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Why Rebellion Brings Confusion - 5/3/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  >> Man, Genesis chapter number 10 tonight.
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  and chapter 10. Then put your finger
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  there and we'll turn to chapter 11 as
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  well. And uh
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  Genesis chapter number 10. And when you
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  find your place, if you would stand
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  tonight. I appreciate that hymn you
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  sang, brother. And uh probably if if not
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  the most powerful hymn ever been
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  written, one of the most powerful hymns
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  ever been written. And uh I know men of
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  God that uh wouldn't allow their church
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  to sing that last verse
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  because of how serious that is.
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  >> To the old rugged cross I will ever be
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  true.
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  >> It's shame and reproach
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  gladly bear.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> That's no small no small commitment,
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  church.
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  But I tell you what, when when you ever
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  get a look at that cross,
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  >> come on.
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  >> See it for what it really is, that's the
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  way you'll feel. Amen.
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  >> I really do. I appreciate you singing
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  that tonight and minding the Lord with
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  that, man. I bless the Lord for it.
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  Genesis chapter 10. I want to begin
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  reading in verse number eight. Genesis
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  chapter 10, verse number eight, and then
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  we'll read just a few verses and then
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  turn over to chapter number 11.
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  this evening. Thank you for being here
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  again tonight. Let's ask the Lord to
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  help us. Father, thank you for this time
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  and Lord, I pray you'd bless now the
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  reading of your word. God, we've come
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  before you tonight and we stand in
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  desperate need of help. I pray God that
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  you would help us.
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  >> Pray you'd move in our midst, get all
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  glory unto yourself and exalt your son,
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  magnify the word, and edify the church.
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  Well, thank you for what you do because
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  we ask it in Jesus name. Amen. Look with
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  me in verse number 8 of Genesis chapter
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  10. The Bible says, "And Kush begat
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  Nimrod,
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  and he began to be a mighty one in the
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  earth. He was a mighty hunter before the
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  Lord. Wherefore it is said, even as
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  Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the
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  Lord. And the beginning of his kingdom
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  was Babel and Eric and Akid and Ka in
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  the land of Shinar. Out of that land
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  went forth Asher and builded Nineveh in
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  the city Rahoboth and Kala. Notice with
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  me chapter number 11 and verse number
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  one.
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  And the whole earth was of one language
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  and of one speech. And it came to pass
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  as they journeyed from the east that
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  they found a plain land of Shinar there
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  and they dwelt there. They said one to
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  another, "Go to, let us make brick, and
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  burn them thorly." They had brick for
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  stone, and slime had they for mortar.
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  They said, "Go to, let us build us a
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  city and a tower, whose top may reach
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  unto heaven, and let us make us a name,
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  lest we be scattered abroad on the face
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  of the whole earth." And the Lord came
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  down to see the city and the tower which
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  the children of men builded. And the
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  Lord said, "Behold, the people is one,
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  and they have all one language, and this
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  they begin to do, and now nothing will
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  be restrained from them which they have
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  imagined to do. Go to, let us go down,
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  and there confound their language, that
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  they may not understand one another's
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  speech." So the Lord scattered them
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  abroad from thence upon the face of all
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  the earth, and they left off to build
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  the city. Therefore is the name of it
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  called Babel, because the Lord did there
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  confound the language of all the earth,
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  and from thence did the Lord scatter
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  them abroad upon the face of all the
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  earth. You can be seated this evening.
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  Thank you for standing.
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  Genesis chapter number 11 introduces us
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  to yet another page in the history of
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  the beginning years of the our world. Of
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  course, it's been some thousand years at
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  this time, probably near him unto 2,000
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  years, that our Lord here in the text
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  has allowed mankind to be on this earth.
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  And we would all agree tonight that it
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  has been the mercy of God that has
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  allowed man to stay here
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  >> because Adam and Eve sin in the garden.
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  God had to make them coats of skins. And
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  in mercy, he covered them. And he did
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  send them out of the garden. But he did
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  not take their life as he could have
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  done. He could have taken them out and
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  then in that moment, humanity would have
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  been done away with before it had ever
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  even started. But I'm thankful that he
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  didn't do that. And yet the more he
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  waited longsuffering, patient with each
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  generation, with each children, with the
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  sons of Cain that we talked about how
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  that they were all wicked and they all
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  had brought in themselves wickedness
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  into their life. And then we consider
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  the days of Noah and how the the
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  thoughts and intents of man's heart were
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  only evil continually. And now here on
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  the other side of the flood, on the
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  other side of Noah's arc, we find once
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  again another text, another story,
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  another history lesson. And let me just
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  say this tonight, you if you ain't
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  figured it out yet, that we're all the
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  same.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Amen. You're robed in the same flesh
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  that Adam was and Cain was and Abel was
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  and Noah was. Amen. And all those other
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  men were. Amen. And when I come to this
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  text tonight, I want to give you just a
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  few things tonight by way of
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  introduction in this text and I'll give
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  you the thought and then we'll go home
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  this evening. And I notice when I come
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  to Genesis chapter number 11, the Bible
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  mentions there in verse number one, it
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  says, "And the whole earth was of one
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  language." Now I'm I made this emphasis
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  on the last time we preached out of
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  Genesis chapter number N concerning what
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  Noah had been entrusted with at this
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  point in time. The vast expanse of the
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  land. All was in his hand. And so
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  creation here was basically under his
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  control if you want to consider it that
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  way. God had given him dominion. And so
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  he had told them to be fruitful and
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  multiply. And as the lineage goes on in
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  chapter number 10, what we discover is
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  is the three sons of Noah, Shim, Ham,
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  and Japheth, all of their children are
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  mentioned in this genealogy of Genesis
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  chapter number 10. But there is one
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  child that stands out amongst all the
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  rest. And for reasons why we're going to
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  delve into in just a minute, they were
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  not good reasons. Amen. I guess we could
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  say if we look at him tonight uh the
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  text that I have read to you there in
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  Genesis 10, we could say uh that he was
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  effective in his earthly life. But I
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  want to give you something tonight out
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  of this text and then we'll move on and
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  get the message. We notice in Genesis
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  10, the Bible mentions this man by the
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  name of Nimrod. In Genesis 10 and verse
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  number eight, this man Cous begat
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  Nimrod, one of the firstborn sons there
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  of Ham. And the Bible says that Nimrod
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  began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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  His strength is highlighted here in the
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  text. His subtlety is highlighted in
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  verse number nine. He was a mighty
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  hunter before the Lord. He was able in
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  the field. That literally means and the
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  Bible says that there was even a
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  statement that is made after Nimrod in
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  the text. Wherefore it is said even as
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  Nimrod the mighty hunter before the
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  Lord. Now you may call your boy, Amen,
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  Nimrod. But just know what you're
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  calling him. It's not a good thing.
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  Amen. And uh let me just say this. All
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  right, let me get this off my head so I
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  can get to the message tonight. When we
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  think about this man, Nimrod, it is
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  mentioned in verse number 10 as his
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  strength is is revealed and his subtlety
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  is revealed. The statement that's made
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  about him, verse number 10, notice his
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  superiority is found in verse 10. And
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  the beginning of his kingdom, notice
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  this, was what? Babel. And so is
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  mentioned here. This man Nimrod, this
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  kingdom of Babel comes on the scene in
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  Genesis chapter number 11. And we know
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  the story tonight. You've probably heard
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  tell of the Tower of Babel. And I want
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  to give you this thought here this
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  evening. When you look up that name
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  Nimrod, it literally means this. It
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  means rebellion.
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  Nimrod's name speaks of a rebellious
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  son. Now, we have no history of this
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  man, Nimrod, other than what the Bible
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  tells us his name is and what happens to
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  the city that he is a king over in
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  chapter 11. And I want to give you this.
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  All right, get to the thought and we'll
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  be done tonight. Notice what the Bible
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  says in verse number nine. In verse
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  number nine of Genesis 11 or verse
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  number eight, so the Lord scattered them
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  abroad from thence upon the face of all
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  the earth, and they left off to build
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  the city. Verse N. Therefore is the name
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  of it called what?
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  >> Babel.
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  Now we consider the thought that
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  Nimrod's name means rebellion. Does
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  anybody know what Babel means tonight?
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  >> Means confusion.
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  And I want to preach on this thought for
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  just a little bit tonight if the Lord
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  would help me on why rebellion
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  brings confusion.
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  Why rebellion brings confusion. When I
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  look at this text tonight, what we are
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  discovering is is a another age that is
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  mentioned here in this chapter. It is
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  being pointed out to us here in this
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  text. The history of this man Nimrod and
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  his kingship in this chapter. And I want
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  to give you just a few truths out of
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  this text and then we'll be done
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  tonight. I noticed that this leader is
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  mentioned Nimrod. They there's one
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  language that is mentioned in verse
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  number one. There is a land that is
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  mentioned in verse two. Look what the
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  Bible says. And it came to pass as they
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  journeyed from the east that they found
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  a plane in the land of Shinar and they
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  dwelt there. And so the emphasis is that
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  they are journeying east. The Bible says
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  they are journeying from the east, but
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  translated it literally means they are
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  journeying toward the east. in this text
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  they are going. If you look at a a
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  geographical map and you were to view it
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  this way, um if you were to look at the
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  city of Jerusalem, of course that's not
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  present in this text, but where Egypt is
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  down here and you go north up to where
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  Jerusalem is, Shinar, the plane of
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  Shinar would be on the east. And this is
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  where the Bible says that all the people
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  in the text are journeying to. And I
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  noticed this phrase in verse number
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  three. Look what the Bible says. And
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  they said one to another, go to let us
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  make brick. And the first thing that I
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  notice in this text tonight is this. I
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  notice that there is a seeming unity
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  that is present in this text. You say,
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  "What do you mean?" Well, the Bible says
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  in verse number one that the whole earth
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  was of one language and what? And of one
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  speech. Now there's people we can unite
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  over a lot of things tonight. But when
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  you think about what you have in common
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  with people, you understand those two
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  truths mentioned in verse number one are
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  probably the most prevalent principles
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  of why there would be unity. You say,
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  "What is that?" Well, that word language
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  there, it speaks of the lip or the
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  dialect. That is how people speak. And
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  then the Bible says one language and of
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  one speech. So that is your words.
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  That's not only just the dialect, but
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  that is the words that are employed. And
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  so the entire face of the earth was
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  speaking here the language that was
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  given in the beginning. And so there is
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  unity on this. But isn't it interesting
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  that all of these people are journeying
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  together and they've decided to leave
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  where they were at originally and go to
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  this place together. But let me ask you
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  this. All right. What is the one command
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  that God gave to this generation of
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  people?
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  What's the one command God told Noah? Be
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  fruitful and what?
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  >> Multiply and what? Replenish the earth.
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  Now, we know tonight the earth was more
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  than the land of Shinar.
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  And you say, "Preacher, why does
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  Nimrod's name mean rebellion?" Well, I
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  don't think Nimrod's name speaks so much
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  of rebellion against his father. I don't
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  think it has anything to do with Kush. I
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  don't think it has anything to do with
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  Ham or even Noah, but I think his
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  rebellion was against God. And when I
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  consider this text, what we find is that
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  this land, these people obviously
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  according to what is told us in chapter
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  10 are being led by this man Nimrod.
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  They have one language. They are headed
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  to one land. The Bible says in the text,
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  they have one labor. The Bible says in
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  verse three, they said one to another,
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  "Go to let us make brick and burn them
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  thorly, and they had brick for stone,
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  and slime had they for mortar." And let
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  me just say this tonight, you need to be
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  careful what you're yoking up with.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> All right. You need to be careful to
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  lock arms with everything that comes
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  down the pipe. Amen. And let me say this
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  to you tonight. Just because something's
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  been good or been right in the past,
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  don't mean it's still right. Because
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  things change,
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  >> right?
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  >> Things happen. life moves on. Sin comes
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  present. And you know what? We're not
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  able to always do all the things that we
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  once did. And we're not always able to
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  fellowship with all the same people that
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  we once fellowship with. Amen. Because
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  people are not faithful. There's only
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  one who's faithful, and that is God.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> BUT YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL about who
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  you're yoking up with. Because if you're
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  not careful, you'll be yoking up with
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  somebody who was once obedient, but now
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  they've become rebellious.
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  >> You're right. And I want to give you the
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  markers tonight on why rebellion brings
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  confusion. We notice this fact that
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  there is seeming unity. And when
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  somebody who is rebellious, what they're
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  going to have, what what's going to
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  happen with them, the number one thing
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  you're always going to find about them
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  is they're going to seek unity.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> People from the outside of this church,
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  amen, that are not here anymore, what
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  they're going to try to do is they're
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  going to try to grab you and pull you to
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  them.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> They're going to try to put their hook
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  in you. Amen. And pull you out. You say,
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  "Preacher, how do I know when they're
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  not right?" Well, when they're trying to
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  pull you away from the things of God,
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  >> you're right.
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  >> When they're trying to get you to do
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  things that are against that book right
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  there. Amen. And there's people, and I
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  understand tonight what pastors mean,
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  when they say this, when somebody's
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  trying to get you to turn on the man of
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  God, you need to turn and walk away from
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  them. And let me say this, as long as
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  I'm preaching the truth, that's right.
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  Amen. You shouldn't let anybody pull you
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  away from my influence. as long as I'm
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  staying in that book. But the very
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  second I step out of that book, you have
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  every right to walk away from me.
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  >> Amen. But here, let me tell you this
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  tonight. All right? When somebody's
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  TRYING TO PULL YOU AWAY from the church,
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  when somebody's trying to pull you away
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  from the faith, when somebody wants to
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  single you out and they're seeking
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  unity, you better check her up, friend.
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  You're
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  >> right.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You better check her up. We don't
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  procelite people here at Meadows Baptist
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  Church.
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  >> Amen. We don't go to other church church
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  members houses and tell them your church
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  ain't good enough. You need to come to
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  our church.
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  >> God ain't within a thousand miles of
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  that. And that ain't where I thought I'd
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  be preaching at tonight. But it works.
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  Amen. I'm saying when they're seeking
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  unity, Nimrod is obviously leading this
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  group of people. They've come to this
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  land. They have one language. They're
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  undertaking labor in this text. And let
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  me say this. Second of all, what you'll
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  notice, and I've already butchered this
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  outline, but I'm just going to preach
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  tonight. Amen. I notice not only they're
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  they're seeking uh they're they're
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  they're seeking unity, but there's also
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  a sinful undertaking that's present. The
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  Bible says in verse three that they are
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  making brick. The Bible says they're
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  making brick. They had brick for stone
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  and slime had they for mortar. And you
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  notice the burning that's mentioned in
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  the text. There is these pavers that are
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  pointed out. These brick that is
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  literally asphalt stones is what that
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  is. heated up uh asphalt that's put
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  together. And you say, "Preacher, did
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  they have asphalt plants during that
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  day?" No, they didn't have asphalt
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  plants. Amen. But they had these stones
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  that would they would use to heat up.
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  And what it would literally do, that
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  process of heat would create these
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  pavers. And then they would, the Bible
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  says in verse three, they had brick for
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  stone and slime had they for mortar. And
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  that is pitch. That is what they would
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  find in the valley. You can actually
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  turn, I believe it's to the book of
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  Genesis, chapter number 14, and you'll
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  find that the two kings of Sodom and
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  Gomorrah, they they actually got killed
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  in a slime pit. Amen. They fell over in
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  one, and that's what killed them. Amen.
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  They some preach right there, but I'm
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  not going to get on that. Amen. But I
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  noticed their burning in this text. I
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  also noticed their building. You say,
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  "Preacher, I don't see anything sinful."
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  Just stay with me. I'm going somewhere.
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  The Bible says in verse four, "And they
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  said, go to let us build us a city and a
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  tower whose top may reach unto heaven,
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  and let us make us a name, lest we be
• 17:44
  scattered abroad upon the face of the
• 17:47
  whole earth." So there is the burning
• 17:49
  here. They are using these brick and
• 17:52
  this pitch to make about this this
• 17:54
  building, this tower. But then the
• 17:56
  building is mentioned in verse number
• 17:58
  four. They said, "Let us build us a
• 18:00
  city." They're desiring residency, but
• 18:02
  they're all not only desiring a place of
• 18:05
  residence. They're also desiring a place
• 18:07
  for religion. The Bible said they said,
• 18:09
  "Let us build us a city and a tower."
• 18:12
  This tower was going to be the
• 18:14
  centerpiece of this city that they were
• 18:16
  going to be living in. Now, remember,
• 18:18
  Nimrod is the one at the head of all
• 18:20
  this. All right? And he's in complete
• 18:22
  and total rebellion against God. And so,
• 18:24
  what are they building? They're building
• 18:26
  a city that's full of politics based on
• 18:29
  position. And at the very center of that
• 18:31
  thing, it's full of pride.
• 18:33
  >> You're right.
• 18:34
  >> You say, "Preacher, how is that?" Well,
• 18:36
  notice the terminology that's mentioned
• 18:38
  again in the verse. Let us build us a
• 18:40
  city and a tower whose top may reach
• 18:43
  unto heaven. Now, that does not mean
• 18:45
  tonight that they were trying to build a
• 18:47
  a a tower that would go all the way to
• 18:49
  heaven where God is. And that makes for
• 18:52
  good understanding for young people when
• 18:54
  you're trying to explain them this text.
• 18:56
  But what that literally means is is
• 18:58
  they're going to say the top of this
• 19:00
  building is heaven.
• 19:01
  >> You're right.
• 19:03
  >> This tower, the top of it, and and one
• 19:05
  writer said it this way. He said it's
• 19:07
  for uh stargazing,
• 19:10
  signs of the zodiac,
• 19:12
  things that are in the celestial world.
• 19:15
  And you understand that's what
• 19:17
  Babylonian worship's founded upon.
• 19:20
  And there's no coincidence this city was
• 19:22
  called Bab.
• 19:24
  >> This city in the text, the Bible says
• 19:27
  they are building this tower. I notice
• 19:29
  not only their burning, they're
• 19:31
  building, but I noticed their branding
• 19:33
  in the text. Look what the Bible says.
• 19:34
  And let us make us a name. They wanted
• 19:38
  their own name. They wanted their own
• 19:40
  brand. What is that? They needed a
• 19:42
  label. You're
• 19:42
  >> right.
• 19:43
  >> I'm going to preach in a minute. All
• 19:44
  right. I'm going to give you the text
• 19:45
  and I'm going to go back and preach it.
• 19:47
  Amen. They needed a label. Why did they
• 19:49
  need a label? Lest they ever be lost.
• 19:51
  Look what the Bible said. Lest we be
• 19:53
  scattered abroad upon the face of the
• 19:56
  whole earth. You say, "Preacher, why was
• 19:58
  this a sinful undertaking?" Well, I'll
• 20:00
  say it was a sinful undertaking because
• 20:02
  of their leader. Number one. But I'll
• 20:04
  say it's a sinful undertaking because of
• 20:07
  what they love. You see, what has
• 20:08
  happened in this text is is the people
• 20:11
  have fallen lock, stock, and barrel into
• 20:13
  what America has fallen into. into this
• 20:16
  modernday humanistic church world that
• 20:19
  we're living in. You're
• 20:20
  >> right.
• 20:20
  >> This ecumenical garbage that we're
• 20:22
  seeing where everybody gets together and
• 20:24
  says, "Kumbai, y'all, let's hold hands
• 20:26
  and let's just say Jesus loves you." And
• 20:29
  I don't care if you mean it's Allah or
• 20:31
  Buddha or whoever. We'll just say Jesus.
• 20:33
  Amen. And we'll call. YOU SAY, "HOW IS
• 20:35
  THAT?" WELL, notice the text. The Bible
• 20:37
  says they're burning. I know there's a
• 20:39
  lot of churches this morning. If you
• 20:41
  were to look at their service, it looks
• 20:42
  like they're on fire.
• 20:44
  >> You're right. Amen. They got the man,
• 20:46
  they got it moving. There's people,
• 20:48
  there's professions left and right,
• 20:50
  baptisms left and right. There's all
• 20:52
  types of different activities going on.
• 20:54
  And man, we'll talk about they'll talk
• 20:56
  about how God's moving and GOD'S
• 20:58
  WORKING. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW THE FIRST
• 20:59
  thing about God's presence.
• 21:01
  >> You're right.
• 21:01
  >> Amen. I wish somebody helped me preach
• 21:03
  tonight. I'm saying they're burning, BUT
• 21:05
  I'LL SAY THIS. THEY'RE NOT ONLY BURNING,
• 21:07
  but they're building.
• 21:08
  >> Right.
• 21:08
  >> They're building new buildings every
• 21:10
  year. They're building this this club
• 21:12
  and and that small group and this sale
• 21:15
  group and they're they're they're
• 21:16
  they're moving on and going forward
• 21:18
  doing all they're burning. They're
• 21:19
  building and their branding. They've got
• 21:21
  their brands. They've got their their
• 21:23
  investment tactics. They've got their
• 21:25
  their their soul winning soulinning
• 21:28
  so-called DOWN TO A SCIENCE SO THEY CAN
• 21:30
  GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THEIR CHURCH. BUT
• 21:32
  YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE MIDST
• 21:33
  OF THAT CROWD?
• 21:34
  >> Come on.
• 21:35
  >> They're empty.
• 21:36
  >> That's right. Because you know what's
• 21:38
  centered at the heart of that people?
• 21:40
  Rebellion. You're
• 21:41
  >> right.
• 21:44
  >> And here's the truth tonight in this
• 21:45
  text. All right. It's a sinful
• 21:47
  undertaking because it wasn't started
• 21:50
  right.
• 21:52
  >> And here's what I
• 21:55
  think tonight we've missed
• 21:58
  as a whole. And I understand God can
• 22:00
  take things that were done with cruel
• 22:03
  intentions. We know Joseph, the Bible
• 22:04
  said he told his brethren at the end of
• 22:06
  his life, he said, "As for me, you
• 22:08
  thought evil unto me, but God meant it
• 22:10
  unto good." I realize that. Okay?
• 22:12
  >> But you understand these ministries
• 22:15
  >> in our country today that were started
• 22:19
  with a rebellion against God,
• 22:21
  >> just because somebody's tried to reform
• 22:23
  that,
• 22:24
  >> come on.
• 22:25
  >> They can't erase the past.
• 22:26
  >> Right?
• 22:28
  >> They cannot erase the functionality
• 22:31
  of who they really are.
• 22:33
  And you say, "What does that come down
• 22:34
  to for me tonight, preacher?" Well, I
• 22:37
  want to remind you there's there this
• 22:38
  this this place, this city is burning. I
• 22:41
  was going to call it title of the
• 22:42
  message tonight, the first church of
• 22:44
  Babel. Amen. But the truth is tonight
• 22:46
  when we look around, we see this on
• 22:48
  every front. Places are burning, places
• 22:50
  are building, there's there's branding,
• 22:52
  you know, and I'm I'm going to stop and
• 22:54
  preach. All right? Y'all not going to
• 22:56
  say amen, so I'm going to preach. All
• 22:57
  right?
• 22:59
  I read a thing earlier today
• 23:02
  studying for this message. Do you do you
• 23:04
  realize how big the music industry is?
• 23:07
  >> Come on, preacher.
• 23:09
  >> The music industry in this country is
• 23:11
  outrageous.
• 23:12
  >> There is more money brought in from the
• 23:14
  music industry in our country than
• 23:16
  probably about anything else.
• 23:17
  >> You're right.
• 23:18
  >> But I saw this today. There is a
• 23:20
  well-known church. I'll just call their
• 23:22
  names Bethl. It's what it is. It's Bethl
• 23:25
  Church, Bethl Music, Hill Song, Bethl,
• 23:29
  all of that stuff. All right, let me
• 23:31
  tell you just how much money they've
• 23:33
  brought in in the last six years in
• 23:35
  their church from their copyright music
• 23:38
  program. Every time you sing one of
• 23:40
  their songs, they're making money off of
• 23:42
  it.
• 23:42
  >> You're right.
• 23:43
  >> And their music program has brought them
• 23:46
  over $11 million.
• 23:51
  >> $11 million. Now, that's not the last
• 23:54
  six years, okay? It's in it's it's it's
• 23:56
  higher than that.
• 23:58
  And this is what you're going to find
• 24:00
  about this type of religion. When you
• 24:03
  get to its core, you know what you
• 24:04
  discover? Rebellion.
• 24:06
  >> You're right.
• 24:08
  >> They deny who God is.
• 24:10
  >> They deny what God does.
• 24:12
  >> They deny everything that God says in
• 24:14
  his word.
• 24:15
  >> You're right.
• 24:15
  >> They don't believe this Bible.
• 24:17
  >> That's right. And when I look at this
• 24:19
  text tonight, what I'm finding is it all
• 24:21
  comes back to corrupt leadership. And
• 24:23
  you say, "Preacher, where is it
• 24:24
  heading?" Well, this place is burning.
• 24:27
  They've got a a work going on. They're
• 24:29
  building. Everybody's united together.
• 24:31
  They've even got a brand. They've got a
• 24:33
  label. Let's somebody come and tear them
• 24:36
  apart. But notice verse number five.
• 24:38
  Somebody shows up.
• 24:39
  >> That's right.
• 24:40
  >> Look what the Bible says. And the Lord
• 24:43
  >> Yeah.
• 24:43
  >> came down.
• 24:44
  >> YOU'RE RIGHT. THE LORD CAME DOWN to see
• 24:47
  the city and the tower which the
• 24:50
  children of men builded. And the Lord
• 24:53
  said, "Behold, the people is one, and
• 24:56
  they have all one language. And this
• 24:58
  they begin to do, and now nothing will
• 25:00
  be restrained from them which they have
• 25:02
  imagined to do. Go to let us go down and
• 25:05
  there confound their language that they
• 25:07
  may not understand one another's
• 25:08
  speech." Now, remind you this, all
• 25:10
  right? To notice somebody who's
• 25:12
  rebellious. Number one, they're seeking
• 25:14
  unity. All right. Number two, there
• 25:16
  there's a sinful undertaking is is
• 25:18
  involved. They're going to ask you to do
• 25:20
  something that you have no business
• 25:22
  doing. But I'll say this thirdly, what
• 25:24
  you going to see about that outfit? Is
• 25:25
  there going to be a sudden undermining
• 25:27
  that takes place?
• 25:28
  >> You're right. Come on.
• 25:30
  >> Something's going to come in and jerk
• 25:31
  the rug right out from under that crowd.
• 25:33
  And you say, "How is that?" Well, in
• 25:35
  this text, it's God shows up. Amen. Let
• 25:37
  me JUST SAY THIS. JUST BECAUSE
• 25:38
  everything looks all right on the
• 25:40
  outside don't mean it's all right on the
• 25:42
  inside. SOMEBODY SAY AMEN. JUST BECAUSE
• 25:45
  it looks good and smells GOOD AND TASTES
• 25:48
  GOOD DON'T MEAN IT'S FROM GOD.
• 25:50
  >> RIGHT?
• 25:51
  >> Matter of fact, when God shows up in
• 25:53
  this check text, the burning stops, the
• 25:55
  building stops, and the branding all
• 25:57
  stops. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? GOD BUST
• 25:59
  that thing up right in the middle.
• 26:01
  >> He just bust it all to pieces.
• 26:04
  >> You know what he does? He attacks what
• 26:05
  their unity is based on,
• 26:07
  >> right? I'm going somewhere. Stay with
• 26:09
  me.
• 26:10
  >> You see what happens out of their
• 26:12
  burning building and branding? You know
• 26:15
  what? They end up with brokenness.
• 26:19
  >> The Bible says in verse 5, the Lord is
• 26:21
  witness. He came down to see. Verse
• 26:24
  number six, his word is the Lord said,
• 26:27
  behold the people is one and they have
• 26:29
  all one language. And this they begin to
• 26:31
  do. Now nothing will be restrained from
• 26:33
  them which they have imagined to do. And
• 26:35
  then his will is revealed in verse 7. Go
• 26:37
  to let us go down and there confound
• 26:40
  their language that they may not
• 26:41
  understand one another's speech. You
• 26:43
  say, "Preacher, what happens in this
• 26:44
  text?" Well, number one, I'd say their
• 26:46
  plans got broken up.
• 26:47
  >> Right?
• 26:48
  >> The Bible says in the text, what does
• 26:50
  the Bible say? The Bible says in verse
• 26:52
  number eight, "And they left off to
• 26:54
  build the city."
• 26:56
  When God shows up, business quit. You're
• 26:58
  >> right.
• 26:59
  >> You want to know a true true church from
• 27:01
  a fake one?
• 27:04
  Just let God show up.
• 27:05
  >> Amen.
• 27:06
  >> Does business pick up or does business
• 27:08
  shut down?
• 27:08
  >> You're right.
• 27:10
  >> I'll tell you this. There's a lot of
• 27:12
  churches across this country. If God
• 27:13
  showed up, they'd close doors.
• 27:15
  >> You're right.
• 27:16
  >> Amen.
• 27:17
  >> You won't hear that preached much, but
• 27:18
  boy, it's the truth.
• 27:19
  >> You're right. I think there's a ministry
• 27:21
  in this day and time. We've got so many
• 27:24
  false thoughts. I mean, illegitimate
• 27:27
  churches got kabad had kabad rode over
• 27:30
  the door for years and God sends a man
• 27:32
  in there to shut it down, not to build
• 27:34
  it up,
• 27:34
  >> right?
• 27:36
  >> I've seen it before.
• 27:37
  >> Yeah.
• 27:37
  >> You say, "How is that when the people's
• 27:39
  united together an error?"
• 27:43
  >> Jesus never come to unite anybody.
• 27:46
  >> He said, "I came to bring a sword."
• 27:48
  >> That's right. You're right.
• 27:50
  >> Said a man at variance against his
• 27:52
  father and his mother. Jesus said, "I
• 27:54
  didn't come to bring peace." And here's
• 27:56
  the thing about it. When unity is
• 27:59
  broken, here's what happens. ALL THOSE
• 28:01
  PLANS, ALL THAT BURNING and building and
• 28:03
  branding, EVERY BIT OF THAT WENT OUT THE
• 28:05
  WINDOW.
• 28:06
  >> You're right.
• 28:06
  >> And you know what's going to happen when
• 28:08
  all of that crowd blows up that music
• 28:10
  industry? Somebody's going to pocket all
• 28:12
  the money and nothing will ever be said
• 28:14
  about it.
• 28:14
  >> Right.
• 28:16
  >> Amen.
• 28:17
  >> Their plans got broken up. But I'll say
• 28:19
  this, this is the sad part. The plans
• 28:20
  wasn't the only thing got broken up. The
• 28:23
  people got broken up. You're
• 28:25
  >> right.
• 28:25
  >> Look what the Bible says. Verse number
• 28:27
  eight. What's that first phrase? So the
• 28:30
  Lord scattered them abroad. You say,
• 28:33
  "Preacher, well, God did that." He had
• 28:35
  to.
• 28:36
  >> You're right.
• 28:37
  >> He had to. God forbid the day ever come
• 28:40
  at Meadows Baptist Church when God has
• 28:41
  to bust us apart.
• 28:43
  >> Amen.
• 28:45
  >> You know why he'd have to? We got united
• 28:47
  in error.
• 28:48
  >> You're right.
• 28:50
  >> If we decided we was going to go against
• 28:51
  God, God told them to be fruitful and
• 28:54
  multiply. Instead of going out and
• 28:56
  replenishing earth, you know what they
• 28:57
  did? They decided to get together.
• 28:59
  There's a principle in the Bible that
• 29:00
  says, "Woe to them that join house to
• 29:02
  house."
• 29:02
  >> You're right.
• 29:05
  >> That city living, you ever wonder why so
• 29:08
  much stuff goes on in the city?
• 29:11
  >> There's a biblical curse on it.
• 29:13
  >> You're right.
• 29:13
  >> Amen. Now look, I'm not just saying that
• 29:15
  cuz I'm a country boy and I am to the
• 29:17
  bone.
• 29:18
  >> But I'll tell you this right now. There
• 29:20
  is a biblical curse on that.
• 29:22
  >> That's the reason why the cities of this
• 29:24
  nation are wicked.
• 29:25
  >> You're right.
• 29:26
  >> It's the reason why the most sin that
• 29:27
  goes on in our country in the alleyways,
• 29:30
  in the darkness of night, it's in the
• 29:31
  city.
• 29:32
  >> You're right.
• 29:32
  >> There's a curse on it. THERE'S BROKEN
• 29:35
  PEOPLE. GOD HAD TO SCATTER THEM BECAUSE
• 29:37
  THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN.
• 29:39
  >> AMEN.
• 29:40
  >> They decided what they were going to do
• 29:41
  and they were not going to turn back.
• 29:44
  But this is the saddest part. You see,
• 29:47
  there was broken plans. There was broken
• 29:48
  people. The Lord scattered them. But
• 29:52
  I'll tell you this. This is the saddest
• 29:53
  thing about this text. There was a
• 29:55
  broken place. Notice verse nine.
• 29:58
  Therefore, is the name of it called
• 30:01
  Babel.
• 30:03
  The name of it is called Babel. You see
• 30:06
  tonight, this city was named this way
• 30:08
  because of how it ended.
• 30:12
  Have you ever been around somebody that
• 30:14
  their life story was how they failed?
• 30:17
  >> Yeah.
• 30:18
  >> You know, we talked about somebody just
• 30:20
  week or so ago
• 30:22
  about how, you know, failure sometimes
• 30:25
  is final.
• 30:27
  Babel was a city that was left decimated
• 30:29
  and unfinished
• 30:31
  because the people were rebellious
• 30:32
  against God.
• 30:33
  >> You're right.
• 30:34
  >> And I notice in this text, the Bible
• 30:36
  says, "Therefore is the name of it
• 30:37
  called Babel." And you know what city
• 30:39
  follows the line all the way through the
• 30:42
  scripture and is going to be the last
• 30:43
  city that's judged in the book of
• 30:44
  Revelation?
• 30:46
  It's Babylon.
• 30:49
  >> This city will never get saved. This
• 30:52
  city will never be revived. This city
• 30:55
  will never be restored. And you say,
• 30:57
  "Preacher, what's the driving force of
• 30:59
  your message?" Well, I've said all that
• 31:00
  to say this, this scattered message I've
• 31:02
  given you tonight. Those that are
• 31:05
  seeking unity, those that are a part of
• 31:07
  a sinful, wanting you to be a part of a
• 31:09
  sinful undertaking, they will have a
• 31:12
  sudden undermining. But I'll say this.
• 31:13
  At this moment in time, there is a
• 31:15
  standing. Listen to me. There is a
• 31:18
  standing ultimatum.
• 31:20
  >> You're right.
• 31:20
  >> You say, "What is it?" Well, notice the
• 31:22
  text again. Verse number nine. Therefore
• 31:25
  is the name of it called Babel, because
• 31:28
  the Lord did there confound the language
• 31:29
  of all the earth, and from thence did
• 31:31
  the Lord scatter them abroad upon the
• 31:33
  face of all the earth. You say,
• 31:36
  "Preacher, what's the standing
• 31:38
  ultimatum?" Rebellion brings confusion
• 31:40
  because God will not allow somebody to
• 31:42
  rebel against him and get by.
• 31:44
  >> You're right.
• 31:46
  >> Any city that wants to rebel against
• 31:48
  God, God says, "I'll scatter you."
• 31:51
  >> You're right.
• 31:52
  >> What'd he do to Sodom and Gomorrah?
• 31:55
  burn it to the ground. What did Jesus,
• 31:57
  he preached to those cities there in the
• 32:00
  New Testament, Capernaum, remember what
• 32:02
  he said, thou Capernaum shall be cast
• 32:04
  down to hell because he said the mighty
• 32:06
  works were done in thee. He said that if
• 32:08
  they were, he said the mighty works that
• 32:09
  were done in thee were done in uh the
• 32:11
  other city he was mentioned there. He
• 32:13
  said they would have repented in dust
• 32:14
  and ashes and he said you rejected God.
• 32:17
  Here's what I'm saying tonight. This is
• 32:18
  the driving force of the message. The
• 32:20
  ultimatum is this. If you rebel against
• 32:23
  God, God will destroy you.
• 32:25
  >> You're right.
• 32:26
  >> Amen.
• 32:27
  >> Notice the text again. Therefore, the
• 32:30
  name of it is called Babel because the
• 32:31
  Lord did there confound the language of
• 32:34
  all the earth. You see, there's a change
• 32:36
  that took place that day that's never
• 32:39
  been reversed.
• 32:40
  >> You're right.
• 32:42
  >> You see, up to this point, what' your
• 32:43
  Bible say in chapter 11 verse one? The
• 32:45
  whole earth was of one language and of
• 32:47
  one speech. Science wants you to believe
• 32:50
  that man and our progression
• 32:53
  and our evolution,
• 32:55
  we've come to the place where we speak
• 32:57
  more languages because we're more
• 32:58
  diverse and more special. You know,
• 33:00
  that's that's what they want you to
• 33:01
  believe. No, if it hadn't been for this
• 33:04
  event, we'd all still be talking the
• 33:05
  same language.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And it would be the language that God
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  gave Adam in the garden.
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  >> What that is, I don't know. Probably
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  Hebrew. But I'll tell you this, God had
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  to divide them up,
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  >> right? And and you say, "Preacher, what
• 33:19
  is that?" Well, one preacher said it
• 33:20
  this way. I'd rather be divided by truth
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  >> than united in error.
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  >> You're right. That's good.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Right.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> I'd rather have nobody with me.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> And be right with God.
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  >> That's good, preacher.
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  >> Than have everybody with me.
• 33:39
  >> That's right.
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  >> And be wrong with God.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, what's the question
• 33:45
  tonight? Where do you stand? You know, I
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  think what we're seeing in our church is
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  this very thing.
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  We're seeing people
• 33:56
  that have come eye to eye, toeto toe
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  with the truth. And you know what
• 34:02
  they've had to do? Had to make a
• 34:04
  decision.
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  Get right
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  >> or walk away.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Let me ask you. You're standing at
• 34:15
  truth's door tonight. What are you gonna
• 34:17
  do?
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  >> You say, "How do I know it's rebellion?"
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  Well, when it's seeking unity,
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  you see, here's the thing about it. I
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  desire unity.
• 34:30
  Bible tells us the book of Ephesians,
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  we're to preserve unity. Says we're to
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  keep unity in the bond of peace. Bible
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  says unity of the church is just
• 34:39
  something that happens. You say, "What
• 34:41
  do you mean by that?" Well, if I get
• 34:42
  filled with the Holy Ghost of God and
• 34:45
  somebody else is filled with the Holy
• 34:46
  Ghost of God, you know what's going to
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  happen?
• 34:48
  >> There's going to be unity,
• 34:50
  >> right?
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  >> Because my unity is not with my flesh to
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  your flesh.
• 34:54
  >> You're right.
• 34:54
  >> My unity is with the God in me to the
• 34:57
  God in you.
• 34:58
  >> That's right.
• 34:59
  >> You know why we don't have unity in the
• 35:01
  church? You know why people don't yoke
• 35:02
  up with us? It's not because we failed
• 35:05
  to unite with them. It's because they
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  failed to allow God and them to hook up
• 35:09
  with the God in us. And you know what
• 35:11
  they do? They shut God out.
• 35:12
  >> You're right.
• 35:13
  >> And so, you know what they have to do?
• 35:15
  They have to walk away.
• 35:17
  >> Some, it's because God's not in them.
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  >> John said it this way. He said, "They
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  they went out from us because they were
• 35:25
  not
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  >> of us."
• 35:27
  >> Right?
• 35:28
  >> And here's the truth. You say,
• 35:30
  "Preacher, how does that go with you,
• 35:31
  Tyler? You know why we dealing with so
• 35:33
  much confusion? I have had I've heard
• 35:35
  more people This is real candid message
• 35:37
  tonight. I'm just being real, okay? I'm
• 35:39
  just just being real. Can I be real? Is
• 35:41
  that all right?
• 35:43
  >> I've had more people tell me in the last
• 35:45
  six months, I don't understand.
• 35:47
  >> You're right.
• 35:48
  >> I don't know what's happening.
• 35:49
  >> You're right.
• 35:50
  >> I don't get it. What is going on?
• 35:54
  >> Rebellion
• 35:56
  >> causes confusion.
• 35:59
  >> You're right.
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  >> And it ain't rebellion against me.
• 36:02
  >> Amen.
• 36:03
  >> It's not me.
• 36:04
  >> You're right.
• 36:05
  >> I'm not the standard of good and morally
• 36:08
  right. People will make it about me
• 36:10
  because here's the thing. I have to
• 36:12
  stand the closest to that book.
• 36:13
  >> You're right.
• 36:15
  >> But I'm not the problem.
• 36:16
  >> You're right.
• 36:18
  >> Rebellion
• 36:20
  causes confusion.
• 36:23
  >> You're right.
• 36:23
  >> And you know what they'll do? They'll go
• 36:24
  out there and build their city.
• 36:26
  >> You're right.
• 36:26
  >> They'll find them a dwelling place with
• 36:28
  people that'll relate to them.
• 36:30
  >> They'll find them a dwelling place.
• 36:31
  They'll build them a tower that's their
• 36:33
  heaven.
• 36:34
  >> You're right.
• 36:34
  >> Because their heaven's on earth.
• 36:36
  >> Amen. Amen. Anybody hear the preacher?
• 36:38
  Did anybody hear what I just said? Their
• 36:40
  heavens ON EARTH AND THEY'LL BUILD THEIR
• 36:42
  TOWER ON THIS SIDE. BUT HEY FRIEND, MY
• 36:45
  HEAVEN'S NOT DOWN HERE.
• 36:47
  >> Hey friend, MY HEAVEN'S WHERE GOD IS.
• 36:49
  AMEN. AND I DON'T MY CITY'S NOT HERE
• 36:52
  EITHER. AMEN. BLESS HIS NAME TONIGHT.
• 36:54
  BOY, I FEEL A WIND ANOTHER COUNTRY ON
• 36:56
  THAT. THIS WORLD AIN'T MY HOME. THANK
• 36:59
  GOD. AND I AIN'T DRIVING MY TENT PEGS
• 37:01
  DOWN HERE. AND THEY CAN BACK UP. THEY
• 37:03
  CAN WALK AWAY. BUT GOD HELP ME. AND GOD
• 37:07
  HELP YOU TO NOT WALK AWAY IN REBELLION
• 37:10
  BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN? We'll
• 37:12
  leave behind a mess of people.
• 37:14
  >> You're right.
• 37:15
  >> Who's confused?
• 37:19
  >> I told a brother in this church the
• 37:20
  other day. That's what I said. I said I
• 37:23
  said the devil tells me all the time I'm
• 37:25
  not saved.
• 37:27
  >> Tells me I'm not saved. Tells me you're
• 37:29
  a phony and a fake. You're a joke what
• 37:32
  you are. You know what? Hey, some days I
• 37:34
  buy into it. Yeah,
• 37:36
  >> maybe I didn't do it right.
• 37:37
  >> Right.
• 37:38
  >> But you know what? That's my problem.
• 37:39
  >> You're right.
• 37:40
  >> Wasn't about what I did.
• 37:42
  >> Here's what I've come down to in my
• 37:44
  life. This is where you'll have to get
• 37:45
  to if you're ever going to have victory
• 37:47
  over slow foot.
• 37:48
  >> I said I would rather, and do not follow
• 37:51
  that with me when I say this to you, but
• 37:53
  I would rather die and go to hell
• 37:57
  >> than to leave somebody behind confused.
• 38:00
  >> Amen. Come on, PREACHER.
• 38:03
  WELL, HE PREACHED to me. HE WAS
• 38:05
  PREACHING THE DAY I GOT SAVED.
• 38:08
  You say, "Preacher, how is that?" I'M
• 38:10
  SAYING, "I'M NOT SERVING GOD FOR ME."
• 38:14
  >> That's right.
• 38:15
  >> I ain't serving God for any of you. I'M
• 38:18
  SERVING GOD BECAUSE HE TOLD ME TO. AND
• 38:21
  AS LONG AS HE'S SPEAKING TO MY HEART,
• 38:23
  THE DEVIL CAN SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS TO.
• 38:26
  HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS TO. BUT AT
• 38:28
  THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW THERE'S A
• 38:30
  BIBLE I CAN GO BACK TO, AND IT'LL GIVE
• 38:33
  ME A PLACE TO PUT MY FOOT. IT DOESN'T
• 38:35
  MATTER WHAT HE SAYS. IT DON'T MATTER
• 38:37
  WHERE I FIND MYSELF. I'M AS SURE AS SURE
• 38:40
  CAN BE TONIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW IN WHOM I
• 38:43
  HAVE BELIEVED AND HE PROMISED IT TO ME.
• 38:46
  AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, HE'S GOING TO KEEP
• 38:48
  HIS PROMISE.
• 38:51
  >> And I am not.
• 38:54
  I don't want any of these little babies
• 38:56
  in here to grow up one day and say, "I
• 38:58
  used to have a preacher preach to me."
• 39:00
  >> Amen, brother.
• 39:01
  >> But he got in sin and got out of the
• 39:03
  way.
• 39:04
  >> Come on.
• 39:05
  >> I used to have a preacher to tell me the
• 39:06
  truth, but he got confused himself and
• 39:08
  messed up his life.
• 39:09
  >> You're right.
• 39:17
  >> This ain't like I normally preach. Y'all
• 39:19
  know that.
• 39:27
  Do you realize, church, that there is
• 39:29
  people who will live and die in Stokes
• 39:34
  County, who will never sit in a service
• 39:37
  like we sit in this morning.
• 39:39
  >> You're right.
• 39:40
  >> Like we sat in last week.
• 39:43
  >> They'll never hear a testimony.
• 39:46
  Some of them may never even hear a
• 39:47
  gospel presentation.
• 39:48
  >> You're right.
• 39:51
  And you how how could we
• 39:54
  you've been y'all some of y'all been
• 39:56
  here Miss Bean? How long you been here?
• 40:01
  >> 56 years. Miss Ola, how long how long
• 40:03
  you been here?
• 40:10
  >> Yeah.
• 40:15
  >> So I went and started
• 40:18
  that I have been going through for a
• 40:20
  long time.
• 40:22
  >> I don't know. Some of you probably been
• 40:24
  here longer.
• 40:25
  Let me be real honest with you. Why you
• 40:28
  going to quit now?
• 40:29
  >> Amen.
• 40:31
  >> Come on, preacher.
• 40:31
  >> I can't I I I cannot get this burden off
• 40:34
  my heart.
• 40:34
  >> Come on.
• 40:35
  >> I can't. It's been on me for the last
• 40:36
  two months. I don't know who is next,
• 40:39
  but God is saying to you, don't quit.
• 40:41
  >> You're right.
• 40:42
  >> He thought enough of you
• 40:44
  >> when all them other people started
• 40:46
  walking out. He thought enough of you to
• 40:48
  send a message to my heart over and over
• 40:52
  and over again for the last few months
• 40:54
  to say to you, don't quit.
• 40:56
  >> Amen.
• 40:58
  >> This is not this preacher pleading with
• 41:00
  you. Can I just be real honest with you?
• 41:03
  My flesh here of late, I've had to get
• 41:06
  to the point in my flesh where I just
• 41:08
  can't care.
• 41:10
  You can get mad at me if you want to.
• 41:12
  >> You're right.
• 41:13
  >> But when you have people talk about you,
• 41:15
  >> come on, preacher. and say things to
• 41:17
  you, you have to shut your flesh down.
• 41:19
  >> You're right.
• 41:20
  >> Completely.
• 41:22
  >> The only thing in me that cares is the
• 41:24
  God in me.
• 41:25
  >> Amen.
• 41:27
  >> Blessing.
• 41:31
  >> If you go, that's your business.
• 41:34
  It is. But God sent you a message.
• 41:38
  >> Yeah.
• 41:39
  >> Amen.
• 41:40
  >> Rebellion
• 41:41
  always
• 41:42
  >> causes confusion.
• 41:44
  >> You're right.
• 41:50
  You say, "Preacher, how dare you say you
• 41:52
  don't care? You know I care."
• 41:53
  >> Yeah, you're right.
• 41:54
  >> I wouldn't stay up at night and cry.
• 41:58
  Told my wife through some of this. I've
• 42:00
  asked her, "Babe, what have I done? Will
• 42:02
  you tell me what I've said? Is that not
• 42:05
  what I've told you?"
• 42:07
  >> Come on, preacher.
• 42:09
  >> God, help me. If I've done something in
• 42:11
  my flesh, you forgive me.
• 42:12
  >> Amen.
• 42:14
  >> Forgive me.
• 42:17
  I can tell you from my heart,
• 42:19
  rebellion brings confusion.
• 42:21
  >> Amen.
• 42:24
  >> I've told you about this man time and
• 42:26
  time again.
• 42:27
  This man's been heavy on my mind.
• 42:30
  Pastor, preacher, years and years.
• 42:33
  Decided he's going to quit. Done with
• 42:35
  it.
• 42:37
  He's a member of the Hell's Angel. Now,
• 42:38
  I seen a thing just the other day, his
• 42:40
  boy who was a preacher himself. He's
• 42:42
  just a year two younger than me. Had a
• 42:45
  picture with a big old margarita in his
• 42:46
  hand. His Facebook profile.
• 42:50
  You say, "What is it?" It rebellion
• 42:52
  brings confusion.
• 42:53
  >> You're right.
• 42:54
  >> Amen.
• 42:55
  >> I'm tired of looking at people and
• 42:56
  wondering what happened.
• 42:58
  >> You're right.
• 42:58
  >> What's the problem? Why? What went
• 43:00
  wrong?
• 43:03
  Don't be that person.
• 43:04
  >> Amen.
• 43:05
  >> Don't be that person because you know
• 43:06
  what? You'll have a city behind you.
• 43:08
  >> You're right.
• 43:10
  You'll go out there and you'll build
• 43:12
  your city. You'll build your tower.
• 43:16
  And what you're going to find is God's
• 43:17
  going to break it all up one of these
• 43:18
  days.
• 43:19
  >> You're right.
• 43:22
  >> Every head bowed and every eye closed.
• 43:26
  I've delivered my burden tonight.
• 43:30
  I've been just as honest with you as I
• 43:32
  know how to be.
• 43:46
  I talked to pastors every week of my
• 43:48
  life. Probably talked to my dad more
• 43:51
  than any of them.
• 43:55
  And dad's told me himself.
• 43:58
  And my daddy's always been the man with
• 43:59
  the plan. He's looked at me and said,
• 44:00
  "Son, I really don't know what to do."
• 44:04
  I told him something one day. I said,
• 44:06
  'Dad, I said, 'All we can do is preach
• 44:07
  and leave the results to to the people
• 44:10
  and to God.
• 44:13
  And he told me the other day, he said,
• 44:14
  'You know, he said, I and my daddy loves
• 44:18
  people.
• 44:20
  Better pastor than I could ever be. He
• 44:23
  loves people.
• 44:26
  He told me, he said, you know, he said,
• 44:28
  I think you're right about that. He
• 44:29
  said, "I'm just going to have to preach
• 44:30
  to him cuz I can't do nothing else."
• 44:34
  Cuz he tries to help him, tries to reach
• 44:36
  out to him.
• 44:38
  Let me say this. It don't matter. It
• 44:40
  wouldn't matter if you had the best
• 44:42
  pastor in this world
• 44:45
  and he reached out to you and you had a
• 44:47
  personal friendship with him every day.
• 44:48
  If you decided in your mind that you was
• 44:50
  done, it wouldn't matter how good of a
• 44:53
  preacher you had. You're
• 44:55
  >> right. You could still get up and walk
• 44:57
  away if you get your eyes on God, right?
• 44:59
  >> Off of God.
• 45:01
  If you mess up, it'll not be God's
• 45:04
  fault.
• 45:07
  >> It'll not be God's fault,
• 45:08
  >> right?
• 45:19
  Father, I pray in Jesus name.
• 45:35
  Lord, would you help us to decide?
• 45:43
  Lord, help us to decide which side of
• 45:44
  the fence we're going to get on them.
• 45:48
  >> Lord, if we're going to do it right, are
• 45:50
  we going to dillydally?
• 45:54
  If we're going to really love you or if
• 45:56
  we're just going to be lazy and sit back
• 45:58
  and do nothing.
• 46:01
  Lord, you told the church of Leadyia,
• 46:03
  you said you're lukewarm.
• 46:05
  I spew thee out of my mouth. I would
• 46:07
  that you were cold or hot.
• 46:10
  Lord, that's where we're living at.
• 46:16
  Lord, I pray in Jesus name, God, if
• 46:18
  there's somebody on the fence tonight, I
• 46:20
  pray they'd make the decision.
• 46:29
  Lord, I pray, Father, that
• 46:34
  anything that I've said may be
• 46:35
  misconstrued. I pray you'd clean that up
• 46:38
  for me. And God, I didn't want to say
• 46:39
  anything to hinder or hurt tonight, but
• 46:41
  Lord, I just want to tell my heart.
• 46:44
  Lord, you put it in there.
• 46:47
  And God, I know if it grieves me, I know
• 46:49
  it grieves you.
• 46:51
  Lord, would you help us? Help us to be
• 46:54
  obedient to you.
• 46:58
  These are praying tonight, I got to ask
• 47:00
  you this.
• 47:09
  Say, "Preacher, I
• 47:11
  I come tonight and preacher, it's been
• 47:13
  weighing on me.
• 47:19
  Preacher, it's been weighing on me.
• 47:20
  Something been pressing on me to just
• 47:21
  quit.
• 47:24
  Try it maybe somewhere else."
• 47:31
  Say, "Preacher, I I can't say that. I
• 47:34
  can't admit to that. I tell you the you
• 47:37
  might find some freedom you can't
• 47:38
  understand.
• 47:40
  >> If you'd be honest with God tonight, you
• 47:42
  say, "Preacher, I was ready to quit."
• 47:46
  Preacher, if you'll pray for me and God
• 47:48
  will help me. I'm going to go on another
• 47:51
  day.
• 47:53
  I'm going to hang with it a little bit
• 47:54
  longer.
• 47:57
  You be honest tonight. Anybody here like
• 48:00
  that?
• 48:02
  Preacher, I just ready to quit.
• 48:05
  Just be honest.
• 48:10
  I'll pray for you tonight.
• 48:16
  I'll tell you this, you don't have to
• 48:17
  tell me.
• 48:19
  I know God sent this message tonight
• 48:22
  because you are.
• 48:24
  And you know what Paul told the
• 48:27
  Galatians church? He said, "Be not weary
• 48:29
  and welloing.
• 48:32
  Sometimes it's all you can do to get
• 48:34
  here.
• 48:36
  Don't quit coming."
• 48:37
  >> Yes.
• 48:38
  >> Sometimes it's all you can do to get up
• 48:40
  out of bed and go another day. But don't
• 48:43
  quit getting up.
• 48:44
  >> Yes.
• 48:45
  >> Don't quit picking your Bible up.
• 48:49
  >> You say, "What will it be if I don't?"
• 48:50
  It'll be rebellion's what it'll be,
• 48:53
  right?
• 48:55
  to put your Bible down
• 48:58
  in your darkest hour,
• 49:01
  to shut your prayer closet door
• 49:04
  on the hard days,
• 49:07
  to walk away.
• 49:10
  The devil says it'll be easier, but let
• 49:12
  me remind you,
• 49:15
  it'll never be easier.
• 49:20
  Because rebellion,
• 49:23
  do you hear me tonight, church?
• 49:24
  Rebellion always brings confusion.
• 49:27
  Father, I pray in Jesus name once again.
• 49:32
  Lord, would you help us tonight to
• 49:34
  receive this truth? Help us not rebel
• 49:36
  against you.
• 49:43
  Draw us near unto you,
• 49:49
  Lord, that we might not ever rebel. You
• 49:50
  said in your word, rebellion is as the
• 49:52
  sin of witchcraft.
• 49:55
  Lord, let us not rebel against you,
• 49:58
  but Lord, let us wait on you. And you
• 50:00
  said, "They that wait upon the Lord
• 50:01
  shall renew their strength." Lord, we
• 50:03
  need a renewal. God, would you give us
• 50:05
  that, Lord? I pray this sober warning
• 50:07
  tonight will wake us all up
• 50:10
  and help us be aware. Lord, we love you.
• 50:12
  Thank you for loving us in Jesus name.
• 50:17
  Amen.
• 50:18
  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
• 50:21
  We'd love it if you'd join us in person
• 50:23
  the next time you are able at Meadows
• 50:25
  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
• 50:28
  2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
• 50:32
  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
• 50:35
  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
• 50:37
  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
• 50:40
  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
• 50:42
  evening Bible study at 700 p.m. For more
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  information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.