Latest / LOH Church Archive / 12/03/25 "The 7 Churches of Revelation" Part 3
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- 0:00(MUSIC)
- 0:09LORD OF HOSTS, YOU READY TO LIFT UP THE NAME OF JESUS?
- 0:12(MUSIC)
- 0:16WE ARE VICTORIOUS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN?
- 0:18(MUSIC)
- 2:13(MUSIC)
- 2:26IF YOU KNOW IT AND YOU SING, CAN YOU SING IT RIGHT HERE? SAY,
- 3:42THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WHAT WE BIND ON EARTH IS BOUND IN
- 3:46HEAVEN. SO LET'S GIVE HEAVEN SOMETHING TO AGREE WITH
- 3:49US WITH. LET'S DECLARE THE WORD OF THE LORD. LET'S
- 3:53DECLARE OUR VICTORY, AMEN? HEY! CAN YOU SAY,
- 5:08YEAH. OH. OUR GOD IS STRONGER. OUR GOD IS BIGGER.
- 5:28I'M NOT AFRAID, 'CAUSE I KNOW WHO MY GOD IS.
- 5:37I'M NOT AFRAID, 'CAUSE I KNOW WHO HOLDS MY WORLD IN HIS HANDS.
- 5:46I'M NOT AFRAID, 'CAUSE HE DID NOT GIVE ME THE SPIRIT OF FEAR,
- 5:59BUT POWER, LOVE, AND A SOUND MIND,
- 6:05A MIND RENEWED BY THE WORD OF GOD.
- 6:12HIS PROMISES ARE YES AND AMEN. HIS PROMISES ARE YES AND AMEN.
- 6:26HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD. HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD. GREAT IS OUR GOD.
- 7:11CAN YOU SAY IT ONE TIME, SAY, GREAT IS OUR GOD.
- 7:42(MUSIC)
- 11:21OH, THERE'S NONE LIKE YOU, GOD. OH, THERE'S NO ONE.
- 11:31(MUSIC)
- 14:53(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 16:51AS WE WERE SINGING THOSE WORDS, HOW PROFOUND ARE THOSE? BUT I
- 16:55WAS STANDING THERE AND THINKING, "THERE IS NONE, THERE IS NONE."
- 17:00MMM. AND GOD WE JUST SAY THAT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. THERE IS NONE
- 17:05LIKE YOU. THOSE WORDS ARE SO PROFOUND. WE CAN'T EVER COMPARE.
- 17:14NO BEING, NO ENTITY CAN EVER COMPARE TO YOU, LORD. YOU KNOW,
- 17:25AND I THINK OF HOW THE BIBLE TEACHES US THAT WE ARE TO STRIVE
- 17:32TO BE LIKE CHRIST. YET, THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. WE CAN'T EVER BE
- 17:39LIKE HIM, BUT YET WE'RE TOLD TO STRIVE TO MIMIC AND IMITATE
- 17:44CHRIST. AND THAT JUST, I MEAN, IT SORT OF SEEMS LIKE AN
- 17:48OXYMORON. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU CAN NEVER BE HIM, YOU CAN
- 17:52NEVER BE LIKE HIM, BUT THEN YOU'RE TOLD TO BE LIKE HIM. YOU
- 17:58EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? AND I JUST FEEL LED TO DO SOMETHING.
- 18:01YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING INTO THE LAST HANDFUL OF WEEKS OF 2025.
- 18:052025 HAS HAD ITS VICTORIES, IT'S HAD ITS CHALLENGES. I WANNA
- 18:11ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SOMETHING. TAKE A MOMENT, JUST YOU AND GOD,
- 18:15RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE STANDING. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE JOINING
- 18:18ONLINE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THE SAME THING ALL OVER THE
- 18:21WORLD. PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART, JUST HAVE A LITTLE
- 18:24CONVERSATION WITH GOD AND YOU KNOW, COMMIT TO HIM AFRESH. TELL
- 18:29HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, GOD, I WANNA, I WANNA DO BETTER. AND
- 18:32IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE DOING BAD. IT'S JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
- 18:36THERE'S THINGS WE NEED TO CLEAR UP WITH GOD. THAT'S OKAY TOO.
- 18:39BUT I'M JUST THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
- 18:42YOU THINK, WELL, GOD, YOU KNOW, JUST HELP ME STRIVE. I WANNA
- 18:46STRIVE TO BE LIKE JESUS. I WANNA PLEASE YOU. THE BIBLE TALKS
- 18:49ABOUT THAT. LET'S JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST COMMIT OUR
- 18:53HEARTS AND OUR LIVES, OUR ACTIONS, OUR WORDS, OUR
- 18:57THOUGHTS. EVERYTHING WE DO AS WE CLOSE 2025, LET'S JUST MAKE THAT
- 19:03FRESH COMMITMENT. I WANT THEM TO PLAY FOR A MOMENT, YOU KNOW, AND
- 19:07HOWEVER, WHATEVER THAT MEANS TO YOU, YOU JUST TALK TO GOD, YOU
- 19:10KNOW, JUST ASK HIM, SAY, "LORD, TEACH ME, HELP ME." EDDIE, JUST
- 19:14SING FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME AREA, TOUCH
- 19:18YOUR HEART. IF YOU NEED TO KNEEL DOWN, YOU CAN EVEN DO THAT OR
- 19:21YOU CAN JUST HOWEVER YOU NEED TO DO THAT. AMEN, HALLELUJAH.
- 19:26EDDIE, JUST SING FOR A MOMENT. COME ON, THERE'S NONE LIKE HIM.
- 19:29(WORSHIP MUSIC)
- 20:46COME ON, JUST PROPHESY THAT IN YOUR HEART.
- 21:22NOW IF YOU NEED AN AREA IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU SAY, "YOU KNOW
- 21:25WHAT GOD, I NEED YOUR HELP." THE BIBLE SAYS IN ISAIAH, IT SAYS
- 21:29THAT THE LORD US BY THE RIGHT HAND AND HE WILL HELP US. THINK
- 21:32ABOUT THAT. GOD IS HELPING YOU. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CALLED OUR
- 21:39HELPER. HE'S HERE TO HELP. AND IF YOU NEED AN AREA AND YOU SAY,
- 21:43"GOD, JUST HELP ME." YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHAT PASTOR HANK PREACHES
- 21:47SO OFTEN WHEN PETER WAS OUT OF THE BOAT AND THE STORM WAS
- 21:51RAGING, HE TRIED TO WALK ON AND HE SAID, LORD, HELP ME. AND
- 21:57MAYBE YOU JUST SAY, GOD, I NEED HELP IN THIS. I DON'T KNOW HOW
- 21:59TO WHAT TO DO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT STEPS TO TAKE. MAYBE IT'S YOUR
- 22:03FINANCES. GOD HELP. YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE IN DEBT AND YOU
- 22:06THINK, LORD, HELP ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SORT ALL THIS OUT.
- 22:09COME ON. WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIFE WHERE
- 22:13WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY HUMAN WISDOM. I WAS REREADING AFTER
- 22:18PASTOR TALKED ON IT SUNDAY, HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE? AND HE
- 22:22QUOTED THE SCRIPTURE, FAMOUS SCRIPTURE, "TRUST IN THE LORD
- 22:25WITH ALL YOUR HEART." BUT I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST HIGHLIGHTED
- 22:28TO ME IN A NEW WAY. AND IT SAID, "AND LEAN NOT TO YOUR OWN
- 22:32UNDERSTANDING." DON'T WE DO THAT SOMETIMES? WE TRY TO FIGURE IT
- 22:35ALL OUT. I'M A CALCULATE, I LIKE TO CALCULATE EVERY STEP. AND YOU
- 22:39KNOW WHAT, SOMETIMES YOU JUST GOTTA SAY, "LORD, HELP THIS." SO
- 22:42IF YOU NEED AN AREA OF HELP TODAY, JUST GIVE IT TO GOD, TELL
- 22:47HIM. SAY, "LORD, I NEED YOUR HELP IN THIS." YOU CAN CLOSE
- 22:53YOUR EYES, HOWEVER YOU JUST BRING IT TO THE LORD. MAYBE IT'S
- 22:55YOUR HEALTH. MAYBE IT'S A RELATIONSHIP ISSUE.
- 22:59(MUSIC)
- 23:07I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEBODY YOU'RE JUST FEELING LIKE A
- 23:10FAILURE. YOU NEED GOD TO HELP YOU WITH THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW,
- 23:14GOD, I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY ONE TIME THAT IF YOU'RE IN TROUBLE
- 23:18AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE MESSED UP, DON'T RUN AWAY FROM GOD, RUN
- 23:21TO HIM. AMEN, THAT'S WHERE YOUR HELP COMES FROM. SO FATHER, I
- 23:26JUST PRAY FOR EVERYBODY UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE RIGHT NOW.
- 23:30I PRAY FOR EVERY PERSON THAT'S WATCHING ONLINE, AND IF THEY
- 23:33NEED HELP IN AN AREA, RESCUE THEM, FATHER. BE THEIR RESCUE,
- 23:37BE THEIR STRENGTH. HELP THEM, GRAB THEM, FATHER. WE'RE ASKING
- 23:41YOU BY THE RIGHT HAND AND PULL THEM UP, WE PRAY. PULL THEM UP,
- 23:46LORD. WE ASK THAT YOU BRING THEM OUT OF THIS PLACE THAT THEY
- 23:50DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR WHERE TO GO OR HOW TO FIGURE IT OUT,
- 23:54LORD, BUT THAT'S THE THING, GOD, YOU, THERE'S NO ONE LIKE YOU
- 23:58THAT FIXES US. SO SHOW US THE WAY, LORD, NOT IN OUR OWN
- 24:02WISDOM, NOT IN OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, BUT SHOW US, GOD,
- 24:07HOW TO FOLLOW YOU AND TRUST YOU. NOW TOUCH YOURSELF AND SAY,
- 24:11SELF, YOU TRUST GOD. IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE
- 24:19HIM. SO YOU TRUST HIM. NOW SAY, "SELF, I COMMIT TO A GREATER
- 24:27LEVEL TO THE LORD. JESUS, TEACH ME HOW TO BE LIKE YOU. TEACH ME
- 24:36WHAT PLEASES YOU. TEACH ME TO FOLLOW YOU." AND I THANK YOU,
- 24:41LORD. I'M GOING TO END 2025 IN GREAT VICTORY. AND 2026 IS GOING
- 24:49TO BE A YEAR OF VICTORY. COME ON, AFTER VICTORY, AFTER
- 24:53VICTORY, AFTER VICTORY. HALLELUJAH! DO YOU BELIEVE IT? I
- 24:59BELIEVE IT IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN AND AMEN AND AMEN. WELL, TURN
- 25:04AROUND TO A COUPLE PEOPLE. GIVE THEM A HUG OR A KNUCKLE TOUCH.
- 25:09AND LOVE ON THEM AND TELL THEM, MAN, IT IS GOOD. THERE IS
- 25:11VICTORY IN THE HOUSE. WE ARE GOING TO BE BLESSED TONIGHT IN
- 25:14JESUS' NAME. INTERNET, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOD BLESS YOU.
- 25:19LEAVE IN THE COMMENTS WHERE YOU ARE TUNING
- 25:21IN FROM. WE'D LOVE TO HEAR IT IN JESUS' NAME.
- 25:23(MUSIC)
- 26:01AMEN AND AMEN. ARE YOU GLAD YOU CAME TO CHURCH ON A COLD
- 26:05WEDNESDAY? WE LIVE IN NEBRASKA. WE SHOULD BE TOUGH. YOU KNOW, I
- 26:11ALWAYS LAUGH AT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE SOUTH,
- 26:13AND IT COULD BE 55 DEGREES IN OMAHA, AND THEY COME IN A PARKA.
- 26:19YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL OUT STILL WITH THE GRILL IN OUR SHORTS. SO
- 26:24WE'LL GET THROUGH IT, WON'T WE? I DON'T MIND THE SNOW WHEN IT'S
- 26:27CHRISTMAS. IT'S KIND OF FUN. BUT ANYWAY, WELL, I'M GONNA GET
- 26:29RIGHT TO IT. WE'RE GONNA TEACH AND PREACH TONIGHT AND FINISH UP
- 26:33THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION. BUT BEFORE WE DO, I
- 26:35WANNA RECEIVE OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS SO THEY CAN PUT THE
- 26:39GIVING INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. I DON'T EVEN HAVE A
- 26:41VERSE TO PREACH TO YOU. PASTOR HANK IS HOME, HE'S WORKING ON
- 26:47MESSAGES. AND BY THE WAY, HIS FLASHPOINT TRAVEL, GENE HAS
- 26:52TURNED UP THE HEAT, I'M TELLING YOU. AND THEY ARE DOING
- 26:56FLASHPOINT LIVES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THIS YEAR AND COMING.
- 27:00AND SO HE HAS BEEN, WOW, HE'LL JUST BE, HE'LL BE AFTER IT. BUT
- 27:05IT'S ALL GOOD, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO IT'S GONNA BE A
- 27:07GOOD 2026, LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING. SO HE'S HOME JUST
- 27:11KIND OF GETTING SOME CONTENT TOGETHER. AND I LOVE IT BECAUSE
- 27:14HE SPENDS HOURS ON HIS SERMONS, HOURS. YOU KNOW, HOURS OF STUDY
- 27:18FOR, YOU KNOW, 45 MINUTES OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT IT'S GOOD.
- 27:22AND YOU CAN TELL, YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY TELL. SO, BUT HERE'S
- 27:25THE GIVING INFORMATION, ALL THE WAYS TO GIVE. LET'S FINISH 2025
- 27:29STRONG, AMEN, AND FINISH IT IN VICTORY. IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING IN
- 27:35YOUR FINANCES, THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO RELOOK AT THEM
- 27:39AND MAKE THE DECISION TO BE A GIVER IN 2026. OR, YOU KNOW, AND
- 27:44I ALWAYS SAY THIS, I ALWAYS CHALLENGE MYSELF TO DO BETTER IN
- 27:49THE NEXT YEAR, PERCENTAGE WISE, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR BUSINESS DOES
- 27:53BETTER IN 2025 OR DID BETTER IN ’25 THAN ’24, THEN PUSH YOURSELF
- 27:58A LITTLE BIT JUST TO HAVE THAT COMMITMENT TO GOD.
- 28:02YOU KNOW I ALWAYS SAY IT LIKE THIS. WE GET ONE SHOT ON
- 28:04THIS EARTH TO DO THINGS GOD'S WAY. ONE OPPORTUNITY. WE DON'T
- 28:09GET TO GO BACK AND SAY, "WOW, I SHOULD HAVE TITHED WHEN WE GET
- 28:13TO HEAVEN." IT WILL BE DONE UP THERE. SO DO IT HERE AND DON'T
- 28:18LET ANOTHER YEAR GO BY. DON'T BE A SPIRITUAL PROCRASTINATOR. BE
- 28:22COMMITTED TO IT. AND THANK YOU ALL OF YOU ONLINE THAT ARE SO
- 28:26FAITHFUL TO JOIN WITH US AND WORK ON THE TABERNACLE. WE WERE
- 28:30DISCUSSING SOME THINGS WITH THE STAFF TODAY ABOUT JUST THINGS
- 28:34WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF VENTURES AND
- 28:37THINGS UPCOMING. THERE'S SOME STUFF YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUPER
- 28:40EXCITED ABOUT. MY SON IS SMILING AT ME BECAUSE HE KNEW ABOUT
- 28:43THAT. AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE TO TELL YOU FUNNY, THIS IS PUBLIC.
- 28:46CAN I TELL YOU A FUNNY IN THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC FUNNY? AND WE
- 28:50WERE TALKING WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE TODAY, AND THIS IS ON
- 28:53GROW OMAHA. ANYBODY FOLLOW GROW OMAHA ON FACEBOOK? AND SO
- 28:57AMERICAN NATIONAL KIND OF GOT SOLD OUT BY, WATCH THIS, PASTOR
- 29:01ANTHONY, A BANK IN GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN. THEY WERE BOUGHT, I
- 29:06THOUGHT, WELL, I KNOW, PASTOR MATT, WHEN WE TOLD IT TO HIM, HE
- 29:09ABOUT FELL OFF THE STEPS IN THE FOYER. AND ANYWAY, WE THOUGHT IT
- 29:13WAS KIND OF, ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL KEEP THE BRAND
- 29:15OR HOW THEY'RE GONNA HANDLE THAT, THESE BANK MERGERS, THEY
- 29:18ARE WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF HUMOROUS,
- 29:21NOT BY THE CHIEFS, NO, NOT BY A KANSAS CITY BANK. ANYWAY, I HAVE
- 29:25TO GIVE OUR PEOPLE A HARD TIME. WE LOVE TO RAZZ EACH OTHER AND
- 29:28TALK SMACK FOOTBALL. IT'S JUST FUN, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE FUN. AND
- 29:33BY THE WAY, WE DO LIKE OTHER SPORTS BESIDES FOOTBALL IN THE
- 29:35KUNNEMAN HOUSEHOLD. PASTOR HANK, DON'T TELL ANYBODY, EVEN THOUGH
- 29:40IT'S ALL OVER THE INTERNET, IS A HUGE NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL FAN. HE
- 29:44IS LIKE, I MEAN, HE'S LIKE, WHAT ARE WE MAKING FRIDAY NIGHT? THE
- 29:49HUSKERS ARE PLAYING. I'M LIKE, IT USED TO BE HUSKER FOOTBALL,
- 29:52HE SHIFTED NOW. HE'S LIKE HUSKER VOLLEYBALL ALL THE WAY. I MEAN,
- 29:55THEY'RE UNDEFEATED, SO I MEAN, HE'S PRETTY EXCITED. SO I GOTTA
- 29:59COME UP AND COME UP WITH MY GAME FOOD FOR THAT. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT
- 30:03HAPPENS, BUT ANYWAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, IF YOU GOT YOUR GIVING
- 30:05READY, STAND UP. PRAISE THE LORD. YOU'RE BOLD GIVING. YOU
- 30:12KNOW WHAT YOU'RE HOLDING IN YOUR HAND, IF IT'S YOUR PHONE, YOU'RE
- 30:15GIVING ELECTRONICALLY? REMEMBER, YOUR ENVELOPE, IT IS A WEAPON.
- 30:21SOMEBODY SAY WEAPON. IT IS A SWORD TO BE USED AGAINST THE
- 30:25ENEMY. REMEMBER, TWO KEY THINGS ABOUT THE TITHE. IT'S NOT JUST
- 30:29TITHING, IT'S OFFERINGS. IT'S A NUMBER, WHAT DOES IT SAY IN
- 30:32MALACHI 3? GOD WILL WHAT? RE... SHOUT IT AT ME, REBUKE
- 30:38THE DEVOURER. SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE, HOLD UP YOUR
- 30:40FINGER. SO NUMBER ONE, HE REBUKES THE DEVOURER. HOW MANY
- 30:43OF YOU WOULD LOVE OLD SLEWFOOT TO BE KICKED OUT? RIGHT? PUSHED
- 30:48BACK BY THE POWER OF GOD. AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS HE
- 30:52SAID, I WILL OPEN, PUT YOUR SECOND FINGER UP. WHAT WILL HE
- 30:55OPEN? THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN. NOW, THINK ABOUT THAT. IF THE
- 31:01WINDOWS ARE OPEN, BLESSINGS COMING OUT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A
- 31:05GOOD THING. SO THAT OUGHT TO MAKE EVERYBODY WANT TO BE A
- 31:08GIVER. SO, BUT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AS A TITHER AND A PERSON
- 31:11THAT GIVES OFFERINGS, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CLAIM THOSE IN YOUR
- 31:14LIFE. PASTOR AND I DO IT ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE GET UP AND
- 31:18SAY, DEVIL, NO, THE DEVOURER IS REBUKED AND THE WINDOWS OF
- 31:21HEAVEN ARE OPEN. AND THAT IS WHAT WE STAND ON. NOW THE DEVIL,
- 31:24EVEN IF YOU'RE A TITHER, YOU KNOW HE CAN STEAL THE BLESSING
- 31:27FROM YOU. IF YOU TALK WRONG, IF YOU ACT LIKE THE WINDOWS ARE
- 31:31CLOSED, EVEN IF YOU GAVE YOUR 10TH, AND YOU GO AROUND WITH A
- 31:35CLOSED HEAVEN ATTITUDE, THEN THAT'S FINE. YOU'LL UNDO THE
- 31:38BLESSING. SO BE COMMITTED TO IT. CLAIM THE TITHER'S RIGHTS THAT
- 31:43BELONG TO YOU. THAT'S WHAT 2026 IS GONNA BE IN JESUS' NAME,
- 31:46AMEN? HOLD IT UP, ARE YOU READY? FATHER, I THANK YOU FOR EVERY
- 31:49GIVER UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE. I THANK YOU THAT FATHER,
- 31:53AS THEY PUT THIS WEAPON IN THEIR HAND, THIS SWORD AGAINST THE
- 31:57POWERS OF THE DEVIL. IT IS BRINGING THE 2025 TO A CLOSURE
- 32:03IN VICTORY. EVERY DEFEAT IS BROKEN. EVERYTHING THE ENEMY
- 32:07TRIED THIS PAST YEAR, THESE SEEDS, THESE TIES, THESE
- 32:11OFFERINGS, BREAK ALL OF THAT AND SET THESE PEOPLE UP FOR THE
- 32:15VICTORY UPON VICTORY UPON VICTORY IN 2026. WE SPEAK IT, WE
- 32:20DECLARE IT, WE THANK YOU FOR IT, FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
- 32:24AND EVERYBODY IN HERE AND ONLINE SAID? AMEN. AMEN. ALL RIGHT,
- 32:29USHERS, YOU CAN BEGIN TO SERVE THE PEOPLE, AND WE'LL GET RIGHT
- 32:32INTO IT. GRAB YOUR BIBLE, YOUR NOTEBOOK. ALL OF THE, LET'S GET
- 32:41MY NOTES OUT. CONTINUING ON THE CHURCHES OF REVELATION. NOW WHAT
- 32:45I WANNA DO, THE SEVEN CHURCHES, I WANNA DO A VERY QUICK REVIEW
- 32:50ON JUST WHAT WE'VE COVERED. FOR ANYBODY THAT MIGHT BE JOINING US
- 32:53NEW, I'LL TRY NOT TO CAMP TOO LONG ON THESE. THIS IS THE LAST
- 32:56ONE. AND BY THE WAY, I FEEL LIKE THE LORD TOLD ME, PASTOR HANK
- 33:01AND I, WE DO WORK ON THE CALENDAR AND THE SCHEDULE OF THE
- 33:03PREACHING, BUT I TOLD HIM, I SAID, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO
- 33:08A COUPLE SUNDAYS, I THINK SOME SUNDAYS, WE'RE GONNA BE PRAYING
- 33:12AND DOING OUR FASTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS HERE AT THE
- 33:15CHURCH DURING THAT TIME DURING JANUARY. BUT I SAID I WOULD LIKE
- 33:18TO DO SOME TEACHING ON PRAYERS OF PETITION, ON PETITIONING GOD
- 33:24FOR THINGS, ASKING, NOT ALL ASKING IS THE SAME. AND SO I
- 33:28THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO DO SOME OF THAT. BUT THIS WILL BE
- 33:31THE FINAL ONE ON THE SEVEN CHURCHES. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE
- 33:33GOTTEN SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? AND MY GOAL IS BECAUSE WE SEE SO
- 33:37MUCH OUT THERE IN THE CULTURE. WE SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT GO
- 33:42ON AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST, I GUESS, FIVE OR SO YEARS
- 33:46WHEN THE SHUTDOWN HAPPENED, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
- 33:49CHURCHES THAT DIDN'T STAND UP, PASTORS THAT DIDN'T PUT THEIR
- 33:53VOICE OUT THERE. AND YOU'RE GONNA FIND TONIGHT THAT THERE IS
- 33:57THE CHURCH OF WOKE THAT MANIFESTS. BUT WE'VE COVERED A
- 34:00LOT OF EXPRESSIONS OF CHURCHES. BUT REMEMBER, THOSE CHURCHES ARE
- 34:06OBVIOUSLY LED BY THE PASTOR. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT EACH
- 34:09ONE OF THESE SEVEN CHURCHES, IT SAYS TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH
- 34:13OF, RIGHT? THAT WORD ANGEL IS THE WORD MESSENGER. IT'S REALLY
- 34:17ALSO TRANSLATED PASTOR. AND SO THE PASTOR IS THE ONE THAT SETS
- 34:22THE TONE FOR THE CHURCH. BUT REMEMBER, IT'S ALSO MADE UP OF
- 34:26PEOPLE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE RELATIONSHIP, LISTEN TO ME,
- 34:31BETWEEN THE PASTOR AND THE PEOPLE WORKS TOGETHER. BECAUSE
- 34:35THE BIBLE ALSO SAYS THAT IN THE LAST DAYS, THE PEOPLE, THE
- 34:38CONGREGATIONS, WILL HEAP TO THEMSELVES TEACHERS HAVING WHAT?
- 34:42ITCHING EARS THAT WILL TELL THEM EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO
- 34:46HEAR, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THEY NEED TO HEAR. SO PEOPLE WILL GO
- 34:50TO A CHURCH WHERE EVERYTHING'S PALATABLE, AND WE SEE A LOT OF
- 34:55THIS, NOT YOU GUYS, BUT I'M HELPING YOU JUST KNOW, YOU GUYS
- 34:58ARE LIKE THE BOLD PEOPLE, BUT YOU'RE THE REMNANT. WE'RE GONNA
- 35:01TALK ABOUT YOU TONIGHT. BUT THE REALITY IS, IS WE HAVE THE
- 35:06RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PASTOR, THE PASTOR SETS THE TONE, BUT
- 35:10WHERE PASTORS CAN GET IN TROUBLE IS WHEN THEY START PREACHING AND
- 35:13TEACHING WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR, OR
- 35:19WHAT'S DEMANDED. I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE USER-FRIENDLY
- 35:22MOVEMENT CAME IN AND SO PASTORS STARTED THINKING, WELL, NOBODY
- 35:25WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT PRAYING IN TONGUES ON A SUNDAY MORNING, SO
- 35:30WE'LL JUST TONE THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. WE STILL BELIEVE IN
- 35:32IT, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA TONE THAT BACK. WE DON'T WANNA MAKE
- 35:35IT TOO CRAZY. AND HERE'S THE THING, CHURCH SHOULD BE ABOUT
- 35:39DECENCY. IT SHOULD BE ABOUT ORDER. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE
- 35:41OUGHT TO KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE OURSELVES IN GOD'S HOUSE. I
- 35:44DON'T THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE CRAZY THINGS GOING ON,
- 35:48PEOPLE CRAWLING ON THE FLOOR BARKING LIKE DOGS. I MEAN,
- 35:51THERE'S SOME CRAZY STUFF THAT'S GOTTEN OUT THERE IN THE WORLD,
- 35:55IN THE CHRISTIAN CIRCLES, AND WE'LL COVER A LITTLE BIT OF
- 35:58THAT. BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PASTOR AND THE
- 36:01PEOPLE SHOULD BE VERY COHESIVE. THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE RECEPTIVE
- 36:05OF WHAT THE PASTOR HAS TO SAY NOT ALWAYS RUNNING OUT AT THE
- 36:11RESTAURANT AND SITTING AT THE TABLE AND PICKING APART THE
- 36:14MESSAGE BECAUSE HERE'S THE REALITY. NO PASTOR'S
- 36:17GONNA PREACH EVERYTHING PERFECT ALL THE TIME. WE'RE GROWING JUST
- 36:20LIKE THE PEOPLE. SO IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WORKS TOGETHER.
- 36:24AND SO THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF THIS IS ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT THE
- 36:27PASTOR SETTING A CERTAIN TYPE OF EXPRESSION. AND I REALLY BELIEVE
- 36:31IN ALL MY HEART THAT THE PASTORS THAT ARE SEEN HERE IN THE
- 36:36CHURCHES OF REVELATION, THE SEVEN CHURCHES, ARE REALLY ALL
- 36:40THE EXPRESSIONS OF CHURCH WE SEE TODAY ARE FOUND IN THESE. AND
- 36:44IT'S MADE UP OF CHRISTIANS AS WELL, WHO SOMETIMES CAN PRESSURE
- 36:49THE PASTOR INTO PREACHING A CERTAIN WAY OR NOT PREACHING A
- 36:52CERTAIN WAY, RIGHT? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO SEE
- 36:56OURSELVES IN IT. WE HAVE TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR, ALL OF US PASTORS
- 37:00AND CONGREGATIONS ALIKE, AND SEE, YOU KNOW, GOD, I DON'T WANT
- 37:03TO GET, YOU KNOW, LURED INTO ANY OF THESE TYPES OF EXPRESSIONS
- 37:07THAT DON'T PLEASE GOD, AMEN. SO LET'S REVIEW THEM REALLY QUICKLY
- 37:12AND WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH KIND OF FAST IF WE CAN. THE FIRST
- 37:15WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRST CHURCH WHICH WAS THE CHURCH OF
- 37:19EPHESUS. AND IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WAS THE CHURCH OF
- 37:23SELF-RIGHTEOUS RELIGION. AND THEY WERE THE ONES THAT, YOU
- 37:27KNOW, THEY DIDN'T TOLERATE ANY EVIL. THEY CALLED OUT SIN, THEY
- 37:32DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT THEY HAD BECOME WITHOUT MERCY.
- 37:36THEY FORGOT THAT PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND THAT THERE IS MERCY
- 37:41TO BE HAD. JESUS SAID TO THEM, "YOU LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE,"
- 37:44MEANING THAT IT'S NOT THAT THEY BACKSLID AS MUCH AS IT WAS ABOUT
- 37:49THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS BECAME HARSH, RIGHT? THERE'S A
- 37:54DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, I GUESS, BOLDNESS AND THEN BECOMING
- 37:58OVERLY HARSH. NOT EVERY MESSAGE NEEDS TO BE, AND I LOVE THIS
- 38:03CHURCH, WE CALL OUT THINGS. WE'RE BOLD ABOUT CULTURE, BUT
- 38:08THEN THERE HAS TO BE TIMES IN THE PULPIT WE SETTLE BACK AND WE
- 38:11FEED YOU THE WORD TO STRENGTHEN YOU. SO THERE HAS TO BE A
- 38:15BALANCE. AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS IN THIS CHURCH BEFORE, THAT
- 38:19WE CAN'T HAVE ONLY BLESS ME SCRIPTURES, RIGHT? YOU HAVE JUST
- 38:24BLESSED ME SCRIPTURES, THEN YOU'LL GET SOFT AND, YOU KNOW,
- 38:29ALL OF THAT. BUT IF YOU HAVE ONLY CORRECT ME SCRIPTURES, YOU
- 38:33GET MEAN AND MEAN SPIRITED AND EVERYTHING'S A JUDGMENT. SO WE
- 38:37NEED A BALANCE. AND THIS IS WHAT THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS FORGOT.
- 38:39AND SO YOU NOTICE JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE GREAT JUDGE. COME
- 38:43ON, WITH THE MEASURE THAT YOU JUDGE OUT IS THE MEASURE THAT
- 38:47YOU'LL BE JUDGED BACK AGAIN. WE GOTTA REMEMBER THAT IN THIS
- 38:51COMMENT CULTURE, THIS ONLINE, EVERYTHING, JUST BECAUSE THE
- 38:55COMMENT'S THERE DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO SAY IT. AND I'M
- 38:58CERTAINLY NOT ABOUT, I WOULD NEVER, THIS IS JUST ME, IF I WAS
- 39:02SITTING IN THE PEW EVERY SUNDAY, I MEAN, WE'RE UP HERE DOING THE
- 39:04SERVICE, BUT I WOULD NEVER GO TO SOME OTHER CHURCH'S PAGE AND
- 39:08CRITICIZE THE PREACHING, EVEN IF I DIDN'T AGREE WITH IT. IF I
- 39:13THOUGHT IT WAS FALSE, I WOULD JUST CLICK OFF. IF YOU DON'T
- 39:17LIKE IT, JUST, THERE'S THE OFF BUTTON. RIGHT? IT'S NOT HARD. SO
- 39:24WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL OF FALLING INTO THIS. WE'VE BECOME
- 39:27PHARISAICAL, AND I THINK THE CHURCH SHOULD NOT SEE, OR THE
- 39:30WORLD SHOULD NOT SEE THE CHURCH DIVIDED. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
- 39:35IT'S WHY I DON'T LIKE TO CALL OUT. I DON'T LIKE PREACHERS AND
- 39:38PEOPLE BEING CALLED OUT ALL OVER THE INTERNET. IT BREAKS MY HEART
- 39:41SO MUCH BECAUSE, IN FACT, DAVID, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, AFTER
- 39:45SAUL WAS KILLED, HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT? SAUL WAS KILLED
- 39:49AND DAVID SAID, "DON'T PUBLISH IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS." REMEMBER
- 39:53THIS? HE SAID, "DON'T PUT IT OUT THERE "LEST THE SONS AND THE
- 39:57DAUGHTERS "OF THE PHILISTINES REJOICE." IN OTHER WORDS, THE
- 40:00WORLD TAKES GREAT PLEASURE WHEN THE CHURCH IS FIGHTING. RIGHT,
- 40:04AND WE'RE POINTING THE FINGER AT EACH OTHER. SO THIS IS, WE GOTTA
- 40:06BE CAREFUL WE DON'T FALL INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE CHURCH OF
- 40:10EPHESUS. YES, WE CAN HAVE RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT WE DON'T
- 40:13WANNA BE THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE, AND WE DON'T WANT JESUS TO JUDGE
- 40:16US AFTER THE WAY WE JUDGE PEOPLE. SO THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
- 40:19SO THAT'S THAT CHURCH, AND THEN WE HAD THE SECOND ONE THAT WE
- 40:23TALKED ABOUT, THE CHURCH OF SMYRNA. THIS WAS THE PERSECUTED
- 40:27CHURCH. JESUS HAD NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT THEM, THESE PEOPLE.
- 40:32AND NOTICE HE COMES TO THEM AS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE. THEIR
- 40:35FOCUS AT THAT CHURCH WAS, I JUST WANT TO PLEASE GOD, I WILL DIE
- 40:41FOR MY FAITH. AND I THINK IN THE CHURCH OF AMERICA, THAT PASTOR
- 40:46IS GONNA BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST, I
- 40:49DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL DO IT ON SUNDAY YET BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY
- 40:52TALKING ABOUT HAVING SOME GUEST SPEAKERS COME IN TO REALLY
- 40:55UNVEIL AND PULL THE MASK OFF THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM THAT IS REALLY
- 41:02TRYING TO RAISE ITS HEAD IN THIS COUNTRY. AND I THINK IT'S ONE OF
- 41:06OUR GREATEST THREATS RIGHT NOW AND THE CHURCH CANNOT BE ASLEEP
- 41:10TO IT. AND HOW MANY OF YOU SAW FLASHPOINT LAST NIGHT WHERE THEY
- 41:14TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND THERE WERE MUSLIMS,
- 41:20MUSLIM LEADERS, ON QUOTING THE FACT THAT EITHER WE'RE GOING TO
- 41:24THE BALLOT OR WE'RE GONNA USE THE BULLET. I MEAN, THIS IS
- 41:26CRAZY TALK. AND SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER AS CHRISTIANS, WE HAVE
- 41:30TO STAND OUR GROUND IN THE FACE OF PERSECUTION. AND THIS IS A
- 41:34QUESTION THAT EVERY ONE OF US HAS TO ASK OURSELF. I HAD A
- 41:40MOTHER RECENTLY, I WON'T SAY WHO IT IS, WHO TOLD ME THAT ONE OF
- 41:44THEIR CHILDREN WAS LIKE, "WELL, MOM, WHAT IF I HAVE, YOU MEAN WE
- 41:48COULD DIE? WE COULD BE KILLED AND MUTILATED AND MURDERED FOR
- 41:53JESUS? AND WHAT, I MEAN, HOW WOULD THAT, 'CAUSE THIS IS NEW
- 41:58TALK HERE IN THIS, HERE IN THE UNITED STATES." AND THE MOTHER
- 42:03SAID, "WELL, I MEAN, IT COULD HAPPEN. IT COULD DEFINITELY
- 42:06HAPPEN. I MEAN, LIKE, YOU COULD BE KILLED AND WE COULD BE
- 42:10KILLED. AND FINALLY THIS MOM TURNED AROUND AND SHE SAID,
- 42:15"YES, IT COULD HAPPEN, AND IF IT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS." WE'RE
- 42:19GONNA STAND UP FOR JESUS. COME ON, NO MATTER WHAT. AMEN. I LOVE
- 42:24WHAT APOSTLE MIKE KEYES SAYS. HE SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA
- 42:26THREATEN ME WITH, HEAVEN?" SO THIS WAS THE CHURCH OF SMYRNA.
- 42:33AND THE BIG THING THAT JESUS GAVE TO THEM IS DON'T FEAR. FEAR
- 42:36KEEPS A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM BEING OBEDIENT TO
- 42:40GOD. SO DON'T FEAR PERSECUTION. MAKE THAT PART OF YOUR PRAYER
- 42:44LIFE. FATHER, I'LL STAND UP AND I'LL JUMP IN THE FRAY IF I HAVE
- 42:48TO. AND THEN THE NEXT CHURCH WAS THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. AND THIS
- 42:52WAS A CHURCH THAT I CALLED THE CHURCH OF CARNAL FLESHLY LIVING.
- 42:57THEY JUST COULDN'T QUIT BEING CARNAL PEOPLE. A LITTLE BIT OF
- 43:01THE CHURCH OF CORINTH HAD SOME OF THAT. THEY WERE HOLY SPIRIT,
- 43:05BUT PAUL WAS CONSTANTLY, IF YOU READ 1 AND 2 CORINTHIANS, YOU'LL
- 43:09FIND THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS CONSTANTLY TEACHING THEM HOW TO
- 43:13LIVE STRAIGHT AND HOW TO GET THE CARNALITY OUT OF THEIR LIFE. AND
- 43:17SO THIS WAS THE CHURCH THAT THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF CARNAL
- 43:22BEHAVIORS. THEY WERE MORE INTERESTED IN ALL OF THEIR
- 43:25WORLDLY PLEASURES, RIGHT? ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE, AND I
- 43:28LOVE WHAT PASTOR TALKED ABOUT. WE CAN GET SO INTO OUR HOBBIES
- 43:33AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE NATURAL, AND THOSE ARE
- 43:35GOOD THINGS, WE ALL NEED THOSE THINGS, BUT WE CAN'T PUT 'EM IN
- 43:38FRONT OF JESUS. AND SO HERE IS THIS CHURCH, THE CHURCH OF
- 43:43CARNAL LIVING. THEY NEVER DENIED THE LORD IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF
- 43:47EVIL, BUT THEY COULDN'T GET THE WORLDLINESS OUT. AND SO, AND ONE
- 43:53OF THE WAYS THAT I SAID IT, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS
- 43:56AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS IS, I'M ALWAYS SUPER CAREFUL OF
- 44:01ANYTHING THAT EXCUSES, WELL, IT'S OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO
- 44:05FILL IN THE BLANK. AND I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL ABOUT
- 44:09THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY, I THINK THERE'S
- 44:12SOME ABSOLUTES IN THE SCRIPTURE, WHERE THE BIBLE IS ABSOLUTELY DO
- 44:16NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT, THOU SHALT NOT, OKAY, THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT
- 44:21THEN THERE'S THINGS ON THERE WHERE PAUL TAUGHT THAT ONE
- 44:25PERSON MIGHT BE OKAY WITH THAT AND ANOTHER WITH THAT, BUT THE
- 44:29MAIN THING IS, IS HE NEVER MADE IT OUT THAT IT WAS JUST OKAY FOR
- 44:33BELIEVERS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS. WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL. SO I
- 44:37ALWAYS SAY THAT'S KIND OF A WARNING SIGN WHEN PEOPLE ARE
- 44:39LIKE, OH, NO, THAT MOVIE'S OKAY, OR IT'S OKAY TO DO THIS, OR IT'S
- 44:42OKAY TO DO THAT. AND ALL OF THESE THINGS TEND TO CREEP INTO
- 44:46THE CHURCH SO MUCH THAT WE END UP WITH A CARNAL, RIGHT? A
- 44:50CARNAL, COMPROMISED CHURCH. AND THE BIBLE TEACHES US TO BE HOLY
- 44:55AS GOD'S HOLY. SO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO THAT WAS THAT
- 44:59CHURCH. AND BY THE WAY, JESUS COMES TO THE CHURCH AT PERGAMOS.
- 45:05HE CAME WITH A SWORD IN HIS MOUTH. WELL, IT'S BECAUSE THEY
- 45:08FORGOT THE BIBLE, RIGHT? THEY WERE SO BUSY WITH CARNAL LIVING
- 45:13AND EXCUSING AND MAKING UP, "OH, I THINK THIS IS GOOD AND THAT'S
- 45:17GOOD." YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT, ESPECIALLY TODAY, WE CANNOT AS
- 45:21CHRISTIANS LIVE BASED ON GOOD OPINIONS. WE HAVE GOT TO BE IN
- 45:27THE WORD. IN FACT, I CHALLENGE YOU, PASTOR AND I ARE DOING A,
- 45:30WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT WE'RE DOING, ACTUALLY NEVER
- 45:33REALLY TOGETHER. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEVER DID IT TOGETHER,
- 45:37BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN DAYS WHERE PROVERBS FALLS ON A MONTH WHERE
- 45:42THERE'S 31 DAYS. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
- 45:46AT ONE EVERY DAY. TODAY WAS PROVERBS 3, AND WE GO THROUGH
- 45:50ALL THE WAY TO THE END. I WOULD ENCOURAGE HUSBANDS AND WIVES, DO
- 45:53IT TOGETHER, DO IT WITH YOUR KIDS, READ THE BOOK OF PROVERBS.
- 45:56BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? PROVERBS IS A GOOD BOOK THAT KEEPS YOU OUT OF
- 46:00YOUR CARNAL OPINION. SO JESUS COMES TO THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS
- 46:05WITH THE SWORD IN HIS MOUTH. HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU
- 46:07GOTTA GET BACK TO THE WORD. 'CAUSE IF YOU HAVE THE WORD IN
- 46:11YOUR HEART, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE CALL IT? IT CALLS IT A TWO-EDGED
- 46:14SWORD. IN OTHER WORDS, IT DISCERNS. WHAT DOES IT SAY? IT'S
- 46:17A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND THE INTENTS OF THE HEART. AND IT
- 46:21DIVIDES, WATCH THIS, IT DIVIDES THAT WHICH IS FLESH AND SPIRIT.
- 46:28SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN THE WORD OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU
- 46:31MAKE REGULAR READING A HABIT AND YOU STUDY IT AND YOU KNOW IT,
- 46:35YOU KNOW, YOU'LL COME UP UPON SOMETHING OR MAYBE YOU MEET
- 46:37SOMEBODY, COME ON, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'D BE LIKE, I DON'T
- 46:41KNOW, I DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT. WELL, NO, IT'S OKAY.
- 46:44PEOPLE SAY, OH, IT'S FINE. THAT PERSON IS GREAT, IT'S GREAT. NO,
- 46:47I JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHY. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT? WHY
- 46:49DON'T YOU FEEL, I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO
- 46:51ANSWER EVERYBODY. MARILYN HICKEY TAUGHT US THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
- 46:55SHE SAID, "NOT EVERY TEXT MESSAGE HAS TO BE RESPONDED TO."
- 47:00YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER ASKED, WHEN ANYBODY ASKS YOU A LOADED
- 47:02QUESTION IN A TEXT, AND YOU'RE LIKE... SO SHE SAID, "DON'T, YOU
- 47:06DON'T HAVE TO RESPOND TO EVERYTHING." I ALWAYS THINK,
- 47:08"WELL, WELL, MAYBE IT'S RUDE." BUT SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW, IF YOU
- 47:10DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, THEN WHY MAKE UP ONE?" I THOUGHT, "WELL,
- 47:15I TAUGHT ME A GREAT LESSON." SO THE KEY IS BE IN THE WORD. THAT
- 47:18WAS THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. THE MORE YOU'RE IN THE WORD, THE
- 47:21MORE IT SHARPENS US, AMEN? THE MORE IT KEEPS US STRAIGHT, AND
- 47:25THE MORE IT HELPS US DISCERN THE TRUTH WHEN WE COME UP AGAINST
- 47:29IT. AND BY THE WAY, THE ENEMY IS GETTING MORE AND MORE AND MORE
- 47:32SUBTLE ON HOW HE PRESENTS THINGS. JESUS, IN THE 24TH
- 47:37CHAPTER OF MATTHEW, IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU STUDY IT, ONE OF
- 47:41HIS GREATEST MESSAGES ABOUT THE END TIMES WAS SEE TO IT THAT NO
- 47:45ONE DECEIVES YOU. IF WE THOUGHT WE WERE BEING DECEIVED, WE
- 47:49WOULDN'T DO IT, IT'S 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW. AND SO IT'S ONE OF
- 47:53THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAVE TO REMEMBER. IF YOU ARE IN
- 47:56GOD'S WORD, IT WILL SHARPEN YOU AND HELP YOU TO KNOW, JUST DON'T
- 48:01PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND YOU KNOW I ALWAYS SAY IT LIKE THIS,
- 48:03IF YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT SOMETHING, JUST DON'T. OKAY, IF
- 48:07YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH SOMETHING, JUST DON'T. SOMETIMES
- 48:10YOU HAVE TO PRAY THROUGH THINGS, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE WORD.
- 48:13SO THIS WAS THAT CHURCH, THEY NEVER HONED IN ON THEIR
- 48:19CARNALITY, AND SO THAT'S THE KEY THING, LET'S NOT BE A CARNAL
- 48:23CHURCH. TOUCH YOURSELF, I'M NOT GONNA BE A CARNAL CHRISTIAN, SAY
- 48:26THAT, AMEN AND AMEN. ALL RIGHT, NOW NUMBER FOUR, THE CHURCH OF
- 48:31THYATIRA. NOW THIS WAS THE CHURCH OF FALSE DOCTRINE, WE
- 48:35TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST WEEK. AND JESUS COMES AS THE REFINER,
- 48:39MEANING THAT HE CAME TO REMOVE, AND I HEARD MARILYN HICKEY USE
- 48:43THIS TERMINOLOGY FOR THE FIRST TIME MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
- 48:47SHE'S BEEN LIKE A SPIRITUAL MOM TO US, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS SHE
- 48:50SAID IS, "GOD DOESN'T WANT FALSE MIXTURES IN THE CHURCH." AND AT
- 48:56THAT TIME, WE WERE AROUND SOME GROUPS THAT HAD SOME INTERESTING
- 49:00KIND OF SUPERNATURAL THINGS. AND I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE A CASE
- 49:06EITHER WAY, BUT I REMEMBER, WELL, MAYBE I AM, I'M JUST GONNA
- 49:09SAY IT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. PEOPLE WERE INTO THE GOLD DUST AND THE
- 49:15JEWELS APPEARING. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY OF THESE, THE
- 49:20SUPERNATURAL WEIGHT LOSS? AND THAT WAS ONE THAT WE WERE AT A
- 49:24MEETING ONE TIME AND THEY HAD THIS GUY COME UP AND HE MUST
- 49:28HAVE HAD A 65 WAIST PANTS AND HE WALKS UP AND HIS WAIST IS 35.
- 49:33I'M THINKING, OKAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE GOT UP ON THE PLATFORM,
- 49:36IT WAS A BIG MEETING AND I'M THINKING, OKAY, DID HE JUST JUMP
- 49:39IN THOSE PANTS IN THE BACK? I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. BUT
- 49:42THERE CAN BE FALSE SIGNS, OKAY, THERE CAN BE. AND I ALWAYS SAY
- 49:48IF IT'S NOT IN THE WORD, THEN DON'T ADD TO IT. OKAY, JESUS
- 49:52TAUGHT THE DISCIPLES TO HEAL THE SICK AND CAST OUT DEVILS. THERE
- 49:57ISN'T ANY BIBLE, I'M JUST GONNA LAY IT OUT THERE LIKE THIS,
- 50:00THERE ISN'T ANY BIBLE FOR GOLD DUST. IN FACT, SOME PEOPLE WILL
- 50:07TELL YOU THAT WAS A TREND THAT WAS STARTED IN NEW AGE IN SOUTH
- 50:11AMERICA. SO A LOT OF THOSE PLACES HAVE A LOT OF THAT.
- 50:15JEWELS APPEARING, MONEY IN WALLETS, ALL OF THESE THINGS. IN
- 50:20FACT, THE BIBLE DOESN'T EVEN SAY THAT YOU'LL HAVE THAT. THE
- 50:23SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT GOD, IF YOU GIVE, HE'LL GIVE BACK TO YOU
- 50:26THROUGH THE HANDS OF PEOPLE. I'VE NEVER ONCE HAD GOD RAIN
- 50:30DOLLAR BILLS DOWN IN MY BACKYARD. IF THERE WAS A MONEY
- 50:33TREE, I DON'T KNOW IT, AMEN. SO, JUST BE CAREFUL OF THOSE THINGS.
- 50:38MARILYN CALLED THEM FALSE MIXTURES, WHERE PEOPLE GET, THEY
- 50:41WANT SO MUCH OF THE SUPERNATURAL THAT THEY KIND OF GET OUTSIDE
- 50:45THE LINES OF THE BOUNDARIES OF GOD'S WORD. AND I'M NOT GONNA
- 50:49CERTAINLY TELL GOD HOW HE WANTS TO MANIFEST 'CAUSE GOD CAN DO A
- 50:52LOT OF THINGS. BUT I THINK THE KEY IS, IS WE'RE TO STAY ON WHAT
- 50:56WE'RE TAUGHT. AND I SHARED THIS STORY LAST TIME, THERE WAS THIS
- 51:00GENTLEMAN, WE WERE IN A MEETING, I JUST WANNA REPEAT IT IN CASE
- 51:02ANYBODY DIDN'T HEAR IT. AND I REMEMBER WE'RE AT THIS DINNER
- 51:06TABLE, WE WERE DOING THIS PROGRAM AND WE'RE AT THIS DINNER
- 51:08TABLE AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER MINISTERS THERE. AND THIS GUY
- 51:11SAYS TO PASTOR HANK AND MYSELF, HE GOES, "I HAVE THE MINISTRY,
- 51:16"I HAVE THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTING." AND I'M THINKING,
- 51:19"TRANSPORT, WHAT IS THAT?" I THINK THAT WAS THE TERM THAT HE
- 51:23USED, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I THOUGHT, "WHAT IS THAT? "WHAT IS
- 51:26TRANSPORT? "WHAT, YOU DRIVE A SEMI?" YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T
- 51:30FIGURE IT OUT. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT HE WAS SAYING, LIKE PHILIP,
- 51:33HE TRANSPORTS FROM PLACE TO PLACE. AND I'M THINKING, NOW
- 51:37THAT'S JUST GOTTEN WEIRD. OKAY, THAT WAS ONLY ONE TIME IN THE
- 51:40BIBLE, RIGHT? ONE TIME DID WE SEE PHILIP DID THAT. WE SAW THE
- 51:44CASE WITH JESUS WHEN THE SHIP, YOU'VE HEARD PASTOR TEACH ABOUT
- 51:47THIS, WHEN THE SHIP, THEY WERE OUT IN THE BOAT AND THE SHIP WAS
- 51:51IMMEDIATELY OR SUPERNATURALLY AT THE LAND OR AT THE SHORE. BUT WE
- 51:55DON'T SEE ANY PLACE WHERE JESUS TAUGHT THE CHURCH TO REPRODUCE
- 52:01THE MINISTRY OF TRANSLATING. AND SO IT'S GOTTEN CRAZY OUT THERE.
- 52:07I KNOW MINISTERS, AND I THINK THEY MEAN WELL, BUT I KNOW
- 52:10MINISTERS WHO HAVE GOTTEN INTO LEVITATING, WHO'VE GOTTEN INTO
- 52:16THINGS THAT I WOULD CALL OCCULTICISM. AND NOW, YOU HEARD
- 52:20ME SAY THIS LAST TIME, THAT THERE'S A WHOLE MOVEMENT NOW
- 52:23THAT IS MIXING SPIRITISM, WITCHCRAFT, AND CHRISTIANITY. SO
- 52:28WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL. THYATIRA WAS ABOUT THE FALSE
- 52:32MIXTURES. IT BROUGHT IN JEZEBEL, IT MADE IT OKAY TO HAVE A LITTLE
- 52:37OF THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THE EVIL SIDE OF THE SUPERNATURAL, AND IT
- 52:42MIXED IT TOGETHER AND MADE IT OUT TO BE GOOD. THAT'S, YOU
- 52:45KNOW, YOU HEAR PEOPLE USE THE PHRASE WHITE WITCH. WELL, ALL
- 52:48WITCHES ARE BAD. THERE'S NO GOOD WITCH. A WITCH IS A WITCH, OKAY?
- 52:53AND GOD CONDEMNED WITCHCRAFT, PERIOD. YOU CAN'T BE A WITCH AND
- 52:57A CHRISTIAN. YOU'VE GOTTA RENOUNCE THE DEVIL, PERIOD.
- 53:01AMEN, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO CAREFUL. I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEE
- 53:03THINGS ON MOVIES AND SHOWS, MAN, THE DEVIL'S TRYING TO SNEAK THAT
- 53:07OCCULT IN IN EVERY SINGLE WAY TO GET PEOPLE MORE AND MORE
- 53:10COMFORTABLE WITH THOSE THINGS. YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE, IF YOU
- 53:12GO OVER, AND PASTOR DODJI WOULD TELL YOU THIS, HE'S TOLD US
- 53:15STORIES ABOUT AFRICA AND TUDOR BISMARK, WHEN HE WAS HERE MANY
- 53:20YEARS AGO AND SHARED ABOUT SOME OF THE CRAZY THINGS THAT
- 53:23HAPPENED WITH THESE WITCH DOCTORS OVER THERE. I MEAN, IT
- 53:26WOULD ABSOLUTELY, IT'S SHOCKING TO US IN THE UNITED STATES. THE
- 53:30DEVIL HAS TO COME IN CREATIVELY TO GET US TO ACCEPT CERTAIN
- 53:34THINGS OF THE OCCULT. BUT OVER THERE, THE OCCULT IS NORMAL. AND
- 53:37THEY'LL HAVE CHRISTIANS, PEOPLE THAT ARE SAVED, WORSHIPING GOD,
- 53:40BUT THEY WON'T EVER REJECT THEIR OCCULTISM. AND SO THEY'RE STILL
- 53:45DOING SPELLS AND SETTING UP MONUMENTS AND DOING CRAZY
- 53:48THINGS. AND I THINK THE ENEMY IS TRYING TO BRING MORE AND MORE OF
- 53:52THAT HERE THROUGH TELEVISION. AND WE HAVE TO BE SO, SO
- 53:55CAREFUL. PROTECT YOUR KIDS FROM THAT. OKAY, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE
- 53:59CASTING A LITTLE SPELL ON SOME SHOW, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURPRISED
- 54:03IF IT'S ON DISNEY BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE THAT FOR YEARS. WE
- 54:06JUST DIDN'T CATCH IT TILL NOW. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
- 54:09BE VERY CAREFUL. SO CHURCH OF THYATIRA WAS THE CHURCH OF FALSE
- 54:14MIXTURES, AND JESUS COMES AS THE REFINING FIRE, AND HE SAYS
- 54:20THERE'S TO BE NONE OF THAT, NONE OF THAT. AND ANOTHER THING I'M
- 54:24CAREFUL OF, I'M JUST KIND OF TALK OUT OF MY SPIRIT, ANOTHER
- 54:26THING I'M CAREFUL OF IS WHENEVER, AND LET ME SAY IT
- 54:31WELL, CAN YOU JUST GUYS HEAR IT IN BALANCE? BE CAREFUL WHEN
- 54:35THERE'S SOME HOT NEW TEACHING. HOW MANY HAVE EVER SEEN THOSE?
- 54:40THEY COME IN WAVES, YOU KNOW? THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN,
- 54:44I MEAN, UNIVERSALISM JUST RAN THROUGH THE CHURCH. AND THESE
- 54:48THINGS COME BACK AROUND EVERY SO OFTEN. YOU'LL JUST KIND OF,
- 54:51UNIVERSALISM IS, PEOPLE THAT PREACH THERE'S NO LITERAL HELL,
- 54:55AND THAT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE RECONCILED BACK TO GOD. AND
- 54:58THESE THINGS WILL COME AROUND EVERY SO OFTEN, AND WE HAVE TO
- 55:01BE SO VERY CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T ALLOW FALSE MIXTURES TO COME IN,
- 55:06FALSE DOCTRINES TO MIX IN WITH THE TRUTH. THAT'S WHY WHEN JESUS
- 55:10SAID IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 24, HE SAID, "MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME
- 55:14SAYING I AM THE CHRIST," OR THEY'LL COME WITH A CHRISTIAN
- 55:17LABEL TO IT. IT'LL HAVE A CHRISTIAN PRESENTATION, BUT
- 55:21THERE'S FALSE MIXED IN. AND SO BE CAREFUL OF SOME OF THOSE
- 55:25TEACHINGS AND THOSE DOCTRINES, JUST WATCH THOSE. I KEEP THE
- 55:29TENETS OF THE FAITH, A LITTLE SHEET, PRINTOUT SHEET IN MY
- 55:32BIBLE, AND JUST REMIND MYSELF OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
- 55:35NON-NEGOTIABLES, RIGHT? THINGS THAT ARE NONNEGOTIABLE. IN OTHER
- 55:39WORDS, JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN, PERIOD. AND THIS CULTURE
- 55:44DOESN'T LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE STAND FOR, AND WE
- 55:47WILL NOT ALTER THAT. SO THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A FALSE MIXTURE
- 55:51THAT, WELL, YOUR WAY TO GOD MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN MINE.
- 55:53NO, THERE'S NO WAY TO GOD BUT JESUS, HALLELUJAH. AND WE HAVE
- 55:58TO STAY WITH THAT. SO THAT'S THE CHURCH OF THYATIRA, AND JUST
- 56:02'CAUSE IT'S POPULAR, JUST 'CAUSE HE'S A PREACHER, AND BY THE WAY,
- 56:05IT COULD BE A PREACHER THAT YOU LOVE, BUT I'VE KNOWN PREACHERS
- 56:08THAT I LOVE THAT WENT OFF THE DEEP END, AND SO BE CAREFUL OF
- 56:12THAT. WE HAVE TO, WE JUST GOT TO BE VERY DISCERNING, NOT
- 56:14SUSPICIOUS, NOBODY'S SAYING THAT, NOT SUSPICIOUS. I THINK
- 56:18YOU CAN'T DISCERN ALWAYS THINGS IN ONE MOMENT UNLESS IT'S REALLY
- 56:22EGREGIOUS, BUT CHURCH OF THYATIRA, JESUS GAVE THEM THOSE
- 56:26THAT DIDN'T BOW DOWN TO THE JEZEBELIC DOCTRINES, JESUS SAID
- 56:31THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THE CONSEQUENCES. SO I ENCOURAGE
- 56:34YOU, GO BACK AND READ THAT, WE READ IT LAST WEEK. SO NOW LET'S
- 56:37GET INTO THE CHURCH OF SARDIS. AND THIS WAS THE CHURCH, AND
- 56:44WE'RE GOING TO READ THIS IN REVELATION CHAPTER 3. THE CHURCH
- 56:48OF SARDIS WAS THE CHURCH OF DEAD RELIGION. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL
- 56:52IT THE SECULAR CHURCH. IN OTHER WORDS, IT PRETTY MUCH WAS, IT
- 56:57HAD ELIMINATED ANY EXPRESSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE WAS NO
- 57:01HOLY SPIRIT ANYMORE. IT WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST CALLED A
- 57:05CHURCH. NOW WE HAVE SEEN, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CALL OUT ANY
- 57:08SPECIFIC DENOMINATION, BUT THERE ARE A LOAD OF DENOMINATIONS OUT
- 57:11THERE RIGHT NOW WHO STARTED AS GREAT REVIVALS. OKAY, THEY
- 57:16STARTED WITH THE FIRE AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND
- 57:20NOW THEY HAVE REDUCED DOWN TO NOTHING MORE THAN A SOCIAL CLUB.
- 57:24AMEN. WE'VE SEEN THIS. AND SO THIS IS WHAT JESUS HAD TO SAY
- 57:29ABOUT THE SARDIS CHURCH, THE SECULAR CHURCH. "AND UNTO THE
- 57:33ANGEL OR THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH "IN SARDIS WRITE, THESE
- 57:37THINGS SAYS HE "THAT HAS THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD AND THE
- 57:41SEVEN STARS." I MEAN, I'M TELLING YOU THE WAY REVELATION
- 57:45IS WRITTEN, YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT? I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST COMES WITH
- 57:49FIRE TO MY SPIRIT. AND THE SEVEN STARS, I KNOW YOUR WORKS. AND
- 57:54YOU HAVE THE NAME THAT YOU'RE ALIVE, BUT YOU ARE DEAD. I HEARD
- 58:00A PREACHER SAY, THERE ARE CHURCHES THAT ARE NOT, THEY'RE
- 58:02NOT EVEN A CHURCH. THEY'RE A SOCIAL CLUB. PEOPLE GO THERE FOR
- 58:06THE PRESTIGE AND TO MAKE CRAFTS. BUT THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL THAT'S
- 58:12IN THERE. NOTHING LEFT. HE SAID, BE WATCHFUL. I MEAN, WATCH THIS.
- 58:18HE SAID, "AND STRENGTHEN THE THINGS THAT REMAIN "AND THAT ARE
- 58:22ABOUT TO DIE." WOW, NOT A LOT OF HOPE FOR THIS GROUP. "FOR I'VE
- 58:28NOT FOUND YOUR WORKS PERFECT BEFORE GOD." BUT WATCH WHAT HE
- 58:31SAYS, REMEMBER, OKAY? THERE WAS A DENOMINATION THAT STARTED WITH
- 58:36THE THESIS BEING POUNDED ON THE WALL, RIGHT? GO BACK TO THE
- 58:40HISTORY OF WHAT STARTED THE REVIVAL THAT BROUGHT YOUR CHURCH
- 58:45ABOUT. AND BY THE WAY, CAN I SAY THIS IS WHERE CHARISMATIC
- 58:49MOVEMENT, WORD OF FAITH MOVEMENT, THE PENTECOSTAL
- 58:53MOVEMENT, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TOO. WE WERE JUST TALKING WITH A
- 58:56GROUP OF PEOPLE AT LUNCH TODAY ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME OF OUR
- 59:01ASSISTANTS, PASTOR AND I BROUGHT SOME PRESENTS AND WE ALL HAD
- 59:04SOME FOOD TOGETHER. AND WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT THE FACT, THEY
- 59:07WERE LIKE, "LORD, WE LOVE LORD OF HOSTS." I'M LIKE, "IT IS A
- 59:10PRETTY COOL CHURCH, "I THINK LORD OF HOSTS IS COOL." BUT I
- 59:14SAID, "YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER "IS EVEN THE
- 59:17PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, "SO MANY WORD CHURCHES, PENTECOSTAL
- 59:20CHURCHES "HAVE BECOME JUST DRY TEACHING CENTERS. "THERE'S NO
- 59:25MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, "NOBODY GETS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
- 59:28ANYMORE." I'VE GONE TO CONFERENCES, I'M LIKE, "YOU
- 59:30KNOW, I WANT PEOPLE TO GET PRAYER, "PEOPLE TO GET HANDS
- 59:33LAID ON THEM SOMETIMES, "YOU KNOW, THERE TO BE SOME MINISTRY.
- 59:36"IT'S LIKE WE'RE GONNA, YOU KNOW, "DRUDGE THROUGH THE BIBLE
- 59:39AND I'M GREAT WITH THAT "AND THEN WRAP UP AND GO HOME. "BUT
- 59:42THERE'S NO EXPRESSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. "NOBODY PRAYS IN
- 59:45TONGUES ANYMORE. "AND EVEN WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T
- 59:49GO DOWN "THE PATH WHERE YOU GO TOWARD WHAT WAS ONCE ALIVE
- 59:54"BECOMES DEAD. "AND NOW WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS,
- 59:57AMEN." AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ON A SUNDAY, PRESS YOURSELF.
- 1:00:01PRESS YOURSELF INTO A GREATER EXPERIENCE WITH GOD, OKAY? AND
- 1:00:07IF THE WORSHIP TEAM THAT WEEK DIDN'T SING YOUR FAVORITE TUNE,
- 1:00:11WELL, PRESS IN ANYHOW. EVERYBODY LIKES THE BATTLE SONG THAT THEY
- 1:00:16DID TONIGHT. I'M LIKE, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT GET, BUT I'M JUST
- 1:00:18SAYING, IF THAT WASN'T YOUR SONG THAT YOU WANTED TO HEAR THAT
- 1:00:22WEEK, DON'T JUST STAND THERE LIKE A TELEPHONE POLE. MAKE
- 1:00:26YOURSELF PRESS, COME ON SOMEBODY, INTO SOMETHING
- 1:00:29GREATER. WE HAVE TO REMIND OURSELVES. I TRY MY VERY
- 1:00:34HARDEST. I HAVE HEARD MY HUSBAND PREACH FOR 36 YEARS. I TRY, I
- 1:00:38ALMOST COULDN'T FINISH HIS SENTENCES, YOU KNOW, NOT ALWAYS,
- 1:00:41BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, YOU KNOW, I'M IN THERE, I'M
- 1:00:46WRITING STUFF IN MY BIBLE AND MARKING STUFF OUT, TRYING TO
- 1:00:50EXTRACT EVERYTHING THAT'S BRAND NEW FROM IT. AND I DO THAT TO
- 1:00:55REMIND MYSELF, DON'T GET COMFORTABLE. DON'T EVER HAVE THE
- 1:00:58ATTITUDE, WELL, I'VE HEARD THAT. OKAY, THAT'S HOW THINGS GO DEAD,
- 1:01:02RIGHT? AND SO WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT. SO THIS IS WHAT HE SAID,
- 1:01:05REMEMBER WHERE YOU STARTED. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS
- 1:01:11FIRST SAVED AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE WENT TO OUR
- 1:01:14LITTLE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. AND I'D NEVER BEEN TO A PENTECOSTAL
- 1:01:17CHURCH. WE WERE EPISCOPALIAN, THAT'S TRULY THE FROZEN CHOSEN.
- 1:01:21AND I WAS IN THERE AND THIS GUY HAD AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR. I'M
- 1:01:26LIKE, I'D NEVER SEEN THAT. ALL WE EVER SAW WAS AN ORGAN. AND
- 1:01:29NOBODY HAD DRUMS BACK THEN. THEY HAD ACOUSTIC. AND I'M THINKING,
- 1:01:32OH, THIS IS THE BEST THING. I WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD AND I
- 1:01:35COULD NOT, I WAS SO EXCITED FOR JESUS, I COULD NOT, EVERY TIME I
- 1:01:39WALKED IN THERE, WIPE THE SMILE OFF MY FACE. I WAS JUST SO HAPPY
- 1:01:43FOR SOMETHING TO BE ALIVE LIKE THAT. AND I JUST WOULD GRIN AND
- 1:01:47GRIN AND GRIN. AND I THOUGHT, SO I REMIND MYSELF WHEN I WALK IN,
- 1:01:51YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE 40 YEARS LATER, STILL SERVING GOD. AND I
- 1:01:55ALWAYS REMIND MYSELF, YOU WALK IN THAT CHURCH WITH A SMILE ON
- 1:01:57YOUR FACE, JUST LIKE YOU DID. REMEMBER HOW YOU COULDN'T QUIT
- 1:02:00SMILING. DON'T EVER COME IN WITH A GRUMPY FACE, RIGHT? DON'T COME
- 1:02:05IN GRUMPY. THAT'S HOW YOU END UP IN DEAD CHURCH, OKAY? NOW LIVE
- 1:02:09CHURCH STARTS WITH LIVING PEOPLE, AMEN? AMEN. OKAY, TOUCH
- 1:02:15YOURSELF, YOU SAY YOU'RE... YOU GOT IT? I'M BACK, ALL RIGHT.
- 1:02:26IT'S MAKING SOME FUNNY NOISES, SO I WAS JUST CHECKING, OKAY.
- 1:02:29ALL RIGHT, REMEMBER, SOMEBODY SAY REMEMBER. HOW YOU HAVE
- 1:02:33RECEIVED AND HEARD, REMEMBER, RIGHT? WHERE YOU STARTED, AND
- 1:02:36HOLD FAST AND REPENT. BY THE WAY, JESUS SAYS REPENT A LOT TO
- 1:02:40THESE CHURCHES. SO REPENTANCE IS STILL IN THE CHURCH, RIGHT? WE
- 1:02:45NEED WAVES OF REPENTING, OKAY? REPENT DOESN'T MEAN ALWAYS
- 1:02:49SQUABBLING AND CRYING. IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A TURN
- 1:02:53SOMETIMES. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AS SOME PERSON ONCE
- 1:02:58SAID IT. SO HE SAID, "REPENT, IF THEREFORE YOU SHALL NOT WATCH,
- 1:03:02"I'LL COME TO THEE AS A THIEF, "AND YOU WILL NOT KNOW WHAT HOUR
- 1:03:06I'LL COME UPON YOU." BY THE WAY, 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 5 SAYS
- 1:03:10THAT JESUS IS NOT COMING AS A THIEF TO THE CHURCH. OKAY, HE
- 1:03:15SAID, "YOU KNOW THAT DAY, "IT SHOULD NOT APPEAR TO YOU AS A
- 1:03:18THIEF." THE THIEF COMING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT IS FOR THE
- 1:03:22WORLD. WE'RE TO KNOW THE HOUR, WE'RE TO BE PREPARED FOR THE
- 1:03:26HOUR. THE BIBLE SAYS YOU'LL KNOW THE TIMES AND THE SEASONS. SO I
- 1:03:30NEED TO READ THAT SCRIPTURE TO YOU. YOU GUYS KNOW IT'S IN THE
- 1:03:32BIBLE. IT SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT APPROACH YOU AS A THIEF. SO
- 1:03:36WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SO READY FOR THE LORD THAT WE JUST KNOW.
- 1:03:39WE SEE THE SIGNS, WE SEE THE TIMES, OUR LIVES ARE READY.
- 1:03:44OKAY, THE BIBLE TEACHES SPIRITUAL PREPAREDNESS THAT WE
- 1:03:48SHOULD LIVE ANY SINGLE DAY TO MEET THE LORD. I BELIEVE IN LONG
- 1:03:52LIFE, I ABSOLUTELY DO. I BELIEVE IT'S A COVENANT RIGHT THAT WE
- 1:03:57CAN LIVE LONG ON THIS EARTH. BUT YOU KNOW, CHARLIE KIRK, I DON'T
- 1:04:01THINK HE PLANNED TO BE IN HEAVEN THAT DAY. I DON'T THINK HE
- 1:04:05PLANNED IT. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE HAD TO BE READY. HE HAD TO BE
- 1:04:09READY TO MEET JESUS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AND THAT'S THE WAY THE
- 1:04:12BIBLE TEACHES WE'RE TO LIVE. IT TEACHES THAT WE'RE TO BE IN A
- 1:04:15PLACE ALL THE TIME OF SPIRITUAL PREPAREDNESS. AND SO THAT IS
- 1:04:20WHERE THIS CHURCH HAD FALLEN OUT. HE SAID, "I'LL COME TO YOU
- 1:04:23AS A THIEF "AND YOU'LL NOT KNOW THE HOUR THAT I'LL COME UPON
- 1:04:27YOU." IT WAS THE, WELL, YOU HEARD PASTOR TEACH IT ON SUNDAY.
- 1:04:31IT WAS THE FOOLISH VIRGINS THAT DIDN'T HAVE OIL IN THEIR LAMP
- 1:04:34AND THE BRIDEGROOM CAME AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT. BUT THE OTHER
- 1:04:37ONES WERE PREPARED. THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYMORE WHAT DAY WAS GONNA
- 1:04:40COME, BUT THEY TREATED IT LIKE IT WAS RIGHT NOW. SO YOU HAVE A
- 1:04:44NAME, A FEW NAMES, EVEN IN SARDIS, WHICH HAVE NOT DEFILED
- 1:04:48THEIR GARMENTS, AND THEY SHALL WALK WITH ME IN WHITE, FOR
- 1:04:51THEY'RE WORTHY. BUT HE THAT OVERCOMES, WELL, OVERCOMES WHAT?
- 1:04:54OVERCOMES THIS DEAD, DRY CHURCH, RIGHT? THEY WERE PRESSED IN. HE
- 1:05:01THAT OVERCOMES THE SAME WILL BE CLOTHED IN WHITE RAIMENT. NOW, I
- 1:05:05DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THIS IS, BUT I GOTTA SAY, I HEARD A PASTOR
- 1:05:10SAY, SAID THAT HE HAD A VISION OF HEAVEN, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT
- 1:05:14THERE'S ANY BIBLE FOR IT, I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. BUT
- 1:05:16HE SAID, WHEN HE SAW HEAVEN, HE SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME
- 1:05:20PEOPLE, THEIR ROBES WEREN'T 100% WHITE, THEY WERE SORT OF GRAY
- 1:05:23COLORED. NOW I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S
- 1:05:26TRUE, BUT I WANT A WHITE ONE. AND JESUS SAID THAT WE GET A
- 1:05:31WHITE ONE. AND I KNOW PEOPLE AREN'T GOING AROUND AND, "OH,
- 1:05:34YOU GOT A GRAY ROBE, DUDE. "I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU,
- 1:05:37"BUT I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE." BUT THE TRUTH
- 1:05:40OF THE MATTER IS, 'CAUSE WE DON'T THINK THE WAY HEAVEN IS
- 1:05:43DOWN HERE. YOU'RE NOT UP THERE GOING, YOU'RE STILL MAD AT YOUR
- 1:05:46EX, AND THIS KIND OF THING. SOMEBODY LOSES A SPOUSE AND GETS
- 1:05:54REMARRIED, AND THEN THEY GET UP THERE AND HIS WIFE IS WAITING
- 1:05:56WITH A BALL BAT. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE A
- 1:06:02HARD TIME COMPREHENDING THE FULLNESS OF WHAT HEAVEN WILL BE
- 1:06:05LIKE. BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, YOU KNOW, I WANT THE
- 1:06:08WHITE ROBE. I WANT EVERYTHING THAT HEAVEN OFFERS. AND JESUS
- 1:06:12SAID IT WAS THE ONES THAT DIDN'T FALL INTO DEAD RELIGION, RIGHT?
- 1:06:17ALL OF US ARE AT RISK OF THAT. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL,
- 1:06:19EVEN AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH. PASTOR, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, HE
- 1:06:24SAYS, "YOU KNOW WHAT? "I WANNA MAKE SURE WE PRAY FOR THE
- 1:06:26PEOPLE." WHEN WE DO GET READY FOR OPENING THE HEAVENS, HE
- 1:06:28GOES, "I WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT JUST GONNA BE "A CONFERENCE
- 1:06:32WHERE WE TEACH AND GO HOME." AND TEACHING'S GOOD, I'M NOT DOWN ON
- 1:06:35IT. BUT HE SAID, "I WANT PEOPLE TO GET PRAYER. "I WANT PEOPLE TO
- 1:06:37GET MINISTRY. "I WANT PEOPLE TO RECEIVE A PRAYER CLOTH. "I WANT
- 1:06:41PEOPLE TO GET FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. "I WANT THERE TO BE
- 1:06:43THE MANIFESTATION OF LAYING ON OF HANDS, "OR AT LEAST, IF
- 1:06:47ANYTHING, WE MAKE A ROOM FOR HEALING, FOR PEOPLE TO COME BE
- 1:06:51HEALED, AND NOT GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS OR JUST DO IT 'CAUSE
- 1:06:55WE'VE DONE IT FOR HOWEVER MANY DECADES, BUT WE REALLY PRESS IN
- 1:06:58IN OUR FAITH. AND THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR PASTOR. HE'S
- 1:07:02VERY COMMITTED THAT WAY. HE'S ALWAYS LISTENING AND THINKING,
- 1:07:07"HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO IN THE SERVICE?" WE PRAY IT
- 1:07:10EVERY MORNING. WE GET UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK ON THE NOSE ON SUNDAY,
- 1:07:14AND EVEN IF THE PACKERS PLAY THE NIGHT BEFORE, WE'RE UP EARLY,
- 1:07:18I'M TELLING YOU. AND IF THEY LOSE, WE GO TO BED. WE YELL AND
- 1:07:22THEN WE GO TO BED. BUT THE KEY IS, OR THE HUSKERS OR WHATEVER,
- 1:07:26BUT WE GET UP AT FIVE O'CLOCK AND EVERY TIME ON A SUNDAY WE
- 1:07:30PRAY, YOU KNOW, LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO ON THE SERVICE DAY?
- 1:07:32I WANT IT TO BE FRESH, I WANT IT TO BE ALIVE, I WANT IT TO BE
- 1:07:34INVITING. I DON'T EVER WANNA FALL IN TO THE CHURCH OF SARDIS
- 1:07:38WHERE THEY BECAME DEAD. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T THINK THEY
- 1:07:42PLANNED IT. YOU KNOW, NOBODY GOES FROM BEING AN ON-FIRE
- 1:07:46CHRISTIAN TO BEING A DRIED-UP PRUNE. I DON'T THINK THEY
- 1:07:50PLANNED THAT. I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE GREAT REVIVALS AND
- 1:07:54MOVEMENTS THAT BECAME DENOMINATIONS, I DON'T THINK ANY
- 1:07:57OF THEM PLANNED TO JUST BECOME A SOCIAL CLUB. NO, BUT EVENTUALLY,
- 1:08:03DRYNESS SET IN, AND THIS IS WHAT JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO
- 1:08:07HE SAID, "HE THAT OVERCOMES THE SAME "SHALL BE CLOTHED IN WHITE
- 1:08:10RAIMENT, "AND I WILL NOT," WATCH THIS PART, "BLOT OUT," FIRST
- 1:08:15TIME HE BRINGS THIS UP IN ALL THE CHURCHES, "I WILL NOT BLOT
- 1:08:19OUT HIS NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE." BY THE WAY, THAT WILL
- 1:08:22JUST DEBUNK THE DOCTRINE OF ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED. OKAY, YOUR
- 1:08:26NAME WAS IN AND GETS BLOTTED OUT. SO IF ANYBODY TELLS YOU YOU
- 1:08:30CANNOT LOSE YOUR SALVATION, THAT ONCE YOU'RE BORN AGAIN, YOU'RE
- 1:08:34IN FOREVER, NO, HERE HE SAID, YOUR NAME COULD BE BLOTTED OUT
- 1:08:41OF THE BOOK OF LIFE. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT. BUT
- 1:08:46I WILL CONFESS HIS NAME BEFORE MY FATHER AND BEFORE HIS ANGELS.
- 1:08:51MAN, I WANT GOD TO TOUT MY NAME IN HEAVEN BECAUSE I STAYED
- 1:08:53LIVING, ACTIVE, RIGHT? ON FIRE FOR GOD. PRESS YOURSELF TO STAY
- 1:08:59ALIVE. AND ANOTHER THING I WOULD SAY, WE DO LITTLE THINGS AT
- 1:09:03HOME, PASTOR AND MYSELF, TO KEEP OURSELVES, 'CAUSE THE OLDER YOU
- 1:09:08GET, IT'S EASIER TO JUST SIT IN A CHAIR AND PRAY. I'M LIKE, OH
- 1:09:11LORD, IT'S SO MUCH WORK TO WALK AROUND, I HAVE TO STEP OVER A
- 1:09:14DOG. THEY ALWAYS LAY IN THE PATH. DEB, IS THAT NOT TRUE? I'M
- 1:09:19LIKE, WHY DO THE DOGS LAY IN OUR ONE DOG, CHICA? JONATHAN CAME TO
- 1:09:24OUR HOUSE, THIS WAS LAST CHRISTMAS, HE GOES, WE SHOULD
- 1:09:26RENAME HER AND CALL HER ROADBLOCK. SHE'S ALWAYS IN THE
- 1:09:29WAY. I'M LIKE, I CAN'T GET TO THE FRIDGE, THERE SHE IS. IF YOU
- 1:09:32WALK OUTSIDE, THERE SHE'S IN THE WAY. SHE'S ALWAYS THERE. I THINK
- 1:09:35SHE DOES IT ON PURPOSE, BUT YOU KNOW THE TRUTH. BUT YOU KNOW,
- 1:09:38SOMETIMES IT GETS EASIER. YOU THINK, OKAY, WELL, LET'S JUST
- 1:09:41SIT AND PRAY. BUT SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA JUST PRESS YOURSELF. GET
- 1:09:45UP, GET OUT OF THE CHAIR, PUSH YOURSELF TO READ THE WORD OUT
- 1:09:48LOUD. DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T KEEP YOU JUST IN THE PATH OF
- 1:09:53COMFORTABLE. AMEN. THAT'S WHY PASTOR SAYS IN PRAISE AND
- 1:09:57WORSHIP, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING, SING OUT LOUD. EVEN IF YOU SING
- 1:10:00OFF TUNE, NOBODY CARES. IT'S SO LOUD AT LORD OF HOSTS, YOU CAN'T
- 1:10:04HEAR YOURSELF THINK, IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I LIKE
- 1:10:07THE BASS, I LIKE IT LOUD. I MEAN, PASTOR BRENDA'S GONNA BE
- 1:10:10HAPPY AND IT'S GONNA BE LOUD, LOUD. I MEAN, I KIND OF MISS
- 1:10:13WHEN WE GOT IN HERE, ALTHOUGH THE SOUND IS BETTER IN HERE, I
- 1:10:16MISS THE OTHER CHURCH WHERE I WAS THREE INCHES
- 1:10:18FROM THE SUB AND I WAS LIKE, "NOW THE ANOINTING'S
- 1:10:22FLOWING." HALLELUJAH. BUT PUSH YOURSELF OUT.
- 1:10:26I'M NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO LIKE SCREAMING LOUD
- 1:10:29MUSIC, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I ALWAYS SAID IT LIKE THIS
- 1:10:32YEARS AGO. SOME OF YOU REMEMBER ME PREACHING THIS, GOD
- 1:10:35LIKES THINGS LOUD, HEAVEN'S A LOUD PLACE. THE BIBLE SAYS HIS
- 1:10:38VOICE IS THE VOICE OF, COME ON, OF MANY WATERS. IF YOU'VE EVER
- 1:10:43HEARD THE OCEAN, MAN, YOU CAN'T HEAR YOURSELF THINK. IT'S LOUD.
- 1:10:47GOD DOESN'T MIND NOISE. HALLELUJAH, HEAVEN'S A LOUD
- 1:10:51PLACE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THINGS LOUD BECAUSE IT
- 1:10:54MESSES WITH THEIR INNER SOMETHING, YOU KNOW. IT MESSES
- 1:10:59WITH THEIR OOMPH. SO, AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MUSIC,
- 1:11:02BUT LOUD PRAYER. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT PRAYING OUT LOUD
- 1:11:06WHEN YOU PACE YOUR FLOOR. NO, JUST, OH, DEVIL, I BIND YOU IN
- 1:11:10JESUS' NAME. OH, DEVIL, I BIND YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS. GET
- 1:11:16OFF MY FAMILY. DO IT LOUD AND BOLD, SCARE YOURSELF FOR ONCE.
- 1:11:26HEY, LISTEN, IT MIGHT HELP YOUR UNBELIEF. I FOUND THAT TOO.
- 1:11:30SOMETIMES WHEN I SHOUT, THAT'S, COME ON, IT WAS THE WALLS OF
- 1:11:33JERICHO, RIGHT? THAT FELL WHEN THEY SHOUTED BECAUSE THE DEVIL
- 1:11:38DOESN'T LIKE IT WHEN YOU DO IT. SO DO IT. SHOUT, BE LOUD, PRESS
- 1:11:43AGAINST BECOMING A DEAD CHRISTIAN. I THINK THAT'S THE
- 1:11:46MOST IMPORTANT THING. PEOPLE SAY, "OH, PASTOR HANK AND
- 1:11:49BRENDA, "AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, YOU'RE STILL ON FIRE FOR GOD." I
- 1:11:54MEAN, I LOVE THE MINISTRY, AND BELIEVE ME, WE HAVE HAD HARD
- 1:11:57TIMES. I DON'T EVER FEEL LIKE I'VE GOTTA GET AWAY FROM THE
- 1:12:00MINISTRY. YOU HEAR ALL THESE PASTORS TALK ABOUT BURNOUT?
- 1:12:04YEAH, DO WE EVER GET TIRED? HAVE WE EVER HAD TIMES WE HAD TO PUSH
- 1:12:07IN, PRESS IN, AND DO ALL THE, OF COURSE. I MEAN, THAT'S JUST PART
- 1:12:10OF IT. BUT I LOVE THE MINISTRY AND TEACHING THE BIBLE THE SAME
- 1:12:13WAY I DID WHEN WE FIRST STARTED. I MEAN, I LOVE IT THE SAME WAY.
- 1:12:17PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, HOW DO YOU, HANK AND BRENDA, "WE'VE KNOWN
- 1:12:19YOU ALL THESE 40 YEARS, "AND YOU'VE PRESSED IN AND DONE ALL
- 1:12:22OF THIS." I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE CHALLENGE OURSELF.
- 1:12:25YOU'VE GOT TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF NOT TO GO THE DEAD ROUTE. YOU'LL
- 1:12:30FALL INTO DEAD CHRISTIANITY. YOUR FLESH WILL ENJOY SITTING.
- 1:12:37TOO MUCH. OKAY, NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING, BUT SITTING DOWN
- 1:12:41ON THE INSIDE, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF THAT. SO HE IS ON
- 1:12:45FIRE. THIS IS WHAT THIS CHURCH, THEY FAILED, AND THEY GOT
- 1:12:48COMFORTABLE WITH JUST, AND BY THE WAY, THE CHURCH OF SARDIS, A
- 1:12:52LOT OF SCHOLARS WILL SAY THIS, THAT THEY WERE THE CHURCH OF ALL
- 1:12:55OF THE PRESTIGIOUS PEOPLE IN TOWN. IT WAS NEVER THE LITTLE
- 1:12:58PENTECOSTALS ACROSS THE STREET. YOU KNOW, THE HOLY ROLLERS, YOU
- 1:13:03KNOW, AND THEY BUILT, WHICH I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL
- 1:13:07BUILDING. MOST OF MY EXPERIENCE IN CHRISTIANITY, IT WAS THE
- 1:13:11PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES THAT HAD THE DUMPY BUILDINGS WITH THE
- 1:13:15RUINED OUT CARPET. I MEAN, YOU HAD TO LIKE GO IN THERE AND IT
- 1:13:18WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, SOMEBODY ASKED YOU WHERE YOU WENT TO
- 1:13:21CHURCH, YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, I GO TO A LITTLE ONE OVER THERE. IT'S
- 1:13:24LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT CHURCH OVER, OH, YOU MEAN THE ONE OVER
- 1:13:28THERE WHERE THE SIGNS HALF FALLEN DOWN? YEAH, THAT WAS THE
- 1:13:30ONE THERE. BUT IT'S POWERFUL. BUT WE'D HAVE THESE
- 1:13:35DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHES, THESE OTHER CHURCHES THAT, YOU KNOW
- 1:13:38THEY DON'T PREACH HOLY SPIRIT. YOU KNOW NOBODY'S GETTING HEALED
- 1:13:41IN THOSE CHURCH AND THEY'VE GOT THESE MASSIVE, BEAUTIFUL
- 1:13:43BUILDINGS. PASTOR USED TO SAY TO GOD, HE SAID, "GOD, I AM NOT
- 1:13:47GONNA HAVE AN UGLY BUILDING FOREVER." SO WE HAD AN UGLY
- 1:13:52BUILDING FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, BUT THE KEY IS, THE KEY IS,
- 1:13:57TRUTH, SARDIS WAS THE PEOPLE THAT HAD ALL OF THE GLITZ AND
- 1:14:01ALL THE THINGS. THEY WERE THE PRESTIGIOUS, THEY WERE THE
- 1:14:03DOCTORS, THEY WERE THE LAWYERS, THEY WERE THE, YOU KNOW,
- 1:14:07INVESTORS, ALL THE PEOPLE WITH ALL THE MONEY, AND THAT WAS THAT
- 1:14:11CLUB. AND SO, BUT THEY WERE DEAD. SO THE KEY IS, DON'T, JUST
- 1:14:16REMEMBER, KEEP YOURSELF ALIVE IN THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. DON'T
- 1:14:20BECOME THAT DEAD CHURCH. JESUS HAD NOTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT
- 1:14:25IT. HE SAID, "ALL YOU ARE IS A NAME, "AND I WANT NOTHING TO DO
- 1:14:28WITH THAT." SO LET'S TALK ABOUT, THIS IS A GOOD ONE. LET'S TALK
- 1:14:32ABOUT THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA. AND WE KNOW THAT
- 1:14:35TO MEAN LIKE BROTHERLY LOVE, RIGHT? BUT LET'S JUST REALLY
- 1:14:38BREAK DOWN WHAT JESUS HAD TO SAY NOW. HERE WE GO. CHURCH OF
- 1:14:42PHILADELPHIA WAS THE CHURCH THAT KEPT GOD'S WORD. THEY OPENED THE
- 1:14:48BOOK, THEY READ IT, AND THEY DID IT. THEY WEREN'T JUST HEARERS,
- 1:14:50BUT THEY WERE DOERS. THEY READ THE WORD, THEY STUDIED THE WORD,
- 1:14:55AND JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE HOLY ONE. NOW, LOOK WHAT HE SAYS
- 1:14:59ABOUT THIS CHURCH. "THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA
- 1:15:02"WRITETH THESE THINGS, SAITH HE THAT IS HOLY, "AND HE THAT'S
- 1:15:06TRUE, AND HE THAT HAS THE KEY OF DAVID, "THAT OPENS, AND NO MAN
- 1:15:12CAN SHUT, "AND SHUTS, AND NO MAN CAN OPEN." IN OTHER WORDS, THIS
- 1:15:16WAS THE CHURCH THAT HAD OPEN HEAVEN, OPEN DOORS. AND HE GOES,
- 1:15:21"I KNOW YOUR WORKS. "BEHOLD, I'VE SET BEFORE YOU AN OPEN
- 1:15:24DOOR." HOW MANY OF YOU WANT GOD TO OPEN DOORS FOR YOU? WELL,
- 1:15:27THAT WAS WHAT THIS CHURCH WAS ABOUT. BUT THEY WERE THE CHURCH
- 1:15:30OF THE WORD. YOU WOULD SAY THIS IS THE REMNANT CHURCH. NOW LOOK
- 1:15:34AT WHAT HE SAYS HERE. HE SAID, "NO MAN CAN SHUT IT, "FOR YOU
- 1:15:38HAVE HAD LITTLE STRENGTH." I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE TIMES THIS
- 1:15:40HAS BEEN SOME OF THE PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT, THE PENTECOSTAL
- 1:15:44CHURCHES, THESE LITTLE CHURCHES. AND BY THE WAY, I LOVE SMALL
- 1:15:47CHURCHES AND SMALL TOWNS, PASTORS THAT'LL SIT THERE AND
- 1:15:51PREACH GOD'S WORD. 'CAUSE I HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE, AND SOME OF YOU
- 1:15:54ONLINE WILL WRITE AND SAY, "IN MY TOWN, THERE'S NO ON-FIRE
- 1:15:57CHURCH. "THERE'S NO ON-FIRE.” BY THE WAY, PASTOR KEITH, I HAVE TO
- 1:16:01COMMEND YOU. FOR YEARS, WHAT'S THE POPULATION OF IDA GROVE?
- 1:16:062,000 PEOPLE? DID YOU SAY 2,000? HOW MANY YEARS DID YOU PASTOR IN
- 1:16:11THAT TOWN? HOW MANY? OVER 30 YEARS, PASTOR KEITH O’HARE AND
- 1:16:18HIS WIFE NANCY BEFORE SHE WENT TO HEAVEN PASTORED IN A TOWN OF
- 1:16:232,000 PEOPLE. THINK ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, IS
- 1:16:27THERE A GROCERY STORE IN IDA GROVE? I DON'T EVEN KNOW. ONE,
- 1:16:31OKAY. BUT THE POINT, THE MATTER IS, THEY PREACHED THE WORD OF
- 1:16:35GOD IN ALL THOSE 30 YEARS. THIS IS THE REMNANT CHURCH. THIS IS
- 1:16:40THE CHURCH I WANNA BE A PART OF. THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT SAYS,
- 1:16:43YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T CARE IF WE HAVE THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL
- 1:16:45BUILDING OR THE UGLY CHURCH, NOT THAT I WANT ONE, BUT I'M JUST
- 1:16:48SAYING, WE DID OUR TIME WITH UGLY CHURCH, BUT THE TRUTH OF
- 1:16:52THE MATTER IS, I WANT LORD OF HOSTS, EVEN IN THIS BEAUTIFUL
- 1:16:55BUILDING, TO BE A REMNANT HOUSE. COME ON, A REMNANT CHURCH WHERE
- 1:16:59WE OBEY AND WE DO. COME ON, THE WORD OF GOD, WE PUT IT TO
- 1:17:04PRACTICE. WE HAVE THE FIRE AND THE MOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. HE
- 1:17:09SAID, "YOU'VE HAD LITTLE STRENGTH, "BUT NEVERTHELESS YOU
- 1:17:12KEPT MY WORD "AND YOU'VE NEVER DENIED MY NAME." SO THIS WAS
- 1:17:17PROBABLY THE SMALL CHURCH, PASTOR KEITH, THE CHURCH THAT
- 1:17:20DIDN'T GET A LOT OF RECOGNITION, AMEN, THE CHURCH THAT, YOU KNOW,
- 1:17:24NOBODY NOTICED, IT WASN'T THE PRESTIGIOUS GROUP, IT WAS THE
- 1:17:27CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROLLERS, THAT'S OKAY, AND THEY WERE MAYBE
- 1:17:31THE SMALLER MINORITY, BUT THEY WERE ALSO MARKED, WATCH THIS, BY
- 1:17:36THE UNITY OF THE SAINTS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE REMNANT
- 1:17:40CHURCH STAYS IN UNITY, AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THE
- 1:17:43INTERNET. LET'S NOT BE DIVIDERS. THOSE OF YOU THAT COME ONLINE,
- 1:17:48OR THOSE OF YOU, IF YOU WATCH ONLINE, THAT EVEN IF YOU COME
- 1:17:51HERE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, BE A UNIFIER. THAT WAS WHAT MADE
- 1:17:55THIS CHURCH SPECIAL. IT WAS A UNIFIED, LOVING, BROTHERLY,
- 1:18:00LOVING CHURCH. AND I WOULD JUST SAY THIS, THE BIGGER THIS CHURCH
- 1:18:03GETS, THE MORE YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH THINGS. PEOPLE
- 1:18:07WILL HAVE DOWN MOMENTS. THEY MAY BE ON FIRE AND THEY'RE
- 1:18:11STRUGGLING AND THEY NEED TO BE LIFTED UP. BE THE LOVING HAND
- 1:18:14THAT DOES THAT. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU SEE A PERSON
- 1:18:18OVERTAKEN IN A FAULT, WHAT DOES IT SAY? YOU THAT ARE SPIRITUAL,
- 1:18:22BRING RESTORATION TO THEIR SOUL. AMEN. SO THIS WAS THE REMNANT
- 1:18:27CHURCH. HE SAID, "YOU HAVE LITTLE STRENGTH, "BUT YOU KEPT
- 1:18:30MY WORD AND DID NOT DENY MY NAME." NOW LOOK WHAT HE SAYS
- 1:18:35ABOUT THEM IN VERSE 9. "BEHOLD, I WILL MAKE THEM OF THE
- 1:18:41SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN, "SAY THEY ARE JEWS." IN OTHER WORDS, THEY
- 1:18:45SAY THEY'RE FOR YOU, THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE PART OF YOU AND ARE
- 1:18:48NOT, BUT THEY LIE. "BEHOLD, I'LL MAKE THEM TO COME "AND WORSHIP
- 1:18:52BEFORE YOUR FEET." YOU KNOW, THE REMNANT CHURCH, THE CHURCH
- 1:18:56THAT'S ON FIRE IS THE CHURCH THAT'LL HAVE FAVOR. AND YOU KNOW
- 1:19:00WHAT I JUST BELIEVE? YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT HIT PIECE THAT WAS
- 1:19:02WRITTEN ABOUT THE CHURCH A FEW MONTHS AGO, YOU REMEMBER THAT?
- 1:19:05AND WE CALLED RICK GREEN. WE SAID, "IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN
- 1:19:09DO LEGALLY ABOUT THIS?" HE GOES, "NO, PROBABLY NOT." HE GOES,
- 1:19:13"THESE TURKEYS KNOW HOW TO MANIPULATE THE LAW "IN SUCH A
- 1:19:18WAY THAT THEY CAN SAY JUST WHAT THEY CAN SAY, "AND ALL IT IS IS
- 1:19:22TO COME AGAINST YOUR GOOD NAME "AND TO DISCREDIT YOU." BUT
- 1:19:27JESUS SAID THE REMNANT CHURCH THAT STANDS FOR THE TRUTH, HE'LL
- 1:19:30BE THEIR DEFENSE. HOW MANY OF YOU CAN SAY, IF YOU'RE ON THE
- 1:19:33JOB AND SOMEBODY COMES OUT AGAINST YOU AND YOU'RE WALKING
- 1:19:36IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, GOD WILL BE YOUR DEFENSE. COME ON, NO WEAPON
- 1:19:40FORMED AGAINST YOU WILL PROSPER. THEY CAN LIE AND TWIST THEIR
- 1:19:43WORDS. PAUL SAID IT LIKE THIS, HE SAID, "PRAY FOR US THAT WE
- 1:19:46WOULD BE DELIVERED "FROM WICKED AND UNREASONABLE PEOPLE." YOU
- 1:19:52KNOW, I WATCH THESE STUPID PEOPLE GET ON AND DO THESE
- 1:19:57INTERVIEWS IN THE MEDIA. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T EVEN
- 1:20:01WATCH YOU. Y'ALL TALK OVER ONE ANOTHER SO MUCH, I DON'T EVEN
- 1:20:04KNOW WHAT ANYBODY'S TRYING TO SAY. AND IF THEY DO THAT, I HAVE
- 1:20:07TO TURN THE CHANNEL. I CAN'T, I'M LIKE, LET THE MAN JUST
- 1:20:10FINISH A SENTENCE. YOU KNOW, LET THE PERSON SAY THEIR PART AND
- 1:20:15THEN YOU CAN COUNTER IT IF YOU WANT TO. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY TALK
- 1:20:18OVER ONE ANOTHER SO THEY CAN TWIST WHAT PEOPLE SAY. I WAS AT
- 1:20:24A NAIL SALON, I DON'T GO THERE ANYMORE, I QUIT. BUT I WAS AT A
- 1:20:27NAIL SALON ONE DAY, AND IT'S PROBABLY PART OF THE REASON I
- 1:20:31DIDN'T GO BACK, BUT EVERY TIME I WENT IN THERE, THEY HAD THESE
- 1:20:33STUPID SOAP OPERAS PLAYING. AND YOU TRY NOT TO LISTEN, LIKE,
- 1:20:36JUST DO MY NAILS. I DON'T WANNA HEAR THAT OR LOOK AT IT. IT WAS
- 1:20:40JUST RIGHT THERE. AND I'M THINKING, I'M NOT, I'M NOT. THEN
- 1:20:46I BEGAN TO NOTICE SOMETHING. I'M SAYING, YOU EVER NOTICE ON
- 1:20:48TELEVISION WHEN PEOPLE, A MAN AND A WOMAN, THEY'LL HAVE AN
- 1:20:50ARGUMENT, AND THEY ALWAYS LET EACH OTHER FINISH THEIR
- 1:20:53SENTENCE. YOU KNOW, THE WOMAN WILL SIT THERE ALL DRAMATIC.
- 1:20:56"WELL, YOU JUST NEVER CONSIDER HOW I FEEL." AND THE GUY'S
- 1:21:01LOOKING LIKE. I'M LIKE, "THAT IS SO PHONY." WHEN PEOPLE ARGUE,
- 1:21:08THEY TALK ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. AND IT WAS LIKE, (MUMBLES)
- 1:21:12NOBODY GETS A WORD, NOBODY. BECAUSE, THE WHOLE POINT IS, YOU
- 1:21:20KNOW, WHEN IT'S LIKE THAT, OUR WORDS GET TWISTED, AND PEOPLE
- 1:21:24TWIST, AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS, LET GOD BE YOUR DEFENSE. THAT'S
- 1:21:29WHAT HE SAID WITH THE CHURCH AT PHILADELPHIA. GOD WILL DEFEND
- 1:21:31YOU. LET 'EM SAY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY ABOUT YOU AT THE JOB.
- 1:21:35LET 'EM LIE, LET 'EM HAVE AN OPINION, BUT TRUST. IF YOU ARE A
- 1:21:38REMNANT CHURCH, AND YOU HAVE FAVOR WITH GOD HIMSELF, THEN GOD
- 1:21:45WILL DEFEND YOU. IF YOU STAND FOR TRUTH, GOD WILL DEFEND YOU.
- 1:21:50HALLELUJAH. AND I HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE IN MY LIFE. I JUST
- 1:21:55KNOW IT. I'M LIKE, WELL, LET 'EM SAY, DO THEIR WORST. COME ON,
- 1:21:58THEY ACCUSED JESUS. THEY CALLED HIM THE SON OF THE DEVIL. I
- 1:22:01HAVEN'T BEEN CALLED THAT YET. SO, YEAH. LOOK, LET'S READ THE
- 1:22:08LAST PART OF THIS. BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT MY WORD, THE WORD OF
- 1:22:11MY PATIENCE, AND WATCH, I WILL KEEP YOU FROM THE HOUR OF
- 1:22:16TESTING YOUR TEMPTATION. NOW, I WILL SAY THIS, THIS IS, IF I
- 1:22:20COULD JUST INSERT THIS LITTLE TIDBIT HERE, THIS IS ONE OF MY
- 1:22:23REASONS THAT I BELIEVE IN A PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE. IT'S
- 1:22:27JUST, HE SAID THAT THE REMNANT CHURCH WOULD BE KEPT FROM THE
- 1:22:30HOUR OF TESTING. A LOT OF SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT THAT HOUR
- 1:22:34OF TESTING OR TEMPTATION IS, 'CAUSE WATCH WHAT HE SAYS,
- 1:22:38"WHICH SHALL COME ON ALL THE WORLD." OKAY, THERE'S ONLY ONE
- 1:22:43PERIOD OF TIME IN HISTORY WHERE THE HOUR OF TESTING THAT HITS
- 1:22:47THE ENTIRE PLANET, AND THAT IS THE GREAT TRIBULATION OF SEVEN
- 1:22:51YEARS. SO HE SAID, AND A LOT OF SCHOLARS AGREE WITH THAT, HE
- 1:22:56SAID, "IT WILL COME ON ALL THE WORLD," OKAY, NOT THE MIDDLE
- 1:22:59EAST, NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES, ALL THE WORLD TO TRY
- 1:23:04THEM THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH. SO THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE CHURCH
- 1:23:07WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF HERE. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL MY
- 1:23:09HEART. THOSE OTHER SCRIPTURES THAT POINT TO THAT, BUT THAT'S
- 1:23:12ONE OF THE REASONS I BELIEVE THAT. I DID A TEACHING I THINK
- 1:23:15HERE, THIS HAS BEEN A FEW YEARS AGO, WHERE I TALKED ABOUT WHY I
- 1:23:18BELIEVE IN A PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE, MAYBE I'LL HIT THAT AT
- 1:23:21SOME POINT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE SCRIPTURES THAT I REALLY
- 1:23:24BELIEVE POINTS TO THAT. SO BEHOLD, JESUS SAID, I COME
- 1:23:27QUICKLY, HOLD FAST TO WHAT YOU HAVE AND LET NO MAN TAKE YOUR
- 1:23:32CROWN. YOU'VE BEEN HEARING ME SAY IT A LOT LATELY, WE GET ONE
- 1:23:34CHANCE ON THIS EARTH TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS. AND THIS IS WHAT
- 1:23:38JESUS IS IN REMINDING THEM AND ENCOURAGING THEM. HIM THAT
- 1:23:41OVERCOMES, I'LL MAKE A PILLAR IN THE TEMPLE OF MY GOD, AND HE
- 1:23:44SHALL GO NO MORE OUT. MAN, BEING WITH GOD FOREVER. THAT WAS THE
- 1:23:49REMNANT CHURCH, THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. AND I
- 1:23:53WILL WRITE ON HIM A NAME, THE NAME OF MY GOD AND THE NAME OF
- 1:23:58THE CITY OF MY GOD, WHICH IS THE NEW JERUSALEM, WHICH COMETH DOWN
- 1:24:03OUT OF HEAVEN FROM MY GOD, AND I WILL WRITE ON HIM A NEW NAME. I
- 1:24:08DON'T KNOW WHAT MY NEW NAME'S GONNA BE, BUT I'M GETTING ONE.
- 1:24:11HE THAT HAS AN EAR TO HEAR, HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE
- 1:24:15CHURCHES. NOW LET'S GO TO THIS LAST ONE. I'LL GO VERY QUICKLY.
- 1:24:18BUT THAT'S THE CHURCH YOU WANNA BE, THE CHURCH OF PHILADELPHIA,
- 1:24:22THE CHURCH, IT'S NOT JUST BROTHERLY LOVE, IT WAS THE
- 1:24:24CHURCH THAT KEPT GOD'S WORD AND WE'RE ON FIRE FOR THE LORD. THAT
- 1:24:28IS WHAT WE WANT TO BE. AND LET'S JUST MAKE THAT COMMITMENT IN
- 1:24:312026. LORD OF HOSTS, I CHALLENGE YOU. I CHALLENGE YOU IN 2026 TO
- 1:24:35BE MORE ON FIRE THAN YOU WERE IN 2025. BE MORE OF A PERSON OF
- 1:24:40PRAYER. BE MORE A PERSON OF THE WORD. AMEN. BE MORE OF A PERSON
- 1:24:44THAT SPEAKS THE WORD. YOU KNOW, SOME OF US WERE RAISED IN
- 1:24:48HOUSEHOLDS, I'M NOT SAYING I WAS, BUT I'M SAYING PEOPLE HAVE
- 1:24:50BEEN RAISED IN HOUSEHOLDS WHERE IT'S A NATURAL THING TO SPEAK
- 1:24:53THE WORST. CHANGE YOUR MOUTH IN 2026. SPEAK FAITH, SPEAK
- 1:24:58PROMISES, AMEN? ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE LAST ONE AND WE'LL
- 1:25:01WRAP UP THIS. HAVE YOU GOTTEN SOMETHING OUT OF THIS? HAS IT
- 1:25:04HELPED YOU? GOOD, I'M GLAD FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT, THE LAST ONE IS
- 1:25:08THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA. YOU HEAR OF THIS MANY TIMES. THIS WAS THE
- 1:25:14CHURCH OF EARTHLY COMFORTS. IT WANTED TO FIT IN WITH
- 1:25:20EVERYTHING. JESUS COMES AS THE FAITHFUL MARTYR, BUT THEY WERE
- 1:25:24THE PEOPLE, YOU WOULD SAY THIS WAS THE WOKE CHURCH. THIS WAS
- 1:25:27THE CHURCH THAT WANTED TO BLEND EVERYWHERE. AND THAT'S WHY YOU
- 1:25:31HEAR PASTOR AND I SO OFTEN TALK ABOUT THE USER-FRIENDLY
- 1:25:35MOVEMENT, BECAUSE THE REASON, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT
- 1:25:38FRIENDLY, OKAY? THE USER, OR THE SEEKER FRIENDLY, I GUESS PEOPLE
- 1:25:41HAVE CALLED IT THAT, USER FRIENDLY, THEY'VE CALLED IT
- 1:25:43THAT. THE SEEKER FRIENDLY MOVEMENT WAS A MOVEMENT THAT
- 1:25:47IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING THE VISITORS COMFORTABLE, OKAY? SO
- 1:25:51PASTORS STARTED WEARING SHORTS, AND WELL, BACK IN OUR DAY WHEN
- 1:25:54THAT FIRST KINDA CAME OUT, THEY WERE COMING IN IN THE HAWAIIAN
- 1:25:57SHIRTS AND FLIP FLOPS AND I DON'T KNOW, BLUE JEANS, AND I'M
- 1:26:03NOT SAYING BLUE JEANS ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE ALL BAD, I'M
- 1:26:05JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE COMES A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW,
- 1:26:09NOBODY'S SAYING WE HAVE TO WEAR SUNDAY HATS AND HIGH HEELS AND
- 1:26:13ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND, YOU KNOW, A SUIT. IF YOU WANT TO,
- 1:26:16YOU CAN, BUT I THINK THAT THE KEY OF IT IS, IS THE PREACHERS
- 1:26:19WERE TRYING TO COME DOWN TO MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL COMFORTABLE. AND
- 1:26:23PASTOR HANK HAS SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA STAY IN A SUIT,
- 1:26:27I WANNA STAY IN A SUIT. AND HE HAD PREACHERS AT THAT TIME TELL
- 1:26:30HIM, WELL, WHY DO YOU HAVE TO WEAR A JACKET? YOU DON'T HAVE TO
- 1:26:32WEAR A JACKET TO PREACH. HE GOES, I DON'T KNOW, I JUST FEEL
- 1:26:36LIKE IF I PUT A JACKET ON, IT'S A RESPECT TO THE LORD. AND IT
- 1:26:40KEEPS ME IN A PLACE OF AN ATTITUDE. I DON'T WANNA BE TOO
- 1:26:43CASUAL. BUT A LOT OF PREACHERS STARTED JUST TRYING TO BLEND AND
- 1:26:47EVERYTHING WAS ABOUT IF PEOPLE WALK IN THE DOOR, WE DON'T WANNA
- 1:26:51DO ANYTHING THAT MIGHT MAKE THEM NERVOUS. WELL, THAT IS NOT HOW
- 1:26:55THE APOSTLE PAUL PREACHED. JESUS MADE PEOPLE NERVOUS EVERY SINGLE
- 1:26:59DAY. IN FACT, I WAS READING, I'LL JUST TELL YOU THIS, I WAS
- 1:27:03READING JOHN 6. HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER, THIS WAS JUST THE
- 1:27:06OTHER MORNING IN MY READING TIME. AND I WAS READING JOHN 6,
- 1:27:10AND I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING ABOUT HOW JESUS TURNS TO
- 1:27:14THE GROUP, AND HE SAID, "EXCEPT YOU EAT THE FLESH OF THE SON OF
- 1:27:18MAN "AND DRINK HIS BLOOD." NOW, TO THE JEWS, THIS WAS LIKE, YOU
- 1:27:25DON'T DO THAT. YOU KNOW, IT SOUNDED, HE MADE IT SOUND LIKE
- 1:27:29CANNIBALISM. AND WHEN YOU READ IT, NOT ONE TIME, NOT ONE TIME
- 1:27:35DID JESUS EVER SAY, LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN BY THAT. I
- 1:27:40THOUGHT, LORD, YOU COULD HAVE AT LEAST, AND SO SEVERAL OF THE
- 1:27:45DISCIPLES SAID TO JESUS, THEY SAID, LORD, THIS IS CRAZY. I
- 1:27:52MEAN, THIS IS A CRAZY SAYING. WHO CAN EVEN LISTEN TO WHAT
- 1:27:55YOU'RE TELLING US? AND JESUS TURNS AROUND AND SAID, DOES THIS
- 1:28:00OFFEND YOU? AND THE 12 ARE LOOKING AT HIM LIKE. AND HE HAS
- 1:28:07THE AUDACITY TO SAY, "DO YOU WANNA GO TOO?" IT SAID MANY OF
- 1:28:12HIS DISCIPLES, NOT A FEW, MANY, TURNED AROUND AND WOULDN'T WALK
- 1:28:15WITH JESUS ANYMORE. WHAT HE WAS SAYING SOUNDED SO EXTREME. AND
- 1:28:19IT WASN'T UNTIL HE GOT WITH THE 12 IN THE BACK ROOM AND HE SAYS,
- 1:28:23"OH, BY THE WAY, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT "IS A SPIRITUAL
- 1:28:26THING." I THOUGHT, WELL, LORD, YOU COULD HAVE EXPLAINED THAT TO
- 1:28:30THOSE PEOPLE OUT FRONT THAT ALL WALKED OUT OF THE MEETING,
- 1:28:35RIGHT? BUT JESUS CONSTANTLY DIDN'T TRY TO FIT IN WITH WHAT
- 1:28:41HE SAID. HE WAS STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW. THE WORD OF GOD WILL
- 1:28:44OFFEND, OKAY? THERE'S PREACHERS NOW THAT'LL SAY, I HEARD ONE
- 1:28:48PREACHER NOT TOO LONG AGO, THIS IS A FEW YEARS BACK, I GUESS,
- 1:28:51SAY THAT WHEN YOU SEE THE WORD REPENT IN THE BIBLE, IT DOESN'T
- 1:28:55MEAN YOU REALLY HAVE TO REPENT. YOU REPENT ONCE AND THAT'S IT.
- 1:28:59AND WHEN THE BIBLE SAYS IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE'S FAITHFUL
- 1:29:02AND JUST TO FORGIVE US, WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO CONFESS OUR SINS
- 1:29:05TO GOD. HE FORGAVE YOU ONE TIME. AND I THOUGHT, WELL, SOMEBODY
- 1:29:10SHOULD HAVE TOLD THAT TO THE APOSTLE JOHN FOR WRITING IT. BUT
- 1:29:14TRUTH OF THE, HONESTLY, BUT THE BIBLE IS STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW.
- 1:29:19IT NEVER TRIES TO JUST FIT WITH PEOPLE. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING
- 1:29:22CHURCH SHOULDN'T BE FRIENDLY, OKAY? GREETERS SMILE EVERY TIME
- 1:29:26SOMEBODY WALKS IN THE DOOR. GIVE 'EM A BIG OL' GRIN. BE FRIENDLY,
- 1:29:31BE KIND, BE GRACIOUS, MAKE THINGS BEAUTIFUL. I'M NOT SAYING
- 1:29:35THAT, BUT THE KEY IS THAT WHEN THEY WALK IN THIS DOOR, WHATEVER
- 1:29:38COMES FROM THE PLATFORM, WHATEVER'S COMING ACROSS FROM
- 1:29:40THE WORSHIP TEAM, IF PASTOR WANTS TO PROPHESY, HE'S GONNA
- 1:29:43PROPHESY. IF THERE'S GONNA BE A HEALING LINE AND PEOPLE FALL
- 1:29:46OUT, IF THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUDDENLY GONNA MANIFEST
- 1:29:49A DEMON AND GET DELIVERED, THEN SO BE IT. WHATEVER GOD WANTS TO
- 1:29:52DO, AND IF IT SCARES SOMEBODY, IT MIGHT SCARE THEM STRAIGHT OUT
- 1:29:56OF HELL AND CAUSE THEM TO BECOME SAVED. SO THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA
- 1:30:03WAS THE CHURCH OF WOKE. SO LET'S JUST, LET'S READ THIS AND THEN
- 1:30:06WE'LL WRAP IT UP. "AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH OF THE
- 1:30:09LAODICEANS, WRITE THESE THINGS, SAYETH THE AMEN." IN OTHER
- 1:30:13WORDS, GOD JUST PUTS A STAMP ON WHAT HE SAYS. "AND THE FAITHFUL
- 1:30:16AND TRUE WITNESS, THE BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF GOD. FOR I
- 1:30:20KNOW YOUR WORKS, YOU'RE NEITHER COLD OR HOT, YOU JUST BLEND."
- 1:30:24RIGHT? "I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE AT LEAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER SO
- 1:30:27EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE YOU STAND." THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM
- 1:30:29THAT WE HAD WITH COVID. PASTORS JUST WENT UNDER THE COVERS AND
- 1:30:34THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COME OUT AND SAY, "OKAY, WE ALL KNEW THE MASK
- 1:30:38DIDN'T WORK. OKAY, WE ALL FIGURED IT OUT." AND PASTORS
- 1:30:43WERE TOO AFRAID TO SAY IT FROM THEIR PULPIT. OKAY, I MEAN, TO
- 1:30:47ME IT WASN'T EVEN HARD TO SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT? NOBODY SHOULD
- 1:30:51MAKE YOU GO GET A SHOT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE." OKAY? IT WASN'T
- 1:30:55HARD AS A PASTOR TO LEAD THE WAY AND SAY THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN
- 1:30:59THINGS THAT ARE NOT OKAY, THAT WE STAND UP AND TAKE THE HITS
- 1:31:04FOR OUR PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WHEN ONE OF DAVID'S MEN WENT BEHIND
- 1:31:07ENEMY LINES TO GET HIM A DRINK OF WATER, HE DUMPED IT ON THE
- 1:31:09GROUND AND SAID, "NO, I'M NOT GONNA HAVE YOU RISK YOUR LIFE
- 1:31:13WHILE I SIT BACK COMFORTABLE." AND THAT IS A LESSON FOR EVERY
- 1:31:17PASTOR. AND I THANK GOD. I HAD ONE OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS SAID,
- 1:31:21"PASTOR, I LOVE YOUR BOLD PREACHING." AND THE PASTOR GOES,
- 1:31:24"GOOD, I'M GLAD." AND HE GOES, "YOU EVER STOP, I'M GONE." I
- 1:31:27THOUGHT, "ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT." AND WE APPRECIATE
- 1:31:31THAT VERY MUCH. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE OUR BOLD METER UP EVERY
- 1:31:33WEEK. HALLELUJAH. BUT THIS WAS THE CHURCH OF LAODICEA. THEY
- 1:31:38DIDN'T WANT, THEY WERE SWITZERLAND. THEY JUST WANTED TO
- 1:31:40PLAY THE NEUTRAL ZONE. WE CANNOT, THERE IS NO NEUTRALITY
- 1:31:44IN CHRISTIANITY. THE MINUTE YOU GO THAT ROUTE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL
- 1:31:47SAY THEN THE MUSLIMS CAN BE SAVED. OKAY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL
- 1:31:51SAY THAT. YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IN FACT,
- 1:31:55FLASHPOINT, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WHOLE ISLAM ISSUE AND
- 1:32:00THE FACT THAT PEOPLE OF ISLAM, THEY BELIEVE WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
- 1:32:04AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, THEY REALLY WANNA DO AWAY WITH
- 1:32:10JEWS AND CHRISTIANS. THAT'S THE REALITY. THAT IS THEIR ULTIMATE
- 1:32:15GOAL. THEY WANT TO REINSTATE OUR LAWS FROM WITHIN. THEY'RE NOT
- 1:32:21APOLOGIZING FOR WHAT THEY STAND FOR. AND YET CHRISTIANS FEEL
- 1:32:25LIKE WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW BACK UP AND APOLOGIZE. AND THERE'S NOT
- 1:32:29GONNA BE ANY OF THAT. I'M TELLING YOU, JESUS IS THE ONLY
- 1:32:32WAY TO HEAVEN. SOMEBODY ASKED US THE QUESTION ONE TIME, WELL
- 1:32:35YEAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT
- 1:32:39THERE'S FREEDOM TO WORSHIP? IN OTHER WORDS, THE CONSTITUTION
- 1:32:42TELLS US THAT GOVERNMENT MAKE NO LAW THAT'LL INFRINGE ON THE
- 1:32:47EXERCISING OR THE RIGHT OF THE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP. WELL, HERE'S
- 1:32:50THE THING. THAT WAS WRITTEN IN OUR CONSTITUTION TO DEFEND THE
- 1:32:56BIBLE. OKAY, I'M NOT, THIS COUNTRY IS NOT ABOUT, WELL, IF
- 1:33:01YOU'RE A SATANIST AND YOU WANT TO MUTILATE CHILDREN AND COMMIT
- 1:33:06HUMAN SACRIFICE, BUT THAT SOMEHOW IS YOUR RIGHT TO
- 1:33:09WORSHIP? NO, THIS COUNTRY, I'M FINE. IF YOU WANNA SIT IN YOUR
- 1:33:15HOUSE AND YOU WANNA BE IN FALSE RELIGION AND GO TO HELL, WELL,
- 1:33:19YOU COULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT, BUT THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON THE
- 1:33:22GOD OF THE BIBLE, AND WE ARE GONNA STAND FOR THE
- 1:33:24GOD OF THE BIBLE AND BE UNAPOLOGETIC FOR IT, AMEN.
- 1:33:28(CONGREGATION APPLAUDING)
- 1:33:30SO THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA WAS THE BLEND IN CHURCH, AND I'M
- 1:33:33TELLING YOU, BLENDING IN IS A BLACK HOLE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO
- 1:33:36ANSWER. IT'LL NEVER STOP, THERE'LL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING
- 1:33:40NEW. PASTORS, I KNOW I NEED TO READ THE SCRIPTURE, BUT I HAVE
- 1:33:42TO SAY THIS. PASTORS THAT STARTED MARRYING HOMOSEXUALS,
- 1:33:46HOW MANY OF YOU SAW THAT? I MEAN, 15, 20 YEARS AGO, WE WOULD
- 1:33:49HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE A PASTOR THAT WOULD STAND UP
- 1:33:51AND TRY TO MARRY TWO MEN OR TWO WOMEN. BUT NOW, SEE THAT'S THE
- 1:33:56PROBLEM, NO BOUNDARIES. SO IT STARTED WITH, OH WELL, THEY LOVE
- 1:34:01EACH OTHER, WHO ARE WE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, FORGET WHAT GOD SAID,
- 1:34:06BUT WHO ARE WE TO SAY? AND NOW YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE TRYING TO
- 1:34:09MARRY A DOG, YOU GOT, I MEAN, IT'S JUST GONE THIS BLACK HOLE,
- 1:34:12IT'S SPIRALED COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL. THERE'S A WHOLE
- 1:34:15MOVEMENT OUT NOW THAT WANTS TO MAKE IT, REMOVE THE AGE OF
- 1:34:19CONSENT SO A 49-YEAR-OLD MAN CAN GO MARRY A NINE-YEAR-OLD. IT'S
- 1:34:25CRAZY, THERE'S NO BOUNDARIES. SO THE MINUTE WE COMPROMISE AND WE
- 1:34:30TRY TO PLAY THE NEUTRAL TO PLEASE SOMEBODY, WE'RE GONNA
- 1:34:33ULTIMATELY JUST DISPLEASE GOD. THIS WAS THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA
- 1:34:36AND GOD SAID, "YOU'RE NEITHER COLD OR HOT, YOU'RE JUST," I
- 1:34:38HAVE TO VOMIT THAT OUT OF MY MOUTH. THAT'S WHY KNOW WHERE YOU
- 1:34:43STAND IN THIS HOUR. BE BOLD, BE RESOLUTE WITH IT, DON'T
- 1:34:47APOLOGIZE FOR WHERE YOU STAND ON THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION,
- 1:34:52RIGHT? FOR WHERE YOU STAND ON MARRIAGE, COME ON, FOR WHERE YOU
- 1:34:56STAND ON ABORTION. AND BY THE WAY, CAN I JUST, I'M GONNA THROW
- 1:34:59THIS OUT AND WE HAVE TO BE FINISHED. THE ABORTION MOVEMENT
- 1:35:04AND ALL OF THE REASONS THEY SAY, THEY SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, BUT
- 1:35:07WHAT ABOUT THAT POOR MOTHER THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE GOT PREGNANT
- 1:35:12AND IT WAS A RAPE AND NOW, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOTTA GO THROUGH
- 1:35:15THIS WHOLE PREGNANCY AND HAVE THIS BABY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE
- 1:35:19MOVEMENT, THE PROCHOICE PEOPLE, I CALL 'EM PRO-MURDER PEOPLE,
- 1:35:25ALWAYS WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, USE THE RAPE ISSUE, THE INCEST
- 1:35:29ISSUE, THEY ALWAYS WANNA SAY THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. I'M LIKE,
- 1:35:33COME ON, THIS IS MODERN MEDICINE, OKAY? YOU KNOW HOW
- 1:35:36QUICKLY THEY CAN JUST DO A CESAREAN AND SAVE A WOMAN WHO IS
- 1:35:41IN LABOR ANYMORE? SO THEY USE THAT, BUT REALLY WHEN YOU COME
- 1:35:46DOWN TO IT, ALL OF THAT LITTLE GROUP THAT THEY MAKE THE
- 1:35:49FOREFRONT ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR LIKE 5% OF ALL PREGNANT WOMEN. THE
- 1:35:54OTHER 95%, SEE THIS IS AN ARGUMENT YOU CAN USE, THE OTHER
- 1:35:5895% OF PREGNANT WOMEN THAT GO AND SEEK OUT AN ABORTION DO IT
- 1:36:03FOR CONVENIENCE REASONS. 'CAUSE THEY JUST DON'T WANNA BE
- 1:36:07PREGNANT AND HAVE THE BABY. SO, THE MINUTE WE GET DOWN THAT
- 1:36:11RABBIT HOLE, AND OH WELL, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST, YOU KNOW, HAD A,
- 1:36:16I HEARD ONE PERSON SAYING, OKAY, AND I REPENTED OF IT AFTER, BUT
- 1:36:20I GOT IN A LITTLE TUSSLE WITH SOMEBODY ONLINE ONCE. I'VE
- 1:36:23GROWN. AND IT'S EASY TO GET SUCKED INTO IT, I WILL TELL YA.
- 1:36:28I WILL GIVE IT THAT. BUT WE GOT INTO A LITTLE THING ON THE
- 1:36:32ABORTION ISSUE WHEN ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED, HOW MANY OF YOU
- 1:36:36REMEMBER THAT? BY THE WAY, A FEW CHURCHES EVEN CELEBRATED THAT
- 1:36:39MOMENT. AND I MEAN, THIS WAS A GREAT VICTORY. 50 YEARS, THAT
- 1:36:43DEMON WAS IN POWER AND GOD RIPPED IT DOWN. AND SO I HAD ONE
- 1:36:48PASTOR PERSON SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT, "NOW THE
- 1:36:53CHURCH NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
- 1:36:56ADOPTION CENTERS." AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, ALL RIGHT, HERE
- 1:37:00WE GO NOW. OKAY, THERE ARE COUNTLESS ADOPTION CENTERS. THE
- 1:37:05PROBLEM IS WHAT'S BEING FUNDED WAS PLANNED PARENTHOOD. THEY'RE
- 1:37:09NOT FUNDING THE ADOPTION CENTERS. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT
- 1:37:12CAN'T GET THE DONATIONS. IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FUNDING
- 1:37:16EVIL. AND THE CHURCH WOULDN'T SPEAK UP ABOUT IT. THEY WERE
- 1:37:19AFRAID. I THINK IT WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WE WERE
- 1:37:22LAODICEA, NOT US, BUT WE ARE NOT HERE. BUT MANY OF THE CHURCHES
- 1:37:27AROUND THE COUNTRY WERE IN A LAODICEAN MINDSET REGARDING THE
- 1:37:32EVIL OF ABORTION. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EGREGIOUS EVILS IN THIS
- 1:37:36COUNTRY BECAUSE GOD HATES HE THAT SHEDS INNOCENT BLOOD. GOD
- 1:37:41HATES THE ONE THAT KILLS THE INNOCENT THAT DON'T HAVE A
- 1:37:44VOICE. THAT EVIL IS WHAT, I REALLY BELIEVE IT'S RELEASING
- 1:37:49OTHER DEMONS IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN DEALT
- 1:37:53WITH. I MEAN, IT'S BEING DEALT WITH AND WE'RE STOMPING IT OUT.
- 1:37:56BUT A LOT OF PASTORS AT THAT TIME, THEY DIDN'T SPEAK UP. AND
- 1:37:58WE WERE CRITICIZED FOR THAT. WELL, I THINK YOU'RE JUST BEING
- 1:38:02TOO HARSH. AND ALL I WANT, ALL RIGHT. TO THE ANGEL OF THE
- 1:38:08CHURCH OF LAODICEA IS RIGHT. I KNOW YOU'RE NEITHER HOT NOR
- 1:38:10COLD. SO BECAUSE YOU'RE LUKEWARM, I WILL VOMIT YOU. YOU
- 1:38:16STAYED OUT OF THE CONTROVERSY. YOU DIDN'T WANNA GET IN THE
- 1:38:19FRAY. YOU DIDN'T WANNA DRAW ANY CRITICISM. SO I'M SPITTING YOU
- 1:38:22OUT. TO ME, THAT IS THE WORST THING TO HEAR FROM JESUS.
- 1:38:26BECAUSE YOU SAY I'M RICH, I GOT IT TOGETHER. WE'RE COMFORTABLE,
- 1:38:31WE'RE GOOD, WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING. AND I THINK THE
- 1:38:33AMERICAN CHURCH HAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT WILLING
- 1:38:35TO SACRIFICE, RIGHT? I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE CHURCH OF THE
- 1:38:40BOOK OF ACTS. THESE PEOPLE TOOK EVERYTHING THEY HAD AND LAID IT
- 1:38:44DOWN AT THE APOSTLES' FEET BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY CARED
- 1:38:48ABOUT. SO I'VE GOTTEN THIS LIKE NEW LITTLE ADDICTION. OKAY, I'M
- 1:38:51GONNA END, YOU BETTER STAND. I GOT THIS NEW LITTLE LIKE
- 1:38:56ADDICTION TO WATCHING THESE SHOWS OF THESE PEOPLE THAT LIVE
- 1:38:58IN THESE REMOTE VILLAGES IN SIBERIA. AND I'M SERIOUS. I
- 1:39:04MEAN, I GOT TO LOOK. I MEAN, WHAT DO THEY EAT? YOU KNOW, I
- 1:39:07MEAN, WHEN WE WENT TO SIBERIA, YOU KNOW, PASTOR CHRISTY, WE
- 1:39:10WERE LEAVING AFTER WE WERE THERE. SHE GOES, "MAN, I'M GLAD
- 1:39:12TO GET BACK TO THE U.S. I'M TIRED OF EATING BOILED FISH."
- 1:39:15AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THE THINGS THAT THEY MAKE, THEY JUST HAVE
- 1:39:18THESE FROZEN FISHES THAT SIT IN THE SNOWBANK AND THEY CUT SOME
- 1:39:20PARTS OFF AND BOIL IT FOR DINNER. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S
- 1:39:24CRAZY THE STUFF THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, EXCEPT THEIR KIDS, YOU
- 1:39:27KNOW, ALL HAD IPADS, BUT THEY'RE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
- 1:39:30IT'S GREAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THAT. BUT ANYWAY, I'M
- 1:39:33SITTING THERE THINKING TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, OKAY, LORD, I
- 1:39:36MEAN, I GIVE UP A LOT, BUT YEAH, THAT'S A ROUGH GO. THIS WAS HOW
- 1:39:43THE EARLY CHURCH THOUGHT. THEY WOULD GIVE UP ANYTHING THAT MADE
- 1:39:45THEM COMFORTABLE. AND WE GOTTA ASK OURSELF THAT. THIS WAS THE
- 1:39:49CHURCH THAT WAS, THEY WANTED TO BE COMFORTABLE. THEY DIDN'T WANT
- 1:39:53ANY CONTROVERSY, THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY TROUBLE. BECAUSE YOU
- 1:39:56SAY I'M RICH AND INCREASED WITH GOOD, HAVE NEED OF NOTHING, KNOW
- 1:39:59NOT THAT YOU'RE WRETCHED, YOU'RE MISERABLE, YOU'RE POOR, YOU'RE
- 1:40:02BLIND AND NAKED. I COUNSEL YOU TO BUY OF ME GOLD THAT'S TRIED
- 1:40:07IN THE FIRE, THAT YOU MAY BE RICH FOR REAL, RIGHT? WHITE
- 1:40:11RAIMENT, THERE'S THAT WHITE ROBE AGAIN, I WANT ONE OF THOSE,
- 1:40:13RIGHT? AND THAT YOU MAYEST BE CLOTHED, AND THAT THE SHAME OF
- 1:40:17THY NAKEDNESS DOESN'T APPEAR. GOD SEES THOSE PEOPLE AS THE
- 1:40:23EMPEROR WITH NO CLOTHES, RIGHT? AND ANOINT ON EYES WITH
- 1:40:28EYESALVE THAT YOU MAY SEE WHAT YOU'VE FALLEN INTO IS PRETTY
- 1:40:31MUCH WHAT HE'S SAYING. AND AS MANY AS I LOVE, I REBUKE AND I
- 1:40:36CHASTISE. BE ZEALOUS THEREFORE AND REPENT. IN OTHER WORDS,
- 1:40:41WHERE DO YOU STAND? BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK, AND
- 1:40:45IF ANY MAN HEARS MY VOICE AND WILL OPEN THAT DOOR, I'LL COME
- 1:40:48TO HIM AND I WILL HAVE DINNER WITH HIM AND HIM WITH ME. TO HIM
- 1:40:52THAT OVERCOMES, COME ON, NEUTRALITY, THE WOKE CHURCH, I
- 1:40:56WILL GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE EVEN AS I OVERCAME. COME
- 1:41:02ON, JESUS HAD TO HIT THE CONTROVERSY TO BE AN OVERCOMER.
- 1:41:06CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ABOUT ALWAYS FITTING, BELIEVE ME. AND AS I
- 1:41:12OVERCAME AND I'M SAT DOWN WITH MY FATHER IN HIS THRONE, HE THAT
- 1:41:17HAS AN EAR TO HEAR, HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING TO THE
- 1:41:20CHURCHES. SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE, COME ON EPHESUS,
- 1:41:24DON'T BE A PHARISEE, RIGHT? IT'S IMPORTANT. BE WILLING TO BE
- 1:41:28SMYRNA AND BE PERSECUTED. THAT'S THE LESSON TO ALL OF US, PASTORS
- 1:41:32AND CONGREGATION AND SHEEP, RIGHT? PERGAMOS, RIGHT? DON'T BE
- 1:41:36THE CARNAL CHRISTIAN. WATCH THAT IN OUR LIFE. THE NEXT ONE,
- 1:41:40THYATIRA, WATCH YOUR DOCTRINE. PAUL TOLD TIMOTHY, BE CAREFUL OF
- 1:41:45YOUR DOCTRINE. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU KNOW, RIGHT? CHURCH OF
- 1:41:49SARDIS, WATCH THAT TENDENCY FOR FLESH TO GO DEAD. HAVE TO BE
- 1:41:52CAREFUL. BE ON FIRE, BE PHILADELPHIA, BE THE REMNANT
- 1:41:55CHURCH, BE HOLY GHOST. AND LASTLY, DON'T PLAY NEUTRAL. AND
- 1:41:59I THINK IF WE WOULD LEARN ALL OF THOSE LESSONS, BY THE WAY, I'M
- 1:42:02NOT HAVING A GRAY ROBE IN HEAVEN. I'M GONNA HAVE A WHITE
- 1:42:05ONE. AND HOW ABOUT YOU? AMEN. DID YOU GET SOMETHING OUT OF
- 1:42:08THAT? I HOPE YOU LIKED IT. GOD BLESS YOU. FATHER, I PRAY FOR
- 1:42:11EVERY PERSON ONLINE AND IN HERE UNDER THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, I
- 1:42:15ASK YOU BLESS THEM. FATHER, HELP THEM TO TAKE THE THINGS THAT
- 1:42:18I'VE TAUGHT HERE AND PULL OUT EVEN GREATER REVELATION. FATHER,
- 1:42:21BUT HELP US TO BE A PEOPLE THAT ARE PREPARED FOR THE LAST DAYS.
- 1:42:25FATHER, WE'RE PREPARED TO MEET YOU AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
- 1:42:29WE LIVE IN A PLACE OF READINESS AND ON FIRE
- 1:42:31FOR YOU. FATHER, I WANT TO BE MORE ON FIRE IN MY
- 1:42:34OLD AGE THAN I WAS IN MY YOUNG YEARS. AND I JUST WORSHIP YOU
- 1:42:38AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT. BLESS THE PEOPLE NOW, LORD. I PRAY
- 1:42:42THAT YOU PLACE THE ANGELS AROUND THEM AS THEY GO TONIGHT. AND
- 1:42:45FATHER, AS THEY DRIVE HOME, THAT THEY WILL DRIVE HOME IN THE
- 1:42:48BLESSING OF GOD IN JESUS' NAME. I LOVE YOU GUYS. GOD BLESS YOU.
- 1:42:52GO HOME AND, PASTOR WOULD SAY, EAT SOME GELATO. GOD BLESS YOU.