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COME ON CHURCH, GET UP ON YOUR FEET THIS MORNING.
WE SERVE A GOD WHOSE NAME IS GREATER THAN ANY NAME.
YOU CAN SPEAK.
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HALLELUJAH. WE WORSHIP YOU. YES, LORD.
AND, GOD, WE PUT OUR HOPE AND OUR TRUST
IN THE HONOR OF THE GREATNESS OF WHO YOU ARE.
AND, LORD, WE REMIND YOU OF YOUR WORD THAT DECLARES
THAT THOSE WHO TRUST IN YOU ARE LIKE MOUNT ZION.
THEY ARE UNMOVABLE. AND SO, LORD, WHEN WE TRUST IN YOU,
WE CANNOT BE MOVED OR SHAKEN. WE LOVE YOU, WE HONOR YOU,
WE WELCOME YOU. AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE GOD SAID, AMEN!
WOW, I HEARD A REALLY LOUD GROUP OVER HERE.YOU GUYS NAILED IT.
DID YOU GUYS EVEN PARTICIPATE? NO, YOU ALL DID GOOD.
YOU REALLY DID GOOD. EVERYBODY DID. THERE WAS JUST ONE WILD
SOMEBODY OVER THERE THAT DROWNED YOU ALL OUT. NO, THEY DID GOOD.
AND I EVEN ACTUALLY HEARD YOU OVER HERE. HOW ABOUT YOU GUYS?
YOU THINK I HEARD YOU? YES. I HEARD YOU.
OKAY, YEAH, EVERYBODY'S GOING, YEAH. WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU
ARE READY FOR CHRISTMAS? OKAY, NOW THAT WAS REALLY LIKE
SHALLOW. THERE WAS HARDLY ANY, HOW MANY, I'M GONNA
SAY AGAIN, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE READY FOR CHRISTMAS?
WELL, WE'RE TRYING TO BE, YES, YEAH, WE ARE.
I MEAN, LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS IS IN HERE. IT'S GORGEOUS,
WOW, I LOVE IT. NOW, LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER QUESTION.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE FINISHED WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING?
MOSTLY. MAN, THERE'S ONLY LIKE A FEW HANDS.
I KNOW, MOSTLY. HOW MANY ACTUALLY GO OUT TO
THE SHOPPING MALLS AND STORES? YOU STILL DO?
NOPE. NO, WE DON'T, DO WE, BRENDA? NOT MOSTLY, NO.
NO, HOW MANY OF YOU SHOP ONLINE? OR MAYBE YOU DO BOTH.
YOU COULD GO LIKE THIS. A LITTLE OF BOTH. YEAH.
THAT'S AMAZING. I DO MISS THOSE OLD SEARS CATALOGS. HOW MANY OF
YOU REMEMBER THE WASN'T THAT FUN? YES, WE DO.
AND DID ANYBODY GO AND CIRCLE STUFF?
THAT WAS SORT OF ONLINE SHOPPING WHEN THERE WASN'T THE INTERNET.
WE USED TO FILL OUT THOSE LITTLE ORDER FORMS BACK THEN.
OH MY GOODNESS. DID YOU CIRCLE THE THINGS TOO? YES, I DID.
YEP. OKAY. WELL, LET US KNOW. WE WANT TO GREET THOSE OF YOU
ALSO THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD. IF YOU REMEMBER THE
OLD SEARS CATALOG, AND I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE.
JCPENNIES. JCPENNIES, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU CAN PUT THAT IN THE
COMMENTS, SAY, "YES, I REMEMBER JCPENNIES," OR WHATEVER.
SOME OF YOU MILLENNIALS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE SO HONORED THAT
YOU JOINED US TODAY. AND AGAIN, I'M EXCITED.
WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION TODAY, AND
YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE PART OF ADMINISTERING THAT. SO YOU HAVE
TIME TO GATHER YOUR ELEMENTS AND AS THE BODY
OF CHRIST PARTAKE TOGETHER. SO LET US KNOW ALSO IF
YOU GOT YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE, RIGHT?
AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I JUST, I BUY SOMETHING, THEN I SAY IT'S FROM HER.
THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO. I'M JUST TRYING TO HELP
YOU WITH SOME MARRIAGE TIPS HERE. WE DO THAT, WE DO THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY NOW BECAUSE YOU LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO SHOP FOR TRAIN STUFF. AND YOU LIKE TO PICK IT OUT.
SO THEN, AND I LIKE TO PICK STUFF OUT.
NOW, IT'S NOT THAT WE NEVER BUY EACH OTHER
ANYTHING, BUT IT IS MORE FUN TO BUY IT AND THEN SAY,
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GOT ME. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING,
WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HOBBIES?
MY HOBBY IS MUSEUM QUALITY. YEAH, YEAH. SO I'M VERY
PARTICULAR AND IT'S VERY, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU TOO
MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION, BUT IT COSTS MORE THAN YOU WANT TO
KNOW. WELL, LISTEN, WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT YOU JOINED US
TODAY AND ALSO YOU THAT ARE HERE. I'M GOING TO CONTINUE A
MESSAGE. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HONOR AND DISHONOR, AND
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK ABOUT STEWARDING OVER OUR GARDEN
OR OUR VINEYARD. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE VINEYARD
OF NABOTH. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT AT
HISTORY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DISHONOR IS SOWED
INTO A CULTURE, INTO A NATION? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HONOR IS
SOWED? YOU KNOW, IT'S A REASON WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THINGS
TODAY IN SOCIETY. IT'S A RESULT OF DISHONOR AND HONOR.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU JOIN US FOR THAT.
TELL SOMEBODY, IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT MESSAGE. ALSO, FOR THOSE
OF YOU, I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR FAMILY, CHURCH FAMILY DOWN
THAT WENT TO THE FLASHPOINT GALA YESTERDAY IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING ON YOUR
WAY BACK HERE. I WASN'T ABLE TO GO, YOU KNOW, AND I WANT
YOU ALL TO KNOW THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I TOLD GENE I WAS GOING
TO GET HIM IN A HEADLOCK WHEN HE'S SCHEDULING ON A SATURDAY
NIGHT. I MISS VERY FEW SUNDAYS ON PURPOSE.
I DON'T PREACH VERY, THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE,
THIS IS WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE.
WE TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS OF VACATION AND EVERY ONCE IN A
WHILE I'LL SAY YES TO A SUNDAY OF SOMEBODY THAT MAYBE I KNOW
OR IF I FEEL LIKE I'M SUPPOSED TO DO IT, BUT I JUST FELT
LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I NEEDED TO KIND OF KEEP THE SUNDAYS,
YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO HERE. AND SO THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T GO.
I LOVE GENE, I LOVE FLASHPOINT, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE MENTION
OF THAT. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO SAY IT
SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T, YOU KNOW, MISUNDERSTAND SOMETHING NOT
NECESSARILY THEY WOULD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, ON A
DIFFERENT NOTE, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE FRENCH FRIES?
I MEAN, COME ON, I MEAN, HOW MANY OF YOU EVER SINNED
EATING A FRENCH FRY? OKAY, AND I PERSONALLY AND ORDER THE LARGE
INSTEAD OF THE MEDIUM. I MEAN, LIKE WHO WANTS A SMALL FRY?
THEY NEVER FILL IT. SO, I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF STUDYING
THEY ALL FALL OUT IN THE BAG. YES, WELL, AND I LIKE, YOU KNOW,
I LIKE RUNS OF FRENCH FRIES. BUT I WILL SAY THIS,
I'VE BEEN STUDYING HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF THINGS.
DO YOU KNOW THE MISNOMER IS THAT FRENCH
FRIES ORIGINATED IN FRANCE AND WAS COOKED IN FRANCE? THEY
REALLY WEREN'T. THEY WERE ACTUALLY STARTED AND COOKED IN
GREECE. SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D LET YOU KNOW THAT.
SO, ALL RIGHT. I SET YOU UP REALLY GOOD. DOUG, THANKS FOR
THE AFFIRMATION AND LET'S GET THE SERVICE STARTED.
WE GOTTA GO SPIRITUAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
BUT DID YOU GET A GOOD LAUGH OUT OF THAT? WAIT A MINUTE.
I SENSE ALL OVER OUR E-MEMBERS LOVE THAT. PUT THUMBS UP THERE.
MAKE MY DAY. ALL RIGHT, IT IS OKAY. IT'S GOOD TO LAUGH IN
CHURCH, BUT I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE GOD OUR BEST PRAISE TODAY.
SO LIFT THOSE HANDS UP HIGH TO HEAVEN. DON'T BE A SPECTATOR,
BE A PARTICIPANT. PRESS INTO GOD, FOCUS ON HIM.
MAYBE YOU GOT TO TURN A FEW THINGS OFF
FROM YOUR WEEK, RIGHT? THAT HAPPENS, THAT'S REAL.
SO THROW THOSE HANDS UP AND SAY THIS, SAY, LORD JESUS, I'M
PRESSED INTO YOU. I'M LEANING IN TO THE ANOINTING.
I ASK YOU TO FILL THIS PLACE, FILL THIS ROOM, TOUCH EVERY
HEART AND MIND, BOTH HERE AND ONLINE. AND I ASK YOU, LORD,
TO CHANGE ME FOR THE BETTER. AND LORD, I PROMISE, ARE
YOU READY? TO GIVE YOU, READY? MY VERY BEST PRAISE.
LET'S SHOUT LIKE WE BELIEVE IT. PRAISE THE LORD.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
OH, COME ON.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
COME ON, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS AGAIN AND GIVE HIM GLORY
THIS MORNING.
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COME ON, WORSHIP HIM. SOME OF YOU NEED TO CLOSE YOUR EYES.
OTHERS, YOU NEED TO LIFT YOUR HANDS. LET GOD BE THE FOCUS
RIGHT NOW OF YOUR HEART. LET YOUR ATTENTION BE GIVEN TO HIM
AND TO THE HONOR OF HIS NAME. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. OH,
HOW WE HONOR GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. THERE'LL BE NO END. WE
WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU.
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OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU GOD. HOW WE HONOR YOU, WE
LOVE YOU, WE REVERENCE YOU. WE'RE SO HUNGRY, THIRSTY FOR
YOU. OUR HEART LONGS, OUR HEART LONGS TO GO DEEPER. GAZE INTO
YOUR EYES TO SEE THE SMILE UPON YOUR FACE AND TO FEEL THE BREATH
OF YOUR VOICE AND OF YOUR WHISPER AND TO SENSE YOUR
PRESENCE THAT PERMEATES OUR BEING. WE CANNOT LIVE OUR LIFE
WITHOUT YOU. AND WE'RE SO HONORED THAT YOU'RE PART OF OUR
LIFE, THAT YOU ARE OUR LIFE, GOD. AND WE WORSHIP YOU AND
BLESS YOU. AND JUST THE POWER IN THE MENTION OF YOUR NAME,
YESHUA. YOU ARE GOD. YOU ARE GOD. KING OF KINGS AND YOU'RE
THE LORD OF LORDS. YOU ARE LORD SABIO, THE WARRIOR, THE
TRIUMPHANT ONE. AND YOU HOLD THE KEYS TO DEATH, HELL, AND THE
GRAVE. AND GOD, WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.
OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
OH, HALLELUJAH.
(WORSHIP MUSIC)
SOME OF YOU HAD NEEDS TODAY. YOU HAVE NEEDS
TODAY. JUST TELL THEM. YOU'VE ALREADY OBTAINED GRACE. YOU'VE
ALREADY OBTAINED MERCY. YOU'VE ALREADY OBTAINED HELP. YOU JUST
NEED TO COME TO THE THRONE OF GRACE. PRESENT YOUR NEEDS BEFORE
HIM AND THANK HIM. THANK HIM FOR HEALING YOUR BODY. THANK HIM FOR
SOUNDNESS OF MIND AND A BLESSED MEMORY. THANK HIM FOR FREEDOM TO
LIVE FREE FROM SIN. THANK HIM FOR PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION,
LOVE AND FORGIVENESS. THANK HIM FOR JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND HIS
PRESENCE FULL OF GLORY. THANK HIM FOR PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL
YOUR UNDERSTANDING THAT GUARDS YOUR HEART AND YOUR MIND. THANK
HIM FOR NO GREATER LOVE THAN THE LOVE THAT HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR US, HIS FRIENDS. WE THANK YOU. AND NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US
FROM THAT LOVE. NOT DEATH, NOR LIFE, NOR THINGS PRESENT, NOR
THINGS TO COME. NO PRINCIPALITIES, NO POWERS, NOR
THINGS PRESENT. YOU CAN'T SEPARATE US FROM YOUR LOVE, GOD
AND HOW WE HONOR YOU AND WORSHIP YOU. I WANT US TO STAY
IN THE ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP FOR JUST A MOMENT. WE'RE GOING TO
RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION. I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND BE SEATED.
THE USHERS ARE GOING TO SERVE YOU, BUT AS THEY DO THIS, I WANT
YOU TO KNOW THIS AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, THERE'S
SOMETHING VERY HOLY ABOUT COMING TO THE TABLE OF THE LORD, COMING
TO THE TABLE OF YOUR KING, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED
HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY HIS BODY AND BY HIS BLOOD. AND SO MAYBE
YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY OR YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, YOU'RE LIKE, YOU
KNOW WHAT, I REALLY HAVE SOME NEEDS. AND I FELT AS WE WERE
JUST IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD HERE, YOU NEED TO PRESENT THESE
THINGS BEFORE GOD. AND THEN AS YOU PARTAKE OF HIS BODY AND
BLOOD, YOU NEED TO CLAIM WHAT IS LEGALLY AND RIGHTFULLY YOURS
THROUGH WHAT JESUS PAID FOR. AMEN. LET'S WORSHIP
THE LORD. USHER'S BEGIN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION TOGETHER.
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YOU CAN BE SEATED. I WAS THINKING OF THE SCRIPTURE THIS
MORNING. APOSTLE PAUL, WE READ 1 CORINTHIANS 11 SO
OFTEN WHEN WE RECEIVE THE LORD'S SUPPER. AND I WAS JUST
HONED IN ON THE PHRASE, EVERY TIME YOU DO THIS, YOU DO SHOW
THE LORD'S DEATH UNTIL HE COMES. NOW THIS GOES ALONG WITH WHAT
PASTOR WAS SAYING, AND WE DO THAT SEVERAL WAYS. YOU KNOW, GOD
ALWAYS PUT PLACEHOLDERS, I LIKE TO CALL IT THAT. HE ALWAYS PUT
PLACEHOLDERS FOR US TO BRING REMEMBRANCE TO CERTAIN THINGS.
IT'S WHY WE HAVE FEAST OFFERINGS AND THE COMMUNION MEAL, IT WAS
TO BE A PLACEHOLDER TO REMIND US ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT WE'RE
CONSCIOUS OF THE LORD'S DEATH AND EVERYTHING HE'S DONE FOR US.
NOW THAT'S TWOFOLD. FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, GOD KNEW THAT
HUMAN HEARTS TEND TO STRAY AWAY, RIGHT? THERE'S A SCRIPTURE IN
THE BIBLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT SAID, "TURN, O BACKSLIDING
CHILDREN," IT'S IN THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH, BECAUSE HUMAN HEARTS
WILL, AND IT'S NOT THAT, BACKSLIDING ISN'T JUST, HEY, YOU
GO OUT AND GO BACK TO THE WORLD. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST SLIPPING
AWAY FROM REMEMBERING WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US SO THAT WE STAY
CONSCIOUS TO SERVE HIM, RIGHT? IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERY SINGLE
DAY WE ARE DOING SOMETHING FOR GOD AND NOT JUST SERVING OUR
FLESH. AND IT'S EASY, COME ON, WE'RE BUSY. IT'S EASY TO GET
CAUGHT UP IN DOING ALL OF THE THINGS IN THE NATURAL AND
FORGETTING THE SPIRITUAL. SO WE SHOW HIS DEATH IN THAT WAY, THAT
WE'RE CONSCIOUSLY THANKFUL, WE'RE ALWAYS REMINDED THAT WE
NEED TO, WE GET ONE LIFE, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT A LOT LATELY,
WE GET ONE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE GOD ON THIS EARTH WHILE WE'RE
ALIVE. AND SO THE COMMUNION MEAL REPRESENTS THAT. AND THEN THE
OTHER WAY WE SHOW THE LORD'S DEATH IS REMEMBER ALL OF THE
BENEFITS HE'S GIVEN US. EVERY TIME PASTOR AND I RECEIVE THE
COMMUNION MEAL, WE'VE DONE IT EVERY DAY NOW. WE'RE DOING IT
EVERY DAY FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
JOIN US. WE'RE ALSO READING TOGETHER, AND WE'VE DONE THIS IN
THE PAST, BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. WE
FIGURED, WELL, PROVERBS IS A GREAT WAY TO START THE YEAR OFF
RIGHT. SO WE, ALL OF THE WISDOM THAT'S IN THERE. SO WE'VE BEEN
DOING THAT EVERY DAY. AND YESTERDAY WAS THE SIXTH PROVERB.
TODAY IS THE SEVENTH. BUT YOU SHOW THE LORD'S BENEFITS EVERY
TIME YOU RECEIVE IT. AND I'M REMINDED WHEN THE PROPHETS, THE
SONS OF THE PROPHETS MADE THE SOUP, YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND
THEY THREW A POISONOUS GOURD IN THERE BY ACCIDENT, THEY DIDN'T
KNOW. WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE, FIRST OF ALL, OF THE
FACT THAT JESUS SAID, "IF YOU EAT AND DRINK ANY DEADLY THING,
"IT WILL NOT HURT YOU." AND SO WHEN THE MEAL CAKE WAS THROWN
INTO THE SOUP, THAT POISON WAS NEUTRALIZED. WELL, WHAT DID THAT
REPRESENT? THAT REPRESENTED THE BENEFIT OF JESUS' BROKEN BODY,
THAT WHEN THE MEAL CAKE GOES INTO WHEREVER THERE'S AN ATTACK,
COME ON, ANY POISONS OF THE ENEMY, ANY VENOM OF SATAN, ANY
PLACE THAT GOES IN, THAT NEUTRALIZES THAT. AND SO WE
CLAIM THAT EVERY TIME WE RECEIVE. FIRST OF ALL, WE
REDEDICATE EVERY TIME OUR HEARTS TO THE LORD, GOD HELP KEEP US ON
TRACK, FOLLOWING YOUR WISDOM, LET US SHOW YOUR DEATH VALUE AND
BENEFIT EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US, JESUS. BE THANKFUL, HOW MANY
OF YOU KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT? AND THEN WE CLAIM THAT ANYTHING
THAT THE ENEMY WOULD SOW AGAINST OUR LIVES, AGAINST OUR FAMILY,
OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHURCH FAMILY, OUR EMEMBERS, OUR ONLINE FAMILY,
ANYTHING THE DEVIL WOULD TRY TO SOW, WHEN THE MEAL CAKE OF
JESUS' BODY GOES IN, THAT POISON AND THAT VENOM, COME ON, IN
JESUS' NAME IS NEUTRALIZED BY THE POWER OF GOD. SO I WANT YOU
TO TAKE THE BREAD THAT REPRESENTS THE BODY OF JESUS AND
SAY THIS, SAY, NOW I RECEIVE JESUS' BODY AND I DECLARE IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD, ANY VENOM OF THE DEVIL, ANYTHING THAT SATAN
WOULD TRY, THIS BODY OF JESUS NEUTRALIZES ALL POISON. AND NOW
LORD, I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR ME. I HONOR YOUR DEATH
AS I RECEIVE IT NOW. LET'S RECEIVE TOGETHER. NOW HIS BLOOD,
THIS IS, IF ANYTHING THE ENEMY HAS EVER TRIED TO DO TO YOU TO
CONDEMN YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PERFECT IN THE ROOM?
RAISE YOUR HAND. ANY PERFECT PEOPLE? NONE OF US ARE PERFECT.
THANK GOD WE HAD A SAVIOR THAT SHED HIS BLOOD AND GIVES US
GRACE. THIS IS WHY YOU GIVE GRACE TO OTHER PEOPLE. CAN I
TELL YOU THIS? I BELIEVE ONE OF THE WORST SINS OF THE BODY OF
CHRIST IS STRIFE AND DIVISION. I BELIEVE IT ACCOUNTS FOR MORE
LOSSES. COME ON, LOST FAMILY MEMBERS? YOU THINK ABOUT ANYBODY
THAT YOU LOVE AND KNOW, IF IT WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TALKED TO
THEM, WOULD YOU WANT IT TO BE NASTY, MEAN, AND MEANSPIRITED?
YOU WOULDN'T. AND SO JESUS' BLOOD WAS THE UNIFIER FOR US IN
FAITH. IT REMINDS US THAT WE WERE GIVEN GREAT GRACE. AND SO
WE ARE TO BE, I'M WRITING, I'M FINISHING MY BOOK ON COMMANDING
PEACE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT IN THERE IS BEING A
PEACEMAKER. THAT GOD WAS THE FIRST COMMANDER OF PEACE WHEN HE
DECLARED AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THAT WE CELEBRATE IT. PEACE
ON EARTH, GOODWILL TOWARD MEN. GOD WAS EXTENDING A PEACE TREATY
TO HUMANITY. HE WAS GIVING US A PEACE OFFERING. HE WAS EXTENDING
HIS GRACE. AND SO THEN HE TURNS AROUND AND SAYS, NOW I'M GONNA
GIVE THAT TO YOU, YOU GIVE THAT TO OTHER PEOPLE. SO I WANT YOU
TO HOLD UP WHAT JESUS' BLOOD AND SAY THESE, SAY, SAY LORD.
ANYBODY THAT I'VE HAD OUGHT AGAINST, I FORGIVE THEM. YOU
SHED YOUR BLOOD FOR ME. YOU FORGAVE ME OF GREAT THINGS THAT
I DID AGAINST YOU. AND NOW LORD, I GIVE GRACE TO OTHERS. I
FORGIVE ALL MEN, ALL WOMEN, ANYONE THAT'S HURT ME OR
MISHANDLED ME. I RELEASE THEIR SINS. AND I THANK YOU, LORD.
THAT MEANS I'M FORGIVEN. NOW LET'S PRAY THIS. I FATHER, I ASK
YOU, UNIFY THE BODY OF CHRIST. LET US BE ONE AS JESUS PRAYED,
AS YOU ARE ONE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLOOD YOU SHED IN JESUS'
NAME. LET'S RECEIVE IT TOGETHER. WELL, I THINK YOU OUGHT TO STAND
THEN. IF YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU PRAYED, AND WE OUGHT TO GIVE
GOD A GREAT BIG HONOR. COME ON, TELL HIM YOU ARE THANKFUL. COME
ON, GIVE HIM A PRAISE HALLELUJAH! GLORY BE TO THE
LORD! NOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO AS A UNIFIED BODY. LET'S TURN
AROUND AND LOVE ON ONE ANOTHER, HUG SOMEBODY. INTERNET, YOU CAN
GIVE EACH OTHER HUG EMOJIS IN THERE IN THE
COMMENTS. LET'S LOVE ON EACH OTHER AND WE GIVE YOU A GREAT
BIG HUG. IN JESUS' NAME, AS THE BODY OF CHRIST, LET'S
LOVE ON EACH OTHER IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
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WELL, GOOD MORNING. IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME
IN THE BUILDING WITH US, WE WANT TO MAKE YOU FEEL WELCOME.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVED A BLUE GIFT
BAG WHEN YOU CAME INSIDE THE DOOR. IF YOU DID NOT,
PLEASE WAVE YOUR HAND AT THE USHERS. THEY HAVE THOSE
AVAILABLE FOR YOU. INSIDE THE BLUE GIFT BAG, THERE'S SOME
GOODIES WE'VE TUCKED IN THERE FOR YOU, AS WELL AS A GUEST
REGISTRY CARD. SO PLEASE, THERE'S A PACKET IN THERE THAT
HAS A PICTURE OF THE STAGE ON THE FRONT OF IT. GO AHEAD AND
PULL THAT OUT. INSIDE THAT, THERE'S SOME INFORMATION WE
WANNA SEND HOME WITH YOU, AS WELL AS A BRIGHT ORANGE CARD
THAT SAYS STAY CONNECTED AT THE TOP. GO AHEAD AND TEAR THAT OFF,
FILL IT OUT, DROP IT IN THE OFFERING BASKET. WHEN IT COMES
BY IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, WE JUST WANNA SEND YOU A THANK YOU
FOR COMING TO SEE US THIS MORNING, AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY
CONNECTED WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE GOING ON HERE AT THE
CHURCH. IF YOU'RE WATCHING BY LIVESTREAM, FACEBOOK LIVE, ROKU,
YOUTUBE, RUMBLE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS WE HAVE
OUT THERE, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET TO ONEVOICETV.NET. GO
THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS OUR STREAMING PLATFORM. WE CANNOT BE
CANCELED ON. AND YOU WANT TO GET CONNECTED TO ONEVOICETV.NET. YOU
CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THE ONE VOICE TV APPS TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT
DEVICES. WE HAVE ALL THOSE AVAILABLE FOR YOU AS WELL.
THEY'RE ALL LISTED RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO SERVICES,
BOTH LIVE AND ARCHIVED, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER GREAT SHOWS WE
HAVE OUT THERE FOR YOU. DAY OF THE DECREE, GAME CHANGERS, THEY
HAVE THE LIST OF THOSE. CAN YOU THROW THOSE UP THERE?
FLASHPOINTS OUT THERE. WE HAVE THE 24/7 WORSHIP CHANNEL OUT
THERE FOR YOU AS WELL. SO WE'VE GOT ALL THOSE GREAT PROGRAMS OUT
THERE THAT YOU CAN WATCH LIVE, ARCHIVED, ON DEMAND, WHENEVER
YOU WANNA WATCH 'EM. THEY'RE OUT THERE FOR YOU, SO BE BLESSED BY
ALL THAT GREAT CONTENT. WELL, WE HAVE AN EXCITING EVENT COMING
NEXT SATURDAY. FOR MORE DETAILS, WATCH THIS.
HEY KIDS, IT'S LIEUTENANT ZINDI HERE, CALLING
ALL KIDS AGES 4 TO 11. GET READY TO STEP INTO
THE WONDER OF THE SEASON AT OUR ANNUAL CANDY CANE
FESTIVAL, HAPPENING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH. THIS YEAR'S
THEME, ALL CREATION WAITS, INVITES CHILDREN TO EXPERIENCE
THE ANTICIPATION OF JESUS' BIRTH THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ANIMALS.
KIDS WILL LAUGH AND LEARN DURING A FUN, FAITHFILLED SKIT, CREATE
AND WRAP TWO HEARTFELT GIFTS, PLAY FESTIVE CHRISTMAS GAMES,
AND ENJOY SOME DELICIOUS SWEET TREATS. AND OF COURSE, IT
WOULDN'T BE THE CANDY CANE FESTIVAL WITHOUT OUR ANNUAL
SNOWBALL FIGHT! IT'S A JOY-FILLED, CHRIST-CENTERED
CELEBRATION, AND YOUR KIDS WON'T WANNA MISS. REGISTER TODAY AND
LET THEM EXPERIENCE THE WONDER OF ALL CREATION WAITS. ALL
RIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GONNA SEND YOUR KIDS TO THE CANDY CANE
FESTIVAL? I KNOW THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING SPECIAL. WE DO EVERY
YEAR, AND PROMISE KIDS DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB. SO IF YOU HAVE
SOME KIDS THAT YOU KNOW WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF THAT, THEN
INVITE THEM. WELL, TODAY, ZION ACADEMY IS DOING SOMETHING VERY
EXCITING. WE MEANT TO ANNOUNCE IT LAST WEEK, BUT YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE SO MUCH HAPPENING AT LORD OF HOSTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO
KEEP IT ALL STRAIGHT, SO WE FORGOT TO SAY IT, BUT THEY'RE
DOING THEIR ANNUAL BUSINESS FAIR. SO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND
HIGH SCHOOL HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER, AND THEY, YOU KNOW,
DID BUSINESSES WHERE THEY HAD TO MAKE AND PRODUCE AND NOW SELL
THE ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE. AND SO THEY LEARNED SOME VERY VALUABLE
BUSINESS LESSONS AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED THEIR BUSINESSES, SOME
BY THEMSELVES, SOME WITH PARTNERS. AND SO WE WANNA
ENCOURAGE YOU AFTER THIS MORNING SERVICE, GET OUT THERE, GO SEE
ALL THE BOOTHS THAT THEY HAVE SET UP AND SUPPORT THEM. AND,
YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU, YOU NEED CASH TO SHOP AT THE BOOTHS.
HOWEVER, PASTOR MIKE, AM I CORRECT? WE HAVE THE ZION
ACADEMY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET CASH. THE ZION BANK IS OPEN.
SO I GUESS THAT'S OUR NEXT VENTURE IS A BANK. PASTOR DOUG,
YOU CAN DO THAT, THAT'S NOT MY JOB. NO, SO GET OUT THERE,
SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE THEY'VE WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD AND
THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE AMAZING BOOTHS SET UP AND WHO KNOWS, YOU
MIGHT FIND SOME CUTE LITTLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS OR STOCKING
STUFFERS. SO, ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S WELCOME PASTOR BRENDA THIS
MORNING. AND I SAY THEY NEED TO BUY OUT ALL OF THEIR PRODUCTS.
THERE WILL BE NO FAILING BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS TODAY.
SO, GO WIPE THEM OUT, TAKE A MINUTE AFTER SERVICE, AND WE'LL
GET YOU OUT AT A GOOD TIME SO YOU CAN GO SHOPPING AT THE ZION
BUSINESS FAIR. SO, IT'S EXCITING. I'M SO PROUD. COME ON,
AREN'T YOU PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS? I THINK THEY DO SUCH A
GOOD JOB. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, VERY QUICKLY, JUST A COUPLE OF
QUICK THINGS TO REMIND YOU OF. OF COURSE, PROPHETIC PULSE WILL
BE IN TWO WEEKS. WE HAVE THE 17TH PROPHETIC PULSE, AND WE'RE
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, OUR LAST ONE FOR THE YEAR. SO MAKE
SURE YOU COME TO THAT. AND THEN THE 21ST IS OUR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS
SERVICE. IT IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL SERVICE. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO
COME. AND PASTOR ALWAYS HAS A VERY, VERY UPLIFTING AND
ENCOURAGING MESSAGE FOR THAT. SO BRING YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS.
AND THEN SOME PEOPLE SAY, "WHY DON'T YOU DO SERVICE ON
CHRISTMAS EVE?" WELL, YES, NEVER SAY NEVER, NEVER SAY NEVER. BUT
A LOT OF CHURCHES DON'T DO THE NEXT THING THAT WE DO, AND THAT,
BECAUSE WE'RE A PROPHETIC HOUSE, NEW YEAR'S EVE IS RIGHT AROUND
THE CORNER. AND I'M TELLING YOU, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO NEW
YEAR'S EVE, IN FACT, OKAY, I TOLD THE CHURCH ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THAT ONE OF MY NEW PASTIMES IS WATCHING PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN REMOTE VILLAGES. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THINGS ON YOUTUBE.
WATCHING PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN REMOTE VILLAGES IN THE COLDEST
PLACES OF SIBERIA, LIKE OUT THERE WHERE THERE'S NO PLUMBING.
AND THAT FINISHED ME RIGHT THERE. BUT JUST SEEING HOW THEY
COOK AND DO THINGS AND GET ALONG AND ALL OF THAT CRAZY STUFF. BUT
I FOUND IT IN THOSE AREAS, A LOT OF THEM CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND
NEW YEAR'S ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE IT'S SO COLD THAT TO GET
EVERYBODY TOGETHER, THEY CAN'T DO IT TWICE. SO I THOUGHT, WELL,
YOU KNOW WHAT, BUT HERE'S THE THING. AT LORD OF HOSTS, WE DO
SEPARATE THEM, BUT WE LOVE TO PROPHESY, NOT JUST SEE THE NEW
YEAR COME. WE LOVE TO SPEAK TO IT. WE LOVE TO START IT RIGHT.
WE PRAY OVER EVERYBODY, ANOINTING EVERYBODY WITH OIL.
YOU'LL WALK THIS RED CARPET ALONG HERE AND IT'S GONNA BE
POWERFUL. PASTOR HANK PRAYS EACH TIME, BELIEVE IN GOD, FOR THE
WORD OF THE LORD TO BE SHARED. HE'LL PREACH A LITTLE BIT. AND
WE WILL PRAY OVER ALL THE PRAYER REQUESTS FOR THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR. AND IF YOU'VE NOT YET SUBMITTED ONE, GO OUT TO
HANKANDBRENDA.ORG AND HAVE THOSE IN HERE. DON'T DELAY. IF YOU'RE
MAILING 'EM, I'M TELLING YOU, THAT POSTAL SERVICE TAKES
FOREVER. SO YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT IN THE MAIL TOMORROW.
THEY'RE TAKING A LONG TIME. SO IF YOU WANNA MAIL A PRAYER
REQUEST, AND THAT GOES FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE MAILING
OFFERINGS AS WELL, GET THOSE IN QUICKLY, GET THEM OUT, BECAUSE,
MAN, THAT POSTAL SERVICE, WE NEED TO PRAY THAT THEY HAVE A
ZAP OR SOMETHING. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ANOTHER TOPIC. TRUTH OF
THE MATTER IS, GET OUT THERE, GET THE PRAYER REQUESTS IN FOR
THAT NIGHT, AND LET'S JUST BELIEVE GOD TOGETHER. HOW MANY
OF YOU ARE GONNA COME TO NEW YEAR'S EVE FULL OF FAITH FOR
SOMETHING FRESH, AMEN? AND SO MANY AMAZING THINGS ARE BEING
PROPHESIED ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR 2026, AND SO BE PART
OF THAT. SEVEN O'CLOCK, WE DO HAVE HOTEL ROOM BLOCKS FOR THOSE
OF YOU THAT ARE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF TOWN. SO YOU
CAN GO OUT TO OUR WEBSITE AT LOHCHURCH.ORG, FIND THE ROOM
BLOCKS THERE AND GET REGISTERED. WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REGISTER
TO COME TO THE SERVICE, BUT YOU DO NEED TO RESERVE YOUR HOTEL
AND BE PART OF IT. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, CAN WE GET INTO THE
OFFERING THIS MORNING? I'M GONNA PREACH THE FASTEST SUMMARY OF
THE STORY OF THE RICH YOUNG RULER. LET'S LOOK AT LUKE 18, I
WANNA READ THIS TO YOU. SO SEVERAL THINGS I FOUND IN MY
STUDY TIME ABOUT THIS THIS WEEK. VERSE 18 OF LUKE 18, IT SAYS,
"AND A CERTAIN RULER ASKED HIM, SAYING, "'GOOD MASTER, WHAT
SHALL I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?' "AND JESUS SAID TO HIM,
'WHY DO YOU CALL ME GOOD? "'NONE IS GOOD SAVE ONE, THAT IS GOD.
"'YOU KNOW THE COMMANDMENTS. "'DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT
KILL, DO NOT STEAL, "'DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR
FATHER AND MOTHER.'" PASTOR'S BEEN PREACHING ON ALL OF THESE.
AND HE SAID, "ALL THESE," THIS WAS HIS RESPONSE, "I'VE KEPT
THESE SINCE I WAS A CHILD." NOW, WHEN JESUS HEARD THESE THINGS,
HE SAID TO HIM, "BUT YOU LACK ONE THING. SELL WHAT YOU HAVE
AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE POOR, AND YOU SHALL HAVE TREASURE IN
HEAVEN, AND COME AND FOLLOW ME." AND I HEARD BROTHER COPELAND SAY
AT ONE POINT THAT WHEN HE SAID, "COME FOLLOW ME," HE SAID THAT
TO 12 MEN, "COME FOLLOW ME." AND THERE IS SOME SPECULATION THAT
HE WAS OFFERING HIM A PLACE OF APOSTLESHIP, AND IT WAS THE
REASON HE ASKED HIM TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING. BUT THE PROBLEM WAS
IS THIS MAN WAS SO COMMITTED TO HIS MATERIAL THINGS, HE SAID
WHEN HE HEARD THIS, HE WAS VERY SORROWFUL FOR HE WAS VERY RICH.
NOW WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING, HE WASN'T, THIS IS NOT A TEACHING,
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THIS. THIS IS NOT A TEACHING THAT GOD DOES NOT
WANT YOU TO HAVE ANY WEALTH AT ALL, OKAY? IF YOU BELIEVE THAT
AND YOU'RE A BUSINESS OWNER, ANY BUSINESS OWNERS IN HERE, ANY
BUSINESS OWNER, WE GOT A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS, PEOPLE ONLINE.
IF YOU BELIEVE GOD WANTS YOU POOR AND HE JUST WANTS YOU TO
LIVE WITH A LIMITED AMOUNT, THEN YOU NEED TO BELIEVE FOR YOUR
BUSINESS TO GO BANKRUPT. DON'T TELL THE LORD THAT YOU WANT YOUR
BUSINESS BLESSED AND YOU WANT IT TO PROSPER AND THEN BELIEVE THAT
GOD WANTS YOU TO BE IMPOVERISHED. OKAY, THERE'S NOT
ANY SCRIPTURE THAT TEACHES THAT GOD WANTS US TO BE POOR AND
WITHOUT ANYTHING. OKAY, GOD PROMISED THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE
THAT HE WOULD GIVE PROVISION AND THE PROVISION OF THE LORD, THE
BIBLE SAID HE WILL SUPPLY ALL MY NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN
GLORY. COME ON, NOT WHAT IS STRUGGLING TO GET BY HERE ON
EARTH. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCH IS WE'VE SPENT
TOO MUCH TIME THINKING THAT GOD DOESN'T WANT US TO HAVE
ANYTHING. AND SO THEREFORE, GUESS WHAT? WE GET WHAT WE
BELIEVE. OKAY, WHILE THE WORLD IS OUT THERE USING ALL THE MONEY
THEY HAVE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DARKNESS, AND YET WE HAVE THE
LIGHT. AND BELIEVE ME, I LEARNED AFTER WE BUILT THIS TABERNACLE,
IT TAKES MONEY TO DO STUFF, RIGHT? IT TAKES MONEY TO PREACH
THE GOSPEL. I LIKE WHAT PASTOR HANK SAID FOR MANY YEARS. HE
SAID, "YES, THE GOSPEL'S FREE, "BUT IT'LL COST YOU EVERYTHING,
"AND IT COSTS MONEY TO PREACH IT." FACTS, RIGHT? SO THIS MAN,
THE PROBLEM WITH THE RICH YOUNG RULER IS HE HADN'T PRIORITIZED
HIS GIVING. THAT WAS THE ONE AREA OF HIS LIFE. AND I'LL BE
HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK IT'S IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE HUMAN NATURE,
I LOVE WHAT R.T. KENDALL SAID IN HIS BOOK ON TITHING, IT'S ONE OF
MY FAVORITE LINES IN THERE. HE SAID, "THE HUMAN PERSON, THE
CHRISTIAN, "IS LARGELY ALLERGIC TO TITHING." WELL, I'M TELLING
YOU, GOD GIVE YOU AN ANTIHISTAMINE FROM THE BIBLE.
THIS, AMEN, THIS MAN, THIS MAN HAD NOT PRIORITIZED GIVING. HE
HAD DONE ALL THE OTHER THINGS RIGHT, BUT HE LEFT OUT THIS ONE
AREA. AND SO LOOK WHAT JESUS SAID. WELL, PASTOR BRENDA, WAS
HE SUPPOSED TO JUST GIVE IT ALL UP BECAUSE GOD WANTED HIM POOR?
NO, GOD WAS TRYING TO GET AT HIS HEART. OKAY, JESUS KNEW THE
SCRIPTURE. THINK ABOUT THAT, JESUS KNEW. OKAY, WHY DIDN'T HE
STOP THAT WOMAN WITH THE TWO LITTLE MITES THAT GAVE HER LAST
LITTLE BIT INTO THE TREASURY? HE SHOULD HAVE SAID, "OH, YOU POOR
THING, "KEEP THOSE LAST TWO LITTLE COINS "AND GO DOWN TO THE
CONVENIENCE STORE AND GET WHATEVER." HE NEVER SAID THAT.
HE KNOWS THE PRINCIPLE WILL WORK. SHE GAVE HER LAST, COME
ON, JUST LIKE THE WIDOW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT GAVE THE LAST BIT,
SHE TOOK THE LAST BREAD AND CAKE AND GAVE IT TO THE PROPHET.
OKAY, 'CAUSE GOD KNOWS, JESUS KNEW RIGHT HERE THAT THE
PRINCIPLE OF SCRIPTURE WORKS. GOD SAID, IF YOU GIVE, IT'LL BE
GIVEN BACK TO YOU. GOD SAID, IF YOU PRIORITIZE ME, I'LL
PRIORITIZE YOU. OKAY, COME ON, WHATSOEVER A MAN OR WOMAN SOWS,
THEY WILL REAP. IF YOU SOW STINGY, YOU REAP STINGY. IF YOU,
COME ON, 2 CORINTHIANS SAYS IT, CHAPTER 9, WE'VE READ IT A
100,000 TIMES. IT SAYS THAT GOD WILL MAKE YOU THROUGH YOUR
GIVING TO HAVE ALL SUFFICIENCY IN ALL THINGS. AND THEN GOD
SAYS, NOW PROVE ME IF I'LL DO IT. THAT'S A PROBLEM, PEOPLE
HAVE TROUBLE WITH THAT. THEY DON'T WANNA PROVE GOD AND PUT
HIM TO THE TEST WHEN IT SEEMS HARD TO DO IT. CAN I TELL YOU OF
ALL THE TITHES WE'VE EVER TITHED IN 40 YEARS OF SERVING GOD, I
PROMISE YOU A LOT OF THEM WEREN'T CONVENIENT. AM I THE
ONLY ONE? NO, NO, BUT GOD SAID IT WASN'T CONVENIENT FOR THIS
MAN. HE DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP HIS MANSION AND HIS MERCEDES AND
HIS NEW DONKEY AND HIS STUFF. HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. BUT THEN
LOOK WHAT HAPPENS HERE. I WANT YOU TO SEE SOMETHING. VERSE 24,
"WHEN JESUS SAW THAT HE WAS SORROWFUL, HE SAID, 'HOW HARD IS
IT THAT THEY HAVE RICHES TO ENTER THE KINGDOM?'" OKAY, NOW
THAT WASN'T A COMMAND FOR POVERTY. HE WAS JUST SAYING THAT
PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN MATERIALISM. LOOK HOW MANY
PEOPLE WON THE LOTTERY AND DESTROYED THEMSELVES. GOD'S JUST
SAYING, GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT. IT'S OKAY TO HAVE
FINANCES, YOU JUST GOTTA HAVE THE RIGHT PRIORITY, RIGHT? "FOR
IT'S EASIER FOR A CAMEL TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE THAN
A RICH MAN TO ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD." AND THERE'S A
LOT OF TEACHING ON WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE
A NEEDLE'S LITTLE AND A CAMEL'S BIG. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT
WORKS, BUT HE'S JUST SAYING IT'S DIFFICULT IF YOU'VE ALLOWED THE
LOVE OF MONEY TO HOLD YOU. WHEN THEY HEARD IT, NOW WATCH THIS,
THIS IS THE RESPONSE OF HIS DISCIPLES. WELL, LORD, IF YOU'RE
SAYING RICH PEOPLE CAN'T ENTER THE KINGDOM, HOW THEN CAN
ANYBODY BE SAVED? AND I THOUGHT, THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR OWN
FINANCES. THEY MUST'VE HAD SOME MONEY. AT ONE POINT IN JESUS'
MINISTRY, THEY OFFERED TO GO BUY FOOD FOR THE THOUSANDS. NOW, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST TO FEED 5,000 BACK THEN, PLUS WOMEN
AND CHILDREN, BUT 15,000 PEOPLE AT $10 A POP MAYBE TODAY. IN
TODAY'S ECONOMY, I MEAN, YOU COULD GET SOMEBODY A MEAL FOR
MAYBE $5, MAYBE, LET'S JUST SAY $10. I MEAN, YOU GO TO STARBUCKS
AND SPEND 10 BUCKS ON A COFFEE NOW. I WENT THERE AND GOT MYSELF
A PEPPERMINT MOCHA THE OTHER DAY. I WAS EARLY GETTING TO AN
APPOINTMENT 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WAS
GONNA HAVE TO DO AND I DIDN'T. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, I'VE GOT A
MINUTE. I'M GONNA GO GET A PEPPERMINT MOCHA, MY FAVORITE.
AND THAT LADY SAID, "THAT'LL BE $10.34." I'M LIKE, THAT WASN'T
EVEN A VENTI. THAT WAS A MEDIUM. I THOUGHT, DEAR LORD, I
MEAN, COFFEE'S GONE UP. LET'S JUST GET THE OLD KEURIG OUT AND
PULL THE POT. I'M LIKE, AM I GONNA, YOU COULD GO BROKE DOING
THAT STUFF. BUT, OH, LORD JESUS. WELL, HE SAID, "BUT THEN WHO CAN
BE SAVED, LORD? "CAN ANYBODY BE SAVED?" AND HE SAID, "THE THINGS
THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN "ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD." IN
OTHER WORDS, GOD IS SAYING, "IF YOU HAVE FINANCES, IT IS
POSSIBLE. "IF YOU PRIORITIZE THE KINGDOM FIRST, "THEN IT'S
POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN LIVE IN THE BLESSING WITHOUT MONEY
HAVING YOU." THEN PETER GOES ON TO SAY, "BUT LORD, WE'VE LEFT
EVERYTHING TO FOLLOW YOU." BUT JESUS ENDS IT AND HE SAYS,
"WELL, IF YOU'VE DONE THAT, COME ON, IF YOU DID BETTER THAN THE
RICH YOUNG RULER TO GIVE OF YOUR FINANCES AND PRIORITIZE YOUR
GIVING," HE SAID, "THERE'S NO PERSON ON THIS EARTH THAT GIVES
UP HOUSES AND LANDS AND FATHERS AND MOTHERS FOR MY SAKE, THAT I
WILL NOT WATCH THIS, GIVE IT BACK, NOT ONLY IN HEAVEN," AND
WE ALWAYS THINK WE'RE GONNA GET IT BACK IN HEAVEN ONE DAY. NO,
HE SAID, "I'LL DO IT NOW AND IN THIS LIFETIME."
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE YOUR CLAIM AS WE CLOSE OUT THIS
YEAR. COME ON, GET READY. PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION UP ON THE
SCREEN THAT YOU WILL PRIORITIZE GIVING THE END OF THIS YEAR,
GOING INTO 2026 AND YOUR TITHE. AND WHEN YOU DO, KNOW THAT GOD
WILL ALWAYS BE FAITHFUL. YOU CANNOT GIVE UP ANYTHING TO THE
LORD THAT HE WON'T GIVE BACK TO YOU. AND WE HAVE TO TRUST THAT,
AMEN? ALL RIGHT, THOSE OF YOU THAT ALREADY GOT YOUR TITHE
READY, SOME OF US PREPARE THOSE IN THE MORNING BEFORE WE EVEN
COME TO CHURCH. SO YOU CAN STAND. THERE'S ALL THE WAYS TO
GIVE. THANK YOU, INTERNET, FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP. AND WE ARE
PRAYING FOR ANOTHER WAVE OF INFLUX INTO THE BUILDING FUND.
WE'VE GOT SOME NEW ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE BEFORE US. WE JUST
CAN'T SHARE THINGS YET, BUT WE WILL BE. AND THEY'LL BE COMING.
WE JUST WANNA BUILD THAT TREASURE CHEST. IT TOOK A LOT OF
EFFORT TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. BY THE WAY, THAT LINE OF CREDIT
THAT WE HAD ON THE AVL HAS PAID OFF. PRAISE THE LORD,
HALLELUJAH. BUT WE WORKED THAT FUND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE
BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, FOLKS. SO HELP US GET IT. HOW MUCH DO YOU
THINK WE SHOULD REPLENISH THAT? I THINK SO. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
BUILD A TABERNACLE TO JUST SIT. WE BUILD IT, COME ON, TAKING
TERRITORY FOR THE KINGDOM. AND I PROMISE YOU THERE'S NEW
TERRITORY TO TAKE. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY? DO YOU HAVE YOUR
GIVING READY, YOUR OFFERING? BY THE WAY, THERE'S A PLACE UP
THERE THAT SAYS BUILDING FUND. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN GIVE INTO
THAT IF YOU'RE PRAYING ABOUT SOME OFFERINGS FOR THE CLOSE OF
2025. HOLD YOUR OFFERING UP REAL HIGH. HOLD YOUR ENVELOPE, YOUR
PHONE. THOSE OF YOU ONLINE COULD DO THE SAME. FATHER, I THANK YOU
FOR EVERY GIVER. WE THANK YOU THAT, FATHER, WHEN WE PRIORITIZE
GIVING, YOU PRIORITIZE THE BLESSING. AND WE BELIEVE IT.
FATHER, THAT ANYTHING THAT WE GIVE TO YOU, IT COMES BACK TO
US. AND WE STAND IN FAITH FOR IT. WE BELIEVE IT, WE HOLD ONTO
IT. WE WILL NEVER SPEAK OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE KNOW THAT YOU
PROMISE. AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER. LET 2026 BE A FANTASTIC
FINANCIAL YEAR. I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IN THE
ECONOMY. LET IT BE AMAZING FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. WE DECLARE IT
AND WE BELIEVE IT. IN JESUS' NAME. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY TO
SAY OUR DECLARATION TOGETHER? LET'S GET PASTOR HANK UP TO
PREACH. WE DECLARE THE CAMPUS AND MINISTRY OF LORD OF HOSTS
CHURCH SHALL BE INCREASED, EXPANDED, AND DEBTFREE. WE
DECREE IT SHALL HAPPEN WITHOUT DELAY. WE SAY TO EVERY HEAVENLY
ASSIGNMENT, "BE BUILT UP AND FINISH." WE SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL
THE FINANCES NEEDED FOR THE LORD IS BUILDING THIS HOUSE. WE HAVE
MORE THAN ENOUGH, EXCESS AND OVERFLOW. LORD, YOU ARE
PROVIDING SEED TO THE SOWER. WE CALL UPON YOU, LORD OF HOSTS, TO
BRING FORTH HEAVENLY ASSISTANCE AND RAISE UP MULTITUDES OF
PEOPLE THAT SHALL GIVE ABUNDANTLY TO THIS WORK. WE
PROPHESY THAT WE SHALL QUADRUPLE, QUADRUPLE, AND THAT
WE WILL QUADRUPLE AGAIN. WE DECLARE NEW THINGS NOW. WE
DECREE MINISTRY AND CAMPUS BE EXPANDED NOW. COME ON, SHOUT AS
YOU GIVE, AND LET'S WELCOME PASTOR HANK. AMEN, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR GIVING. USHERS YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO
SERVE THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE. AND
YEAH, LET'S GET THE STOREHOUSE FILLED BACK UP, AND THAT'LL BE A
GREAT BLESSING. SO HOW MANY OF YOU ARE YOU GONNA BE HERE FOR
THE NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE? OH, WOW. HOW MANY OF YOU FOR THE
CHRISTMAS, DECEMBER 21ST? THAT'LL BE GOOD. I GOT A GREAT
WORD. I'M EXCITED. OUR SON, JOHN, IS GONNA BE FLYING IN AND
HE'S GONNA SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH US. AND WE'RE GONNA PUT A PUZZLE
TOGETHER LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. BUT WE GOT THIS, AND I CAN'T MENTION
EVERY GIFT, BUT EMERSON'S, YOUR CONNECT FOUR. I MEAN, THEY GAVE
US A CONNECT FOUR THAT'S PROBABLY LIKE THIS AND LIKE, I
MEAN, IT IS LIKE, IT'S THE BIGGEST, BRENDA, IT'S THE
BIGGEST ONE. AND I AM GONNA ABSOLUTELY, JOHN, I KNOW YOU'RE
WATCHING. MATT, I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING. YOU NEED KLEENEX AFTER
I GET DONE TAKING YOU OUT IN CONNECT FOUR. AND WE'RE GONNA
GET IT ON VIDEO. YOU NEED TO SEE, I'VE NEVER SEEN A CONNECT
FOUR. I DON'T KNOW WHERE Y'ALL FOUND IT, BUT IT IS PRETTY
AMAZING. SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME THERE. AND IT'S GREEN
AND GOLD, IT'S A PACKER ONE. THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
GOOD. SO THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN AS WELL. SO HEY, BEFORE WE GET
STARTED, I DO WANNA MENTION I GOT A NEW BOOK THAT JUST CAME
OUT. RACHEL, THANKS FOR DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT. AND BOB,
HELP ME OUT HERE. I WANNA GIVE, OKAY, I WANNA GIVE ONE OF THESE
AWAY TO ONE OF OUR EMEMBERS ONLINE. THIS IS ONE OF OUR FIRST
COPIES, AND I WANNA GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY WHO'S AN EMEMBER
ONLINE. AND SO HELP ME, WALK ME THROUGH IT. IF HE NEEDS A
MICROPHONE, GET A MICROPHONE. HELP ME WALK THIS THROUGH. BUT
IF THEY COULD PUT UP, THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST STORIES.
MUTZPHEY AND MILO, HELP WANTED, THEY GET A JOB. AND WHAT, NOBODY
LIKED THAT? ARE YOU GUYS PART OF? IT'S BUSINESS FAIR DAY,
AND SO YOU NEED TO GET THIS BOOK. AND IT IS
SO, SO FUNNY. MAYOR MELVIN, SEE THEY GET A JOB AT THE MAYOR'S
MANSION. BUT THE MUD RATS DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO RUIN IT. SO
YOU REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THIS BOOK. AND
THERE IS A, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE, I
DON'T KNOW, THIS IS LIKE THE, I THINK THE 7TH OR 8TH ONE
OF “MUTZPHEY AND MILO" THAT WE'VE WRITTEN. THE 6TH ONE,
WELL, THAT'S RIGHT, 'CAUSE I HAVE A CHRISTMAS ONE COMING OUT
TOO, IT'S BEING ILLUSTRATED. DAVID AND GOLIATH, I WROTE THAT.
SO IT'LL BE EIGHT BY THE TIME THEY'RE DONE ILLUSTRATED. AND
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE ANIMATION. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE.
IT LOOKS AMAZING. SO WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST VIDEO. BUT I WANNA
GIVE THIS AWAY TO SOMEBODY ONLINE. SO HOW DO I DO IT, BOB?
YEP, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO CURT AND CONNIE BILLING. CURT AND CONNIE
FROM BILLINGS. CAN WE GRAB A MICROPHONE REAL QUICK? LET ME
GET, 'CAUSE I WANT THEM TO BE INCLUDED. AND THEN I'M GONNA
GIVE THIS ONE TO SOMEBODY IN HERE. SO THIS IS LIKE ONE OF THE
FIRST ORIGINAL COPIES. IT'S HOT OFF THE PRESS, IT'S BURNING IN
MY HAND. SO, ALL RIGHT, BOB HERE. SO THANK YOU, BOB. HE'S
OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER. HOW TALL ARE YOU? 6'5",
6'9" WITH THE AFRO. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR LIKE
ALMOST LIKE 30 SOME 38 YEARS. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER YOU
BEING THAT TALL. AM I, AM I, I'M NOT GETTING SMALLER,
AM I BOB? I MEAN, OKAY. IT'S MY HEELS. IT'S YOUR
HEELS, OKAY. I MEAN, WE WERE AT EACH OTHER'S WEDDING, I
DON'T REMEMBER YOU BEING THAT TALL, BOB. SO LORD, LORD, AM I
GROWING? GIVE PASTOR HANK SOME HEIGHT. OKAY, SO ANYWAY, I'M
STILL MORE MUSCULAR THAN YOU, BUT THAT'S OKAY, BOB. ALL RIGHT,
SO WHO ARE WE GONNA GIVE THIS AWAY TO? ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT ON
RUMBLE, THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT TUNES INTO RUMBLE, WE HAVE
KURT AND CONNIE FROM BILLINGS, MONTANA. OH, BILLINGS, MONTANA.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS, AND HERE'S THE THING. SO I
DON'T KNOW WHERE AMY IS OR WHOEVER. I'M GONNA DRAW A
CARTOON AND I'LL WRITE SOMETHING IN THIS FOR YOU. HOW'S THAT
SOUND? SO WE'VE GOT SOME INSTRUCTION FOR YOU, KURT AND
CONNIE. REACH OUT TO US THIS WEEK, LOH@LOHCHURCH.ORG. GET US
YOUR INFORMATION AND WE'LL GET WHAT PASTOR HANK DRAWS AND WE'LL
GET THE BOOK TO YOU. AMEN, YEAH, DON'T PUT YOUR INFORMATION
ONLINE. WE'LL DO IT THE OTHER WAY. CORRECT, YEP. THANKS.
THANKS, PASTOR. ALL RIGHT, WHO WANTS THIS NEW HELP-WANTED BOOK?
WHO WANTS IT? WAIT, WHY ARE YOU POINTING AT HIM? DO YOU WANT
THIS BOOK? YOU'RE FROM TEXAS, I'M NOT GONNA MESS WITH TEXAS.
DO YOU NEED A JOB? YOU NEED A JOB? YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT
NEEDS A JOB? DO YOU NEED TO LAUGH? HAND IT TO HIM. ARE YOU A
GREEN BAY PACKERS FAN OR A DALLAS COWBOY?
MY FATHER HAD A PERSONAL FRIEND THAT PLAYED FOR
THE GREEN BAY PACKERS, NAMED LEROY CAFFEY, WHO
PLAYED RIGHT BY RAY NITSCHKE. WOW, RIGHT BY RAY, YEAH. MY DAD
WENT TO TEXAS A&M, AND LEROY CAFFEY PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AT TEXAS A&M, AND THEY WERE BUDDIES. WOW. AND HE WENT TO THE
GREEN BAY PACKERS, AND HE AND RAY NITSCHKE. SO YOU HAVE
CONNECTIONS TO GREEN BAY, I FELT THAT WE, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW I WAS,
SO HERE, GIVE THIS TO HIM. SO YOU KNOW I WAS LOOKING AT
SHAPES, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HEXAGONS? HOW
MANY SEEN OCTAGONS? AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE DALLAS COWBOYS
STAR AND I SAW WHAT WAS CALLED A SEASON GONE. SO YOU KNOW, SO
THEY'RE KINDA, THEY'RE ALL KINDA. CHERYL, I'M SO SORRY, I
KNOW. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN,
LISTEN, YOU CAN PICK ON WHATEVER TEAM YOU WANT, INCLUDING THE
PACKERS. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF FUNNY. I SAW THAT. I
KNOW YOU'RE NOT LAUGHING, AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT, DON'T TURN OFF
THE STREAM BECAUSE I INSULTED YOUR TEAM. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE
GO. THOUGHT THAT WAS GOOD. YOU DID? CHERYL, PLEASE, I'M ONLY
TEASING. IT'S ALL GOOD, I MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS HERE,
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 22.
AND GOTTA HAVE FUN IN LIFE, RIGHT? GOTTA HAVE FUN IN LIFE.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE FUN. SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO
LAUGH ANYMORE. HOW MANY KNOW SOMEBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW
TO LAUGH? LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR. ASK HIM, SAY, DO YOU KNOW HOW TO
LAUGH? ALL RIGHT. SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO PREACH THIS MESSAGE
FOR A FEW WEEKS, SO WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THERE. ALL RIGHT,
OPEN YOUR BIBLES TO MATTHEW 22, AND I WANT US TO LOOK AT VERSE
35. THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF OUR TEXT, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT
NABOTH'S VINEYARD, BUT REALLY WHAT I'M GONNA TRY TO DO IS
BRING IT DOWN, AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, TO WHERE THIS
ISN'T JUST A STORY. THIS IS A WARNING TO ALL OF US. IT'S A
WARNING TO AMERICA, IT'S A WARNING TO OUR CITIES, TO OUR
SCHOOLS, IT'S A WARNING TO OUR PERSONAL LIVES. IT'S LITERALLY
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU
TODAY AND REALIZE THAT THERE IS POWER IN HONOR AND THERE IS
CONSEQUENCES IN DISHONOR. AND THERE ARE EVIL FORCES THAT ARE
TRYING TO GAIN ACCESS INTO YOUR GARDEN, INTO YOUR VINEYARD,
RIGHT? WE'RE GONNA GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF
TIME. WHAT DID THE ENEMY DO? HE WENT INTO A GARDEN, RIGHT? AND
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NABOTH, WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT THAT DEVIL USED A
WOMAN NAMED JEZEBEL TO TRY TO DO THE SAME. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND
PICK THIS UP. MATTHEW 22:35, "THEN ONE OF THEM, WHICH WAS A
LAWYER, "ASKED JESUS A QUESTION AND TRIED TO TEMPT HIM, "SAYING,
'MASTER, WHICH IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT "'IN THE LAW?'
"JESUS SAID, 'YOU SHOULD LOVE OR HONOR THE LORD YOUR GOD "WITH
ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, "AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'"
AND THEN HE SAYS, "THIS IS THE FIRST "AND IT'S THE GREATEST OF
THE COMMANDMENT "THAT YOU SHOULD LOVE AND YOU SHOULD HONOR GOD."
AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK. I'D ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU
HAVEN'T HEARD IT, GO BACK. IT'LL MAKE YOU HUNGRY, I BELIEVE, FOR
THE LORD. AND THEN HE GOES ON, HE SAYS, NOW HERE'S THE OTHER
COMMANDMENT. "THE SECOND IS LIKE, THOU SHALL LOVE THY
NEIGHBOR "AS THYSELF," AND THEN HE CONTINUES, HE SAYS, "ON THESE
TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS." NOW LET'S
SHOW THE GRAPHIC OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU'LL SEE IS YOU CAN DIVIDE THEM INTO TWO PARTS.
SO HE WAS TRYING TO TRAP JESUS, THE LAWYER, BUT JESUS KNEW THAT
IF YOU TAKE THESE 10 COMMANDMENTS, THAT YOU COULD
DIVIDE THEM UP INTO TWO PARTS, LOVING AND HONORING GOD, AND
LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS. AND WHAT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ARE,
THE LOVING OF GOD IS REALLY, IT MAKES THE CROSS, LOVING GOD,
LOVING OTHERS, BECAUSE LOVING GOD IS YOUR VERTICAL, RIGHT?
THAT BEAM OF THE CROSS THAT IS EXTENDED UNTO GOD. LOVING OTHERS
IS THE EXTENSION OF THAT LOVE. THAT'S THE LOVE OF GOD. IT'S
SHED ABROAD IN YOUR HEART, YOU LOVE GOD. IT SHOULD SPILL OUT IN
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE TELLS US IN THE
NEW TESTAMENT TO PUT ON CHRIST AND TO PUT OFF THE OLD MAN. IN
OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE A NEW NATURE. AND PART OF THAT NEW
NATURE NEEDS TO BE CHRISTLIKE. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER MET A
CHRISTIAN THAT WASN'T CHRISTLIKE? AND THEN YOU COULD
LOOK AT YOU AND SAY, NOT ME, NOT ME. NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU, LET'S
BE HONEST, AND YOU THAT ARE WATCHING WOULD HAVE TO SAY, HEY,
I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM CHRISTLIKE, RIGHT? IN MY
ACTIONS, THE FRUIT, RIGHT? THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT STARTS WITH
LOVE, THEN IT HAS JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, GOODNESS, GENTLENESS,
SELF-CONTROL. THAT IS THE FRUIT OF OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE. THAT IS
WHAT WE ARE TO PUT ON, EMULATES, WHAT WE'RE TO GROW IN, RIGHT?
THAT'S WHY IT'S THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. NOW, I WANT YOU TO SEE
THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMANDMENTS MENTION IS
LOVE OR HONOR. MATTHEW 15, VERSE EIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DO JUST A
LITTLE REVIEW IN THIS SENSE. MATTHEW 15, EIGHT IS YOU CAN
HAVE LIP SERVICE ALL DAY LONG. YOU COULD SAY THAT YOU LOVE GOD.
YOU COULD SAY THAT YOU HONOR GOD. YOU MAY THINK YOU HONOR
GOD, BUT IF THERE ISN'T ACTIONS, CORRESPONDING ACTIONS OF YOUR
LIP SERVICE OR YOUR INTENTIONS, RIGHT? I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT SAY, "WELL, I'M GONNA GET RIGHT WITH GOD." WELL, WHY DON'T
YOU GET RIGHT WITH GOD? "WELL, I'M GONNA GET BACK TO CHURCH."
WELL, GET YOUR BOOTY BACK. IT ISN'T HARD, RIGHT? DON'T LIVE A
LIFE OF LIP SERVICE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE CORRESPONDING ACTION THAT
HAS TO GO DEEP ON THE INSIDE OF YOU. YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
NEEDS TO BE DEEP IN YOU. I LOVE YOU, GOD, AND IT IS SETTLED IN
MY HEART, AND IT IS DEEP IN MY HEART, AND I HONOR YOU.
THEREFORE, I HAVE CORRESPONDING ACTION, "BECAUSE IT'S IN MY
HEART." IT'S A BADGE OF HONOR, IT'S A CODE OF CONDUCT. AND THAT
IS MY HONOR TO GOD, AND MY HONOR THAT I TRY TO BRING TO OTHER
PEOPLE. SO JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 15, HE SAID, "LOOK, DON'T GIVE
ME LIP SERVICE. "PEOPLE DRAW NIGH UNTO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH.
"THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF TALKING." HOW MANY OF YOU,
AGAIN, ANSWERING MY EARLIER QUESTION, HAVE MET PEOPLE WHO
SAY, "WELL, I'M A CHRISTIAN, "AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT 'EM
GOING, 'REALLY? "THAT'S WHAT A CHRISTIAN LOOKS LIKE?'" HE SAID,
"DON'T DRAW NIGH UNTO ME WITH YOUR MOUTH. "DON'T JUST GIVE ME
LIP SERVICE AND ON WITH YOUR LIPS, "BUT YOUR HEART IS FAR
AWAY." AND ONE OF THE GREATEST WAYS TO CONNECT TO GOD HEART TO
HEART IS THROUGH A LIFE OF HONOR. HONOR WAS THE FIRST SIN
THAT EVER, EVER EXISTED IN THE FORM OF INIQUITY. IT WAS
LUCIFER, WE'VE SAID IT, WHO LITERALLY DISHONORED GOD AND
SAID, "I'M GONNA EXALT MYSELF ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD. "I'M
GONNA EXALT MYSELF EVEN ABOVE GOD. "I'M GONNA DO A COUP DE TA,
"I'M GONNA TAKE OVER THE THRONE." GOD DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO
DO ANYTHING, JUST KIND OF GO, "REALLY?" AND SATAN FELL LIKE
LIGHTNING. YEAH, BUT IT WAS DISHONOR. SO WE HAVE TO WEAR A
BADGE OF HONOR. THAT'S WHY WE LOOKED LAST WEEK WHERE IT SAYS,
"LET MERCY AND TRUTH BE BOUND ABOUT YOUR NECK." IN OTHER
WORDS, HONOR, TRUTH, INTEGRITY. LET IT BE ABOUT YOUR NECK. IN
OTHER WORDS, IT'S YOUR MOVEMENTS, IT'S YOUR DECISIONS,
IT'S YOUR CHOICES. HEY, I DON'T CARE WHAT OTHERS DO. I WANNA
MAKE SURE I DO IT IN HONOR TO GOD, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT
I'M DOING IT IN INTEGRITY. HOW MANY OF YOU SAY THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA DO? NOW, LET'S GO ON, BECAUSE I WANNA SHOW YOU,
LET'S GO BACK INTO THE BOOK OF GENESIS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 15. SO
ONCE THIS SIN OF DISHONOR WAS REALLY IN LUCIFER'S HEART, HE
GOT KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN, HE HAD A VENDETTA AGAINST GOD, HE HAD
AN AGENDA AGAINST GOD, AND THAT WAS HE WAS GOING TO COME AND
LITERALLY UPSET THE APPLE CART. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FRUIT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE AN APPLE, SO I WOULD KIND OF USE THAT ANALOGY
THERE AND INCREDIBLE INSIGHT. BUT NO, HE WANTED TO COME AFTER
MAN WHO WAS CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING TO
ME AS I'M WRITING THIS BOOK, "BECOMING A FRIEND OF GOD"
NOWHERE IN SCRIPTURE DOES IT SAY THAT GOD CALLED AN ANGEL
HIS FRIEND. BUT HE DID CALL HIS PEOPLE HIS FRIENDS. AND WE ARE
THE ONES WHO ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, RIGHT?
NOT ANGELS, WE ARE. SO LUCIFER WAS VERY UPSET. SATAN WAS MAD.
SO NOW HE GOES TO THE GARDEN AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU
THOUGH, BEFORE HE SHOWS UP, LOOK AT WHAT GOD SAYS TO
ADAM. AND IT WAS HIS INSTRUCTION AND IT HAD TO DO WITH HONOR. IN
GENESIS 2, VERSE 15, NOTICE WHAT GOD SAYS. AND THE LORD GOD TOOK
THE MAN AND PUT HIM INTO THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO DRESS IT AND
TO KEEP IT. NOW THAT WORD DRESS MEANS TO TOIL, MEANS YOU GOTTA
WORK, RIGHT? HE THAT DOESN'T WORK DOESN'T EAT, RIGHT? AND IT
MEANS TO LABOR, AND TO KEEP IT MEANS TO BEWARE OF AN ENEMY. SO
GOD WAS ALREADY SAYING, ADAM, LISTEN, I'VE PUT YOU AS A
STEWARD OVER THIS GARDEN. I'VE PUT YOU AS A STEWARD, AND AS
LONG AS YOU DRESS IT, YOU WORSHIP, YOU WORK AND YOU'RE
AWARE OF AN ENEMY AND YOU DON'T LET DISHONOR COME IN, IT'S GONNA
BE OKAY WITH YOU. NOW LET'S LOOK AT THAT VERSE AGAIN AS THEY PUT
IT UP ON THE SCREEN AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. NOW LET'S
PUT YOUR NAME THERE. AND THE LORD GOD TOOK BOB, HI BOB, BOB
AND PUT HIM IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THE LORD GOD PUT WALLY AND MARY
AND PUT THEM TOGETHER IN MARRIAGE. THE LORD GOD PUT YOU
IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY, GOD PUT
YOU IN THAT NATION, IN THAT CITY. YOU WERE PLACED IN A
GARDEN. YOU WERE PLACED IN A PLACE SO THAT YOU DON'T JUST
ALLOW THE ENEMY TO HAVE ACCESS. THE PROBLEM WITH OUR COUNTRY,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IS GOD PUT THE NAME AND THE HONOR
OF HIS SON HERE BECAUSE MEN WHO CAME HERE AND FOUNDED THIS
NATION HAD A COVENANT WITH GOD, DEDICATED THIS NATION, DEDICATED
THIS LAND TO HIM. AND THEY WROTE MUCH OF OUR CONSTITUTION BASED
ON SCRIPTURAL PRINCIPLES AND SCRIPTURES. BUT THE ENEMY HAS
BEEN TRYING TO COME INTO OUR NATION. WE ARE LIKE ADAM, WE ARE
STEWARDS OVER IT. AND WE HAVE TO START WATCHING WHAT THE ENEMY IS
TRYING TO DO TO GAIN ACCESS. WE SAW IT THROUGH WOKE. WE SAW IT
THROUGH TRANSGENDER, MUTILATION AGENDA. WE SAW IT WHEN THEY WERE
PERVERTING THE RAINBOW. WE SAW IT WITH BLM. WE SAW IT WITH
COVID. WE SAW THINGS COMING AND INFILTRATING ITSELF IN OUR
NATION. MARXISM, SOCIALISM, EVEN ISLAM IS ON THE RISE. I MEAN,
IT'S AMAZING TO ME THAT CHRISTIANS ARE IGNORANT OVER
ISLAM. THAT THEY SOMEHOW ALL, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? FIRST OF
ALL, I'VE HEARD CHRISTIANS SAY THAT. IN FACT, THERE ARE
PREACHERS THAT BELIEVE IN CHRISLAM, WHICH MEANS IT'S ALL
THE SAME GOD. NO, GOD MADE IT VERY CLEAR. HE IS THE FATHER,
SON, AND HOLY GHOST. ISLAM DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE TRINITY
OF GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF JOHN THAT IF YOU DENY
THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD THEN YOU'RE
IN ERROR, YOU'RE FALSE. ISLAM DOESN'T BELIEVE
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS PART OF THE TRINITY, THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN
THAT. AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE ONE TRUE LIVING
GOD, THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF GOD, THE SACRIFICE LAMB OF GOD.
GALATIANS 1 VERSE 8 SAYS, "IF AN ANGEL COMES AND PREACHES TO YOU
ANOTHER GOSPEL THAN WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD AND WHAT I'VE TAUGHT,
LET THEM BE A CURSE." YOU WONDER WHY ISLAM HAS BROUGHT SUCH A
CURSE TO THE EARTH. BECAUSE WHEN MUHAMMAD IN 610 AD WAS IN A
CAVE, AN ANGEL CALLED GABRIEL, WHICH WAS AN ANGEL MASQUERADING
LIKE AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. IT WAS NOT GABRIEL, IT WAS A DEMON
ENTERED INTO THE CAVE. AND IT'S WRITTEN IN THE QURAN, AND IT'S
WRITTEN IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE
REVELATIONS OF MUHAMMAD, THAT HE HAD CONVULSIONS. FOAMED AT THE
MOUTH WHEN HE WAS RECEIVING THESE REVELATIONS. IT'S AMAZING,
IF YOU GO TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION, AND YOU LOOK AT
THOSE WHO WOULD NOT TAKE THE MARK, WHO WOULD NOT BOW TO ANY
OTHER ENTITY, BUT WOULD MAINTAIN THEIR HONOR TO JESUS CHRIST, THE
LAMB OF GOD. THOSE, IT SAYS IN THE LAST DAYS, WILL BE BEHEADED.
WHAT ENTITY ON THE EARTH IS BEHEADING PEOPLE OVER THEIR
FAITH, ESPECIALLY THEIR CHRISTIAN FAITH? WE HAVE VERY
POWERFUL EVIL SPIRITS MASQUERADING AS REPUBLICANS, AS
LIBERALS, BUT SOCIALISTS, AND WE HAVE VERY POWERFUL EVIL SPIRITS
THROUGH FALSE RELIGION. THIS IS WHY I GET CONCERNED IN AMERICA
WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT CANDIDATES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES OF OUR NATION. AND THEY SAY, "WELL,
I'M GONNA VOTE FOR THEM. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT."
SOLOMON LOST HIS KINGDOM OVER FALSE GODS. GOD ALLOWED HIS
PRESENCE IN A BOX, THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, TO GO INTO THE
HOUSE OF DAGON, WHICH WAS THE PHILISTINE FISH GOD. AND WHEN
THEY BROUGHT THE GLORY OF GOD INTO THEIR TEMPLE NEXT TO THEIR
IDOL, IT ISN'T THIS COEXISTING. WELL, LET'S PUT A MOSQUE NEXT TO
A SYNAGOGUE NEXT TO AN EVANGELICAL CHURCH NEXT TO,
LISTEN, IN THE NAME OF HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, BUT NOT IN
THE NAME OF EQUALITY, NOT IN THE NAME OF THE SAME GOD. AND THE
PHILISTINE GOD, FISH HEAD, WHICH LITTLE CATHOLIC LITTLE HELMET,
THAT'S WHERE THEY GET IT, OR IT ORIGINATED FROM NIMROD IN
BABYLON, ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. DAGON FELL.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
AND HIS ARMS AND HIS LEGS WERE CHOPPED OFF, JUST
LIKE JEZEBEL. SAME SPIRIT. AND WE'VE GOT PEOPLE
TODAY, WELL, CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG AS THE SAME GOD? YEAH,
WE CAN LIVE IN PEACE. YOU CAN WORSHIP WHOEVER YOU WANT BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS, BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN YOUR BOOK, YOUR
QURAN, WE SAY, "WELL, IT'S RADICAL ISLAM." OH, THAT'S THE
PROBLEM. NO, NO, NO. IF YOU FOLLOW THE QURAN, IF YOU'RE A
JEW OR YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE AN INFIDEL. AND THEY'RE
INSTRUCTED TO TAKE YOU OUT. WE'VE GOT THIS CREEPING INTO OUR
COUNTRY. IT'S CREEPING IN THE EARTH. OH, YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME?
LOOK AT EUROPE. LOOK AT AUSTRALIA. IN FACT, JANUARY
25TH, WE HAVE ANDREW SEDGWICK COMING, WHO CAN TELL YOU HE GREW
UP CONVERTED FROM ISLAM. WE ARE SEEING VERY POWERFUL FORCES
COMING IN TO OUR SACRED GARDEN, OUR SACRED COMMUNITIES. WE SAW
THE INFILTRATION OF THINGS COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS. AND
YET, WHERE WAS PARENTS? THEY HAD NO CLUE WHAT WAS BEING
PRESENTED, SEWED LIKE SNAKES, SLITHERING LIKE SNAKES, AND THEN
THEY'RE HAVING TO WATCH SNAKES GET UP WITH SOME DUDE IN A WIG,
WITH A BEARD, WITH HAIRY LEGS AND A DRESS, READ TO THE KIDS.
HI, MY NAME'S MARSHA, AND I WANNA READ TO YOU A STORY. AND
PARENTS WERE SITTING HERE WATCHING THIS SNAKE INFILTRATE
THE GARDEN OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR CHILDREN, AND THEY SAID
NOTHING. WE WATCHED OPEN BORDERS. WE WATCHED IN THE LAST
ELECTION, THE LIBERAL LOONY LEFTISTS YELLING AND SCREAMING
AT THEIR CONVENTION, EVEN PERFORMING ABORTIONS OUTSIDE OF
THE CONVENTION. AND PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS, VOTED FOR THEM.
BECAUSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, GOD HAS PLACED YOU IN THE
GREATEST NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. AND YOU ARE TO
STEWARD OVER THIS COUNTRY. TALKING ABOUT FOOTBALL, I'M NOT
HERE TO GET ON ANYBODY, BUT I GOT A REAL PROBLEM. KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS, THEY HAVE CHRISTIAN OWNERS. AND OH, IT WAS
PROPHESIED, WHEN THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WIN THE SUPER BOWL,
AMERICA'S IN REVIVAL. WELL, YOU BETTER LOOK AT KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS. THEY'RE NOT HAVING A WINNING SEASON BECAUSE YOU KNOW
WHAT? THEY PARADE TAYLOR SWIFT AND WHAT SHE STANDS FOR, THEY
WERE KNEELING AT THE FLAG AND DISHONORING IT, SINGING OTHER
NATIONAL ANTHEMS, AND CHRISTIANS STOOD BACK AND DID NOTHING, SAY
NOTHING. AND THE SNAKE COMES THROUGH. HALFTIME AT THE NFL,
SUPER BOWL, A SNAKE IS GONNA HAVE THE HALFTIME SHOW.
SOMEWHERE WE BETTER SPEAK UP, WAKE UP, AND START STEWARDING
OVER WHAT IS GOD GIVEN TO US OR IT WILL BE TAKEN FROM US.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
NEW YORK CITY, PREACHERS, PREACHERS. LETTING THE ISLAMIC
MAYOR BEFORE HE WAS MAYOR COME AND LITERALLY HAVE A PLACE
BEHIND THEIR PULPIT. EVANGELICALS, LETTING CANDIDATES
WHO SUPPORT ABORTION THAT VIOLATE THESE
COMMANDMENTS AND LET THEM HAVE A VOICE. HADES, NO,
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED BEHIND MY PULPIT.
(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
I'M NOT LETTING SNAKES IN THE CHURCH. I'M
NOT LETTING THEM IN MY COMMUNITY. WHEN THIS MAYOR
WHO SAID HE WAS GONNA BE THE MOST INCLUSIVE
MAYOR, HE'S BEEN BEHAVING HIMSELF. I WROTE HIM A NICE,
VERY PROFESSIONAL LETTER AND LET HIM KNOW THAT I'LL KEEP IT
BETWEEN ME AND HIM. BUT I'M WATCHING AND I WON'T BE QUIET.
AND NEITHER ARE YOU TO BE QUIET. NEITHER ARE YOU THAT ARE
WATCHING. WE ARE IN A BATTLE OVER THE VINEYARD AND THE GARDEN
OF OUR COUNTRY, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR UNIVERSITIES, OUR CHILDREN, OUR
ENTERTAINMENT. THAT'S WHY I DON'T GO RUNNING DOWN TO DISNEY.
I'M SICK OF THEIR PEDOPHILIA. I'M SICK OF THEIR PERVERSION.
THEY'VE ALLOWED SNAKES TO ENTERTAIN YOUR CHILDREN. AND YOU
GO TO THEIR RESORTS, AND YOU SPEND MONEY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO
BE ENTERTAINED, BUT YOU WON'T STEWARD OVER THE GARDEN. IN
HONOR. AND THE REASON WE ARE WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR COUNTRY,
IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR POLITICS, IS BECAUSE WE KEEP VOTING THESE
PEOPLE IN. OR THEY STEAL IT AS SNAKES. AND THEN IF WE SAY
SOMETHING, THEY CENSOR US, THEY PUT OUR FACES LIKE THEY DID MINE
ALL OVER THE NEWS. I COULD GIVE A ROYAL RATS RUMP. I AM NOT
GONNA BE QUIET AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU. IF YOU DON'T STEWARD
OVER YOUR GARDEN AND KEEP THE SNAKE OUT, THINK ABOUT ONE ACT,
GENESIS CHAPTER 3, LOOK AT THIS. GOD BEGINS TO SPEAK AND I WANT
US TO LOOK AT, LET'S LOOK AT GENESIS 3:16-17. AND THE LORD
COMMANDED THE MAN. THIS WASN'T A SUGGESTION. THIS WAS A COMMAND
OF EVERY TREE IN THIS GARDEN. YOU CAN FREELY EAT. YOU CAN HAVE
LIBERTY, RIGHT? AMERICA, YOU CAN HAVE LIBERTY. YOU CAN ENJOY
LIBERTY. BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT DISOBEY
GOD. PEOPLE ARE TALKING RED WAVE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, AND I
HEARD GOD. I WAS IN WALNUT, IOWA, WHERE GOD GAVE ME THAT
WATER PUMP. YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT YOU, THE HANDLE? AND HE
SAID, "I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE MIDTERMS." HE'S SPOKEN SOME
THINGS. ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAID, HANK, PEOPLE WANT A RED
WAVE. BUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THOSE WHO VOTE CONSERVATIVE
NEED TO START DRAWING A RED LINE. OKAY, QUIT TRYING TO
ENTERTAIN THE PROGRESSIVES, REPUBLICANS, SO THAT NOW YOU
BECOME MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. YOU DRIVE DOWN, YOU ASK THIS MAN IN
TEXAS, YOU DRIVE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IN TEXAS, AND GUESS
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE? YOU'RE GONNA SEE ROADKILL. THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE. THAT'S
WHY JESUS SAID IF YOU'RE LUKEWARM, I'M GONNA VOMIT. WE
GOTTA QUIT THIS, WELL, LET'S JUST TRY TO ENTERTAIN SO, YOU
KNOW, WE'LL JUST KINDA REDEFINE THINGS. WE'LL GET LOOSE WHEN IT
COMES TO ABORTION ISSUES. WE'LL GET LOOSE WHEN IT COMES TO
TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE. WE'LL GET LOOSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE
BORDERS. YOU KNOW WHY THE BORDERS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHUT?
BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCESS OF THE ENEMY INTO THE
GARDENS OR THE VINEYARDS OF OUR LIFE JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW 7,
"WIDE IS THE ROAD OR THE BORDERS THAT ARE OPEN." IT'LL ALWAYS
LEAD TO DESTRUCTION. BUT NARROW IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE.
AND WHEN YOU JUST OPEN UP EVERYTHING, YOU'RE GONNA BRING A
BUNCH OF SNAKES IN AND THEY'RE GONNA START DESTROYING YOUR
COUNTRY. OKAY, LOOK AT WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN DC. TWO OF OUR
SERVICE PEOPLE, ONE MURDERED BECAUSE WE LET SNAKES IN. OUR
JOB IS TO PUT OUR FOOT ON THE SNAKES AND CAST THEM OUT. AND
CHRISTIANS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO START GETTING BOLDER. YOU'RE
GONNA START HAVING TO HAVE A VOICE, BE A VOICE. YOU'RE GONNA
START HAVING TO BE MORE INVOLVED. WE WANT A RED WAVE, WE
WANT GOD'S BLESSING. BLESSED IS THE NATION, WHO THE LORD IS
THEIR GOD. THAT'S ALL ABOUT HONOR. YOU HONOR GOD, HE'LL
BRING AN HONORABLE NATION. BUT IF YOU START COMPROMISING, WE
START COMPROMISING, AND LET THE ENEMY IN, WELL, YOU CAN ALREADY
SEE WHAT THE FRUIT OF IT IS. JESUS SAID DESTRUCTION. HE SAID
OF EVERY TREE IN THE GARDEN, YOU CAN FREELY EAT. BUT OF THE FRUIT
OF THE TREE, WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE GARDEN, GOD SAID
THERE'S ONE TREE, THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL.
THOU SHALL NOT, SEE, THAT'S THE COMMANDMENTS. THOU SHALL NOT,
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT THE THOU SHALL NOTS, THEY ARE THOU
SHALL HONOR GOD. THEREFORE, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL. I DON'T
WANT TO MURDER. I WANT TO HONOR GOD AND HAVE NO IDOLS, NO
SUBSTITUTES. I WOULD NEVER, EVER THINK ABOUT TAKING THE MAJESTIC,
MIGHTY NAME OF GOD IN VAIN. I HAVE A MARRIAGE COVENANT. I WILL
NOT VIOLATE IT. I HONOR GOD. I HONOR MY WIFE. I HONOR MY
MARRIAGE COVENANT. IT'S NOT THAT THOU NOT, IT'S THAT THOU SHALL.
I'M A MAN OF HONOR. YOU'RE A WOMAN OF HONOR. YOU'RE A PERSON
OF HONOR. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. BUT NOTICE WHAT HAPPENS.
SO GOD GIVES HIM THIS COMMAND, RIGHT? BUT GO BACK UP TO VERSE
ONE OF GENESIS THREE AND WATCH HOW SNAKES, RIGHT, OPEN BORDERS.
OKAY, WE'RE ALL FOR IMMIGRATION. JUST DON'T COME IN THE SNAKE
WAY. DON'T COME IN THE SLIMY WAY. AND DON'T RELEASE YOUR
VENOM. THANK YOU, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY
LEAVE YET, SO THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S A RECORD, MAN. THOSE OF
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, USUALLY I HAVE PEOPLE THAT LEAVE ABOUT
THIS TIME AT THE MESSAGE. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT
YOU'VE HEARD DO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THIS CHURCH, THIS
PULPIT, AND THIS VESSEL. ALL RIGHT, NOW, NOW, THE SERPENT WAS
MORE SUBTLE THAN ANY BEAST OF THE FIELD. THAT'S WHAT CHUCK
SCHUMER IS. HE'S SUBTLE. SHIFTY SHIFT. AND NANCY PELOSI. I MEAN,
THESE PEOPLE, THEY'RE JUST SO EVIL. THEY'RE JUST SO EVIL. I'VE
NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE SO EVIL. THEY'RE EVIL.
THEY'RE EVIL PEOPLE. THEY'RE NASTY. AND HE SAID IT
TO THE WOMAN. AND HE SAID IT TO THE WOMAN.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
GO BACK AND READ, I'M JUST PICKING ON THE LADIES.
OH, MY WIFE SAID, WATCH IT. GO BACK TO VERSE ONE,
I BETTER WATCH IT. OKAY, AND HE SAID TO THE
WOMAN, NOT MANY OF YOU IN HERE, ANYBODY THAT WAS A
WOMAN THAT WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, OKAY, ANYWAY.
GOD SAID, "YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF EVERY TREE OF THE GARDEN." DID
GOD REALLY SAY? SO THE ENEMY ALWAYS GETS YOU TO, RIGHT, ALTER
YOUR STANDARD OF HONOR. DID GOD REALLY SAY THAT, IS THERE LITTLE
KIDS IN HERE? INTERCOURSE IS ONLY FOR MARRIAGE. DID GOD
REALLY SAY THAT? I LOVE THIS PERSON, AND SO WE'RE LIVING
TOGETHER TO TEST IT. IT'S CALLED FOR AN OCCASION. AND IT'S SIN.
AND IF YOU'RE IN MARRIAGE AND YOU DECIDE TO INTERCOURSE WITH
SOMEBODY THAT'S NOT YOUR, IT'S CALLED ADULT 'CAUSE YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO ACT LIKE ADULT, THINK LIKE AN ADULT. IN FACT,
THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, I WAS READING IT YESTERDAY, SAID WHEN
IT COMES TO ADULTERY, "A PERSON WHO COMMITS ADULTERY LACKS
UNDERSTANDING "AND LITERALLY WILL REAP DESTRUCTION TO THEIR
SOUL." YOUR SOUL IS YOUR MIND, WILL, AND YOUR EMOTIONS. I KNOW
PEOPLE THAT NEVER RECOVER. DON'T EVER THINK ABOUT IT, DON'T EVER
DO IT. AND IF YOU HAVE, REPENT, MOVE ON, AND DON'T EVER DO IT
AGAIN. AND GOD SAID, SEE, HE ALWAYS CHALLENGES. DID JESUS
REALLY SAY THAT IN THE PICTURE? SO HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO ALTER
GOD'S WORD, BUT HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO ALTER THE WORD JESUS,
RIGHT? THAT'S LIKE THESE, YOU KNOW, HE GETS IT COMMERCIALS.
YOU CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE BECAUSE I'M YOUR LORD AND I
GET YOU. I GET YOU, I GET YOU, I GET YOU. YOU SILLY BOY LOVING
ANOTHER MAN, I GET YOU. YOU WHO ARE INSTRUCTING LITTLE KIDS THAT
ARE 8 AND 9 YEARS OLD TO MUTILATE THEMSELVES AND CHANGE
THEIR GENDER, I GET YOU, I GET YOU, I GET YOU. I'VE MET JESUS,
AND THAT AIN'T IT. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND SAY, "THAT AIN'T
IT." THAT AIN'T IT. THAT AIN'T IT. JESUS, I'VE MET YOU AND THAT
AIN'T IT. OKAY, NOW, SHALL WE GO ON?
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
LOOK AT VERSE 2. AND THE WOMAN SAID UNTO THE SERPENT, WE
CAN EAT OF EVERY FRUIT OF THE TREES OF THE GARDEN. QUIT
TALKING TO THE DEVIL. QUIT TALKING TO THE DEMON-CRATS.
THE RHINOS, PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. YOU KNOW A LOT
OF THEM ARE FULL OF THE DEVIL. SHE SAID, "WE MAY EAT OF THE
FRUIT OF THE TREES "OF THE GARDEN," VERSE 3, "BUT OF THE
FRUIT OF THE TREE WHICH IS IN THE MIDST "OF THE GARDEN," GOD
SAID, "YOU SHALL NOT EAT IT, "'CAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU'RE GONNA
DIE." LOOK AT THE DEVIL. VERSE 4, COMES ALONG AND THE DEVIL
SAYS, "AH, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIE. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
MIKE WALTZ AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND KACKEL AND
HAMAS, HARRIS. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. YOU NEED A
BLACK WOMAN PRESIDENT. NOT HER. THAT AIN'T IT EITHER. SAY THAT
AIN'T IT EITHER. SHE MIGHT RUN AGAIN. REALLY? THAT AIN'T IT.
PEOPLE GO CHASING RIGHT AFTER THAT SERPENT AGENDA AND THEY PUT
A LITTLE CHECK MARK NEXT TO THE BOX. I WON'T VOTE FOR THIS GUY.
THERE'S 41 INDICTMENTS AGAINST HIM AND I CAN'T VOTE FOR HIM. HE
NEEDS TO BE IN A JUMPSUIT. AND ALL THOSE 41 INDICTMENTS, YOU'VE
NOTICED, THEY'RE ALL GETTING THROWN OUT. NOW
ALL THIS ELECTION FRAUD STUFF IS COMING OUT. AND
MIKE LINDELL, BY THE WAY, IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.
(CONGREGATION CHEERING)
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I DON'T KNOW, HOW MANY
REMEMBER ONE OF THE FLASHPOINTS, GOD CALLED HIM
OUT IN PROPHESY AND SAID, "THERE'S A HIGHER SEAT
OF AUTHORITY "THAT THE LORD WAS GONNA DEAL WITH HIM
ABOUT." SO I'M NOT PREDICTING, I'M NOT PROPHESYING. IF I HAVE
SOMETHING TO SAY, I'LL CALL HIM. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, I THOUGHT
IT WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT THE LORD PROPHESIED, THAT'S MY POINT
OF THAT POINT OF MY POINT OF MY POINT, ALL RIGHT.
DON'T LET THE DEVIL IN YOUR HOME, THROUGH YOUR TV,
THROUGH YOUR CONVERSATIONS. DON'T ALLOW STRIFE TO COME INTO
YOUR HOME, YOUR MARRIAGE. DON'T ALLOW REBELLION WITH YOUR KIDS.
DON'T ALLOW, YOU KNOW, PARENTS TO JUST SHOVE YOUR KIDS IN FRONT
OF YOUTUBE AND XBOX AND LIVESTREAM AND LET THAT BE
WHAT'S ENTERTAINING THEM. NO, YOU NEED TO SET STANDARDS OVER
YOUR CHILDREN. WELL, WHAT IF THEY REBEL? HMM, IT'S CALLED
DISCIPLINE. WELL, I'VE TRIED. KEEP DOING IT. THE PROBLEM IS WE
DON'T HAVE STANDARDS ANYMORE. YOU GO TO GROCERY STORES,
ANOTHER KID IS KNOCKING DOWN ALL THE STUFF IN THE CANDY AISLE. I
WANT THIS, I WANT THAT. OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID? YOU AIN'T
GETTING THAT, YOU BETTER PUT THAT BACK OR I'M GOING TO PICK
YOU RIGHT UP OUT OF THAT CART. I SAID IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY, I'M
GOING TO PICK YOUR BUTT RIGHT OUT OF THIS CART AND I'M GOING
TO HAUL YOU TO THE CAR AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE DAD
SPANKING. NOT THE DAD SPANKING. THAT'S WHAT I SAID, NOW PUT THAT
THING BACK. YES, DADDY. ANYWAY, LET'S JUST MOVE ON, ALL RIGHT.
LOOK AT DEUTERONOMY 30, VERSE 19. SEE, SOMETIMES, I GOTTA GET
GOING, MAN. I'M NEVER GONNA GET TO NABOTH'S VINEYARD. I CALL
HEAVEN AND EARTH TO RECORD THIS DAY AGAINST YOU THAT I'VE SET
BEFORE YOU LIFE AND DEATH, BLESSING AND CURSING. NOW, WE
OFTEN THINK ABOUT THIS, LIFE AND DEATH. DO YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY
HONOR OR DISHONOR? AMEN. WHICH LIFE? A LIFE OF HONOR IS LIFE.
DISHONOR ALWAYS LEADS TO DESTRUCTION, CHAOS, DEATH. YES.
AND GOD SAYS, I'VE GIVEN YOU A CHOICE, LIFE OR DEATH, BLESSING
OR HONOR. SO HERE'S THE THING, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE ANSWER,
CHOOSE HONOR, CHOOSE A LIFE OF HONOR. LOOK AT 1 THESSALONIANS
CHAPTER FOUR, VERSE FOUR. "FOR EVERY ONE OF YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW
TO POSSESS YOUR VESSEL IN SANCTIFICATION AND HONOR." THIS
SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO FIGURE OUT. SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO KNOW WHO TO
VOTE FOR. SHOULDN'T BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENT
RELIGIONS ARE AND HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO INFILTRATE OUR
COUNTRY. RIGHT? SHOULDN'T BE HARD. THE BIBLE IS FULL OF
EXAMPLES OF THOSE WHO HAD A CHOICE TO HONOR OR DISHONOR.
THINK ABOUT ADAM AND EVE, THEY HAD A CHOICE. CAIN AND ABEL,
CAIN CHOSE DISHONOR, MURDERED HIS BROTHER. ISAAC AND ISHMAEL,
THAT WHOLE SCENARIO, RIGHT? WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THE PROBLEM
THAT WE'RE HAVING IF ABRAHAM WOULDN'T HAVE DISHONORED AND
WENT AND DECIDED TO HELP GOD OUT BY SLEEPING WITH HAGAR, HIS
SERVANT. YOU LOOK AT NOAH, HE WAS A MAN OF HONOR AND HE WAS
AGAINST THE WHOLE WORLD. EVERYBODY'S AGAINST ME. YEAH,
YOU NEVER HAD THE WHOLE WORLD AGAINST YOU. AND HE MAINTAINED
HONOR, SO COULD YOU. EVERYBODY'S DOING IT, SO THEY MISSED THE
BOAT, EVERYBODY THAT WAS DOING IT. SO, I DON'T CARE, I'M NOT
MISSING THE BOAT. I'M GONNA LIVE AN ARK, A LIFE OF HONOR. LET'S
GO ON, LET'S TALK ABOUT NABOTH'S VINEYARD. WE'RE FINALLY GONNA
GET THERE. THIS IS A LONG ONE. ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT 1 KINGS
CHAPTER 21. NOW, I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS STORY. THINK ABOUT IT,
WE JUST SHOWED YOU THE SERPENT GETTING INTO THE GARDEN. I JUST
SHOWED YOU HOW HE GAINED ACCESS. LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR
COUNTRY. LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS WITH OUR COUNTRY. OKAY, EVERY
TIME WE VOTE, WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT OR IN
BETWEEN, A LUNKHEAD, AN IDIOT, A SNAKE, INTO OUR SEATS OF
GOVERNMENT, NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL IT IS, WE ARE GIVING THEM
ACCESS. WE NEED TO BE SMARTER. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO GET OUT
AND VOTE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. THEY HAD THIS SPECIAL ELECTION
DOWN IN TENNESSEE AND THIS LADY WAS, I ONLY KNEW THIS FROM
FLASHPOINT, WAS SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS
THAT SHE HATED ABOUT TENNESSEE AND SHE WAS GONNA DO TO REFORM.
AND THE REPUBLICAN VOTER TURNOUT WAS STILL LOWER THAN WHAT IT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN. YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT PEOPLE KNOWING WHAT SHE
STOOD FOR AND WHAT SHE WAS SAYING AND WHAT SHE WAS
CAMPAIGNING, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD RECORD NUMBERS. OKAY, OUR LAST
MAYOR ELECTION, PEOPLE STAYED HOME BECAUSE OF THE POTHOLES.
YOU WERE STEWARDING MORE OVER THE ROADS THAN YOU WERE THE ROAD
THAT EITHER LEADS TO HONOR OR DISHONOR IN THE CULTURE, IN THE
GOVERNING, IN LEGISLATION, THE FUNCTIONING OF YOUR CITY, OMAHA,
AND YOU CHOSE THE ROADS. YOU PICKED THE WRONG ONE. LET'S
READ. NOW THERE WAS A MAN NAMED NABOTH FROM JEZREEL WHO OWNED A
VINEYARD IN JEZREEL. COME ON, EVERY ONE OF YOU OWN A VINEYARD.
EVERY ONE OF YOU, YOU'RE MARRIED, YOU HAVE A FAMILY, YOU
HAVE KIDS, THAT'S YOUR VINEYARD. IF YOU'RE SINGLE, THAT'S YOUR
VINEYARD, YOUR LIFE, RIGHT? YOU LIVE IN A CERTAIN CITY, THAT'S
YOUR VINEYARD. YOU LIVE IN A CERTAIN COMMUNITY, THAT'S YOUR
VINEYARD. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE THAT LIVED
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEY
WERE, OH MAN, THEY WERE FILTHY. I MEAN, JUST NASTY. AND JUST
MORALLY, AND THEY WERE NOT SHY ABOUT IT. AND I WOULD WALK MY
GERMAN SHEPHERDS BY THEM AND THEY WERE NASTY. AND I WAS JUST
GETTING TIRED OF IT. AND I SAID TO MYSELF, HANK, WHY HAVE YOU
NOT PRAYED ABOUT THIS? THIS IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU SHOULD
NOT HAVE TO WALK YOUR SHEPS BY THIS HOUSE AND PUT UP WITH THAT
GARBAGE. AND I THOUGHT, HMM. SO ONE DAY I DECIDED TO PRAY AND I
REBUKED IT. AND I SAID, I COMMAND THAT PERVERTED DEVIL AND
THOSE DEMONS TO GET OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I TAKE AUTHORITY
OVER IT. AND I SAY, GOD, GET THEM OUT OF HERE. SOON AS I SAID
THAT, I HEARD, SCREAMS AND I LOOKED UP, AND I'M TELLING YOU,
GOD IS MY WITNESS. THERE WAS THIS DEMONIC WINGED CREATURE
THAT FLEW OFF OF THEIR ROOF AND LANDED IN A PINE TREE, RIGHT
WHERE I WAS STANDING, AND ONE OF MY DOGS LOOKED UP AT IT. AND I
LOOKED AT IT AND I SAID, HELL NO. YOU GET OUT OF MY FACE. I
CAST YOU OUT. I COMMAND THAT HOUSE TO SELL. I CAST YOU OUT
NOW IN THE NAME OF YESHUA. AND THAT THING WENT, AH, OR HOWEVER
IT DID, AND IT LEFT. I WENT AND TOLD BRENDA, I SAID, MAN, I JUST
HAD A DEVIL UP HERE. BUT I SAID, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT HOUSE IS
GONNA SELL. WHAT WAS IT, WITHIN 30 DAYS? THAT HOUSE WAS UP FOR
SALE. YOU ARE IN A GARDEN. NABOTH WAS IN A GARDEN. HE WAS
IN A VINEYARD, AND HE WAS BESIDE THE PLACE OF A KING, AHAB OF
SAMARIA. I'M JUST GONNA READ IT OUT OF MY OWN. OKAY, NOW LET'S
GO ON. AND AHAB SAID TO NABOTH, "GIVE ME YOUR GRAPE FIELD. "I
WANT IT FOR A VEGETABLE GARDEN BECAUSE IT'S NEAR MY HOUSE."
OKAY, WHAT'S NEAR YOUR HOUSE THAT THE ENEMY'S WANTING? WHAT
DOES HE WANT OF YOUR HOUSE? HE SAYS, "I'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER
FIELD, "OR I'LL PAY FOR IT WITH MONEY IF YOU LIKE." BUT NABOTH
SAID UNTO AHAB, "MAY THE LORD KEEP ME "FROM GIVING YOU WHAT
I'VE RECEIVED FROM MY FATHERS." COME ON, THERE'S AN INHERITANCE.
THERE'S AN INHERITANCE IN OUR COUNTRY. SOME OF YOU, YOU MAY
NOT KNOW IT, BUT SOMEBODY IN YOUR BLOODLINE MAY HAVE SERVED
THE LORD. AND IT'S THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CARRY THE RIGHTEOUS SEED ON. DON'T SAY YOU'RE THE BLACK SHEEP
OF THE FAMILY. NO, YOU'RE THE LOYAL SHEEP OF THE FAMILY.
YOU'RE THE RIGHTEOUS SEED OF THE FAMILY. BUT NABOTH SAID TO AHAB
MAY THE LORD KEEP ME FROM GIVING YOU WHAT I'VE
RECEIVED FROM MY FATHER. SOME OF US NEED TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T
HAVE IT. YOU CAN'T HAVE AMERICA. YOU CAN'T HAVE OUR CHURCHES. YOU
CAN'T HAVE OUR KIDS. OKAY, FIVE CLAPS, THANK YOU. I'M REALLY
INFLUENCING YOU. AHAB WENT INTO HIS HOUSE SAD AND ANGRY. WHAT A
WUSS. BECAUSE OF NABOTH, THE JEZREELITE SAYING, I WILL NOT
GIVE YOU WHAT I RECEIVED FROM MY FATHERS. COME ON, WHAT HAS GOD
ENTRUSTED TO US? WHAT HAS GOD ENTRUSTED TO YOU? DON'T LET THE
DEVIL IN YOUR MARRIAGE. GOD GAVE ME MY WIFE. GOD GAVE HER ME.
WE'RE NOT LETTING THE ENEMY COME IN. AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU. AND
AHAB LAID DOWN ON HIS BED, TURNED HIS FACE AWAY AND HE
COULDN'T EAT. OH, POOR THING. AND HIS WIFE JEZEBEL CAME TO HIM
AND SAID, "WHY IS YOUR SPIRIT SO TROUBLED THAT YOU'RE NOT EATING
FOOD?" AND HILLARY SAID TO BILL, BILL SAID, "WELL, BECAUSE I
SPOKE TO NABAL, THE JESSUP LOT, "GIVE ME YOUR GRAPES FOR MONEY.
"I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER FIELD IF YOU LIKE." AND HILLARY SAID,
"BILL, DON'T YOU RULE OVER AMERICA?" OH, SORRY, I WAS
READING OUT A NEW AMERICAN VERSION.
(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
GET UP, EAT FOOD, LET YOUR HEART BE FILLED WITH JOY BECAUSE I,
JEZEBEL, WILL GIVE YOU THE GREAT FIELD OF NABOTH THE JEZREELITE.
SO HERE'S WHAT SHE DID. SOMETHING LIKE THAT ME TOO
MOVEMENT THAT WAS COMING OUT. AND WROTE LETTERS IN AHAB'S NAME
AND PUT A MARK ON 'EM. AND SHE SENT LETTERS TO THE LEADERS.
REMEMBER ALL THOSE LETTERS THAT WERE APPEARING? AND THE KING'S
SON WHO WAS LIVING IN NABOTH IN THE CITY, SHE WROTE IN THE
LETTER SAYING, "TELL THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S TIME THAT THEY SHOULD
NOT EAT "AND PUT NABOTH IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE." SAID, "TWO MEN,
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF TWO, THREE WITNESSES, "LET EVERY WORD BE
ESTABLISHED AND HAVE THEM LIE, "HAVE THEM SPEAK, MAKE UP
ACCUSATIONS, "SO THEY'LL TAKE THEM OUT AND KILL STONES."
THAT'S WHY WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING PRESIDENT TRUMP THROUGH
ALL OF THAT, SOME CHRISTIANS AND AMERICANS COULDN'T SEE THAT IT
WAS THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL TRYING TO GO AFTER THE VINEYARD OF OUR
NATION AND PEOPLE BID ON IT. I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR HIM. HE'S AN
ADULTERER. BUT THEY VOTED FOR CLINTON. WHEN HE SAID, "IT ALL
DEPENDS ON WHAT THE DEFINITION OF IS IS. I DID NOT HAVE
RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN. JUST EVERYTHING ELSE." TWO MEN OF NO
WORTH. SEE, THEY ALWAYS PICK THESE PEOPLE OF NO WORTH. WHERE
DO THEY GET SOME OF THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS? THEY DON'T
WASH THEIR HAIR. "OKAY, QUIT MAKING FUN OF ME. WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT SOCIALISM, OKAY?" WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? "I
COULD BE A GREAT PRESIDENT AND NONE OF US WILL BATHE, OKAY?
LOOK AT ME. WE SAVED THE WATER." TWO MEN OF NO WORTH CAME IN AND
SAT BESIDE, "ARE YOU ENJOYING THIS?"
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
"HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY LEAVE YET. THIS IS A RECORD." WHERE WAS I?
OH, THESE MEN SPOKE AGAINST NABOTH IN FRONT OF THE PEOPLE
SAYING, "NABOTH SPOKE AGAINST GOD AND THE KING." SO THEY TOOK
HIM OUT AND KILLED HIM WITH STONES AND SENT THE NEWS TO
HILLARY AND JEZEBEL, NABOTH HAS BEEN KILLED WITH STONES, HE'S
DEAD. WHEN JEZEBEL HEARD THAT NABOTH HAD BEEN KILLED WITH
STONES, SHE SAID, "BILLY, GET UP, TAKE AMERICA." AND WHEN AHAB
HEARD THAT NABOTH WAS DEAD, HE WENT DOWN AND TOOK FOR HIS OWN
GREAT FIELD. NOW, LET'S KEEP READING. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED
TO NABOTH? SO THE PROPHET GETS A WORD FROM GOD. GOD SEES WHAT'S
GOING ON. THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO GROW. WHEN IS SOMETHING GONNA
HAPPEN? EXCUSE ME, THE PROPHETS HAVE BEEN PROPHESYING WHAT GOD
HAS SAID. BELIEVE THE PROPHETS AND YOU'LL PROSPER. SO THE WORD
OF THE LORD COMES TO THE PROPHET, ELIJAH, THE TISHBITE,
AND SAYS, "GO DOWN TO SAMARIA, "MEET AHAB, KING OF ISRAEL. HE'S
IN NABOTH'S FIELD. HE'S GONE DOWN TO TAKE IT FOR HIS OWN AND
YOU WILL SPEAK TO HIM AND SAY THESE WORDS. YOU HAVE KILLED AND
TAKEN AWAY AND YOU WILL SPEAK TO HIM SAYING, THIS IS WHAT THE
LORD SAYS. THE DOGS, BECAUSE YOU DISHONOR, WILL DRINK YOUR BLOOD
IN THE PLACE WHERE THE DOGS DRANK THE BLOOD OF NABOTH." WOW.
AND HE TELLS THEM WHY. AND AHAB SAID TO ELIJAH, "HAVE YOU FOUND
ME? "OH, YOU WHO HATE ME." AND ELIJAH, THE PROPHET SAID, "YEAH,
I FOUND YOU. "BECAUSE YOU'VE SOLD YOURSELF TO DO WHAT IS
DISHONORABLE "OR SINFUL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD." NOW LOOK AT
WHAT AHAB DOES. "THERE WAS NO ONE WHO SOLD HIMSELF," VERSE 25,
"TO DO WHAT WAS SINFUL IN THE EYES OF THE LORD "LIKE AHAB DID.
"HIS WIFE JEZEBEL MOVED HIM TO DO IT. "HE DID WHAT WAS HATED BY
FOLLOWING FALSE GODS." COME ON, AMERICA, LISTEN. "HE DID ALL
THAT THE AMORITES HAD DONE, "WHOM THE LORD DROVE OUT IN
FRONT OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. "WHEN AHAB HEARD THESE WORDS, HE
TORE HIS CLOTHES, "AND HE DRESSED IN CLOTH MADE FROM HAIR
AND WOULD NOT EAT, "AND HE LAY DRESSED IN A CLOTH FROM HAIR
"AND WENT ABOUT EVERY DAY SAD. "AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME
TO ELIJAH. "DO YOU SEE HOW AHAB HAS GOTTEN RID OF HIS PRIDE
BEFORE ME? "BECAUSE HE'S GOTTEN RID OF HIS PRIDE, "I WILL NOT
BRING TROUBLE TO HIM WHILE HE'S ALIVE, "BUT I'LL BRING TROUBLE
UPON HIS HOUSE IN HIS SON'S DAY." NOW STOP, SOME PEOPLE
THINK THAT, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM THOUGH. WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM? LOOK AT FIRST, YOU GOTTA GO OVER TO THE NEXT
CHAPTER. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S A FALSE PROPHECY. NO, IT MEANS HIS
REPENTANCE WAS SHALLOW. RIGHT, WHY DID GOD HAVE TO SEND PROPHET
JONAH TO NINEVEH A SECOND TIME? AND YOU KNOW, SO WELL, YOU
CALLED OUT THE KANSAS CITY, NO, I CALLED OUT THE FACT THAT I'M
CONCERNED IF THEM WINNING THE SUPER BOWL WAS CONNECTED TO
REVIVAL, AND NOW I'M WATCHING THEM WITH A LOSING RECORD, AND
I'M WATCHING SOME OF THE COMPROMISES OF SIN AND THINGS
THAT THEY'VE ALLOWED INTO THEIR GARDEN THAT HAS AFFECTED THIS
COUNTRY AND ITS MINDSET. WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN AMERICA. WE ARE
GIVING A WINDOW OF GRACE HERE. I BELIEVE THAT HE MIGHT HAVE
STARTED OFF REPENTANT, BUT IT'S THE SAME THING THAT PEOPLE DO.
OH, I REPENTED. WELL, REPENTANCE ISN'T A ONETIME THING. THE BIBLE
SAYS SOW TO YOURSELVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT'S A DAILY
DECISION. TAKE UP YOUR CROSS. I BELIEVE THAT SOMEWHERE HE MIGHT
HAVE REPENTED OF PRIDE, BUT SOMEWHERE IT WAS SHALLOW. HE
DIDN'T FULLY INTEND IT, 'CAUSE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
VERSES 34 THROUGH 35, 1 KINGS 22, "AND A CERTAIN MAN DREW A
BOW OF VENTURE, "SMOTE THE KING BETWEEN THE JOINTS OF THE
HARNESS, "AND THE DRIVER OF THE CHARIOT TURNED HIS HAND, "AND HE
SAID, 'CARRY ME OUT OF THE HOST, FOR I'M WOUNDED.' "THE KING
DID." HE SAID THAT, "AND THE BATTLE INCREASED THAT DAY, "AND
THE KING WAS STAYED UP AGAINST THE CHARIOT, "AGAINST THE
SYRIANS, AND HE DIED, "AND BLOOD CAME OUT OF THE WOUND." LOOK AT
VERSE 37, "THE KING DIED AND WAS BROUGHT TO SAMARIA." AND THERE'S
A WHOLE THEOLOGICAL THING THERE. "AND ONE WASHED THE CHARIOT IN
THE POOL OF SAMARIA, "AND THE DOGS LICKED UP HIS BLOOD, "JUST
AS IT WAS PROPHESIED." NOW, WHAT ABOUT HIS WIFE? "HIS WIFE,
BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE ME ANGRY." THIS IS GOD SPEAKING. "AND YOU
MADE ISRAEL SIN." SEE, I WOULD NOT MESS WITH A LIFE OF DISHONOR
AGAINST GOD. "THE DOGS WILL EAT JEZEBEL IN THE LAND OF JEZREEL,
AND THE DOGS WILL EAT ANYONE BELONGING TO AHAB WHO DIES IN
THE CITY. THE BIRDS OF THE AIR WILL EAT ANYTHING BELONGING TO
AHAB WHO DIES IN THE FIELD." WELL, WE KNOW THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED. BUT WHY? WHY? BECAUSE WHAT THEY DID IS, THEY
OPERATED IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SERPENT OF THE GARDEN. AND THIS
IS WHY I GET SO MAD AT POLITICS. THEY CALL ME RIGHT WING, BUT
REALLY WHAT I AM IS I'M RIGHT KINGDOM. IF A REPUBLICAN, A
DEMOCRAT, A MODERATE, IF YOU VIOLATE OR YOU'RE GONNA ALLOW
THINGS IN OUR COUNTRY, IN OUR VINEYARD, THAT VIOLATE THIS OR
HURTS THE CULTURE, HURTS THE KIDS, IS IMMORAL, I'M GONNA
SPEAK UP. AND GOD WILL SIDE WITH YOU. BUT WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE
THAT COOPERATE LIKE JEZEBEL WITH DEMONS, IT BEGINS TO AFFECT
OTHERS. BUT GOD SENT A PROPHET AND SAID, I'M NOT DOING, THIS
ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN ANYMORE. NOW LET'S GO TO GENESIS 19. I WANNA
WRAP THIS UP. PASTOR DOUG, YOU CAN AT LEAST START HEADING THAT
WAY, BUT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT. GENESIS 19, I JUST WANNA
SHIFT. I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO RE-PREACH THIS, 'CAUSE I FEEL
THE ANOINTING ON ME, AND I WANNA GET THROUGH IT. AND IF YOU HAVE
TO GO, NOBODY WILL THINK THAT YOU'RE LEAVING, 'CAUSE I, YOU
CAN LEAVE NOW IF YOU WANNA LEAVE, IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE. SO
IF YOU'RE UPSET AT MY MESSAGE, YOU CAN LEAVE NOW AND ACT LIKE
IT'S THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. ALL
RIGHT, GENESIS 19, WATCH THIS. "BEHOLD NOW," THIS IS LOT, HOW
MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IN THE LAST DAYS THAT JESUS
SAID, "THE DAYS OF LOT, THE DAYS OF NOAH." LOOK AT LOT, HE WAS
WILLING TO NOT BE A STEWARD OVER HIS GARDEN OR HIS VINEYARD, AND
HE WAS WILLING TO SHOVE HIS DAUGHTERS OUT TO THE GAY MEN OF
THE CITY. COME ON, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING THE SAME THING?
THEY SHOVE THEIR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL, THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT'S
BEING TAUGHT, NO CLUE WHO THAT LIBERAL TEACHER IS THAT'S
INDOCTRINATING THEM, HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE BOOK CLUB READING
THAT THEY HAVE TO WRITE, RIGHT? WHAT THEY'RE CELEBRATING AROUND
HALLOWEEN. NO, THAT'S ANOTHER THING. OH, LET'S JUST HAVE A
HARVEST PARTY. LET'S DO A REPLACEMENT FOR HALLOWEEN SO
THAT WE CAN GIVE OUR KIDS CANDY. WE CAN GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY
TO DRESS UP. NO, NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE LETTING SATAN COME INTO
YOUR GARDEN. THERE'S PLENTY OF THINGS AND TIMES THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR WHERE YOU CAN SATURATE YOUR KIDS WITH CANDY. RIGHT? NOW I
HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, THIS IS LOT, WHICH ARE VIRGINS. AND I PRAY
YOU, BRING THEM OUT UNTO YOU, AND HE SAYS, I PRAY YOU, I'LL
BRING THEM OUT TO YOU. AND I WAS, I WON'T STEWARD OVER MY
GARDEN. I WON'T STEWARD OVER MY KIDS. I'LL JUST LET MY KIDS DO
ANYTHING, LIKE ANYTHING, WATCH ANYTHING, RIGHT? GET ANY KIND OF
TOY THEY WANT, HAVE ANY KIND OF FRIEND THEY WANT, BE WHATEVER
THEY WANT. ONLY UNTO THESE MEN DO NOTHING, FOR THEREFORE CAME
THEY UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ROOF. NOW LOOK AT VERSE NINE,
THIS IS INTERESTING. AND THEY SAID, "STAND BACK," AND THEY
SAID AGAIN, "THE ONE FELLOW CAME IN TO SOJOURN "AND HE WILL NEEDS
TO BE JUDGED." BUT HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED. AS SOON AS HE STARTS
SHOVING HIS DAUGHTERS OUT THE DOOR, I'LL JUST PARAPHRASE IT,
THE ANGELS THAT SHOWED UP, THE MEN, THE BIBLE CALLS THEM MEN,
BUT THEY'RE ANGELS, GRABBED LOT AND KEPT HIM FROM LETTING THE
SNAKES INTO HIS HOME. COME ON, WHEN YOU ARGUE IN MARRIAGE, WHEN
WE DON'T HANDLE OUR FINANCES RIGHT, WE DON'T STEWARD OVER OUR
MOUTHS, OUR ATTITUDES, OUR RELATIONSHIPS, IT'S ALL ACCESS
FOR THE ENEMY. NOW LOOK AT WHAT GOD SAID ABOUT ABRAHAM, GENESIS
18. YOU JUST SAW WHAT LOT WAS GETTING READY TO DO WITH
DISHONOR. AND LOT SAID UNTO THEM, "OH, NOT SO MY LORD." IN
GENESIS 18:19. "BEHOLD NOW, MY SERVANT HAS FOUND GRACE IN MY
SIGHT." SO GOD'S SPEAKING ABOUT ABRAHAM. "MAGNIFIED THY MERCY,
"WHICH THOU HAS SHOWED ME IN THE SAVING." "I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
THE RIGHT ONE. GENESIS 18. 18:19. YEAH, YOU GOT GENESIS 19.
GENESIS 18:19. SORRY ABOUT THAT. GENESIS 18:19.
HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. IN GENESIS 18:19. NOTICE WHAT QUALIFIED
ABRAHAM TO LITERALLY, HE LIVED A LIFE OF HONOR WHERE GOD
LITERALLY PROTECTED HIM. GENESIS 18:19, FOR I KNOW ABRAHAM THAT
HE WILL COMMAND HIS CHILDREN OH, THAT'S STEWARDING OVER HIS
GARDEN. "AND HE WILL EVEN STEWARD OVER HIS HOUSE." THAT'S
HIS GARDEN, THAT'S HIS VINEYARD. "AFTER HIM, AND HE SHALL ALSO
HONOR MOST OF ALL GOD." COME ON, HOW MUCH OF GOD DO YOU HAVE IN
YOUR HOME? JOSHUA 24:15 IS A STATEMENT, IT WAS A BANNER. "AS
FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE'RE GONNA SERVE THE LORD." "THE JEWS WOULD
PUT A MITZVAH OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR "THAT HAD SCRIPTURES WRITTEN
OVER IT "THAT THEY WERE TO LIVE BY "WAS THE STANDARD OVER THEIR
HOME." THAT'S WHY EVERY DAY, BREN AND I WERE TAKING COMMUNION
IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. WE'RE DECLARING A STANDARD OVER OUR
HOME. YOU NEED TO DO THE SAME. THE ENEMY CANNOT AND IS NOT
ALLOWED TO ACCESS YOUR HOME. NOT YOUR CHILDREN, NOT YOUR
MARRIAGE, NOT YOUR BODY, NOT YOUR VEHICLES, NOTHING. SO
NOTICE IS BECAUSE HE HAD A STANDARD, HE HAD HONOR THAT GOD
BLESSED HIM. NOW I WANNA SHOW YOU IN CLOSING, GENESIS 9. I
WANT YOU TO SEE THIS, HOW HONOR AND DISHONOR CAN AFFECT NATIONS
FOR YEARS TO COME. IN GENESIS 9, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT VERSE 20.
AND NOAH BEGAN TO BE A FARMER AND HE PLANTED A WHAT? A
VINEYARD, HE PLANTED A GARDEN, OKAY? SO NOW LET'S GO BACK UP TO
VERSE 18. "AND THE SONS OF NOAH WENT FORTH OUT OF THE ARK." NOW
NOTICE WHO WAS WITH NOAH, HIS SONS, SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH.
HAM IS THE FATHER OF CANAAN. SO HAM IS THE FATHER OF THE
CANAANITES, WHO WAS ISRAEL'S ENEMIES, THE CANAANITES. AND
THESE ARE THE 3 SONS OF NOAH. AND THEM WAS THE WHOLE EARTH'S
OVERSPREAD. AND NOAH BEGAN TO BE A FARMER. HE BEGAN TO PLANT A
GARDEN, A VINEYARD. AND HE DRANK OF THE WINE AND WAS DRUNK, AND
HE WAS UNCOVERED WITHIN HIS TENT. SO HE WAS COMPLETELY
NAKED. AND HAM, THE FATHER OF CANAAN, THE CANAANITES, SAW THE
NAKEDNESS OF HIS FATHER. NOW, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
WAS NOT JUST A GLIMPSE. THIS WAS NOT JUST A GAZE, OKAY? AND HE
SAW THE NAKEDNESS. HE SAW, KEEP READING, VERSE 23. IT SAYS, "AND
HE TOLD HIS TWO BRETHREN, "AND SHEM AND JAPHETH TOOK A GARMENT
"AND LAID IT UPON THEIR SHOULDERS "AND WENT BACKWARDS
AND COVERED THE NAKEDNESS." NOW, WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS
THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS WORD IN THE HEBREW, SAW THE
NAKEDNESS, IT'S NOT JUST TO, OH, HE'S NAKED, DON'T LOOK, ETHEL.
IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE. IT LITERALLY MEANS TO SEE WITH
SEXUAL ENTICEMENT. IT ALSO MEANS THE WORD UNCOVER, IT RELATES TO
A SEXUAL VIOLATION. MANY THEOLOGIANS SAY THIS WAS THE
FIRST HOMOSEXUAL ACT THAT TOOK PLACE. SO HE LOOKED AT HIM, HIS
NAKEDNESS, AND THERE WAS AN ENGAGEMENT OF A HOMOSEXUAL ACT.
IT WASN'T JUST, HEY, I SAW HIM, AND I WENT AND TOLD HIM. NO, YOU
WENT, YOU PARTICIPATED, BECAUSE LOOK, IT SAYS, "WHEN NOAH
AWOKE," VERSE 24, "HE KNEW WHAT HAM, HIS YOUNGER SON, "OR HIS
YOUNGEST SON HAD DONE TO HIM, "AND SAID, 'CURSED BE YOUR KID,
CANAAN.'" WHO DID ISRAEL CONTEND WITH THE WHOLE TIME? IF HE, HOW
WOULD HE WAKE UP AND KNOW THAT IT WAS JUST A LOOK AND SAW HIM
NAKED? NO, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF POSSIBLY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OR
SOMETHING THAT BORE WITNESS THAT HE WAS VIOLATED. I DON'T THINK
IF IT WAS JUST A, OH, I SAW HIM NAKED, THAT THERE WOULD BE THIS
SEVERITY OF WHAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU. IT WAS, AND I'M GONNA SHOW
YOU WHAT WAS CONNECTED TO THAT SIN OF DISHONOR OF
HOMOSEXUALITY. AND SOME THEOLOGIANS SAY IT WASN'T JUST
HAM THAT PARTICIPATED, BUT ALSO HIS GRANDSON. THEY WERE PART OF
THE ACT. OR, HAM DID IT, BUT HIS KIDS PAID FOR IT. LET'S GO ON, I
WANNA SHOW YOU NOW, LOOK HERE. ONE SIN, LOOK AT GENESIS 10.
OKAY, WAIT A MINUTE, LET'S LOOK AT GENESIS 9, GO BACK UP. VERSE
23, OKAY, NO, LET'S GO BACK TO VERSE 21. I GOTTA GET DONE. AND
HE DRANK THE WINE, NOAH, AND WAS DRUNK, AND HE WAS UNCOVERED
WITHIN HIS TENT. AND HAM, THE FATHER OF CANAAN, SAW IT WAS
SEXUAL ENTICEMENT, THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. THERE WAS A SEXUAL
VIOLATION THAT TOOK PLACE. AND TOLD HIS TWO BRETHREN. AND SHEM
AND JAPHETH TOOK A GARMENT AND LAID IT UPON THEIR SHOULDERS.
AND BOY, I WISH I HAD TIME TO TEACH YOU WHAT THAT GARMENT WAS
THROUGHOUT HISTORY. AND WENT BACKWARDS AND COVERED THE
NAKEDNESS OF THEIR FATHER AND THEIR FACES WERE BACKWARDS AND
THEY DIDN'T SEE, THEY DIDN'T LOOK ON, THEY DIDN'T PARTAKE OF
THEIR FATHER'S NAKEDNESS. NOAH AWOKE, VERSE 24, AND KNEW, HE
KNEW, THERE WAS EVIDENCE WHAT HIS YOUNGER SON HAD DONE 'CAUSE
OF DISHONOR AND SAID, "CURSED BE THE CANAANITES. "A SERVANT OF
SERVANTS SHALL HE BE UNTO HIS BRETHREN." BUT NOTICE THE TWO,
THE TWO THAT WALKED IN HONOR. NOTICE HOW IT HAS AFFECTED
GENERATIONS. IT'S AFFECTED CITIES, EVEN JERUSALEM, EVEN
ISRAEL. IT SAYS, "BLESSED BE THE GOD OF SHEM." WHO'S SHEM? DOES
ANYBODY KNOW WHO SHEM IS? ISRAEL. THAT ACT OF HONOR IS WHY
WE CAN PRAY THE BLESSINGS OF GOD UPON JERUSALEM, UPON ISRAEL,
BECAUSE OF WHAT HE SOWED IN HONOR. IT CARRIED A BLESSING FOR
GENERATIONS. THAT'S WHY HOW YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE, HOW YOU CHOOSE
TO BE MARRIED, AND HOW YOU ARE IN YOUR MARRIAGE TO ONE ANOTHER,
HOW YOU RAISE YOUR KIDS, WHO YOU ARE AS A CHRISTIAN DOESN'T JUST
AFFECT YOU. HOW YOU VOTE DOESN'T JUST AFFECT YOU. LOOK AT
JAPHETH, JAPHETH WAS THE OTHER ONE. JAPHETH, I'LL ENLARGE, YOU
KNOW, JAPHETH, THE HISTORY OF THAT IS UP IN THE RUSSIAN, ALL
OF EUROPE. HOW GOD DID THIS, NOW WATCH THIS. GENESIS 10, VERSE 1.
NOW THE SONS OF NOAH ARE SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH. NOW LET'S LOOK
AT THE SONS. LOOK AT THIS CURSE THAT WAS FROM DISHONOR. LOOK AT
HOW MUCH DISHONOR OF LUCIFER, HOW THE WHOLE WORLD HAS BEEN
AFFECTED GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, AFTER GENERATION,
AFTER GENERATION. LOOK AT THE DISHONOR IN THE GARDEN. I'M NOT
STEWARDING. HAD TO HAVE GOD HIMSELF COME AS AN INNOCENT MAN
TO SOW A LIFE OF HONOR, TO SAVE MAN AND REDEEM US. LOOK HERE,
VERSE 6, "AND THE SONS OF HAM," LOOK AT WHO THE SONS OF HAM ARE,
"CUSH, MIZRAIM, FOOT, AND CANAAN." NOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THESE GUYS, FIRST OF ALL, LOOK AT THE FIRST
ONE, CUSH. GO DOWN TO VERSE 8. "CUSH BEGAN, BEGAT NIMROD." THIS
IS THE FATHER OF ALL FALSE RELIGIONS. HE'S ALSO STARTED THE
TOWER OF BABEL. HE WAS THE FIRST FREEMASON. COME ON, WHERE DO YOU
GET FREEMASON? MASON, OKAY? FROM THIS MAN, FALSE RELIGION, ISLAM,
ALL OF THIS WAS ROOTED IN NIMROD. AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN
VERSE 9, HE WAS A MIGHTY HUNTER BEFORE THE LORD. REALLY,
THE ORIGINAL HEBREW IS AGAINST THE LORD. HE SET HIMSELF WITH
HIS FALSE WORSHIP, HIS IDOLS, HIS REBELLION AGAINST GOD, HE
SET HIS FACE AGAINST GOD TO HUNT AGAINST THE LORD. ANYTHING THAT
WAS RIGHTEOUS, ANYTHING THAT WAS GOOD, HE WAS THE SNAKE IN THE
EARTH THAT WAS TRYING TO GIVE THESE DEMONS ACCESS. THIS IS
WHY, STEWARD OVER YOUR LIFE, STEWARD OVER YOUR MIND. DON'T
LET JUST THOUGHTS GO IN YOUR HEAD. STEWARD OVER YOUR MOUTH,
STEWARD OVER YOUR EMOTIONS, STEWARD OVER YOUR ACTIONS. OKAY,
LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE. AND VERSE 10, "IN THE BEGINNING OF THE
KINGDOM WAS BABEL." SO THAT WAS CUSH. NOW LOOK AT THE NEXT ONE,
MIZRAIM. AND MIZRAIM, OKAY, LOOK AT WHO HE BEGAT. GO UP TO VERSE
14. AND YOU SEE, "CASALIM, OUT OF WHOM CAME PHILISTINE." OH,
THE PHILISTINES CAME OUT OF MIZRAIM, ANOTHER ONE OF ISRAEL'S
ENEMIES. AND THEY WERE ALSO PART OF EGYPT. WHAT DID ISRAEL HAVE
TO FIGHT AGAINST? PHARAOH AND THE EGYPTIANS. OFF OF ONE SINFUL
ACT THAT WAS ROOTED IN DEEP, DEEP PERVERSION. THAT DISHONOR,
JUST LIKE LUCIFER IN THE GARDEN, PASSED DOWN FOR GENERATIONS. NOW
LOOK AT THIS ONE, WHAT ABOUT CANAAN? I WAS GONNA MENTION
FOOT, BUT I DON'T WANNA PUT MY FOOT THERE YET. BUT LOOK AT
VERSE 15, "AND CANAAN BEGAT SIDON." NOW, IF YOU DON'T
BELIEVE, YOU JUST THINK, OH, WELL, HE JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, PASTOR HANK, AND HE'S JUST MAKING IT UP,
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. LOOK AT VERSE 19. "AND THE
BORDERS OF THE CANAANITES," BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF WHAT
CANAAN BEGAT SIDON. NOW WATCH THIS. "AND THE BORDERS OF THE
CANAANITES FROM SIDON, "AS THOU COMES TO GAAR AND GAZA, "AS THOU
GOES UNTO," WHAT? SODOM. SO CANAAN ALSO WAS PART OF SODOM
AND GOMORRAH. SO WE HAVE A CHOICE TODAY. I WANT YOU TO
STAND YOUR FEET. ARE WE GONNA LET THE ENEMY IN OR WE GONNA
KEEP THE SERPENT OUT? I BELIEVE GOD HAS GIVEN OUR COUNTRY, OUR
NATION, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR CHURCHES A GREAT, GREAT
OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE EARTH. TO TAKE OUR AUTHORITY AND
TAKE BACK GROUND AND KEEP THE ENEMY OUT, BUT IT'S GONNA
REQUIRE US. SEE, A LOT OF US ARE WAITING ON GOD TO DO SOMETHING.
AND HE IS, IT'S GOD'S TURN NOW. BUT HE'S ALSO WAITING ON US TO
TAKE OUR RIGHTFUL PLACE THAT DOESN'T TALK TO THE ENEMY,
DOESN'T GIVE ACCESS TO THE ENEMY, BUT KICKS HIM OUT. JUST
BAM, TAKE HIM OUT. NO, YOU'RE NOT COMING IN. SO FATHER, IN THE
NAME OF YESHUA, AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING, WE THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORD TODAY, WHERE IT SHOWS US THE POWER OF HONOR, THE
BLESSING OF HONOR, BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISHONOR. AND
FATHER, WE PRAY OVER OUR GREAT COUNTRY AND THE NATIONS OF THE
EARTH, FOR THEY ARE IN TURMOIL. BUT YET GOD, YOU HAVE COME AT
THIS TIME TO INTERJECT YOURSELF WITH THE FINGER OF GOD, TO STOP
THE MOVEMENT OF PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS AND RULERS OF
DARKNESS AND THOSE WHO COOPERATE WITH THEM. AND WE, YOUR STEWARDS
IN THIS EARTH AND IN THE GARDEN OF THE EARTH, IN THE GARDEN OF
THE NATION AND THE CITIES AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE LIVE IN.
LORD, WE TAKE AUTHORITY OVER ANY AND ALL OPERATIONS OF ANY
DEMONIC SPIRITS, ANY CURSES AND ASSIGNMENTS OF WITCHCRAFT. WE
BREAK ITS POWER AND WE STAND IN THE HONOR OF YOU, OUR GOD AND
OUR KING. AND WE SAY THAT FATHER, YOU ARE EQUAL TO NO ONE.
YOU ARE THE FATHER, THE SON, YESHUA, AND THE HOLY GHOST.
YESHUA IS GOD. HE IS KING. HE IS LORD. HE IS THE MESSIAH. AND WE
DO NOT SHARE HIS HONOR OR GLORY WITH ANYTHING FALSE. AND SO
LORD, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD STIR YOUR PEOPLE IN THIS TIME,
WHETHER IT BE FOR THEIR NATIONS, WHETHER IT BE FOR THEIR CITIES,
THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEIR SCHOOLS, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD
STIR THE PEOPLE. AS IT WAS SAID OF PHINEAS IN THE SCRIPTURE,
THEY TOOK THE SPEAR THROUGH THOSE IN THE TENT, THE MAN AND
THE WOMAN WHO WERE COMMITTING AN ACT IN A TENT OF ADULTERY AND OF
SIN, AND HE CAST HIS SPEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM, AND IT WAS
ACCOUNTED UNTO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND YOU SAID OF
HIM, PHINEAS, "THAT THE ZEAL OF THE LORD HAD CONSUMED HIM
"BECAUSE HE STOOD UP AND HE DID AN ACT OF HONOR." GOD, I PRAY
THAT THIS WOULD CARRY US INTO OUR MIDTERMS IN AMERICA, THROUGH
OUR MIDTERMS, INTO OUR NEXT ELECTION. HE WOULD CARRY US
THROUGH 2026, THAT YOUR PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY
WILL ARISE AND GIVE NO ACCESS TO THE DEVIL. AND THAT FATHER,
WE'LL SEE NOT OUR VINEYARD STOLEN, BUT PROTECTED BY THE
POWERFUL MIGHT AND RESTRAINT OF YOU, GOD, AS WE HONOR YOU AND WE
HONOR AND STEWARD OVER WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO US. AND I THANK
YOU FOR IT, IN JESUS' NAME. NOW, I JUST WANNA ASK A QUESTION. ONE
OF THE GREATEST THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO STEWARD OVER IN YOUR
LIFE IS WHERE ARE YOU GONNA GO WHEN YOU DIE? SOME PEOPLE JUST
LIVE THEIR LIFE TO LIVE THEIR LIFE. THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT
ETERNITY. I WANNA ASK YOU A QUESTION AND THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE WATCHING, HAVE YOU EVER ASKED JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR HEART
TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS AND TO BE THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE? COME ON,
IT'S TIME TO STEWARD OVER YOUR LIFE. DON'T GIVE THE DEVIL
ACCESS TO DESTROY YOU, TO SEND YOU TO HELL. GOD DOESN'T SEND
ANYBODY TO HELL. WE ALLOW THE ENEMY TO DO IT. SO IS THERE
ANYBODY HERE? I WANT YOU TO BE BOLD. FOR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
YOU CAN PUT A HAND UP. YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, PREACHER, PRAY
FOR ME. I WANT TO ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST IN MY HEART. I WANT HIM
TO FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS. IF YOU'RE HERE TODAY, PUT YOUR HAND
UP. PUT YOUR HAND UP. ANYBODY HERE? ANYBODY HERE? I WANNA PRAY
FOR YOU. THERE'S A HAND, I WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT
TEXAS MAN, BRING THAT YOUNG MAN. COME ON DOWN. ANYBODY ELSE? I
WANT YOU TO COME DOWN FRONT. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE?
ANYBODY ELSE? HOW YOU DOING, MAN? GOOD. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MY
NAME IS ANGEL. NO WAY. IS YOUR REAL NAME ANGEL? YEAH, IT REALLY
IS. I NEVER, WELL, I'VE MET ANGELS, BUT I'VE NEVER MET A
REAL HUMAN ANGEL, BUT I JUST MET. ANGEL KEATE. ANGEL KEATE.
DID I PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT? YOU DID IT, YOU DID IT. HI, ANGEL.
AMEN. I CAN TELL YOU ARE READY FOR SOME CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE.
YEAH, YOU REALLY ARE. I CAN SEE IT. YEAH. MAN, YOU ARE REALLY,
REALLY, LISTEN, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS. YOU DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO BE AFRAID OF. YEAH. AND EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE CAN ACT A
CERTAIN WAY AND THEY CAN SAY CERTAIN THINGS TO TRY TO INFLICT
FEAR AND CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE, I'M NOT IN CONTROL. GOD IS. NOW,
I WANT YOU TO HEAR ME. THERE IS ONE OTHER TIME THAT YOU WERE
READY TO JUST DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY. YOU STARTED GOING
THAT DIRECTION AND THEN YOU GOT DIVERTED. RIGHT? YEAH, I KNOW. I
CAN SEE IT IN YOUR EYES. THIS TIME IT'S GOT TO STICK. BECAUSE
GOD'S GOT YOU ON A PATH THAT HE REALLY WANTS TO HELP YOU, ANGEL.
AND A LOT OF THE TURMOIL AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING
AROUND YOU, GOD JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CLEAN SLATE. AND WE
CAN HELP YOU AS A CHURCH. ARE YOU FROM HERE? YOU'RE FROM
WICHITA, KANSAS? OKAY. WELL, THERE'S SOME GOOD CHURCHES
THERE. PASTOR DOUG WILL HELP YOU, OUR STAFF. BOB, BOB, WHY
DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE, BOB? I WANT YOU TO STAND BY ANGEL.
WELL, LET'S PRAY THIS PRAYER, ANGEL. AND I'LL HELP YOU TOO,
OKAY? YOU DIDN'T WALK OUT, THANK YOU. AMERICA CAN BE SAVED
BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, WILLING TO STICK IT OUT, LISTEN
TO SOME BOLD TRUTH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT? LISTEN, WE'RE GETTING
LIED TO A LOT TODAY. WE NEED THE TRUTH, AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. I FEEL LIKE YOU'VE BEEN, YOUR HANDS, YOU'VE
BEEN IN AND OUT OF WORK. YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME GOOD,
CONSISTENT WORK TOO. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? SO WE'RE GONNA PRAY THAT.
ALL RIGHT, I WANT YOU TO REPEAT AFTER ME, ANGEL, AND THOSE OF
YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, MAYBE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS UP TOO, WITH
ANGEL, AND MAYBE YOU DIDN'T COME FORWARD AND YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM.
I WANT YOU TO REPEAT AFTER ME, SAY HEAVENLY FATHER. I WANT YOU
TO SAY IT. I BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT YOU RAISED JESUS FROM THE
DEAD. THE BIBLE SAYS WHOEVER BELIEVES IN THEIR HEART THAT YOU
RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD SHALL BE SAVED. AND WHOEVER CALLS ON
THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED. JESUS, I CALL UPON YOU.
COME INTO MY HEART. FORGIVE ME OF MY SINS. AND BE THE LORD OF
MY LIFE. AND I WILL SERVE YOU TODAY. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD.
AMEN. BOB, I WANT YOU TO GRAB HIS HAND FOR A MINUTE. AND JUST
TALK TO HIM. BOB, YOU CAN GO OVER THERE IN THE SIDE AND JUST
TALK TO ANGEL. SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR
HIM. LISTEN, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, IT'S TIME FOR US
TO GET SERIOUS WITH GOD. IT IS. AND I NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR BEING
A PREACHER THAT DEMANDS THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES.
AMEN. DOUG, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? LET'S JUST KEEP
THEM SHORT BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY KEPT THE PEOPLE LONG. AND
INTERNET, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DELAY BY ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
WHAT'S THE ANNOUNCEMENTS? CAN WE MAKE THEM REAL QUICK TO THE
POINT? MAKE THEM REAL QUICK. OKAY, CAN YOU GIVE THEM TWO
MINUTES? TWO MINUTES, OKAY. OKAY, TWO MINUTES. ALL RIGHT,
GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU, I LOVE YOU. PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU. YES,
GIVE PASTOR A HAND. WASN'T THAT A GREAT MESSAGE?
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
GO BACK AND RE-WATCH THAT ON THE ARCHIVE AGAIN BECAUSE
THAT'S A GREAT ONE FOR TODAY. AND REPEAT AND BUILD
YOUR FAITH, AMEN? WELL, TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. DON'T FORGET THE
ZION ACADEMY BUSINESS FAIR RIGHT IN THE CONNECT CENTER AND THE
CHAPEL. SO JUST RUN UP THERE, SAY HI TO THOSE STUDENTS,
ENCOURAGE THEM AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. YOU'LL
BE A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM. AND THEN DON'T FORGET,
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE'LL BE BACK HERE FOR MIDWEEK RECHARGE. AND I
PROMISE YOU WE'LL KEEP IT SHORT. I KNOW IT'S A BUSY TIME OF YEAR,
BUT IT'LL BE A GOOD MESSAGE IN JESUS' NAME. AND ALTAR MINISTRY,
YOU CAN RUN UP HERE. IF SOMEONE NEEDS PRAYER TODAY BEFORE YOU
LEAVE, THE ALTAR MINISTRY WILL BE UP HERE TO PRAY WITH YOU AND
JOIN IN FAITH AND AGREEMENT FOR YOUR NEEDS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU
ONLINE AUDIENCE FOR TUNING IN TODAY. IF ONLINE AUDIENCE, YOU
NEED ANYTHING, WE HAD THE PRAYER NUMBER UP THERE, CALL THE PRAYER
NUMBER. IF THERE'S SOMEONE TODAY AND YOU RECEIVE CHRIST IN YOUR
HOME OR YOUR BUSINESS, CALL THE PRAYER LINE NUMBER, LET THEM
KNOW AND WE'LL HAVE THAT REPORT AND SEND INFORMATION TO YOU THAT
WE WOULD GIVE TO OTHERS. SO THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU, HAVE A
WONDERFUL WEEK. WE'LL SEE YOU WEDNESDAY NIGHT.