I'm Coming Out Of The Closet - Bro Jeremy Howell 6-15-2025

Let's turn to the Book of Matthew. May I direct

your attention to the tenth chapter. We will be looking

at versus number thirty two and thirty three. Brother Nathaniel Acts,

Chapter number five and verse number twenty nine, and Brother

Jesse Romans Chapter number one and verse number sixteen. Could

somebody get a microphone into Brother Ropecap's hand at some

point tonight, I am going to call on him. Hey,

Brother Nathaniel Acts, chapter number five and verse number twenty nine.

My brother, then Peter and the other apostles answered and said,

we all to obey God rather than men. How many

of you believe that that we ought to obey God

rather than men? Brother Jesse Romans, Chapter number one, verse

number sixteen, My brother, for.

I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for

it is the power power of God to salvation to

everyone that believeth to that you first, and also to

the Greek.

How many of you know that God has been speaking

the sum of the Bethel hole in his church that

it is time to come out of their shall It

is time for you to get that head out of

the sand. I want to preach a message the Holy

Ghost titled I'm coming out of the claus it. I'm

coming out of the clauset. Let's stand for the reading

of our golden text here tonight, Matthew, Chapter number ten,

verses number thirty two and thirty three. The Bible says,

whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him, will I

confess also before my Father, which is in heaven. Noticing

that part that says before men, But whosoever shall deny

me before men him, will I also deny before my Father,

which is in heaven. How many of you know that

the Heavenly Father that we worship and adore is tucked

away somewhere beyond the blue. When you pray to him,

you do not see him. He is not a public figure,

per se. You seek him in private, you communicate with

him in private oftentimes. But he wants to be worshiped publicly.

And I'm going to attempt to prove this through the

scriptures here tonight. And I need your prayers. If you've

ever prayed for me, will you.

Pray for me?

Heavenly Father, we think and we praise it for the

opportunity to be in your house.

I thank you for this, thy people.

I pray that you would set a guard at their

ears and help them to hear what the Spirit of

God says. Unto the church tonight, God would just said.

A guard at my mouth and help me to.

Say the things that you would have me to say

to this people. I pray nothing more or less would

be said than that that you put in my heart

to say. Lord, would you help us to hear, hearken,

heed what is spoken to us by.

The power and the Spirit of God.

May we depart this place joyfully and not sorrowly in

Jesus's name. And the Church said, Amen, look at your

neighbor and say, hey, neighbor, are you coming.

Out of the closet?

Amen, Hey, neighbor, are you coming out of the clause.

That's what I want to ask for to seven of

you here tonight. Our text is found in a New

Testament book of the Holy Bible. It is the first

book of the New Testament or.

The New Covenant. The title the name of its author.

The author had been a tax collector for the Roman government.

But on a certain day, as Jesus passed by the

Roman's tax collection office, and specifically by this particular tax

collector's booth, Jesus spoke words to this man named Levi

who sat at the receipt of custom. How many of

you know the two words that Jesus spoke to this man,

Matthew or Levi. The words that he spoke to Matthew

on that day while this man was busy working for

the Roman government?

Were these words?

Follow me?

Now?

This man chose to arise and follow Jesus. I wonder

how many people in this building have heard the words

of the Lord speak directly to them.

It's time to.

Arise and follow the instructions that have been given to you.

Have you done it immediately? Have you done it in

that moment? Have you chosen to obey God? Or have

you obeyed yourself, your own false prophet? So this man

he arose and he followed Jesus. This reference to this

morning's message should ring a bell. Matthew responded to the

revelation that he received. How many have you feel like

you've been receiving revelation from the Lord of late?

And if this man have not responded.

To the revelation that he would have received, he would

not have ever given Christians of this wonderful First gospelm

which we love to.

Read throughout each year.

In fact, we would have had one less gospel to

read from tonight.

But our golden text.

Him is chosen from the record of this man of

God who responded properly to revelation. This man would have

been at a very important public figure. In fact, most

of the people within the Roman government in that immediate

area or vicinity would have.

Known him by name.

A lot of his Jewish brothers and sisters, meaning the

children of Abraham and Adam, would have recognized him. He

was recognizable in society because of his servitude to Herod Antipas,

the tetrarch of gal Lee. So this man would have

been noticeable and recognizable to anybody. He would have been

recognized by the massive But brother Jesse, it is true

that he would not have been as wildly popular as Jesus.

He would not have been popular with the Jews. How

many of you are looking for fame and fortune? How

many of you pursuing popularity despite pure pressure. This man

was not at all concerned as a public figure about

what everyone would have thought about him. When he walked

into a building. Everybody in that building would have recognized him,

whether they wanted to acknowledge his presence or not.

I want you to know he.

Was a public figure. He was somebody that everybody knew of.

May I point out that leave By Matthew had no

problem whatsoever with being unpopular amongst the June eyes. Sister,

howell as you and I took a nap today, the

Lord begin to deal with me about this receiver of

the taxes of his brothers and sisters.

And I got to thinking about how.

He was not at all bothered by what people thought

of him. He was willing to do whatsoever he needed

to do in order to please the Roman government.

Come on, now, I.

Believe his candidacy to be a disciple or a follower

or an apostle of Jesus Christ hung largely on her

this fact that he was not ashamed.

To be who he was.

When I look at Mother Billy Brock, I see a

preacher of the Gospel that is not ashamed at all,

whether in private or in public, to be a preacher.

I've heard him tell church people, and I've heard him

tell strangers that I am an evangelist, I am a revivalist.

Don't you think that the fact that he's.

Not ashamed of this so is one of the reasons

why he was called, Oh, come on now, asking you

here tonight, are you going.

To come out.

Of the clauset before tonight's service has ended? Before your

assistant pastor, the Reverend justin Road Kampa puts her a fingernail,

cheep finger on that lot switcher and pulls it too,

the opposition that will.

You have come out of the clauset?

When I think of somebody that is a clause at Christian,

that word clause at is being used in context of

what we are preaching tonight, and it means her you

do not really they own up to be a Christian

in private, behind closed doors, you do prefessor to be

a Christian.

But no, Now there's a lot.

Of Pentecostal Christians today. They have no form about reaching

all because they are content to stay behind closed doors.

You will find that is the trend among people today.

And I feel like, really at the root of it

is they are concerned about what people will think of

them if they handsomewhat attract or they stand on a

street corner with a sign or a bull horn. They're

concerned about what somebody would think when they walk into

a correctional facility, or when they walk into a nursing

home facility. The last Sunday, being obedient to his calling,

Barah Jesse went over there to the nursing home with

the Hope Team members the specifically help him up with

that specific ministry. He said as he approached the door,

and somebody met him at the door and said, there's

up a respiratory illness aka covidric and havoca in this.

Assistant Living facility.

And they told by the Jesse we do not recommend

it all that you go behind them doors. Blarah Jesse

was not ashamed of girl behind them doors and the

preacher in that cafeteria. They tell me those videos now

popping up on Facebook.

I would know.

Nothing of that because I know as a minister of

the Gospel, you have to be very careful participating in

social media.

Jessee.

What I'm saying is what you felt like was being

done in private.

Has now become a public thing.

You see somebody that's prominent in town corner. Sister christal

And said, I've seen a video a brother Jesse is

wifeing you and others having church in the cafeteria of

the Sister Living facility. I want you to know that day,

they told brother Jesse, you cannot go in there and

practice what your preacher. He cannot go in there forget Hey, man,

you cannot go in there and remember the forgotten. You

cannot go in there today and reached the least, the lost,

and the lonely better. Jesse said, I looked to my right,

and I looked to my left, and realize some of

the residents were outside.

He said.

I spoke to him, and I said to the offield

like her having church outside? Oh, ain't God for somebody

that was willing the come out of the clause with

their ministry, somebody that was willing to be seen in

publica showing their love and their faith for God.

Listen, saints of God.

I know around the sixth chapter and the sixth person

of Brook of Matthew, the same gospel Jesus talked to

about people going in to the prayer Cluset. He talked

about people praying his secret. He talked about people being

rewarded publicly because of their pretty life, but his secret. Oh,

come on, now, it ain't always that we want the

reward publicly. Sometimes that we're willing to make the sacrifice publicly.

I'm talking to somebody tonight, Why is.

It that you're ashamed to worsen God privately?

God comes doors in your own flear.

Close it with. What's worse than that is our ten said.

If you're ashamed of God the poor men, he will

be ashamed of you. If you deny him a fir man,

he will denoy you. Have you not received revelation you're wive?

Oh?

Have you not responded? It's because of this God showed me.

You're embarrassed. It's the spirit of pride.

We gotta be with him to kill the spear the pride.

Probably, I've heard of homosexuals standing in the cause for years.

That's because the best majority of people within humanity, and

so me the vast majority of Americans, they would prefer

that they remain in the clauset. In fact, I've heard

Pentecostal and holiness preachers say that we would be better

off in this country that they would go back into

their clauset. Sister, but the saints of God are camping

in the clauset when they should be proclaiming in the

public streets and proclaiming in the public houses of worship.

I'm telling you you need a burst out of the

clause that I told some prayer warriors years ago, I said,

I thank God for you stand in the Church of God.

I thank God for every prayer meeting we've had for

the prodigal sons and daughters that I said, I don't

want to rebuke an order that while I was praying,

God told me concerning you two sisters. He said, they

can hide behind the buns, they can hide behind the standard,

and they can bring in their prayercohols un to you.

I come home, and it will not whatsoever. But they

are too much if they don't put feet and hands

to their prayers. I'm telling you the man in the

upper room, they came out of the cell. I'm telling you,

they came out of the upper room and they took

it to the public.

Oh, come hold, it ain't got to be a scene.

That's that you are saying on a shame of the

I am well, we're out of diw a Christian.

I'm not ashamed of it.

The very act of becoming a Christian requires us to

confess publicly that we are followers of Christ. The teachings

of Christianity are kept by people that confess Him publicly.

In fact, one of the things that might be wrong

with having a baptismal is the fact that people can

make their public profession of faith in the company of

people who could not possibly be persecutors. They could possibly

be hypocrites. But I can take you to the island

of Dominiuica. We don't have a baptismal. Pastor Douglas would

tell you, we gotta take them out into the public.

We try to avoid the sunbathers. Yes, that we have

to make a public profession. Pastor Caleban and Pastor Brenda

would tell you in the land of Kenya that you

walk through the streets and you did come. You're making

a public profession that could cost you your life.

Have come on now.

I wonder inspiration for some what's not only convenience, what's

not only due to inclement weather?

We could have baptism anyway.

I wonder if the inspiration for some was you mean,

as a preacher of the gospeler, I don't.

Have to wait out there in.

Live in water, in a living society, in the general public,

because I'm telling somebody, if you're a shame to be baptized,

he's a shame for you to get read. In many

countries over this world, there are people that have to

make a public confession before the general public, and Brother Caleb,

the moment.

They do so, they can receive a death threat.

The very moment that they do so, governments will back

up their persecutors and will allow their execution.

Again, Jesus said, you.

Go ahead and enter into your prayer closet, and you pray,

and I will reward you publicly. I wonder how that

reward will come. Will it come in the middle of

a worship service, when you feel.

An oction to worship.

God like you never have before, Whenever you feel an

option to shout to name Jesus like you never have before. Oh,

come on a clause. At Christian it's someone who has

a problem acknowledging being a Christian in publica or practicing

their faith.

Amongst other believers.

I hear them say I'm pen a Coostal, but I

never see a display or a dynamic come that's indicative

I'm a pentecostal Christian and said I spoke in tongues

ten years ago. Why didn't you speak in tongues ten

minutes ago? They say, I had a good service and

I got passed and I got, I got a shouting.

And dancing, and I got bressed.

How long has that been.

Five years ago? Why wasn't it fifty minutes ago. I'm

telling somebody, you gotta.

Kill a spirit of pride. You your own fat prophet.

You just said, it ain't pride, it's awkwardness. It's the

spirital pride. I said, it's the.

Spirit of that pride.

Only my pride come with contention.

If you're not going with the floor, If there's contention,

that there's conflict, that the spirit of God's having to

proud you and push you.

The spirit of pride is in work.

Because a humble child will gladly do whatever mom and

dad has told them to do, not ask them to do.

That's something you need to understand. God did not ask

you to praise him.

God man NATed it. God commanded it.

And you know what.

Pentecostal poured out of the upper room. Pentecosta poured out

of the upper room into the city streets haw Jerusalem.

I'm preaching to you. I ain't in nowhere near my notes.

It don't matter if it was. There's some preacher they

need some notes. But you know what, Peter, he become

a public figure. He was no longer known as the

fisherman throwing fish on the dock.

He was no.

Longer known as the merchant with commercial fishery. He is

now standing in the city streets, and he's a preaching.

They're not only preaching, honey, they are speaking in another language,

speaking in many different languages.

And two day isres.

They have come to Jerusalem, hearing the speaker in their

native languages from russoever they came. I'm telling you it,

the Holy Gess moves on you in Walmart.

You ought to obey God. He come on now, I.

Know you should casta your purse, My poor swider, what

the issue is?

Will you come up out of the pause?

That?

Will you need to?

Many Christians never walk out of their prayer closet. They

never escape through their shell. These ostrich Christians never pull.

Their heads out of the sand.

I'm telling you, sister Wooton, Peter become a public figure,

even more so overnight.

You don't know. Peter had some things to say about

this as well.

Our brother read a cold text of Peter speaking in

the words whereas this then Peter and the other apostles

answered and said, we ought to obey.

God rather than men.

This was more than putting the thumbs in the ears

and we doing the figures the fingers are saying that,

not the.

Boo boo, we are the great men of God.

This was some men that's saying, we know what you're

trying to do. You're trying to shut us down. You're

trying to shut us up. Do you want the context

of what Peter was talking about?

Do you want it to? I feel like some of

you need it, whether you want it to or not.

Religious people just like some in this building, people that

would not miss a service right.

Here in the hub. What you they is, Why is

Peter make us such a bold statement.

It's because the Holy Ghost it's building the Church of

Jesus Christ right in the epicenter. What you they is

when Jesus said, you're a Peter upon this rocker, I

build my church and that gains a hair shown to

prevent a districture. He was talking about Annas Acomplice and

the members.

Of the Roman government.

I'll build my church right here in the epicenter. Un

to theism old my God. I'm telling you, when them

me and put Peter in prison for doing what he

was doing perfectly. He both count. I'm telling her, what

a spiritual hel God. God's building a church right in

front of your very eyes. God's making our young people

Pentecostal right in front.

Of your very eyes.

These young people have walked out of their prayer causes

have become practicing Tenecostal.

Saints right in front of your very eyes.

I'm telling you, Peter and the Apostles, by the power

or the Holy Girls, We're building her.

Churchill right in front of their eyes. Amen, Sis, the

house of shouting, right in front of your eyes. She

did it this morning.

She did it tonight, Sister Wootons the tongue talking right before.

Your very eyes. She did it this morning. She did

it tonight. I felt liberty in my soul this morning.

I feel liberty in my soul tonight, right in front

of your very eyes. You see, the.

Numbers of Christians is rapidly increasing, and the Jewish leaders

are madly, insanely jealous, and they take action, and Brother Nathaniel,

they apprehend and arrest some of the Apostles and put

them in jail. But nearing the night behind closed doors,

if you would, in their prayer of closet an angelill

open the door and liberated God's men. What did the

Angel say? What did the Angel say, Bible scholars? Did

he say, go by, come into the prayer, calls it

and praise secret to me?

He didn't say, go and play secretly.

No, he said go and staying, ride in the center

of Jerusalem and preach again. They're in their caybon knuckles,

They're in their synadolt, they preach it again. Hold, I

can't just stand up. Let's say call it a god.

Right in hockey the time of knuckle.

He didn't say, crawl up behind the stopping popes.

He didn't say when.

The whole church is standing up and God is saying shot.

He didn't say, crawl up under the pool and I like,

you're praising him privately?

How about about two? Don't think about that, my buck, Hey, ma'am.

And you know what these men did. They did it publicly.

They did it publicly. They were told by government, city.

Officials and religious leaders not to utter a word.

That's what your boss has been telling you for a

good wile.

Now, your pastor and your preacher, and the Holy ghost

here and Jesus has been telling you for a good

wile now you better get loose. You better shake loose.

You better praise the little publicly, right in the midst

of the congregation. You better show you one of less.

You better manifest your identity.

You better reveal who you are.

You can't worship him in secret. I'm telling you. Those

that worship him secretly, they worship him publicly. Those that

worship him purely pile, they worship him publicly. Your boss

has been telling you for now while now they your profit.

The devil has been telling you for a while. Now

you ain't supposed to get loud. Your boss has been

telling you for a while now.

He worshiped God. His secret with God, city courtet.

Why inside and down the road it happened.

What in the world he's wrong with that? I said,

what in the lode? Here's long with that? Everything is

love with that?

The angel said, go and stand in the temple and

preach the words of this life. But I've been arrested,

I've been made fun of. I've been in prison for

this very thing. Do it again, do it again? Will

I worship God? Years ago? I shouted, I had a

break three years ago, get one again, do it again.

I'll come out of the calls it years ago. Why

don't you go back into the closet.

Hey, it's time.

When we pushed the Christians out of the closet, the

homoseensuals came out, and the Christians walked in. I said,

the homosexuals came out of the Christians walked in.

Don't tell me. I don't know what I'm talking about.

The very few churches anymore have a desire whatsoever to

reach outside the poor wharf.

It's time somebody called out of the shell.

What was it, William mccatherine Booth or somebody had over

the doors of their sanctuaries, their little meeting houses, their places.

Of public worship.

Wasn't it something like you come in in order to receive,

and you go out to serve.

There was something along them like, hey, this church and

that church, this church and that church. Who calling that

to keep from name calling.

They have no desire whatsoever to knock on somebody's door

and say, here is a fire, we'd love to have

you at church.

When these men of God proclaimed the word of.

God the way they did. When Mary Magdalene walked past

the wonly gone to get to where Jesus was that

she was not a closet and prayer warrior. She was

not a clause a praise warrior. She got out into

public and asked everybody that would answer her, where is he?

Where? Oh?

Where he is he? These men did what the Lord

wanted them to do publicly.

I feel like tonight God's gonna tell somebody you go

and you stand and you proclaim His goodness publicly.

And if you don't know about God.

God may tell you to go out there and just

come on Saturday and stand roadside and do it. I'm

telling you're playing with fire because God has let me know.

You're ashamed of him. You're in parised. It doesn't matter

how sweet you are, it doesn't matter how egret you

are about worship.

Anybody that comes from a background that told us not

to worship was evident with somebody.

That didn't really read.

Their Bible, because how can you get around.

The corporate way.

My the Father Lord with me, He love us, insult

His name.

Together together.

Together.

Yes, David could do it. Yes aesuph could do it.

Yes the priest could do it. Y'all listen to what

Peter and these men of God began to tell those

religious leaders. Brother Rod Cap, they began to call names.

These men had.

Spent three and a half years with Jesus. He did

not do anything privately.

Hey, the Apostle Paul had an out take on that

brother rod Cap. What did the apostle Paul have to

say about these things that Jesus did?

He said, in midday, old King, I saw on the

way of life from heaven above the brightness of the

sun shining round about me. And then with journey with me,

we were falling to the ground, and heard a voice

speaking unto me and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul,

while persecutest thou me, It's hard for THEE to kick

against the Prince.

I said, who art thou Lord?

He said, I'm Jesus, whom thou persecutest. But rise and

stand upon thy feet. For I have appeared under THEE

for this purpose, to make THEE a minister, and to

witness both of these things which thou hast seen in

those things which appear unto THEE, delivering THEE from the people,

from the gentiles of whom now send THEE to open

their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light.

From the power of Satan. To God, that they.

May receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance of them among

them which are sanctified by the faith which.

Is in me.

He said, whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient

under the heavenly vision.

And as he does faiths.

Faith for himself fast, as said of the loved Forst. Paul,

thou art beside thyself, much.

Learning doth make thee man. And he said, I am

not mad amen.

Most novel festus, but speak for it the words of

truth and soberness. For the King knoweth of these things

before which I speak freely.

For I am.

Persuaded that none of these are hidden from him.

And this state was not done in a corner.

Read again, for this persuaded that the King knoweth these things.

And none of these things were done in a corner.

None of these things were done in a corner. The

apostle Paul's conversion was.

Done in the public, amongst people that were with him

with the same desire to persecute Christians. It was done

in public, just like a public profession of faith, just

like an open altar invitation, come center for him, come

down right here in the middle of this church house

and receive Jesus Christ. A lot of you got saved

in a church house. Apostle Paul went to the house

a dear.

Brother and a nus Anna.

Knaus was nervous about Paul being present because Paul was

never a shame to do what he was supposed to do,

just like Matthew. He was called to do what he

did with Jesus because he was never concerned about.

What other people thought about him. Are y'all getting there? So?

I'm telling you that candidate said, are these great men

of God.

To do what they did and become the apostle said.

That they were was because they were not at all

concerned about what somebody else all around them.

I'm knocking on somebody's door.

I'm standing right up front of some people in this

building tonight. When you think of Matthew, he arose and

followed Jesus. When you think of Peter's deliverates publicly, he

was to go and stand.

When you think of Apostle Paul, he was to go

there and the stand.

Who was he talking to Christos? He was standing in

front of the governor. He's standing in front of King Agrippa.

On another day, he's standing in front of the court

to nero hold another day.

This thing is not ever.

Gonna be done in a prayer calls it only it has.

Little been done in a corner.

I'm telling you, look, somebody better come out of the

corner Tonata. Somebody to come out on the cause of Tonata.

You need to be liberated.

And I a saying that, praising the Lord. Y'all.

Remember what Jesus had the apostles tell them people, Huh,

we're not careful at all. We're not careful at all.

Answer you can, We're not careful. Never can as We're

not careful, nor we concerned to speak up. We're not careful,

nor are we concerned to stick out like a sore thumb.

We're not concerned at all about rejecting your ultimatum publicly.

While all of the governors of the land are bowing

and kissing the dirt, they stood there. I'm telling you

you don't feel like you have to stand and worship publicly.

I am proving scripturally right here that whether man or woman,

these people at times had to take posture position publicly.

They had to step out and profess their faith. They

had to stand for what they believed them, and they

had to practice what they preached. What about our dear savior.

Whenever he came into the temple that day, brother Caleb,

he walked in and he observed some things that were

being practiced that should not have been. He was observing

a convenience religion, a religion of convenience. We'll just pick

up our sacrifice. Luck we picked up a big Mike

sandwich from McDonald's drive through. We'll just go to the

table and we'll get some turtle doves. I'll spin a

little extra, and i'll get a spotless lamb.

I'll spin a little.

Extra, and I'll get this, and I'll get that. Jesus

walked in and saw all them calls that it a

praise worshipers.

He saw them hiding behind this, and that he came in.

He overturned publicly. The tables are the money changers, the

Bible said. He overturned the seats of them that sold doves.

He did that publicly.

And you know what, he had some choice of expressions

and praises with the hypocrites that were in the building.

And I want to give it to some of you

here tonight.

Woe to you.

Is what Jesus said. Jesus went a little further than

I'm willing to go. He said, you all are hypocrites.

And another time he said, you are so blad O.

Come on, you have not received relation willingly, and you

had not responded to the revelation and night that God

has called you to be one of the true worshipers

that worship college spirit and being true, It's true that

Peter didn't come in like Jesus did, tossing furniture a realm.

It's true that Peter's personality wasn't quite exactly just like

Jesus was, because he was not the son of God

and he could not demand to be worshiped to sovereign.

It is true that Peter's temper was tempered just a

little bit, But you know what, he didn't back down

one bit when it come to public worship. He didn't

back down one bit when it come to public preaching.

Look at our gold in textas and this is what

I'm preaching about four to seven of you, and I

love you dearly. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men,

I'm yet to hear you can fast at Jesus's lord.

Ha ha haa haaha. I feel like you're saying it

in here. I feel like you're.

Expressing in here, But I'm yet to hear you stand

up like these preachers have done, come hell or high

water and declare his lordship. Hoh, come on, what's going on?

Aren't you a disciple? Aren't you a follower? Aren't you

willing to go with him every step of the way.

I really wonder, I really wonder, because we have not

showed the brotherhood and the sister led that's your one

of us. I said, we will, who worship him, grant

me tibra whosoever there fors y'all confess me before me

and him? Will I confess also before my father, which

is in heaven.

Your little pepsqueak worship and pepsqueak praise, Adeluia you thank God.

Here's it.

When you're supposed to do whatever you do with all

your heart, your mind, all your strength, with every fiber

of your building that temple that's his. In the sixteenth

chapter of this same gospel, we find Jesus approaching the

coast of Cesare Philippi. He had a question to ask

his disciples. As he's walking along with him. He asked

them to question, who do men say that I am?

And they answered and said, well, some say it's John

the Baptist preaching, some say it's Jeremiah the prophet, some

say it's Isaiah the Prophet. And Jesus turned and faced

off with them and said, but who do you say

that I am?

And you know what? Peter said, thou art the Christ,

the son of the Living God.

And Jesus said, Peter, bless him blood, ust not reveal

this under you, but my heavenly father. Hey, I'm yet

to hear you confess to ship. I'm yet to hear

you testify that God's kid all the time.

I'm yet to hear you testify her and seek descending health.

I'm yet to hear you say he God.

Is good her, Yes, he is her, He's good all

the timer.

What's a problem, I said.

What's your problem? He are you?

I'm as say, oh, are you not?

Are you what?

Ever? Sir? Here?

Are you not confessing to her me?

And there I said, confess him.

The poor men there, Jesus said, everybody who confesses me

before men, that is publicly, will be acknowledging.

By me and before my heaven and Father.

How many today are nonpracticing claus of the Christians. My Jesus,

you saynd like Joseph of.

Arimathea and Nicodema.

You know Nicodemus met with Jesus privately. I'd like to

talk to you, Hound of the black Belt sky. I'd

like to talk to you behind the building. I'm locked

to talk to you in secretive. Ally, I know what

a preacher said, but I'd rather talk to the preacher

about my praise and worship.

With him and his wife in the office.

In private. I'd like to send what I need to

say in a text message. Just sister, howell in private?

Or come on now?

You ain't with me right here tonight? Oh you some

of you letting me pull the wagon by myself, and

I'm only talking afoord of seven of you. Oh my

God in heaven, I've never felt like anybody like that

has worked the soccer in their body. There ought to

be a praise and continuing in your mountain. We're in

private pour in purblat. We praise him in front of

other disciples.

We praise him before me.

We confess him before men, we confess him before spouses,

we confess him before bolfriend and girlfriend. We confessed him.

Worshiping private is wonderful. Worshiping him in private is wonderful,

but so is worshiping him publicly. I'm trying to hurry.

I think I've said enough for you to understand this

God's will that you praise him publicly. The night some

of us were born again, we walked down publicly. We

have got right before God publicly. Not everybody's been saved

in a public setting. I'm telling you, though Matthew was

a public figure, he was somebody that was recognized.

So was Paul, so was Peter.

This thing's never been done in the corner. There's never

gonna be cause of the Christians get by. You can't

do wrong and get by, no matter how hard you try.

I'm telling you, these claus are Christians. There's forty seven

of you in our midst between seventy and eight of

us in this building, but there's four to seven of you.

It's scary how quiet you are. Y'all know.

I've never felt like I can trust the quiet ones,

I said. I've never felt like I could trust the

quiet ones. I've never felt like I could trust them

around my children. I never felt like I could trust.

Them around my church.

I've never trusted them quiet ones, You know what I'm saying.

Because of the Bible set out of the abundance of

the heart, the mouth speaks. And when I never hear

their mouth speaking the high praises of God, I realize

it ain't in there. You can say I've got private

worship going on. I'm having a private pentecostal inside of

my soul. Really, why does it not show up on

the outside. Why does it not show up by expressing.

The words, Hey, come on, I don't care how backwards

you are. I don't care how fastl you are, how

backwards you are. God told you, if.

You're His you will confess him before men, and you

will go ahead that proclaim his word publicly. Nicodemus, he

is one of those men, Brother Jesse. He's somebody. He

is somebody in the religion of Judaism. He's somebody that

knows the pentatout I'm telling you, somebody that knows the

Old Covenant inside and out. And he's also somebody that

knows there's something to this man Jesus. And so when

it gets privately, he's asking, how can I be converted?

How can I become one of these? But you know what,

Brother Nathaniels, you study the life from Nicodemus, you find

that he starts speaking out, and that's what blesses us.

That's what identifies him as a prospect to be a believer.

That's what gives us the signals that this man is

becoming one of us. It's because Nicodemus starts standing up

for Jesus in the list.

Of the council.

He starts speaking out of turn, and he starts speaking up.

And the same goes for Joseph of Arimathea. But can

I tell you Jesus was crucified. Joseph of Arimathea regretted

not doing some things publicly, and that very wealthy businessman,

he went publicly to the governor's officer, and he boldly

craved the body of Christ. I said, he boldly crave

the body of Christ. But sister Howell, he did not

do it alone. Nicodemus, he came over there. And you

know what, these men are no longer secretly and privately

followers of Jesus. They're walking out there in front of

God and everybody.

They are not ashamed for the man that died for

them publicly.

I said, they're not a shame of a man to

put one hand to the beam and another hand to

the beam.

A stripped naked publicly and died for them.

Oh my God, if you just learn how to crave

to worship him Christ, I'll tell us somebody him miss

me on a good night. Nicodemus would tell you it

don't work when it is tunny secret. There's no blessing

at all when it's in the calls. I said, this

time you come up out of the calls.

This time you've come.

Over the calls. I could hear it now.

Brother Nathaniel represents Nicodemus, Brother Jesse represents Joseph Avermatheah. If

them two officers of your two's are unlocked going them doors,

I'm putting a call on you right here, sister Wooten.

They had been a causeted worshiper, brother Brock when the

Sanhedrin talked, these men said, we all know there's something

to it. You know why Gamaliel did not get to

join Apostle Paul when he wrote the Ponine Epistles, because

Gamalil remained undecided. If it's a God, it'll sort itself out.

But there was a little schoolboy that had been sitting

at the feet of Gamaliel.

He said, you know what, we all know there's something

to this.

And I got saved down there on a street side service.

Oh my God.

And you know what, when Joseph and Nicodemus got tired

of meeting privately, and they got tired of worshiping privately,

they burst out of their offices. They come on in

the hub of two the years from the center of Jerusalm,

the epicenter, and they said, you don't want It's time

that we confess him before me.

It's tired, and.

We acknowledge him as king of kings and Lord up

for lords. What about you right now? Are you willing

the public thing acknowledge? Give them her pass your round, heady.

Somebody needs to publicly step out, and somebody he needs

to publicly hecky, speak up.

It's time to all to service.

Somebody needs to publicly step out.

Somebody needs to publicly speak out.

Nicodemus couldn't go by nye.

Indefinitely, I said.

Nicodemus couldn't go by night indefinitely.

Apostle Paul said, for I am not ashamed of the

Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God

on the salvation of everyone the believer to the Chief

first and also to their Greek. So many can apostle

and holding his Christians now are trying to blend in

with us. Look at the of this wicked, simful world.

They sure are, they sure are. Here's how they're doing it,

like Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea. For right now we're

gonna go back in on calls. It It ain't sister

how you're.

Waiting on tonight. Jesus is waiting on you. It's not

sister waiting you're waiting on tonight. This is not Brother Jesse,

Nor is it Brother Lathaniel.

You're waiting on tonight. It's not Brother Philip you're waiting

on tonight. I don't know where you need to stand,

but I know somebody syster how they need to stand

up and they need to speak out publicly. I don't

know who it is, brother Brock, but I've seen you

do it. I've seen Brother Brock get on this platform,

stand up and speak out publicly. I've seen Brother Richard

Jacobs stand up and speak out publicly. I've seen Brother

Jonathan Larrymore Sr. Stand up and speak out publicly. I've

seen brother Justin Road Cat stand up and speak out

publicly for years, right here in.

The front of this polpire. Sister, I just know that

God just showed me who you are. Sister. You know

what you want to do. It's time that you come

out of the closet.

It's time that you shake yourself out of that shell.

If you don't do it tonight, I don't know that

you'll ever do it.

I a preave to to you spiritually that you're supposed

to worship God publicly.

We'll get about yourself and concentrate on Him. Right They spilled.

Out into the streets from the upper room. They spilled

out of their pay of calls. It's into the general public.

Sister, Sister, you better they God tonight.

I'm telling you, brother, brother, you better not be ashamed

of the Lord. If I was a brother, after watching

my pastor preach himself Holmost to death, there is no

way how we let the spirit.

Of Cride beat me back tonight.

If you're a brother and you know you need to

make a public profession, I believe like itn't it punishes

to how this space always stays open when it comes

time to do something, isn't it something? How this particular

space always remains void and vacant when we know we're

supposed to do something. You know what when Nicodemus came

out of the cause it as a Christian, sister, how

there was no longer a doubt in anyone else's mind

that he was a Christian.

And that's what I'm telling you, sister.

It's a guess on our part whether or not to

one of us because of your life.

Because what does for public profession? Told my godter, but

I check that. Jesus said, if.

You don't confess it before me, I will not confess you.

Preform my comely.

Daughter, stand up publicly, speak out publicly.

That's it, Sister Waite, praised in publicly. That's indiculive with

someone that praises impart of me.

Oh man, the goverments are killing up the space there

is ald in God for sisters. They're still wing for

God here. It's still called for concern. It's still room

for God over here. Brother, it's just feeling up his space.

It's time we praise in protectry. I said, it's time

we praise a professor prognatly, Brother Jessey, I want.

You remember the thing you're to play and sing that song.

I don't know what you came to do, but I

came to praise the Lord. I don't know what y'all

came to do, but I came to praise the Lord publicly. Oh,

I'm a feeling it in this building, I said, I'm

a feeling it in this building. I'm a feeling it

in this building. I don't know what to do. Are

you serious?

You're pentecosta. I don't know what to do. Are you serious?

You've got examples?

I don't know what to do. Are you serious God's

something or what to do? I don't know what to do?

Are you serious?

Well, come on, now, we know what to do. This

thing ain't been done in a corner. Death has never

had worship service in a corner. We've never hit behind

a tree. We never hear it behind a stuff. We

never here behind a back to you, We've never here

behind the church. This thing ain't getting done in a corner.

I said.

This thing isn't being down in a closet. Somebody that'll

come out, come out, closet. Come on, I don't know

what you came to do, but I came to page

in publicly. It's for the seven of you. You need

to learn how to praise him from your.

Heart publicly, because it's worthy. That's why.

Forget about yourself and get beside yourself and God, forget

about yourself here out here, he man. Why is it

hard to raise those hands? Why is it hard to

leap for joy? Why is it hard to start?

Repeat? Why is it hard to tap your hands? Why

is it hard to take a run? Why is it hard?

Because the boss as a taskmaster, and his burden and

is headed. Yeah, will take his yoke upon Jesus a joke,

Take his yoke upon you, Take his burden upon you.

His yoke is easy, and his burden is lighted. Y'all

go ahead and sing it.

Why I don't do what you paid to do you?

I gave the prison long, WY don't know.

You, but I didn't raise the Lord.

I don't know when you can't and I can't the

bridge ball. I don't mean I don't leave your prisonlong.

I don't know when you can't the thing and I say.

Bridgelong, I don't know when you.

Thank you, but I say the bros along the lid

of When you say, then I had raising long, I

let me your prison all.

Hell, I don't know if you can't steal.

I pay the path I have.

I don't know.

You can't see, but.

I can't the pat my head like lot.

Of what you say, because you know I say, I

don't mean you on the.

Path, you take it.

I say the praise along.

I don't know if you thank you? I pay the

broklawd of do you say?

You say the braids along and.

Break don't know what you tank?

But I paid to praise alone.

I don't know if you say I said the boys

the lord.

I don't know if.

You say that, I said the bird the lord praise.

Ren't know but you thank you? But God?

They say the lead the job, You say the job and.

He had a praise. Don't know when you thank this

pray along?

You ting say the boys along.

About paying the birds of.

Me?

Pray along?

I don't know what these things bad. Don't know you.

Break along.

These that I say, play along a break along?

I don't know what he'd.

Do.

They beginning a lot about the door. Well, I don't

know what these things I say about the door. I

pray along.

A lot as the birds these the birds.

You don't know what he say?

I pray the Lord.

I mean, I mean you pray all. I don't know. Again,

I go to prayer long.

He signed again to pray Lord.

Don't know what he's tame again.

I've got the prayer to last time.

Pray don't know my good sang again? Tant a praise along.

Don't know I'm shown to pray long, say again.

The play along to pray along. Don't know what you say?

You know what I t a praise the law.

I saw the prayer the Lord him.

I don't know what you can't I say to praise along,

praise Along.

I don't care what you pay to be.

I'm don't want to praise alone.

Well, I don't pay what you paint.

I'm don't want to praise the law.

But I don't care what you say.

I say to praise.

Alt praise Along.

I don't know what you paste.

I need to praise Along.

I don't do if I say the praise the law,

I don't do, he says, I.

Don't mean I ain't to say I said to.

Praise the law.

Why did some goods there.

I sat to praise the Lord.

I ain't come to good I said to praise the law.

I don't mean. I don't mean Bradlow.

I don't know what you say again.

I think the phrase long. I don't know if you

say anything. I say to play from hard.

Yeah, don't go.

You say I can to braid the last I knew

I praise law.

How do you say, I say the five, I don't

do it. I say the whole.

I don't go, She says again.

I don't know what you say again.

I can a list from all.

I don't know when you saying I say that.

I don't know what you came to do. I can't

live my army.

I don't mean.

Break the law. Well, I don't know when.

You can't down. I say to get out of my

tan red.

I don't know what you changing in. I came to

get out.

Really don't know when you say.

I say to get out my teeth.

I haven't he.

Breaks along. I don't go if you think I can

the breads along.

I don't know when you change again. I got the

prais the logs there? Hard?

You say again, I came a bird the.

Law bread along.

You.

I don't know what these things.

I can't to let my boy. I don't know when

you change it in, I can't. I don't know what

you think again, I can't alive.

I don't mean you up.

I didn't move you up for real. I don't go

when you think again.

I think the praison all all. I.

I don't go when you.

Think a g I say the praise of all.

I don't know that you think.

I to pray.

I ain't leave out.

I didn't leave you the rason all.

I don't know what you think I had the prince

of all real.

I don't go when you thank the deal. I think

the prison all real. I don't know what you think.

I can't the long.

I ain't up for res.

I don't know what you can do.

I had to bring them off. I don't know if

you can't give I think to bring them all.

I don't know what you tay to do.

I can't burn them off. I don't mean I don't

need your bread them all. Yeah. I don't know what

you trying to do.

But I ain't a play my hair.

I don't know what you taste. I say to fry

my hand well, I don't know what you try to

get me I to find my hand. I don't really

I don't know your bread b