Home Alone - A Christmas Story

Genesis chapter 2 it says then the Lord said it is not good for

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man to be alone. I'll make him a helper suitable

for him. I love this movie Home alone.

You know, because it demonstrates this person that

thinks life's better if they were just by themselves only to

find out that life by itself is not what it all was cracked up

to be right, because when you by yourself, there becomes some

challenges that occur when you're alone.

Now look at this passage of Scripture, because the Bible

glues to when you get off by yourself, there's a problem and

it's over here in John. The book of John says it this

way. I believe it's John could be

Luke. Let's see, they're going to put

it up there. Luke chapter 15 verse 3 through

Luke 15:3–7

7 it says, and he told them this parable.

He says, what man is among you? If he had 100 sheep right and

lost, what 1 is wandered off alone?

He said he. Does he not leave the 99 in the

open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds

it? You understand the shepherd

realizes that when the sheep are in the family and with the

family they can be protected even if the shepherd's not on

the same field with them. But the one that goes off by

themselves, the shepherd knows they're alone and that's the

problem. And with them being by

themselves, their chances of survival are not good.

It goes on to say this, and when he has found it, he lays it on

his shoulders, rejoicing. Then he comes back and it says,

and when he comes home, he calls together his friends, his

neighbor. Guess what?

He comes home with the sheep that was alone and calls a party

because he doesn't want the sheep to be by itself just with

him. Notice the shepherd doesn't go

and grab the sheep, that's alone and stays alone with sheep, but

comes back and rejoices. And you know he says this, I

have found my sheep which was lost.

I tell you, it's the same way they'll be more joy in heaven

over 1 Sinner who repents than over a 99 righteous person who

need no repentance. What's this tells us?

It tells us that God never intended for us to be here

alone. So let's go back to Genesis

Genesis 1 · chapter mention

chapter 1 when it said, let us make man in our image according

to our likeness and let him rule over the fish of the sea, over

the birds of the sky, all these things, right?

And he says, Adam, you can have all this stuff here.

It's for you. I provided for you.

I even have someone with you. It's not good for you to be

alone. Here's a help meet for you and

us together and we'll populate this planet.

We'll have more and more people. It will just continue to grow

where the seed of man is godly. And I have a relationship with

this whole group of people. But you can't eat from the tree

of the knowledge of good need for the day you eat, you'll be

home alone. You'll be home alone.

And so Can you imagine because God knows everything.

It's not like God was sleeping. It's not like God went on a

vacation to Paris, right? Said I'm going to go check on

France. I'm going to leave the garden

for a little while. Go check on France for a little

bit. No, he was there and you

understand he knew the situation.

But could it have sounded like this, that when Adam ate the

fruit, God said, Adam, Kevin, Kevin, right?

And that's when he comes down, what have you done?

What have you done? I said, what have you done?

What have you done? God never intended us to be home

alone at all, right? Why?

Because they're scary stuff when you're alone.

Look what it says in Ecclesiastes.

Ecclesiastes lets us know this. He says two people are better

than one. When two people work together,

they get work done. The more more work done.

If one fall person falls, the other can reach out and help.

But those who are alone when they fall have no one to help

them. If two people sleep together,

they will be warm. But if a person sleeping alone

will not be warm, it says an enemy might be able to defeat

one person, but two can stand back-to-back to defend each

other. And three people are even

stronger. They are like a rope that has

three parts wrapped together. It's very hard to break.

Are you hearing me? So we know Kevin wanted to be

alone, wanted his family to disappear.

He thought it was amazing. He got a sugar rush, threw a

little brute fabuge on his face, right, brushed his teeth, went

out, but immediately got scared by an old man dragon, a can and

a shovel. He was tough until the old man.

But know this, when you're alone, somebody is coming to

steal. Somebody's coming to steal

because the enemy is looking whom he may devour, and he's

looking for the ones that are home alone.

Yeah. So what's Kevin do when he finds

out that some people are casing the place and he's just a little

kid? You know, the first night he's

like laying under the bed. The next he's like, man, if

they're coming back, what do I do?

And it's like most Christians that are home alone, they have

what I like to call cardboard Christianity.

They like to put up little cardboard figures all through

the house. Turn on the music.

Come on, you know what I'm talking about.

Home alone. They had the little mannequins

at the table. The little figure was going

through, you know, like it. And they're like, oh, I thought

this place was empty. Where did all this people?

Why? Because even the enemy knows

protection lies with the family. The problem is they figure out

that family's not real to them. So you can come into a church

and sit down, but yet still not be part of the family.

Jump in and think the enemy now doesn't know that you're really

not participating. You kind of in and out.

Come when you want to starts to get tough, show up, get in a

seat, try to disguise yourself with everyone like you're part

of something. And he's like, ah, you're a

cardboard Christian. You got your, you got your

worship music on and your cardboard figures dancing around

praising the Lord, but you ain't got a praise in you.

You've not been trained, you're not connected, you're not

connected there. You think I can get and leave

from here and go to the next one?

Because there are many Home alone Christians in many

churches. Hallelujah.

But the enemy have come. He's coming to do what?

To steal first. But when you put up a little

resistance, he'll go further. Because Kevin just wanted to

protect the house, but when he started to try to protect the

house by himself, pulled out his own plans.

Are you hearing what I'm saying? Pulled out his plans.

It's how we going to win. It's how we going to get it.

And it looks like you're going to be successful.

In fact, one of the greatest weapons he had that night was a

tarantula. Now I'm going to give my

precious wife an opportunity to redeem herself.

When we were married 34 years ago, be 35 years this coming up

September 2026. Right now we had 34 years.

We had a lavish honeymoon. We went to Universal first,

spent all of our money there basically, and then got on a

cruise. Now you say it's a cruise.

That's nice. No, it was more like a little

economy tugboat that they give away as prizes.

And when you show up, it's like, oh, this cute that fits in the

sanctuary. It's a very cute little boat.

We got on this boat and we went over to the Bahamas and then we

realized we can't eat at any restaurant.

So we, you know, found a couple that help pay for our taxi ride

to a store where we bought bread and peanut butter and Jelly.

We ate. That was amazing.

But before we ever made it to the Bahamas, we went to

Universal and we went to this prop show on how they use props.

And one particular prop was a machete with a little cut out

that when it hits your neck, it looks like it's in your neck.

So he said, can I get a volunteer?

Let me tell you how how far back this was.

I videoed the whole thing. Now this was 91, so the camera I

was carrying was like a suitcase.

And so my wife, beautiful, I'm awestruck.

This is my wife. She gets up on the stage, he

puts the machete on her neck. They play this music and all of

a sudden he goes scream and she goes extremely anti climatic.

Everyone laughs, but she is in full blown stage fright.

Now, you wouldn't think about that when Apostle Marshall get

up here and blow and go on the platform.

But back then she was like, so they gave her a second chance.

Music, everybody's cheer to her. Come on.

And you think she could have done it.

And she went. So tonight, Apostle Marcy, come

to the platform. Come on, help encourage her.

Come to the platform. I need you to be Marv.

Just one time. Come right here.

Sit down. Please sit.

Thank you. Yes, sit down.

OK. Now I want you to just kind of

lay back. Like, come lay, lay on back.

Very good. We're getting somewhere.

OK. All right.

Are you ready? This is redemption, OK?

You can do it. We believe in you.

We believe in you. OK.

Ready. You got it.

What am I supposed to do? OK.

And you're Marv. What did he do when the transo

got on his face? Yeah, she did it.

Boo, Boo, Boo. I didn't tell you to grab the

mic. I will say this though now just

so you understand that I actually am not the biggest fan

of Home alone one and two. Mine is actually 3.

Yep with the kid with the with the pot chicken pox.

I like that one the best. However, most of y'all are

naysayers so I didn't bring that in tonight.

But I love this particular time again, when Kevin is having to

defend the house 'cause he's home alone and the enemy has

come to steal and to kill. And so in the second one, they

were downstairs and they pulled the doorknob and we hear

something moving and they're like up against the door,

remember? And they're like, what is that?

And then all of a sudden, bam, it goes through the door and

they get hit and Marv says Are you ready?

I'm going to do my impersonation.

That's the sound of a tool chest falling down the stairs.

Right. But I want you to know this

Kevin was never, was never ever alone.

Even though his family wasn't there, someone came by his path

to be with him. And the first one was an old man

and the second one was a bird lady.

And if it was not for those two individuals, no matter how great

his plans were, in both cases he found himself caught by the

thief. Because nobody if you hang out

all by yourself and think you could do this thing without

anybody else, you may escape on various occasions, but

eventually you will get caught. If he had not befriended or that

older gentleman befriended him and made himself available and

took it upon himself to watch on Kevin while his family was not

there. Then when Kevin calls the law

and says they're over at this house and runs over only to get

into the Wet Bandits house they've already hit, to come up

the stairs and to be captured by the Wet Bandits that didn't put

him on the hook of the door. And Harry says I'm going to do

to you what you did to us. And he peels back his little

finger. And if that man had not shown

up, the cops eventually would have gotten there.

But Kevin would have looked like this in the next show, right?

He would have been marked by the one that was coming after him.

Are you hearing me? In the second one, he goes and

it seems like he's victorious, only to slip up.

Because when you try to live life alone, you going to slip up

to find yourself waking up in the hands of the enemy.

And if it had not been for the third lady who was watching

after him that had defended him after he went, oh gross sick,

right, then he would be laying in Central Park when his parents

would have got received news that they found him and mom

never would have found him at the Christmas tree.

Let's go on and look at this next scripture here.

God never intended for us to be alone.

First Corinthians 12/14 through 21 says, but the body is not one

member but many. If the foot says because I'm not

a hand, I'm not a part of the body, it's not for this reason

any of the less they're a part of the body.

If the ear says because I'm not an eye, I'm not a part of the

body, it's not for this reason any of the less a part of the

body, right? If the whole body weren't I,

where would the hearing be? If the whole we're hearing,

where would the sense of smell be?

But God has placed the members, each one of them in the body

just as he desires. If we were all one member, where

would the body be? But now there are many members,

but what 1 body next verse the I cannot say to the hand.

I have no need to you. I'm going to go and do this

thing with God alone. Nor can the head say to defeat.

I have no need of you. Nowhere in Scripture is God

calling you into a relationship with Christ to individually and

independently disciple you alone.

Because God himself knows there's power with the family.

There's power with the family. And it did take Kevin long to

realize this really isn't what I want.

I miss my family. In fact, in the last one, he

says I don't want another present.

I don't want another gift. I don't need anything if I can

just see my mom one more time and even if it's just for a

moment because he understood the value of the relationship that's

with the family. This is why Hebrews chapter 10

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tells us to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together

as the habit of some, but encouraging one another.

All the Moors you see the day drawing near again.

The Lord's constantly saying, listen, the family is not just

your natural family, it is the family of God as Jesus.

When he was ministering one day and his mom showed up with his

brothers and sisters and they stopped Jesus in his preaching

to the crowd. It says your mom's here and your

brother and sister, they want to talk to you.

And he turns and says, who is my mom, who's my brothers and my

sisters? It's those who do the will of my

father. In essence, he says this thing's

bigger than just who you naturally are giving birth and

you have a generation that comes from a natural family.

This thing transcends that because God was was too creative

to just have one kind of of type of family or or, or in one

nation. He was too creative for that.

But they all are of the blood. And he's telling us, look, it's

never OK for us on a Sunday morning to wake up and say, man,

think I'll just stay home alone, read by myself.

Because the minute you take these kind of positions and say,

well, I'll just watch this show on my own, you're putting

yourself in a position that the enemy's watching your house and

he knows nobody's there to protect you.

Because this enemy who was the fallen anointed cherub is the

master of deception. And if he can keep you alone,

then he will eventually take you out, take you out.

So tonight, tonight, know this, that God in heaven.

Is still saying Kevin, he's still saying Marcy, he's still

saying John, he's still saying Marissa, he's saying you're not

with me, 'cause when you weren't with him, he was calling your

name. And when you weren't with him,

he was pursuing you. And when you weren't with him,

he sent other members of his family by you to look after you

until you answered and saw him come through the door.

Because he is the door. And you answered that door and

you called on that name. And you came into this family

never to be alone, but to be together, not only now, before

eternity, for eternity. Hallelujah.

God never intended for us to be home alone, and He's moved

heaven and earth to bring you back home in the family.