Locked Up But Not Alone - Bro Jonathan Edwards 7-15-2026

Amen.

I sure and thankful to be in the house of

the Lord. I'm thankful for the sweet holy ghost that

we have felt thus far. There's truly no other other thing,

other person of the role I would rather be than

an old time Christian.

Amen.

It don't get no much better than that. It don't

get better than that at all. Living in holiness, purity, Amen, sanctification,

living by the Word, that's how I like it.

Amen.

I do want to say, we do miss our pastor.

We know he's on the King's business.

Amen.

Taken care of of matters that you know do matter?

Amen.

They all things, Amen matter to the Lord. Whenever it

comes to the flock. Amen, he don't just throw one

person out and say, you know you're out there.

I've got attend to my ninety nine. Amen.

He'll be back, and I'm thankful for that. But I

sure am thankful he looks out for that one. Amen, sheep,

we're gonna be looking over in Acts chapter sixteen, in

verse number twenty two, I do want to say, I'm

thankful for the given from each and everyone.

This is what the Lord laid on my heart for tonight.

Over in Acts chapter sixteen and verse twenty two, it says,

and the multitude rose up together against them, and the

magistrates rent off their clothes and commanded to beat them.

And when they had laid many strips upon them, they

cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, who,

having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner

prison and made their feet fast in stalks. And at

midnight Paul and Silas praised and sang praises, prayed and

sang praises unto God, and the prisoners heard them, and

suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations

of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors

were open, and everyone's bands were loosed. And the keeper

of the prison, awakening out of his sleep and seeing

the prison doors open, and he drew his sword and

would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled,

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, do thyself

no harm, for we are all here. Then he called

for a light and sprang in and came trembling and

fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out

and said, sirs, what must I do to be saved?

And they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and

thou shalt be saved and thy house. If the Lord

will help me just for a little bit, I want

to preach on locked up, but not alone. Let's pray

here to not Dear God, We pray, Lord, would you

please us come by Lord God and anoint God your preacher. Lord.

Would you please us help him God to preach what

dos saith the Lord God. Would you please u anoining

us God and help us Lord to say only what

you would have us to say.

God, we pray tonight, would you please us come by

Lord and help us God, just a humble servant God, God.

Not mine will be done, Lord, but your will be done,

Heavenly Father, we prayed, God. Would you please just come

by Lord and move God and help us Lord God.

To say only what you would have us to say.

God, Lord, we thank you Jesus, and we give you

the honor, the praise, and the glory in Jesus' name.

We praying Amen Amen.

Leading up to our scriptures we read, we find towards

the beginning of this sixteenth chapter, how Paul has a

vision appear unto him to go over into Macedonia to

preach and he goes Amen, unto the people, and Paul

knew he had to be about his father's business.

Amen.

Whenever he had that vision, Amen, he knew there was

no procrastinating, Amen, no waiting around.

Amen.

He knew he had to get everything in order, Amen,

and get about what God had showed him. And we

find in verse number twelve how he came into Philippi,

which was the chief city of the part of Macedonia,

and the Amen.

He did a go for a certain amount of days. Amen.

The Bible was not clear on how many days he

stayed there. Amen.

But as we see, God had great plans along this journey,

and many souls were saved and lives were changed because

of the man of God having an ear bent towards

hearing what thus said the Lord, but also being obedient Amen,

and taken action.

Amen. In Verse number thirteen reads like this.

It says that on the Sabbath, we went out of

the city by riverside, where praying was wont to be made,

and we sat down and spake unto the women, which

resorted thither.

Amen.

While they journeyed out of this city, Amen, and came

by the river side and sat down.

Amen.

And began to speak Amen, impooring to women, and the

women that were there, Amen, no doubt, worshiping Amen, and

had a song in their heart.

Amen.

And there we find how God began to work in

individuals lives, and how it was truly made clear why

Paul Amen was sent to Macedonia.

Amen. Number fourteen.

Amen says, and a certain woman named Lydia, a seller

of purple, of the city of thyrah Tyra, which worshiped God,

hurt us, whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended

unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

Amen.

And how it must have done Amen's sister Lydia good

that day.

Amen, just to know. Amen, Hey we're down here by

the river.

Amen, But here comes Paul and Silas Amen, about to

preach the gospel. Amen, and spread the good news.

Amen.

No doubt they had traveled a long ways, but hey,

they're here. Amen, They're here to feed us.

Amen. She believed.

Amen, the men of God Amen had to say what

they had to say. Amen, and so much more Amen

wanted to hear it over. In verse number fifteen, it

says that when she was baptized and her household, she

besought us, saying, if ye have judged me to be

faithful to the Lord.

Come into my house and abide there. Amen.

Verse fifteen makes it clear to us that Amen, she

wasn't the only one there. Amen, It said the amen,

or a whole house was baptized. We don't know how

many exactly was in her house, or how many was

down there by the river, Amen, but no doubt it

was a great multitude.

Amen. Amen.

And we find Amen. And she asks them, Amen, come

and abide at my house.

Amen. And as she invited them to go and abide into.

Her house, no doubt, to refresh theirselves and rest themselves

from such a long journey that they had, it seemed

like everything, Amen, was going good. And yes, there was

many great things that did happen after that. But jumping

from there, Amen, over to verse number sixteen, it seemed

like the devil, Amen try to put a spin on

some things.

Amen.

Amen, But Trueman of God, Amen, don't cower down amen

to what the devil puts. Amen, a spin on situations. Amen,

I'm thankful that we have a pastor.

Amen.

I'm about to read it, but I'm thankful we don't

have a pastor.

Amen. When the enemy tries to come in. Amen.

Don't look for a way out. Amen, don't try to

look for a way to run and go and hide.

Amen.

Because right here in verse number sixteen, it says, and

it came to pass as we went to prayer, a

certain damsel possessed with the spirit of divination met bus,

which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

Amen.

Right there, Amen, divination means demonic or human rituals rather

than God's divine revelation. So truly, right there, that explains Amen,

that this damsel had been messing around with some wrong things, Amen,

and had become possessed by a devil.

Amen.

No doubt she wished she never would have had part

of Amen. But still right there, that didn't throw fear

into paul in Silas's life.

Amen.

That didn't make them turn and go and say, you

know what, it's been good so far. I know God

sent us out here and so far Amen. With Lydia

in her house, that's all let up. Amen, it's been good.

Amen. But now we're dealing with the devil possessed damsel. Amen.

That didn't Amen, make them turn and go. Amen. Right

there in verse is seventeen.

Amen, it says the same followed Pete followed Paul and

Us and Crist saying, these men are the servants of

the most tight God, which show us under this way

of salvation.

And this did she many days.

But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit,

I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to

come out of her.

As he came out the same hour. Amen.

It said that when her masters saw that the hope

of their gains were going, they caught Paul, caught Paul

and Silace and drew them into the marketplace and the rulers.

So right here Amen, Paul. Amen said, Hey, I gotta

deal with this situation.

Amen. Not everything's gonna be a bed of roses. Amen.

Here's a person Amen that's not like Lydia.

Amen if you was the total opposite. Amen. But she

needs to hear the word of God. Amen. And if

she doesn't want to hear, you know what I'll do.

I'll just go ahead, amen and command the dead would

go out of her.

Amen. And that's what he done.

Amen, he come in the Amen the devil to go.

And I believe Amen. When God has a man Amen,

with such a relationship.

As that, Amen. When the devil. Amen is rebuked. Amen.

The devil has to go out.

Amen. But there was some men that day. If you

want the men over her Amen. Her masters didn't like

it too much.

Amen. Amen, they didn't like it. Amen. That are sooth

saying was gone.

Amen, because you know if that man Amen, their pockets

Amen would be running a little bit dry.

Amen. They wouldn't be getting all the extra money. Amen.

They would be Amen if she wouldn't have had the

devil cast out of her Amen.

Brock there it still rings true today. Amen.

When the pastor, Amen, the preacher, the man of God

is on a mission, Amen, starts to tear down what

the devil has built for those Amen. Those foul spirits

Amen tried to come in and destroy.

Amen. So many people Amen, get upset with them. Amen.

Amen, that's why we must pray Amen in fast Amen

for the man of God who is challenging.

Amen, those devils to be gone. Amen.

That's why we must get in behind the man of

God who stands in the gap.

Amen. And tried to drive back to the demons of Hell. Amen.

I don't know how many masters she had over her

that day. Amen.

There could have been a hor multitude of people Amen.

Amen came against Paul and Silas.

Amen.

But I believe it was one or two amen, or

fifty or sixty Amen.

They didn't back down, they didn't tuck telling run.

You know what it took, Amen, It took them guys

having to bring them into a certain place Amen, and

capturing them, Amen, and locking them up and putting them

in a prison cell.

Hallelujah. Amen.

Paul and Silas was not trying to teach customs amen,

as they have been accused of. They were just offering

a cure amen of hope, Amen, A cure Amen of repentance. Amen,

A cure Amen that you can be washed by the

blood if you really do want it.

Amen.

So don't accuse Amen, the man of God in your life.

Amen.

Who Amen, he's not trying to teach you just a custom, Amen,

something that'll get you by. He's just offering you a

cure Amen, Amen, that your sins could be washed away.

Amen.

Don't amen fuss accused the pastor Amen and say you

know what, Amen, He's really not on my side.

Amen. I'm telling you he's.

Offering, Amen, you a cure, Amen, just like Paul Amen

offered the damsel of cure that day. Amen, although it amen,

send him into prison.

Amen.

Amen, our pastor would go into prison for you to

not Amen.

I believe it took amen for that devil to come out. Amen.

I pray, amen, Tony, that some people will just take

keen Amen to what's being said. Amen, in these services, Amen,

and the revivals, Amen, that we've been heven Amen.

And at this.

Point Amen, they knew Amen. They were both locked up, tired, Amen.

Their feet was fasteneding stalks. And on top of that, Amen,

they were in the inner prison.

Amen.

The people amen charged the prisoner. Amen, you better take

you better take care of these guys. Don't let them

come out if you would, Amen, So you better cast

them in a place Amen, where no man can get

to them.

Amen. And they have nowhere to get out. Amen.

But if you look at it here right there, I

believe you'll find it in verse number twenty four. Who

have received such a charge thrust them into the inner

prison and made their feet fast in stalks.

Amen. They were bound tight that day. Amen.

To a lot of people. They would have gave them

no hope to get out of there.

Amen.

But Amen, they knew they were locked up. But they

also knew Amen that day. You know what, I'm not alone.

I'm on my Amen, the father's business.

Amen. I've done what Amen, I know what to do.

I've obeyed on Amen.

I'd say that they wasn't in prison Amen, because of

a sinful act.

Amen. They wasn't in prison.

Amen, called them a foolish Ackno, so many people we

see today, Amen. And they knew they weren't alone Amen.

Not because Paul had Silas or Silace had Paul, or

because there was a jailer amen keeping close watch on them.

And no doubt they were with the prisoners amen around them.

So they had Amen. If you would maybe a little

bit of company Amen, or Amen, Paul, Amen can look

over there, Silace and say, you know what, I'm not alone, Amen.

Because you're right here.

But they both knew Amen, there's a higher power Amen

in the house.

Amen.

They knew Amen, God was beside them, Amen. And they

knew the Holy Ghost was overshadow on them.

Amen.

So I want to tell you tonight, and I might

not be really preaching to a sinner particularly, but I

want to preach amen to the satan myself.

Amen.

There's sometimes the devil will try to come in Amen,

and fast Amen. A stalk around us Amen, and try

to throw into a temptation.

Amen our way.

Amen. But we must realize amen. Just because he thinks Amen,

we're locked up.

Amen. Don't have to make us face to feed. Amen.

We don't hey man have to look and say, Amen,

you know what, I'm not alone?

Amen. They knew that day they weren't alone.

Hallelujah, Praise God, Amen, Thank you Lord, Hallelujah. Paul and

Silas was in a physical jail Amen, with physical stalks

on their feet.

Amen.

It don't have to be a physical sell Amen. It

don't have to be a physical prison Amen. For you

to feel bound in your life, like I said. Amen, Amen,

no Christian Amen, living right will be bound. But that's

where it starts.

Amen.

There's small things, amen, small stalks that the devil tries

to Amen. Clamp on that leg amen, or when you

put your hand, they tries to grab your hand and say,

you know what, I got you right there?

Amen.

But all the experiences that you had in the Holy

ghost Amen, makes you just want to say that you

know what, devil. Amen, I'm not alone. Amen, I've got

Amen so much Amen. A higher power Amen, overshadowing me. Amen, hallelujah.

It says right there in Amen, verse number twenty five. Amen,

it says in at midnight, Paul and Silace prayed and

sing praise is unto God, and the prisoners heard them.

Amen.

Paul and Silas knew what they had to do, Amen,

to receive a breakthrough.

Amen.

I don't know what songs they were singing, what songs

they would have had back then, but no doubt they

were songs of praise, Amen, songs of rejoicing Amen, songs

of you know what, Lord, I've been obedient under you.

Amen. You hear my cry.

This is my only hope to get out of the

state that I'm in.

Amen.

God, If you'll just overshadow us. Amen, we'll go on

about our journey.

Amen.

Amen, and still be faithful Amen. Ministers, Amen, and faithful

servants unto you.

Hallelujah. Amen.

Paul and Silace wasn't the only men up. If you

look over there and acts chapter number four, you'll find, Amen,

we're other great men of God.

Amen, face some persecution. Amen.

You'll find where Peter and John Amen. After the amen

had been laid at the gate called beautiful Amen, And

after they told him, Amen, you know what, rise up

and walk.

Amen.

We don't have silver and goat for you, amen, but

we serve a god Amen.

Much better than that. Amen. Rise up and walk. Came

in after all that. Amen.

Over in verse chapter number four. Amen, as they began

to speak.

Amen. There's some men that had a problem with them amen.

The priest amen, the captain of the temple amen, the

sad you sees.

Amen.

They came against them that day Amen, and they locked

them up.

Amen.

But you'll find right there in verse number four Amen.

The five thousand men believed that day. And I believe

that Peter and John was right here.

Amen.

They would say, you know what, Amen, we were locked

up that night. We had to spend the night in jail.

But hey, there's five thousand men that just believed. Right there, Amen,

I'd do it all over again. There's five thousand more

that just received God as their savior.

Amen. Amen. How amen, far would you go? Amen? For

your neighbor? Amen, how far would you go? Amen? Amen?

For with the burden, Amen, for the pastor amen, amen,

the countless knights Amen. He said, you know what, I'm

willing to stay up and stick it out with them.

Amen. Would you be willing to do the same. Amen.

Peter and John, Amen, Paul and Silas Amen had a

heart Amen towards the people of God.

Amen. They had a heart. Amen.

If it goes good, Amen, praise the Lord. And if

we get thrown in jail, Amen, God's gonna bring us out.

Hallelujam and acts chapter four.

Amen.

In verse number eighteen, it says, and they called them

and commanded them to speak.

Amen. This is now mind you. This is after Peter. Amen.

They were locked up counsel. Amen. Done called them, and

he had a sermon to preach to them. Amen. He

didn't keep his mouth shut. Amen.

Over there, in verse number thirteen, it says, now when

they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived

that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled and

they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus.

Amen. Those men of God had been with Jesus. Amen.

That's why they had Amen, the.

Power of the Holy ghost dwelling on the inside to say,

you know what, Amen, if you take me that, that's

what you gotta do to make me happy.

Amen.

I'm just happy knowing Amen, that there's five thousand more

that's being outed.

Amen.

But right there in verse number eighteen, it says, and

they called them and commanded them naught to speak at all,

nor teaching the name of Jesus. But Peter and John

answered and said under them, whether it be right in

the sight of God to hearken under you more than

unto God judging Amen. If it matters more to you

that we don't speak, amen, or if it matters unto us, Amen.

You're gonna be the judge on that Amen. But God's

gonna be the judge over my personal life. Amen.

So in verse number twenty, Amen, he goes on and says,

we for we cannot but speak Amen, the things which

we have seen and heard.

Amen.

For we amen, we can't amen not expressing Amen, How

could you not express it?

We spend a night in jail. Amen. But I'm still amen.

Gonna amen profess Amen that the Lord amen is King

of Kings.

Amen.

And that feels amen a amen healed Amen, that there

was five thousand souls just saved.

Amen. I'm telling you to not.

We can't hold back our praise amen, even if the

seas like during the lowest spot Amen, or if it

seems like you're in the tightest quarters bound.

Amen. I'm telling you that's a way to get unbound.

Amen, is lifting up the name of Jesus, Amen, and

lifting up some praise under him.

Hallelujah, Praise God, Hallelujah, Thank you Lord. Amen. Looking back

over Amen.

At the sixteenth chapter of Acts, Amen, you'll find Amen,

where like I said in verse number twenty five, Amen,

at midnight, Paul and Silas prayed and saying, praise is

under God, and the prisoners heard them, And suddenly there

was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the

prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were open,

and everyone's bands were loosed. And the keeper of the prison,

awakening out of his sleep and seeing the prison doors open,

he drew out his sword and would have killed himself,

supposing that the prisoners had been fled. That shows you

right there what those men meant to those people.

Amen.

That prisoner, Amen knew if they catch me, and they

know that them guys have gotten loose, Amen, those men

of God are back out there the gospel.

They're gonna have my height. Amen. So Amen.

In his mind, Amen, he thought, you know what, I'm

just gonna go ahead and take it myself.

Amen. But it says Paul cried with the loud voice, saying,

do thyself no harm, for we are all here. Then

he caught for a light.

And sprang in and came trembling and fell down before

Paul and Silas and brought them out and said, sirs,

what must I do to be saved? And I don't know, amen,

what you're going through to not but you must realize, amen,

what I'm going through at this moment.

I'm not alone. Amen.

And there's a God in heaven Amen, saying Amen, come

and dine.

Amen. The Master's calling, come and dine. Amen.

And but you must have a heart like that, Amen.

Prison guard to say, what must I do? Amen, to

be saved? What must I do to get the shackles?

Amen? That the devil's trying? Amen off of me. Hallelujah.

They said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou

shalt be saved. And the house Amen, you'll find later on.

I'm not gonna be too much longer, but you'll find

later on.

Amen.

How that prison guard amen took them to his house, Amen,

and how he cleaned Amen, the wounds on Paul and

Silas's back Amen.

Amen. And how he just cleaned them up. Amen.

A man Amen that was stood there Amen and fought

against him. If you would, if you were willing to

guard one of God's men, Amen, you are no doubt

against them.

Amen.

But he went from Amen being against him, to say,

and you know what, come on to my house, Amen,

I've got something for you. I'll try to at least

make it up. Amen, because you told me about a

man named Jesus.

Amen.

I'm thankful amen that we have a man of God

Amen that teaches us.

Amen. Amen.

And all the times Amen, that the world puts strips

in our back.

Amen.

He cries out and says, Amen, you know, come on

to bathl Amen. We're willing to offer you some restoration.

Amen. We're willing to offer you amen, some rehabilitation. Amen.

If we could all stand here tonight over.

In Isaiah chapter fifty nine, in verse nineteen, it says, show,

so shall I fear, They fear the name of the

Lord from the west and his glory from the rising

of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like

a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up

a standard against him.

Amen. I'm thankful that we have a God. Amen. Amen. Amen.

Whenever it may be midnight, Amen, midday in the morning,

it don't matter.

Amen.

But when the enemy tries to come in, Amen, and amen,

clamp those shackles on you. Amen, are come in and

try to pollute your heart and mind Amen, with things

you know they shouldn't be there.

Amen. I'm thankful amen that there's a Amen. Amen.

If comes in like a flood, the spirit of the

Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

Amen.

The devil amen really amen, Man, he tries to tempt Amen,

and he tries to make people turn around. But when

the Holy Ghost is overshoot on you, Amen. All you've

gotta do is keep looking Amen, towards the sun, Amen,

and looking towards Amen from when it's come with your help.

And I just love the Lord, and I'm thankful.

If anybody, Amen, feels led to pray tonight, if we

could just gather around, Amen and amen, search your souls.

The not