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The Javelin of Justice - 11/1/26 - 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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  >> Thank you, brother. I appreciate that
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  very much. And uh I love that song.
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  Every time he sings that, I love that
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  song. And I especially like that. I get
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  the second verse, third verse, somewhere
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  in there. Times like these, you need a
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  Bible.
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  And uh you know, I think we neglect that
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  sometimes. But tell you this, you can
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  read this book from now until the cows
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  come home. But if you don't know the
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  rider,
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  >> Amen. You got to know him. Amen. And
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  it'll help you. All right. Take God's
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  word. Turn with me to the book of
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  Numbers.
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  Numbers if you know where that is. Amen.
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  The book of Numbers. Genesis, Exodus,
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  Leviticus, Numbers. Amen. When you find
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  the book of Numbers, if you would stand
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  on a reference to the reading of God's
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  word, Numbers chapter number 25. Numbers
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  chapter number 25.
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  Was talking with a brother this
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  afternoon, sitting back there in the
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  back of the back of the room. I
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  mentioned something about the primitive
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  Baptist this morning. He was talking
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  about uh what they believe about
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  salvation. I was thinking about it just
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  sitting over there just a little while
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  ago. Um that song he was singing, they
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  wouldn't like that song. They don't
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  believe you can be sure about it.
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  >> I'm going tell you this, the truth is
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  there's a lot of them going to be in
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  heaven one of these days.
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  >> I'm going to say this about them because
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  they believe the gospel
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  >> and the gospel works. But you know where
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  the failure with that that sector that
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  line of belief is? Their children don't
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  get saved
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  >> because they're not sure about it.
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  They're not going to propagate it. And
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  so what happens is is when you take
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  those truths and you take away
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  assurance, you take away any reason for
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  anybody to tell it to somebody else. And
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  uh I'm thankful that we have seen the
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  lie. Amen. And brother Sherman, we both
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  be in hell if it wasn't for the grace of
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  God. Amen. God's been good to us. And uh
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  thank you for talking about that. Amen.
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  Numbers chapter 25. Let's begin reading
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  verse number one verse number one. The
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  Bible says in Israel bode and shidam and
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  the people began to commit whoredom with
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  the daughters of Moab and they called
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  the people under the sacrifices of their
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  gods. And the people did eat and bowed
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  down to their gods. And Israel joined
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  himself unto Baoor. And the anger of the
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  Lord was kindled against Israel. And the
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  Lord said unto Moses, "Take all the
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  heads of the people, and hang them up
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  before the Lord against the son, that
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  the fierce anger of the Lord may be
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  turned away from Israel." And Moses said
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  unto the judges of Israel, "Slay ye
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  everyone his men that were joined unto
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  Balpor. And behold, one of the children
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  of Israel came, and brought unto his
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  brethren a Medidionitish woman in the
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  sight of Moses, and in the sight of all
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  the congregation of the children of
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  Israel, who were weeping before the door
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  of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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  And when Phineas the son of Eleazar the
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  son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose
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  up from among the congregation and took
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  a javelin in his hand. And he went after
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  the man of Israel into the tent and
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  thrust both of them through the man of
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  Israel and the woman through her belly.
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  So the plague was stayed from the
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  children of Israel. Notice verse 9. And
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  those that died in the plague were 20
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  and 4,000.
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  And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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  Phineas the son of Eleazar, the son of
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  Aaron the priest, hath turned away my
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  wrath away, turned turned my wrath away
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  from the children of Israel, while he
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  was zealous for my sake among them, that
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  I consume not the children of Israel and
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  my jealousy. Wherefore say, Behold, I
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  give unto him my covenant of peace, and
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  he shall have it, and his seed after
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  him, even the covenant of an everlasting
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  priesthood, because he was zealous for
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  his God, and made an atonement for the
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  children of Israel. Now the name of the
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  Israelite that was slain, even that was
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  slain with the Midionitis woman, was
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  Zimry, the son of Salu, a pre prince of
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  the chief house among the Simeonites.
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  And the name of the Midionitis woman
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  that was slain was Cosby, the daughter
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  of Zur. He was head over a people and of
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  a chief house in Midian. And the Lord
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  spake unto Moses, saying, Vex the
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  Midianites, and smite them, for they vex
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  you with their ws, wherewith they have
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  begiled you in the matter of Peor, and
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  in the matter of Cosby, the daughter of
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  a prince of Midian, their sister, which
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  was slain in the day of the plague for
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  Peor's sake. Father, I humbly ask
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  tonight, God, that you would help us as
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  we've gathered to look at this
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  scripture. And I pray that you would
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  help your servant to make the point that
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  you've placed upon my heart tonight. And
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  I ask God for divine liberty, for
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  uncction to speak the word with power
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  tonight. And God, I pray, Father, Lord,
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  that we would not allow uh this text,
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  Father, to hinder us from the message,
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  God, that you would have us to get,
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  Lord, tonight. I pray God tonight that
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  you would help us, Lord, all to get
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  familiar with the scriptures. Lord, I
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  know sometimes uh God, people that do
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  not study their Bible sometimes are
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  hindered by obscure passages. And Lord,
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  I pray God tonight that you would give
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  us an exhortation through the word of
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  God tonight to study our Bible. And
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  Lord, that we would learn of you and be
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  taught of you in these days, Lord,
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  because we believe that all scripture is
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  given by inspiration of God. Help us,
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  God, tonight. I pray as we look at this
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  text and get glory to yourself, save the
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  sinner, it's nearest for what you do.
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  Well, thank you for it because we ask it
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  in Jesus name. God's children said,
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  "Amen. Thank you for standing. You may
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  be seated this evening." Numbers chapter
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  25 is one of the most interesting
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  passages in all the word of God. Now,
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  I'm going to tell you this tonight that
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  I love the Bible. If you ain't figured
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  that out yet, I love this book. Amen. I
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  love preaching the Bible and I love
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  every text and I always find something
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  in every text that'll help me. And this
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  chapter in particularly helps me due to
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  one term that is mentioned in verse
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  number 11. When the Bible says that
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  Phineas the son of Eleazar the son of
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  Aaron the priest hath turned away my
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  wrath away turned away turned my wrath
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  away from the children of Israel. Notice
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  this while he was zealous for my sake
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  among them. And I thought about that
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  word zealous. That word zealous is
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  describing here the heart of this man
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  Phineas in the text. And it is described
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  he is described this way because of his
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  action that is taken in verse number
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  eight when he takes a javelin in verse
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  number seven and in verse number eight
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  he goes in after a man that is living in
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  gross wicked sin in this chapter and
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  with the help of the Lord tonight I'd
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  like to preach on this thought the
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  javelin of justice the javelin of
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  justice in this text now you say
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  preacher I have never heard anybody
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  preach a message out of this chapter
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  chapter. Well, I'll be honest with you.
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  I haven't either. But I want to tell you
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  this tonight. We are familiar with
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  what's going on here more than you
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  probably think. If you know your Bible
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  tonight, you know that there is a man in
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  chapter 22 through chapter 24 of the
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  book of Numbers by the name of Balum.
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  And Balam has come on the scene hired by
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  Bailac. And he is hired there to curse
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  the Israelite people. Some of the young
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  people had been learning about Balum in
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  the Sunday school class. And I'll say
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  this tonight, that man Balam was a very
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  wicked individual. The Bible literally
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  describes him as one who loved the wages
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  of unrighteousness. Balam was greedy, a
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  filthy lucer. And because of that, he
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  took a price in order to curse the
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  children of Israel. But what we find
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  that even though he attempts three times
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  to curse the children of Israel, he is
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  not able to do so because God in his
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  power overrides the curse of Balum.
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  Amen. And I want to say this tonight
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  just to let you know this. I didn't
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  preach on Halloween. Amen. But I'm going
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  to drop a nugget right here on it for
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  you. Okay. Last night, the devil, amen,
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  had his way in this world. And the B and
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  people have said it this way. There's
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  witches who have gotten saved that say
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  this. The devil rejoices on Halloween
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  because Christians all over the country
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  celebrate him for one day out of the
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  year.
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  >> That's good preaching. Amen.
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  >> But I'll say this tonight, okay? You
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  realize that that curse, Amen. that
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  probably was cursed a lot. There's a lot
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  of people last night. You say,
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  "Preacher, I don't believe that." Well,
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  I'm going to tell you the truth tonight.
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  There was a lot of curses and a lot of
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  wickedness went out last night in this
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  country. A lot of churches, amen, were
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  probably driven by and spit upon, amen,
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  because of the wickedness that is
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  rampant on that night in this country.
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  But what I'm saying is, aren't you
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  thankful that God is able to override
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  the curse of this wicked world? Amen. I
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  want to tell you, there ain't no power.
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  Amen. He's casted down all
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  principalities and powers. He's took
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  care of all of that tonight. And it
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  doesn't matter how much money is given.
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  It don't matter how much somebody tries.
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  Jesus said this. He said, "Upon this
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  rock, I'll build my church, and the
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  gates of hell shall not prevail against
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  it." Amen. There's nothing the enemy can
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  do tonight to hinder or to affect the
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  work of God in this day and time. And
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  so, we notice here in this chapter, you
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  say, "Preacher, what does Balum have to
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  do with this text?" Well, he was called
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  to curse Israel, but he was never able
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  to curse Israel for Bailac in chapter 23
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  to chapter number 24. But what he does
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  do is instead of cursing them because he
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  was not able to do that, he brings
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  Bailac unto himself and he says, "All
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  right, I can't curse them, but I can
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  tell you how you can win the victory
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  over them." You say, "What do you mean?"
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  Well, he says, "You're not going to be
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  able to fight them." He said, 'What
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  you're going to have to do is you're
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  going to have to go join in and
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  fellowship with them. You said, 'What do
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  you mean?' Well, notice the text. The
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  Bible said in verse 20, chapter 25:E1
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  that Israel bowed in Shidam, and the
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  people began to commit whoredom with the
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  daughters of who? Moab. You say,
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  "Preacher, what does that mean?" Well,
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  Bailac was the king of Moab, and Bailac
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  had desired to curse Israel, but he
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  couldn't do it. God would not allow
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  Balam to curse Israel. Bailac desired
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  that. And so instead of a curse, they
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  begin to come in and to commit uh sin
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  here in the text. Three things by way of
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  introduction. And we'll get to the
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  message this evening. You see the
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  immorality is mentioned in verse number
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  one. Israel, bode, and shoot them. And
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  the people began to commit whoredom with
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  the daughters of Moab. And so the
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  daughters of Moab here in the text began
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  to seduce the children of Israel. and
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  they're drawing them out of their place
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  of of fellowship and faith in this text
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  and bringing them into immorality.
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  Notice not only immorality in verse
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  number one, but that immorality leads to
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  idolatry in verse number two. And they
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  called the people under the sacrifices,
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  notice this, of their gods. And the
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  people did eat and bowed down to their
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  gods. You say, "Preacher, what is that?"
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  Well, that's nothing more, nothing less
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  than the act of idolatry. They have come
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  and bowed themselves unto Bior. And if
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  that's not enough, the immorality and
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  idolatry that's transpiring, notice the
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  identity that transpires in verse number
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  three. And Israel joined himself unto
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  Balpor. And the anger of the Lord was
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  kindled, notice this, against Israel.
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  God was very much grieved. And let's be
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  real, he had a right to be, didn't he?
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  He had a right to be vexed by the
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  wickedness of his children. You say,
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  "Preacher, what do you mean?" Well,
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  three times Balam has tried to curse
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  them. He has tried to bring about a a
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  mockery and bring deliverance into the
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  hand of Bailac to destroy the
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  Israelites. And God has withheld him
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  from doing so. And instead of cursing
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  them, Balam has nothing but a blessing
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  for the children of Israel. And isn't it
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  interesting that after God is is
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  defeating the enemy without Israel even
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  knowing it, they choose to willingly
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  walk into sin.
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  >> I wonder how many times God's been
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  delivering us. And our thanks to him is
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  the next day we go out and commit
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  wickedness,
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  >> right?
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  >> You say, "Preacher, well, man, every
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  every one of us has been there. We've
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  all defiled oursel in some form or a
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  fashion. After God has blessed us, man,
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  how many times we have a a good service,
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  the Lord is moving and working and
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  Sunday you say something you shouldn't.
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  Monday morning rolls around, you commit
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  a a sin that you would have never been
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  involved in. You see, that's when the
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  enemy is going to attack you. It's after
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  that time of blessing. And you see in
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  this text, the Lord's displeasure is
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  described in verse four. The Lord said
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  unto Moses, "Take all the heads of the
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  people and hang them up before the Lord
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  against the sun." And I don't know about
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  you, that sounds pretty gruesome,
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  doesn't it? God's sick of this. God,
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  like the church of Leodysia, when he
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  looked at him, he said, you know, you're
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  neither cold nor hot. I spew thee out of
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  my mouth. You're disgusting to me.
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  That's basically what God said. And in
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  this text, he's saying the same thing.
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  You take them, he said, they ain't worth
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  nothing. You hang their heads out to the
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  sun. I want to say this. God hates sin,
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  friend.
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  >> And he still does, by the way.
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  >> He does.
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  >> He still hates it the same way. He says,
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  "Take all the heads of the people and
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  hang them up before the Lord against the
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  son that the fierce anger of the Lord
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  may be turned away from Israel." You see
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  his displeasure in verse four. You see
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  the death in verse number five, Moses
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  said unto the judges of Israel, "Slay ye
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  everyone his men that were joined unto
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  Belpor." And then notice in verse number
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  six, the latter part of the verse, it
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  says, "In the sight of all the
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  congregation of the children of Israel,"
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  notice this, "who weeping before the
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  door of the tabernacle of the
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  congregation." God is displeased. Moses
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  has pronounced death upon the souls of
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  the men who were involved in this. And
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  if that's not enough, the children of
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  God are so grieved by this sin, those
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  who are faithful and righteous, not a
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  part of the sin, they're down at the
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  tabernacle and they're weeping. You know
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  why they're weeping? Because they know
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  that all them around them is going to
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  die. That's right.
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  >> When's the last time we wept over the
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  state of our country?
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  >> Brother Steve brought up in prayer room
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  tonight, the state of our nation. I was
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  thinking about this, man. We we we're
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  thankful for our president, what he's
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  done. But the truth is, he's just like
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  every one of them. He's turned us over.
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  >> That's right. Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And don't act like you didn't know that
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  he would do that.
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  >> Amen.
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  He's in it for the money and the
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  accolades just like all the rest of them
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  are.
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  >> I want to tell you this tonight, friend.
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  There ain't going to be a righteous
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  individual that reigns on this earth
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  until Jesus comes.
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  >> Right. Amen.
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  >> And so when you go vote this November,
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  this is just a PSA. Amen. A short
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  excerpt of the message. Amen. When you
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  go vote, you vote for the lesser of two
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  evils.
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  >> That's right. That's right.
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  >> Amen. If they're for abortion, friend,
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  you better not vote for them.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. I need a hearty amen on that.
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  >> We vote against that. Amen. We're
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  against We're against gambling. We're
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  against abortion. We're against same-sex
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  marriage. We're against all that.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Just put that out there. And in this
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  text, what happens is is what's
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  happening in our country. You see, the
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  people of God are in despair because
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  they know that death is coming. But
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  isn't it interesting that in spite of
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  death on the rise, the people of God are
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  weeping down at the house of God.
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  There's a man in the text. Look what the
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  Bible said in verse 6. And behold, one
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  of the children of Israel came and
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  brought unto his brethren a Midionitish
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  woman. And if that's not enough, notice
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  this. In the sight of Moses and in the
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  sight of all the congregation of the
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  children of Israel, you say, "Preacher,
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  what does that mean?" Well, that's
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  basically
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  would be like if somebody come in here
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  on a homosexual relationship and walk
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  through those doors in the middle of our
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  service and begin
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  >> showing themselves before the church.
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  That's what they're doing. You know what
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  that is? That's defilement.
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  >> You said, "Preacher, what are you
• 16:15
  saying?" I'm saying these people were so
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  utterly depraved that they go before the
• 16:19
  man of God in a show of pride and
• 16:21
  arrogance and they stand BEFORE HIM AND
• 16:24
  SPIT IN THEIR FACE WHILE THEY'RE OVER
• 16:25
  THERE weeping that death is coming to
• 16:28
  the nation that death IS COMING TO THE
• 16:30
  PEOPLE. AND THESE SINNERS, THESE PEOPLE
• 16:32
  WHO CALL THEMSELVES ISRAELITES, get
• 16:34
  that. These people call themselves that.
• 16:37
  They come in the church and while we're
• 16:39
  weeping over their soul and they're
• 16:41
  laughing at us. Say, "Preacher, what is
• 16:44
  that?" that well notice it in the text.
• 16:45
  Behold, one of the children of Israel
• 16:47
  came and brought unto his brethren a
• 16:48
  Medidionitish woman in the sight of
• 16:51
  Moses and in the sight of all the
• 16:53
  congregation of Israel who are weeping
• 16:55
  before the door of the tabernacle of the
• 16:57
  congregation. I want to give you just a
• 16:58
  couple things tonight, a few things and
• 17:00
  I'll be done. You see tonight, what we
• 17:03
  find in this text is somebody gets upset
• 17:06
  about it and thank God he does.
• 17:10
  >> Look what happens in the text. You see
• 17:12
  this prideful action that's mentioned in
• 17:14
  verse number six. This man comes in with
• 17:17
  no respect to Moses, no respect to the
• 17:19
  ark. Let me say this tonight. I've
• 17:21
  already alluded to this a little bit,
• 17:23
  but the truth is they didn't respect the
• 17:24
  man of God. They didn't respect the
• 17:26
  house of God. And they sure didn't
• 17:28
  respect the people of God. Do you see
• 17:29
  that in the text?
• 17:30
  >> They came in the sight of Moses. They
• 17:32
  came in the sight of all the people. And
• 17:34
  what were they standing before? The
• 17:35
  tabernacle of the congregation, an
• 17:37
  emblem of the presence of God. They
• 17:39
  would stroll up if they if it were
• 17:41
  possible, they would stroll up to the
• 17:42
  gates of heaven and stand there.
• 17:45
  >> That's how utterly depraved these people
• 17:46
  are. And you're duped, friend, if you
• 17:48
  don't think they're living all around
• 17:49
  us.
• 17:51
  >> They're all around us. Matter of fact,
• 17:52
  they come in out of this church prideful
• 17:55
  and arrogant in their sin stooped and
• 17:57
  wickedness and their prideful action.
• 17:59
  They'll stand and strut their sinfulness
• 18:01
  before the man of God and before the
• 18:03
  church. But I'm thankful somebody
• 18:04
  stepped up and was willing to do
• 18:06
  something about it. Verse number seven,
• 18:08
  Bible says, "And when Phineas the son of
• 18:10
  Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw
• 18:12
  it, he rose up from among the
• 18:14
  congregation and took a javelin in his
• 18:16
  hand and he went after the man of Israel
• 18:19
  into the tent and thrust both of them
• 18:20
  through." You say, "Preacher, that's a
• 18:24
  little bit dark, don't you think? It's
• 18:26
  real gruesome." But you know what?
• 18:28
  That's the way God looks at sin.
• 18:29
  >> Amen.
• 18:30
  >> You say, "Preacher, are you condoning
• 18:31
  that in this day and time?" No, I'm not
• 18:33
  condoning that. But here, let's put it
• 18:35
  in a picture that would be relatable to
• 18:37
  us. Say somebody walks in here with a
• 18:39
  gun tonight, begins to open fire on all
• 18:42
  of us. What would we do about that?
• 18:45
  Would we stand there and let them shoot
• 18:47
  us up?
• 18:49
  >> Wouldn't do that, would we?
• 18:50
  >> Because we protect our church, folk,
• 18:53
  >> just like you would protect your family
• 18:55
  that you're going to be protected that
• 18:56
  very same way in this church. And what
• 18:58
  the responsibility is for those that
• 19:01
  that commit wickedness like this in this
• 19:03
  day and time. This was a commandment
• 19:05
  that that soul that sinnth shall surely
• 19:07
  die. That's what the Bible says. That's
• 19:09
  what this is referring to. And we see
• 19:12
  the prideful action, but we see
• 19:13
  Phineas's apprehension. You see, he
• 19:15
  doesn't wait. Let me say this. I'm
• 19:18
  really tired of people who want to
• 19:20
  tiptoe around the tulips.
• 19:24
  Just go ahead and say it like it is. If
• 19:26
  you've got somebody that's in sin, they
• 19:28
  need to hear the truth.
• 19:30
  >> Amen.
• 19:30
  >> Nobody else is going to tell them.
• 19:33
  >> If you don't, is anybody in the building
• 19:34
  tonight?
• 19:35
  >> It's fine. Some of you take hold of the
• 19:37
  bull by the horns.
• 19:40
  >> Preacher, I don't want to run them off.
• 19:41
  Well, let me ask you something. Where
• 19:42
  you going to run them to?
• 19:43
  >> That's right.
• 19:44
  >> They're already out there. Probably
• 19:46
  already on their road to hell. Probably
• 19:49
  at best they're saved, but out of the
• 19:51
  will of God, and they've decided they're
• 19:52
  never coming back to church.
• 19:55
  What are you going to do? Somebody's got
• 19:57
  to tell them the truth. Because if you
• 19:59
  don't, who will?
• 20:01
  >> You say, "Preacher, well, they'll never
• 20:02
  talk to me again." Well, the last thing
• 20:03
  they'll remember you saying is the
• 20:05
  truth.
• 20:06
  >> Amen.
• 20:08
  >> I hope you're listening to me. Don't
• 20:09
  feel like any of you are, but I hope
• 20:11
  you're listening.
• 20:11
  >> Amen.
• 20:12
  >> What I'm saying is is Fine said, "Look,
• 20:14
  this is enough."
• 20:16
  >> Why does he say that? Well, we notice in
• 20:18
  this text, look what happens. You see,
• 20:21
  he takes this javelin in his hand and
• 20:23
  what does he do? Well, he goes after
• 20:25
  them. And the image in verse number
• 20:27
  eight is that this man and this woman
• 20:29
  are going to have an affair.
• 20:31
  >> And Phineas, he goes right to the heart
• 20:33
  of the matter,
• 20:35
  kills it.
• 20:37
  >> Sin would be better dealt with in your
• 20:39
  life if you just go to the root of it
• 20:40
  and cut it.
• 20:41
  >> Amen.
• 20:42
  >> That's what the image is. You can't go
• 20:44
  and kill the person you think's your
• 20:45
  problem, but you can kill the problem
• 20:47
  that is your problem.
• 20:48
  >> Are you hearing me? Yeah,
• 20:50
  >> you can take care of that. Whatever that
• 20:53
  sin is, it needs to be dead. What's it
• 20:55
  doing? Well, it's killing the church.
• 20:57
  Church is weeping over it. People are
• 20:59
  dying from it. You say, "Preacher,
• 21:01
  that's terrible that Phineas would go in
• 21:03
  there and take A JAVELIN AND KILL this
• 21:06
  individual and his maiden." But notice
• 21:10
  what happens. You see this prideful
• 21:12
  action, Phineas's apprehension. But
• 21:14
  notice thirdly, notice the plagues,
• 21:15
  assuagement. In verse eight, what does
• 21:18
  the Bible say? He thrust them both
• 21:19
  through the man of Israel and the woman
• 21:21
  threw her belly. So the plague was
• 21:23
  stayed from the children of Israel. You
• 21:25
  said, "Preacher, that's just a
• 21:26
  sickness." Well, let me ask you
• 21:28
  something. What does the next verse say?
• 21:32
  You look in there with me. And those
• 21:34
  that died in the plague were how many?
• 21:37
  >> 20 and 4,000.
• 21:39
  You know what? That that sin had killed
• 21:41
  a whole lot more than Phineas did.
• 21:43
  >> That's right.
• 21:44
  >> The Let me Let me come in here with me.
• 21:47
  Okay.
• 21:48
  The justice that you're going to have to
• 21:51
  do to the sin that's in your life is
• 21:53
  going to do a lot less damage than you
• 21:54
  allowing the sin to stay.
• 21:56
  >> Amen. That's right.
• 21:58
  >> You see, this sin had brought the death
• 21:59
  to 24,000 people and actually a little
• 22:01
  more than that if you study the text
• 22:04
  out. And they've died because this one
• 22:07
  man, isn't it interesting that one man
• 22:09
  in the text when this man dies, the
• 22:12
  plague is stayed. And I thought about
• 22:14
  this. You see what happens here is you
• 22:17
  see the plagues assuagment in verse
• 22:18
  eight. You see perversions ashes in
• 22:20
  verse number nine that that 24,000
• 22:23
  people died. You know what they did with
• 22:25
  a body that had a plague. They would
• 22:26
  burn it so the plague would not
• 22:29
  continue.
• 22:30
  This is perversions ashes. This one man
• 22:34
  his one sin had brought the death to
• 22:36
  24,000 people.
• 22:39
  You say, "Preacher, what are you trying
• 22:40
  to say?" Well, let's just examine the
• 22:42
  text for a minute. Here's the message
• 22:43
  tonight. Do you realize it's one man's
• 22:46
  saying that has caused this event?
• 22:48
  You say, "What do you mean?" Well,
• 22:50
  remember we talked about Balum.
• 22:52
  You say, "What do you mean?" Well, turn
• 22:53
  with me to Numbers 31.
• 22:57
  Numbers chapter 31.
• 23:02
  And listen to what the Bible says.
• 23:05
  Numbers 31, the Israelites again have
• 23:08
  went up against Midian. They burned all
• 23:11
  their cities in verse 10. Verse 11, they
• 23:13
  took all the spoil. Verse 12, they
• 23:15
  brought the captives and the prey and
• 23:16
  the spoil unto Moses. Verse number 13,
• 23:20
  Moses, Eleazar, the priest, and all the
• 23:22
  prince of the congregation went forth to
• 23:23
  meet them without the camp. And Moses
• 23:25
  was wroth. Well, he's wrought. They've
• 23:27
  wrought victory. They've defeated the
• 23:29
  Midianites. But look what he said in
• 23:31
  verse 15. And Moses said to them, "Have
• 23:33
  you saved all the women of life?" Verse
• 23:36
  16. Behold, these caused the children of
• 23:39
  Israel through the council of who church
• 23:42
  balam to commit trespass against the
• 23:45
  Lord in the matter of Por and there was
• 23:47
  a a plague among the congregation of the
• 23:50
  Lord. Do you realize Balam's saying,
• 23:54
  Balam's council to Bailac brought the
• 23:57
  death of these 24,000.
• 23:59
  >> But if that's not enough, it's one man
• 24:01
  saying, but it's also one man's sin. You
• 24:04
  say, "What do you mean?" Well, notice
• 24:05
  the text again. It says that when this
• 24:08
  man, verse number eight, when he went in
• 24:10
  after the man of Israel into the tent
• 24:12
  and thrust both of them through, the man
• 24:14
  of Israel and this woman, the plague was
• 24:17
  stayed, one man saying caused one man to
• 24:21
  sin. And that one man saying brought
• 24:23
  that one man sin that killed 24,000
• 24:27
  and one.
• 24:29
  You say, "Preacher, what are you trying
• 24:30
  to say?" I'm saying what we preach to
• 24:33
  you and what people say in the pull pit
• 24:34
  has a big deal to it.
• 24:38
  >> Who you're listening to,
• 24:40
  >> right?
• 24:40
  >> Where your counsel is coming from.
• 24:42
  >> That's right.
• 24:43
  >> Do you realize that if you take advice
• 24:45
  from just anybody, you'll be in a mess.
• 24:47
  >> That's right.
• 24:48
  >> What happens in this text? Well, one man
• 24:50
  saying brought sin. One man's sin
• 24:54
  brought wrath in this text. But I'm
• 24:57
  thankful tonight that one man's sword
• 25:00
  brought peace. You see, Phineas was
• 25:03
  willing to do what nobody else would do.
• 25:06
  And I realize tonight, I feel I can feel
• 25:08
  the resistance to what I'm preaching
• 25:10
  tonight. And I'm okay with that. All
• 25:12
  right? I'm okay with that. You think I'm
• 25:14
  going to murder somebody or I'm crazy,
• 25:16
  but you're crazy if you think that.
• 25:18
  Okay? Let me tell you what I think
• 25:19
  tonight. You think that what I'm trying
• 25:22
  to point out to you is this. I'm trying
• 25:24
  to say, well, we need to be harsh on
• 25:27
  sin. And I am saying that
• 25:29
  >> we need to be harsh on it. But you're
• 25:31
  thinking that I'm going just a little
• 25:32
  bit too far with it. Well, let me say
• 25:35
  this. Let me tell you what God said
• 25:36
  about it. Verse number 10. And the Lord
• 25:39
  spake unto Moses, saying, Phineas the
• 25:41
  son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the
• 25:43
  priest, listen to this now, hath turned
• 25:45
  away, turned my wrath away from the
• 25:47
  children of Israel.
• 25:49
  Phineas by himself did this. You say,
• 25:53
  'What do you mean?' Well, basically
• 25:56
  24,000 have died in this text and
• 25:59
  Phineas sees this man walking into the
• 26:01
  house of God. He's living in sin and
• 26:04
  Phineas says, "I'm not tolerating it."
• 26:05
  And he goes to him and takes him out.
• 26:08
  And God says, "That man himself has
• 26:11
  turned away my wrath." You know what?
• 26:14
  This is what we need to realize in this
• 26:15
  day and time. You know them big churches
• 26:17
  that's got hundreds and hundreds of
• 26:19
  people
• 26:20
  that are preaching to thousands every
• 26:22
  week on in their campuses and on their
• 26:24
  internet audiences. Do you realize that
• 26:26
  they're not getting as much done as the
• 26:28
  country preachers that are holding the
• 26:29
  line in the little churches because
• 26:32
  they're still hanging on the truth that
• 26:33
  those men will not preach?
• 26:37
  >> You see, nobody else was willing to do
• 26:39
  what Fineas did.
• 26:40
  >> Amen. There was a congregation there
• 26:43
  weeping, but the truth is they were
• 26:44
  weeping of it, but there wasn't a single
• 26:46
  one of them willing to get up and do
• 26:47
  what he did. Well, I'm going to tell you
• 26:49
  something, friend. It's high time
• 26:51
  somebody steps up and says, "Enough's
• 26:53
  enough. We're not tolerating it no more.
• 26:55
  WHERE IT COMES TO HERE IS WHERE IT ENDS.
• 26:57
  It's not going any further." YOU SAY,
• 26:59
  "PREACHER, HOW IS THAT?" WELL, I'M GOING
• 27:01
  TO SAY THIS. WE DON'T TOLERATE SIN HERE
• 27:03
  AT MEADOWS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO FOR
• 27:05
  THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. AMEN. IF
• 27:08
  SOMEBODY COMES IN LIVING IN WICKEDNESS,
• 27:10
  THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A member
• 27:12
  >> if you start living in wickedness. You
• 27:14
  won't continue to BE A MEMBER. WHAT I'M
• 27:16
  SAYING IS, FRIEND, IT'S GOING TO BE
• 27:18
  DEALT WITH. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE
• 27:20
  DEALT WITH POLITELY EITHER.
• 27:22
  >> AMEN.
• 27:23
  >> You know why that is? Because God don't
• 27:24
  deal with it politely.
• 27:29
  >> God
• 27:30
  says that sin stinks
• 27:33
  >> in his nostrils. But you know what the
• 27:35
  world will say? Preacher preaching like
• 27:37
  that. That's dangerous.
• 27:39
  That's That's neonazi.
• 27:44
  >> They can call me all of that that they
• 27:47
  want to. I know in my heart that God
• 27:48
  loves red, yellow, black, and white.
• 27:51
  They're all precious in his sight.
• 27:53
  >> I'm going to tell you tonight, but the
• 27:54
  soul that sinnth, are you listening to
• 27:56
  me? It shall surely die. And the truth
• 28:00
  is tonight, it's not our place to put
• 28:02
  them to death. But I'll tell you this,
• 28:03
  if we speak to them about their
• 28:05
  wickedness and they come up against the
• 28:06
  church, friend, I'd be shaking in my
• 28:08
  boots. I was talking to my dad the other
• 28:10
  day. I said, "It amazes me that people
• 28:12
  do not fear the church anymore."
• 28:14
  >> That's right. Amen.
• 28:15
  >> You know why they don't fear the church?
• 28:16
  Because they don't fear the Lord.
• 28:18
  >> People used to come and sit in a
• 28:20
  wouldn't park in a church parking lot
• 28:22
  and do things
• 28:24
  >> that they would do elsewhere because
• 28:26
  they thought that God was there.
• 28:28
  >> But friend, they'll come, man. We since
• 28:30
  I've been here, they do drug deals in
• 28:32
  the back parking lot. And thank God that
• 28:33
  stopped. Amen.
• 28:35
  >> Well, I'm telling you, people don't fear
• 28:36
  God.
• 28:38
  >> They don't fear the judgment that's
• 28:39
  impending upon their soul. Well, I want
• 28:41
  to tell you this, FRIEND. I MAY NOT BE
• 28:43
  THE ONE TO CARRY OUT THE SENTENCE, but I
• 28:44
  can sure state it. Amen. I can tell them
• 28:47
  that they'll die. They'll die and
• 28:48
  they'll rot in hell if THEY DON'T CHOOSE
• 28:50
  TO CHANGE THEIR WAY OF LIVING, FRIEND.
• 28:52
  BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, IF THE PLAGUE'S
• 28:54
  GOING TO BE ASSUAGED, IF THERE'S GOING
• 28:56
  TO BE SINNERS THAT GET SAVED IN THIS
• 28:58
  PLACE, I HAVE TO CALL OUT THE SIN THAT'S
• 29:00
  IN THE CAMP. AMEN.
• 29:02
  >> AMEN. AMEN.
• 29:05
  >> Because God says in the text, Phineas
• 29:08
  hath turned away my wrath. Why did he
• 29:11
  turn away my wrath? Because he was
• 29:13
  zealous. Notice that verse 11. while he
• 29:16
  was zealous for my sake among them, that
• 29:19
  I consume not the children of Israel in
• 29:21
  my jealousy. Wherefore say, Behold, I
• 29:24
  give unto him my covenant of peace, and
• 29:26
  he shall have it, and his seed after him
• 29:29
  even the covenant of an everlasting
• 29:30
  priesthood. Isn't that interesting? The
• 29:33
  one that they would have looked at and
• 29:34
  said, "Man, that guy's nuts. Did you
• 29:37
  hear about what he did?" God says, "I'm
• 29:39
  going to give him peace."
• 29:40
  >> That's right.
• 29:42
  >> Yeah.
• 29:43
  >> Y'all ain't hooking up with what I'm
• 29:44
  saying tonight. Some of you are. Amen. I
• 29:46
  bless the Lord for you. But I'm trying
• 29:47
  to tell you tonight, if you want to have
• 29:49
  peace that's lasting, you probably not
• 29:51
  going to have a lot of friends in this
• 29:52
  world.
• 29:53
  >> Amen.
• 29:54
  >> Somebody said it this way. This is a
• 29:56
  worldly statement.
• 29:57
  >> If you end this life with five true
• 29:58
  friends, you've done something.
• 30:00
  >> And that's a worldly statement.
• 30:02
  >> I'm going to tell you this. If you
• 30:03
  preach the truth, you ain't going to
• 30:04
  you'll be good to end it with any
• 30:06
  friends. Amen.
• 30:07
  >> If you try to live right and do right,
• 30:09
  >> that's right.
• 30:10
  >> What I'm telling you is your peace ain't
• 30:12
  meant to be on this side.
• 30:13
  >> That's right. If somebody don't stand
• 30:15
  up, who's going to? If you don't, who
• 30:17
  will? If you don't say, "All right, it
• 30:20
  ends here. This is where it stops." If
• 30:22
  you don't stop the line of wickedness,
• 30:24
  who's going to? Because here's what's
• 30:25
  going to happen. What you tolerate? What
• 30:27
  What do we always say? What this
• 30:29
  generation tolerates, the future
• 30:30
  generation will embrace.
• 30:33
  >> And isn't that what's happened?
• 30:34
  >> Yeah.
• 30:36
  >> We cannot afford to tolerate sin. And
• 30:40
  you know what? God's not done with them
• 30:41
  there. You say, "Preacher, why was this
• 30:44
  one individual so gross?" Well, we read
• 30:46
  it again in the text. Verse number 14.
• 30:49
  Now the name of the Israelite that was
• 30:50
  slain, even that was slain with the
• 30:52
  Midionitis woman was Zimry, the son of
• 30:54
  Saloo, a prince. Notice that of a chief
• 30:57
  house among the Simeonites.
• 31:00
  You see this man, he had authority.
• 31:04
  >> He had class. He had stature. But you
• 31:07
  know what? God was grieved by his sin.
• 31:10
  And you know what? He didn't. Fine.
• 31:12
  Didn't care who it was.
• 31:14
  It don't matter who it is. I'm going
• 31:17
  tell you tonight. When God's greed and
• 31:18
  you get and it gets called out like
• 31:20
  that,
• 31:21
  you better do something about it. Notice
• 31:24
  this. The Bible says God's not done with
• 31:27
  them. Verse 16, the Lord spake unto
• 31:29
  Moses, saying, "Vx the Midionites, and
• 31:32
  what? Smite them, for they vex you with
• 31:36
  their ws, wherewith they have begiled
• 31:38
  you in the matter of Pior, and in the
• 31:40
  matter of Cosby, the daughter of a
• 31:42
  prince of Midian, their sister, which
• 31:44
  was slain in the day of the plague, for
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  Pior's sake.
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  I'll close with this tonight. John
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  Butler said this. He said, "Lacking an
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  emphasis on holiness has produced a lot
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  of unholy love."
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  The truth is that love is not the most
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  important thing that's manifest in the
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  Christian's life.
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  It's not. You say, "Preacher, but the
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  Bible says that the greatest of these in
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  1 Corinthians 13 is charity." Well, you
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  know what's not listed in that list?
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  Holiness.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> You see, what you are called to exhibit
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  is a holy life. And you know what
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  proceeds out of holiness? Divine love.
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  You see, the reason God loves you is
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  because he's holy.
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  You're the reason God hates sin is
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  because he's holy. And the primary
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  attribute of a believer should not be
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  love. It should be holiness. And out of
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  your holiness will proceed a love for
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  all people.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Because you know what holiness is? It's
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  fairness. Ain't it?
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  >> What the world wants so bad. They want
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  equality. But they really don't know
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  what equality is. If they could come
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  into an independent Baptist church like
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  this one, from one end to the other,
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  we're totally different. But you know
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  what? We love one another.
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  >> That's what equality is.
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  >> It has nothing to do with stature. Has
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  nothing to do with position because
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  ain't none of us greater than another
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  one. The truth is tonight, equality
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  comes at the cross.
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  >> Every man when they got saved, every
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  woman when they get saved, they have to
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  bow at the same heel. They have to see
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  the same Jesus. They have to confess
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  that he is Lord. Amen. To the glory of
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  God the Father. and they're saved the
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  same way. If you serve, you'll serve the
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  same way. THE TRUTH IS, THERE'S NOTHING
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  MORE EQUAL THAN THAT PLACE. But I want
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  to tell you this, friend, the world
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  don't like what we're talking about.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> They don't like that. And the truth is,
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  we don't see a lot of judgment like this
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  in this day and time. But I'm I submit
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  to you, it's going to come back.
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  Because you know what? As darkness gets
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  darker, the light gets brighter. And
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  when people begin to come against the
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  children of God, things happen.
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  >> Say, "What do you mean?" Well, I want to
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  tell you this tonight. I don't know what
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  we may be facing in the days ahead. I
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  tell you this. I don't like what's close
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  to our church.
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  I don't like what's being in the four
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  walls of our church. I don't like the
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  sin that comes in. I'm thankful we
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  welcome every person, but I don't like
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  the sin that they bring in.
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  >> I don't like the lifestyles that they're
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  living.
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  And the bo and the danger in that is is
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  if we don't deal with it straight and
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  quick. What happens is if we allow them
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  to be in this church and they gain
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  status in here without being a member
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  because nobody joins anymore. I mean
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  some people do but they join and they
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  leave. Amen. But anyway,
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  they come in and if the preacher don't
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  preach on their sin, they'll hang around
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  and these little ones will suffer
• 34:45
  because of it.
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  I want them to come in and if they ain't
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  going to get saved, then get out.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> If they ain't going to get saved or get
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  right.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Say, why is that? Because we cannot
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  afford to have them influence our place.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Cuz this is a haven. Ain't that right?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And you know what? When when Phineas
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  when he saw this wicked act going on at
• 35:07
  the tabernacle, he said, "That's not not
• 35:09
  not God's house.
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  Not before my man of God, not around my
• 35:15
  church.
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  You know what he does? He takes that
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  javelin
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  and he takes justice into his own hands.
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  You say, "Preacher, what does that look
• 35:24
  like?" Well, I'm going to tell you this.
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  In this day and time, the law is failing
• 35:29
  to do a lot of what it should.
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  And we don't enforce the law here at
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  Meadows. But I can tell you this. If
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  somebody's living in open, wicked,
• 35:38
  blatant sin and it's known to the entire
• 35:40
  congregation and they come in here
• 35:42
  flaunting it, they're not going to stay.
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  >> I can run them out.
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  >> We can run them out. If they come in
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  here in rebellion, and the truth is in
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  our country, that's getting to be a
• 35:52
  thing.
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  >> I I read a letter the other day. I
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  believe it's brother Chris sent it to me
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  from Ron Batty that they had a woman
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  come in their church
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  and I can't remember exactly, I don't
• 36:02
  know, was she a Nazi or what was she? I
• 36:04
  can't remember exactly what she was,
• 36:06
  probably a homosexual of some type, but
• 36:07
  she comes in there waving her banner and
• 36:09
  disrupts their whole service. They end
• 36:11
  up um having all the people go outside.
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  I think that's how that went or they
• 36:16
  told them to.
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  >> They all stood in the sun.
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  >> They all stood in sun to drown her out.
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  That's right. But they called the law
• 36:23
  after the fact. This is what the law
• 36:24
  told them. Said, "Well, you should have
• 36:25
  left her in the building. Y'all left."
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  That's the country we're living in.
• 36:30
  >> That's where we're living at. You can
• 36:32
  find it. Return America. You can go out
• 36:33
  there and look it up. That's where we're
• 36:35
  living at. I want to tell you, if they
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  won't do it, we can run them off.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> I'm not going to kill them. I mean,
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  that's stupid.
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  >> Go ahead.
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  >> Church is about an hour.
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  >> That close enough for you. I'm tell I
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  don't know what we might see, but I do
• 36:52
  know this. We don't have to tolerate it.
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  >> I don't I don't believe that we're the
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  law. We ain't don't have that authority.
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  But I'm going to tell you this, friend.
• 37:02
  We have the authority when they're on
• 37:04
  our grounds, we don't have to listen to
• 37:06
  that.
• 37:06
  >> No, that's right.
• 37:07
  >> You don't have to listen to that.
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  >> God forbid there ever come a day when
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  somebody comes on this church property
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  spewing garbage. It will not be
• 37:14
  tolerated.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> It won't be because you know what? We
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  got babies. I got babies here. You got
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  babies here. And they need a place
• 37:22
  >> That's right.
• 37:23
  >> where they can grow and be saved and
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  know the Lord and have peace.
• 37:27
  >> That's right.
• 37:28
  >> And you know what? We live in a country
• 37:30
  where that's still possible. And I don't
• 37:32
  intend on giving it up too easily.
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  >> Here's what I'll tell you tonight. The
• 37:37
  javelin of justice looks like a lot of
• 37:39
  different things, but I'll tell you what
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  it is tonight. You say, "What do you
• 37:42
  mean?" Well, let's think about what I've
• 37:44
  already said. I'm done with this. I
• 37:45
  promise.
• 37:47
  One man saying cause one man to sin. But
• 37:52
  you realize one man's sword took care of
• 37:54
  all that. That sounds real familiar,
• 37:56
  don't it?
• 37:56
  >> Yes, it does. Remember the devil told
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  Eve in the garden, "Yayath God say it."
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  One man saying out of that one man, the
• 38:07
  devil's saying, "Who sinned?" Adam
• 38:09
  sinned in the garden. And because of
• 38:11
  that, all the human race.
• 38:14
  >> Bible says, "And Adam what? All die."
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  That's
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  >> right.
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  >> But because of one man's sin, death
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  passed upon all men. All have sinned.
• 38:24
  but out because of one man's sword.
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  You see Jesus in this text, I didn't
• 38:30
  talk about this, but Phineas doesn't
• 38:32
  only take this man out. Phenas is the
• 38:34
  grandson of Aaron in this text. He's the
• 38:36
  high priest.
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  >> You know what he was doing? He was
• 38:38
  making atonement.
• 38:40
  He made a sacrifice for the sin of the
• 38:44
  nation. But you know what? He wasn't
• 38:45
  only willing to sacrifice. He was
• 38:47
  willing when it come time to take up the
• 38:49
  sword. You see, God Jesus gave us his
• 38:51
  word, but he himself was the sacrifice.
• 38:54
  so that we could be set free from that
• 38:57
  one man's sin.
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  >> What I'm saying to you tonight is this
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  that javelin tonight is this precious
• 39:03
  book. That's right. Amen.
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  >> And we are called to take this. And you
• 39:10
  know what we do? We deal out the
• 39:12
  blessings and the curses.
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  >> When we take this book and we tell it to
• 39:18
  a lost world, they have to come to grips
• 39:20
  with the fact that it will be this sword
• 39:22
  that takes them out. Amen.
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  >> If they die lost, but it'll be this very
• 39:26
  same sword through the sacrifice of
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  Jesus that'll save them.
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  >> I'm reminded of this truth tonight that
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  if that man had have repented, he could
• 39:36
  have gotten saved. But you know what?
• 39:38
  His action, there was no space to
• 39:40
  repent.
• 39:41
  You say, "What is that?" Well, that's a
• 39:43
  sin unto death.
• 39:46
  >> There is a sin unto death. Paul said,
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  "When you've decided to go as far as you
• 39:52
  can possibly go, God says, "All right,
• 39:55
  see it."
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  Truth is tonight, how close is that
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  sword to those around you? You said,
• 40:03
  "Preacher, you talk, you've talking
• 40:05
  about protecting the church, and I am
• 40:06
  talking about that." But the truth is,
• 40:08
  you know people around you that this is
• 40:09
  real near to them. What have you done to
• 40:12
  warn them?
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  Because it might be the next drink they
• 40:15
  take, might be the next time they go to
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  that girlfriend or boyfriend's house.
• 40:20
  Might be the next time they commit that
• 40:21
  awful lude act that God says, "All
• 40:23
  right, that's enough."
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  >> He gets tired of it. He will not
• 40:27
  tolerate it. If you want the plague to
• 40:30
  assuage because it's never sin never
• 40:32
  just affects you. We know that it
• 40:34
  affects everybody around you. If you
• 40:37
  want the plague to assuage, you're going
• 40:39
  to have to deal with the root. Let me
• 40:41
  tell you this, Dad. in your home. If
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  your life's in shambles and sin
• 40:45
  personally, nobody else may know about
• 40:46
  it. Your your kids and wife will be in
• 40:48
  shambles because of your sin because you
• 40:51
  are the centerpiece. And it goes vice
• 40:54
  versa with every part of the family.
• 40:57
  Children, if you do wrong, your parents
• 40:58
  will suffer for it. Wife, if you do
• 41:00
  wrong, your husband and children will
• 41:02
  suffer for it. If you do wrong, grandpa,
• 41:04
  your children, grandchildren, and
• 41:06
  everybody around you will suffer for
• 41:09
  your sin.
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  >> That's right. If you want the plague of
• 41:13
  sways, you going to have to deal with it
• 41:14
  in your own heart. Every head bowed,
• 41:16
  every eye closed tonight.
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  I want to ask you this question. I don't
• 41:20
  know if you need to come pray. She's
• 41:22
  going to play us just one verse
• 41:23
  invitation tonight. I tell you what I
• 41:25
  would pray for and what I'm going to
• 41:27
  pray for. I pray for often. I'm going to
• 41:29
  pray for the Lord to protect us
• 41:32
  because the truth is I don't want to
• 41:33
  have to do that. You think Phineas
• 41:36
  wanted to do that?
• 41:39
  I'll tell you, it was the power of the
• 41:40
  Holy Ghost of God that gave him the
• 41:43
  strength to do that.
• 41:45
  And the only way you'll deal with the
• 41:47
  judgment that's around you
• 41:50
  is through the power of the Holy Ghost
• 41:53
  of God
• 41:56
  because you can't wield that javelin
• 41:57
  yourself. You say, "Preacher, how is
• 42:00
  that the spirit?" Well, you remember
• 42:01
  talking about the armor of God. Paul
• 42:03
  said, "We're to take the helmet of
• 42:05
  salvation and the shield of faith and
• 42:07
  the breastplate of righteousness and the
• 42:09
  belt of truth and the feet shaw with a
• 42:12
  preparation of the gospel of peace." But
• 42:14
  you remember what he said? We're to take
• 42:16
  the sword of the spirit, which is what?
• 42:20
  The word of God. And it's that sword
• 42:24
  that we use to protect our families.
• 42:27
  It's that sword that saved your soul.
• 42:29
  It's that sword that'll keep your life.
• 42:34
  You can't wield a gun good enough to
• 42:36
  protect yourself. You're going to have
• 42:37
  to have God protect you
• 42:40
  and trust him. Father, I pray in Jesus
• 42:44
  name. Lord, I ask you humbly tonight
• 42:46
  that you would help us,
• 42:49
  God. Others, some have come, others need
• 42:51
  to come tonight and pray, Lord, that you
• 42:53
  would protect us and give us grace.
• 42:58
  Lord, I realize tonight, Father, we live
• 43:00
  in a dangerous land.
• 43:02
  God, even you told your disciples, you
• 43:05
  told them when you preached that gospel
• 43:07
  of the kingdom, you said, Lord, you told
• 43:09
  them not to take a sword, but to just
• 43:11
  take their bag and take their garment
• 43:14
  that they had on and go house to house.
• 43:16
  But Lord, when you went to Calvary, you
• 43:19
  told the disciples that they needed to
• 43:21
  get them a sword. Lord, I've often asked
• 43:24
  myself the question, why did you tell
• 43:26
  them that? Well, you told them that
• 43:28
  because you knew the day that they would
• 43:31
  live in. And Lord, you know the death
• 43:33
  that they would die. God, every one of
• 43:36
  them died martyr deaths. And Lord, I
• 43:39
  believe, Father, as they were the
• 43:41
  closest to your presence here on earth,
• 43:43
  Lord, I believe the closer that we get
• 43:45
  to your presence here on earth again, I
• 43:47
  think that it'll be this way again.
• 43:49
  Lord, I think that they're going to come
• 43:51
  for us. They're going to come for our
• 43:53
  families. And Lord, it's not going to be
• 43:56
  for us to try to stand for ourselves and
• 44:00
  justify ourselves. But Lord, we have to
• 44:01
  do what Phineas did and just be grieved
• 44:05
  at their sin and preach the word of God,
• 44:09
  take the sword and deal judgment. Lord,
• 44:13
  would you help us to do that? I pray for
• 44:14
  that one that was here lost this
• 44:16
  morning. God, you know their heart. I
• 44:19
  pray God for the one maybe it's here
• 44:21
  tonight that's lost. I pray you deal
• 44:22
  with them. Help us all to be obedient to
• 44:25
  the word of God. And Lord, we love you
• 44:27
  and thank you for your truth. And we ask
• 44:29
  it in Jesus' name. Some are praying,
• 44:32
  others need to come.
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  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you'd join us in person
• 44:38
  the next time you are able at Meadows
• 44:40
  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
• 44:52
  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
• 44:57
  evening Bible study at 700 p.m. For more
• 45:00
  information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.