11/12/25 "The 7 Churches of Revelation" Part 1

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HAPPY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WHO WANTS TO HEAR A MESSAGE

FROM PASTOR BRENDA TONIGHT? SHE HAS A POWERFUL

WORD IN HER MOUTH. YOU'RE NOT GONNA WANNA MISS IT.

SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING ONLINE, STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

IN THE MEANTIME, LIFT UP YOUR HANDS TO THE

KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS TONIGHT. LET'S GIVE

HIM SOME WORSHIP. LET'S GIVE HIM SOME PRAISE. HALLELUJAH.

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I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.

I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.

I JUST FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN.

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COME ON, LIFT YOUR HANDS, WORSHIP HIM, WORSHIP

HIM HE ALONE IS WORTHY OF THE GLORY.

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COME ON, WE WORSHIP YOU, WE WORSHIP YOU.

HANDS ARE LIFTED TO GOD. WE WORSHIP YOU. ALL OVER

THE WORLD. LIFT YOUR HONOR TO GOD. YOUR WORSHIP

TO THE KING. WORSHIP HIM. WE WORSHIP YOU, LORD.

YOU ARE EVERYTHING. IT'S OUR HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU.

IT'S OUR PRIVILEGE TO SING FROM OUR HEART TO YOU, GOD.

WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU. WE WORSHIP YOU.

OH, HOW WE LOVE YOU. HOW WE LOVE YOU, GOD.

A HEART OF GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING WE GIVE TO

YOU, GOD. OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. SO GREAT YOU ARE.

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AND YOU ARE ONE POWERFUL, POWERFUL, POWERFUL GOD.

AND YOU HAPPEN TO BE OURS. AND WE HONOR YOU TODAY.

OH, HOW WE WORSHIP YOU. AND WE GIVE THANKSGIVING AND HONOR TO

YOU. GOD, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

AND I DON'T JUST SPEAK OF SALVATION,

BUT I THINK OF THE DAY TO DAY, HOUR TO HOUR,

WEEK TO WEEK, MONTH TO MONTH, YEAR TO YEAR.

YOUR BLESSINGS ARE SO AMAZING. WE JUST WANT TO TELL

YOU THAT, THAT YOU REALLY ARE THE GOD THAT DOES

EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD ASK OR THINK,

BECAUSE YOU LOVE US. BUT WE WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING.

WE LOVE YOU. WE REALLY, REALLY DO, GOD. WE REALLY LOVE YOU. AND

WE JUST ASK TODAY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD REVEAL SOME MORE OF

YOUR HEART TO US. BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO BE MORE

PASSIONATE, MORE CONSIDERATE OF YOUR WAYS. AND WE LOVE YOU SO

MUCH. WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY, REALLY LOVE YOU SO VERY

MUCH. AND IT'S OUR HONOR TO WORSHIP YOU. NOW I WANT YOU

JUST, AND IF YOU'RE WATCHING, JUST SAY YOU KNOW WE SANG ABOUT

IT, ABBA FATHER. I LOVE THAT BECAUSE YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES

PEOPLE THINK THAT YOU KNOW IT'S ONLY MENTIONED TWICE IN THE

BIBLE RIGHT? SO JESUS MUST HAVE ONLY REFERRED TO THE FATHER AS

PAPA OR DADDY TWICE RIGHT? BUT REALLY THAT'S WHAT GOT THE JEWS,

THE PHARISEES, THE DOCTORS OF THE LAW UPSET IS THAT THIS GROWN

MAN BECAUSE THEY ONLY KNEW GOD IN A CORPORATE SENSE. THEY

DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN JESUS SAID, "MY PAPA, MY PAPA." IN

FACT MANY OF THE REFERENCES IN THE ORIGINAL ARAMAIC THAT THE

WORD FATHER IS USED IT REALLY WAS ABBA. SO LIKE WHEN JESUS

SAID, "HERE'S HOW YOU PRAY, MY ABBA, WHICH ART AND THEY GOT

REALLY MAD BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, "YOU'RE SAYING THAT GOD IS YOUR

PERSONAL DAD?" AND THEY GOT REALLY, REALLY MAD ABOUT IT. SO

I WANT YOU TO DO THIS. SAY, "ABBA, MY DADDY, MY PAPA, I ASK

YOU TODAY TO REVEAL MORE OF YOUR HEART TO ME, SO THAT I MAY LOVE

YOU AND WORSHIP YOU AND SERVE YOU AND BE OBEDIENT, THAT YOUR

KINGDOM MAY COME AND YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE IN MY LIFE. NOW I

DO ASK YOU, ABBA, BLESS MY LIFE. I DECLARE HEALTH, HEALING,

WHOLENESS, SOUNDNESS OF MIND, A BLESSED MEMORY, PRESERVATION,

PROTECTION, DELIVERANCE, KEPT FROM HARM. I DECLARE BLESSING,

PROSPERITY BY THE POWER OF YOUR SAVING HAND, PAPA, ABBA. I

RECEIVE IT UPON MY LIFE AND EVEN THOSE OF MY FAMILY. AND LORD, I

EXTEND THAT TO THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN JESUS' NAME. AND

EVERYBODY SAID, AMEN. WELL, I WANT TO GET MAMA UP HERE, MAN. I

AM REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR HER MESSAGE. HOW ABOUT YOU? SHE'S

GOING TO TEACH ON THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION AND WHAT

SHE'S BEEN SHARING TO ME. YOU KNOW, I HAVE LIKE MY OWN

INTERPRETATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE HTL HANK

TRANSLATION VERSION. WHETHER YOU HEAR HER, WHAT IS IT, THE BTL,

BACON, LETTUCE OR BLT, BRENDA? I WAS TALKING TO YOU, BACON,

LETTUCE, TOMATO, THE BLT VERSION, THE BRENDA, LOVELY

TRANSLATION OR THE WHATEVER. SO IT'S GONNA BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT,

HERE'S WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO. I WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEBODY, SHARE

YOUR NAME, AND THEN SAY, I BET I KNOW, I BET I KNOW, WHAT YOUR

FAVORITE, FAVORITE COLOR IS. I BET I KNOW. NOW, YOU CAN'T SAY

CLEAR AND STUMP THE AUDIENCE, OKAY? SO YOU

HAVE TO COME UP WITH A COLOR. ALL RIGHT, GREET

ONE ANOTHER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.

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HOW MANY OF YOU ARE STUMPING THE AUDIENCE? AND BY THE WAY, THOSE

OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, LISTEN, PUT DOWN YOUR FAVORITE

COLOR. I'D LIKE TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE. AND AGAIN,

DON'T PUT CLEAR, AND THEN DON'T PUT, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAVORITE

SCENT IS UNSCENTED, YOU KNOW. ANYWAY, HOW MANY'S FAVORITE

COLOR WAS BLUE? OKAY. DID ANYBODY COME UP WITH THOSE WEIRD

COLORS THAT LIKE THEY DIDN'T EXIST IN THE CRAYON BOX? BRENDA

LIKED FUCHSIA. LIKE NOBODY EVER COLORS WITH FUCHSIA, RIGHT? YOU

KNOW, WE JUST GOT, WE GOT FUCHSIA ON, ALL RIGHT...

I SEE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TYPICAL

ONES LIKE YELLOW AND RED AND BLACK AND BROWN AND GREEN AND I

THINK ORANGE AND, DON'T QUIZ ME, BUT I DO KNOW THEM, OKAY. WELL,

IT'S SO GOOD TO BE HERE. ARE YOU GLAD YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE OF THE

LORD? HOW MANY HAD A GOOD DAY TODAY? DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY?

RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAD A GOOD DAY. THAT'S GOOD, I'M

REALLY GLAD, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I PRAY OVER YOU EVERY DAY. ALL

RIGHT, NOW THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, I WANT YOU TO PUT YOUR

HAND UP TOO, BECAUSE DID YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY? 'CAUSE WE PRAY

FOR YOU EVERY DAY TOO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DECLARE

OVER YOU, NOT ONLY THE BLOOD COVENANT OF PRESERVATION AND

PROTECTION, BUT WE ALSO PRAY THAT PSALM 23, THE GOODNESS AND

MERCY FOLLOWS YOU. AND YOU THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM THIS DAY,

RIGHT? AND ALL THE LONG DAYS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. SO HOPEFULLY

YOU'RE LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND YOU'RE GOING, WHOA,

HI, GOODNESS, HI, MERCY. AND LOOK FOR IT, EXPECT IT, 'CAUSE

THAT'S THE KIND OF GOD THAT YOU SERVE. SO THAT'S REALLY

WONDERFUL, ISN'T IT? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LISTEN, I WANT TO TALK TO

YOU ABOUT TONIGHT'S OFFERING REAL QUICK. SO YOU CAN GET YOUR

GIVING INFORMATION OR YOUR GIVING READY. BUT I WANNA SHARE

A SCRIPTURE WHEN IT COMES IN THE CONTEXT OF GIVING, JOHN 3:16.

John 3:16

NOW YOU SAY, NOW WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH AN OFFERING?

WELL, THERE IS A LOT IN THIS VERSE. SOMETIMES WE JUST THINK

THAT IT APPEARS ON OUR TV AT A FOOTBALL GAME, RIGHT? YOU ALWAYS

SEE THE GUY WITH THE SIGN, JOHN 3:16. I DON'T THINK LIKE THE

John 3:16

CHICAGO BEARS WOULD HAVE THAT UP BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET

SPIRITUAL, RIGHT? HOW MANY BEARS FANS ARE IN HERE? CHRISTY, I'M

MESSING WITH YOU. ANY DALLAS FANS? OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. YOU

KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S FOOTBALL, RIGHT? BUT

ANYWAY, THE POINT IS JOHN 3:16 HAS A LOT MORE IN IT THAN WHAT

John 3:16

SOMETIMES WE REALIZE. BUT I WANT US TO LOOK AT A PRINCIPLE THAT

I'VE APPLIED IN MY LIFE IN SERVING GOD SINCE 1984. AND I

REALLY HAVE PUT IT TO PRACTICE. IT'S WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE A

GIVER. IT'S WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO BE A CONSISTENT TITHER SINCE

BEFORE I MARRIED BRENDA, WE GOT MARRIED IN 1989. SO I WAS

TITHING BACK IN 1984 AND I WAS ONLY MAKING 50 BUCKS A WEEK, BUT

I TITHE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW GOD TOOK CARE OF ME, BUT HE DID.

AND THEN WHEN BRENDA AND I FIRST GOT MARRIED, WE CAME TOGETHER,

WE MADE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE WERE GONNA NOT ONLY TITHE, BUT

WE WERE ALSO GOING TO BE GIVERS AND PARTNER WITH MINISTRIES. AND

WE STILL HAVE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL PICTURES FROM THE CHECK

STUBS. Y'ALL REMEMBER THAT? AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING,

YOU USED TO GET CHECK STUBS BACK. I DON'T THINK THEY DO THAT

ANYMORE, DO THEY? BUT ANYWAY, THE CHECK STUBS, WE TOOK

PICTURES OF IT, AND IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT WE WERE SOWING SEED

WAY BACK IN THOSE DAYS. BUT I WANNA SHOW YOU THE PRINCIPLE.

ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE

WATCHING? ALL RIGHT, WATCH THIS. FOR GOD SO LOVED, UNDERLINE

LOVED, BECAUSE THIS IS THE KEY TO BLESSING. PEOPLE SAY TO ME

ALL THE TIME, "WHY ARE YOU SO BLESSED?" AND I ALWAYS SAY,

"BECAUSE THERE'S A COMPONENT "THAT I HONESTLY THINK I HAVE IN

MY HEART." AND THIS ISN'T PRIDE TO SAY IT, IT'S CALLED LOVE. I

LOVE GOD. I REALLY DO, AND I KNOW YOU DO TOO. WELL, WHAT DOES

THAT HAVE TO DO WITH GIVING? LET'S CONTINUE TO READ. FOR GOD

SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT'S US. AND I BELIEVE THAT HE LOVES WHAT

HE CREATED, BUT IT'S REALLY US THAT HE GAVE. NOW NOTICE THE

FIRST THING BEFORE YOU GIVE, YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO

COME TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. AND THAT

WHICH PLEASES GOD IS CONNECT WITH YOUR GIVING LOVE. IF YOU

LOVE GOD, TO ME WHEN PEOPLE ARGUE OVER THE TITHE, I'M LIKE,

I REALLY COULD CARE LESS IF IT'S PREOLD TESTAMENT, OLD TESTAMENT,

BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND THE 400 YEARS

OF SILENCE, WHATEVER, RIGHT? IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, DID IT PASS

AWAY, DID IT NOT? I DON'T CARE. I LOVE GOD. AND IF HE IS MY

LORD, WHICH HE IS, AND I LOVE HIM, I DON'T JUST GIVE HIM 10%,

I GIVE HIM 100% OF MY LIFE. BUT IF 10%, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE,

CAUSES THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN TO OPEN, FOR HIM TO POUR OUT

BLESSINGS I DON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE, TO REBUKE THE DEVIL,

RIGHT? GOD, OUT OF MY LOVE, I'LL GIVE YOU 10%, BUT IF YOU WANT

11, I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU. I'LL GIVE YOU 12. I'LL GIVE YOU

WHATEVER I HAVE, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. HERE'S ANOTHER THING. YOU

KNOW WHAT I ALSO DO? IS I LOVE HIS WORKS. I FIND MINISTRIES

THAT I LOVE. I LOVE THIS MINISTRY. AND SO I LOVE TO GIVE

TO IT. IF YOU LOVE THIS MINISTRY, YOU SHOULD LOVE TO

GIVE TO IT. RIGHT? YOU SHOULDN'T JUST LOVE TO RECEIVE WITHOUT

GETTING ANYTHING BACK. I LOVE MY WIFE, SHE CAN TELL YOU, I SPOIL

HER SO GOOD. SHE'S GOT A CHRISTMAS TREE IN EVERY CORNER.

I MEAN, I'M HAVING TO JUST TRY TO WALK, YOU KNOW, AND TRYING TO

FIND MY WAY. BUT I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT, ALL THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.

SEEN THEM ALL, BUT SHE KNOWS SHE'S SPOILED. WELL, I LOVE HER.

WHEN SHE DECIDED A FEW YEARS AGO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, TO GET

A FOURTH DOG, I WAS WORKING HER DOWN TO TRY TO GET A FOURTH

GERMAN SHEPHERD. I WANTED A GERMAN SHEPHERD, RIGHT? AND I

WAS WORKING HER DOWN. I WAS SO CLOSE. WELL, THEN ALL OF A

SUDDEN, ONE DAY I'M ON A ZOOM CALL, AND HERE COMES THIS TEXT

MESSAGE. AND I SAID TO THE PEOPLE ON THE ZOOM, EXCUSE ME,

BUT BRENDA, I HAVE A RULE, AND THIS SHOULD BE YOUR RULE. IF ANY

OF MY WIFE CALLS OR TEXTS, I ANSWER, OR MY CHILDREN. SO MATT

AND JOHN, YOU KNOW THAT. YOU'RE WATCHING TONIGHT. MY RULE, AND

MAKE THAT YOUR RULE, BY THE WAY, BOYS. I'M JUST MESSING WITH YOU.

BUT I ALWAYS ANSWER, OR THAT'S JUST MY RULE, OKAY? AND SO I

SAID, "JUST A MINUTE." AND SHE'S HOLDING HERBIE, OUR SHIH-TZU. I

SAID, "WHERE ARE YOU?" SHE SAID, "ISN'T HE CUTE?" I SAID, "GET

OUT OF THERE, BRENDA." I KNEW SHE WAS IN A PET STORE. AND SO,

I'M GOING SOMEWHERE, ALL RIGHT? I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF ROUGH

HERE, BUT ANYWAY. SO I'M ON THE ZOOM CALL, AND SHE SENDS ME A

PICTURE OF HER AND HERBIE. AND SHE SAID, "I'M ON MY WAY." AND I

DIDN'T SEE, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON, AND I PUT A

HEART. SHE THOUGHT THAT MEANT GET THE DOG. SO I GET OFF THE

ZOOM CALL. SHE PULLS UP, SHE GOES,

"WELL, DO YOU LIKE HIM?" LIKE, WHO?

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

"HONEY, YOU BROUGHT A RAT HOME." 'CAUSE I WAS USED TO BIG DOGS,

AND FOR ABOUT, WHAT, TWO MONTHS, HIM AND I DIDN'T LIKE EACH

OTHER, BRENDA? YEAH, NOW HE'S YOUR LITTLE BABY. NOW, BECAUSE I

LOVE HIM, I DO WHAT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO. I GIVE STUFF

WITHOUT MAMA LOOKING UNDERNEATH THE TABLE TO THE LITTLE GUY. AND

HIM AND I ARE BUDDIES. WHY? 'CAUSE ISN'T THAT A POWERFUL

OFFERING HERE, THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LOVE AND GIVING GO TOGETHER.

I HATED HERBIE, BUT WHEN I SLID INTO LOVE, HIM AND I BEGAN TO BE

GIVING OF ONE ANOTHER. RIGHT, HE GIVES ME KISSES AND LITTLE HUGS.

HE LETS ME HOLD HIM LIKE A LITTLE BABY. IN RETURN, I GIVE

HIM. I FULFILL THE SCRIPTURE, BRENDA. REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE

SCRIPTURE? EVEN THE DOGS GET THEIR SCRAPS UNDERNEATH THE

TABLE. SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. BUT ANYWAY, LET'S BRING THIS TO A

CLOSE. WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY TO YOU? IF YOU REALLY WANNA COME

TO ANOTHER LEVEL OF BLESSING, CONNECT YOUR GIVING WITH LOVE.

IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD, DON'T BE STINGY. IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD,

DON'T ARGUE OVER THE TITHE, JUST DO IT. IF YOU REALLY LOVE GOD,

BE A GIVER ABOVE YOUR TITHE. AND IF YOU REALLY, REALLY LOVE GOD

AND YOU LOVE THE MINISTRY THAT YOU SEE GOD IN, LOOK AT WHAT

GOD'S DONE IN THIS MINISTRY THE LAST TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS AGO,

HE PROPHESIED AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT THE FUTURE OF NEW YORK

CITY AND MENTIONED THAT THAT MAMI-KAMI WOULD GET ELECTED. HE

SPOKE TO US. I LOVE GOD FOR TALKING TO US. LAST SUNDAY, I

WAS SO TIRED 'CAUSE I ONLY GOT THREE HOURS OF SLEEP, HAD BEEN

AT THE VICTORY CAMPAIGN. I'M JUST BEING VULNERABLE. I WALK UP

HERE, I'M FEELING THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD COMING ON ME. I'M LIKE,

'CAUSE I'VE LEARNED TO RECOGNIZE. I WALK UP HERE, I'M

LIKE, "LORD, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK." BISHOP BUTLER'S HERE,

AND THE LORD SAID, "NO, I REALLY WANT YOU TO PROPHESY. "I REALLY

HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY." AND I STARTED GIVING MY EXCUSES. BUT

THEN MY LOVE KICKED IN. AND THEN WHEN HE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO

SPEAK NOW, "AND I WANT YOU TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE. "I WANNA

GIVE YOU A WORD ABOUT THIS SHUTDOWN." SO MY POINT IS, WHEN

YOU LOVE, IT'LL ALWAYS BE FOLLOWED WITH GIVING. WELL, YOU

SAY, WELL, HOW CAN I SHOW MY LOVE TODAY AND MY GIVING? THE

GIVING INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN. THERE'S THE DIFFERENT

WAYS THAT YOU CAN GIVE TONIGHT BY WAY OF ENVELOPE, MAIL,

WEBSITE, MOBILE APP, TEXT TO GIVE. HOW MANY OF YOU USE THE

SCAN QR CODE? HOW MANY OF YOU USE THAT? SO BY THE WAY, BRENDA,

I STILL NEED TO UPDATE MY APP. SO I OWE A COUPLE OFFERINGS IN

THERE THAT I'VE TRIED. SO I'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, MY WIFE WILL

HELP ME WITH THAT. BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIVING. ALL

RIGHT, HOW MANY OF YOU, ARE YOU STILL FILLING OUT YOUR PHONE OR

WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FILL OUT YOUR PHONE. HOW ABOUT

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY TO GIVE?

INCREASE YOUR LOVE AND WATCH WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE MEASURE

OF YOUR GIVING. NOW WATCH THIS, WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THE

MEASURE OF THE BLESSING THAT'S RETURNED TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, YOU

READY TO STAND TO YOUR FEET? I'M GONNA ASK MAMA TO COME PRAY. ALL

RIGHT, WOULD YOU COME? 'CAUSE SHE'S THE DECREE QUEEN. WE'RE

NOT GONNA DECREE TONIGHT, BUT BRENDA, I WANT YOU TO PRAY A

PRAYER. I AM REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR YOU PREACH TODAY. THANK

YOU. I'M EXCITED TO DO IT. ALL RIGHT, YOU READY? ALL RIGHT,

HOLD YOUR PHONE UP. OFFERING ENVELOPE, SAY THESE WORDS, SAY

LORD JESUS. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE TO GIVE TO YOU. IT'S AN HONOR.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE. AND I THANK YOU THAT OUR GIVING IS

RECIPROCATED BY YOUR GIVING BACK. AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR

THAT, LORD. YOU'RE A GOOD GOD. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. ALL RIGHT,

USHERS, YOU CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE GIVEN,

YOU CAN BE SEATED. WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO THIS TONIGHT. EITHER

WAY, MY LITTLE NIECE KATIE CAME IN FROM YOUTH. I SAID, ARE YOU

NOT GOING TO YOUTH TONIGHT? THEY'RE AT THE OTHER END OF THE

BUILDING. SHE SAID, I WANTED TO HEAR YOU PREACH. I SAID, IT'S

THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF REVELATION. YOU SURE YOU WON'T

BE BORED? IT'S LIKE ALL DOCTRINAL, BUT YOU KNOW, KATIE

GOES IN FOR THE DEEP STUFF, I'M TELLING YOU. SO GIVE HER A HAND.

SHE CAME IN. SHE WASN'T SKIPPING OUT ON YOU. I THOUGHT, "ARE THEY

DOING A TEST DOWN THERE OR ANYTHING THAT YOU DIDN'T WANT TO

GO?" ALL RIGHT. THAT'S OKAY. WELL, GOOD. WELL, THIS IS A GOOD

TOPIC. AND I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT,

AS I WAS READING THROUGH SOME OF THESE VERSES, I'VE PREACHED THIS

BEFORE IN THIS CHURCH, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS. AND I JUST

FEEL LIKE IT'S ONE OF THESE TOPICS THAT, SIMPLY BECAUSE

THERE IS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF CHURCHES NOW. HAVE YOU

NOTICED THAT? DIFFERENT KINDS OF CHURCHES, YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME,

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS STATEMENT BEFORE, IF YOUR PASTOR

ISN'T STANDING UP AGAINST WOKE AND EVIL, GET OUT, GO TO ANOTHER

CHURCH. YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THAT. THE CHURCHES THAT

ARE TRULY PREACHING A TRUE WORD, WE HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, IF

CHURCHES ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT MANIFESTING

IN THOSE CHURCHES, ARE THEY DEAD, ARE THEY DRY? AND SO, BUT

JESUS REALLY LAID OUT, AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT

FROM THESE, NOW I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH MAYBE THREE, MAYBE FOUR

TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL SEE KIND OF HOW WE DO, AND THEN WHAT

I DON'T GET THROUGH TONIGHT, WE'LL FINISH NEXT WEEK. BUT

JESUS TALKED ABOUT THESE, AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT

IS THESE SEVEN CHURCHES, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ THE

PASSAGES MANY TIMES? THESE SEVEN CHURCHES REALLY DEPICT THE

EXPRESSION OF THE CHURCHES THAT YOU SEE TODAY. NOW WE'RE GONNA

FIND IN IT THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, WE'RE GONNA FIND

DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHES, AND WE'RE GONNA FIND EVANGELICAL

CHURCH, WE'LL FIND THE LIVING CHURCH, WE'LL FIND COMPROMISED

CHURCH, WE'RE GONNA FIND ALL OF THE THINGS IN THERE. AND THE

REASON IT'S IMPORTANT IS FOR YOU AS THE BELIEVERS TO RECOGNIZE,

RIGHT, WHEN YOU'RE IN A CHURCH, THAT, FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T

PICK A CHURCH JUST BECAUSE WE LIKE THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.

WE CHOOSE A CHURCH BASED ON ITS DOCTRINE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA

FIND DOCTRINE IS A BIG PART OF WHAT JESUS BROUGHT OUT FOR THESE

CHURCHES. WE CHOOSE A CHURCH BASED ON FOUNDATIONAL TRUTHS AND

HOW THAT CHURCH EXPRESSES THOSE THAT IT FOLLOWS THE NEW

TESTAMENT PATTERN. BUT YOU DON'T JUST PICK A CHURCH BECAUSE

SOMEBODY WAS FRIENDLY AT THE DOOR. NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND

WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE FRIENDLY AT THE DOOR. WE NEED THOSE THINGS,

IT'S ALL GOOD. YOU DEFINITELY DON'T PICK A CHURCH, IF YOU'VE

HEARD PASTOR HANK PREACH AT ALL, YOU DEFINITELY DON'T PICK A

CHURCH JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE GOOD COFFEE. AND PASTOR SHANE

WOULD LOVE TO SAY, "WE HAVE GREAT COFFEE AT LORD OF HOSTS

CHURCH." HE MADE SURE OF THAT, AND THAT'S ALL OKAY. BUT THE

POINT IS, IS WE LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT JESUS, COME ON

SOMEBODY, IT'S JESUS, THE LORD OF THE CHURCH, AND WHAT HE

DEEMED IMPORTANT FOR US TO VALUE MINISTRY. SO, NOW YOU'RE GONNA

FIND HERE THAT ALL THROUGHOUT, AND IF YOU'VE READ THE PHRASE,

"TO THE ANGEL AT THE CHURCH OF SO AND SO WRITE," OR "THE ANGEL

OF THIS CHURCH WRITE." NOW THAT WORD ANGEL IS NOT REALLY THE

WORD, IT COMES FROM THE SAME WORD, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY THE

WORD THAT MEANS ANGELIC BEING, LIKE A DIVINE BEING OR AN

ANGELIC, IT'S REALLY THE WORD MESSENGER, AND IN THIS

PARTICULAR APPLICATION IT MEANS PASTOR. SO TO THE PASTOR AT THE

CHURCH OF LAODICEA WRITE. SO IT'S REALLY MEAN, IN FACT I

HEARD A PASTOR FRIEND OF OURS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, PASTOR

HANK AND I WERE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE

MINISTRY, WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING OR NOT. AND

WE WERE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA THINK ABOUT THE

CONGREGATION, BECAUSE WE TRY TO MAKE A VERY BROAD DECISION. ONE

THING ABOUT US AS LEADERS IS WE TRY TO, WITH REALLY GOOD

COUNSEL, MAKE WAR. YOU'LL NEVER JUST SEE THAT TYPICALLY WE'RE

NOT THE KIND OF LEADERS THAT ARE LIKE, WELL, I'M THE PASTOR AND

THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. YOU KNOW, WE WANNA GET INPUT, GET INSIGHT

FROM OTHERS, GET INSIGHT FROM THOSE SPIRITUAL ADVISORS THAT WE

HAVE, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SO ON, AND PRAYERFULLY THE

SCRIPTURE. AND SO WE WERE ASKING THIS PASTOR FRIEND OF OURS, A

VETERAN IN THE MINISTRY, AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE MOVE

FORWARD? AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU'RE THE ANGEL OF THE HOUSE.

NOW, I'D NEVER HEARD ANYBODY USE THAT PHRASE BEFORE. I NEVER

HEARD IT. BUT THEN I REMEMBERED THE BOOK OF REVELATION, TO THE

ANGEL OF THE CHURCH, AND I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT SOUNDS A

LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW, IT SOUNDED A LITTLE SPOOKY TO ME. BUT

ANYWAY, JUST THE WAY HE WORDED IT LIKE THAT. BUT THEN I

THOUGHT, NO, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT GOD IS STILL HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE

FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE, GOOD OR BAD, BY THE WAY. AND SO

TO THE ANGEL, RIGHT. SO THE MESSAGES OF THESE CHURCHES IS

WRITTEN TO THE SENIOR LEADERS OR THE ONES THAT GIVE THE

LIFE-GIVING WORD TO THE PEOPLE, THE ONE THAT CHOOSE THE MESSAGES

THAT ARE GONNA GET PREACHED, RIGHT? THE ONES THAT CHOOSE THE

DIRECTION, THE VISION, THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF

HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, JUST NEARLY ALMOST 100

EMPLOYEES, NOT QUITE, I DON'T THINK, BUT GETTING UP TO THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL HAVE THEIR AREA, THEIR DEPARTMENT,

BUT THE DIRECTION OF WHAT THE CHURCH IS EXPRESSED AS COMES

FROM THE SENIOR LEADERS. AND SO HE'S SAYING TO THE PASTORS THAT

CHOOSE A CERTAIN MESSAGE, YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ARE LAYING OUT,

RIGHT, THE VISION, YOU'RE LAYING OUT THE DIRECTIVES, YOU'RE

LAYING OUT THE EXPRESSION, RIGHT? HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD SAY

IF YOU COME TO LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH, YOU'LL FIND GREATLY

THAT, AND YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO THE PASTOR OF

THE MINISTRY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY PREACH, IT RESONATES WITH

THEM, AND SO THEY CHOOSE IT BASED ON THAT, THAT THEY FEEL

LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT PASTOR'S GOT THEIR HEAD SCREWED ON

STRAIGHT, AND THEY'RE GONNA PREACH THE RIGHT WORD, AND THEY

RESONATE WITH THAT ANOINTING AND THAT MINISTRY, AND THERE IS SOME

MERIT TO THAT. BUT THEN THAT PASTOR, ACCORDING TO WHAT JESUS

TEACHES HERE, HAS THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY THE

VISION AND MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER GOD HAS PUT IN THEM,

COME ON, THEY'RE CARRYING OUT RIGHTLY. AMEN. SO WHEN YOU HEAR,

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE, WHEN IT SAYS TO THE ANGEL OF THE

MINISTRY, RIGHT, THIS AND THUS AND SO, THAT IT IS REFERENCING

THE PASTOR. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE CHOOSE A CHURCH,

THAT PASTOR, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PASTOR CHOOSES CAREFULLY HOW

THEY LEAD YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT SUBMISSION AND

ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND I'M REALLY NOT INTO THE WHOLE BLIND

SUBMISSION THING. AND I CAN SAY THAT AS A LEADER. I THINK A LOT

OF STUPIDITY HAS HAPPENED WITH THAT TEACHING. WELL, YOU GOTTA

BE LOYAL FOREVER. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU DO NEED TO THINK LONG

AND HARD ABOUT A CHURCH THAT YOU CHOOSE. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A

LOT TO IT. AND YOU CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T PLUCK UP AND GO AWAY

SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU HAD A BAD DAY OR AN IMPASSE WITH SOMEBODY.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD REASON, OKAY? CONFLICT IS EVERYWHERE. ALL

RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LISTEN, HALF OF THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES

IN THE WORLD CAN'T AGREE ON THE SAME TOOTHPASTE. SO, YOU KNOW,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE MOMENTS. THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. BUT WE

SHOULD ALSO HAVE THE STICK-TO-ITIVENESS TO HAVE A

LONGTERM CONNECT TO WHATEVER THE VISION IS THAT WE'RE A PART OF.

BUT WE STILL, AS PASTORS, HAVE A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO

MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LEADING YOU INTO TRUE DOCTRINE. COME ON,

RIGHT? TEACHING DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING THAT WE EVER SAY IN

THE PULPIT IS PERFECT. I MEAN, WE'RE GROWING JUST LIKE YOU.

ISN'T THAT GOOD? AREN'T YOU GLAD YOUR PASTORS ARE GROWING? SO

THAT'S PART OF IT. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE AND GET INTO

THIS 'CAUSE JESUS WAS VERY SERIOUS. THESE CAME FROM THE

LORD OF THE CHURCH SO THEY MUST BE IMPORTANT. ALL THESE

DIFFERENT SEVEN EXPRESSIONS, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT

CHAPTER TWO, VERSE ONE. I'M GETTING JUST A LITTLE RING UP

HERE IN MY MICROPHONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S FROM BUT LET'S

SEE IF WE CAN ADJUST THAT. I'M TRYING NOT TO TALK DOWN ON IT.

DOES IT SOUND FUNNY TO Y'ALL OR Y'ALL GOOD? OKAY. THE CHURCH OF

EPHESUS, LET'S LOOK AT THAT. REVELATION CHAPTER TWO, VERSE

ONE, UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, WRITE, OR TO

THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, WRITE THESE THINGS.

THESE THINGS SAITH HE THAT HOLDS THE SEVEN STARS IN HIS RIGHT

HAND. YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME WITH SUCH AUTHORITY IN THESE. I MEAN,

IT MAKES YOU SHUDDER TO YOUR BONES A LITTLE BIT. THE SEVEN

STARS IN HIS RIGHT HAND WHO WALKS IN THE MIDST OF THE SEVEN

GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS. I MEAN, JUST THAT VERSE ALONE SHOULD

MAKE YOU TAKE CHURCH SERIOUS, RIGHT? CANDLESTICKS, WHEN JESUS

IS TALKING, STARS IN HIS HAND, THAT'S HIS AUTHORITY, MAN. VERSE

TWO, FOR HE SAID TO THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, I KNOW YOUR WORKS.

NOW, LET ME SAY THIS, CHURCH, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS AT THE

BEGINNING, THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, AND YOU CAN WRITE THIS

IN YOUR NOTES, THIS IS THE CHURCH OF WHAT I WOULD CALL THE

PHARISAICAL CHURCH. THIS EXPRESSION WAS THE

SELF-RIGHTEOUS, JUDGMENTAL CHURCH, AND BY THE WAY, JESUS

COMES TO THEM AS THE JUDGE. ISN'T THAT WHAT THE WORD SAYS?

THE WORD SAYS, DON'T JUDGE HARSHLY, 'CAUSE WITH THE

JUDGMENT THAT YOU GIVE SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT'S HOW IT'S GONNA COME

BACK TO YOU, RIGHT? SO WRITE IT DOWN, THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS IS

THE SELFRIGHTEOUS RELIGIOUS CHURCH. AND SO JESUS COMES TO

THEM AS THE GREAT EXAMINER AND THE JUDGE, AND WE'LL SEE THAT.

HE SAYS, "I KNOW YOUR WORKS AND ALL YOUR LABOR." AND THEY WERE

HARDWORKING. THESE PEOPLE, THEIR ACCOLADES, THEY WERE WORKED. I

MEAN, THEY SHOWED UP FOR CHILDREN'S MINISTRY. THEY

SERVED, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU ARE COMMITTED. THESE PEOPLE WERE

CHURCHGOERS. THEY CAME ON A WEDNESDAY. OH, TOUCH YOURSELF,

SAY AMEN OR OMI. I KNOW YOUR LABOR, YOUR PATIENCE. I WORD

PATIENCE IS THE WORD ENDURANCE. AND HOW YOU, NOW HERE IT IS.

THIS IS THE PHARISAICAL, RIGHTEOUS. I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE

WERE, THEY WERE DETERMINED TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. I KNOW HOW YOU

CANNOT TOLERATE THOSE THAT ARE EVIL. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE,

YOU CAN'T PUT UP WITH IT. YOU HAVE TRIED THOSE THAT SAY THAT

THEY'RE APOSTLES AND THEY'RE NOT. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE

FOUND THOSE PEOPLE TO BE LIARS. YOU FOUND THEM TO BE FAKES AND

PHONIES, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE FOUND THEM LIARS, BUT YOU HAVE

BORN AND HAVE PATIENCE FOR MY NAME'S SAKE. YOU'VE LABORED AND

YOU'VE NEVER GIVEN UP. VERSE FOUR, NEVERTHELESS, I HAVE A

LITTLE THING AGAINST YOU BECAUSE YOU LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE.

REMEMBER THEREFORE FROM WHERE YOU ARE FALLEN, REPENT AND DO

THE FIRST WORKS OR ELSE I WILL COME UNTO THEE QUICKLY AND

REMOVE YOUR CANDLESTICKS. THAT'S SERIOUS TALK RIGHT THERE. AND

I'LL TAKE IT OUT OF ITS PLACE UNLESS YOU REPENT. BUT THIS THOU

HAST THAT YOU HATE THE DEEDS OF THE NICOLAITANS, WHICH I ALSO

HATE. NOW THAT, IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT THE DEEDS OF THE

NICOLAITANS WERE, THEY WERE, IT WAS A DOCTRINE. IT WAS SORT OF

WHAT WE WOULD CALL TODAY GREASY GRACE. AND PRETTY MUCH THAT, YOU

KNOW, YOU COULD JUSTIFY SEXUAL SIN, ADULTERY, DIVORCE, AND HAVE

A JUSTIFIED REASON. YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT MAD AT YOUR

WIFE, YOU COULD JUST RUN OFF AND GO MARRY SOMEBODY ELSE. THERE

WAS ALWAYS JUSTIFIED REASONS FOR EVIL, ABOMINABLE THINGS. SO IT

WAS A GREASY GRACE TEACHING, BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH LACED IN

IMMORALITY. HEATHEN HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT

SAYS TO THE CHURCHES, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, SOMEBODY SAY

OVERCOME. TO HIM I'LL GIVE TO EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, WHICH

IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF GOD. NOW, LET'S BREAK DOWN

FOR A MOMENT SOME OF THE PHARISAICAL CHURCH'S ACCOLADES.

THEY DID A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT. NOW, THE REASON THIS CHURCH TO

ME IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE THE CHURCH

THAT CALLED OUT DARKNESS AND EVIL. OKAY? THEY WERE THE

PATRIOTS. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT SAID, "NO, HOMOSEXUALITY IS

A SIN. DON'T YOU DARE." THEY WERE NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT

CULTURE. THEY WERE NOT AFRAID TO CALL OUT WRONG. THEY WERE NOT

AFRAID TO CALL OUT EVIL DOERS AND LIARS, RIGHT? NOW, THERE'S

NOTHING WRONG WITH THOSE THINGS. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT. WE ARE

SUPPOSED TO CALL OUT EVIL, BUT WHAT JESUS SAID IS THEY GOT OFF

IN HOW THEY DID THAT. SO LET'S SEE WHAT HE SAID. LET'S SEE HOW

WE COMPLIMENT HIM. THESE WERE HARDWORKING PEOPLE. HERE WAS

THEIR POSITIVES. THEY WERE CAREFUL NOT TO COMPROMISE OR

ALLOW ANY SIN IN THE CHURCH. PRAISE GOD, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S

A GOOD THING. THEY EXPOSED FALSE DOCTRINE. ONE OF THE CHURCHES

WE'LL STUDY THROUGHOUT THIS TEACHING IS THE CHURCH OF FALSE

DOCTRINE. THEY EXPOSED IT, AMEN, THAT'S GOOD. THEY HATED THE

DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANS, THE TEACHING THAT'S BASED ON SEXUAL

FORNICATIONS AS BEING PERMISSIBLE. I MEAN, THE CHURCH

HAS GOTTEN SOFT ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS. THE DOCTRINE OF THE

NICOLAITANS, OH, IT'S OKAY TO STILL LIVE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND

BEFORE YOU MARRY HER. IT'S AMAZING WHAT THE CHURCH EXCUSES

NOW AND ALLOWS AND DOESN'T STAND UP TO, THINGS THAT WERE JUST

NEVER ACCEPTED 30, 40, 50 YEARS AGO ARE NOW KIND OF TAUGHT AS

OKAY, OR WE JUST WINK AT IT. PEOPLE DON'T WANNA COMPROMISE OR

THEY DON'T WANNA ADDRESS IT. THIS WAS THE CONGREGATION. ONE

OF THEIR ACCOLADES WAS THEY NEVER GAVE UP. THANK GOD, AREN'T

YOU GLAD FOR THE PATRIOTS OF AMERICA THAT NEVER GAVE UP

THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION CYCLE? THIS IS A GOOD THING. OKAY, BUT

JESUS SAID, "NO, BUT THERE'S A FEW THINGS YOU GOTTA ADJUST. FOR

THEY HAD ABANDONED THEIR FIRST LOVE." NOW, I ALWAYS READ THIS

LIKE THIS, AND SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE DONE THE SAME. I ALWAYS

READ IT AS THEY LEFT THEIR FIRST LOVE, MEANING THAT THEY DIDN'T

LOVE GOD AS MUCH AS THEY DID WHEN THEY FIRST GOT SAVED. HOW

MANY, THAT'S HOW YOU'VE READ THAT? WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY USED

TO LOVE GOD MORE. THEY WENT TO CHURCH MORE. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN

THE NEW LIVING, SOME OF THE OTHER TRANSLATIONS, IT SAYS

THESE WORDS. IT SAYS, "YOU DIDN'T LOVE ME AS MUCH, "BUT YOU

STOPPED LOVING OTHER PEOPLE." NOW WE CAN BECOME, NOW LET ME

JUST SAY THIS, I WANNA SAY IT VERY CAREFULLY. WE CAN BECOME SO

AGGRESSIVE. NOW, I'M GONNA CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS HERE,

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT WE CAN BECOME SO AGGRESSIVE ON

RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT WE MISHANDLE RIGHTEOUSNESS. ARE YOU LISTENING

TO ME? NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN SIN, 'CAUSE THERE'S PLENTY

OF CHURCHES IN HERE THAT DID THAT, AND WE'RE GONNA GET TO

THOSE. BUT THE POINT BEING IS, WE CAN CALL OUT AND CALL OUT AND

CALL OUT TILL WE MISTREAT PEOPLE. NOW HERE'S WHAT

HAPPENED. THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS, JESUS WAS NOT CALLING THEM OUT

SO MUCH ON THEIR ADDRESSING OF EVIL IN THE CULTURE. HE WAS

CALLING THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY TOOK THEIR LOADED GUNS AND

STARTED SHOOTING THEM AT THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. THE BIBLE

SAYS DO GOOD, COME ON, TO ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE

OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH. OKAY, SPEAK THE TRUTH, WE HEAR IT

AGAIN AND AGAIN IN LOVE. OKAY, AND I'LL JUST SAY THIS, AND I

KNOW, OH LORDY, HELP ME SAY IT GOOD. WE HARP ON SOCIAL MEDIA SO

MUCH, BUT JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A COMMENT SECTION

DOES NOT MEAN THERE SHOULD BE A COMMENT.

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

I'M AMAZED SOMETIMES AT HOW, AND I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE CALLING

OUT TRUTH AT HOW VICIOUS CHRISTIANS ARE IN THE COMMENTS

ON SOCIAL. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS. AND IT'S NOT

THAT I JUST LOOK AT THE ONES THAT COME TO THIS CHURCH, BUT I

SEE 'EM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE JUST VICIOUS, VICIOUS

THINGS. AND YEAH, ARE THEY CALLING OUT WRONG? YEAH, OKAY,

BUT JUST BECAUSE A PREACHER'S PREACHING SOMETHING THAT YOU

DIDN'T LIKE OR AGREE WITH, AND BY THE WAY, WHAT WE BELIEVE AND

AGREE WITH CAN MORPH OVER TIME. OKAY, I'M REMEMBERING YOU'VE

HEARD ME, SOME OF YOU'VE HEARD ME TELL THIS STORY. I REMEMBER

THIS WAS YEARS AGO. THIS WAS AT EBAY FIRST CAME OUT. AND PASTOR

HANK LEARNED THAT YOU COULD BUY MODEL TRAINS ON EBAY. EVERYTHING

THAT HE COULD GET THAT HE COULDN'T GET AT THE TRAIN STORE

HE COULD FIND ON EBAY. I MEAN, PEOPLE THIS BIG AND LITTLE H.O.,

IT'S HO SCALE IS THE MODEL SCALE THAT HE RUNS, THESE LITTLE TO

SCALE PEOPLE AND BUILDINGS AND HE'D START BUYING STUFF ON EBAY.

AND THAT WAS BEFORE, I THINK EBAY WAS KIND OF BEFORE AMAZON,

BUT ANYWAY, SO HE WAS SEARCHING ON EBAY, LOOKING FOR TRAIN

THINGS AND HE FINDS, GET THIS NOW, AN OLD, HOW MANY OF YOU GO

BACK FAR ENOUGH IN THE CHURCH, YOU REMEMBER THE OLD CASSETTE

TAPES, BROTHER COPELAND HAD THEM IN THE CASES AND THEY OPENED AND

THERE WERE LIKE A SIX SERIES IN THERE AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS

JUST MAN, THE CAT'S MEOW IF WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THOSE. WE

USED TO STAY UP HERE AT NIGHT ALL NIGHT AND PRINT THE COVERS

TO OUR TAPE SERIES AND TAKE THEM ON THE ROAD WITH US AND I MEAN,

I SAT HERE, AMY ROKHOLZ, SHE KNOWS, TILL TWO AND

THREE IN THE MORNING PRINTING ON, YOU KNOW,

THE LITTLE, THIS WAS AT THE FIRST COLOR PRINTER. I MEAN, IT

TOOK 45 MINUTES. THANK GOD WE PREACHED IN LITTLE CHURCHES. IT

TOOK 45 MINUTES TO PRINT ONE COVER, AND WE'D HAVE FOUR OR

FIVE OF THESE, AND WE'D TAKE 'EM ON THE ROAD AND PREACH. AND SO I

REMEMBER, I MADE MY OWN TAPE COVERS. ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?

AND I REMEMBER PASTOR SITTING, HE GOES, "OH, LOOK AT THIS.

"THIS IS ONE OF YOUR TAPE SERIES. "IT'S FOR SALE ON EBAY."

(CONGREGATION LAUGHING)

NOW THIS WAS YEARS LATER, YEARS LATER. AND I THOUGHT, "WHAT ONE

IS IT? "I'M NOT SURE I BELIEVE IT ANYMORE." ANYWAY, SOMEBODY

SOLD IT FOR AN EGREGIOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND I'M LIKE, "I

WOULDN'T EVEN PAY $5 FOR THAT." BUT ANYWAY, IT'S ALL FINE. BUT

THE POINT OF THAT WHOLE TOPIC IS THE FACT THAT WE CHANGE, WE

GROW, ALLOW PEOPLE TO GROW. JUST 'CAUSE SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING

DOESN'T, THERE'S THINGS THAT, MAN, I STOOD FOR AND BELIEVED,

AND NOW I LOOK BACK AND I'M LIKE, WELL, GOD, YOU HAD TO

TWEAK THAT. GOD, YOU STILL HAD TO GROW ME IN THAT. YOU HAD TO

DEVELOP THAT. AND SO THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS WAS SO QUICK TO CALL

OUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY LEFT THEIR FIRST LOVE. THEY FORGOT TO

TREAT PEOPLE WITH DECENCY. AND JESUS SAID, I'M NOT GONNA PUT UP

WITH THAT. DON'T BECOME A PHARISEE. YOU CAN CALL OUT

WRONG. NOW, NOTICE IT WAS REALLY, IT REALLY WAS THE

CHRISTIANS THEY WERE CALLING OUT. IT WASN'T SO MUCH THE

WORLD. NOW I'M NOT SAYING YOU GO AHEAD AND IT'S OKAY TO MISTREAT

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. BUT I'M SAYING IT'S FINE. WE HAVE TO

CALL OUT WHAT IS EVIL IS EVIL AND NOT GIVE EVIL A VOICE. WE

HAVE TO AS THE CHURCH BE THE BARRIER, ARE YOU LISTENING TO

ME, TO STAND UP AGAINST DARKNESS AND WICKEDNESS. BUT THERE IS A

RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. AND YES, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH

BOLDNESS. LOOK AT THE EARLY APOSTLES, THEY WERE SO BOLD. THE

APOSTLE PAUL POINTED AT THAT SORCERER AND SAID, "YOU'RE GOING

BLIND FOR A SEASON." OKAY, HE SAID TO SIMON THE SORCERER, HE

SAID, "YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I CALLED HIM OUT AND SAID, 'YOUR

MONEY'S GONNA DIE WITH YOU.'" BUT THE POINT IS, IS WE ALSO

HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST EXTENDED. SO THIS

WAS, GOD CALLED OUT THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS FOR THEIR PHARISEE.

THEY GOT OVER INTO A PHARISEE. IN FACT, LET ME SHOW YOU A

SCRIPTURE. I WANNA SHOW YOU A SCRIPTURE ABOUT THIS. 'CAUSE I

FEEL LIKE THIS NEEDS SOME TEACHING RIGHT NOW IN THE BODY

OF CHRIST. I LOVE PASTOR HANK'S SERIES THAT HE'S DONE ON WALKING

IN LOVE, THAT WE DO NEED TO TREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST. THE

BIBLE IS VERY ADAMANT THAT WE TREAT EACH OTHER. IN FACT, WE

WERE TALKING WITH SOMEBODY THE OTHER DAY ON THE PHONE ABOUT THE

FACT THAT IT BOTHERS ME THAT WE CAN GET THE LIBERAL LEFTISTS CAN

ALL UNITE TOGETHER ON THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ISSUE. YOU

KNOW, THEY WERE ALL LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE

THAT ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT THINGS AND STAND FOR

CONSERVATIVE VALUES CAN'T AGREE ON ANYTHING. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A

TERRIBLE TRAVESTY TO THE CHURCH AND THE BODY OF CHRIST IF WE

CAN'T GET AN AGREEMENT. AND WE HAVE TO BE HUNG UP AND ALWAYS

CALLING OUT THIS OR THAT OR SOMETHING. WE NEED TO DO THE

RIGHT THINGS. NOW LOOK AT, LET ME READ THIS SCRIPTURE TO YOU.

LOOK AT GALATIANS. IS THIS MICROPHONE OKAY? I DON'T KNOW, I

FEEL LIKE IT'S TOUCHY TONIGHT. GALATIANS 6:1. BRETHREN, IF A

Galatians 6:1

MAN, NOW WATCH THIS. BRETHREN, IF A MAN BE OVERTAKEN IN A

FAULT, YOU THAT ARE SPIRITUAL, HOW MANY SPIRITUAL PEOPLE DO I

HAVE HERE AND WATCHING ONLINE TONIGHT? YOU WHICH ARE

SPIRITUAL, WE LIKE TO ALL THINK WE'RE SPIRITUAL, RESTORE SUCH A

ONE IN THE SPIRIT OF MEEKNESS. WATCH THIS, CONSIDERING YOURSELF

LEST YOU ALSO BE TEMPTED. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD FALL INTO

A FAULT AND NEED SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU ONE DAY. COME ON, THIS

IS POWERFUL. BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS. DON'T CALL THEM OUT IN

THE COMMENTS, OKAY? AND SO FULFILL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SO

MANY PREACHERS NOW, AND THIS IS, I'M NOT TEACHING THIS JUST TO

DEFEND THE MINISTERS, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE DAY AND AGE OF

STREAMING, I KNOW SO MANY PREACHERS, THEY'RE AFRAID, YOU

KNOW PART OF THE REASON THAT WE GET MINISTERS THAT ARE AFRAID TO

SAY THINGS FROM THE PULPIT, AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST AFRAID

BECAUSE THEY'LL BE DECIMATED ON THE INTERNET. IF YOU DARE SAY IT

THE SLIGHTEST WAY THAT'S WRONG, COME ON, YOU DARE HAVE A MISSTEP

WITH YOUR MOUTH, OKAY, YOU DARE MAKE THE SLIGHTEST DOCTRINAL

MISTAKE, MAN, THE PHARISAICAL POLICE ARE OUT TO DESTROY. AND I

FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER AS THE CHURCH. BEAR ONE

ANOTHER'S BURDENS, OKAY? I'VE LEARNED NOW, SOMEBODY SAYS

SOMETHING THAT, I'M LIKE, YEAH, I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT THAT.

DON'T THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER. I HAD SOMEBODY, I

HEARD A TEACHING THE OTHER DAY, AND I'M LIKE, "DO I KNOW, DO I

BELIEVE THAT?" GOD, I NEED TO GO BACK TO THE WORD AND STUDY THAT

OUT. AND IF THEY MADE A MISSTEP, SO BE IT. YOU KNOW, BUT PEOPLE

ARE READY TO THROW PEOPLE OFF A CLIFF OVER ONE STATEMENT. I

DON'T KNOW ALL OF WHAT GOD REVEALED TO 'EM, BUT GOD,

LISTEN, LET'S JUST SETTLE DOWN. CAN WE JUST ALL CALM DOWN? WE

DON'T HAVE TO GET UPSET. SO THEY MAY MAKE A MISTAKE IN THE

PULPIT. YOU DIDN'T LOSE YOUR SALVATION OVER IT. RIGHT? LET'S

GROW UP, BE MATURE. IT'S ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THEY MAY HAVE

FALLEN OFF THE CORNER ON SOMETHING, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO

GET RIGHT BACK UP OVER THERE. AMEN. THERE'S THINGS I'VE SAID

IN THIS PULPIT OVER 28 YEARS THAT WERE NOT THE BEST. SO WE'RE

GROWING. BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS AND SO FULFILL THE LAW

OF CHRIST. FOR IF ANY MAN THINKS HIMSELF TO BE SOMETHING, OKAY,

THIS IS WHERE EPHESUS WAS. WHEN HE'S NOTHING, HE DECEIVES AND

LIES TO HIMSELF. OKAY, THAT'S WHERE IT SAID, DON'T BE A

KNOW-IT-ALL. LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR, SAY, DON'T BE A

KNOW-IT-ALL. LET EVERY MAN PROVE HIS OWN WORK. FOR THEN HE SHALL

HAVE REJOICING IN HIMSELF ALONE AND NOT IN ANOTHER. FOR EVERY

MAN SHALL BEAR HIS OWN BURDENS. THEN HE GOES ON TO SAY AND TALKS

ABOUT WHAT YOU SOW, YOU'LL REAP, WE USE THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF

GIVING. BUT REALLY WHAT IT MEANS IS IF YOU SOW EVIL TO OTHER

PEOPLE, YOU DO WRONG BY SOMEBODY, YOU'RE ALWAYS CALLING

THEM OUT, YOU WILL OF YOUR OWN SELF REAP CORRUPTION. VERSE 10

IS WE HAVE THEREFORE THE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD TO

ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE THAT ARE THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.

NOW THIS WAS EPHESUS. SO LET'S CONTINUE, LET'S JUST GO VERY

QUICKLY. THE WARNING JESUS GAVE THEM AS THE GREAT EXAMINER AND

JUDGE, GO BACK TO REVELATION CHAPTER TWO, THAT HE SAID THEIR

LAMP-STAND WOULD BE REMOVED, MEANING THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE

CONSIDERED IN HEAVEN AS THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL. GIVEN OVER

TO DARKNESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE

PART OF IT. I WROTE IN MY NOTES HERE, IT SAYS, "IF YOU CALL OUT,

ALWAYS CALL OUT THE DARKNESS "OR THE WRONG IN SOMEBODY ELSE,

YOU'LL BE FOUND IN THE DARK YOURSELF." SO, PASTOR BRENDA,

HOW DO WE FIX THAT? WELL, I THINK THE KEY LESSON IS, FIRST

OF ALL, WE ALL HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE CAME IN AS SINNERS. THANK

GOD. RIGHT? JESUS SAVED US ALL. HE SAVED US FROM OURSELVES. SOME

OF US, I MEAN, IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION. SO REMEMBER WHERE WE

CAME FROM, RIGHT? IT'S AMAZING. WE ALWAYS WANT PEOPLE TO GIVE US

GRACE. IT'S HARD TO GIVE GRACE TO OTHER PEOPLE. THIS WAS THE

LESSON FOR THE CHURCH OF EPHESUS. REMEMBER, THIS IS WHAT

JESUS SAID, "REMEMBER FROM WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN." THAT'S WHAT HE

SAID. "REMEMBER WHERE YOU CAME FROM BEFORE POINTING THE

FINGERS." DO THE FIRST WORKS. OVERCOMING ALL OF THESE AREAS

ALLOWS US PERMISSION THEN. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT, BUT

I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY. THIS IS WHAT JESUS, HE SAID IN VERSE

SEVEN, "HE THAT HATH AN EAR TO HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING

"TO THE CHURCHES, TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES," OR DOES WHAT HE'S

ADMONISHING THEM TO DO, "TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES, I'LL GIVE TO EAT

OF THE TREE OF LIFE "WHICH IS IN THE MIDST OF THE PARADISE OF

GOD." I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS OUR SALVATION COULD

BE AT RISK BECAUSE WE MISTREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST. I'VE BEEN

READING A LOT LATELY THE SCRIPTURE IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11

TALKING ABOUT COMMUNION. THE BIBLE SAYS, "IF YOU EAT OR DRINK

IT UNWORTHILY," HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE READ THIS SCRIPTURE? "YOU

EAT OR DRINK IT UNWORTHILY, YOU EAT OR DRINK DAMNATION TO

YOURSELF, NOT DISCERNING," WATCH THIS, "THE LORD'S BODY." HOW WE

TREAT THE BODY OF CHRIST IS VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS THE LESSON OF

EPHESUS. OKAY, WE CAN BE BOLD. WE NEED TO CALL OUT WICKEDNESS,

BUT WE NEED TO TREAT OUR FELLOW BELIEVERS CORRECTLY. JESUS

DEMANDS IT. ONE OF HIS MAIN PRAYERS BEFORE HE WENT TO

HEAVEN, HE SAID, "FATHER, LET THEM BE," WHAT? "ONE, EVEN AS

YOU AND I ARE ONE." SO THIS IS THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS, THE

PHARISAICAL CHURCH. WELL, YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL WE DON'T BECOME

THAT IN THIS GENERATION. IF YOU JUDGE WRONG, YOU BE JUDGED,

THANK GOD. I'M LIKE, WELL, LET ME PUT ALL THOSE POINTER FINGERS

AWAY, SAVE THEM FOR ANOTHER TIME, RIGHT? AMEN, ALL RIGHT, SO

WE GOTTA TREAT THE CHURCH RIGHT. SECOND CHURCH I WANNA TALK

ABOUT. ARE YOU GETTING ANYTHING OUT OF THIS TODAY? I'M HELPING

YOU. AND BY THE WAY, I AM NOT IN ANY WAY SAYING WE DON'T CALL OUT

WRONG AND EVIL. I'M NOT SAYING THAT. I'M SAYING WE'VE JUST GOT

TO REMEMBER AS THE BODY OF CHRIST, THERE'S OTHER EDGES THAT

WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN THOSE THINGS. BY THE WAY, MAKE SURE

YOU'RE ESPECIALLY NOT CALLING SOMEBODY OUT FOR SOMETHING YOU

YOURSELF ARE GUILTY OF. OKAY, RIGHT? OKAY, DON'T BE CALLING

OUT SOMEBODY FOR CUSSING IF YOU'RE CUSSING. RIGHT, DON'T

CALL OUT PEOPLE. YOU'VE GOT STUFF TO GROW YOURSELF. I HAVE

THINGS TO GROW MYSELF. SO WE HAVE TO BE SO CAREFUL WE DON'T

NITPICK AT EACH OTHER. THAT'S A GOOD THING. THAT'S GOOD

PREACHING, PASTOR BRENDA. ALL RIGHT, THE SECOND CHURCH, THE

CHURCH OF SMYRNA. "UNTO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH IN SMYRNA

WRITE," THIS WAS THE PERSECUTED CHURCH, "JESUS COMES TO THE

PERSECUTED CHURCH AS THE GIVER OF LIFE." THE BIBLE SAYS IN 2

2 Timothy 3:12

TIMOTHY 3:12, "ALL," SOMEBODY SAY ALL, "ALL THAT WILL LIVE

GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION." NOW, YOU

KNOW, THIS HAS BECOME NEW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. YOU

KNOW, WHEN 2020 HAPPENED, WE ALL ACT LIKE SHOCKED THAT, YOU KNOW,

WHAT, YOU MEAN THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN THE CHURCH? AND YOU KNOW,

WE HAVEN'T BEEN AS USED TO THAT. I MEAN, WE'VE HAD SOME

DISCRIMINATION, SOME ISSUES THAT WAY, BUT I THINK PERSECUTION OF

THE CHURCH ITSELF HAS GONE HIGHER IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT

THIS IS ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIANS, THE PERSECUTED

CHURCH ABROAD, IN COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DIED FOR THEIR FAITH, THAT

HAVE HAD TO, IT'S EITHER JESUS OR DEATH. AND I'LL BE HONEST

WITH YOU, IN THE DAY THAT WE'RE LIVING IN, WE HAVE TO THINK

ABOUT THOSE THINGS. JESUS SAID, "IN THE LAST DAYS, "THEY WILL

CAST YOUR NAME OUT AS EVIL. "THEY WILL CALL YOU AN EVILDOER.

"THEY'LL MAKE UP LIES ABOUT YOU "AND MAKE IT OUT AS IF YOU

TWISTED EVERYTHING "AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN. "EVERYTHING YOU SAY

WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU." RIGHT? THIS IS THE AGE OF

PERSECUTION THAT WE LIVE IN. AND BELIEVE ME, IT'S NOT GONNA JUST

GET BETTER IN THE WORLD, IT WILL CONTINUE. PERSECUTION'S BEEN

WITH US SINCE THE DAY JESUS WENT BACK TO HEAVEN, RIGHT? SO THIS

WAS THE CHURCH AT SMYRNA, THEY WERE PERSECUTED. HE SAID, "THESE

THINGS SAY AT THE FIRST AND THE LAST, "HE THAT WAS DEAD AND IS

ALIVE, I KNOW YOUR WORKS." SO THEY WERE ANOTHER HARDWORKING

CHURCH. AND BY THE WAY, EVEN WITH EPHESUS, ALL THOSE THAT

WORKED HARD, JESUS COMMENDED THEM FOR THAT. THAT'S WHY BE

INVOLVED IN CHURCH. BE CONNECTED, SERVE SOMEWHERE.

OKAY, HELP WITH THE CHILDREN. DON'T JUST LET THE SAME OLD

SWEET LADY THAT'S BEEN DOWN THERE CHANGING DIAPERS FOR 25

YEARS BE DOWN THERE FOREVER WHILE YOU CAN'T EVER JUST GIVE

ONE SUNDAY, RIGHT? HELP SOMEBODY OUT, HELP THE YOUTH, HELP THE

DEPARTMENTS. I KNOW, AND BY THE WAY, VOLUNTEERS, WE THANK YOU.

SOME PEOPLE SERVE TWO AND THREE AND FOUR TIMES A WEEK. IF YOU'RE

ABLE, THROW IN AND HELP. PRAISE GOD, THAT WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR

A FANTASTIC AMEN, PASTOR BRENDA. THROW IN AND HELP, RIGHT? SO,

JESUS COMES TO THE PERSECUTED CHURCH AS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL

LIFE. NOW LET'S TALK, LET ME READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS

CHURCH. VERSE NINE, "I KNOW YOUR WORKS, YOUR TRIBULATION, "YOUR

POVERTY, YEAH, YOU'RE POOR, BUT YOU ARE YET RICH." IN OTHER

WORDS, THESE WERE THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE UP EVERYTHING FOR THE

SAKE OF THE GOSPEL. AND BY THE WAY, WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM

THEM. OKAY, I KNOW THE BLASPHEMY OF THOSE THAT SAY THEY ARE JEWS,

BUT THEY AREN'T. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY LIE. THEY PRETEND THEY'RE

YOUR FRIEND. THEY TWIST EVERYTHING, BUT THEY'RE OF THE

SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. YOU KNOW, BY THE WAY, THAT PHRASE REMINDS ME,

DON'T EVER THINK GOD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST. THE

BIBLE SAYS IN PSALM 20 THAT THE GOD OF JACOB WILL DEFEND YOU.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAVE TO LEARN THAT. I HAVE TO LEARN

THAT. I HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF, YOU KNOW WHAT GOD, I DON'T HAVE

TO DEFEND MYSELF AGAINST NAYSAYERS, PEOPLE THAT SAY

THINGS AND LIE AND MAKE UP STUFF. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DO

WHAT I'M CALLED TO DO. I CAN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING. PEOPLE ARE

GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF

YOUR FAMILY PERSECUTES YOU BECAUSE YOU TITHE AND YOU GO TO

A CHURCH THAT SPEAKS IN TONGUES, JUST TELL THEM, "WELL, THANK YOU

VERY MUCH. "I SO APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN." AND KEEP ON TITHING

AND KEEP ON TALKING IN TONGUES. JUST KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE

CALLED TO DO. THAT'S WHAT JESUS TOLD THE PERSECUTED CHURCH TO

DO. YOU MAY LOSE, BY THE WAY, I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR

YOU. YOU MIGHT LOSE FRIENDS BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD. OH, SHOCK,

RIGHT? THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT WON'T INVITE YOU TO

THANKSGIVING. DIDN'T WANT TO EAT THEIR DRY TURKEY ANYWAY. IT'S

OKAY, RIGHT? IT'S OKAY. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. JESUS SAID IT.

HE SAID, "I DIDN'T COME TO BRING PEACE. I CAME TO BRING A SWORD."

IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE A PERSON THAT DIVIDES PEOPLE, BUT THE

GOSPEL WILL DIVIDE. SOME PEOPLE WON'T WANT A THING TO DO WITH

YOU, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE SOMEBODY ASKED, ARE YOU GONNA GO

BACK EVER TO YOUR CLASS REUNIONS? I THOUGHT, WELL, FIRST

OF ALL, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY, I JUST WANT THEM TO REMEMBER ME

THEN, OKAY? SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO GO BACK 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY

THINK, WELL, I'VE IMPROVED AND ALL OF THIS. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW,

THEY ONLY REMEMBER YOU WHEN YOU WORE A STUPID HAIRDO AND A DUMB

DRESS, YOU HAD BRACES ON YOUR TEETH. YOU KNOW, WHAT DIFFERENCE

DOES IT MAKE? BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, CAN I BE HONEST WITH

YOU? SOME THINGS WE JUST NEED TO RECOGNIZE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO

BACK AND NOW THAT YOU LOVE GOD AND TALK IN TONGUES, THEY'RE

PROBABLY NOT GONNA WANNA BE YOUR BEST FRIEND ANYHOW. YOU KNOW, I

JUST, I SAY HAVE NO PART OF IT. SO, AMEN, WE'RE ALL PROBABLY

SKINNIER THEN TOO, IT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW. AND YOU KNOW, NOW IF

YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE GRAY HAIR, HAVE THEM REMEMBER WHEN YOUR

HAIR WAS DARK BLACK OR YOU HAD SOME, IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S ALL

GOOD. IF YOU'RE NOT ON FACEBOOK, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU LOOK

LIKE NOW. DON'T TELL 'EM. OH, YOU GOTTA LAUGH. DON'T,

IT'S NOT TIME TO GO TO BED YET. IT'S ALL GOOD.

(LAUGHS)

SO, THIS IS THE CHURCH. THEY'RE AT THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. IN

OTHER WORDS, THESE PEOPLE WERE LIARS AND CHEATERS AND

PRETENDING TO BE SOMETHING THEY WEREN'T. FEAR NONE OF THESE

THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT SUFFER. IN OTHER WORDS, FEAR NONE OF IT.

AND NOW I SAID TO THE LORD ONE TIME, I SAID, "WELL, GOD, YOU

KNOW, I READ HORROR STORIES. HOW MANY OF YOU EVER READ FOXE'S

BOOK OF MARTYRS?" AND, YOU KNOW, GOD TOLD THE TWELVE WHEN HE WENT

BACK TO HEAVEN, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, "YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER,"

ACTS 1:8, "YOU'LL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY GHOST COMES UPON

Acts 1:8

YOU, AND YOU'LL BE MY WITNESSES." THE WORD

"WITNESSES," HE WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THEY, IN THE GREEK, MEANT

"YOU'LL BE MY MARTYRS." THEY ALREADY KNEW THAT THEY WERE

GOING TO HAVE TO DIE FOR WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO OR THE

MISSION THAT THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TO. AND SO JESUS, AND I

THOUGHT, WELL, IF THEY ALL KNEW IT, WAS THERE EVER ANY FEAR

THERE? SO I TOLD THE LORD, I READ FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS A FEW

TIMES, AND I THOUGHT, LORD, MAN, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THESE

PEOPLE BEEN THROUGH IS HIDEOUS. I MEAN, HORRIBLE. WATCHING,

BEING MADE TO WATCH WHY THEY LIKE TORTURE YOUR CHILDREN. AND

I THOUGHT, LORD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU SAY FEAR NONE OF THESE

THINGS. THAT'S A LITTLE HARD TO DO, FEAR NONE OF THOSE THINGS

THAT YOU'LL SUFFER. AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU, I THINK A KEY

LESSON HERE WITH THIS CHURCH IS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THE

DECISION IN OUR LIFE. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU, IF YOU MAKE

THE DECISION NOT TO FEAR, THAT YOU WON'T BE TEMPTED TO FEAR.

OKAY, THE BIBLE'S FILLED WITH SCRIPTURES THAT SAYS, DON'T BE

AFRAID, FEAR NOT. DON'T BE AFRAID OF ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

WELL, IT'S ADMONISHING US TO MAKE THE DECISION. YOU'LL HAVE

THE TEMPTATION TO FEAR, BUT YOU'RE GONNA CHOOSE NOT TO DO

IT. MAKE THAT DECISION AHEAD. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN, YOU

KNOW, ALL THE STUFF WE ALL WENT THROUGH IN 2020 WITH THE COVID

SHUTDOWN AND, YOU KNOW, AND I REMEMBER PASTOR AND I SITTING

TOGETHER GOING, WELL, I MEAN, IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS EVEN A

QUESTION. WE JUST KNOW US. I'M LIKE, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE

WHILE Y'ALL MASKING UP PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE MASKS WERE

THE STUPIDEST THING. I CANNOT STOP SAYING IT. EVERYBODY I GO

TO, I SAY, DO YOU EVER KNOW HOW DUMB THE MASKS WERE? I STILL

PEOPLE SEE, I SAW A LADY THE OTHER DAY OUTSIDE IN THE

NEIGHBORHOOD ON A SUNNY DAY JOGGING WITH A MASK ACROSS HER

FACE. I'M THINKING, "WHAT IS IT, COVID GONNA JUMP OUT THE TREES

AND BITE YOU?" AND I'M THINKING, "HOW DO YOU BREATHE? I DON'T

LIKE TO JOG WHEN I CAN BREATHE. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT." BUT

I REMEMBER, SO I REMEMBER, AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW, I

CAN'T JUST SIT IDLY BY. I MEAN, I STILL GET MAD ABOUT THE MASK."

AND I THOUGHT, AND YOU KNOW, AT FIRST, I THINK EVERYBODY

THOUGHT, 'CAUSE WE WERE TOLD, THAT THAT MASK WAS SUPPOSED TO

BE HELPFUL. AND THEN THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO THE GROCERY, I

WENT INTO HY-VEE AND THEY'RE IN THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD THE

MASS POLICE AT THE DOORS. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU COULD NOT GO

TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. YOU COULDN'T GO. I MEAN, YOU COULD

HAVE YOUR LEG CUT OFF AND GO IN THERE IN AN AMBULANCE AND THEY

WERE GONNA PUT A MASK ON YOUR FACE. I THOUGHT IT'S AMAZING. I

REMEMBER PASTOR ANTHONY AND MATT WENT UP TO, I THINK YOU GUYS

WENT TO VISIT MARQUIS WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY

MADE EVERYBODY GO IN IN GROUPS. AND THEN THEY CAME UP WITH THIS,

I'M SORRY I'M GETTING OFF TOPIC, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY IT 'CAUSE

I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO. AND I REMEMBER, FEELS GOOD TO SAY IT

NOW. JUST FEELS GOOD TO SAY IT 'CAUSE YOU KNOW. AND THEY SAID,

"WELL, YOU CAN'T ALL GO BACK TOGETHER." I'M LIKE, "WHAT

DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE IF IT'S ONE OR THREE?" AND THEN IF YOU

DO GO BACK THERE, YOU CAN ONLY STAY FOR 10 MINUTES AND THEN

SOMEONE ELSE GETS TO COME, I THOUGHT. SO YOU MEAN IT TAKES

LONGER THAN 10 MINUTES FOR COVID TO JUMP ON SOMEBODY? SO IF, AND

ANYWAY, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.

AND SO THE FIRST TIME I WENT INTO IVY, I THOUGHT, EVERYBODY'S

COVERED IN A MASK. I HAVE, I'M ASHAMED TO SAY I EVEN PUT THAT

STUPID, BLUE, UGLY, AWFUL, RIDICULOUS, POINTLESS. AND I

SAID, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, PASTOR BRENDA IS RECOVERING FROM BEING

DIRECTIONALLY DISABLED. DON'T TELL ME I GOTTA WALK DOWN ONE

SIDE OF THE AISLE. I'M WALKING IN THERE. THE NOODLES ARE ON

THIS SIDE. I REALIZE I WALKED PAST THE NOODLES, AND I'M LIKE,

"HOW DO I GET BACK?" SO I JUST DID WHAT I KNOW TO DO. I TURN

AROUND, I WALK THE OTHER WAY. SOME LADY LOOKED AT ME LIKE,

"MAN, IT LOOKS GOOD KILL." BUT FINALLY IT HIT ME. I WALKED IN

THE STORE, AND I THOUGHT, I CAN SMELL FRIED CHICKEN. I THINK I

BOUGHT FRIED CHICKEN THAT DAY. I THOUGHT, IF I CAN SMELL FRIED

CHICKEN THROUGH THIS MASK, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF

THAT GONNA GO THROUGH THIS MASK. AND SO I GOT MEDICAL

PROFESSIONALS TELLING ME THAT THAT MASK WILL KEEP YOU FROM

GETTING COVID. YOU KNOW, ALL THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT GOT

COVID WORE THE STUPID MASK. THEY KNEW IT AND WE ALL KNEW IT. BUT

THE POINT IS, PASTOR KNIGHT, ANYWAY, THAT WAS A SIDE POINT.

PASTOR HANK AND MYSELF, WE'RE LIKE, NO, WE CANNOT BE SILENT.

THEY MIGHT PERSECUTE. AND I REMEMBER US HAVING THIS

CONVERSATION. I SAID, IF LORD OF HOSTS CHURCH HAS TO COME BACK

DOWN TO YOU AND ME, AND IF IT'S TWO OF US, WELL, SHANE AND

CHRISTY WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT AND THE GIRLS AND MATT, DOUG AND

EILEEN WOULD HAVE STAYED AND I KNOW Y'ALL WOULD HAVE, I'M JUST

IT'S A POINT. EVERYBODY'S RAISING THEIR HAND, I'M STILL

HERE. ANYWAY, IF I DIDN'T MENTION YOUR NAME. BUT I

REMEMBER US HAVING THIS TALK. WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK TRUTH.

AND IF THEY WALK IN HERE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMES THROUGH

AND THEY TRY TO CLOSE THIS MINISTRY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO

STAND UP AND SPEAK WHAT IS RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO

IT. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THEY WERE AFRAID OF US

SOMEHOW, SOME OF THEM. I MEAN, LIKE, OH, THAT GUY PROPHESIES

STRANGE STUFF. WE'RE SCARED. HE MIGHT SEE US. WE'RE NOT GOING IN

THERE. THEY MIGHT SEE OUR SINS. I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, I'M

LIKE, DON'T PUT HIM UP TO IT. I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN. ANYWAY, SO

LET'S READ THE REST OF THIS SO WE GET YOU OUT OF HERE AT A GOOD

TIME. I'M GONNA GET THROUGH SOME OF THIS. HE SAYS, "DON'T BE

AFRAID OF THOSE THINGS." IN OTHER WORDS, THAT'S THE WHOLE

POINT. "DON'T BE SCARED OF IT." OKAY, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE

THINGS YOU'LL SUFFER. AND IF YOU FEEL SOME FEAR ABOUT END TIMES

OR PERSECUTION OR WHATEVER, WELL, THAT'S WHERE YOU CONTINUE

TO SAY TO GOD, "GOD, I'M NOT GONNA FEAR IT." THAT'S WHY WE

HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER. BEHOLD, THE DEVIL

SHALL CAST SOME OF YOU INTO PRISON THAT YOU'LL BE TRIED.

OKAY, WE SAW THAT HAPPENING. OKAY, AND BY THE WAY, THE

MARTYRS, OR THE PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES, YOU KNOW, THE EARLY

APOSTLES HAD A DIFFERENT MIND. THEY SAW IT BIBLICALLY AS IF

MARTYRDOM WAS A GREAT PRIZE TO HAVE RECEIVED. THEY SAW IT

COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WE DO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BECOME

FEARFUL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT HE SAID, "YOU'LL BE CAST INTO

PRISON "THAT YOU MAY BE TRIED." AND BY THE WAY, AND THEY'LL MAKE

A CASE AGAINST YOU. I MEAN, LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS THEY SAID

ABOUT TRUMP THAT WEREN'T TRUE. I MEAN, TWISTED. AND NOW, OF

COURSE, IT'S ALL COMING OUT AND THEY'VE REVERSED IT ALL SAYING,

WHO WAS THE PEOPLE FROM THE NEWSPAPER, HONEY, THAT WERE JUST

RECENTLY RESIGNED BECAUSE THEY CAME OUT AND SAID, "OH NO, WE

EDITED TRUMP'S COMMENTS BECAUSE," YOU KNOW, HIS

COMMENTS, WHERE THEY TWIST, OH, INSURRECTION. BBC. YEAH, IT WAS

BBC. YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY IT. THEIR INITIALS ARE BBC. AND,

THEY, ANYWAY, THEY RESIGNED SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY EDITED

TRUMP'S STATEMENTS TO MAKE HIM LOOK LIKE AN INSURRECTIONIST

OVER JANUARY 6TH. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S WHAT

HAPPENED. SO, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE THING. THEY'RE GONNA LIE

ANYWAY. SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. HE SAID,

YOU'LL BE CAST INTO PRISON, YOU'LL BE TRIED, AND HAVE

TRIBULATION 10 DAYS. SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT 10 DAYS

MEANS TILL A TIME OF, AN AGE OF COMPLETION, AND THERE'S SOME

SCRIPTURE THAT SUPPORTS THAT. BUT LOOK WHAT HE SAYS, "BUT BE

FAITHFUL TO DEATH, "AND I'LL GIVE YOU A CROWN OF LIFE. "HE

THAT HATH AN EAR, HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT." BY THE WAY, THE FIFTH

SEAL THAT THE LAMB OPENS, JUST A FEW PAGES LATER, THE FIFTH SEAL,

IS THE SEAL OF THE MARTYRED SAINTS. SO THINK ABOUT THAT. SO

WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE IN THIS HOUR THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE

AFRAID. SO LET ME GIVE YOU JUST A COUPLE THINGS ABOUT THIS. THE

CHURCH, THEY WERE THE CHURCH THAT ENDURED TREMENDOUS

PERSECUTION, NUMBER ONE, AND WE MAY SEE MORE OF THAT IN THE US.

BY THE WAY, PRAY FOR OUR PERSECUTED BROTHERS AND SISTERS

AROUND THE WORLD. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MATERIAL

RESOURCES, NOT THAT IT'S WRONG TO HAVE IT, BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER

TO THEM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THEM WAS THAT THEY

STOOD UP FOR CHRIST. THEY WERE ATTACKED AND IMPRISONED BY FALSE

RELIGIOUS TEACHERS. BY THE WAY, THIS IS THE CHURCH, THE

PERSECUTED CHURCH. JESUS NOTED NO FAULTS ON THEM. AMAZING.

JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE. SO HERE'S WHAT

SOMETHING I PUT IN MY NOTES. KEEP YOUR EYES ON ETERNAL

THINGS. FOLKS, CAN I JUST SAY IT LIKE THIS? THIS LIFE IS VERY

SHORT. PASTOR AND I ARE ABOUT TO TURN 60.

WE'RE A YEAR APART. HE'LL BE 60 AHEAD OF ME. HE'LL

BE 60 NEXT MAY. AND THEN I'LL BE 60 AFTER THAT. SO, BUT THE

POINT BEING IS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE, OKAY, YOU'RE 60

OR OVER, AND YOUR LIFE JUST, NOW YOU LOOK BACK ON YOUR LIFE, AND

YOU'RE LIKE SITTING THERE LIKE, "HOW DID WE GET HERE?" I MEAN,

YOU'RE JUST, IT'S SURPRISING HOW QUICKLY LIFE GOES. I THOUGHT

BACK THE OTHER DAY ON HOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS CHURCH,

PASTOR HANK WAS 30 YEARS OLD, I WAS 29. I KNOW WE WERE THAT

YOUNG, CAMILA, THINK ABOUT THAT. I KNOW, WE WERE CHILDREN. WE

HAVE CHILDREN OLDER THAN WE WERE, THINK ABOUT THAT. AND, BUT

THE POINT BEING IS, IS I'M SITTING BACK AND I'M THINKING,

"THIS HAS FLOWN." NOW, IT SEEMED REALLY LONG WHEN WE HAD THE

UGLIEST CHURCH IN TOWN. I MEAN, WE HAD THE UGLIEST BUILDING ON,

I MEAN, EVERY CHURCH WE DROVE PAST, WE'RE LIKE, "GOD, WE HAD

THE UGLIEST CHURCH IN TOWN. "OH, IT'S SO HORRIBLE." AND YOU KNOW,

GOD WAS LIKE, "JUST STOP." BUT IT GOES QUICK. FOLKS, THIS LIFE

IS SHORT. WE HAVE TO LIVE FOR GOD NOW. DON'T WAIT AND GET ALL

YOUR, AMEN. THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR A HAND CLAP. YOUNG PEOPLE,

HEAR ME CAREFULLY. I MEAN, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE YOUTH.

THEY'RE DOWN AT THE OTHER END, BUT YOU ALL CAN TELL THEM I GAVE

THEM A GOOD ADMONITION TONIGHT. HONOR YOUR PARENTS, DO THE RIGHT

THINGS, LIVE RIGHT FOR GOD. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SORRY ONE DAY

WHEN YOU'RE 60, 65, 70. LIFE GOES LIKE THIS QUICK. JESUS SAID

IT'S A VAPOR. IT'LL BE OVER IN A HURRY. SO THE FOCUS IS AS

CHRISTIANS, THE CHURCH, WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON ETERNITY. OKAY,

ETERNITY IS IMPORTANT AND WE ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT THIS,

RIGHT? AND THE PERSECUTED CHURCH, JESUS CAME TO THEM AS

THE GIVER OF ETERNAL LIFE AND HE SAID, "IT'S A SHORT SEASON." AND

I'M GONNA SHARE THIS ONE STORY. I WASN'T GONNA SHARE IT, BUT I'M

GONNA SHARE IT. THIS ONE WAS FROM FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRS. AND

I'VE SAID IT A FEW TIMES, BUT IT MARKED ME PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY

OF THE STORIES. I REMEMBER THERE WAS A STORY, I THINK IT WAS IN

COMMUNIST CHINA, AND MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, THE UNDERGROUND

CHURCH, THERE WAS A FAMILY. THEY SAID, "NOW, WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU

ALIVE "IF YOU DON'T DENY JESUS." AND THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'RE NOT

DENYING JESUS." THEY SAID, "WELL, WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU

ALIVE." AND THEY TOOK HIM OUT AND DUG A BIG OLD HOLE, THEM AND

THEIR TWO LITTLE CHILDREN. AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE SMALL. AND SO

OBVIOUSLY THEY STARTED TO FILL IN THE DIRT, FILL IN THE DIRT,

AND THE PARENTS ARE JUST STANDING THERE. AND THE MOTHER,

WHO, YOU KNOW, MAMA'S HEART, THAT DIRT IS GETTING UP OVER HER

KIDS NOW. AND IT WAS ALL SHE COULD DO. SHE'S WATCHING HER

CHILDREN SUFFOCATE. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THIS SUPER

SERIOUS, BUT THESE ARE REALITIES. AND HER LITTLE

CHILDREN ARE BEGINNING TO SUFFOCATE. AND BY THE WAY OK,

I'M SORRY, NOW I'M DOING THE PASTOR HANK WITH RABBIT TRAIL IS

OUT. I AM WRITING IN THE BOOK COMMANDING PEACE THAT YOU CAN

PRAY. THERE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE FROM

MARTYRDOM. THE EARLY APOSTLES DID THAT. ANYWAY, THERE IS BIBLE

ON IT. PETER, THE ANGEL, THEY PRAYED ALL NIGHT FOR HIS

DELIVERANCE. THERE'S A FEW SCRIPTURES IN THERE, BUT THERE

IS, BUT WE KNOW MARTYRDOM IS REAL. SO HER LITTLE CHILDREN ARE

SUFFERING. AND THE DAD TURNS AND HE SAID, "MAMA, DON'T GIVE IN.

"WE'LL ALL BE EATING SUPPER AT THE MASTER'S TABLE TONIGHT." SO

MAKE A DECISION IN YOUR LIFE. ETERNITY IS MUCH BIGGER THAN

THIS LIFE. COME ON, SOMEBODY. IT IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS LIFE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE LAST ONE AND WE'LL CALL IT A DAY. I

WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET THROUGH FOUR, BUT Y'ALL KNEW I COULDN'T

DO IT. SO, OKAY, THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT

AND WE'LL CLOSE WITH IT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT WAS THE COMMENT FROM

THE GUY IN PLAID? I DID A GOOD JOB TOO, MAN, I'M TELLING YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THE THIRD ONE, THE CHURCH OF PERGAMOS. LET'S AT

LEAST HIT THAT ONE. I'M GONNA TRY TO DO IT VERY BRIEFLY. THIS

WAS THE CHURCH OF, NOW HERE, THIS IS A BIG TOPIC, OH LORD, I

MIGHT HAVE TO GO THROUGH PART OF IT NEXT WEEK. THIS WAS THE

CHURCH OF FLESHLY CARNAL LIVING. THEY COULD NEVER GET THE WORLD

OUT OF 'EM. AMAZINGLY IN THIS ONE, JESUS COMES TO THEM AS THE

ARMED WARRIOR WHO WAS ARMED WITH A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD IN HIS

MOUTH. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT THE SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD IS?

IT'S WHAT, THE WORD OF GOD. AND I'M NOT SAYING HE COMES TO THEM

WITH THE WORD. THEY HAD NO WORD IN HIM. THEY WERE, JUST COULD

NOT GIVE UP. IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT WAS

ALWAYS OKAYING IT. WELL, IT'S OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO DO THIS.

IT'S OKAY FOR A CHRISTIAN TO DO THAT. THEY NEVER COULD GET RID

OF THE WORLDLINESS IN THEM. THE WORLD SHOWS, THE WORLD'S

ENTERTAINMENT. I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T GO TO A MOVIE, BUT

JUST THINK FOR A MINUTE, FOLKS. I MEAN, MOST OF TELEVISION IN

HOLLYWOOD, FIRST OF ALL, ALL THOSE REALITIES SHOWS THAT ARE

ON THERE, THEY'RE STUPID. THEY'RE NOT REAL. OKAY, NOW WE

DO TV AND WE DO IT AS REAL, REAL, REAL. I DON'T LIKE TAKE

TWO, SO IT'S ONE AND DONE, BROTHER. SERIOUSLY, EVERYBODY

THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS. I'M LIKE, WE ARE DOING THIS IN ONE TAKE.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, SO

MUCH TELEVISION ISN'T REAL. I MEAN, I WATCH HGTV, AND THEY DID

AN UNCOVER ONE TIME. I DON'T WATCH IT AS MUCH NOW. NOW I

WATCH THESE LITTLE GALS DECORATE CHRISTMAS ON YOUTUBE AND STUFF

LIKE THAT. TAKES 10 MINUTES, YOU KNOW, I GET DISTRACTED EASILY.

SO I USED TO, BUT BACK, YOU KNOW, HGTV WOULD COME ON AND

THEY WOULD DO, YOU REMEMBER HOUSE HUNTERS? HOW MANY OF YOU

REMEMBER HOUSE HUNTERS? EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THAT. AND

I'D WATCH IT, I'D BE LIKE, OH. I'M SO INTO IT, I'M LIKE, WHICH

ONE ARE THEY GONNA CHOOSE? DUN, UH, NUH. I'M LIKE, OH, THEY'RE

GONNA CHOOSE. AND THEN I FOUND OUT LATER THAT THEY'VE ALREADY

CHOSEN IT BEFORE THE SHOW, AND THEY LOOKED AT MORE HOUSES, BUT

THE SHOW MADE THEM NARROW IT DOWN TO THE THREE, AND THEN THEY

EDITED ALL THE PARTS OUT OF THAT. AND I'M SITTING THERE

GOING, WELL, THAT JUST RUINS IT. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T

REALLY PICK THE HOUSE. ANYWAY, IT WAS JUST STUPID. AND I

THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THING. SOMETIMES WE ARE SO STUCK

ON THE WORLD'S ENTERTAINMENT. I MEAN, AND IT'S NO WONDER

CHRISTIANS GET SUCKED IN BY THE MEDIA, 'CAUSE WE'RE GLUED TO

THESE THINGS. BUT THIS, PERGAMOS WAS THE CHURCH THAT JUST

COULDN'T GET THE WORLD OUT OF 'EM. IT WAS, THEY LOVED THEIR

STUFF TOO MUCH, THEY LOVED THEIR WORLDLY THINGS TOO MUCH, THEY

LOVED, NOW I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT OKAY THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE

NICE MATERIAL THINGS. LISTEN, GOD BLESSES, RIGHT? GOD IS NOT A

GOD THAT WANTS YOU RIDING AROUND TOWN IN A RUST BUCKET, OKAY? HE

WANTS YOU BLESSED. AND BY THE WAY, THE DOCTRINE OF BIBLICAL

PROSPERITY WILL WORK IN EVERY COUNTRY. OKAY, LISTEN, I KNOW

PEOPLE, PEOPLE SAY, SOMEBODY SAID, "OH, PROSPERITY IS ONLY IN

AMERICAN GOSPEL. "THEY LIVE IN THE MOST WEALTHY NATION ON

EARTH." I GO, "NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE." THERE'S PEOPLE IN THE

MOST DESTITUTE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA THAT WHILE THERE WAS NO

CLEAN WATER, BELIEVE GOD, THEY TITHED, THEY SOWED THEIR SEED,

THEY PUT THE WORD TO PRACTICE AND THEY HAD THE BEST CROPS OF

EVERYBODY, THEY HAD CLEAN WATER, THEIR CHILDREN WERE FED, THEIR

BUSINESSES WERE PROSPERING. THE WORD OF GOD WILL WORK NO MATTER

WHERE IT IS. IF YOU TIME, GOD WILL BLESS YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, WE

HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T SAY THOSE THINGS, BUT HERE'S THE

REALITY. THIS IS THE CHURCH THAT COULD NOT GET THE WORLD OUT OF

THEM. OKAY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING NICE THINGS,

BUT DO THEY HAVE YOU? OKAY, GOD KNOWS MY HEART. DO I LIKE A LOT

OF CHRISTMAS TREES? YES. EVERY YEAR I SAY, I'M PUTTING UP,

WHAT, DON'T SAY IT. I'M PUTTING UP ONE, AND THEN HERE WE GO, OH

WAIT, I FORGOT WE HAD THAT ONE. I HAVE TO PUT THAT ONE. GOD

DOESN'T MIND BLESSING YOU. OH, THAT'S TRUE TOO, HALLELUJAH.

HALLELUJAH, AND THEY'RE GETTING CHEAPER THAN THEY EVER USED TO

BE TOO, SWEETHEART. I'M LIKE, MAN, THAT ONE'S ONLY $49. THAT

NEEDS TO COME HOME. HOBBY LOBBY, 50% OFF. OOH, JESUS, WE CAN DO

SOME LOADS IN THERE. IN FACT, WE USED TO, AND SOME OF YOU

REMEMBER, HOBBY LOBBY USED TO BE OVER IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE

PIZZA MACHINE IS. ANYBODY GO BACK THAT FAR? PIZZA MACHINE

WASN'T THERE. THIS IS HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN HERE, PEOPLE. AND IT

WAS OVER THERE, AND PASTOR CHRISTY AND I USED TO GO IN

THERE, AND WE'D BUY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FOR LORD OF HOSTS,

OOH. I KIND OF MISS THOSE DAYS, BUT IT'S GOTTEN A LITTLE BIG.

ANYWAY, THE CHURCH WASN'T AS BIG BACK THEN, AND I CAN'T FIT

EVERYTHING IN A CART. THEY NEED TRUCKS NOW, BUT HER AND I USED

TO GO IN, AND WE'D FILL UP THREE CARTS, MAN, FILLED WITH STUFF,

JUST FOR THE LITTLE SANCTUARY WE HAD. IT LOOKED GOOD TOO. AND WE

WOULD GO THROUGH THERE. AND SO ONE DAY WE HAD BEEN, CAME BACK,

AND A LITTLE LADY THAT WORKED IN THERE KNEW US. SHE GOES, "HERE

COME THOSE GIRLS, "DECORATING FOR THE CHURCH." AND SO WE CAME

BACK IN, AND THE CHURCH HAD GROWN BY THIS TIME. I HADN'T

BEEN IN THERE FOREVER. HOBBY LOBBY MOVED OVER THERE. AND SHE

GOES, "I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU GUYS IN A LONG TIME. "ARE YOU STILL

OVER THERE AT THAT CHURCH? "'CAUSE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN COMING

IN TO DECORATE." I SAID, "WELL, NO, WE GOT SOME PEOPLE FOR THAT

NOW, "BUT I'M GONNA BUY SOME STUFF FOR MYSELF "IF I COULD DO

THAT." SO IT WAS REALLY CUTE. BUT ANYWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHY I

SHARED THAT. BUT OH, CHRISTMAS. GOD DOESN'T MIND YOU HAVING

CHRISTMAS TREES, AND HE DOESN'T MIND YOU HAVING NICE STUFF,

RIGHT? BUT DOES THIS STUFF HAVE US? GOD KNOWS MY HEART. I WOULD

GIVE UP ALL OF IT IF IT MEANT I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GOD AND

THE THINGS. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THIS CHURCH COULD NOT GET THE

WORLD OUT OF 'EM. LET ME READ THIS AND WE'LL CALL IT A NIGHT.

HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANYTHING OUT OF THIS? YOU ENJOYED THIS AT ALL

TONIGHT? AND TO THE ANGEL OF THE CHURCH AT PERGAMOS, RIGHT, THESE

THINGS SAY, "HE THAT HAS A SHARP TWO-EDGED SWORD, "I KNOW THY

WORKS AND WHERE YOU DWELL, "EVEN WHERE SATAN'S SEAT IS, AND YOU

HOLD FAST MY NAME." IN OTHER WORDS, THESE PEOPLE, IN THE

MIDDLE OF A VERY WORLDLY EVIL CULTURE, THEY STILL, THEY DIDN'T

DENY JESUS, IT WASN'T THAT. YOU KNOW, I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WELL,

YOU CAN BE GAY AND BE A CHRISTIAN. OKAY, I MEAN, THEY

HAVE CHURCHES WHERE GAY PEOPLE COME AND THEY CAN BE GAY THERE.

AND YET, AND SO THERE'S EVIL, LIKE EVIL THINGS. AND THOSE

PEOPLE HAVEN'T DENIED THE NAME OF JESUS, THEY STILL CALL HIM

SAVIOR, BUT THEY FORGOT HIS WORD. THEY FORGOT WHAT THE

SCRIPTURES TEACH. THIS WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCH OF

PERGAMOS. THEY NEVER LET THE WORLD COME OUT OF THEM. YOU'VE

NEVER DENIED MY NAME. AND EVEN THOSE WHEREIN ANTIPAS WAS MY

FAITHFUL MARTYR WHO WAS SLAIN AMONG YOU WHERE SATAN DWELLS.

BUT I HAVE SOME THINGS AGAINST YOU. YOU HOLD THE DOCTRINE OF

BALAAM. BY THE WAY, THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM WAS A DOCTRINE THAT

ALLOWED PEOPLE TO ACCEPT LUSTFUL LIFESTYLES, IMMORAL THINGS. THAT

WAS THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, SIMILAR TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE

NICOLAITANS. IT WAS A DOCTRINE THAT IT'S OKAY TO BE A CHRISTIAN

AND BE A HOMOSEXUAL. AMEN. IT WAS A DOCTRINE THAT WINKED AT

DIVORCE. I'M NOT SAYING THERE ISN'T A PLACE FOR DIVORCE. GOD,

JESUS TAUGHT ON THAT. HE SAID THAT THERE ARE WRITINGS OF

DIVORCEMENT, BUT IT'S WRONG IF YOU'RE MARRIED TO YOUR WIFE AND

YOU'VE FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH HER TO SEE SOMEONE PRETTIER YOU

WANNA BE MARRIED TO AND NOW YOU GO AND FILE FOR DIVORCE JUST SO

YOU CAN BE WITH MISS HOOCHIE OVER THERE. WELL, IT TAKES A

HOOCHIE TO GO WITH THAT. I'M SORRY. IS THAT A BAD WORD? I

DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST KNOW IT'S A BAD PERSON THAT

WOULD DIVORCE THEIR SPOUSE JUST 'CAUSE THEY SAW SOMEBODY HOTTER,

OKAY? JUST 'CAUSE THEY'RE UNHAPPY. NO, GET IN THERE AND

WORK OUT YOUR MARRIAGE. TAKE YOUR WIFE TO DINNER FOR ONCE.

VALUE HER. BUT THIS WAS THE DOCTRINES OF BALAAM, THAT THERE

WAS AN EXCUSE AND THEY TWISTED THE SCRIPTURE. AND THAT'S WHY

JESUS HAD TO COME TO THEM WITH THE WORD. ALL RIGHT, I'M ENDING

WITH THIS, I PROMISE. BUT I HAVE A FEW THINGS AGAINST YOU BECAUSE

THOSE THAT HOLD THE DOCTRINE OF BALAAM, WHO TAUGHT BALAK TO CAST

ASSEMBLING BLOCK BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, TO EAT

THINGS SACRIFICED TO IDOLS AND TO COMMIT FORNICATION. THAT IN

OTHER WORDS, THE WORLD WAS IN THEM. AND YOU ALSO HAVE HOLD

THEM THAT HAVE THE DOCTRINE OF THE NICOLAITANS, SEXUAL

IMMORALITY. AND THAT WAS A DOCTRINE, FOLKS. THINK ABOUT

THAT, A DOCTRINE THAT WAS BEING TAUGHT IN THE PULPITS. REPENT,

AND BY THE WAY, AND IT'S BEING TAUGHT IN PULPITS TODAY. SO

REPENT, NOW HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CHURCH. HERE'S A

COUPLE THINGS I WROTE AND WE'RE CLOSED. THIS CHURCH WAS DEVOID

OF GOD'S WORD. CAN I TELL YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD

DO RIGHT IN THIS HOUR, AND I WOULDN'T GO TO A CHURCH IF THEY

DIDN'T PREACH FROM THE BIBLE. IF THEY CAN'T READ SOME PASSAGES OF

SCRIPTURE, I WENT BY ONE CHURCH, AND I'M NOT HERE TO BE CRITICAL.

SOME OF THOSE CHURCHES STILL DO THE LITTLE CHURCH SIGNS, AND

THEY PUT THE TOPIC FOR THE WEEK, AND I DROVE BY ONE, AND THIS

WAS, I DON'T KNOW, THIS WAS A LOT OF YEARS AGO, AND THE, OH,

WHAT WAS THE FAMOUS MOVIE THAT WAS OUT? THE HOBBIT, LORD OF THE

RINGS. THAT WAS A BIG ONE. AND THE WHOLE SERMON SERIES WAS

BUILT AROUND THE LORD OF THE RINGS. AND I THOUGHT, REALLY? I

MEAN, THE BOOK IS FILLED WITH WITCHCRAFT, AND I'M NOT BEING

MEAN, BUT THIS WAS THE WORLDLY PERGAMOS CHURCH. I MEAN, SO MUCH

OF WHAT'S OUT THERE IN THE WORLD IS FULL OF THE OCCULT. I DON'T

WANT IT IN MY HOUSE. I DON'T WANNA WATCH SOMETHING, READ A

BOOK, GO TO A MOVIE THAT IS FILLED WITH CASTING OF SPELLS.

THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A SORCERER. YEAH, I HAVE ONE MORE

FOR THAT, DUH. I MEAN, COME ON. SO HERE, THE POINT BEING IS, IF

WE CAN DO ANYTHING RIGHT IN THIS CULTURE, IS WE MUST KNOW GOD'S

WORD. YOU KNOW WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT WITCHCRAFT? HE HATES

WITCHCRAFT. SAUL, THE KING SAUL, LOST HIS KINGDOM SIMPLY BASED ON

THE FACT THAT HE SOUGHT THE WITCH AT ENDOR. WITCHCRAFT IS

EVIL. WE'LL NEVER CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN HERE. WE'RE NOT EVEN,

WE DON'T DO A HARVEST PARTY. I'M SORRY, I'M NOT DOING AN

ALTERNATIVE. WE'RE GONNA TEACH OUR KIDS IT IS EVIL TO DRESS UP

LIKE SOMETHING AND FOLLOW THE PRACTICES OF THE OCCULT. HOW

HARD IS THAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT HARD. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE

TAUGHT OUR BOYS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, YOU KNOW, IF THAT COMES

ON TV, BIND IT AND HIT THE REMOTE. OKAY, TELL YOUR KIDS,

HALLOWEEN IS EVIL. YEAH, BUT THEY MIGHT FEEL LEFT OUT AND

THEY WON'T GET ANY CANDY. GO GET HIM SOME CANDY ANOTHER TIME.

OKAY, THEY PROBABLY HAD ENOUGH CANDY ALL YEAR, IT'LL BE FINE,

OKAY? IT'S AMAZING THE THINGS THAT, BUT THIS WAS THE CHURCH OF

THE WORLDLY, WORLDLY CULTURE. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, GO BACK TO

THE WORD OF GOD. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE FALLEN INTO IT IF THEY JUST

WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT'S IN THE BOOK. JESUS SAID THIS, "THE

REWARDS FOR OVERCOMING THE CARNAL SINFUL LIFESTYLE." THAT

IS, IF YOU'RE LIVING IN A SURROUNDED BY A LUSTFUL CULTURE,

AND FOLKS, WE ARE LIVING IN A CULTURE OF LUST AND EVIL NOW. IT

IS, I MEAN, NORMALIZING THE MOST EGREGIOUS THINGS. HE THAT

OVERCOMES, I WILL GIVE MY LIFEGIVING SECRETS. YOU KNOW

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS MAN ON THE FRONT ROW? I'M GONNA SAY IT

AND I'M CLOSING, AND THIS IS, WE'LL CLOSE UP SHOP, AND IF I

FORGOT ANYTHING, I'LL BRING IT UP NEXT WEEK. THIS IS A MAN WHO

SAYS, "GOD, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH." YOU KNOW WHY I BELIEVE HE HEARS

THE SECRETS OF GOD? I MEAN, GENE BAILEY TEXTS US. YOU CAN STAND

TO YOUR FEET WHILE I SAY THIS LAST THING. GENE BAILEY HAD

TEXTED US SUNDAY, I THINK IT WAS. AND AFTER THIS PROPHETIC,

HOW MANY OF YOU WERE HERE SUNDAY WHEN THE PASTOR GAVE THE

PROPHETIC WORD? NOW HE HAD NO CLUE, NOTHING, NOTHING WAS IN

THE NEWS AT THAT POINT. BUT I WATCH HIM ON A REGULAR BASIS

SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LORD, I WANT YOUR SECRETS. I WANT YOUR, I

WANT TO HEAR WHAT MATTERS TO YOU. I WANT TO KNOW IT. TALK TO

ME ABOUT IT. AND, BUT I ALSO KNOW THIS TO BE A MAN THAT, THAT

WHICH IS WICKED AND EVIL, HE'LL HAVE NO PART OF IT. HE DOESN'T

WANT EVIL, HE DOESN'T WANT WITCHCRAFT, HE DOESN'T WANT TO

WATCH THE WORLD'S PROGRAMS. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE

EVER HARDLY WATCHED A MOVIE, AND I'M NOT TOUTING US. I JUST WANT

TO BE CAREFUL WHAT I PUT IN MY SOUL. 'CAUSE I KNOW IT

EVENTUALLY COMES OUT, AND IT WILL MAKE THE WORD IN YOU, IT'LL

MAKE IT DULL. AND SIX HOURS LATER, GENE BAILEY SENT US A

TEXT AND SAID THE LINK OF WHERE IT HAD COME OUT, THAT THE SENATE

WAS GONNA GET THIS THING AND GET THE GOVERNMENT BACK OPEN. WELL,

HE HAD NO IDEA. BUT JESUS SAID, "IF YOU KEEP THE WORD BEFORE YOU

"AND YOU GET THE WORLD OUT," HE SAID, "I WILL GIVE YOU THE

HIDDEN MANNA." I'LL GIVE YOU THE THING. SOME OF US, THE REASON WE

DON'T HEAR FROM GOD IS MAYBE BECAUSE THERE'S TOO MUCH JUNK

THERE. YOU GET ENOUGH JUNK IN YOU FROM THE WORLD SIDE, THEIR

SHOWS, THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEIR NEWS, THEIR OPINIONS, OKAY? WE

FOUND OUT HOW MANY OF THEIR OPINIONS, I MEAN, WORLDLY

OPINIONS ARE LIKE NOSES. EVERYBODY'S GOT ONE FULL OF

HOLES. BUT WE GOTTA BE SHARP IN THE WORD. THAT WAS THE CHURCH AT

PERGAMOS. THEY LOST THEIR SHARPNESS BECAUSE THEY NEVER GOT

THE WORLD OUT. SO EPHESUS, PHARISAICAL CHURCH, YOU GET

SOMETHING OUT OF THAT? RIGHT? OKAY, SMYRNA, THE PERSECUTED

CHURCH. WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PERSECUTION, JANET. THAT'S JUST

GONNA BE PART OF IT. AND THE LAST ONE, PERGAMOS, THEY WERE

THE CHURCH THAT COULDN'T GET THE WORLD OUT OF THEM. SO WE'LL TALK

ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR NEXT WEEK. DID YOU LEARN SOMETHING TONIGHT?

ALL RIGHT, FATHER, BLESS THE PEOPLE. I THANK YOU FOR EVERY

PERSON THAT JOINED ONLINE. PLACE A FRESH ANOINTING ON THEIR LIFE.

I ASK YOU, LORD, AND I THANK YOU, FATHER. I PRAY THAT,

FATHER, THEY WILL TAKE THIS REVELATION OF WHAT I'VE SHARED

IN THESE FEW MOMENTS AND EXPOUND UPON IT AND GROW WITH IT, THAT

WE MIGHT BE BETTER AS THE BODY OF CHRIST AND BE THE BRIDE THAT

YOU'RE COMING BACK FOR WITHOUT SPOT, BLEMISH, OR WRINKLE, AND

WE THANK YOU FOR IT IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN, GIVE PASTOR DOUG

YOUR ATTENTION QUICKLY. THANK YOU. AMEN. WASN'T THAT GREAT?

DON'T FORGET TO BE HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND BRING

SOMEONE WITH YOU. LET'S PACK THIS PLACE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S A

GREAT, IT'LL BE A GREAT END TO FINISH THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF

SHE CAN FINISH IT. IT MIGHT TAKE THREE WEEKS. SO THAT'S GOOD. ONE

QUICK THING. I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU WE STILL HAVE 12

TICKETS, I BELIEVE IS THE NUMBER LEFT. APPROXIMATELY 12 TICKETS

FOR ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT, THE MOVIE THAT'S PREMIERING THIS

WEEK. IT'S TOMORROW NIGHT, 6.30 P.M. AT THE ACX THEATER IN

ELKHORN. AND IF YOU WANNA GET YOUR TICKETS, WHEN YOU GET HOME

TONIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED, GO TO THAT QR CODE OR GO TO THE

WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GO UNDER THE EVENTS TAB AND YOU CAN ORDER

YOUR TICKETS AND GET THOSE $12. AND I UNDERSTAND RACHEL'S EVEN

GONNA BE THERE, ONE OF OUR PRODUCT, OH, YOU'RE HERE. YOU'RE

GONNA BE THERE TOMORROW NIGHT GIVING AWAY SOME PRODUCT. SO YOU

MIGHT GO HOME WITH SOME EXTRA PRODUCT IN YOUR HAND AND GET TO

SEE ALL IS MERRY AND BRIGHT, A GOOD CHRISTMAS CLEAN MOVIE

THAT'S ACTUALLY GOT A HEALING IN IT AND GIVES HONOR AND GLORY TO

JESUS CHRIST. SO IT'S GOOD TO SUPPORT THOSE. AND SO DO THAT

AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN SUNDAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. HAVE A

WONDERFUL EVENING. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU ONLINE AUDIENCE.