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  1. Prejudice Is Not Of God

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  3. Ethan: [00:00:00] You are now listening to prejudice Is Not of God taught by Pastor Randall Crawford Senior. Please visit our website at bethel house of truth dot org for updates, prayer requests and new messages uploaded every sunday. God bless you.

  4. Pastor Randall Crawford Sr.: Good afternoon. I want to welcome you all to Bethel House of Truth this Sunday service. Praise be the YHVH in the highest. Amen. Prejudice is not of YHVH. And I think that most churches don't teach this topic. Talking about prejudice and other things, but we're going to get into it because it's a part of life.

  5. Amen. And it's always been a part of life. It's been a part of life since the beginning of time, actually. Prejudice. And prejudice for most often refers to a negative opinion, not based on facts or experience formed without just grounds or sufficient knowledge. It is prejudice.

  6. Prejudice, targets, groups, or types of people, rather [00:01:00] than responding to people as individuals, prejudice is usually expressed as unreasonable or hostile feelings, opinions, or attitudes towards ethnic, racial, social, or religious history or religious groups. Prejudice has been a part of religious history, forever.

  7. Even with some defending acts of prejudice in the name of Christianity. Humans have a natural tendency to show prejudice toward anyone who is different. As Christians, we can't do that. Amen. We just can't both old and New Testament were written during times of human history where racial

  8. tension, national and sexual prejudice, [00:02:00] was expected. They treated women as animals, as property, and they treated human beings as property, and enslaved others, other nationalities, enslaving other nationalities was common and cruel. When God Almighty gave Moses the law for Israel he incorporated a moral ethic and standards that we should live by. That was unheard of in those barbaric day. Bottom line, prejudice is wrong and not of God. It comes from Satan and mankind, and a lack of love, compassion for yourself and for other people.

  9. People who are prejudiced, pretend to love themselves, but they really hate themselves and everything about themselves. That's why they project what they feel inside on other people due to what they wish they could be when they see other people. Prejudice. They don't love themselves at all, [00:03:00] so they can't love anyone. Misery loves company. You gotta know that. Hate and Satan love one another. That's just how it is Satan hate and love one another. They're in love. They're in the same bed and they love themselves. Pride is prejudice and their middle name is Mr. Darcy. If you understand the book of Pride and Prejudice, you understand exactly what I'm talking about. If you don't, Mr. Darcy was a high class individual who looked down on everyone. Was racist towards everyone, towards the servants, toward whoever. That's Mr. Darcy, he was a horrible person. Read the book, watch the movie, you'll better understand this message.

  10. So prejudice is not of God, never been of God, never has been of God, never will be of God. It is from the devil and it's from Satan, and it's from the world, and it's from people who lack any integrity or honesty or any type of love. Prejudice. We should not be prejudice. It's not [00:04:00] of God. When God instituted his law, his moral law, and his moral ethics, he stated, love everyone as you will love yourself.

  11. Bottom line, don't be prejudice. Amen. That's exactly what that means. Love everyone as you would love yourself. Do unto others as you would have them doing unto you. Amen. Very important. So most people don't even know their prejudice but we gonna go over a lot of different forms of prejudice today

  12. and we going to get into it. We really are. If you hate yourself, if you don't like who you are, you're prejudice? If you don't like who you are as a human being whom God created, you're prejudice against yourself and against the image of the living God. Let's go to Genesis 1, we gotta get into the image of God.

  13. We gotta get into it.

  14. Prejudice even has a strong play on self introspection too. If you don't like yourself, you see something that someone else has, or you see someone and you wish you were that person, or you wish you had their qualities [00:05:00] (you don't though). You are who you are, you are who God created, and it shouldn't be enough. Amen. It should be enough, and there shouldn't be a problem with that at all. Amen. There should be no racism in the world and no prejudice. So Genesis 1:26 to the sixth day creation here, if you have it say, glory to God.

    Genesis 1:26

  15. 26 And God said, let us make man in our image. Now, you gotta understand God's speaking to the angels and Jesus Christ and himself. He says in our image. So we know that Emmanuel , which means God's with us. He looks just like God. Amen. He is the spitting image of God, the perfect pattern of God. That's how God would look if God decided to come into the flesh.

  16. Oh wait, he did as Jesus Christ. That's how he would look. So imagine your image. You have eyes, you have nose, you have a mouth, you have teeth. You have everything that Jesus Christ had because God said, that's how I look. Now we're made in his image. Watch this. 26 And God said, the magnificent. omnipotent wonderful God. This is a polysyndeton[00:06:00] 26 Let us make man in our image after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creepy thing that creepeth upon the earth. Now, these are hunters, as I stated this, I state this a lot.

  17. These are hunters. This is a sixth day creation. These people are hunters. They're not farmers. God didn't create the farm yet, that's when Adam and Eve come in. That's the eighth day creation, and they have the particle and the article.

  18. They (the sixth day creation) have no particle, no article here for this six day creation. 27 So God created man in his _own_ image. Imagine that, in the image of God created he him; male and female, created he them. Simultaneously. Every race. Every race, except the eighth day race that came later. That's who Jesus Christ would come through.

  19. Amen. Every single race happened here. 27 So God created a man in his _own_ image in the image of God created, he him; male and female, created he them. Simultaneously at the same time. So [00:07:00] therefore, you can't say, I was born before you. I was here longer than you, so I know more than you. We were here at the same time. Just like he created every soul in the first Earth age, before the first Earth age at the same time, simultaneously, every soul and the image of God, you know what? The image of God is so magnificent. And if you hate against the image of God, you're prejudiced. So if you hate someone for no cause, if you're prejudiced against someone without a cause, there's no cause to be prejudiced against anyone. Amen. You're going against the image of God. That's a gross sin. It really is a gross sin. Watch this. We're gonna shut hate up today. We're gonna shut racism up today. We're gonna shut everything that's not of God up today. Every attitude, every every disrespectful, we're gonna shut it all up today. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, if God's blessing them, why do we diss them?

  20. Why [00:08:00] does mankind diss them? If God's blessing them? And then God turned around and brought, Jesus said forgive if you want forgiveness. Amen. So therefore if someone's bothering you and they're getting on your last nerve and they're hating on you, because they don't have the wisdom. Most people don't have wisdom of God, but I'm giving it to you through the Holy Spirit so you can have it.

  21. So you can change the way you think about how you do things and how you look at people. Amen. Because you don't wanna be prejudiced towards anyone no matter what they do to you. God said, give grace, so we give grace. Amen. 28 And God blessed them and God said unto them, be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, if we know that in the first Earth age, Satan tried to take over as Tyrus and it didn't work.

  22. So God destroyed the first Earth age at the kaballo. And here we are in the second Earth age in the beginning of it. That's why he's saying replenish the earth, put people back in it. and subdue it and have dominion over the fish, the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing [00:09:00] that moveth upon the earth.

  23. 29 God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which _is_ upon the face of all the earth and every tree. And the, which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed to you, shall it be for meat. There you go. That's the sixth day creations diet. That's what we're supposed to be eating anyway.

  24. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every fowl of the air and to everything that creepeth upon the earth wherein _there is_ life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. Now if God gave us this in the beginning, he didn't say, "Hey, I want you to go chop up a cow. I want you to go chop up an oxen." Matter of fact, these things wasn't even created yet because those are farm animals. They weren't even created, yet. Those are farm animals. He's saying, fish, you got fruit, you got nuts. You got beans, you got all that stuff. You see the diet he put us on. Because he knows what makes the flesh run properly.

  25. Amen. He knows what, makes it run properly. When we see a hog and we like," that hog look good, oink, oink, let's catch it and kill it." [00:10:00] There's nothing desirable about a hog, at all with a big nose and ugh, nothing at all. And eating his own poop. And there's nothing desirable about that at all. About most animals that you want to eat.

  26. Right or wrong? Have you seen a fish when it comes out the water, I don't want to eat that. You know what I mean? But I eat anyway because it's good fried, dyed and laid to the side. You understand what I'm saying to you? It was delicious,

  27. 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every foul of the air and to everything that creeped upon the earth wherein there _is_ life,_ I have given_ every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold_ it _was very good. Very good. Very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Six day creation, all racists right there. There's the question I ask you. This is a question I ask the world, people around the world. Here's the question here. If there is no prejudice you, did you say any prejudice in that if there is no prejudice, God blessed them and then he said it is very good. [00:11:00] These are all the racists, all the original racists of the earth. If there is no prejudice in YHVH, why is there prejudice and its creation that he created? Without that evil word, prejudice shouldn't be there, right? Now we know we got a person named Satan that used to roam this earth, but the spirit still roams this earth up and down. Satan and pride. He is the founder of hate fakeness and envy. That's who we are dealing with here. That's where prejudice and pride and hate comes from. It didn't come from God. He just told you that right there. So if God's in you, you shouldn't hate you shouldn't be prejudice, you shouldn't be prideful, shouldn't look down on nobody, shouldn't look down on nobody, at all.

  28. And you gotta know that God's speaking to the angels. He's talking to Christ Jesus, and the angels. This is not up for debate. This is a fact. [00:12:00] Christ is the very image of the living God YHVH. All races have the face and the likeness of God, or to look like YHVH in Christ and the angels. And that should be very good. Amen. That should be very good. I could squash any discussion just with that right there. If you call yourself a Christian, I could squash any discussion with any Catholic, with any Jehovah's witness, with anyone of any race.

  29. If you say you believe in Jesus Christ and you don't follow this, but you are racist towards another race or anyone or even yourself... it's squashed with that, right there. Message over, right? Game over, right? Now we're gonna go a little further because I like to rub it in. So let's go to Leviticus 20.

  30. Leviticus 20. Rub it in. Rub it right in Satan's face.

  31. That's new information. Glory to God. Leviticus 20:26, two verses. [00:13:00] God's gonna show you what he means and how you're supposed to be acting. Now I want you to see something here cause we're going to include the elect here, the special people for a reason. This is the promise seed speaking of, but it's also speaking of the very elect of this final generation. That means the prophets, the apostles, that means the promise seed of Israel. And that also means the elect of this final generation. Amen. Those who carry this truth. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord YHVH _am_ holy and have severed you from other people that ye should be mine. What did he say? You should be mine. This is such a beautiful verse right here, this verse 26, severed. He says, I've severed you from amongst all people. That includes those within the eighth day creation and the sixth day creation. He's talking about a special group of people here. His elect, the promises [00:14:00] here that we're speaking of the very elect as well. And it means to set apart from wrong or evil in a miraculous way. To be special and different, to be a great example for others. Only YHVH'S chosen people are this, his elect are this, and the promising also, and the very elect, the whole election, the remnant in all. Within the Gentiles as well as the eighth day, 'eth ādām with the particle and the article, which is Israel, all the way up to the final generation and his very elect that will face antichrist sat in himself. They are set apart from wrong or evil, and in a miraculous way to be special, to be different, to be a great example for others. How's your example? How's your example to be a great example for others? [00:15:00] Your example has to be stout. Amen. Has to be. What would make someone not have a good example towards someone else? If you don't care for that person, right? Yeah. If you don't care for that person, but you carry the truth, right? So if you don't care for a person, and your example isn't stout for that person, but you're just like: [rolls eyes]. Guess who got pride and prejudice running through their veins? You understand what I'm saying to you? Pride and prejudice. "Oh they are different race, they don't need this truth!" Pride, and prejudice. Jesus Christ saves, he's the creator of all races, right? We just read that Genesis 1:26-31 and it was very good.

    Leviticus 20:26 Genesis 1:26–31

  32. Amen. But there is no excuse at all for any of it, for no fakeness, for any of it. Watch this. 27 A man also or woman that have a familiar spirit a bad spirit a demonic [00:16:00] spirit or that is a wizard, a false prophet, a wizard with a demonic spirit or wizard, or a warlock or whatever you wanna call 'em.

  33. They're not of God. People do the tarot cards, people who do ouji boards, people who do this dark magic, garbage. Amen. He's telling Israel, he's saying, you know better, you do know better, right? You need someone to tell your future? Did I not just tell you that I severed you from among everyone else, that you are my elect?

  34. You are. And if you don't make it to the antichrist, you're my remnant. You're still my elect. You're my anointed. You're my promised people. Amen. Did I not tell you that, just now? You need someone else to tell you that a wizard or a warlock or someone with a familiar spirit. Come on.

  35. shall surely be put to death: That's the penalty death. So if someone chooses to be a wizard or a warlock, right? Or someone choose to be a false pastor or a false teacher, or a false apostle or anointed of God, or [00:17:00] one who's a whatever. But they're putting out badness, not of God. And they're misleading people left and right, and they're using the dark forces of Satan. God said they should be put to death, right? This law has not changed? They can repent and they can't get right and come to God for whatever, for true repentance, for truth in this thing. But he's saying to them, you know how you go to somebody and you say to them, what you're doing is wrong? And then they say, why are you judging me?

  36. No one's judging you. Why you being prejudiced towards me? You're just saying that because I'm this color. No, I'm black saying this.

  37. You have to. He's saying, but if it's evil and you talk to them about the evil that they're putting out, it's not prejudice, it's not labeled as prejudice, it's labeled as righteous indignation. It's labeled as righteousness in the eyes of God, that's what it's labeled as. Now, if someone that you [00:18:00] know is doing wrong and you say nothing to them because you do not care, as it says in the book of Ezekiel, their blood is on your hands now. Because you're supposed to say something to them. If you don't say nothing to them, guess what? Guess what? It's because you don't care. It's because you do not care. And you have ill feelings towards that person because of conversations, because of life, because of whatever history you may have towards them.

  38. Everyone under the sun needs Christ. Everyone in this world needs God. Everyone. There's no exceptions. Everyone needs God from the pagan to the one who makes the pagan idols. Everyone needs God, but they have to be given Christ in the right manner so that they can get it. If you can't do that, you are prejudiced because you have the ability to do. This is what I'm doing, I'm not being prejudiced towards anyone. [00:19:00] Doesn't matter their race, their color, their creed, what they believe, how they believe. You got people going around from Spanish churches and they come to me and they go, they speak Spanish to me. And I go," I'm not Spanish."

  39. And they go, "Oh, we can't talk to you then." I said to them, I said, hold on, come here. I said, is there a special club in heaven? How do you know I don't have Jesus Christ? How do you know that I'm not begging for the Lord? You're not Spanish, though. I said, does it matter?

  40. Doesn't Jesus Christ open his arms to all? Doesn't God open his arms to all? How dare you? How dare you just go to Spanish people? They say, " They need it." We all need it. I said, "You're lucky I'm a pastor." "Oh, you're a pastor?" "Yeah, I don't need what you're selling, because that's not Jesus Christ." They turned around and walked away with an attitude. Keep your attitude because you're wrong. You're going to answer for it. [00:20:00] That's wrong. Do you know how many different nationalities I've converted throughout all my years? So many. European Indian, Asian, even Israelites. It does not matter. I will turn them from what they believe and bring them to the truth. Bring them to the truth. It doesn't matter. Familiar spirits it's wrong. 27 shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood _shall_ be upon them. But if you don't say anything, it's on you. It's on you, and it's going to be on you. It really will be. Hear what I'm saying to you? Are you set apart or not? Are you set apart or not? Or this person gets on my nerves. Don't be prejudiced towards someone just cause they get on your nerves. You are obligated to teach [00:21:00] whoever God puts in your path. Whoever he puts in your path, no matter what history you may have with them.

  41. Amen. And don't say, "We got the millennium." That's just lazy. Amen. You have to try.

  42. Leviticus 19:29. We all have parents who do things that they should not do when we're younger? And when we're growing up, we all have parents who do things. So a step that should not be done. ? And I want you to understand, God understands that. He knows that we all have parents. If you didn't have a parent, you wouldn't be here.

    Leviticus 19:29

  43. Amen. Leviticus 19:29 29 Do not prostitute thy daughter. Now, hold up. Is this a real thing? It is a real thing. It still happens today? Don't put your children out there. Amen. Do not do that. Learn from your mistakes so they don't have to make the same mistakes. " I was a prostitute, they could be one too."

    Leviticus 19:29

  44. [00:22:00] That don't even sound right. That don't even sound right. I'm a retired prostitute. They can take over the business That don't even sound right. But that's what's, that's what goes on. It goes on till this very day. God saying, 29 do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; don't do it.

  45. Don't you care about your children? Don't you care about what they go through, who they are, what they grow up to be? You don't send your kids out there to get ravaged by the world and come back and say, gimme the money. That's not what you do. Amen. That's not of God. That's not of God. That's straight up prostitution. You are supposed to protect your child. All of them, every, that's last one of them, because I don't care how old a child is. They're your child and you could be 98 years old and guess who you still turn to? God Almighty because you're his child. [00:23:00] His child.

  46. So you don't put them out there to be ravaged by the devil. You don't put them out there and tell them that prostituting is a job and your title, that your pen that you're gonna wear as your title's name is who you. You don't do that to your boys or to your daughters. You just don't. Amen. You protect them.

  47. 29 Lest the land fall into whoredom and the land become full of wickedness. That's what would happen if there's no correction. That's what would happen if there's no correction of bad behavior.

  48. 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths there holy and reverence my sanctuary: His church now, a lot of churches today aren't worth reverencing,? And that's just the truth of the matter. A lot of hooh-hah, boo-hah goes on the inside of these churches, these "houses of God." You should just throw a tent up you'll have a circus. You really would. He's saying, I am the Lord. But if you find a house of God, if [00:24:00] you find a house of God that teaches truth, he's saying reverence it. Amen. Respect it. Grow it, love it. Know what you got. Know what you got. I am ('ehye 'àser 'ehye) the LORD YHVH. 31 Regard, not them that have familiar spirits.

  49. Don't even look to those people who have familiar spirits. People in falsehood, people who don't teach truth. People who don't know Jesus Christ. Don't know the truth. Don't know the truth. Christ, they have familiar spirits. Just to let you know they have familiar spirits. 31 Neither seek after wizards. So I want you to see how wonderful God is, and how clever Satan is. He's saying, don't seek after wizards. He just talked about his church, right? He talked about his church, right? So he's talking about his church and the people in the church. He said, revernce my church. If it's the Church of God, reverence it, if it ain't the Church of God, bounce right? But if it is the Church of God, stay reverance it,

  50. make it grow. Amen. [00:25:00] Now he's saying, don't seek after wizards. You ain't gonna have someone in a church with a hat on and with stars on it and a whole blue cape talking about, "I'm the wizard. Nobody beats me, no one." He's not going to do that. Amen.

  51. A little Seinfeld reference. " Oh hocus pocus, hocus pocus." No one's doing that. They're false. They're a wizard because of what's inside of them. Amen. That makes someone that does not teach the truth and they own the church or have a church, they're wizards, run.

  52. I'll tell you right now, run. If all they do is pass the plate in church, run. Run away, run. Cause you're not learning anything. You're paying into something that's never going to grow. Run.

  53. Turn all these people against their false churches we're like, "yeah, that Pastor is right!" "I'm out of here." Passing that plate, that's the only religious thing they do.[00:26:00] 31 neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: so the spirit that they have inside of them can defile you. And if you look at the world today and the people of the world, most of them are defiled and most of them have church heard.

  54. Amen. And that's really sad because God's not here. His truth isn't here to hurt anyone, but to comfort all and to love all. Amen. Amen. That's what he's here for.

  55. 31 I am the Lord YHVH your GOD. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head. This is an old person, an old man. Now we're getting into respect here. Respect. 32 And honor the face of the old man or woman. and fear thy God: I _am_ the LORD YHVH your God. We're getting to respect when there is no respect from a younger individual or a younger generation to the older generation.

  56. With gray [00:27:00] or a woman with gray and you have no respect for them. What does it take to not have respect for somebody? It takes, prejudice. That's all it takes. It takes prejudice, it takes pride, it takes hate, it takes disrespect. If an old person, when I did catch the bus long long time ago, if an old person and the bus was packed and an old lady or an old man got on the bus. I would see them and they would stand and I would be like, " Have my seat." You're sure young man? You gotta move for old people. You have to respect old people. No one's older than God. Throw that under your hat. No one's older than God, and most people don't respect him. You understand what I'm saying to you? Disrespect is a form of prejudice. Disrespect in any form is a form of prejudice. I want you to understand that I'm not making this up. I'm reading to you the word of God.[00:28:00] 32 thou shall rise up before the hoary

  57. that's the gray head and honor the face of the old man or woman. That means rise up. That means give up your seat. Give respect. Respect. Anything. That's not respect. I don't care what they've done. I don't care who they are. Give respect, and that means your parents too. Give respect. I don't care the relationship. God doesn't either. Your relationship could be shot. You could be shot with bullets shot, right? It doesn't really matter. You give respect. Amen. Because if you don't guess, who's prejudice? You guess who's prejudice? My mother. She could do anything. She could do something horrible.

  58. I still gotta give her respect because God said so. Because I'm not prejudiced towards my mom. Amen. I don't care what she's done, what [00:29:00] she said. She's my mother. I get one. Don't know the dude, don't know the dad. So it don't really matter. God's been my father since I've been born.

  59. Amen. Amen. It's about respect now. It's a form of prejudice

  60. and then it says, The face of the old man or woman. And fear thy God did it say fear of them. It said, no fear thy God. Cause when you respect the elderly, you're showing a form of fear and reverence towards God. Again, no one's older than God. I am the Lord. Ya thy God. Respect your elders. That's tough for some young people to swallow.

  61. Amen. And if a stranger sojourn with me in your land, he shall not vex him. Don't vex the stranger. And if you vex know a vex, vex means the cause. Trouble to bring pain, to bring disrespect any type of thing to a [00:30:00] stranger. If a stranger moves on my street and where I live. I go introduce myself. Hi, I'm Pastor Crawford, my wife first. This is my wife, Talisha. She's my first lady and I have seven kids and a dog. If you need anything, we are here. It doesn't matter their race, it doesn't matter who they are. If you need anything, come see me. That's exactly what they were like, "really?" I be like, "really."

  62. And I usually bake cookies for new people, but I didn't have time. As simple as that, really. Most people complain about strangers that move in. They complain. "They making too much noise!" They just got there, I think they're trying to settle in. They just got there. "I'm calling the cops!"

  63. They just got there. Give them a break. Introduce yourself to them. Let them know that someone who's a Christian, who loves God lives next door to you. Amen.

  64. 33 [00:31:00] And if a strangers sojourn with thee in your land, you shall not vex him. 34 _But_ the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you. Listen, you treat them as you treat other people. You treat them as you treat yourself. 34 and thou shall love him as thyself for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt, and I AM ('ehye 'àser 'ehye) the Lord YHVH your God.

  65. He says no matter what they say, no matter what they do, love them as you love yourself. For you were a stranger. I brought you out. And by the way, I am God. I said so because I said so. No one can say so like God because God says so. And if God says so, then it's so amen. That's just what it is. It's so who, only a prideful, ignorant idiot is gonna say but God.

  66. But what? I said, so

  67. prejudice, to get your blessings blocked, I really would [00:32:00] ever get your blessings blocked. Big time to get your blessings gone. Big time. . 35 ye shall do. No unrighteousness in judgment. In merit yard. Now we talking about business here. ? Talking about business, ? Most of you don't own businesses.

  68. I own a business and I'm gonna do what's right. Always. ? No matter what. In business, if someone works a full day pay, they don't get paid a full day pay. If someone works and they're doing a great job, they're gonna get a bonus. If someone works, I'm gonna tell them that they're good. If they're bad, I'm gonna tell them they're bad on how they can fix their performance.

  69. It's never one over the other. Never watch this, you shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in merit yard, in weight, or in measuring someone's pays their pay. Why would you see and women been getting this for years? Black. The African-Americans ages. Most a lot of races get it. . That's not lot of ethnic groups get this [00:33:00] behavior and women get this behavior white or black.

  70. It don't matter what kind of woman it is, or Asian Spanish, it don't matter. They all, they used to get this. You could have a woman doing the same job as a man and the man will get a greater pay than the woman will get because the man's a man and the woman's a woman down, but make no dog on sense to me at all.

  71. That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard in my life. If that is not unrighteous. Showing righteous. You could have a black man, a white man with the same VP position. ? The white man probably get 35,000 more and the black man just still get the base for a vp. But you're a vp. It's not good.

  72. It's unrighteous God saying, don't be unrighteous at all. Be good to everyone. Amen. Be good to everyone. If someone cuts your lawn and they need give, they work for you. Amen. Give, do you even care to [00:34:00] know how their life is? I ask my servants, wait, that sound crazy. I got servants. Hold on. That sound, that sounds crazy.

  73. I ask people, " Hey, how's your life?" And they go, "why are you asking?" I'm like, "I'm asking because I want to know, maybe I can help you."

  74. there shall be no prejudice coming from me at all or from ones who severed from the world has he left. Amen. Should be none. You should be looking to only help, only to encourage, only to build. Anything else is of the devil. Somebody hear what I'm saying?

  75. 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment and meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Don't cheat anyone. 36 Just balances, just weights a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: these are all things you weigh with when you're doing business. 36 [00:35:00] I _am_ the Lord YHVH your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt. I brought you out of slavery.

  76. I brought you out of bondage. I brought you out of financial bondage. I brought you out of hardship in life. I brought you out. So now, if I brought you out, you don't put no one in. Amen. That's exactly what he's saying. No prejudice. Even when it comes down to the financing, even when it comes down to opportunity, no prejudice. You live in a prejudice world, it don't even benefit certain people. Amen. Thank God for Jesus Christ. Thank God for YHVHh. Thank God, because all that's canceled where you're actually serving a God that can. Amen. 37 Therefore, shall ye observe all my statues and all my judgments and do them: I _am_ ('ehye 'àser 'ehye) the LORD YHVH. I am Him. There you go. Amen. There's none greater than God. Amen. [00:36:00] None. He's saying, treat people with respect. Treat people the way you wanna be treated and love as you want to be loved and cheat. No one out of life, out of business, out of honesty, out of blessings. Be very truthful.

  77. Be not prideful. Be be not privileged. Don't think you're privileged. Don't be privileged. Because if you have more, God has blessed you with more, you have a greater obligation to do more, and just do. Don't be prejudiced towards anyone. For everyone is made in the image of YHVH, in Jesus Christ and the angels. He's saying, you're made with his holy likeness. And be not prejudiced towards my chosen, my elect. Don't be prejudiced towards my likeness. That's a problem. It's a huge problem. How dare [00:37:00] someone be prejudiced and look down on someone else because of their skin, because of what they want, because of what they do, because of their their weight, because of their wealth, because of their poverty, because of whatever reason.

  78. How dare you? How dare you. Wicked and evil and it's not a God. Amen. It's not of God.

  79. Matthew 8:5

    Matthew 8:5

  80. .

  81. Pastor Randall Crawford Sr.: Jesus heals the centurion servant. I want you to see that A centurion is a Roman soldier who's in charge of about a hundred to a thousand other soldiers, high ranking officer in the Roman Army. Now, a Roman is a Gentile, they worship other gods, Zeus, Hades, all these other fictional gods and stuff like that. They worship those things. But you got Jesus Christ, Emmanuel God with us in the presence of God, in his image on earth, about to heal a centurion servant because there's no prejudice in Jesus Christ. And the Israelites are going to get upset because prejudice lives [00:38:00] within them. Watch that I just gave you the layout of the, of what we're gonna read here.

  82. 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beeching him, asking him a favor 6 and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of palsy, grievously tormented. I'm gonna read something to you when I get to it from the manuscripts and from the dead sea scroll from my head. And I'll just add it to this.

  83. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. Jesus discerned his faith already, right off the rip he discerned his faith. And I want you to see that. The centurion answered and said, Lord, he called him Lord. 8 I am not worthy that thou should have come under my roof: he knows. He knows what he does. He worships other idols. He knows he does the things that he shouldn't do, but speak the word only and my servant shall be healed. Now, that's faith on top of [00:39:00] faith, on top of faith. I do not need to see, to believe. Amen. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this _man,_ Go, and he goeth; and to another come, and he cometh and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth _it_. I know he's going to do it. And you're a man of authority. He's saying to Christ, he's saying, you are a man of authority. You have all the power of the living, God living within you, and you order things. You make things happen. Amen. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled and said unto them, that followed talking to the Jews, the Israeli right here. 10 Very verily, ( truly, truly) I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not even in Israel.

  84. Ooh, ooh, ooh. Now, there was a conversation that took place during this that is not here, but I'm gonna give it to you Anyway, conversation went a little something like this: they were like, "how can a pagan receive the blessing of God?" [00:40:00] The Israelis standing by. "How can a pagan receive the blessing of God?"

  85. "How is that possible? They worship idols. They worship false gods and stuff. They do things. They eat abominable things. How can a pagan receive the power? How's that even possible?" You see the pride, you see the prejudice. I want you to see, you clearly see the prejudice, right?

  86. 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and the west from all over, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. Where? In the kingdom of heaven, they not dead. God's a God of the living, not a God of the dead. They're alive. And he's saying all peoples from all over will come. People who worship pagans, people who make idols, people who [00:41:00] don't know people who eat a bondable things and do a bondable things. They've had a chance to meet Jesus Sha he's saying. And once they repent, they're able to come and sit at my father's table or welcomed at the table of the living God. Amen. Oh, because they're all made in the image of God. People from all over, all types of people, all types.

  87. My God. They hate they're like, " We know we're the chosen people. How can they receive the goodness of God? Because God created them in His image, his beautiful, magnificent image. No one's ugly. No one's a beast. We're all in the image of the living God. Amen. And it's beautiful. Genesis 1:31 And he said, I looked and it is very good. I was pleased. What a [00:42:00] God we serve.

    Genesis 1:31

  88. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Do you see what prejudice gets? You're cast out of the kingdom of heaven and you will be weeping. And Nash wishing you did not be prejudiced. Now you gotta sit down millennium, because of pride, prejudice eight, you can't share the truth. You're 'better'? You can't work? You can't build up enough courage and God's gonna back you and share that truth with someone? One soul? " They're in the world. I don't got time for that. They're in the world." You were in the world. You made time for Jesus. He made time for you. You were in the world. He made time for you.

  89. And remember, it's his image. It's his image. [00:43:00] Your great. Grandparents knew each other. Every race knew each other. And they lived in harmony and harmony. There was no racism in the Garden of Eden. There was harmony until Satan came and screwed things up because of their pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy.

  90. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, _so_ be it done unto thee. And this servant was healed in that selfsame hour. I know a little something about that. Amen.

  91. Listen, everyone is YHVH's child, we're all made in his image. If someone needs help and they come to Christ begging, that's a sign of repentance. You understand what repentance is? It's a sign of repentance. If someone comes to me saying, "I need you to lay hands on me." [00:44:00] They're asking, it's a sign of repentance.

  92. Are you going to turn them away? "Oh, you want me to lay hands on you now? After you never believed you didn't talk to Jesus Christ? Oh, now you need him. Now you need him?" Yeah. I'm gonna lay hands on you and we gonna give it to Jesus because he gonna make it work. Amen.

  93. Let's go to Acts 10

  94. We're at the cusp of this message we're at the juiciest part of the meat, right here.

  95. Acts 10. Oh Peter, my man. The Rock (Petros). The rock. He had a little problem. He had a problem with accepting Gentiles. Jesus Christ had to show him what it was and then even after that, he still had a problem. It was hard for him because Paul had to correct him. But he got it together. This I pray, we all get it together.

  96. Amen. We all get together. So, Acts [00:45:00] 10:1 we're gonna read this whole chapter we're gonna go right into Acts 11. 1 There was a certain man in Cæsarea called Cornelius, a centurion. Again, a Roman. Of the band called the Italian band, 2 the vote man.

  97. And one that feared God with all his house. He raised his kids right, they all feared God. His wife feared God. 2 which gave much alms to the people and prayed to God alway. That's a good man. He's a Gentile, raising a good household. Amen. 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid and said, What is it Lord? He knows off the rip bang. 4 And he said unto [00:46:00] him thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. I hear your prayers and I want you to know something. God don't hear the prayers of someone who's not right. He only hears the prayers of someone who is righteous. This is a righteous man.

  98. 5 And now sending men to Joppa, and call for _one _Simon, whose surname is Peter. 6 he lodgeth with one Simon, a tanner whose house is by the sea side: Good living. 6 he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

  99. 7 And when the angel, which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually. People he trusts. And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.[00:47:00] To get Peter. 9 On the morrow as they went on their journey and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: It was lunch. 10 And he became very hungry and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, Think I know about that. 11 and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: this is directly from Heaven, this is directly from God. This is a message from God to Peter because the way Peter thinks, he's having a hard time and I still can't understand why he had a hard time. With knowing that the Gentiles would be freed to come into the kingdom of heaven through the believing of [00:48:00] Jesus Christ.

  100. And he sat with Jesus he supped with Jesus. He knows this stuff. He knows the truth inside and out we are in. 12 wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, wild beasts and creeping things and foul of the air. Unclean. Stuff you should not eat. 13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

  101. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. Now that's what they thought of humans. The people who worshiped false gods, they thought of them as common and unclean. And unclean. That's what they call people that don't have the truth. That's what they call people who are of the world common and unclean. And they do unclean things. But they have the ability through Jesus Christ, to the truth if they're taught properly, to come to the truth and understand, repent and be saved. Amen.[00:49:00] How you gonna give people the chance if you're prejudiced towards them? 15 And the voice _spake_ unto him again, the second time, What God hath cleansed, _that_ call not thou common. Christ made things new, made things very new, and he made all things clean that believe upon him. Now, this is not speaking of food, and I wanna make that very clear to the hearer, this is not speaking of food, that the food that are meant for consumption from God in the book of Leviticus, those are the foods you eat, the foods that are not meant for consumption. They're here to clean the earth. You stay away from them, they will kill you. Don't get it twisted.

  102. 16 This was done thrice: three times. Three times. Three is resurrection and God's gonna give him a better way of thinking. Amen.

  103. 16 and the vessel was received up again into heaven. 17 Now, while Peter [00:50:00] doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean behold the men, which were sent from Cornelius, had made inquiry of Simon's house and stood before the gate, there at the door 18 and called and asked whether Simon, which is surnamed Peter, were lodged there. This is only from God. Amen. It's only from God. 19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold three men seek thee. Now I know this to be true because this is how God works. And I know for a fact this is how God works. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee down and go with them, doubting nothing: keep your mouth shut don't doubt at all. for, I have sent them.

  104. Go with them, they're from me, Christ said 21 then Peter went down to the men, which were sent unto him from Cornelius and said, behold I [00:51:00] am he whom ye seek. What is the cause wherefore ye are come? 22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house and to hear words of thee. So that everyone could be saved. 23 Then called he them in and lodged _them._ And on the morrow, Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. He's doing what God said to do. He's being obedient. 24 And the morrow after they entered into Cæsarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsman and near friends. And he called his closest friend and said, Peter is coming. The one who sat with Christ his apostle, the leader of the apostles, he's coming. [00:52:00] We must hear what he has to say. 25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped _him_. This is so beautiful because this just happened to me in my life.

  105. This just happened to me and my wife, literally just happened to us, and this happens often. That's what I'm saying. When you truly got a relationship with God, he's gonna send people to you because he trusts you. Amen. Because he trusts you. 26 But Peter took him up saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. Just made in his (God's) image. 27 And as he talked with him, he went in and found many that were come together. Like 75 people here. 28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is they Jew to keep company, or to come unto one of another nation.

  106. You hear that right? That [00:53:00] prejudice is just, is bred in them. He's saying this is not supposed to be done, but God has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. So you're saying when someone says that you are unclean, you're a common look at that black person, that Spanish person, that Asian person. No, they're made in the image of God. God loves them. So when you call someone uncommon unclean, if that's your mindset I don't like those people. You're saying you don't like the image of God. You are committing a gross sin. You are a prejudice individual, and you need to change period. Hands down. Amen. 29 Therefore, came I _unto you_ without gainsaying, I didn't talk back to God. As soon as I was set for: I asked therefore what intent ye have sent for me? 30 And Cornelius said four days ago, I was fasting until this hour and at the ninth hour [00:54:00] time I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, that's an angel. 31 and said, Cornelius, that prayer is heard, and thy alms are had and remembrance in the sight of God. This is a beautiful thing. It really is a beautiful thing. It's so beautiful the way God does things. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of _one _Simon, a tanner by the seaside: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. 33 Now therefore, are we all here present before God to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. Isn't that beautiful?

  107. Let me tell you. That is beautiful. It's one of the most beautiful things that I've heard. [00:55:00] Because when God sends people to you, they're there not to hear you, but to hear the God in you. Amen? That's what they're here to do. They're here to hear that. They're here to see the marvelousness of God in your life.

  108. 34 Then Peter opened _his_ mouth and said, Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: No, there's no prejudice or pride in God. Not one he has. He is not a respecter of person, so therefore we shouldn't be. Amen. 35 But in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

  109. YHVH is just and fair always. And if you are just and fair because you're made in the image of God, you will be blessed. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) There you go, you got it Peter. He is Lord of all Israel, Jew, Gentile. It doesn't matter. Free, bond, it [00:56:00] doesn't matter. 37 that word, _I say_, which was published throughout all Judæa and began from Galilee after the baptism, which John preached, 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil;

  110. Amen. And that, listen, let me tell you something if someone's oppressed of the devil, they could be anything. Can they not? They can be a drug user, they could be a rapist, they could be a serial killer, they could be a kidnapper. They could be a drug dealer. They could be an unrighteous business person. They could be an unrighteous person. They could be someone who's been affected by a wizard from a false church. Amen. So you got all types of people who are affected by the devil and who has, who satan has put in a course for destruction in their life. They may not look the greatest, they may not sound the greatest, they may not be educated. They may [00:57:00] not have what you have, but you are obligated in the name of Jesus Christ to teach without prejudice. Amen. 38 oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all things, which he did both. And the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on the tree: 40 him God raised up the third day resurrection and showed him openly; 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, _even_ to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. That's the elect of God, showed himself to those who are severed from the world, those who are set apart from wrong and evil in a miraculous way. To be special and to be [00:58:00] different, and to be a great example for others. Only YHVH'S chosen people His elect, the promised seed, the very elect. Amen. That's who he showed himself to. And that's what we continue to show himself to through this word, through the Holy Spirit. We serve a great God. We serve a great God. If you don't know him I urge you to know him more, because you can never know enough of God. Amen. You just cannot. 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God, to be the Judge of quick and dead.

  111. He is the king of kings and the Lord of Lords. And he's the one who passed judgment. 43 To him, gave all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever, believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. That forgiveness of sins, that love, that grace, not prejudice, not hate, or pride.

  112. [00:59:00] 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on them, which heard the word. So the Holy Spirit fell on them just like it fell on them at Pentecost the same exact way. These are Gentiles, showing you there's no prejudice at all. God is an amazing God. He really is. 44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them, which heard the word. Heard it with truth and understanding. 45 And they of the circumcision, which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.

  113. Hallelujah. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues and magnified God. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which [01:00:00] have received the Holy Spirit as we? As we see God, as we see Christ, as we are filled with this Holy Spirit and not with prejudice. 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord, then prayed they him to tarry certain days. Please stay and relax with us for certain days. Let's go right into Acts 11:1

    Acts 11:1

  114. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard. Now they're back in Judea now. 1 And heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contented with him, the word contended here means to give Peter difficulties because of this. In other words, they were prejudiced about it. It's so sad. So very [01:01:00] sad. They were prejudice that the gentiles got to come in. 3 Saying thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. Pride and prejudice, Mr. Darcy. They're scolding Peter because they said," you went under..." Like Peter said, "it is unheard of that we do this", but God said to do so I'm doing so. Will I obey God or will I obey man? I will obey God.

  115. I will obey Jesus Christ. And they're ripping Peter a new one. They're saying, thou, wentest in to men uncircumcised in heart and didst eat with them, you hear the pride, the prejudice? Do you hear the hate? Never look down on anyone for you once we're looked down upon. Amen. 4 But Peter rehearsed_ the matter_ from the beginning and expounded_ it_ by [01:02:00] order unto them saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: in a trance and I saw a vision, A certain vessel descended as it had been, a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: 6 upon the which when I had fastened my eyes I considered, and saw four footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts and creeping things and fowl of the air. All unclean animals. 7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise Peter; slay and eat. Peter was hungry. Remember that? 8But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean have at any time entered into my mouth.

  116. But the voice answered me again from heaven, what God have cleansed _that _called not thou common. 10 And this was done three times: for resurrection. all were drawn up again into heaven. He never ate [01:03:00] any of them. 11 And, behold immediately, there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cæsarea unto me. 12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house. 13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in this house, which stood and said unto him, send men to Joppa and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter, 14 who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all that house shall be saved.

  117. You see how important that is, your whole house saved. It's important when you have that living inside of you, the ability that Jesus Christ, the God factor, the Holy Spirit, the truth living in you. You are obligated to save as many as you can. And don't be prejudiced. And [01:04:00] don't be prideful. How dare I speak to someone who doesn't have a roof over their head? I speak to homeless people all the time about Jesus Christ all the time, and then I buy them food all the time.

  118. 15 And as I begin to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, as on us at the beginning. 16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Therefore that's the spirit that you will give when you baptize others. 17 Forasmuch

  119. then as God gave them the like gift of the Spirit as _he did_ unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I that I could withstand God? I'm gonna do what God says. Period. Hands down. 18 When they heard these things, they held their peace and glorified God. There you go. Saying then have God also to the Gentiles granted, repented them to life. Yes. And without pride [01:05:00] or prejudice. It's freely given. Amen. It's freely given pride and prejudice is not of God. It is just not of God. In closing, John 17:22, Christ give into all these things. He says, I have other, I have others. I'm gonna start with verse 17. If you have it say Glory to God. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: the word of God sanctifies you. It sets you aside. It severs you from the world. Amen. 7 thy word is truth. It makes you holy. Repentance makes you holy. 8 As thou sent as thou has sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

    John 17:22

  120. 19 And for their sake, I sanctify myself that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Made holy and set aside. 20 [01:06:00] Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also, which shall believe on me through their word; it's a beautiful thing. This is the very elect. 21 That they all may be one as thou Father _art_ in me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one even as we are one. Speaking of one. We're gonna go to John 10:16. Speaking of that oneness here. Now, and I'll just say this before I even read this. If you are not with oneness with Christ and the Holy Spirit, you will always dwell in prejudice pride, hate, envy, jealousy. It will be upon you. You must be one with your Father and the Holy Spirit is the thing that brings you together with him. [01:07:00] Lacking the Holy Spirit you will have pride and prejudice, and you will pick and choose who you want to speak to and your perceived planting will not be effective at all because it's not done out of love or respect for the image of God. So John 10:16-18, and then we're done In closing. If you have it say, Glory to God. 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold _and _one shepherd. That shepherd is Jesus Christ and that one fold is the elect and the kingdom of God. Glory to God. 17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

    John 10:16 John 10:16–18

  121. 18 No man, take it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down and I have power to take it again. Yes, he did. 18 this commandment have I received of my father. 19 And there was division [01:08:00] therefore again, among the Jews for these sayings. Of course there will be division. There's always gonna be division. Even when Jesus Christ is thinking the truth, there's going to be division, but you don't let it be division in your life. Pride and prejudice is not something you want to live. We live for God. We serve the living God in the name of Jesus Christ. That's what we do. That's who we are. We're His 'severed ones', his elect. We're here for a reason. You cannot be prideful and prejudice and pick and choose who you want to speak to. Amen. Remember to stay in the grace of God because that's where he wants you. God bless you all. I love you all. All Glory and praise to the Father and the Son. I take credit for nothing. In Jesus name our subject. Amen.

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