09/12/26 9AM | OTH 2026 | Pastor Brenda Kunneman

5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

COME ON, CHURCH! ARE WE READY FOR ANOTHER SESSION

OF OTH 2026? ARE WE AWAKE THIS MORNING? EVERYBODY HAVE ENOUGH

COFFEE? NEED MORE COFFEE? WELL, YOU NEED TO GET EXCITED THIS

MORNING GIVE US A LOUD SHOUT OF PRAISE.

(MUSIC)

NOW OUR ROOM, THE ROOM OF THE HOLY GHOST IS IN HERE.

I WANT YOU TO TOUCH YOUR SPIRIT AND SAY THE KING IS IN THIS ROOM

COME ON!

(MUSIC)

COME ON, YOU GOT THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST INSIDE OF YOU.

(MUSIC)

NOW I WANT YOU TO GIVE GOD THE GREATEST SHOUT THAT YOU CAN

BRING UP OUT OF YOUR ROOM.

VERY QUICKLY RIGHT NOW I WANNA DO

SOMETHING THAT GOD PUT ON MY HEART. PASTOR GAVE ME THE

LIBERTY. FULL-TIME SENIOR PASTORS AND ASSOCIATE PASTORS, I

WANT YOU TO STAND AT THE FRONT. I FELT LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID

I'M SUPPOSED TO AFFIRM YOU TODAY. COME ON. I HEARD PASTOR

PREACHING LAST NIGHT ABOUT PASTORS AND LEADERS STANDING,

TAKING HITS, THINGS THAT THE DEVIL HAS TRIED TO DO TO

THROW THEM OFF THEIR SEATS OF BOLDNESS. FULL-TIME MINISTERS

TOO. RICKY AND CARLA, COME ON UP HERE. FULL-TIME, I GUESS I

SHOULD SAY FIVEFOLD. YOU ARE FULL-TIME IN THE MINISTRY. YOU

KNOW, YOU'RE NOT PART-TIME IN THE MINISTRY AND THEN MOSTLY

WORKING AT WALMART.

HALLELUJAH

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

LET'S LAY HANDS ON HIM, PASTOR HANK.

(SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

I WANT— NOW HERE'S WHAT I BELIEVE THE LORD IS IMPARTING TO

YOU. HE IS IMPARTING A FRESH GRACE AND A STRENGTH TO AFFIRM

YOU THAT GOD IS FOR YOU AND WIN THE BATTLE. SO FATHER, WE LAY

HANDS ON THESE MINISTERS. WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THAT FRESH

CALLING, FRESH ANOINTING. WE THANK YOU, LORD. AFFIRM THEM AND

STRENGTHEN THEM WITH THE SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH OF THE

HOLY SPIRIT. I THANK YOU, LORD. THEIR MINISTRY SHALL PROSPER.

ALL THAT YOU'VE CALLED THEM TO DO, ALL THAT YOU'VE APPOINTED

THEM FOR, ALL THAT YOU HAVE SET THEM TO DO. FATHER, IT NOW GOES

TO A GREATER LEVEL IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AND FATHER, THAT THEY

WILL HAVE A DOUBLE PORTION OF THY ANOINTING. AND WE THANK YOU

NOW. LET THEM BE BLESSED AND STRENGTHENED BY YOUR GRACE, A

SUPERNATURAL GRACE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS OF NAZARETH. GIVE THEM GREATER

STRENGTH AND BOLDNESS IN JESUS' NAME. COME ON, GIVE GOD A GREAT

BIG SHOUT. SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE

ALWAYS TAKE A MOMENT TO PRAY FOR

YOUR PASTORS AND YOUR LEADERS. YOU KNOW, THE SET ONES THAT ARE

OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, REALLY A LOT OF THEM ARE THESE, AND I

KNOW SOME OF THESE FROM MANY YEARS AGO. THEY TAKE THE HITS

AND THE ARROWS OF THE ENEMY JUST

FOR, WELL, MY GOODNESS, JUST FOR

BEING ONLINE. SO PRAY FOR THEM AND LET'S STRENGTHEN THEM. IF

YOU SEE ANY OF THESE UP HERE, GO UP AND SHAKE THEIR HAND AND

THANK THEM FOR BEING FAITHFUL TO THE CALLING OF GOD IN THEIR

LIFE. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE GOT SOME STUFF TO DO TODAY. AND

BY THE WAY, I GOT TO BE ON TIME.

YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO PREACH

LONG BECAUSE WE GOT A MOVIE AFTER, AND I WANT TO SEE THE

MOVIE, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. SO ALL RIGHT, TURN AROUND,

HUG SOMEBODY. PASTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT,

JUST TURN AROUND, HUG SOMEBODY, FIND SOMEBODY. WE GREET THOSE OF

YOU ALSO THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE. FIND SOMEBODY IN HERE,

RIGHT HERE, THAT HAD A DONUT FOR BREAKFAST. AND IN THE COMMENTS,

LET US KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD BREAKFAST YET. DO YOU HAVE

CEREAL, EGGS? BUT WE GREET YOU AS WELL. WE THANK GOD FOR YOU,

AND WE RELEASE— IF YOU'RE WATCHING TODAY AND YOU'RE PART

OF THE FIVEFOLD MINISTRY AS WELL, I STRETCH MY HANDS TOWARDS

YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, AND WE RELEASE THAT SAME ANOINTING THAT

WENT INTO THESE 5-FOLD MINISTERS

FOR YOU THAT ARE WATCHING. AND I

SAY A SHIFT COMES TO YOU AND TO YOUR MINISTRY. NOW RECEIVE THAT.

AMEN. ALL RIGHT, DID YOU ASK THEM WHAT THEY

HAD FOR BREAKFAST?

SO I'M GOING TO ASK A QUESTION REAL QUICK THIS

MORNING, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, HOW MANY OF

YOU GOT A FULL NIGHT'S SLEEP? YOU DID? HOW MANY OF YOU DID NOT

GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP? I DID NOT HARDLY SLEEP A WINK LAST

NIGHT. I MEAN, THERE WAS ONE POINT MY EYES WERE OPEN. I'M

LIKE, OKAY, GOD, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I NEED TO SLEEP HERE. SO, BUT

WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. BUT I'LL KEEP MY EYES ON SOME OF THOSE

WHO DIDN'T SLEEP MUCH LAST NIGHT. WE DO HAVE USHERS THAT

HAVE THESE LIKE PRODDING TOOLS. THEY KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE

JOLT. SO USHERS, DO YOU HAVE THOSE ON YOU? YEAH, YEAH. NO,

I'M ONLY TEASING. THEY DIDN'T. SO, WELL, ANYWAY, IT'S GOOD TO

BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. BOARD. AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE

APPRECIATED THE BUSES? HOW MANY OF YOU APPRECIATED THE

OUTHOUSES? ARE YOU DEFENDING YOUR PEE PATCH FROM ANYBODY

THAT'S TRYING TO TAKE YOUR— YOUR, UH, YOUR— GET OUT OF HERE!

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL RIGHT. ANYWAY, DID Y'ALL ENJOY THAT?

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA DO—

BEFORE WE RECEIVE THE OFFERING, I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME BOOKS

AWAY. AND SO PASTOR DOJI, YOU CAN COME. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF

YOU ALL KNOW THIS. YOU REMEMBER HOW I MENTIONED THAT I ALWAYS

WANTED TO BE— THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING HERE TODAY— I

ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A TRAVELING SINGING EVANGELIST. YEAH, I DID.

WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU BEEN LISTENING TO GENE BAILEY WHEN HE

SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THE LAST OF THE YEAR THAT HE'S

GOING TO DO, AND THEN HE'S GOING

TO KIND OF SHIFT INTO SOME OTHER

THINGS. WELL, HOW MANY OF YOU ALSO ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO

HIS TENT REVIVAL? AND DID YOU HEAR HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE

ANYBODY AT THIS POINT THAT'S GOING TO BE LEADING WORSHIP? SO

I HAVE SOME PICTURES TO VERIFY. WE BEHIND THE SCENES— GENE

BAILEY, HIS WIFE, RICK GREEN, AND I, KURT— WE'VE BEEN FORMING

A BAND. AND I THINK IT'S CALLED GENE AND THE HOUND DOGS OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I HAVE PICTURES TO VERIFY IT. WOULD YOU

SHOW THE PICTURES, PLEASE? THERE WE ARE. THERE'S THE BAND. EDDIE

HAS BEEN TEACHING ME BASS. THERE YOU GO. THERE I AM. I'M ON BASS

THERE. ME AND RICK GREEN. RICK IS LEAD GUITARIST. THERE'S RICK

GREEN THERE. SO OH, THERE'S RICK GREEN. THERE'S RICK GREEN. SO

HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE'S REACHED OUT TO STRYPER. YEP, YEP. BUT PUT

THE BAND BACK UP, THE WHOLE PICTURE OF ALL OF US, YOU KNOW,

GENE AND THE HOUND DOGS. TERRY IS LEAD SINGER. ACTUALLY, KEEP

THE PICTURE UP. YESTERDAY WAS HER BIRTHDAY, AND TERI BAILEY,

SO SHE SENT THE VIDEO. I DIDN'T SEND YOU THE SINGING PART, BUT

ONE OF THE EDITORS THAT IS PART OF THE FLASHPOINT ARMY ON GENE'S

STAFF MADE THAT FOR HER BIRTHDAY, AND SHE SENT IT TO ME,

AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA I JUST SHOWED THIS. SO THIS IS— SO

GENE'S PROBABLY GONNA GET— HEY, FLASHPOINT ARMY, YOU KNOW, GET

OUT TO HIS PAGE AND GO, GENE, WE SAW— WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE

NEW BAND. SEE WHAT HE DOES. DON'T GIVE IT AWAY. DON'T SHOW

THE PICTURES. SAY, GENE, WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW BAND WITH

GENE AND THE HOUND DOGS AND HANK

AND RICK AND YOUR WIFE. SEE WHAT

HE DOES. OKAY, WILL Y'ALL DO THAT FOR ME? COME ON, FLASHBORN

ARMY! I'LL WATCH YOU CRASH LIKE WEBSITES, MAN. OKAY, OKAY. ALL

RIGHT, WELL, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'RE GONNA GET TO SOME

DOING. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE WE

DOING? OH, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO GIVE SOME BOOKS

AWAY. UH, OKAY. OKAY, GET TO THE POINT, HANK. ALL RIGHT, I'M

TRYING, I'M TRYING, I'M REALLY TRYING UP HERE. SO BY THE WAY,

MAKE SURE YOU STAY THROUGH FOR THE MOVIE, BUT WE ALSO GOT THE—

OKAY, ARE YOU LIKE APOSTLE, BISHOP, ARCHBISHOP? HE'S ROBERTS

LIARDON, AND I TELL YOU, NOW ROBERTS, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY GET

TIRED OF ME SAYING THIS, BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR GOD ON ROBERTS

LIARDON AND GOD THROUGH ROBERTS LIARDON, HANK AND BRENDA

WOULDN'T EVEN BE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. SO THE REASON WE'RE LIKE

WE ARE, BLAME HIM. BUT HE IMPARTED TO US. I MEAN, WE WERE

LIKE 22, 23 YEARS OLD, ROBERTS, AND I BOUGHT ONE OF YOUR BOOKS,

THE INVADING ARMY AND RUN TO THE BATTLE. AND WE USED TO

TRY TO IMITATE ROBERTS. WE WENT TO ALL OF HIS MEETINGS. HE'S THE

SAME AGE AS WE ARE, 45. AND, UH, SO, BUT WE'D GO TO ALL OF HIS

MEETINGS AND, AND HE WOULD PRAY AND HE'D GO, AND WE ALL THE WAY

HOME, I'D BE LIKE, I'D TRY TO IMPRESS AND INCREASE MY TONGUES

CAUSE I WAS PRAYING LIKE THIS-

(MIMICS SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

SO I'D GO-

(MIMICS SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

BUT THEN EVENTUALLY IT CAME ON ME IT WENT FROM- TO

(MIMICS SPEAKING IN TONGUES)

NOW LET'S GET TO THIS THRONE ROOM PROPHECY. WHOEVER SAID THAT

IN THE RAFTERS, COME ON DOWN. OH

NO, YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THEM. I'M

GOING TO BE IN THE RAFTERS TODAY SECTION. LOOK AT THIS. OH WAIT,

YOU GOT TO HAVE THIS STUDY. YOU GOT TO HAVE THIS STUDY MANUAL

THAT GOES WITH IT. YOU GOT TO STUDY AND THEN EMAIL ME YOUR

ANSWERS. I HAVE THE— OKAY, SO THE LORD WALKED IN ON ME BACK IN

AUGUST OF 2020 WHILE I WAS WORKING ON MY TRAIN SET. ISN'T

THAT CRAZY? AND HE SAID TO ME, BEHIND ME, HE SAID, I HAVE PUT

AN ANOINTING OF PRESERVATION UPON THIS NATION, UPON THIS

PRESIDENT, AND UPON THE CHILDREN. AND I SAID, AN

ANOINTING OF WHAT? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING AFTER

THIS EXPERIENCE. AND HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, NOW GO TO LUKE 4. AND

HE TAUGHT ME THAT ONE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT JESUS

ANNOUNCED, THAT THE ANOINTING OF

THE HOLY GHOST WAS UPON HIM. AND

PART OF THAT ANOINTING WAS THE ANOINTING OF PRESERVATION. IT

STAYED ON JESUS THROUGHOUT HIS MINISTRY UNTIL HE LAID IT DOWN.

HE SAID, NOW, NOW'S THE TIME. AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ARREST HIM

AND TOUCH HIM. BUT BEFORE THAT, IN THE BOOK OF JOHN ALONE, THEY

TRIED TO KILL HIM LIKE 8 TIMES. THEY COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE

THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT PRESERVED HIM. SO I BREAK IT

DOWN THROUGH SCRIPTURE, AND I GIVE YOU BIBLICAL SCRIPTURAL

POINTS THAT— I'M GOING TO THE RAFTERS. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN

SPOILED. OH, YOU, YOU UP THERE, THAT JUST DON'T FALL OVER, LADY.

NO, YOU'RE GOOD. NO, NO, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S GOING LIKE THIS.

I THINK I DESCRIBED YOU. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. SHE

CAN— OH, SHE COULD BE THE ONE. YOU'RE WELCOME. WELCOME,

WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. ALL

RIGHT, NOW THIS ONE IS ROBERTS' FAULT TOO, BECAUSE HE TAUGHT ME

THROUGH HIS MINISTRY HOW TO PRAY PRAY STRONG IN TONGUES AND TO

ALSO KNOW THE BENEFITS OF IT. THAT WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST

THINGS I EVER LEARNED FROM YOU. I PRAY IN TONGUES A LOT. SO IS

BRENDA. WE PRAY IN TONGUES STRONG. ROBERTS' BRONZESTEIN.

YOU REMEMBER THAT? DO YOU STILL HAVE BRONZESTEIN AS PART OF YOUR

TONGUE ALBUM? IT COMES OUT. YOUR TONGUE. HE'S SO READY FOR ME TO

JUST BE DONE. PASTOR HANK, IT'S ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WAIT

A MINUTE, LET ME EXPLAIN IT FOR A SECOND. I'M TRYING— LISTEN,

I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE POWER OF THIS BOOK. BY THE WAY, BOB, I

WANT TO GIVE ONE AWAY TO SOMEBODY ONLINE. I WANT TO GIVE

SOMEBODY ONLINE A COPY OF BREAKING

OPEN THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUR DEEP.

BOB, HOW DO THEY DO IT? PICK SOMEBODY, BOB. PICK SOMEBODY. SO

I WAS IN PRAYER ONE DAY, AND I WAS PRAYING IN TONGUES, AND I

HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY TO ME, HE SAID, HANK, I WANT YOU TO GO

BACK TO THE LAW OF FIRST MENTION. AND I KNEW WHAT HE WAS

SAYING TO ME, BECAUSE IN THE BIBLE THERE'S A REASON THAT

SOMETHING IS FIRST MENTIONED. HE SAID, I WANT YOU TO GO BACK AND

LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF THE FIRST MENTION OF

THE TYPES OF WATER. AND HE SAID IT WILL BE A PROPHETIC PATTERN

OF THE SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE. AND I DID. OKAY, WHAT DOES DEW

REPRESENT? WHAT DOES MIST REPRESENT? WHY WAS THE DEEP

MENTIONED, RIGHT? SO I WROTE A BOOK CALLED BREAK OPEN THE

FOUNTAINS OF YOUR DEEP. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED

IN THE DAYS OF THE BREAKING OPEN OF THE FOUNTAINS OF THE DEEP IN

THE DAYS OF NOAH. HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO US? JESUS TALKS ABOUT

ABOUT THE BREAKING FORTH OF YOUR

DEEP, TALKING ABOUT TONGUES, AND

JOHN 7:37-39. SO THIS IS A PROPHETIC PATTERN, AND ALL THE

John 7:37–39

DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF WATER AND HOW THEY RELATE TO YOU. SO I'M

LOOKING AROUND. OKAY, I WANT SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT PRAYING IN

TONGUES AT ALL, HARDLY. YOU DON'T? OKAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS

NOT CONFESSION HERE. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU, AND YOU'RE

NOT IN THE RAPTURE. THE LION— IS THAT A LION? THAT'S A LION. YOU

GIVE IT TO HER. AND THEN HERE'S THE THING, NEXT YEAR WHEN I SEE

YOU, I'M GOING TO GET YOU IN A HEADLOCK IF YOU HAVEN'T

INCREASED, AND IT'LL BE A HOLY ONE. ONE, YOU KNOW. SO, ALL

RIGHT, WE BETTER GET MOVING ON. ALL RIGHT, COMMANDING PEACE. I'M

GOING TO TELL YOU, CHAPTER 6 IS MY FAVORITE CHAPTER OF BRENDA'S

NEW BOOK. IT'S CALLED, UH, PEACE THIEVES. THIS BOOK IS AMAZING.

AND I MUST ADMIT, WHEN WE WERE HERE, WHEN SHE WAS WRITING IT, I

WAS LIKE, BRENDA, WE GOT A LOT OF MATERIAL FOR YOUR BOOK

BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT'LL TRY TO STEAL YOUR PEACE. OKAY,

I'M LOOKING OVER IN THE— I'M LOOKING RIGHT THERE AT YOU RIGHT

THERE. THAT LADY RIGHT THERE. YEP, YEP. CAN YOU WAVE YOUR HAND

SO I KNOW THAT YOU'RE— OH, CAN YOU MAKE A FIST? HANK SAYS PUT

YOUR THUMB UP. HANK SAYS— BUT I'M JUST TEASING. NOW BRENDA IS

GETTING READY TO PREACH. OH, WHO IS IT? WHO? AND BOB, WHO— HELLO

BOB. WHO GETS THE LEMON JUICER AND THE BREAK UP THE FOUNTAINS

OF THE DEEP BOOK? OH, OH, YOU NEED— NO, MY NAME IS HANK. YOU

SAID MIKE. OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS MIC, NOT ME BEING

MIKE. OKAY, PASTOR HANK, WE HAVE A BIG WINNER ON FACEBOOK. HER

NAME IS ALICE KING. ALICE, CALL THE CHURCH, 402-896-6692. OUR

MODERATOR WILL PUT THAT IN THE, UH, IN THE CHAT. CALL US AND

WE'LL GET YOU THE BOOK. ALICE, IT'S MY HONOR, AND I'LL EVEN

SIGN IT FOR YOU. HOW'S THAT SOUND? ALL RIGHT, SO PASTOR

BRENDA IS GETTING READY TO PREACH IN JUST A SECOND. I WANT

TO TAKE ALL OF HER TIME. SO HERE'S THE THING, SHE WROTE A

BOOK CALLED DAILY DECREES FOR DIVINE HEALING. WHO, WHO IS IN A

PLACE WHERE YOU ARE CONTENDING FOR SOMETHING WITH HEALING IN

YOUR BODY? OKAY, I SAW THE MIAMI DOLPHIN GUY. ALL RIGHT, IF YOU

WILL SAY GO PACK GO, I WILL GIVE I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU.

OKAY, HE CAN HAVE IT. HE SAID GO

PACK GO. HE CAN HAVE IT. HE SAID

GO PACK GO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO WATCH THE

MOVIE, THE GREAT GRANNY Z CLIPS, WHICH BY THE WAY, PUT THAT UP

REAL FAST. THIS IS THE LAST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO. SEE THE

LADY GRANNY Z? WHEN I CREATED THAT, I WAS LIKE, MAN, I NEED A

GRANDMA. SO I DREW THAT AND, YOU KNOW, I DREW ALL MY CHARACTERS,

YOU KNOW, ALL THAT, RIGHT? AND THEN NORRIS, UH, MAN, HE BRINGS

THEM TO LIFE. HE MAKES THEM LOOK BETTER. BUT IT STARTS IN MY

BRAIN, AND I PUT IT ON PAPER. BUT THE VOICE THAT YOU'RE GOING

TO HEAR OF GRANNY Z IS LOUISE D'ART. YOU MIGHT BE WATCHING

LOUISE, BUT SHE USED TO BE PART OF THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, AND

SHE WAS ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT CAROL BURNETT SAID COULD

REALLY IMITATE HER. AND THEN SHE LATER ON WOULD NOT ONLY APPEAR

ON THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW, BUT SHE USED TO BE PART OF THE

TIM CONWAY

HARVEY KORMAN'S, AND SHE'S HILARIOUS. YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE

HER. ALL RIGHT, WHO WANTS THIS? IN THE RAFTERS FIRST. OH, WHO

SAID HERE? WHO'S ME? HOW DO I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ME? AND WHO'S

ME? WHO'S YOU? ME? YOU? WHO'S ON FIRST BASE? NO, WHO SAID— WHO

SAID THAT? CAROL, IS THAT WHAT YOUR NAME IS? HI, CAROL, CAROL,

CAROL, I'M GONNA GIVE THIS TO YOU. THANKS, YOU CAN HAVE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, LASTLY, WE'RE GONNA GO OVER HERE. THIS SECTION, WHO

WANTS IT? YOU CAN HAVE IT RIGHT THERE. JERRY, OKAY, I'M GONNA GO

LIKE THIS. NO, I WILL HIT SOMEBODY ELSE. ALL RIGHT,

ROBERT, DID YOU READ YOURS YET? NOT YET. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. YOU

GOT STUFF TO DO ON THE PLANE THEN. I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO THE

SWIRLING LADY WITH HER HAND THERE. THERE YOU GO. I LIKE TO

BE SILLY. IT'S FUN. ALL RIGHT, WELL, ARE YOU READY FOR THE

OFFERING? IT'S OFFERING TIME. IF THEY'LL PUT THE GIVING

INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY? WE ARE

ALMOST THERE. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE WATCHING, LISTEN. I ASKED

THE CHIEF, BRENDA, I SAID, HOW CLOSE ARE WE? SHE SAID, WE ONLY

NEED ABOUT $150,000. $150,000 TO

KNOCK IT OUT. I SAID, THAT'S IT?

I WAS LIKE, BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN I ASK HER, SHE'S LIKE, THE

NUMBERS ARE WAY UP, YOU KNOW. $150,000. CAN WE JUST KNOCK THAT

OUT AND GET IT OUT OF THE WAY? ALL RIGHT, THE GIVING

INFORMATION IS RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN. YOU CAN USE THE

SNAIL MAIL, TEXT TO GIVE. YEAH, I'VE BEEN DOING THAT LATELY.

MOBILE APP, WE HAVE A MOBILE APP. SCAN THE QR CODE. AND NOT

NOT ONLY WILL THE OFFERING WAY COME UP, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GET A

LEMON JUICER. I'M TEASING. THEN THERE'S THE WEBSITE. BUT WE DO

APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN GIVING. AND LET'S KNOCK

THIS OUT. CAN WE KNOCK THIS OUT? YOU DON'T SEEM EXCITED. THANK

YOU FOR THE 3 PEOPLE THAT I FEEL

LOVED RIGHT NOW. SO SAY WITH ME,

$150,000. $100,000, WE'RE GONNA CUT YOUR HEAD OFF, AND WE'RE

GONNA GO OVER THAT, AND THIS THING IS GOING TO BE PAID OFF

IMMEDIATELY. AND PASTOR HANK IS GOING TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT

THAT WE ARE OVER THE BUDGET AND THAT IT'S MET. AMEN. AMEN. SO

LET'S GET THAT DONE. AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU, YOU KNOW, I WAS,

UM, LAST NIGHT BRENDA AND I, WE WERE HAVING FUN ON THE WAY TO

OUR HOUSE. CRAIG, I'M TELLING YOU, HE SENT ME A TEXT THAT MADE

ME LAUGH SO HARD. THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME ENOUGH TO JUST SEND ME

A FUNNY— IT WAS SO FUNNY. AND I NEED IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN

YOU SAY STUFF AND, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, YOU NEED TO FEEL THE LOVE

FROM PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU. BUT ANYWAY, I GOT INTO THE HOUSE AND

I SAID, BRENDA, I FELT LIKE THE LORD JUST GOD SAID SOMETHING TO

ME. SHE SAID, "WHAT'S THAT?" I SAID, "YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN

TALKING ABOUT SPOILS OF WAR?" AND I HEARD IN MY HEART THE

VOICE OF THE LORD. AND HE SAID, "YES, AND TO ADD TO THAT, TELL

THEM IN THE SPOILS OF WAR." ARE YOU READY? THOSE OF YOU IN YOUR

LIVING ROOM? HE SAID, "I'M GONNA SPOIL THEM." I REALLY BELIEVE

THAT THE FATHER HAS BEEN TOUCHED IN SUCH AN AMAZING WAY BECAUSE

OF THE HARSHNESS OF WHAT SOME OF YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH. AND IF

YOU WILL JUST KEEP GIVING— GOD SO LOVED THAT HE GAVE. IF YOU

LOVE GOD, YOU LOVE THE MINISTRY, YOU LOVE WHAT GOD IS DOING WITH

THE MINISTRY, LOVE THEM ENOUGH TO GIVE. AND I BELIEVE IN RETURN

YOU GET SPOILED, AND THEN GOD SPOILS YOU. HOW MANY ARE READY

FOR THE LORD TO JUST SPOIL YOU? AMEN. AND GOD CAN'T HELP

HIMSELF. I REMEMBER— I'LL MAKE THIS AS THE USHERS YOU CAN GO

AHEAD AND SERVE THE PEOPLE. I'LL SAY THIS LAST THING. I REMEMBER

ONE SPECIFIC TIME I WAS WORSHIPING THE LORD AND JUST

WORSHIPING HIM AND WORSHIPING HIM, AND I CAME TO HIS PRESENCE

TO JUST WORSHIP HIM. AND AFTER QUITE A WHILE OF DOING IT, IT

SEEMED AT LEAST TO ME, HE SAID TO ME, HE SAID, HANK, HOW CAN I

BLESS YOU? WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? AND I STOPPED HIM AND I

SAID, MY LORD, I DID NOT COME TO I DIDN'T COME TODAY TO ASK YOU

OR EXPECT ANYTHING FROM YOU. AND HE SAID, IT IS MY DESIRE, HANK,

TO BLESS YOU. YOU HAVE BLESSED ME. HOW CAN I BLESS YOU? AND I

SAID, NO, LORD, I AM NOT RECEIVING ANYTHING FROM YOU

TODAY. I CAME TO HONOR YOU, TO BLESS YOU, TO WORSHIP YOU. AND

HE SAID IT AGAIN, AND HE WAS VERY DETERMINED. HE SAID, I LONG

TO BLESS YOU AND TO BLESS MY PEOPLE. SO THEN I SAID, ALL

RIGHT, WELL, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU ME UP ON THAT. SO I STARTED

LISTING OFF A PRETTY BIG LIST. WHY NOT? IF HE'S IN A GIVING

MOOD LIKE THAT, TAKE HIM UP ON IT, RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY, 5 PEOPLE

WHO DIDN'T GET SLEEP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, READY? STAND TO YOUR

FEET. I'M GOING TO PRAY OVER YOU, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO

WELCOME THE ONE AND ONLY, MY FAVORITE PREACHER. ALL RIGHT,

YOU READY? FATHER, I PRAY EVERY PERSON, WHETHER THEY'RE WATCHING

ONLINE OR IN PERSON HERE. WE THANK YOU THAT THIS IS THE HOUR,

THE TIME, THAT FATHER, YOU'RE OPENING THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN,

YOU'RE REBUKING THE DEVOURER, YOU'RE POURING OUT BLESSINGS

THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM TO RECEIVE, LORD, THAT THE SPOILS OF THE

BATTLES ARE COMING TO THEM, VICTORIES. AND EVEN AS DAVID

DECLARED, HE NAMED, HE SAID, THIS IS DAVID'S SPOIL, FATHER,

THEY'RE GOING TO INSERT THEIR NAME. AND THIS IS THE HOUR AND

THE TIME, GOD, NOT ONLY OF THE SPOILS OF WAR AND VICTORY. BUT

IT'S THE TIME AND THE HOUR THAT YOU'RE SPOILING US, AND WE

RECEIVE THAT ACCORDING TO EPHESIANS 3:20, EXCEEDINGLY

Ephesians 3:20

ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL THAT WE COULD ASK OR THINK. NOW BLESS

THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR BLESSING THE LORD IN

THIS MINISTRY AS YOU GIVE. AMEN. ALL RIGHT, USHERS, SERVE THE

PEOPLE, AND I WANT YOU TO STAY STANDING. IT IS MY HONOR TO

INTRODUCE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL INCREDIBLE, GORGEOUS, AND I

COULD SAY THIS ABOUT HER, SHE'S MY WIFE, SEXY, AMAZING COOK, BUT

AN ANOINTED PREACHER OF GOD, BRENDA KUNNEMAN.

AMEN. WELL, YOU

CAN BE SEATED. PRAISE THE LORD. WOW, THOSE WERE SOME

INTRODUCTIONS. THE MORE HE DRAWS CARTOONS, THE CRAZIER THAT

ELEMENT GETS. AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU HAVE A PASTOR PROPHET

CARTOONIST? THAT'S A COMBINATION THAT'S RARE. PRAISE THE LORD.

COUPLE QUICK THINGS, WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY AGAIN, VOTE

YOUR VALUES, ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE PART OF IT. AND I KNOW MANY OF

YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL HAVE A GRAPHIC THEY CAN THROW UP

THERE AGAIN, JUST WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY ONLINE, WE'LL BE

STREAMING THAT. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT'LL BE GOING BACK HOME AFTER

THIS EVENT IS OVER, TUNE IN OCTOBER THE 5TH AT 7:00. AND

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN PERSON, INVITE YOUR FRIENDS, LET'S TRY

TO PACK THIS OUT, PASTORS IF YOU'RE LOCAL AND YOU CAN GET

PEOPLE HERE. IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO US. AND WE'RE GOING TO

BE SHARING, IF YOU MISSED IT LAST NIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

TERRI BLACKBURN. SHE'S GOING TO DO A LITTLE MINI-TALK ON WAYS

THAT YOU CAN INVOLVE YOURSELF. AND I THINK IT WILL BE SO

BENEFICIAL, SO HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT. AND SHE'S JUST BRILLIANT.

SHE DID THIS A LITTLE BIT FOR ME ON DAILY DECREE LIVE WE DID

TOGETHER, AND SHE JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS WE CAN

DO. FOLKS, WE HAVE EMAIL. WE CAN EMAIL OUR DISTRICT MEMBERS. WE

CAN EMAIL, AND DON'T THINK THAT DOES NOT AFFECT THEM, ESPECIALLY

WHEN YOU DO— WHEN THEY RECEIVE A

LOT OF EMAILS. ANOTHER THING SHE

SAID IS YOU CAN GO TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND WELL, YOU

KNOW, YOU CAN AT LEAST SIT THERE. AND SHE SAID IT HAS A

GREAT EFFECT WHEN THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.

SO THERE'S MANY WAYS WE CAN BE INVOLVED. NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO

GO AND, YOU KNOW, STAND UP AND HOLD UP THE PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS

LIKE JOHN AMANCHUKWU. I MEAN, HE'S AMAZING, AND WE NEED MORE

PEOPLE TO DO THAT. BUT EVERY ONE OF US— AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT

A LITTLE TODAY— HAS A DIFFERENT SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AND HOW WE

CAN BE INVOLVED. AMEN. SO BE SO EXCITING. AND THEN I AM TOO

EXCITED FOR THE LUNCHEON. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE REGISTERED,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND THEN THERE'S SOME PEOPLE

THAT ARE REGISTERED TO JOIN IN ON THAT MOVIE ONLINE AS WELL. SO

IT'S GONNA BE FUN. IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. WANNA BE A PART OF IT?

AND THEN MAKE YOUR PLANS. THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE, COME BACK

FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN AMAZING SERVICE. NEW

YEAR'S EVE IS EPIC FIRE HERE AT LORD OF HOSTS. HANK KUNNEMAN'S

CHURCH. IT'S SORT OF LIKE OTH ON STEROIDS. SO YOU NEED TO COME

AND BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. AMEN? ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET

INTO THE WORD TODAY. AND AT THE END OF THE SERVICE, WHAT ARE WE

GOING TO DO? WE'RE GOING TO PRAY FOR PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE

PRAYER CLOTHS AT THE FRONT. EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE CAN GET A

PRAYER CLOTH. WE'LL BE SHARING INFORMATION ON HOW PEOPLE ONLINE

CAN REQUEST ONE AS WELL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO HIT EVERY

AILMENT IN THE ROOM, BUT WE ARE GOING TO. SO BE THINKING IF THIS

CATEGORY IF THIS APPLIES TO YOU,

PRAY FOR AND LAY HANDS ON PEOPLE

THAT ARE IN A VERY CRITICAL STATE. MAYBE YOU HAVE TERMINAL

CANCER, YOU ARE IN A STATE WHERE YOU HAVE A LIFE-DEBILITATING

ILLNESS THAT YOU NEED HANDS LAID ON YOU. THE DOCTORS ARE SAYING

YOU HAVE TO DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS OR YOU'RE A GONER. SO WE

WANT TO PRAY FOR THE MOST CRITICAL CASES TODAY. THE REST,

WE WILL GIVE YOU A PRAYER CLOTH 'CAUSE I MEAN, HERE'S THE THING,

AND IF WE TRY TO PRAY FOR EVERYBODY, THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE

GONNA GET THROUGH IT. WE'LL BE HERE TILL 2 O'CLOCK. SO I DO

WANNA ENCOURAGE THAT, BUT WE ARE GONNA PRAY FOR YOU. SO GET IN

FAITH, AMEN? GET IN FAITH, AND LET'S PUT OUT FAITH FOR THESE

PEOPLE. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE JOINING BY WAY OF THE

INTERNET, WE WILL SEND YOU A PRAYER CLOTH IF YOU REQUEST ONE.

SO WE'RE GONNA BE PRAYING OVER THOSE. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S

GET INTO THE WORD TODAY. I'M GONNA GO TO ECCLESIASTES.

ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 1, AND WE'RE GOING TO READ OUT OF THE

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NEW LIVING. I THOUGHT THIS SAID THIS SO WELL, AND I WANT TO

TEACH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE

APOSTLE PAUL GOT INVOLVED IN THE

CULTURE. AND THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HOT TOPIC, AND YOU KNOW,

HOW INVOLVED ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE? AND I THINK WE'VE, OVER THE

LAST, I GUESS MAYBE 5 YEARS, MADE PRETTY GOOD CASE FOR THAT.

I THINK WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED.

THE CHURCH SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE. BUT I WANT

TO LAY OUT HOW THE APOSTLE PAUL KIND OF DID IT, AND THEN, YOU

KNOW, WE CAN APPLY THAT TO OUR OWN LIFE. BUT LET ME READ THIS

SCRIPTURE TO YOU. THIS WAS POWERFUL. I FOUND THIS

MORNING. ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 1,

Ecclesiastes 1:9

VERSE 9. THIS IS THE NEW LIVING.

IT SAYS, HIS HISTORY MERELY REPEATS ITSELF. OKAY, THINK

ABOUT THAT. HISTORY— I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN. HISTORY MERELY

REPEATS ITSELF. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S NOTHING NEW. I THINK THE

KING JAMES SAYS, "THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN." IT'S

ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE. OKAY? SO, TAKE A MOMENT IN YOUR MIND AND

THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE

CULTURE RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? ALL THAT

THE NEWS IS REPORTING, THE HOT-BUTTON TOPICS, ALL OF THAT,

IT'S ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE. WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. THAT'S WHAT

THE BIBLE SAYS. NOTHING UNDER THE SUN IS TRULY NEW. NOW, IT

MIGHT WEAR A DIFFERENT WEARING A

DIFFERENT MASK, RIGHT? OKAY, THE

CULTURALLY STYLE— THE CULTURAL STYLES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT. MAYBE

IN THE PAST THE SAME THINGS THAT HAPPENED, THEY DIDN'T HAVE

SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE INTERNET. BUT IT'S ALL— NONE OF IT'S TRULY

NEW. GO TO THE NEXT VERSE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, "OH,

HERE'S SOMETHING NEW." BUT ACTUALLY, IT'S OLD. NOTHING IS

EVER TRULY NEW. TRULY NEW. LOOK AT VERSE 11. WE DON'T— THE

PROBLEM IS, AND THE REASON WE THINK IT'S NEW IS WE DON'T

REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE. WE DON'T. AND IN FUTURE

GENERATIONS, NO ONE REMEMBERS WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW. THEY WON'T

REMEMBER, OKAY? WE JUST HAD 9/11 YESTERDAY, AND THE BIG THING IS

NEVER FORGET. OKAY? MOST PEOPLE'S CHILDREN NOW HAVE NO

REAL RECOLLECTION. I REMEMBER GROWING UP AS A YOUNG TEENAGER

AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PEARL HARBOR, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY

REAL RECOLLECTION OF THAT. PEOPLE SAID HOW BAD IT WAS, BUT

YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T FEEL THAT. YOU KNOW, MOST OF US IN HERE ARE

FIRED UP OVER 9/11 BECAUSE WE WERE ALIVE. WE REMEMBER WATCHING

THIS ON TELEVISION. BUT YOU KNOW

WHAT? THERE'S A GOODLY AMOUNT OF

US IN HERE DON'T REMEMBER A PEARL HARBOR. I DON'T BELIEVE

ANYBODY'S REALLY— I'M PRETTY SURE NOBODY'S ALIVE ANYMORE FROM

WORLD WAR I. WORLD WAR II, OUR LAST VETS, I THINK, ARE JUST

ABOUT OUT. SO FUTURE GENERATIONS, THE GENERATION

WE'RE IN NOW, DON'T HAVE A REAL HEARTFELT RECOLLECTION OF WHAT'S

HAPPENED BEFORE. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT

NOTHING IS TRULY NEW. EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO CYCLE. SEASONS

COME, SEASONS GO. BUT THE SAME EVIL THAT'S IN THE CULTURE TODAY

HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE. YOU THINK ABOUT THE STORY OF LOT WHEN THE

HOMOSEXUALS CAME TO HIS HOUSE TO TRY AND RAPE HIS AND YOU KNOW,

SODOM WAS LACED WITH HOMOSEXUALITY. THESE PEOPLE WERE

EVIL. AND THEY CAME TO HIS HOUSE

AND THE ANGELS BLINDED THEM. YOU

EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? AND AFTER THEY WERE— EVEN AFTER THEY

WERE BLINDED, THIS IS HOW WICKEDLY EVIL— YOU KNOW, WE

THINK WE'VE SEEN SOME VERY VILE, EVIL THINGS TODAY, AND WE HAVE.

THAT'S NOT TO UNDERSCORE IT. IT'S BEEN VERY WICKED AND VILE

AND DISGUSTING. BUT FOR THESE PERVERSE MEN TO— AFTER AN ANGEL

SUPERNATURALLY— COME ON, THINK ABOUT THAT— THROUGH SUPERNATURAL

POWER BLINDS THEM, AND YOU'D THINK THEY'D RUN OFF AND GO,

"AH!" AND NO, WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY CONTINUED TO REACH FOR THE

DOOR TO TRY TO CONTINUE THEIR EVIL WICKEDNESS. THAT'S HOW

DETERMINED SOME PEOPLE FILLED WITH DEMONS ARE. SO, WE LOOK AT,

YOU KNOW, THE GAY AGENDA TODAY. AND BY THE WAY, JUST TO CLARIFY,

YOU KNOW, KENT CHRISTMAS BEAUTIFULLY TALKED ABOUT, YOU

KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE. HE

SHARES HIS TESTIMONY OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WENT ON WITH HIS

FAMILY. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE CAUGHT UP IN THIS AND

THEY'RE— IT'S A STRUGGLE FOR SOME PEOPLE. SO, THERE'S A

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PERSON WHO'S CAUGHT UP IN THAT AND THE

ABSOLUTE AGENDA. OKAY, THERE'S AN AGENDA TO PUSH TRANSGENDERISM

ON OUR CHILDREN. WELL, IT IS NOT THE JOB OF THE CHURCH TO SIT

IDLY BY AND JUST ALLOW THAT TO PROGRESS. PROGRESS. SO, THERE'S

NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN. AND YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

I THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT WORLD WAR I, THOSE

OF YOU, YOU KNOW, WAR AND HISTORY BUFFS THAT, YOU KNOW,

YOU THINK ABOUT WORLD WAR II. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, I BET THOSE

PEOPLE BACK AT THAT TIME, I'D HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING THIS, BUT

JUST KNOWING HUMAN NATURE, I BET THOSE PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY THOUGHT

THIS IS THE END OF THE WORLD. JESUS IS COMING TOMORROW. YOU

KNOW, THEY WERE IN A WORLD WAR. THERE WAS WARS IN THE ATLANTIC,

WARS IN THE PACIFIC, WAR EVERYWHERE. AND I'LL BET THOSE

PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING, "MARK OF THE BEAST," AT THAT MOMENT,

RIGHT? COME ON, THINK ABOUT THAT. I'M SURE AT THAT TIME THEY

THOUGHT, "THIS IS THE END OF THE END." AND YOU KNOW, AND THE

BIBLE DESCRIBES, 2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3, WHAT THE LAST DAYS

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WILL LOOK LIKE. IT SAYS, "IN THE LAST DAYS," CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE

1, PERILOUS, DANGEROUS TIMES WILL COME. MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF

THEMSELVES, BOASTFUL, LUSTFUL, PROUD, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS,

UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY, RASH. THEY'LL DO CRAZY THINGS WITHOUT

THINKING. WE'VE SEEN THAT TODAY, OKAY? YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT—

AND THE PROBLEM IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CULTURE, EVIL CONTINUES

AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T THINK, WELL,

THESE ARE THE WORST OF THE WORST DAYS. I THINK SOMETIMES I LOVE

WHAT KENT CHRISTMAS, HE SAID YESTERDAY, HE SAID, "WELL, WE'RE

IN THE TIME WHERE WE THINK JESUS

IS COMING BACK." AND YOU KNOW, I

BELIEVE THE BIBLE TEACHES WE'RE TO ALWAYS BE READY. HOW MANY OF

YOU BELIEVE THAT? THE SCRIPTURE TEACHES A SPIRITUAL READINESS

THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TO BE ANTICIPATING THE COMING OF THE

LORD JESUS CHRIST IN EVERY MOMENT. BUT LET'S BE REAL, I'M

SURE EVERY GENERATION THOUGHT, "THIS IS THE END OF THE END."

THERE'S BEEN DANGEROUS TIMES, DISOBEDIENT PEOPLE, OKAY, RASH

PEOPLE SINCE THE TIME OF THE APOSTLES. THAT'S WHEN 2 TIMOTHY

WAS WRITTEN, RIGHT? SO THAT'S ALWAYS— IT'S BEEN HERE. SO

REMEMBER THAT. IT HAS BEEN HERE, AND NOTHING IS NEW UNDER THE

SUN. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE LOOK AT THE END TIMES, WE'RE

LIKE, RIGHT NOW. AND WE GET SO USED TO IT THAT SOMETIMES THE

PROBLEM IS THE CHURCH THEN DOES GO TO SLEEP. I WAS THINKING

ABOUT, IN FACT, LORD OF HOSTS. WHEN DID COLUMBINE HAPPEN? '97?

WAS IT '99? '99. SO, YOU KNOW, BACK IN '99, THIS WAS LIKE— THIS

SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW, NOW— AND I

HATE TO SAY IT LIKE THIS, AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SET UP FOR

WHAT I WANT TO SAY TODAY. NOW, WE SEE THESE SHOOTINGS, YOU

KNOW, PEOPLE SHOOTING PEOPLE ON BUSES, GOING INTO MALLS, AND

GOING IN PUBLIC PLACES. SOMEBODY

JUST SITTING DOWN TRYING TO HAVE

A CHICKEN SANDWICH AND SOMEBODY GOES IN THERE AND SHOOTS PEOPLE.

AND NOW IT'S ALMOST LIKE IT'S ON THE NEWS SO MUCH YOU'RE ALMOST

DESENSITIZED TO IT. NOW, I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT HUMAN NATURE IS

LIKE, WELL, HERE WE GO, HERE'S ANOTHER YOU KNOW, BACK THEN IT

WAS MEMORIALS WERE, YOU KNOW, TAKING PLACE AND PEOPLE. AND SO,

I THINK HISTORICALLY WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE CULTURE FOR A

MOMENT AND REALIZE NOTHING IS NEW UNDER THE SUN. WE'VE BEEN

HERE BEFORE. AMEN. THEY'RE TERRIBLE TIMES, BUT THESE

TERRIBLE TIMES HAVE BEEN HERE. SO, OUR JOB AS THE CHURCH, AND I

LOVE HOW PASTOR SAID IT LAST NIGHT, LAST NIGHT HAS GONE, "HOW

CAN I STAY ENGAGED AND NOT BECOME DESENSITIZED TO THE EVIL

THAT'S AROUND ME?" BECAUSE IT IS SO COMMONPLACE. AMEN. SO, LET'S

GO TO— I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE APOSTLE PAUL AND HOW HE WAS

INVOLVED BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE,

NOT A, THE DISRUPTION TO THE ADVANCE OF EVIL. WE'RE TO BE THE

BULWARK IN THE GATE THAT PUSHES BACK THE GATES OF HELL. SO LET'S

LOOK HERE AT ACTS 17. AM I TEACHING YOU SOMETHING THIS

MORNING? AND MY HOPE IS TO GO DOWN THIS AND SHOW YOU THAT THE

APOSTLE PAUL CONFRONTED THE VERY

SAME THINGS. I NEVER CAUGHT THIS

BEFORE. I THOUGHT, LORD, HE IS HITTING ALL THE SAME THINGS WE

THINK WE'RE FIGHTING TODAY. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THIS IS SO

IMPORTANT BECAUSE LEST WE BELIEVE IN OUR OWN HEART SOMEHOW

THAT, YOU KNOW, GOD, THIS IS THE— WE'VE NEVER SEEN THIS, THIS

BAD. SOCIAL MEDIA ALLOWS US, I THINK, TO BELIEVE WE SEE TOO

MUCH. YOU KNOW, AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND I HAVE A

LITTLE SECTION IN COMMANDING PEACE WHERE I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE

TO SHUT OFF THE SOCIAL MEDIA SCROLL. I THINK IT IS A PEACE

THIEF IN THE HIGHEST ORDER. IT TAKES 10 SECONDS FOR THE DEVIL

TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA TO RIP EVERY

SHRED OF FAITH OUT OF YOUR HEART

IN 1 OR 2 POSTS. I OPEN, IN FACT, THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS

REMINDED ME, SAID, "I DON'T WANT YOU OPENING THE NEWS IN THE

MORNING." I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANNA KNOW WHAT'S

GOING ON IN THE WORLD. BUT SO ONE MORNING I OPENED, ACTUALLY

IT WAS THE FOX NEWS APP. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, WELL, THEY'RE

BETTER THAN THE OTHERS. A LITTLE. AND SO, I OPENED IT UP,

AND I LOOKED AT THE APP, AND IT TOOK LITERALLY 10 SECONDS FOR ME

TO SEE A MURDER, FOR ME TO WATCH A SHOOTING, FOR ME TO HEAR

DEVASTATING STORIES GOING ON OVERSEAS, TO SEE TERROR. 10

SECONDS. SECONDS, AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY DAY. NOW

I'LL TELL YOU, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE LET TALK

INTO US. THE DAYS HAVE BEEN EVIL. THEY WILL STILL BE EVIL.

WE'RE THERE NOT TO JUST TAKE IT ALL IN AND CAUSE THAT FEAR, AS

PASTOR SO ELOQUENTLY SAID LAST NIGHT, TO TAKE US OUT OF THE

FIGHT. WELL, WHAT IF I GET TOO INVOLVED AND THEY ATTACK MY OH,

'CAUSE THE DEVIL WILL GO AFTER YOUR CHILDREN. THE DEVIL WILL GO

AFTER YOU. HE'LL GO AFTER YOUR FINANCES. HE WILL GO AFTER YOUR

EMOTIONS. DON'T THINK THE ENEMY'S GONNA LAY DOWN JUST

BECAUSE WE MAKE A STAND. SO, HERE IS WHAT PAUL DID, AND I

JUST LOVE THIS CHAPTER. GO WITH ME, ACTS 17. I'M JUST GONNA

PREACH THIS WHOLE THING. AND WHILE PAUL WAITED FOR THEM AT

ATHENS, IT'S LIKE HE WAS JUST THERE WAITING FOR THE SHIP TO

COME BY, HIS SPIRIT WAS STIRRED INSIDE OF HIM. IN OTHER WORDS,

HE JUST COULDN'T APATHETICALLY SIT BY AND LET IT GO ON. AND I

WOULD SAY THAT'S THE FIRST THING MOST IMPORTANT TODAY. DON'T

BECOME APATHETIC IN WHAT IS HAPPENING. FIND A WAY TO INSERT

YOURSELF, WHATEVER THAT IS. WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. AND YOU

KNOW WHAT? THAT MIGHT JUST BE COMING TO CHURCH AND LETTING THE

PASTOR EMPOWER YOU TO BE INVOLVED. BUT HIS SPIRIT BECAME

STIRRED IN HIM WHEN HE SAW THAT THE WHOLE CITY, OR THE CITY, WAS

COMPLETELY GIVEN OVER TO IDOLATRY. NOW NOTICE IT WAS THE

CITY. THIS IS CIVIC CULTURE, OKAY? SO FOR— I THINK WE'VE

ESTABLISHED THIS IN THIS CHURCH AND THROUGH POINT THAT THE

CHURCH NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED. CIVIC CULTURE. THE BIBLE IS A

CIVIC BOOK. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT RIGHT HERE AT OPENING THE

HEAVENS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THE REASON THERE'S A 1 AND 2 KINGS,

IT'S ABOUT CIVIC AUTHORITY AND THE CHURCH'S ROLE, OR GOD'S

PEOPLE'S ROLE, IN THAT ARENA. SO THIS WAS THE CIVIC— HE WASN'T

GOING TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF FIRST BAPTIST. THIS WAS THE

CIVIC CULTURE OF THAT TIME. HE INVOLVED HIMSELF IN IT. HE WAS

GRIEVED. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE WHOLE CITY WAS GIVEN OVER TO

IDOLATRY. NOW, HISTORICALLY, I REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS— THIS WAS

QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, PASTOR AND I, WHEN WE WERE TRAVELING

MORE, PREACHING ON THE ROAD. AND I REMEMBER WE GOT INVITED TO

PREACH IN SOME PODUNK TOWN DOWN I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS IN THE DEEP

SOUTH. I WANNA SAY LOUISIANA OR MISSISSIPPI. MISSISSIPPI. I

MEAN, THOSE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN SAY MISSISSIPPI RIGHT.

MISSISSIPPI, I LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI. I'M LIKE, WE WENT,

THERE'S SOME PLACES IN THE SOUTH, LIKE, DO YOU SPEAK

ENGLISH? AND SO, WELL, YOU KNOW, THE DRIVER PICKED US UP AT THE

AIRPORT AND TOOK US TO, YOU KNOW, WAS TAKING US TO THE

MEETING. AND I LOOKED OUT THE CAR AND I SAID, "HONEY, I'VE

NEVER SEEN SO MANY CHURCHES." THERE IS A CHURCH, I MEAN, WHEN

THEY CALL IT THE BIBLE BELT, IT'S THE BIBLE BELT. YOU GUYS

ARE NODDING YOUR HEAD. AND YOU GO TO THESE PLACES AND I'M

THINKING, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A DECENT AMOUNT OF

CHURCHES IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, BUT

THIS WAS LIKE EVERY OTHER BLOCK.

I'M NOT TALKING, YOU KNOW, LITTLE, YOU KNOW, FOUR-CORNER

TINY CHURCHES WITH 30 PEOPLE. I'M TALKING GOOD-SIZED CHURCHES

OF EVERY KIND, DENOMINATIONAL, EVANGELICAL, PENTECOSTAL, WHITE

CHURCH, BLACK CHURCH, HISPANIC CHURCH. THERE WAS CHURCHES

EVERYWHERE. AND THEY WERE INFLUENTIAL-SIZED CHURCHES. I

WAS SURPRISED. I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE PEOPLE GET MAD

AT A MEGACHURCH. I THOUGHT, WELL, THERE ARE MEGACHURCHES ALL

OVER THE SOUTH. EVERYBODY GOING TO CHURCH. NOW, IF YOU THINK

ABOUT THAT, AND YOU KNOW, REALLY THE US IN GENERAL HAS A LOT OF

CHURCHES. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THE

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, THAT'S WHERE WE USED TO TRAVEL BACK IN OUR

DAYS OF BEING IN THE AG. PASTOR HANK AND I GOT OUR START IN THE

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD. AND I MEAN, THEY'VE GOT AN— THESE SMALL

TOWNS ACROSS NEBRASKA, THERE WOULD BE A CATHOLIC CHURCH AND

AN ASSEMBLY OF GOD. AND THEY'D SEND US TO THESE TINY LITTLE

TOWNS TO PREACH TO PREACH. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE SMALL

TOWNS IN THE US, THERE'S A CHURCH EVERYWHERE. THIS IS WHAT

PAUL IS SEEING EXCEPT IN REVERSE. HE SAW THAT ON EVERY

CORNER THERE'S A SHRINE. THERE'S A TEMPLE TO SOME FALSE GOD. IN

THIS DAY AND AGE, IT WOULD BE A MOSQUE. IT WOULD BE A BUDDHIST

TEMPLE. SEE, THESE THINGS WANT TO CROP UP TO MAKE IT SO THAT

THE CULTURE THE CULTURE IS GIVEN OVER TO IDOL WORSHIP. AND SO,

PAUL SEES THAT AND HE GOES, "NO, THIS IS— THAT'S NOT RIGHT. I'M

NOT GONNA ACCEPT IT." HE INVOLVED HIMSELF. HE SAW THERE

WAS A PROBLEM AND HE THOUGHT, "I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT

IT." AND BY THE WAY, I LOVE IT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LEAVE IT TO

SOMEBODY ELSE. SO, IT SAID— LOOK WHAT HE DOES, "THEREFORE,

DISPUTING DISPUTED HE. THAT WORD DISPUTED MEANS HE BROKE THE

SILENT TONE. NOBODY WAS ADDRESSING IT. NOBODY WAS

DEALING WITH IT. SO HE THOUGHT, I'M GONNA BREAK THE SILENCE. AND

HE WENT THEN TO THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE JEWS. AND I THOUGHT, YOU

KNOW, NOW WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, WE THINK OF THE

SYNAGOGUE TODAY AS SORT OF LIKE THE CHURCH. HE WENT TO THE

CHURCH AND— OKAY, THIS IS THE BRENDA TRANSLATION. THERE'S A

HANK TRANSLATION, THEN THERE'S A BRENDA TRANSLATION. AND THEY'D

BE LIKE, "OKAY, WHAT UP? WHAT UP? WHY AREN'T Y'ALL DOING

NOTHING? THERE'S TEMPLES EVERYWHERE. COME ON, YOU SERVE

THE REAL, TRUE GOD, AND YOU'RE LETTING THESE PEOPLE GET THEIR

HAMMERS OUT AND BUILD THESE TEMPLES TO DIANA AND THESE FALSE

GODS, AND YOU AIN'T DOING NOTHING. Y'ALL SITTING OVER HERE

HAVING CHURCH." SO HE WENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE CHURCH,

'CAUSE WE'RE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT,

OR THE ADVANCEMENT, IF YOU WILL, OF EVIL. WE ARE THE DEFENDER OF

TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. SO HE GOES TO THE SYNAGOGUE AND

DISPUTES. HE BREAKS THEIR SILENCE AND THEIR REUBEN, STAY

IN THE SHEEPFOLD CHRISTIAN CENTER. DO-NOTHING CHRISTIAN

CENTER, I LOVE THAT. THAT'S A PASTOR HANKISM. IT'S MY

FAVORITE. COME ON, CAN I TELL YOU, LORD OF HOSTS REFUSES TO BE

A DO-NOTHING CHRISTIAN CENTER. AND YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE NOT TO

BE A DO-NOTHING CHRISTIAN. "WENT TO THE JEWS AND WITH DEVOUT

PERSONS." DEVOUT PERSONS, THEY ARE. THERE IN THE KING JAMES, IT

MEANS THE FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER. SO HE WENT FIRST TO THE

CHURCH, AND THEN HE WENT TO THESE FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADERS.

HE WALKED UP TO THEIR MOSQUE AND SAID, "UH-UH, NOT ON MY WATCH.

LET'S HAVE A DISCUSSION. I'M GONNA PREACH SOMETHING TO YOU."

SO, AND I'M SURE THEY PROBABLY OPENED THE DOOR AND SAID, "JUST

COME RIGHT IN. I MEAN, WE WELCOME THIS. WE'VE BEEN WAITING

FOR YOU." NO. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET OPPOSITION. HE WENT TO THE

CHURCH. HE WENT TO THE FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADERS. AND THOSE IN

THE MARKET, WHICH WAS THE PUBLIC SQUARE, HOW OFTEN? ONCE A YEAR?

DAILY HE MET WITH THEM AND DISPUTED WITH THEM. HE MADE AN

ARGUMENT AGAINST WHAT THEY WERE WHAT THEY WERE DOING. NOW, HE

COULD HAVE EASILY SAT BY AND DID

NOTHING, BUT HE WAS STIRRED THAT

THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. "THEN CERTAIN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE

EPICUREANS," I LOOKED UP WHAT THAT IS. THESE WERE NOTABLE

SOCIAL GROUPS, STOICS. THESE WERE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE

HAVE THESE SOCIAL GROUPS TODAY. YOU WOULD CALL THEM JOCKS AND

NERDS, SORRY. THERE'S THE YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS

THAT— I GUESS THOSE ARE KIND OF HIGH SCHOOL ONES, BUT WE HAVE,

YOU KNOW, GROWN-UP ONES. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE

COLLARS, THE BLUE COLLARS. WE HAVE SOCIAL GROUPS THAT ARE ALL

PART OF DIFFERENT THINGS, HOW PEOPLE IDENTIFY WITH THEIR

PEOPLE. AND SO, YEAH, THEIR PEOPLE. HEY, LISTEN, THE CHURCH

HAS THEIR PEOPLE, THOUGH, RIGHT? COME ON, WE'RE OUR PEOPLE. THE

STOICS, THE EPICUREANS, THESE WERE ALL THE KNOW-IT-ALLS, AND

HE DISPUTES WITH THEM. HE GOES IN AND THEY SAID IMMEDIATELY

THEY BEGAN TO GIVE HIM PUSHBACK. THEY SAID, "WELL, WHAT IS THIS

BABBLER GONNA SAY?" NOW, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, THE WORD

BABBLER MEANS SOMEONE THAT PUTS FORTH A FALSE IDEOLOGY, SOMEONE

THAT PUTS FORTH. SO THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID, "WELL, THIS

GUY IS PREACHING." PUTTING FORTH FALSE IDEAS. THEY WILL ALWAYS

SAY THAT ABOUT YOU. JESUS SAID THEY WILL CAST YOUR NAME OUT AS

EVIL. YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING TO ME. IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW

PEOPLE, THE MINUTE THE JESUS FACTOR COMES INTO SOMETHING,

PEOPLE WANT TO PERSECUTE IT. YOU KNOW, BEYONCÉ CAN HAVE 4 JETS,

AND A PREACHER HAS 1 SMALL JET THAT CAN FIT 4 PEOPLE. AND

EVERYBODY IS TRIPPING. AND I THOUGHT, "AND I BET THOSE

PREACHERS PREACH MORE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS THAN BEYONCÉ DOES IN

A YEAR." OKAY? AND SHE AIN'T WORTH THE TIME OF DAY ANYHOW.

SO, THE MINUTE THE JESUS FACTOR'S IN IT, PEOPLE GET

UPSET, OKAY? YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HAVE SOMETHING BRAND NEW, BUT,

"OH, NO, NO, DON'T LET THE CHRISTIAN DO IT." OKAY? ONCE THE

JESUS IS INVOLVED, PEOPLE WANNA PERSECUTE IT. AND THEY PAINTED

PAUL IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD CALL IT THE FAKE

NEWS. SOCIAL'S FULL OF IT. HE SAID, "WHAT IS THIS BABBLER,

THIS GUY BRINGING IN THESE FALSE

IDEAS, GONNA SAY? HE SEEMS TO BE

A SETTER FORTH OF FORTH OF STRANGE GODS BECAUSE HE PREACHED

TO THEM JESUS AND THE RESURRECTION. OKAY, AMAZING

STATEMENT COMING FROM PEOPLE. NOW, YOU FIND OUT LATER THIS

GROUP IN ATHENS WERE PEOPLE THAT CLAIMED TO BE THE MOST TOLERANT

OF THE CULTURE. BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THEY, ON A

REGULAR BASIS, WAITED TO HEAR AND SEE SOME NEW THING. THEY

WERE LIKE, "OH, NO, WE WELCOME EVERYTHING. WE WELCOME WE

WELCOME THE GAYS. WE WELCOME THE GENDER CONFUSED. WE WELCOME THE

PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT. WE BELIEVE IN

CHANGING THE TRUTH OF COLUMBUS DAY TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DAY.

OKAY? WE BELIEVE IN ALL THE FLAGS. I WON'T REPEAT WHAT HE

SAID, BUT IF YOU HEARD WHAT J.D.

VANCE, THE VICE PRESIDENT, SAID,

IF YOU WANT TO WAVE THE FLAG, FLAG HERE. GET YOUR TUTU BACK TO

YOUR COUNTRY. AND TUTU, TOOTLE ALONG. SO THEY CALLED HIM A

BABBLER, THIS GROUP OF HIGH TOLERANCE. AND THEY SAID,

"BECAUSE HE PREACHES JESUS." AND LOOK WHAT THEY DO. THEY TOOK

HIM, VERSE 19. THEY TOOK HIM. TOOK HIM MEANS THEY ARRESTED

HIM. THEY APPREHENDED HIM FOR PREACHING CHRIST. OKAY, NOW THAT

IS NEW IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE MOST PART.

THERE'S PEOPLE OVERSEAS IN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT ARE GETTING

ARRESTED EVERY DAY FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL. AND YOU KNOW, I

WAS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING RECENTLY, AND I THOUGHT, "OH,

LORD, THIS IS A HARD SEASON." AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT— NOW,

HE DIDN'T SAY IT TO ME, BUT I SAID IT TO MYSELF AS IF I WERE

THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND IT REALLY WAS FROM THE SPIRIT. AND I SAID,

"YEAH, BRENDA, SHUT UP." IF YOU CAN'T EVEN GO THROUGH THAT, THAT

AND WALK IN VICTORY, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD DIE FOR THE

GOSPEL? OKAY, HOW WOULD YOU TOLERATE— THE REASON PEOPLE

BACKED OUT OF THE FIGHT IS BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE

DON'T WANT TO BE ARRESTED, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE OUT OUR

BUSINESS. THANK GOODNESS FOR JACK THE BAKER THAT STOOD UP AND

HELD HIS GROUND, AND THEY TOOK EVERYTHING FROM HIM, BUT HE

STOOD. AND I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO COME TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, SOME OF US ESPECIALLY, STAND TO OUR OWN

HURT, OKAY? YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO LOSE OUR LIFE FOR

JESUS' SAKE— JESUS SAID, "HE THAT LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE

WILL FIND IT, BUT HE THAT TRIES TO PRESERVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE

IT." AMEN. THAT'S BOLD TRUTH, BUT THIS IS THE NEW TESTAMENT,

FOLKS. WE HAVE TO BE WILLING IN THIS HOUR TO DECIDE ALREADY, ARE

WE GONNA BE MARTYRS FOR JESUS JESUS CHRIST. AND WHAT ARE WE—

WHAT PRICE ARE WE WILLING TO PAY? I MEAN, THAT'S THE REALITY

OF IT. NOW, YOU'VE HEARD ME— THOSE OF YOU THAT ATTEND THIS

CHURCH HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE

READ FOXE'S BOOK OF MARTYRS? I'M TELLING YOU, I WOULD ENCOURAGE

YOU TO READ IT A LITTLE BIT REGULARLY, FROM TIME TO TIME.

JUST GET IN THERE AND TAKE A LITTLE LOOK. BUT THERE WAS A

STORY IN THERE WHERE THERE WAS A OF A FAMILY, THIS WAS IN, I

BELIEVE IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN ASIA, MAYBE IT WAS UNDERGROUND

CHINA. AND SOME OF YOU MAYBE HAVE SEEN THIS OR HEARD IT, OR

MAYBE IT WAS FROM VOICE OF THE MARTYRS. I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE

I READ IT, BUT IT WAS THE STORY OF A CHINESE FAMILY THAT THEY

SAID, "WELL, IF YOU DON'T DENY JESUS, WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU

ALIVE. WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU ALIVE." SEE, THIS IS WHAT THE

EARLY APOSTLES HAD THAT A LOT OF

AMERICAN CHRISTIANS HAVE TO GROW

A SPINE FOR. THEY SAID, "WE'RE GONNA BURY YOU ALIVE." "YOUR

WIFE AND YOUR CHILDREN." SO, THEY TOOK THEM OUT TO A GREAT

BIG HOLE, OPENED IT UP, PUT THE PARENTS IN, AND THEIR 2 LITTLE

KIDS. NOW, THEIR KIDS WERE NOT GROWN. THEY WERE SHORT. THEY

WERE LITTLE CHILDREN. AND THEY TOOK THE SHOVELS AND SAID, "WE

GIVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY. YOU CAN STOP US NOW." NOW, IMAGINE

FOR A MOMENT YOU'RE STANDING THERE WITH YOUR 4-YEAR-OLD, AND

THEY'RE AS A PARENT, AND YOU'RE HAVING TO MAKE A DECISION, ARE

YOU GONNA DENY JESUS OR WALK THAT OUT? THIS IS REALITY,

FOLKS. AND I DON'T WANNA BE SOBERING THIS MORNING. I'M JUST

BEING HONEST THAT AS AMERICAN CHRISTIANS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO

GET TO THE REALITY THAT ARE WE WILLING TO SUFFER PERSECUTION?

THE BIBLE SAYS, 2 TIMOTHY 3:12, JAMES 3:12 SAYS, "ALL THAT LIVE

2 Timothy 3:12 James 3:12

GODLY WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION." THEY KEPT HITTING THE SHOVEL,

HITTING THE SHOVEL, AND THAT DIRT WAS UP TO THE LITTLE

CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, THE PARENTS ARE WATCHING ABOVE, WATCHING

THEIR CHILDREN GET BURIED ALIVE. AND THIS IS A REALITY IN SOME

PLACES. HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS IS TRUE? AND THEY WATCH AND

WATCH, AND THE FATHER WAS LIKE, HE WAS READY TO GIVE "GIVE IN,"

AS HIS CHILDREN ARE CHOKING AND THEIR AIR IS BEING CUT OFF. AND

THE MOTHER SAID, "PAPA, MM-MM, DON'T GIVE IN. WE'LL ALL BE

HAVING SUPPER AT THE MASTER'S TABLE TONIGHT." COME ON,

SOMEBODY. I BELIEVE GOD IS BRINGING A BOLDNESS AND A

STRENGTH TO THE CHURCH THAT WE WILL STAND IN THE CULTURALLY

EVIL DAY AGAINST EVIL, HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND.

SO THEY TOOK, THEY APPREHENDED THE APOSTLE PAUL, AND

LOOK WHAT HE DOES.

YOU KNOW, PAUL, LISTEN, HE WAS USED TO BEING ARRESTED

ANYWAY. HE JUST GOT OUT OF JAIL ALREADY. SO, THEY TOOK HIM AND

BROUGHT HIM TO THE AREOPAGUS, WHICH IN THAT DAY IT WOULD HAVE

BEEN SIMILAR TO OUR SCOTUS, THE SUPREME COURT. IT WOULD HAVE

BEEN THE HIGH COURT. AND THEY SAID, "MAY WE KNOW THIS NEW

DOCTRINE WHEREOF YOU SPEAK?" NOW, THEY WEREN'T LIKE TRYING TO

LEARN IT, PEOPLE. THEY WERE TRYING TO TRIP THEM UP. THIS IS

WHAT THE PHARISEES CONSTANTLY DID WITH JESUS. "SPEAK, ARE YOU

THE SON OF GOD OR NOT?" PUTTING HIM ON THE SPOT. WELL, ALL WE

NEED IS A YES OR NO. OKAY, SO THEY BROUGHT HIM THERE AND SAID,

WHAT IS THIS NEW DOCTRINE? IT'S NOT LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO

LEARN THE DOCTRINE. THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS TEACHING

WOULD AGREE WITH THEIR FALSE IDEOLOGY. NOW, THIS IS WHERE THE

CULTURE IS. SO PAUL, HE SAID— OR THEY SAID, YOU BRING CERTAIN

STRANGE THINGS TO OUR EARS. SO WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT TO SEE IF YOU AGREE WITH WHAT WE

ALREADY BELIEVE, OKAY? WE WANT TO JUST CHECK AND SEE, ARE YOU

GONNA ALIGN? THIS IS WHY WE SEE SUCH A DIVIDING LINE IN THE

POLITICAL WORLD, PEOPLE STANDING ON ONE SIDE OF ABORTION AND

PEOPLE ON THE OTHER, OKAY? THIS IS WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE

LIBERAL CHURCHES ARISING. PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A

SEPARATING THAT BEGINS TO TAKE PLACE. IN FACT, ECCLESIASTES

GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THAT, THAT GOD WILL SEPARATE TO SEPARATE

THE GOOD SEED FROM THE BAD SEED.

OKAY, I BELIEVE WE'RE IN A GREAT

TIME OF SEPARATION WHERE THOSE THAT— AND IT'S NOT JUST STANDING

ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF POLITICS. I DON'T EVEN LIKE TO CALL IT

POLITICS. THIS IS A SPIRITUAL WAR OF GOOD AGAINST EVIL. LET'S

CALL IT FOR WHAT IT IS. IT'S POLITICAL IN THE SENSE WE GET

INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE, BUT REALLY WE ARE HERE TO DEFEND

THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE RIGHTEOUS STANDARD OF THE

SCRIPTURE. AMEN. AND WE HAVE THAT COMMITMENT AND WE HAVE THAT

RESPONSIBILITY TO BE— COME ON, JESUS SAID YOU'RE A LIGHT ON A

HILL THAT CAN'T BE HID. IF THE CAP GETS PUT OVER THE LIGHT,

THEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT. BUT WE'RE A LIGHT TO SHINE IN A DARK

PLACE. I LOVE THE STORY ABOUT JESUS. THE BIBLE SAYS IN MATTHEW

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CHAPTER 4, THE PEOPLE THAT SAT IN "THOSE WHO WERE IN DARKNESS

SAW A GREAT LIGHT." AND JESUS CAME PREACHING. AND YOU KNOW

WHAT THE VERY FIRST SERMON OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS? HE CONFRONTED

THE CULTURE AND HE SAID, "REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF

HEAVEN IS AT HAND." BY THE WAY, REPENTANCE IS STILL A MESSAGE OF

THE SCRIPTURE. DON'T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU OTHERWISE. IF YOUR

PASTOR GETS UP AND SAYS, "EVERYBODY IN HERE SHOULD RUN TO

THE ALTAR. IT'S TIME FOR A REPENTANCE SUNDAY," THEN GET IN

ON IT. DON'T BE LIKE, "WELL, I JUST THINK HE WAS A LITTLE HARSH

TODAY." THANK YOU, PASTOR HANK, FOR BEING BOLD. THANK YOU FOR

SPEAKING UP. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING ON OUR TOES AND

REMINDING US THAT WE NEED TO BUCK UP. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING

EVERY— YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO QUOTE ROBERTS AGAIN, AND THIS

IS POWERFUL. YOU SAID MANY YEARS AGO, AND I HAVE QUOTED THIS

AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, YOU SAID THESE WORDS. YOU SAID

THERE'S TWO KINDS OF SCRIPTURE. THERE'S BLESS ME SCRIPTURES AND

CORRECT ME SCRIPTURES. YOU GET OVER ON THE OLD BLESS ME, BLESS

ME, AND WE ALL LOVE THAT. I LOVE BLESS ME CHURCH. YOU KNOW,

"NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD, NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD." OH MAN, I GET

INTO IT. THE TAMBOURINE GETS FLYING, "LET'S GO!" OKAY, THAT'S

BLESS ME CHURCH. WE HAVE BLESS ME PREACHING. WE NEED THAT.

'CAUSE THE BIBLE'S FILLED WITH IT. BUT IF YOU GET OVER ON THE

BLESS ME ALL THE TIME, YOU'LL BECOME A WIMP. YOU'LL GET SOFT,

OKAY? AND THEN YOU THINK, "WELL,

GOD DON'T GET MAD AT NOBODY. YOU

KNOW, JESUS JUST LOVES EVERYBODY." NO, IN FACT, JESUS

CONFRONTED THE CULTURE TOO. HE WENT TO THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS

AND SAYS, "YOU ARE BLIND." YOU'RE OF YOUR FATHER, THE

DEVIL. THE APOSTLE PAUL WENT AND CONFRONTED A SORCERER THAT WAS

TRYING TO PREVENT THE GOSPEL, ACTS, THE 13TH CHAPTER. AND HE

SAID, "YOU'RE GOING BLIND." AND HE WAS BLINDED, THE BIBLE SAYS,

FOR A SEASON. I THOUGHT, "WELL, THAT WAS HARSH." THESE PEOPLE

WERE BOLD, YOU KNOW? BUT THE AMERICAN CHURCH HAS KIND OF BEEN

TAUGHT, "WELL, IF IT'S TOO BOLD, IT'S NOT KIND. YOU'RE GONNA

OFFEND PEOPLE. LET'S BE REAL, JUST SAYING THE NAME OF JESUS

OFFENDS SOME PEOPLE. IT'S GONNA OFFEND PEOPLE. RIGHT NOW THE

CULTURE DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO

HEAVEN. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO STAND FOR JUST THAT. BUT SO

ROBERT SAID, BLESS ME AND YOU BECOME A WIMP, BUT YOU GET TOO

MUCH ON THE CORRECT ME THE OTHER SIDE AND YOU'LL GET MEAN

AND NASTY. AND YOU BECOME WHAT THE CHURCH AT EPHESUS WAS. IN

THE BOOK OF REVELATION, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD SAID, "NO, I

HONOR YOU FOR THE FACT THAT YOU CANNOT TOLERATE THEM THAT ARE

EVIL." THAT WAS THEIR PROUD BADGE. JESUS SAID, "YOU COULDN'T

TOLERATE THOSE THAT DO EVIL, AND

YOU'VE CALLED OUT THOSE THAT SAY

THAT THEY'RE APOSTLES. YOU CALLED OUT THE PODCASTERS THAT

CLAIM TO BE APOSTLES AND YOU CALLED THEM ALL OUT, BUT HE

SAID, "I HAVE A THING AGAINST YOU. YOU GOT NASTY. YOU LEFT

YOUR FIRST LOVE." AND YOU KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT

"LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE" MEANT, "OH, YOU DIDN'T LOVE JESUS AS

MUCH AS YOU DID WHEN YOU GOT SAVED." NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT HE

WAS SAYING. HE WAS SAYING, "YOU LEFT YOUR LOVING APPROACH THAT

YOU HAD AT THE BEGINNING. YOU GOT SO PHARISAICAL AND SO NASTY

AND SO CUTTHROAT ON EVERYBODY DOING ANYTHING WRONG." ANYTHING

RIGHT, YOU COULDN'T HELP THE BROKEN PERSON BECAUSE YOU WERE

READY TO WHIP THEM WITH A WHIP. AND HE SAID, I HAVE IT AGAINST

YOU, AND IF YOU DON'T CORRECT IT, THEN I'M GOING TO COME AND

I'M GOING TO REMOVE YOUR CANDLESTICK. HEAR WHAT THE

SPIRIT OF THE LORD SAYS TO THE CHURCHES. SO THIS WAS JESUS.

THAT WAS THE LORD OF THE CHURCH SAYING THAT. SO WE NEED BOTH.

BUT I THINK THE AMERICAN CHURCH HAS HEARD SO MUCH BLESS ME, AND

THEN WITH USER-FRIENDLY MOVEMENT, IT'S BLESS ME, BLESS

ME. AND SO IF THE PASTOR GETS UP AND SAYS SOMETHING VERY—

A LITTLE ON THE CORRECTIVE TONE,

EVERYBODY'S LIKE, "WELL, I'M NOT

GOING BACK TO THAT CHURCH. PASTOR WAS A LITTLE— HE WAS A

LITTLE TENSE TODAY." AND FIRST OF ALL, BY THE WAY, YOU CAN'T

PICK A CHURCH BECAUSE YOU HEARD 4 SERMONS. YOU KNOW, I NEVER CAN

UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL WALK OUT OF A

CHURCH, AND THEY'VE WALKED OUT OF THIS ONE. I KNOW YOU PASTORS

HAVE PROBABLY HAD PEOPLE WALK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR

PREACHING. IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING, I'M TELLING YOU.

YOU KNOW, PASTOR ALWAYS IS EXPECTING IT, BUT I'M LIKE,

WELL, WHAT DID I SAY? YOU KNOW, AND IT HAPPENS. IT'S JUST PART

OF IT. I NEVER COULD UNDERSTAND IT IN THE DAY OF LIVESTREAM.

EVERY CHURCH LIVESTREAMS NOW. SO, I'M LIKE, YOU DIDN'T GO

WATCH? YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE CHURCH

BEFORE YOU WENT TO THE CHURCH. YOU KNOW, WATCH 4 SERVICES SAYS,

"LORD OF HOSTS," AND YOU'LL KNOW

IF YOU WANNA GO THERE. OKAY, YOU

KNOW. AND WE SHOW EVERY CORNER. WE SHOW ALL YOUR SMILES. WE SHOW

WHEN YOU'RE CRYING. COME ON, WE GOT THE CAMERAS ALL UP THERE

WHEN YOU'RE IN REPENTANCE MODE. I MEAN, THAT JIB IS SWINGING ALL

AROUND THIS BUILDING. PEOPLE SEEING EVERYTHING. I'M LIKE,

"DEAR LORD." OKAY, I'M GONNA TELL ON MYSELF. CAN I MAKE IT

FUNNY? I GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS. SO ONE DAY I'M LOOKING, I

SAID, "PASTOR CHRISTI, HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT YOURSELF ON THAT

BACK MONITOR BACK THERE AND THOUGHT, 'I WILL NEVER WEAR THAT

AGAIN'?" AND SHE GOES, "100%." I THOUGHT— AND NOW, COME ON,

SINGERS, I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE DONE IT TOO. YOU'VE ALL STOOD UP

THERE AND THOUGHT, "THAT IS THE WORST OUTFIT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT

THE MIRROR WAS TELLING ME. AND THEN I GOT HERE AND THE CAMERA

REVEALED THE TRUTH. IT'S HORRIBLE. WHAT UP WITH THAT

HAIR?" BUT YOU KNOW, WE SHOW IT ALL. I MEAN, WE SHOW THE PRAYER

LINES. THERE'S THE PREACHING. WE'VE GOT TO GO WE HAVE A GOOD

CAMERA SYSTEM. I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY WOULDN'T JUST

COME WATCH THE CHURCH AND DECIDE

IF YOU WANT TO GO. BUT YOU KNOW,

THEY'LL WALK IN HERE LIKE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

LIKE, "I'M GONNA GO AND VISIT THAT CHURCH." AND IT'S LIKE, WE

ALL KNOW CHURCHES STREAM NOW. YOU KNOW, WATCH THE STREAM,

PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, IF I WATCHED A CHURCH AND THE LIVESTREAM IS

BORING, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S PREACHING THE TRUTH, AND THERE'S

SCRIPTURE AND THE WORSHIP IS DEAD AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST

NO MOVE, I'D BE LIKE, "I AIN'T GOING." ANYWAY, BUT THE FACT OF

THE MATTER IS, IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, THERE'S A CULTURE NOW

THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT OPPOSES CERTAIN THINGS AND WE

NEED TO CONFRONT THAT. SO, ANYWAY, LET'S GET BACK ON POINT.

I'M GONNA QUIT TALKING ABOUT MY CLOTHES. ALL RIGHT. "SO YOU

BRING CERTAIN STRANGE THINGS TO OUR EARS." THEY WANTED TO MAKE

SURE IT AGREED WITH THEM. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK OUT. "FOR

ALL THE ATHENIANS AND STRANGERS SPENT THEIR TIME IN NOTHING ELSE

BUT TO EITHER TELL OR HEAR SOME NEW THING." THEY WANTED TO KNOW

IF IT WORKED WITH THEIR CULTURE.

SO PAUL STANDS UP IN THE MIDDLE.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST PICTURING, 'CAUSE I LIKE TO PUT

MYSELF IN THE PLACE OF WHERE HE WAS. AND EVERY EYE IS ON HIM.

NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF YOU THAT DO PUBLIC SPEAKING,

BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPOKEN IN SOME UNFRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS

BEFORE. AND USUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S HERE IN THE US. NOW, I KNOW

PASTOR— MY APOSTLE MIKE KEYES HAS PREACHED IN SOME VERY

ANTAGONISTIC PLACES OVERSEAS IN THE PHILIPPINES. USUALLY FOR ME,

IF I'M STANDING UP AND SPEAKING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PASTORS'

REASONING IS, BUT IF PEOPLE ARE OPPOSING ME, IT'S USUALLY, "AH,

SHE'S A WOMAN PREACHER, YOU KNOW. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT,

'CAUSE WE KNOW WOMEN SHOULDN'T BE CALLED PASTORS ANYWAY." SO,

I'M PICTURING THE APOSTLE PAUL AND EYES ARE ON HIM, LIKE HE'S

LOOKING. THEY'RE LOOKING AT HIM,

READY TO POUNCE ON WHAT HE SAYS,

ANALYZING. I DON'T KNOW, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD THEIR NOTEBOOKS

OUT OR THEIR PHONES. "LET ME CHECK THAT." AND HE STANDS UP IN

MARS HILL, WHICH BY THE WAY, THE WORD MARS HILL IS THE WORD ARES

FOR THE GREEK DEITY OF WAR. I THOUGHT, "WELL, THAT'S IT. PAUL

WAS THERE TO MAKE A WAR." THE GREEK DEITY OR THE GOD OF WAR.

AND HE SAID, "MEN, ALL OF YOU ARE TOO SUPERSTITIOUS." AND I

THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. IT MEANS, THAT WORD SUPERSTITIOUS, IT

REALLY MEANS TO APPEASE DEMONS. IT'S LIKE PEOPLE WOULD—

YOU KNOW WHAT, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE STORY OF MOLECH

WAS— PSALM 106, YOU CAN READ ABORTION IS IN THE BIBLE. IN

VERSE 37, IT SAID THEY WOULD CAST THEIR CHILDREN TO MOLECH.

IT WAS A FORM OF SACRIFICING YOUR CHILDREN TO APPEASE THE

FALSE GODS. AND SO THIS IS WHAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD DO. THEY

WOULD SACRIFICE TO IDOLS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNEW A LADY ONE

TIME WHO SAID— YOU KNOW, WE WERE WITNESSING TO HER. SHE WAS IS

HINDU, AND WE'RE TELLING HER ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. SHE

GOES, "WELL, I WAS KIND OF RAISED IN A CULTURE THAT WAS

PART CHRISTIAN AND PART HINDU." WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND

SHE SAID, "WELL, WE SET UP OUR GODS, AND EVERY NIGHT I PUT OUT

RAISINS FOR THEM. SO I THOUGHT JUST IN CASE, I WOULD SET ONE

OUT FOR JESUS." I THOUGHT, "OH, WHERE IS THIS GOING?" AND SHE

SAID, "PASTOR HANK—" SO THE NEXT DAY WE TALKED TO HER. SHE SAID,

"PASTOR HANK, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED. I DID PUT

A RAISIN OUT FOR JESUS, BUT YOU KNOW, HE WALKED IN AND SAID, 'I

AM THE SON OF GOD.' HE CAME IN MY ROOM LIKE A HUMAN WALKED IN

THERE AND SAID, 'I AM THE ONLY SON OF GOD.'" SHE WAS SO

OVERCOME, SHE SAYS, "I THINK I NEED TO I NEED TO KNOW THIS

JESUS. HERE WAS THE PROBLEM. SHE

SAID, "BUT I'M A LITTLE WORRIED.

SHOULD I STILL SET OUT SOME SACRIFICES TO MY OTHER GODS JUST

IN CASE? JUST IN CASE." NOW, SHE KNEW THEY WERE FALSE. THIS IS

WHAT THESE PEOPLE WERE. THEY WOULD APPEASE WHAT THEY THOUGHT

WERE THE DEITIES AND THE GODS. HE SAID, "FOR I PASSED BY AND

BEHELD ALL YOUR DEVOTIONS AND FOUND AN ALTAR WITH THIS AND

THAT INSCRIPTION, "TO THE UNKNOWN GOD, WHOM YE THEREFORE

IGNORANTLY WORSHIP." I'M GONNA DECLARE WHO THE REAL GOD IS

TODAY. NOW, HERE'S HOW HE DOES IT. THIS IS A PART I WANT TO

SEE. WE HAVE LISTED HERE 8 AREAS

OF CULTURE THAT PAUL CONFRONTED.

I'M GONNA GIVE THESE TO YOU IF YOU'RE TAKING NOTES. THIS IS

IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY'RE NO DIFFERENT. REMEMBER I

SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THERE'S NOTHING NEW UNDER THE IT ALL

RESURFACES AGAIN AND AGAIN. I'VE HEARD YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY SAY,

"OH, IF YOU OLDER PEOPLE ONLY UNDERSTOOD THIS CULTURE." I'M

LIKE, "WELL, SOME OF US—" I MEAN, I WAS A LITTLE YOUNG, BUT

SOME OF Y'ALL IN HERE LIVED THROUGH THE HIPPIES. MY MOTHER

TELLS ME STORIES WHERE THEY DIDN'T BATHE FOR A WEEK. I'M

LIKE, Y'ALL THOUGHT THAT WAS I THOUGHT YOU WERE COOL. WOW.

THERE'S BEEN SOME ROUGH TIMES IN HISTORY THAT PEOPLE HAVE LIVED

THROUGH. SO, DON'T EVER SAY, "OH, THIS IS THE CULTURE'S THE

WORST OF THE WORLD." DON'T SAY THAT, OKAY? IT'S BAD, BUT IT'S

NOT THE WORST. SO, PAUL, STILL, HUMAN NATURE DOES THE— REPEATS

THE SAME EVIL. THAT'S THE POINT.

LOOK WHAT HE CONFRONTS. HE SAID,

"THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA TEACH YOU. I'M GONNA DECLARE THEM TO

YOU RIGHT NOW." 24. NUMBER 1, THE GOD THAT MADE THE WORLD AND

ALL THINGS THEREIN. HE CONFRONTED CREATION AND

EVOLUTION. WRITE THAT DOWN, OKAY? THERE IS ONE GOD. HE MADE

IT ALL, OKAY? WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH THAT STUPID THING

TODAY. I MEAN, ANYBODY THAT WOULD BE STUPID ENOUGH TO

BELIEVE THAT A BIG BANG MADE EVERYTHING OKAY, THE BIBLE SAYS

THAT THEY TURN THE TRUTH OF GOD, ROMANS 1, INTO A LIE. THEY'LL

TAKE TRUTH AND CREATIVELY MAKE IT A LIE. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW,

THE DEMOCRATS. ALL RIGHT, GOD MADE THE WORLD. WELL, YOU KNOW,

YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT. THAT'S— I THINK TRUMP SAID IT

APPROPRIATELY. YOU HAVE TO BE PRETTY DUMB TO THINK THAT A MAN

A MAN CAN BECOME A WOMAN, OKAY? I DON'T NEED A MEDICAL DEGREE TO

UNDERSTAND THAT CANNOT HAPPEN, OKAY? AND THE FACT THAT

PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THAT NONSENSE, YOU HAVE TO BE A

DEMOCRAT, ALL RIGHT. PAUL MAKES A CASE FOR CREATION. GOD MADE

ALL THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING THEREIN. I'M SURE THAT THERE

WERE PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM THAT OPPOSED THAT. HE'S THE LORD OF

HEAVEN. NUMBER 2, HE CONFRONTS ABORTION AND MAKES A CASE FOR

PRO-LIFE. "NEITHER IS HE WORSHIPED WITH MEN'S HANDS, AS

THOUGH HE NEEDED ANYTHING, BUT SEE THAT HE GIVES TO ALL LIFE

AND BREATH." OKAY? THE BABY IN THE WOMB HAS A BEATING HEART.

THAT IS CALLED LIFE. GOD GAVE THAT CHILD LIFE. LIFE. OKAY,

EVOLUTION, ABORTION. SO IF YOU WANT TO GO TO YOUR FRIENDS AND

TALK TO THEM ABOUT ABORTION, THAT'S A GOOD SCRIPTURE FOR

THAT. THE NEW LIVING RIGHT THERE, IT SAYS GOD GIVES LIFE

AND BREATH TO EVERY PERSON OR EVERYTHING. OKAY, SO WHAT DO WE

HAVE NOW? SAME HOT-BUTTON TOPICS, OKAY? CREATION,

EVOLUTION, ABORTION. LOOK AT THE THIRD ONE, VERSE 26. AM I

HELPING YOU? TEACHING YOU SOMETHING GOOD TODAY? I WANT TO

MAKE A GOOD CASE FOR YOU. VERSE 26, HE HITS THE RACE ISSUE. "AND

GOD HAS MADE ONE BLOOD." I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, MAKE SURE IT SANK.

"GOD HAS MADE ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS." OF MEN. WE ARE ONE

BLOOD. THERE'S REALLY ONE RACE. IT'S CALLED THE HUMAN RACE. GET

IT STRAIGHT. ANYTHING THAT EXALTS ONE RACE OVER ANOTHER,

I'M GONNA SAY IT, OKAY? WHEN WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE A CULTURE AND

GIVE THEM A DIFFERENT NATIONAL LANGUAGE, NATIONAL ANTHEM THAN

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THIS COUNTRY FOR

EVERY CULTURE IN IT. IT'S WHAT UNITES US. IT'S OUR FLAG. WE ARE

ONE NATION UNDER GOD. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER FLAG. WE DON'T NEED

ANOTHER NATIONAL ANTHEM. GOD CONDEMNS THEM. GOD CONDEMNS

BLACK POWER. HE CONDEMNS WHITE SUPREMACY. HE CONDEMNS LATINO

THAT WANT TO INTRUDE UPON THE LANGUAGE. WE ARE ONE RACE, ONE

NATION UNDER GOD. AND IF YOU GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE

A THERE, YOU ADAPT TO THAT CULTURE THERE. YOU DON'T MOVE TO

FRANCE AND DEMAND THE NATION TAKES ON ENGLISH AS THEIR

PRIMARY LANGUAGE. OKAY? I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO THAT IN RUSSIA.

CAN YOU JUST SEE IT? WE'RE GONNA WALK RIGHT UP HERE TO THE

KREMLIN AND PLANT AN AMERICAN FLAG IN FRONT OF IN FRONT OF THE

LEADER OF MOSCOW. SEE HOW FAR THAT GOES. I'VE BEEN TO THE

KREMLIN. IT'S KIND OF A CREEPY LITTLE PLACE. BUT LET'S BE REAL,

ONE NATION. WE ARE ONE BLOOD, PEOPLE. NOW, WE ALL HAVE

DIFFERENT CULTURES. WE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THINGS,

BUT THAT SHOULDN'T SEPARATE US, OKAY? WE'RE ALL THE SAME. NO ONE

CULTURE SHOULD BE EXALTED OVER ANOTHER CULTURE. OKAY, WE VALUE

EACH OTHER'S CULTURES. WE VALUE WHAT PEOPLE DO. AND BY THE WAY,

SOME OF THAT CULTURALISM— AND I'M NOT JUST PICKING ON BLACK OR

WHITE, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S BEEN A BIG DEAL IN THIS COUNTRY— SOME

OF THAT CULTURALISM— AND LISTEN, THEY CAN WRITE AND SAY IT. GIVE

ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IT, EVEN IF I DON'T COMMUNICATE IT

PERFECTLY. THE REALITY IS, IS THAT THEY MAKE THE BLACK-WHITE

WAR. THE LATINOS ARE MIXED IN THERE SOMEWHERE. THE LATINOS ARE

ALWAYS MIXED IN. WE WENT TO— LISTEN, I'M PREACHING SOME— JUST

BE PATIENT, TOMMY. YOU HAVE YOUR CHANCE TONIGHT. OLD TOMMY

INTERRUPTED MY— YOU GAVE OFF YOUR— YOU GOT RID OF YOUR

LATINOISM 2 NIGHTS AGO. OOH, IT'S SEEDY IN HERE, I'M TELLING

YOU. BUT LET'S BE HONEST. LET'S BE HONEST. YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL

IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THOSE DIVISIONS. AND WE HAVE TO

BE VERY CAREFUL. IT WILL COME PACKAGED UP IN LIKE, "WELL, ONE

PERSON'S HURT." OKAY? AND HE'LL USE IT TO PLAY ONE CULTURE

AGAINST ANOTHER. OKAY? AND I DON'T THINK THE LATINOS ARE THAT

DIVIDED. YOU KNOW, WE PREACHED IN LATIN AMERICA. I MEAN,

THEY'LL SIT 3 TO A SEAT IN THOSE

CHURCHES. I'M LIKE— WE WERE IN A

CHURCH CHURCHES WERE SUPPOSED TO SEAT 3,000 PEOPLE. THERE WAS

LIKE 5,000 PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM. I DON'T KNOW HOW Y'ALL DO THAT.

BUT I'M LIKE, AMERICANS, THEY NEED A CHAIR AND A SEAT FOR

THEIR BIBLE. AND IF CHURCH ISN'T ALL THAT FULL THAT SUNDAY,

ANOTHER ONE FOR THEIR PHONE AND BOTTLE OF WATER. AND I'M TELLING

YOU RIGHT NOW, EVERY EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR SPACE. IF COVID EVER

DID ONE THING, 6 FEET APART WAS GREAT FOR THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA. PEOPLE JUST— YOU BE OVER THERE. YOU WATCH PEOPLE IN

THE AIRPORT. I MEAN, THEY'LL BYPASS PEOPLE AND TRAMPLE

CHILDREN TO SIDESTEP TO HAVE THEIR LANE IN THE CONCOURSE.

IT'S AMAZING. ALL RIGHT, RACE. WE ARE ONE BLOOD. DON'T EVER

FORGET IT. THE DEMOCRATS AND THE

LEFT WANT TO PLAY US AGAINST ONE

ANOTHER. "WELL, THEY'RE A WHITE SUPREMACIST. THEY'RE BLACK

POWER." JUST STOP, OKAY? WE SHOULD ALL BE CELEBRATED

TOGETHER. AMEN. AND BY THE WAY, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN

SOME HARDSHIP IN CERTAIN CULTURES. CULTURES. AND IT'S

TWOFOLD. SOME OF IT, THERE HAS BEEN A DIRECTION THAT HAS BEEN A

MISTREATMENT OF PEOPLE. BUT SOME OF IT'S ALSO SELF-INFLICTED.

DON'T EVER FORGET THAT. WE'VE GOT TO LOOK WITHIN. I'M GOING TO

GET MYSELF IN TROUBLE, BUT PAUL ADDRESSED THE RACE, OKAY? JESUS

ADDRESSED IT AND WENT TO A SAMARITAN WOMAN, OKAY? THAT WAS

A NO-NO IN HIS TIME. HE WENT RIGHT ON UP TO HER AND THEY'RE

LIKE, HE'S TALKING TO THEM. HER. OKAY, WE GOT TO STOP. WE'RE THE

CHURCH. LOOK AROUND YOU, OKAY? WE'RE EVERY COLOR IN THIS ROOM.

WE'RE EVERY CREED IN THIS ROOM. THERE'S MALE, THERE'S FEMALE,

REAL MALE AND FEMALE. COME ON, SOMEBODY! WE GOT BLACK, WE GOT

WHITE, WE GOT LATINO, WE GOT TOMMY.

PASTOR TONY, YOU EARNED

THAT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE VERY

QUICKLY, ALL RIGHT? AND THEN WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR SOME

PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT, THE FOURTH ONE. SO, THERE'S ONE RACE,

FOLKS. DON'T LET THE CULTURE TRY TO PIT YOU AGAINST EACH OTHER.

DON'T DO IT. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S ONE BLOOD. THE NEXT ONE IN THE

SAME VERSE, IT SAYS, "AND GOD, FOR THERE'S ONE BLOOD, ALL

NATIONS OF MEN FOR TO DWELL ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. AND HE

HATH DETERMINED THE TIMES BEFORE APPOINTED." APPOINTED, AND THE

BOUNDS," WATCH THIS, "OF THEIR HABITATION." OOH, NUMBER 4, GOD

VALUES BORDERS. ISN'T THAT AMAZING? OKAY, "GOD DETERMINED

AFORETIME THE BOUNDS OF THEIR HABITATIONS." IN OTHER WORDS,

THERE'S DIFFERENT COUNTRIES FOR A REASON AND THE BORDER OF THOSE

NATIONS TO BE RESPECTED. YOU KNOW, ISN'T IT AMAZING? GOD HAS

A BORDER AROUND HEAVEN. AND NOT EVERYBODY'S GETTING IN. WHEN GOD

CAME DOWN ON THE MOUNTAIN, IN MOUNT SINAI, HE SAID, "PUT A

BORDER OUT THERE. DON'T LET ANYBODY CROSS OVER. IF THEY

BREAK THROUGH, THEY'LL DIE." OKAY? SO, I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING.

THERE'S A FUN MEME THAT'S GONE AROUND. I HAVE TO QUOTE IT

RIGHT. LET ME QUOTE IT GOOD. A LITTLE MEME THAT SHOWS A BUNCH

OF PEOPLE BEHIND A HUGE WALL WITH A BARBED WIRE FENCE. AND IT

SAID, "COMMUNISTS, CHRISTIANISM IS SO WONDERFUL THAT THEY HAD TO

BUILD A FENCE FOR PEOPLE TO NOT ESCAPE ALL THAT HAPPINESS.

IT'S AMAZING.

OKAY, SO BORDER, GOD VALUES BORDERS. FIFTH ONE, ARE

YOU READY FOR THIS? THAT THEY SHOULD SEEK THE LORD IF SIMPLY

THEY MIGHT FEEL OR FIND HIM AS THOUGH HE'S NOT FAR FROM ANY ONE

OF US. NOW, I THOUGHT, "WELL, GOD, WHAT IS THAT?" HE GOES,

"YOU KNOW, I JUST—" THIS IS WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT REMINDED ME. HE

SAID, "I JUST WANNA BE PART OF PEOPLE'S DAILY LIFE." I SAID,

"WELL, THAT MEANS YOU WANNA BE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE." THAT GOD

EXPECTS, OR WE SHOULD EXPECT, OR HAVE THE EXPECTATION. PEOPLE

SAY, "WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS," HANK

KUNNEMAN'S IN THE COURTHOUSE. IF THE MUSLIMS CAN'T HAVE A CREED,

'CAUSE IT'S FAIR. HOW MANY OF YOU HEAR THIS COMING UP? 'CAUSE

THAT WOULD ONLY BE EQUAL. NOW, WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE.

THE BIBLE HERE, PAUL SAID, NO, EVERYONE IS NOT FAR FROM THE

TRUE AND LIVING GOD, AND THAT THEY SHOULD SEEK HIM, NOT THEM,

NOT THESE THAT EVERYBODY DETERMINES. HE SAID THEY SHOULD

SEEK HIM. IN OTHER WORDS, PAUL WAS GIVING THEM THE EXPECTATION

THAT GOD, THE ONE TRUE GOD ALMIGHTY, THE MAKER OF HEAVEN

AND EARTH THAT HE JUST DESCRIBED, THAT GIVES ALL LIFE

AND ALL BREATH, THAT THERE WAS AN EXPECTATION FOR HIM TO BE

PART OF THE DAILY LIFE OF THE CIVIC COMMUNITY. OKAY, AND

NOBODY ELSE. SO THAT'S THE PUBLIC SQUARE. SO GUESS WHAT?

ACCORDING TO WHAT PAUL TAUGHT, GOD GETS THE COMMANDMENTS— THE

TEN COMMANDMENTS FROM THE BIBLE GET TO BE IN THE COURTHOUSE, AND

THE KORAN AND WHATEVER THEY SAY IS NOT ALLOWED. IT'S COMPLETELY

OKAY BECAUSE THIS IS HOW PAUL CONFRONTED THE CULTURE. THE CITY

WAS GIVEN TO IDOLATRY. THINK ABOUT THAT. THIS WAS A PLACE

WHERE THEY HAD SHRINES ON EVERY CORNER, AND HE SAID ON NO, NO,

NO, NO, NO, NO. GOD, THE ONE TRUE GOD, THE EXPECTATION IS, IS

HE GETS THE PREEMINENCE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND ALL OF YOUR

IDOLS ARE TO BE CAST OUT. THAT'S THE FIFTH ONE. ALL RIGHT, THE

SIXTH ONE, AND WE'LL GET THE BAND TO COME. WE'RE GONNA PRAY

FOR SOME PEOPLE. PAUL CONFRONTS FALSE RELIGION. HE SAID, "FOR IN

HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING." OKAY, IT'S HIM. HE'S

THE ONLY ONE. HE'S THE ONLY ONE THAT GETS THE SPACE, OKAY? GOD

DOESN'T SHARE HIS SPACE WITH DEVILS. AND CERTAIN OF YOUR OWN

POETS HAVE SAID, "WELL, YEAH, I GUESS WE'RE HIS OFFSPRING."

FORASMUCH— THIS IS WHAT PAUL SAID— AS WE'RE THE OFFSPRING OF

GOD, WE OUGHT NOT TO THINK THAT HE'S LIKENED UNTO SILVER AND

GOLD AND STONE AND CREATURES WITH SNAKES COMING OUT OF THEIR

HAIR. I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S A WEIRD THING. I GOTTA SAY THIS.

I'M SURE CHRISTY HEARS ME, 'CAUSE WE LIKE TO TALK

DECORATING TOGETHER. AND I DON'T KNOW, HOW MANY HOME DECORATORS

DO I HAVE IN THE ROOM? YOU LOVE DOING IT? OH YEAH, RIGHT. AND

LOOK AT MR. ON THE FRONT ROW. AND THEY HAVE THESE NEW THINGS

NOW, THESE VASES. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE VASES? THEY PROBABLY SELL

THEM IN SOME OF THE STORES. AND THEY'RE THESE VASES WITH A

LADY'S FACE, AND SHE GOT FLOWERS ALL OVER HER HEAD, AND IT'S A

PLANTER. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE? NOW, IF YOU HAVE ONE, I'M NOT

CONDEMNING IT, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM. IT'S MEDUSA

LOOKING TO ME. HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW,

FLOWERS COMING OUT OF HER HEAD. AND THEY'RE COMMON NOW. I SEE

THEM ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PUTTING THESE LITTLE

STATUES, LIKE HEAD STATUES, BUT IT'S A VASE WITH A FACE AND SOME

HAIR. AND THEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT VIOLETS IN IT OR SOME

KIND OF FLOWER. AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, GOD, SOMETHING ABOUT

THAT. I FEEL LIKE IT'S GOT A LITTLE IDOLATRY MIXED IN. YOU

KNOW, I'M CAREFUL ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT, AND YOU GOT TO BE A

LITTLE CAUTIOUS. I'M NOT SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T— THERE'S

PEOPLE THAT GO ON BOTH DISHES, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW,

GOD, HE IS NOT GOING TO SHARE HIS SPACE WITH IDOLS. OKAY,

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THESE

FALSE GODS, THEY'RE CREEPY LOOKING. THEY GOT SNAKES COMING

OUT OF THEIR HEAD, AND SO, THE REALITY IS PAUL CONFRONTED FALSE

RELIGION IN AN ENVIRONMENT AND A CULTURE THAT WAS LACED WITH

FALSE RELIGION. THAT TOOK SOME GUTS, MAN. YOU THINK ABOUT THAT.

THAT TOOK SOME GUTS. ALL RIGHT, VERY QUICKLY. IS THE BAND

COMING? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PRAY FOR SOME PEOPLE. NUMBER 7,

HE SAID, "AND IN THE TIMES PAST OF THIS IGNORANCE, GOD WINKED AT

THEIR THOSE THINGS. BUT NOW, EVERYBODY SAY, "BUT NOW." HE IS

COMMANDING. NOW, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUGGESTING

AND COMMANDING, OKAY? A LOT OF PASTORS ANYMORE PREACH THROUGH

SUGGESTION. YOU KNOW, "IT'S A GOOD IDEA IF YOU, YOU SHOULD

THINK ABOUT." HERE'S A GOOD ONE, "YOU OUGHT TO PRAY ABOUT." NO,

SOME THINGS AREN'T A MATTER TO PRAY ABOUT. SOME OF IT IS JUST

WE NEED TO COMMAND. HE SAID, "HE

COMMANDS ALL MEN EVERYWHERE TO,"

WHAT? WHAT? SO, PAUL IS SAYING IT'S TIME FOR THERE TO BE A

REPENTANCE, A TURNING. THE EXPECTATION OF WHAT HE

CONFRONTED IS THERE IS TO BE A TURNING AWAY FROM EVIL. OKAY,

WELL, WHAT DOES THAT DEAL WITH? SEXUAL IMMORALITY? OKAY? EVIL.

IN FACT, THE BIBLE SAYS IT DESCRIBES WHO'S GOING TO HELL.

REVELATION, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE ONES THAT WILL BE THROWN

INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE, THE FEARFUL, I THINK REVELATION

Revelation 22:8

22:8, THE FEARFUL, THE UNBELIEVING. OKAY, WHAT DOES IT

MEAN BY FEARFUL? PEOPLE THAT HAD TO JUST DENY THE LORD UNDER

PRESSURE. THE UNBELIEVING, THOSE THAT REFUSED REFUSE TO BELIEVE.

THE WHOREMONGER— BY THE WAY, THE WORD "WHOREMONGER" THERE IS THE

WORD, IF YOU LOOK IT UP IN THE GREEK, IS THE WORD LIKE A MALE

PROSTITUTE, OKAY? SO, THAT'S IN IT, BUT IT'S ALL SEXUAL DEVIANCE

AND IMMORALITY THAT PEOPLE REFUSE TO REPENT FROM. THAT

MEANS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SAY, "WELL, YOU KNOW, GOD

UNDERSTANDS. I'M GONNA LIVE WITH MY GIRLFRIEND BEFORE WE GET

MARRIED. YOU KNOW, GOD GETS ME." "HEY, YOU BETTER GET HIM." SO,

NUMBER 7, THERE'S A CALL FOR REPENTANCE, A TURN FROM IMMORAL

THINGS. THAT'S WHY WE STAND UP AGAINST THE GAY AGENDA. IT'S WHY

WE STAND UP AGAINST THESE THINGS. HEY, AND HERE'S THE LAST

ONE. NUMBER 8, THIS IS GOOD, PROBABLY THE BEST ONE OF THEM

ALL. VERSE 31, "AND HE'S APPOINTED A DAY." YOU KNOW,

THERE'S A DAY EVERY ONE OF US IS GOING TO FACE JESUS, OKAY? SOME

PEOPLE WILL FACE HIM EARLY BECAUSE THEY CHOSE A CERTAIN

WAY, AND THEY'LL CUT THEIR LIFE SHORT. BUT HE'S APPOINTED A DAY

IN WHICH HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD, HOW? IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.

THAT'S HIS STANDARD, NOT THE CULTURE'S STANDARD. IT'S HIS

STANDARD. HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. WE ONLY

DO WE DO PEOPLE A DISSERVICE TO NOT TELL THEM ABOUT ETERNITY.

THERE SHOULD BE A CRY NOW FROM THE CHURCH TO SAY, "LISTEN,

ETERNITY IS SOON, OKAY? AND YOU DON'T KNOW MAYBE WHEN YOURS IS

COMING," ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T REPENTED. NOW, WE

CAN BELIEVE FOR LONG LIFE AS BELIEVERS, BUT THE WORLD DOESN'T

KNOW IF THEY HAVE TOMORROW, OKAY? THEY COULD WALK YOU CAN

WALK OUT OF A CHURCH BUILDING UNSAVED AND GET HIT BY A BUS AND

BE IN ETERNITY IN A SECOND. SO, AS THE CHURCH, WE ARE CALLED TO

PREACH ETERNITY AND ETERNAL JUDGMENT. THAT WAS THE 8TH THING

HE HIT. NOW, WATCH. HERE'S THE— DID YOU GET THEM ALL? LET ME

READ THEM TO YOU ONE LAST TIME. HE CONFRONTED EVOLUTION. NUMBER

2, ABORTION. HE HIT THE RACE CARD. GOD— HE HIT THE BOARD. HE

HIT THE PUBLIC SQUARE, THAT GOD SHOULD BE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE.

THAT'S VERSE 27, NUMBER 5. HE CONFRONTED FALSE RELIGION IN AN

ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS HOSTILE. NUMBER 7, A TURN FROM EVIL, CALL

FOR REPENTANCE. AND NUMBER 8, HE PREACHED ETERNAL JUDGMENT. HERE

IS THE THING I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU WITH, AND YOU CAN STAND TO

YOUR FEET. THERE'S 3 KINDS OF PEOPLE. THERE'S 3 RESPONSES IN

ANY GIVEN THING. THIS THING. DON'T EXPECT TO ONLY HAVE ONE

RESPONSE. AFTER HE PREACHES, HE SAID, "WHEN THEY HEARD HIM TEACH

THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, SOME MOCKED." BY THE WAY, YOU'RE

GONNA GET MOCKERS. THERE'LL BE PEOPLE UNFRIEND YOU ON SOCIAL

MEDIA. GOODBYE. THERE'LL BE SOME THAT'LL MAKE FUN OF YOU, MAKE

FUN OF MAKE FUN OF YOUR CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, MY CHILDREN

TOOK HARD HITS THROUGH SCHOOL BECAUSE PASTOR HANK AND I WERE

AUTHORS AND PASTORS OF CHARISMATIC CHURCH. IN ONE OF

THEIR CLASSES, THE TEACHER HELD UP ONE OF OUR BOOKS AND TALKED

ABOUT HOW FOOLISH IT WAS WHILE THEY SAT THERE. MORE THAN ONCE.

IT'S BEEN HARD ON MY KIDS. KIDS.

OKAY, JUST KNOW THAT THEY TAKE A

LOT OF HITS FOR THE GOSPEL JUST BECAUSE THEIR LAST NAME IS

KUNNEMAN, BY THE WAY. SO SOME MOCKED, SOME SAID, YOU KNOW

WHAT, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THIS, WE MIGHT COME TO

CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY. YOU'RE GOING TO GET THOSE. OKAY, YOU HAD

THESE SAME PEOPLE IN THE DAY OF PENTECOST. BUT THE

LAST, YOU DO GET THE ONES THAT WILL SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I

RECEIVE THAT. I NEED THIS JESUS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT. BUT YOU

KNOW WHAT? THOSE ONES THAT CLAVED TO PAUL, THEY CLAVED TO

PAUL BECAUSE HE WAS HONEST. YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. HE WAS BOLDLY

HONEST. HE PREACHED THE GOSPEL THE WAY JESUS TAUGHT IT TO BE

PREACHED. AND I BELIEVE GOD IS BRINGING UPON ALL OF US A

FRESH ANOINTING, A BOLDNESS TO GO INTO THE CULTURE AND DO

EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO IN JESUS' NAME. COME

ON, GIVE GOD ONE BIG HAND CLAP. PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART.

SAY, GOD, I'M WILLING. USE ME. TEACH ME WHEREVER YOU DESIRE FOR

ME TO GO, AND I'LL BE OBEDIENT TO IT. DID YOU GET YOU GOT

SOMETHING OUT OF THAT TODAY? PASTOR, LET'S COME. WE'RE GOING

TO PRAY OVER THESE PRAYER CLOTHS. IF ROBERTS AND TONY WANT

TO COME, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LAY HANDS ON A SELECT GROUP OF

PEOPLE. HONEY, I CAN USE MY HANDHELD, OR I CAN USE MY LAPEL.

LET'S STRETCH OUR HANDS TOWARD THESE PRAYER CLOTHS, AND WE'RE

GOING TO MAKE THESE AVAILABLE TO

ALL OF YOU. WHILE WE'RE PRAYING,

WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM, YOU GUYS CAN JUST

BEGIN TO LAY HANDS ON THESE. IF YOU'RE IN THIS ROOM AND YOU

HAVE A CONDITION THAT THE DOCTORS HAVE SAID IS EITHER

TERMINAL, OKAY, IT'S TERMINAL, OR IT COULD BE TERMINAL, IT'S

SERIOUS, IT'S LIFE-DEBILITATING,

LIFE-ALTERING, I WANT THE USHERS

TO ALLOW YOU TO COME UP TO THE FRONT. WE'RE GOING TO LAY HANDS

ON THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE. MAYBE IT'S A CANCER, YOU'RE DEALING

WITH SOMETHING LIKE BLINDNESS, YOU CAN'T SEE, YOU KNOW, YOU

CAN'T DRIVE A CAR BECAUSE OF THIS DISEASE, SOME FORM OF

PARALYSIS, YOU KNOW, JUST THINK OF WHAT IS A LIFE-DEBILITATING

OR TERMINAL ILLNESS. WE WANT YOU TO COME TO THE FRONT. AND EVERY

ONE OF US WHO NEED TO BE HEALED, LISTEN, WE HEARD KENT CHRISTMAS

SAY THE DAY'S COMING THAT YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE HANDS

LAID ON YOU. YOU CAN BE HEALED. SO I BELIEVE IF YOU'RE

STANDING IN HERE AND YOU NEED TO BE HEALED TODAY OF ANYTHING,

THEN JUST BELIEVE GOD. BELIEVE GOD. STAND THERE AND SAY, YOU

KNOW WHAT, HEALING IS MINE. BUT I WANT TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY

FOR THESE PEOPLE. LET THEM COME. THERE'S SOME PEOPLE COMING FROM

THE TOP, AND IT'S SERIOUS. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN A DEATH

SENTENCE OF SOME SORT. WE WANT TO MAKE A SPECIFIC MOMENT FOR

FOR YOU. IT COULD BE AUTOIMMUNE, AND MAYBE IT'S AN INFECTION AND

THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE THING,

DOCTORS DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING, BUT JESUS DOES. MAYBE THEY DON'T

HAVE A MEDICAL CURE FOR IT, AND THEY SAID YOU'RE GOING TO SUFFER

WITH THIS ALL YOUR LIFE. WE WANT TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY. WHILE

THEY'RE LINING, LET'S BEGIN TO PRAY. PASTOR HANK, TONY, I'M

GOING TO LET YOU LEAD THAT. CAN YOU PRAY OVER THESE PRAYER

CLOTHS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU WANT TO TAKE A—

ROBERTS, THANK YOU. YEAH, GO AHEAD. LET'S, LET'S, LET'S JUST

ALL TAKE A SECOND HERE. LET'S GO. WE THANK YOU THAT WE HAVE

SCRIPTURE FOR THIS. IT'S NOT HOCUS POCUS, BUT IT'S ANOINTING.

WE TRANSFER ANOINTING INTO THESE CLOTHS THAT WHEN IT TOUCHES THE

BODIES OF THEM THAT ARE SICK AND OPPRESSED AND POSSESSED, THAT

THEY SHALL BE HEALED, DELIVERED. THERE SHALL COME ANSWERS FOR

THEIR QUESTIONS AND TURNAROUNDS IN THEIR LIFE. WE THANK YOU THAT

THE ANOINTING THAT BREAKS THE YOKES FLOWS INTO THESE CLOTHS

AND CAUSES THE MIRACLES OF THE ONES THAT ARE IN NEED. WE PRAY

THAT AND DELIVER THAT ANOINTING INTO THESE CLOTHS AS WE TOUCH

THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS, UPON THE AUTHORITY OF THE WORD

OF GOD, UPON THE AUTHORITY OF THE BLOOD, AND UPON THE

AUTHORITY OF THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE TAKE

AUTHORITY OVER SIN, SICKNESS, AND DISEASE. AND IN THE NAME OF

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, MAY THE GIFT OF HEALING AND THE WORKING

OF MIRACLES BE RELEASED IN THIS HOUSE. MAY IT BE RELEASED OVER

THE AIRWAVES, JUST AS WE PRAY OVER THE PRAYER CLOTH WE PRAY

OVER THAT FIBER OPTIC CABLE. AND TO THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING AT

HOME, THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, MAY THE

HEALING VIRTUE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST FLOW TO WHERE YOU ARE

RIGHT NOW. RISE AND BE HEALED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS OF

NAZARETH. AND LORD, I USE THIS RIGHT HERE, MY PHONE, AS A POINT

OF CONTACT ALSO FOR THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING. LORD, EVEN WE GIVE

EVEN THESE PRAYER CLOTHS TO THOSE THAT ARE STANDING HERE TO

RECEIVE WHAT YESHUA, YOU PAID FOR. YOUR BLOOD SPEAKS. IT HAS A

VOICE AND WE GIVE VOICE TO IT. AND WE, THE REDEEMED OF THE

LORD, WE SAY SO. WE RELEASE OUR RIGHTS OF COVENANT. WE HAVE BEEN

REDEEMED OUT OF THE HANDS OF INFIRMITY, SICKNESS, DISEASE,

LORD, WE'VE BEEN REDEEMED OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY.

THEREFORE, WE SEND THE WORD, WE RELEASE THE ANOINTING THAT

DRIVES OUT EVERY DEVIL, EVERY SYMPTOM, EVERY SICKNESS. LORD

GOD OF HOSTS, WE RELEASE THE ANOINTING THAT DESTROYS EVERY

YOKE OF BONDAGE AND UNDOES EVERY HEAVY BURDEN. LORD, FROM THIS

MOMENT FORWARD, WE PRONOUNCE NOT

ONLY THAT WE ARE HEALED, WE WERE

HEALED, BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IMMEDIATE RESULTS SUDDENLY. AND

LORD, AS TONY JUST SAID, IF UNDER THE OLD COVENANT THERE WAS

NOT ONE FEEBLE AMONG THEM, AND LORD, THERE WAS NONE THAT THEIR

CLOTHES WORE OUT OR THEIR SHOES BECAUSE OF THE PRESERVATION FROM

THAT COVENANT. FATHER, PEOPLE SHALL STAY HEALED, DELIVERED,

FREE, AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT, LORD GOD. THANK YOU. WE'LL BE

MAKING— BOB WILL COME UP AT THE END. HE'S GOING TO MAKE SOME

ANNOUNCEMENTS ON HOW WE CAN GET ONE OF THESE TO EACH OF YOU THAT

WE PRAYED OVER, AND THEY'LL SHOW YOU THAT. AND THOSE OF YOU

ONLINE CAN REQUEST ONE AS WELL. AND, UH, BUT LET'S GO DOWN,

GENTLEMEN. I WANT TO PRAY OVER THESE THAT HAVE COME. AS YOU GO

DOWN THERE, BRENDA, AS YOU GO DOWN THERE REAL QUICK AND YOU

CAN START IN, I WANTED TO SAY THIS TO THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING.

YOU CAN HAVE THE STEP. I'LL COME AND JOIN THEM IN. WE HAD

SOMEBODY THAT ONLY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, STAGE 4, AND THE

DOCTOR GIVEN JUST A VERY SHORT TIME. IMMEDIATELY INSTANTLY

HEALED. THIS, THIS GOD MADE AVAILABLE FOR US, AND WE'RE

GOING TO SEE RESULTS. SO RECEIVE YOUR HEALING, THOSE OF YOU THAT

ARE WATCHING, OUR E-MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, AND THOSE THAT MAYBE

YOU'VE TUNED IN TODAY. RECEIVE FROM GOD NOW. WE CURSE EVERY

DISEASE. COME OUT IN THE AUTHORITY OF YESHUA'S NAME. WE

CANCEL EVERY GENERATIONAL INFIRMITY OR CURSE, WE REVERSE

IT. WE PRONOUNCE HEALING AND WHOLENESS IN YESHUA'S NAME.

(MUSIC)

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PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART.

SAY, LORD, I THANK YOU THAT HEALING VIRTUE IS IN MY LIFE.

IT'S WORKING IN ME. THE WORD OF GOD IS WORKING IN MY HEART.

JESUS WAS BRUISED FOR MY TRANSGRESSIONS, BRUISED FOR MY

INIQUITIES. THE CHASTISEMENT OF MY PEACE WAS UPON HIM, AND WITH

HIS STRIPES I AM HEALED. COME ON, SHOUT IT ONE MORE TIME. I'M

HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. STAY PUT FOR

JUST A MOMENT, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE BOB, COME ON OUT. HE'S

GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME DIRECTIONS. MOVIE TIME. AND HOW

MANY OF YOU GOT SOMETHING OUT OF THAT WORD? I PRAY, I PRAY YOU

DID. WE'RE GOING TO EAT SOME, WE'RE GOING TO EAT A BOX LUNCH

FOR THOSE THAT YOU WERE REGISTERED, AND THEN WE'LL WATCH

THE MOVIE. AND I KNOW WE'LL HAVE

SOME PEOPLE JOINING IN ONLINE TO

SEE THAT AS WELL. SO BOB, TELL US WHAT TO DO. ALL RIGHT, GIVE

IT UP FOR BOB. YOU BET. THANK YOU, PASTOR BRENDA. THANK YOU

FOR A POWERFUL SERVICE. THE LORD IS IN THIS ROOM. WHAT DO YOU

THINK OF NOW DAY 2— I GUESS DAY 3 OF OPENING THE HEAVENS, BUT

DAY 2 HERE IN THE TABERNACLE? WHAT AN AMAZING TIME IT'S BEEN.