Latest / LOH Church Archive / 11/12/25 "The 7 Churches of Revelation" Part 1
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:07HAPPY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHO WANTS TO HEAR A MESSAGE
- 0:12FROM PASTOR BRENDA TONIGHT? SHE HAS A POWERFUL
- 0:16WORD IN HER MOUTH. YOU'RE NOT GONNA WANNA MISS IT.
- 0:19SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
- 0:22IN THE MEANTIME, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS TO THE
- 0:24KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS TONIGHT. LET'S GIVE
- 0:27HIM SOME WORSHIP. LET'S GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE. HALLELUJAH.
- 0:31♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
- 6:12♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
- 9:12I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.
- 9:20I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.
- 9:29I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.
- 9:37♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
- 13:03COME ON, LIFT YOUR HANDS, WORSHIP HIM, WORSHIP
- 13:06HIM HE ALONE IS WORTHY OF THE GLORY.
- 13:09♪ WORSHIP MUSIC ♪
- 14:39COME ON, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 14:44HANDS ARE LIFTED TO GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. ALL OVER
- 14:47THE WORLD. LIFT YOUR HONOR TO GOD. YOUR WORSHIP
- 14:52TO THE KING. WORSHIP HIM. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD.
- 14:58YOU ARE EVERYTHING. IT'S OUR HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU.
- 15:04IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO SING FROM OUR HEART TO YOU, GOD.
- 15:09WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.
- 15:18OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU. HOW WE LOVE YOU, GOD.
- 15:27A HEART OF GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING WE GIVE TO
- 15:30YOU, GOD. OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. SO GREAT YOU ARE.
- 15:40(MUSIC)
- 15:46AND YOU ARE ONE POWERFUL, POWERFUL, POWERFUL GOD.
- 15:53AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE OURS. AND WE HONOR YOU TODAY.
- 15:59OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. AND WE GIVE THANKSGIVING AND HONOR TO
- 16:07YOU. GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
- 16:18AND I DON'T JUST SPEAK OF SALVATION,
- 16:22BUT I THINK OF THE DAY TO DAY, HOUR TO HOUR,
- 16:27WEEK TO WEEK, MONTH TO MONTH, YEAR TO YEAR.
- 16:32YOUR BLESSINGS ARE SO AMAZING. WE JUST WANT TO TELL
- 16:38YOU THAT, THAT YOU REALLY ARE THE GOD THAT DOES
- 16:42EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD ASK OR THINK,
- 16:48BECAUSE YOU LOVE US. BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.
- 16:54WE LOVE YOU. WE REALLY, REALLY DO, GOD. WE REALLY LOVE YOU. AND
- 17:04WE JUST ASK TODAY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD REVEAL SOME MORE OF
- 17:08YOUR HEART TO US. BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO BE MORE
- 17:14PASSIONATE, MORE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR WAYS. AND WE LOVE YOU SO
- 17:25MUCH. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY, REALLY LOVE YOU SO VERY
- 17:36MUCH. AND IT'S OUR HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU. NOW I WANT YOU
- 17:44JUST, AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING, JUST SAY YOU KNOW WE SANG ABOUT
- 17:50IT, ABBA FATHER. I LOVE THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES
- 17:52PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU KNOW IT'S ONLY MENTIONED TWICE IN THE
- 17:55BIBLE RIGHT? SO JESUS MUST HAVE ONLY REFERRED TO THE FATHER AS
- 18:00PAPA OR DADDY TWICE RIGHT? BUT REALLY THAT'S WHAT GOT THE JEWS,
- 18:05THE PHARISEES, THE DOCTORS OF THE LAW UPSET IS THAT THIS GROWN
- 18:12MAN BECAUSE THEY ONLY KNEW GOD IN A CORPORATE SENSE. THEY
- 18:17DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN JESUS SAID, "MY PAPA, MY PAPA." IN
- 18:23FACT MANY OF THE REFERENCES IN THE ORIGINAL ARAMAIC THAT THE
- 18:28WORD FATHER IS USED IT REALLY WAS ABBA. SO LIKE WHEN JESUS
- 18:32SAID, "HERE'S HOW YOU PRAY, MY ABBA, WHICH ART AND THEY GOT
- 18:38REALLY MAD BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, "YOU'RE SAYING THAT GOD IS YOUR
- 18:44PERSONAL DAD?" AND THEY GOT REALLY, REALLY MAD ABOUT IT. SO
- 18:49I WANT YOU TO DO THIS. SAY, "ABBA, MY DADDY, MY PAPA, I ASK
- 18:57YOU TODAY TO REVEAL MORE OF YOUR HEART TO ME, SO THAT I MAY LOVE
- 19:02YOU AND WORSHIP YOU AND SERVE YOU AND BE OBEDIENT, THAT YOUR
- 19:11KINGDOM MAY COME AND YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE IN MY LIFE. NOW I
- 19:18DO ASK YOU, ABBA, BLESS MY LIFE. I DECLARE HEALTH, HEALING,
- 19:28WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS OF MIND, A BLESSED MEMORY, PRESERVATION,
- 19:35PROTECTION, DELIVERANCE, KEPT FROM HARM. I DECLARE BLESSING,
- 19:41PROSPERITY BY THE POWER OF YOUR SAVING HAND, PAPA, ABBA. I
- 19:51RECEIVE IT UPON MY LIFE AND EVEN THOSE OF MY FAMILY. AND LORD, I
- 20:00EXTEND THAT TO THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN JESUS' NAME. AND
- 20:04EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. WELL, I WANT TO GET MAMA UP HERE, MAN. I
- 20:09AM REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR HER MESSAGE. HOW ABOUT YOU? SHE'S
- 20:13GOING TO TEACH ON THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION AND WHAT
- 20:16SHE'S BEEN SHARING TO ME. YOU KNOW, I HAVE LIKE MY OWN
- 20:20INTERPRETATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE HTL HANK
- 20:24TRANSLATION VERSION. WHETHER YOU HEAR HER, WHAT IS IT, THE BTL,
- 20:29BACON, LETTUCE OR BLT, BRENDA? I WAS TALKING TO YOU, BACON,
- 20:33LETTUCE, TOMATO, THE BLT VERSION, THE BRENDA, LOVELY
- 20:37TRANSLATION OR THE WHATEVER. SO IT'S GONNA BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT,
- 20:41HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEBODY, SHARE
- 20:43YOUR NAME, AND THEN SAY, I BET I KNOW, I BET I KNOW, WHAT YOUR
- 20:49FAVORITE, FAVORITE COLOR IS. I BET I KNOW. NOW, YOU CAN'T SAY
- 20:57CLEAR AND STUMP THE AUDIENCE, OKAY? SO YOU
- 21:00HAVE TO COME UP WITH A COLOR. ALL RIGHT, GREET
- 21:02ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
- 21:03(MUSIC)
- 21:44HOW MANY OF YOU ARE STUMPING THE AUDIENCE? AND BY THE WAY, THOSE
- 21:49OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, LISTEN, PUT DOWN YOUR FAVORITE
- 21:51COLOR. I'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE. AND AGAIN,
- 21:54DON'T PUT CLEAR, AND THEN DON'T PUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAVORITE
- 21:57SCENT IS UNSCENTED, YOU KNOW. ANYWAY, HOW MANY'S FAVORITE
- 22:03COLOR WAS BLUE? OKAY. DID ANYBODY COME UP WITH THOSE WEIRD
- 22:08COLORS THAT LIKE THEY DIDN'T EXIST IN THE CRAYON BOX? BRENDA
- 22:14LIKED FUCHSIA. LIKE NOBODY EVER COLORS WITH FUCHSIA, RIGHT? YOU
- 22:20KNOW, WE JUST GOT, WE GOT FUCHSIA ON, ALL RIGHT...
- 22:24I SEE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TYPICAL
- 22:27ONES LIKE YELLOW AND RED AND BLACK AND BROWN AND GREEN AND I
- 22:30THINK ORANGE AND, DON'T QUIZ ME, BUT I DO KNOW THEM, OKAY. WELL,
- 22:36IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HERE. ARE YOU GLAD YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE OF THE
- 22:39LORD? HOW MANY HAD A GOOD DAY TODAY? DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY?
- 22:43RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAD A GOOD DAY. THAT'S GOOD, I'M
- 22:46REALLY GLAD, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I PRAY OVER YOU EVERY DAY. ALL
- 22:48RIGHT, NOW THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO PUT YOUR
- 22:50HAND UP TOO, BECAUSE DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY? 'CAUSE WE PRAY
- 22:53FOR YOU EVERY DAY TOO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DECLARE
- 22:56OVER YOU, NOT ONLY THE BLOOD COVENANT OF PRESERVATION AND
- 23:01PROTECTION, BUT WE ALSO PRAY THAT PSALM 23, THE GOODNESS AND
- 23:05MERCY FOLLOWS YOU. AND YOU THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM THIS DAY,
- 23:09RIGHT? AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. SO HOPEFULLY
- 23:13YOU'RE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND YOU'RE GOING, WHOA,
- 23:15HI, GOODNESS, HI, MERCY. AND LOOK FOR IT, EXPECT IT, 'CAUSE
- 23:22THAT'S THE KIND OF GOD THAT YOU SERVE. SO THAT'S REALLY
- 23:24WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, I WANT TO TALK TO
- 23:30YOU ABOUT TONIGHT'S OFFERING REAL QUICK. SO YOU CAN GET YOUR
- 23:34GIVING INFORMATION OR YOUR GIVING READY. BUT I WANNA SHARE
- 23:38A SCRIPTURE WHEN IT COMES IN THE CONTEXT OF GIVING, JOHN 3:16.
- 23:43NOW YOU SAY, NOW WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH AN OFFERING?
- 23:46WELL, THERE IS A LOT IN THIS VERSE. SOMETIMES WE JUST THINK
- 23:51THAT IT APPEARS ON OUR TV AT A FOOTBALL GAME, RIGHT? YOU ALWAYS
- 23:55SEE THE GUY WITH THE SIGN, JOHN 3:16. I DON'T THINK LIKE THE
- 24:00CHICAGO BEARS WOULD HAVE THAT UP BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET
- 24:03SPIRITUAL, RIGHT? HOW MANY BEARS FANS ARE IN HERE? CHRISTY, I'M
- 24:09MESSING WITH YOU. ANY DALLAS FANS? OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. YOU
- 24:15KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S FOOTBALL, RIGHT? BUT
- 24:17ANYWAY, THE POINT IS JOHN 3:16 HAS A LOT MORE IN IT THAN WHAT
- 24:22SOMETIMES WE REALIZE. BUT I WANT US TO LOOK AT A PRINCIPLE THAT
- 24:26I'VE APPLIED IN MY LIFE IN SERVING GOD SINCE 1984. AND I
- 24:33REALLY HAVE PUT IT TO PRACTICE. IT'S WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE A
- 24:38GIVER. IT'S WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE A CONSISTENT TITHER SINCE
- 24:43BEFORE I MARRIED BRENDA, WE GOT MARRIED IN 1989. SO I WAS
- 24:46TITHING BACK IN 1984 AND I WAS ONLY MAKING 50 BUCKS A WEEK, BUT
- 24:52I TITHE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW GOD TOOK CARE OF ME, BUT HE DID.
- 24:56AND THEN WHEN BRENDA AND I FIRST GOT MARRIED, WE CAME TOGETHER,
- 25:00WE MADE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WERE GONNA NOT ONLY TITHE, BUT
- 25:04WE WERE ALSO GOING TO BE GIVERS AND PARTNER WITH MINISTRIES. AND
- 25:08WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL PICTURES FROM THE CHECK
- 25:11STUBS. Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,
- 25:13YOU USED TO GET CHECK STUBS BACK. I DON'T THINK THEY DO THAT
- 25:17ANYMORE, DO THEY? BUT ANYWAY, THE CHECK STUBS, WE TOOK
- 25:20PICTURES OF IT, AND IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT WE WERE SOWING SEED
- 25:24WAY BACK IN THOSE DAYS. BUT I WANNA SHOW YOU THE PRINCIPLE.
- 25:27ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE
- 25:29WATCHING? ALL RIGHT, WATCH THIS. FOR GOD SO LOVED, UNDERLINE
- 25:35LOVED, BECAUSE THIS IS THE KEY TO BLESSING. PEOPLE SAY TO ME
- 25:40ALL THE TIME, "WHY ARE YOU SO BLESSED?" AND I ALWAYS SAY,
- 25:44"BECAUSE THERE'S A COMPONENT "THAT I HONESTLY THINK I HAVE IN
- 25:48MY HEART." AND THIS ISN'T PRIDE TO SAY IT, IT'S CALLED LOVE. I
- 25:52LOVE GOD. I REALLY DO, AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO. WELL, WHAT DOES
- 25:58THAT HAVE TO DO WITH GIVING? LET'S CONTINUE TO READ. FOR GOD
- 26:00SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT'S US. AND I BELIEVE THAT HE LOVES WHAT
- 26:05HE CREATED, BUT IT'S REALLY US THAT HE GAVE. NOW NOTICE THE
- 26:10FIRST THING BEFORE YOU GIVE, YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO
- 26:15COME TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. AND THAT
- 26:19WHICH PLEASES GOD IS CONNECT WITH YOUR GIVING LOVE. IF YOU
- 26:25LOVE GOD, TO ME WHEN PEOPLE ARGUE OVER THE TITHE, I'M LIKE,
- 26:31I REALLY COULD CARE LESS IF IT'S PREOLD TESTAMENT, OLD TESTAMENT,
- 26:39BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND THE 400 YEARS
- 26:42OF SILENCE, WHATEVER, RIGHT? IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, DID IT PASS
- 26:46AWAY, DID IT NOT? I DON'T CARE. I LOVE GOD. AND IF HE IS MY
- 26:55LORD, WHICH HE IS, AND I LOVE HIM, I DON'T JUST GIVE HIM 10%,
- 27:00I GIVE HIM 100% OF MY LIFE. BUT IF 10%, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE,
- 27:06CAUSES THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN TO OPEN, FOR HIM TO POUR OUT
- 27:09BLESSINGS I DON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE, TO REBUKE THE DEVIL,
- 27:13RIGHT? GOD, OUT OF MY LOVE, I'LL GIVE YOU 10%, BUT IF YOU WANT
- 27:1711, I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU 12. I'LL GIVE YOU
- 27:22WHATEVER I HAVE, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. HERE'S ANOTHER THING. YOU
- 27:30KNOW WHAT I ALSO DO? IS I LOVE HIS WORKS. I FIND MINISTRIES
- 27:39THAT I LOVE. I LOVE THIS MINISTRY. AND SO I LOVE TO GIVE
- 27:44TO IT. IF YOU LOVE THIS MINISTRY, YOU SHOULD LOVE TO
- 27:49GIVE TO IT. RIGHT? YOU SHOULDN'T JUST LOVE TO RECEIVE WITHOUT
- 27:54GETTING ANYTHING BACK. I LOVE MY WIFE, SHE CAN TELL YOU, I SPOIL
- 27:58HER SO GOOD. SHE'S GOT A CHRISTMAS TREE IN EVERY CORNER.
- 28:04I MEAN, I'M HAVING TO JUST TRY TO WALK, YOU KNOW, AND TRYING TO
- 28:07FIND MY WAY. BUT I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT, ALL THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
- 28:14SEEN THEM ALL, BUT SHE KNOWS SHE'S SPOILED. WELL, I LOVE HER.
- 28:19WHEN SHE DECIDED A FEW YEARS AGO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, TO GET
- 28:23A FOURTH DOG, I WAS WORKING HER DOWN TO TRY TO GET A FOURTH
- 28:26GERMAN SHEPHERD. I WANTED A GERMAN SHEPHERD, RIGHT? AND I
- 28:31WAS WORKING HER DOWN. I WAS SO CLOSE. WELL, THEN ALL OF A
- 28:34SUDDEN, ONE DAY I'M ON A ZOOM CALL, AND HERE COMES THIS TEXT
- 28:38MESSAGE. AND I SAID TO THE PEOPLE ON THE ZOOM, EXCUSE ME,
- 28:40BUT BRENDA, I HAVE A RULE, AND THIS SHOULD BE YOUR RULE. IF ANY
- 28:43OF MY WIFE CALLS OR TEXTS, I ANSWER, OR MY CHILDREN. SO MATT
- 28:47AND JOHN, YOU KNOW THAT. YOU'RE WATCHING TONIGHT. MY RULE, AND
- 28:51MAKE THAT YOUR RULE, BY THE WAY, BOYS. I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU.
- 28:54BUT I ALWAYS ANSWER, OR THAT'S JUST MY RULE, OKAY? AND SO I
- 29:01SAID, "JUST A MINUTE." AND SHE'S HOLDING HERBIE, OUR SHIH-TZU. I
- 29:06SAID, "WHERE ARE YOU?" SHE SAID, "ISN'T HE CUTE?" I SAID, "GET
- 29:11OUT OF THERE, BRENDA." I KNEW SHE WAS IN A PET STORE. AND SO,
- 29:16I'M GOING SOMEWHERE, ALL RIGHT? I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF ROUGH
- 29:19HERE, BUT ANYWAY. SO I'M ON THE ZOOM CALL, AND SHE SENDS ME A
- 29:24PICTURE OF HER AND HERBIE. AND SHE SAID, "I'M ON MY WAY." AND I
- 29:31DIDN'T SEE, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON, AND I PUT A
- 29:34HEART. SHE THOUGHT THAT MEANT GET THE DOG. SO I GET OFF THE
- 29:41ZOOM CALL. SHE PULLS UP, SHE GOES,
- 29:44"WELL, DO YOU LIKE HIM?" LIKE, WHO?
- 29:47(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 29:49"HONEY, YOU BROUGHT A RAT HOME." 'CAUSE I WAS USED TO BIG DOGS,
- 29:53AND FOR ABOUT, WHAT, TWO MONTHS, HIM AND I DIDN'T LIKE EACH
- 29:56OTHER, BRENDA? YEAH, NOW HE'S YOUR LITTLE BABY. NOW, BECAUSE I
- 30:00LOVE HIM, I DO WHAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. I GIVE STUFF
- 30:07WITHOUT MAMA LOOKING UNDERNEATH THE TABLE TO THE LITTLE GUY. AND
- 30:10HIM AND I ARE BUDDIES. WHY? 'CAUSE ISN'T THAT A POWERFUL
- 30:13OFFERING HERE, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LOVE AND GIVING GO TOGETHER.
- 30:17I HATED HERBIE, BUT WHEN I SLID INTO LOVE, HIM AND I BEGAN TO BE
- 30:24GIVING OF ONE ANOTHER. RIGHT, HE GIVES ME KISSES AND LITTLE HUGS.
- 30:29HE LETS ME HOLD HIM LIKE A LITTLE BABY. IN RETURN, I GIVE
- 30:32HIM. I FULFILL THE SCRIPTURE, BRENDA. REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE
- 30:39SCRIPTURE? EVEN THE DOGS GET THEIR SCRAPS UNDERNEATH THE
- 30:43TABLE. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. BUT ANYWAY, LET'S BRING THIS TO A
- 30:46CLOSE. WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY TO YOU? IF YOU REALLY WANNA COME
- 30:50TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF BLESSING, CONNECT YOUR GIVING WITH LOVE.
- 30:58IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD, DON'T BE STINGY. IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD,
- 31:02DON'T ARGUE OVER THE TITHE, JUST DO IT. IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD,
- 31:05BE A GIVER ABOVE YOUR TITHE. AND IF YOU REALLY, REALLY LOVE GOD
- 31:09AND YOU LOVE THE MINISTRY THAT YOU SEE GOD IN, LOOK AT WHAT
- 31:13GOD'S DONE IN THIS MINISTRY THE LAST TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS AGO,
- 31:16HE PROPHESIED AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NEW YORK
- 31:19CITY AND MENTIONED THAT THAT MAMI-KAMI WOULD GET ELECTED. HE
- 31:24SPOKE TO US. I LOVE GOD FOR TALKING TO US. LAST SUNDAY, I
- 31:28WAS SO TIRED 'CAUSE I ONLY GOT THREE HOURS OF SLEEP, HAD BEEN
- 31:31AT THE VICTORY CAMPAIGN. I'M JUST BEING VULNERABLE. I WALK UP
- 31:34HERE, I'M FEELING THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD COMING ON ME. I'M LIKE,
- 31:36'CAUSE I'VE LEARNED TO RECOGNIZE. I WALK UP HERE, I'M
- 31:40LIKE, "LORD, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK." BISHOP BUTLER'S HERE,
- 31:45AND THE LORD SAID, "NO, I REALLY WANT YOU TO PROPHESY. "I REALLY
- 31:48HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY." AND I STARTED GIVING MY EXCUSES. BUT
- 31:52THEN MY LOVE KICKED IN. AND THEN WHEN HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO
- 31:55SPEAK NOW, "AND I WANT YOU TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE. "I WANNA
- 31:58GIVE YOU A WORD ABOUT THIS SHUTDOWN." SO MY POINT IS, WHEN
- 32:01YOU LOVE, IT'LL ALWAYS BE FOLLOWED WITH GIVING. WELL, YOU
- 32:06SAY, WELL, HOW CAN I SHOW MY LOVE TODAY AND MY GIVING? THE
- 32:09GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. THERE'S THE DIFFERENT
- 32:12WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE TONIGHT BY WAY OF ENVELOPE, MAIL,
- 32:16WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE. HOW MANY OF YOU USE THE
- 32:20SCAN QR CODE? HOW MANY OF YOU USE THAT? SO BY THE WAY, BRENDA,
- 32:25I STILL NEED TO UPDATE MY APP. SO I OWE A COUPLE OFFERINGS IN
- 32:28THERE THAT I'VE TRIED. SO I'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, MY WIFE WILL
- 32:33HELP ME WITH THAT. BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING. ALL
- 32:36RIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU, ARE YOU STILL FILLING OUT YOUR PHONE OR
- 32:40WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FILL OUT YOUR PHONE. HOW ABOUT
- 32:43YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY TO GIVE?
- 32:47INCREASE YOUR LOVE AND WATCH WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEASURE
- 32:50OF YOUR GIVING. NOW WATCH THIS, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
- 32:53MEASURE OF THE BLESSING THAT'S RETURNED TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU
- 32:57READY TO STAND TO YOUR FEET? I'M GONNA ASK MAMA TO COME PRAY. ALL
- 33:02RIGHT, WOULD YOU COME? 'CAUSE SHE'S THE DECREE QUEEN. WE'RE
- 33:07NOT GONNA DECREE TONIGHT, BUT BRENDA, I WANT YOU TO PRAY A
- 33:09PRAYER. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR YOU PREACH TODAY. THANK
- 33:13YOU. I'M EXCITED TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? ALL RIGHT,
- 33:18HOLD YOUR PHONE UP. OFFERING ENVELOPE, SAY THESE WORDS, SAY
- 33:21LORD JESUS. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE TO GIVE TO YOU. IT'S AN HONOR.
- 33:28IT'S A PRIVILEGE. AND I THANK YOU THAT OUR GIVING IS
- 33:33RECIPROCATED BY YOUR GIVING BACK. AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR
- 33:37THAT, LORD. YOU'RE A GOOD GOD. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. ALL RIGHT,
- 33:43USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE GIVEN,
- 33:47YOU CAN BE SEATED. WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO THIS TONIGHT. EITHER
- 33:51WAY, MY LITTLE NIECE KATIE CAME IN FROM YOUTH. I SAID, ARE YOU
- 33:56NOT GOING TO YOUTH TONIGHT? THEY'RE AT THE OTHER END OF THE
- 33:58BUILDING. SHE SAID, I WANTED TO HEAR YOU PREACH. I SAID, IT'S
- 34:01THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION. YOU SURE YOU WON'T
- 34:04BE BORED? IT'S LIKE ALL DOCTRINAL, BUT YOU KNOW, KATIE
- 34:08GOES IN FOR THE DEEP STUFF, I'M TELLING YOU. SO GIVE HER A HAND.
- 34:12SHE CAME IN. SHE WASN'T SKIPPING OUT ON YOU. I THOUGHT, "ARE THEY
- 34:17DOING A TEST DOWN THERE OR ANYTHING THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO
- 34:20GO?" ALL RIGHT. THAT'S OKAY. WELL, GOOD. WELL, THIS IS A GOOD
- 34:24TOPIC. AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT,
- 34:28AS I WAS READING THROUGH SOME OF THESE VERSES, I'VE PREACHED THIS
- 34:32BEFORE IN THIS CHURCH, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS. AND I JUST
- 34:35FEEL LIKE IT'S ONE OF THESE TOPICS THAT, SIMPLY BECAUSE
- 34:39THERE IS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF CHURCHES NOW. HAVE YOU
- 34:45NOTICED THAT? DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHURCHES, YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME,
- 34:48YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS STATEMENT BEFORE, IF YOUR PASTOR
- 34:52ISN'T STANDING UP AGAINST WOKE AND EVIL, GET OUT, GO TO ANOTHER
- 34:55CHURCH. YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT. THE CHURCHES THAT
- 34:59ARE TRULY PREACHING A TRUE WORD, WE HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, IF
- 35:05CHURCHES ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT MANIFESTING
- 35:08IN THOSE CHURCHES, ARE THEY DEAD, ARE THEY DRY? AND SO, BUT
- 35:13JESUS REALLY LAID OUT, AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT
- 35:15FROM THESE, NOW I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH MAYBE THREE, MAYBE FOUR
- 35:20TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE KIND OF HOW WE DO, AND THEN WHAT
- 35:24I DON'T GET THROUGH TONIGHT, WE'LL FINISH NEXT WEEK. BUT
- 35:26JESUS TALKED ABOUT THESE, AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT
- 35:30IS THESE SEVEN CHURCHES, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ THE
- 35:34PASSAGES MANY TIMES? THESE SEVEN CHURCHES REALLY DEPICT THE
- 35:38EXPRESSION OF THE CHURCHES THAT YOU SEE TODAY. NOW WE'RE GONNA
- 35:42FIND IN IT THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, WE'RE GONNA FIND
- 35:45DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHES, AND WE'RE GONNA FIND EVANGELICAL
- 35:49CHURCH, WE'LL FIND THE LIVING CHURCH, WE'LL FIND COMPROMISED
- 35:52CHURCH, WE'RE GONNA FIND ALL OF THE THINGS IN THERE. AND THE
- 35:55REASON IT'S IMPORTANT IS FOR YOU AS THE BELIEVERS TO RECOGNIZE,
- 35:59RIGHT, WHEN YOU'RE IN A CHURCH, THAT, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T
- 36:04PICK A CHURCH JUST BECAUSE WE LIKE THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.
- 36:08WE CHOOSE A CHURCH BASED ON ITS DOCTRINE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA
- 36:12FIND DOCTRINE IS A BIG PART OF WHAT JESUS BROUGHT OUT FOR THESE
- 36:15CHURCHES. WE CHOOSE A CHURCH BASED ON FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS AND
- 36:21HOW THAT CHURCH EXPRESSES THOSE THAT IT FOLLOWS THE NEW
- 36:24TESTAMENT PATTERN. BUT YOU DON'T JUST PICK A CHURCH BECAUSE
- 36:27SOMEBODY WAS FRIENDLY AT THE DOOR. NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND
- 36:31WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE FRIENDLY AT THE DOOR. WE NEED THOSE THINGS,
- 36:34IT'S ALL GOOD. YOU DEFINITELY DON'T PICK A CHURCH, IF YOU'VE
- 36:37HEARD PASTOR HANK PREACH AT ALL, YOU DEFINITELY DON'T PICK A
- 36:39CHURCH JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOOD COFFEE. AND PASTOR SHANE
- 36:43WOULD LOVE TO SAY, "WE HAVE GREAT COFFEE AT LORD OF HOSTS
- 36:45CHURCH." HE MADE SURE OF THAT, AND THAT'S ALL OKAY. BUT THE
- 36:49POINT IS, IS WE LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT JESUS, COME ON
- 36:53SOMEBODY, IT'S JESUS, THE LORD OF THE CHURCH, AND WHAT HE
- 36:59DEEMED IMPORTANT FOR US TO VALUE MINISTRY. SO, NOW YOU'RE GONNA
- 37:05FIND HERE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT, AND IF YOU'VE READ THE PHRASE,
- 37:09"TO THE ANGEL AT THE CHURCH OF SO AND SO WRITE," OR "THE ANGEL
- 37:13OF THIS CHURCH WRITE." NOW THAT WORD ANGEL IS NOT REALLY THE
- 37:15WORD, IT COMES FROM THE SAME WORD, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY THE
- 37:19WORD THAT MEANS ANGELIC BEING, LIKE A DIVINE BEING OR AN
- 37:24ANGELIC, IT'S REALLY THE WORD MESSENGER, AND IN THIS
- 37:27PARTICULAR APPLICATION IT MEANS PASTOR. SO TO THE PASTOR AT THE
- 37:32CHURCH OF LAODICEA WRITE. SO IT'S REALLY MEAN, IN FACT I
- 37:35HEARD A PASTOR FRIEND OF OURS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, PASTOR
- 37:39HANK AND I WERE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE
- 37:41MINISTRY, WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING OR NOT. AND
- 37:45WE WERE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT THE
- 37:47CONGREGATION, BECAUSE WE TRY TO MAKE A VERY BROAD DECISION. ONE
- 37:51THING ABOUT US AS LEADERS IS WE TRY TO, WITH REALLY GOOD
- 37:54COUNSEL, MAKE WAR. YOU'LL NEVER JUST SEE THAT TYPICALLY WE'RE
- 37:58NOT THE KIND OF LEADERS THAT ARE LIKE, WELL, I'M THE PASTOR AND
- 38:01THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. YOU KNOW, WE WANNA GET INPUT, GET INSIGHT
- 38:04FROM OTHERS, GET INSIGHT FROM THOSE SPIRITUAL ADVISORS THAT WE
- 38:07HAVE, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SO ON, AND PRAYERFULLY THE
- 38:10SCRIPTURE. AND SO WE WERE ASKING THIS PASTOR FRIEND OF OURS, A
- 38:13VETERAN IN THE MINISTRY, AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE MOVE
- 38:17FORWARD? AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU'RE THE ANGEL OF THE HOUSE.
- 38:20NOW, I'D NEVER HEARD ANYBODY USE THAT PHRASE BEFORE. I NEVER
- 38:22HEARD IT. BUT THEN I REMEMBERED THE BOOK OF REVELATION, TO THE
- 38:27ANGEL OF THE CHURCH, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT SOUNDS A
- 38:29LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW, IT SOUNDED A LITTLE SPOOKY TO ME. BUT
- 38:31ANYWAY, JUST THE WAY HE WORDED IT LIKE THAT. BUT THEN I
- 38:35THOUGHT, NO, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GOD IS STILL HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE
- 38:40FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, GOOD OR BAD, BY THE WAY. AND SO
- 38:45TO THE ANGEL, RIGHT. SO THE MESSAGES OF THESE CHURCHES IS
- 38:49WRITTEN TO THE SENIOR LEADERS OR THE ONES THAT GIVE THE
- 38:53LIFE-GIVING WORD TO THE PEOPLE, THE ONE THAT CHOOSE THE MESSAGES
- 38:58THAT ARE GONNA GET PREACHED, RIGHT? THE ONES THAT CHOOSE THE
- 39:01DIRECTION, THE VISION, THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF
- 39:05HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, JUST NEARLY ALMOST 100
- 39:08EMPLOYEES, NOT QUITE, I DON'T THINK, BUT GETTING UP TO THAT.
- 39:11AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR AREA, THEIR DEPARTMENT,
- 39:15BUT THE DIRECTION OF WHAT THE CHURCH IS EXPRESSED AS COMES
- 39:19FROM THE SENIOR LEADERS. AND SO HE'S SAYING TO THE PASTORS THAT
- 39:23CHOOSE A CERTAIN MESSAGE, YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ARE LAYING OUT,
- 39:27RIGHT, THE VISION, YOU'RE LAYING OUT THE DIRECTIVES, YOU'RE
- 39:31LAYING OUT THE EXPRESSION, RIGHT? HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD SAY
- 39:34IF YOU COME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, YOU'LL FIND GREATLY
- 39:37THAT, AND YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO THE PASTOR OF
- 39:41THE MINISTRY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY PREACH, IT RESONATES WITH
- 39:44THEM, AND SO THEY CHOOSE IT BASED ON THAT, THAT THEY FEEL
- 39:47LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT PASTOR'S GOT THEIR HEAD SCREWED ON
- 39:49STRAIGHT, AND THEY'RE GONNA PREACH THE RIGHT WORD, AND THEY
- 39:52RESONATE WITH THAT ANOINTING AND THAT MINISTRY, AND THERE IS SOME
- 39:55MERIT TO THAT. BUT THEN THAT PASTOR, ACCORDING TO WHAT JESUS
- 39:59TEACHES HERE, HAS THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY THE
- 40:04VISION AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER GOD HAS PUT IN THEM,
- 40:07COME ON, THEY'RE CARRYING OUT RIGHTLY. AMEN. SO WHEN YOU HEAR,
- 40:14IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE, WHEN IT SAYS TO THE ANGEL OF THE
- 40:17MINISTRY, RIGHT, THIS AND THUS AND SO, THAT IT IS REFERENCING
- 40:21THE PASTOR. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE CHOOSE A CHURCH,
- 40:25THAT PASTOR, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PASTOR CHOOSES CAREFULLY HOW
- 40:30THEY LEAD YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT SUBMISSION AND
- 40:34ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND I'M REALLY NOT INTO THE WHOLE BLIND
- 40:39SUBMISSION THING. AND I CAN SAY THAT AS A LEADER. I THINK A LOT
- 40:43OF STUPIDITY HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT TEACHING. WELL, YOU GOTTA
- 40:46BE LOYAL FOREVER. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DO NEED TO THINK LONG
- 40:50AND HARD ABOUT A CHURCH THAT YOU CHOOSE. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
- 40:53LOT TO IT. AND YOU CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T PLUCK UP AND GO AWAY
- 40:58SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU HAD A BAD DAY OR AN IMPASSE WITH SOMEBODY.
- 41:01THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON, OKAY? CONFLICT IS EVERYWHERE. ALL
- 41:05RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LISTEN, HALF OF THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES
- 41:09IN THE WORLD CAN'T AGREE ON THE SAME TOOTHPASTE. SO, YOU KNOW,
- 41:12WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE MOMENTS. THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. BUT WE
- 41:17SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE STICK-TO-ITIVENESS TO HAVE A
- 41:19LONGTERM CONNECT TO WHATEVER THE VISION IS THAT WE'RE A PART OF.
- 41:24BUT WE STILL, AS PASTORS, HAVE A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO
- 41:28MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEADING YOU INTO TRUE DOCTRINE. COME ON,
- 41:31RIGHT? TEACHING DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING THAT WE EVER SAY IN
- 41:33THE PULPIT IS PERFECT. I MEAN, WE'RE GROWING JUST LIKE YOU.
- 41:36ISN'T THAT GOOD? AREN'T YOU GLAD YOUR PASTORS ARE GROWING? SO
- 41:39THAT'S PART OF IT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE AND GET INTO
- 41:43THIS 'CAUSE JESUS WAS VERY SERIOUS. THESE CAME FROM THE
- 41:47LORD OF THE CHURCH SO THEY MUST BE IMPORTANT. ALL THESE
- 41:51DIFFERENT SEVEN EXPRESSIONS, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT
- 41:54CHAPTER TWO, VERSE ONE. I'M GETTING JUST A LITTLE RING UP
- 41:58HERE IN MY MICROPHONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S FROM BUT LET'S
- 42:02SEE IF WE CAN ADJUST THAT. I'M TRYING NOT TO TALK DOWN ON IT.
- 42:05DOES IT SOUND FUNNY TO Y'ALL OR Y'ALL GOOD? OKAY. THE CHURCH OF
- 42:09EPHESUS, LET'S LOOK AT THAT. REVELATION CHAPTER TWO, VERSE
- 42:13ONE, UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, WRITE, OR TO
- 42:18THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, WRITE THESE THINGS.
- 42:22THESE THINGS SAITH HE THAT HOLDS THE SEVEN STARS IN HIS RIGHT
- 42:26HAND. YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME WITH SUCH AUTHORITY IN THESE. I MEAN,
- 42:30IT MAKES YOU SHUDDER TO YOUR BONES A LITTLE BIT. THE SEVEN
- 42:33STARS IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHO WALKS IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN
- 42:37GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS. I MEAN, JUST THAT VERSE ALONE SHOULD
- 42:41MAKE YOU TAKE CHURCH SERIOUS, RIGHT? CANDLESTICKS, WHEN JESUS
- 42:45IS TALKING, STARS IN HIS HAND, THAT'S HIS AUTHORITY, MAN. VERSE
- 42:50TWO, FOR HE SAID TO THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, I KNOW YOUR WORKS.
- 42:55NOW, LET ME SAY THIS, CHURCH, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS AT THE
- 42:57BEGINNING, THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, AND YOU CAN WRITE THIS
- 43:00IN YOUR NOTES, THIS IS THE CHURCH OF WHAT I WOULD CALL THE
- 43:04PHARISAICAL CHURCH. THIS EXPRESSION WAS THE
- 43:07SELF-RIGHTEOUS, JUDGMENTAL CHURCH, AND BY THE WAY, JESUS
- 43:11COMES TO THEM AS THE JUDGE. ISN'T THAT WHAT THE WORD SAYS?
- 43:14THE WORD SAYS, DON'T JUDGE HARSHLY, 'CAUSE WITH THE
- 43:16JUDGMENT THAT YOU GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA COME
- 43:19BACK TO YOU, RIGHT? SO WRITE IT DOWN, THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS IS
- 43:25THE SELFRIGHTEOUS RELIGIOUS CHURCH. AND SO JESUS COMES TO
- 43:31THEM AS THE GREAT EXAMINER AND THE JUDGE, AND WE'LL SEE THAT.
- 43:34HE SAYS, "I KNOW YOUR WORKS AND ALL YOUR LABOR." AND THEY WERE
- 43:38HARDWORKING. THESE PEOPLE, THEIR ACCOLADES, THEY WERE WORKED. I
- 43:42MEAN, THEY SHOWED UP FOR CHILDREN'S MINISTRY. THEY
- 43:45SERVED, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU ARE COMMITTED. THESE PEOPLE WERE
- 43:49CHURCHGOERS. THEY CAME ON A WEDNESDAY. OH, TOUCH YOURSELF,
- 43:56SAY AMEN OR OMI. I KNOW YOUR LABOR, YOUR PATIENCE. I WORD
- 44:03PATIENCE IS THE WORD ENDURANCE. AND HOW YOU, NOW HERE IT IS.
- 44:07THIS IS THE PHARISAICAL, RIGHTEOUS. I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE
- 44:11WERE, THEY WERE DETERMINED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. I KNOW HOW YOU
- 44:17CANNOT TOLERATE THOSE THAT ARE EVIL. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE,
- 44:24YOU CAN'T PUT UP WITH IT. YOU HAVE TRIED THOSE THAT SAY THAT
- 44:29THEY'RE APOSTLES AND THEY'RE NOT. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE
- 44:32FOUND THOSE PEOPLE TO BE LIARS. YOU FOUND THEM TO BE FAKES AND
- 44:38PHONIES, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE FOUND THEM LIARS, BUT YOU HAVE
- 44:44BORN AND HAVE PATIENCE FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. YOU'VE LABORED AND
- 44:49YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN UP. VERSE FOUR, NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE A
- 44:53LITTLE THING AGAINST YOU BECAUSE YOU LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE.
- 44:57REMEMBER THEREFORE FROM WHERE YOU ARE FALLEN, REPENT AND DO
- 45:00THE FIRST WORKS OR ELSE I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY AND
- 45:04REMOVE YOUR CANDLESTICKS. THAT'S SERIOUS TALK RIGHT THERE. AND
- 45:09I'LL TAKE IT OUT OF ITS PLACE UNLESS YOU REPENT. BUT THIS THOU
- 45:16HAST THAT YOU HATE THE DEEDS OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ALSO
- 45:20HATE. NOW THAT, IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THE DEEDS OF THE
- 45:23NICOLAITANS WERE, THEY WERE, IT WAS A DOCTRINE. IT WAS SORT OF
- 45:26WHAT WE WOULD CALL TODAY GREASY GRACE. AND PRETTY MUCH THAT, YOU
- 45:30KNOW, YOU COULD JUSTIFY SEXUAL SIN, ADULTERY, DIVORCE, AND HAVE
- 45:36A JUSTIFIED REASON. YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT MAD AT YOUR
- 45:39WIFE, YOU COULD JUST RUN OFF AND GO MARRY SOMEBODY ELSE. THERE
- 45:43WAS ALWAYS JUSTIFIED REASONS FOR EVIL, ABOMINABLE THINGS. SO IT
- 45:47WAS A GREASY GRACE TEACHING, BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH LACED IN
- 45:51IMMORALITY. HEATHEN HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT
- 45:55SAYS TO THE CHURCHES, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, SOMEBODY SAY
- 45:59OVERCOME. TO HIM I'LL GIVE TO EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH
- 46:03IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF GOD. NOW, LET'S BREAK DOWN
- 46:07FOR A MOMENT SOME OF THE PHARISAICAL CHURCH'S ACCOLADES.
- 46:11THEY DID A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT. NOW, THE REASON THIS CHURCH TO
- 46:14ME IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE THE CHURCH
- 46:18THAT CALLED OUT DARKNESS AND EVIL. OKAY? THEY WERE THE
- 46:22PATRIOTS. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT SAID, "NO, HOMOSEXUALITY IS
- 46:26A SIN. DON'T YOU DARE." THEY WERE NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT
- 46:30CULTURE. THEY WERE NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT WRONG. THEY WERE NOT
- 46:34AFRAID TO CALL OUT EVIL DOERS AND LIARS, RIGHT? NOW, THERE'S
- 46:39NOTHING WRONG WITH THOSE THINGS. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT. WE ARE
- 46:42SUPPOSED TO CALL OUT EVIL, BUT WHAT JESUS SAID IS THEY GOT OFF
- 46:47IN HOW THEY DID THAT. SO LET'S SEE WHAT HE SAID. LET'S SEE HOW
- 46:50WE COMPLIMENT HIM. THESE WERE HARDWORKING PEOPLE. HERE WAS
- 46:53THEIR POSITIVES. THEY WERE CAREFUL NOT TO COMPROMISE OR
- 46:56ALLOW ANY SIN IN THE CHURCH. PRAISE GOD, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S
- 47:00A GOOD THING. THEY EXPOSED FALSE DOCTRINE. ONE OF THE CHURCHES
- 47:04WE'LL STUDY THROUGHOUT THIS TEACHING IS THE CHURCH OF FALSE
- 47:08DOCTRINE. THEY EXPOSED IT, AMEN, THAT'S GOOD. THEY HATED THE
- 47:13DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANS, THE TEACHING THAT'S BASED ON SEXUAL
- 47:16FORNICATIONS AS BEING PERMISSIBLE. I MEAN, THE CHURCH
- 47:20HAS GOTTEN SOFT ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS. THE DOCTRINE OF THE
- 47:22NICOLAITANS, OH, IT'S OKAY TO STILL LIVE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND
- 47:24BEFORE YOU MARRY HER. IT'S AMAZING WHAT THE CHURCH EXCUSES
- 47:27NOW AND ALLOWS AND DOESN'T STAND UP TO, THINGS THAT WERE JUST
- 47:32NEVER ACCEPTED 30, 40, 50 YEARS AGO ARE NOW KIND OF TAUGHT AS
- 47:38OKAY, OR WE JUST WINK AT IT. PEOPLE DON'T WANNA COMPROMISE OR
- 47:41THEY DON'T WANNA ADDRESS IT. THIS WAS THE CONGREGATION. ONE
- 47:45OF THEIR ACCOLADES WAS THEY NEVER GAVE UP. THANK GOD, AREN'T
- 47:49YOU GLAD FOR THE PATRIOTS OF AMERICA THAT NEVER GAVE UP
- 47:53THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION CYCLE? THIS IS A GOOD THING. OKAY, BUT
- 47:57JESUS SAID, "NO, BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS YOU GOTTA ADJUST. FOR
- 48:01THEY HAD ABANDONED THEIR FIRST LOVE." NOW, I ALWAYS READ THIS
- 48:05LIKE THIS, AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE DONE THE SAME. I ALWAYS
- 48:08READ IT AS THEY LEFT THEIR FIRST LOVE, MEANING THAT THEY DIDN'T
- 48:12LOVE GOD AS MUCH AS THEY DID WHEN THEY FIRST GOT SAVED. HOW
- 48:14MANY, THAT'S HOW YOU'VE READ THAT? WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY USED
- 48:17TO LOVE GOD MORE. THEY WENT TO CHURCH MORE. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN
- 48:21THE NEW LIVING, SOME OF THE OTHER TRANSLATIONS, IT SAYS
- 48:23THESE WORDS. IT SAYS, "YOU DIDN'T LOVE ME AS MUCH, "BUT YOU
- 48:28STOPPED LOVING OTHER PEOPLE." NOW WE CAN BECOME, NOW LET ME
- 48:32JUST SAY THIS, I WANNA SAY IT VERY CAREFULLY. WE CAN BECOME SO
- 48:36AGGRESSIVE. NOW, I'M GONNA CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS HERE,
- 48:39IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE CAN BECOME SO AGGRESSIVE ON
- 48:42RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT WE MISHANDLE RIGHTEOUSNESS. ARE YOU LISTENING
- 48:47TO ME? NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN SIN, 'CAUSE THERE'S PLENTY
- 48:50OF CHURCHES IN HERE THAT DID THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA GET TO
- 48:53THOSE. BUT THE POINT BEING IS, WE CAN CALL OUT AND CALL OUT AND
- 48:57CALL OUT TILL WE MISTREAT PEOPLE. NOW HERE'S WHAT
- 48:59HAPPENED. THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, JESUS WAS NOT CALLING THEM OUT
- 49:04SO MUCH ON THEIR ADDRESSING OF EVIL IN THE CULTURE. HE WAS
- 49:10CALLING THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY TOOK THEIR LOADED GUNS AND
- 49:13STARTED SHOOTING THEM AT THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THE BIBLE
- 49:16SAYS DO GOOD, COME ON, TO ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE
- 49:21OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. OKAY, SPEAK THE TRUTH, WE HEAR IT
- 49:25AGAIN AND AGAIN IN LOVE. OKAY, AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, AND I
- 49:29KNOW, OH LORDY, HELP ME SAY IT GOOD. WE HARP ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO
- 49:35MUCH, BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A COMMENT SECTION
- 49:39DOES NOT MEAN THERE SHOULD BE A COMMENT.
- 49:41(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 49:45I'M AMAZED SOMETIMES AT HOW, AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE CALLING
- 49:49OUT TRUTH AT HOW VICIOUS CHRISTIANS ARE IN THE COMMENTS
- 49:55ON SOCIAL. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. AND IT'S NOT
- 50:00THAT I JUST LOOK AT THE ONES THAT COME TO THIS CHURCH, BUT I
- 50:02SEE 'EM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE JUST VICIOUS, VICIOUS
- 50:06THINGS. AND YEAH, ARE THEY CALLING OUT WRONG? YEAH, OKAY,
- 50:12BUT JUST BECAUSE A PREACHER'S PREACHING SOMETHING THAT YOU
- 50:14DIDN'T LIKE OR AGREE WITH, AND BY THE WAY, WHAT WE BELIEVE AND
- 50:18AGREE WITH CAN MORPH OVER TIME. OKAY, I'M REMEMBERING YOU'VE
- 50:22HEARD ME, SOME OF YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THIS STORY. I REMEMBER
- 50:24THIS WAS YEARS AGO. THIS WAS AT EBAY FIRST CAME OUT. AND PASTOR
- 50:28HANK LEARNED THAT YOU COULD BUY MODEL TRAINS ON EBAY. EVERYTHING
- 50:33THAT HE COULD GET THAT HE COULDN'T GET AT THE TRAIN STORE
- 50:35HE COULD FIND ON EBAY. I MEAN, PEOPLE THIS BIG AND LITTLE H.O.,
- 50:40IT'S HO SCALE IS THE MODEL SCALE THAT HE RUNS, THESE LITTLE TO
- 50:44SCALE PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS AND HE'D START BUYING STUFF ON EBAY.
- 50:48AND THAT WAS BEFORE, I THINK EBAY WAS KIND OF BEFORE AMAZON,
- 50:53BUT ANYWAY, SO HE WAS SEARCHING ON EBAY, LOOKING FOR TRAIN
- 50:56THINGS AND HE FINDS, GET THIS NOW, AN OLD, HOW MANY OF YOU GO
- 51:01BACK FAR ENOUGH IN THE CHURCH, YOU REMEMBER THE OLD CASSETTE
- 51:03TAPES, BROTHER COPELAND HAD THEM IN THE CASES AND THEY OPENED AND
- 51:08THERE WERE LIKE A SIX SERIES IN THERE AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS
- 51:11JUST MAN, THE CAT'S MEOW IF WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE. WE
- 51:14USED TO STAY UP HERE AT NIGHT ALL NIGHT AND PRINT THE COVERS
- 51:17TO OUR TAPE SERIES AND TAKE THEM ON THE ROAD WITH US AND I MEAN,
- 51:21I SAT HERE, AMY ROKHOLZ, SHE KNOWS, TILL TWO AND
- 51:25THREE IN THE MORNING PRINTING ON, YOU KNOW,
- 51:27THE LITTLE, THIS WAS AT THE FIRST COLOR PRINTER. I MEAN, IT
- 51:32TOOK 45 MINUTES. THANK GOD WE PREACHED IN LITTLE CHURCHES. IT
- 51:37TOOK 45 MINUTES TO PRINT ONE COVER, AND WE'D HAVE FOUR OR
- 51:41FIVE OF THESE, AND WE'D TAKE 'EM ON THE ROAD AND PREACH. AND SO I
- 51:45REMEMBER, I MADE MY OWN TAPE COVERS. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?
- 51:49AND I REMEMBER PASTOR SITTING, HE GOES, "OH, LOOK AT THIS.
- 51:54"THIS IS ONE OF YOUR TAPE SERIES. "IT'S FOR SALE ON EBAY."
- 51:57(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 51:58NOW THIS WAS YEARS LATER, YEARS LATER. AND I THOUGHT, "WHAT ONE
- 52:03IS IT? "I'M NOT SURE I BELIEVE IT ANYMORE." ANYWAY, SOMEBODY
- 52:07SOLD IT FOR AN EGREGIOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND I'M LIKE, "I
- 52:09WOULDN'T EVEN PAY $5 FOR THAT." BUT ANYWAY, IT'S ALL FINE. BUT
- 52:14THE POINT OF THAT WHOLE TOPIC IS THE FACT THAT WE CHANGE, WE
- 52:20GROW, ALLOW PEOPLE TO GROW. JUST 'CAUSE SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING
- 52:24DOESN'T, THERE'S THINGS THAT, MAN, I STOOD FOR AND BELIEVED,
- 52:28AND NOW I LOOK BACK AND I'M LIKE, WELL, GOD, YOU HAD TO
- 52:30TWEAK THAT. GOD, YOU STILL HAD TO GROW ME IN THAT. YOU HAD TO
- 52:33DEVELOP THAT. AND SO THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS WAS SO QUICK TO CALL
- 52:37OUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY LEFT THEIR FIRST LOVE. THEY FORGOT TO
- 52:41TREAT PEOPLE WITH DECENCY. AND JESUS SAID, I'M NOT GONNA PUT UP
- 52:45WITH THAT. DON'T BECOME A PHARISEE. YOU CAN CALL OUT
- 52:49WRONG. NOW, NOTICE IT WAS REALLY, IT REALLY WAS THE
- 52:51CHRISTIANS THEY WERE CALLING OUT. IT WASN'T SO MUCH THE
- 52:54WORLD. NOW I'M NOT SAYING YOU GO AHEAD AND IT'S OKAY TO MISTREAT
- 52:57PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. BUT I'M SAYING IT'S FINE. WE HAVE TO
- 53:00CALL OUT WHAT IS EVIL IS EVIL AND NOT GIVE EVIL A VOICE. WE
- 53:04HAVE TO AS THE CHURCH BE THE BARRIER, ARE YOU LISTENING TO
- 53:07ME, TO STAND UP AGAINST DARKNESS AND WICKEDNESS. BUT THERE IS A
- 53:11RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. AND YES, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
- 53:16BOLDNESS. LOOK AT THE EARLY APOSTLES, THEY WERE SO BOLD. THE
- 53:20APOSTLE PAUL POINTED AT THAT SORCERER AND SAID, "YOU'RE GOING
- 53:23BLIND FOR A SEASON." OKAY, HE SAID TO SIMON THE SORCERER, HE
- 53:28SAID, "YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I CALLED HIM OUT AND SAID, 'YOUR
- 53:32MONEY'S GONNA DIE WITH YOU.'" BUT THE POINT IS, IS WE ALSO
- 53:41HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST EXTENDED. SO THIS
- 53:46WAS, GOD CALLED OUT THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS FOR THEIR PHARISEE.
- 53:49THEY GOT OVER INTO A PHARISEE. IN FACT, LET ME SHOW YOU A
- 53:53SCRIPTURE. I WANNA SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE ABOUT THIS. 'CAUSE I
- 53:55FEEL LIKE THIS NEEDS SOME TEACHING RIGHT NOW IN THE BODY
- 53:58OF CHRIST. I LOVE PASTOR HANK'S SERIES THAT HE'S DONE ON WALKING
- 54:02IN LOVE, THAT WE DO NEED TO TREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST. THE
- 54:06BIBLE IS VERY ADAMANT THAT WE TREAT EACH OTHER. IN FACT, WE
- 54:10WERE TALKING WITH SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY ON THE PHONE ABOUT THE
- 54:13FACT THAT IT BOTHERS ME THAT WE CAN GET THE LIBERAL LEFTISTS CAN
- 54:17ALL UNITE TOGETHER ON THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ISSUE. YOU
- 54:22KNOW, THEY WERE ALL LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE
- 54:25THAT ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT THINGS AND STAND FOR
- 54:28CONSERVATIVE VALUES CAN'T AGREE ON ANYTHING. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A
- 54:33TERRIBLE TRAVESTY TO THE CHURCH AND THE BODY OF CHRIST IF WE
- 54:39CAN'T GET AN AGREEMENT. AND WE HAVE TO BE HUNG UP AND ALWAYS
- 54:44CALLING OUT THIS OR THAT OR SOMETHING. WE NEED TO DO THE
- 54:49RIGHT THINGS. NOW LOOK AT, LET ME READ THIS SCRIPTURE TO YOU.
- 54:51LOOK AT GALATIANS. IS THIS MICROPHONE OKAY? I DON'T KNOW, I
- 54:54FEEL LIKE IT'S TOUCHY TONIGHT. GALATIANS 6:1. BRETHREN, IF A
- 55:00MAN, NOW WATCH THIS. BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A
- 55:02FAULT, YOU THAT ARE SPIRITUAL, HOW MANY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE DO I
- 55:05HAVE HERE AND WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT? YOU WHICH ARE
- 55:08SPIRITUAL, WE LIKE TO ALL THINK WE'RE SPIRITUAL, RESTORE SUCH A
- 55:12ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS. WATCH THIS, CONSIDERING YOURSELF
- 55:18LEST YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD FALL INTO
- 55:21A FAULT AND NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU ONE DAY. COME ON, THIS
- 55:26IS POWERFUL. BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS. DON'T CALL THEM OUT IN
- 55:30THE COMMENTS, OKAY? AND SO FULFILL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SO
- 55:35MANY PREACHERS NOW, AND THIS IS, I'M NOT TEACHING THIS JUST TO
- 55:37DEFEND THE MINISTERS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE DAY AND AGE OF
- 55:40STREAMING, I KNOW SO MANY PREACHERS, THEY'RE AFRAID, YOU
- 55:44KNOW PART OF THE REASON THAT WE GET MINISTERS THAT ARE AFRAID TO
- 55:48SAY THINGS FROM THE PULPIT, AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST AFRAID
- 55:52BECAUSE THEY'LL BE DECIMATED ON THE INTERNET. IF YOU DARE SAY IT
- 55:56THE SLIGHTEST WAY THAT'S WRONG, COME ON, YOU DARE HAVE A MISSTEP
- 56:01WITH YOUR MOUTH, OKAY, YOU DARE MAKE THE SLIGHTEST DOCTRINAL
- 56:05MISTAKE, MAN, THE PHARISAICAL POLICE ARE OUT TO DESTROY. AND I
- 56:12FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER AS THE CHURCH. BEAR ONE
- 56:16ANOTHER'S BURDENS, OKAY? I'VE LEARNED NOW, SOMEBODY SAYS
- 56:20SOMETHING THAT, I'M LIKE, YEAH, I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THAT.
- 56:24DON'T THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER. I HAD SOMEBODY, I
- 56:26HEARD A TEACHING THE OTHER DAY, AND I'M LIKE, "DO I KNOW, DO I
- 56:29BELIEVE THAT?" GOD, I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE WORD AND STUDY THAT
- 56:33OUT. AND IF THEY MADE A MISSTEP, SO BE IT. YOU KNOW, BUT PEOPLE
- 56:37ARE READY TO THROW PEOPLE OFF A CLIFF OVER ONE STATEMENT. I
- 56:42DON'T KNOW ALL OF WHAT GOD REVEALED TO 'EM, BUT GOD,
- 56:44LISTEN, LET'S JUST SETTLE DOWN. CAN WE JUST ALL CALM DOWN? WE
- 56:50DON'T HAVE TO GET UPSET. SO THEY MAY MAKE A MISTAKE IN THE
- 56:54PULPIT. YOU DIDN'T LOSE YOUR SALVATION OVER IT. RIGHT? LET'S
- 56:59GROW UP, BE MATURE. IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE
- 57:02FALLEN OFF THE CORNER ON SOMETHING, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO
- 57:05GET RIGHT BACK UP OVER THERE. AMEN. THERE'S THINGS I'VE SAID
- 57:09IN THIS PULPIT OVER 28 YEARS THAT WERE NOT THE BEST. SO WE'RE
- 57:14GROWING. BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS AND SO FULFILL THE LAW
- 57:17OF CHRIST. FOR IF ANY MAN THINKS HIMSELF TO BE SOMETHING, OKAY,
- 57:20THIS IS WHERE EPHESUS WAS. WHEN HE'S NOTHING, HE DECEIVES AND
- 57:24LIES TO HIMSELF. OKAY, THAT'S WHERE IT SAID, DON'T BE A
- 57:29KNOW-IT-ALL. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY, DON'T BE A
- 57:32KNOW-IT-ALL. LET EVERY MAN PROVE HIS OWN WORK. FOR THEN HE SHALL
- 57:38HAVE REJOICING IN HIMSELF ALONE AND NOT IN ANOTHER. FOR EVERY
- 57:43MAN SHALL BEAR HIS OWN BURDENS. THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY AND TALKS
- 57:46ABOUT WHAT YOU SOW, YOU'LL REAP, WE USE THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF
- 57:49GIVING. BUT REALLY WHAT IT MEANS IS IF YOU SOW EVIL TO OTHER
- 57:52PEOPLE, YOU DO WRONG BY SOMEBODY, YOU'RE ALWAYS CALLING
- 57:57THEM OUT, YOU WILL OF YOUR OWN SELF REAP CORRUPTION. VERSE 10
- 58:02IS WE HAVE THEREFORE THE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD TO
- 58:05ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE THAT ARE THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.
- 58:08NOW THIS WAS EPHESUS. SO LET'S CONTINUE, LET'S JUST GO VERY
- 58:11QUICKLY. THE WARNING JESUS GAVE THEM AS THE GREAT EXAMINER AND
- 58:15JUDGE, GO BACK TO REVELATION CHAPTER TWO, THAT HE SAID THEIR
- 58:19LAMP-STAND WOULD BE REMOVED, MEANING THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE
- 58:23CONSIDERED IN HEAVEN AS THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL. GIVEN OVER
- 58:29TO DARKNESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE
- 58:32PART OF IT. I WROTE IN MY NOTES HERE, IT SAYS, "IF YOU CALL OUT,
- 58:35ALWAYS CALL OUT THE DARKNESS "OR THE WRONG IN SOMEBODY ELSE,
- 58:38YOU'LL BE FOUND IN THE DARK YOURSELF." SO, PASTOR BRENDA,
- 58:43HOW DO WE FIX THAT? WELL, I THINK THE KEY LESSON IS, FIRST
- 58:46OF ALL, WE ALL HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE CAME IN AS SINNERS. THANK
- 58:51GOD. RIGHT? JESUS SAVED US ALL. HE SAVED US FROM OURSELVES. SOME
- 58:57OF US, I MEAN, IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION. SO REMEMBER WHERE WE
- 59:01CAME FROM, RIGHT? IT'S AMAZING. WE ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO GIVE US
- 59:05GRACE. IT'S HARD TO GIVE GRACE TO OTHER PEOPLE. THIS WAS THE
- 59:08LESSON FOR THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS. REMEMBER, THIS IS WHAT
- 59:11JESUS SAID, "REMEMBER FROM WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN." THAT'S WHAT HE
- 59:16SAID. "REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM BEFORE POINTING THE
- 59:20FINGERS." DO THE FIRST WORKS. OVERCOMING ALL OF THESE AREAS
- 59:26ALLOWS US PERMISSION THEN. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT, BUT
- 59:30I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY. THIS IS WHAT JESUS, HE SAID IN VERSE
- 59:33SEVEN, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR TO HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING
- 59:36"TO THE CHURCHES, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES," OR DOES WHAT HE'S
- 59:40ADMONISHING THEM TO DO, "TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, I'LL GIVE TO EAT
- 59:46OF THE TREE OF LIFE "WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF
- 59:49GOD." I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS OUR SALVATION COULD
- 59:53BE AT RISK BECAUSE WE MISTREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST. I'VE BEEN
- 59:57READING A LOT LATELY THE SCRIPTURE IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11
- 1:00:02TALKING ABOUT COMMUNION. THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF YOU EAT OR DRINK
- 1:00:05IT UNWORTHILY," HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ THIS SCRIPTURE? "YOU
- 1:00:08EAT OR DRINK IT UNWORTHILY, YOU EAT OR DRINK DAMNATION TO
- 1:00:11YOURSELF, NOT DISCERNING," WATCH THIS, "THE LORD'S BODY." HOW WE
- 1:00:17TREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS THE LESSON OF
- 1:00:20EPHESUS. OKAY, WE CAN BE BOLD. WE NEED TO CALL OUT WICKEDNESS,
- 1:00:24BUT WE NEED TO TREAT OUR FELLOW BELIEVERS CORRECTLY. JESUS
- 1:00:29DEMANDS IT. ONE OF HIS MAIN PRAYERS BEFORE HE WENT TO
- 1:00:33HEAVEN, HE SAID, "FATHER, LET THEM BE," WHAT? "ONE, EVEN AS
- 1:00:37YOU AND I ARE ONE." SO THIS IS THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, THE
- 1:00:40PHARISAICAL CHURCH. WELL, YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WE DON'T BECOME
- 1:00:44THAT IN THIS GENERATION. IF YOU JUDGE WRONG, YOU BE JUDGED,
- 1:00:48THANK GOD. I'M LIKE, WELL, LET ME PUT ALL THOSE POINTER FINGERS
- 1:00:51AWAY, SAVE THEM FOR ANOTHER TIME, RIGHT? AMEN, ALL RIGHT, SO
- 1:00:56WE GOTTA TREAT THE CHURCH RIGHT. SECOND CHURCH I WANNA TALK
- 1:00:58ABOUT. ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? I'M HELPING
- 1:01:01YOU. AND BY THE WAY, I AM NOT IN ANY WAY SAYING WE DON'T CALL OUT
- 1:01:07WRONG AND EVIL. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I'M SAYING WE'VE JUST GOT
- 1:01:10TO REMEMBER AS THE BODY OF CHRIST, THERE'S OTHER EDGES THAT
- 1:01:13WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THOSE THINGS. BY THE WAY, MAKE SURE
- 1:01:18YOU'RE ESPECIALLY NOT CALLING SOMEBODY OUT FOR SOMETHING YOU
- 1:01:21YOURSELF ARE GUILTY OF. OKAY, RIGHT? OKAY, DON'T BE CALLING
- 1:01:26OUT SOMEBODY FOR CUSSING IF YOU'RE CUSSING. RIGHT, DON'T
- 1:01:30CALL OUT PEOPLE. YOU'VE GOT STUFF TO GROW YOURSELF. I HAVE
- 1:01:33THINGS TO GROW MYSELF. SO WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL WE DON'T
- 1:01:37NITPICK AT EACH OTHER. THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S GOOD
- 1:01:40PREACHING, PASTOR BRENDA. ALL RIGHT, THE SECOND CHURCH, THE
- 1:01:45CHURCH OF SMYRNA. "UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SMYRNA
- 1:01:49WRITE," THIS WAS THE PERSECUTED CHURCH, "JESUS COMES TO THE
- 1:01:54PERSECUTED CHURCH AS THE GIVER OF LIFE." THE BIBLE SAYS IN 2
- 1:01:59TIMOTHY 3:12, "ALL," SOMEBODY SAY ALL, "ALL THAT WILL LIVE
- 1:02:05GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION." NOW, YOU
- 1:02:10KNOW, THIS HAS BECOME NEW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YOU
- 1:02:13KNOW, WHEN 2020 HAPPENED, WE ALL ACT LIKE SHOCKED THAT, YOU KNOW,
- 1:02:18WHAT, YOU MEAN THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE CHURCH? AND YOU KNOW,
- 1:02:22WE HAVEN'T BEEN AS USED TO THAT. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME
- 1:02:24DISCRIMINATION, SOME ISSUES THAT WAY, BUT I THINK PERSECUTION OF
- 1:02:28THE CHURCH ITSELF HAS GONE HIGHER IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT
- 1:02:32THIS IS ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIANS, THE PERSECUTED
- 1:02:35CHURCH ABROAD, IN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DIED FOR THEIR FAITH, THAT
- 1:02:39HAVE HAD TO, IT'S EITHER JESUS OR DEATH. AND I'LL BE HONEST
- 1:02:43WITH YOU, IN THE DAY THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, WE HAVE TO THINK
- 1:02:44ABOUT THOSE THINGS. JESUS SAID, "IN THE LAST DAYS, "THEY WILL
- 1:02:48CAST YOUR NAME OUT AS EVIL. "THEY WILL CALL YOU AN EVILDOER.
- 1:02:53"THEY'LL MAKE UP LIES ABOUT YOU "AND MAKE IT OUT AS IF YOU
- 1:02:56TWISTED EVERYTHING "AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN. "EVERYTHING YOU SAY
- 1:03:01WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU." RIGHT? THIS IS THE AGE OF
- 1:03:07PERSECUTION THAT WE LIVE IN. AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S NOT GONNA JUST
- 1:03:10GET BETTER IN THE WORLD, IT WILL CONTINUE. PERSECUTION'S BEEN
- 1:03:14WITH US SINCE THE DAY JESUS WENT BACK TO HEAVEN, RIGHT? SO THIS
- 1:03:19WAS THE CHURCH AT SMYRNA, THEY WERE PERSECUTED. HE SAID, "THESE
- 1:03:23THINGS SAY AT THE FIRST AND THE LAST, "HE THAT WAS DEAD AND IS
- 1:03:26ALIVE, I KNOW YOUR WORKS." SO THEY WERE ANOTHER HARDWORKING
- 1:03:32CHURCH. AND BY THE WAY, EVEN WITH EPHESUS, ALL THOSE THAT
- 1:03:36WORKED HARD, JESUS COMMENDED THEM FOR THAT. THAT'S WHY BE
- 1:03:38INVOLVED IN CHURCH. BE CONNECTED, SERVE SOMEWHERE.
- 1:03:43OKAY, HELP WITH THE CHILDREN. DON'T JUST LET THE SAME OLD
- 1:03:46SWEET LADY THAT'S BEEN DOWN THERE CHANGING DIAPERS FOR 25
- 1:03:49YEARS BE DOWN THERE FOREVER WHILE YOU CAN'T EVER JUST GIVE
- 1:03:54ONE SUNDAY, RIGHT? HELP SOMEBODY OUT, HELP THE YOUTH, HELP THE
- 1:03:59DEPARTMENTS. I KNOW, AND BY THE WAY, VOLUNTEERS, WE THANK YOU.
- 1:04:04SOME PEOPLE SERVE TWO AND THREE AND FOUR TIMES A WEEK. IF YOU'RE
- 1:04:07ABLE, THROW IN AND HELP. PRAISE GOD, THAT WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR
- 1:04:13A FANTASTIC AMEN, PASTOR BRENDA. THROW IN AND HELP, RIGHT? SO,
- 1:04:20JESUS COMES TO THE PERSECUTED CHURCH AS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL
- 1:04:24LIFE. NOW LET'S TALK, LET ME READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
- 1:04:26CHURCH. VERSE NINE, "I KNOW YOUR WORKS, YOUR TRIBULATION, "YOUR
- 1:04:30POVERTY, YEAH, YOU'RE POOR, BUT YOU ARE YET RICH." IN OTHER
- 1:04:34WORDS, THESE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE UP EVERYTHING FOR THE
- 1:04:38SAKE OF THE GOSPEL. AND BY THE WAY, WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM
- 1:04:41THEM. OKAY, I KNOW THE BLASPHEMY OF THOSE THAT SAY THEY ARE JEWS,
- 1:04:49BUT THEY AREN'T. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY LIE. THEY PRETEND THEY'RE
- 1:04:52YOUR FRIEND. THEY TWIST EVERYTHING, BUT THEY'RE OF THE
- 1:04:54SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, THAT PHRASE REMINDS ME,
- 1:04:59DON'T EVER THINK GOD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST. THE
- 1:05:03BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 20 THAT THE GOD OF JACOB WILL DEFEND YOU.
- 1:05:08AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE TO LEARN THAT. I HAVE TO LEARN
- 1:05:11THAT. I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT GOD, I DON'T HAVE
- 1:05:13TO DEFEND MYSELF AGAINST NAYSAYERS, PEOPLE THAT SAY
- 1:05:17THINGS AND LIE AND MAKE UP STUFF. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DO
- 1:05:20WHAT I'M CALLED TO DO. I CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING. PEOPLE ARE
- 1:05:24GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF
- 1:05:27YOUR FAMILY PERSECUTES YOU BECAUSE YOU TITHE AND YOU GO TO
- 1:05:30A CHURCH THAT SPEAKS IN TONGUES, JUST TELL THEM, "WELL, THANK YOU
- 1:05:33VERY MUCH. "I SO APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN." AND KEEP ON TITHING
- 1:05:36AND KEEP ON TALKING IN TONGUES. JUST KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE
- 1:05:40CALLED TO DO. THAT'S WHAT JESUS TOLD THE PERSECUTED CHURCH TO
- 1:05:44DO. YOU MAY LOSE, BY THE WAY, I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
- 1:05:47YOU. YOU MIGHT LOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD. OH, SHOCK,
- 1:05:54RIGHT? THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT WON'T INVITE YOU TO
- 1:05:58THANKSGIVING. DIDN'T WANT TO EAT THEIR DRY TURKEY ANYWAY. IT'S
- 1:06:06OKAY, RIGHT? IT'S OKAY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. JESUS SAID IT.
- 1:06:10HE SAID, "I DIDN'T COME TO BRING PEACE. I CAME TO BRING A SWORD."
- 1:06:13IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE A PERSON THAT DIVIDES PEOPLE, BUT THE
- 1:06:16GOSPEL WILL DIVIDE. SOME PEOPLE WON'T WANT A THING TO DO WITH
- 1:06:21YOU, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE SOMEBODY ASKED, ARE YOU GONNA GO
- 1:06:26BACK EVER TO YOUR CLASS REUNIONS? I THOUGHT, WELL, FIRST
- 1:06:31OF ALL, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY, I JUST WANT THEM TO REMEMBER ME
- 1:06:38THEN, OKAY? SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO GO BACK 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY
- 1:06:42THINK, WELL, I'VE IMPROVED AND ALL OF THIS. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW,
- 1:06:45THEY ONLY REMEMBER YOU WHEN YOU WORE A STUPID HAIRDO AND A DUMB
- 1:06:48DRESS, YOU HAD BRACES ON YOUR TEETH. YOU KNOW, WHAT DIFFERENCE
- 1:06:53DOES IT MAKE? BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, CAN I BE HONEST WITH
- 1:06:55YOU? SOME THINGS WE JUST NEED TO RECOGNIZE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO
- 1:06:59BACK AND NOW THAT YOU LOVE GOD AND TALK IN TONGUES, THEY'RE
- 1:07:01PROBABLY NOT GONNA WANNA BE YOUR BEST FRIEND ANYHOW. YOU KNOW, I
- 1:07:06JUST, I SAY HAVE NO PART OF IT. SO, AMEN, WE'RE ALL PROBABLY
- 1:07:15SKINNIER THEN TOO, IT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW. AND YOU KNOW, NOW IF
- 1:07:23YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE GRAY HAIR, HAVE THEM REMEMBER WHEN YOUR
- 1:07:25HAIR WAS DARK BLACK OR YOU HAD SOME, IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S ALL
- 1:07:28GOOD. IF YOU'RE NOT ON FACEBOOK, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU LOOK
- 1:07:32LIKE NOW. DON'T TELL 'EM. OH, YOU GOTTA LAUGH. DON'T,
- 1:07:39IT'S NOT TIME TO GO TO BED YET. IT'S ALL GOOD.
- 1:07:41(LAUGHS)
- 1:07:45SO, THIS IS THE CHURCH. THEY'RE AT THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. IN
- 1:07:48OTHER WORDS, THESE PEOPLE WERE LIARS AND CHEATERS AND
- 1:07:53PRETENDING TO BE SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T. FEAR NONE OF THESE
- 1:07:58THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SUFFER. IN OTHER WORDS, FEAR NONE OF IT.
- 1:08:03AND NOW I SAID TO THE LORD ONE TIME, I SAID, "WELL, GOD, YOU
- 1:08:05KNOW, I READ HORROR STORIES. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER READ FOXE'S
- 1:08:08BOOK OF MARTYRS?" AND, YOU KNOW, GOD TOLD THE TWELVE WHEN HE WENT
- 1:08:14BACK TO HEAVEN, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, "YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER,"
- 1:08:17ACTS 1:8, "YOU'LL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY GHOST COMES UPON
- 1:08:20YOU, AND YOU'LL BE MY WITNESSES." THE WORD
- 1:08:22"WITNESSES," HE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, IN THE GREEK, MEANT
- 1:08:25"YOU'LL BE MY MARTYRS." THEY ALREADY KNEW THAT THEY WERE
- 1:08:27GOING TO HAVE TO DIE FOR WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO OR THE
- 1:08:30MISSION THAT THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TO. AND SO JESUS, AND I
- 1:08:35THOUGHT, WELL, IF THEY ALL KNEW IT, WAS THERE EVER ANY FEAR
- 1:08:39THERE? SO I TOLD THE LORD, I READ FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS A FEW
- 1:08:42TIMES, AND I THOUGHT, LORD, MAN, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THESE
- 1:08:44PEOPLE BEEN THROUGH IS HIDEOUS. I MEAN, HORRIBLE. WATCHING,
- 1:08:49BEING MADE TO WATCH WHY THEY LIKE TORTURE YOUR CHILDREN. AND
- 1:08:54I THOUGHT, LORD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU SAY FEAR NONE OF THESE
- 1:08:57THINGS. THAT'S A LITTLE HARD TO DO, FEAR NONE OF THOSE THINGS
- 1:09:01THAT YOU'LL SUFFER. AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU, I THINK A KEY
- 1:09:07LESSON HERE WITH THIS CHURCH IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THE
- 1:09:10DECISION IN OUR LIFE. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU, IF YOU MAKE
- 1:09:13THE DECISION NOT TO FEAR, THAT YOU WON'T BE TEMPTED TO FEAR.
- 1:09:17OKAY, THE BIBLE'S FILLED WITH SCRIPTURES THAT SAYS, DON'T BE
- 1:09:20AFRAID, FEAR NOT. DON'T BE AFRAID OF ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
- 1:09:25WELL, IT'S ADMONISHING US TO MAKE THE DECISION. YOU'LL HAVE
- 1:09:28THE TEMPTATION TO FEAR, BUT YOU'RE GONNA CHOOSE NOT TO DO
- 1:09:31IT. MAKE THAT DECISION AHEAD. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN, YOU
- 1:09:36KNOW, ALL THE STUFF WE ALL WENT THROUGH IN 2020 WITH THE COVID
- 1:09:39SHUTDOWN AND, YOU KNOW, AND I REMEMBER PASTOR AND I SITTING
- 1:09:43TOGETHER GOING, WELL, I MEAN, IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS EVEN A
- 1:09:48QUESTION. WE JUST KNOW US. I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE
- 1:09:54WHILE Y'ALL MASKING UP PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE MASKS WERE
- 1:09:59THE STUPIDEST THING. I CANNOT STOP SAYING IT. EVERYBODY I GO
- 1:10:02TO, I SAY, DO YOU EVER KNOW HOW DUMB THE MASKS WERE? I STILL
- 1:10:04PEOPLE SEE, I SAW A LADY THE OTHER DAY OUTSIDE IN THE
- 1:10:08NEIGHBORHOOD ON A SUNNY DAY JOGGING WITH A MASK ACROSS HER
- 1:10:15FACE. I'M THINKING, "WHAT IS IT, COVID GONNA JUMP OUT THE TREES
- 1:10:18AND BITE YOU?" AND I'M THINKING, "HOW DO YOU BREATHE? I DON'T
- 1:10:27LIKE TO JOG WHEN I CAN BREATHE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT." BUT
- 1:10:38I REMEMBER, SO I REMEMBER, AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I
- 1:10:41CAN'T JUST SIT IDLY BY. I MEAN, I STILL GET MAD ABOUT THE MASK."
- 1:10:45AND I THOUGHT, AND YOU KNOW, AT FIRST, I THINK EVERYBODY
- 1:10:48THOUGHT, 'CAUSE WE WERE TOLD, THAT THAT MASK WAS SUPPOSED TO
- 1:10:51BE HELPFUL. AND THEN THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO THE GROCERY, I
- 1:10:56WENT INTO HY-VEE AND THEY'RE IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE
- 1:10:59MASS POLICE AT THE DOORS. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU COULD NOT GO
- 1:11:04TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. YOU COULDN'T GO. I MEAN, YOU COULD
- 1:11:07HAVE YOUR LEG CUT OFF AND GO IN THERE IN AN AMBULANCE AND THEY
- 1:11:12WERE GONNA PUT A MASK ON YOUR FACE. I THOUGHT IT'S AMAZING. I
- 1:11:16REMEMBER PASTOR ANTHONY AND MATT WENT UP TO, I THINK YOU GUYS
- 1:11:21WENT TO VISIT MARQUIS WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY
- 1:11:25MADE EVERYBODY GO IN IN GROUPS. AND THEN THEY CAME UP WITH THIS,
- 1:11:30I'M SORRY I'M GETTING OFF TOPIC, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT 'CAUSE
- 1:11:32I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO. AND I REMEMBER, FEELS GOOD TO SAY IT
- 1:11:39NOW. JUST FEELS GOOD TO SAY IT 'CAUSE YOU KNOW. AND THEY SAID,
- 1:11:44"WELL, YOU CAN'T ALL GO BACK TOGETHER." I'M LIKE, "WHAT
- 1:11:47DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE IF IT'S ONE OR THREE?" AND THEN IF YOU
- 1:11:51DO GO BACK THERE, YOU CAN ONLY STAY FOR 10 MINUTES AND THEN
- 1:11:55SOMEONE ELSE GETS TO COME, I THOUGHT. SO YOU MEAN IT TAKES
- 1:12:00LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES FOR COVID TO JUMP ON SOMEBODY? SO IF, AND
- 1:12:07ANYWAY, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.
- 1:12:10AND SO THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO IVY, I THOUGHT, EVERYBODY'S
- 1:12:13COVERED IN A MASK. I HAVE, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY I EVEN PUT THAT
- 1:12:17STUPID, BLUE, UGLY, AWFUL, RIDICULOUS, POINTLESS. AND I
- 1:12:24SAID, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, PASTOR BRENDA IS RECOVERING FROM BEING
- 1:12:30DIRECTIONALLY DISABLED. DON'T TELL ME I GOTTA WALK DOWN ONE
- 1:12:34SIDE OF THE AISLE. I'M WALKING IN THERE. THE NOODLES ARE ON
- 1:12:41THIS SIDE. I REALIZE I WALKED PAST THE NOODLES, AND I'M LIKE,
- 1:12:45"HOW DO I GET BACK?" SO I JUST DID WHAT I KNOW TO DO. I TURN
- 1:12:53AROUND, I WALK THE OTHER WAY. SOME LADY LOOKED AT ME LIKE,
- 1:12:56"MAN, IT LOOKS GOOD KILL." BUT FINALLY IT HIT ME. I WALKED IN
- 1:13:00THE STORE, AND I THOUGHT, I CAN SMELL FRIED CHICKEN. I THINK I
- 1:13:04BOUGHT FRIED CHICKEN THAT DAY. I THOUGHT, IF I CAN SMELL FRIED
- 1:13:07CHICKEN THROUGH THIS MASK, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF
- 1:13:10THAT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS MASK. AND SO I GOT MEDICAL
- 1:13:14PROFESSIONALS TELLING ME THAT THAT MASK WILL KEEP YOU FROM
- 1:13:18GETTING COVID. YOU KNOW, ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT GOT
- 1:13:23COVID WORE THE STUPID MASK. THEY KNEW IT AND WE ALL KNEW IT. BUT
- 1:13:29THE POINT IS, PASTOR KNIGHT, ANYWAY, THAT WAS A SIDE POINT.
- 1:13:33PASTOR HANK AND MYSELF, WE'RE LIKE, NO, WE CANNOT BE SILENT.
- 1:13:36THEY MIGHT PERSECUTE. AND I REMEMBER US HAVING THIS
- 1:13:40CONVERSATION. I SAID, IF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH HAS TO COME BACK
- 1:13:45DOWN TO YOU AND ME, AND IF IT'S TWO OF US, WELL, SHANE AND
- 1:13:50CHRISTY WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT AND THE GIRLS AND MATT, DOUG AND
- 1:13:54EILEEN WOULD HAVE STAYED AND I KNOW Y'ALL WOULD HAVE, I'M JUST
- 1:13:57IT'S A POINT. EVERYBODY'S RAISING THEIR HAND, I'M STILL
- 1:13:59HERE. ANYWAY, IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOUR NAME. BUT I
- 1:14:06REMEMBER US HAVING THIS TALK. WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK TRUTH.
- 1:14:12AND IF THEY WALK IN HERE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMES THROUGH
- 1:14:17AND THEY TRY TO CLOSE THIS MINISTRY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO
- 1:14:20STAND UP AND SPEAK WHAT IS RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO
- 1:14:25IT. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THEY WERE AFRAID OF US
- 1:14:31SOMEHOW, SOME OF THEM. I MEAN, LIKE, OH, THAT GUY PROPHESIES
- 1:14:34STRANGE STUFF. WE'RE SCARED. HE MIGHT SEE US. WE'RE NOT GOING IN
- 1:14:37THERE. THEY MIGHT SEE OUR SINS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, I'M
- 1:14:41LIKE, DON'T PUT HIM UP TO IT. I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN. ANYWAY, SO
- 1:14:46LET'S READ THE REST OF THIS SO WE GET YOU OUT OF HERE AT A GOOD
- 1:14:48TIME. I'M GONNA GET THROUGH SOME OF THIS. HE SAYS, "DON'T BE
- 1:14:51AFRAID OF THOSE THINGS." IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S THE WHOLE
- 1:14:53POINT. "DON'T BE SCARED OF IT." OKAY, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE
- 1:14:56THINGS YOU'LL SUFFER. AND IF YOU FEEL SOME FEAR ABOUT END TIMES
- 1:15:01OR PERSECUTION OR WHATEVER, WELL, THAT'S WHERE YOU CONTINUE
- 1:15:04TO SAY TO GOD, "GOD, I'M NOT GONNA FEAR IT." THAT'S WHY WE
- 1:15:08HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER. BEHOLD, THE DEVIL
- 1:15:12SHALL CAST SOME OF YOU INTO PRISON THAT YOU'LL BE TRIED.
- 1:15:16OKAY, WE SAW THAT HAPPENING. OKAY, AND BY THE WAY, THE
- 1:15:20MARTYRS, OR THE PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY
- 1:15:23APOSTLES HAD A DIFFERENT MIND. THEY SAW IT BIBLICALLY AS IF
- 1:15:27MARTYRDOM WAS A GREAT PRIZE TO HAVE RECEIVED. THEY SAW IT
- 1:15:33COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WE DO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BECOME
- 1:15:37FEARFUL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT HE SAID, "YOU'LL BE CAST INTO
- 1:15:39PRISON "THAT YOU MAY BE TRIED." AND BY THE WAY, AND THEY'LL MAKE
- 1:15:43A CASE AGAINST YOU. I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THEY SAID
- 1:15:45ABOUT TRUMP THAT WEREN'T TRUE. I MEAN, TWISTED. AND NOW, OF
- 1:15:49COURSE, IT'S ALL COMING OUT AND THEY'VE REVERSED IT ALL SAYING,
- 1:15:52WHO WAS THE PEOPLE FROM THE NEWSPAPER, HONEY, THAT WERE JUST
- 1:15:54RECENTLY RESIGNED BECAUSE THEY CAME OUT AND SAID, "OH NO, WE
- 1:15:59EDITED TRUMP'S COMMENTS BECAUSE," YOU KNOW, HIS
- 1:16:02COMMENTS, WHERE THEY TWIST, OH, INSURRECTION. BBC. YEAH, IT WAS
- 1:16:07BBC. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY IT. THEIR INITIALS ARE BBC. AND,
- 1:16:13THEY, ANYWAY, THEY RESIGNED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY EDITED
- 1:16:18TRUMP'S STATEMENTS TO MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE AN INSURRECTIONIST
- 1:16:21OVER JANUARY 6TH. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S WHAT
- 1:16:23HAPPENED. SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE THING. THEY'RE GONNA LIE
- 1:16:26ANYWAY. SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. HE SAID,
- 1:16:29YOU'LL BE CAST INTO PRISON, YOU'LL BE TRIED, AND HAVE
- 1:16:31TRIBULATION 10 DAYS. SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT 10 DAYS
- 1:16:34MEANS TILL A TIME OF, AN AGE OF COMPLETION, AND THERE'S SOME
- 1:16:38SCRIPTURE THAT SUPPORTS THAT. BUT LOOK WHAT HE SAYS, "BUT BE
- 1:16:42FAITHFUL TO DEATH, "AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CROWN OF LIFE. "HE
- 1:16:49THAT HATH AN EAR, HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT." BY THE WAY, THE FIFTH
- 1:16:53SEAL THAT THE LAMB OPENS, JUST A FEW PAGES LATER, THE FIFTH SEAL,
- 1:16:57IS THE SEAL OF THE MARTYRED SAINTS. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. SO
- 1:17:04WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE IN THIS HOUR THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE
- 1:17:07AFRAID. SO LET ME GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THIS. THE
- 1:17:10CHURCH, THEY WERE THE CHURCH THAT ENDURED TREMENDOUS
- 1:17:14PERSECUTION, NUMBER ONE, AND WE MAY SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE US.
- 1:17:18BY THE WAY, PRAY FOR OUR PERSECUTED BROTHERS AND SISTERS
- 1:17:20AROUND THE WORLD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL
- 1:17:23RESOURCES, NOT THAT IT'S WRONG TO HAVE IT, BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER
- 1:17:27TO THEM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THEM WAS THAT THEY
- 1:17:31STOOD UP FOR CHRIST. THEY WERE ATTACKED AND IMPRISONED BY FALSE
- 1:17:35RELIGIOUS TEACHERS. BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE CHURCH, THE
- 1:17:38PERSECUTED CHURCH. JESUS NOTED NO FAULTS ON THEM. AMAZING.
- 1:17:46JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE. SO HERE'S WHAT
- 1:17:51SOMETHING I PUT IN MY NOTES. KEEP YOUR EYES ON ETERNAL
- 1:17:54THINGS. FOLKS, CAN I JUST SAY IT LIKE THIS? THIS LIFE IS VERY
- 1:17:59SHORT. PASTOR AND I ARE ABOUT TO TURN 60.
- 1:18:02WE'RE A YEAR APART. HE'LL BE 60 AHEAD OF ME. HE'LL
- 1:18:11BE 60 NEXT MAY. AND THEN I'LL BE 60 AFTER THAT. SO, BUT THE
- 1:18:18POINT BEING IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE, OKAY, YOU'RE 60
- 1:18:23OR OVER, AND YOUR LIFE JUST, NOW YOU LOOK BACK ON YOUR LIFE, AND
- 1:18:28YOU'RE LIKE SITTING THERE LIKE, "HOW DID WE GET HERE?" I MEAN,
- 1:18:31YOU'RE JUST, IT'S SURPRISING HOW QUICKLY LIFE GOES. I THOUGHT
- 1:18:35BACK THE OTHER DAY ON HOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS CHURCH,
- 1:18:38PASTOR HANK WAS 30 YEARS OLD, I WAS 29. I KNOW WE WERE THAT
- 1:18:43YOUNG, CAMILA, THINK ABOUT THAT. I KNOW, WE WERE CHILDREN. WE
- 1:18:46HAVE CHILDREN OLDER THAN WE WERE, THINK ABOUT THAT. AND, BUT
- 1:18:50THE POINT BEING IS, IS I'M SITTING BACK AND I'M THINKING,
- 1:18:52"THIS HAS FLOWN." NOW, IT SEEMED REALLY LONG WHEN WE HAD THE
- 1:18:56UGLIEST CHURCH IN TOWN. I MEAN, WE HAD THE UGLIEST BUILDING ON,
- 1:19:01I MEAN, EVERY CHURCH WE DROVE PAST, WE'RE LIKE, "GOD, WE HAD
- 1:19:04THE UGLIEST CHURCH IN TOWN. "OH, IT'S SO HORRIBLE." AND YOU KNOW,
- 1:19:09GOD WAS LIKE, "JUST STOP." BUT IT GOES QUICK. FOLKS, THIS LIFE
- 1:19:14IS SHORT. WE HAVE TO LIVE FOR GOD NOW. DON'T WAIT AND GET ALL
- 1:19:19YOUR, AMEN. THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR A HAND CLAP. YOUNG PEOPLE,
- 1:19:25HEAR ME CAREFULLY. I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE YOUTH.
- 1:19:27THEY'RE DOWN AT THE OTHER END, BUT YOU ALL CAN TELL THEM I GAVE
- 1:19:29THEM A GOOD ADMONITION TONIGHT. HONOR YOUR PARENTS, DO THE RIGHT
- 1:19:33THINGS, LIVE RIGHT FOR GOD. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SORRY ONE DAY
- 1:19:37WHEN YOU'RE 60, 65, 70. LIFE GOES LIKE THIS QUICK. JESUS SAID
- 1:19:42IT'S A VAPOR. IT'LL BE OVER IN A HURRY. SO THE FOCUS IS AS
- 1:19:46CHRISTIANS, THE CHURCH, WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON ETERNITY. OKAY,
- 1:19:52ETERNITY IS IMPORTANT AND WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT THIS,
- 1:19:55RIGHT? AND THE PERSECUTED CHURCH, JESUS CAME TO THEM AS
- 1:19:58THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE AND HE SAID, "IT'S A SHORT SEASON." AND
- 1:20:02I'M GONNA SHARE THIS ONE STORY. I WASN'T GONNA SHARE IT, BUT I'M
- 1:20:05GONNA SHARE IT. THIS ONE WAS FROM FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS. AND
- 1:20:10I'VE SAID IT A FEW TIMES, BUT IT MARKED ME PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY
- 1:20:13OF THE STORIES. I REMEMBER THERE WAS A STORY, I THINK IT WAS IN
- 1:20:16COMMUNIST CHINA, AND MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THE UNDERGROUND
- 1:20:22CHURCH, THERE WAS A FAMILY. THEY SAID, "NOW, WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU
- 1:20:26ALIVE "IF YOU DON'T DENY JESUS." AND THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'RE NOT
- 1:20:30DENYING JESUS." THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU
- 1:20:32ALIVE." AND THEY TOOK HIM OUT AND DUG A BIG OLD HOLE, THEM AND
- 1:20:35THEIR TWO LITTLE CHILDREN. AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE SMALL. AND SO
- 1:20:41OBVIOUSLY THEY STARTED TO FILL IN THE DIRT, FILL IN THE DIRT,
- 1:20:45AND THE PARENTS ARE JUST STANDING THERE. AND THE MOTHER,
- 1:20:49WHO, YOU KNOW, MAMA'S HEART, THAT DIRT IS GETTING UP OVER HER
- 1:20:53KIDS NOW. AND IT WAS ALL SHE COULD DO. SHE'S WATCHING HER
- 1:20:59CHILDREN SUFFOCATE. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS SUPER
- 1:21:02SERIOUS, BUT THESE ARE REALITIES. AND HER LITTLE
- 1:21:06CHILDREN ARE BEGINNING TO SUFFOCATE. AND BY THE WAY OK,
- 1:21:11I'M SORRY, NOW I'M DOING THE PASTOR HANK WITH RABBIT TRAIL IS
- 1:21:14OUT. I AM WRITING IN THE BOOK COMMANDING PEACE THAT YOU CAN
- 1:21:19PRAY. THERE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE FROM
- 1:21:22MARTYRDOM. THE EARLY APOSTLES DID THAT. ANYWAY, THERE IS BIBLE
- 1:21:26ON IT. PETER, THE ANGEL, THEY PRAYED ALL NIGHT FOR HIS
- 1:21:29DELIVERANCE. THERE'S A FEW SCRIPTURES IN THERE, BUT THERE
- 1:21:32IS, BUT WE KNOW MARTYRDOM IS REAL. SO HER LITTLE CHILDREN ARE
- 1:21:36SUFFERING. AND THE DAD TURNS AND HE SAID, "MAMA, DON'T GIVE IN.
- 1:21:45"WE'LL ALL BE EATING SUPPER AT THE MASTER'S TABLE TONIGHT." SO
- 1:21:50MAKE A DECISION IN YOUR LIFE. ETERNITY IS MUCH BIGGER THAN
- 1:21:53THIS LIFE. COME ON, SOMEBODY. IT IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS LIFE.
- 1:21:58ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE LAST ONE AND WE'LL CALL IT A DAY. I
- 1:22:01WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH FOUR, BUT Y'ALL KNEW I COULDN'T
- 1:22:03DO IT. SO, OKAY, THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT
- 1:22:10AND WE'LL CLOSE WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT WAS THE COMMENT FROM
- 1:22:14THE GUY IN PLAID? I DID A GOOD JOB TOO, MAN, I'M TELLING YOU.
- 1:22:19ALL RIGHT, THE THIRD ONE, THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. LET'S AT
- 1:22:22LEAST HIT THAT ONE. I'M GONNA TRY TO DO IT VERY BRIEFLY. THIS
- 1:22:25WAS THE CHURCH OF, NOW HERE, THIS IS A BIG TOPIC, OH LORD, I
- 1:22:28MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH PART OF IT NEXT WEEK. THIS WAS THE
- 1:22:31CHURCH OF FLESHLY CARNAL LIVING. THEY COULD NEVER GET THE WORLD
- 1:22:36OUT OF 'EM. AMAZINGLY IN THIS ONE, JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE
- 1:22:40ARMED WARRIOR WHO WAS ARMED WITH A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD IN HIS
- 1:22:44MOUTH. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD IS?
- 1:22:48IT'S WHAT, THE WORD OF GOD. AND I'M NOT SAYING HE COMES TO THEM
- 1:22:51WITH THE WORD. THEY HAD NO WORD IN HIM. THEY WERE, JUST COULD
- 1:22:55NOT GIVE UP. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT WAS
- 1:22:58ALWAYS OKAYING IT. WELL, IT'S OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO DO THIS.
- 1:23:02IT'S OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO DO THAT. THEY NEVER COULD GET RID
- 1:23:05OF THE WORLDLINESS IN THEM. THE WORLD SHOWS, THE WORLD'S
- 1:23:11ENTERTAINMENT. I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T GO TO A MOVIE, BUT
- 1:23:14JUST THINK FOR A MINUTE, FOLKS. I MEAN, MOST OF TELEVISION IN
- 1:23:18HOLLYWOOD, FIRST OF ALL, ALL THOSE REALITIES SHOWS THAT ARE
- 1:23:21ON THERE, THEY'RE STUPID. THEY'RE NOT REAL. OKAY, NOW WE
- 1:23:27DO TV AND WE DO IT AS REAL, REAL, REAL. I DON'T LIKE TAKE
- 1:23:31TWO, SO IT'S ONE AND DONE, BROTHER. SERIOUSLY, EVERYBODY
- 1:23:36THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS. I'M LIKE, WE ARE DOING THIS IN ONE TAKE.
- 1:23:39YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, SO
- 1:23:44MUCH TELEVISION ISN'T REAL. I MEAN, I WATCH HGTV, AND THEY DID
- 1:23:48AN UNCOVER ONE TIME. I DON'T WATCH IT AS MUCH NOW. NOW I
- 1:23:51WATCH THESE LITTLE GALS DECORATE CHRISTMAS ON YOUTUBE AND STUFF
- 1:23:55LIKE THAT. TAKES 10 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, I GET DISTRACTED EASILY.
- 1:23:58SO I USED TO, BUT BACK, YOU KNOW, HGTV WOULD COME ON AND
- 1:24:02THEY WOULD DO, YOU REMEMBER HOUSE HUNTERS? HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:24:04REMEMBER HOUSE HUNTERS? EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT. AND
- 1:24:06I'D WATCH IT, I'D BE LIKE, OH. I'M SO INTO IT, I'M LIKE, WHICH
- 1:24:09ONE ARE THEY GONNA CHOOSE? DUN, UH, NUH. I'M LIKE, OH, THEY'RE
- 1:24:13GONNA CHOOSE. AND THEN I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THEY'VE ALREADY
- 1:24:17CHOSEN IT BEFORE THE SHOW, AND THEY LOOKED AT MORE HOUSES, BUT
- 1:24:21THE SHOW MADE THEM NARROW IT DOWN TO THE THREE, AND THEN THEY
- 1:24:25EDITED ALL THE PARTS OUT OF THAT. AND I'M SITTING THERE
- 1:24:28GOING, WELL, THAT JUST RUINS IT. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T
- 1:24:32REALLY PICK THE HOUSE. ANYWAY, IT WAS JUST STUPID. AND I
- 1:24:35THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING. SOMETIMES WE ARE SO STUCK
- 1:24:38ON THE WORLD'S ENTERTAINMENT. I MEAN, AND IT'S NO WONDER
- 1:24:41CHRISTIANS GET SUCKED IN BY THE MEDIA, 'CAUSE WE'RE GLUED TO
- 1:24:43THESE THINGS. BUT THIS, PERGAMOS WAS THE CHURCH THAT JUST
- 1:24:47COULDN'T GET THE WORLD OUT OF 'EM. IT WAS, THEY LOVED THEIR
- 1:24:50STUFF TOO MUCH, THEY LOVED THEIR WORLDLY THINGS TOO MUCH, THEY
- 1:24:54LOVED, NOW I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT OKAY THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE
- 1:24:57NICE MATERIAL THINGS. LISTEN, GOD BLESSES, RIGHT? GOD IS NOT A
- 1:25:01GOD THAT WANTS YOU RIDING AROUND TOWN IN A RUST BUCKET, OKAY? HE
- 1:25:05WANTS YOU BLESSED. AND BY THE WAY, THE DOCTRINE OF BIBLICAL
- 1:25:10PROSPERITY WILL WORK IN EVERY COUNTRY. OKAY, LISTEN, I KNOW
- 1:25:15PEOPLE, PEOPLE SAY, SOMEBODY SAID, "OH, PROSPERITY IS ONLY IN
- 1:25:18AMERICAN GOSPEL. "THEY LIVE IN THE MOST WEALTHY NATION ON
- 1:25:22EARTH." I GO, "NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE." THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE
- 1:25:25MOST DESTITUTE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA THAT WHILE THERE WAS NO
- 1:25:31CLEAN WATER, BELIEVE GOD, THEY TITHED, THEY SOWED THEIR SEED,
- 1:25:34THEY PUT THE WORD TO PRACTICE AND THEY HAD THE BEST CROPS OF
- 1:25:37EVERYBODY, THEY HAD CLEAN WATER, THEIR CHILDREN WERE FED, THEIR
- 1:25:41BUSINESSES WERE PROSPERING. THE WORD OF GOD WILL WORK NO MATTER
- 1:25:46WHERE IT IS. IF YOU TIME, GOD WILL BLESS YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, WE
- 1:25:54HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T SAY THOSE THINGS, BUT HERE'S THE
- 1:25:58REALITY. THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT COULD NOT GET THE WORLD OUT OF
- 1:26:01THEM. OKAY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING NICE THINGS,
- 1:26:04BUT DO THEY HAVE YOU? OKAY, GOD KNOWS MY HEART. DO I LIKE A LOT
- 1:26:08OF CHRISTMAS TREES? YES. EVERY YEAR I SAY, I'M PUTTING UP,
- 1:26:13WHAT, DON'T SAY IT. I'M PUTTING UP ONE, AND THEN HERE WE GO, OH
- 1:26:17WAIT, I FORGOT WE HAD THAT ONE. I HAVE TO PUT THAT ONE. GOD
- 1:26:21DOESN'T MIND BLESSING YOU. OH, THAT'S TRUE TOO, HALLELUJAH.
- 1:26:26HALLELUJAH, AND THEY'RE GETTING CHEAPER THAN THEY EVER USED TO
- 1:26:29BE TOO, SWEETHEART. I'M LIKE, MAN, THAT ONE'S ONLY $49. THAT
- 1:26:33NEEDS TO COME HOME. HOBBY LOBBY, 50% OFF. OOH, JESUS, WE CAN DO
- 1:26:41SOME LOADS IN THERE. IN FACT, WE USED TO, AND SOME OF YOU
- 1:26:44REMEMBER, HOBBY LOBBY USED TO BE OVER IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE
- 1:26:46PIZZA MACHINE IS. ANYBODY GO BACK THAT FAR? PIZZA MACHINE
- 1:26:49WASN'T THERE. THIS IS HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN HERE, PEOPLE. AND IT
- 1:26:52WAS OVER THERE, AND PASTOR CHRISTY AND I USED TO GO IN
- 1:26:55THERE, AND WE'D BUY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR LORD OF HOSTS,
- 1:26:57OOH. I KIND OF MISS THOSE DAYS, BUT IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIG.
- 1:27:01ANYWAY, THE CHURCH WASN'T AS BIG BACK THEN, AND I CAN'T FIT
- 1:27:04EVERYTHING IN A CART. THEY NEED TRUCKS NOW, BUT HER AND I USED
- 1:27:06TO GO IN, AND WE'D FILL UP THREE CARTS, MAN, FILLED WITH STUFF,
- 1:27:10JUST FOR THE LITTLE SANCTUARY WE HAD. IT LOOKED GOOD TOO. AND WE
- 1:27:14WOULD GO THROUGH THERE. AND SO ONE DAY WE HAD BEEN, CAME BACK,
- 1:27:18AND A LITTLE LADY THAT WORKED IN THERE KNEW US. SHE GOES, "HERE
- 1:27:21COME THOSE GIRLS, "DECORATING FOR THE CHURCH." AND SO WE CAME
- 1:27:26BACK IN, AND THE CHURCH HAD GROWN BY THIS TIME. I HADN'T
- 1:27:28BEEN IN THERE FOREVER. HOBBY LOBBY MOVED OVER THERE. AND SHE
- 1:27:31GOES, "I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS IN A LONG TIME. "ARE YOU STILL
- 1:27:34OVER THERE AT THAT CHURCH? "'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN COMING
- 1:27:37IN TO DECORATE." I SAID, "WELL, NO, WE GOT SOME PEOPLE FOR THAT
- 1:27:40NOW, "BUT I'M GONNA BUY SOME STUFF FOR MYSELF "IF I COULD DO
- 1:27:44THAT." SO IT WAS REALLY CUTE. BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHY I
- 1:27:47SHARED THAT. BUT OH, CHRISTMAS. GOD DOESN'T MIND YOU HAVING
- 1:27:50CHRISTMAS TREES, AND HE DOESN'T MIND YOU HAVING NICE STUFF,
- 1:27:53RIGHT? BUT DOES THIS STUFF HAVE US? GOD KNOWS MY HEART. I WOULD
- 1:27:58GIVE UP ALL OF IT IF IT MEANT I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GOD AND
- 1:28:01THE THINGS. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THIS CHURCH COULD NOT GET THE
- 1:28:05WORLD OUT OF 'EM. LET ME READ THIS AND WE'LL CALL IT A NIGHT.
- 1:28:07HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANYTHING OUT OF THIS? YOU ENJOYED THIS AT ALL
- 1:28:10TONIGHT? AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH AT PERGAMOS, RIGHT, THESE
- 1:28:15THINGS SAY, "HE THAT HAS A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD, "I KNOW THY
- 1:28:20WORKS AND WHERE YOU DWELL, "EVEN WHERE SATAN'S SEAT IS, AND YOU
- 1:28:23HOLD FAST MY NAME." IN OTHER WORDS, THESE PEOPLE, IN THE
- 1:28:27MIDDLE OF A VERY WORLDLY EVIL CULTURE, THEY STILL, THEY DIDN'T
- 1:28:31DENY JESUS, IT WASN'T THAT. YOU KNOW, I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WELL,
- 1:28:35YOU CAN BE GAY AND BE A CHRISTIAN. OKAY, I MEAN, THEY
- 1:28:39HAVE CHURCHES WHERE GAY PEOPLE COME AND THEY CAN BE GAY THERE.
- 1:28:42AND YET, AND SO THERE'S EVIL, LIKE EVIL THINGS. AND THOSE
- 1:28:47PEOPLE HAVEN'T DENIED THE NAME OF JESUS, THEY STILL CALL HIM
- 1:28:51SAVIOR, BUT THEY FORGOT HIS WORD. THEY FORGOT WHAT THE
- 1:28:56SCRIPTURES TEACH. THIS WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCH OF
- 1:29:00PERGAMOS. THEY NEVER LET THE WORLD COME OUT OF THEM. YOU'VE
- 1:29:03NEVER DENIED MY NAME. AND EVEN THOSE WHEREIN ANTIPAS WAS MY
- 1:29:09FAITHFUL MARTYR WHO WAS SLAIN AMONG YOU WHERE SATAN DWELLS.
- 1:29:12BUT I HAVE SOME THINGS AGAINST YOU. YOU HOLD THE DOCTRINE OF
- 1:29:17BALAAM. BY THE WAY, THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM WAS A DOCTRINE THAT
- 1:29:21ALLOWED PEOPLE TO ACCEPT LUSTFUL LIFESTYLES, IMMORAL THINGS. THAT
- 1:29:27WAS THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, SIMILAR TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE
- 1:29:30NICOLAITANS. IT WAS A DOCTRINE THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN
- 1:29:33AND BE A HOMOSEXUAL. AMEN. IT WAS A DOCTRINE THAT WINKED AT
- 1:29:40DIVORCE. I'M NOT SAYING THERE ISN'T A PLACE FOR DIVORCE. GOD,
- 1:29:42JESUS TAUGHT ON THAT. HE SAID THAT THERE ARE WRITINGS OF
- 1:29:46DIVORCEMENT, BUT IT'S WRONG IF YOU'RE MARRIED TO YOUR WIFE AND
- 1:29:51YOU'VE FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH HER TO SEE SOMEONE PRETTIER YOU
- 1:29:55WANNA BE MARRIED TO AND NOW YOU GO AND FILE FOR DIVORCE JUST SO
- 1:29:58YOU CAN BE WITH MISS HOOCHIE OVER THERE. WELL, IT TAKES A
- 1:30:07HOOCHIE TO GO WITH THAT. I'M SORRY. IS THAT A BAD WORD? I
- 1:30:12DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST KNOW IT'S A BAD PERSON THAT
- 1:30:15WOULD DIVORCE THEIR SPOUSE JUST 'CAUSE THEY SAW SOMEBODY HOTTER,
- 1:30:19OKAY? JUST 'CAUSE THEY'RE UNHAPPY. NO, GET IN THERE AND
- 1:30:23WORK OUT YOUR MARRIAGE. TAKE YOUR WIFE TO DINNER FOR ONCE.
- 1:30:25VALUE HER. BUT THIS WAS THE DOCTRINES OF BALAAM, THAT THERE
- 1:30:31WAS AN EXCUSE AND THEY TWISTED THE SCRIPTURE. AND THAT'S WHY
- 1:30:34JESUS HAD TO COME TO THEM WITH THE WORD. ALL RIGHT, I'M ENDING
- 1:30:36WITH THIS, I PROMISE. BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST YOU BECAUSE
- 1:30:41THOSE THAT HOLD THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, WHO TAUGHT BALAK TO CAST
- 1:30:44ASSEMBLING BLOCK BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TO EAT
- 1:30:47THINGS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS AND TO COMMIT FORNICATION. THAT IN
- 1:30:51OTHER WORDS, THE WORLD WAS IN THEM. AND YOU ALSO HAVE HOLD
- 1:30:56THEM THAT HAVE THE DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANS, SEXUAL
- 1:30:59IMMORALITY. AND THAT WAS A DOCTRINE, FOLKS. THINK ABOUT
- 1:31:02THAT, A DOCTRINE THAT WAS BEING TAUGHT IN THE PULPITS. REPENT,
- 1:31:09AND BY THE WAY, AND IT'S BEING TAUGHT IN PULPITS TODAY. SO
- 1:31:13REPENT, NOW HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CHURCH. HERE'S A
- 1:31:16COUPLE THINGS I WROTE AND WE'RE CLOSED. THIS CHURCH WAS DEVOID
- 1:31:23OF GOD'S WORD. CAN I TELL YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD
- 1:31:26DO RIGHT IN THIS HOUR, AND I WOULDN'T GO TO A CHURCH IF THEY
- 1:31:29DIDN'T PREACH FROM THE BIBLE. IF THEY CAN'T READ SOME PASSAGES OF
- 1:31:33SCRIPTURE, I WENT BY ONE CHURCH, AND I'M NOT HERE TO BE CRITICAL.
- 1:31:40SOME OF THOSE CHURCHES STILL DO THE LITTLE CHURCH SIGNS, AND
- 1:31:43THEY PUT THE TOPIC FOR THE WEEK, AND I DROVE BY ONE, AND THIS
- 1:31:47WAS, I DON'T KNOW, THIS WAS A LOT OF YEARS AGO, AND THE, OH,
- 1:31:52WHAT WAS THE FAMOUS MOVIE THAT WAS OUT? THE HOBBIT, LORD OF THE
- 1:31:56RINGS. THAT WAS A BIG ONE. AND THE WHOLE SERMON SERIES WAS
- 1:32:00BUILT AROUND THE LORD OF THE RINGS. AND I THOUGHT, REALLY? I
- 1:32:05MEAN, THE BOOK IS FILLED WITH WITCHCRAFT, AND I'M NOT BEING
- 1:32:07MEAN, BUT THIS WAS THE WORLDLY PERGAMOS CHURCH. I MEAN, SO MUCH
- 1:32:14OF WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE WORLD IS FULL OF THE OCCULT. I DON'T
- 1:32:18WANT IT IN MY HOUSE. I DON'T WANNA WATCH SOMETHING, READ A
- 1:32:24BOOK, GO TO A MOVIE THAT IS FILLED WITH CASTING OF SPELLS.
- 1:32:29THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A SORCERER. YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE
- 1:32:34FOR THAT, DUH. I MEAN, COME ON. SO HERE, THE POINT BEING IS, IF
- 1:32:42WE CAN DO ANYTHING RIGHT IN THIS CULTURE, IS WE MUST KNOW GOD'S
- 1:32:45WORD. YOU KNOW WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT WITCHCRAFT? HE HATES
- 1:32:51WITCHCRAFT. SAUL, THE KING SAUL, LOST HIS KINGDOM SIMPLY BASED ON
- 1:32:58THE FACT THAT HE SOUGHT THE WITCH AT ENDOR. WITCHCRAFT IS
- 1:33:02EVIL. WE'LL NEVER CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN HERE. WE'RE NOT EVEN,
- 1:33:06WE DON'T DO A HARVEST PARTY. I'M SORRY, I'M NOT DOING AN
- 1:33:09ALTERNATIVE. WE'RE GONNA TEACH OUR KIDS IT IS EVIL TO DRESS UP
- 1:33:13LIKE SOMETHING AND FOLLOW THE PRACTICES OF THE OCCULT. HOW
- 1:33:17HARD IS THAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HARD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE
- 1:33:21TAUGHT OUR BOYS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, YOU KNOW, IF THAT COMES
- 1:33:23ON TV, BIND IT AND HIT THE REMOTE. OKAY, TELL YOUR KIDS,
- 1:33:29HALLOWEEN IS EVIL. YEAH, BUT THEY MIGHT FEEL LEFT OUT AND
- 1:33:33THEY WON'T GET ANY CANDY. GO GET HIM SOME CANDY ANOTHER TIME.
- 1:33:38OKAY, THEY PROBABLY HAD ENOUGH CANDY ALL YEAR, IT'LL BE FINE,
- 1:33:41OKAY? IT'S AMAZING THE THINGS THAT, BUT THIS WAS THE CHURCH OF
- 1:33:44THE WORLDLY, WORLDLY CULTURE. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, GO BACK TO
- 1:33:49THE WORD OF GOD. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE FALLEN INTO IT IF THEY JUST
- 1:33:51WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT'S IN THE BOOK. JESUS SAID THIS, "THE
- 1:33:55REWARDS FOR OVERCOMING THE CARNAL SINFUL LIFESTYLE." THAT
- 1:34:00IS, IF YOU'RE LIVING IN A SURROUNDED BY A LUSTFUL CULTURE,
- 1:34:03AND FOLKS, WE ARE LIVING IN A CULTURE OF LUST AND EVIL NOW. IT
- 1:34:08IS, I MEAN, NORMALIZING THE MOST EGREGIOUS THINGS. HE THAT
- 1:34:12OVERCOMES, I WILL GIVE MY LIFEGIVING SECRETS. YOU KNOW
- 1:34:16WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MAN ON THE FRONT ROW? I'M GONNA SAY IT
- 1:34:18AND I'M CLOSING, AND THIS IS, WE'LL CLOSE UP SHOP, AND IF I
- 1:34:20FORGOT ANYTHING, I'LL BRING IT UP NEXT WEEK. THIS IS A MAN WHO
- 1:34:25SAYS, "GOD, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH." YOU KNOW WHY I BELIEVE HE HEARS
- 1:34:28THE SECRETS OF GOD? I MEAN, GENE BAILEY TEXTS US. YOU CAN STAND
- 1:34:31TO YOUR FEET WHILE I SAY THIS LAST THING. GENE BAILEY HAD
- 1:34:34TEXTED US SUNDAY, I THINK IT WAS. AND AFTER THIS PROPHETIC,
- 1:34:40HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE SUNDAY WHEN THE PASTOR GAVE THE
- 1:34:42PROPHETIC WORD? NOW HE HAD NO CLUE, NOTHING, NOTHING WAS IN
- 1:34:44THE NEWS AT THAT POINT. BUT I WATCH HIM ON A REGULAR BASIS
- 1:34:49SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LORD, I WANT YOUR SECRETS. I WANT YOUR, I
- 1:34:55WANT TO HEAR WHAT MATTERS TO YOU. I WANT TO KNOW IT. TALK TO
- 1:35:00ME ABOUT IT. AND, BUT I ALSO KNOW THIS TO BE A MAN THAT, THAT
- 1:35:06WHICH IS WICKED AND EVIL, HE'LL HAVE NO PART OF IT. HE DOESN'T
- 1:35:10WANT EVIL, HE DOESN'T WANT WITCHCRAFT, HE DOESN'T WANT TO
- 1:35:12WATCH THE WORLD'S PROGRAMS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE
- 1:35:15EVER HARDLY WATCHED A MOVIE, AND I'M NOT TOUTING US. I JUST WANT
- 1:35:19TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I PUT IN MY SOUL. 'CAUSE I KNOW IT
- 1:35:24EVENTUALLY COMES OUT, AND IT WILL MAKE THE WORD IN YOU, IT'LL
- 1:35:27MAKE IT DULL. AND SIX HOURS LATER, GENE BAILEY SENT US A
- 1:35:32TEXT AND SAID THE LINK OF WHERE IT HAD COME OUT, THAT THE SENATE
- 1:35:36WAS GONNA GET THIS THING AND GET THE GOVERNMENT BACK OPEN. WELL,
- 1:35:39HE HAD NO IDEA. BUT JESUS SAID, "IF YOU KEEP THE WORD BEFORE YOU
- 1:35:42"AND YOU GET THE WORLD OUT," HE SAID, "I WILL GIVE YOU THE
- 1:35:46HIDDEN MANNA." I'LL GIVE YOU THE THING. SOME OF US, THE REASON WE
- 1:35:49DON'T HEAR FROM GOD IS MAYBE BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH JUNK
- 1:35:52THERE. YOU GET ENOUGH JUNK IN YOU FROM THE WORLD SIDE, THEIR
- 1:35:56SHOWS, THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEIR NEWS, THEIR OPINIONS, OKAY? WE
- 1:36:01FOUND OUT HOW MANY OF THEIR OPINIONS, I MEAN, WORLDLY
- 1:36:03OPINIONS ARE LIKE NOSES. EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE FULL OF
- 1:36:05HOLES. BUT WE GOTTA BE SHARP IN THE WORD. THAT WAS THE CHURCH AT
- 1:36:13PERGAMOS. THEY LOST THEIR SHARPNESS BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT
- 1:36:16THE WORLD OUT. SO EPHESUS, PHARISAICAL CHURCH, YOU GET
- 1:36:19SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? RIGHT? OKAY, SMYRNA, THE PERSECUTED
- 1:36:22CHURCH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PERSECUTION, JANET. THAT'S JUST
- 1:36:25GONNA BE PART OF IT. AND THE LAST ONE, PERGAMOS, THEY WERE
- 1:36:29THE CHURCH THAT COULDN'T GET THE WORLD OUT OF THEM. SO WE'LL TALK
- 1:36:32ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR NEXT WEEK. DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING TONIGHT?
- 1:36:36ALL RIGHT, FATHER, BLESS THE PEOPLE. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY
- 1:36:39PERSON THAT JOINED ONLINE. PLACE A FRESH ANOINTING ON THEIR LIFE.
- 1:36:43I ASK YOU, LORD, AND I THANK YOU, FATHER. I PRAY THAT,
- 1:36:47FATHER, THEY WILL TAKE THIS REVELATION OF WHAT I'VE SHARED
- 1:36:50IN THESE FEW MOMENTS AND EXPOUND UPON IT AND GROW WITH IT, THAT
- 1:36:54WE MIGHT BE BETTER AS THE BODY OF CHRIST AND BE THE BRIDE THAT
- 1:36:57YOU'RE COMING BACK FOR WITHOUT SPOT, BLEMISH, OR WRINKLE, AND
- 1:37:00WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN, GIVE PASTOR DOUG
- 1:37:03YOUR ATTENTION QUICKLY. THANK YOU. AMEN. WASN'T THAT GREAT?
- 1:37:07DON'T FORGET TO BE HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRING
- 1:37:10SOMEONE WITH YOU. LET'S PACK THIS PLACE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S A
- 1:37:12GREAT, IT'LL BE A GREAT END TO FINISH THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF
- 1:37:17SHE CAN FINISH IT. IT MIGHT TAKE THREE WEEKS. SO THAT'S GOOD. ONE
- 1:37:22QUICK THING. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU WE STILL HAVE 12
- 1:37:24TICKETS, I BELIEVE IS THE NUMBER LEFT. APPROXIMATELY 12 TICKETS
- 1:37:28FOR ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT, THE MOVIE THAT'S PREMIERING THIS
- 1:37:31WEEK. IT'S TOMORROW NIGHT, 6.30 P.M. AT THE ACX THEATER IN
- 1:37:36ELKHORN. AND IF YOU WANNA GET YOUR TICKETS, WHEN YOU GET HOME
- 1:37:39TONIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, GO TO THAT QR CODE OR GO TO THE
- 1:37:44WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GO UNDER THE EVENTS TAB AND YOU CAN ORDER
- 1:37:47YOUR TICKETS AND GET THOSE $12. AND I UNDERSTAND RACHEL'S EVEN
- 1:37:51GONNA BE THERE, ONE OF OUR PRODUCT, OH, YOU'RE HERE. YOU'RE
- 1:37:54GONNA BE THERE TOMORROW NIGHT GIVING AWAY SOME PRODUCT. SO YOU
- 1:37:58MIGHT GO HOME WITH SOME EXTRA PRODUCT IN YOUR HAND AND GET TO
- 1:38:02SEE ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT, A GOOD CHRISTMAS CLEAN MOVIE
- 1:38:07THAT'S ACTUALLY GOT A HEALING IN IT AND GIVES HONOR AND GLORY TO
- 1:38:11JESUS CHRIST. SO IT'S GOOD TO SUPPORT THOSE. AND SO DO THAT
- 1:38:16AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. HAVE A
- 1:38:19WONDERFUL EVENING. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU ONLINE AUDIENCE.