WEBVTT 00:00.640 --> 00:04.440 Let's go back to our chapter here and look at verse number six again. 00:05.760 --> 00:06.920 The Bible says, 00:07.120 --> 00:10.960 And these things, brethren, have I in a figure transferred to myself 00:10.960 --> 00:15.780 and to Apollos for your sakes that you might learn in us 00:15.780 --> 00:19.980 not to think of men above that which is written 00:19.980 --> 00:25.280 that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. 00:25.600 --> 00:28.020 For whom make it thee to differ from another 00:28.020 --> 00:31.840 or what hast thou that thou didst not receive? 00:32.320 --> 00:35.720 Now, if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory 00:35.720 --> 00:39.080 as if thou hadst not received it? 00:39.160 --> 00:44.220 Now here in 1 Corinthians we're dealing with very carnal issues in a church 00:44.220 --> 00:49.380 and this is a common issue where people are lifting themselves up, 00:49.820 --> 00:51.420 they're puffing themselves up, 00:51.600 --> 00:55.400 they're thanking themselves more highly than they ought to think 00:55.400 --> 00:58.860 and they basically think that they're special 00:59.400 --> 01:01.620 and really that's the title of my sermon this morning, 01:01.760 --> 01:05.060 is thinking that you're special or thinking you are special 01:05.060 --> 01:08.560 and this is a problem that a lot of people can experience 01:08.560 --> 01:13.280 and there's so many different areas that we could go in this particular category 01:13.280 --> 01:16.980 but lots of people think that they're special 01:18.300 --> 01:20.200 and it's because of a gift. 01:20.780 --> 01:22.120 What would be this? 01:22.120 --> 01:26.780 How about just being a guy that's just naturally really big, tall and strong 01:26.780 --> 01:28.640 but it's like you didn't even do anything, 01:29.440 --> 01:31.000 just your genetics basically. 01:31.320 --> 01:32.820 It's like, oh, you're so special. 01:33.580 --> 01:35.440 How about women that are just beautiful? 01:36.980 --> 01:39.020 Let's just be honest about it, you didn't do anything 01:40.240 --> 01:43.360 but women that are beautiful think they're more special than other women. 01:43.540 --> 01:43.720 Why? 01:44.900 --> 01:47.400 Why because of the gift that you've received? 01:47.920 --> 01:49.100 The Bible says beauty is vain 01:49.800 --> 01:52.720 and I think a lot of people they just think they're special 01:53.840 --> 01:56.520 and we need to be humble about who we are 01:56.520 --> 01:58.720 and this is, again, this is in a Christian context 01:58.720 --> 02:01.340 so I'm going to go outside of this for a moment 02:01.340 --> 02:02.500 and just talk about broadly 02:02.500 --> 02:05.020 and then we're going to really home in on this specific idea 02:05.020 --> 02:07.940 of people in the ministry thinking they're special 02:08.620 --> 02:10.600 because of things they've received 02:10.600 --> 02:12.320 or gifts they've gotten 02:12.320 --> 02:14.000 and things they didn't even work for 02:14.000 --> 02:15.580 and didn't even work hard to get 02:15.580 --> 02:19.520 and it would silly, why would I brag about being saved 02:19.520 --> 02:21.820 if salvation is a free gift? 02:22.260 --> 02:26.300 You know, I'm not special in being saved 02:26.300 --> 02:28.180 because I did some work or anything. 02:28.600 --> 02:31.220 Obviously being saved is special in a sense 02:31.220 --> 02:34.340 but the specialness is because of what Christ did for me 02:35.020 --> 02:38.780 and I didn't do any works, I didn't achieve something, 02:39.180 --> 02:40.600 I didn't repent of my sins, 02:40.860 --> 02:42.400 I don't have this great testimony. 02:42.400 --> 02:45.320 You know what, I just believe the simple free gospel 02:45.320 --> 02:46.200 and I got saved. 02:46.940 --> 02:49.960 And so all the glory, all the honor goes to the Lord Jesus Christ 02:49.960 --> 02:54.060 and so I shouldn't think of myself as better than other people 02:54.060 --> 02:56.600 because of a gift that I've received. 02:57.460 --> 02:59.860 You know, and of course a lot of people want to think 02:59.860 --> 03:01.600 that they're better than other people because of this. 03:01.660 --> 03:03.980 Look at Romans chapter 2, of course the Jews 03:04.960 --> 03:06.160 think that they're special. 03:06.840 --> 03:09.660 They were the ones that were originally given the gospel 03:09.660 --> 03:10.900 and given the things of God. 03:11.260 --> 03:13.920 The oracles of God were dedicated unto them 03:13.920 --> 03:17.580 and so as a result the Jews became puffed up as a nation. 03:18.040 --> 03:20.640 They looked at themselves as better than other nations, 03:20.960 --> 03:23.600 better than the heathen, better than the Gentiles 03:23.600 --> 03:27.820 even though in many cases they were worse than the Gentiles. 03:28.440 --> 03:30.000 In many cases you could find a Jew 03:30.000 --> 03:33.880 and he's more sinful, more wicked than a Gentile out there 03:33.880 --> 03:36.660 but he just thinks he's special because he's a Jew. 03:37.280 --> 03:38.220 And you know what? 03:38.340 --> 03:42.680 The Bible doesn't have respect of persons where 03:42.680 --> 03:45.600 oh, you're a Jew, you're special, you're a non-Jew, 03:45.680 --> 03:46.340 you're not special. 03:46.900 --> 03:48.880 Again, this is kind of the idea of Zionism today 03:48.880 --> 03:51.340 in our world is that somehow Jews are extra special 03:51.340 --> 03:52.460 because of their heritage. 03:53.220 --> 03:54.860 Like I really don't understand 03:54.860 --> 03:56.440 how a fundamental Baptist can believe this. 03:57.340 --> 03:59.200 I don't understand how we can really think 03:59.200 --> 04:02.140 that there is a separate class of people in this world 04:02.140 --> 04:04.580 that God has just an extra special attention 04:04.580 --> 04:05.500 and love and care for. 04:06.340 --> 04:08.320 Like oh, well this group of unsaved people 04:08.320 --> 04:09.740 is different than this group of unsaved people 04:09.740 --> 04:10.300 because they're Jews. 04:10.980 --> 04:11.340 Why? 04:11.780 --> 04:13.460 Why does that make them more special? 04:14.600 --> 04:17.020 And we shouldn't think that we're more special 04:17.020 --> 04:19.000 because of our heritage or ethnicity 04:19.000 --> 04:20.640 or any of these kind of things 04:20.640 --> 04:22.720 but of course the Jews are infected 04:22.720 --> 04:25.200 with this mind disease of thinking they're special 04:25.200 --> 04:25.820 and puffed up. 04:26.140 --> 04:27.680 Look at Romans chapter 2 verse 17. 04:27.840 --> 04:28.780 Behold thou art called a Jew. 04:29.700 --> 04:31.240 You know I just like the Bible. 04:31.840 --> 04:32.960 Behold thou art called a Jew. 04:32.960 --> 04:34.940 That doesn't even say you are a Jew. 04:35.480 --> 04:36.840 Hey you're just called Jews. 04:37.460 --> 04:39.100 You know we have a lot of people called Jews today. 04:39.400 --> 04:40.680 That doesn't mean they are a Jew. 04:40.980 --> 04:44.040 But they're called Jews and rest us in the law 04:44.040 --> 04:45.660 and make us thy boast of God 04:45.660 --> 04:48.060 and know us as well and approve us 04:48.060 --> 04:49.180 the things that are more excellent 04:49.180 --> 04:50.620 being instructed out of the law 04:50.620 --> 04:53.260 and are confident that thou thyself 04:53.260 --> 04:54.900 art a guide of the blind, 04:55.220 --> 04:57.840 a light of them which are in darkness 04:57.840 --> 05:00.260 and instructor of the foolish, 05:00.800 --> 05:02.400 a teacher of babes 05:02.400 --> 05:04.180 which has the form of knowledge 05:04.180 --> 05:06.480 and of the truth in the law. 05:06.900 --> 05:09.200 So he's saying oh man you guys are special. 05:09.840 --> 05:10.240 Right? 05:10.480 --> 05:11.480 And it's kind of it's mocking. 05:11.700 --> 05:12.580 I'm just gonna be honest with you 05:12.580 --> 05:13.600 it's a mocking tone 05:13.600 --> 05:15.080 in the sense that he's like 05:15.080 --> 05:16.740 oh you guys are boasting of God. 05:17.200 --> 05:18.680 Notice you're confident. 05:19.120 --> 05:21.280 You're the guide of people that are blind 05:21.280 --> 05:23.420 and you're the light to the darkness 05:23.420 --> 05:25.180 and you're the instructor 05:25.180 --> 05:26.700 of all the stupid people. 05:26.840 --> 05:28.340 You're so much smarter than everybody else 05:28.340 --> 05:30.460 and you're a teacher of the babes 05:30.460 --> 05:32.500 and you have this form of knowledge and truth 05:32.500 --> 05:34.660 but then he rebukes them here 05:34.660 --> 05:35.240 verse 21 05:35.900 --> 05:37.480 thou therefore which teaches another 05:37.480 --> 05:39.060 teaches thou not thyself 05:39.060 --> 05:41.160 thou that preaches a man should not steal 05:41.160 --> 05:42.820 does thou steal 05:43.400 --> 05:45.380 thou that says a man should not commit adultery 05:45.380 --> 05:46.940 does thou commit adultery 05:47.320 --> 05:48.440 thou that abhorrest idols 05:48.440 --> 05:50.500 does thou commit sacrilege 05:50.500 --> 05:52.660 thou that makest thy boast of the law 05:52.660 --> 05:54.520 through breaking the law to dishonor us 05:54.520 --> 05:55.140 thou God 05:55.140 --> 05:57.780 for the name of God is blasphemed 05:57.780 --> 05:59.700 among the Gentiles through you 05:59.700 --> 06:02.140 notice what the real attitude is 06:02.140 --> 06:03.500 oh you guys think 06:03.500 --> 06:05.980 that everybody's looking up to you 06:05.980 --> 06:08.020 you think oh you guys are the 06:08.020 --> 06:09.900 instructors and you guys are the 06:09.900 --> 06:12.140 teachers and you guys are of God 06:12.140 --> 06:14.060 yet everybody looks at you 06:14.060 --> 06:16.260 and then blasphemes your religion 06:16.260 --> 06:18.040 because of how wicked you are 06:18.040 --> 06:20.000 and look there's almost no new thing 06:20.000 --> 06:21.340 under the sun because today 06:21.340 --> 06:23.600 many people are blaspheming 06:23.600 --> 06:25.980 the Bible and the God of the Bible 06:25.980 --> 06:27.900 because of what Jews are like 06:28.540 --> 06:30.280 they'll say oh how can you be 06:30.280 --> 06:31.920 a Christian how can you 06:31.920 --> 06:33.880 read the Bible that came from Jews 06:33.880 --> 06:36.020 and don't you know the Jews are the ones 06:36.020 --> 06:37.300 that are owning all the casinos 06:37.300 --> 06:39.460 and the Jews are running all the adult 06:39.460 --> 06:41.520 industry and the Jews are running 06:41.520 --> 06:43.680 all the banks and so 06:43.680 --> 06:45.840 they kind of have this conflation 06:46.440 --> 06:47.400 of ideas 06:47.940 --> 06:49.900 where they're going to say oh look 06:49.900 --> 06:51.460 they're claiming the Bible 06:51.460 --> 06:53.620 they gave you the Bible and yet 06:53.620 --> 06:55.080 look at all these wicked things they're doing 06:55.080 --> 06:57.140 yeah but the Bible condemns every single 06:57.140 --> 06:58.600 thing that they're doing 06:58.600 --> 07:00.940 and number two that group doesn't like the Bible 07:00.940 --> 07:02.180 and wants nothing to do with the Bible anyways 07:02.180 --> 07:05.240 and they're not the ones that gave us the Bible 07:05.820 --> 07:07.440 again thinking that you're special 07:07.440 --> 07:09.060 you didn't give us 07:09.060 --> 07:10.420 the Bible Harvey Weinstein 07:10.920 --> 07:13.280 you know B.B. Netanyahu 07:13.280 --> 07:14.660 who didn't give us the Bible 07:14.660 --> 07:16.420 you know also didn't give us the Bible 07:16.420 --> 07:19.040 Catholics okay Catholics didn't give us 07:19.040 --> 07:19.540 the Bible 07:20.980 --> 07:22.840 there's always people who want to take credit 07:22.840 --> 07:24.060 for things that they never did 07:24.620 --> 07:25.920 thinking that they're special 07:26.580 --> 07:28.000 okay yeah there were 07:28.000 --> 07:30.540 people that were from the southern kingdom of Judah 07:30.540 --> 07:32.120 or the tribe of Judah 07:32.120 --> 07:34.740 that were used to bring about the things 07:34.740 --> 07:36.880 of God obviously there was oracles 07:36.880 --> 07:38.720 of God throughout the Old Testament 07:38.720 --> 07:40.680 that are Hebrews sure 07:40.680 --> 07:42.480 we can look to those people you know 07:42.480 --> 07:44.400 what I you know what Jew I like Paul 07:45.080 --> 07:46.740 hey if you want to say a Jew gave 07:46.740 --> 07:49.040 you the Bible okay Paul gave us the Bible 07:49.040 --> 07:50.360 in part 07:50.360 --> 07:52.400 yeah Paul is a Jew and Paul 07:52.400 --> 07:54.040 gave us some of the Bible but you know what 07:54.040 --> 07:56.280 modern-day Jews today did not give me a Bible 07:57.860 --> 07:58.600 if God 07:58.600 --> 08:00.600 used them to continually preserve 08:01.080 --> 08:02.300 some of the Old Testament 08:02.300 --> 08:04.120 praise the Lord that he can use 08:04.120 --> 08:06.100 even a dumb ass to speak right 08:06.740 --> 08:08.180 you know I mean according to the Bible 08:08.180 --> 08:10.020 God can do a lot of things but you know what 08:10.020 --> 08:12.120 that doesn't mean that hey 08:12.120 --> 08:14.220 now I need to think that the Jews are 08:14.220 --> 08:16.680 quote special because they gave us the Bible 08:16.680 --> 08:18.600 no I like the apostle Paul 08:18.600 --> 08:20.080 you know that special 08:20.440 --> 08:22.380 but these guys are not necessarily special 08:22.380 --> 08:24.600 and you know what just in this time period 08:24.600 --> 08:26.160 in the first century there was a lot of people 08:26.160 --> 08:27.720 called Jews they're not special 08:27.720 --> 08:29.960 there's nothing special about them even though 08:29.960 --> 08:32.260 they think they're special oh you were raised 08:32.260 --> 08:34.080 in this family you're raised with this 08:34.420 --> 08:36.340 ancestry you're part of the tribe of Judah 08:36.340 --> 08:38.040 you know what you're not special you're 08:38.040 --> 08:40.020 causing the name of God to be blasphemed 08:42.420 --> 08:44.420 and look there was plenty of I mean Timothy 08:45.140 --> 08:46.580 is it is half Jew 08:46.580 --> 08:48.600 half Gentile he's 08:48.600 --> 08:50.640 better than most Jews at that period of time 08:50.640 --> 08:52.560 I mean virtually almost every 08:52.560 --> 08:54.380 Jew in the first century Timothy is better than 08:54.380 --> 08:56.320 you know Apollos 08:56.320 --> 08:58.220 you know or these Priscilla 08:58.220 --> 09:00.060 and Achilla you know all these different people 09:01.260 --> 09:02.540 Titus there's a lot 09:02.540 --> 09:04.640 of Gentiles that are greatly used of God 09:05.300 --> 09:06.500 in the first 09:06.500 --> 09:08.500 century they would have been better people than 09:08.500 --> 09:10.480 those Jews at that time so was it like 09:10.480 --> 09:12.060 oh Gentiles are bad 09:12.360 --> 09:14.800 Jews are good and so they're special 09:14.800 --> 09:17.000 no you know the people that keep 09:17.000 --> 09:18.940 the law are the ones that God has respect 09:18.940 --> 09:20.960 for okay what is the same verse 11 09:20.960 --> 09:22.760 for there is no respect of persons with 09:22.760 --> 09:24.460 God for as many have sinned without 09:24.460 --> 09:26.780 law shall also perish without 09:26.780 --> 09:28.720 law and as many have sinned in the law 09:28.720 --> 09:30.600 shall be judged by the law for not 09:30.600 --> 09:32.540 the hearers of the law are just before God 09:32.540 --> 09:34.940 but the doers of the law shall be justified 09:34.940 --> 09:36.740 for when the Gentiles which have 09:36.740 --> 09:38.380 not the law do by nature the things containing 09:38.380 --> 09:40.680 law these having not the law are a law 09:40.680 --> 09:42.780 under themselves which show the work of the 09:42.780 --> 09:44.640 law written in their hearts their conscious also bearing 09:44.640 --> 09:46.720 witness in their thoughts the mean while 09:46.720 --> 09:48.760 accusing us of using one another you know the guy 09:48.760 --> 09:50.280 you know what the Bible is really saying here 09:50.980 --> 09:52.820 is it saying if you 09:52.820 --> 09:54.460 didn't grow up in a Christian home 09:54.960 --> 09:56.860 if you didn't grow up in the synagogue 09:56.860 --> 09:58.960 if you didn't grow up with the Bible 09:58.960 --> 10:00.680 you know what God still did 10:00.680 --> 10:02.740 God still gave you a conscience 10:02.740 --> 10:04.900 and God still put the law 10:04.900 --> 10:06.920 inside of your heart and God 10:06.920 --> 10:08.720 is still going to judge you for lying 10:08.720 --> 10:10.540 and stealing and killing 10:10.540 --> 10:12.180 and doing all those wicked things 10:12.180 --> 10:13.600 whether you heard it or not 10:14.300 --> 10:16.320 whether you like to admit it or not 10:16.320 --> 10:18.240 you knew that stealing was wrong 10:18.240 --> 10:20.200 you knew that with lying was wrong 10:20.200 --> 10:22.040 and you know what you don't have some excuse 10:22.040 --> 10:24.540 to sit here and say why was it raised 10:24.540 --> 10:26.540 a Christian so that's why I joined a gang 10:26.540 --> 10:28.460 and killed people or something it's like no 10:28.460 --> 10:30.540 you knew that was wrong you knew that was 10:30.540 --> 10:32.380 wicked even the Gentiles 10:32.380 --> 10:34.620 can know by their conscience hey I shouldn't 10:34.620 --> 10:35.700 be doing those type of things 10:35.700 --> 10:38.060 and of course they could have done what was right 10:38.060 --> 10:40.120 and at the end of the day you're not 10:40.120 --> 10:41.860 special because you're a Jew 10:41.860 --> 10:44.320 you're not special because of your heritage 10:44.320 --> 10:46.120 you're not special because of the things 10:46.120 --> 10:48.100 that have been given to you don't look down 10:48.100 --> 10:50.260 upon people that have 10:50.260 --> 10:52.080 a different upbringing or different 10:52.080 --> 10:53.700 like circumstance or different 10:53.700 --> 10:55.840 situation you know because of course 10:55.840 --> 10:57.520 today most 10:58.540 --> 11:00.360 online puffing up and pride 11:00.360 --> 11:01.680 it's coming from 11:01.680 --> 11:03.920 this group of white people that think 11:03.920 --> 11:05.160 they're special because they're white 11:05.820 --> 11:06.380 and 11:07.320 --> 11:09.300 I'm targeting white people because 11:09.300 --> 11:10.360 the other colors 11:10.960 --> 11:12.700 always consider themselves victims 11:12.700 --> 11:14.820 they have like a victim mentality 11:14.820 --> 11:16.300 white people 11:16.300 --> 11:19.120 they try to think that they're special because they're white 11:19.120 --> 11:21.040 and look this is a growing problem 11:21.040 --> 11:22.860 online on the internet 11:22.860 --> 11:25.180 where people think that they're more 11:25.180 --> 11:27.220 special than other people because they're white 11:27.220 --> 11:29.340 and it's like what did you do to be white 11:29.340 --> 11:31.920 I mean unless you're Michael Jackson 11:31.920 --> 11:33.020 I don't even know 11:33.500 --> 11:35.540 that anybody is even trying to be 11:35.540 --> 11:37.140 white by any effort of their own 11:37.140 --> 11:39.020 and even him I think that he had 11:39.020 --> 11:40.920 a disease that was causing him to lose 11:40.920 --> 11:42.760 pigmentation and 11:42.760 --> 11:45.200 so you know I don't know exactly 11:45.200 --> 11:47.000 his condition but can we 11:47.000 --> 11:49.060 really change our skin I mean can the Ethiopian 11:49.060 --> 11:51.020 change his skin is what the Bible 11:51.020 --> 11:51.420 says 11:52.960 --> 11:54.360 and even if you did 11:54.820 --> 11:55.960 you know does it even matter 11:57.660 --> 11:58.620 you know 11:58.620 --> 12:00.820 it's like why are you so special 12:00.820 --> 12:02.600 you're so special because you just have light 12:02.600 --> 12:04.620 skin why does that make you 12:04.620 --> 12:05.000 special 12:06.900 --> 12:08.360 you know and look I think 12:08.360 --> 12:09.840 everyone's fearfully and wonderfully made 12:09.840 --> 12:11.580 I think you should love who you are 12:11.580 --> 12:14.200 I think you should appreciate who God made you to be 12:14.200 --> 12:15.440 but let me tell you something 12:15.440 --> 12:17.600 God does not look down from heaven and think 12:17.600 --> 12:19.720 white people are more special than other people 12:19.720 --> 12:20.920 it's not true 12:20.920 --> 12:23.240 go to Psalm 40 12:23.240 --> 12:26.580 and of course people want to think 12:26.580 --> 12:27.620 well but I'm better 12:27.620 --> 12:29.680 smarter our civilizations 12:29.680 --> 12:31.000 are better all these things 12:31.000 --> 12:33.520 even if that was true which I don't think it's 12:33.520 --> 12:35.460 universally true but even if it was true 12:36.200 --> 12:37.680 that still doesn't make you special 12:37.680 --> 12:39.300 because you know why 12:40.080 --> 12:41.320 those things exist 12:41.320 --> 12:43.660 it's not because of you and it's not because 12:43.660 --> 12:45.680 of you having white skin it's because 12:45.680 --> 12:47.760 of other awesome people in the past 12:48.840 --> 12:49.680 okay because 12:49.680 --> 12:51.500 it's like if we took you with all your little white 12:51.500 --> 12:53.820 skin and we put you out in the jungle 12:53.820 --> 12:55.760 you know what you're not going to do all of a sudden 12:55.760 --> 12:57.180 build a city either 12:58.400 --> 12:58.800 okay 12:59.460 --> 13:00.900 you're not going to just be able to 13:00.900 --> 13:03.700 it's like oh man it must be nice 13:03.700 --> 13:05.560 to have cars and stuff it's like 13:05.560 --> 13:07.480 can you build a car well I couldn't build a car 13:07.480 --> 13:09.760 it's like well okay then why are you 13:09.760 --> 13:10.640 taking credit for it 13:11.460 --> 13:13.360 why did you take credit for 13:13.360 --> 13:14.920 all these things that have been built 13:14.920 --> 13:17.160 all these civilizations all these structures 13:17.160 --> 13:19.200 all these things that you just received as a gift 13:20.340 --> 13:21.020 oh well 13:21.020 --> 13:23.420 you're welcome for America it's like did you 13:23.420 --> 13:24.220 even build America 13:25.400 --> 13:26.700 what do you even do 13:28.420 --> 13:29.480 it's like well I played 13:29.480 --> 13:31.060 video games for most of my childhood 13:31.060 --> 13:33.040 I went to public school played video games 13:33.040 --> 13:35.420 then I worked at Chili's 13:35.420 --> 13:37.040 you know it's just like what are you 13:37.040 --> 13:39.360 contributing to society that you're taking 13:39.360 --> 13:41.240 so much credit for 13:41.240 --> 13:43.400 here that you think that you're so much 13:43.400 --> 13:45.320 superior than everybody oh 13:45.320 --> 13:47.400 we're just so much more special you know why 13:47.400 --> 13:49.300 America is special it's not the white 13:49.300 --> 13:51.240 skin it's the gospel of Jesus Christ 13:51.240 --> 13:51.900 okay 13:52.920 --> 13:54.980 and look what it says in Psalm 40 verse 4 13:54.980 --> 13:56.660 blessed is that man 13:57.080 --> 13:58.660 that make it the Lord's trust 13:59.040 --> 14:01.380 and respecteth not the proud 14:01.380 --> 14:03.440 nor such as turn aside 14:03.440 --> 14:04.020 to lies 14:04.020 --> 14:07.140 hey God does not respect the pride 14:07.140 --> 14:09.120 the proud the prideful man 14:09.120 --> 14:10.700 he doesn't care about them 14:10.700 --> 14:13.100 go to Isaiah 40 now go to Isaiah 40 14:13.100 --> 14:15.260 James 2 1 my brethren have not the 14:15.260 --> 14:16.960 faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory 14:16.960 --> 14:18.920 with respect of persons 14:19.620 --> 14:21.340 we ought not to respect 14:21.340 --> 14:23.020 persons and think 14:23.020 --> 14:24.920 oh well these people are 14:24.920 --> 14:26.540 more special than these people 14:26.540 --> 14:29.100 you know what that's a foolish attitude 14:30.320 --> 14:30.880 and 14:30.880 --> 14:32.600 you know there's a big deal 14:32.600 --> 14:34.840 about IQ's there's a big deal 14:34.840 --> 14:36.520 about intelligence cultures 14:36.520 --> 14:38.700 wealth all these different little 14:38.700 --> 14:40.480 metrics right but it's like 14:40.480 --> 14:42.340 you know from a from a picture 14:42.340 --> 14:44.460 of God to man it's 14:44.460 --> 14:46.540 silly to make these little minor comparisons 14:46.540 --> 14:48.580 and that's kind of the whole point in 1 Corinthians 14:48.580 --> 14:49.580 chapter number 4 14:49.580 --> 14:52.400 yeah some people might be slightly 14:52.400 --> 14:54.300 more than another or something like that 14:54.300 --> 14:56.500 but compared to God it doesn't even 14:56.500 --> 14:58.300 matter it's like 14:58.300 --> 15:00.020 God's IQ is a trillion 15:00.540 --> 15:02.440 so when we're quibbling over 15:02.440 --> 15:04.540 like well I'm 118 and you're 115 15:04.540 --> 15:05.940 what does it even matter 15:06.720 --> 15:07.980 okay and here's the thing 15:07.980 --> 15:10.280 the guy that has an 80 IQ 15:10.280 --> 15:12.540 but does what this Bible is 15:12.540 --> 15:14.760 saying guess what his actions 15:14.760 --> 15:16.200 are going to be IQ 1 trillion 15:17.820 --> 15:18.720 so you 15:18.720 --> 15:20.060 at your 200 IQ 15:20.760 --> 15:22.720 doing all your little actions seems 15:22.720 --> 15:24.800 idiotic compared to God's 15:24.800 --> 15:26.620 trillion IQ because 15:26.620 --> 15:28.500 we can find people throughout history 15:28.500 --> 15:30.900 that have had extremely high IQ's 15:30.900 --> 15:32.120 and they're idiots 15:32.740 --> 15:34.680 Richard Dawkins, Stephen 15:34.680 --> 15:36.700 Hawking oh when you get 15:36.700 --> 15:38.760 these really high IQ's you start thinking that men 15:38.760 --> 15:39.600 can become women 15:41.360 --> 15:42.620 so you know it's like 15:42.620 --> 15:44.560 we want to sit here and nitpick and think like 15:44.560 --> 15:46.240 people are quote retarded 15:46.240 --> 15:48.240 or whatever at 80 IQ 15:48.240 --> 15:50.720 but let me tell you something I don't care what IQ 15:50.720 --> 15:52.400 you have if you're not doing it God 15:52.400 --> 15:53.400 said it's retarded 15:55.040 --> 15:55.840 okay so 15:55.840 --> 15:58.060 the Bible says it makes why is the simple 15:58.460 --> 16:00.260 so here's the thing the guy with 200 IQ 16:00.260 --> 16:01.900 you know what he needs to do what the Bible says 16:02.300 --> 16:04.800 because that's the trillion IQ the guy with 80 IQ 16:04.800 --> 16:06.500 needs to do with the Bible and you know what 16:06.500 --> 16:07.980 it equalizes everybody doesn't it 16:07.980 --> 16:09.960 because you just do whatever the Bible says 16:09.960 --> 16:11.460 now at the end of the day 16:11.460 --> 16:13.960 hey if there's differences between people 16:13.960 --> 16:15.920 okay let's have segregation 16:15.920 --> 16:17.760 in society let's get the 16:17.760 --> 16:19.680 200 IQ guy to invent the rockets 16:19.680 --> 16:21.860 and the spaceships and the airplanes right 16:21.860 --> 16:23.940 and let's not necessarily have 16:23.940 --> 16:25.680 the 80 IQ flying the plane 16:25.680 --> 16:27.840 I get that but you know what 16:27.840 --> 16:29.900 that's not in the Bible the Bible isn't saying 16:29.900 --> 16:31.920 you have to fly the plane to serve God 16:31.920 --> 16:33.620 okay so sure 16:33.620 --> 16:34.720 I'm for 16:36.300 --> 16:37.420 understanding differences 16:37.420 --> 16:39.620 I'm for recognizing differences 16:39.620 --> 16:41.500 I'm for understanding our 16:41.500 --> 16:43.500 strengths and weaknesses I'm for these things 16:43.500 --> 16:45.400 but at the end of the day we shouldn't think that you're 16:45.400 --> 16:47.420 special because of a 16:47.420 --> 16:48.920 difference of IQ 16:49.400 --> 16:51.100 or oh I'm special 16:51.100 --> 16:53.340 because I have this strength and you don't 16:53.340 --> 16:55.260 have this strength hey we all have strengths 16:55.260 --> 16:57.400 and weaknesses and we should just celebrate 16:57.400 --> 16:59.460 the fact that hey I have a strength that I can 16:59.460 --> 17:01.400 use for God and just use it to the best 17:01.400 --> 17:03.440 to serve God because God just doesn't 17:03.440 --> 17:05.340 care God's not looking down from 17:05.340 --> 17:07.480 heaven it's like oh this nation is just 17:07.480 --> 17:08.960 so much more special 17:08.960 --> 17:10.680 than another nation 17:11.280 --> 17:13.060 look at Isaiah 40 verse 17 17:13.060 --> 17:15.520 what does the Bible say all nations 17:15.520 --> 17:17.200 before him are as nothing 17:19.040 --> 17:21.360 because God's not impressed with your IQ 17:22.040 --> 17:23.360 God's not impressed with 17:23.360 --> 17:25.300 your civilization God's not 17:25.300 --> 17:26.780 impressed with your military 17:27.340 --> 17:29.160 God's not impressed with your inventions 17:29.160 --> 17:31.300 God's not impressed with any of the 17:31.300 --> 17:33.300 things that you do you know what God 17:33.300 --> 17:35.260 has respect to people 17:35.260 --> 17:37.320 that fear him and follow his commandments 17:37.320 --> 17:38.660 that's what he has respect to 17:38.660 --> 17:40.720 you could have the lowest IQ 17:41.080 --> 17:42.940 the worst civilization of people 17:42.940 --> 17:45.340 that are following God's commandments he has more 17:45.340 --> 17:46.940 respect for than having 17:46.940 --> 17:48.280 an extremely high IQ 17:48.280 --> 17:51.500 and a great civilization and there you know what 17:51.500 --> 17:52.660 not serving God 17:53.300 --> 17:55.300 I mean you look I mean let's just be 17:55.300 --> 17:56.920 honest let's look at China 17:56.920 --> 17:59.620 China hey they have a lot of technology 17:59.620 --> 18:01.180 they have you know 18:01.180 --> 18:03.180 in a lot of ways they pulled themselves out of 18:03.180 --> 18:05.040 a lot of the communist you know issues 18:05.040 --> 18:07.120 they've had as far as economically 18:07.120 --> 18:08.960 where they've actually started creating and 18:08.960 --> 18:11.040 manufacturing a lot of goods and opening 18:11.040 --> 18:13.120 their economy more they got rid of their 18:13.120 --> 18:15.140 one child policy so in some 18:15.140 --> 18:16.720 ways they've been improving advancing 18:16.720 --> 18:19.080 the Chinese are considered very 18:19.080 --> 18:21.040 intelligent they excel 18:21.040 --> 18:23.240 in a lot of areas and it's like 18:23.240 --> 18:24.500 okay let's compare that to 18:24.940 --> 18:25.600 the Bahamas 18:26.860 --> 18:29.060 does the Bahamas have the same 18:29.060 --> 18:30.900 economic output as China 18:30.900 --> 18:33.080 do they have the same military force 18:33.080 --> 18:35.020 as China do they have the same 18:35.020 --> 18:36.620 education standards as China 18:36.620 --> 18:39.000 but at the end of the day you know 18:39.000 --> 18:41.160 what nation do you think God's more pleased 18:41.160 --> 18:43.060 with and what nation do you think 18:43.060 --> 18:45.120 God is wanting to send more evangelists to 18:45.120 --> 18:47.020 and more missionaries to and what 18:47.020 --> 18:48.500 nation is getting more salvation 18:48.920 --> 18:51.100 and who do you think God's more pleased with right now 18:51.640 --> 18:53.180 because if you were to ask me 18:53.180 --> 18:55.020 I bet you God's a little bit more pleased 18:55.020 --> 18:57.100 with Bahamas right now than he is with China 18:57.100 --> 18:57.820 right now 18:58.880 --> 19:00.540 so does it really matter 19:01.700 --> 19:03.040 even I don't even know 19:03.040 --> 19:05.020 you could look it up yourself even if China 19:05.020 --> 19:06.780 had a higher IQ or more 19:07.360 --> 19:08.860 GDP or any of these kind of things 19:08.860 --> 19:10.640 does it really matter at the end of the day 19:11.200 --> 19:12.960 you know it matters people that fear 19:12.960 --> 19:14.360 God and keep his commandments 19:15.000 --> 19:16.820 that's what matters and look I'm sure there's 19:16.820 --> 19:18.500 people in China that are saved I'm sure 19:18.500 --> 19:20.320 there's some people there that are trying to do their best 19:20.320 --> 19:22.740 to serve the Lord but you know at the end 19:22.740 --> 19:24.440 of the day I'm just using general 19:24.440 --> 19:26.380 stereotypes here over 19:26.380 --> 19:27.840 generalizations to prove a point 19:28.340 --> 19:30.620 that we shouldn't sit here and think well we're special 19:31.420 --> 19:32.320 we're more special 19:32.320 --> 19:34.660 than another nation because of some carnal 19:34.660 --> 19:36.320 means some kind of 19:36.320 --> 19:38.460 inherited gift like oh my skin 19:38.460 --> 19:40.100 color or my 19:41.260 --> 19:42.220 IQ potential 19:42.220 --> 19:44.100 or any of these kind of things you know 19:44.100 --> 19:46.080 we should you know give glory to his God 19:46.080 --> 19:48.340 and thanking God 19:48.340 --> 19:50.500 for what we have what does it say 19:50.500 --> 19:52.400 all nations before him there's nothing and they are counted 19:52.400 --> 19:54.100 to him less than nothing 19:54.100 --> 19:56.220 I mean he kind of goes out of his way 19:56.220 --> 19:58.460 to say like I not only do I 19:58.460 --> 20:00.420 not care it's like I care 20:00.420 --> 20:01.580 less than not caring 20:03.380 --> 20:04.260 it's vanity 20:04.260 --> 20:06.240 okay and again 20:06.240 --> 20:08.280 I don't want to take this 20:08.280 --> 20:10.080 and then I go to unhealthy extreme 20:10.080 --> 20:12.100 you know I love America 20:12.100 --> 20:14.260 I love having borders 20:14.260 --> 20:16.000 I do not believe in 20:16.000 --> 20:17.400 unrestricted immigration 20:17.400 --> 20:20.500 but at the same time we shouldn't 20:20.500 --> 20:22.480 sit here and then say we're more special 20:22.480 --> 20:24.400 though or like we're better than 20:24.400 --> 20:26.260 other people you know and we 20:26.260 --> 20:28.500 like having people in our church that are named 20:28.500 --> 20:30.540 from America if I asked to raise hands 20:30.540 --> 20:32.400 I guarantee we have a lot of people that were not born 20:32.400 --> 20:34.460 in America and you know in some cases 20:34.860 --> 20:36.060 there's some of our best members 20:36.560 --> 20:38.460 oh Canada you know what I mean like hey 20:38.900 --> 20:40.440 we got some of our best members not 20:40.440 --> 20:42.540 even from America praise God I don't 20:42.540 --> 20:44.560 care but Canada sucks 20:44.560 --> 20:46.160 as a nation you know I'm just going to say it go to 20:46.160 --> 20:48.160 go to John chapter 4 go to John chapter 4 20:48.880 --> 20:50.520 there's a reason why they're living here folks 20:50.520 --> 20:50.900 okay 20:54.580 --> 20:56.120 there's a reason why a lot of people are living 20:56.120 --> 20:58.100 here but you know why it's not 20:58.100 --> 20:59.400 because we have white skin 21:00.440 --> 21:01.720 you know why it's because 21:02.260 --> 21:03.700 where the spirit of the Lord is 21:03.700 --> 21:05.980 there is liberty that's why 21:05.980 --> 21:08.340 and let's just be honest the spirit 21:08.340 --> 21:10.140 of the Lord is thriving in America in many 21:10.140 --> 21:12.340 places there's a lot of good churches in this area 21:12.340 --> 21:14.320 there's a lot of Christians in this area 21:14.320 --> 21:16.440 there's a lot of soul winning there's a lot of evangelism 21:16.440 --> 21:18.640 I mean I think while America 21:18.640 --> 21:20.580 is it's got a lot 21:20.580 --> 21:22.480 of stuff going on it also has a lot of good 21:22.480 --> 21:24.400 stuff going on yeah it has a lot of bad 21:24.400 --> 21:26.140 stuff going on it has a lot of wickedness going on 21:26.140 --> 21:28.080 but simultaneous there's a lot of good here 21:28.080 --> 21:30.420 okay and there's a lot of good people and there's a lot of good 21:30.420 --> 21:32.300 churches and there's a lot of people trying to make 21:32.300 --> 21:34.320 an impact positively not only here but 21:34.320 --> 21:35.260 yay in the whole world 21:36.580 --> 21:38.620 and we shouldn't think that we're special 21:38.620 --> 21:40.260 though because of something that we've been given 21:41.100 --> 21:41.960 hey you're white 21:41.960 --> 21:44.420 praise God but you know what you're not special because 21:44.420 --> 21:46.360 of that gift hey if you're black 21:46.940 --> 21:48.540 praise God but you know 21:48.540 --> 21:49.880 what you're not special because you're black 21:50.240 --> 21:52.400 you're not special because you're from China you're not special because 21:52.400 --> 21:54.460 you're Hispanic you're not special it doesn't matter 21:54.460 --> 21:56.540 just just just thank God 21:56.540 --> 21:58.460 of who you are but don't think you're better than 21:58.460 --> 22:00.420 other people don't think that 22:00.420 --> 22:02.040 you are superior to other people 22:02.820 --> 22:04.180 John chapter number four 22:04.180 --> 22:05.360 look at verse 38 22:07.160 --> 22:08.400 we're gonna we're gonna tie 22:08.400 --> 22:10.500 I did all that as way of introduction now we're 22:10.500 --> 22:11.940 just gonna focus on the church right 22:12.780 --> 22:13.820 buckle up 22:16.400 --> 22:18.240 John chapter four verse 22:18.240 --> 22:18.860 36 22:20.220 --> 22:21.800 and he that reapeth 22:21.800 --> 22:24.000 receiveeth wages and gathereth 22:24.000 --> 22:25.300 fruit unto life eternal 22:25.920 --> 22:27.780 that both he that soweth 22:27.780 --> 22:29.500 and he that reapeth may rejoice together 22:29.500 --> 22:31.960 and herein is that saying true one soweth 22:31.960 --> 22:33.020 another reapeth 22:33.740 --> 22:35.640 I sent you to reap 22:35.640 --> 22:37.500 that wherein ye bestowed 22:37.500 --> 22:39.200 no labor 22:40.280 --> 22:41.680 other men labored 22:41.680 --> 22:43.400 and ye are entered 22:43.400 --> 22:44.980 into their labors 22:44.980 --> 22:47.360 ok so here's a common 22:47.360 --> 22:49.500 pattern not only carnally 22:49.500 --> 22:51.200 but spiritually 22:51.200 --> 22:53.520 carnally speaking like we love America 22:53.520 --> 22:55.520 and we have a lot of benefits 22:55.520 --> 22:57.340 of America but you know what 22:57.340 --> 22:59.580 we're entered in other men's labors our forefathers 22:59.580 --> 23:00.620 set up this nation 23:01.060 --> 23:03.500 our forefathers created a Christian heritage 23:03.500 --> 23:04.360 for this country 23:04.360 --> 23:07.320 our forefathers built a lot of the systems 23:07.320 --> 23:08.100 the highways 23:08.100 --> 23:10.340 the government structures 23:10.340 --> 23:13.180 all kinds of things have been laid out before us 23:13.180 --> 23:15.280 so that we can enjoy this great land 23:15.280 --> 23:17.420 you know praise God they've already pioneered 23:17.420 --> 23:19.160 the frontier praise God 23:19.160 --> 23:21.300 that they've already built the roads praise God 23:21.300 --> 23:23.020 they already built the railroads and they built 23:23.020 --> 23:25.180 the airways and they built all these different 23:25.180 --> 23:27.140 systems and there's grocery stores 23:27.140 --> 23:29.260 and supermarkets everywhere and you know we're 23:29.260 --> 23:31.240 not even dealing with you know just 23:31.240 --> 23:32.700 basic necessity issues 23:32.700 --> 23:34.940 we're not trying to have to fight lions tigers 23:34.940 --> 23:36.780 and bears oh my we're not 23:36.780 --> 23:38.780 having to go out and you know settle 23:38.780 --> 23:41.160 some agricultural land 23:41.160 --> 23:43.040 and just survive the harsh 23:43.040 --> 23:44.860 winter you know we're 23:44.860 --> 23:47.120 able to focus on just really 23:47.120 --> 23:48.800 like post necessity 23:48.800 --> 23:51.100 issues ok so praise 23:51.100 --> 23:53.120 God we're not on the western frontier we're not fighting 23:53.120 --> 23:54.540 Santa Ana and his army 23:54.540 --> 23:56.600 you know over the territory of Texas 23:56.600 --> 23:59.080 we're not fighting the Native American tribes 23:59.080 --> 24:00.940 that want to savagely murder 24:00.940 --> 24:02.940 our families we don't have to 24:02.940 --> 24:04.080 fight those kind of issues 24:04.080 --> 24:06.700 it's like yeah go back 24:06.700 --> 24:08.460 a couple hundred years Indians 24:08.460 --> 24:10.460 will come and literally scalp you 24:10.460 --> 24:12.300 and rape and pillage your whole family 24:12.740 --> 24:14.660 now it's just avoid the Indian casino 24:15.240 --> 24:16.820 right like isn't that 24:16.820 --> 24:19.040 a little bit easier of a challenge 24:19.040 --> 24:20.740 isn't that a little bit easier of a battle 24:20.740 --> 24:22.600 it's like now I just don't go to the 24:22.600 --> 24:24.460 Indian casino and get scalped 24:24.460 --> 24:25.460 financially ok 24:26.780 --> 24:28.720 I mean that's 24:28.720 --> 24:30.000 a lot easier of a battle 24:30.600 --> 24:32.340 than you know them actually coming 24:32.340 --> 24:33.980 and raiding and pillaging ok 24:35.080 --> 24:35.520 and 24:35.520 --> 24:37.980 I don't want to take any credit for it because I didn't do 24:37.980 --> 24:39.940 any of it praise God 24:39.940 --> 24:42.180 I get to just enter into other men's 24:42.180 --> 24:43.940 labors and I'm living in America 24:43.940 --> 24:45.080 that I did not build 24:45.080 --> 24:47.040 I did not build this country 24:47.480 --> 24:49.580 but I get to have it so you know 24:49.580 --> 24:51.280 I'm not special that I live here 24:52.000 --> 24:53.980 you know that doesn't make me special 24:53.980 --> 24:55.340 this place is special 24:55.900 --> 24:56.680 I'm not special 24:56.680 --> 24:58.760 ok so when we 24:58.760 --> 25:00.020 talk about spiritual things 25:00.540 --> 25:01.640 in many cases 25:02.440 --> 25:04.140 you know people are taking credit 25:04.140 --> 25:05.980 for having entered into other men's 25:05.980 --> 25:06.820 labor spiritually 25:08.260 --> 25:10.380 it's like I mean how many 25:10.380 --> 25:12.360 times we go out we knock 25:12.360 --> 25:14.320 on a door and we're there 25:14.320 --> 25:16.320 to present the gospel and 25:16.320 --> 25:18.100 they already know half the verses 25:18.100 --> 25:18.920 we're going to show them 25:19.820 --> 25:21.820 they already know all the facts 25:21.820 --> 25:24.180 of the gospel you're not starting 25:24.180 --> 25:26.180 from scratch you're not starting 25:26.180 --> 25:27.480 like what is a Bible 25:28.260 --> 25:29.400 what is God 25:29.960 --> 25:31.460 what it how do you even read 25:31.980 --> 25:33.420 think about this there's been 25:33.420 --> 25:35.320 these people know how to read already 25:35.320 --> 25:37.800 think about like times 25:37.800 --> 25:39.860 and places there's been places where people couldn't even read 25:39.860 --> 25:42.300 how about the fact that we speak their language 25:42.300 --> 25:43.540 look there's so much labor 25:43.540 --> 25:46.000 and so much effort that's been put into a person to get them 25:46.000 --> 25:47.240 ready to actually get saved 25:47.240 --> 25:49.680 that we're actually doing about 25:49.680 --> 25:51.700 as much contribution to 25:51.700 --> 25:52.780 a man getting woman pregnant 25:53.640 --> 25:55.580 it's like the contribution of a child 25:55.580 --> 25:57.660 coming into this world it's like 99% mom 25:57.660 --> 25:59.400 and like 1% father 25:59.400 --> 26:01.660 and it's just like why are we sitting 26:01.660 --> 26:03.800 just imagine you just walk into 26:03.800 --> 26:05.700 a vineyard and there's grapes on the ground and you just pick 26:05.700 --> 26:07.340 some up and then you think you're amazing 26:09.080 --> 26:10.460 it's like you don't have much time 26:10.460 --> 26:12.180 effort and energy took to buy 26:12.180 --> 26:13.760 the land purchase the land 26:13.760 --> 26:15.720 water the land till the land 26:15.720 --> 26:17.560 plant the seeds water the 26:17.560 --> 26:19.040 seeds trim the 26:19.040 --> 26:21.380 the hedges and just grow it up 26:21.380 --> 26:23.100 just all the time and effort 26:23.100 --> 26:24.840 and energy and then you just pick up grapes 26:24.840 --> 26:26.220 and you think you're special now 26:26.860 --> 26:29.020 you think you're so amazing because you did that 26:29.460 --> 26:30.980 and it was like you didn't even know how to pick 26:30.980 --> 26:32.620 them up someone showed like hey you can go like this 26:34.400 --> 26:35.060 and pick 26:35.060 --> 26:36.960 them up and it's like 26:38.000 --> 26:39.080 you didn't know 26:39.080 --> 26:40.700 anything and someone was literally like 26:40.700 --> 26:42.760 let me show you turn Bible 26:43.740 --> 26:44.620 Romans 3 26:46.520 --> 26:47.400 Romans 6 26:47.400 --> 26:48.920 John 3 26:48.920 --> 26:50.060 you say believe 26:50.060 --> 26:51.620 they say believe 26:52.220 --> 26:55.140 it was kind of that caveman style education 26:55.140 --> 26:56.920 we shouldn't have been able to figure out 26:56.920 --> 26:58.840 how to get someone saved on our own but someone 26:58.840 --> 27:01.120 literally was like showing us like caveman 27:01.120 --> 27:02.720 and now you think you're special 27:04.020 --> 27:05.180 you think you're 27:05.180 --> 27:06.460 so special 27:06.460 --> 27:09.340 because someone literally built an entire 27:09.340 --> 27:11.280 Christian nation and Christian 27:11.280 --> 27:13.420 churches and invented soul winning 27:13.420 --> 27:15.400 and figured out how to preach the gospel 27:15.400 --> 27:17.720 and they've been preaching the gospel to people 27:17.720 --> 27:19.180 for decades, years 27:19.180 --> 27:21.840 and then you walk up and you just caveman 27:21.840 --> 27:23.460 just repeat a few words and you get someone 27:23.460 --> 27:24.780 to say now you're special 27:25.880 --> 27:28.040 look you've entered into so many other 27:28.040 --> 27:28.820 people's labors 27:29.300 --> 27:31.760 why you think you're just so much more 27:31.760 --> 27:32.920 amazing than other people 27:32.920 --> 27:35.020 and you know what there's been so many people 27:35.020 --> 27:36.300 that I've had to go out there until 27:36.300 --> 27:38.300 the bearing ground 27:38.300 --> 27:40.600 and to water that bearing ground 27:40.600 --> 27:42.980 and to plant all kinds of seeds 27:42.980 --> 27:45.260 and then we get to just walk up 27:45.260 --> 27:47.520 and just pick some grapes off the ground 27:47.520 --> 27:49.180 and then you think you're so special 27:49.180 --> 27:49.740 because of it 27:49.740 --> 27:52.160 it's like why can't we realize 27:52.160 --> 27:55.100 there's some other people that worked really really hard 27:55.100 --> 27:55.740 to get us there 27:55.740 --> 27:58.160 and appreciate that 27:58.760 --> 28:00.500 go to Romans chapter 12 28:00.500 --> 28:01.320 go to Romans chapter 12 28:02.600 --> 28:03.500 you know and again 28:04.660 --> 28:06.780 there's nothing wrong with doing it 28:07.300 --> 28:08.060 in fact 28:09.240 --> 28:10.840 we want you to do that 28:11.620 --> 28:13.540 people worked so hard 28:13.540 --> 28:15.180 so that you would then 28:15.180 --> 28:16.060 go pick up the grapes 28:16.740 --> 28:19.160 but then don't think you're special because you did it 28:19.900 --> 28:21.620 don't think you're just so much 28:21.620 --> 28:22.640 better than the guy 28:22.640 --> 28:24.220 that tilled the ground 28:24.220 --> 28:26.000 and broke up the fallow ground 28:26.000 --> 28:27.540 and planted the seeds 28:27.540 --> 28:30.160 and watered the seeds and grew the vineyard 28:30.160 --> 28:32.460 and you know what's happened is a lot of people 28:32.460 --> 28:34.700 throughout history have been pioneers 28:34.700 --> 28:35.800 where they're going out 28:35.800 --> 28:37.620 and just breaking up fallow ground 28:37.620 --> 28:38.840 planting seeds 28:38.840 --> 28:41.380 watering the seeds, growing the vineyard 28:41.380 --> 28:42.740 and then it's just like 28:42.740 --> 28:44.600 people want to tear down those individuals 28:44.600 --> 28:46.200 attack those individuals 28:46.200 --> 28:48.380 or think that they're more special 28:48.380 --> 28:51.020 than the guy that did 99% 28:51.020 --> 28:51.600 of the labor 28:51.600 --> 28:54.400 you know men like 28:54.400 --> 28:55.820 Pastor Jack Hiles 28:55.820 --> 28:58.360 and other men of his generation 28:58.360 --> 29:01.260 did a lot of the really hard work 29:01.260 --> 29:02.880 when it came to Christianity in this nation 29:03.460 --> 29:04.660 they had to separate 29:04.660 --> 29:06.420 I mean Pastor Jack Hiles was started 29:06.420 --> 29:07.840 as a southern Baptist preacher 29:08.540 --> 29:10.300 and he had to basically 29:10.300 --> 29:12.220 go out of the southern Baptist convention 29:12.220 --> 29:13.540 realizing its problems 29:13.540 --> 29:15.620 kind of reinvent himself 29:15.620 --> 29:18.200 go out there and do the hard job 29:18.200 --> 29:20.280 of inspiring a bunch of rich 29:20.280 --> 29:22.180 brats up in Illinois 29:22.180 --> 29:23.680 I'm sorry in Indiana 29:23.680 --> 29:26.660 near Chicago a bunch of rich spoiled brats 29:26.660 --> 29:28.320 to realize soul winning is what's important 29:28.320 --> 29:30.220 because you know when he went up to 29:30.220 --> 29:32.620 first Baptist church of Ham in Indiana 29:32.620 --> 29:34.760 it was a bunch of rich spoiled brats 29:34.760 --> 29:36.620 and when he started preaching we need to bring in the poor 29:36.620 --> 29:37.740 and start getting people saved 29:37.740 --> 29:39.740 a large percent of the church left 29:39.740 --> 29:42.300 it was like 700 people 29:42.300 --> 29:44.540 or something like this and hundreds of those rich people left 29:44.540 --> 29:45.600 because they didn't want to do that 29:45.600 --> 29:47.100 they didn't want a soul winning program 29:47.100 --> 29:48.740 they didn't want to bring in the poor 29:48.740 --> 29:50.920 they didn't want people with their muddy shoes 29:50.920 --> 29:52.480 to walk in on their fancy carpet 29:53.480 --> 29:55.840 they didn't want to go get the riff raff 29:55.840 --> 29:58.500 I mean Chicago's got some rough areas folks 29:58.980 --> 29:59.720 you want to 29:59.720 --> 30:02.040 hey they thought they were special because they were white 30:02.040 --> 30:04.020 they didn't want to bring in the black 30:04.020 --> 30:05.760 suburbs of Chicago into those areas 30:05.760 --> 30:07.400 a lot of them didn't want to 30:07.400 --> 30:09.720 and you know so men like Pastor Jack 30:09.720 --> 30:11.220 House had to do the hard part 30:11.220 --> 30:14.140 of standing to the adamant faces 30:14.140 --> 30:15.620 facing being 30:15.620 --> 30:16.760 kicked out of his church 30:16.760 --> 30:19.600 facing all the persecution, facing all the backlash 30:19.600 --> 30:21.320 facing dips in 30:21.320 --> 30:22.820 congregational membership 30:22.820 --> 30:25.320 to go out there and say soul winning is what matters 30:25.320 --> 30:27.460 in preaching the Bible and inspiring 30:27.460 --> 30:29.300 a whole generation of preachers 30:29.300 --> 30:31.680 and inspiring a whole generation of this country 30:31.680 --> 30:33.800 to actually say hey this is what matters 30:33.800 --> 30:35.400 and building one of the greatest 30:35.400 --> 30:36.440 churches in America 30:39.060 --> 30:40.560 and then you know 30:40.560 --> 30:43.640 not only did he inspire just people to be in his 30:43.640 --> 30:45.480 I mean just tons of preachers 30:45.480 --> 30:46.900 about our country and not just Jack 30:46.900 --> 30:48.500 House other preachers doing this 30:48.500 --> 30:50.520 you look at great churches today 30:50.520 --> 30:52.180 you find some big church today 30:52.180 --> 30:54.680 and you'll find some guy that worked there 40 years 30:54.680 --> 30:56.400 50 years 60 years 30:56.400 --> 30:58.740 started with 9 people started with 10 30:58.740 --> 31:00.740 people started in their living room 31:00.740 --> 31:02.280 started with a small group 31:02.280 --> 31:05.140 and grew this thing over decade after 31:05.140 --> 31:06.920 decade after decade of work 31:06.920 --> 31:08.900 and now we have some young 31:08.900 --> 31:10.940 punk to take over think that he's 31:10.940 --> 31:11.320 special 31:12.820 --> 31:14.820 he doesn't even realize how much 31:14.820 --> 31:16.760 work how much effort how much energy 31:16.760 --> 31:18.680 has been put into this ministry 31:18.680 --> 31:21.060 and what caused that ministry to be successful 31:21.060 --> 31:23.140 and then we have young punks 31:23.140 --> 31:25.180 and basically inheriting 31:25.180 --> 31:27.200 giant vineyards that have been built 31:27.200 --> 31:29.100 for them and now all of a sudden they think 31:29.100 --> 31:30.260 that they're special because of it 31:31.640 --> 31:33.520 you know what and I think it's trash 31:34.100 --> 31:35.640 I think it's trash that people 31:36.300 --> 31:37.380 will you know 31:37.380 --> 31:39.320 think that they're special because of what 31:39.320 --> 31:40.380 they've been given in the ministry 31:41.280 --> 31:43.060 look if someone takes over 31:43.060 --> 31:44.260 a thriving ministry 31:44.760 --> 31:46.300 and they haven't done any work 31:46.300 --> 31:47.680 you're not special 31:48.960 --> 31:50.840 you know you don't see a recognition 31:50.840 --> 31:52.860 for the works that you've accomplished 31:53.580 --> 31:53.980 okay 31:54.660 --> 31:56.600 but it's like if you haven't accomplished anything 31:56.600 --> 31:58.820 why are you over here thinking that you're so special 31:59.940 --> 32:00.900 and even if 32:00.900 --> 32:02.840 you are special you're still not even supposed to 32:02.840 --> 32:05.040 talk about it that way you're supposed to let other men praise 32:05.040 --> 32:06.700 thee and not their own lips 32:06.700 --> 32:09.420 right you're not supposed to go around singing your praises anyways 32:10.120 --> 32:10.920 but again 32:10.920 --> 32:12.960 there's people that is always thinking that they're so 32:12.960 --> 32:15.020 special and that they're better 32:15.020 --> 32:16.940 than other people and you know what they don't 32:16.940 --> 32:18.700 want to continue 32:18.700 --> 32:20.640 doing what caused them to inherit that 32:20.640 --> 32:22.740 vineyard they just want to 32:22.740 --> 32:24.680 sit back relax and enjoy 32:24.680 --> 32:25.620 the vineyard for themselves 32:26.340 --> 32:28.720 and they don't want 32:28.720 --> 32:30.080 anybody to threaten their vineyard 32:30.080 --> 32:32.320 and they don't want anybody to take away from their vineyard 32:32.320 --> 32:34.320 and so they'll attack other people 32:34.320 --> 32:36.540 who are trying to follow in those same footsteps of people 32:36.540 --> 32:38.720 like Pastor Jack House that are actually trying to do 32:38.720 --> 32:40.400 new work trying to break up 32:40.400 --> 32:42.060 Fowler Ground now 32:42.060 --> 32:44.500 I want to talk about a specific thing that you know 32:44.500 --> 32:46.300 I did you know at our church 32:47.500 --> 32:48.680 we had our kids conference 32:49.840 --> 32:50.680 and you know 32:50.680 --> 32:52.360 whenever I was thinking of what to preach 32:52.360 --> 32:54.380 you know I always preached my sermons well 32:54.380 --> 32:55.780 I planned well in advance 32:55.780 --> 32:58.920 I was just sitting there thinking like 32:58.920 --> 33:00.340 you know the day before whatever 33:00.340 --> 33:02.220 like what could you know what could interest the kids 33:02.220 --> 33:04.140 or whatever and I was like hey we could smash some idols 33:04.140 --> 33:05.840 that would teach them like the second commandment 33:06.260 --> 33:07.700 and I just thought like that'd be fun 33:09.780 --> 33:10.900 I just thought it'd be fun just 33:11.600 --> 33:13.320 personally like I just like this sounds awesome 33:13.320 --> 33:13.760 you know 33:13.760 --> 33:15.700 and I was like the kids would be engaged 33:15.700 --> 33:17.480 and I was like hey this is a great way to teach the ten commandments 33:18.120 --> 33:19.720 and you know I bet the kids 33:20.720 --> 33:21.820 probably while they maybe 33:21.820 --> 33:23.780 don't have it perfectly memorized I bet a lot of them 33:23.780 --> 33:25.560 have a better idea of what those ten commandments are 33:26.080 --> 33:27.240 let's see if you kids can help me 33:27.240 --> 33:28.780 let's see if you can remember some of those alright 33:29.460 --> 33:30.700 I'll try to do some of these hand motions 33:30.700 --> 33:33.140 I want you guys to say the commandment if you can remember it 33:33.140 --> 33:34.260 with the hand motion with me alright 33:34.260 --> 33:35.680 can you kids say it with me 33:35.680 --> 33:37.680 see what was that first commandment 33:39.900 --> 33:40.620 yeah thou said 33:40.620 --> 33:42.540 of no other goddess were you nailed it alright 33:43.340 --> 33:44.140 second commandment 33:46.600 --> 33:47.000 yeah 33:47.000 --> 33:48.280 you got that one that's what I'm making 33:48.280 --> 33:50.580 engraving image right what was that third one 33:50.580 --> 33:51.160 thou shalt 33:53.680 --> 33:54.080 yeah 33:54.080 --> 33:56.420 thou shalt not take the name of the lord that I got in vain 33:58.880 --> 33:59.860 remember the Sabbath 34:03.880 --> 34:04.660 yeah honor 34:04.660 --> 34:06.340 thy father and thy mother right 34:10.620 --> 34:12.420 thou shalt not kill good job right 34:13.040 --> 34:13.700 oh wait 34:17.540 --> 34:19.220 yeah thou shalt not commit adultery 34:19.220 --> 34:20.720 I got a fan over here alright 34:20.720 --> 34:22.460 I like this good alright 34:24.560 --> 34:26.240 there we go 34:28.460 --> 34:30.740 bear false witness we got it and then 34:32.380 --> 34:33.960 man these kids are smart 34:34.480 --> 34:36.860 I think their explanation you know and I was accused 34:37.820 --> 34:38.780 of preaching 34:38.780 --> 34:40.380 that sermon just to 34:40.900 --> 34:42.460 get attention for our church 34:42.460 --> 34:44.720 online or something and it's like 34:44.720 --> 34:46.740 bro you know we would have gotten like 34:46.740 --> 34:48.980 cameras at every angle you know like 34:48.980 --> 34:50.940 we would like set up the cameras 34:50.940 --> 34:52.560 and we'd have seen like the hammer coming 34:52.560 --> 34:54.120 right at the face or whatever 34:54.700 --> 34:56.880 you know I didn't even think about that kind 34:56.880 --> 34:57.220 of stuff 34:58.640 --> 35:00.000 I don't care about 35:00.500 --> 35:02.880 you know obviously sometimes you think like hey 35:02.880 --> 35:04.880 this sermon could get some attention online or whatever 35:04.880 --> 35:06.780 but you know I really don't care 35:06.780 --> 35:08.920 that much about that I care about like hey the kids 35:08.920 --> 35:10.800 engaging because I get to see them 35:10.800 --> 35:12.740 on a regular basis now obviously 35:12.740 --> 35:14.960 if it's engaging to them it's probably engaging to other people 35:14.960 --> 35:17.120 it's kind of hard to preach really engaging 35:17.120 --> 35:18.220 sermons that are not engaging 35:18.780 --> 35:21.000 so guess what if you just preach 35:21.000 --> 35:22.840 really awesome engaging sermons to your 35:22.840 --> 35:24.600 people other people will 35:24.600 --> 35:26.860 think it's engaging too okay 35:27.760 --> 35:28.920 so yeah that's why 35:28.920 --> 35:30.980 I preach that sermon of course 35:30.980 --> 35:32.660 and it it worked 35:32.660 --> 35:34.660 but I was criticized as saying oh well 35:34.660 --> 35:36.240 this this object 35:36.240 --> 35:39.120 you know in the lesson is going to take away from the lesson 35:39.120 --> 35:40.460 you know you know 35:40.460 --> 35:42.600 we somehow we forgot the lesson 35:42.600 --> 35:44.980 like bro they're going to know the second commandment more than anybody 35:46.240 --> 35:46.680 like 35:46.680 --> 35:48.660 let's go test them against other people on the 35:48.660 --> 35:50.620 second commandment and let's really test 35:50.620 --> 35:52.780 them against Catholics since they don't 35:52.780 --> 35:54.360 even believe that second commandment is that 35:55.160 --> 35:56.600 you know because I 35:56.600 --> 35:58.840 was saying something like I put it online 35:58.840 --> 36:00.680 I said oh well this the seventh 36:00.680 --> 36:02.380 commandment is thou should not commit adultery 36:02.380 --> 36:04.640 and the Catholic you're so stupid that's the eighth 36:04.640 --> 36:06.380 and it's like well that's because 36:06.380 --> 36:08.560 you skipped the second one 36:08.560 --> 36:09.520 okay 36:10.260 --> 36:11.800 it's not it's not because I'm wrong 36:12.380 --> 36:14.540 but you know the Catholics have a whole different 36:14.540 --> 36:16.560 list of ten commandments 36:16.560 --> 36:17.960 don't you think that'd be important 36:17.960 --> 36:20.320 to maybe preach on when a 36:20.320 --> 36:22.680 billion people have the wrong ten commandments 36:23.460 --> 36:24.640 when a billion 36:24.640 --> 36:26.200 people are taking 36:26.200 --> 36:28.660 statues and lifting them up 36:28.660 --> 36:30.760 and carrying them around in their services 36:30.760 --> 36:32.160 and in their streets 36:32.520 --> 36:34.700 where they're putting them and lighting candles 36:34.700 --> 36:36.060 to them and kissing them 36:36.060 --> 36:38.360 I mean there's a Catholic priest that I saw 36:38.360 --> 36:40.820 they have this like Mary statue with an open 36:40.820 --> 36:42.440 head and then they put like 36:42.440 --> 36:44.000 a real human skull 36:44.740 --> 36:46.000 in the Mary statue 36:46.000 --> 36:47.740 and then like close it up 36:48.380 --> 36:50.580 they're trying to tell me this is not idolatry 36:51.340 --> 36:51.860 right 36:53.460 --> 36:54.980 go to Deuteronomy 4 36:54.980 --> 36:56.860 I just want to prove this point 36:56.860 --> 36:58.440 again it's not part of my sermon but 36:58.440 --> 37:00.240 I'm going to get there don't worry 37:00.780 --> 37:01.560 Deuteronomy 4 37:02.140 --> 37:03.840 you know because this is what the Catholics 37:04.380 --> 37:06.060 constantly try to say is they'll be like oh well 37:06.060 --> 37:08.760 we're not making idols to the bad guys 37:08.760 --> 37:09.960 we're making them to the good guys 37:10.900 --> 37:12.320 and it's just like okay 37:12.320 --> 37:14.420 like I get that there's a difference 37:14.420 --> 37:16.220 between the saints 37:16.220 --> 37:18.040 and Mary and Jesus Christ 37:18.820 --> 37:20.360 and literal demons 37:20.360 --> 37:22.760 and Hinduism and some of that 37:22.760 --> 37:23.520 but 37:24.580 --> 37:26.600 what does God actually communicating 37:26.600 --> 37:28.220 in the Bible because that's what matters 37:28.220 --> 37:30.380 it doesn't matter that your logic 37:30.380 --> 37:32.640 sounds good it matters what the Bible 37:32.640 --> 37:34.440 says because oh well 37:34.440 --> 37:35.940 we're not making an image 37:35.940 --> 37:38.400 to a false God or making an image 37:38.400 --> 37:40.340 to the true God but what does the Bible 37:40.340 --> 37:42.100 actually say verse 15 37:42.100 --> 37:43.960 take you therefore good heat under yourselves 37:43.960 --> 37:46.620 for you saw no manner of similitude 37:46.620 --> 37:48.060 on the day that the Lord 37:48.060 --> 37:50.280 spake unto you in horror about the midst of the fire 37:50.740 --> 37:52.700 so what is the Bible saying you didn't see 37:52.700 --> 37:54.400 me you didn't see God 37:54.860 --> 37:56.040 and then he says last 37:56.040 --> 37:58.400 he corrupt yourselves and make you a grave 37:58.400 --> 38:00.260 an image the similitude of 38:00.260 --> 38:02.180 any figure likeness of male or female 38:02.180 --> 38:04.340 now I want to slow down and think about this 38:04.340 --> 38:06.380 for a second he's saying 38:06.380 --> 38:08.440 I made sure you didn't see me 38:09.380 --> 38:10.420 because if you did 38:10.420 --> 38:12.200 see me what would you have done 38:13.500 --> 38:14.340 made an image 38:14.340 --> 38:16.480 of what you saw you 38:16.480 --> 38:17.820 to made an image of me 38:18.760 --> 38:20.040 actually having seen me 38:20.040 --> 38:22.420 okay and he said I didn't want you to 38:22.420 --> 38:23.800 do that because that would corrupt you 38:24.260 --> 38:26.280 nothing about this logic they'll say oh well 38:26.280 --> 38:28.200 in the Old Testament we couldn't make 38:28.200 --> 38:30.020 graven images of God because we hadn't seen him 38:31.200 --> 38:32.160 but in the New Testament 38:32.160 --> 38:33.520 we've seen Jesus so now we can 38:34.260 --> 38:36.340 it's like bro the reason why he didn't 38:36.340 --> 38:38.380 want you to be to see him 38:38.380 --> 38:40.400 is that you would then try to make an image of him 38:41.020 --> 38:41.980 and isn't it 38:41.980 --> 38:44.520 interesting that all the graven images 38:44.520 --> 38:46.460 and all the pictures that we have 38:46.460 --> 38:48.400 of Jesus it wasn't even from 38:48.400 --> 38:49.780 someone actually having seen him 38:49.780 --> 38:51.660 right it's like 38:51.660 --> 38:52.760 300 years later 38:53.220 --> 38:54.600 why would that make sense 38:54.600 --> 38:57.420 I didn't want you to see me so that you would 38:57.420 --> 38:58.820 make an actual picture of me 38:58.820 --> 39:01.620 but I want you 300 years later somebody that 39:01.620 --> 39:03.460 doesn't has never seen me and would never 39:03.460 --> 39:05.520 see me to now make an image of what I looked like 39:06.020 --> 39:07.700 and then of course that's why we have 39:07.700 --> 39:09.760 all over the world different versions 39:09.760 --> 39:11.440 of Jesus you got a 39:11.440 --> 39:12.740 Asian Jesus 39:13.260 --> 39:14.820 and you got an Indian Jesus 39:14.820 --> 39:16.800 and you got a Middle Eastern Jesus 39:16.800 --> 39:18.360 and you got a white Jesus 39:18.360 --> 39:20.640 and you got a black Jesus and it's just like 39:20.640 --> 39:22.140 which one is it 39:22.580 --> 39:23.500 it's none of them 39:24.760 --> 39:25.940 but let me tell you something 39:25.940 --> 39:28.680 even if you had an exact 39:28.680 --> 39:30.220 picture of Jesus 39:30.800 --> 39:32.700 an exact sculpture of Jesus 39:32.700 --> 39:34.000 he said don't do it anyways 39:35.460 --> 39:36.440 if someone 39:36.440 --> 39:37.580 saw God 39:37.580 --> 39:40.400 and made an exact image of God 39:40.400 --> 39:42.920 what is the Bible saying I didn't want you to do that 39:42.920 --> 39:44.180 lest you would corrupt yourselves 39:45.140 --> 39:46.300 and isn't it interesting 39:46.300 --> 39:48.120 the group that's trying to do this the hardest 39:48.120 --> 39:50.240 the Catholics it's a completely corrupt 39:50.240 --> 39:52.020 institution with a false 39:52.020 --> 39:54.080 gospel and bad fruit 39:54.080 --> 39:56.240 it's not even a question whether or not they're 39:56.240 --> 39:58.420 of God and of course they're doing exactly 39:58.420 --> 39:59.560 the opposite of what the Bible says 39:59.560 --> 40:02.200 in every category like the Catholics are 40:02.200 --> 40:03.880 always wrong about 40:03.880 --> 40:05.000 virtually everything 40:05.740 --> 40:07.960 it's like I was trying to think like maybe some of them 40:07.960 --> 40:10.120 not the church but some of them are based on the Jews 40:10.700 --> 40:11.900 but like by 40:11.900 --> 40:14.280 and large the Catholics are just wrong on virtually 40:14.280 --> 40:14.920 everything 40:16.060 --> 40:17.600 historically there were some cool 40:17.600 --> 40:19.740 Catholics as far as their quotes about the Jews 40:19.740 --> 40:21.980 and it's questionable if they were Catholic 40:21.980 --> 40:22.860 or not I don't know 40:22.860 --> 40:25.500 it's kind of acronistic how they applied those labels 40:25.500 --> 40:27.000 but that's a different sermon 40:27.000 --> 40:28.540 go to Romans chapter 12 40:29.500 --> 40:31.840 now again I was criticized specifically 40:31.840 --> 40:33.460 about me smashing 40:33.460 --> 40:35.700 and I didn't even do it the children 40:36.300 --> 40:36.780 smashing 40:36.780 --> 40:39.280 graven images or allowing the kids to smash 40:39.280 --> 40:40.380 graven images but 40:41.140 --> 40:42.820 I'm not going to apologize for that 40:42.820 --> 40:45.400 other than I dropped the eye protection 40:45.400 --> 40:47.220 I had eyeglasses I promise 40:47.220 --> 40:49.380 you I just couldn't find them and I didn't know 40:49.380 --> 40:50.880 what to do and we just did it anyways alright 40:50.880 --> 40:52.640 God protected us alright 40:54.600 --> 40:55.120 apparently 40:55.120 --> 40:57.200 these Catholic priests need to preach with helmets on though 40:57.200 --> 40:58.360 because their crucifixes 40:58.900 --> 41:01.000 they can just fall and smash 41:01.000 --> 41:03.200 and hit them where's the PPE 41:03.200 --> 41:04.640 there okay you know 41:06.000 --> 41:07.500 they need the special helmet 41:07.500 --> 41:08.500 anyways you know what I mean 41:10.820 --> 41:11.300 but 41:11.300 --> 41:13.280 you know I was criticized by another 41:13.280 --> 41:15.440 fundamental Baptist it's someone 41:15.440 --> 41:17.580 that I I've never had like a personal 41:17.580 --> 41:18.520 interaction with 41:18.520 --> 41:21.000 his name was pastor Justin Cooper 41:21.000 --> 41:23.460 he passes a church called gospel light 41:23.460 --> 41:25.160 Baptist church I 41:25.160 --> 41:27.240 I think I've reached out to him one time 41:27.240 --> 41:29.360 and it was like months 41:29.360 --> 41:31.340 ago I tried to invite him to come on our 41:31.340 --> 41:33.200 Baptist by show to debate the 41:33.200 --> 41:35.260 pre-trib rapture because he was preaching 41:35.260 --> 41:36.880 against our movement regularly 41:37.360 --> 41:39.240 on the on the timing of the rapture 41:39.240 --> 41:41.860 and I just wanted to give him an opportunity to like defend himself 41:41.860 --> 41:43.420 against like our views 41:43.420 --> 41:45.420 I got no response so I don't 41:45.420 --> 41:47.440 I don't you know I doubt I'd ever get a response 41:47.440 --> 41:49.380 but if these guys are 41:49.380 --> 41:51.060 so right why don't they just prove us wrong you know 41:51.060 --> 41:53.160 it's kind of my view on it but 41:54.400 --> 41:55.420 nevertheless I'm not 41:55.420 --> 41:56.480 like against this person 41:56.980 --> 41:59.420 I don't I don't wish ill towards this person 41:59.420 --> 42:00.800 at all but you know 42:00.800 --> 42:03.440 if these guys can go on podcast and criticize 42:03.440 --> 42:05.300 me why can't I 42:05.300 --> 42:06.720 say something about them 42:06.720 --> 42:09.300 you know like some people get mad at me for maybe even bringing 42:09.300 --> 42:11.140 him up or talking about him like oh he saved 42:11.140 --> 42:13.300 we shouldn't do that but why can they criticize 42:13.300 --> 42:14.820 me and I can't criticize them 42:15.440 --> 42:16.520 okay so 42:16.520 --> 42:19.220 and this is why typically is because 42:19.220 --> 42:21.620 when they criticize us it's usually lies 42:21.620 --> 42:23.420 and slander and it doesn't affect us in any way 42:23.420 --> 42:25.440 and when we criticize them it's based 42:25.440 --> 42:27.060 on things that are true and factual 42:27.060 --> 42:29.000 and biblical and they can't 42:29.000 --> 42:31.160 disprove it and they get really mad about that 42:31.160 --> 42:32.880 okay so that's what we're gonna do 42:35.300 --> 42:37.000 but you know Justin 42:37.000 --> 42:38.580 Cooper just to give you a little bit of 42:39.100 --> 42:41.320 context again he criticized me saying that 42:41.320 --> 42:43.140 you know I shouldn't have been smashing 42:43.140 --> 42:45.240 these these images but then like in the next 42:45.240 --> 42:47.260 breath he basically just says well everything 42:47.260 --> 42:49.380 I I did or believe is right 42:49.840 --> 42:51.020 you know it's just like well 42:51.660 --> 42:53.080 obviously people in the Bible are doing 42:53.080 --> 42:55.260 this and obviously the Bible says not to 42:55.260 --> 42:57.160 do it and it's just like so what was the 42:57.160 --> 43:00.020 problem again and it's like it's just because 43:00.020 --> 43:01.860 I guess it's just for attention or it's just for 43:01.860 --> 43:04.020 show or whatever but 43:04.020 --> 43:05.760 you know their church 43:05.760 --> 43:08.060 his church he hasn't not 43:08.060 --> 43:10.020 been there that long he he came from Jack 43:10.020 --> 43:12.140 Treber's church so this is north valley 43:12.140 --> 43:13.500 Baptist church in California 43:14.320 --> 43:16.160 they have a Bible college 43:16.160 --> 43:17.820 it's really well known 43:17.820 --> 43:19.820 golden state and 43:19.820 --> 43:22.060 they have a big youth conference 43:22.060 --> 43:24.060 every year and it's like you go to 43:24.060 --> 43:26.280 this youth conference they've got kids playing 43:26.280 --> 43:27.560 basketball on the stage 43:27.560 --> 43:29.300 you go to their youth conference 43:29.300 --> 43:31.540 and they're dressing up like cowboys 43:31.540 --> 43:33.700 and Indians and they've got animals 43:33.700 --> 43:35.400 on the stage and I mean 43:35.400 --> 43:37.580 talk about object lessons I mean 43:37.580 --> 43:39.200 talk about like if you can't have 43:39.200 --> 43:41.000 object lessons for a kids conference 43:41.350 --> 43:43.520 like they're in the biggest violation ever 43:43.520 --> 43:45.640 okay so even they would 43:45.640 --> 43:47.360 have to admit like yeah I guess we do a lot of 43:47.360 --> 43:49.620 object lessons but what's interesting is this 43:49.620 --> 43:51.460 year that particular 43:52.420 --> 43:52.960 institution 43:53.580 --> 43:55.220 had pastor Kevin when 43:55.220 --> 43:57.300 come and preach at it this year 43:58.580 --> 43:59.360 which is like 43:59.360 --> 44:01.000 okay pastor Kevin when 44:01.000 --> 44:03.020 brought like a life size 44:03.020 --> 44:05.280 Mary statue on 44:05.280 --> 44:07.220 his stage and destroyed it with 44:07.220 --> 44:09.160 a battle axe like the guy just like 44:09.160 --> 44:11.300 literally took a battle axe and just like 44:11.300 --> 44:13.260 destroyed it a couple 44:13.260 --> 44:15.700 years ago I don't know exactly the timeline but it was well before I did 44:15.700 --> 44:17.020 you know I didn't invent this idea 44:17.020 --> 44:19.100 okay and it's just like 44:19.100 --> 44:21.240 why are we are you going to criticize 44:21.240 --> 44:23.200 pastor Kevin when for doing such a thing 44:23.200 --> 44:25.500 are you going to attack that church 44:25.500 --> 44:26.660 for doing such a thing of course not 44:27.140 --> 44:29.160 so these people are just hypocrites these people are just 44:29.160 --> 44:31.120 hypocrites and it's just 44:31.120 --> 44:33.040 like I'm bad because 44:33.040 --> 44:35.240 I did it but if one of theirs does 44:35.240 --> 44:36.540 it it's no problem 44:37.820 --> 44:39.080 I've seen in these 44:39.080 --> 44:40.880 churches them smashing 44:40.880 --> 44:43.020 televisions I've seen them get up a 44:43.020 --> 44:44.700 literal just a giant television 44:45.080 --> 44:47.080 with a baseball bat just 44:47.080 --> 44:49.080 just destroying a television 44:49.600 --> 44:51.140 and I want to ask you this question 44:51.140 --> 44:53.280 like what do you think is more harmful for 44:53.280 --> 44:53.680 America 44:54.720 --> 44:56.600 literal pagan idolatry 44:56.600 --> 44:57.360 or television 44:58.180 --> 44:59.420 which one is more 45:00.040 --> 45:01.680 you know commanded and not doing the Bible 45:01.680 --> 45:03.820 which one is actually in a sin 45:03.820 --> 45:05.500 just for sure 45:06.080 --> 45:07.560 and which one's not a sin 45:08.140 --> 45:10.160 it's like and look I'm not 45:10.160 --> 45:12.040 even mad at the guy smashing the TV 45:12.040 --> 45:14.480 go for it you think I give a 45:14.480 --> 45:16.120 rip you think I'm going to get up 45:16.120 --> 45:18.260 and criticize oh you should have 45:18.260 --> 45:19.260 worn some glasses 45:21.820 --> 45:23.620 you should have used a wooden bat 45:23.620 --> 45:25.000 he was an aluminum bat 45:26.220 --> 45:27.320 you think I care 45:27.320 --> 45:30.100 there's been people ripping up NIVs 45:30.100 --> 45:31.880 and ripping up things I mean like 45:31.880 --> 45:34.280 I'm not the first person to ever do 45:34.280 --> 45:36.660 something like this but it's just so hypocritical 45:36.660 --> 45:38.200 again and they just want 45:38.200 --> 45:39.540 to like act like we're bad 45:39.540 --> 45:40.780 it's like bro 45:41.580 --> 45:43.620 those are the guys that built the 45:43.620 --> 45:45.460 vineyard that you're sitting in right now 45:45.460 --> 45:45.860 yeah 45:45.860 --> 45:48.740 oh I know in the past is 45:49.320 --> 45:51.540 you're sitting in a vineyard eating grapes 45:51.540 --> 45:53.900 and criticizing the guy for planting 45:53.900 --> 45:55.680 the seeds that gave you the 45:55.680 --> 45:56.620 grapes that you're eating 45:57.600 --> 45:59.560 it's like these guys went out there 45:59.560 --> 46:01.140 and started a great soul winning 46:01.140 --> 46:03.460 you know movement 46:03.460 --> 46:05.700 in this country they're the ones that started 46:05.700 --> 46:07.240 these churches 46:07.240 --> 46:09.340 and built these churches and they're hard 46:09.340 --> 46:11.300 preaching drew in the crowds and they created 46:11.300 --> 46:13.100 these conferences people wanted to come to 46:13.100 --> 46:14.940 yeah if you came to just some 46:14.940 --> 46:16.960 conference where people get up 46:16.960 --> 46:19.220 and they say I'm gonna say something 46:20.260 --> 46:21.600 and I don't care who gets offended 46:22.540 --> 46:23.400 I don't care 46:23.400 --> 46:24.860 who walks out of this service 46:24.860 --> 46:27.440 I'm gonna say this and I don't care who gets mad 46:27.440 --> 46:29.180 Jesus Christ is God 46:31.620 --> 46:33.080 I'm not joking that's what's going on 46:33.080 --> 46:33.840 at their conferences now 46:34.940 --> 46:36.340 this is like direct quotes 46:38.940 --> 46:40.880 yeah that Muslim got offended man 46:40.880 --> 46:42.980 that Muslim 46:42.980 --> 46:44.880 is just gonna leave the service angry 46:44.880 --> 46:46.280 now or whatever 46:46.280 --> 46:48.780 it's like you think that's what brought the crowds in 46:48.780 --> 46:51.120 you think that's what built your church 46:51.120 --> 46:52.860 you think that's what caused 46:52.860 --> 46:55.080 people to sacrificially give to these institutions 46:55.500 --> 46:56.900 is that kind of lame 46:56.900 --> 46:58.960 watered down weak preaching 46:58.960 --> 47:00.800 that's trying to just hold on 47:00.800 --> 47:02.900 so tight to what other people have built 47:02.900 --> 47:04.840 and is so afraid to actually preach something 47:04.840 --> 47:05.700 that someone would leave 47:07.080 --> 47:08.760 now they don't want to smash anything 47:08.760 --> 47:10.200 they're afraid 47:10.880 --> 47:12.200 now they're all scared 47:13.240 --> 47:14.380 look it's a joke 47:14.380 --> 47:16.240 and you know what you're not special 47:16.240 --> 47:17.660 because you're the pastor of a church 47:17.660 --> 47:18.780 that was built by other men 47:21.740 --> 47:23.340 again giving you some context 47:23.340 --> 47:24.880 Gospelite Baptist church 47:24.880 --> 47:27.020 I just want to read a little bit 47:27.020 --> 47:28.060 of information about it 47:28.740 --> 47:30.120 it was started in 1949 47:31.060 --> 47:32.380 first ten years was 47:32.380 --> 47:34.680 pastor D.W. Long 47:35.220 --> 47:37.240 and he organized it with nine members 47:37.240 --> 47:39.320 and that's hard work starting a church 47:39.320 --> 47:40.640 with nine people is hard work 47:41.260 --> 47:43.140 I mean nine members how many of those 47:43.140 --> 47:44.260 was his family I don't know 47:44.260 --> 47:46.900 sometimes nine members could mean 47:46.900 --> 47:48.860 you have one member in a family 47:48.860 --> 47:49.800 your family 47:49.800 --> 47:52.220 in 1956 47:53.780 --> 47:54.820 to 2018 47:55.700 --> 47:56.980 it was pastored by 47:56.980 --> 47:58.440 brother Bobby Robertson 47:58.440 --> 48:00.840 you want to know why Gospelite Baptist church 48:00.840 --> 48:03.200 is awesome because of pastor Bobby 48:03.200 --> 48:03.840 Robertson 48:03.840 --> 48:03.940 yeah 48:03.940 --> 48:06.180 he pastored there for 48:07.520 --> 48:08.800 61 years 48:09.740 --> 48:11.340 some people don't even live to be 61 48:11.340 --> 48:13.900 this guy pastored for 61 years 48:13.900 --> 48:15.220 and yeah 48:15.580 --> 48:16.920 God greatly used him 48:16.920 --> 48:18.980 and he died in 2018 48:18.980 --> 48:21.120 so the guy pastored all the way through 48:21.120 --> 48:23.020 built this great giant church 48:23.020 --> 48:24.800 host the sword of the Lord conference 48:24.800 --> 48:27.140 which is a big conference that a lot of people 48:27.140 --> 48:28.140 really appreciate 48:29.080 --> 48:30.980 for the next few years 48:31.700 --> 48:32.980 basically people that were contemporaries 48:33.520 --> 48:35.020 with him like his friends in the church 48:35.020 --> 48:37.020 that were other pastors and gone with them 48:37.020 --> 48:39.080 they kind of just carry the torch for a few more 48:39.080 --> 48:40.980 years so another guy pastor 48:40.980 --> 48:43.060 bro Frank Schumann 48:43.060 --> 48:44.820 did like a three year stint 48:44.820 --> 48:47.000 then another pastor Matt Morrison 48:47.000 --> 48:48.820 did another three year stint and basically those guys 48:48.820 --> 48:50.540 basically just pastored until they died 48:50.540 --> 48:53.160 or had such severe health issues 48:53.160 --> 48:54.840 that they had to just pass on the torch 48:55.340 --> 48:56.780 so in October 48:58.340 --> 48:59.220 of 2024 49:00.540 --> 49:01.860 Justin Cooper became 49:01.860 --> 49:03.480 the pastor of gospel life Baptist church 49:03.480 --> 49:05.060 so and 49:05.060 --> 49:06.220 prior to this 49:06.220 --> 49:08.720 his best I can tell 49:08.720 --> 49:10.260 I don't think he was pastoring anywhere 49:10.260 --> 49:12.840 I can't verify exactly the few years prior 49:12.840 --> 49:14.960 but I believe he was still at 49:14.960 --> 49:17.060 North Valley Baptist church as assistant 49:17.060 --> 49:19.080 or just working in their school 49:19.920 --> 49:22.180 he's well known as a traveling evangelist 49:22.180 --> 49:23.780 there's not very much information on him 49:23.780 --> 49:25.480 probably because there's not much to say 49:25.480 --> 49:26.380 yeah 49:28.760 --> 49:29.620 Justin Cooper 49:29.620 --> 49:31.220 has one kid 49:31.220 --> 49:33.060 who's eight or nine years old 49:33.060 --> 49:34.080 one son 49:34.960 --> 49:36.740 so this guy went to 49:36.740 --> 49:37.440 Golden State 49:38.220 --> 49:40.360 graduated from there just was part of 49:40.360 --> 49:42.340 Jack Treber's church just working there 49:42.340 --> 49:43.340 and then 49:43.340 --> 49:46.200 just happens to take over one of the 49:46.200 --> 49:48.100 biggest most thriving 49:48.100 --> 49:49.480 well known 49:50.120 --> 49:52.400 churches ever and you know what 49:52.400 --> 49:53.880 I think it's caused him to think he's special 49:53.880 --> 49:54.720 yeah 49:56.140 --> 49:58.140 and it's like bro what did you do though 49:58.140 --> 50:00.260 what have you accomplished so far 50:00.260 --> 50:01.880 I mean you just basically 50:01.880 --> 50:04.240 you're just going through a program that already exists 50:04.240 --> 50:05.560 through Jack Treber's efforts 50:05.560 --> 50:07.240 and the church that he built 50:07.680 --> 50:09.640 then you're just inheriting somebody else's church 50:09.640 --> 50:12.380 you know you ought to have a low opinion of yourself 50:12.380 --> 50:12.900 yeah 50:14.760 --> 50:16.560 and why are you criticizing other people that are 50:16.560 --> 50:18.140 willing to break up the fallow ground 50:18.620 --> 50:20.180 and preach oh you're not going to reach 50:20.180 --> 50:21.920 Catholics I want to know how many Catholics he's 50:21.920 --> 50:22.580 bringing in 50:22.580 --> 50:23.020 yeah 50:26.460 --> 50:27.260 but there's more 50:28.040 --> 50:28.440 alright 50:30.120 --> 50:32.080 and this is another thing I really want to get to 50:32.080 --> 50:34.180 look at Romans chapter 12 I know how to turn there 50:34.180 --> 50:35.280 look at verse 3 50:35.280 --> 50:38.000 I say through the grace given to me to every man 50:38.000 --> 50:39.980 that is among you not to think of himself more 50:39.980 --> 50:42.000 highly than you ought to think 50:42.000 --> 50:44.080 but soberly according as God 50:44.520 --> 50:45.940 have dealt to every man 50:45.940 --> 50:46.520 the measure of faith 50:47.460 --> 50:49.660 if you go to gospel like Baptist church 50:49.660 --> 50:51.980 website and you click on their about page look at their staff 50:51.980 --> 50:53.260 it does not say 50:53.260 --> 50:54.580 pastor Justin Cooper 50:55.280 --> 50:56.200 you know it says 50:57.660 --> 50:58.180 doctor 50:59.100 --> 50:59.980 Justin Cooper 51:01.020 --> 51:03.340 now again there's no bio 51:03.340 --> 51:05.480 like there's nothing to click on there's nothing 51:05.480 --> 51:06.220 to look at 51:07.320 --> 51:08.760 so I don't know what 51:09.920 --> 51:10.440 doctor 51:11.500 --> 51:13.420 he has I don't know what kind of doctoral 51:13.420 --> 51:14.720 agree that he has 51:14.720 --> 51:17.460 but what's pretty much well known in these institutions 51:17.460 --> 51:19.540 is that they all give each other these 51:19.540 --> 51:20.920 honorary doctorate 51:20.920 --> 51:23.180 okay someone like pastor Jack 51:23.180 --> 51:25.700 you know he has his own Bible college 51:25.700 --> 51:27.460 often they'll just give themselves this 51:27.460 --> 51:29.500 honorary doctorate title 51:30.280 --> 51:31.320 and it's just like 51:31.320 --> 51:33.080 what what did 51:33.740 --> 51:35.320 pastor Justin Cooper do 51:35.320 --> 51:37.500 to now hold this title doctor I want him to 51:37.500 --> 51:39.500 explain to the world why he has the title doctor 51:40.260 --> 51:41.560 and I have a 51:41.560 --> 51:42.400 sneaking suspicion 51:42.940 --> 51:45.200 like a 99.999% 51:45.200 --> 51:47.000 sure certainty this is an 51:47.000 --> 51:48.300 honorary doctorate 51:50.060 --> 51:51.240 and again the guy 51:51.240 --> 51:53.020 said oh well you're not reaching Catholics 51:53.020 --> 51:55.280 by smashing idols and preaching all these 51:55.280 --> 51:56.120 crazy sermons 51:56.120 --> 51:58.500 and he calls us crazy Christians 51:59.200 --> 52:01.100 okay we're a bunch of crazy Christians 52:01.100 --> 52:02.360 and stuff like that well 52:02.360 --> 52:04.900 I mean I guess we have to be like him 52:06.300 --> 52:07.280 like what's going to 52:07.280 --> 52:09.200 reach the Catholic community what's 52:09.200 --> 52:11.120 going to cause Catholics to have respect to us 52:11.120 --> 52:13.220 is if we all of a sudden call ourselves doctor 52:13.220 --> 52:14.940 that's what's going to give us the respect right 52:16.020 --> 52:17.120 so you know I 52:17.120 --> 52:19.220 figured instead of being a crazy Christian 52:19.220 --> 52:20.180 like these people 52:20.180 --> 52:23.180 instead of doing that I should become a doctor too 52:23.180 --> 52:23.840 you know what I mean 52:23.840 --> 52:31.080 so maybe we can get the music playing 52:32.120 --> 52:34.060 da da da da da 52:34.060 --> 52:34.600 da da da da da 52:36.980 --> 52:39.420 you know I just feel like 52:39.420 --> 52:42.240 maybe if I become a doctor 52:43.580 --> 52:45.840 you know if I just graduate 52:47.100 --> 52:49.000 I'm not going to take any classes 52:51.120 --> 52:52.060 I'm not saying that 52:52.060 --> 52:53.200 I'm not saying learn anything 52:54.700 --> 52:55.200 honorary 52:56.760 --> 52:57.760 just super 52:57.760 --> 52:58.240 honorary 53:00.980 --> 53:01.980 because this 53:01.980 --> 53:03.900 this is what will cause Catholics to really 53:03.900 --> 53:04.600 respect me right 53:06.040 --> 53:07.380 I'm not pastor Shelly 53:08.880 --> 53:09.840 doctor Shelly 53:09.840 --> 53:10.640 you know what I mean 53:12.940 --> 53:13.980 and I mean I figure 53:13.980 --> 53:14.760 if it's honorary 53:15.500 --> 53:17.180 I might as well graduate with honors 53:17.180 --> 53:18.180 you know what I mean 53:19.640 --> 53:20.860 I don't want to graduate 53:20.860 --> 53:23.660 I just I barely pastor something 53:25.380 --> 53:27.840 and I mean maybe like an honorary 53:27.840 --> 53:29.520 special group that I was a part of 53:29.520 --> 53:29.840 you know 53:32.440 --> 53:33.920 now the Catholics will have respect 53:33.920 --> 53:35.840 to me I'm wearing 53:35.840 --> 53:37.540 their clothing right 53:38.500 --> 53:39.960 my wife didn't know she was going to marry 53:39.960 --> 53:40.400 a doctor 53:44.220 --> 53:45.840 I don't know if it's convincing though 53:45.840 --> 53:47.440 because doctors sometimes you know 53:47.780 --> 53:48.880 they have to look smart 53:49.480 --> 53:50.920 so maybe I should have some glasses 53:56.220 --> 53:56.700 doctor 54:00.300 --> 54:01.920 now the Catholics are going to come 54:01.920 --> 54:02.480 to our church 54:04.300 --> 54:06.320 right not these crazy Christians 54:09.260 --> 54:11.940 I mean this is what I think 54:11.940 --> 54:14.000 of when independent Baptist 54:14.000 --> 54:15.360 are like 54:15.890 --> 54:17.940 we have a doctor in the house 54:17.940 --> 54:19.920 doctor Justin Cooper 54:21.860 --> 54:23.980 why is this giving God 54:23.980 --> 54:24.320 glory 54:26.360 --> 54:27.780 well I've been 54:27.780 --> 54:30.340 pastoring this church for 18 months 54:33.220 --> 54:34.480 I don't know if you knew that 54:34.480 --> 54:37.000 oh and by the way I have one child 54:37.960 --> 54:39.260 my wife works 54:39.260 --> 54:41.040 at home she stays at home 54:41.040 --> 54:42.820 to raise all of our one child 54:46.000 --> 54:47.140 it's very difficult 54:47.140 --> 54:48.920 and of course 54:48.920 --> 54:50.640 I have this giant church 54:51.050 --> 54:52.980 where I don't have to do any other work 54:52.980 --> 54:55.120 and I have a huge fleet of staff 54:55.120 --> 54:56.700 to do all the things that 54:56.700 --> 54:58.460 you know could be done 54:58.460 --> 55:00.840 I just have to work so hard 55:00.840 --> 55:03.540 on making podcasts against Pastor Shelly 55:04.420 --> 55:05.640 just so difficult 55:06.900 --> 55:07.780 so I'm special 55:09.960 --> 55:11.300 and of course you know these guys 55:11.300 --> 55:13.420 they're not special 55:13.420 --> 55:15.040 only because of their titles 55:15.460 --> 55:17.520 they do special preaching to don't they 55:18.560 --> 55:19.680 because they can't talk 55:19.680 --> 55:20.940 to you like a normal person 55:22.280 --> 55:23.820 they have to talk special 55:24.280 --> 55:26.080 isn't it interesting that all these preachers 55:26.080 --> 55:28.140 have a special voice for when they preach 55:30.200 --> 55:31.700 it's because they just think they're 55:31.700 --> 55:32.780 so special 55:33.580 --> 55:35.200 and of course Dr. Cooper 55:36.020 --> 55:37.800 he preached on idolatry 55:37.800 --> 55:39.560 so I figured I could preach 55:39.560 --> 55:40.380 some of his sermon 55:41.880 --> 55:43.140 so he was reading 55:43.140 --> 55:44.280 about how 55:44.780 --> 55:46.960 you should destroy images 55:46.960 --> 55:48.620 which I don't know what I did wrong 55:50.120 --> 55:50.900 he's like 55:50.900 --> 55:53.480 you shall destroy their altars 55:53.480 --> 55:55.160 and break down their images 55:55.160 --> 55:56.930 and cut down their groves 55:57.580 --> 56:00.000 and burn their craven images with fire 56:00.000 --> 56:01.920 he is saying 56:01.920 --> 56:03.600 that when you cross into Canaan 56:03.600 --> 56:06.260 there are some instructions for you to follow 56:06.260 --> 56:08.740 and here's what it is 56:08.740 --> 56:10.900 all of those nations 56:10.900 --> 56:12.180 yonder 56:12.180 --> 56:13.600 in 56:15.000 --> 56:15.760 Canaan 56:15.760 --> 56:18.460 land are heathen nations 56:18.460 --> 56:20.300 pagan nations 56:22.160 --> 56:23.680 orworldly nations 56:23.680 --> 56:26.420 anti-god nations 56:26.420 --> 56:28.820 and I don't want you to build 56:28.820 --> 56:30.160 a bridge to that nation 56:30.160 --> 56:32.980 I don't want you to yoke up with those nations 56:32.980 --> 56:35.160 I don't want you to have fellowship 56:35.160 --> 56:36.180 with those nations 56:36.820 --> 56:38.280 I want you to not only destroy 56:38.760 --> 56:39.840 all those nations 56:43.000 --> 56:44.400 can I say 56:45.940 --> 56:46.900 that it's still 56:46.900 --> 56:48.920 the marching orders for the people of God 56:48.920 --> 56:49.480 today 56:51.120 --> 56:52.820 that we are to have no fellowship 56:53.580 --> 56:55.140 with the unfruitful 56:55.140 --> 56:56.220 works of darkness 56:56.220 --> 56:58.660 or rather approve them 57:00.520 --> 57:02.460 and I want to go on the record 57:02.460 --> 57:04.520 and I want to 57:04.520 --> 57:05.120 say 57:05.900 --> 57:08.500 as long as God lets me live 57:09.380 --> 57:10.600 I want God 57:10.600 --> 57:12.120 to ring out my life 57:12.120 --> 57:14.640 and to do the best to destroy 57:15.380 --> 57:17.120 every false altar 57:17.120 --> 57:18.420 break down 57:18.420 --> 57:19.540 every image 57:20.160 --> 57:22.340 and destroy every grove 57:22.340 --> 57:24.560 of anything that is anti-god 57:25.440 --> 57:26.260 the homosexual 57:26.940 --> 57:27.420 agenda 57:28.680 --> 57:30.500 the transgender agenda 57:31.160 --> 57:32.540 the emerging church 57:32.540 --> 57:34.740 agenda ought not to stand 57:34.740 --> 57:36.080 with the people of the living God 57:37.420 --> 57:38.680 well I don't really agree 57:38.680 --> 57:40.040 with that, well I agree with it 57:41.020 --> 57:42.400 Muhammad's a false prophet 57:44.200 --> 57:44.680 Hinduism 57:44.680 --> 57:45.640 is hogwash 57:46.620 --> 57:47.840 Mormonism is a cult 57:48.420 --> 57:49.900 Joe's witness are liars 57:50.440 --> 57:51.320 everybody okay 57:55.240 --> 57:56.920 I don't know if I offended you 57:56.920 --> 57:57.680 Hindu 57:58.920 --> 58:00.200 Joe's witnesses or whatever 58:00.200 --> 58:02.400 but he doesn't mention Catholics 58:04.880 --> 58:06.600 oh you really think 58:06.600 --> 58:08.640 that a bunch of fundamental Baptist are mad 58:08.640 --> 58:10.480 that you said Muhammad is a false prophet 58:11.600 --> 58:12.440 Joe's witnesses 58:12.440 --> 58:13.420 are liars 58:14.400 --> 58:16.080 whoa calm down buddy 58:16.920 --> 58:18.040 you know what I want 58:18.520 --> 58:19.720 I want Justin Cooper 58:19.720 --> 58:21.800 to preach against the homosexual agenda 58:21.800 --> 58:22.460 that's what I want 58:23.100 --> 58:25.780 I mean he's screaming it at the top of his lungs 58:27.620 --> 58:29.820 is that really gonna bring in the Catholic 58:29.820 --> 58:31.140 I mean I tried to look 58:31.140 --> 58:34.780 I couldn't even find a single time he ever mentioned Catholics in a negative light 58:37.840 --> 58:39.340 I looked at tons of sermons 58:39.340 --> 58:41.040 used all the transcripts I could find 58:41.040 --> 58:43.300 I'm not saying he hasn't, I'm saying I couldn't find it 58:43.700 --> 58:44.320 wasn't easy to find 58:44.320 --> 58:46.060 I found one mention of Catholic 58:46.740 --> 58:47.580 wasn't even negative 58:47.580 --> 58:49.840 it was basically like 58:49.840 --> 58:52.260 well the gospel is not the Baptist gospel 58:52.260 --> 58:54.440 it's not the Methodist gospel 58:54.440 --> 58:57.140 it's not the Catholic gospel 58:57.140 --> 58:59.520 it's the Bible gospel 58:59.520 --> 59:01.160 well let me tell you something 59:01.160 --> 59:03.920 there's no difference between the Baptist gospel 59:03.920 --> 59:05.700 and the Bible gospel 59:05.700 --> 59:07.880 but there's a giant difference 59:07.880 --> 59:09.540 between the Catholic gospel 59:09.540 --> 59:10.620 and the Bible gospel 59:11.580 --> 59:12.900 what a stupid statement 59:12.900 --> 59:16.820 if anything he was giving some kind of legitimacy to Catholicism 59:16.820 --> 59:18.720 instead of actually calling it what it is 59:18.720 --> 59:19.220 a cult 59:20.360 --> 59:22.880 this isn't gonna make me get any respect 59:22.880 --> 59:23.600 from any Catholics 59:24.520 --> 59:26.760 you know what I don't care about Catholics 59:26.760 --> 59:28.000 I don't care about the Catholics 59:28.000 --> 59:30.960 I'm not trying to see if I can start some Bible 59:30.960 --> 59:32.780 college to give myself some honorary 59:32.780 --> 59:33.620 doctorate 59:34.220 --> 59:35.420 nuts to that stuff 59:36.460 --> 59:37.700 this is garbage 59:38.140 --> 59:40.580 the guy said hey we're not supposed to have fellowship 59:40.580 --> 59:42.100 with the unfruitful works of darkness 59:42.100 --> 59:43.800 but to rather approve them 59:43.800 --> 59:45.560 I want to know when is he 59:45.560 --> 59:46.540 reproving them then 59:48.300 --> 59:49.780 where is he reproving 59:49.780 --> 59:50.640 the Catholic church 59:51.380 --> 59:53.740 as far as I can tell I don't see any of it 59:55.620 --> 59:56.860 if I become a doctor 59:56.860 --> 59:59.100 it's gonna be because I went to medical school or something 59:59.620 --> 01:00:01.040 or actually 01:00:01.040 --> 01:00:02.660 wrote a doctrinal thesis 01:00:03.700 --> 01:00:05.280 not giving myself some 01:00:05.280 --> 01:00:07.280 honorary title I think it's trash 01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:08.260 I don't care who got it 01:00:08.880 --> 01:00:11.480 I don't think you should call Pastor Hiles doctor 01:00:11.480 --> 01:00:12.500 even though a lot of people did 01:00:12.500 --> 01:00:13.660 it's Pastor Hiles 01:00:14.620 --> 01:00:16.060 why are we giving ourselves titles 01:00:16.540 --> 01:00:18.140 like let's go to Proverbs 16 01:00:20.700 --> 01:00:21.640 here's my question 01:00:21.640 --> 01:00:23.340 is it okay to break idle since the guy's 01:00:23.340 --> 01:00:24.520 screaming that we should do it 01:00:26.820 --> 01:00:27.500 Pastor Kevin 01:00:27.500 --> 01:00:28.920 when did it is he gonna call him out 01:00:29.940 --> 01:00:31.340 where's Pastor Cooper's sermon 01:00:31.340 --> 01:00:32.680 destroying the homosexual agenda 01:00:33.160 --> 01:00:35.420 where's the sermons explaining all the verses on that 01:00:35.420 --> 01:00:35.700 issue 01:00:35.700 --> 01:00:39.160 I don't care if he's even destroying the agenda 01:00:39.160 --> 01:00:41.220 just read the verses out loud one time 01:00:44.180 --> 01:00:45.820 there's people that say 01:00:45.820 --> 01:00:47.160 they won't even read Judges 19 01:00:47.160 --> 01:00:47.800 in church 01:00:49.680 --> 01:00:51.380 yeah Verity Baptist church 01:00:53.500 --> 01:00:55.220 yeah their pastor 01:00:55.220 --> 01:00:56.160 will not 01:00:56.160 --> 01:00:59.580 said that he doesn't want to read Judges 19 01:01:00.380 --> 01:01:01.860 he said it multiple times 01:01:01.860 --> 01:01:03.820 he's like I don't want to read this at a family camp 01:01:03.820 --> 01:01:04.960 then he goes back home 01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:06.540 he says I don't want to read this on a Sunday morning 01:01:06.540 --> 01:01:08.400 and I'm just like when are you allowed to read it 01:01:09.820 --> 01:01:11.280 it's like do I have to go in the closet 01:01:11.280 --> 01:01:12.400 with like a flashlight 01:01:12.400 --> 01:01:14.560 and be like what's going on in Judges 19 01:01:14.560 --> 01:01:15.260 you know 01:01:16.200 --> 01:01:16.920 oh man 01:01:17.580 --> 01:01:20.120 you know God used a lot of euphemisms and stuff 01:01:20.120 --> 01:01:22.580 if God's using euphemism doesn't that kind of give you the signal 01:01:22.580 --> 01:01:24.240 that everything he put in there is still okay then 01:01:25.140 --> 01:01:26.240 like the things they thought 01:01:26.240 --> 01:01:28.400 hey we should have some caution here 01:01:28.980 --> 01:01:30.740 it's like he used the euphemism 01:01:31.280 --> 01:01:32.500 and then the things he put in there 01:01:32.500 --> 01:01:33.940 I guess he wants us to read it 01:01:35.060 --> 01:01:36.980 you know he shields children's minds 01:01:36.980 --> 01:01:37.800 with innocence anyways 01:01:38.520 --> 01:01:40.320 so don't be afraid of the Bible 01:01:40.320 --> 01:01:42.200 don't be afraid of God's word 01:01:42.200 --> 01:01:44.640 how about just read the verses out loud 01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:46.380 but you know what 01:01:46.380 --> 01:01:48.580 why do these guys do this why are they saying this 01:01:48.580 --> 01:01:49.500 because 01:01:50.320 --> 01:01:52.400 it's all about protecting their Bible college 01:01:52.400 --> 01:01:54.300 it's all about protecting their network 01:01:54.300 --> 01:01:55.920 and it's all about money 01:01:56.500 --> 01:01:58.000 they don't really care 01:01:58.000 --> 01:02:00.340 and you know what you shouldn't think you're special because 01:02:00.340 --> 01:02:02.980 someone else built a movement that you've inherited 01:02:02.980 --> 01:02:05.180 and I'll be honest there's a lot of people 01:02:05.180 --> 01:02:06.120 that think they're special 01:02:07.080 --> 01:02:09.000 because Pastor Anderson got a whole bunch 01:02:09.000 --> 01:02:10.660 of people saved and gathered them together 01:02:10.660 --> 01:02:13.060 and now they're pastoring them and they think 01:02:13.060 --> 01:02:14.060 they're special because of it 01:02:14.060 --> 01:02:16.740 and you know what there's nothing wrong with doing it 01:02:16.740 --> 01:02:19.100 there's something wrong with thinking you're special because of it 01:02:19.100 --> 01:02:21.100 or thinking that you've done some kind 01:02:21.100 --> 01:02:22.880 of magical work to bring those people in 01:02:22.880 --> 01:02:25.380 you know it's wicked 01:02:25.380 --> 01:02:27.100 it's like Pastor Grayson 01:02:27.100 --> 01:02:28.780 France is acting like 01:02:28.780 --> 01:02:30.880 well I'm your pastor not Pastor Anderson 01:02:30.880 --> 01:02:32.980 or whatever it's like yeah but everybody's here because of it 01:02:32.980 --> 01:02:33.480 yeah 01:02:33.480 --> 01:02:35.560 so why are you getting so mad at it 01:02:35.560 --> 01:02:38.240 like why are you getting so mad at the guy that planted the seed 01:02:38.240 --> 01:02:39.220 and grew the vine 01:02:40.060 --> 01:02:42.700 and watered it and you're just enjoying grapes off of it 01:02:42.700 --> 01:02:44.060 now look there's nothing wrong 01:02:44.060 --> 01:02:45.980 with pastoring other people's 01:02:45.980 --> 01:02:48.140 people because that's how it works 01:02:48.940 --> 01:02:51.020 okay yeah we've entered in other men's labors 01:02:51.020 --> 01:02:52.840 but don't sit here and tear down the man 01:02:52.840 --> 01:02:54.500 that labored to give you what you have 01:02:54.500 --> 01:02:54.960 yeah 01:02:57.340 --> 01:02:58.440 you know the Bible says 01:02:58.440 --> 01:03:00.380 Proverbs 16 18 probably go before destruction 01:03:00.380 --> 01:03:01.600 and a hotty spirit before fall 01:03:02.220 --> 01:03:04.180 better it is to be of a humble spirit 01:03:04.180 --> 01:03:06.400 with a lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud 01:03:07.060 --> 01:03:08.940 you know this is what Jack Heil said 01:03:08.940 --> 01:03:10.680 I've got my tassel on still 01:03:11.820 --> 01:03:12.640 this is what 01:03:12.640 --> 01:03:14.440 Pastor Jack Heil said about 01:03:14.440 --> 01:03:15.640 Bible college 01:03:16.580 --> 01:03:18.140 he said we built the greatest 01:03:18.140 --> 01:03:19.820 churches on the face of this earth 01:03:19.820 --> 01:03:21.460 no generation has ever seen 01:03:22.500 --> 01:03:24.180 the mighty great soul 01:03:24.180 --> 01:03:26.400 soul winning churches were built in this land 01:03:26.400 --> 01:03:28.600 he said this church right here 01:03:28.600 --> 01:03:29.220 is one of them 01:03:30.060 --> 01:03:32.220 and yet when we got to a certain 01:03:32.220 --> 01:03:34.180 size we got impressed 01:03:34.180 --> 01:03:34.960 with ourselves 01:03:36.820 --> 01:03:38.240 we've gotten too much away 01:03:38.240 --> 01:03:39.660 from just knocking on doors 01:03:40.520 --> 01:03:42.500 said most of his preachers we better 01:03:42.500 --> 01:03:44.620 off if we took the 75% 01:03:44.620 --> 01:03:46.440 of our time spinning trying to get 01:03:46.440 --> 01:03:48.200 Joe Doe elected 01:03:48.200 --> 01:03:50.200 dog catcher then go soul winning 01:03:50.200 --> 01:03:50.780 in that time 01:03:52.360 --> 01:03:53.940 he said there's preachers here 01:03:53.940 --> 01:03:55.900 who built your churches on soul winning 01:03:55.900 --> 01:03:58.140 and then you started schools 01:03:59.040 --> 01:04:00.060 and your schools 01:04:00.060 --> 01:04:01.220 have zapped the soul winning 01:04:02.740 --> 01:04:04.360 he said if I had to choose today 01:04:04.360 --> 01:04:05.700 between the soul winning program 01:04:05.700 --> 01:04:06.800 of first Baptist church 01:04:06.800 --> 01:04:10.120 and close the school or keep the school 01:04:10.120 --> 01:04:12.160 open and dampen the soul winning 01:04:12.160 --> 01:04:13.920 he said I'd close the doors 01:04:13.920 --> 01:04:15.120 of Hiles Anderson college 01:04:15.680 --> 01:04:18.140 I'd close the doors of Hammond Baptist high school 01:04:18.140 --> 01:04:19.840 I'd close the doors of city Baptist 01:04:19.840 --> 01:04:21.380 high school I'd close the doors 01:04:21.380 --> 01:04:22.920 of Hammond Baptist junior high school 01:04:22.920 --> 01:04:25.220 I'd close the doors of Hammond Baptist grade school 01:04:25.220 --> 01:04:27.740 I'd close the doors of Hammond Baptist senior grade 01:04:27.740 --> 01:04:28.120 school 01:04:28.120 --> 01:04:31.380 he said we had better get back to the doorstep 01:04:31.380 --> 01:04:32.900 we know that'll work 01:04:33.400 --> 01:04:35.140 he said hey you know what build the church 01:04:35.140 --> 01:04:37.380 soul winning you know it didn't build the church 01:04:37.380 --> 01:04:39.080 the school and you know what he said 01:04:39.080 --> 01:04:41.040 hey the schools zap the soul winning 01:04:41.040 --> 01:04:43.400 and you know that's what's happening in this country 01:04:43.400 --> 01:04:45.520 and that's the problem with the old I of B 01:04:45.520 --> 01:04:46.940 is they're trying to hang on 01:04:46.940 --> 01:04:49.220 to the college instead of the soul winning 01:04:49.220 --> 01:04:51.400 and they care more about their conferences 01:04:51.400 --> 01:04:53.140 and their network than the soul winning 01:04:53.140 --> 01:04:55.400 and you know what if they like the soul winning 01:04:55.400 --> 01:04:56.520 they'd have to do something 01:04:56.520 --> 01:04:58.880 they'd have to like us and you know what 01:04:58.880 --> 01:05:01.380 they just don't like us because what we represent 01:05:01.380 --> 01:05:03.100 we represent that 01:05:03.100 --> 01:05:05.120 old fashioned soul winning spirit 01:05:05.120 --> 01:05:07.180 that cares more about getting people saved 01:05:07.180 --> 01:05:09.200 than money but you know what 01:05:09.200 --> 01:05:11.460 these guys that have never worked a day in their life 01:05:11.460 --> 01:05:13.020 they basically inherited everything 01:05:13.020 --> 01:05:14.920 and been gifted everything think they're special 01:05:14.920 --> 01:05:17.200 and come into these positions of power and authority 01:05:17.200 --> 01:05:19.320 and do nothing with the great churches 01:05:19.320 --> 01:05:20.920 they have and you know what 01:05:20.920 --> 01:05:23.440 in many ways he has a bigger opportunity 01:05:23.440 --> 01:05:25.500 than I do he has a larger church 01:05:25.500 --> 01:05:27.200 with more influence and more people 01:05:27.200 --> 01:05:29.260 you know what it's more important for him to get 01:05:29.260 --> 01:05:30.660 on fire for soul winning than us 01:05:30.660 --> 01:05:33.040 you know what what did God someone like Justin Cooper 01:05:33.040 --> 01:05:35.200 get a spine strike through 01:05:35.200 --> 01:05:37.160 that stupid doctor sign that you have 01:05:37.160 --> 01:05:39.060 get pastor on your name 01:05:39.060 --> 01:05:40.760 and you know emphasize soul winning 01:05:40.760 --> 01:05:43.120 over Bible college emphasize 01:05:43.120 --> 01:05:45.040 soul winning over criticizing 01:05:45.040 --> 01:05:46.880 other pastors and you know what 01:05:46.880 --> 01:05:49.120 hey maybe smash an idol every once in a while 01:05:50.340 --> 01:05:51.140 you know you guys 01:05:51.140 --> 01:05:53.040 are big on object lessons get some good 01:05:53.040 --> 01:05:54.880 object lessons smash a TV 01:05:54.880 --> 01:05:56.720 I don't care but you know what 01:05:56.720 --> 01:05:58.980 when a Baptist actually is getting attention 01:05:59.540 --> 01:06:01.240 you know against Catholicism 01:06:01.240 --> 01:06:02.860 why are you going to lean into 01:06:03.560 --> 01:06:04.860 attacking the Baptist right 01:06:04.860 --> 01:06:06.940 go to Philippians go to Philippians 01:06:06.940 --> 01:06:09.120 if you would and you know 01:06:09.120 --> 01:06:10.300 I'm not going to start a Bible college 01:06:15.040 --> 01:06:16.520 I think that the only reason 01:06:16.520 --> 01:06:18.920 I was trying to think like the only legitimate reason 01:06:18.920 --> 01:06:21.280 or the only reason I could think of practically 01:06:21.280 --> 01:06:22.940 why anybody goes to Bible college 01:06:22.940 --> 01:06:24.800 is just because they want to find someone to marry 01:06:27.020 --> 01:06:28.720 like and I get it I can see 01:06:28.720 --> 01:06:31.360 you're in a small town you're in a church 01:06:31.360 --> 01:06:32.800 you have a teenage daughter 01:06:32.800 --> 01:06:35.020 you have a teenage son there's no one 01:06:35.020 --> 01:06:37.340 that seems like it's a good option there 01:06:37.340 --> 01:06:39.080 and they're just like well I'm just going to send them up 01:06:39.080 --> 01:06:40.920 to Bible college and hopefully they'll meet some people their 01:06:40.920 --> 01:06:42.600 age that love the Lord and they can get 01:06:42.600 --> 01:06:44.440 they can get married I understand why 01:06:44.440 --> 01:06:46.360 they're doing that I can see 01:06:46.360 --> 01:06:48.520 I can see why they're making that choice 01:06:48.520 --> 01:06:50.740 I'm not saying I would do it I'm not recommending 01:06:50.740 --> 01:06:52.800 it I'm not approving it I think 01:06:52.800 --> 01:06:54.060 it's a bad way to go about it 01:06:54.060 --> 01:06:56.260 I think it'll be better you know 01:06:56.260 --> 01:06:58.340 go to a good church and just get it 01:06:58.340 --> 01:07:00.240 as a young man go to a good church 01:07:00.240 --> 01:07:02.440 get a good job and just work for four years 01:07:02.440 --> 01:07:04.160 rather than paying them a bunch of money 01:07:04.160 --> 01:07:05.760 and getting a worse degree 01:07:06.360 --> 01:07:08.380 and getting weak lame water down 01:07:08.380 --> 01:07:10.360 preaching and anybody that's even 01:07:10.360 --> 01:07:12.020 worth their salt they're going to try 01:07:12.020 --> 01:07:14.020 and you know keep them around 01:07:14.020 --> 01:07:16.120 and get them even more water down 01:07:16.960 --> 01:07:18.560 anybody that has real talent 01:07:18.560 --> 01:07:20.140 and could actually be a big force 01:07:20.140 --> 01:07:21.960 they're going to capture that person 01:07:21.960 --> 01:07:23.520 and they're going to keep them with them 01:07:24.160 --> 01:07:26.280 so that they can keep their little kingdom going 01:07:26.840 --> 01:07:27.960 and look there's 01:07:28.640 --> 01:07:30.480 it's just a reality that big 01:07:30.480 --> 01:07:32.200 churches will sometimes suck in little 01:07:32.200 --> 01:07:33.900 churches people but you know 01:07:33.900 --> 01:07:35.260 and that's not a problem necessarily 01:07:35.260 --> 01:07:37.780 but the problem is if you're making them 01:07:37.780 --> 01:07:39.800 worse Christians the problem is 01:07:39.800 --> 01:07:40.960 if you're also not sharing the wealth 01:07:40.960 --> 01:07:43.400 you know we're not always keeping all of our best talent 01:07:43.400 --> 01:07:44.680 we sent you know 01:07:44.680 --> 01:07:46.800 evangelist Duncan or Bannock out to the Philippines 01:07:47.260 --> 01:07:48.480 to do a big work I mean 01:07:48.480 --> 01:07:50.560 he's a great asset to our church he was a song leader 01:07:50.560 --> 01:07:52.180 he's doing soul winning here 01:07:52.740 --> 01:07:54.300 you know he's tithing to this church 01:07:54.300 --> 01:07:56.320 you know sending him out isn't going to 01:07:56.320 --> 01:07:58.220 be beneficial to us personally 01:07:58.620 --> 01:08:00.080 but it's beneficial to the kingdom of God 01:08:00.080 --> 01:08:02.520 you know sending someone like Pastor Oz out 01:08:02.520 --> 01:08:04.720 Pastor Oz was a huge asset to our church 01:08:04.720 --> 01:08:06.600 it's a great song leader as well 01:08:07.020 --> 01:08:08.660 you know and just doing a lot of good 01:08:08.660 --> 01:08:10.720 work great preacher I mean 01:08:10.720 --> 01:08:12.220 anytime I need someone to fill the pulpit 01:08:12.220 --> 01:08:13.780 it was just an easy button to press 01:08:14.100 --> 01:08:15.920 he was just he was a reliable I mean 01:08:16.260 --> 01:08:17.600 occasionally it was a spicy one 01:08:17.600 --> 01:08:20.100 I didn't see that coming but hey 01:08:20.100 --> 01:08:22.160 you know what I'm not taking it back 01:08:22.640 --> 01:08:23.940 you know I'm not going to do I'm not going to 01:08:23.940 --> 01:08:26.400 criticize him even for getting us 01:08:26.400 --> 01:08:28.060 getting us attention or whatever 01:08:28.060 --> 01:08:29.960 you know praise God line them up all 01:08:29.960 --> 01:08:31.380 against the wall and put a bullet in their back of their head 01:08:31.380 --> 01:08:31.640 you know 01:08:31.640 --> 01:08:31.800 yeah 01:08:33.800 --> 01:08:35.580 like why I want to sit here inside 01:08:35.580 --> 01:08:37.460 with anybody against the man of God 01:08:37.460 --> 01:08:39.700 against a preacher against a Baptist 01:08:41.140 --> 01:08:43.540 you know we have a low and humble 01:08:43.540 --> 01:08:44.720 attitude about ourselves 01:08:46.180 --> 01:08:47.800 these honorary doctorates 01:08:47.800 --> 01:08:48.720 to me are just silly 01:08:48.720 --> 01:08:50.420 you can't defend them to me 01:08:50.420 --> 01:08:52.840 I could see like if you 01:08:52.840 --> 01:08:54.340 went to a university 01:08:54.340 --> 01:08:56.400 you graduate from that university 01:08:56.400 --> 01:08:59.200 you do a bunch of work that is then used 01:08:59.200 --> 01:09:01.580 in that university for research 01:09:01.900 --> 01:09:03.120 and you worked and partnered 01:09:03.120 --> 01:09:04.720 with this university for a long time 01:09:04.720 --> 01:09:07.260 and they decide we want to give you an honorary doctorate 01:09:07.260 --> 01:09:09.600 because of all the contributions made to our university 01:09:10.280 --> 01:09:11.460 hey that could make sense 01:09:11.460 --> 01:09:12.680 and I'm not going to fight those people 01:09:12.680 --> 01:09:15.000 but in general a lot of these honorary doctorates 01:09:15.000 --> 01:09:15.600 are a joke 01:09:17.060 --> 01:09:18.240 and it's just to get a title 01:09:18.740 --> 01:09:20.220 and you're impressing no one anyways 01:09:21.380 --> 01:09:22.780 I don't need a you know faith 01:09:22.780 --> 01:09:24.040 coming by hearing hearing by the word of God 01:09:24.040 --> 01:09:25.620 Catholics are going to come into this church 01:09:25.620 --> 01:09:27.620 because of something special about me 01:09:27.620 --> 01:09:29.000 you know what they're going to come into church for 01:09:29.000 --> 01:09:30.680 because they heard the Bible being preached 01:09:30.680 --> 01:09:32.980 and that spirit of God 01:09:33.420 --> 01:09:34.840 quickened something inside of them 01:09:34.840 --> 01:09:37.020 they're convicted by the Holy Spirit by the word of God 01:09:37.020 --> 01:09:39.400 you know just preaching the simple gospel 01:09:39.400 --> 01:09:40.900 Christ them crucified 01:09:41.460 --> 01:09:42.860 you know when they went to the Greeks 01:09:42.860 --> 01:09:45.020 the Greeks were of wisdom 01:09:45.020 --> 01:09:47.820 and philosophy and all these ideas 01:09:47.820 --> 01:09:49.820 they were the smartest people on the planet 01:09:49.820 --> 01:09:51.500 but Paul didn't come in 01:09:51.500 --> 01:09:53.180 and try to wow them with wisdom 01:09:53.180 --> 01:09:54.880 he preached Christ and him crucified 01:09:56.820 --> 01:09:59.000 you're not going to get the wisdom of this world 01:09:59.000 --> 01:10:01.100 bringing you know you're not bringing in the wisdom 01:10:01.100 --> 01:10:02.300 of this world with better wisdom 01:10:02.300 --> 01:10:04.420 you're bringing it with the gospel 01:10:05.020 --> 01:10:06.000 with the simple truth 01:10:06.000 --> 01:10:07.520 and yeah it is better wisdom 01:10:07.520 --> 01:10:09.120 but not to the carnal mind 01:10:09.980 --> 01:10:11.480 it's foolishness to the carnal mind 01:10:11.480 --> 01:10:12.140 as what the Bible says 01:10:13.020 --> 01:10:14.200 don't think this way 01:10:14.200 --> 01:10:16.260 look at Philippians chapter 2 verse 3 01:10:16.920 --> 01:10:18.860 let nothing be done through strive or vain glory 01:10:18.860 --> 01:10:20.520 but in lowliness of mind let each esteem 01:10:20.520 --> 01:10:22.160 other better 01:10:22.960 --> 01:10:23.680 than themselves 01:10:23.680 --> 01:10:25.280 look not every man on his own things 01:10:25.280 --> 01:10:27.160 but every man also in the things of others 01:10:27.160 --> 01:10:29.280 let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus 01:10:29.280 --> 01:10:30.360 who being in the form of God 01:10:30.360 --> 01:10:32.500 thought it not robbery to be equal with God 01:10:32.500 --> 01:10:34.020 but made himself of no reputation 01:10:34.020 --> 01:10:35.840 and took upon him the form of a servant 01:10:35.840 --> 01:10:37.140 and was made in the likeness of man 01:10:37.860 --> 01:10:39.320 you know Jesus didn't show up 01:10:39.760 --> 01:10:40.880 I'm doctor Jesus 01:10:42.880 --> 01:10:44.380 you know you can do the work of God 01:10:44.380 --> 01:10:45.280 without a doctor title 01:10:47.540 --> 01:10:48.340 and look 01:10:48.340 --> 01:10:49.900 we should think of men as it's written 01:10:49.900 --> 01:10:51.540 hey there's nothing wrong with being an apostle 01:10:52.260 --> 01:10:53.840 call yourself apostle because you're an apostle 01:10:53.840 --> 01:10:55.760 there's nothing wrong with saying you're a pastor 01:10:55.760 --> 01:10:56.440 if you're a pastor 01:10:56.980 --> 01:10:59.400 if you don't have a church and you're online 01:10:59.400 --> 01:11:01.720 riding on a dry race board you're not a pastor 01:11:03.160 --> 01:11:04.220 pastor of online church 01:11:04.220 --> 01:11:05.540 that's not a pastor okay 01:11:06.140 --> 01:11:07.380 don't call yourself pastor 01:11:07.380 --> 01:11:10.020 but if you're a pastor call yourself pastor 01:11:10.020 --> 01:11:11.380 I don't have a problem with that 01:11:11.380 --> 01:11:12.940 but you know what you don't need to go around 01:11:13.340 --> 01:11:14.540 calling yourself titles and look 01:11:14.540 --> 01:11:16.780 when I talk to people out in the world 01:11:16.780 --> 01:11:18.660 I'm not like pastor Shelly 01:11:19.300 --> 01:11:21.300 you know it's just like hey I'm Jonathan 01:11:21.300 --> 01:11:23.100 or whatever you know Jesus wasn't going around 01:11:23.100 --> 01:11:24.200 king of the Jews 01:11:25.240 --> 01:11:27.460 king of kings lord of lords 01:11:28.160 --> 01:11:28.800 it's like 01:11:29.340 --> 01:11:31.720 you know and often times he would shield his identity didn't he 01:11:32.260 --> 01:11:33.440 why it was it was humble 01:11:34.680 --> 01:11:35.200 you know 01:11:35.200 --> 01:11:36.500 that's the attitude I want 01:11:36.500 --> 01:11:38.520 I want the attitude of our church as being humble 01:11:39.260 --> 01:11:41.020 not thinking that we're better than other people 01:11:41.020 --> 01:11:42.640 not thinking that we're more special 01:11:43.220 --> 01:11:45.460 oh but I have so much more doctrine than these other people 01:11:45.460 --> 01:11:47.120 yeah with spoon fed do you probably 01:11:47.740 --> 01:11:49.000 most people in this church 01:11:49.520 --> 01:11:51.000 let's just be honest about all of us 01:11:51.000 --> 01:11:52.740 most of us have not been studying our bible 01:11:52.740 --> 01:11:55.100 and learning all these new things someone taught it to us 01:11:55.100 --> 01:11:57.180 someone spoon fed us all this doctrine 01:11:57.180 --> 01:11:58.820 so why are you so special 01:12:00.880 --> 01:12:02.640 quit thinking you're so special 01:12:03.160 --> 01:12:04.520 look at chapter one for a second 01:12:04.520 --> 01:12:05.960 I'm almost done 01:12:07.100 --> 01:12:08.820 but here we preach long anyways so 01:12:09.480 --> 01:12:10.400 they say oh 01:12:10.400 --> 01:12:12.220 you know these guys are like 01:12:12.220 --> 01:12:14.460 conference preachers yeah every Sunday morning 01:12:16.260 --> 01:12:16.740 every 01:12:16.740 --> 01:12:18.720 every one of my Sunday morning sermons 01:12:18.720 --> 01:12:20.120 would seem like a conference sermon to these people 01:12:21.120 --> 01:12:22.040 it's like why don't you 01:12:22.040 --> 01:12:24.000 just have more conferences 01:12:24.000 --> 01:12:26.680 Sunday morning conference Sunday night conference 01:12:27.420 --> 01:12:28.340 it's like yeah 01:12:28.340 --> 01:12:29.760 what's wrong with that 01:12:30.740 --> 01:12:32.120 oh well if people 01:12:32.120 --> 01:12:33.680 hear that they're gonna want it good 01:12:34.540 --> 01:12:35.720 then I'll just keep delivering 01:12:36.840 --> 01:12:37.880 all you care just to preach 01:12:37.880 --> 01:12:39.800 a conference sermon every week 01:12:39.800 --> 01:12:40.500 how are you gonna do that 01:12:40.500 --> 01:12:41.560 reading the bible 01:12:43.380 --> 01:12:44.780 but again they don't want to read the bible 01:12:44.780 --> 01:12:46.300 they don't want to study they don't want to work hard 01:12:46.300 --> 01:12:49.280 they just want to come in and preach the gospel every Sunday morning 01:12:49.280 --> 01:12:50.700 how much prep did that take 01:12:51.700 --> 01:12:53.240 how much prep did it really take 01:12:53.240 --> 01:12:54.880 to come up and just have a lukewarm 01:12:55.320 --> 01:12:57.120 you know microwave dinner version 01:12:57.120 --> 01:12:59.000 of the gospel every Sunday morning 01:13:00.340 --> 01:13:02.020 and they won't even actually 01:13:02.020 --> 01:13:03.620 like actually say what needs to be said 01:13:03.620 --> 01:13:04.760 like Catholics aren't saved or something 01:13:04.760 --> 01:13:06.800 or that it's not really your opinion of your sins 01:13:06.800 --> 01:13:08.960 or that like you don't have to have any works 01:13:08.960 --> 01:13:10.180 they'll just probably say both 01:13:11.840 --> 01:13:13.560 but look at Philippians 1 verse 15 01:13:13.560 --> 01:13:15.500 some indeed preach Christ even of envy 01:13:15.500 --> 01:13:17.100 and strife and some also of goodwill 01:13:17.100 --> 01:13:19.060 the one preach Christ of contention 01:13:19.060 --> 01:13:21.300 not sincerely supposing 01:13:21.300 --> 01:13:22.480 to add affliction to my bonds 01:13:22.480 --> 01:13:23.540 you know what's interesting it's like 01:13:23.540 --> 01:13:24.980 there was some preachers 01:13:26.220 --> 01:13:27.480 repeating Paul's message 01:13:27.480 --> 01:13:29.500 hoping that he would get in more 01:13:30.100 --> 01:13:30.960 more like 01:13:31.900 --> 01:13:34.240 punishment, trouble, more affliction 01:13:34.980 --> 01:13:35.680 it's like 01:13:35.680 --> 01:13:37.760 oh is your podcast 01:13:38.520 --> 01:13:39.380 Pastor Cooper 01:13:39.380 --> 01:13:41.240 is it aimed to help me 01:13:41.240 --> 01:13:42.880 or was it trying to get me more affliction 01:13:43.400 --> 01:13:46.140 what was your goal there 01:13:46.140 --> 01:13:47.960 and like isn't 01:13:47.960 --> 01:13:50.380 isn't the whole point like shouldn't be emphasizing the second commandment 01:13:50.380 --> 01:13:52.060 like what's the problem in America 01:13:52.060 --> 01:13:54.280 Pastor Shelley smashed idols one time 01:13:54.280 --> 01:13:54.940 for a kids conference 01:13:54.940 --> 01:13:57.440 or Roman Catholicism in America 01:13:57.440 --> 01:13:58.720 and the idolatry in America 01:13:58.720 --> 01:14:00.620 like which one's the problem here 01:14:00.620 --> 01:14:02.440 which one should be called out 01:14:02.440 --> 01:14:05.200 how much attention was given to Catholics are wrong 01:14:05.200 --> 01:14:06.480 Catholics need to repent 01:14:06.480 --> 01:14:08.440 Catholics need to get saved in his podcast 01:14:08.440 --> 01:14:09.840 and how much of the attention was 01:14:09.840 --> 01:14:11.240 he's a crazy Christian 01:14:12.540 --> 01:14:14.820 he's crazy so crazy 01:14:15.600 --> 01:14:17.080 well now I'm a doctor crazy 01:14:17.080 --> 01:14:17.500 okay 01:14:18.560 --> 01:14:19.120 doctor 01:14:21.340 --> 01:14:22.460 come on guys 01:14:23.220 --> 01:14:24.040 isn't this lame 01:14:24.460 --> 01:14:25.500 quit thinking that you're special 01:14:25.500 --> 01:14:27.420 and look I'm just sick and tired 01:14:27.420 --> 01:14:28.380 of all these people 01:14:28.380 --> 01:14:30.720 who are riding pastor Anderson coattails 01:14:30.720 --> 01:14:31.640 and thinking they're special too 01:14:32.280 --> 01:14:34.020 quit riding pastor Anderson coattails 01:14:34.020 --> 01:14:36.120 and thinking you're special why don't you do something 01:14:36.940 --> 01:14:38.220 why don't you work or why don't you bring 01:14:38.220 --> 01:14:39.960 some of your own people to the party 01:14:40.480 --> 01:14:41.880 why don't you reach some of your own people 01:14:41.880 --> 01:14:44.320 and look if all you ever do is ride his coattails 01:14:44.320 --> 01:14:45.300 praise God 01:14:45.300 --> 01:14:47.300 but don't think you're special because he did it 01:14:49.460 --> 01:14:50.260 and don't 01:14:50.260 --> 01:14:51.760 don't follow someone 01:14:52.440 --> 01:14:54.000 that's accomplished nothing 01:14:54.000 --> 01:14:55.680 that just thinks they're special 01:14:57.060 --> 01:14:58.280 oh we gotta follow this guy 01:14:58.280 --> 01:15:00.100 I mean this guy's got a big church and a huge conference 01:15:00.100 --> 01:15:02.480 and look at all this money he must be right 01:15:02.480 --> 01:15:03.920 but did he build any of it 01:15:05.080 --> 01:15:06.400 did he create any of it 01:15:07.000 --> 01:15:08.380 is what he's doing 01:15:08.380 --> 01:15:11.260 is he mimicking the patterns that actually created this church 01:15:11.260 --> 01:15:13.600 is he emphasizing the preaching and the soul winning 01:15:13.600 --> 01:15:15.020 and the works that actually built that church 01:15:15.020 --> 01:15:17.040 or is he actually emphasizing a work 01:15:17.040 --> 01:15:18.140 that did not build that church 01:15:18.740 --> 01:15:21.220 emphasizing a bible college that didn't build the church 01:15:21.220 --> 01:15:22.980 emphasizing things that are 01:15:22.980 --> 01:15:25.460 gonna drain and suck from the movement 01:15:25.460 --> 01:15:27.040 and destroy the movement 01:15:27.660 --> 01:15:28.980 and I'll tell you this 01:15:28.980 --> 01:15:31.640 if the old IFB clings to bible college 01:15:31.640 --> 01:15:32.600 and doesn't get back to soul winning 01:15:32.600 --> 01:15:33.420 they will die eventually 01:15:35.580 --> 01:15:37.760 they will shrivel up like a raisin 01:15:37.760 --> 01:15:38.260 and die 01:15:39.480 --> 01:15:40.460 and you know what 01:15:40.820 --> 01:15:42.840 I just don't want that I'm not interested in that 01:15:42.840 --> 01:15:44.500 if you wanna go to college go to a real one 01:15:44.920 --> 01:15:45.680 let's close in prayer 01:15:45.680 --> 01:15:47.320 thank you Heavenly Father so much for your word 01:15:47.320 --> 01:15:49.280 thank you so much for these instructions 01:15:49.280 --> 01:15:52.160 I pray that we wouldn't think of ourselves being so special 01:15:52.160 --> 01:15:53.480 because of gifts we received 01:15:53.480 --> 01:15:55.700 because of our heritage 01:15:55.700 --> 01:15:57.180 because of our skin color 01:15:57.180 --> 01:15:58.500 because of our IQ 01:15:59.260 --> 01:16:00.440 because of our country 01:16:01.760 --> 01:16:03.720 I pray that you would just help us to have a humble 01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:05.340 and lowly attitude about ourselves 01:16:05.340 --> 01:16:06.840 and we realize that 01:16:06.840 --> 01:16:09.200 we've all been given so much 01:16:09.640 --> 01:16:11.380 we've inherited so much 01:16:11.380 --> 01:16:13.760 we have so many blessings that were just 01:16:13.760 --> 01:16:15.360 worked so hard for 01:16:15.360 --> 01:16:16.280 and just handed to us 01:16:16.280 --> 01:16:19.300 I pray that we'd appreciate the works of those before us 01:16:20.220 --> 01:16:20.920 instead of 01:16:20.920 --> 01:16:23.340 puffing ourselves up and lifting ourselves up 01:16:23.340 --> 01:16:25.320 I pray that we would have honor and respect 01:16:25.320 --> 01:16:27.460 to those that have done the hard work before us 01:16:27.460 --> 01:16:29.740 and I pray that you would help motivate us 01:16:29.740 --> 01:16:31.640 to actually do work ourselves 01:16:32.560 --> 01:16:34.160 to not rest on some gift 01:16:34.160 --> 01:16:35.360 gift that's been given to us 01:16:35.360 --> 01:16:36.620 and think we're special because of some gift 01:16:36.620 --> 01:16:38.660 but rather for us to do actual work 01:16:39.220 --> 01:16:41.380 and actually do something for ourselves 01:16:41.380 --> 01:16:43.620 and I pray that you would motivate our church 01:16:43.620 --> 01:16:45.600 to have a lowly humble attitude 01:16:45.600 --> 01:16:47.660 like Christ and to work really hard 01:16:47.660 --> 01:16:49.880 and to not follow all these fake phonies 01:16:50.240 --> 01:16:51.580 that are puffing themselves up 01:16:51.580 --> 01:16:52.380 in Jesus' name we pray amen