Robbing The Rebellious - Pastor J. D. Howell 12-7-2025

Bibles, and I know you do. Will you turn with

me to the Book of Deuterotomy. May I direct your

attention to the ninth chapter in the twenty fourth verse.

It's good to have my friend brother chip Roy here again.

I'm thankful he's here with us this winter. He's always

a blessing to the Open Air Evangelism ministry team. Also

during the Swamp Cabbage Festival. He's so ministry minded. I

appreciate all the miles he's traveled over the years to

come down and help reach the least of lost and

the lonely. He's not ashamed of the Gospel, that's for sure.

He plants himself on a street corner many different times

throughout the year, here with the Bethel Hole and this

evangelistic team, and I'm thankful for that. Brother Nathaniel First

Samuel chapter number fifteen, versus number twenty two in twenty

three and Brother Jesse Hebrews chapter number ten, verse number

twenty five. Did y'all enjoy that Sunday school lesson this morning?

I'm telling you what I heard of. It was wonderful.

It was recorded. If you want to go back and

listen to all of these Sunday school lessons by these brethren.

It is on spreaker. I appreciate the teaching of the brethren.

It's been wonderful. Appreciate all the exhortation and monishments that

have been given. I appreciate our elders, all of you

the age of fifty and older.

My hat's off to you. I salute you.

I appreciate you so much, our young people, our preacher

brethren especially. I want to tell you all something. You

guys are great preachers. Every one of you are great preachers.

You're keeping me on my toes.

Amen.

I'm getting older, y'all becoming greater and greater. I'm decreasing.

Y'all are increasing. Brother Philip told me the other day

in so many words, he said, you ain't decreasing, You're increasing.

You know why I have to because you guys are

keeping me on my toes. And I appreciate that. I

believe in that, don't you believe? Iron sharpen with iron.

Seeing these young men come in with a zeal and

a passion for the Word of God. I love that.

It blesses me all right, Brother Nathaniel, First Samuel, chapter

number fifteen versus number twenty two, and twenty three. Brother

and Samuel said, half the Lord is great delight in

burnt offerings and sacrifice, as in obeying the voice of

the Lord.

Behold is behold.

To obey is better than sacrifice, and the hearken than

the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin

of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity in idolatry. Because

thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath

also rejected thee.

From being king again.

I'm preaching a message the Holy Ghost titled robbing the Rebellious.

I was awakened in the early morning hours this morning

with this phrase, the devil is stealing from them. And

Brother Nathaniel just read First Samuel, chapter number fifteen, verses

number twenty two and twenty three, and I want to

point out that Saul was removed from being Israel's king.

Even the God personally himself chose Saul to be Israel's

first king, and the anointing was no longer part of

his being because God withdrew his spirit. And in a

recent service, God told one or two that if they

did not stop being disobedient, he would withdraw his spirit.

And Brother Jesse's highly anointed in my opinion, and I

remember he was so sick in that service. In fact,

I remember that service was last Sunday, and even though

Brother Jesse was so sick, he cried out so to

Oh God, take not thy.

Spirit from us.

So I don't think some in this building understand exactly

what is at stake. Again, the phrase this morning that

came to mind is the devil is stealing from them,

brother Jesse. Hebrews, chapter number ten and verse number twenty five.

Brother, not forsaking the assembling of our ourselves together as

the manner of summias, but exhorting one another, and so

much the more, as you see the day approaching, you know.

What you miss when you don't come to church. The

devil steals some sermons from you. He steals some exhortations

from you. He steals moments of worship and praise and

encouragement from you. Don't let him steal that service. Let's

stand for the reading of our golden text Deuteronomy, chapter

number nine and verse number twenty four. The Bible says,

ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day

that I knew you would.

You read that with me.

Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day

that I knew you. What a powerful scripture, What a

golden text we have before us today. Let's pray, Heavenly Father,

we love and we praise you. We thank you for

the opportunity to be in your house. We pray that

you would anoint this thy people, set a guard at

their ears, and help them to hear what the spirit

of God says unto the church.

Lord, help them.

I pray, help me, your feeble servant, God, Lord. I

know that I'm friil and feeble compared to you, who

is all powerful. I need strength of mind and spirit

in order to deliver this, to be strong and courageous,

and to speak as your oracle. I beg of you

to please anoint men. Help me, God, set a guard

at my mouth, and help me to say the things

you would have me to say, nothing more or less.

Help these sayings to go below the shoulders, because we

do know so much was stolen from Israel's first king, Saul.

He lost so much he allowed the thief to come

in and to steal from him. I pray that we

would depart this place joyfully and not sorry. In Jesus'

name in the church said heymen, as you're being seated,

look at your neighbor and say, hey, neighbor, don't allow

the devil to steal from you. Our text is found

in an Old Testament book of the Holy Bible, the

Book of Deuteronomy begins with these words. These be the

words which Moses spaken to all Israel on this side

of Jordan in the wilderness. And as we read through

this sacred writing, the fifth book of the Bible, the

man of God, Moses as its author, is telling us

about the nation of Israel coming to the end of

a vicious cycle, a vicious cycle that was more vicious

than that of the drug user and abuser. Every addict

can tell you about that vicious cycle of becoming an addict,

going through the process of sobering themselves from that substance,

only to find themselves becoming a victim again of that

uncontrolled substance, that substance that they're unable to control. They

are victims of a vicious cycle. And I want to

preach to summon this building this morning, who are victims

of a vicious cycle. I could not title this message

that because the Holy Ghost did not give that to me.

But in my time of prayer and study, that thought

came to me that there are people in this building

whom are victims of a vicious cycle. So we see

the man of God, Moses, has brought the nation of

Israel through this vicious cycle. And they reached the end

of forty years of wandering in the wilderness. And I

wonder how many people in this building have been with

us for ten, fifteen, eighteen, and twenty years, And Sister Wooting,

their steel as lost as they were back then concerning

certain things. They haven't grown spiritually for whatever reason. Or

perhaps some have been here for five years and they

haven't advanced, and they haven't grown in grace and in

the knowledge of the Lord's Savior Jesus Christ.

While others have literally.

Thrived, they find themselves just barely surviving. It is no

bad light or shade cast upon the ministry of Pastor

Howell and the spiritual authorities and leadership here at Tabethel

Hole in his church. It is to no shame of

our elders. We've seen God bless in a wonderful way.

We've had those seasons of mighty revivals and just great

which is just spiritual awakenings and outpourings of the sweet

water of Heaven out.

Of the glory world. The water has.

Flown, and this place has just been filled up with

the wonderful river of the Holy Ghost. But somehow through

that process, brother Nathaniel, there are those that are still

wandering in their mind. They're still living their own life,

making their own choices. They continue to make bad decisions.

And here in this narrative we see that the children

of Israel are standing near the threshold of a land

that had been given to them many many years prior.

In fact, it took them a long time to occupy

the land which had been promised to their forefathers. Those

of you that are in this building that read the

Word of God, you know that what should have been

about a ten or fourteen day journey became a forty

year experience in the wilderness. And Brother Jesse, these people's forefathers,

their parents, and their aunts and uncles, their grandparents.

All died in the wilderness.

And the same thing is going to happen to these

people if they do not.

Hearken and heed unto the words of God.

And so when you read this book of Deuteronomy over

and over again. Yes, in fact, repeatedly, Moses is speaking

to all of Israel. I noticed several different times. Moses

is summoning the people together together, and he says, here,

all Israel, He's speaking to everybody the same way the

Holy Ghost has been speaking to everybody here at the

Bethel Holiness Church. God was trying to bring these Hebrew

people into the center of God's will and system. For

whatever reason, some found themselves in the center of God's will,

while others chose not to obey the commandments of the Lord,

and their remains are in the sandy dune of the wilderness.

Oh, come on, get the imagery. Here. There are millions of.

Hebrews who have followed Moses from Egypt to the gates

of Jericho, and once again they are literally standing with

their toes on.

The threshold of Jericho.

Another generation of desert babies has been raised in this

time of the wilderness wanderings, and the Lord is expecting

them to assemble and together once more. And what's gonna

happen when they assemble, The Man of God up is

going to speak to them concerning the commandments of the Lord.

He's not going to deliver to this generation a different gospel,

if you would. He is not going to execute our

administer a new covenant, if you would, He's going to

preach the same thing that he had preached to a

previous generation. He's going to speak the words of God,

which are the commandments of God. In other words, God's

plan for the Hebrew people. What you're holding in your

hands right now is the revealed will of God.

It is the word of God.

And there were certain people by the philipp whether it

was preached, spoken, or tal to or read, for whatever reason,

they chose not to obey the commandments of the Lord.

And the same thing can be said today. There are

millions upon millions of people throughout this United States of

America who declare to be one nation under God, who decided,

for whatever reason it gets going to the House of

God this morning, they chose not to meet together at

the House of the Lord. And in the last few

minutes I've been saying, for whatever reason, on purpose, I

want to tell you this morning.

The reason why.

The reason why is because of rebellion. When I think

of all the wonderful things they are missing out because

a chooser to skip the service even though God had

spoke to the Hebrew people in the day He's Moses,

and through his word and through his servant, and that

same God spoke to the apostle Paul, who I believe

is the author of the Book of Hebrews, and he

spoke in Hebrews ten and verse number twenty five, these

words and not forsaking the assembling of ourself together as

the manner of Psomias. And that's what God dealt with

me on this morning, those words.

As the manner of Psomias.

I want to ask you this morning about that attitude.

Where did you get that bad attitude from? I'm only

preaching the two or three. Where did you get that

rebellion from? Where did you get that stubbornness from? I

tell you, Jesus told some He said you you or

of your father, the Devil.

I tell you.

The reason why you act the way you do, the

reason why you make the choices that you make and

do things your whole way, is because you do not

even realize you are up your father the devil.

Come on, now, that's why so many.

Today feel no need at all to assemble at a pointed.

Timer in the house of God.

But can I tell you whether it was Moses or

preaching to the desert babies, or the Apostle Paul preaching

to a new generation of Christians, or Jeremy Howell preaching

to the best of Holiness Church, or any other preacher

preaching this morning, assembly is required.

I said, up.

It was in the days of Moses that assembly was required.

It is steel required today that I'll do it my way.

I'm the priest of my own house. I'm my own person.

In fact, my body is the tempola of the Holy Ghost. Yeah,

but you ain't got control of your temple. I'm telling somebody, Honey,

the sound from my voice this morning, why is that

your customer? Why is that your style? Why is that

your manner? Paul admitted, some have got some bad manners,

some's got some bad ways, some made some bad choices.

But Paul's head, you better not do it. You better

not make that same decision.

Now.

The Apostle Paul wrote that verse to Hebrew people that

have reverted back to Juday is they had been converted

from Judaism to Christianity, and for whatever reason, probably because

of persecution and struggling spiritually and enduring hardships, after hardships

and watching their spouses cut asunder, literally cut in half,

watching people stole to death, Brother Jesse. Because of persecution,

some had went back into Judaism, and others had given

up Paul together an apostle. Paul was telling a persecuted

people that you better not keep from gathering together, even

under conditions like this. And I'm looking at people today

in this world who have not been persecuted, they have

not been thrown in prison, they have not been murdered

for the sake of Christ, but yet they still have

a problem keeping His commandments. And I'm talking to her

dream right here at the Bethel Holiness Church this morning.

There, you better not.

Be a victim of the vicious cycle for much longer.

The thief of all thieves, the thief lord himself, who

support it's robbing you of some precious things because of

your stubbornness, because.

Of your rebellion.

I've seen young women before act like they weren't interested

in having a male companion. I've seen them oc like her,

they were disinterested in any marital candidate because of pride,

because of rebellion, because of stubbornness. And I want to

tell you the devil. He ribed that rebel. I said,

the devil ride that rebel. The joys of marriage, how.

The joys a parent hood. I'm telling you, pride is

that the root of rebellion.

They whimper and they whine stealthily.

I know what I want.

It's natural for you to want a companion, And it's

natural for somebody like sister Wooton, who has had her

soul mat to not want another one. But it's natural

for somebody that's never known what true love is to

want it and to desire it. But what is devilish

and unnatural it's for you to refuse to do what

God wants you to do because of pride, rebelling against

God in spite her repeated warnings. That's the other thing

that came to mind as I was praying and studying

since six o'clock this morning. Repeated warnings, Brother Caleb, That's

one of the things you and I had discussed there briefly.

The Holy Ghos has issued.

Warning after warning, but yet they're rebelling against God in

spite of repeated warnings. Rebellion is essentially pride and unbelief.

It is saying I know better than God. I know

better than God. That's how the homosexuals end up being

the homosexual and they forsake what is natural because in

their own heart they kick against natural order. They kick

against the Princess. Jesus told Paul to stop doing. And

I'm telling some under the sound of my voice, if

you don't stop being as stubborn as a mule. If

you're sitting there right now thinking I got attention like

I want, it is the wrong kind of attention. And

I tell you you won't be hearing many more sermons

after this one, because I feel like just was the

case with the children of Israel in the wilderness. God

has shown me that the earth is already trembling underneath

your feet. And the Bible said that Hell itself had

the large itself.

It has moved beneath the feet of us all.

And if it weren't for the goodness and the grace

of God, she would have unhinged her jaws, and with

the sands of the wilderness where you're wondering at, she'd

swallow us and the sand upper and return to the abyss,

into that awful region of the damn. I'm telling you

you care not do wrong and get by I'm gonna

say it again, innocence, rebellion. He is a pride and unbelief,

saying I know better than God.

God knew that it's not good for a man to

be alone.

God created a woman that she should be able to

bear children.

In fact, the Bible said about.

Some that would be unsaid that they would be saved

through childbearing.

Oh, my God in heaven.

But this is a generation that despises adulthood. This is

a generation that despises fatherhood, motherhood, had parenthood. Well, I'm

smarter than God. I don't want the responsibility. I want

an ogle everybody else's offspring, but I don't want any

of my own. I told one young man in this church,

I said, there better be manifestations of a desire for

the opposite sex by the time you're the age of

thirty five, or else we're gonna have a rodeo around here.

How tell you turn thirty five, I said, you ain't

gonna stretch around this church with an inheritance that's visible

for all to see, with no bills to pay, because

somebody took care of you and watched these men struggling

to provide for a wife and struggle to provide for

their children there, while you ain't gotta care in the world.

That's what I'm dealing with right now.

You don't care to take care of your own grandma's yard.

You don't care to take care of what really matters.

Whatever.

I have to tell you more than twice to do something.

What did our take say?

Do you running me nine?

At twenty four? You have been rebellious good the Lord

from the day that I knew you for eighteen and

a half nineteen years.

Now you've been you, and if you're gonna make it,

you have to change.

It seems some are determined to obey the Lord, while

others choose to refuse to obey and comply with instructions

given by the Lord. Y'all do know foolish ones? And

that I'm preaching to two or three, maybe four or five.

I've been surprised before I thought I was preaching the

two or three brother would to get out of church

and find I was preaching the five or six.

Sorry I didn't even know I was preaching too.

But whatever. Sister how and I were engaged.

She done something that I didn't like, and because she'd

done that, I told her you know what, it's off.

I have no intention on looking back your way again.

That's the way, Jeremy how I was natured. So they

messed up, they attempted to break my heart. I was done.

They messed up. I was done. It was like a

light switch thrown. I'm done. I got saved, sanctified, and

it even spoke in tongues, felt like our spirit filled

and really praying and seeking the Lord, trying to figure

out what did he say about things? What did he

sayd his revealed word? What did that Bible say? I'd

been gone wearing out of Thompson Chaine, I mean literally

wearing it out the cover, wore it off, reading it

countless hours every day. And she done something that made

me think she may not be interested in the Holy way,

in the way that is a good way, that she

may not be altogether interested in the old pass. The

Bible said, you asked for him, that's the good way.

And then once you find that way, you walk in

it and you stay in it. And brother stared, I

was wondering what you stay in it? And I broke

it off, and I met her grandmother's property that was vacant,

and we parked behind that house not to do things

that Christians don't do. We parked behind that house to

part ways, and at that time we had just the

wedding bands. She had an engagement ring on her finger,

and I said, give me that ring. That's your momable

give me that ring. I got out that camaro. She

got it up forty XV. I walked over her to

her door and sister witkening, if I've ever seen a

broken heart, she had it. And with love in my heart,

I said, Charity, you've been my best friend for about

a year and a half. Now I love you dearly,

but you don't mess with me in this manner. You

don't mess with me when it comes to the things

of my God and God's word, and you don't insult me.

You don't do this.

It won't be what your mom and daddy did up

and down in the marriage. It won't be up and

down in relationship. It's gonna be just even killed here.

And I set hand me that ring, and she handed

me to ring. I put it in my pocket because

God was already starting to deal with me about jewelry.

I just put it in my pocket as it was

just a gum wrapper had no value to me whatsoever

at that point. But I knew my promise to her

is about to be broken forever because of what I wanted.

And I wasn't sure if what I wanted was what

she wanted. Because we're all entitled our own choices. I

had no idea that woman was standing at a fork

in the road that day. She had to make the

right decision just like I did. And I remember rather

than her getting mad and copping an attitude and saying

something like this, who do you think you are? I

don't need you anyway. I'll make my own decisions. I'll

make my own choices. There there's many more fish in

the sea. You ain't the only man in the world.

You ain't the only one that has ever had feelings

for me.

I can have.

Another boyfriend by sunrise. She didn't say any of that,

because she's not that man or a woman. Y'all got

what we spread in our text and co text. Right

since I've known you, You've been this way, is what

Moses told the children of Israel. You know why, because

of the hardness of your heart, because of unbelief, and

because of pride, you've been this way. Nobody taught you

how to humble yourself. And Moses is speaking some pretty

harsh words. They're even hard and you know what, but

just I didn't see your mama manner that way. I

didn't see her slam a car door. She wasn't about

to put a car in gear and burn the tires

and on the asphalt or throw up dirt like a

rooster tells you. She just real humbling, meek, he said, Jeremy,

I love you, and I just walked off. Not let

my emotions alter my decision, I said, not let my

emotions alter my decision. And I opened the door of

that heavy door, that old kamara, and I went to

get in like this, and the holygo said, if you

leave her, she will go to Hell. I never even

got the other foot in the car, because I'm not

mannered to way some of you are mannered, and I

speak humbly. I'm not mannered to kick against God's words.

I'm not mannered to buck against the will of God.

I'm not mannered to have to be preached the same

thing over and over again. I'm not mannered to pout

and have to be encouraged over and over again, I said.

Apostle Paul wrote Hebrews ten twenty five to a Hebrew

people that were watching their loved ones be persecuted, including murdered.

He was preaching the candidates for martyrdom, don't give up.

Keep together, keep gathering by the river, keep gathering in

one another's house, keep going strict, keep exhorting to one another,

keep singing, keep having church.

I'll come on now, I've said it before. I didn't

raise you.

I don't know why your natured that way, but a

lot of people that were raised by the wrong people

have ended up in hell, and a lot of people

that was raised by the right people.

I'm also ended up in hell. It's not on me.

It's not me being harsh.

It's not on sister, wouldn't be in hard And so

what does God say? If your hide was busy with

a little baby, you would have time to be so

worried about silly.

That self mistakes. No.

Ten thousand times no, adoption is not an adoption for you.

If you are busy being a father, you would have time.

To go see a masseuse.

If you were being busy teaching the boy how to

thread a worm on the hook, you would have time

for cucumbers. In your eyes. You guess what you're thinking

right now. Histically, you been taking wrong. I said it today.

One of these brothers was raised in a ghetto type

home atmosphere, but he didn't bring it to your house.

And I'm telling some of you better leave that ghetto

mindset and that ghetto lifestyle. We all deal with the

pains and the scars of sin, and as the children

of God, we have hope in the new nature. Oh

come on, I don't know why you're natured that way.

But if any man being Christ, the Apostle Paul said,

he is a new creature.

You got a new nature.

Oh, natures that passed away, Oh things are gone.

All things have become new.

If you don't want to raise your hand right now

because of the way I'm preach it, you better kill

that nature. If you're already wanting to plant your front

feet and bucket me, you better lose that nature. Apostle

Paul had that nature, but he could testify about the

changing of that nature because Jesus said, stop planting your

front feet and bucking. It's hard, Paul, for you to

kick against the pricks. It's normal, man, the water of wife,

and it's normal woman, the one of husband, and you

go ahead, stand up and testify and say, pray with

me that God will give me a wife. Pray with

me that God will give me a husband, and stopped

pining away in solitude, pouting about what you don't have.

Since I've known you, you've been natured this way. A

thief cometh to steal, and the thief, Lord Lucifer, he

cometh to steal, to kill, and to destroy. You know

what you lose when you run out of church early

because you're mad. You lose watching sister wooting play with

them little babies. You lose watching somebody endear themselves to

somebody else, rebellious against God. In spite of repeated warnings,

it seemed Summer determined to obey the Lord, while others

choose to refuse to obey, and others choose to refuse

to comply with instructions given by the Lord. Listen, my

will was to walk away from that woman. I didn't

know of any other candidate, didn't have any other fish

on the line, had no desire for any other As

far as I know, she was my wanting only. I

was just walking away from uncertainty as to whether or not.

She wanted to old pass. But I knew when God

spoke it was his will. And I had saw her

stop cutting her hair, I had saw her start living holy.

I'd saw her stop watching movies. I'd saw on witness

her try to present her body unto God as a

holy sacrifice. I see if consider it reasonable to do so.

I saw her new nature, but I was unsure that

she was going to take me down the road her

mom and daddy went down, and I didn't like that.

And God spoke to me. But my choice was go

ahead and get on in, close the door, and drive

off and never look back. And sister wooting all of this,

I wish I could call up to them. Six kids.

Our oldest just celebrated thirtieth, thirty years of being upon

this earth. He just celebrated his thirtieth birthday. If I

had gotten that car and closed the door, I'm telling you,

had I crossed Highway sixty on thirty seven southbound, I

did never look back. Had I silenced the voice of God.

And that's what some of you are doing right now.

You're putting me on mute SPIRITSY. I'll get through this one.

I'm gonna tell you. Might get through discermon and you

might have a pity party in power after discernment. But yeah,

I'm preaching to you, but I tell you what, you

won't get through.

Unscathed as hell.

Because I ain't you God, But you got one you're

gonna stand before, and your soul belongs to him. I

walked back to Sister Charity and I said, listen, God

just spoke to me and said, if I leave you,

you're gonna go to hell.

Now she could have had a spirit of pride and said.

I'm a child of God too, like somebody might be

doing right now. I don't care what you say. God said,

Miss Charity, if I leave you, you going to hell.

The night I got called to preach, God spoke to

me on the way to the church I was walking to,

and he said, if you don't answer tonight, people will

go to hell. And I can tell you what the

results of direct disobedience to his word and his will

would have been. There'd been none of this going on

right now, seventy five people in this building. Where would

Ethan Roquat be right now? I'm not thinking highly of myself.

I'm a nobody.

I'm saying, oh, how We're all benefited when we all

obey God, all the things we gain rather than lose.

I'm so glad I stepped out of that car with

the other foot and walked over to your mama and said, Hey,

you're forgiven, forgive me.

Let's go on pray for me, prayer warriors.

Saul was removed from being Israel's king, and the Holy

anointing was no longer part of his being because God

withdrew his spirit. Saul decided he would rob God, and

some people make the choice, I'm gonna rob him and

tithe and offering. When he said, the consequences are extreme

and severe Antonysnce of Fire, I won't say I've given

a lot, but I'm only given a little. What did

you lose, Antonysence the Fire. I'm preaching the message the

Holy Ghost titled Robbing the Rebellus. I'll tell you who

begins robbing the rebellus. You know who robs the rebel? First,

the devil, But ultimately, do you know who gets the

last laugh In the final final robbing of the rebellus?

God when he takes from you joy and peace and

hope and love and says, depart from me, Ye that

chose to rob me of what I said was in

order and what was natural, and now I rob you

of your own soul. People sit at house rather than

going to the House of God. They listen on spreaker

to every single service, and they don't even realize they

robbed themselves with so much. The natural man and the

natural woman. They choose their sins over the will of God,

the word of God. It means nothing to the rebel.

You know. That's what happened to a third of the

angels in that celestial city. One third of the angels

followed Lucifer. I've never heard a preacher preaching on this,

but I'm fixing to preach it to you. Lucifer despised

the son, and I made this clear in a sermon

not long ago titled Lucifer in his Leash. And I

have heard from thousands of holiness people, through representatives of them,

people that said they had never realized Lucifer is not

the polar opposite of Jesus. Lucifer is not the opposite

of Jesus. Lucifer is not the opposite of Jesus. He

was a coequal to Gabriel and Michael, who are way

beneath the feet of Jesus. But Lucifer despised the sun.

You've never heard this preach, but I'm gonna preach it

to you, just like a lot of holiness of Pentecost.

Of people have felt like Lucifer is Jesus's equal, his counterpart,

his office, that he is not. But Lucifer had a

problem with the Son, the Word himself. In the beginning

was the Word, and the Word was with God, and

the Word was God. In the garden of Eden, that

rebel came in to the garden of Eden, he said,

hath God said, the creator of the cosmos spoke in

the very beginning, He spoke the Word, and the world

was framed by the Word. The devil hates the Word.

He hates the Son of God. He hates the Word

of God. This is the word of God, this is

the revealed word of God. The devil hates order, the

devil hates the Word. And Moses is despised because he's

speaking to millions of people over and over again, repeatedly.

What the Word said. Amen, if some of you have

had a problem with what the Word said, it's not

the word of Jeremy Howell. It's the word of God.

In fact, when you reject the word, you're not rejecting

the words of Moses or the apostle Paul, her brother Nathaniel.

You're rejecting God himself. You told Thembaha, pray for a

husband if you want one, pray for a wife you

need one. When the apostle Paul said that woman wouldn't

be saved through chau Ben, you know more than.

The apostle paw a child. Here's your answer.

You know why the women of this world are so

vain because they're not interested in motherhood.

They're interested in an hour glass figure.

What's in accordance with the word of God, Dolly, pardon

an hour glass figure, or adopt some kids even if

you were childbearing. Adopt some kids, Dolly, and lose that

hour glass figure and get a milk junk figure and

raise some babies to.

The glory of God.

Dolly, the devil robbed her of so much with that

beautiful voice that she has. The devil stole from her

so much whenever laid in life. Now she's merchandises and

marketers to put have a Holly Dolly Christmas home merchandise.

Does that not seem sacrilegious. Does that not seem blasphemous?

Does that not seem idolatrous? There is no way I

would let anybody put Jeremy Howell's name on anything during

the time of the christ Child's birth and the celebration thereof.

I'm telling you that Devil's gonna rob from Dolly right

up until they close the lid on.

Her casket door.

The debel is going to steal, he's going to kill,

and he's going to destruck. Come on, now, that's what

he's doing to the celebrity. That's what he's doing to

the prince. That's what he's doing to the pauper. They

don't even realize they're losing so much. I said, there

listen so much the charismatic worship team that chooses not

to live holy. They miss out when they lose out

on the annoughting of God when they substitute an atmosphere

that is literally incense impermeated by the Holy Ghost with

the neon moon, which literally means a pale yellow or

pale green or pale red lights. The other day I

was preaching, I said, the neon moon has no business

whatsoever being raised in our churches. The next day, we

were eating at a restaurant in some country. Crooner said something,

but the neon moon sis the house, said Jeremy, I

never heard that phrase till you used it. And she said,

I never knew what it meant. And she said, I

promise I ain't been listening to the lyrics.

Of that song.

She said, But I now know what you mean by

the neon moon doesn't belong in the house of God,

I said, the neon moons. All them alcohol signs on

the windows of this establishment cords light, butdweiser, all them

neon glowing signs.

That's the neon moon.

Kids.

And I'm gonna tell you there's been a lot of

people supping at the bar in front of the kneon

moon because they refuse to do things God's way. There's

a lot of people medicating for mental illness because they

refuse to do things God's way. There's a lot of

people experiencing the ox go to the rear because they're

kicking against the pricks.

Are y'all with me?

And I'm telling you the one they're kicking against is Jesus.

Jesus said, it's good for a man not to be alone.

I didn't say that, But that don't mean you get

online and type in www. Mailorderbride dot com.

Twist what I'm saying.

Some of you loved to twist and praestialize or rest

the scriptures. Don't you to fit your gender. And this morning,

millions upon millions of people chose not to go to

the House of God. Yet we say we're one nation

under God, Brother Philip, I got so much more to preach,

But I wonder if it's falling on deaf ears because

our text says you have been rebellous against the Lord

from the day that I knew you. We started preaching

against certain things years ago.

It took some of you five, ten, fifteen.

Years to change, not all of you, but one or

two of you. It didn't matter if we talked on it,

We preached on it, we had Bible study on it.

Look at that Hebrews ten twenty five the manner of

some is Why is this the manner of some, Brother Nathaniel,

It's because of the gross sin of rebellion. You have

been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I

knew you. These are the words of their spiritual leader

and advisor, the one that has been with them since

they were infants. Basically, Moses is saying that some of

them have been this way their entire life. As the

manner of some is. We just expect you to struggle.

We just expect you to swim upstream while everybody else

is going upstream. We just expect you not to show

up at the church getting together.

We just expect you.

If you're asked to bring angeled eggs aka deviled eggs,

you're gonna bring swap cabbage. We just expect you because

it's your nature.

In other words, you have been this way for very

long time. Years ago, somebody told me.

Bill Houston very angrily, said well I always been this way.

And brother Bill said, well you better start changing right

now lest you die this way. What will that take?

I'm afraid of me preaching this hard, calls me to

rupture internally, and pulls the blood with a pile up

on the floor. I said, pour it out of my mouth.

Some of you would come to my funeral and say

he was a good man. Yeah, died trying to get you. Then,

Bay what God said, thank you, Holy ghost? Is it

recorded in Numbers chapter number fourteen at Kodesh Bernia, the

children of Israel, just so big, God, how many kandesh

bernis are you gonna have.

At Cardashparnia.

What it was a ten or fourteen day journey turned

into a forty year vicious cycle.

You're being robbed. If you need it, pray specifically for it.

A year and a half ago, I told you, I said,

the blind beggar prayed specifically, and some of you include,

Brother Nathaniel told me, said I now praise specifically. Yesterday

when Renee was having that allergic reaction and going into

allergic shock, Brother Nathaniel, after thirty minutes of trying to

calm it down and caress and hold her, he came.

He said, Pastor, I'm going to the MS station. I

gotta get her to an EMT. He said, but first,

would you come over here and pray for her. He

released his daughter and she jumped into my arms and

she just squeezed me and I held her and I

held her like a papa would do, and I prayed,

and I said, God, would you healer, would you do

only what you can do?

Papa can't do this, but you can. And I want

you to know.

No sooner than we let the church know to pray

than we were praying.

God begin to turn that situation around. Oh, it pays

to do.

Things God's way, I said, Oh, the rewards.

I'm doing things God's way.

For whatever reason, these people chose to be disobedient. They

were predictable at this very thing. Everyone knew they're gonna

be insubordinate to the commandments of the Lord. Pastor said,

all your sisters, come up here and meet with the

first lady. Oh, suddenly I need to go to McDonald's.

You're reaping what you've sown, and the only way to

reverse the curse is to start being obedient. I have

received significant wage increases because I did something from my

employer that seemed to be beneath my pay grade, because

he was testing me to see if I had a

servant's heart. You know, the grounds for termination, that's the

best grounds for termination, is in subordination. You told them

to do it, and they didn't do it. You don't

have to give them any more warnings. You don't have

to give them a warning, no, two, three warnings immediately gone.

You get up there and you pulled in weeds the fires.

The manager of the thrist store would be the best

looking building around. It'd have a fresh coat of paint

on it. There'd be mulching. If it don't matter who

paid for it, I'd pay for it. I'm a preacher

now I'm telling you you can see it a mile away.

Because the blessings of the Lord are on no obedient,

Brother Jeremiah, this one won't be listening to repeatedly. Like

the frontline call has been a Sister Wooton's cried.

The warriors are praying.

Spirit of God is moving. Rebellion is rejecting God's word.

But when we are in Christ, we have a new nature.

The altars are bearing right now, Brother Jesse, I thank

God for this past Sunday night. I thank God for

the way the authors filled up. I thank God for

how many people were touched. Look like every daughter in

law I had thank the Lord was praying. Great sisters

and brothers everywhere praying, Great Brother Samuel stare it having

a life change moment. But right now I'm preaching to

the rebellous, and it's a whole different thing altogether. When

you're pulling for those that you know, you can tell

them what God said and they simply are not going

to do it.

The Lord not come to the thing.

He not rejected me at all. Came the.

Mercy of calling me, but fast and they'll tell me

about face away from me.

I say, this day, this day is today.

Gods, it is not that good that you all.

But it is in my word that I have.

I say to me this day.

It's not those same that the treasure.

That you say the same? You aren't.

Why sound he my hospital?

Why is that you have I stay a home?

Call?

But my count.

My mama.

I feel that that's what I've been preaching, the new nature.

It's got to change. Extreme consequences are to follow in

the very near future to the pastor that refuses to

preach the word and deliver the whole counsel of God.

There will be consequences for that. For the one that

God tells to preach the truth and nothing but the truth,

and they choose to do otherwise, there will be severe,

extreme consequences for that action and for choosing their way

over the will of God. To the parent, to the

child that chooses their will over God's will, you need

a change in nature. He's robbing you. The thief Lord

is stealing from you. It's what he came to do

is to steal.

The word from you.

Rebellion is essentially pride and unbelief. It's saying I know

better than God. Right now, somebody's heart needs to break

and you need to say, God, give me a new nature.

Saul was chosen by God. Saul was special to the Lord,

but for whatever reason, and that reason is rebellion. Saul

did things his way. And if you're not careful, you'll

walk out of this building right now doing things your way.

I told what.

I hear the holy ghosts say, thy actions have displeased me.

That actions have displeased me.

And there's been some preachers and evangelists that have done

contrary to what was normal and what was ethical and

what was right and what was wise because they just

wanted to do things their way. They chose to do

things their way. Their heart told them, don't do that,

but they chose to do it their way. What about it?

Right now? What is God's road for you? Where is

it leading you? Where does God desire to take you?

Have thine own way, Lord, have thine own way. Mold

me and make me master today, Change me, change me, Lord,

Don't let me stay the same. I really do want

to be like you, and to think there's people sitting

at home on Sunday night midweek service thinking that God's

okay with them not gathering. I'm on tune in. There's

people should be making a drive. I still feel the

surge of the Holy Ghost in my spirit when I

kneel to pray. It's so easy to say, change me, Lord,

to be just like you. But when you begin to

mold and make life again, to say change me becomes

harder to do.

Lord. I have to say, I'm not satisfied today.

Lord. I want to be closer to you. So if

somehow you see that there's a change that I need,

then Lord, change me to be more like you. Change me, Lord,

Change me. Lord, don't let me stay the same, for

I want to be more like you. Take my life,

make my life all that you want it to be. Lord,

Please change me.

Change me.

Dear Lord, how about it? Are you willing to be molded?

God's been telling some of it. You better praise him

and worship him, Seek him, call upon him, lift up

his name, praise him.

Jesus.

We may not say you're lying, but we're saying it's

a bunch of balogney. It's twisted, it's embellished, and it's

not the total truth. And I'm asking you be truthful

and honest with God. Why have you been this way

since we've known you? Since the house crying, she's feeling it.

Our elders are weeping, they're praying, they're speaking in tongues,

they're in the spirit. I've always been this way. You

ain't getting it, are you. That's not a compliment. That's

not a good thing. You've always been that way is

not a compliment. What we need is about a ten

minute prayer meeting right now or longer. I was gonna

preach on white tuxedo, but God changed it for you

this morning. And you heard what the Holy Ghost said.

It's on your end. God still plans to use you,

but you had to do it his way. God planned

for them to go into Promised Land, but they had

to do it his way,