According To The Code - Part 2 | Bishop McGee

Come on, let's give that to God. Let's give that to God.

Come on, come on. The Lord's in this place.

Come on, the Lord's in this place.

Let's act like it. Come on, let's give him praise.

Let's honor him tonight. Oh, with our worship.

And with our. Praise with our.

Praise, Amen. Appreciate the presence of the

Lord. You can be seated for a moment.

Amen. Hallelujah.

I appreciate the ministry of this church.

Probably maybe as Bishop. I don't say that enough and

forgive me, but I honor my son who is come up behind Daddy and

far reached out of a far from him.

Now he's in hit of me and he's my leader and I'm thankful for

my pastor Amen. I'm glad for brother Mason Amen.

He preached the first sermon in our church at Kingsburg.

And my, what God has done since then, taking him farther and

farther and, and then watching this, I can't say little guy

anymore, but this guy sitting back there, Amen.

Take care of sound, Sister McGee.

And I can remember all the times of taking care of him when Mama

was busy and dad was busy and gone and Amen, We, we took care

of this little guy at that time, Amen.

And look what God has done after all these years.

What a wonderful Savior. And Brother Zach, I won't forget

Brother Zach. I might get teary.

I remember Brother Mason, you had had surgery on your ears.

He wasn't able to take our youth to Saint Louis.

And so I drove them down there. Brother Zach was going through a

time in his life. It was it was, it was that time

where, you know, God could do something or the old enemy could

come in and try to make him something different than he was.

My sister McGee and I had, I remember had been praying for

Brother Zach, these things that God would lead him in the right

direction. And I will never forget that.

They had like Bible bookstore and books set up.

And I watched brother Zach go up and I'd seen him carry a Bible

back. And I don't think he's ever been

able to get away from that Bible.

One of the best, the best book he ever picked up and he loved

to read and he's never veered from that word.

He's attached himself to it and has become a great teacher.

Thank you, brother Zach. That's our expectations was

past. Thank you, Jesus.

And just to let you know that sometimes even a Bishop you get

down. We all go through our things and

I'm, I'm going to be very transparent with you for just a

little bit, but I feel, because I feel like it's what I need to

do. And my wife knows this and

probably my family knows it, but not maybe to what extent.

After I had my heart surgery in 2015, I got troubled in

hospital. I've always been a lover of the

word of God and I'd get that out and then we ours of the morning

and I sit down there and I finally told my wife, I said,

dear, I can't read my mind. I can't read what I love.

It's not it's not clicking and I'm going to be be truthful with

you. It's been 10 years ago, but I've

been battling that off and on and I have little niches of a

little victory and can preach maybe once or twice decent and

then it kind of falls apart and I've prayed and I've sought the

Lord and I'm blame. I'm I'm planning on breaking

that tonight. Son, come to me this afternoon.

I felt like the Israelites in Ezra Chapter 9 and verse 8, he

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said. And now for a little space grace

had been shoot from the Lord our God to leave us a remnant to

escape and to give us a nail in the holy place that our God may

lighten our eyes and give us. I love this a little reviving in

our bondage. That's where I felt like I was

at. I needed a little.

Reviving in my bondage, and I'm going to tell you for the last,

I don't know, several months, I've been seeking God to do

something miraculous and to bring me out of that bondage

that I felt like I was going through and give me freedom

again. I don't think in the 21 years

that I pastored, I don't, I really don't believe.

And if you did, you fool me. But I don't believe I ever bored

anybody to death. But I feel like lately that's

just what I've been doing. And I need to.

Turn loose and let God have his way.

And then Psalms 34 came to me. Verse #3 through 6 O magnify the

Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

I sought the Lord. And he heard me, and he

delivered me from all my fears. They looked unto him, or were

lightened, and their faces were not ashamed.

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out

of all of his troubles. So tonight morning I took on a

new role. I'm planning on just finishing

tonight. I'm going to I'm going to

minister. I told you that, you know, this

may be a two-part, I don't know, it may be 3 or 4 yet before I'm

all over. But I feel like doing something

with it. I didn't feel like I done it

just so I want I want to do it tonight using one same scripture

and then some others with it. I want to preach according.

To the code and then brother, brother Trevor come back and

want to know what title and I said according to the code Part

2 and he'll give kind of looked at me funny and somebody said,

well, you can put 1 1/2 if you want to.

So hey man, I'm going to turn to Matthew.

I'm going to review a little bit tonight, review and and

hopefully bring a more clarity to what I spoke last week.

Matthew Chapter 7, Very familiar verses of Scripture. 7 And

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starting at verse #24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings

of mine, and do it them, I will liken him and to a wise man,

which built his house up on the rock.

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew

and beat up on that house, and it fell not, for it was founded

upon a rock. Everybody said a rock.

Verse #25 Hallelujah. And the rain descend, The floods

came, and the winds blew house, and it fell not for his founded

upon the rock. And then.

Verse #20. 6 And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine,

and doeth them not, shall be. Likened to a foolish man which

built his house upon the sand and the.

Rain descended. And the floods came, and the

winds blew. Hallelujah and beat up on that

house and it fell, and great was the fall of it.

I want to turn now to first Peter.

First Peter chapter #1 thank you Jesus.

First Peter chapter 1. Want to read verse 15 and 16?

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Mix this all together and see if we can tie it together.

But as he which hath called you holy, so be you holy in all

manner of conversation. Because it is written.

Be you holy or I am holy. And one last Scripture reading,

let's turn to Hebrews chapter #12 chapter 12 and verse #14 of

Hebrews. Follow peace with all men and

holiness. Everybody said holiness, without

which no man shall see the Lord. Heavenly Father, I thank you for

your word. I thank you Lord for your

presence that swept across this place tonight.

God, you have set a atmosphere. Now Lord let us follow this

atmosphere. God, let us not lose God what

you gave us. God, Hikobasha Tarabaha.

But Lord Jesus let it be blessed.

I pray the word God is already anointed.

I need you tonight to move upon me in the name of Jesus, Amen

and Amen. You can be seated in Jesus name.

Hallelujah Jesus. You can be seated according to

the code. In Matthew 20.

Seven that we read 7 that we read 24 through 27.

The Bible says that the man was wise.

And he built his house upon the. Rock, Amen and.

The storm came, but the. Storm didn't budget it still.

Stood and I began to think what a great.

Thing to build it upon. Because.

In Matthew a Man, it talks about him building it up on the rock.

And then in first Corinthians verse or chapter 10 and verse 4

and he says and did all drink the same.

Spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual

rock that followed them, and that rock was Christ.

Christ followed them all the way through the wilderness.

He became the rock that they got a drink out of.

He was smoked when he shouldn't have been, Amen.

But he was still the rock and He still stayed with them.

Even in their ways, stubborn, stiff necked ways, the Lord

stayed with them. So let me tell you tonight that

He is a Savior that will stay with you through thick and

through thin. He'll be with you.

He won't leave you. Amen.

And the second man was. Foolish and he.

Built his house upon the sand and it fell and great was the

fall of it. You know, we can either, we can

either build our house on a rock and stay or we can build our

hand on a sun, build our house upon the sand and it will fall.

I want to bring this back because I want to make sure that

we understand. I want to review on August the

24th of 1992 and I don't think maybe that I brought this out.

So Hurricane Andrew hit southern Florida and it was named as the

most devastating hurricane on record to his southern Florida,

which is stained 165 mph. Wind.

It was a CAT5 hurricane causing some $34 billion worth of damage

and leaving 65 dead. A news reporter that was

assigned to the film The destruction of the hurricane in

one scene amidst the devastating Dubrous and stood one house

still on its foundation. And when the owner was asked why

his house was still standing and the rest was all gone, he said,

well, Sir, I built this house myself and I built it according

to the Florida State building codes.

And when the code call for 2 by 6 roof trusses, he said I use 2

by 6 roof trusses. And I was told that when a house

was built, according to Florida State Buildings code, that it

would stand a hurricane. I did, and it did.

That's what I want to have the testimony of, that I stood the

test. Amen.

That I'm still standing. I always pray, Lord, I want to

finish well. I don't want to be a starter and

then fall out of the race, but I want to finish well.

I want to do well what I'm doing.

Come on. I want to be an encourager of

the brother, Hallelujah. I want to be somebody that you

can follow and respect. Come on, Hallelujah, I'm here to

preach to you tonight that we must build our relationship

according to the code upon that rock, and that rock is Jesus

Christ, Jehovah visions 220 himself being the chief.

Everybody said the chief, the chief cornerstone.

He's the main one. He's the one that's built upon

Hallelujah. I want to build my relationship

with God upon that kind of. Foundation.

Hallelujah, John. 14 and six said Jesus said to him, I'm the

way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto me.

All cometh the Father but me. I'm going to tell you there's

only one way to get to God. I'm sorry.

There's all kinds of other people out here that's

preaching. You get there.

We're going to all go there. You know, I've I've heard it

all, you know, Hey, we, we can we're going to make it.

It'll be all right. I'm going to tell you want to

watch what you're taken into your crawl because I don't know

about you, but there's nothing else besides this book that's

going to take us. This is our road map.

This is what we follow and this is what we must.

Abide with Hallelujah. Thank you.

Jesus, somebody shout. It's according to the code.

Yes, it is. It's according to the code.

Romans 14 and 17 said, for the Kingdom of God is not meat and

drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.

So if I can say it again, so righteousness and peace and joy

is found in the Holy Ghost. There's no place else that you

can actually get a hold of that you can't get ahold of peace

without going through the Holy Ghost.

There's people running around out here today and they think

they've got their peace, but they're not satisfied with where

they are. Come on, They're they're

following after something, trying to bring peace.

Come on. I've seen backsliders this went

back out into the world and they're trying all kinds of

stuff, but they're not satisfied where they're at.

I don't care. You may be sitting on a bar

stool someplace and it'll come back to your.

Mind that you remember. Where I was, where the peace was

glory. Hallelujah, I'm going to tell

you I can rejoice tonight. I had to follow my daughter

around the church. You know what?

Hey, it is a blessing to be able to run with my daughter after 23

years. I I'm so thankful that God still

answers prayer. 23 years we prayed night and day and here

she is. Don't tell me that God's not

faithful that he don't answer prayer because he's still doing

it today. There's still miracles

happening. There's still a move of God in

the church. Hallelujah.

Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah, let me take you back again to Acts 238.

There is no promise. I want you to grab this.

If if righteousness, peace and joy is found in the Holy Ghost.

Then you take a look. According to Acts 238, there is

no promise of the Holy Ghost. Without repentance and baptism,

I'm, I know I'm, I'm I may get sticky for a little bit and I'm

going to get on holiness here in a minute.

But I'm telling you, if you want the name, if you don't want the

name of Jesus. Then you really don't want

peace. Joy and righteousness because

his. Very essence is righteous.

His name is righteous His. His name meaning love, covers

everything. Come on, I said it covers

everything. It covers every sin that you've

ever committed. You cannot commit a sin without

him covering it, unless it's blaspheming against the Holy

Ghost. And I'm not sure I've ever seen

anyone do that. So that tells me that he's a

merciful God, and he's looking down on you wherever you are

tonight. And he's saying I'll cover it.

It'll be all right. I'll take care of you.

Come on. I've got the power to save you.

There. Ain't nobody can keep me from

it. Oh.

Jesus, Hallelujah. So there's no promise.

Of the Holy. Ghost without you, repent first

and are baptized in Jesus name first.

No other name, no other name, no other.

Name like Jesus. No other name.

No other name like Jesus. There's only one name.

Thank you, Jesus. Hallelujah.

It's according to the code. It's part of it.

You can't get by without it. Come on.

If you receive the Holy Ghost before you're baptized, it's

bonus. I said if you receive the Holy

Ghost, come on, before you was baptized, it's bonus.

It's grace. It's saying God, It's a God

saying, OK, I think you're going to go the rest away with it.

So I'll just give you the Holy Ghost right now.

That's bonus. That's how much he loves you.

Glory Hallelujah. Praise.

God, it's according to the. Code y'all can't.

Get past the code. It's according to the code.

Hallelujah. First, Peter, I know we read

this 15 and 16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be

holy in all manner of conversation.

Because. It's written be a holy for.

I'm holy. You can't be holy without the

Holy Ghost. Come on.

I said you cannot be holy without the Holy Ghost.

You know why? Because I'm going to tell you

something. You, you, you, you can't, you

can't be without the Holy Ghost because that's where the power

is. When you, when you receive the

Holy Ghost, acts one and eight ye shall receive power.

That's where the power is. The power for you to change is

in the Holy Ghost. You cannot change your whole

life. See, they tried back in the Old

Testament. They couldn't live by the letter

of the law. And I'm going to tell you we

have a problem enough trying to live it by grace.

Come on. I'm going to tell you I've not

been everything, all right? We've all sinned and we've come

short. There's not a one of us sitting

in here that's got wings growing on you yet.

Come on. There's none of you that's

perfect. I'm not perfect.

The only one that we've got perfect is the one that's got

the code. He's got the how to do's and

when to do Oh, and how to put your life in order.

And if you go according to that code, if you'll pick up His word

everyday and begin to read it, he'll begin to speak to you

about some things. He'll start showing you some

things. He'll start moving on your life

and you'll become a different person because you got the Holy

Ghost. Because the Holy Ghost is your

teacher. He'll teach you all.

Things the Bible says. Oh yeah, thank you, Jesus.

Hallelujah. There's power to do it.

When you get the Holy Ghost, if you want to be holy, get the

Holy Ghost, because you're never going to be holy till you get

the Holy Ghost. That's where holiness starts.

It starts on the inside. It's the Holy Spirit.

When you get the Holy Spirit, then you'll start getting the

Holy. Thank you.

Jesus. See, it starts on the inside,

but I'm going to taste something.

But. And.

If you. Have it on the inside.

It will. Show up on the outside pastor.

I think he mentioned it this morning.

Acts 1046 for they heard them. Speak.

With tongues. How did they know they had it?

They heard something come on, it come in as a sound, and it was

spread abroad, but they heard them speak with tongues.

So if you've. Got it on the inside, honey, and

you got the Holy Ghost. It's already showed up on the

outside. Ah, come on, I said it's done.

Showed up on the outside when you receive the Holy Ghost and

this is this is just a drop in the bucket.

Of what God wants to do for you. Hallelujah.

It's according to code code. Now I'm going to meddle a little

bit now. I'll hit you too hard this time.

I'll wait till Part 3. Thank you.

Jesus, I'm going. This is according to the code

Hebrews 10. 25 says. Not.

Forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as a manner

of some is. But.

Exhorting. Everybody said exhorting. 1.

Another and so much more as we see the day approaching, not the

forsaking of our assembling of ourselves together and even.

Talking are like strong words. Exhorting that word means to

call near to or to invite that means to invoke.

The to. Beseech or call for those are

strong words. But he said if somebody's not

going to church, you need to invoke upon them a little bit.

You know it's. Like, hey, come on, you need to

go. You, you, you can't stay at

home. This is this is not right.

But you know why? It's according to the code to be

a Turk. I tell you what, I I hate it.

I hate it. Our last years, you know, we've

had, we've, we've had some sickness and, and I've had to

stay. Home, but my wife.

Come to church. If she stayed home, I come to

church. We're living in the day that I'm

sorry to say it, but you get one sick, one sick kid and everybody

stays home to blow that one kids nose.

Come on, what's wrong with us? Church?

You don't want your family to miss heaven, do you?

You keep you keep staying at home, keeping the kids at home.

Pretty soon your kids won't even be in church, I said.

That's being holy, and it's according to the code.

I got. Bible for it.

Hallelujah. I know I felt.

That go. So.

After I after I'd. Done that.

I sat down. My seat and I thought, no

excuses, please. I've heard them all.

Come on. All the years I've been around

Pentecost, I've heard them all. Truth is you.

Just didn't want to be here. Because I found out something a

long time ago. People does what they want to do

and you can have the desire to do the wrong thing at the right

time. Come on, I said.

I said it. I know that.

Come on, we better live for God. We're living in a troublesome

world and if we're not careful, we're going to miss heaven

because not forsaking, not forgetting, not forgetting, not

forgetting. Everybody said not forgetting.

No, we don't need to be forgetting to go to church.

We got to go to church in the face of the enemy.

Even when he said, you know, you've got a headache, bless

God, you wouldn't miss work over that.

You'd take two aspirin or two Tylenol.

Away you'd go. That's all right.

Go ahead and take your Tylenol, but come on to church because

God's about to do something in the midst of us if we'll go

according to His code and come to church every time on time

when we should. You want Him to move in your

family and save him. Just keep coming to church and

bringing the kids and leave one home to blow that kids annoys.

Bishop. You meddling.

That's not now I'm only meddling with the word.

It's according to the code. Not the.

Forsaking. Not the forsaking, somebody

said. Not the forsaking.

That means you need to go to church.

Oh Jesus, how? Well, I'm about to find a little

help here. Glory I may.

Have to invite you. I may have to invoke you.

I don't know. Yeah, I may have to beseech you.

I may have to use all those strong words, but they can't be

strong enough. I've got to somehow say hey, you

need to be there phrase pastor stirs me up so much more.

Everybody said so much more. As you see the day approaching

and all the other churches are dropping off their all their

night services one on Sunday. That's all we got.

I don't know about you, but when it says all the more, I need

more church now than I did when I was growing up as a kid,

things are worse off now than they've ever been.

And the Lord is about to split the eastern sky.

And you're not going to come to church.

You're not going to bring your kids to church.

You're not going to live for God.

Come on, it's time to live for you.

Jesus who? Glory, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

It's according to the code. See, he's coming after a church

that's made them self ready. He's he's coming after church

that's been faithful. OK, I'm, I'm going to go ahead

and work on this a little bit. You know how you keep your job?

It's by being faithful. You know what if you miss?

So they start putting points down and I don't know how many

more. It takes you know anymore.

But I know a. Lot of people's or.

I've I've heard. My.

My son-in-law Dale, he's telling us, he said one guy that come

in, put in application said how many?

Points do you right? It's the front, he said.

I thought, well, that guy. Might as well leave.

Ain't no sense him coming. I know where he's headed.

He's headed for the points. He thinks some more points, you

win. Lord, how would you want

somebody come in? And to ask.

You that but Jerry, I'm. A you, but I would.

Doubt that you, but I wouldn't put it past they.

Some probably come your way. I know you'll have that people

coming like that. Lori, come on.

See. See, you got to stay at Sister

Mcgee's guy, and he's got a front row seat.

Because we go in McDonald's at least once a day.

We know what shift to go in because we know the ones that's

don't want to work. I want to get the check.

Yeah. We we hear them, Sister Ricky,

they're back here and you know, it's.

All stacking up up front. Nobody's doing nothing, but I'm

telling you, this is according to code.

See, this ain't just about your job.

This is about missing heaven. How would you like to?

Strike out to God and not get a go.

How? Would you like to strike your

kids out? They're not going to come

without you. Come on, we got to be good

daddies and do mommies, because if you're not good, they're not

going to be good. I know it's getting quiet, Lord.

I'll work on it some more, thank you.

Jesus ain't turned red yet, OK? It's time to live according.

To the code. Somebody shout the code.

Yeah, see, I want to tell you something.

There's some things we need to do tonight.

Before we get through this, I'm going to let you know what they

are. See.

See, it's according to the code for us to seek first the Kingdom

of God and. The Bible says.

Matthew 633 His righteousness and all, everybody said.

Everybody said all these there's.

Things. Bonus.

If you'll seek first. The Kingdom of God.

He'll give you all these other bonuses here.

Solomon didn't know how to. He didn't know how to be king.

He, he, he want, he wanted to know, Lord, said Solomon.

What do you want? He said.

Well, I don't know how. I'm just a child.

I don't know how to go out and come in with this great people

that you've given me. God, I, I don't know what I'm

doing. He said I just like.

To know get some wisdom so I know how to do that.

And the Lord said, because you asked for that, I'll give you

bonus. I'm going to give you all this

stuff that you didn't ask for. Have you ever thought what God

could do if you could get your family in church and be

consistent in church, what God would do for your kids?

Have you ever thought? You said, well, they're

involved. Well, they may be, but they may

be they're involved in the wrong stuff.

Oh, the pastor. What they're doing is not a sin,

no, but sometimes doing it on church day is a sin because my

Bible says he that knoweth to do good and doeth it not.

To him it's sin. Let's tell it like it is.

I'm sorry, I'm I'm. Tired of Patty caking?

I'm about ready to just preach. Oh, yeah, thank you.

Jesus. It's.

According to the code. See.

To walk right is according to the code.

That means. I know I should have brought my

dividing line that I had last Sunday night.

There's a dividing line and it's got to be cut off.

We got to separate ourselves. I know, you say, you know, I had

that. Dividing line here.

You know why? Because it seems like the.

Biggest parts going to go to hell because hell enlarged

itself. Heaven.

Didn't. He Yeah, come on, Bible says

straight as gate and arrows away and few there be that find it.

But all you. Got to do is follow the crowd.

And you know what? We're living in a world today

where the church world, that's what they're doing.

They're letting everything out in the world come into the

church and take it over and we're letting them do it.

It's time to get strict on this thing and make it our code.

There's a code of conduct church.

Then we got to follow or not make it.

Glory. Hallelujah.

Thank you. Jesus, see, it's Courtney the

code to talk, right? Get ready by around you.

Knowing it's up and they said something, oops, that wasn't

UPS. That wasn't.

Evidently, you probably used to. Say nothing, I'm not around.

And it just slipped out. Yeah.

You know you. You.

You're around these people that you know they're saved and

going. To heaven, but they still talk

right or. Wrong they don't.

Some words fly their mouths at wait.

A minute. That ain't according to code.

Come on, we. Got to talk, right?

Amen. And and if we're going to live a

code into the, according to the code, we got to act right.

Oh my, there's that. Reese Singer.

Didn't you see? No, I.

No, I'm sorry. I.

Was going to the next time. Yeah, right, Sir.

Stiffed your nose at him. Come on.

Now I'm going to say. This and I, I think sometimes as

Christians, has done that before.

I don't want to get. I don't want to get in a talk

with them. We'll never get out of here.

My wife don't like to go. To Walmart with me, she says.

Oh no dear, they're coming. We better go another way.

You'll be here forever. You will too.

I think that was the thought. Maybe, you know, come on.

Or somebody calls on the phone. Ruth, Freddy, I'll bet we've had

some interruptions. Right.

It's been good, yeah. It's been good.

But Freddy got 1/2. 30 and 2:45 I got one right.

Right in the morning, yeah. Well.

Hey, hey, that's. My time I'm on the.

Morning watch, anyway. Come on, church.

Come on. Oh Hallelujah, you know why.

Bored. Oh Lord.

People with boredom nowadays if kids don't have it.

Bored to death. Bored to the gourd, I wonder.

What'd happen if? We take it away from them and

give. Them back to the landline.

I've thought about it. To come again, I had.

Definitely thought about it. You know why?

Because I don't like to hear the junk I don't like.

To see the junk. Just give me Jesus.

All right. Yeah, so, and then I'm getting

here and I'm just touching on this little tiny bit.

For men and women to. Dress modesty is according to

the code. There is a code of dress and we

need to follow it. Don't get.

Mixed up with the world. Can I tell you way back and I I

can give you history. Yeah.

Way back when Then. And I know y'all thought this

come about in just the last several years.

I know you thought them splits and skirts a new thing.

No. It was back in Bible times the.

Grecian woman had something they call the stolen.

And. And history says that the stolen

there was never a more modest and and.

And a godly dress than the stolen it.

Had a slip for the head to pass through, one for the arms to

pass through, then they. Made a zona.

Or a mammal that come over. That and they wrapped it around

it come down over. There.

And that's what they wore and and the Grecian women, after a

while they got said, boy, this looks nice, but I wonder what it

would do. If we just split.

It to right here. As to show a.

Part of the thigh, Yeah, Right, right, right.

Yeah. Or it's getting quiet.

You're understanding though. Aren't you?

Yeah, I know this. Isn't new.

And if you ever noticed, in our day, it's getting even.

I sat in a McDonald's. One day and here.

Come this lady. And it was plum up.

Here. And back in those days.

They Cole called them Shores of the Thigh.

And. And, and it was said that the

only kind of women that wore those were not good.

Women, now come on. This thing has got wrapped up

even in church and you couldn't hardly can't hardly buy a a

dress ladies that hadn't got a slit that you don't got to show.

So some of it up. Come on.

And I'm sorry this goes. For men, if you show your

thighs, you're wrong too. And if you've got long hair?

Dislike the women? Sorry, you sin too.

The Bible's against. Death.

It says long hair. And long hair means uncut.

Just go. Just go.

Just. Go through your dictionary.

Hebrew, Greek, all that. Look it up.

It'll tell you. All right.

I know. I got on.

That long enough, didn't I? See.

Let me, let me tell you, you know what I mean, They said.

They said that this. This dress that they called.

Modest was and and it means see. Decent in the right order means

well arranged decent. If I said decent.

Now I don't have to ask you. What decent is, you know, when

you're dressed? Decent when you're not I'm.

Sorry. Nature itself teaches us some

things. Just read First Corinthians 11

and you'll find out all right now.

And Webster, I like what Mr. Webster says.

Pastor, it just kind of tore. Me up, Webster says.

Aware of limitations, not vain. Avoiding display, restrained and

reasonable. Shunning, indecency.

Shunning indecency. It's according to the code.

Modesty is according to the code.

Living and. Dressing holy is according to

the cold. Somebody shout.

It's according to the cold, OK. All right, now I'm.

I'm. Fixing to change and I'm going

to closure a little. Bit I'm going to read.

Psalms 100 and verse #4 I'm going to change gears a little

bit. It's it's familiar.

And I've I've quoted. It you've quoted it thousands.

Of times enter into his. Gates.

With Thanksgiving and into his courts, with praise and be

thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Now I'm going to bring question out that spiraled me.

Into outer space this weekend. What would the church look?

Like. If we carried this out.

Literally every. Time we.

Entered the church for service. What would the church?

Look like now if we carry that through.

Hallelujah, now you sat down. Psalms 100.

Verse #5 for the Lord. Is good.

See. You know what does?

OK, it gives you Psalms 100 and verse 4 tells you what you need

to. Do.

Verse 5 tells you why you ought to do it.

Yeah. That's right, it says.

For the Lord is good, that's why you need to do it.

His mercy. Is everlasting, that's why you

need to do it. And his truth endureth to all

generations that don't leave nobody out.

You're not a throwaway. Peek, I said.

You're not a throwaway. He cares about you.

Nobody ever cared for. You like Jesus?

Music can come. Oh, glory.

I we can stand as. If if you're not.

According to the code, I hope you'll find you a place to pray.

Come on, parents, you're not. Leading your children right?

You are straightening up. Tonight.

There is some. Devastating things.

Pastor sent me something this. Week that, brother Alex.

One thing. Brother Mason.

I'm telling you, I just started reading the very first lines and

my chill bumps started coming all over my arm.

The Lord just more or less saying it's happening.

Are we ready? I don't.

Think the Church is ready? We can't even get here on time.

In fact. We're like 1/2 a week late.

Sometimes we don't get to the next service.

Honey. I'm telling you something, dear.

Something we taught our kids. When he's growing up, Mom and

Daddy may have to stay home with one.

Of them, but the rest? Of them is.

Going to go mom or I and me one. When my wife my.

Wife worked a full time job and she worked nights evenings but

I'm. Going to tell you something.

When it come church time, I was fixing 4 girls hair and we was

going to church. If it's snowing, he's going to

church. If it's snowing, I was going to

get in the church bus and I'm going to pick them up anyway.

We're going to church. We had 20 miles to drive, but

we's going to church. When I was laid.

Off from work from October till March.

We's going to church. I was paying my ties.

I drawed. One unemployment check and God

took care of me. After that I didn't have to draw

no more. People started.

Calling my home guy had called me, had had got rid of me.

Didn't say he said laid me off, but I knew what he meant.

See I'd. Been in business?

Myself so he thought he'd get. All the business, so he kept me.

Long enough he thought he had had my customers and had them

all, but what he didn't know I'd been there way too long for him.

He. Started calling me home.

He told one I just couldn't keep him.

He wasn't. He wasn't a mechanic.

I thought he was. The guy looked at him and said

don't tell me nothing about him. I've known him for 17 years.

See, he's always done my. Work.

I'll see you later. Tell me.

You might as well tell me where he's at.

I'm going to find you. My pastor, Brother Sizemore.

You'll get a meeting some of you haven't.

I'd go to church and I'd. Walk in the door, son.

You remember those days, brother?

McGee, everything OK? Yes.

Yes. Is the family OK?

Everything doing well? I say yes.

Brother, he said. Now, brother.

McGee. Sure.

Said brother. Sizemore, I've got money in my

pocket, just like I've always. Had a job?

You know why? Because.

If you put God first. All these other.

Things, Opie added. Nobody knows how it happens, but

God does. It's according to the cold.

And tell you how many. Times this week I've broke down

and cried in my office because I.

Thought Lord, there's going. To be a lot of sad.

People if they don't straighten up.

God in a time when? We ought to be growing.

We're losing people because they're got other things going

on. I'm sorry, you may.

Have to downsize some things, but I'm going to tell you you'll

be upsizing Christ. He'll take care of you.

I don't care. He'll take care of you.

He done it with five children at home.

Guess what all? That time I was booked a week

ahead. God just supply my needs.

Guess what when the guy called me for wanting me come to work

for him. He's waiting for business pick

up because October to around March is the slowest time for

mechanics and. So he was just waiting.

For time. Come time, he said.

Hey Paulie, I'm ready. I had.

To take a week's. Worth of work to him.

Isn't that something? Bless my new boss right off the

bat. He he's all he.

If he was a week behind, now he's two weeks behind.

Come on. I'm here to tell.

Somebody that God will take care of you.

This altar is open. Salters open.

Go ahead and sing, brother. Mason.