Sunday Message - Pastor Tony Augustus (July 08, 2007) | Life Bible Church

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special treat this morning. How many know that?

God puts on every local church a Heart to not

only reach their community but also to extend

the vine over the wall and reach the nations

for Jesus Is that true? Come on Jesus said Go

into all the world and preach the gospel to every

creature One of the one of the nations that the

Lord has put on our heart is the nation of India

There's several other nations that the Lord has

just birthed into Jenny and I as we've prayed

early on in the and just in the planting of the

church and The eldership the staff just catching

that vision, you know, I was part of a church

that funded lot of missionaries with just a little

kind of of that group that you know a hundred

here and a hundred there and maybe there'd be

20 missionaries that the church would have just

a hundred a hundred fifty at a time the Lord

really spoke to me years ago where I just had

really felt like there was a strong word of the

Lord for me personally that when Jenny and I

would go out and we were to plant a church that

we were to just to really seek the Lord for what

nations we were to deposit into and find ministries

that were like -minded DNA type ministries. You

know, you can go to different houses. Does it

mean that they're not serving Jesus? Just like

you go to different families, different families

have different personality types, but it doesn't

mean that the way they do things is wrong. But

there's a DNA of Life Bible Church. There's a

thing that we love here and we call it the Spirit

-Driven Church. It's wonderful to have a purpose,

but it's superior to have the Spirit -Driven

Church. Amen? And so we want to find missionaries

and we want to find... People in the other countries

that are believing in the same principle of scripture

Finding the people and imparting the Holy Spirit

and the fullness of the word into them and growing

healthy churches That's what it's about. It's

about God building his church on the earth and

bringing the people from every nation and from

every tribe that called out the Ecclesia the

separated ones to him And we are thrilled to

be able to partner in India, as you know, that

we've partnered with Sharon Asia over the last

three years. Fact is, I'm going in October. to

southern India where we have finished our second

church over there and the orphanage is about

halfway under completion and we believe in sowing

money into India. We don't want to just sow a

little bit. We want to sow a lot into those missionaries

because we don't want them coming home and spending

a third of their time trying to raise money.

We'd rather get money to them so they can actually

spend their time on the mission field. I really

found that a travesty to have a missionary have

to come home That's wonderful to have them come

home and have relationship But I I know missionaries

well enough to know that they don't can't just

sit and have relationship They're constantly

having to raise money when churches do that And

so what I want to do is I want to find some places

where we can dump lots of kingdom cash People

get scared when I use this kind of language,

but lots of cash into those things why so they

can do the work Just like how we're doing this

we're faithful to give we have been blessed that

the Lord blesses each stage of the vision and

that we're not Ham strong because there's not

enough of course there always could be more you

understand that Literally vision is spelled in

a lot of places mo ney It's outspelt and I want

to be able to release Kingdom funds to the people

that are like -minded and let them see the Church

of God flourish all over the world So we're going

to southern India in October. I'm also going

to northern India where our brother is from in

Lucknow He's been in ministry over 40 to 43 years

He celebrated 25 years of being a senior pastor

of ABC, which is assembly of believers church

He's gonna share a little bit about what God

has done in his life and then bring the Word

of God in about 45 minutes as he's going to Alpine,

would you welcome Pastor Tony as he comes and

brings the word this morning? Some folks may

ask me Some folks may say Who is this Jesus you

talk about every day he is my Savior He sets

me free Now listen, let me tell you what he means

to me He is my everything, he is my all He is

my everything, vocated for He gave himself for

me, made everything new my everything. Now how

about you? Some folks may ask me, some folks

may say, who is the Jesus you talk about every

day? He set me free. Now listen, I tell you what

he means to me. In the name of Jesus, whose holy

word I'm more than conqueror. asked you a question

and the question was now how about you every

individual has to answer this question what Jesus

says to you is he only your Sunday morning God

you take him from your box on Sunday morning

and you worship him or is he only your provider

when you need ten thousand dollars you go to

him But he only your healer when you have a need

of healing you go to him as a Jesus heal me One

day or the other you have to realize That you

need to say that he is my everything both great

and small And I have a great need I go to Jesus

When I have a small need I go to Jesus. He's

my friend my sunshine My shield my breath my

joy my friend my life And this is what my testimony

is. This is what my experience is. I've accepted

the Lord as my personal Savior 42 years ago.

And after accepting Jesus as my personal Savior,

two months later I started preaching the Gospel.

And He has been a great God to me. He has proved.

And in every area of my life, He has proved that

He is a God. who loves me and he's never left

me he has done great things my life I started

my life with no education no language no money

no background but he's always been with me and

sometimes later I share my testimony how the

Lord miraculously used me in that country where

one -fifth population of the world lives. One

-fifth, twenty percent of the people of the world

live in one country and that is India. And it

is farthest from here, you can't go any further

than that. If you go any further than that you'll

be coming back. It's on the other side of the

globe, but you know when you are here in the

morning service It's already 10 10 in the night

here in India. They've already finished the evening

service and they're gone probably Trying to go

to bed India. They don't go to bed as early as

you guys go You know at 10 o 'clock 10 30 they

eat their dinner, but you know in that country

where there are 800 million gods to worship God

is shining Jesus is shining and I am not here

to tell you what the devil is doing in India

But I've got a good news for you that the Lord

is busy and working in India. I'm here to tell

you what the Lord is doing in India and You know

you you turn the TV on and then you watch the

news you call it a news But I don't call it a

news. I call it a bad news you know if I go to

a village and a drug addict accept Jesus Christ

as personal savior and he leaves his drugs and

leaves his all bad habits and a murderer come

to Jesus Christ and I go to the television station

I said hey why don't you take this shot and give

it in the evening news this murderer is changed

now and this drug addict is changed you think

they are going to give this news in the evening

news Okay, next day I go to the same village

and I stab a person, I kill somebody. I don't

have to even call them, they will come and give

it in the news. They are bad news people, every

bad news they give, but you know what is the

good news? The good news, we are God's televisions

to give good news. We are God's television to

give good news and we are the good news, you

know, wherever you go It is not the job of the

pastor only it's not the job of the minister

only to give good news It's the job of every

individual in the church to go and give good

news And good news is that Jesus saved me and

he can save you also and that's the good news

and it is for everybody There's nobody who doesn't

need this good news And I just appreciate the

Lord and I really want to appreciate each one

of you for the warmth that you have and you've

given to me and I thank you pastor and thank

you congregation for allowing me to come here

this morning to worship with you and I want to

tell you there's only one reason I'm here I'm

here to worship the Lord who needs to be worshiped

I don't know any other thing that that is worthy

of worship otherwise I would have worshiped you

know I don't know you know if people people worship

in India animal Donkey, monkey and elephant,

you know, because they don't know there's only

one thing to worship and that's the Lord Jesus

Christ. And I feel so privileged to stand here.

You know, I'm not standing here as a special

speaker, but I'm only standing here as the microphone.

This special speaker is the Holy Spirit, you

know, that's going to talk to you and I just

appreciate God for what he has done and what

he's going to do this morning and bless his name.

I want to ask you to open your Bibles in the

10th chapter of Luke. I'm going to speak to you

about a very important parable that you and I

know as good samaritan's parable and that starts

from 10th chapter of luke and 30th verse these

parables were small simple stories that jesus

used to give the secrets and depth of the kingdom

of god to ordinary people and extraordinary people

don't think that these parables are only for

low class people who are not educated these parables

for also for Pharisees and for learned and qualified

people because the word of God is same for every

individual and these parables still talk and

I want I've requested pastor Brad to read my

references and we're going to begin from the

verse 30th 10th chapter of Luke verse 30th and

it starts like this a certain man went down to

Jerusalem to Jericho. Now this man, first thing

that we're going to talk about, a man who goes

down, a man who goes down from Jerusalem to Jericho.

Those of you who have visited Jerusalem and Jericho,

you know that Jerusalem is a city built on the

mountaintop. And there was a man who came from

the mountaintop experience and he's going down.

And you also know that Jericho is the city that

is built in the valley. And there was a man that

is leaving the mountaintop experience and is

going from the hilltop mountaintop experience

to the valley. A certain man went down. And this

story is so important about God's people. This

story is so important, this parable is so important

to each and every individual to know that God

wants you to saying Jerusalem and not go out

of Jerusalem because it is a mountain top experience

and moreover Bible tells us as Jerusalem is surrounded

by mountains. It's not only on the mountain,

but God has surrounded Jerusalem. There is a

place There's a secure place that God wants you

and I to stay that is secured by the mountain

And that's what God wants you and I to be and

you know We know that many people today are attempting

to leave that holy city They're attempting to

leave that place that God has made for us the

mountain top experience the place that is surrounded

by the holy presence of God Surrounded by the

mountain and that's what the man of God said

where will my help come from? He said I will

have I will have my from the mountains and God

wants us to know that we have to stay in that

mountain top experience but this man decided

that we'll go from the mountain to Jericho. Do

you know what is the meaning of Jerusalem? Jerusalem

means city, Salim means peace. Even today in

the eastern culture they say salaam means peace

be unto you. Muslim people will say salaam. As

-Salaam means the the peace of God be upon you

and the peace the city of peace is for God's

people and God wants you to stay in the city

of peace but this man is attempting to go from

Jerusalem to Jericho and I want you to know what

the Jericho is you know in the olden days God's

people wanted to go from Egypt to the promised

land and they were going to promised land but

when they were going from Egypt to promised land

they came to a city that is called Jericho and

Jericho's wall will not allow God's people to

go any further and they had a great and they

had a terrible time to cross this Jericho and

God's people had to take round around Jericho

before it fell down and then God's people went

into Jericho and God told them to destroy Jericho

totally. Destroy Jericho totally and he said

destroy it and then after they destroyed Jericho

the man of God whose name is Joshua Joshua got

up and the answer of the Holy Spirit he prophesied

and what was the prophecy this was the word of

God that Joshua prophesied and Joseph said thus

said the Lord that nobody will build this Jericho

city again this city is this stumbling block

from for God's people to go into promised land

and thus God wants nobody to build this Jericho

again and in In case if anybody starts building

Jericho City again, when he lays the foundation,

his first son will die. First, and it's very

important, you know, in our family's first son.

And he said, if you continue to build it... When

you finish the city your last son will die That

was a prophecy that came through the man of God

But I want you to read something in the first

King 16 chapter and 34th verse first King 16

chapter and 34th verse many times you and I know

what the will of God is God wants us to stay

in Jerusalem and we know that God wants us not

to build Jericho again and not to stay in Jericho

not start building the foundation of Jericho

again, but you know even after knowing sometimes

we start building Jericho because we want to

go to Jericho and we want to live in Jericho

against the will of God and something happened

here now listen to this what happening the amazing

thing is this okay and in his days Hile of Bethel

built Jericho who built Jericho Hile where did

he live Bethel do you know the meaning of Bethel

Bethel is sinful place no it doesn't Batman's

house L is God That L a man of the house of God

trying to build the city against the plan of

God And I want to tell you folks, it is not the

people there, it's not the hidden, but many times

God's people, people who know the plan of God,

a man who lives in the house of God, he said,

I am going to build the city again. I don't care

what God wants, but I'm going to do it. Folks,

you know God, your father was a Christian, your

mother was a great lady, you got Bible in your

house, you go to church, you know everything

about God, you know the plan of God, but many

times you and I tend to build the city that God

is against and he a man who lived in Bethel he

said I'm gonna do I got the money I got the resources

I got the mine I'm a great architect I can do

it I got friends who gonna stop I know you got

the money I know you are a noble man I know people

know you but you cannot build a city against

the plan of God And he started building. Now

listen to this, what happened? If you do so,

if you start building something against God's

plan and purposes, if you build a place where

people can go from Jerusalem and be destroyed,

if you are against the will of God, something

happens. Okay, what happened there? And in his

day, Yeah, hell of Bethel built Jericho and laid

its foundation He laid the foundation, you know

what happened when we lay the foundation when

we lay the foundation on the day of foundation

What happens the foundation day is the foundation

stone day. I don't know in America, but India.

It's a big day Foundation of the big city Jericho

foundation stone hundreds and thousands of people

are invited a big meal is prepared You know,

there is a ribbon and the people great people

noble people are invited and there's a great

feast and you know great fun celebration because

of big city is going to start celebration many

times you and I want to celebrate celebrate against

the will of God and the day of celebration it's

good to celebrate in the will of God but when

you celebrate against the will of God something

happens he had that foundation stored laid and

something happened laid its foundation with Abiram

his firstborn He was laying the foundation. Great

things were happening. And then somebody came.

Yale, Yale, Yale. Yes, he said, Yale, Yale, I've

got a bad news for you. Yale, what happened?

Yale, you lost your first son. Your first son

just died. You know, many times we don't understand

why these things are happening. Why there's a

big disaster in the house. We go to church. We

pay tithe. I read Bible. Why the disaster happening?

Disaster is happening because you're building

something against the plan of God. disaster is

because you are laying the foundation don't lay

the foundation don't lay the foundation of Jericho

God's against Jericho God's destroyed Jericho

God doesn't want Jericho to be built again but

you know normally you will you will think that

if things like this happened and a first son

is dead, healed, a man of God from Bethel will

say, I'm sorry, God, I should not have done this.

I will not do it. I will stop it. But see the

stubbornness of the man. Sometimes God tells

us, talks to us again and again by prophets,

by the prophecies, by the word of God. The man

of God preaches from the pulpit and you get the

word of God and you see what's happening. But

many times we are so stubborn in spite of all

these things we don't listen and we continue

to build Jericho. Something happened. He continued

to build Jericho. He didn't stop. He didn't say,

sorry, God. He didn't say, I will not build it.

But he continued to build. He said, oh, who cares?

If my first son is dead, no problem. I've got

other sons. But listen to this, what's happening.

And with his youngest son, Seagub, he set up

its gates. Oh, gates when he finished. He finished

the city, beautiful city, marvelous city, great

architect. He was... doing the gate that's a

finishing date opening date an opening date is

very important in eastern culture and yet the

opening and somebody informed here you've lost

the last son you know god's engaged all these

things are not happening because they had to

happen but because god doesn't want you to build

Jericho again man of god woman of god you who

know the word of god and you know what god is

designing in your life you have to be very careful

that god doesn't want you to build Jericho again

If you do so, you know what's going to happen.

But you know, I just gave you the background

of what Jericho was. But a man, a certain man,

by Jesus is talking about this man must be very

important. This is not ordinary story that sometimes

we talk to our children and give the story. This

is important story. This is something that is

very important for every individual. You know,

I have done on television on 22 episodes. This

this parable, 22 episodes. But you know, I'm

trying to say give you little glimpse of this

story this is a prayer parable that God is saying

and he's very unhappy he's talking to a guy who

is very learned and qualified he's a Pharisee

and he's asking and arguing Jesus Christ and

Jesus Christ is telling this parable to the Pharisee

and he's saying a certain man went down from

Jerusalem to Jericho he decided that he's going

to go to the cursed city that was broken and

destroyed by God and God didn't want the city

again God didn't want his people to go to the

city but this man is going he's from Jerusalem

folks you are from church you accepted the Lord

Jesus Christ personal savior you own the city

very safe and secure and there was mountains

around you and the presence of God was there

peace of God was there but often when I think

of Cherico hey just it's just for a day it's

for just two days but we just go you know there's

no harm in doing this thing you know if just

one glass is all right you know and you know

just just for a little time you know we have

to We are in this world, we have to live like

a word, but God is against Jericho. He wants

you to stay in Jerusalem. If you attempt to go

to Jericho, you will have to go down. Many times

you can talk to the people, you shake hand with

them and you meet them for one minute and you

know that something has happened to them and

they are not going upwards, but they're going

downwards. You see them in the worship service,

you know, you know, we pastor we meet people

and we know these people they are not going up

They're going down because they've got a desire

to go into Jericho and build Jericho again But

I want you to know something is happening there

when he decided to go to Jericho He came out

of Jerusalem and something happens when you come

out of Jerusalem the same thing happens How do

you know that you are not in Jerusalem? How do

you know that you are not in the holy city in

the plan of God and purposes of God? Do you know

that you're not surrounded and you're not in

the city of peace? But you're going towards the

cursed city something happened few things happened

one one after the other now This is the first

thing that happened. We're number one thing they

fell among thieves. He was surrounded among thieves

He surrounded among thieves fell among thieves

In Jerusalem, there is no thief You come out

of Jerusalem Thieves and robbers come and you

know, Jesus Christ said thief does not come robber

does not come just to steal but to steal and

Destroy and kill whatever he can steal. He will

steal if he cannot steal he'll destroy And after

he's destroyed everything you try to stop him.

He'll kill you This is what is happening in the

whole world and the families have been destroyed

the children that's destroyed the name is destroyed

and the you know The whole the whole whole situation

is destroyed and this man he was going from Jerusalem

to Jericho and something that he fell among He

was he was surrounded and you know, we don't

realize many times we are surrounded He was surrounded

there, but he was surrounded by mountains there.

He was surrounded by the peace that passeth all

understanding. He was surrounded by the plan

of God and Bible tells us live in Jerusalem and

that's where you will get the peace. And he left

the Jerusalem folks if you want to lose the peace

then you lose leave Jerusalem But if you want

to have the peace of God that passes all understanding

you stay in Jerusalem You stay in the plan of

God lots of time. You don't like the plan of

God You know often after we have been in the

plan of God in the city of Jerusalem We want

to just go out for some time. You know in the

Old Testament There was a girl and that was Jacob's

daughter. Her name was Leah and she was in a

tent She was in a tent and she was not supposed

to go out of the tent because they were going

towards his brother Jacob was going towards his

brother and this was the heathen land and he

told nobody is going to go out and Leah's daughter

Dina Bible just said Dina went out Dina went

out of the tent and she went out of the tent

and somebody a heathen guy caught him and molested

him molester. Why? Because she went out of the

tent. God has a tent. You want to be molested

Christians? I won't tell you your Christian life,

your life of joy, your life of peace, your life

in Jesus Christ. You want it to be molest? You

want it to be totally destroyed? Leave the tent

of Jesus Christ and you will be experiencing

like that. But you know what happened? He was

surrounded. I want you to know this thing and

you don't have to read it because we don't have

all that time to read. But you know what? A guy

was surrounded. One day when he got up, he found

out that his house is surrounded. And do you

know his house? His house was surrounded by everyone

of the city. Everyone, children, young and old.

They surrounded the city. They wanted to destroy

the house. They want to kill the man, and they

wanted to kill the family. Who is this man? His

name is Lot. Lot was surrounded, and he was in

fix what to do now. This man, Lot, he's surrounded.

You ask Lot, Lot, how are you surrounded? Who

are these people? Lot said, they want to destroy

me. They want to kill me. They want to destroy.

They want to... totally break my house and they

want to break the doors. They want to take me.

They want to take me into captivity. They want

to destroy everything that I have. Lord, who

are these people? I don't know. They are people

from the city. Well, how did you land in the

city? I was going with Abraham. I was very happy.

I was enjoying my life. I knew the man of God

has a plan of God and I was following the man

of God and he was my uncle also. I was following

the plan of God and something happened and my

mind spoke to me. Hey, you could be like Abraham.

You could have your own thing. You could be big

man and I did not realize this and I started

asking my eyes which side I go I better should

not go after Abraham I can make my own kingdom

I can have this thing I can have money I can

build good houses and he looked like this Many

times our eyes deceive us. Many times our plans,

our brain deceive us. And we go into a place

when we are captured and we don't know how to

get out of it. We are surrounded. If we want

to get out, we cannot get out. Now we are surrounded.

Lots of people do not sin because they want to

sin. They want to come out of sin. You talk to

them and they say, I want to come out of this

thing. I don't want to do this thing, but I'm

surrounded. I cannot. It's a guy who is surrounded

among the thieves. He realized he was taking

a wrong journey. And he realized he was taking

a wrong journey. He said, I want to go back.

Now he cannot go back, because he's surrounded

by the thieves. Many times you and I want to

go back to Jerusalem, but you're surrounded.

You cannot. Lot wanted to go back, but he cannot

go back now. Now it's very late. He's surrounded.

The whole house is surrounded. Is your house

surrounded? Is your life surrounded? You're surrounded

by thieves. You're surrounded by your own habits.

You're surrounded by negatives of the world.

You're surrounded by the enemy. You're surrounded

by the thieves and dacoits and robbers. and they're

stealing you every day. Surrounded. Okay, not

only he was surrounded, you know, this is the

first step. The first things happen that we are

surrounded by all negatives and nobody's talking

positive. Nobody's talking about Jesus Christ.

Nobody's talking about going to church. Nobody's

talking about goodness of God. Everybody's talking

about negative. He was surrounded. Okay, what

happens? The second thing, not only he was surrounded,

but something else happened. He was surrounded.

What else? They stripped him of his clothes.

Okay, the first thing the enemy does the first

thing the robbers do They don't beat you because

they cannot beat you Because you have the clothing

Clothing is very important, you know, how do

you know he's a king? How do you know he's a

king by Claude? How do you know he's a security

by Claude? How do you know he's a poor man by

Claude? How do you know he's a by clothe and

in the olden days when you when you wanted somebody

to respect like a king You gave him the king's

clothe And he was he was dressed in king's clothe

And he was considered as a king for some time

because the clothe make a difference And you

know, this is what happened and the man of God

he saw a vision His name was John and he's asked

God who are these people who are who are wearing

the white linen? And you know the answer came

these are the people who have washed themselves

with the blood of the lamb and they're wearing

the white linen the clothing and clothing if

you read Romans 13 chapter 14 verse Romans 13

chapter 14 verse says put on Jesus Christ Put

on Jesus guys, you know, we are from Jerusalem.

What are we wearing? We are not wearing negatives.

We are not wearing demons We are not wearing

the enemy. We are wearing Jesus Christ and people

can see this man belongs to Jesus He is covered

by Jesus Christ He's covered by the anointing

of Jesus and because of the covering and because

of the clothing that you are wearing The enemy

cannot touch you But you know the enemy is very

tricky and he comes to you when you are totally

clothed and he knows that you've got a desire

that you want to go to Jericho and he knows easy

when you have a desire and you know people who

have a desire to go to Jericho when you go and

talk to them they say Do you think these three

servers are good? This isn't that too much? Yeah,

they're too much Because you'll find a person

who has a desire like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

that's right. Do you think that worship should

be one hour? You know, because you know... the

desire and when you have a desire the enemy talks

to you but don't open the door don't have a desire

to go into Jericho and enemy can never enter

into you the enemy comes so what enemy does now

i will tell you what enemy does and he comes

to you and he knows enemy knows that you got

desire you're not in Jerusalem you already come

out you are traveling to Jericho you are on the

road to Jericho he comes to you he cannot come

in Jerusalem he cannot talk to you in Jerusalem

but he comes to you he knows he can do it the

first thing he does he takes your scarf hey You

don't need a scarf in your journey. Your shirt

and pants look so good. This scarf doesn't go

on this, so it takes the scarf. It comes to you.

I know you're a member of the church. I know,

you know, you're very committed, but you don't

have to go to the prayer meeting. You know, you

go to three services, but you don't have to go

to a prayer meeting. It takes the scarf. And

you say, yeah, you're right. I think you're right.

I've got some other things to do. So he takes

the scarf, and you're still a man from Jerusalem,

but he's taking your one -piece clothes. Then

he comes back to you. He said, hey, you look

so good. You know, but this shirt, I'm not going

to take it off. You know, believe me. Because

at last, it will be very difficult. He comes,

and he wants the shirt. And he said, you know,

it's all right that you go to church, but it's

not necessary for you to give tithe. The tithe

is the old testament. Tithe is not new testament.

You can give whatever you want, you know. You

may give more than tithe, and it tells you things

that you... Oh, that's right. Enemy comes to

you. He wants to one by one. He wants your clothing

He wants you not to look like a man from Jerusalem.

He wants to take your all the anointing He wants

to take you all the covering he wants to take

the total Jesus away from you He wants to make

them you look like a person from Jericho and

he won by he take so he's a stripping the enemy

comes the robbers come and the thieves come and

they're taking one by one all the clothing of

Jerusalem the man is now naked the man is now

naked and I want to tell you folks There are

so many people today. They may still be in the

church like in the church of Revelation and God

said you are naked I'm not saying this God said

it the church people were naked. You know, you

could still be in the directory You could still

be a Christian. You could still people still

call you by your Christian name. I don't want

to take a name maybe by Somebody's name. I'm

taking so I don't take anybody's name But are

you Christian? You're totally naked Somebody

has come, one by one, on the way, on the road

to Jericho, outside of Jerusalem, not surrounded

by the peace of God, not surrounded by the mountains,

not in the plan of God, having something in your

mind, trying to build the Jericho city again,

trying to visit the Jericho city again, and with

all those things you traveled, and on the way

to Jericho, the thieves surrounded you, and they

stripped you. You're naked. After they strip

you, they do the third thing. What's the third

thing they do? They wounded him. What? They wounded

him. I don't know about America. Is there any

wounded person here? I don't know. People get

wounded in America. You talk to them and think

they get wounded. So, where did you get this

tie from? Why did he ask this? What was the reason

why was he asking? I am hurt. People get hurt

with the small things. The man of God is preaching

from the pulpit and they get oh he was talking

about money. I don't like it I hate it. I'm wounded

He said the people who don't give money their

money will not be blessed and I was hurt How

can he tell my bunny will be not be but people

get wounded and you only get wounded? You only

get wounded after the clothing is taken off from

you Wounded have you ever seen wounded people?

100 people. You want to see 100 people? I'll

show you 100 people. Isaiah, first chapter. Isaiah,

first chapter. You know, I can't ask you to read

all the scriptures, but a few of them we can

do. It won't hurt, you know. Isaiah 1 .5. Isaiah

1 .5. Okay, listen to Isaiah 1 .5. Okay, what

does it say? Why should you be stricken again?

What? Somebody is stricken you. This left me.

But God's people, you don't worry. Even people,

you know, say things for you, against you, and

all those things, they don't hurt you. They don't

hurt you. But if you are not wearing godly garments,

if you're not in the city of Jerusalem, you get

wounded very soon. And you know, I've seen wounded

people everywhere. They have a Bible, they go

to church, but they're wounded. Mm, I'm wounded.

They're singing songs, but they're wounded but

you know in Jerusalem You never get wounded because

you have the garments and the enemy cannot touch

you But don't allow him to take one by one enemy

will not say to you get naked No You think enemy

will come and say get naked no enemy will come

with one but oh you all right your clothes are

but you don't need a scarf You know you don't

need the shirt undershirt is very good. It's

very hot here And one by one I I shouldn't explain

explain about other garments, but you let's go

further and how Read it again Isaiah first chapter

and fifth verse Why why should you be stricken

again? Why should you be stricken again? Okay?

Will you revolt more and more? Do you know why

we are stricken? Why we are wounded? Because

of what? Revolt revolt is that you know the plan

of God and you don't want to do it You know the

plan of God and you're against it. I Don't know

why you got five o 'clock meat prayer meeting.

It should be Six fifteen ten minutes enough revolt

the plan of God and you know We revolt the plan

of God and we are beaten and you know, this is

what happened inside Jerusalem God's people wear

Godly clothing and they are surrounded by God's

mountains God's peace and they obey God and they're

happy But when they leave the city of God and

they go towards the cursed city and they're on

the way to Jericho traveling to Jericho They

start revolting If anybody revolves pastor, you

know Something has happened to them and they

may look like they're people from Jerusalem because

they're regularly come to church But you know

the regular coming to church is no proof that

you're in Jerusalem but if you do not have the

clothes of garments of righteousness and You

are revolting the plan of God everything the

man of God says everything God says you revolt

you don't like it Yes, I don't like this. I don't

want to sit like that. Well, no nothing you can

revolt you say I don't like the color of pews

I don't love the color of our color floor why

should we be in gymnasium we are not come to

play revolting now revolting why should you be

revolting why Will you be stricken again? Okay,

let's go further song of Solomon fifth chapter

in seventh verse song of Solomon fifth chapter

and seventh verse song of Solomon This is a song

the Solomon singing fifth chapter in seventh

verse and listen to this yesterday I told you

and God was knocking it the beloved was knocking

and knocking it and this lady said the church

said well I am sleeping, you know, it's very

hard for me to unbolt and open the door and The

broom groom left So after groom left I won't

tell you when you don't open the door for Jesus

Christ when you don't listen to Jesus Christ

And you don't listen to his voice when he's talking

to you when you refuse something happens. This

is what happened What happened the watchman who

went about the city found me watchman? found

me Watchman found me and what did they do watchman?

What do you expect from watchman? You expect

watchman to save you and secure you Don't worry.

I will take you home watchmen found me and what

did they do? They struck me and what? They struck

me and watchmen struck me, you know Lots of time

you go into the world you go out of Jerusalem

You are on the way to Jericho. You think they

are watchmen. They're not watchmen. They're not

watchmen. They're thief. They'll strike you There

are people out there when you start traveling

from Jerusalem to Jericho when you allow the

enemy to take your clothing here You know when

you start speaking against the plan of God, then

you will meet people who say I'm watchman I want

to save your life, you know, I won't help you,

you know But they're not watchman because they

have met you not in Jerusalem watchman of Jerusalem

a different from the watchman outside of Jerusalem

This is not your beloved. This is our watchman

outside and the watchman when they saw this started

beating and what else they struck me and this

is amazing you listen to this one and you'll

be amazed struck me and what else they wounded

me and the keepers of they wanted me who who

watchmen many people are today wounded by watchmen

hmm they wounded me People will come to your

house and they will look like a watchman and

they like your well -wisher. They take you away

from the church. They will take you away from

the man of God. They will take you away from

the presence of God and at last they will strike

on you. They will leave you wounded, half dead

like this man. You know, they left me wounded.

What else? The third thing is very amazing. They

wounded me and? The keepers of the wall took

my veil away from me. Would take my what? Veil.

In the Eastern culture, this is what is very

good to understand Eastern culture. In the Eastern

culture, a lady cannot go out without the veil.

And if the lady goes without the veil, the people

say, she's going naked. She's naked. She's naked.

And everybody sees why you wear the veil so that

nobody sees your face and nobody gets tempted.

Oh, church, somebody has taken your veil. You

know who's taken they look like a watchman. They

told that they're watchmen, but they were not

watchmen They were the thieves and robbers. They

were outside of Jerusalem. They were not in the

house They were outside of the house and they've

taken your whale Where is your whale that covers

you the covering and you know, you know the covering

91 some of it speaks about the covering Whosoever

is in the covering of God covering of God is

taken away from the people of God and they are

on the way to Jericho They are on the way to

disaster. They took the covering and you know

what happened Bible tells us the man has lost

clothing, has been beaten, and Bible tells us

he was half dead. Half away, half dead. Have

you seen half dead people? If you're in the church

and you say I'm half dead, you are in the building,

you're not in the church. You're not in the building,

you're not in the church, because in the church

there's nobody half dead. In the church there

are people who are alive. You're not in Jerusalem.

You're outside of Jerusalem. You're going to

Jericho. You have a desire. You have a plan.

You're doing things against the will of God,

and this is what's happening. I can't go any

further, but I want to tell you something happened.

Half dead, but Bible tells us. Now, read this

thing. This is very important. A few things happened,

and you can go home and think about it. Something

happened there. Yeah. And now by chance. By chance.

Yes. By chance. What? By chance a certain priest

came down that road. Certain priest came down

that road. Same road. Same road. Who's that?

Priest. Same road. How would you know? How would

you know? That he's not on the plan of God. He's

taking the same road, same wrong road, Jerusalem,

Jergerico, that I've taken. He's a priest. I

don't know who you are, how big your testimony

is, how many times you've read Bible, how much

tithe you give, and who you know, who you don't

know. But if you're going the same road, you

are not a priest. Same road! So something happened.

And you know, something's coming up. Listen to

this one same road and this will happen when

you're going to the same road This will happen.

You are a priest of your house. You are a priest

of your house You're a priest of your community.

And if you're going the same road, this will

this is what will happen But then they pass by

on the other side. I Don't care he's smoking.

Let him smoke. He's drinking. Let him drink you're

ignoring If you're ignoring your children, if

you're not ignoring the responsibility you have

been made a priest don't think there's only one

priest here this priest is for the church but

you're a priest for your family if you're ignoring

it's because you're going to the same route you

will never tell anybody to go to church if you're

not going to church you'll not tell anybody to

pay tight if you're not paying tight you'll not

tell anybody not to smoke if you're smoking you

will not tell anybody not to tell lies if you're

lying and you will do one thing and you say it's

alright to lie one or two times alright you'll

ignore and you will pass by on the other side

you cannot help anybody because you need help

yourself I could preach one whole night on this,

but I'll go further. The second thing. Listen

to this one. Likewise, a Levi. Likewise! What

do you know by, what do you mean by likewise?

Same route, same doings. Likewise, a Levi. I

don't know if you're Levi. I don't know if you're

wearing clothes of Levi, but I know you are outside

of Jerusalem and you're taking the same route.

Likewise. And what happened? He passed by on

the other side. You can't help anybody. You may

be Levite or you may be a priest. You have finished

Bible 30 times. Who cares? You've got CDs of

all the famous preachers of America. Who cares?

You likewise. Okay, what is it? Likewise. Now

what happened? Likewise. But I want you to know

this thing and I will finish. Listen to this

one, the third one. One person was same road.

The other person, same road. The third person,

listen to this one. But, that's enough, that's

enough. But. But, in America it's very difficult

to speak anything about the but. I was very new

to America this first time, I was in America,

I was preaching in Corridor Spring, I didn't

know, and I was preaching that message, the wages

of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal

life. And I was still preaching, and I said,

God wants you to have a butt. You cannot go to

heaven without a butt. Today I know better than

that, I'm not going to elaborate that butt, but

I know this thing, B -U -T, this means, this

means when you want to change the story, then

you use this thing butt. It's like this. What's

your name brother Elton is a very spiritual man

in love the Lord He is a very good tight -spang

man But Mark that way what do you mean by that

now? I'm going to say but mark is not But means

you're going to say something or as I say Elton

is educated qualified Good man good husband,

but he's a thief Just one but Some other time

that I'll take this topic but and I speak to

you, but I say but listen to this but But a certain

man a certain man now listen to this Samaritan

I'm talking to you about the certain man all

those things were just preference. You know just

was the Introduction this is where I want to

come a certain man. It's a certain man a Samaritan

a Samaritan very poor man. Nobody loves him It

doesn't look very rich. He's not it doesn't look

very very holy a certain Samaritan what else

as he journeyed came where he was He's not going

He's not going he's coming. He's not going from

Jerusalem Jericho, but it's going from Jericho

to Jerusalem I'm speaking to you about somebody

you who had a desire to leave Jerusalem go to

Jericho I don't know what you are in, but I know

you're surrounded by so many negative I know

you have been beaten and you have been made naked

I know nobody's saving you your own people have

passed by on the side But I got a news for you.

There is a certain man whose name is Jesus Christ

He looks like a very ordinary man, but he has

come to take you from this situation into Jerusalem

Hallelujah, this certain man can help you and

change your city the position a certain man went

down from Jerusalem to Jericho. God bless you.