WEBVTT 00:00.140 --> 00:07.360 And then I want to preach sermon this evening called be the one be the one I drew inspiration from 00:07.980 --> 00:15.120 What I've heard about and considering this Lindsey Clancy trial apparently there was an 11 to 1 00:15.740 --> 00:20.960 Miss trial and essentially there was as rumored one man that has basically 00:21.540 --> 00:24.920 it was not willing to capitulate and to 00:25.400 --> 00:30.960 Allow her to get off or quit her of her murder charge and that's the whole reason there was a mistrial 00:30.960 --> 00:36.980 So it would have been very easy for that one person to have particular just gone along with the other 11 00:36.980 --> 00:41.700 And it would just been an automatic acquittal and that she would have not been found guilty 00:42.860 --> 00:48.980 By insanity or whatever nonsense, but you know, I don't even know who this is. I don't know this person 00:48.980 --> 00:52.660 I don't know if they're saved someone needs to buy a mistake though. That's how I feel 00:52.660 --> 00:58.940 You know what I mean? So I volunteer if we ever figure out who this guy is well, but I'll buy a mistake and give him the gospel 00:58.940 --> 00:59.700 All right, so 01:00.200 --> 01:06.740 But you know, I just your inspiration of this and I think this is a biblical principle that you see often in the Bible 01:06.740 --> 01:09.540 there's very few that'll do the right thing and 01:10.120 --> 01:17.020 So we should take inspiration to say sometimes we need to be the one when there's so many people stacked against us 01:17.020 --> 01:20.700 And there's only one willing to do the right thing or one 01:20.700 --> 01:22.860 that's gonna do the hard job and 01:22.860 --> 01:29.300 We see in the book of Amos he is a preacher that's kind of like the one because he's going to Israel 01:29.300 --> 01:32.040 He's not even from the stuff from the northern kingdom 01:32.040 --> 01:36.540 He's he's like just going up there to preach and he's not really a part of their group 01:36.540 --> 01:42.000 But he's just he's willing to be the one guy that's willing to do the dirty job 01:42.000 --> 01:46.940 And what I would say in this text is he's the one that's willing to rebuke in the gate 01:46.940 --> 01:49.480 Even though it's not popular 01:49.480 --> 01:52.720 It's not what people want to hear in fact people are going to hate you for doing it 01:52.720 --> 01:56.120 But let's read the the chapter here a little bit more again. It says in verse four 01:56.780 --> 01:59.240 For thus say the lord under the house of israel 01:59.720 --> 02:06.920 Seek me and ye shall live this isn't even a bad message. Hey trust god, you know seek the lord 02:06.920 --> 02:10.160 You're gonna live you're gonna have you're gonna have a good life here 02:10.160 --> 02:13.260 And of course you get eternal life, but then you're gonna get the best life 02:13.260 --> 02:15.060 You're gonna have on this life by seeking the lord 02:15.060 --> 02:20.800 But seek not Bethel nor enter into Gilgau and pass not to Beersheba for Gilgau 02:20.800 --> 02:26.080 Shall surely go into captivity and Bethel shall come to not 02:26.660 --> 02:31.760 So, you know, there's been false gods and false religions set up in the northern kingdom of israel 02:32.280 --> 02:34.820 And amos is coming to warn them and say hey 02:34.820 --> 02:39.140 Don't seek this false religion. Don't seek this thing that's turned away from god 02:39.140 --> 02:44.360 No, seek the lord and you'll end up living because this northern kingdom is going to go into captivity 02:44.360 --> 02:48.080 Is going to be imprisoned and so you don't want to do that you want to seek god 02:48.080 --> 02:52.580 It says in verse six seek the lord and you shall live lest he break out like fire 02:52.580 --> 02:57.000 In the house of joseph and devour it and there be none to quench it in Bethel 02:57.000 --> 03:01.140 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness in the earth 03:01.140 --> 03:06.780 Seek him that make it the seven stars in orion and turn it the shadow of death into the morning 03:06.780 --> 03:11.520 And make it the day dark with night that call up for the waters of the sea 03:11.520 --> 03:17.760 And pour it them out upon the face of the earth the lord is his name that strengtheneth the spoiled 03:18.400 --> 03:22.300 Against the strong so that the spoils will come against the fortress 03:22.940 --> 03:30.120 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly 03:30.120 --> 03:35.500 So notice there is a proclamation here from the preacher saying this is what god is saying 03:36.280 --> 03:41.200 We never we never left the context look at verse four for thus say it the lord 03:41.520 --> 03:44.780 Under the house of israel so this is god 03:45.360 --> 03:46.440 Trying to say look 03:47.140 --> 03:49.940 You know by and large mankind and evil 03:50.560 --> 03:56.300 They're gonna hate the guy that gets up and rebukes in the gate. They're gonna abhor him that should be expected 03:56.300 --> 03:59.080 But you know what you need to listen to the man of god 03:59.080 --> 04:02.380 You need to listen to the guy that is is rebuking 04:02.380 --> 04:07.000 But here's the thing in order for someone to hear the buke there has to be the one 04:07.000 --> 04:08.940 Who's willing to rebuke in the gate? 04:09.620 --> 04:15.380 And you know what we need more people in this world that are gonna be the one who rebukes in the gate 04:15.380 --> 04:19.560 And again the gate is a picture of the the political sphere 04:20.340 --> 04:27.840 The the online discourse in the public arena, you know, the bible talks about us earnestly contending for the faith 04:27.840 --> 04:29.740 You know, I don't believe that 04:29.740 --> 04:37.000 Fundamental babes should all hide and bury their heads in the sand and pretend like we're just waiting for the rapture 04:37.000 --> 04:42.260 I think it makes sense to go out in the public square and the public arena of ideas 04:42.260 --> 04:48.220 And let our voice be known because it's not really our voice. It's god's voice that needs to be heard 04:48.220 --> 04:52.280 We need god's word and god's opinions to be thundered forth 04:52.280 --> 04:56.960 Into the the public marketplace and it doesn't matter if people hate you 04:56.960 --> 05:01.740 It doesn't matter if people get mad at you because really they're just mad at god and they're mad at the truth 05:01.740 --> 05:03.780 Yeah, yeah, they hate the truth 05:03.780 --> 05:09.400 But you know what sometimes we need just the one guy that's willing to go out there and rebuke in the gate 05:09.900 --> 05:12.560 And what I would attribute this is us 05:12.560 --> 05:18.440 We should be willing to say the truth and preach what god's word says wherever we find ourselves 05:18.440 --> 05:22.760 And to be honest probably the most offensive message you can even say 05:22.760 --> 05:24.900 anywhere is that hey 05:25.420 --> 05:26.660 Catholics aren't saved 05:27.300 --> 05:29.620 But you know the the buddhist isn't saved 05:29.620 --> 05:34.360 Muslims aren't saved your non-denominational church is not saved 05:34.360 --> 05:39.180 I remember the the embraced grace people that were near us and Hearst 05:39.180 --> 05:43.160 The most offensive thing I ever said was that robert morris was a false prophet 05:43.780 --> 05:48.280 Because I mean we were just discussing and she was kind of mad at me and whatever 05:48.280 --> 05:51.260 But as soon as I said that she just blew a gasket, you know 05:51.260 --> 05:54.720 I'm sure it's real disappointing to find out. He's a pedophile literally 05:54.720 --> 05:56.040 How about that? 05:56.420 --> 06:03.580 But you know and I I wouldn't be sad if gaitway is hurting so much financially they shut down funding programs like embrace grace or whatever 06:03.580 --> 06:05.260 But you know, here's the thing 06:05.840 --> 06:11.900 The most offensive thing you can typically say is just the gospel and tell people they're not saved and say they're going to go to hell 06:11.900 --> 06:16.640 Say their religions fall say their teachers are false prophets. I mean that's really you know people will be like 06:16.640 --> 06:18.540 Oh, why don't you just preach the gospel? Well, I do 06:18.540 --> 06:23.700 And look it is one of the most offensive things you can possibly say you bring that up 06:23.700 --> 06:27.440 You know that or that, you know fact should be killed. I mean that for some reason 06:27.440 --> 06:34.460 It's just anytime I post something like that, you know, it's funny because now social media will tell you like how many net followers 06:34.460 --> 06:37.320 You get from a post it's always negative like 06:37.900 --> 06:42.600 Like I I post all the time and I'm always looking at the stats and analyzing things 06:42.600 --> 06:48.180 There's only one topic that I get negative net views and it's always that topic for some reason 06:48.180 --> 06:53.020 It's just it's like crazy, you know, he's like you post you post something about the jews 06:53.020 --> 06:54.660 It's just like thousand new followers 06:55.240 --> 06:59.380 Right, then you say like hey, you know, here's the gospel. It's like negative 06:59.900 --> 07:01.380 It's usually just like net zero 07:01.900 --> 07:07.160 Then it's like hey fact should be executed according to leviticus 2030 minus 10 followers, you know 07:07.160 --> 07:11.320 It's just like what the world I guess 10 fags left the room. That's no problem with me. You know what I mean 07:12.620 --> 07:14.360 But it's just it's just funny 07:14.940 --> 07:17.260 How you know people just hate the truth 07:17.740 --> 07:22.080 And they'll be like, oh well, it's just because you're preaching this message that they're mad at you 07:22.080 --> 07:24.980 No, the gospel is pretty pretty close to the same anyways 07:24.980 --> 07:28.040 And it's virtually just as offensive anyways 07:28.040 --> 07:33.640 And most people get they get mad when you say the reprobate doctrine even more than the death penalty one, you know 07:33.640 --> 07:35.780 So it's just like this is really offensive 07:35.780 --> 07:40.580 But you know what we need somebody it's going to be the one that's willing to lose a few followers to say the truth 07:41.200 --> 07:46.780 We need to be the one that's willing to hey confront people on the gospel and confront people on the truth 07:46.780 --> 07:50.980 And get the truth out there and be willing to speak in the gate 07:50.980 --> 07:57.660 And you know, unfortunately just seems like in the political sphere in the podcast sphere and the culture sphere 07:57.660 --> 08:01.900 There's virtually no one speaking the truth. And so, you know, we need someone to be the one 08:02.640 --> 08:06.120 We need someone to be the one that's going to preach the truth and preach god's word 08:06.120 --> 08:09.200 It doesn't have to be one. It doesn't have to be limited to one 08:09.200 --> 08:12.400 But we need at least one. We need someone to be the one 08:12.400 --> 08:17.740 And you know, if you find yourself in a particular position, you know, there's 12 jurors 08:17.740 --> 08:21.660 Not everybody can step in. There's only 12 people and we need one of those 12 08:21.660 --> 08:25.660 At least be the person to stand in the gap and say, hey, we're not going to just side with evil here 08:25.660 --> 08:28.880 We're going to be the one. Look at chapter 7 verse 10 08:29.860 --> 08:32.400 Sometimes you have to preach the hard message and rebuke in the gate 08:32.920 --> 08:35.980 This is what Amos does. Look it says in verse 10 08:35.980 --> 08:40.660 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel saying 08:41.360 --> 08:45.640 Amos has conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel 08:45.640 --> 08:49.580 The land is not able to bear all his words 08:50.600 --> 08:52.080 We should censor him 08:52.840 --> 08:58.580 Should ban him, you know, it's funny. He preaches against Bethel and instead of this guy just 08:58.580 --> 09:02.860 Preaching against him or showing him how he's wrong. It's like we need to shut this guy up 09:02.860 --> 09:06.700 You know this we can't handle it. We can't hand it. This is offensive 09:07.400 --> 09:10.160 Think about it. The land can't handle the words 09:10.820 --> 09:15.460 What do you mean words? How about how about just the fact that you're shedding blood 09:15.640 --> 09:21.620 How about the fact that you're killing people and oppressing people? It's like that's fine. The land can tolerate murder 09:22.380 --> 09:28.160 Rape adultery theft drunkenness, but you know what it can't handle words saying that it's bad 09:29.360 --> 09:33.760 Shame on you, you know, that's the scary thing right words today 09:33.760 --> 09:38.260 It's just like it's the thing about this social media spends way more effort energy 09:38.980 --> 09:43.180 Banning the bible literally than it does actual adult content 09:43.920 --> 09:49.660 Actual violent content. I mean there's there is things that people are putting online that I'm not even offended that they censor 09:49.660 --> 09:52.240 I'm not even saying you shouldn't censor some things 09:52.240 --> 09:56.220 But isn't it funny that they can't seem to figure out a censor that but boy 09:56.220 --> 09:59.420 You say something about jews. They'll censor that real fast 09:59.880 --> 10:05.280 And they're real capable of threading that needle and figuring out which voices that they can say 10:05.280 --> 10:08.820 Well, this voice can say it because we've approved this person and we've not approved that 10:08.820 --> 10:12.180 It's like you don't think they have the capability to shut the evil down 10:12.180 --> 10:17.440 Oh, yes, they do and isn't it so funny. It's like, you know, it's destroying the northern king of israel 10:17.940 --> 10:19.120 God's word it's not 10:19.120 --> 10:25.600 It's not the drunkenness and the adultery and the idolatry and all the murder or that the land can handle that 10:25.600 --> 10:29.140 But it cannot handle god's word. This is the nonsense of false prophets today 10:29.140 --> 10:36.600 And what you'll notice about false prophets is they love everyone and everything except for the real men of god 10:37.140 --> 10:40.280 It's like everything's tolerated. Everything's welcome there 10:40.280 --> 10:43.520 I mean, they'll literally say like everyone's welcome. It's like am I really welcome 10:44.420 --> 10:46.260 You know, I'm gonna test that theory 10:46.960 --> 10:49.760 Not really because I don't want to go in there, but I'm just saying I don't like aids 10:49.760 --> 10:53.220 But I'm just saying we should shut down the aids clinics or whatever 10:53.220 --> 10:58.480 But it's just at the end of the day. It's funny how that's the only thing that's not tolerable 10:58.480 --> 11:01.700 It's the only thing that's not allowed is god's word 11:01.700 --> 11:05.500 It's no new thing under the sun verse 11 for thus aim us sayeth 11:05.500 --> 11:11.160 Jeroboam shall die by the sword and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land 11:12.120 --> 11:16.200 Also, Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer go 11:16.840 --> 11:22.060 Flea thee away in the land of Judah and there eat bread and prophesy there 11:22.060 --> 11:27.600 But prophesy not again anymore at Bethel for does the king's chapel and it is the king's court 11:28.380 --> 11:31.380 So he's just like you need to just get away. Stop 11:31.900 --> 11:38.280 Don't be the the person here and of course, why would he send him away because he's the only one speaking the truth 11:38.900 --> 11:39.980 There's only one 11:40.440 --> 11:44.840 And amos is that one, but you know what amos is not going to do. He's not going to go back 11:44.840 --> 11:46.800 He's going to be the one to rebuke in the gate 11:47.420 --> 11:50.720 He says then answered amos and said to amaziah 11:51.200 --> 11:52.660 I was no prophet 11:53.200 --> 11:55.020 Neither was I a prophet's son 11:55.540 --> 11:58.020 But I was a herdman and a gatherer of sycamore fruit 11:58.020 --> 12:02.480 And the lord took me as I followed the flock and the lord said to me go 12:03.640 --> 12:05.300 Prophecy unto my people Israel 12:05.740 --> 12:10.040 So, you know, he's saying thank god told me to come here. It's not this isn't my job 12:10.040 --> 12:15.680 I'm not doing it for money. I don't even want to do it. My dad wasn't like you're gonna do this 12:15.680 --> 12:20.320 I was just minding my own business and then god's like, hey, you need to be the one 12:21.160 --> 12:27.120 You need to be the one to go and to preach to israel and to warn them from me 12:27.120 --> 12:30.200 And to preach god's word and to rebuke in the gate 12:30.200 --> 12:34.260 So he did it and he says in verse 16 now therefore hear the word of the lord 12:34.260 --> 12:36.760 I got a special message from god to you 12:37.500 --> 12:38.700 Thou sayest 12:38.700 --> 12:45.040 Prophecy not against israel and drop not thy word against thou's of isaac. So saying you're telling me 12:45.680 --> 12:49.940 Not to preach the bible. You're telling me not to preach god's word 12:49.940 --> 12:54.000 Well verse 17 therefore thus say the lord 12:54.000 --> 12:56.920 Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city 12:57.500 --> 13:02.600 And thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword and thy land shall be divided by line 13:02.600 --> 13:09.780 And thou shalt die in a polluted land and israel shall surely go into captivity fourth of his land 13:10.460 --> 13:15.400 Saying hey, you don't want god's word here. You want me to stop preaching god's word 13:15.400 --> 13:19.740 Okay, well, guess what then your wife's gonna be a whore and your kids are gonna die 13:19.740 --> 13:27.240 And you are gonna be taken captive and you're gonna die in a polluted land and israel's gonna go into captivity 13:27.240 --> 13:28.480 That's your punishment 13:29.580 --> 13:31.340 You know, if you don't want to hear god's word 13:31.840 --> 13:33.940 I don't think that this message is limited 13:34.660 --> 13:41.220 To this particular false prophet. I think that god could do the same thing to anybody who has this particular attitude 13:41.740 --> 13:48.500 You know, it's funny because we had like a crew of people from the netherlands come and visit our church a while back 13:49.120 --> 13:54.020 I don't remember exactly when this was so forgive me. It was like a year ago or something or months ago 13:54.020 --> 13:56.920 I don't remember but they showed up one sunday 13:57.500 --> 14:00.740 And they want to ask me all about, you know, what do you think about fags? 14:00.880 --> 14:03.440 Whatever, you know, that's the only thing people want to ask about for some reason 14:04.000 --> 14:07.600 And it's just like, you know, I'm just I'm pretty much just nonchalantly 14:08.200 --> 14:12.820 Just like yeah, they should be put to death. Yeah, he's like he's like how should that happen 14:12.820 --> 14:16.520 It's just like I don't know hanging shoot him. I guess I just say shoot him, you know 14:16.520 --> 14:17.260 And 14:18.060 --> 14:25.520 Apparently this you know, this guy took this made like a whole episode where we're included in this episode and he put out 14:25.520 --> 14:28.540 reels and stuff one of the reels got like over a million views 14:29.240 --> 14:29.680 and 14:30.380 --> 14:33.340 All the comments are in dutch, which I don't speak dutch 14:33.340 --> 14:38.000 But you know, you can hit this button called translate and just instantly translated, right? So 14:38.620 --> 14:43.520 I don't know exactly what they said, but I I'm trusting the translation and just to be honest 14:43.520 --> 14:45.680 It seemed like it was probably accurate. All right 14:46.400 --> 14:52.220 Now, you know, I was clicking one is like man, this guy's talking about killing homos. Just like he's ordering a sandwich or something 14:52.220 --> 14:53.100 It's like 14:53.820 --> 14:54.660 Yeah, you know 14:56.500 --> 14:57.440 Cyphill or whatever 14:58.560 --> 15:01.040 And you know, like even even the episode 15:01.040 --> 15:05.360 You know, it included some of our church members and one of them the guy's like man 15:05.360 --> 15:07.180 She just seems like such a nice person 15:07.580 --> 15:10.420 But then she's just saying all these evil things or whatever 15:11.040 --> 15:14.000 You know, and it's just like well, I didn't think they're evil. I thought they were great 15:14.000 --> 15:16.560 And she is a nice person. It's like you win 15:18.240 --> 15:18.680 Well 15:19.280 --> 15:23.040 The point that i'm bringing up about this though is that the vast majority. I mean 15:23.500 --> 15:26.960 I don't know how many comments I'm there was thousands and thousands of comments 15:26.960 --> 15:30.540 I didn't obviously read all of them, but I did look through a large percentage of them 15:30.540 --> 15:35.120 And it's just like by and large they just really hate everything that I said 15:35.120 --> 15:40.380 And they're saying there's many comments that are saying this guy should be arrested 15:40.380 --> 15:44.500 This guy should be put in jail. He shouldn't be allowed to say that 15:44.500 --> 15:49.640 And in fact the episode is making clear like if he's saying these things here 15:49.640 --> 15:53.760 He would be arrested if he was saying these things in this country 15:53.760 --> 15:59.600 Like we would arrest him and put him in jail. It is illegal. He's not allowed to say that 16:00.200 --> 16:02.940 And you know, I think it's funny. It's like god 16:02.940 --> 16:09.500 He realizes like if I visited there and was just preaching the bible regularly and publicly 16:09.500 --> 16:11.480 I could be arrested and thrown in jail 16:11.480 --> 16:16.440 So in his providence what he decided is just have them come here and film me 16:16.440 --> 16:19.080 I didn't pay anything and then take it back 16:19.080 --> 16:22.580 So then I can still preach to millions of people in the netherlands 16:22.580 --> 16:27.180 Without ever have to go there and getting arrested, you know, and it's like thank you god 16:27.680 --> 16:32.240 Because I don't mind rebuking in their gate without ever going to their trash area 16:32.880 --> 16:36.460 And look, I'm not saying that the netherlands is trash because I'm sure it's beautiful 16:36.460 --> 16:41.080 But you know what makes it trash all these fag loving idiots in their country that hate god's word 16:41.560 --> 16:42.700 That's what makes it trash 16:44.080 --> 16:48.280 Hey, you know what if you want to live in a country where you think god's word isn't going to be 16:48.280 --> 16:52.540 Guess what? I bet your wife's going to be a whore against you and probably commit adultery against you 16:53.340 --> 16:58.680 And not only that I won't be surprised when all the muslim invaders in europe 16:59.180 --> 17:03.460 Slaughter your children and I won't be surprised when you guys are taken into captivity 17:04.020 --> 17:08.500 And I won't be surprised when god punishes you just like this false prophet because you know what? 17:08.540 --> 17:12.200 You don't want to hear god's word well then fine. Let the devil take you captive 17:13.120 --> 17:15.260 And let your wife become a whore 17:15.780 --> 17:18.600 And let your whole country just turn into sodom and gamora 17:19.140 --> 17:23.140 Because you know what you can't have your cake you need it to if you don't want god's word 17:23.140 --> 17:25.140 Well, then you know what you're going to be punished by god 17:25.140 --> 17:26.120 And you know what? 17:26.240 --> 17:33.160 We need someone to rebuke in the gate and to warn the netherlands and to warn the dutch from god's punishment 17:34.180 --> 17:36.640 Because you know what? There could still be a remnant there 17:36.640 --> 17:40.900 There could still be someone that hears god's word and repents individually 17:40.900 --> 17:45.840 And you know what it's preserved of this judgment, but by and large that nation is doomed 17:45.840 --> 17:52.740 I mean by and large. I mean this nation just hates god's word hates the truth. I mean, I can't imagine 17:52.740 --> 18:01.820 I can't imagine how stupid you have to be to literally be defending pedophiles and freaks and perverts of against nature 18:01.820 --> 18:07.660 Against god's word. You know they act like I'm weird for believing this. It's like you're weird 18:09.300 --> 18:13.280 You're weird for defending these people and loving these people and thinking that they're great 18:13.970 --> 18:14.420 now again 18:14.420 --> 18:21.640 I would say like by and large. I mean it's like 99.9 percent of the comments are just like trash 18:22.340 --> 18:27.060 Whatever I said and trash the bible and just hating all the things of god 18:27.060 --> 18:30.180 But occasionally, you know, I'd see want to be like make this man the president 18:30.180 --> 18:35.700 You know, and it's like, you know what? I put a heart and I said pray, you know, this is a good guy right here, all right 18:36.640 --> 18:40.420 Hey, so so even if many dutch are crazy 18:40.420 --> 18:44.940 I think I got like private message or it's all comments from a few people saying like hey 18:44.940 --> 18:50.000 Everybody here is is crazy. Everybody here is insane. But you know, thank you so much 18:50.000 --> 18:55.520 You know your word going on tv is just like thousands of thousands of people are seeing this like hopefully somebody will wake up 18:55.520 --> 18:58.960 You know, and that's the point it's not to reach the masses to reach 18:58.960 --> 19:03.200 The minorities to reach that one person out there that wants the truth 19:03.200 --> 19:06.200 That's willing to you know, believe what the bible says 19:06.700 --> 19:10.640 And you know, we need at least one to just be the person that rebukes in the gate 19:12.200 --> 19:17.800 Go to ezekiel 22 go to ezekiel 22. So just go back a little bit and we're going to look at another example 19:17.800 --> 19:21.100 So, you know, we need we need to be the one that rebukes in the gate 19:21.880 --> 19:25.740 Be the one that rebukes in the gate even if it's a place that's doomed 19:25.740 --> 19:31.580 Even if it's a place that hates god's word, even if it's a place where by and large, they're not going to receive you 19:31.580 --> 19:35.480 You know what? We still need at least someone to go there and warn the few 19:36.060 --> 19:37.420 And to preach god's word 19:38.120 --> 19:39.500 And you know, unfortunately 19:40.500 --> 19:45.440 Not not all the world's going to get saved. You know, I saw some like uh video online 19:45.440 --> 19:50.260 And there's two girls arguing or something about the bible. This is like already a fail but 19:51.180 --> 19:55.320 But but one was just like well by your religion of christianity 19:55.320 --> 20:02.280 You're saying that 70 of the world's gonna die and go to hell then and i'm thinking like it's actually way higher probably 20:02.280 --> 20:07.380 Let's just be honest like it's you know 70 is pretty mild, you know, that's really hopeful. Okay 20:08.060 --> 20:12.340 If you actually think that but it's like, you know, and this girl's just like 20:12.340 --> 20:15.080 Trying to her heart is just not answer the question 20:15.080 --> 20:18.920 Just you should be like, why does it, you know, why are you asking this question? 20:18.920 --> 20:24.160 Or you know, like, I don't know if you should ask this question or whatever and it's just like just be like, yeah, it's probably higher 20:26.040 --> 20:31.460 Yeah, you know, unfortunately, yeah, the vast majority of creation is going to just be trashed 20:32.020 --> 20:32.820 That's reality 20:32.820 --> 20:38.460 But you know, it's it's not like it's inconsistent in a sense of just how the world works in general 20:38.460 --> 20:46.160 I mean, do you think that 90 of the world of the universe is even being used in any meaningful way? 20:46.160 --> 20:53.140 I mean, I mean think about how much of the galaxies exist that I mean in grand scheme 20:53.140 --> 20:57.540 It's just getting basically been like, oh, so you're just telling me all these stars that we just saw 20:57.540 --> 21:00.520 They're all gonna be burned up and we're gonna have a new heaven and new earth 21:01.040 --> 21:01.800 It's like, yeah 21:02.580 --> 21:07.800 Oh, you just what about all these fish in the sea? They're just gonna just live and die and you know 21:08.340 --> 21:11.440 Nemo's never gonna find his home or whatever. It's like, yeah 21:12.160 --> 21:16.860 It's like what about all these billion cattle that you're just slaughtering you're just gonna turn into a steak 21:17.260 --> 21:22.900 It's like, yeah, I mean, I mean like what you know, what about all this green beautiful grass and all these trees? 21:23.080 --> 21:25.260 Well, the bible says at one point they're all gonna be burned up 21:26.400 --> 21:30.660 You know, I mean like it's not inconsistent. I mean god's painting the same picture 21:31.100 --> 21:36.880 It's like, oh, what about all the millions of people that probably lived on the earth when god flooded it and killed everyone 21:36.880 --> 21:38.220 Except for no one in his family 21:38.740 --> 21:42.740 I mean what you're 70% like who cares about the 70% 21:42.740 --> 21:47.640 I mean, what was the percentage of no in his family in comparison to humanity at that point in time? 21:47.640 --> 21:52.700 Okay, god in many cases is only saving a remnant is only saving a few 21:53.800 --> 21:58.520 That's why you shouldn't be discouraged by the fact that the vast majority don't receive the bible 21:58.520 --> 22:00.360 Sometimes you need to just be the one 22:01.020 --> 22:04.740 Yeah, sometimes there's an 11 idiots and there's one person with a brain in their head 22:04.740 --> 22:06.740 And you know what you just have to be that person 22:07.440 --> 22:11.820 But you know what's really sad is sometimes there's not even one 22:13.160 --> 22:15.260 Look at Ezekiel 22 verse 24 22:16.740 --> 22:22.720 Son of man say unto her thou art the land that is not cleansed nor reigned upon in the day of indignation 22:22.720 --> 22:27.400 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof like a roaring lion ravining the prey 22:27.400 --> 22:31.780 They have devoured souls. They have taken the treasure and precious things 22:31.780 --> 22:36.000 They have made her many widows in the midst thereof her priests have violated my law 22:36.000 --> 22:38.160 And have profaned my holy things 22:38.160 --> 22:41.960 They have put no difference between the holy and profane 22:41.960 --> 22:49.100 Neither they showed difference between the unclean and the clean and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths and I am profaned among them 22:49.740 --> 22:56.600 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravining the prey to shed blood and destroy souls and to get dishonest gain 22:57.120 --> 22:58.280 You know makes me think of this 22:59.800 --> 23:03.680 Andy Stanley or is it his son? I can't remember. I think it's Andy Stanley 23:04.460 --> 23:08.700 Yeah, because charles stanley was a famous online tv christian 23:09.580 --> 23:12.740 Name and his son andy stanley has like a church 23:13.420 --> 23:17.160 This is a guy that does not separate the clean from the unclean 23:17.160 --> 23:22.280 He's like drawing on a board about like two dudes that are like 23:22.800 --> 23:25.460 Fags together and how they can't serve 23:26.240 --> 23:29.920 They can't serve in the church until they get divorced and like 23:29.920 --> 23:33.200 Remarry to each other or something because otherwise it'd be adultery 23:34.040 --> 23:36.960 And it's it's like what in the world is this guy talking about? 23:37.300 --> 23:45.540 Like you have like he had like multiple services where it's all about explaining this particular event and just explain these weird theatrics about 23:45.540 --> 23:51.340 Like a guy a dude drops his family is with another dude in the church 23:52.040 --> 23:57.260 And then he's like well, you can't serve on our ministry team until you're officially divorced 23:57.260 --> 24:02.360 Or whatever and he's like trying to explain to the church why this is the case and it's like 24:02.360 --> 24:08.020 We can't let people that are divorced and still sleeping together do this because that's adultery and just like what 24:08.580 --> 24:09.720 He's talking about 24:10.220 --> 24:13.840 They're not making a difference between clean and unclean and holy and it's just like 24:14.360 --> 24:20.320 This is so backwards and weird and confusing and it's like that's what our society is like 24:20.840 --> 24:24.540 We have preachers. I mean think about this thousands of people are sitting there 24:25.060 --> 24:27.120 Listening to this and not leaving 24:28.700 --> 24:34.840 It's like how how is it when a guy gets up and is explaining the situation because he's saying they're still going to the church 24:34.840 --> 24:39.760 He's still saying they're welcome. It's just they can't be the the guy opening the door for you 24:40.560 --> 24:45.940 Right because god forbid. I mean you can sit next to the faggot and hang out with the faggot 24:45.940 --> 24:49.200 And he can go to church with you but he can't open the door for you 24:49.920 --> 24:56.860 Right because the bible says so it's like bro. What do you show me where the bible says anything about this subject? 24:57.660 --> 25:00.840 Let's talk about this subject, but only bible verses for a minute 25:00.840 --> 25:07.000 Okay, but they can't even read a single bible verse about this subject because it would just offend everyone 25:07.480 --> 25:09.540 It's like you read a bible verse on this issue 25:09.540 --> 25:15.000 Everybody leaves you get up and explain why they can't open the door for you and everybody stays 25:15.660 --> 25:16.500 And it's popular 25:16.500 --> 25:19.740 It's like this is the nonsense that we live in in our world 25:19.740 --> 25:23.920 And it's like the bible literally says that the the prophets have committed a conspiracy 25:24.840 --> 25:28.540 And honestly when you understand these non-denominational churches, you'll realize they're all friends 25:28.960 --> 25:32.640 And they're all buddies and they're all on the same network and they're all in the same groups 25:32.640 --> 25:37.600 And they all preach for each other and they all give each other big fat checks when they come and preach for each other 25:37.600 --> 25:39.680 And it's a huge conspiracy 25:40.200 --> 25:43.140 There is a huge conspiracy in america of these false prophets 25:43.140 --> 25:49.840 Let alone the catholic church. Let alone the orthodox church. Let alone all of these denominations that exist 25:49.840 --> 25:55.540 There is a conspiracy of these evil wicked people. Not only that the first baptist church 25:56.100 --> 26:01.740 in haltam city or not haltam city. I'm sorry in uh wataga the first baptist church of wataga 26:02.680 --> 26:08.440 That pastor was like buddies with talking to and befriending the nazarene pastor 26:08.980 --> 26:15.780 About the issue of the sodomites protesting us and of course they're working together and being friends and talking about all this stuff 26:15.780 --> 26:19.860 And of course, they're the ones giving the subway sandwiches and food and water all the protesters against churches 26:19.860 --> 26:21.500 I mean, it's just crazy 26:22.140 --> 26:26.400 The world that we live in and it's similar in many cases 26:26.980 --> 26:31.200 Of how the preachers are today is how it was back then 26:32.080 --> 26:36.020 This is a horrible thing. He's saying that they would get dishonest gain 26:36.020 --> 26:38.100 Of course lying for money is always wrong 26:38.440 --> 26:43.000 It says in her prophets have dogged them with intemperate mourers seeing vanity and divining lies into them saying 26:43.000 --> 26:46.380 Thus say it the lord god when the lord is not spoken. So can notice 26:47.080 --> 26:48.180 These preachers 26:48.180 --> 26:49.260 They're not 26:50.040 --> 26:51.060 Denouncing god 26:51.980 --> 26:54.180 They're not saying like we hate god 26:54.920 --> 26:58.060 They're just they're just saying god's saying things that he didn't say 26:58.880 --> 27:04.440 Oh, you you think it's a shock the modern bible versions and the non spiritual churches 27:04.440 --> 27:07.660 They're getting up and preaching things that god never said 27:08.440 --> 27:14.520 They're just saying things that god didn't say it it's like. Oh, this is different. This is a different notice the exact same 27:14.520 --> 27:17.900 They just get up and they say hey, this is what god's saying and it's not what god's saying 27:18.380 --> 27:20.620 This is god's message. This is not god's message 27:21.140 --> 27:25.740 The people of the land have used oppression and exercise robbery and vex the poor and needy 27:25.740 --> 27:30.040 Yeah, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully and I sought for a man among them 27:30.040 --> 27:36.020 That should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the land that I should not destroy it 27:36.580 --> 27:37.940 But I found 27:38.540 --> 27:39.080 none 27:40.260 --> 27:41.160 That's sad 27:42.000 --> 27:44.500 That's sad. Now. It's it's kind of confusing 27:45.210 --> 27:49.320 A little bit because we don't maybe understand the context here 27:49.850 --> 27:51.200 Because they're like what about ezekiel 27:51.930 --> 27:56.900 But but here's what you have to understand is that the children of of jerusalem have been 27:56.900 --> 28:02.700 You know besieged and they're kind of in a wartime scenario and they've already taken some people captive 28:03.200 --> 28:07.600 So they've taken ezekiel captive. They've taken, you know, daniel and his buddies captive and whatever 28:07.600 --> 28:13.460 So what the text is saying is that ezekiel is prophesying god's word to those back home 28:13.460 --> 28:17.840 And saying hey, I was trying to find someone back home that would stand in the gap 28:17.840 --> 28:21.920 I was trying to find someone that would be the one and I found none 28:21.920 --> 28:26.300 Of course ezekiel would have stood in the gap. Of course daniel would have stood in the gap 28:26.300 --> 28:29.420 Of course shadrach mishak and abednego would have stood in the gap 28:29.420 --> 28:34.580 But they were captives and where they were they were standing in the gap where they were they were being the one 28:34.580 --> 28:39.400 But here's the thing. There is nobody here that was willing to stand in the gap 28:40.060 --> 28:44.820 That also tells me that we need more than just one preacher and we need more than one man of god 28:44.820 --> 28:47.980 Because hey, you need to be the gap filler in your area 28:48.500 --> 28:48.900 Yeah 28:49.420 --> 28:52.980 You need to be the one that's standing in the gap wherever you find yourself 28:53.560 --> 28:56.600 And you know what we need someone to be the one who rebukes in the gate 28:56.600 --> 28:58.680 We also need someone that stands in the gap 28:59.420 --> 29:05.900 And says hey, we need someone to do the right thing here and try to give god a reason to keep us around 29:06.440 --> 29:10.600 But he couldn't find one. So verse 31 therefore have I poured out my indignation upon them 29:10.600 --> 29:14.040 I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath 29:14.040 --> 29:17.100 Their own way have I recompensed upon their heads say the lord god 29:17.100 --> 29:20.860 He destroyed the entire area because not not not even a single person 29:20.860 --> 29:22.640 Would stand in the gap 29:23.520 --> 29:26.740 Go over to 1st Samuel chapter 17 go to 1st Samuel chapter 17 29:28.040 --> 29:30.540 So I'm just showing you some examples of 29:31.140 --> 29:34.260 Cases where someone does and where someone doesn't stand in the gap 29:34.260 --> 29:37.920 But we need people to stand in the gap. We need people to rebuke in the gate 29:38.420 --> 29:41.400 And sometimes god's even just looking for one 29:42.660 --> 29:45.060 Just wait for one can't find one 29:45.720 --> 29:51.260 That's sad when you can't even find one 1st Samuel chapter 17. Of course, we have the famous story 29:51.260 --> 29:54.820 This is a really famous chapter. This is a famous story of goliath 29:54.820 --> 29:57.080 Against david david and goliath 29:57.700 --> 30:04.860 And in verse 4 it describes this philistine says and there went out a champion out of the camp of the philistines named goliath of gath 30:04.860 --> 30:08.740 Whose height was six cubits and a span. This guy's like nine 30:09.280 --> 30:10.260 plus feet tall 30:11.220 --> 30:15.500 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head and he was armed with a coat of mail 30:15.980 --> 30:19.460 And the weight of the coat was 5000 shekels of brass 30:20.020 --> 30:23.760 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs and a target of brass between his shoulders 30:23.760 --> 30:28.680 And the staff of a spear was like a weavers beam and his spear's heads 30:29.220 --> 30:35.560 Spears head weighed 600 shekels of iron and one bearing a shield went before him 30:35.560 --> 30:39.080 And he stood and cried and in the armies of israel and said unto them 30:39.780 --> 30:43.160 Why are you come out to set your battle in array? 30:43.920 --> 30:48.340 Am not I a philistine and ye servants to saul 30:48.340 --> 30:52.460 Choose you a man for you and let him come down to me 30:52.460 --> 30:55.120 If you be able to fight with me and kill me 30:55.720 --> 30:57.920 Then will we be your servants? 30:58.520 --> 31:02.480 But if I prevail against him and kill him then show you be our servants 31:03.080 --> 31:09.460 And serve us and the philistines said I defy the armies of israel this day 31:09.460 --> 31:12.560 Give me a man that we may fight together 31:13.420 --> 31:17.240 So you have this huge battle arrangement one camp against the other 31:17.240 --> 31:20.580 They send out their champion their their best warrior 31:21.140 --> 31:24.740 Goliath and he says look we don't even need to fight 31:25.480 --> 31:29.800 We don't even need to have all this warfare. Let's just have one man 31:30.320 --> 31:34.100 I just need one guy to come and if he kills me 31:34.100 --> 31:38.240 Then y'all will take cap the vault of us and we'll be your servants 31:38.880 --> 31:41.180 But hey, if you can't beat me 31:41.180 --> 31:46.100 Then guess what y'all be our servants and all they need is just one man 31:46.980 --> 31:51.480 Verse 26 david comes by and david spoke to the men that stood by him saying 31:51.480 --> 31:56.440 What shall be done to the man that killeth this philistine and take it the way they're approached from israel 31:56.440 --> 32:01.960 For who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should defy the armies of the living god 32:02.440 --> 32:07.700 He's saying like who is this guy that gets to just trash talk god and trash talk the god of the bible 32:07.700 --> 32:10.060 And specifically even trash talk his people 32:10.060 --> 32:15.380 Trash talking the armies of the living god. Who's the armies of living god? That's the children of israel 32:16.020 --> 32:18.960 And what would be a modern day equivalent would be the church of god 32:18.960 --> 32:24.500 Who's trashing the church of god? Who's trashing the members of god's church? 32:24.820 --> 32:28.040 Who's trashing the soul winners of god's church? 32:28.440 --> 32:33.160 You know, how dare some guy get up and be able to trash the armies of the living god 32:33.700 --> 32:36.380 Can't there be at least one person to fight this guy? 32:36.860 --> 32:39.120 I mean I can see why david's mad about it 32:39.120 --> 32:42.700 How dare him get to trash these guys and you know what some of them are cowards 32:43.280 --> 32:46.740 Some of them aren't even really that worthy of respect 32:46.740 --> 32:50.580 But you know what david still has respect for them and says this guy shouldn't be allowed to trash us 32:50.580 --> 32:56.280 And trash the armies of the living god verse 32 and david said to sol let no man's heart fail 32:56.800 --> 32:57.640 Because of him 32:58.300 --> 33:00.700 Thy servant will go and fight with this philistine 33:01.320 --> 33:04.040 Said hey, I'll fight him all be the one 33:04.600 --> 33:09.540 All be the one you have every man in the entire nation every warrior 33:10.120 --> 33:16.520 Every guy that's capable of fighting and no one will do it. So david said, you know what? I'll be the one 33:16.520 --> 33:17.940 He's not even in the army 33:18.640 --> 33:22.660 He's not even you know ready for battle in in a carnal sense 33:22.660 --> 33:27.380 In a logical sense, but he says if no one's going to do it. I'll do it. I'll be the one 33:27.900 --> 33:32.600 I'll go fight look at verse 43 and the philistine said into david. Am I a dog? 33:32.600 --> 33:33.980 The answer is yes to that 33:34.800 --> 33:36.640 Thou comest to me with staves 33:37.020 --> 33:41.800 And the philistine cursed david by his gods and the philistine said to david come to me 33:41.800 --> 33:45.400 And I will give thy flesh under the fowls of the air and of the beasts of the field 33:45.900 --> 33:47.420 Then said david of the philistine 33:48.160 --> 33:51.600 Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield 33:51.600 --> 33:56.240 But I come to thee in the name of the lord of hosts the god of the armies of israel 33:56.740 --> 33:58.520 Whom thou hast defied 33:58.520 --> 34:03.780 This day will the lord deliver thee into my hand and I will smite thee and take thine head from thee 34:03.780 --> 34:08.740 And I'll give the carcasses of the hosts of the philistines this day and the fowls of the air 34:08.740 --> 34:13.320 And to the wild beasts of the earth that all the earth may know 34:13.320 --> 34:18.140 That there is a god in israel david said hey, it's it's not okay 34:18.740 --> 34:20.940 For us to just pretend like god doesn't exist 34:20.940 --> 34:25.580 Someone is a fight for god so that god can show himself strong on his behalf 34:25.580 --> 34:29.980 And that the whole world may know that there is a god in israel 34:30.540 --> 34:34.460 And you know we need someone to be the one who fights goliath 34:34.960 --> 34:36.980 We need someone to fight goliath 34:36.980 --> 34:41.540 And not just this goliath the goliaths of our day and the goliaths of this world to say 34:41.540 --> 34:45.600 You know what we are going to fight you and we are going to win and then everyone's going to know 34:45.600 --> 34:46.580 There's a god in israel 34:47.380 --> 34:52.540 Everyone is going to know that there is a god in israel and god is going to be the one that delivers them 34:52.540 --> 34:56.280 Under you you wouldn't even have to deliver them. You don't even have to defeat them yourselves 34:58.040 --> 34:59.600 Now we've been building up 35:00.220 --> 35:06.860 In this particular context a narrative we should have someone that's going to be the one who rebukes in the gate 35:06.860 --> 35:09.420 What does this look like someone who's willing to preach god's word? 35:10.040 --> 35:16.260 Number two be one who stands in the gap. What does this look like? I believe this is getting people saved 35:16.960 --> 35:21.340 We need someone to get someone saved out there because you know what god trashes everybody 35:21.340 --> 35:25.080 Because there was no one to stand in the gap and here's the thing if our gospel will be hid 35:25.080 --> 35:26.380 It's hid to them that are lost 35:26.780 --> 35:31.540 And so if there's no one to stand in the gap and to preach the gospel then why would god preserve an area? 35:31.860 --> 35:35.400 God is not going to preserve an area and the bible says if the salt is lost it's savor 35:35.820 --> 35:38.820 Well, then it's good for nothing to be cast out and trodden foot of men 35:38.820 --> 35:42.580 And if we hide our light under a bushel will then no one can get saved 35:42.580 --> 35:45.580 So you know what we need people that are going to preach god's word and say the truth no matter what 35:45.580 --> 35:47.920 We need someone that's going to go out and get people saved 35:47.920 --> 35:51.120 Number three we need someone that's going to fight against the enemies of god 35:51.340 --> 35:56.820 And you know what we've had we've had enemies come and line up against our church 35:56.820 --> 36:01.520 And try to provoke us and they defied the god of the bible 36:01.520 --> 36:02.640 And you know what? 36:03.080 --> 36:10.800 Many churches many pastors many members of this world would have quit would have cowered and would have stopped fighting 36:10.800 --> 36:15.220 Stop preaching god's word on that issue. But you know what? We're not going to give up 36:15.220 --> 36:18.380 We're going to fight them and you know what god did deliver them into our hands 36:18.380 --> 36:23.460 In fact one of their protesters Lynette sharp is in federal prison right now as we speak 36:23.460 --> 36:28.980 And you say hey, what did you do pastor shelly to cause that to happen? Absolutely nothing 36:29.700 --> 36:33.900 You know I did I prayed to god and god delivered her 36:34.440 --> 36:41.080 And god delivered our enemy and god will continue to deliver our enemies so that all the world may know that there's a god 36:41.720 --> 36:41.980 in 36:42.880 --> 36:43.400 texas 36:44.140 --> 36:45.040 In cedar hill 36:45.640 --> 36:48.060 Hey, you know what there's a god of the whole world 36:48.380 --> 36:50.460 There's a god of the israel of god 36:50.460 --> 36:55.460 There's a god that loves that fast baptist church the lord jesus christ 36:55.940 --> 37:03.420 I mean we were hounded and protested and stolen from whatever and we still got a building and we're the protesters now buddy 37:03.980 --> 37:06.700 Huh, oh wait. They're in federal prison. That's where they are 37:07.460 --> 37:10.120 You know, I wouldn't be surprised if some of them are dead of AIDS already 37:10.120 --> 37:13.360 I just don't know because I don't care because it doesn't really matter 37:13.360 --> 37:19.740 They don't matter nothing about them matters and of course the god of the bible can drag these people wherever he wants 37:19.740 --> 37:21.080 And cause them to be destroyed 37:21.080 --> 37:26.880 But you know what we need to be the one church that's gonna fight against goliath and stand up to these people and not say 37:26.880 --> 37:28.080 You're not gonna bully us around 37:28.680 --> 37:31.540 And then you know what god does he says hey, let's let's 37:32.160 --> 37:34.560 Get the netherlands to hear this message too. You know what I mean 37:35.420 --> 37:37.300 Let's get other people to hear this message 37:37.300 --> 37:39.420 And you know what god works in mysterious ways 37:39.420 --> 37:46.300 But you know what he always uses someone that's willing to stand up against the goliaths of this day and preach god's word 37:46.920 --> 37:50.120 And not say hey, it's okay. We should just cower too 37:50.120 --> 37:55.560 We should just be afraid of that bully and let me be honest with you the fags of this area are a bully 37:56.100 --> 38:02.220 They are in many ways acting like the goliath of the bible and wanting to put pressure and heat and try to cause people to just cower 38:02.220 --> 38:07.280 At their feet, but you know what steadfast baptist church won't and guess what we destroyed that 38:07.280 --> 38:13.100 I guarantee I guarantee any church in our area now that preach the same message as I they probably wouldn't ever have to go 38:13.100 --> 38:16.360 Those protests or whatever because they already saw you lost because you're losers 38:16.860 --> 38:22.100 And god goes to bat for those that'll stand strong on god's word and they know hey if if we 38:22.680 --> 38:25.160 Preach like this steadfast will you know support them? 38:25.620 --> 38:27.140 And we don't want to mess with steadfast 38:27.660 --> 38:31.940 You know what you don't mess with steadfast because guess what we're god's children 38:32.640 --> 38:37.160 And we're the armies of the living god and you know what you don't mess with them because of god being on our 38:37.160 --> 38:39.080 Side it's not about us. We're not special 38:39.080 --> 38:44.940 I had no impact on these people committing other crimes and being degenerates and freaks and weirdos and getting caught 38:44.940 --> 38:48.900 That was god's doing that was god punishing these people for being wicked and evil 38:48.900 --> 38:54.240 And you know what we need more people that are like little shepherd boy david that say hey, I'll fight him 38:54.760 --> 38:57.700 And notice he didn't say like i'm gonna kill you because i'm so awesome 38:58.360 --> 39:01.660 I'm so much better than all the other warriors or i'm the best warrior here 39:01.660 --> 39:03.640 He said hey god's gonna deliver you in my hand 39:04.020 --> 39:07.080 And of course when he slung the stone that's a picture of you know 39:07.080 --> 39:10.320 Jesus christ being that rock being that stone and that stone 39:10.320 --> 39:11.860 Is what knocked him down 39:11.860 --> 39:15.500 Then he picks up the sword the sword of the spirit chops off his head 39:15.500 --> 39:18.840 And you know what he's running around with the head, you know, it's like awesome 39:18.840 --> 39:23.120 It's just an awesome picture spiritual picture here go forward to daniel's chat number six 39:23.120 --> 39:26.240 So number one we need to be the one that rebukes in the gate number two 39:26.240 --> 39:30.060 We need to be the one that stands in the gap number three. We need to be the one that fights goliath 39:31.100 --> 39:35.700 You want praise god, there's still some christians in this world that want to have a fight praise god 39:35.700 --> 39:38.360 There's still some christians that'll preach god's word praise god 39:38.360 --> 39:41.960 There's still some christians that will have leviticus 2013 39:42.500 --> 39:46.340 You know committed to memory and they're not afraid to say it in fact 39:46.340 --> 39:48.580 It's like ordering a sandwich for them. You know what I mean 39:49.240 --> 39:54.040 It just it just rolls off the tongue. They'll wear the shirt. They'll get the movie poster 39:54.040 --> 39:59.320 You know whatever they're not afraid of these freaks and weirdos they'll preach god's word 40:01.720 --> 40:04.460 Oh, but what about all the persecution? Well, you know what the persecution 40:05.080 --> 40:07.720 Pails in comparison to the punishment that these people received 40:09.520 --> 40:12.960 The punishment that these people received and look people don't like them 40:12.960 --> 40:18.020 They're gross and disgusting and evil and they had to stand outside. You know it's hot out there 40:19.020 --> 40:23.280 Here's another thing we should do though is whenever we have these fights and we've gone through all these 40:23.280 --> 40:26.620 Battles when we've done all this work and we've been preaching god's word and we're getting people saved 40:26.620 --> 40:28.780 You know what we need to do we need to make sure that we don't give up 40:30.060 --> 40:32.540 Look at daniel chapter 6 verse 10 now when daniel knew 40:33.100 --> 40:35.640 That the writing was signed he went into this house 40:36.300 --> 40:38.740 And his windows being opened in his chamber toward jerusalem 40:38.740 --> 40:43.400 He kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his god notice this 40:44.040 --> 40:45.260 As he did a four time 40:45.980 --> 40:49.560 He receives persecution and he's gonna be potentially punished 40:50.140 --> 40:54.360 For continuing, but you know what he's steadfast and he does it anyways 40:54.360 --> 40:57.920 And you know what you need to be the one that's steadfast like daniel 40:59.260 --> 41:04.620 You need to be steadfast even when there's the threat of persecution a threat of punishment a threat of whatever is going to happen 41:04.620 --> 41:07.400 You say you know what i'm going to preach god's word no matter what 41:07.400 --> 41:11.980 I'm going to keep getting people saved and i'm willing to fight the goliaths and i'm going to be steadfast 41:11.980 --> 41:15.200 I'm going to just rinse and repeat just all right. Where's the next time? 41:15.260 --> 41:16.900 I need to preach where's the next soul-winning event 41:16.900 --> 41:20.900 I need to be showing up to and who's the next goliath that needs to get their head chopped off 41:21.820 --> 41:23.060 Not literally okay 41:23.820 --> 41:26.760 That's fine if god does that with them somewhere else, but 41:27.400 --> 41:28.720 I'm not going to literally do it 41:29.080 --> 41:32.300 You know at the end of the day we need god to fight our battles for us 41:32.700 --> 41:37.440 That's the best victory anyways, but we need to be like we need to be like daniel that says you know what i'm not going to give up 41:38.240 --> 41:41.580 There's some people that have been in the fight. There's some people that have been doing the soul-winning 41:41.580 --> 41:46.660 There's some people that were part of the goliath battle and then they give up 41:48.040 --> 41:53.320 They get tired of it or they don't like the persecution. They don't like the heat. They don't like the drama 41:54.220 --> 41:56.560 What do you mean drama drama is the action 41:57.160 --> 42:01.000 What do you mean you don't like the action? I like the action. I don't want it to be boring 42:01.680 --> 42:06.120 Gov would a second to me the chapter four. Yeah, go to go to the non the non church where it's boring 42:06.760 --> 42:11.580 Nothing ever happens until you find out that the pastor's a pedophile. That's the only time there's ever any drama, right? 42:12.540 --> 42:15.580 Until there's some kind of scandal that's basically I mean it's basically 42:15.580 --> 42:17.200 It's just like nothing happening 42:17.660 --> 42:21.480 And then it's just scandal and then you're shocked that there was a scandal 42:21.480 --> 42:26.900 It's shocked that the the false prophets evil and and weird in a an adulterer 42:26.900 --> 42:31.580 And committing adultery with all the women he gave counsel to divorce their husbands. I mean he's just just a shock 42:31.580 --> 42:36.380 Right. It's a shock that he's ends up being a sodomite. Kenny Baldwin or whatever 42:37.160 --> 42:38.980 It's a shock that you know 42:38.980 --> 42:43.300 It's going to be a shock to some people when this guy up in tulsa 42:43.300 --> 42:45.100 What is his name Todd something 42:46.080 --> 42:50.560 Todd no, it's I it's a different Todd. What's the other Todd? 42:51.720 --> 42:57.500 Michael Todd, that's what it is. Yeah, Michael Todd when it's going to be a shock to some when it comes out that this guy's a 42:57.500 --> 42:58.700 Faggot pedophile 42:59.340 --> 43:00.580 It's not going to shock me 43:01.700 --> 43:08.160 The guy is a pervert the guy is a freak the guy is a weirdo the things he's done on stage 43:08.160 --> 43:10.840 I don't even want to say out loud. They're so perverted 43:10.840 --> 43:14.300 They're so gross on a stage in front of everybody 43:14.300 --> 43:15.480 I mean the guy 43:15.480 --> 43:22.040 I mean the guy was like caught wearing like women's clothes so much that even the non the non people were like this is weird, bro 43:22.620 --> 43:25.840 Like what are you doing? And like what are you wearing? 43:26.600 --> 43:31.440 The guy is a freak and and he was like, I think he was like the number one 43:31.960 --> 43:36.740 YouTube channel for like churches or whatever for a long time this transformation church 43:37.280 --> 43:41.020 Oh trans. Yeah, I'm sure I'm sure that's going to be a shock too. Okay 43:42.000 --> 43:44.700 But you know, we shouldn't be shocked that those things happen 43:45.180 --> 43:49.640 And you need to you need to go to a church where the drama is because of preaching god's word 43:49.640 --> 43:51.760 Not because you're violating god's word 43:52.200 --> 43:54.680 Because you know what there's going to be drama every once in a while 43:54.680 --> 43:59.560 But you you rather have drama because people like the bible as opposed to they're violating it 43:59.560 --> 44:02.460 Second to me the chapter 4 look at verse 16 44:03.200 --> 44:05.900 At my first answer no man stood with me 44:05.900 --> 44:07.700 But all men forsook me 44:08.220 --> 44:13.140 I pray god that it may not be laid to their charge. So we notice the apostle paul is alone 44:13.800 --> 44:18.380 He's the only one and everybody's given up on him. Everyone's forsaken him 44:18.380 --> 44:21.720 But you know what he was the one that was strengthened by the lord 44:21.720 --> 44:26.020 And so you need to be the one that even when everyone gives up on you 44:26.440 --> 44:29.860 You choose to be strengthened by the lord and you don't give up 44:30.400 --> 44:32.280 You know, you need to be the one that rebukes in the gate 44:32.280 --> 44:33.880 You need to be the one that stands in the gap 44:33.880 --> 44:35.500 You need to be the one that fights goliath 44:35.500 --> 44:39.700 You need to be the one that steadfast like daniel and you need to be the one that strengthen by the lord 44:40.160 --> 44:45.040 And so when you go through all these battles and you go through all these difficulties and you've been doing it for a while 44:45.640 --> 44:50.160 You're gonna still have a potential really big hardship. You're gonna have a moment where 44:50.960 --> 44:54.100 There's a point of weakness. You could have a moment where people don't believe you 44:54.100 --> 44:56.000 You could have a moment where people have turned against you 44:56.000 --> 45:00.320 But you know what you need to pray and read the scripture for strengthen those moments 45:00.900 --> 45:05.660 When you feel alone when you feel like you're the only one fighting when you feel like it's difficult 45:05.660 --> 45:08.160 You need to be the one that strengthen to buy 45:08.720 --> 45:11.240 The lord because that's the person who will continue 45:11.240 --> 45:14.920 That's the person who won't give up when you're leaning on someone else 45:15.380 --> 45:18.760 You can fall because everyone else can give up on you 45:19.600 --> 45:21.240 I mean the apostle paul 45:21.240 --> 45:24.060 I mean how great a person is the apostle paul yet 45:24.060 --> 45:27.580 He said at there was a point in his life where literally everybody kind of gave up on 45:27.580 --> 45:33.320 How about job doesn't job? I mean job even has his own wife give up on him at one point 45:33.780 --> 45:37.660 Job has everyone that he cares really about either die 45:38.560 --> 45:42.020 Or is like slaughtered and then he's kind of like that with his wife 45:42.020 --> 45:44.800 And even his wife is kind of giving up on him at least emotionally 45:45.260 --> 45:49.460 In that particular moment and you know what sometimes you just have to be strengthened by god 45:50.380 --> 45:53.100 Sometimes you just have to say you know what even if I feel alone 45:53.100 --> 45:56.820 Even though it feels like I'm the only one in the in the battle right now 45:56.820 --> 46:00.660 I need to go to god and I need to let him to be the one that strengthens me 46:00.660 --> 46:05.300 And you know what be the person that's strengthened by god and nothing else because let me tell you this 46:05.300 --> 46:09.800 God will never get by get above on you. God will always be willing to strengthen you 46:09.800 --> 46:13.120 And so if you're the person that says I will always go to god for strength 46:13.120 --> 46:19.100 Then you can always endure you can always get through it and you can always keep going 46:19.100 --> 46:23.280 You can truly be steadfast and notice the the motivation for doing so 46:23.280 --> 46:26.900 He says in verse 17 now with standing the Lord stood with me and strengthened me 46:26.900 --> 46:31.060 That by me the preaching might be fully known 46:31.600 --> 46:35.820 And that all the Gentiles might hear and I was delivered out of the mouth of line 46:35.820 --> 46:38.520 He said you know the reason why I needed to be strengthened 46:38.520 --> 46:42.020 You know the reason why I didn't need to quit so that they would hear all the bible 46:42.520 --> 46:46.580 So that all the preaching would be known and that everyone would hear the gospel 46:47.080 --> 46:50.860 And that everyone would get the chance because that's the point where we're buking in the gate 46:50.860 --> 46:54.480 And preaching the word of god so that all of god's word will be fully known 46:54.480 --> 46:57.540 We're standing in the gap so that people can get saved 46:57.540 --> 47:00.900 We're fighting the Goliaths that all the world may know 47:00.900 --> 47:03.020 We don't want to just our little area 47:03.020 --> 47:07.360 We want the whole world to hear about the god of the bible and we're being steadfast like daniel 47:07.360 --> 47:10.940 We're not going to give up no matter what because we need to get the job done 47:10.940 --> 47:14.620 And whenever everybody's turned against us and we feel so low 47:14.620 --> 47:17.440 We're going to pray and lean on the lord to strengthen us 47:17.980 --> 47:22.840 So that all the Gentiles may hear so that everyone may hear so that all the nation 47:22.840 --> 47:26.260 What does what does Gentile mean? It's it's like nations is what that word means 47:26.260 --> 47:33.300 So it's saying all the nations all the people all the tongues all the languages all the people get to hear and have an opportunity 47:33.840 --> 47:36.340 To be saved and you know what we need someone to be that one 47:37.220 --> 47:41.800 Go to ex is 23 go to ex is 23 and I'm just telling you I got inspiration for this sermon 47:42.240 --> 47:44.780 You know because of this guy, but obviously 47:46.040 --> 47:49.800 It's not that I didn't also think of the bible and you know who also gave me 47:50.380 --> 47:52.360 Uh motivation for the sermon amos 47:52.980 --> 47:55.720 You know also gave me motivation for this sermon ezekiel 47:55.720 --> 48:02.960 And david and daniel and the apostle paul and hey, how about this? How about jesus? 48:03.680 --> 48:08.720 Since he was the only one that was capable of dying on the cross for all of our sins and giving us salvation 48:09.260 --> 48:10.500 And he was the one 48:11.120 --> 48:16.740 The whole world lies in wickedness and even all of his own disciples for succumb 48:17.180 --> 48:21.280 I mean we think about the lord jesus christ. He was the one rebuking in the gate 48:21.280 --> 48:25.400 He was the one standing in the gap. He was the one fighting the goliaths of his day 48:25.400 --> 48:27.560 He was the one that was steadfast like daniel 48:27.560 --> 48:29.760 He was the one that was forsaken by all 48:29.760 --> 48:35.600 But yet he was strengthened by god and he was the one that died on the cross for all of our sins 48:35.600 --> 48:41.220 And rose again victoria so that we could be saved and so that all the gentiles would be saved 48:41.220 --> 48:44.260 And so that all the world would know that there's a god in heaven 48:44.740 --> 48:47.760 And you know what those are the people that also motivate me 48:47.760 --> 48:53.740 And they motivate us to be the one in our generation and our lifetime in our family and our church 48:53.740 --> 48:58.620 And our state in our country and you know what we need more people that are going to be the one 48:58.620 --> 49:02.200 And not follow a multitude to do evil look at exodus 23 49:02.200 --> 49:06.760 Verse number two thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil 49:07.980 --> 49:11.820 Neither shout though speaking to cause the decline after many to rest judgment 49:12.780 --> 49:18.700 You know what I don't care if 11 feminists tell me hey this lemon needs to get off 49:19.740 --> 49:23.300 Premeditated murder is murder and you know what you shouldn't change on that 49:23.960 --> 49:24.860 And you know praise god 49:24.860 --> 49:29.440 There's still some people that'll be the one and say hey, you know what I'm not going to change on my decision 49:29.440 --> 49:33.040 I don't care how many people side against me. I don't care if there's 11 to 1 49:33.040 --> 49:35.740 I don't care if it's a million to one. I don't care if it's a billion to one 49:35.740 --> 49:38.340 You know what we should do what's right because it's right 49:39.580 --> 49:44.640 Now I have a list of some things that I think that we should all take application from 49:45.720 --> 49:48.880 You know what we need to be the one who doesn't back down to feminists 49:50.100 --> 49:54.040 Doesn't matter how many there are we need to be the one who doesn't lie 49:55.540 --> 49:58.080 We need to be the one who loves god's word 49:58.920 --> 50:02.800 We need to be the one that doesn't change based on the numbers 50:03.720 --> 50:06.460 We need to be the one that loves steadfast baptist church 50:07.700 --> 50:08.180 publicly 50:10.140 --> 50:14.120 Why don't you be the one who's always at church? 50:14.940 --> 50:18.360 You know, there's some people they're just always at church 50:19.240 --> 50:23.300 Why don't you be the one that's always early? Now some people are always early 50:24.140 --> 50:25.840 Why don't you be the one that stays late? 50:27.180 --> 50:28.820 Why don't you be the one that always 50:29.460 --> 50:33.300 Loves her husband and loves her children and only does good under husband 50:34.840 --> 50:37.620 Why don't you be the one that pays attention to the sermon? 50:40.120 --> 50:42.940 Why don't you be the one who keeps his word? 50:44.180 --> 50:47.260 Why don't you be the one who's always willing to help? 50:48.460 --> 50:50.220 Why don't you be the one that's sober? 50:50.980 --> 50:54.100 Meaning that you're serious and you're taking life seriously 50:54.660 --> 50:56.980 Why don't you be the one that's just always soul-winning? 50:58.300 --> 51:01.380 Why don't you be the friend who loves at all times? 51:02.380 --> 51:05.000 Why don't you be the one who memorizes the chapter? 51:06.980 --> 51:10.700 Why don't you be the one who does chores without being told? 51:12.260 --> 51:16.360 How about you be the one who does your homework without being told? 51:17.920 --> 51:20.280 How about you're the one who cleans up after yourself? 51:21.620 --> 51:24.080 How about you be the one that always has a good attitude? 51:24.760 --> 51:28.300 You know, I sometimes there's lots of people I think about with some of these 51:28.840 --> 51:31.280 But you know specifically like I'll be honest 51:32.000 --> 51:36.140 Pastor Oz is somebody that just always has a good attitude and it's one of the things I love about him 51:38.020 --> 51:43.280 I'm not like that. I don't always have a good attitude, but I'm telling you like Pastor Oz is like he's awesome 51:44.860 --> 51:51.540 You know why don't why don't you be the one that thinks of things that that others didn't 51:51.540 --> 51:56.720 You know, there's there's somebody on my crew that always is thinking of things that I didn't even think about 51:56.720 --> 51:58.660 I'm like, I love you. You know, you're so awesome 52:00.940 --> 52:04.320 Why don't you be the one that always shows up when called? 52:05.940 --> 52:08.200 Why don't you be the one that prays for people at night? 52:09.920 --> 52:13.680 Why don't you be the one that is always there when tragedy strikes? 52:14.540 --> 52:17.280 Now, there's there's some people in our church that I just noticed 52:17.280 --> 52:20.700 I mean, they're almost just always there for people when something really bad happens 52:23.320 --> 52:27.100 Why don't you be the lady who dresses like a lady every day of the week? 52:29.440 --> 52:32.480 Why don't you be the one who will not pretend that a man is a woman? 52:34.740 --> 52:38.880 Why don't you be the one that takes his family to church and doesn't make excuses? 52:40.780 --> 52:43.580 Why don't you be the one that sings when he doesn't feel like it? 52:44.920 --> 52:47.420 Why don't you be the one who ties when money is tight? 52:49.020 --> 52:54.460 Hey children, why don't you be the child who obeys mom and dad when they're not looking? 52:55.860 --> 52:58.620 Doesn't matter if your brothers and sisters doesn't matter if it's 11 to 1 52:58.620 --> 53:01.020 You'd be the one child that's going to obey mom and dad 53:02.480 --> 53:05.460 Why don't you be the one that visits the hospital when it's inconvenient? 53:07.480 --> 53:10.940 Why don't you be the one who goes soul-winning in the heat and the cold? 53:11.620 --> 53:15.860 And even when it's embarrassing like are you from that church? 53:16.140 --> 53:17.160 Yeah, I am from that church 53:20.000 --> 53:24.760 Why don't you be the one that doesn't skip the midweek service because we already go on Sunday 53:26.220 --> 53:29.500 Why don't you be the one that takes notes during the sermon? 53:30.840 --> 53:34.880 Why don't you be the one that stops gossip and its tracks? 53:37.340 --> 53:43.140 Why don't you be the one that's not offended by the sermon or wondering if it's about you 53:43.820 --> 53:46.320 but you just implement the sermon? 53:48.340 --> 53:51.060 Why don't you be the one that apologizes first? 53:53.340 --> 53:58.560 Why don't you be the one that turns off his phone and pays attention to those around him? 54:00.020 --> 54:01.520 I need that one, all right? 54:04.600 --> 54:09.300 Why don't you be the one who spanks his kids and instead of always just giving them a tablet? 54:11.260 --> 54:15.880 Why don't you be the one who corrects his children in private but praises them in public? 54:17.560 --> 54:22.660 Why don't you be the one that makes their kids finish the job that they started? 54:24.120 --> 54:28.460 Why don't you be the one that doesn't let his teenagers disrespect his mother? 54:30.140 --> 54:31.640 It's not welcome in my house 54:33.000 --> 54:36.140 Why don't you be the one that doesn't let his daughter dress like a whore? 54:38.240 --> 54:40.640 Why don't you be the one that fixes what he broke? 54:42.580 --> 54:46.100 Why not be the example for his family? 54:47.080 --> 54:51.840 You know we need more of in this world, we need more people to be the one 54:53.180 --> 55:00.020 And I guarantee all of us have an area of our life, have a spot where we need to be that one that steps up 55:00.020 --> 55:04.540 We need to be that one that goes against the grain and does the right thing 55:05.400 --> 55:06.680 And it doesn't 55:06.680 --> 55:11.940 Doesn't cave to peer pressure or to the multitude or to the groupthink 55:12.420 --> 55:17.200 But does what is right and you know what praise God that Jesus Christ did that for us 55:17.200 --> 55:21.640 Praise God for the men of God that followed his example and praise God for the men women and children 55:21.640 --> 55:26.900 In this room that are going to choose to be the one let's go some prayer. Thank you. My father so much for your word 55:26.900 --> 55:31.080 Thank you so much for these examples. Thank you for what your son has done for us. Thank you for his love 55:31.440 --> 55:35.360 I pray that you give us courage that you give us bravery that you give us faith 55:36.260 --> 55:40.740 That when we need to be the one when we need to stand up when no one else is doing the right thing that we 55:40.740 --> 55:41.740 Would be the one to do it 55:42.820 --> 55:46.580 I pray that you would all convict us to to be better versions of ourselves 55:46.980 --> 55:48.420 To make applicable changes 55:49.000 --> 55:54.560 And to love your word and I pray that you would help our church to be the one that loves you in Jesus name. We pray amen