIDEOUS. I MEAN, HORRIBLE. WATCHING, 01:08:49.753 --> 01:08:54.635 BEING MADE TO WATCH WHY THEY LIKE TORTURE YOUR CHILDREN. AND 01:08:54.635 --> 01:08:57.493 I THOUGHT, LORD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU SAY FEAR NONE OF THESE 01:08:57.493 --> 01:09:01.635 THINGS. THAT'S A LITTLE HARD TO DO, FEAR NONE OF THOSE THINGS 01:09:01.635 --> 01:09:07.154 THAT YOU'LL SUFFER. AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU, I THINK A KEY 01:09:07.154 --> 01:09:10.514 LESSON HERE WITH THIS CHURCH IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THE 01:09:10.514 --> 01:09:13.753 DECISION IN OUR LIFE. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU, IF YOU MAKE 01:09:13.753 --> 01:09:17.503 THE DECISION NOT TO FEAR, THAT YOU WON'T BE TEMPTED TO FEAR. 01:09:17.503 --> 01:09:20.264 OKAY, THE BIBLE'S FILLED WITH SCRIPTURES THAT SAYS, DON'T BE 01:09:20.264 --> 01:09:25.064 AFRAID, FEAR NOT. DON'T BE AFRAID OF ANY OF THOSE THINGS. 01:09:25.064 --> 01:09:28.514 WELL, IT'S ADMONISHING US TO MAKE THE DECISION. YOU'LL HAVE 01:09:28.514 --> 01:09:31.993 THE TEMPTATION TO FEAR, BUT YOU'RE GONNA CHOOSE NOT TO DO 01:09:31.993 --> 01:09:36.434 IT. MAKE THAT DECISION AHEAD. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN, YOU 01:09:36.434 --> 01:09:39.854 KNOW, ALL THE STUFF WE ALL WENT THROUGH IN 2020 WITH THE COVID 01:09:39.854 --> 01:09:43.753 SHUTDOWN AND, YOU KNOW, AND I REMEMBER PASTOR AND I SITTING 01:09:43.753 --> 01:09:48.314 TOGETHER GOING, WELL, I MEAN, IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS EVEN A 01:09:48.314 --> 01:09:54.194 QUESTION. WE JUST KNOW US. I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE 01:09:54.194 --> 01:09:59.413 WHILE Y'ALL MASKING UP PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE MASKS WERE 01:09:59.413 --> 01:10:02.173 THE STUPIDEST THING. I CANNOT STOP SAYING IT. EVERYBODY I GO 01:10:02.173 --> 01:10:04.753 TO, I SAY, DO YOU EVER KNOW HOW DUMB THE MASKS WERE? I STILL 01:10:04.753 --> 01:10:08.024 PEOPLE SEE, I SAW A LADY THE OTHER DAY OUTSIDE IN THE 01:10:08.024 --> 01:10:15.073 NEIGHBORHOOD ON A SUNNY DAY JOGGING WITH A MASK ACROSS HER 01:10:15.073 --> 01:10:18.373 FACE. I'M THINKING, "WHAT IS IT, COVID GONNA JUMP OUT THE TREES 01:10:18.373 --> 01:10:27.314 AND BITE YOU?" AND I'M THINKING, "HOW DO YOU BREATHE? I DON'T 01:10:27.314 --> 01:10:38.587 LIKE TO JOG WHEN I CAN BREATHE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT." BUT 01:10:38.587 --> 01:10:41.756 I REMEMBER, SO I REMEMBER, AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I 01:10:41.756 --> 01:10:45.823 CAN'T JUST SIT IDLY BY. I MEAN, I STILL GET MAD ABOUT THE MASK." 01:10:45.823 --> 01:10:48.673 AND I THOUGHT, AND YOU KNOW, AT FIRST, I THINK EVERYBODY 01:10:48.673 --> 01:10:51.854 THOUGHT, 'CAUSE WE WERE TOLD, THAT THAT MASK WAS SUPPOSED TO 01:10:51.854 --> 01:10:56.859 BE HELPFUL. AND THEN THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO THE GROCERY, I 01:10:56.859 --> 01:10:59.890 WENT INTO HY-VEE AND THEY'RE IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE 01:10:59.890 --> 01:11:04.359 MASS POLICE AT THE DOORS. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU COULD NOT GO 01:11:04.359 --> 01:11:07.899 TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. YOU COULDN'T GO. I MEAN, YOU COULD 01:11:07.899 --> 01:11:12.100 HAVE YOUR LEG CUT OFF AND GO IN THERE IN AN AMBULANCE AND THEY 01:11:12.100 --> 01:11:16.539 WERE GONNA PUT A MASK ON YOUR FACE. I THOUGHT IT'S AMAZING. I 01:11:16.539 --> 01:11:21.310 REMEMBER PASTOR ANTHONY AND MATT WENT UP TO, I THINK YOU GUYS 01:11:21.310 --> 01:11:25.000 WENT TO VISIT MARQUIS WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY 01:11:25.000 --> 01:11:30.369 MADE EVERYBODY GO IN IN GROUPS. AND THEN THEY CAME UP WITH THIS, 01:11:30.369 --> 01:11:32.739 I'M SORRY I'M GETTING OFF TOPIC, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT 'CAUSE 01:11:32.739 --> 01:11:39.189 I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO. AND I REMEMBER, FEELS GOOD TO SAY IT 01:11:39.189 --> 01:11:44.409 NOW. JUST FEELS GOOD TO SAY IT 'CAUSE YOU KNOW. AND THEY SAID, 01:11:44.409 --> 01:11:47.020 "WELL, YOU CAN'T ALL GO BACK TOGETHER." I'M LIKE, "WHAT 01:11:47.020 --> 01:11:51.369 DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE IF IT'S ONE OR THREE?" AND THEN IF YOU 01:11:51.369 --> 01:11:55.300 DO GO BACK THERE, YOU CAN ONLY STAY FOR 10 MINUTES AND THEN 01:11:55.300 --> 01:12:00.189 SOMEONE ELSE GETS TO COME, I THOUGHT. SO YOU MEAN IT TAKES 01:12:00.189 --> 01:12:07.539 LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES FOR COVID TO JUMP ON SOMEBODY? SO IF, AND 01:12:07.539 --> 01:12:10.359 ANYWAY, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL. 01:12:10.359 --> 01:12:13.569 AND SO THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO IVY, I THOUGHT, EVERYBODY'S 01:12:13.569 --> 01:12:17.680 COVERED IN A MASK. I HAVE, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY I EVEN PUT THAT 01:12:17.680 --> 01:12:24.729 STUPID, BLUE, UGLY, AWFUL, RIDICULOUS, POINTLESS. AND I 01:12:24.729 --> 01:12:30.310 SAID, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, PASTOR BRENDA IS RECOVERING FROM BEING 01:12:30.310 --> 01:12:34.239 DIRECTIONALLY DISABLED. DON'T TELL ME I GOTTA WALK DOWN ONE 01:12:34.239 --> 01:12:41.890 SIDE OF THE AISLE. I'M WALKING IN THERE. THE NOODLES ARE ON 01:12:41.890 --> 01:12:45.909 THIS SIDE. I REALIZE I WALKED PAST THE NOODLES, AND I'M LIKE, 01:12:45.909 --> 01:12:53.109 "HOW DO I GET BACK?" SO I JUST DID WHAT I KNOW TO DO. I TURN 01:12:53.109 --> 01:12:56.109 AROUND, I WALK THE OTHER WAY. SOME LADY LOOKED AT ME LIKE, 01:12:56.109 --> 01:13:00.010 "MAN, IT LOOKS GOOD KILL." BUT FINALLY IT HIT ME. I WALKED IN 01:13:00.010 --> 01:13:04.060 THE STORE, AND I THOUGHT, I CAN SMELL FRIED CHICKEN. I THINK I 01:13:04.060 --> 01:13:07.180 BOUGHT FRIED CHICKEN THAT DAY. I THOUGHT, IF I CAN SMELL FRIED 01:13:07.180 --> 01:13:10.212 CHICKEN THROUGH THIS MASK, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF 01:13:10.212 --> 01:13:14.050 THAT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS MASK. AND SO I GOT MEDICAL 01:13:14.050 --> 01:13:18.880 PROFESSIONALS TELLING ME THAT THAT MASK WILL KEEP YOU FROM 01:13:18.880 --> 01:13:23.140 GETTING COVID. YOU KNOW, ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT GOT 01:13:23.140 --> 01:13:29.710 COVID WORE THE STUPID MASK. THEY KNEW IT AND WE ALL KNEW IT. BUT 01:13:29.710 --> 01:13:33.039 THE POINT IS, PASTOR KNIGHT, ANYWAY, THAT WAS A SIDE POINT. 01:13:33.039 --> 01:13:36.729 PASTOR HANK AND MYSELF, WE'RE LIKE, NO, WE CANNOT BE SILENT. 01:13:36.729 --> 01:13:40.510 THEY MIGHT PERSECUTE. AND I REMEMBER US HAVING THIS 01:13:40.510 --> 01:13:45.369 CONVERSATION. I SAID, IF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH HAS TO COME BACK 01:13:45.369 --> 01:13:50.079 DOWN TO YOU AND ME, AND IF IT'S TWO OF US, WELL, SHANE AND 01:13:50.079 --> 01:13:54.460 CHRISTY WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT AND THE GIRLS AND MATT, DOUG AND 01:13:54.460 --> 01:13:57.279 EILEEN WOULD HAVE STAYED AND I KNOW Y'ALL WOULD HAVE, I'M JUST 01:13:57.279 --> 01:13:59.770 IT'S A POINT. EVERYBODY'S RAISING THEIR HAND, I'M STILL 01:13:59.770 --> 01:14:06.039 HERE. ANYWAY, IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOUR NAME. BUT I 01:14:06.039 --> 01:14:12.452 REMEMBER US HAVING THIS TALK. WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK TRUTH. 01:14:12.452 --> 01:14:17.409 AND IF THEY WALK IN HERE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMES THROUGH 01:14:17.409 --> 01:14:20.859 AND THEY TRY TO CLOSE THIS MINISTRY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO 01:14:20.859 --> 01:14:25.119 STAND UP AND SPEAK WHAT IS RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO 01:14:25.119 --> 01:14:31.569 IT. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THEY WERE AFRAID OF US 01:14:31.569 --> 01:14:34.420 SOMEHOW, SOME OF THEM. I MEAN, LIKE, OH, THAT GUY PROPHESIES 01:14:34.420 --> 01:14:37.779 STRANGE STUFF. WE'RE SCARED. HE MIGHT SEE US. WE'RE NOT GOING IN 01:14:37.779 --> 01:14:41.619 THERE. THEY MIGHT SEE OUR SINS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, I'M 01:14:41.619 --> 01:14:46.840 LIKE, DON'T PUT HIM UP TO IT. I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN. ANYWAY, SO 01:14:46.840 --> 01:14:48.970 LET'S READ THE REST OF THIS SO WE GET YOU OUT OF HERE AT A GOOD 01:14:48.970 --> 01:14:51.430 TIME. I'M GONNA GET THROUGH SOME OF THIS. HE SAYS, "DON'T BE 01:14:51.430 --> 01:14:53.260 AFRAID OF THOSE THINGS." IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S THE WHOLE 01:14:53.260 --> 01:14:56.739 POINT. "DON'T BE SCARED OF IT." OKAY, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE 01:14:56.739 --> 01:15:01.420 THINGS YOU'LL SUFFER. AND IF YOU FEEL SOME FEAR ABOUT END TIMES 01:15:01.420 --> 01:15:04.779 OR PERSECUTION OR WHATEVER, WELL, THAT'S WHERE YOU CONTINUE 01:15:04.779 --> 01:15:08.710 TO SAY TO GOD, "GOD, I'M NOT GONNA FEAR IT." THAT'S WHY WE 01:15:08.710 --> 01:15:12.039 HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER. BEHOLD, THE DEVIL 01:15:12.039 --> 01:15:16.539 SHALL CAST SOME OF YOU INTO PRISON THAT YOU'LL BE TRIED. 01:15:16.539 --> 01:15:20.770 OKAY, WE SAW THAT HAPPENING. OKAY, AND BY THE WAY, THE 01:15:20.770 --> 01:15:23.920 MARTYRS, OR THE PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY 01:15:23.920 --> 01:15:27.789 APOSTLES HAD A DIFFERENT MIND. THEY SAW IT BIBLICALLY AS IF 01:15:27.789 --> 01:15:33.520 MARTYRDOM WAS A GREAT PRIZE TO HAVE RECEIVED. THEY SAW IT 01:15:33.520 --> 01:15:37.239 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WE DO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BECOME 01:15:37.239 --> 01:15:39.520 FEARFUL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT HE SAID, "YOU'LL BE CAST INTO 01:15:39.520 --> 01:15:43.090 PRISON "THAT YOU MAY BE TRIED." AND BY THE WAY, AND THEY'LL MAKE 01:15:43.090 --> 01:15:45.369 A CASE AGAINST YOU. I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THEY SAID 01:15:45.369 --> 01:15:49.149 ABOUT TRUMP THAT WEREN'T TRUE. I MEAN, TWISTED. AND NOW, OF 01:15:49.149 --> 01:15:52.659 COURSE, IT'S ALL COMING OUT AND THEY'VE REVERSED IT ALL SAYING, 01:15:52.659 --> 01:15:54.970 WHO WAS THE PEOPLE FROM THE NEWSPAPER, HONEY, THAT WERE JUST 01:15:54.970 --> 01:15:59.020 RECENTLY RESIGNED BECAUSE THEY CAME OUT AND SAID, "OH NO, WE 01:15:59.020 --> 01:16:02.680 EDITED TRUMP'S COMMENTS BECAUSE," YOU KNOW, HIS 01:16:02.680 --> 01:16:07.210 COMMENTS, WHERE THEY TWIST, OH, INSURRECTION. BBC. YEAH, IT WAS 01:16:07.210 --> 01:16:13.739 BBC. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY IT. THEIR INITIALS ARE BBC. AND, 01:16:13.739 --> 01:16:18.430 THEY, ANYWAY, THEY RESIGNED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY EDITED 01:16:18.430 --> 01:16:21.250 TRUMP'S STATEMENTS TO MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE AN INSURRECTIONIST 01:16:21.250 --> 01:16:23.680 OVER JANUARY 6TH. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S WHAT 01:16:23.680 --> 01:16:26.949 HAPPENED. SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE THING. THEY'RE GONNA LIE 01:16:26.949 --> 01:16:29.529 ANYWAY. SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. HE SAID, 01:16:29.529 --> 01:16:31.779 YOU'LL BE CAST INTO PRISON, YOU'LL BE TRIED, AND HAVE 01:16:31.779 --> 01:16:34.630 TRIBULATION 10 DAYS. SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT 10 DAYS 01:16:34.630 --> 01:16:38.920 MEANS TILL A TIME OF, AN AGE OF COMPLETION, AND THERE'S SOME 01:16:38.920 --> 01:16:42.369 SCRIPTURE THAT SUPPORTS THAT. BUT LOOK WHAT HE SAYS, "BUT BE 01:16:42.369 --> 01:16:49.869 FAITHFUL TO DEATH, "AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CROWN OF LIFE. "HE 01:16:49.869 --> 01:16:53.289 THAT HATH AN EAR, HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT." BY THE WAY, THE FIFTH 01:16:53.289 --> 01:16:57.939 SEAL THAT THE LAMB OPENS, JUST A FEW PAGES LATER, THE FIFTH SEAL, 01:16:57.939 --> 01:17:04.329 IS THE SEAL OF THE MARTYRED SAINTS. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. SO 01:17:04.329 --> 01:17:07.180 WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE IN THIS HOUR THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE 01:17:07.180 --> 01:17:10.300 AFRAID. SO LET ME GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THIS. THE 01:17:10.300 --> 01:17:14.829 CHURCH, THEY WERE THE CHURCH THAT ENDURED TREMENDOUS 01:17:14.829 --> 01:17:18.310 PERSECUTION, NUMBER ONE, AND WE MAY SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE US. 01:17:18.310 --> 01:17:20.890 BY THE WAY, PRAY FOR OUR PERSECUTED BROTHERS AND SISTERS 01:17:20.890 --> 01:17:23.890 AROUND THE WORLD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL 01:17:23.890 --> 01:17:27.970 RESOURCES, NOT THAT IT'S WRONG TO HAVE IT, BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER 01:17:27.970 --> 01:17:31.750 TO THEM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THEM WAS THAT THEY 01:17:31.750 --> 01:17:35.439 STOOD UP FOR CHRIST. THEY WERE ATTACKED AND IMPRISONED BY FALSE 01:17:35.439 --> 01:17:38.350 RELIGIOUS TEACHERS. BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE CHURCH, THE 01:17:38.350 --> 01:17:46.500 PERSECUTED CHURCH. JESUS NOTED NO FAULTS ON THEM. AMAZING. 01:17:46.500 --> 01:17:51.789 JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE. SO HERE'S WHAT 01:17:51.789 --> 01:17:54.729 SOMETHING I PUT IN MY NOTES. KEEP YOUR EYES ON ETERNAL 01:17:54.729 --> 01:17:59.050 THINGS. FOLKS, CAN I JUST SAY IT LIKE THIS? THIS LIFE IS VERY 01:17:59.050 --> 01:18:02.229 SHORT. PASTOR AND I ARE ABOUT TO TURN 60. 01:18:02.229 --> 01:18:11.260 WE'RE A YEAR APART. HE'LL BE 60 AHEAD OF ME. HE'LL 01:18:11.260 --> 01:18:18.579 BE 60 NEXT MAY. AND THEN I'LL BE 60 AFTER THAT. SO, BUT THE 01:18:18.579 --> 01:18:23.141 POINT BEING IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE, OKAY, YOU'RE 60 01:18:23.141 --> 01:18:28.000 OR OVER, AND YOUR LIFE JUST, NOW YOU LOOK BACK ON YOUR LIFE, AND 01:18:28.000 --> 01:18:31.029 YOU'RE LIKE SITTING THERE LIKE, "HOW DID WE GET HERE?" I MEAN, 01:18:31.029 --> 01:18:35.350 YOU'RE JUST, IT'S SURPRISING HOW QUICKLY LIFE GOES. I THOUGHT 01:18:35.350 --> 01:18:38.920 BACK THE OTHER DAY ON HOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS CHURCH, 01:18:38.920 --> 01:18:43.810 PASTOR HANK WAS 30 YEARS OLD, I WAS 29. I KNOW WE WERE THAT 01:18:43.810 --> 01:18:46.840 YOUNG, CAMILA, THINK ABOUT THAT. I KNOW, WE WERE CHILDREN. WE 01:18:46.840 --> 01:18:50.710 HAVE CHILDREN OLDER THAN WE WERE, THINK ABOUT THAT. AND, BUT 01:18:50.710 --> 01:18:52.720 THE POINT BEING IS, IS I'M SITTING BACK AND I'M THINKING, 01:18:52.720 --> 01:18:56.079 "THIS HAS FLOWN." NOW, IT SEEMED REALLY LONG WHEN WE HAD THE 01:18:56.079 --> 01:19:01.390 UGLIEST CHURCH IN TOWN. I MEAN, WE HAD THE UGLIEST BUILDING ON, 01:19:01.390 --> 01:19:04.414 I MEAN, EVERY CHURCH WE DROVE PAST, WE'RE LIKE, "GOD, WE HAD 01:19:04.414 --> 01:19:09.489 THE UGLIEST CHURCH IN TOWN. "OH, IT'S SO HORRIBLE." AND YOU KNOW, 01:19:09.489 --> 01:19:14.649 GOD WAS LIKE, "JUST STOP." BUT IT GOES QUICK. FOLKS, THIS LIFE 01:19:14.649 --> 01:19:19.810 IS SHORT. WE HAVE TO LIVE FOR GOD NOW. DON'T WAIT AND GET ALL 01:19:19.810 --> 01:19:25.119 YOUR, AMEN. THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR A HAND CLAP. YOUNG PEOPLE, 01:19:25.119 --> 01:19:27.159 HEAR ME CAREFULLY. I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE YOUTH. 01:19:27.159 --> 01:19:29.717 THEY'RE DOWN AT THE OTHER END, BUT YOU ALL CAN TELL THEM I GAVE 01:19:29.717 --> 01:19:33.520 THEM A GOOD ADMONITION TONIGHT. HONOR YOUR PARENTS, DO THE RIGHT 01:19:33.520 --> 01:19:37.689 THINGS, LIVE RIGHT FOR GOD. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SORRY ONE DAY 01:19:37.689 --> 01:19:42.550 WHEN YOU'RE 60, 65, 70. LIFE GOES LIKE THIS QUICK. JESUS SAID 01:19:42.550 --> 01:19:46.329 IT'S A VAPOR. IT'LL BE OVER IN A HURRY. SO THE FOCUS IS AS 01:19:46.329 --> 01:19:52.539 CHRISTIANS, THE CHURCH, WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON ETERNITY. OKAY, 01:19:52.539 --> 01:19:55.989 ETERNITY IS IMPORTANT AND WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT THIS, 01:19:55.989 --> 01:19:58.659 RIGHT? AND THE PERSECUTED CHURCH, JESUS CAME TO THEM AS 01:19:58.659 --> 01:20:02.829 THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE AND HE SAID, "IT'S A SHORT SEASON." AND 01:20:02.829 --> 01:20:05.104 I'M GONNA SHARE THIS ONE STORY. I WASN'T GONNA SHARE IT, BUT I'M 01:20:05.104 --> 01:20:10.143 GONNA SHARE IT. THIS ONE WAS FROM FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS. AND 01:20:10.143 --> 01:20:13.090 I'VE SAID IT A FEW TIMES, BUT IT MARKED ME PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY 01:20:13.090 --> 01:20:16.840 OF THE STORIES. I REMEMBER THERE WAS A STORY, I THINK IT WAS IN 01:20:16.840 --> 01:20:22.510 COMMUNIST CHINA, AND MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THE UNDERGROUND 01:20:22.510 --> 01:20:26.199 CHURCH, THERE WAS A FAMILY. THEY SAID, "NOW, WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU 01:20:26.199 --> 01:20:30.399 ALIVE "IF YOU DON'T DENY JESUS." AND THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'RE NOT 01:20:30.399 --> 01:20:32.380 DENYING JESUS." THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU 01:20:32.380 --> 01:20:35.859 ALIVE." AND THEY TOOK HIM OUT AND DUG A BIG OLD HOLE, THEM AND 01:20:35.859 --> 01:20:41.050 THEIR TWO LITTLE CHILDREN. AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE SMALL. AND SO 01:20:41.050 --> 01:20:45.078 OBVIOUSLY THEY STARTED TO FILL IN THE DIRT, FILL IN THE DIRT, 01:20:45.078 --> 01:20:49.119 AND THE PARENTS ARE JUST STANDING THERE. AND THE MOTHER, 01:20:49.119 --> 01:20:53.079 WHO, YOU KNOW, MAMA'S HEART, THAT DIRT IS GETTING UP OVER HER 01:20:53.079 --> 01:20:59.590 KIDS NOW. AND IT WAS ALL SHE COULD DO. SHE'S WATCHING HER 01:20:59.590 --> 01:21:02.364 CHILDREN SUFFOCATE. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS SUPER 01:21:02.364 --> 01:21:06.864 SERIOUS, BUT THESE ARE REALITIES. AND HER LITTLE 01:21:06.864 --> 01:21:11.695 CHILDREN ARE BEGINNING TO SUFFOCATE. AND BY THE WAY OK, 01:21:11.695 --> 01:21:14.576 I'M SORRY, NOW I'M DOING THE PASTOR HANK WITH RABBIT TRAIL IS 01:21:14.576 --> 01:21:19.105 OUT. I AM WRITING IN THE BOOK COMMANDING PEACE THAT YOU CAN 01:21:19.105 --> 01:21:22.496 PRAY. THERE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE FROM 01:21:22.496 --> 01:21:26.275 MARTYRDOM. THE EARLY APOSTLES DID THAT. ANYWAY, THERE IS BIBLE 01:21:26.275 --> 01:21:29.546 ON IT. PETER, THE ANGEL, THEY PRAYED ALL NIGHT FOR HIS 01:21:29.546 --> 01:21:32.876 DELIVERANCE. THERE'S A FEW SCRIPTURES IN THERE, BUT THERE 01:21:32.876 --> 01:21:36.864 IS, BUT WE KNOW MARTYRDOM IS REAL. SO HER LITTLE CHILDREN ARE 01:21:36.864 --> 01:21:45.238 SUFFERING. AND THE DAD TURNS AND HE SAID, "MAMA, DON'T GIVE IN. 01:21:45.238 --> 01:21:50.456 "WE'LL ALL BE EATING SUPPER AT THE MASTER'S TABLE TONIGHT." SO 01:21:50.456 --> 01:21:53.395 MAKE A DECISION IN YOUR LIFE. ETERNITY IS MUCH BIGGER THAN 01:21:53.395 --> 01:21:58.417 THIS LIFE. COME ON, SOMEBODY. IT IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS LIFE. 01:21:58.417 --> 01:22:01.945 ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE LAST ONE AND WE'LL CALL IT A DAY. I 01:22:01.945 --> 01:22:03.956 WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH FOUR, BUT Y'ALL KNEW I COULDN'T 01:22:03.956 --> 01:22:10.735 DO IT. SO, OKAY, THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT 01:22:10.735 --> 01:22:14.485 AND WE'LL CLOSE WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT WAS THE COMMENT FROM 01:22:14.485 --> 01:22:19.676 THE GUY IN PLAID? I DID A GOOD JOB TOO, MAN, I'M TELLING YOU. 01:22:19.676 --> 01:22:22.496 ALL RIGHT, THE THIRD ONE, THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. LET'S AT 01:22:22.496 --> 01:22:25.676 LEAST HIT THAT ONE. I'M GONNA TRY TO DO IT VERY BRIEFLY. THIS 01:22:25.676 --> 01:22:28.953 WAS THE CHURCH OF, NOW HERE, THIS IS A BIG TOPIC, OH LORD, I 01:22:28.953 --> 01:22:31.676 MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH PART OF IT NEXT WEEK. THIS WAS THE 01:22:31.676 --> 01:22:36.655 CHURCH OF FLESHLY CARNAL LIVING. THEY COULD NEVER GET THE WORLD 01:22:36.655 --> 01:22:40.885 OUT OF 'EM. AMAZINGLY IN THIS ONE, JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE 01:22:40.885 --> 01:22:44.725 ARMED WARRIOR WHO WAS ARMED WITH A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD IN HIS 01:22:44.725 --> 01:22:48.355 MOUTH. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD IS? 01:22:48.355 --> 01:22:51.475 IT'S WHAT, THE WORD OF GOD. AND I'M NOT SAYING HE COMES TO THEM 01:22:51.475 --> 01:22:55.105 WITH THE WORD. THEY HAD NO WORD IN HIM. THEY WERE, JUST COULD 01:22:55.105 --> 01:22:58.586 NOT GIVE UP. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT WAS 01:22:58.586 --> 01:23:02.275 ALWAYS OKAYING IT. WELL, IT'S OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO DO THIS. 01:23:02.275 --> 01:23:05.815 IT'S OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO DO THAT. THEY NEVER COULD GET RID 01:23:05.815 --> 01:23:11.065 OF THE WORLDLINESS IN THEM. THE WORLD SHOWS, THE WORLD'S 01:23:11.065 --> 01:23:14.666 ENTERTAINMENT. I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T GO TO A MOVIE, BUT 01:23:14.666 --> 01:23:18.145 JUST THINK FOR A MINUTE, FOLKS. I MEAN, MOST OF TELEVISION IN 01:23:18.145 --> 01:23:21.528 HOLLYWOOD, FIRST OF ALL, ALL THOSE REALITIES SHOWS THAT ARE 01:23:21.528 --> 01:23:27.895 ON THERE, THEY'RE STUPID. THEY'RE NOT REAL. OKAY, NOW WE 01:23:27.895 --> 01:23:31.826 DO TV AND WE DO IT AS REAL, REAL, REAL. I DON'T LIKE TAKE 01:23:31.826 --> 01:23:36.206 TWO, SO IT'S ONE AND DONE, BROTHER. SERIOUSLY, EVERYBODY 01:23:36.206 --> 01:23:39.716 THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS. I'M LIKE, WE ARE DOING THIS IN ONE TAKE. 01:23:39.716 --> 01:23:44.006 YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, SO 01:23:44.006 --> 01:23:48.956 MUCH TELEVISION ISN'T REAL. I MEAN, I WATCH HGTV, AND THEY DID 01:23:48.956 --> 01:23:51.445 AN UNCOVER ONE TIME. I DON'T WATCH IT AS MUCH NOW. NOW I 01:23:51.445 --> 01:23:55.315 WATCH THESE LITTLE GALS DECORATE CHRISTMAS ON YOUTUBE AND STUFF 01:23:55.315 --> 01:23:58.286 LIKE THAT. TAKES 10 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, I GET DISTRACTED EASILY. 01:23:58.286 --> 01:24:02.336 SO I USED TO, BUT BACK, YOU KNOW, HGTV WOULD COME ON AND 01:24:02.336 --> 01:24:04.256 THEY WOULD DO, YOU REMEMBER HOUSE HUNTERS? HOW MANY OF YOU 01:24:04.256 --> 01:24:06.385 REMEMBER HOUSE HUNTERS? EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT. AND 01:24:06.385 --> 01:24:09.506 I'D WATCH IT, I'D BE LIKE, OH. I'M SO INTO IT, I'M LIKE, WHICH 01:24:09.506 --> 01:24:13.256 ONE ARE THEY GONNA CHOOSE? DUN, UH, NUH. I'M LIKE, OH, THEY'RE 01:24:13.256 --> 01:24:17.065 GONNA CHOOSE. AND THEN I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THEY'VE ALREADY 01:24:17.065 --> 01:24:21.265 CHOSEN IT BEFORE THE SHOW, AND THEY LOOKED AT MORE HOUSES, BUT 01:24:21.265 --> 01:24:25.525 THE SHOW MADE THEM NARROW IT DOWN TO THE THREE, AND THEN THEY 01:24:25.525 --> 01:24:28.555 EDITED ALL THE PARTS OUT OF THAT. AND I'M SITTING THERE 01:24:28.555 --> 01:24:32.216 GOING, WELL, THAT JUST RUINS IT. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T 01:24:32.216 --> 01:24:35.065 REALLY PICK THE HOUSE. ANYWAY, IT WAS JUST STUPID. AND I 01:24:35.065 --> 01:24:38.305 THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING. SOMETIMES WE ARE SO STUCK 01:24:38.305 --> 01:24:41.036 ON THE WORLD'S ENTERTAINMENT. I MEAN, AND IT'S NO WONDER 01:24:41.036 --> 01:24:43.466 CHRISTIANS GET SUCKED IN BY THE MEDIA, 'CAUSE WE'RE GLUED TO 01:24:43.466 --> 01:24:47.006 THESE THINGS. BUT THIS, PERGAMOS WAS THE CHURCH THAT JUST 01:24:47.006 --> 01:24:50.216 COULDN'T GET THE WORLD OUT OF 'EM. IT WAS, THEY LOVED THEIR 01:24:50.216 --> 01:24:54.416 STUFF TOO MUCH, THEY LOVED THEIR WORLDLY THINGS TOO MUCH, THEY 01:24:54.416 --> 01:24:57.475 LOVED, NOW I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT OKAY THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE 01:24:57.475 --> 01:25:01.707 NICE MATERIAL THINGS. LISTEN, GOD BLESSES, RIGHT? GOD IS NOT A 01:25:01.707 --> 01:25:05.756 GOD THAT WANTS YOU RIDING AROUND TOWN IN A RUST BUCKET, OKAY? HE 01:25:05.756 --> 01:25:10.765 WANTS YOU BLESSED. AND BY THE WAY, THE DOCTRINE OF BIBLICAL 01:25:10.765 --> 01:25:15.385 PROSPERITY WILL WORK IN EVERY COUNTRY. OKAY, LISTEN, I KNOW 01:25:15.385 --> 01:25:18.626 PEOPLE, PEOPLE SAY, SOMEBODY SAID, "OH, PROSPERITY IS ONLY IN 01:25:18.626 --> 01:25:22.555 AMERICAN GOSPEL. "THEY LIVE IN THE MOST WEALTHY NATION ON 01:25:22.555 --> 01:25:25.975 EARTH." I GO, "NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE." THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE 01:25:25.975 --> 01:25:31.345 MOST DESTITUTE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA THAT WHILE THERE WAS NO 01:25:31.345 --> 01:25:34.945 CLEAN WATER, BELIEVE GOD, THEY TITHED, THEY SOWED THEIR SEED, 01:25:34.945 --> 01:25:37.765 THEY PUT THE WORD TO PRACTICE AND THEY HAD THE BEST CROPS OF 01:25:37.765 --> 01:25:41.845 EVERYBODY, THEY HAD CLEAN WATER, THEIR CHILDREN WERE FED, THEIR 01:25:41.845 --> 01:25:46.945 BUSINESSES WERE PROSPERING. THE WORD OF GOD WILL WORK NO MATTER 01:25:46.945 --> 01:25:54.595 WHERE IT IS. IF YOU TIME, GOD WILL BLESS YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, WE 01:25:54.595 --> 01:25:58.076 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T SAY THOSE THINGS, BUT HERE'S THE 01:25:58.076 --> 01:26:01.135 REALITY. THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT COULD NOT GET THE WORLD OUT OF 01:26:01.135 --> 01:26:04.046 THEM. OKAY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING NICE THINGS, 01:26:04.046 --> 01:26:08.605 BUT DO THEY HAVE YOU? OKAY, GOD KNOWS MY HEART. DO I LIKE A LOT 01:26:08.605 --> 01:26:13.435 OF CHRISTMAS TREES? YES. EVERY YEAR I SAY, I'M PUTTING UP, 01:26:13.435 --> 01:26:17.426 WHAT, DON'T SAY IT. I'M PUTTING UP ONE, AND THEN HERE WE GO, OH 01:26:17.426 --> 01:26:21.746 WAIT, I FORGOT WE HAD THAT ONE. I HAVE TO PUT THAT ONE. GOD 01:26:21.746 --> 01:26:26.996 DOESN'T MIND BLESSING YOU. OH, THAT'S TRUE TOO, HALLELUJAH. 01:26:26.996 --> 01:26:29.305 HALLELUJAH, AND THEY'RE GETTING CHEAPER THAN THEY EVER USED TO 01:26:29.305 --> 01:26:33.025 BE TOO, SWEETHEART. I'M LIKE, MAN, THAT ONE'S ONLY $49. THAT 01:26:33.025 --> 01:26:41.546 NEEDS TO COME HOME. HOBBY LOBBY, 50% OFF. OOH, JESUS, WE CAN DO 01:26:41.546 --> 01:26:44.725 SOME LOADS IN THERE. IN FACT, WE USED TO, AND SOME OF YOU 01:26:44.725 --> 01:26:46.945 REMEMBER, HOBBY LOBBY USED TO BE OVER IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE 01:26:46.945 --> 01:26:49.376 PIZZA MACHINE IS. ANYBODY GO BACK THAT FAR? PIZZA MACHINE 01:26:49.376 --> 01:26:52.315 WASN'T THERE. THIS IS HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN HERE, PEOPLE. AND IT 01:26:52.315 --> 01:26:55.046 WAS OVER THERE, AND PASTOR CHRISTY AND I USED TO GO IN 01:26:55.046 --> 01:26:57.475 THERE, AND WE'D BUY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR LORD OF HOSTS, 01:26:57.475 --> 01:27:01.376 OOH. I KIND OF MISS THOSE DAYS, BUT IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIG. 01:27:01.376 --> 01:27:04.105 ANYWAY, THE CHURCH WASN'T AS BIG BACK THEN, AND I CAN'T FIT 01:27:04.105 --> 01:27:06.716 EVERYTHING IN A CART. THEY NEED TRUCKS NOW, BUT HER AND I USED 01:27:06.716 --> 01:27:10.645 TO GO IN, AND WE'D FILL UP THREE CARTS, MAN, FILLED WITH STUFF, 01:27:10.645 --> 01:27:14.511 JUST FOR THE LITTLE SANCTUARY WE HAD. IT LOOKED GOOD TOO. AND WE 01:27:14.511 --> 01:27:18.206 WOULD GO THROUGH THERE. AND SO ONE DAY WE HAD BEEN, CAME BACK, 01:27:18.206 --> 01:27:21.685 AND A LITTLE LADY THAT WORKED IN THERE KNEW US. SHE GOES, "HERE 01:27:21.685 --> 01:27:26.426 COME THOSE GIRLS, "DECORATING FOR THE CHURCH." AND SO WE CAME 01:27:26.426 --> 01:27:28.614 BACK IN, AND THE CHURCH HAD GROWN BY THIS TIME. I HADN'T 01:27:28.614 --> 01:27:31.555 BEEN IN THERE FOREVER. HOBBY LOBBY MOVED OVER THERE. AND SHE 01:27:31.555 --> 01:27:34.525 GOES, "I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS IN A LONG TIME. "ARE YOU STILL 01:27:34.525 --> 01:27:37.645 OVER THERE AT THAT CHURCH? "'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN COMING 01:27:37.645 --> 01:27:40.105 IN TO DECORATE." I SAID, "WELL, NO, WE GOT SOME PEOPLE FOR THAT 01:27:40.105 --> 01:27:44.695 NOW, "BUT I'M GONNA BUY SOME STUFF FOR MYSELF "IF I COULD DO 01:27:44.695 --> 01:27:47.766 THAT." SO IT WAS REALLY CUTE. BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHY I 01:27:47.766 --> 01:27:50.275 SHARED THAT. BUT OH, CHRISTMAS. GOD DOESN'T MIND YOU HAVING 01:27:50.275 --> 01:27:53.426 CHRISTMAS TREES, AND HE DOESN'T MIND YOU HAVING NICE STUFF, 01:27:53.426 --> 01:27:58.345 RIGHT? BUT DOES THIS STUFF HAVE US? GOD KNOWS MY HEART. I WOULD 01:27:58.345 --> 01:28:01.166 GIVE UP ALL OF IT IF IT MEANT I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GOD AND 01:28:01.166 --> 01:28:05.155 THE THINGS. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THIS CHURCH COULD NOT GET THE 01:28:05.155 --> 01:28:07.826 WORLD OUT OF 'EM. LET ME READ THIS AND WE'LL CALL IT A NIGHT. 01:28:07.826 --> 01:28:10.135 HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANYTHING OUT OF THIS? YOU ENJOYED THIS AT ALL 01:28:10.135 --> 01:28:15.775 TONIGHT? AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH AT PERGAMOS, RIGHT, THESE 01:28:15.775 --> 01:28:20.036 THINGS SAY, "HE THAT HAS A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD, "I KNOW THY 01:28:20.036 --> 01:28:23.856 WORKS AND WHERE YOU DWELL, "EVEN WHERE SATAN'S SEAT IS, AND YOU 01:28:23.856 --> 01:28:27.685 HOLD FAST MY NAME." IN OTHER WORDS, THESE PEOPLE, IN THE 01:28:27.685 --> 01:28:31.496 MIDDLE OF A VERY WORLDLY EVIL CULTURE, THEY STILL, THEY DIDN'T 01:28:31.496 --> 01:28:35.305 DENY JESUS, IT WASN'T THAT. YOU KNOW, I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WELL, 01:28:35.305 --> 01:28:39.603 YOU CAN BE GAY AND BE A CHRISTIAN. OKAY, I MEAN, THEY 01:28:39.603 --> 01:28:42.536 HAVE CHURCHES WHERE GAY PEOPLE COME AND THEY CAN BE GAY THERE. 01:28:42.536 --> 01:28:47.966 AND YET, AND SO THERE'S EVIL, LIKE EVIL THINGS. AND THOSE 01:28:47.966 --> 01:28:51.206 PEOPLE HAVEN'T DENIED THE NAME OF JESUS, THEY STILL CALL HIM 01:28:51.206 --> 01:28:56.546 SAVIOR, BUT THEY FORGOT HIS WORD. THEY FORGOT WHAT THE 01:28:56.546 --> 01:29:00.265 SCRIPTURES TEACH. THIS WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCH OF 01:29:00.265 --> 01:29:03.864 PERGAMOS. THEY NEVER LET THE WORLD COME OUT OF THEM. YOU'VE 01:29:03.864 --> 01:29:09.626 NEVER DENIED MY NAME. AND EVEN THOSE WHEREIN ANTIPAS WAS MY 01:29:09.626 --> 01:29:12.716 FAITHFUL MARTYR WHO WAS SLAIN AMONG YOU WHERE SATAN DWELLS. 01:29:12.716 --> 01:29:17.605 BUT I HAVE SOME THINGS AGAINST YOU. YOU HOLD THE DOCTRINE OF 01:29:17.605 --> 01:29:21.626 BALAAM. BY THE WAY, THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM WAS A DOCTRINE THAT 01:29:21.626 --> 01:29:27.536 ALLOWED PEOPLE TO ACCEPT LUSTFUL LIFESTYLES, IMMORAL THINGS. THAT 01:29:27.536 --> 01:29:30.176 WAS THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, SIMILAR TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE 01:29:30.176 --> 01:29:33.685 NICOLAITANS. IT WAS A DOCTRINE THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN 01:29:33.685 --> 01:29:40.496 AND BE A HOMOSEXUAL. AMEN. IT WAS A DOCTRINE THAT WINKED AT 01:29:40.496 --> 01:29:42.836 DIVORCE. I'M NOT SAYING THERE ISN'T A PLACE FOR DIVORCE. GOD, 01:29:42.836 --> 01:29:46.826 JESUS TAUGHT ON THAT. HE SAID THAT THERE ARE WRITINGS OF 01:29:46.826 --> 01:29:51.475 DIVORCEMENT, BUT IT'S WRONG IF YOU'RE MARRIED TO YOUR WIFE AND 01:29:51.475 --> 01:29:55.435 YOU'VE FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH HER TO SEE SOMEONE PRETTIER YOU 01:29:55.435 --> 01:29:58.676 WANNA BE MARRIED TO AND NOW YOU GO AND FILE FOR DIVORCE JUST SO 01:29:58.676 --> 01:30:07.166 YOU CAN BE WITH MISS HOOCHIE OVER THERE. WELL, IT TAKES A 01:30:07.166 --> 01:30:12.224 HOOCHIE TO GO WITH THAT. I'M SORRY. IS THAT A BAD WORD? I 01:30:12.224 --> 01:30:15.985 DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST KNOW IT'S A BAD PERSON THAT 01:30:15.985 --> 01:30:19.947 WOULD DIVORCE THEIR SPOUSE JUST 'CAUSE THEY SAW SOMEBODY HOTTER, 01:30:19.947 --> 01:30:23.182 OKAY? JUST 'CAUSE THEY'RE UNHAPPY. NO, GET IN THERE AND 01:30:23.182 --> 01:30:25.975 WORK OUT YOUR MARRIAGE. TAKE YOUR WIFE TO DINNER FOR ONCE. 01:30:25.975 --> 01:30:31.315 VALUE HER. BUT THIS WAS THE DOCTRINES OF BALAAM, THAT THERE 01:30:31.315 --> 01:30:34.015 WAS AN EXCUSE AND THEY TWISTED THE SCRIPTURE. AND THAT'S WHY 01:30:34.015 --> 01:30:36.326 JESUS HAD TO COME TO THEM WITH THE WORD. ALL RIGHT, I'M ENDING 01:30:36.326 --> 01:30:41.666 WITH THIS, I PROMISE. BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST YOU BECAUSE 01:30:41.666 --> 01:30:44.756 THOSE THAT HOLD THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, WHO TAUGHT BALAK TO CAST 01:30:44.756 --> 01:30:47.216 ASSEMBLING BLOCK BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TO EAT 01:30:47.216 --> 01:30:51.685 THINGS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS AND TO COMMIT FORNICATION. THAT IN 01:30:51.685 --> 01:30:56.364 OTHER WORDS, THE WORLD WAS IN THEM. AND YOU ALSO HAVE HOLD 01:30:56.364 --> 01:30:59.275 THEM THAT HAVE THE DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANS, SEXUAL 01:30:59.275 --> 01:31:02.605 IMMORALITY. AND THAT WAS A DOCTRINE, FOLKS. THINK ABOUT 01:31:02.605 --> 01:31:09.141 THAT, A DOCTRINE THAT WAS BEING TAUGHT IN THE PULPITS. REPENT, 01:31:09.141 --> 01:31:13.881 AND BY THE WAY, AND IT'S BEING TAUGHT IN PULPITS TODAY. SO 01:31:13.881 --> 01:31:16.792 REPENT, NOW HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CHURCH. HERE'S A 01:31:16.792 --> 01:31:23.122 COUPLE THINGS I WROTE AND WE'RE CLOSED. THIS CHURCH WAS DEVOID 01:31:23.122 --> 01:31:26.091 OF GOD'S WORD. CAN I TELL YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD 01:31:26.091 --> 01:31:29.122 DO RIGHT IN THIS HOUR, AND I WOULDN'T GO TO A CHURCH IF THEY 01:31:29.122 --> 01:31:33.411 DIDN'T PREACH FROM THE BIBLE. IF THEY CAN'T READ SOME PASSAGES OF 01:31:33.411 --> 01:31:40.000 SCRIPTURE, I WENT BY ONE CHURCH, AND I'M NOT HERE TO BE CRITICAL. 01:31:40.000 --> 01:31:43.900 SOME OF THOSE CHURCHES STILL DO THE LITTLE CHURCH SIGNS, AND 01:31:43.900 --> 01:31:47.990 THEY PUT THE TOPIC FOR THE WEEK, AND I DROVE BY ONE, AND THIS 01:31:47.990 --> 01:31:52.220 WAS, I DON'T KNOW, THIS WAS A LOT OF YEARS AGO, AND THE, OH, 01:31:52.220 --> 01:31:56.572 WHAT WAS THE FAMOUS MOVIE THAT WAS OUT? THE HOBBIT, LORD OF THE 01:31:56.572 --> 01:32:00.021 RINGS. THAT WAS A BIG ONE. AND THE WHOLE SERMON SERIES WAS 01:32:00.021 --> 01:32:05.391 BUILT AROUND THE LORD OF THE RINGS. AND I THOUGHT, REALLY? I 01:32:05.391 --> 01:32:07.792 MEAN, THE BOOK IS FILLED WITH WITCHCRAFT, AND I'M NOT BEING 01:32:07.792 --> 01:32:14.391 MEAN, BUT THIS WAS THE WORLDLY PERGAMOS CHURCH. I MEAN, SO MUCH 01:32:14.391 --> 01:32:18.680 OF WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE WORLD IS FULL OF THE OCCULT. I DON'T 01:32:18.680 --> 01:32:24.112 WANT IT IN MY HOUSE. I DON'T WANNA WATCH SOMETHING, READ A 01:32:24.112 --> 01:32:29.391 BOOK, GO TO A MOVIE THAT IS FILLED WITH CASTING OF SPELLS. 01:32:29.391 --> 01:32:34.072 THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A SORCERER. YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE 01:32:34.072 --> 01:32:42.141 FOR THAT, DUH. I MEAN, COME ON. SO HERE, THE POINT BEING IS, IF 01:32:42.141 --> 01:32:45.862 WE CAN DO ANYTHING RIGHT IN THIS CULTURE, IS WE MUST KNOW GOD'S 01:32:45.862 --> 01:32:51.502 WORD. YOU KNOW WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT WITCHCRAFT? HE HATES 01:32:51.502 --> 01:32:58.372 WITCHCRAFT. SAUL, THE KING SAUL, LOST HIS KINGDOM SIMPLY BASED ON 01:32:58.372 --> 01:33:02.451 THE FACT THAT HE SOUGHT THE WITCH AT ENDOR. WITCHCRAFT IS 01:33:02.451 --> 01:33:06.801 EVIL. WE'LL NEVER CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN HERE. WE'RE NOT EVEN, 01:33:06.801 --> 01:33:09.591 WE DON'T DO A HARVEST PARTY. I'M SORRY, I'M NOT DOING AN 01:33:09.591 --> 01:33:13.641 ALTERNATIVE. WE'RE GONNA TEACH OUR KIDS IT IS EVIL TO DRESS UP 01:33:13.641 --> 01:33:17.662 LIKE SOMETHING AND FOLLOW THE PRACTICES OF THE OCCULT. HOW 01:33:17.662 --> 01:33:21.322 HARD IS THAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HARD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE 01:33:21.322 --> 01:33:23.962 TAUGHT OUR BOYS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, YOU KNOW, IF THAT COMES 01:33:23.962 --> 01:33:29.692 ON TV, BIND IT AND HIT THE REMOTE. OKAY, TELL YOUR KIDS, 01:33:29.692 --> 01:33:33.801 HALLOWEEN IS EVIL. YEAH, BUT THEY MIGHT FEEL LEFT OUT AND 01:33:33.801 --> 01:33:38.030 THEY WON'T GET ANY CANDY. GO GET HIM SOME CANDY ANOTHER TIME. 01:33:38.030 --> 01:33:41.301 OKAY, THEY PROBABLY HAD ENOUGH CANDY ALL YEAR, IT'LL BE FINE, 01:33:41.301 --> 01:33:44.902 OKAY? IT'S AMAZING THE THINGS THAT, BUT THIS WAS THE CHURCH OF 01:33:44.902 --> 01:33:49.430 THE WORLDLY, WORLDLY CULTURE. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, GO BACK TO 01:33:49.430 --> 01:33:51.951 THE WORD OF GOD. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE FALLEN INTO IT IF THEY JUST 01:33:51.951 --> 01:33:55.911 WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT'S IN THE BOOK. JESUS SAID THIS, "THE 01:33:55.911 --> 01:34:00.652 REWARDS FOR OVERCOMING THE CARNAL SINFUL LIFESTYLE." THAT 01:34:00.652 --> 01:34:03.832 IS, IF YOU'RE LIVING IN A SURROUNDED BY A LUSTFUL CULTURE, 01:34:03.832 --> 01:34:08.002 AND FOLKS, WE ARE LIVING IN A CULTURE OF LUST AND EVIL NOW. IT 01:34:08.002 --> 01:34:12.832 IS, I MEAN, NORMALIZING THE MOST EGREGIOUS THINGS. HE THAT 01:34:12.832 --> 01:34:16.372 OVERCOMES, I WILL GIVE MY LIFEGIVING SECRETS. YOU KNOW 01:34:16.372 --> 01:34:18.470 WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MAN ON THE FRONT ROW? I'M GONNA SAY IT 01:34:18.470 --> 01:34:20.780 AND I'M CLOSING, AND THIS IS, WE'LL CLOSE UP SHOP, AND IF I 01:34:20.780 --> 01:34:25.252 FORGOT ANYTHING, I'LL BRING IT UP NEXT WEEK. THIS IS A MAN WHO 01:34:25.252 --> 01:34:28.161 SAYS, "GOD, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH." YOU KNOW WHY I BELIEVE HE HEARS 01:34:28.161 --> 01:34:31.612 THE SECRETS OF GOD? I MEAN, GENE BAILEY TEXTS US. YOU CAN STAND 01:34:31.612 --> 01:34:34.402 TO YOUR FEET WHILE I SAY THIS LAST THING. GENE BAILEY HAD 01:34:34.402 --> 01:34:40.641 TEXTED US SUNDAY, I THINK IT WAS. AND AFTER THIS PROPHETIC, 01:34:40.641 --> 01:34:42.351 HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE SUNDAY WHEN THE PASTOR GAVE THE 01:34:42.351 --> 01:34:44.841 PROPHETIC WORD? NOW HE HAD NO CLUE, NOTHING, NOTHING WAS IN 01:34:44.841 --> 01:34:49.521 THE NEWS AT THAT POINT. BUT I WATCH HIM ON A REGULAR BASIS 01:34:49.521 --> 01:34:55.011 SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LORD, I WANT YOUR SECRETS. I WANT YOUR, I 01:34:55.011 --> 01:35:00.051 WANT TO HEAR WHAT MATTERS TO YOU. I WANT TO KNOW IT. TALK TO 01:35:00.051 --> 01:35:06.112 ME ABOUT IT. AND, BUT I ALSO KNOW THIS TO BE A MAN THAT, THAT 01:35:06.112 --> 01:35:10.072 WHICH IS WICKED AND EVIL, HE'LL HAVE NO PART OF IT. HE DOESN'T 01:35:10.072 --> 01:35:12.591 WANT EVIL, HE DOESN'T WANT WITCHCRAFT, HE DOESN'T WANT TO 01:35:12.591 --> 01:35:15.862 WATCH THE WORLD'S PROGRAMS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE 01:35:15.862 --> 01:35:19.970 EVER HARDLY WATCHED A MOVIE, AND I'M NOT TOUTING US. I JUST WANT 01:35:19.970 --> 01:35:24.201 TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I PUT IN MY SOUL. 'CAUSE I KNOW IT 01:35:24.201 --> 01:35:27.801 EVENTUALLY COMES OUT, AND IT WILL MAKE THE WORD IN YOU, IT'LL 01:35:27.801 --> 01:35:32.962 MAKE IT DULL. AND SIX HOURS LATER, GENE BAILEY SENT US A 01:35:32.962 --> 01:35:36.381 TEXT AND SAID THE LINK OF WHERE IT HAD COME OUT, THAT THE SENATE 01:35:36.381 --> 01:35:39.024 WAS GONNA GET THIS THING AND GET THE GOVERNMENT BACK OPEN. WELL, 01:35:39.024 --> 01:35:42.652 HE HAD NO IDEA. BUT JESUS SAID, "IF YOU KEEP THE WORD BEFORE YOU 01:35:42.652 --> 01:35:46.341 "AND YOU GET THE WORLD OUT," HE SAID, "I WILL GIVE YOU THE 01:35:46.341 --> 01:35:49.911 HIDDEN MANNA." I'LL GIVE YOU THE THING. SOME OF US, THE REASON WE 01:35:49.911 --> 01:35:52.521 DON'T HEAR FROM GOD IS MAYBE BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH JUNK 01:35:52.521 --> 01:35:56.362 THERE. YOU GET ENOUGH JUNK IN YOU FROM THE WORLD SIDE, THEIR 01:35:56.362 --> 01:36:01.072 SHOWS, THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEIR NEWS, THEIR OPINIONS, OKAY? WE 01:36:01.072 --> 01:36:03.292 FOUND OUT HOW MANY OF THEIR OPINIONS, I MEAN, WORLDLY 01:36:03.292 --> 01:36:05.599 OPINIONS ARE LIKE NOSES. EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE FULL OF 01:36:05.599 --> 01:36:13.311 HOLES. BUT WE GOTTA BE SHARP IN THE WORD. THAT WAS THE CHURCH AT 01:36:13.311 --> 01:36:16.280 PERGAMOS. THEY LOST THEIR SHARPNESS BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT 01:36:16.280 --> 01:36:19.521 THE WORLD OUT. SO EPHESUS, PHARISAICAL CHURCH, YOU GET 01:36:19.521 --> 01:36:22.822 SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? RIGHT? OKAY, SMYRNA, THE PERSECUTED 01:36:22.822 --> 01:36:25.761 CHURCH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PERSECUTION, JANET. THAT'S JUST 01:36:25.761 --> 01:36:29.572 GONNA BE PART OF IT. AND THE LAST ONE, PERGAMOS, THEY WERE 01:36:29.572 --> 01:36:32.301 THE CHURCH THAT COULDN'T GET THE WORLD OUT OF THEM. SO WE'LL TALK 01:36:32.301 --> 01:36:36.292 ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR NEXT WEEK. DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING TONIGHT? 01:36:36.292 --> 01:36:39.740 ALL RIGHT, FATHER, BLESS THE PEOPLE. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY 01:36:39.740 --> 01:36:43.490 PERSON THAT JOINED ONLINE. PLACE A FRESH ANOINTING ON THEIR LIFE. 01:36:43.490 --> 01:36:47.332 I ASK YOU, LORD, AND I THANK YOU, FATHER. I PRAY THAT, 01:36:47.332 --> 01:36:50.212 FATHER, THEY WILL TAKE THIS REVELATION OF WHAT I'VE SHARED 01:36:50.212 --> 01:36:54.112 IN THESE FEW MOMENTS AND EXPOUND UPON IT AND GROW WITH IT, THAT 01:36:54.112 --> 01:36:57.740 WE MIGHT BE BETTER AS THE BODY OF CHRIST AND BE THE BRIDE THAT 01:36:57.740 --> 01:37:00.411 YOU'RE COMING BACK FOR WITHOUT SPOT, BLEMISH, OR WRINKLE, AND 01:37:00.411 --> 01:37:03.442 WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN, GIVE PASTOR DOUG 01:37:03.442 --> 01:37:07.993 YOUR ATTENTION QUICKLY. THANK YOU. AMEN. WASN'T THAT GREAT? 01:37:07.993 --> 01:37:10.761 DON'T FORGET TO BE HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRING 01:37:10.761 --> 01:37:12.801 SOMEONE WITH YOU. LET'S PACK THIS PLACE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S A 01:37:12.801 --> 01:37:17.015 GREAT, IT'LL BE A GREAT END TO FINISH THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF 01:37:17.015 --> 01:37:22.430 SHE CAN FINISH IT. IT MIGHT TAKE THREE WEEKS. SO THAT'S GOOD. ONE 01:37:22.430 --> 01:37:24.470 QUICK THING. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU WE STILL HAVE 12 01:37:24.470 --> 01:37:28.430 TICKETS, I BELIEVE IS THE NUMBER LEFT. APPROXIMATELY 12 TICKETS 01:37:28.430 --> 01:37:31.462 FOR ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT, THE MOVIE THAT'S PREMIERING THIS 01:37:31.462 --> 01:37:36.141 WEEK. IT'S TOMORROW NIGHT, 6.30 P.M. AT THE ACX THEATER IN 01:37:36.141 --> 01:37:39.981 ELKHORN. AND IF YOU WANNA GET YOUR TICKETS, WHEN YOU GET HOME 01:37:39.981 --> 01:37:44.061 TONIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, GO TO THAT QR CODE OR GO TO THE 01:37:44.061 --> 01:37:47.421 WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GO UNDER THE EVENTS TAB AND YOU CAN ORDER 01:37:47.421 --> 01:37:51.051 YOUR TICKETS AND GET THOSE $12. AND I UNDERSTAND RACHEL'S EVEN 01:37:51.051 --> 01:37:54.292 GONNA BE THERE, ONE OF OUR PRODUCT, OH, YOU'RE HERE. YOU'RE 01:37:54.292 --> 01:37:58.490 GONNA BE THERE TOMORROW NIGHT GIVING AWAY SOME PRODUCT. SO YOU 01:37:58.490 --> 01:38:02.030 MIGHT GO HOME WITH SOME EXTRA PRODUCT IN YOUR HAND AND GET TO 01:38:02.030 --> 01:38:07.761 SEE ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT, A GOOD CHRISTMAS CLEAN MOVIE 01:38:07.761 --> 01:38:11.752 THAT'S ACTUALLY GOT A HEALING IN IT AND GIVES HONOR AND GLORY TO 01:38:11.752 --> 01:38:16.582 JESUS CHRIST. SO IT'S GOOD TO SUPPORT THOSE. AND SO DO THAT 01:38:16.582 --> 01:38:19.430 AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. HAVE A 01:38:19.430 --> 01:38:22.569 WONDERFUL EVENING. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU ONLINE AUDIENCE.