Latest / LOH Church Archive / 11/19/25 "The 7 Churches of Revelation" Part 2
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:09HELPS THAT I TURNED IT ON, RIGHT?
- 0:11LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, ARE YOU READY TO TESTIFY
- 0:15OF THE GOODNESS OF THE LORD TONIGHT?
- 0:19YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANSWERED PRAYER
- 0:21AND UNANSWERED PRAYER IS A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE.
- 0:25SO LET'S GET OUR EYES ON THE KING OF KINGS
- 0:27AND ENTER INTO THE REALM OF BREAKTHROUGH, AMEN? LET'S GO.
- 0:31(MUSIC)
- 5:05(MUSIC)
- 5:16(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 7:17(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 8:05THE WORD SAYS, "NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE
- 8:11OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT
- 8:16SEEN. I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE, IF HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE."
- 8:27SOMEBODY SAY, "I BELIEVE, IF HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE."
- 8:32COME ON, YOU GOTTA SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT.
- 8:33IF HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE. COME ON, LOOK AT YOUR
- 8:36NEIGHBOR. IF HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE. COME ON.
- 8:39IF HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE. IF HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE.
- 8:45IF HE SAID IT, IF HE SAID IT, IF HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE.
- 8:51OH, IF HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE. I DON'T CARE
- 8:59WHAT THE DOCTOR'S REPORT SAYS. HE SAYS
- 9:02I'M HEALED. HE SAID IT, I BELIEVE IT.
- 9:12WE'RE BELIEVING FOR MIGHTY THINGS.
- 13:33I WANT TO PRAY FOR SOME PEOPLE TONIGHT. MAYBE YOU'RE HERE AND
- 13:37WE'LL PRAY FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE JOINING BY THE WAY OF THE
- 13:39INTERNET. BUT YOU ARE IN HERE AND THIS SCRIPTURE KEEPS COMING
- 13:44UP IN MY SPIRIT THAT HOPE DEFERRED MAKES THE HEART SICK.
- 13:48BUT WHEN A DESIRE IS FULFILLED, IT IS A TREE OF LIFE. IF YOU'RE
- 13:53IN HERE AND YOU SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I JUST NEED A FRESH DOSE
- 13:57AND PRAYER BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN DISCOURAGED AND I NEED A BOOST
- 14:02IN MY FAITH. NOW, HERE'S THE TRUTH. CAN YOU PRAY FOR SOMEBODY
- 14:06ELSE TO RECEIVE FAITH? WELL, JESUS DID FOR PETER. HE SAID,
- 14:10PETER, THE ENEMY HAS COME TO SIFT YOU LIKE WHEAT, BUT I'VE
- 14:13PRAYED FOR YOU. COME ON, THAT YOUR FAITH WOULD NOT FAIL. SO IF
- 14:20YOU NEED A DOSE OF A SHOT, A SUPERNATURAL BOOST OF FAITH
- 14:27TONIGHT, I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE AND LINE UP. JUST RUN UP
- 14:30HERE. DON'T BE EMBARRASSED. LET'S PRAY. YOU SAY, MAN, I JUST
- 14:33NEED A SHOT OF FAITH. I NEED A DOSE. I NEED A DOSE FOR MY FAITH
- 14:39TO JUST BE IGNITED. I WANT TO PRAY FOR THAT. HALLELUJAH. OH,
- 14:47COME ON, LET'S LET EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO COME, COME ON UP.
- 14:51MAYBE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE JUST HIT YOU LIKE A TON OF BRICKS AND
- 14:56YOU'RE LIKE, MAN, GOD, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE WASH
- 15:00MACHINE FIGHTING AGAINST THE DEVIL. COME ON, EVERYBODY'S FELT
- 15:04LIKE THAT BEFORE, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE. BY THE WAY,
- 15:08JUST SO YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY PERSON IF YOU'RE IN THIS
- 15:12LINE THAT HAS EVER BEEN THROUGH MULTIPLE BATTLES AT ONCE, RIGHT?
- 15:17THAT HAPPENS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. OKAY, LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
- 15:21UP HERE. LOOK AT EACH OTHER. SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? GUESS WHAT?
- 15:27YOU'RE NOT BY YOURSELF. WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH IS NOT UNIQUE.
- 15:31SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING THROUGH IT. SO LET'S STRETCH OUR HANDS
- 15:33TOWARD THESE AND THEN WE'LL PRAY FOR OUR FRIENDS ON THE INTERNET.
- 15:37FATHER, I PRAY, FATHER, THAT HER FAITH WOULD NOT FAIL. I PRAY FOR
- 15:41UNFAILING FAITH, A DOSE OF ENCOURAGEMENT, A DOSE OF
- 15:45STRENGTH. GOD, YOU SAID YOU WOULD HOLD US BY THE RIGHT HAND
- 15:50AND YOU WOULD HELP US. SO FATHER, AS I TOUCH THESE PEOPLE,
- 15:53I THANK YOU THAT THEY RECEIVE A FRESH IGNITION OF THEIR FAITH IN
- 15:59THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS' NAME. I ASK THAT YOU'D STRENGTHEN THEM.
- 16:03I ASK YOU'D RESTORE THEIR JOY. I ASK YOU WOULD GIVE THEM NEW
- 16:08HOPE, NEW LIFE. FATHER THEY WILL BELIEVE AFRESH AGAIN AND NOT BE
- 16:13DISCOURAGED AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT COME TO A PLACE WHERE OH
- 16:17HERE WE GO AGAIN. NO I BIND THAT IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND I ASK
- 16:22THAT FATHER YOU WOULD STRENGTHEN THE SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH AND
- 16:27FAITH UPON THEM. FATHER THEY WILL LOOK WITH NEW EYES AT THE
- 16:31THING THEY'RE FACING AND I THANK YOU THEY WILL SEE THE ANSWER.
- 16:35THEY WILL SEE THE WAY THROUGH. THEY WILL SEE THE DELIVERANCE OF
- 16:39GOD HIMSELF. AND I THANK YOU FOR IT. AND WE BREAK THE POWER OF
- 16:44EVERY EVIL SPIRIT THAT WOULD COME TO DISCOURAGE YOU, THAT
- 16:48WOULD COME TO SUPPRESS YOU, THAT WOULD COME TO KICK YOU DOWN. WE
- 16:53BREAK ITS POWER AND WE SAY IN JESUS' NAME THAT YOU RISE UP IN
- 16:59A NEW, NEW DETERMINATION. HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND, STANDING
- 17:04THEREFORE IN THE POWER OF THE LORD'S STRENGTH TO GUIDE YOU
- 17:08THROUGH. IN THE NAME OF JESUS OF NAZARETH AND WE DECLARE IT TO BE
- 17:13SO AND TO BE DONE. COME ON, GIVE GOD A SHOUT OF PRAISE IF YOU
- 17:18AGREE WITH THAT. HALLELUJAH. NOW LET'S PRAY FOR OUR PEOPLE
- 17:25ONLINE. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S JOINING BY
- 17:30THE INTERNET. AND WE PROPHESY TO YOU. AND WE SAY YOUR FAITH WILL
- 17:35NOT FAIL. WE BREAK THE POWER OF THAT. WE BIND THAT
- 17:40DISCOURAGEMENT. AND WE SAY THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE THE DESIRE OF
- 17:44THE THINGS YOU'VE HOPED FOR IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND I BREAK
- 17:48THE POWER OF THE ENEMY THAT WOULD EXACT UPON YOU. I SAY HIS
- 17:53POWERS ARE BROKEN IN JESUS' MIGHTY NAME. COME ON, GIVE JESUS
- 18:00A GREAT BIG SHOUT OF PRAISE. HALLELUJAH. NOW I'M GONNA GIVE
- 18:05YOU A LITTLE TIDBIT. CAN I GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIDBIT OF TRUTH?
- 18:12WHEN YOU RECEIVE PRAYER LIKE THAT, YOU GET SOMEBODY TO LAY
- 18:16HANDS AND COME IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. DON'T GET OUT OF AGREEMENT
- 18:21WHEN YOU LEAVE THE ROOM. DON'T WALK OUT AND SPEAK SOMETHING
- 18:27DIFFERENT. SO HERE'S THE REAL TIDBIT. THE TIDBIT IS, ALWAYS
- 18:33TALK OUT LOUD TO YOUR PROBLEM. YOU CANNOT THINK IT AWAY. WELL,
- 18:41WE TRY TO REDIRECT OUR MINDS. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE AT
- 18:43NIGHT AND THOUGHT, "OH, I GOT THIS AND THAT." AND ESPECIALLY
- 18:46THE DEVIL LOVES TO HIT YOU AT NIGHT. THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE
- 18:48CALLS IT A NIGHT TERROR. YOU CAN'T THINK THE TROUBLE AWAY.
- 18:54NOW, WE TAKE OUR THOUGHTS CAPTIVE, BUT YOU KNOW HOW YOU DO
- 18:56IT? WITH YOUR MOUTH. SO YOU HAVE TO TALK OUT LOUD TO YOU. COME
- 19:02ON, SOMEBODY. YOU HAVE TO TALK OUT LOUD TO THE ISSUE. YOUR OWN
- 19:08EARS HAVE TO HEAR YOU SAY IT. YOUR OWN EARS HAVE TO HEAR YOU
- 19:14SAY, "MY BODY IS WELL." YOUR OWN EARS HAVE TO HEAR YOU SAY, "IT'S
- 19:20GONNA WORK OUT FOR GOOD." OKAY, SO YOU TALK NOT ONLY TO
- 19:25YOURSELF, BUT YOU TALK OUT LOUD TO THE ATMOSPHERE, AND YOU SAY
- 19:30IT IN THE FACE OF THE DEVIL. SO THERE, AND YOU SAY, "OH, HOW'S
- 19:34IT?" AND I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING, I'M THE
- 19:39FIRST TO TESTIFY, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE TALKING AGAINST IT. YOU
- 19:43JUST WANT TO LAY THERE AND PUT A BLANKET ON, EAT ICE CREAM OR
- 19:49WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, TALK BAD, GO, UH, REHEARSE IT. COME
- 19:56ON, ANYBODY EVER BEEN THERE OR JUST ME? BUT I FOUND OUT WHEN I
- 20:00GET UP AND I TALK TO IT, COME ON, YOU CAN'T THINK IT AWAY. YOU
- 20:04GOT TO TALK TO IT. YOU GOT TO SPEAK AT IT. SOMETIMES YOU GOT
- 20:09TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SAY YOUR NAME AND SAY, NO, NO, NO,
- 20:13NO. YOUR MOUTH IS YOUR POWERFUL WEAPON TO DEAL WITH THE TROUBLES
- 20:22OF THIS LIFE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT TIDBIT.
- 20:26SO SAY THIS, LET'S JUST SAY IT. LET'S ALL SAY IT TOGETHER. SAY I
- 20:30USE MY MOUTH NOW AND I SAY THE PROBLEMS I'M FACING, THEY ARE
- 20:38SOLVED BY THE HAND OF GOD. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS.
- 20:46I REBUKE UNANSWERED PRAYER. I SAY I RECEIVE ANSWERED PRAYER.
- 20:53SELF, GET IN LINE. SPEAK TO YOUR PROBLEM. SAY IT TO YOURSELF.
- 21:01SELF, GET IN LINE. SPEAK TO YOUR PROBLEM AND COMMAND THAT THING
- 21:07TO SHIFT IN THE NAME OF JESUS. NOW SAY IT, SAY, I'M BLESSED. I
- 21:13GET WHAT I PRAY FOR. THESE STRUGGLES, THESE TROUBLES, THEY
- 21:19GOTTA GO IN JESUS' NAME. NOW COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT BIG
- 21:24HAND CLAP AND A SHOUT LIKE YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT. GIVE HIM A
- 21:28GREAT BIG SHOUT. COME ON, HALLELUJAH! IN JESUS' NAME. ALL
- 21:35RIGHT, SLAP YOUR NEIGHBOR A HIGH FIVE AND TELL HIM YOU GOT THE
- 21:38VICTORY TONIGHT. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, GREET ONE ANOTHER. AND
- 21:43THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
- 21:46TODAY AS WE GREET EACH OTHER IN JESUS' NAME.
- 21:49(MUSIC)
- 22:12OH, HALLELUJAH. MAN, THAT WAS GOOD TEACHING. IF YOU DIDN'T GET
- 22:16ANYTHING ELSE OUT OF TONIGHT, IF WE WERE TO GO HOME TONIGHT RIGHT
- 22:21NOW AND YOU TOOK THAT WORD, IT COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE. THE
- 22:26DEVIL NEVER WANTS US TO SPEAK THE VICTORY. HE ALWAYS WANTS US
- 22:30TO SPEAK THE PROBLEM, AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT, ISN'T
- 22:32THERE? WE HAVE TO DECLARE THE GOOD WORKS OF GOD, SO AMEN.
- 22:36WELL, IT'S OFFERING TIME. IT SHOULD BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF EVERY
- 22:40SERVICE BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE GOD'S
- 22:44BLESSING. SO USHERS, IF YOU WOULD RECEIVE OR IF YOU NEED AN
- 22:48ENVELOPE TONIGHT, USHERS ARE IN THE AISLES. THEY'LL HELP YOU
- 22:51WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ENVELOPE FOR YOUR GIVING. AND
- 22:55WHILE THEY'RE SERVING YOU, I WANT TO JUST MENTION A COUPLE
- 22:58THINGS. I WANT TO READ PROVERBS 11:24-25, A SCRIPTURE THAT YOU
- 23:03KNOW PROBABLY WELL, BUT IT'S JUST A REMINDER ABOUT OUR
- 23:07GIVING. PROVERBS 11:24-25 SAYS, GIVE FREELY AND BECOME MORE
- 23:15WEALTHY, BE STINGY AND LOSE EVERYTHING. AND WE DON'T WANT TO
- 23:19LOSE EVERYTHING, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE STINGY IN THIS
- 23:22PLACE. AND THEN IT MOVES ON IN 25 AND SAYS, THE GENEROUS WILL
- 23:26PROSPER, AND THOSE WHO REFRESH OTHERS WILL THEMSELVES BE
- 23:30REFRESHED. AND THAT JUST TALKS ABOUT SOWING AND REAPING,
- 23:33DOESN'T IT? YOU KNOW, AND AS LONG AS WE ARE ON THIS EARTH,
- 23:39THERE IS A LAW IN EFFECT CALLED SEED TIME AND HARVEST. AND I
- 23:44WANNA EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE, PREACHERS HAVE SAID
- 23:48BEFORE TO YOU, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE ECONOMY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT
- 23:54YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION. IF YOU SOW, YOU'LL REAP. HOW MANY OF
- 23:58YOU HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE? OKAY, I WANT TO PROVE IT TO YOU
- 24:01TONIGHT BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE HEARD IT, BUT WE DON'T ALWAYS
- 24:04BELIEVE IT. HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S DARK
- 24:10OUT NOW AND IT'S NIGHT, THAT TOMORROW IT WILL BE DAYLIGHT?
- 24:14RAISE YOUR HAND. OKAY. HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT WE'RE STILL
- 24:20IN FALL, BUT HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT WINTER IS COMING?
- 24:23AND HOW MANY OF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT NEXT, LIKE SIX
- 24:27MONTHS FROM NOW OR WHATEVER IT IS, SEVEN MONTHS, WE'RE GONNA
- 24:30HAVE SUMMER? OKAY. HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE THAT EVEN THOUGH
- 24:36IT'S COLD OUTSIDE NOW, EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE HOT?
- 24:41OKAY, I'M TELLING YOU THIS FOR A REASON. FOLLOW MY THINKING HERE.
- 24:45LET'S LOOK AT GENESIS 8:22. THIS VERSE WAS A NEW COVENANT THAT
- 24:52GOD MADE WITH MANKIND RIGHT AFTER NOAH GOT OFF THE ARK. THE
- 24:57FLOOD HAD DESTROYED EVERYTHING ON THE EARTH EXCEPT HIS FAMILY
- 25:00MEMBERS AND THE ANIMALS THAT HE PUT ON THE ARK. HE GOT OFF THE
- 25:04ARK. GENESIS CHAPTER 8, VERSE 22, THERE'S A NEW COVENANT THAT
- 25:10GOD MADE. AND PART OF IT IS THIS. IT SAYS, "WHILE THE EARTH
- 25:14REMAINS, SEED TIME AND HARVEST," SAY THIS WITH ME, SEED TIME AND
- 25:18HARVEST. "COLD AND HEAT, WINTER AND SUMMER, AND DAY AND NIGHT
- 25:26SHALL NOT CEASE." OKAY, ALL THOSE THINGS SHALL NOT CEASE.
- 25:33AND YOU JUST TOLD ME YOU BELIEVE THAT COLD AND HEAT, WINTER AND
- 25:36SUMMER, DAY AND NIGHT WOULD NOT CEASE. WHY DO WE SOMETIMES THINK
- 25:41THAT IF WE PLAN AN OFFERING, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET RETURN? IF
- 25:47IT'S TRUE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS TRUE, SEED TIME AND HARVEST IS
- 25:51TRUE. IT'S AN ETERNAL LAW AND GOD SAID, AS LONG AS THE EARTH
- 25:56REMAINS, IS THE EARTH REMAINING? OKAY, AS LONG AS WE'RE ALIVE AND
- 26:00ON THIS EARTH, WE CAN STAKE A CLAIM THAT SEED TIME AND HARVEST
- 26:06IS GONNA BE TRUE, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. SO WHEN YOU PUT YOUR
- 26:09OFFERING IN TONIGHT, YOU BELIEVE THAT AND YOU RECEIVE IT. AND
- 26:13JUST LIKE YOU DECLARE YOUR HEALING OR WHATEVER SITUATION
- 26:17YOU WERE DECLARING TONIGHT, EXTEND YOUR FAITH WITH YOUR
- 26:20OFFERING BECAUSE SEED TIME AND HARVEST IS TRUE. JUST AS SURE AS
- 26:24YOU PUT THAT SEED IN THE GROUND OR PUT THE MONEY IN THE OFFERING
- 26:27BASKET, YOU'RE GONNA GET A RETURN. GOD'S NEVER GONNA LET
- 26:31YOU GO LACKING. IN FACT, IN MALACHI CHAPTER THREE, HE EVEN
- 26:35TOLD US TO TEST HIM IN THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE PROOFS
- 26:39WE NEED. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PROOFS IN THE BIBLE AND IN
- 26:42SCRIPTURES I COULD GIVE YOU ON SOWING AND REAPING, BUT THIS IS
- 26:44JUST ONE OF THEM. BUT YOU CAN STAKE YOUR LIFE ON THAT. THAT IF
- 26:50YOU GIVE, YOU WILL RECEIVE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO HUNGRY OR
- 26:53BEGGING FOR BREAD. FOR SOME REASON, PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IT'S
- 26:58GONNA HAVE A WINTER SEASON. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE BELIEVING
- 27:01IN SUMMER. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE BELIEVING THAT TOMORROW
- 27:04MORNING WE'RE GONNA HAVE DAYLIGHT. BUT FOR SOME REASON,
- 27:06THE DEVIL DOESN'T WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET A
- 27:09RETURN ON OUR GIVING. BUT WE WILL BECAUSE GOD SAYS IT AND
- 27:14IT'S JUST AS TRUE AS DAY AND NIGHT IS TRUE PASTOR ANTHONY.
- 27:17AMEN. AMEN. WELL WE'LL PUT THE GIVING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN
- 27:22TONIGHT I HOPE THAT ENCOURAGED YOU A LITTLE BIT JUST TO STAND
- 27:25STRONG IN YOUR GIVING AND DO A LITTLE MORE IF YOU IF YOU WERE
- 27:29TITHING LAST YEAR MAKE 2026 YOUR YEAR TO GO TO 11%. IF YOU'RE
- 27:35GIVEN 12%, STRETCH A LITTLE BIT, GO TO 13%. STRETCH AND SEE GOD
- 27:42MOVE IN YOUR LIFE. THE MORE YOU GIVE, THE MORE YOU'LL GET BACK.
- 27:49MR. LATERNAL, I THINK IT WAS AJ LATERNAL, GAVE AWAY 90% OF HIS
- 27:54INCOME, LIVED ON 10%, AND HE WAS A MULTIMILLIONAIRE. WOW. SO IF
- 28:00YOU START PROGRESSING IN THAT, GOD WILL MOVE IN YOUR LIFE, AND
- 28:04YOU'LL HAVE THOSE ABUNDANCE OF FINANCES, AND YOU CAN GIVE IT
- 28:09OUT WITH A TEASPOON, AND HE'LL GIVE IT BACK WITH A TABLESPOON.
- 28:12AMEN. WELL, HERE'S YOUR GIVING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. YOU
- 28:16KNOW HOW TO GIVE, MOBILE APP, YOU CAN TEXT TO GIVE. IN THE
- 28:19DROP-DOWNS, PASTOR BRENDA WANTED ME TO REMIND YOU THAT WE NEED TO
- 28:24BUILD UP OR REBUILD OUR BUILDING FUND. AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY
- 28:29JUST PUTTING A DESIGNATION IN THERE, GIVE IT TO THE
- 28:33DESIGNATION THAT SAYS CAMPUS AND BUILDING PROJECT. CAMPUS AND
- 28:37BUILDING PROJECT IS IN ONE OF THE DROP-DOWNS THERE. LET'S GET
- 28:40THAT BUILDING FUND REBUILT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME BIG
- 28:44THINGS AHEAD OF US IN 2026. NOTHING'S IRONED OUT YET FOR
- 28:48SURE TO GIVE YOU DETAILS, BUT WE GOT SOME THINGS THAT GOD WANTS
- 28:50US TO DO IN 2026, AND WE NEED TO START BUILDING UP THAT WAR CHEST
- 28:55SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE WHEN GOD SAYS MOVE,
- 28:58BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GOT THIS AUDITORIUM BUILT, THAT
- 29:01WASN'T THE END OF OUR EXPANSION. WE'RE GONNA KEEP TAKING GROUND
- 29:04UNTIL JESUS COMES. WE'RE GONNA KEEP ON DOING IT. WE'RE NEVER
- 29:10GONNA BE DONE BUILDING, GROWING, AND EXPANDING. THAT'S ABOUT WHAT
- 29:13WE'RE ABOUT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. WE STRETCH OUR FAITH AND
- 29:16DO IT. AND LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE ALREADY WITH OUR ONLINE
- 29:20AUDIENCE. AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. IT'S GONNA GET BIGGER
- 29:24AND BIGGER AND BIGGER. THE VISION IS BIG AND WE CAN DO IT
- 29:28TOGETHER, AMEN. AND WE THANK OUR ONLINE AUDIENCE FOR ALL THE HELP
- 29:32AND ASSISTANCE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE,
- 29:36YOU'RE A PART OF, AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR IT. SO LET'S DO
- 29:40THIS. NOW, WHY DON'T YOU STAND, HOLD UP YOUR OFFERING. LET'S
- 29:43PRAY. FATHER, I THANK YOU THAT YOU DO REBUKE THE DEVOURER. I
- 29:47THANK YOU, LORD, THAT YOUR LAW OF SEED TIME AND HARVEST IS IN
- 29:51THE ETERNAL EXISTENCE AS LONG AS THE EARTH SHALL REMAIN. AND WE
- 29:55STAKE OUR CLAIM THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PART OF THAT. AND WE'RE GONNA
- 29:59SOW INTO YOUR KINGDOM AND WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE BACK AND WE'RE
- 30:02GONNA DO MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND EXPAND OUR PERSONAL VISION,
- 30:06EXPAND OUR FAITH, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE MINISTRY EXPLODE
- 30:10BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA EXPLODE FINANCIALLY WHEN WE STEP INTO
- 30:14THE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE FOR US. SO I THANK YOU FOR EVERY GIVER
- 30:18HERE TONIGHT AND EVERY GIVER ONLINE, AND WE THANK YOU, LORD,
- 30:21THAT YOUR HAND OF BLESSING IS UPON US FOR GOOD AND THAT YOUR
- 30:24PROTECTION IS WITH US AND THAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH EVERYTHING
- 30:28YOU'VE CALLED US TO DO WHILE WE'RE ON THIS EARTH IN THE
- 30:31MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS. AMEN AND AMEN. WE'LL GIVE
- 30:34PASTOR BRENDA A HAND AS SHE COMES TONIGHT.
- 30:36(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 30:39WOW, THAT WAS A GREAT WORD. YOU CAN BE SEATED AS THE USHERS
- 30:43SERVE YOU. I LOVE THOSE LITTLE TEACHINGS. AND YES, AND THANK
- 30:48YOU, INTERNET FAMILY, FOR JUST BEING A PART AND HELPING US GET
- 30:53DONE WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO. AND JUST BECAUSE WE BUILT THE
- 30:58TABERNACLE DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE CAMPING AND JUST STOPPING. SO I
- 31:02MEAN, WE ENJOY IT, BUT WE GOT MORE TO DO. SO THAT'S THE GOOD
- 31:05PART. SO WELL, PRAISE THE LORD, PASTOR HANK SENDS HIS LOVE. HE
- 31:09IS BUSILY WORKING ON SOME CONTENT MATERIAL. SO I TOLD HIM,
- 31:14WE GOT THIS, WE GOT THIS. YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. AND
- 31:18HE'S GOT A VERY BUSY TRAVEL SCHEDULE COMING.
- 31:20AND BY THE WAY, I'LL JUST SAY THIS. THANK YOU
- 31:23FOR SHARING YOUR PASTOR WITH THE NATION. BLESS YOU FOR
- 31:26THAT, BLESS ALL OF YOU THAT YOU'RE OKAY WHEN, I MEAN HE
- 31:31HARDLY EVER MISSES A SUNDAY, BUT YOU'RE JUST OKAY WHEN HE'S
- 31:35GOT TO DO WHAT HE'S GOT TO DO. AND FLASHPOINT'S GONNA KEEP HIM
- 31:38BUSY AND WE'VE GOT MIDTERMS COMING, SO THERE'S THINGS THAT
- 31:42NEED TO GET SAID AND DONE, AND ALL OF THOSE GOOD THINGS. AND
- 31:45SO, THANK YOU FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE OF HIM AND
- 31:48EVERYTHING THAT HE'S CALLED TO DO. AND I TOLD HIM,
- 31:51I SAID, NO WE NEED YOUR MIND CLEAR SO THAT YOU CAN BE
- 31:55BE OBEDIENT AND LISTEN TO GOD. THAT'S GOOD, WE LIKE IT WHEN
- 31:58PASTOR HANK LISTENS TO GOD. SO DON'T YOU? ALL RIGHT, THAT'S A
- 32:02GOOD PLACE FOR A HAND CLAP RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT, PRAISE THE
- 32:05LORD. BUT LET'S GET INTO OUR TOPIC FOR TONIGHT. AND I'M
- 32:09PROBABLY GOING, THIS IS PART TWO, TALKING ABOUT THE SEVEN
- 32:13CHURCHES OF REVELATION. AND I WANNA CONTINUE, I THINK I'M
- 32:16GONNA CONTINUE IT INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. NOVEMBER IS
- 32:20OVER, BRENDA. AND THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER, WHICH IS THE THIRD,
- 32:24SO NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE DON'T HAVE A SERVICE HERE DUE TO THE
- 32:28THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, BUT THEN I'LL COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.
- 32:33WE'LL FINISH UP. I FELT LIKE AS WE GOT THROUGH IT, I DROVE HOME
- 32:37LAST WEEK AND I THOUGHT, OH, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS AND SHOULD
- 32:39HAVE SAID THIS. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU THINK THAT
- 32:42WHEN YOU PREACH AND THEN YOU THINK YOU WANNA BRING OUT OTHER
- 32:45POINTS. AND SO I REALLY WANNA TAKE UP MY TIME, IF IT'S OKAY,
- 32:48AND MASSAGE THIS AND NOT FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST RUSHING PAST IT
- 32:51ALL. AND SO WE CAN GO ON THE THIRD WEEK OF IT. BUT WE'RE
- 32:56TALKING ABOUT THESE SEVEN CHURCHES. NOW, LET ME JUST
- 32:58REITERATE, I'M GONNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF A REVIEW. LET ME
- 33:02REITERATE THAT I BELIEVE THAT THESE SEVEN CHURCHES IN THE BOOK
- 33:08OF REVELATION, IF YOU'VE NOT DONE YOUR OWN WORD STUDY OR
- 33:12TAKEN THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THESE, OR MAYBE YOU DID IT YEARS
- 33:14AGO AND YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND DO IT A SECOND TIME AROUND, I
- 33:19WOULD HIGHLY, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT BECAUSE I REALLY
- 33:22BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART, THESE, JESUS, THE LORD OF THE
- 33:26CHURCH, PUT THESE IN HERE. SO ENOUGH SAID ABOUT THAT. HE PUT
- 33:31'EM IN, RIGHT? AND I LIKE WHAT PASTOR SAID YEARS AGO, GOD PUT
- 33:35SOMETHING IN THE BIBLE OR IN THE CHURCH, WHO ARE WE TO TAKE IT
- 33:38OUT? SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF JESUS PUT IT IN HERE AND JUST
- 33:43THE TONE OF HOW HE APPEARS HERE, HE'S VERY SERIOUS. HOW MANY OF
- 33:48YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT? JUST THE WAY IN WHICH HE DOES IT.
- 33:51NOW, I BELIEVE THESE SEVEN CHURCHES EMBODY EVERY TYPE OF
- 33:56CHURCH WE SEE TODAY. I REALLY DO THAT. THEY ARE A PATTERN FOR
- 34:00EVERY SINGLE ONE AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO STUDY. SO IF WE LOOK
- 34:04AT CULTURE NOW, WE LOOK AT CHURCH CULTURE AROUND,
- 34:08ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT EVEN OVERSEAS, WE'RE
- 34:12NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH CHURCH CULTURE, MAYBE IN OTHER NATIONS,
- 34:15BUT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, MOST OF US, IF WE WERE RAISED IN
- 34:19CHURCH, WE'VE BEEN IN CHURCH, WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT
- 34:23MANY OF THE CHURCHES PRESENT HERE IN OUR COUNTRY, AND ALL
- 34:28THEIR DIFFERENT FACETS. SO I BELIEVE THESE SEVEN CHURCHES
- 34:34REALLY DO EMBODY ALL THE TYPES OF PASTORS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY
- 34:39EACH ONE BEGINS WITH TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS,
- 34:43TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS, TO THE ANGEL, THAT
- 34:46WORD ANGEL IS A TYPE OF WORD THAT MEANS PASTOR, WE TALKED
- 34:49ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK. IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT NECESSARILY AN
- 34:52ANGELIC BEING IN THIS CASE. IT'S SPEAKING ABOUT A MESSAGE OR A
- 34:57MESSENGER. SO IT'S SAYING TO THE PASTORS THAT ARE ONES THAT SET
- 35:02THE TONE, RIGHT? THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SET THE MESSAGE.
- 35:05THEY'RE THE ONES THAT CHOOSE THE DIRECTION UNDER THE LEADING OF
- 35:09THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE CHURCH. AND SO THE FIRST REAL
- 35:13CONFRONTATION, IF YOU WILL, OR THE DIRECTIVE GIVEN BY JESUS,
- 35:18THE LORD OF THE CHURCH, IS TO THE PASTORAL LEADERSHIP, THE
- 35:22APOSTLES, THE BISHOPS OVER THE CHURCHES. IT IS REALLY FIRST
- 35:26DIRECTED AT THEM AND HOW THEY SET THE VISION, BUT THEN IT
- 35:30INCLUDES THE PEOPLE, OKAY? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO
- 35:34THE TYPE OF LEADER THAT'S IN THE CHURCH, RIGHT? OKAY, YOU DON'T
- 35:37GO TO A CHURCH AND PICK A CHURCH AND YOU CAN'T STAND THE
- 35:40PREACHING OF THE PASTOR. YOU GO THERE BECAUSE THAT PASTOR OR
- 35:44THAT CHURCH OR IT'S A GENERALIZED MESSAGE RESONATES
- 35:48WITH YOUR SPIRIT. YOU FEEL THAT SENSE OF FAMILY, YOU FEEL THAT
- 35:51AGREEMENT. FINDING A CHURCH WITH A GOOD CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT IS
- 35:58NOT A GOOD REASON FOR PICKING A CHURCH. EVERYTHING THAT WE SEE
- 36:02IN THE SEVEN CHURCHES THAT JESUS BROUGHT OUT, HE NEVER
- 36:05COMPLIMENTED THEIR WORSHIP TEAM. HE DIDN'T COMPLIMENT THEIR
- 36:08COFFEE CENTER. RIGHT? AND LIKE I SAID, WE LIKE HAVING GOOD
- 36:14COFFEE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHY THE REASON PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO A
- 36:19CHURCH. YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN GO TO A CHURCH BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A
- 36:21GORGEOUS BUILDING. COME ON, SOMEBODY. THAT'S NOT WHY WE PICK
- 36:26A CHURCH. NOW, PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO SUCCESS THAT WAY,
- 36:30AND THEY LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE CHOOSE. YOU DON'T
- 36:33CHOOSE A CHURCH. I'VE HEARD PEOPLE FOR YEARS SAY, "WELL, I
- 36:37REALLY LIKE CHURCH A OVER THERE, "BUT MY KIDS WANTED TO GO TO THE
- 36:41YOUTH GROUP AT CHURCH B." WELL, YOU DON'T CHOOSE A CHURCH BASED
- 36:45ON THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT OR THE YOUTH PROGRAM. YOU DON'T
- 36:49EVEN CHOOSE IT. I REMEMBER ONE TIME WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THE
- 36:53CHURCH AND SOMEBODY CAME AND THEY SAID, "WELL, DO YOU HAVE
- 36:56MISSIONS OVERSEAS?" I THOUGHT, "WELL, LADY, WE'RE TWO MONTHS
- 36:59OLD. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LEARN THE STREET HERE IN NEBRASKA
- 37:03WHERE GOD PLANTED US." BUT YOU KNOW, THAT LADY, AND SO SHE
- 37:07DIDN'T COME BACK. SHE SAID, "WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE A MISSIONS
- 37:09PROGRAM." WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T EVEN CHOOSE A CHURCH
- 37:11REALLY BASED ON THAT. NOW, YOU DO CHOOSE IT BASED ON THAT IT'S
- 37:15COMMITTED TO HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED, OKAY? BUT WE MAKE,
- 37:19ESPECIALLY IN OUR CULTURE, CHURCH CHOOSINGS BASED ON, MANY
- 37:25TIMES FRIVOLOUS, IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE DRESSING OF THE
- 37:29MINISTRY, BUT IT'S NOT THE REAL MEAT AND BONES OF WHAT JESUS
- 37:34SAID WAS IMPORTANT AND SHOULD MARK EVERY CHURCH. SO HE BROUGHT
- 37:39THESE ADJUSTMENTS, HE ALSO BROUGHT REWARDS TO THEM, AND I
- 37:44BELIEVE WE NEED TO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE SEVEN CHURCHES, NOT
- 37:47ONLY DO WE LOOK AT PASTORS AND HOW THEY LEAD MINISTRY, BUT WE
- 37:52ALSO TAKE A GREAT BIG OLD MIRROR OUT, RIGHT? AND THESE ARE AN
- 37:57OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE OURSELF. YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE HAS SO MUCH
- 38:00TO SAY ABOUT SELF-EXAMINATION. AND BY THE WAY, SELF-EXAMINATION
- 38:06IS NOT CONDEMNING YOURSELF. IT'S NOT TO PUT YOURSELF DOWN, BUT
- 38:11EVERY BELIEVER SHOULD BECOME. NOW, LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY
- 38:15THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CULTURE. EVERY BELIEVER SHOULD
- 38:21BE WELL-VERSED AT SELF-EXAMINATION. WE HAVE TO
- 38:25CHECK OUR BALANCES. WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT OURSELF.
- 38:31AMEN, INCLUDING US AS THE LEADERS AND THE PASTORS. WE
- 38:34SHOULD, IN THIS HOUR, JESUS SAID, "DON'T LET ANYBODY DECEIVE
- 38:38YOU." YOU KNOW WHAT DECEPTION, IF WE KNEW IT WAS HAPPENING, WE
- 38:41WOULDN'T BE DECEIVED. OKAY, THE DEVIL IS GOOD AT WORKING PEOPLE
- 38:46OVER UNTIL THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN OFF TRACK. SO
- 38:50SELF-EXAMINATION, JESUS TALKED ABOUT THAT ALL THROUGH THE
- 38:54BIBLE, SO DID THE APOSTLE PAUL, THE EARLY APOSTLES. SO LET'S
- 38:57REVIEW THESE CHURCHES NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE AN
- 39:01IMPORTANT PATTERN FOR US AND WE NEED TO LOOK WITHIN OURSELVES
- 39:08AND SEE WHERE WE FIT, RIGHT? AND SOME OF IT WE MAY SEE A MIX
- 39:11TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY IN
- 39:15ALL OF IT TO EXAMINE OURSELVES. SO LET'S GO BACK, I WANNA DO A
- 39:19QUICK REVIEW. THE FIRST CHURCH MENTIONED IN REVELATION, I'LL
- 39:23READ IT QUICKLY, AND IS THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS. NOW, THIS WAS
- 39:29THE CHURCH, IF YOU'RE TAKING YOUR NOTES, THIS WAS THE CHURCH
- 39:31OF SELF-RIGHTEOUS RELIGION, OKAY? AND JESUS, IF YOU NOTICE,
- 39:36COMES TO THEM AS THE GREAT JUDGE. OKAY, IF YOU JUDGE,
- 39:40YOU'LL BE JUDGED. SO THIS WAS THE CHURCH, THEY COULDN'T STAND
- 39:44EVIL, THEY CALLED OUT WICKEDNESS, THEY CALLED OUT SIN,
- 39:48THEY DIDN'T TOLERATE SIN IN THE CHURCH, RIGHT? THEY WERE VERY
- 39:51DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE BY THE BOOK, MAN, YOU HAD TO DO IT
- 39:55RIGHT. NOW, LET'S JUST READ THE CHARACTERISTICS QUICKLY OF THIS
- 40:00CHURCH AGAIN. "UNDER THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS' RIGHT,
- 40:03"THESE THINGS SAITH HE THAT HOLDS THE SEVEN STARS "IN HIS
- 40:06RIGHT HAND, AND WHO WALKS IN THE MIDST "OF THE SEVEN GOLDEN
- 40:10CANDLESTICKS." THAT'S JUST SERIOUS SOUNDING. AND JESUS
- 40:14SAID, "I KNOW YOUR WORKS, YOUR LABOR." IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE A
- 40:17HARDWORKING CHURCH. "AND OF YOUR PATIENCE." OR THAT WORD PATIENCE
- 40:21IS ENDURANCE. "AND YOU CANNOT BEAR THEM WHICH ARE EVIL." I'M
- 40:28PROUD TO SAY LORD OF HOSTS HAS SOME OF THAT. WE DON'T LIKE TO
- 40:31JUST WINK AT SIN, RIGHT? WE DEAL WITH THINGS, NOT JUST ALLOWING
- 40:36STUFF TO GO ON. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. SO JESUS SAID, "I
- 40:40KNOW THAT THAT'S THE KIND OF CHURCH YOU ARE. AND YOU HAVE
- 40:43TRIED THEM WHICH SAY THEY'RE APOSTLES AND ARE NOT. YOU PUT
- 40:46THEM TO THE TEST AND FOUND THEM TO BE LIARS. AND YOU HAVE BORNE
- 40:51AND HAVE HAD PATIENCE FOR MY NAMESAKE. AND YOU HAVE LABORED.
- 40:54IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE WORKED HARD IN AMERICA. YOU HAVE NOT
- 40:59FAINTED. YOU DIDN'T GIVE UP WHEN IT CAME TO BEING INVOLVED. YOU
- 41:03PRESSED IN. SO THIS WAS A GOOD THING IN THIS CHURCH, RIGHT? SO
- 41:08JESUS IS ACTUALLY GIVING THEM A COMPLIMENT. HE'S SAYING, YOU
- 41:12KNOW, THEY HAD ACCOLADES FOR DOING THOSE THINGS. THEY EXPOSED
- 41:15FALSE DOCTRINE. THEY EXPOSED SIN. THEY EXPOSED LIARS. BUT HE
- 41:20GOES ON TO SAY, "BUT I HAVE SOME THINGS AGAINST YOU "BECAUSE YOU
- 41:23LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE." NOW, I'VE ALWAYS READ THAT AS, YOU KNOW,
- 41:27IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE CHRISTIAN THAT WAS STARTED OUT ON FIRE FOR
- 41:29GOD, AND THEY LEFT THEIR FIRST LOVE AND BECAME KIND OF LIKE,
- 41:33YOU KNOW, MEDIOCRE AND LUKEWARM OR WHATEVER. AND THAT'S PART OF
- 41:36IT. BUT REALLY WHAT HE'S SAYING IS YOU FORGOT, SOME OTHER
- 41:39TRANSLATIONS SAY IT THIS WAY, YOU FORGOT TO LOVE THE WAY YOU
- 41:44LOVED AT THE BEGINNING. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU STARTED EXCITED, YOU
- 41:48KNOW, IT'S LIKE I HEARD BROTHER HAGIN SAY ONE TIME, HE GOES, "I
- 41:51USED TO THINK, MAN, "WHEN I FIRST GOT IN THE SPIRIT FIELD
- 41:54AND GOT IN THE CHURCH, "I THOUGHT EVERYBODY WAS SPROUTING
- 41:57ANGEL'S WINGS. "EVERYBODY HAD ANGEL'S WINGS. "AND THEN I
- 42:01REALIZED IT WAS JUST "THEIR SHOULDER BLADES STICKING OUT."
- 42:05AND YOU KNOW, IN OTHER WORDS, PEOPLE ARE IMPERFECT, RIGHT? AND
- 42:09SO THE TENDENCY OF THIS CHURCH WAS, IS THEY GOT TOO HARD. I
- 42:15HEARD A MAN SAY ONE TIME THAT HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED ALL
- 42:18SIDES OF SCRIPTURE. YOU NEED THE BLESS ME VERSES, AND YOU NEED
- 42:22THE CORRECT ME. YOU NEED A BALANCE OF BOTH. IF YOU DON'T
- 42:24GET A BALANCE OF BOTH, YOU GET TOO MUCH INTO THE BLESS ME,
- 42:28YOU'LL JUST GET SOFT AND SQUISHY AND I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
- 42:33AND GOD DOESN'T HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO ANYTHING. AND
- 42:36EVERYTHING IS A SCRIPTURE ON GOD LOVES ME AND HOLDS MY HAND AND
- 42:39HELPS ME AND WALKS ME THROUGH AND CARES FOR MY, YOU KNOW, ALL
- 42:44OF THAT. BUT IF YOU DON'T EVER GET TO THE CORRECT ME SIDE, IF
- 42:48YOU STAY ON THE BLESS ME SIDE TOO MUCH, YOU'LL GET SOFT. BUT
- 42:51IF YOU GET TOO OVER ON THE CORRECT ME SIDE, WHICH I BELIEVE
- 42:54WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, IS YOU GET MEAN AND
- 42:57NASTY. YOU CAN GET HARD AND YOU BECOME LIKE THOSE PHARISEES THAT
- 43:02WERE READY TO KILL THAT WOMAN THAT WAS CAUGHT IN ADULTERY. YOU
- 43:05KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING TO ME, THE BALANCED SIDE OF THE BIBLE.
- 43:09JESUS, THAT WOMAN THAT WAS CAUGHT IN ADULTERY, JESUS SAID,
- 43:13"I DON'T CONDEMN YOU." BUT HE DID TURN TO THE MAN AT THE POOL
- 43:17OF BETHESDA, AND HE SAID, "DON'T KEEP SINNING, "OR A WORSE THING
- 43:21WILL COME UPON YOU." OKAY, SO THERE WERE CONSEQUENCES FOR
- 43:26WRONGDOING, THAT IF YOU STAY ON A PATH LONG ENOUGH, YOU'RE GONNA
- 43:29REAP THE RESULTS. AMEN. SO THIS WAS THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS AND HE
- 43:35SAID, I HAVE THIS AGAINST YOU. YEAH, YOU DID ALL OF THESE
- 43:39THINGS, CALLED OUT SIN, BUT YOU GOT A LITTLE UNLOVELY WITH IT.
- 43:41THAT'S THE BRENDA TRANSLATION. YOU GOT A LITTLE MEAN AND NASTY
- 43:45WITH IT. YOU GOT A LITTLE OUT THERE. YOU FORGOT TO TEMPER
- 43:49YOURSELF. SO REMEMBER THEREFORE, WATCH THIS, THIS IS GOOD.
- 43:54REMEMBER FROM WHERE YOU'RE FALLEN. IN OTHER WORDS, FOR A
- 43:58MINUTE THOUGH, REMEMBER WHERE GOD BROUGHT YOU FROM. I MEAN,
- 44:02THINK FOR A MINUTE WHERE YOU WERE WHEN YOU CAME TO SALVATION.
- 44:07AND SOME OF YOU, MAYBE YOU GOT SAVED OR MAYBE YOU HAD TO SORT
- 44:09OF GET RESAVED. ANYBODY HAD TO DO THAT? MAYBE YOU WALKED AWAY
- 44:13FROM GOD FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND GOD HAD TO TURN YOU BACK
- 44:16AROUND. SO I GET THAT, I GET THAT. BUT REMEMBER WHEN YOU HAD
- 44:20THAT MOMENT. AND SO HE SAID, REMEMBER WHERE YOU'VE FALLEN
- 44:23FROM. OKAY, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WON'T BE SO HARD ON SOMEBODY
- 44:27ELSE WHEN YOU REALIZE HOW MUCH GOD HAD TO FORGIVE YOU. WE CAN
- 44:31ALL POINT THE FINGER AND POINT THE FINGER AND IN ONE OF THESE
- 44:35CHURCHES, WHEN WE GET TO THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA, WE CAN
- 44:39DEVELOP UP STRIFE, ALWAYS CRITICIZING AND CALLING OUT
- 44:42SOMEBODY. I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS JUST AN ABSOLUTE EPIDEMIC IN
- 44:47THE CHURCH IN MANY WAYS, THAT PEOPLE JUST ARE SO AFTER WHAT
- 44:51EVERYBODY DOES WRONG AND CALLING, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOUR
- 44:56BROTHER AND YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST A CHANCE TO GROW. CAN
- 45:00THAT JUST BE A THING? YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED A MINUTE
- 45:04TO GROW AND TO PROCESS AND GET WITH GOD AND DEVELOP AND GOD IS
- 45:10PATIENT, RIGHT? NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WINK AT SIN,
- 45:13I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT I'M SAYING THERE COMES A POINT WHERE
- 45:16WE PRAY FOR PEOPLE. OKAY, THE BIBLE, WE READ IT LAST TIME. THE
- 45:20BIBLE SAYS IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT, YOU WHICH
- 45:23ARE SPIRITUAL, RIGHT, RESTORE SUCH A ONE. SO THIS IS WHAT
- 45:28JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT. SO REMEMBER WHERE GOD BROUGHT YOU
- 45:31FROM, OKAY? REMEMBER AND REPENT AND DO THE FIRST WORKS. IN OTHER
- 45:37WORDS, BE HOW YOU WERE WHEN YOU STARTED OUT. YOU WERE A LITTLE
- 45:40KINDER, AMEN, RIGHT? OR ELSE I WILL COME TO YOU QUICKLY. IN
- 45:46OTHER WORDS, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE, IF WE'RE GONNA FALL INTO THE
- 45:48PHARISAICALISM OF CHRISTIANITY, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A WORD,
- 45:51BUT IT IS TODAY. IF WE'RE GONNA FALL INTO THE PHARISAICALISMS,
- 45:56RIGHT? I WILL, WATCH THIS, I'LL REMOVE YOUR CANDLESTICK. WOO!
- 46:02GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I SAID TO GOD? I SAID, GOD, I DON'T KNOW
- 46:05WHAT CANDLESTICK BEING REMOVED MEANS, BUT I DON'T WANT IT. I'M
- 46:10SURE THERE'S A SCHOLARLY THING TO IT, BUT ALL I KNOW IS I DON'T
- 46:13WANT MY CANDLESTICK TO BE REMOVED. THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN
- 46:16INTENSE WHATEVER IT IS. AND I'LL REMOVE IT OUT OF HIS PLACE,
- 46:22EXCEPT YOU REPENT. BUT THIS YOU HAVE, YOU HATE THE DEEDS OF THE
- 46:26NICOLAITANS, WHICH THAT WAS THE DEEDS OF THE NICOLAITANS WAS
- 46:31PRETTY MUCH A DOCTRINE, IT WAS A TEACHING, WE'RE GOING TO TALK
- 46:33ABOUT THE CHURCH OF FALSE DOCTRINE, IT WAS A TEACHING THAT
- 46:37SEXUAL PROMISCUITY WAS ACCEPTABLE IN CERTAIN CASES. THE
- 46:41GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IN THIS MODERN CULTURE WOULD BE
- 46:44HOMOSEXUALITY. SO NOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING, "WELL, IF YOU WERE
- 46:47RAISED IN A HOUSE WITH TWO DADS OR TWO MOMS, THERE ARE ALL THESE
- 46:51REASONS." YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THE PASTORS THAT ARE MARRYING
- 46:54HOMOSEXUALS DIDN'T START OUT LIKE THAT. BUT THEY ALLOWED
- 46:58CERTAIN DOCTRINES, CERTAIN TEACHINGS, CERTAIN IDEOLOGIES,
- 47:02AND HE SAID, "THIS IS THE DOCTRINE." IT WAS A TEACHING AT
- 47:04THAT TIME. SO WHEN HE SAID DOCTRINE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A
- 47:07POPULAR TEACHING IN THAT HOUR. YOU HATE THE DOCTRINE OF THE
- 47:11NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ALSO HATE. HE THAT HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR
- 47:17WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCHES, OR MAYBE ALL THE
- 47:22CHURCHES LIKE THAT. TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, I'LL GIVE TO HIM TO
- 47:26EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE
- 47:30OF GOD. SO THAT WAS THE FIRST CHURCH, THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS.
- 47:33AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHURCH AT
- 47:35SMYRNA. THIS WAS THE PERSECUTED CHURCH. AND INTERESTINGLY
- 47:39ENOUGH, JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE GIVER OF LIFE. TO THE ANGEL
- 47:43OF THE CHURCH OF SMYRNA, VERSE 8, WRITE THESE THINGS, SAYS THE
- 47:47FIRST AND THE LAST, WHICH WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE. HE COMES TO
- 47:50THEM AS RESURRECTION. FOR I KNOW YOUR WORKS AND THE TRIBULATION,
- 47:54THE POVERTY, AND YOUR POVERTY, BUT YET YOU ARE RICH. I KNOW THE
- 47:59BLASPHEMY, THOSE THAT SAY THEY'RE JEWS, IN OTHER WORDS,
- 48:02FAKES, PRETENDS, THOSE THAT COME IN A FALSE NARRATIVE AND ARE
- 48:08NOT, BUT THEY ARE OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. FEAR NONE OF
- 48:11THOSE THINGS THAT YOU WILL SUFFER. AND CAN I TELL YOU, I
- 48:14FEEL LIKE THIS IS A BIG DEAL IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW
- 48:17BECAUSE PERSECUTION IS LARGELY SOMETHING THAT MANY OF US, I
- 48:21MEAN, IN COMPARISON. NOW, I THINK THE CULTURE OF PERSECUTION
- 48:27AGAINST THE CHURCH IS RISING, BUT THEY AREN'T LINING PEOPLE UP
- 48:30OUT ON BEACHES AND BEHEADING THEM IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS A
- 48:34REAL REALITY FACED BY OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN OTHER
- 48:37PLACES, RIGHT? SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED
- 48:43TO THINK ABOUT THE TOPIC OF PERSECUTION AS CHRISTIANS, ALL
- 48:46THEY THAT LIVE GODLY SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION, 2 TIMOTHY
- 48:493:12 SAYS THAT. SO, BUT FEAR NONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU
- 48:53SHALL SUFFER, FOR BEHOLD, THE DEVIL SHALL CAST SOME OF YOU
- 48:56INTO PRISON THAT YOU MIGHT BE TRIED AND SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION
- 49:0010 DAYS, BUT BE FAITHFUL EVEN TO DEATH, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A
- 49:04CROWN OF LIFE. NOW HE HAD NO REBUKE FOR THOSE PEOPLE, BUT THE
- 49:08KEY WAS, IS THEY WERE WILLING TO SUFFER ADVERSITY AND NOT BE
- 49:13AFRAID. NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF PASTORS, WE
- 49:15KNEW THROUGH COVID AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, IT
- 49:18CAME AGAINST THE CHURCH BETWEEN 2020 AND 2025, A LOT OF PASTORS
- 49:23COWERED OUT OF THAT. NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
- 49:25THAT NEXT TIME, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT EVEN UNDER THIS, SOME
- 49:31OF THEM DID IT, WELL, MAYBE THEY WERE AFRAID OF THEIR
- 49:33CONGREGATIONS, BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T WANNA GET INTO THE
- 49:35CONTROVERSY WHERE IT'S MESSY. 'CAUSE GUESS WHAT? IF YOU PUT
- 49:38YOURSELF OUT THERE, THEY'LL LIE ABOUT YOU. RIGHT? I MEAN, WE
- 49:45WOULD TELL PEOPLE THAT, WELL, MAN, PASTOR HANK'S NAME HAS BEEN
- 49:49IN THE PAPER AND HE'S BEEN MADE FUN OF BY THE LIBERAL MEDIA AND
- 49:52THE LEFT AND ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND YOU KNOW, OUR
- 49:55PREACHER'S FRIEND ALWAYS TELL US, WHAT THEY ALWAYS TELL US,
- 49:58THEY ALWAYS JUST SAY, "WELL, WELCOME TO THE CLUB AND CONSIDER
- 50:01IT A BADGE OF HONOR." AND WE NEED TO THINK THAT WAY. THIS IS
- 50:05HOW THIS CHURCH THOUGHT. THEY FELT LIKE MARTYRDOM WAS A BADGE
- 50:08OF HONOR, RIGHT? THAT THEY WOULD BE KILLED FOR THE SAKE OF
- 50:14CHRIST. SO THAT'S THE CHURCH AT SMYRNA AND JESUS HAD NO REBUKE
- 50:18FOR THEM. I MEAN, HE'S NOT GOING TO REBUKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
- 50:20WILLING TO GO AND BE HANGED FOR THE NAME OF JESUS. SO THIS WAS
- 50:25VERY, THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL. AND HE COMES TO THEM PRESENTING
- 50:29THE POWER OF ETERNAL LIFE. I LOVE THAT SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT,
- 50:32LET'S GO TO THE CHURCH AT PERGAMOS. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT
- 50:36TO KNOW. THIS WAS THE CHURCH, AND WE TOUCHED ON THIS LAST
- 50:39WEEK, THAT WAS IN LOVE WITH THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. THE CHURCH
- 50:44OF FLESHLY AND CARNAL LIVING. IN OTHER WORDS, AND JESUS COMES TO
- 50:49THEM AS AN ARMED WARRIOR, ARMED WITH THE SWORD. REMEMBER HE HAD
- 50:53HERE, WE'LL READ IT HERE IN A MINUTE, HE HAD THE SWORD IN HIS
- 50:56MOUTH. NOW WE SEE CHURCHES LIKE THAT WHERE THEY'RE AS CARNAL AS
- 51:01THE NEXT PEOPLE, RIGHT? YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW, IF YOU SAW
- 51:05THEM OUTSIDE THE CHURCH PEW, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE
- 51:07PEOPLE THAT GO THERE ARE SAVED, RIGHT? I'VE SEEN A FEW CHURCHES
- 51:11LIKE THAT. THERE'S JUST NOT A DEMAND FOR BEING ON FIRE OR ANY
- 51:16KIND OF HOLINESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT THIS IS THE KIND
- 51:20OF THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS JUSTIFY, YOU KNOW, IS IT
- 51:24OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO GO DO THIS OR DO THAT? IS IT, YOU
- 51:28KNOW, IT'S CALLED THE OKAYING EVERYTHING. AND I'M NOT SAYING,
- 51:33YOU KNOW, GOD EXPECTS US TO DRESS UP LIKE PILGRIMS AND, YOU
- 51:37KNOW, YOU KNOW, NEVER WATCH TV AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S
- 51:41WHERE YOU GET ON THE OTHER DITCH WHERE SOME GROUPS HAVE GOTTEN
- 51:44INTO THE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE A LIGHT BULB OR IT'S A
- 51:46SIN. THERE'S A RIGHT BALANCE THERE. I'M NOT SAYING GOD NEVER
- 51:50WANTS YOU TO GO HAVE FUN OR DO ANYTHING OR, YOU KNOW, PAUL GOT
- 51:55INTO THE TOPIC OF THE THINGS YOU EAT AND DRINK. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
- 51:58BRING UP THE SUBJECT OF ALCOHOL. WELL, SHOULD A CHRISTIAN DRINK
- 52:01OR NOT DRINK? YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO SOLVE ALL OF THAT,
- 52:06BUT WHAT I WILL SAY, PAUL TALKED ABOUT ROMANS IN DETAIL IN ROMANS
- 52:1114. HE SAID, "DON'T DO WHAT CAUSES A BROTHER TO STUMBLE."
- 52:16OKAY, IF YOU THINK IT'S FINE TO GO OUT ON YOUR ANNIVERSARY AND
- 52:19HAVE CHAMPAGNE, WELL, THERE'S SCRIPTURE THAT'LL SAY THAT'S
- 52:22BETWEEN YOU AND THE LORD. OKAY, BUT DON'T TRY TO PREACH A
- 52:25DOCTRINE ABOUT IT. AMEN. OKAY, PAUL WAS VERY CONCISE ABOUT
- 52:32THESE TOPICS. BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF IS CHRISTIANS
- 52:37GET INTO, WELL, IS IT OKAY TO DO THIS? IS IT OKAY TO DO THAT? AND
- 52:42IT ALWAYS TENDS TO SLIDE TO COMPROMISE. HAVE YOU EVER
- 52:44NOTICED THAT? IT'S LIKE WE WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN ALLOW AND
- 52:49IT STILL BE OKAY WITH GOD. AND THAT WAS WHAT THIS CHURCH WAS.
- 52:53THEY JUST HAD A CARNAL BEND. NOW, LET ME TOUCH ON THAT. NOW
- 52:57WE TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES, THE TV, EAT AND DRINK AND ALL OF
- 53:01THESE THINGS, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER REALM OF
- 53:03CARNALITY. THIS CHURCH WAS ALSO THE CHURCH THAT DIDN'T PUT THE
- 53:07WORD FIRST. OKAY, BIBLE IS CHRISTIANS. NO TIME FOR THE WORD
- 53:13OF GOD. CAN I TELL YOU HOW THEY GOT OFF? CAN I, AND LET ME JUST
- 53:18BREAK IT DOWN THE BEST THAT I CAN. THE WAY FOR US TO STAY
- 53:22STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW WITH THE LORD AND BALANCE THE RIGHT, THE
- 53:26WRONG, WHAT'S GOOD, WHAT WE SHOULDN'T DO, WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
- 53:30CAN I TELL YOU THE BEST WAY TO BALANCE THAT IS BE IN YOUR
- 53:32BIBLE. PUT SOME BIBLE IN YOU EVERY DAY. IT WILL GUIDE YOU IN
- 53:38THE RIGHT THING. RATHER THAN GET INTO THESE DISCUSSIONS, WHICH
- 53:42THE INTERNET IS FILLED WITH, BLESSED BE THE INTERNET. SOCIAL
- 53:48MEDIA IS FILLED WITH THESE THINGS, OF COMMENTS, OF
- 53:52EVERYBODY'S OPINION ON WHAT'S GOOD FOR CHRISTIANS, AND WHAT'S
- 53:55NOT GOOD, AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, AND WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO.
- 54:00AND THERE'S SOME CLARITIES IN SCRIPTURE. BUT THE KEY IS, IS WE
- 54:04GOTTA FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE. THE ONLY WAY WE FIND IT IS BEING
- 54:08IN THE BIBLE OURSELVES. WE'VE GOTTA GET IN THE WORD. BECAUSE
- 54:12I'VE COME TO FIND OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WORD WILL RESTRAIN
- 54:16YOU. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE WHERE YOU THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
- 54:20YOU'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY, YOU'RE TALKING
- 54:22ABOUT SOMETHING, ALL OF A SUDDEN SOMETHING IN YOU'S LIKE, NAH. I
- 54:25DON'T KNOW, AND IT'S LIKE GOD IS TELLING YOU, STOP TALKING. AND
- 54:29YOU TRY TO SOLVE IT IN YOUR FLESH AND GET INTO THESE, IT'S
- 54:32HOW WE GET INTO THESE DEBATES AND THESE ARGUMENTS AND THESE
- 54:35THINGS. BUT THE KEY IS, JESUS COMES TO THIS CHURCH, HE'S LIKE,
- 54:38STOP OKAYING EVERYTHING. STOP MAKING LICENSE FOR LOOSE LIVING.
- 54:44BUT PART OF THE CARNALITY STARTS WITH, IS WE DON'T SPEND TIME IN
- 54:49THE BIBLE. CAN I TELL YOU, IF WE WOULD, AND LET ME GIVE YOU AN
- 54:53ENCOURAGEMENT. IF YOU'RE NEW AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S
- 54:56WATCHING ME AND YOU'RE NEW TO THE THINGS OF GOD, JUST READ,
- 55:00AND THIS IS WHAT I TELL, I WROTE THE LITTLE BOOK THAT PASTOR MATT
- 55:04ENCOURAGED ME TO WRITE, IT WAS A LITTLE BOOK ON BIBLE BASICS.
- 55:06ANYBODY READ THAT YET? IT'S JUST MEANT TO BE A LITTLE GUIDE FOR
- 55:09BEGINNERS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IF GAME CHANGERS OR WHOEVER, OR YOU
- 55:13GO OUT ON THE STREET AND SOMEBODY SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW
- 55:16ANYTHING ABOUT THE BIBLE, IT'S JUST TO GIVE THEM JUST KIND OF
- 55:18A LITTLE TEACH, A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, POKE ON, BOOP, YOU KNOW,
- 55:22JUST HOW TO GET GOING, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE THINGS
- 55:25THAT I WROTE IN THE BOOK IS, AND I'M A FAN OF THIS, AND THIS IS
- 55:29JUST ME. I'M A FAN OF, 'CAUSE WE FEEL LIKE AS CHRISTIANS,
- 55:32ESPECIALLY IF YOU'VE BEEN SAVED FOR A LONG TIME, THAT WE NEED TO
- 55:35STUDY EIGHT HOURS A DAY. I KNEW A PREACHER GUY ONE TIME, "OH, I
- 55:38SPEND EIGHT HOURS IN THE WORD." I'M LIKE, "WELL, YAY YOU."
- 55:42(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 55:45YOU KNOW, I JUST GOTTA GET MY WORD TIME IN BEFORE THE PHONE
- 55:48CALLS START AND THE EMAILS BEGIN, RIGHT? SO, OH MAN, AND
- 55:52EVERYBODY ON THE STAFF KNOWS, AND PASTOR BRENDA CALLS, IT'S
- 55:55THE RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL THAT I DIDN'T WANNA WRITE. ISN'T THAT
- 55:58TRUE, BOB? I MEAN, I'M LIKE, "OH, I CAN'T, "I DON'T WANNA
- 56:02WRITE ALL THAT. "I'M JUST GONNA CALL SOMEBODY." BUT THE POINT
- 56:06BEING IS, SO I'M A FAN, JUST GET A FEW MINUTES IN. SPEND A FEW
- 56:12MINUTES. OKAY, IF YOU'VE GOT A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN, THEN OPEN
- 56:16THE BIBLE, READ THE BOOK OF PROVERBS. YOU KNOW THERE'S 31 OF
- 56:19'EM. YOU COULD READ ONE A DAY AND FINISH THE WHOLE BOOK OF
- 56:23PROVERBS IN A MONTH. BUT IF YOU CAN'T EVEN READ THEM, GO HALF. I
- 56:27WOULD RATHER SOMEBODY READ A FEW VERSES, HIGHLIGHT THEM, DIGEST
- 56:31THEM, OKAY, ABSORB WHAT IT SAYS, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GONNA
- 56:36APPLY IT TO YOUR LIFE, THEN FILL A QUOTA. AMEN. 'CAUSE WE DON'T
- 56:41WANNA JUST BE HEARERS, RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW, I GET MY BIBLE AND YOU
- 56:46KNOW, AT COFFEE TIME, OR YOU KNOW, OCCASIONALLY I'VE DONE IT
- 56:49ON THE APP, BUT I REALLY LIKE TO OPEN MY REAL BOOK. WE SPEND SO
- 56:53MUCH TIME ON THESE DEVICES, THEY DON'T ALWAYS MEAN ANYTHING. YOU
- 56:57KNOW, NOW SOMETIMES PASTORS PREACHING, I TRY TO NOT BE
- 57:00DINKERING WITH MY PHONE. I WILL CHECK THE STREAMING AND THINGS
- 57:04LIKE THAT WHILE HE'S PREACHING. BUT SOMETIMES HE SAYS SOMETHING
- 57:07GOOD. I GOT A STRONG'S ON THERE AND I LIKE TO OPEN THE STRONG'S
- 57:11AND PULL OUT A WORD. ANYBODY ELSE DO THAT? AND I'M LIKE,
- 57:14YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. OR SEE IT IN ANOTHER TRANSLATION. I THINK
- 57:16THAT'S WONDERFUL. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT I DO
- 57:19LIKE, I THINK WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE BOOK. AND JUST A FEW
- 57:23MINUTES, HIGHLIGHT IT, READ IT, DIGEST IT, AMEN? AMEN, AND MAKE
- 57:28IT REAL TO YOU. MAKE IT A PART, BE A DOER OF IT. NOW THIS IS
- 57:32WHERE THIS CHURCH GOT CARNAL. THEY WEREN'T PRIORITIZING
- 57:35PRAYER. THEY DIDN'T DENY GOD. LISTEN, IN FACT, LET'S JUST READ
- 57:39ABOUT 'EM FOR A COUPLE MINUTES. THIS IS THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS.
- 57:42TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS WRITE, THESE THINGS SAY
- 57:45OF HE THAT HAS A SHARP SWORD. SO JESUS, 'CAUSE THEY FORGOT THE
- 57:48WORD, HE COMES TO 'EM AS THE WORD. RIGHT? I KNOW YOUR WORKS
- 57:54AND WHERE YOU DWELL, EVEN WHERE SATAN'S SEAT IS. IN OTHER WORDS,
- 57:57YOU ARE RIGHT IN THE HEAT OF WRONG CULTURE. YOU LIVE RIGHT
- 58:01DOWN THERE WHERE THE LIBERAL LEFTIST, EVERY EVIL DOCTRINAL
- 58:08THOUGHT IS. YOU ARE DOWN THERE AND YOU HAVE HELD FAST AND NOT
- 58:12DENIED MY FAITH. EVEN IN THOSE DAYS WHERE ANTIPAS WAS MY
- 58:18FAITHFUL MARTYR, WHO WAS SLAIN AMONG YOU WHERE SATAN DWELLS.
- 58:22BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST YOU BECAUSE YOU HOLD THE
- 58:25DOCTRINE. IN OTHER WORDS, NOW HERE HE BRINGS UP THE DOCTRINE
- 58:29OF BALAAM. IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANS. IT
- 58:32WAS A DOCTRINE THAT ALSO ALLOWED CERTAIN PROMISCUITIES IN THE
- 58:36CHURCH. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WERE
- 58:39OKAY. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED HOW WHEN FALSE DOCTRINE COMES,
- 58:41THERE'S ALWAYS SEXUAL DEVIANCE TO IT? EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND
- 58:47THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXCUSING OF IT. YOU KNOW, WELL, IT'S OKAY TO
- 58:50DIVORCE YOUR SPOUSE AND GO MARRY SOMEBODY ELSE BECAUSE THERE'S
- 58:53ALWAYS A GOOD REASON. AND THIS IS THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM. IT
- 58:58SAID, "HE TAUGHT MY SERVANTS," RIGHT? "TO CAST A STUMBLING
- 59:03BLOCK BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL." IN OTHER WORDS, TO
- 59:05RESIST RIGHTEOUSNESS, "EAT THINGS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS. "SO
- 59:11THOU ALSO HAS THOSE THAT HOLD THE DOCTRINE AGAIN "OF THE
- 59:14NICOLAITANS." JESUS KEEPS BRINGING UP THAT DOCTRINE. HE'S
- 59:16VERY MAD ABOUT IT. HE SAID, "WHICH THING I HATE." YOU KNOW,
- 59:20WHEN GOD SAID HE HATES SOMETHING, WE BETTER HATE IT
- 59:22TOO, RIGHT? SEXUAL PURITY NEEDS TO BE A KEY THING IN THE KINGDOM
- 59:28OF GOD. HE SAID, "REPENT, OR I'LL COME TO THEE QUICKLY "AND
- 59:33FIGHT AGAINST THEM WITH THE SWORD OF MY MOUTH." WELL, WHAT
- 59:39WAS HE DOING? HE WAS COUNTERING THEIR COMPROMISE WITH THE WORD.
- 59:43SO THEIR FAULTS WERE THAT THEY ALLOWED THE TEACHING THAT
- 59:47THERE'S CERTAIN LUSTFUL THINGS AND IMMORAL THINGS WERE
- 59:49ACCEPTABLE. SO, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, DO THIS RIGHT NOW. SAY,
- 59:53"FATHER, I THANK YOU." TOUCH YOURSELF. SAY, "FATHER, I THANK
- 59:56YOU THAT I WON'T BE A COMPROMISED CHRISTIAN. HELP ME
- 1:00:01FIND THE RIGHT TRUTH AND THE RIGHT BALANCE ACCORDING TO YOUR
- 1:00:06WORD. NOT MAN'S OPINION, NOT WHAT PEOPLE THINK THE WORD SAYS,
- 1:00:11BUT HELP ME BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR WORD IN THIS HOUR." AMEN AND
- 1:00:16AMEN. PRAISE THE LORD. ALL RIGHT. SO THEY WERE ALWAYS
- 1:00:20EXCUSING THINGS. SO HE SAID, "YOU DON'T WANT TO FALL IN THE
- 1:00:24CROSSHAIRS OF JESUS WHEN HE COMES AND DECLARES WAR ON
- 1:00:28WICKEDNESS." THIS CHURCH WAS DEVOID OF GOD'S WORD. AND SO THE
- 1:00:32WAY TO FIX IT AND NOT BE THOSE PEOPLE, I WOULDN'T GO TO A
- 1:00:35CHURCH IF THE PASTOR WASN'T OPENING THE SCRIPTURE AND
- 1:00:39SHOWING ME THE WAY OF THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD. I MEAN, I LOVE
- 1:00:42WATCHING PASTOR ON SUNDAY. HE CAN TAKE LIKE SCRIPTURES FROM
- 1:00:44GENESIS ALL THE WAY TO REVELATION, STRING IT ALL
- 1:00:47TOGETHER AND MAKE A SERMON OUT OF IT. I'M LIKE, "HOW DO YOU DO
- 1:00:49THAT?" I'M LIKE, AND HE'LL COME UP WITH IT SUNDAY. HE DIDN'T
- 1:00:53PLAN ANYTHING HE WAS SAYING. HE JUST DID ALL OF THAT OUT OF HIS
- 1:00:56SPIRIT. AND I'M LIKE, "THAT WAS GREAT." I MEAN, I'M JUST, IT
- 1:01:02NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME. BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLE BECAUSE HE KNEW
- 1:01:05THE WORD. AND SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THE WORD.
- 1:01:09LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY, "YOU BETTER KNOW THE WORD IN THIS
- 1:01:11HOUR." AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN TELL YOURSELF, "YOU
- 1:01:16BETTER KNOW THE WORD." AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S LOOK
- 1:01:21AT THE NEXT CHURCH. THIS IS THE CHURCH OF THYATIRA, AND I'M
- 1:01:25GONNA SEE HOW MUCH I GET THROUGH HERE, AND THEN WE'LL PICK UP
- 1:01:28THE, I THINK WE'LL GET TWO MORE IN, AND THEN WE'LL PICK UP THE
- 1:01:31NEXT. SO THE CHURCH OF THYATIRA, THIS WAS A CHURCH OF FALSE
- 1:01:36DOCTRINE. SOMEBODY SAY FALSE DOCTRINE. NOW WE FIND HERE THAT
- 1:01:40JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE REFINER'S FIRE. IN OTHER WORDS,
- 1:01:44HE WAS THE ONE THAT HE CAME TO ADDRESS FALSE MIXTURES, RIGHT?
- 1:01:48SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE CHURCH OF FALSE DOCTRINE BECAUSE
- 1:01:51THEY'RE OUT THERE. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD SAY YOU'VE SEEN SOME
- 1:01:55EMPHASIS EXPRESSION IN CHURCHES? OKAY, STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW ON
- 1:01:59TARGET. I FEEL LIKE THIS CHURCH, WE'RE ONE OF THOSE. NOW WE GOTTA
- 1:02:03BE CAREFUL. WE GOTTA BALANCE IT WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OR WITH
- 1:02:06TRUTH. WE GOTTA BALANCE IT WITH THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE LOVE OF
- 1:02:10CHRIST, RIGHT? SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. NOW, I WILL SAY THAT
- 1:02:14NONE OF THAT REALLY, WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THAT WAS CALLING
- 1:02:17OUT WICKED ISSUES IN CULTURE. IT WAS TALKING ABOUT ESPECIALLY IN
- 1:02:22HERE TARGETING OUR BROTHER AND SISTER. I THINK I ESTABLISHED
- 1:02:25THAT LAST WEEK. SO WE SEE THAT KIND OF CHURCH. HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:02:29WOULD SAY YOU'VE SEEN THE PERSECUTED CHURCH? I MEAN THE
- 1:02:32HEARTBREAKING STORIES THAT COME ACROSS THE INTERNET, RIGHT, OF
- 1:02:35CHRISTIANS BEING BEHEADED AND PERSECUTED, BUT WE'VE SEEN THAT.
- 1:02:39WE'VE SEEN CHURCHES GET PERSECUTED UNFAIRLY, EVEN IN OUR
- 1:02:42OWN NATION, RIGHT, WHERE THEY CAME AGAINST THE CHURCH FOR SOME
- 1:02:47TRIVIAL THING, AND THE WHOLE CHURCH WAS NOW IN A LAWSUIT JUST
- 1:02:51OVER SOMETHING STUPID. OKAY, SO WE'VE SEEN THAT. HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:02:55WOULD SAY YOU'VE SEEN THAT TYPE OF CHURCH? HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD
- 1:02:57SAY YOU'VE SEEN A PERGAMOS TYPE CHURCH OR PERGAMOS TYPE
- 1:03:02CHRISTIAN WHERE EVERYTHING WAS LOOSE? EVERYTHING WAS GRAY, GRAY
- 1:03:08AREAS ALL THE TIME. NEVER ANY TRUTH, NEVER ANY FOCUS, AND
- 1:03:14THERE WAS CANALITY THAT JUST REALLY REIGNED IN THAT CHURCH
- 1:03:18AND A LOT OF TIMES, AND TRULY THAT ALL BEGINS TYPICALLY WITH
- 1:03:21THE PASTOR. IF THE PASTOR'S CARNAL, THEN THE PEOPLE BE
- 1:03:24CARNAL. I HEARD A STORY OF A PASTOR, I'LL JUST TELL THIS REAL
- 1:03:28QUICKLY, WHO SAID THAT THIS PASTOR'S SON AND DAUGHTER WENT
- 1:03:34OUT WITH A PASTOR AND HIS WIFE OF A CHURCH AND THAT CHURCH IS
- 1:03:41UP AND COMING, IT'S BLOWING AND GOING AND SAID THAT THAT PASTOR
- 1:03:47AND HIS WIFE HAD CONSTANT STRIFE WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER. NOW HOW
- 1:03:50MANY OF YOU EVER BEEN OUT WITH ANOTHER COUPLE AND I REMEMBER WE
- 1:03:53HAD THIS HAPPEN ONE TIME, THIS OTHER COUPLE WAS JUST ARGUING
- 1:03:56ALL THE TIME. IT'S VERY AWKWARD AND YOU'RE JUST SITTING THERE
- 1:04:00LIKE, HEY, HEY, HEY, WHILE THEY'RE LIKE SPARRING AT EACH
- 1:04:03OTHER AND YOU'RE SITTING ON THEIR COUCH. YEAH, THIS IS
- 1:04:06GREAT. AND, BUT THIS GOT REAL BAD AND THEY WERE ARGUING, LIKE
- 1:04:10REALLY ARGUING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
- 1:04:12FUN NIGHT OUT AND THEY WENT OVER TO THEIR HOUSE AND THEY'RE
- 1:04:15SITTING THERE AND THEY SAID THEY GOT UP AND SHE RAN IN THE OTHER
- 1:04:18ROOM AND SLAMMED THE DOOR. THEY'RE LIKE, WOW. AND THE
- 1:04:22PASTOR WAS CURSING AT HER USING PROFANITY. NOW, NOBODY KNEW
- 1:04:28THAT, RIGHT? BUT IF THE PASTOR HAS A CARNAL BEND, RIGHT, THAT
- 1:04:33COMES IN AND OUT UPON THE PEOPLE. SO WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN UP
- 1:04:38OUR LIVES, LIVE OUR LIVES RIGHTEOUSLY, OKAY? THE BIBLE
- 1:04:42TALKS ABOUT THOSE THINGS, AND WE'VE GOT TO, AND IF, YOU KNOW,
- 1:04:46AND I'M NOT SAYING, I'M NOT, I'M DEFINITELY NOT TRYING TO SAY,
- 1:04:49WELL, YOU BETTER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. BUT WHAT
- 1:04:52WE ARE SAYING IS, LOOK AT OUR LIVES. ARE WE LIVING HOLY? ARE
- 1:04:57WE LIVING RIGHT ACCORDING TO GOD? OR ARE WE CARNAL? AND SO A
- 1:05:01LOT OF IT STARTS WITH THE WORD AND PRAYER. SO THAT'S PERGAMOS,
- 1:05:04SO WE GOT THAT. SO HOW MANY OF YOU SAY YOU'VE SEEN SOME
- 1:05:06PERGAMOS EXPRESSIONS IN THE CHURCH? AND WE'RE SEEING MORE OF
- 1:05:09THOSE NOW THAN WE EVER HAVE. OKAY, TRUTH HAS BECOME RELATIVE
- 1:05:14IN A LOT OF PULPITS. YOU KNOW, IT'S WHATEVER YOU WANT THE TRUTH
- 1:05:17TO BE. I WOULD SAY THE HE GETS US MOVEMENT A LOT OF TIMES HAS
- 1:05:21THE CARNAL BEND. IN OTHER WORDS, YEAH, YOU COULD BE LAYING IN A
- 1:05:25GUTTER SOMEWHERE AND ON DRUGS, YEAH, GOD GETS YOU, HE LOVES
- 1:05:28YOU, BUT WE'RE ALSO NOT MAKING A SPACE FOR THAT, RIGHT? ARE YOU
- 1:05:33TRACKING WITH ME? SO, ARE YOU GETTING SOMETHING OUT OF THIS?
- 1:05:37THIS IS GOING, OKAY, GOOD. SO HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD SAY YOU'VE
- 1:05:40SEEN THOSE KINDS OF CHURCHES, THE PERGAMOS EXPRESSION OF
- 1:05:43CHURCH? SO THAT A LOT OF TIMES, THAT REALLY BEGINS WITH THE
- 1:05:46LEADERSHIP IN THE MINISTRY, THAT THEY WALK RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW
- 1:05:49WHAT MY PRAYER IS, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, WE HEAR SO MUCH
- 1:05:52ABOUT CHURCH SCANDALS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN. MY
- 1:05:56PRAYER IS THAT THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO RISE TO THE TOP ARE THE
- 1:06:00PASTORS, THE LEADERS, THE CHURCHES, THE EVANGELISTS, THE
- 1:06:04PROPHETS, THE APOSTLES OF INTEGRITY, THAT THE WORLD WILL
- 1:06:08SEE THERE ARE MORE, AND I'M GONNA PROPHESY IT, THERE ARE
- 1:06:11MORE LEADERS OF INTEGRITY THAN THERE ARE THOSE THAT COMPROMISE.
- 1:06:16HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, I BELIEVE IT, I BELIEVE IT. ALL
- 1:06:21RIGHT, SO CHURCH OF THYATIRA, THIS IS THE CHURCH OF FALSE
- 1:06:25DOCTRINE, AND WE'LL SEE HERE HOW JESUS COMES TO REFINE THEM AND
- 1:06:29REMOVE FALSE MIXTURES. NOW, HERE'S WHAT FALSE MIXTURES IS. I
- 1:06:33HEARD OUR DEAR MOTHER IN THE LORD, MARILYN HICKEY, TALK ABOUT
- 1:06:38A GREAT MINISTER WHO WAS WELL-KNOWN IN THE PROPHETIC, BUT
- 1:06:43HE CROSSED OVER INTO PSYCHIC-TYPE THINGS, AND WHERE
- 1:06:48IT GOT TO BE FALSE. HE WASN'T JUST TRYING TO HEAR FROM GOD. HE
- 1:06:52BEGAN TO CROSS OVER INTO HEARING IN THE SPIRIT. ONE GOOD EXAMPLE
- 1:06:57OF FALSE MIXTURES IS SOMETHING WE'RE SEEING GOING ON RIGHT NOW
- 1:07:00WHERE PEOPLE ARE TAKING SPIRITISM AND MIXING IT WITH
- 1:07:04CHRISTIANITY. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT MOVEMENT?
- 1:07:07WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET INTO TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION AND
- 1:07:10DOING YOGA AND ALL OF THESE POSTURES AND MOVEMENTS AND THEN
- 1:07:14TRY TO MIX GOD INTO IT. OKAY, GOD HATES WITCHCRAFT. THERE'S A
- 1:07:18WHOLE MOVEMENT OUT THERE NOW TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE THAT YOU
- 1:07:22CAN BE A WHITE WITCH. WELL, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A WHITE
- 1:07:25WITCH. OKAY, THERE'S WITCHES. BUT YOU CAN BE A GOOD WITCH AND
- 1:07:31BE A CHRISTIAN. OKAY, THAT'S REAL RIGHT NOW. THAT'S REAL,
- 1:07:36THAT'S OUT THERE. OKAY, THEY HAVE WHOLE MOVEMENTS, WITCH
- 1:07:40COVENS, THAT ARE CALLED CHRISTIAN WITCHES. OKAY, NOW
- 1:07:44THAT SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT
- 1:07:48BELIEVE YOU CAN BE SAVED AND BE GAY, EVEN THOUGH THE BIBLE CALLS
- 1:07:52IT AN ABOMINATION. SO MARILYN HICKEY, OUR FRIEND, SAID THIS
- 1:07:57MINISTER OF HERS, SHE SAID WHENEVER THEY START GETTING INTO
- 1:08:00FALSE MIXTURES, I'M GONNA TAP ON SOMETHING THAT I WANNA BE VERY
- 1:08:03CAREFUL, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CALL OUT ANY GROUP, SO IF YOU
- 1:08:08KNOW OF A GROUP THAT YOU'VE SEEN THIS OR BEEN A PART OF, I'M NOT
- 1:08:12HERE TO CALL IT OUT OR NAME ANY ONE PERSON, ARE YOU TRACKING
- 1:08:15WITH ME? BUT WE SEE A LOT OF THESE MANIFESTATIONS OF WHAT WE
- 1:08:19CALL SUPERNATURAL SIGNS THAT JESUS DIDN'T TEACH. I LOVE WHAT
- 1:08:25RICHARD ROBERTS SAID ONE TIME. HE SAID, "IF IT'S NOT IN THE
- 1:08:27WORD," RIGHT? OKAY, GOD PUTS CERTAIN THINGS IN THERE. SO I'LL
- 1:08:35JUST SAY THIS, HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES. OKAY, I'M JUST GONNA
- 1:08:38GO FOR IT. JEWELS APPEARING IN THE CHURCH. OKAY, SUPERNATURAL
- 1:08:44MONEY COMING INTO PEOPLE'S WALLETS. YOU KNOW, GOD WILL
- 1:08:47BLESS YOU, BUT HE SAID HE DOES IT THROUGH THE HANDS OF MEN.
- 1:08:50OKAY, THAT'S IN THE BIBLE. OKAY, I DON'T SEE, EXCEPT FOR THE COIN
- 1:08:54IN THE FISH'S MOUTH, I DON'T SEE ANY EXAMPLE IN SCRIPTURE WHERE
- 1:08:58MONEY JUST APPEARED, OKAY, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. NOW, THE COIN
- 1:09:03IN THE FISH'S MOUTH, THERE'S A COUPLE MIRACLES THAT JESUS
- 1:09:07PERFORMED THAT WERE UNIQUE TO HIS DEITY. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
- 1:09:11MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. OKAY, THE COIN
- 1:09:15IN THE FISH'S MOUTH, WE DON'T GO OUT AND MAKE CARDS AND SAY, I
- 1:09:19HAVE A COIN APPEARING MINISTRY. I WAS IN ONE CHURCH ONE TIME
- 1:09:24WHERE THEY WERE DOING SUPERNATURAL WEIGHT LOSS. I
- 1:09:26THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE I WANT THAT ONE, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK WE'D
- 1:09:30ALL LIKE THAT, AND CHUCK OUR TREADMILLS IN THE DUMPSTER OR
- 1:09:33WHATEVER, BUT IT WAS THE SUPERNATURAL WEIGHT LOSS, AND
- 1:09:36THEY'D GET PEOPLE TO LITERALLY COME ON THE STAGE AND GO, HERE'S
- 1:09:39THIS GUY COMES UP HERE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HIS PANTS ARE TOO
- 1:09:42BIG, AND ALL OF THIS KIND OF THING. AND SO ANOTHER ONE THAT'S
- 1:09:49OIL ALWAYS APPEARING ON PEOPLE, AND SOME OF THESE THINGS. AND BY
- 1:09:53THE WAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THE GOLD DUST
- 1:09:57MOVEMENTS, WERE DEVELOPED IN NEW AGE IN LATIN AMERICA. SO A LOT
- 1:10:04OF THESE NEW AGE MOVEMENTS DO THAT. SO BE VERY CAREFUL. AND
- 1:10:07I'M NOT TRYING TO DASH ALL THESE THINGS, BUT I'M VERY WARY WHEN
- 1:10:12SOME OF THESE FALSE MIXTURES GET IN THE CHURCH. JESUS TAUGHT VERY
- 1:10:16PRECISELY THAT THE MIRACLES THAT THE EARLY APOSTLES WERE TO
- 1:10:21PERFORM WERE TO HEAL THE SICK, CAST OUT DEVILS, AND RAISE THE
- 1:10:25DEAD. HE NEVER SAID THAT YOU'RE TO GO OUT AND HAVE MINISTRIES OF
- 1:10:29GOLD DUST, OKAY? MINISTRY OF JEWELS APPEARING. HE NEVER
- 1:10:35TAUGHT THEM. THAT'S NOT WHAT HE COMMISSIONED THEM TO DO. WE
- 1:10:38DON'T EVEN SEE IT IN THE WORD, RIGHT? NOW, CAN AN ANGEL APPEAR?
- 1:10:42OF COURSE. OKAY, I KNEW ONE GUY, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE TRUTH. WE
- 1:10:46WERE AT A PARTICULAR PLACE ONE TIME DOING A MEETING, AND WE MET
- 1:10:51THIS MINISTER THERE, AND HE COMES UP TO US, TO PASTOR AND
- 1:10:54MYSELF, AND WE WERE AT A DINNER TABLE WITH A BUNCH
- 1:10:56OF MINISTERS, AND HE SAID, "I HAVE THE MINISTRY OF
- 1:11:01TRANSPORTATION." I'M LIKE, "WHAT, YOU A BUS DRIVER?"
- 1:11:04(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)
- 1:11:06WHAT IS THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, WHAT IS THAT? AND HE
- 1:11:09SAID, "I TRANSPORT." I'M LIKE, "YOU TRANSPORT WHAT?" HE GOES,
- 1:11:15"I TRANSPORT." LIKE, YOU KNOW, TELEPORT FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
- 1:11:21AND HE HAD IT ON HIS CARD, ON HIS BUSINESS CARD. AND I'M
- 1:11:25THINKING, "YOU MEAN LIKE PHILIP IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING?" LIKE,
- 1:11:28YOU KNOW, AND HE SAID, "YEAH, LIKE PHILIP." LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW
- 1:11:31THE BIBLE. YOU KNOW, PHILIP WAS IN ONE PLACE. HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:11:35KNOW THE STORY AND MOVED TO OKAY, BUT THAT WAS ONE INSTANT,
- 1:11:39FOLKS. OKAY? THERE IS NOT ONE PLACE WHERE YOU SEE PHILIP
- 1:11:43TRANSPORTING AFTER THAT. SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. SO MARILYN
- 1:11:47HICKEY SAID THIS TO US. SHE SAID, "BE CAREFUL OF THE FALSE
- 1:11:50MIXTURES." PEOPLE THAT START OUT RIGHT, OKAY, AND YET THEY GET SO
- 1:11:56FAR OFF, THEY GO INTO THE FALSE. NOW LET ME READ A COUPLE THINGS.
- 1:12:00I THINK THIS WILL BRING CLARITY TO WHAT I'M SAYING. SORRY IF I'M
- 1:12:03DASHING YOUR GOLD DUST EXCITEMENT, BUT I'M NOT TRYING
- 1:12:07TO DO THAT. I JUST, I WANNA BE STRAIGHT WITH WHAT GOD, I WANT
- 1:12:11THE REAL SUPERNATURAL. I DON'T WANT THE COMPROMISED, OR I DON'T
- 1:12:16WANNA GIVE ANY PLACE TO THE DEMONIC. OKAY, SO UNDER THE
- 1:12:21ANGEL OF THE CHURCH AT THYATIRA, WRITE, "THESE THINGS SAY OF THE
- 1:12:24SON OF GOD "WHO HAS HIS EYES UNTO A FLAME OF FIRE AND HIS
- 1:12:28FEET ARE LIKE FINE BRASS." OKAY, SO HE COMES AS THE REFINER,
- 1:12:33RIGHT? COMES TO PURIFY THE VESSELS, OKAY? GET THE DROSS
- 1:12:38OUT, GET THE IMPURITIES, GET THE FALSE OUT. FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S
- 1:12:42LIKE YOU PAN FOR GOLD. I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN PEOPLE DO
- 1:12:45THAT? THEY GET THE ROCKS AND THE JUNK OUT. THAT'S WHAT HE'S
- 1:12:48TALKING ABOUT. "I KNOW YOUR WORKS." YOU'RE A CHURCH OF LOVE,
- 1:12:52YOU SERVE. COME ON, AGAIN, THEY WERE HARDWORKING. OKAY, THEY
- 1:12:56WERE COMMITTED, THEY WERE IN CHURCH EVERY DAY. THEY WORKED
- 1:13:00THE CHURCH. I KNOW YOUR ENDURANCE, YOUR WORKS. AND EVEN,
- 1:13:06HE SAYS THIS PART, THE LAST TO BE EVEN MORE THAN THE FIRST. IN
- 1:13:11OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE WORKING HARDER NOW THAN YOU WORKED FIVE
- 1:13:15YEARS AGO. YOU'RE VERY COMMITTED. HE SAID, "BUT
- 1:13:20NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE A FEW THINGS." I'M LIKE, FEW THINGS,
- 1:13:24YOU KNOW, I MEAN, GOD GOT A LIST. "I HAVE A FEW THINGS
- 1:13:29AGAINST YOU "BECAUSE YOU ALLOW THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL." NOW WE KNOW
- 1:13:34JEZEBEL, THE PERSON, BEEN DEAD FOR CENTURIES, RIGHT, BY THIS
- 1:13:38POINT. HE SAID, SO HE'S TALKING ABOUT A DEMONIC BEHIND IT THAT
- 1:13:43CALLS HERSELF A PROPHETESS. IN OTHER WORDS, SHE HAS THE LABEL
- 1:13:48OF HOLY GHOST. SHE HAS THE LABEL OF AUTHORITY, A PROPHETESS. YOU
- 1:13:57KNOW, A PERSON THAT'S A PROPHET OR A PROPHETESS IS USUALLY IN A
- 1:14:00PLACE OF LEADERSHIP, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE DON'T TEACH AT
- 1:14:04LORD OF HOSTS THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST RUN AROUND AND LABEL
- 1:14:06THEMSELVES PROPHETS AND GO UP TO THEIR FELLOW BELIEVERS AND SAY,
- 1:14:09"I'M A PROPHET." NO, PROPHETS, JESUS GAVE, I DON'T WANT TO GET
- 1:14:13OFF ON THAT, BUT JESUS GAVE GIFTS UNTO MEN, EPHESIANS 4. HE
- 1:14:17SAID HE GAVE APOSTLES, SOME APOSTLES, PROPHETS, EVANGELISTS,
- 1:14:20PASTORS, AND TEACHERS FOR THE PERFECTING OF THE SAINTS TO THE
- 1:14:23WORK OF THE MINISTRY TO EDIFY THE BODY OF CHRIST. THOSE GIFT,
- 1:14:26GRACE GIFTINGS WERE PUT THERE FOR LEADERSHIP AUTHORITY TO
- 1:14:32TEACH THE CHURCH, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN LABEL
- 1:14:36THEMSELVES SOMETHING. I ALWAYS THINK OF HOW PEOPLE LIKE TO GO
- 1:14:39AROUND THE CHURCH, SAY I'M A PROPHET, BUT THEY, YOU KNOW,
- 1:14:41DON'T WALK AROUND AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M A PASTOR, 'CAUSE THAT
- 1:14:45NEVER FLIES IN THE CHURCH. WELL, YOU'RE A PASTOR OF WHAT? SO, YOU
- 1:14:50KNOW, PEOPLE WILL QUESTION THAT. BUT HERE'S THE POINT. HE SAID,
- 1:14:52SO SHE CALLS HERSELF A PROPHETESS. SHE CLAIMS TO BE ONE
- 1:14:56THAT'S IN A PLACE OF AUTHORITY, RIGHT? TO TEACH AND TO SEDUCE MY
- 1:15:02SERVANTS TO COMMIT FORNICATION. IN OTHER WORDS, AND AGAIN, THE
- 1:15:09SEXUAL IMMORALITY ISSUE ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME UP WHERE THERE'S
- 1:15:12THESE COMPROMISES. BUT TO EAT THINGS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS. IN
- 1:15:16OTHER WORDS, SHE WAS TEACHING THEM FALSE DOCTRINE, FALSE
- 1:15:20MIXTURES. IT HAS ALL THE MARKS, WATCH THIS, I PUT IN MY NOTES.
- 1:15:24ALL THE MARKS OF BEING TRUE BELIEVERS, THEY WERE
- 1:15:26HARDWORKING, THEY WORKED HARDER NOW THAN THEY EVER HAD, OKAY?
- 1:15:32AND THEY WERE NOTED FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL GROWTH, BUT THEY
- 1:15:35ALLOWED THAT WOMAN JEZEBEL. NOW THIS IS NOT A LITERAL JEZEBEL,
- 1:15:39BUT IT IS THE SPIRIT OF FALSE TEACHING, FALSE MIXING. YOU
- 1:15:44CAN'T MIX CHRISTIANITY WITH WITCHCRAFT, OKAY? OR NEW AGE,
- 1:15:52OKAY? AND I'M ALWAYS VERY CAREFUL. IT SAYS THEY GAVE
- 1:15:55ALLOWANCE FOR THE TYPES OF TEACHING THAT ENCOURAGED IMMORAL
- 1:15:59BEHAVIOR WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE. NOW HERE'S SOME OTHER EXAMPLES.
- 1:16:03AND I DIDN'T BRING MY BIBLE CASE OUT HERE. IT'S BACK IN MY
- 1:16:06OFFICE. BUT I ALWAYS KEEP IN THE CASE OF MY BIBLE A LITTLE SHEET
- 1:16:10OF PAPER THAT SAYS THE UNCHANGEABLE TENETS OF THE
- 1:16:13FAITH. A LOT OF CHURCHES, NOT ALL, BUT A LOT OF CHURCHES HAVE
- 1:16:17GONE AWAY FROM PUTTING THOSE ON THEIR WEBSITES. THEY'RE
- 1:16:21AMBIGUOUS ABOUT HELL, RIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE
- 1:16:25THESE TRENDY TENETS OUT THERE NOW. WE BELIEVE IN GOD, NUMBER
- 1:16:29TWO. WELL, WHAT DO YOU, OKAY, THE DEVIL BELIEVES IN GOD.
- 1:16:36EXPOUND, PLEASE. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE ABOUT GOD.
- 1:16:41OKAY. THEY, A LOT OF THEM SKIPPED OVER THE HELL PART. I
- 1:16:43DID YEARS AGO, I DID A STUDY, THIS WAS WHEN THE INTERNET WAS
- 1:16:47STILL PRETTY NEW, PROBABLY BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S AND CHURCHES
- 1:16:52WERE PUTTING OUT THEIR TENETS OF FAITH. AND I DID A LITTLE
- 1:16:54RESEARCH OF CHURCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, AND I NOTICED
- 1:16:58A LOT OF THEM LEFT OUT THE DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL DAMNATION.
- 1:17:02THEY DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT. IT SOUNDS MESSY. SOME CHURCHES HAVE
- 1:17:05GOTTEN TO WHERE THEY DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS
- 1:17:07'CAUSE THAT'S GRUESOME. OKAY, WELL, THE CRUCIFIXION, FOLKS,
- 1:17:13WAS GRUESOME. OKAY, JESUS WAS MARRED MORE THAN ANY MAN. IT'S
- 1:17:18THE REALITY OF IT. SO I DID A LITTLE LOOK-SEE AND I THOUGHT,
- 1:17:23WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHURCHES OUT THERE THAT HAVE,
- 1:17:26THEY DON'T WANNA BE CLEAR ON WHERE THEY STAND. SO I KEEP THE
- 1:17:29UNCHANGEABLE TENETS OF FAITH IN MY BIBLE. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE,
- 1:17:34THAT WE BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
- 1:17:38RIGHT? THE GOD IN THREE PERSONS, YOU OUGHT TO KNOW SCRIPTURES
- 1:17:41ABOUT WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THREE IN ONE, THE TRINITY, 1 JOHN 5:7,
- 1:17:44THERE'S THREE IN ONE, THE SPIRIT, THE WATER, THE BLOOD.
- 1:17:47AND WE SHOULD KNOW THOSE THINGS. WE SHOULD KNOW THE DOCTRINE OF
- 1:17:51HELL. WE SHOULD KNOW THE DOCTRINE OF THE INSPIRED WORD OF
- 1:17:55GOD. WE SHOULD KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT NEGOTIABLE, COME ON
- 1:18:00SOMEBODY, FROM THE WORD. OKAY, WE CAN DISAGREE ON SMALL THINGS.
- 1:18:06WE CAN DISAGREE ON IF YOU SHOULD GO TO CHURCH ON SATURDAY AND
- 1:18:10SUNDAY. WE CAN DISAGREE IF YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY IN THE
- 1:18:13NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST ON A BAPTISM.
- 1:18:17JUST DUNK 'EM IN THERE, LET 'EM CONFESS THEIR
- 1:18:19SINS. WE GET HUNG UP OVER THESE LITTLE THINGS AND WE MISS THE
- 1:18:23BIG BOAT. SO THIS, OH MY GOODNESS, IT'S AMAZING. THAT'S
- 1:18:31WHY JESUS HAD TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU STRAIN IT AND OUT AND YOU'LL
- 1:18:34SWALLOW A WHOLE CAMEL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT A CAMEL LOOKS LIKE
- 1:18:37INSIDE SOMEBODY, BUT I DON'T WANT THOSE HUMPS ON MY BACK.
- 1:18:44RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT PERSON. I'M LIKE, LORD, HELP ME
- 1:18:46TO, MAJOR ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT. SO THESE WERE FALSE DOCTRINES.
- 1:18:50SO SOME OF THE FALSE DOCTRINES THAT WE, AND THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO
- 1:18:53CIRCLE. SO THE SPIRITISM, THE WITCHCRAFT MIXED WITH CHURCHES,
- 1:18:57BEING A CHRISTIAN WITCH WAS NEW TO ME. I MEAN, THAT'S A SHOCKER.
- 1:19:02BUT THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE SHOCKED. HOW MANY CHRISTIANS
- 1:19:04DRESS UP FOR HALLOWEEN AND GO AROUND? AND BY THE WAY, I WAS
- 1:19:07TELLING SOMEBODY NOT TOO LONG AGO, IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR
- 1:19:10OFFICERS HERE ABOUT, AND WE WERE HAVING A VERY AGREEABLE,
- 1:19:12WONDERFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THESE COPS ARE ON THE
- 1:19:16STREET, OKAY, AND THEY KNOW THE THINGS THAT GO ON OUT THERE, AND
- 1:19:21HALLOWEEN IS NO JOKE. BUT A LOT OF THE TRADITIONS THAT WE CALL,
- 1:19:26YOU KNOW, DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WHY THEY CALL IT, I CAN
- 1:19:28SAY THIS NOW, 'CAUSE HALLOWEEN'S DONE. I'M NOT TRYING TO STOP
- 1:19:31NOBODY, BUT I AM TRYING TO HELP YOU THINK TRUTH, OKAY, FALSE
- 1:19:34DOCTRINES. THE REASON LORD OF HOSTS IS NEVER GONNA DO A
- 1:19:37HARVEST PARTY AS AN ALTERNATIVE IS I DON'T WANT A FALSE MIXTURE.
- 1:19:42TRICK, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT TRICK OR TREAT? ANYBODY
- 1:19:47EVER PAUSE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS? OKAY, IN OTHER
- 1:19:51WORDS, THEY COULD PLAY A DEMONIC TRICK, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD
- 1:19:55DO, OKAY? IT WAS A SCARE TRICK OR GIVE A TREAT. YOU DIDN'T KNOW
- 1:20:02WHICH ONE WAS COMING. THE WHOLE TRADITION OF BOBBING FOR APPLES
- 1:20:04WAS BUILT UNDER DEMONIC, OKAY? ABUSE. SO THERE IS A WHOLE SIDE
- 1:20:12TO THAT. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE
- 1:20:16DON'T MIX THINGS IN THE CHURCH. SO THE SPIRITISM, CHRISTIAN
- 1:20:19WITCHCRAFT, RIGHT? ALWAYS SOME HOT NEW TEACHING. THIS IS A BIG
- 1:20:25THING. I'M ALWAYS WARY OF THAT. ANYTHING THAT JUST SUDDENLY HAS
- 1:20:28JUST RISEN TO THE TOP OVERNIGHT, THINK ABOUT IT. IN FACT, I WROTE
- 1:20:33ABOUT A FEW OF THESE IN MY BOOK. THERE'S A BOOK THAT I HAVE OUT,
- 1:20:36IT'S CALLED DECODING HELL'S PROPAGANDA. ANYBODY EVER READ
- 1:20:38IT? IT DOESN'T SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY VERY MUCH, BUT I WROTE IT A
- 1:20:42LOT OF YEARS AGO. SO, I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE I HAVE TO GO
- 1:20:45BACK AND SEE IF I NEED TO REDO IT. BUT HERE'S THE THING, THERE
- 1:20:49WAS A LOT OF STUFF LEFT OUT OF THAT THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN
- 1:20:51CURRENT CULTURE, BUT HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT. I
- 1:20:53KNOW THE DOCTRINE OF UNIVERSALISM, THAT'S BEEN AROUND
- 1:20:56FOR A LONG TIME, AND IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO CIRCLE BACK. IT'S
- 1:20:59COMING BACK AROUND AGAIN, NO LITERAL HELL. EVERYTHING'S GONNA
- 1:21:02BE RECONCILED BACK TO GOD 'CAUSE HE'S MERCIFUL AND HE CAN'T SEND
- 1:21:06ANYBODY TO HELL. WELL, THAT IS NOT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. OKAY,
- 1:21:11WE'RE GONNA READ IT IN THESE CHURCHES IN THEMSELVES. GOD SAID
- 1:21:14IT. SO DOCTRINE OF UNIVERSALISM IS ONE OF THOSE. ANOTHER ONE IS
- 1:21:19THE DOCTRINE OF PRETERISM, MEANING THAT ALL OF THE EVENTS
- 1:21:22OF THE END TIMES HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED. DOMINIONISM IS ANOTHER
- 1:21:25ONE THAT'S BIG IN PENTECOSTAL CHARISMATIC CIRCLES THAT WE'RE
- 1:21:30GONNA TAKE OUR DOMINION AND HAND THIS WORLD BACK TO GOD. AND
- 1:21:34YEAH, THAT. AND NO, THAT'S NOT THE WAY THAT'S GONNA WORK. JESUS
- 1:21:40IS GONNA COME BACK AND PUT HIS FOOT ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, AND
- 1:21:43HE IS GONNA COME TO JUDGE THE WICKEDNESS OF THIS WORLD AND
- 1:21:47JUDGE THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. SO IT'S NOT, YES, WE'RE GOING TO
- 1:21:51PRESENT OURSELF A GLORIOUS CHURCH, BUT WE'RE NOT RETURNING
- 1:21:55THE KINGDOMS BACK TO OUR GOD. HE IS GOING TO JUDGE THE NATIONS
- 1:21:59ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE. AMEN. SO, SO ANOTHER HOT
- 1:22:06TEACHINGS, PRETERISM, POPULAR MOVEMENTS, HYPER GRACE IS
- 1:22:12ANOTHER ONE, CALVINISM, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT ONE, WHERE YOU
- 1:22:15CAN NEVER LOSE YOUR SALVATION. WELL, THE SEVEN CHURCHES WILL
- 1:22:18PROVE THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. JUST THAT ALONE, RIGHT? SO, AND LET
- 1:22:23ME SAY THIS, CAN I SAY SOMETHING CAREFULLY? I WANT TO SAY THIS
- 1:22:27CAREFULLY. DON'T, DON'T RUN AWAY WITH THIS. THE PATRIOTIC
- 1:22:33MOVEMENT. NOW, HERE'S THE THING. I BELIEVE IN MAGA, MAKE AMERICA
- 1:22:38GREAT AGAIN, BUT THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT IT. THAT AMERICA
- 1:22:42SHOULD BE AS GREAT AS IT WAS THE WAY GOD BIRTHED IT, OKAY? GOD
- 1:22:47BIRTHED THIS NATION TO BE A NATION THAT STANDS ON THE
- 1:22:51PRINCIPLES OF GOD. IT WAS BIRTHED IN CHRISTIAN TRUTH.
- 1:22:55AMERICA WAS BIRTHED FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO BE A NATION THAT
- 1:22:59WOULD BE THE PREACHING BEACON OF THE GOSPEL, AND IT STILL IS. AND
- 1:23:05MY GOAL ON MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN IS THAT THE PRINCIPLE
- 1:23:09FOUNDATIONS OF CAPITALISM, BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONAL MORAL
- 1:23:15TRUTH THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE THING THAT'S KEPT OUR COUNTRY,
- 1:23:19ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME, FROM THE JUDGMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN
- 1:23:22UNDER OTHER REGIMES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU KNOW, IT'S SAID
- 1:23:26THAT SOME PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER, HAITI, AND DEDICATED IT TO THE
- 1:23:30DEVIL. WELL, LET'S LOOK HOW FAR THAT GOT THAT COUNTRY. OKAY, SO
- 1:23:36I WANNA KEEP THIS NATION A CHRISTIAN-BASED COUNTRY SO THAT
- 1:23:43THE DOOR, PAUL SAID, "PRAY FOR US," 1 THESSALONIANS, "THAT THE
- 1:23:47DOOR OF THE GOSPEL WILL REMAIN OPEN." LISTEN, THERE'S BEEN NO
- 1:23:52OTHER COUNTRY THAT HAS SENT MORE MISSIONARIES, MORE TV PROGRAMS,
- 1:23:56MORE BOOKS, MORE SHOWS, MORE GOOD, MORE BENEVOLENCE AROUND
- 1:24:01THE WORLD THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. WE HAVE BEEN THE
- 1:24:04BEACON OF HOPE OF THE GOSPEL FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD FOR 200 YEARS.
- 1:24:11AND SO MY GOAL IS TO KEEP THAT OPEN. PAUL SAID, "PRAY FOR US
- 1:24:15THAT THE DOOR OF UTTERANCE "WOULD REMAIN OPEN FOR US." BUT
- 1:24:19AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS STILL A COUNTRY THAT'S EARTHLY.
- 1:24:24I'M NOT TRACKING THE US EQUAL WITH THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THAT
- 1:24:28WOULD BE A FALSE MIXTURE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?
- 1:24:32WE'RE NOT EQUALIZING SOMEHOW MAGA AND PATRIOTISM WITH THE
- 1:24:36KINGDOM. NO, THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS FIRST. IT IS THE KINGDOM,
- 1:24:42IT'S THE KINGDOM WHERE OUR ALLEGIANCE IS TO. NOW I LOVE
- 1:24:46THIS COUNTRY AND I'M A PATRIOT. PASTOR HANK IS A PATRIOT. WE
- 1:24:52LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE IN A,
- 1:24:57THAT'S ANOTHER THING. PEOPLE ACT LIKE YOU LIKE GREW TWO HEADS IF
- 1:25:01YOU SAY YOU AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT. I MEAN, I'M SERIOUS.
- 1:25:05I'M LIKE, FOR PETE'S SAKE. I MEAN, CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO JUST,
- 1:25:09IT'S NOT HARD TO FIGURE OUT. IF SOMEBODY SAYS, I THINK WE NEED
- 1:25:12MORE CHRISTIANS, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY TO PRAY.
- 1:25:17SINCE WHAT PRESIDENT EVER SAID THAT? NO ONE EVER. SO I'M BEHIND
- 1:25:23THAT, BUT I'M NOT EQUALIZING THE DOCTRINE OF AMERICA WITH THE
- 1:25:28KINGDOM. AM I MAKING SENSE TO YOU TONIGHT? OKAY, SO I'M NOT
- 1:25:33DOWNING IT, I'M ALL FOR IT. YOU'LL SEE ME WEAR A MAGA HAT,
- 1:25:36I'M GOOD WITH THAT. I'M ALL FOR IT, BUT THE KINGDOM IS FIRST. WE
- 1:25:40HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. SO THERE'S ALWAYS NEW HOT DOCTRINES THAT
- 1:25:44COME OUT. AND WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT'S ONE OF THEM, IT'S NOT
- 1:25:46REALLY A DOCTRINE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DOCTRINES THAT CIRCLE.
- 1:25:49AND JESUS SAID, I'M GONNA COME, I GOTTA REFINE THAT, I'M GONNA
- 1:25:52BE THE REFINER'S FIRE OF THAT. SO HE GOES ON TO SAY, WATCH
- 1:25:58THIS, HE GOES, "I GAVE JEZEBEL," VERSE 21, "A SPACE TO REPENT AND
- 1:26:04SHE DIDN'T. "BEHOLD, I WILL CAST HER INTO A BED "AND THEM THAT
- 1:26:11COMMIT ADULTERY WITH HER." SO BE CAREFUL, FOLKS, WHAT YOU GET
- 1:26:15INVOLVED WITH. I KNOW CHRISTIANS WHO, THEY SEARCH FOR DEEPER
- 1:26:22REVELATION, AND THAT'S GOOD, WE NEED TO DO THAT. YOU NEED TO DIG
- 1:26:26IN YOUR WORD, OKAY? BUT I'VE KNOWN PASTORS THAT WERE SO
- 1:26:30TRYING TO DIG INTO THE NEXT GREATEST THINGS SO THEY COULD BE
- 1:26:33POPULAR, AND THEY DUG AND DUG AND DUG AND DUG THEM RIGHT
- 1:26:37THEMSELVES INTO FALSE, OKAY? AND STARTED PREACHING FALSE THINGS.
- 1:26:41I KNOW ONE, HE'S NOT EVEN ALIVE ANYMORE, THAT STARTED PREACHING,
- 1:26:44HE WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR LEADERS THAT STARTED PREACHING IN NO
- 1:26:48LITERAL HELL, AND JUST WENT, "PASTOR, AND I'VE KNOWN A FEW OF
- 1:26:52THEM." WE HAD TO BREAK FELLOWSHIP WITH SOME, BECAUSE I
- 1:26:55THOUGHT, "NO, I CAN'T GO WITH THAT. I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT.
- 1:26:57"I'M NOT MAD AT YOU, BUT I'M NOT GONNA BE IN LEAGUE WITH
- 1:27:00THAT." SO WE'VE GOT TO BE DISCERNING IN THIS HOUR. SHARPEN
- 1:27:03YOUR DISCERNMENT, BY THE WAY. HEBREWS 5 SAID THAT WE HAVE OUR
- 1:27:06SENSES EXERCISED TO DISCERN BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL. YOU KNOW,
- 1:27:10WHEN YOU'RE TALKING WITH SOMEBODY, AND THEY'RE GOING DOWN
- 1:27:12A TRACK, AND YOU'RE LIKE, "I'M NOT SAYING GET IN AN ARGUMENT
- 1:27:16WITH THEM, BUT GO BACK AND PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. TAKE TIME, BE A
- 1:27:21STUDENT." SO HE SAYS, "THOSE THAT COMMIT ADULTERY WITH HER OR
- 1:27:26GET MIXED UP IN IT, I'LL CAST THEM INTO GREAT TRIBULATION." BY
- 1:27:29THE WAY, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE IN A
- 1:27:31PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE. THERE'S SCRIPTURES, AND I WISH I HAD
- 1:27:35TIME TO GO THROUGH 1 AND 2 THESSALONIANS AND READ SOME OF
- 1:27:39THOSE. BUT HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE WHEN I READ THE SCRIPTURE
- 1:27:42THAT SAYS THAT, IN FACT, WE'RE GONNA, THERE'S SO MUCH TO SAY.
- 1:27:47ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA READ, I KNOW, I'M TALKING IN CIRCLES NOW
- 1:27:51BECAUSE THERE'S SOUND... MY MIND, IT WAS GOING. BUT HERE'S
- 1:27:54THE POINT. WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT HERE THAT JESUS SAID TO THE
- 1:27:59CHURCH AT SARDIS, WE'LL READ THIS NEXT TIME, THAT HE SAID,
- 1:28:04"BECAUSE OF YOUR DEEDS, "THAT DAY OF THE LORD'S GONNA OVERTAKE
- 1:28:07YOU LIKE A THIEF." 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 5 SAYS
- 1:28:11THIS, IT SAYS THAT YOU ARE NOT IN THE DARK AS SOME ARE, THAT
- 1:28:14THAT DAY SHOULD OVERTAKE YOU BY SURPRISE. IN OTHER WORDS, NO
- 1:28:19CHRISTIAN SHOULD BE SURPRISED. WE LIVE IN A PLACE OF READINESS.
- 1:28:24WE LIVE IN A PLACE OF PREPAREDNESS, WHERE WE KNOW,
- 1:28:27COME ON, ISSACHAR, WE KNOW THE TIMES, WE KNOW THE SEASONS, WE
- 1:28:31KNOW WHAT'S BEFORE US. SO NOTHING TAKES US BY SHOCK. OKAY,
- 1:28:37HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE FIVE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS?
- 1:28:42THE WISE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE IN PREPARATION. THEY WERE READY
- 1:28:46AT ANY TIME FOR THE BRIDEGROOM TO COME. OKAY, THEY WERE RUNNING
- 1:28:50AROUND IN CARNALITY AND LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE AND DOING ALL THESE
- 1:28:54THINGS WHERE THERE WAS NO OIL IN THEIR LAP. OKAY, THEY WEREN'T
- 1:28:57MISSING CHURCH, YOU KNOW, 42 TIMES OUT OF THE YEAR AND
- 1:29:01BECOMING CHRISTERS, RIGHT? TRANSLATED CHRISTMAS AND EASTER
- 1:29:07ATTENDANCE. THEY WERE READY, RIGHT? SO HE SAID, DON'T BE LIKE
- 1:29:14THE ONES THAT HAVE NO OIL. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT YOU'RE NOT
- 1:29:16READY AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SO THIS, HE SAID, NO, HE SAID, I'LL
- 1:29:22CAST YOU INTO GREAT TRIBULATION. MAYBE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE
- 1:29:24TRIBULATION AND THE RAPTURE A LITTLE BIT AT SOME POINT. EXCEPT
- 1:29:28THEY REPENT OF THEIR DEEDS. AND WATCH THIS, IT SOUNDS LIKE JESUS
- 1:29:30IS HARSH. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL. THERE IS THE
- 1:29:35CORRECTIVE WARRIOR SIDE OF JESUS, AND THEN THERE IS THE
- 1:29:37LOVING, COMPASSIONATE SIDE. AND WE SEE THIS ALL THROUGH THE
- 1:29:41BIBLE. THAT'S WHY IT'S A TWO-EDGED SWORD. OKAY, ONE SIDE
- 1:29:46IS MERCY, AND THE OTHER SIDE IS JUDGMENT. OKAY, THERE'S BOTH,
- 1:29:52RIGHT? AND THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN IS
- 1:29:56TO LEARN THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. YOU'LL FIND THAT OUT. THINK
- 1:30:00ON IT TONIGHT WHEN YOU GO TO BED. NEXT TIME YOU DEAL WITH
- 1:30:04SOMETHING, GOD, SHOULD I SCREAM AT 'EM AND GIVE 'EM THEIR LETTER
- 1:30:07OF RESIGNATION? OR SHOULD I PUT MY ARM AROUND 'EM AND PRAY? WHAT
- 1:30:12SHOULD I DO, GOD? COME ON, ANYBODY EVER BEEN THERE? RIGHT,
- 1:30:15WE'VE ALL BEEN A PART OF THAT. OKAY, JESUS SAID, "I'LL KILL HER
- 1:30:19CHILDREN WITH DEATH, "AND ALL THE CHURCHES SHALL KNOW THAT I
- 1:30:23AM HE "THAT SEARCHES THE REINS AND THE HEARTS." MAN, JESUS IS
- 1:30:27NOT PLAYING. "AND I WILL GIVE EVERY ONE OF YOU," NOTICE HE
- 1:30:31SAID YOU, SO TOUCH YOURSELF, "IT MEANS ALL OF US, RIGHT? "I'M
- 1:30:35GONNA GIVE YOU ACCORDING TO YOUR DEEDS, "WHAT YOU CHOOSE." COME
- 1:30:38ON, FOLKS, WE HAVE ONE LIFE. I SAID THIS ON SUNDAY. WE HAVE ONE
- 1:30:42LIFE TO DO IT RIGHT. RIGHT, THAT'S WHY JESUS SAYS AGAIN AND
- 1:30:46AGAIN AND AGAIN, REPENT, THAT'S ANOTHER DOCTRINE THAT WENT
- 1:30:48AROUND. WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPENT. REMEMBER THAT ONE.
- 1:30:51SOMEBODY SAID THE SCRIPTURE, 1 JOHN 1:9, IF YOU CONFESS YOUR
- 1:30:55FAULTS, HE'S FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US AND CLEANSE US
- 1:30:58FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. AND THEY PREACHED IT, WELL, THAT'S
- 1:31:00NOT RELEVANT NOW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO REPENT, YOU DID IT ONCE.
- 1:31:05WELL, TELL THAT TO JESUS WHEN HE WROTE THE LETTERS. OKAY, THESE
- 1:31:09WERE ALREADY CHURCHES, THEY HAD TO DO IT AGAIN. SO IF THEY HAVE
- 1:31:13TO DO IT AGAIN, I GUESS WE DO TOO. SO HE SAID, REPENT, RIGHT,
- 1:31:18OF YOUR DEEDS. BUT WE HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE, RIGHT? AND YOU
- 1:31:23KNOW, I LOVE WHAT ERIKA KIRK SAID ABOUT CHARLIE. SHE SAID HE
- 1:31:27MAY HAVE HAD UNFINISHED WORK, BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE UNFINISHED
- 1:31:30BUSINESS. LIVE RIGHT FOR GOD EVERY DAY, CAN I SAY THAT? LIVE
- 1:31:35RIGHT FOR GOD, STAY ON TARGET WITH GOD. IT'S THE MOST
- 1:31:39IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO. DON'T BE PLAYING, THIS IS NOT THE HOUR
- 1:31:43FOR IT. DEFINITELY NOT THE HOUR. AND THEN YOU REALLY CAN HAVE
- 1:31:47THAT DAY COME ON. PEOPLE CUT THEIR LIFE SHORT ALL THE TIME,
- 1:31:50DO DUMB THINGS. I THOUGHT THE OTHER DAY, I THOUGHT, THERE WAS
- 1:31:53SOME ACCIDENT THAT I READ ABOUT AND SOMEBODY WAS LIVING CRAZY.
- 1:31:58WELL, HOW DO YOU KNOW, PASTOR BRENDA, IF THEY WENT TO HELL OR
- 1:32:00NOT? I'M LIKE, WELL, BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING, I HOPE
- 1:32:02THEY MADE IT TO HEAVEN, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF
- 1:32:06PEOPLE THAT WOKE UP IN HELL AND DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE GOING. SO
- 1:32:12THIS IS NOT THE HOUR FOR THAT. LIVE READY AS A CHRISTIAN,
- 1:32:15THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TEACHING. HE SAID, BUT I'VE ALREADY TOLD YOU,
- 1:32:20BUT VERSE 24, MAYBE WE'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. BUT I SAY UNTO YOU
- 1:32:24AND UNTO THE REST OF THYATIRA, AS MANY AS HAVE NOT THIS
- 1:32:27DOCTRINE, THE DOCTRINE OF THE FALSE, RIGHT? THESE FALSE
- 1:32:30MIXTURES, WHICH HAVE NOT KNOWN THE DEPTHS OF SATAN, AS THEY
- 1:32:36SPEAK, I WILL PUT ON YOU NO OTHER BURDEN, BUT THAT WHAT YOU
- 1:32:40HAVE ALREADY HAVE HELD ON TO, HOLD FAST. IN OTHER WORDS, THE
- 1:32:44TEMPTATION IN THE LAST HOUR, HE'S SAYING, IT'S GONNA BE EASY
- 1:32:48TO GET DECEIVED BECAUSE I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE MAKE GREAT ARGUMENTS
- 1:32:51ON THINGS. WHY IT'S POWERFUL. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
- 1:32:56FALSE DOCTRINES, THEY'LL SAY, YEAH, BUT IT COSTS SOMEBODY TO
- 1:32:58GET SAVED. YOU KNOW, THEY GAVE THEIR HEART TO GOD IN THE MIDDLE
- 1:33:02OF THIS WHOLE TEACHING. AND SO IT SOUNDS GREAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY
- 1:33:07IT. THE DEVIL IS A CRAFTY ONE. HE ALWAYS GONNA COME TO YOU AS
- 1:33:11AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. HE'S GONNA MAKE IT MIX WITH TRUTH. HE'LL
- 1:33:15PUT ENOUGH TRUTH IN SOMETHING SO THAT YOU WILL BELIEVE THE LIE.
- 1:33:20YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE I HEARD, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS EXAMPLE IS
- 1:33:23PROBABLY CHEESY, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE SOMEBODY SAID ONE
- 1:33:26TIME, IF YOU FILL UP A GLASS OF WATER, PURE CLEAN WATER, AND YOU
- 1:33:31JUST PUT A SINGLE DROP OF SOAP IN IT, NOW THAT IS LIKE A HALF A
- 1:33:36PERCENT SOAP, AND 95% WATER, IT IMMEDIATELY BECOMES UNDRINKABLE.
- 1:33:42SO THINK ABOUT THAT. SO THESE FALSE MIXTURES AND FALSE
- 1:33:46DOCTRINES ARE IMPORTANT, AND I WOULD SAY THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
- 1:33:49THE WORD OF GOD IS PROFITABLE TO US FOR DOCTRINE. YOU KNOW, DON'T
- 1:33:53JUST BECOME A, DON'T LET YOURSELF BE A BIBLE ILLITERATE.
- 1:33:57AMEN. BECOME WELL-VERSED IN THE SCRIPTURES. SO HOW DID JESUS
- 1:34:01OVERCOME THE DEVIL? HE OVERCAME THE DEVIL BY SAYING IT'S
- 1:34:05WRITTEN. HE COULDN'T GO, YOU KNOW WHAT, SATAN, LET ME RUN
- 1:34:08OVER AND STUDY THE SCROLL AND SEARCH THAT ON GOOGLE. NO, IT
- 1:34:13HAD TO BE IN HIM ALREADY. IT HAS TO BE IN US ALREADY. SO WHEN THE
- 1:34:17FALSE COMES, WE KNOW THE ANSWER. ALL RIGHT, STAND TO YOUR FEET.
- 1:34:22I'LL CLOSE UP WITH THIS. 'CAUSE WE ARE PAST 8:30. BUT THIS IS
- 1:34:28WHY I WANTED TO GO ONE MORE. THEY'VE NOT KNOWN THE DEPTHS OF
- 1:34:31SATAN, BUT THAT WHICH HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS THERE. AND HE
- 1:34:35THAT OVERCOMES AND KEEPS MY WORKS TO THE END TO HIM, I'LL
- 1:34:37GIVE POWER OVER THE NATIONS. WHY DID HE SAY POWER OVER THE
- 1:34:41NATIONS? BECAUSE I CAN GIVE YOU AUTHORITY IF YOU CAN BE TRUSTED
- 1:34:46TO LEAD THE PEOPLE THE RIGHT WAY AND NOT GET SIDETRACKED WITH THE
- 1:34:49FALSE. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS SAYING. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE GOD
- 1:34:53HAS BLESSED PASTOR HANK. ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT THAT MAN IS
- 1:34:56HE CHECKS HIMSELF. OKAY? LIKE ALL OF US, IS HE PERFECT? NO. AM
- 1:35:03I PERFECT? NO. DO I GET MAD SOMETIMES? OF COURSE. DO I, YOU
- 1:35:08KNOW, SAY DUMB THINGS? WE ALL DO. BUT, I'M NOT AFRAID TO GO
- 1:35:13BACK TO GOD AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, GOD, HELP ME TO DO BETTER.
- 1:35:17I'M BETTER THAN THAT. HELP ME TO BEHAVE DIFFERENT, SHOW ME. GOD,
- 1:35:22IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMETHING, YOU SHOW IT. I'M SMART ENOUGH TO AT
- 1:35:26LEAST DO THAT. CHECK OURSELVES, RIGHT? AND ASK THE LORD TO
- 1:35:31REVEAL TO US. 'CAUSE I WANNA LEAD THIS CHURCH CORRECTLY.
- 1:35:37THAT'S OUR HEART. AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT PASTOR HANK.
- 1:35:40AND YOU KNOW WHY I BELIEVE GOD HAS GIVEN HIM THIS, WHAT HE'S
- 1:35:43GIVEN AND THE TABERNACLE AND THE THINGS AND HE'S TRUSTED HIM TO
- 1:35:47BE ON FLASHPOINT AND LEAD THE NATION PROPHETICALLY? 'CAUSE GOD
- 1:35:51KNOWS THAT FIRST OF ALL, HE'LL GET COUNSEL. HE DOESN'T LIVE
- 1:35:58SECRET. GOD KNOWS THAT HE'LL EXAMINE HIMSELF, SAY, "LORD,
- 1:36:09THAT DIDN'T PLEASE YOU." AND GOD SAID, "IF YOU WON'T ALLOW THE
- 1:36:14FALSE MIXTURE, I'LL GIVE YOU POWER TO RULE." AND YOU KNOW,
- 1:36:17THAT APPLIES TO YOU TOO. HE'LL GIVE YOU PLACES OF AUTHORITY.
- 1:36:21ALL RIGHT, LET ME CLOSE WITH THIS. ISN'T THAT GOOD? AND HE
- 1:36:24SHALL RULE THEM WITH THE ROD OF IRON, THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER,
- 1:36:26THEY'LL BE BROKEN INTO SHIVERS AND MY FATHER AND HE WILL GIVE
- 1:36:30THEM THE MORNING STAR. AND HE THAT HAS EARS TO HEAR, HEAR WHAT
- 1:36:37THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE CHURCHES. SO THIS IS, WE'LL STOP
- 1:36:41WITH THAT TONIGHT. WE'LL GO INTO THE LAST ONES. AND HOW MANY OF
- 1:36:45YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS? HAS IT BEEN GOOD? I PRAY SO. I HAVE NO
- 1:36:51GREATER DESIRE IN MY LIFE IS FOR US TO HAVE A PURE CHURCH, A
- 1:36:56CHURCH THAT IS ON TARGET IN WHAT IT STANDS FOR AND BELIEVES.
- 1:37:00THAT'S MY HEART AND THAT'S PASTOR'S HEART TOO. SO FATHER, I
- 1:37:03PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON INTO THE SOUND OF MY VOICE AS WE DEPART
- 1:37:05TONIGHT. I THANK YOU, FATHER. IF THERE'S ANY AREAS IN ALL OF US
- 1:37:09THAT YOU WANNA FIX, I ASK YOU TEACH US. WE'RE AN OPEN BOOK TO
- 1:37:13YOU, LORD. COME TO US. WE DON'T WANT OUR CANDLESTICK REMOVED. WE
- 1:37:18DON'T WANT TO MISS OR HAVE OUR NAME BLOTTED FROM THE BOOK.
- 1:37:21FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU'D REVEAL TO US, SHOW US, HELP US TO GROW.
- 1:37:26AND HELP US IN THIS, THROUGH THIS TEACHING TO AVOID THAT
- 1:37:29WHICH IS OFF AND THAT WHICH YOU DON'T LIKE. AND THAT WE WOULD
- 1:37:32WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PLEASE THE LORD OF THE CHURCH. AND WE
- 1:37:37ASK THAT YOU TOUCH OUR LIVES AFRESH TONIGHT WITH A FRESH
- 1:37:40ANOINTING. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME. ALL RIGHT,
- 1:37:44INTERNET, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I LOVE YOU, GOD
- 1:37:46BLESS YOU. GO HOME IN PASTOR HANK'S WORDS AND GET SOME
- 1:37:50GELATO. GOD BLESS YOU. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
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