Death by Misadventure - Bro Jeremy Howell 6-19-2024

You're down right, then, amen, vision had not been to the Lord

adventure. Praise the Lord. It's so good to be in the house of

the Lord tonight. We do miss our sound man, our sound technician,

Brother Jeneremiah, his bride, sister Leah, and their two precious children,

sister Elena and brother Ezra. We're thankful that God has kept his hand upon

their children. They went on vacation to escape something work. They went on

vacation to get some R and R, and they worked, and they've got

no rest and found no relaxation. But I know God is mindful of them.

How many of you want to plan a vacation. I'm sure everybody in

this building wants to plan a vacation, But you wouldn't plan spending three days

and nights in the hospital region while on vacation, eleven hours away from home.

That's not pleasant. That is unpleasant. Their adventure became a misadventure.

I want to preach a message the Holy ghost title death by misadventure, Death

by misadventure. Brother Nathaniel, will you turn with us to the Book of

Matthew, chapter number fifteen and verse number fourteen. Brother Jesse, First Corinthians,

Chapter number eleven and verse number one. Are you glad to be in

the House of the Lord tonight? I appreciate you making it a priority to

be here. There's no better place and no more important place to be than

in the House of the Lord. I feel like I need to be here.

I'm glad you're here. I'm glad I'm not in this place by myself

tonight. I would be here if I had to be here by myself.

But it's so much better having you all here. You all look great of

telling you God's been good to us some of your agent since we've been here

in sixteen years. You look a little bit different than you did sixteen years

ago, And I look different from how I did sixteen years ago. Somebody

handed me a picture recently of us having dinner on the church ground out there

in the pole barn, and I thought, man, who is that guy?

And I realized that was myself after I put my reading glasses on.

It isn't that something all the changes that life brings our way, sometimes adventure

turns into misadventure. Brother Nathaniel Matthew Champion number fifteen, Verse number fourteen.

Let them alone, they be blind, leaders of the Blind and at the

blind lead the blind both shall ful into the ditch. Somebody sought out for

adventure, but they found the wrong leaders. They ended up in the ditch

along with the blind leaders. They sought out an opportunity for adventure, and

it became a misadventurer Brother Jesse one Corinthians, Chapter number eleven, verse number

one, be followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

How many of you know it's very important who you followed. I'm glad I'm

not following the teachings of Buddha, Harry, Krishna, Mohammed, or any

other leader within any other religion besides Christianity. I'm thankful that we are followingollowing

the apostles who followed Christ, that we are modeling ourselves, of patterning ourselves

after their example. We're imitating them. But more importantly, we are imitating

Emmanuel. We're imitating Christ Jesus, We're following him. When we're following him,

we won't have to worry about this splendid adventure becoming a misadventure. All

right, let's stand for the reading of our text. Mark chapter number ten

and verse number fifty two. The Bible says that Jesus said up to him,

go thy way. Thy faith has made thee whole. And immediately he

received his sight and followed Jesus in the way. Read that latter part with

me, And immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus in the way.

If you're one to mark in your a will underline follow Jesus in the way.

Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we love it, We praise you.

We thank you for the opportunity to be in your house. I thank you

for this thy people gathering together in obedience to your word and your commands.

I'm glad that they've made it a priority to be here. God, I

pray that you would annoy this thy servant sent of God in my mouth,

and help me to say the things that you would have me to say.

Nothing more than this annoying this people. I pray anoint the ears that they

might hear with the spirit of God is trying to say to son tonight and

thought all help them God to receive these sayings. Let them not just get

it in the head. Let us sink below the shoulders into the soul and

the spirit. We pray God, may they not here only, but help

them to heed. We pray that we would to part this place joyfully and

not sorrowfully. In Jesus' name. In the church says amen, reading our

text again, Mark ten fifty two. The Bible said, and Jesus said,

unto him, go thy way. Thy faith has made thee whole.

And immediately he received a siph and follow Jesus in the way. Our text

has found in a New Testament book of the Holy Bible. The title of

this book bears the name of its author. Most of the people who are

in this building to not know some things about this author. He is Mark.

Most people believe that this author to be John Mark. That name rings

a bell. It should ring a bell in the minds and the hearts of

believers that are gathered here tonight. In fact, it commands one's attention because

John Mark's mother was very significant within the early Church. In fact, she

owned a very important part of real estate. She owned a very important piece

of real estate. She hosted the believers in that house that dwelled upon that

piece of property. Mark's mother owned a home where the members, some of

the members of the early Church met at times. And one of the times

that they pursook not the gathering of themselves together was when they gathered together on

the behalf of Peter. They were praying that Peter would be released from his

imprisonment. How many if you know, sometimes you have to pray yourself out

of prison. Jan Mark would have been a follower of Jesus and his teachings.

He would have known Peter and would have followed him as well. The

Bible readers among us to not know that he accompanied Paul and Barnabas on a

missionary trip. He thought for sure that he had embarked on an adventure.

He thought for sure that it would be the trip of a lifetime, only

to find out that what was to be such a great adventure turned into a

misadventure. In fact, he hairlifted the Apostle Paul at some point, and

Apostle Paul was disappointed with his performance and sent him packing and sent him home,

And so his adventure became a misadventure. He followed Paul and Barnabas.

I believe, Brother Tyler, he was expecting wonderful things to take place in

his life and in the lives of others. I feel like his motives were

pure. I feel like his intentions were pure. You See, this man

knew how to pick out good friends better than some in this building tonight.

This man knew the importance of having good company. Somebody while they were testifying

tonight spoke of the importance of having good friends and keeping good company. Apparently

this man, John Mark knew who to follow and knew who not to follow.

Again, apparently this man John Martin knew who to follow and who not

to follow. There's some people that profess to be Christians, who claim to

be believers, who do not even know who they should follow and who they

should not follow. I'm appalled by the performance of some Christians today concerning their

faith. They follow any and everything. When I hear of what they've been

listening to, when I hear of who they've been following, I cannot believe

my ears. It's hard for me to wrap my mind around the idea that

these people do not understand that in their adventure of following such people, it

will lead them into misfortune and misadventure. Look at your neighbor tonight and ask

them this question. Say, hey, neighbor, who are you following?

You see, Mark's adventure became Mark's miss adventure, and his Apostle to the

Church and his epistle to the Church at Corinth. The Apostle Paul spoke to

the Corinthian believers these words, and they are found in First Corinthians, chapter

number eleven and verse number one, the apostle Paul writing, he said,

be ye followers of me, even as I am of Christ. What Paul

is telling these new believers to do is follow Christ. Ultimately. He is

saying, see through me and hollow Christ. Without saying it. He is

saying, if there ever comes a time when I'm no longer following Christ,

cease following me. A lot of times Father Charter Plat would speak to preachers

that would come through this area, and he would say these words. He

said, as long as my post for the cheer me haw is following Christ,

I will follow him. His children have told me, some of them,

anyway, have told me that. He would often tell them, if

you'll follow brother, cheer me here' He too, that you meet me over

there that so lictial city. He would say things like that, telling them

to pattern their life after me, as I've patterned my life after these Apostolic

brethren, and after the ensamples and wrote models that we find in the Word

of God, you see Faulks saying these things too, new believers because her

In the Book of Galatian we find that he wrote to the Church of Glacial

these words. He said, I no longer live of myself, but it's

Christ Jesus who is living in me. Paul was not exactly saying, there

put your feet where I put my feet there. What he was saying is

it's not even me living there. It's Christ that's living in me. And

what he's saying is, I'm not walking beside my lad. I'm walking inside

of my lad, and my Lord is walking head inside of me. It's

one thing to abide in the lad, and it's another thing there for him

to abide that. Can you I feel like I'm preaching this somebody in this

feeling tony that you have not taken it seriously. The person who tapped you

on the shoulder that night that you prayed, you are not taking his words

seriously, and you have not taken the miracle performed in your life the seriously.

We find the blond matter MESI was no longer blind. The mind was

set immediately after he cried out for healing them meaningly right in and there he

received his side, his natural reaction, the supernatural reaction, the spiritual reaction.

All of that was in harmony. It wasn't a chorder. The flesh

was not battling the spirit ere or the spirit the flesh that day he had

been a new creature in that moment. He did not just receive a healing

of the body. No, he received a healing under me. I seen

people come to church, and they received a touching of the Lord and prayed

enough that to feel better. Aforehaps they shed some cracking down tears and got

a little bit of something that offered their mind then and their chest. But

when it come time and together again, and they did not follow the believers

into the house of God. They had no appetite for the things of God,

they had no desire to go to church. Then, I'm like blind

Mother, Maia, the not that I got saved. You could not keep

me out of church. You could not hold me back there to going the

revival service. You couldnot keep me from doing an altar in the house of

my God. That blond mother may immediately the minber said, he followed Jesus

say, I'm talking to somebody there tonight under the sail there. And my

boy said you're problem to me, and said you're looking at this and looking

at them and callow and then king the following, No, that is not

following him. I'm telling you, and God up he touches you, not

apostle Paul that you don't have no problem, or change your course and change

your pace on this race. Then you'll run the gold. I said,

you're run the God. The truth is if you run for him there well

your need, you will chase after him and after that deed has the supply.

I want to preach tonight with the Lord being my helper. Paul,

without hesitation, he said, ay, and when example that you can pattern

yourself after, I am an example in my worship that you can pattern your

worship style after. I am a model, a model for you to look

at. Concerning loving Jesus and what happens to somebody once they have been converted.

You should not have to beg that person to come to church. It

took me about a decade to learn this, but I finally come to understand.

If they have no desire to be here, they will not be here.

But if they have a desire to be here, they will be here.

And that's the way it was. For good Mother May. He had

been in a precarious situation, and the Holy guess again to point this out

to me as I prayed that I thought about that this locate. The Bible

said he was on the road side. This means he was by the deck.

Say, I don't know who would go into the roadside. I don't

know who put him on the side of on the road. I don't know

who put him. It's such a precurious place, Sir. I don't know

where, but I know it was not somebody that was out there for the

best time for bother me say, there was not somebody that was trying to

bring him there, casing to Jesus. That's why here to cry out off

to myself near the deck trap, I tell myself that truck with somebody up,

get me out of this mess. Paul was telling these people follow my

example, as I am a model of the Gospel, as I am a

bottle of the spirit, build and the spirit that believer church. When that

coworker sees you on the job, can't they see Jesus live on this side

of you. Can they follow you as you follow Christ? If they want

to follow you or Sunday, Yes, you would lead them to the house

of God. If they were to follow you on Sunday evening, would it

lead them to the house of God? What about the other days of the

week. Where would you lead them? What if they watched your eyes?

Where would your eyes take them? He the wondering eyes. Okay, side,

I'm telling somebody in this building tonight, you have to pick up Pharaoh

as your leader. But the children of God, they hadn't pick up knows

this. So I think God's he said, sir, he is nine now

and he is yours. They have to make the choice. Will we follow

him out of Egypt? And how many people do you know? They choose

her to sit in the debt. They choose her, just sit along the

wrong side. But then we will not cross the sea. They will not

cross her the city, and we will not cross her whatever obstacle it takes

her and never to follow God. They to following God's ma'am. Now,

I don't want to follow her hero, I want to follow b he says,

sir. I want to follow Jesus. Sister, I had no idea

what I would be prenching all the times death by mission adventure. If they

followed you on Monday morning, where would you take them? If they followed

you on Friday night, where would you take them. It's God's will that

everyone be on a journey. It is a great adventure, and we have

embarked on a beautiful journey as Christians in this thing called Christianity, and it

is meeting us to a celestial city. Christians are on their way, and

others should be able to follow you if they would like to get there too.

That's five been careful regarding church attendance. That's why I've been careful now

with what I said and what I've done with my manner of life by assents

and behaviors, because I know my children are following me. Listen, myst

ministry leaders. That's true. The truth can bring them home, children and

church. It's true that you can plant the eating the hearty, and you

can reap the little fruit. But ultimately they're gonna follow Obama and they're gonna

follow Daddy. I'm telling you here tonight, in the natural and the spiritual,

the good matters who your father is, The matters who your mother is.

Miles where you're going to charms follow me as I follow Christ? Can

they get there too? And following you? We're you're telling that dirty joke.

Where do you take them? Do you take them to the arms of

Jesus or do you take them to the arms of Lucifer and Matthew Chapter number

fifteen and verse under fourteen we read left them alone? They be blind leaders

of the blindness. Then if the blind lead the blindness, both chef Paul

into the ditch Jesus worn followers of men of the dangers of following leaders of

religion outside of a relationship with Jesus Christ. No, ma'am mar, no

sir, I'm not gonna follow her any person, even if they're ordained minister

call themselves every now call themself or Christ, and they call themselves to be

the Pope themselfer. I'm not gonna follow her anybody that it's not nothing.

Be get prison and my relationshiper who Jesus Listen, there's a lot of people

saying, I give that false teacher the benefit of the doubt. I'm gonna

pray for him. I'll give him for ten years to get himself, pray

through and to turn around. I'll give that with six months to pray it

through and hopefully they'll turning the man. Hopefully they're change your ways. Hopefully

they'll change your liestyle, Hopefully they change your doctrine, Hopefully they change your

topics, hopefully the change of pattern of Russia. That's what Jesus Son was

warning these people off. He must say, listen print. I'm telling you,

if the blinder to the blinder, they're both to the end up in

the picture. I'm killing somebody to night. Now, I'm not saving because

of religion. Now, I'm not saying her because I go to a certain

church. I'm not saving her because my family they spent money now and built

her the church on my time in heaven. Now, I'm not saving her

because I belonged to a certain on the relation I've seen that, not because

of religion, but because of a relationship where Jesus dies. It's like a

preachers and pastors and teachers. It's like they want us to believe they saved

us. If they saved us, they surely surely did not. But if

they saved us, why are they having such a hard time keeping us?

Paul said, follow me as I follow Christ. If Christ isn't in it,

I'm not going to be part of it. If Shiloh is no more,

I'm not gonna sit around and wait till Shallow comes again. I'd like

to have braise them on the front of this poop pit. We're gonna keep

on doing what we're doing until Shallow comes again and rains as king your kings

and lord and lords. But ain't tell who comes. I'm gonna at your

pilot and can they told me to do. I'm not gonna sit in the

teacher because some blame leader has let me there. I'm the over I tell

you by that dead cuts. Then I'm telling us somebody we'll stretch up.

He said, that's BMD. I'm not because nobody Dan's part of bath.

I know in that day and hour, they didn't have to worry about a

BMW, a Mercedes, a Tesla vehicle, Afford vehicle, a Chevy,

a GMC bawling them over, running them over. But they have to worry

about a camel. I have to worry about a donkey, had to worry

about a horse. Somebody Steve just barreling right over the top of them.

Oh come on, I'm not gonna sit in the church that's on the wayside.

I'm not gonna sit in a religion that's on the wayside. They're just

trying to pick a little bit of seed here and there. I remember one

great man of God. He deteriorated in a spiritual walk with the old and

after Thomas, he observed the hypocrisy in the local church of Sydney, of

which he was part of, allowing it to happen. He justified it with

this, He said, well, it has its upset and it has its

downs, just like the nation of Israel. They had no good keating at

the bank keep Do you realize what you're saying served when you say things like

this? He went on to say, we got to pick the chicken off

the bone and watch out for the bones when we eat the pishe there know,

Paul told me to watch out for more than balls. He told me

to watch out for walsa. I don't have to sit in a service and

pick and remove the balls in order to go hold up in a little sucker.

I'll tell us somebody enough in this building. Let the building now deteriorate.

Let the friend impastor heaven, good TV, do come on now what

matters here? I want to be a patru the teatur holiness of Pentecostal people

has the same problem Jesus disciples head, and Jesus took corrected at you.

He said, see that temple like terry. That's the same myself. And

we got Grandpa, you old church and got tiare be on. So it's

no longer your house of heaven. It's no longer your house of hope.

It's a house of hell. So Jesus was saying, you're looking after temple,

you're looking after taber alcohol, but you're missing ship of love. You're

missing nothing took all up your life. I'm not gonna go down with a

ship. There is no bedroom by the badge of honor to be warned by

any cant in this thing called salvation of going down with a ship. There's

no honor in casualtists because somebody led somebody to the ditch. While we pray

for our pastor, while we pray for our preacher, while we pray for

our denomination, while we waited, have we forgot the words of Jesus?

Have we forgot? If we gain the whole world and lose our own soul?

Oh, come on, if we saved the church, the fact of

Bill, if we saved of the denomination that John Wesley started. Do you

think if John Wesley was alive today he would be trying to revamp the Methodist

Church. Let us recently allow it and Tolerando approvaded her came ministers Ministery in

the Wrestleyan Church of No the come on now, the founder of the Methodist

Church of would not sit there trying to saber the trial the shepherd forlaws.

If the bride read the bride, they shall both fall into the dead body.

Is what happened? Preacher? Have you created such spiritual conditions that the

people in your parish, your parishioners are painted for the word of God.

Their heart is panting for living water, souls thirsting for the things of God,

and so li ma, surly their life is fading, so rematuredly you've

led them to the ditch. We all know what the ditch represents her,

don't we? With the Bible said, if you see that ox in the

ditch on the Sabbath day, you go ahead and get it out. And

if somebody's sheep, I show up here because I'm hunger and your planta and

broken, and they're beaten and they're battered, and they're breaths to I s

write I'm not gonna play childhood games. I'm gonna mista her to that person.

They don't let Mornch tell you her. I'm gonna get your her out

of the ditcher, because nobody else do the Longster God but Walter the days

ask bartimaus, I'm getting a life from the ditch. I'm getting away from

this seeking no nomination. I'm getting away from this evil association. I'm separating

talk this terminal affiliation. Do you think the method this would go John Whistle

again, that's the prinsipter, the overseer over the Methodist Church. It was

founded because of the methods of the Wesleyan Brothers, because of the Sacotite doctrine,

the sycopied living that they promoted. But there's gonna be some They're gonna

hold on. They're gonna hold on, and they're gonna let their blind leaders

talk to them. They're gonna let them blind leaders sing to them. They're

gonna let them grievous wolves teach to them and their little children. They're gonna

die, They're gonna lose the members of the youth group. They're gonna lose

over their babies all the time to sing the church has got Grandma Trump post

name on the marque, hold on the plaque in the stucco of the girl.

All right, now, let Jesus take them by the tea to point

over there, says see that, see that this shall not be one stolen

left the pod of nothing. Then, I'm telling you, when the devil

comes here with a hitchman named Titus that even gets to destroy the temple in

Jerusalem, there's nothing upon leaders to do about that. Harpas is son of

the hole, his picture, this payment, his purtures, pays hip.

But Titus, get that book, bill, the sword. Your membership will

be depleted until the pastor says, I've dug here. It's the will of

God. No, you're done here because we're starving to prayer, preacher,

because they wised up to your things and wives, up to your auntives and

your tactics. If Christ isn't in it, I'm not going to be part

of it. If I can't feel the presence of God and I have to

resort to hype, I'm gone. It seems to me that people, for

a beginning to realize they have lost their way and they're doing what they can

to find their way back. I'm telling you, members of this church have

told me that family members and friends from yesteryear are asking them how they're doing,

and they're saying, as far as we know, we're doing great.

God's still moving and God's still blessing. And they're saying, well, we

remember services like that, but it's been a decade since we have been in

a service like that. It's easy for the blind leader to get up there

and tell everybody, this is what's happening. This is the great calling away,

this is the act bath of consequences have come on Jesus. They're still

saying, and they're still building a church. The church is depleted because of

flying leaders or administrative positions. That's the scheme the sinisters cheen of the wolf

is to come in in sheep's clothing, to appear pentecostal, to have a

form of godliness, to appear holiness, to say all the right words to

shout to grandma and the grandpa. Every now and then, just when they

started to wise up, they'll say just enough to make grandma and Grandpa think

they are sactified, and they're separated. But the younger generation knows they're insincere.

And the younger generation knows. Let us see it behind Grandma and Grandpa's

back. Come now, I feel the preacher here to not. Who are

you following? Who are your children? Fatherly? As you follow them?

Come on now, I'm telling us somebody. Their intentions was not of an

adventure. He plotted to see means of God. He expected to see healings.

We expected heaven to see your children feel with the holy girls heaven.

But you won't incarment to be come over but mist but a missing pitcher death

by missing pitcher. May I say to someone it is dangerous to follow someone

who does not know where they are going. But they are not tarrying in

their prayer closet. They have no idea this day and arra, which we

live in, where they're going. Following a blind leader will cause an unfortunate

incident. It will lead to a mishapp Oh no, little Susie got pregnant

out of wetlock. Oh no, the deacon's son has been running around and

commit fornication. This ain't nothing new, you know. Some of the Old

Testament prophets they turned their head to those things. Now the end result was

not good, and was it not? It was a cursing. Even the

Apostle Paul, he spoke concerning the New Testament believers of a certain situation that

was going on, and he said, you're glory in your mercy and your

forgiveness in this situation is not good. A dear preacher friend of mine overseas,

he told me a couple of days ago, he said, I had

to deal with a certain situation in the church. He said, the moment

I dealt with that, he said, God, begin to bless again.

Listen, We're on an adventure, and I don't want it to become a

misadventure. Gordon Maus was in peril, and he was in risk as long

as he was on the wayside of as long as he was allowing the roadside

of how many professing Christians are do you know believe they're on a path that

reads a the spiritual program, development and maturity that we reveieve when they're going

to church on Sunday morning, a Sunday night and mid Week's service, that

they're gonna learn something, that they're gonna receive a word of faith in a

counchman most people that I know her believe this to be true. Right.

I hope some of them are not sampy mistaken. I've had an animal a

police of course, with misadventure. I'm not a saying in a night.

But if you are following a blind leader, then you are on a Policeian

passer with disaster and miss are part of mass definitely didn't set out to allow

things to happen to him innocently. He was on the roadside. Christianity can

be quantity adventure. Brother, Yes, here, as a pastor's son,

you can say it can be quantity adventure. But if we are not careful,

we will experience numerous misadventures. We are at risk of jeopardy and peril.

Listen, if we are following someone who is religious and they are providing

a religious service to us, yet it's turning out badly, we should be

embarrassed and move on. Should I repeat that that's what God gave me in

my prayer closet. If we are following someone who is religious and they are

providing a religious service in a house of worship, yeah, it's turning out

badly. This sin is coming up, this sin is correcting. Let's been

manifested, and we should be embarrassed and simply move on. Pardon Mays.

Once he realized that where he was, he moved on. I remember the

time God told me to move on through lots, stumbling into the ditch,

through lots, falling wealth into a pit of mid A blind leader, a

blind man is leading somewhere headlong into the buck and the mire. Ho come

on, health. He can't get you an out, pack, He will

not get you an out. He's not praying heath. He's praying. He's

not preaching heath. He's teaching something that he got on a poker or off

ut to beat that pul You and your babies something, tell of them mine

out. And he can't even pull up and get something we can't tell apply,

then that's no way. When lit with what he ain't seen the new

lettion from God up, he don't go where he's going. I'm telling somebody

to I that. When I sense somebody's must away and they're sending him my

leader up, I say goodbye, Leader. I'm getting away from the decks.

Who I God, I had a holy God phil church. I'm gonna

turn to preach somebody a little bit nervous, can't stand up, can't raise

your hand, can't sup Lord and God. Some of you are, and

there's two or three of you a little bit nervous, and there might be

a message here. It's gonna go forth and go out. I'm telling you.

I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt, and I believe

in giving them a couple of weeks to repent and get things under the blood.

If they are a minister and they've read the wrong book, they should

reset after wah and they should be balanced again and well rounded and well founded

in the scripture. Usually when a man is unbalanced, it is because he

is covering some misadventure. He's covering some sin. No, remember that a

blind leader cannot get you out of the monk of a mira. If you

don't get out of there, it will be death by miss Admit, Lord,

I set out to do a good thing. I set out to build

a church. I set out to plan a churchill. I set out to

do this a do but it became a misigmitture, a death by misadventure.

Save yourself from this untoward generation, Peter said. He said in essence,

he said, preserve yourself from the perverted generation. Brother the thing, there's

a plant maintenance supervisor, and he was telling me several months ago that they

had to undergo an FDA inspection, they had to undergo a CDC inspection,

and they also had to undergo an FWC inspection. He said. The day

before the FWC inspector was to be on site, he did a perimeter check.

He said, he rode on the dune there and was right up against

an eight foot tall fence. For the entire perimeter. On both sides of

that dune was a ditch, and if I remember correctly, he said,

there were four strands of barbed wire across the top of an eighth foot fence.

Brother Nathaniel and the other managers of the CRL laboratories do not intend for

anything to get in or get out. But Brother Nathaniel said, when he

saw that there was a hole, an entry and an exit point for some

barments critter, he said, he took the time to take his fade or

shovel and to fill in that hole. He said the next day, as

he drove the f w C inspect her around, he said that fw C

inspector said, look right there over yonder twist it up in the strands of

BoNT wire. There is a cat, a cat. Some of you'll get

broken heart or more over the cat. Then you want somebody aparting the baby.

It comes from this adventure, doesn't it. And he said that fw

C and spector told one of the scientists and the veterinarians there at the laugh,

said, go get me shuckeding to put into the veins of that cat

so that I can put into sleep and attempt a rescue. It was within

an inch of its off from fighting for its life. Brother Nathaniel, I

remember you telling me about the man in the veterinarian putting it to sleep.

And did that cat live or not? They all took it to some rescue

facility because that's what the FWC inspector of the game board was supposed to do,

and that's what they wanted to do anywhere in case the media got a

hold of it. But if I understood correctly, the cat survived. Now

that cat was trying to get in there, apparently to get something that shouldn't

have been getting and had been coming in and out of their probably to get

the rats that were eating the feed for them. Monkeys now are y'all listening

right here, but Ton that cat's adventure became a misadventurer and had the Inspector

not come for come on now, it would have died rapped up in the

barliner. And I'm telling somebody that night the Inspector k is here and I'm

preaching not my words, so I'm not preaching up come to seek out lines

or CDC regulations. I'm preaching a word and gone up and telling you you

are not pots pinch your health. You're there go and that's it all up

for you seeking up who you look and dying up. Then any touch up

b pnchu he ithould not be up. But this sake picture I'll tell us

somebody use in this fielding the night up coming to dot go dad top.

That's that that chime I feel holding theirs there this though. I remember when

we left the Church of God Cleveland, and we always have to get this

disclaimer for some of our old friends listening to this podcast, that I'm not

preaching all of them, and I'm preaching that you are barn ten is not

to offend anybody that is listening. I know there's still some good sact the

pie living back to this. There's some good sac the pie live in Church

of God pot but they're not many. There's not many. There's not many.

But we left. We pulled our church God because the Holy Ghost told

us and the leaders the head is sick. The head is sick. The

preachers have been off of some new fangled doctrine. They're using the verses of

the Bible. Their teachers are lopsided. It's unbalanced. There's a twist in

perverted spirit. Then the building twisting the scriptures and twisting the word of God.

It's unbalanced doctrially. There's some off. There's a charismatic spirit there.

We all knew it, and the Holy Gess was nudging us. Go on,

go on, go on. My granddaddy and men that I respected built

the churches that we left. Y'all listening, go on. And I remember

one dear sister, sister Lowd. We'll hate to call her names. She's

dead gone. She did not go on when the Holy gests said gone.

I remember another near sister, sister Bardy. They looked the epitomy of holiness

up. They were old body, they were an example. There was somebody

who could there. Then when we left, they said we don't see it

though, we don't get it. We'll stay right here with a silver d

steal these two people in the touch of God. Let me tell you what

happened. Ten years later. I was in the lone John Silverson. I'm

sitting in there, just me and my bride on Sunday. I'm sorry,

I just lost something. Don't bother something. I still love you. Keep

listening to the principal. But you know what. I looked over there and

I saw this woman wearing a big old ring. I saw fingernails done up

and painted it. I saw a little bit of trimmed hair, and I

looked and I said, that looks like old Sister Burne, that spirit feel

on powerhouse woman that we left behind. They said, we'll hold it forth

down. We'll be okay. I know we're dwindling down to nothing. The

spirit of God has dissipated from our minch. But I'll be all right.

I'll be okay. I remember once we started that independent hole in this church

in a garage one particular Saritay. I went to a host of them people

and I talked to them from my heart, and they just saw me as

that cute young guy that has such an innocent little bird that bless your heart.

We mean well, brother Philip, I can't tell you of one of

them. I know there's some good ones out there in the Church of God

and matter the churches, but I can't tell you of one of them that

would not have put a sister, that would not have put a raiser or

scissors in her hand. I can't tell you of one of them that made

it. I can't tell you of one of them that lived a sanctified life

up until their death. Hey, I remember we went Christmas Carolyn. Then

we went over there with Sister Lowry's house, and I thought that woman that

reminded me of Sister Wood was gonna come out. She loved to sing and

sing with us. And out came this crepites looking world and woman. And

I asked somebody, I said, is that killing me? Sister Lowry?

Has somebody went to your rolling do their face up? Who ain't saying that

he is her? Sister Nollery. I'm talking about death. Find yourself that

picture I'm will be talking that can tie up. It can't be another get

out of the edge. Let him Trina size you. Let im talk about

how cras you are now, I'm talking about how you persuit there, not

say a saying no, I'm not gonna live can adenching me? Here are

you? It's nothing. We're trying to be out and in ourself. We're

trying it out by leaders. Tell us in a bench. Let's look at

our text again. Mark ten twenty two. Blind Barnabas is on the side

of the road. He was sitting beside the ditch. Our roads have some

sort of ditch. All roads have something that catches the debris the ground,

the trash. Why do I have to sit in the church when there's trash

in the ditches, in the pews and in the os. It should be

furoughs. It should be roads where the seed of righteouses get planted. It

should not be ditches full of trash. I shouldn't have to wait through the

trash to get up by pew now for the sinner coming in. But when

the saints or want me to pat sin We had come in this thing to

romance devils. We came in this thing to rebut devils, we come in

this thing to save sinners. Through the power of the Lord. Only Jesus

can save sinners. I pray that as long as I live, and as

long as my wife lives, that you can follow us as we follow Christ.

You see, Barnamais He had heard that Jesus was hassen by that way.

This some places where Jesus may pass by every now and then. But

I want you to know he has no plan on camping out there. He

has no plan on staying there. I say, Jesus, if you ain't

staying there, I'm going where you're goods, where God moves, I go.

He was crying out to the Lord Jesus, Jesus, get me out

of the ditch. Jesus get mad in this dead situation. Jesus get mad

of this dormant situation. Someone had been crying to the Lord. One dear

sister said tonight, I've been crying and praying for a year. God pulled

her out of the ditch. Can y'all imagine, Barnabaeus, what isn't recorded

about what he said? What isn't recorded about what he said? Help me,

save me, Get me away from this road, Get me away from

this ditch. Well, Barnibaeus, year around people. You're saying for being

around people, I said a little while ago, It depends on who you're

following. Jesus spoke to Barnimas and healed him because he intended for Barnimas to

get out of the ditch. And that's the same thing with an ultar service.

When we build an altar, we expect people to fall in love with

Jesus and not to go back into the world. We expect the soal not

to return to its waller, and in the barer, we expect the dog

not to return to its bobby. Notice that after he healed Barnimaeus, Jesus

allowed Barnimedus to follow him. Not a religion, not a methahless church,

not a gracehole in his church, not a liberty holding his church. I'm

just trying to think of something. Not first Church of the Gulf of Mexico

holding his church. But immediately he followed, not a religion, he followed

Jesus. He pursued relationship in the way, and may I say, immediately

he realized how close he had come to death by misadventure. Would you come

to the piano, Brother Jesse, Brother Tyler gave me a testimony last night.

I wish you all could hear it. I'm almost tempted to play it.

After the service tonight, he spoke of the time that his grandma and

grandpa meant well and concerning his education. They took him to a place that

they felt like would be a place of spiritual growth and development and maturity.

It was an adventure for them. And I was his pastor, and I

remember praying and saying, I should feel good about this. I don't feel

terrible about it, but I don't feel good about it, but I should

be feeling great about it. He's going to a pentecost or holding church wherever

it was, and his granddaddy would take him there and stay in that area

all day long. My brother Tyler was sharing with me yesterday. He said

it was just heartache and heartbreaking disappointment. At the disappointment, he said,

including one time the pastor coming out without a shirt on. Is that true?

Did it happen? Where did that happen? At Tennessee on a school

trip and a moteil had to ask him a question. So he came outside

on the balcony without the shirt on, in front of God and everybody.

That's Tyler Woot talking right there. Tyler never told me about that until last

night, I'll tell you all this. I would die before my kids see

me without my shirt on. Not everybody's going to see eye to eye.

But then he told me of a time that the young people were told it

was okay to dress like the black Eyed peas and rap artist. I'm not

calling any names. I don't intend to humiliate anybody or embarrass anybody. But

brother Tyler said, I had almost asked my soul and what my grandparents thought

was the adventure of my life because they had responded to your preaching and we

all started doing good and living right. Grandpa thought taking me out of the

sickular school system and pulled me away from the popic school would be an adventurer

for me. It would be a blessing. Only for me to know it's

no better there than it was at the pupic school. In fact, Tyler

said it was worse and it had a negative influence. The last night,

with a broken heart, he calls me Dad, he said, Dad,

if it hadn't have been for you just following and leading to the Lord sometimes

and just preaching and offering clarity, you didn't know what I was hiding.

You didn't know what I was facing you didn't know what I was experiencing,

but me being able to regain balance and regain baron and then be told as

you were following Christ that certain things are not normal. I want you all

to know it is not normal, even among the worldly churches, even some

of charismatic persuasion to tell the students and the pupils in their Christian school to

dress up like rap artists. Brother Tyler has told me that one even don

the fedora and attempted to look like Michael Jackson. That's cut wrenching and heartbreaking.

I am not intending to cast shade upon anybody, but I am telling

you tonight, did we wonder why our kids are in the ditch? Let's

stand tonight when we hear about things of this nature, take them, sister,

won't. And I see you weeping and crying right now, bawling your

eyes out. What we meant for an adventure almost turned into a misadventure.

What you meant for the saving of your grandson's life was actually a tool in

the hand of the devil of destruction. That breaks my heart. But then

when I think of how close I came where I was when he searched me

and found me, Brother Caleb. When I think of how close you were,

Brother Roquat, when I think of how close you were, Brother would

when I think of how close you were, sister, how when I think

of how very close you were, how close we all were to ending up

in the dish. I thank god he found me just entirely. I feel

the Holy Ghost in this place in a beautiful sweet way of some weeping cry,

because if it wasn't for the grace of God, I too would have

been confused, and I too would have ended up in the ditch. This

man desired to follow Jesus immediately after his healing, and as soon as he

saw clearly, he distanced himself from the ditch. And I want to say

this again, it's not that we're attempting to alienate ourselves on an island,

but we are trying to distance from the ditch. How many are thankful for

the sight and the vision that you now have, creature. I didn't see

it clearly. Here's what Brother Tyler told me night through brokenness. He said,

I had no vision, I had no understanding. I could not see

clearly. And he said, I've hit it from you all of these years

of what really went on? And brother Tyler comes stand by me. Here's

what he said. I'm too ashamed to tell you else went on, And

here's what I said. You said enough, speak no more of the matter.

This man made it clear to everyone. I don't need a religion.

I need a relationship, and I desire to follow Jesus. And follow Jesus

he did. As we bow our heads tonight, I feel like an attitude

of gratitude should be in this building, and we all should thank God that

we too have come away from the ditch. There's some of you you have

told me. We are written page through letters. You have told me of

your experiences. Your adventures have turned into mishaps and misadventures. And it's only

by the grace of God tonight we're not reporting a death by misadventure. If

there's somebody under the sin of my voice that would like to come forward and

say, Preacher, that was me, I want to thank God that I'm

not a casual eader misadventure. Are you there and you want to thank God?

Come on? Come on? Would you raise your hand? There's one,

there's two, there's three, there's four, So why don't we just

come on up? There's five, there's six. Why don't you think the

Lord that you come to the knowledge of the truth. Why don't you think

the Lord for the leadership of the Holy Ghost most importantly, the leadership of

the Holy Ghost and the word. The word. That word is a lamp.

And to my feet been aligned to my path. My feet had now

slipped. I almost became that addicted person. I almost became that habitual sinner.

I almost became that religious hypocrite. I almost ended up in a ditch.

You'll go ahead, just obey the Lord to how to do it?

The death by missus h what happened to him? A red arg I have

passion, as I know I had a hand. I have you wants?

There's my habit? Why you father, have Jesus Us? There she gover

God Mather state got knowing the favor from to late dodge cheerious. I'd rather

have Jesus there has housing old. I'd rather be by Hope peace, thirty

looking man. See it's sweet. I'd rather have two sevens. They think

this one beltful day