I Will Build My Church - Allen Bailey

In the Book of Matthew, the 16th chapter verse 18, this will be

the keynote of our text. I'm going to broaden out the

test and read more verses, but I'll first make sure in verse

18. This is Jesus, doing the

writing. If you have a red-letter Edition

Bible, you will see this then red letter Jesus said Upon This

Rock. I will build my church which is

the title of the lesson. I will build my church.

And the Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it.

We want to learn what he meant by what he said.

We want to learn what led up to that, comment or statement that

Jesus made. So, therefore, would you please

go back to verse 13? Matthew 16, we're going to begin

in verse 13. The word of God says the

following when Jesus came into the coasts of caesarea Philippi,

he asked his disciples saying whom to Man say I the son of man

I am one unique quality that we find here is Jesus said Sara

man, he did not say who knew men.

Say, I the Son of God, am he's at whom do men?

Say I the son of man am Jesus was one that during his

ministry, he called himself, son of man or numerous of occasions

but when God spoke from Heaven he led be made known this.

This is my son, he did that at the baptism of Jesus.

In Matthew 3, verse 16 and 17. He did that of the

Matthew 3:16

Transfiguration in Matthew 17, 1 through 5.

Now those passengers are not on the board.

That was Matthew 3. Verse 16 and 17 the baptism of

Jesus. Matthew 17 1 through 5 the

Transfiguration both of which are amazing.

And passengers. But here Jesus is saying, I want

to know whom do men say that I am now.

Good conversation is on is developing right here.

Here's one of the Bible said in verse 14 and they said, was some

say you are John the Baptist. Some say you are Elias, some say

your jeremias or one of the prophets.

In other words they don't have a clue who you are.

They don't know. And then the Bible said, but

whom say ye that I am now that's getting right down to the

nitty-gritty and he approached Peter was dead.

He's then I won't know who you say that.

I am verse, 16 Simon Peter answered and said unto him.

Thou Art the Christ, the son of the Living.

God Dear friends before we baptized we confess the Lord

Jesus with our mouth. We made the confession.

I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God just like Peter

did right here. In Acts 8:37 Ethiopian eunuch in

Acts 8:37

the King James Version, New King James Version, and other

versions equals. Well include the text of

scripture where it was stated. I believe that Jesus Christ is

the Son of God and John 1 and 29.

John said, Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins

of the world. My dear friends, we need to look

at Jesus as the Son of God. Our Lord.

Our Savior, the savior of the world.

We need to look at Jesus is our very best friend, John 15, and

verse 13. And Jesus is speaking here and

he's drawing attention, and he's mentioning something here that

has never been mentioned before. The church has been called

Kingdom Nimrod some time, but now he identifies the church.

Would you look with me now? Verse 17?

And Jesus said to Simon Peter and the others.

He said bless her about Simon bar, Jonah for flesh and blood

has not revealed that into you, but my Father, which is in

heaven and I say unto thee that thou art Peter and Upon This

Rock. I will build my church and the

Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it.

This deserves a moment of our time.

He praised Peter for his Proclamation that Jesus Christ.

Is the Son of God, a very wonderful study enjoyable one to

share with other people and then he said Upon This Rock and that

rock is the foundation that confession That just that, Peter

made upon this Foundation, upon this confession, I will build my

church upon that Proclamation that I am.

The Son of God upon that, I will build my church.

He led to be made known what you see is entitled on the ward.

I will build my church. And he said in the Gates of Hell

shall not Prevail against it. What does that mean?

What it means is that the gates of Hades, if you have a Greek

New Testament, you have seen the word Hades that is what this

English word. Hell is from the Greek word

Haney, the place for departed Spirits.

Jesus said, I'm alive now, but I'm going to die, and I'm going

to go to Hades, but Hades English word.

Hell will not prevent me from building my church.

Church. He said I will build my church

and he said, the Gates of Hell will not stop me.

Nobody and nothing will stop me. They can kill me and they're

going to do that. They're going to kill me but I

will be back. You remember during his

ministry, he said destroy this Tabernacle in three days, I'm

rising up again. It's going, I'm going to be

coming back and I will be seeing you.

I will be back. It is magnificent when you put

yourself and the sandals of Jesus and you began to think in

their walk in to understand what he was going through. it is an

amazing passage my Christian friends, to all of you in this

assembly who are members of the Lord's church, the church that

Jesus Built You are so very blessed.

You've got brothers and sisters and all parts of the world.

You've got hundreds and thousands in America, you've got

many, many more thousand and Africa and in variety of parts

of the world. It is amazing.

You can go to the Philippines and go to Australia on a mats

and go you just go all over the place.

And there's New Testament, Christians.

Oh yes there are some time there are few in number but they're

your brothers and sisters in Christ.

And when you read the Bible, if you would read the New Testament

and to those who are members of the Lord's church then and you

would put yourself and understanding.

That's my brother in Christ. She's my sister in Christ.

Well, they mention men and women.

It's just like we today are brothers and sisters and we love

each other and we hug each other's neck.

I love the atmosphere of this congregation.

The Joy, the love, the warm handshake, the great hugs, and

people give it is fabulous and that's the way it should be.

That's the way the Lord wants it to me.

Because we are helping each other go to heaven, and we want

to build that relationship. Make it strong, and make it

tight, because we're members of the Lord's church.

I love this. Jesus said, I will build my

church. Now, let's pay attention here

for a moment. I will build my church.

Jesus is laying forth to situation, the church is not Not

built yet, but I will build it. It's still in the future of

Matthew, 16:13 through 18, it is still lying in the future but I

will build my church. Death Hades, it's not going to

stop me. Do not give up when I die

Calvary, I will be back and I'm going to build my church.

It is so wonderful to know that the things that Jesus

Illustrated is exactly what happened, only to be, a member

of the Lord's church is. So very important.

Jesus can write me call it my church, because it's his, and we

realize the Lord has given us the opportunity to be a member

of his church. And if you're in this have

saying that you're not and you never obey the gospel and

baptism according to the gospel of the Great Commission, then

you're not a member of the Lord's church.

And you don't want to stay in that position.

You want to change your status, your spiritual status and you

want to obey the gospel. You do want heaven to be your

home and it's very, very important.

Well, as we've studied, Matthew 16:13 418 it becomes abundantly

Matthew 16:13

clear. Now, we're going to jump quite a

bit forward. We studied one night on that

second chapter. The day, the Church of the

stablished we're going to go to acts 20:28.

Acts 20:28

There's two or three very important points here that we

need to look at and be reminded of lessons like this or a

reminder to those who have been in the church for most of their

life. But less you like, this will be

new information to many people who have not had that luxury.

And the book of Acts the 20th chapter 28, this is a powerful

passage listen to what the writer said, take heed,

therefore unto yourselves. And to all the flock over the

which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers to feed the Church

of God, which he purchased with his own blood.

Now, all the churches within our Brotherhood within our

fellowship. We call ourselves Church of

Christ and I'll explain more of why, but many people have gone

to this first and said, see Church of God.

So you could go by Church of God.

Well, let's take a look at that who is referred to by the phrase

Church of God. The very next phrase said, which

he hath purchased with his own blood who purchased it with his

own blood. Jesus, Jesus is one and

purchased it with his own blood. So this word god refers to

Jesus. He's the one who purchased it

with his own blood. Now, you may need that sometime

Just look at the verse and die. Scepter passage, you know, a

couple of debates we had on the godhead.

It was very important to show and to clearly established that

all three beings and personalities of the godhead.

God, the father Jesus Christ, the Son and the Holy Spirit all

three, recalled God. All three men called.

Lord, all three were identified as whole Holy God, lord, and

holy and you take a good look at that.

It'd be kinda games and come alive.

The we understand, they have a Unity.

They work together and the debate their Oneness.

They're not one person anymore than husband wife or one, but

not one person. They decide for the Christ are

one but not one person. Well, here's what we find.

Looking at acts 20:28, Church of God that word that phrase refers

Acts 20:28

to Jesus Christ. It is the Church of Christ.

Now, the thieves in 5 and 25, the word of God teaches here.

Actually, you know, when you go to Ephesians 5 men and great

preacher 32, wonderful lessons on the home, the family husband,

and wife, and their relationship together and it Ephesians 5 and

25, the word of God said it very, very clear and it shows

how much Jesus loved the church. He feeds in five and twenty

five. Husbands love your wives, even

as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it.

I want you to have an appreciation for the church

because Jesus died that he could establish the church.

He allowed himself to me hung on a cross.

Cross to be beaten to be hit with fist, to have a crown of

thorns upon his head. He went through every bit of

that. For you.

And for me, and he said, Paul wrote about Jesus, he gave

himself for the church, dear friends, There may be a time and

I pray that it's not, but that maybe in time that you have to

give your life for the church. We can't hardly fathom that but

do you know a revelation? The second chapter and verse 10?

Revelation 22 verse 10, the latter part of this passage.

Revelation 22:10

The Bible said be thou faithful unto death, and I will receive a

crown of life and you shall receive the Crown of Life.

Well, what does that mean? Be faithful even to the point of

giving your life dying for the Lord be thou faithful, even unto

death. You look at the earlier part of

the verse you see, trials and tribulation and challenges or

come by the way of the Christian.

I know this can have a two-fold Meaning be thou faithful until

the day you die. That's true.

But in this passage, he really is referring to that.

You be willing to lay down your life for the church.

And for Jesus, like, he laid down his life for you and the

church. So you need to love the church

like Jesus did and be willing to do everything within your power

and your might to do the right thing.

Would you take another look please and Romans the 16th

chapter and verse 16? Romans 16 and verse 16.

The word of God says the following Now, would you take a

good look? At the phrase Churches of

Christ. When Paul, the Apostle was

concluding, The Great Masterpiece of the book of

Romans, here's what he said. Now, I'm going to read it from

the King James version, so if you're using a different

version, it might want it slightly different, but the

meaning was still be there. The Romans have such think 2:16

salute, one another with a holy kiss The Churches of Christ.

Let ye I don't like to hear people read this first thing

that we don't believe in the Holy kiss.

Wrong. We better believe in a holy

kiss. We don't believe in an Unholy

kiss. No, we don't practice.

Immorality Unholy kiss, he said greet one another with a holy

kiss as a custom, wasn't those days your it was very common and

you see that today and the Middle Eastern country you know

they were kids on wanted both cheeks it should be a holy kiss.

I'm seeing brothers and sisters you know kids each other on the

cheek. It's be a holy kiss.

Holy is an adjective. Describing the kiss I just don't

like to see people read five times in the New Testament about

about holy kiss and foot wash and all that bad when I believe

in all that. No, we do believe that it the

holy kiss, not an Unholy one, but the point I want to really

illustrate is the Churches of Christ alert.

You when to use a plural, what did we begin?

This meeting talk about one way. One body and one Church.

Why if there's only one Church did he use the morality Churches

of Christ? Well, let's take a look here at

Revelation, 1 verse 11, And that will help to clarify.

Revelation 1:11

It is not hard so don't think it is.

Revelation, 12 verse 11, Jesus riding the seven churches of

Revelation 12:11

Asia and he says the following notice, it's one passage it

clearly identifies. The message we want to talk

about Revelation, 1 verse 11 saying I am Alpha and Omega the

Revelation 1:11

first and the last well that's is writing a book and sitting

under the seven churches plural which are in Asia.

The word churches is used in the plural because of refers to

different congregations. Not religion.

A b and c, not all these religious you see on all the

corners of Bakersfield California.

No. And then In this passage, he

mentions the seven churches of Asia that were going to receive

this letter under the church at Ephesus.

Smyrna pergamum has thawed Tyrant Sardis, Philadelphia and

unto laodicea. He named the seven churches of

Asia. So understand please remember

this, keep it in your brain. The word churches in the plural.

Mention in Romans 16:16 made you an aroma.

Romans 16:16

Revelation 1 verse 11 churches, simply refers to congregations

Revelation 1:11

because many people in the religious world, they're taught

it doesn't matter what church you, go to the recent late Billy

Graham. He would say go to the church of

your choice. You know what, there's not the

one church and we didn't go to the Church of the Lord is

choice. The Lord has a choice.

He has a meaning. He has a purpose.

He has the design. He has a plan.

I was somewhat appalled. And how many people text me or

sent me little Facebook, private messages and call me on the

phone and said, do you think Billy Graham is in Paradise?

I got to do what you say, Billy Graham's In Paradise.

No question that question. Listen, Billy Graham was a false

teacher, he was a nice man. He had a nice family, he did a

lot of good things, and they would point that out to me, but

look at all the good he did. I think you sound like Matthew

Matthew 7:21–23

7:21-23. Many will say to me in that day,

Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name,

done many wonderful Works Billy Graham.

There are many wonderful words, but I was saying to you, I never

knew you depart from me. You workers of iniquity.

God is the final judge. We know that, but of corn, the

scripture one who the thoughts teacher, who teach the people

wrong about salvation and we could talk more about that Lord

willing in a couple of nights. So you may need to get another

dose of to this part right here because I want everybody to know

that regardless of how good people are.

They have to obey the gospel and become a member of the Lord's

church. Not some religious organization

started by, man, or woman. They need to be a member of the

Lord's Church in order to be saved.

Time is rushing on, I got to move on to Christian hear the

word Christian the shoes and three verses in the New

Testament acts 11 and 26 hours 26 and 28 first, Peter 4 and

verse 16. Those are the three times the

word Christian issues acts 11:26.

Acts 11:26

We find here disciples were called Christians.

First in Antioch, Sid disciple is a learner of Jesus, a

follower, a student of Jesus, and those disciples were called

Christians first in Antioch, and you've heard of Antioch

throughout many lessons and your Bible, reading, and all that.

And then in Acts 26, and 28, the word of God teaches about

Ethiopian eunuch as Paul preached to him with all his

might. And King.

Agrippa, put it away and put it off and put it off and he said,

almost down persuaded me to be a Christian.

I want you to know something tonight, you can be almost

persuaded to be a Christian and if you are you're not a

Christian. In order to be a new testament,

Christian, you have to obey the gospel, the gospel Plan of

Salvation, you have to be immersed in water for the

remission of your sins and the name of the father, Son, and

Holy Spirit. That's part of what it is to be

bored again. John 3 verse 7, All of these

John 3:7

verses just blend together so beautifully.

When you read it, it all fits together.

And I want everybody to know to where the name of Christian is

to wire an important name. The Bible said will be given a

name which is above every other name.

It's powerful. I want you to believe in.

Jesus Christ wants you to follow him.

I want you to be a member of his church.

And I want you to consider that a tremendous honor, and when you

wear the name of Christian, you remember that your Christian at

work at school in your neighborhood and whatever

organization you might be a member of and your Christian at

church, You're Christian. Everywhere you go.

You don't take breaks. You're always a Christian even

on vacation. 24/7, your Christian and so am I because

you never know what influence we can have and I wanted to be for

the better not for the worse. Okay let's take another look at

something here and Mark 8, verse 38 and Luke 9 and 26.

Mark 8:38

These two passages would teach the same thing.

You know, when we reference this passage here and first Peter 4

and 16 the third time the The word Christian is used, he says,

if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be

ashamed. Don't be ashamed to be a

Christian. And then, in these two verses,

Mark 8:38, Luke 9 and 20 cents. I want you to remember these.

Mark 8:38

I'm giving you a lot that I want you to remember.

But this is so important. This will help to ground you and

make you more effective and talking to other people about

the gospel. And these two verses here and

teaches, Jesus said, listen, here's where we're going to

work. If you are ashamed of me, then I

am ashamed of you. Ouch.

Hey, read it, Sir. Mark 8:38, Luke 9 and 26 if you

Mark 8:38

are ashamed of me. You're ashamed to wear the name

Christian, you're ashamed to admit that I'm a Child of God

that I'm a member of the Lord's church.

If you're ashamed of me and all these ways, I will be ashamed of

you. On another note, with the same

principle. Jesus said, in the Book of

Matthew, this is not on the board to write it down.

If you're taking notes and Mac to the tenth chapter verse 32

and 33. Jesus said here in Matthew 10

Matthew 10:32

verse 32 and 33 whosoever shall confess me before men.

Him will I confess before my Father which is in heaven, but

if you deny me before, men, I will deny you before the Father,

which is in heaven. We don't want any part of that.

We do not want to be denied. We confess Jesus before men or

Jesus said, I will not confess you for the father.

If you don't confess me before men, I'm not Confess you listen

to that, those are not vain or empty words.

These words mean, something, who if you do not profess

Christianity in your life, Jesus said, I will not confess you

before the father very similar to what is said here.

If you are ashamed of me that I'm ashamed of you, two were the

name of Jesus Christ and the church and Christian the New

Testament Church. You are a Christian, a follower,

a disciple, a learner of Jesus Christ.

So therefore we're in the Name of Christ is very, very

important. We can spend the balance of our

time tonight. The church is not, there's a lot

of things. The church is.

But there are some things that is not and this is a very, very

key area of study that will address some of the things that

you might be asked, okay? The church is not, your church

is not my church, it is the Lord's Church.

I know what you mean. When you say, well, my church

says of my church that but let me tell you what that is really

not using the Bible terminology that God would have you to do.

82 congregation that you attend. It is the church, you're a

member of But it's the Lord's Church don't ever forget that

and that way, we understand, we're going to do things the

Lord's way. Not my way, not your way.

The Lord is way. And therefore, we need to

consider the fact this is the Lord's church.

This is a beautiful remodel job you did here.

This is amazing. Beautiful.

Let me tell you what the church is, those of you sitting in the

benches here This is the village of beautiful building, a great

comfortable, cool place to worship.

I like it. Cool.

Even having a fan here to help that along the way.

But I want to tell you something, today, I want you to

be so thankful to be a member of the Lord's church that you were

his name Christian with pride. And I don't mean pride in a bad

way, but with accomplishment of sense of accomplishment, that

you're happy to let people know that I'm a Christian.

No, I don't want to go there because I'm Christian.

No, I don't talk like that because I'm a Christian.

I want to know anyway, you're different because you don't want

to participate and those worldly things.

Understand the church is not your denomination.

My denomination. It's not even a new

denomination. The church is the Lord's Church.

On the Lord's Day morning when we gather around the Lord's

table. To observe what we call

communion. The Bible uses that term

breaking of bread and the Lord's supper, we're invited by the

Lord to assemble around his table to commune together with

those a lot precious Faith to eat of.

That one loaf that represents the Lord's body at Calvary to

drink out of that one cup containing fruit of the Vine.

That signifies the blood that sealed in purchase the New

Testament and ratified the New Testament.

This is very important, it's not the time to balance your

checkbook or to clip your fingernails or even a clean,

your fingernails. Nor to clean out your purse or

your wallet. It's time to do what Jesus said

this do in remembrance of Me. Jesus knew how we are.

We are forgetful people and if we did not have this to remind

us, there is no telling how long we would go at times and we

don't have think of Jesus. But this is a regular weekly,

reminder. Now, I'm not saying that's the

only time you think of Jesus but Jesus brings us back to what's

really important, the death, the burial and the resurrection.

Please make a notation of First Corinthians 15 verse 1 through 4

1 Corinthians 15:1–4

Teachers, death burial, and Resurrection, the cord Gospel of

the New Testament Church, Do nomination here, denotes

division, a denomination 12, branches off of forts offer

devise off from another religious organization.

Let's say the church has never been a denomination and they

start one now. The church that Jesus

established understand when he established the church, there

was no other religious organization on Earth.

There wasn't religion, a b, and c.

I remember, when I left a little town of Houston, Missouri,

roughly 2,500 people and I moved to Dallas Texas, your little

bitty phone book, went about this thick and you can turn

pages of Trades and Fades or trade of different religious

organizations and it just mind-boggling how people can

make up their own set of rules their own dictates And people

will follow it. That is amazing to me when you

all were asking, people to do is follow the Bible and be a member

of the Lord's Church. Understand we the church is

never been a denomination and never will be a denomination.

It is simply the Lord's Church. So when people ask you what did

nomination of your member of what do you say?

Oh Church of Christ. Wrong.

Bad answer. Have I ever said that?

Yes, I shouldn't have but I did. You know, did you do you know

what they're asking for church? Do you go to?

That's really what they want to know you so well, I'm a member

of the Church of Christ in the church, the Lord established I'm

not a member of any denomination.

Now, don't expect them to understand that because they're

not that gives you the opportunity to explain it.

To him to know, I'm a member of the church that Jesus died that

he might established. I remember the Church of the

established and that's chapter 2.

I'm not a member of these denominations began way after I

mean, hundreds of years. And sometimes thousands of years

after Jesus type of some church. We are not a denomination,

understand that and if you ever hear somebody in the church, say

we are a member of a denomination because the Church

of the denomination that person is one to watch.

They have a mindset that's not in accordance to the word of

God. All right, stay with me now.

The church is not an afterthought of God.

It was not a plan B. Not a plan B.

Not this afterthought. It is God's original plan.

I just want everybody to know that.

The Lord plan this. It was prophesied hundreds of

years in advance. This is part of God's great

plan, you know, brother Johnny. L Moore wrote a song, many years

ago, Tis, the part of God's great plan.

That is a great song that I haven't sang in quite a while.

The fourth in church, I haven't don't remember seeing him some

bugs, but it seemed that some of the older books brother Lin,

what happened to the part of God's great plan.

That was a great word that brother Johnny did and and I've

enjoyed that song Through the Years Ears.

Well, I just want you to understand.

It's not your church. It's the Lord's.

It's not a denomination. In any shape, it's a Lord's

church. It's not an afterthought.

It's God's plan. Understand the church in which

you are a member of the Lord's church is part of God's great

plan. And now take a hold of here.

Now listen, if you have been wondering come back, I haven't

seen about a one-room, but if you have come back, we're going

to speak a couple of more minutes, five more minutes.

I want you to get this point because this is very, very

important, the church, the Lord established it's not Catholic,

we are not governed by the Pope. We did not start in Rome Italy.

The Church of Christ is not Catholic.

That I probably don't have to spend a lot of time on.

If you have any question about that'll be more than happy to

talk with you. A brother Frank brother Terry

and your brother would be glad to don't you take another look

here. The Church of Christ is not

Protestant. Now you say, do what?

We're not Protestant, you know, I knocked on doors on time for a

week in New York. And nearly every home.

You're not done. I'm Catholic.

Boom. That shut the door.

And people think you're in the cabin, what are you a

Protestant, guess what? We're see.

Never won. We are not confident.

We are not Protestant. Look here.

Protestant. Protest.

We are not Protestant, why? Because we have never been

associated with the Catholic Church, those who are

Protestants and get ahold of this.

Those who are Protestants, at one time, was Associated the

Catholic Church, they protested the Catholic church and they

went out and did their own thing, and they were labeled

Protestant. So when people say, are you

Catholic, Like a Protestant. You say C.

None of the above And everything I say, you say, I'm simply a

member of the Lord's church. The church that Jesus

established. That is so, very important.

And this right here have gives people intention.

When you say, I'm a member of the church that Jesus Built.

He said he would build it. He did build it, and I'm a

member of it and you can be too. I want you to have a working

knowledge of understanding and being able to explain are you

Catholic or you Protestant. And what denomination do you

remember of that? You're 90?

None of those And then you get there tended to, no, I'm simply

a member of the Lord's church. One is satisfied here.

Next to the one that Jesus died that he might established one,

he gave himself for, that's the one I'm a member of and you

should be too. Now, I want you to know

something we would never be. as large as he's Mega Church, would

never be We would never be an organization.

A church that's going to offer a all the little things along the

way. We're not having Starbucks in

here. And we're not trying to compete

with those denominational churches.

What we are? We're members of the Lord's

Church. Doing things God's will, God's

way. And do not be ashamed of the

fact that you have 50 75 people be thankful.

You have 50 or 75 people. It is so important.

I love it. When the church is continuing to

grow through Community. After Community, after

Community, when we establish another crime Geisha, another

current gatien, you know, they do this in the Philippines, we

do it in Africa, we do it, the United States, It is so

important. Listen, be honored and be

thankful to your God. That, you know, about the Lord's

Church. You're a member of this church

right here. The church that Jesus said I

will build my church. No, you're not Catholic.

No, you're not Protestant. No, you're not.

A member of the denomination. You're simply a member of the

church. Can you imagine how it would

have been to be a member of the church and the first century?

Hurry. That's the only one.

There wasn't a Baptist or Methodist or Pentecost for

whatever scattered rather wasn't there.

There were hundreds and hundreds of years away from ever

starting. They were not there.

The Catholic church was six hundred plus years away.

Wow. Yeah, it was pretty tough

people. That I would love to live there.

No, let me tell you what isn't for the rough?

The persecution was tremendous. I want you to be thankful to be

a member of the church today and this day and time and your

lifetime and I want you to give the Lord your very best because

he gave you his very best. And I want you to make the

church as Jesus said, seek ye first the kingdom of God and his

righteousness, I want the Lord to be first for you, for you,

for your family, for your people that you influence.

Let them know, know, we go to church on Lord, stay we don't go

do all that other stuff. Sunday afternoon maybe but not

send the morning. We go to church.

We worship God, we're gonna go support our gospel meeting this

week. Some time to make the bosses of

a bit upset. Hey, but you're attending the

Lord's meeting of the Revival of gospel meeting their friends.

Listen, be thankful to your God. That, you know, about the Lord's

church. That's written about and the

Bible. Oh, I can say a whole lot more

but I've said enough for tonight.

If all goes well brother, Terry would have this on your Facebook

and the private Facebook for the congregation may be as early as

tomorrow. We asked you to really think

about maybe go back and re-listen to this sermon because

it's going to help you become able to more communicate with

people is so important. I'm not saying I'm giving you

anything brand-new. Good.

I'm not. If I were, then you probably

need to check it out. But we're just reminding you of

biblical truths and we're learning how denominationalism

communicates with us and how we need to stand our ground in a

very solid way. And never be ashamed of who you

are of the New Testament Christian.

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