WEBVTT 00:02.600 --> 00:07.100 I want to thank Pastor for the opportunity to preach with you guys today. 00:07.860 --> 00:10.040 And I do want to wish Pastor a happy birthday. 00:11.140 --> 00:13.060 So 40, 41st birthday, right? 00:13.460 --> 00:14.320 I praise the Lord for that. 00:14.740 --> 00:18.480 We thank the Lord for our pastor, how he cares for us, how he takes care of us. 00:19.060 --> 00:23.660 He watches for our souls and how he corrects us and how he takes care of us. 00:23.800 --> 00:25.040 We really appreciate it. 00:25.260 --> 00:29.000 We wish him a big happy birthday on this Sunday. 00:29.560 --> 00:33.480 First Samuel chapter number 30, we're going to read the text today, and I'll get into some 00:33.480 --> 00:33.760 preaching. 00:34.640 --> 00:38.100 It says here in 1 Samuel 30 in verse number 1, following me along, it says, 00:38.340 --> 00:43.840 And it came to pass when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day that 00:43.840 --> 00:49.100 the Malachites had invaded the south in Ziklag and spent in Ziklag and burned it with fire. 00:49.660 --> 00:55.520 And taken the women captive that were therein, they slew not any, neither great or small, 00:55.840 --> 00:59.220 they carried them away and went on their way. 00:59.880 --> 01:04.120 So David and his men came to the city and behold, it was burned with fire. 01:04.780 --> 01:08.500 And their wives and their sons and their daughters were taken captive. 01:09.340 --> 01:14.640 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they 01:14.640 --> 01:16.300 had no power to weep. 01:17.120 --> 01:23.300 And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahenoam the Jesrolytus and Abigail the 01:23.300 --> 01:25.840 wife of Nebel, the Carmelitis. 01:26.560 --> 01:32.540 And David was greatly distressed for the people spake of stoning him because the people, because 01:32.540 --> 01:37.220 the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for the sons of his daughters. 01:37.820 --> 01:42.480 But David encouraged himself and the Lord his God. 01:42.940 --> 01:47.900 Here in our text today we find that last clause that David encouraged himself and 01:47.900 --> 01:48.300 the Lord. 01:48.860 --> 01:52.860 Now David, he's at a point in his life where he's at a really tough place. 01:53.480 --> 01:55.680 He's having basically a pity party for himself. 01:56.580 --> 02:00.260 Now I don't know how many of you sometimes have a pity party for yourself. 02:00.920 --> 02:05.000 If you're anything like me, sometimes you just get down in the dumps. 02:05.020 --> 02:09.720 You just start thinking about your life and start having a little pity party for yourself. 02:10.700 --> 02:14.640 And if anybody, if everyone's honest with yourselves, we have those sometimes. 02:15.220 --> 02:17.200 And that's where David is at in his life. 02:17.880 --> 02:21.240 He has his city, Ziklag, he's burned with fire. 02:22.500 --> 02:27.780 And then the wives, his wives and his children, they're taking captive. 02:28.960 --> 02:31.520 And his men, they even want to stone him with stones. 02:33.160 --> 02:38.020 But in an effort to pick himself up by his broodstraps, we find that last phrase 02:38.020 --> 02:42.360 that said, but David encouraged himself and the Lord his God. 02:42.420 --> 02:45.120 I want to preach on that thought today or just a couple minutes. 02:45.620 --> 02:49.380 That thought of how to escape the valley of discouragement. 02:49.400 --> 02:51.400 How to escape the valley of discouragement. 02:51.500 --> 02:52.400 Let's go to the Lord and pray it first. 02:52.540 --> 02:55.520 Father, I pray that you bless the preaching of the word of God. 02:56.180 --> 02:58.120 And Father, I'm asking that you fill me with the Holy Spirit. 02:58.300 --> 03:02.540 And Father, I'm asking that you would help me to encourage these people. 03:03.120 --> 03:05.700 Help me to give them something from the word of God that they can take 03:05.700 --> 03:07.440 to help them when they get discouraged. 03:08.120 --> 03:10.120 In Jesus' name, amen. 03:11.180 --> 03:14.560 So we find in our text today that David, he's very discouraged. 03:14.560 --> 03:19.520 You say, how can David get out of this discouragement? 03:19.780 --> 03:24.020 How is it that he escaped out of this valley in discouragement? 03:24.640 --> 03:30.300 Now if we look at the life of David and how he, you know, if we look at that story, 03:30.800 --> 03:35.980 I think we can discover how David was able to escape this valley of discouragement. 03:36.280 --> 03:37.200 Now I got three points. 03:37.300 --> 03:40.740 The first point I want to say is the first reason I think David was able 03:40.740 --> 03:45.820 to escape that valley of discouragement was because David had the filling 03:46.320 --> 03:47.760 of the Holy Spirit of God. 03:47.940 --> 03:50.880 David had that anointing of the Spirit of God. 03:51.640 --> 03:56.660 It says in 1 Samuel chapter number 16, and then Samuel took the horn of oil 03:56.660 --> 03:58.720 and anointed him in the midst of the brethren. 03:59.280 --> 04:02.920 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. 04:03.640 --> 04:07.580 And look, my friends, hey, David had that anointing of the Spirit of God. 04:07.580 --> 04:09.900 David had that filling of the Spirit of God. 04:10.380 --> 04:14.620 And I believe that when he had that moment of distress in his life 04:14.620 --> 04:17.560 and when he had that trial of disappointment in his life, 04:17.840 --> 04:23.380 he remembered that down on years ago, I was anointed with the Spirit of God. 04:24.160 --> 04:28.740 And look, the reality is that we as Christians, hey, if we're going to get 04:28.740 --> 04:32.740 encouraged in the Lord, if we're going to be able to encourage 04:32.740 --> 04:36.640 ourselves in the Lord our God, we're going to have to be filled with the Spirit of God. 04:37.380 --> 04:40.880 We need the renewing filling of the Spirit of God. 04:42.440 --> 04:47.480 Friend, if you're discouraged, and if you're down and out 04:47.480 --> 04:50.120 and you're giving yourself a pity party, right, 04:50.840 --> 04:52.660 you need to just take a mental note of yourself. 04:54.600 --> 04:56.320 Am I filled with the Spirit right now? 04:57.220 --> 05:00.560 Because the reality is oftentimes when we're having ourself a pity party 05:00.560 --> 05:05.140 is because our spiritual tank of how much we're filled with the Holy Spirit, 05:05.480 --> 05:07.300 it's on empty, right? 05:07.780 --> 05:08.800 So what do we need to be like? 05:08.820 --> 05:12.300 We need to be like David and be filled with the Spirit of God. 05:12.720 --> 05:15.500 The Bible said he wasn't just filled with the Spirit some of the time. 05:15.700 --> 05:19.220 The Bible said that he was filled with the Spirit of God from that day forward. 05:19.720 --> 05:22.520 And we need to be continually filled with the Spirit of God. 05:22.940 --> 05:25.720 And look, it's like a bag with holes in it. 05:26.140 --> 05:28.900 You fill yourself with the Holy Spirit, but you go on through life 05:28.900 --> 05:31.460 and you're getting the flesh, you get carnal. 05:31.780 --> 05:35.840 And it's like that bag with holes in it just continually leaks, right? 05:36.240 --> 05:37.240 And that's what it's like. 05:37.380 --> 05:40.560 We need to continually renew ourselves with the power of God. 05:40.960 --> 05:42.740 Turn in your Bible to Acts chapter number 13. 05:43.400 --> 05:44.500 Acts chapter number 13. 05:46.680 --> 05:48.680 It says in Ephesians chapter number five. 05:49.300 --> 05:55.040 It says, and be not drunk with wine whereas excess will be filled with the Spirit, right? 05:55.660 --> 05:57.220 Hey, that's a command, my friend. 05:57.780 --> 05:59.840 It's a command to be filled with the Spirit. 06:00.060 --> 06:04.280 That means if you're not filled with the Spirit, you're breaking the laws of God, right? 06:04.340 --> 06:06.060 That's a command to be filled with the Spirit. 06:06.320 --> 06:07.560 So when you're discouraged, you think like, 06:07.980 --> 06:10.760 hey, I need to keep God's commandment and get filled with the Spirit right now. 06:12.120 --> 06:15.300 It says in Zechariah chapter number four and verse six. 06:15.980 --> 06:18.280 This is the word of the Lord unto Zechariah saying, 06:18.700 --> 06:21.780 Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit. 06:22.240 --> 06:23.220 Say it to the Lord of hopes. 06:23.740 --> 06:28.220 Look, you're not going to be able to escape that valley of discouragement on your own. 06:28.440 --> 06:32.360 You're not going to be able to escape that low point in your life on your own. 06:32.600 --> 06:35.140 If you're going to do it, it's going to be by the power of God. 06:36.060 --> 06:38.100 You need to be filled with the Spirit of God. 06:38.260 --> 06:40.260 That's how you're going to escape that valley of discouragement. 06:41.540 --> 06:42.940 You're in Acts chapter number 13. 06:43.700 --> 06:47.300 Look down in verse 52. 06:47.300 --> 06:53.020 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost. 06:54.580 --> 06:56.120 Joy and with the Holy Ghost. 06:56.520 --> 06:58.500 Friend, these things go together. 06:59.460 --> 07:00.940 If you're lacking your joy, 07:01.820 --> 07:03.700 it's because you're lacking the filling of the Holy Spirit. 07:04.780 --> 07:06.000 So you take inventory, you say, 07:06.280 --> 07:09.500 Hey, hey, do I have the joy of the Lord in my heart? 07:09.680 --> 07:11.380 And if not, you need to be filled with the Spirit of God. 07:13.620 --> 07:15.580 They're filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost. 07:15.580 --> 07:18.280 And you know, the most productive time 07:18.280 --> 07:21.380 and probably the history of the Church of God 07:21.380 --> 07:24.120 was when those apostles, they were seeing thousands of people saved. 07:24.420 --> 07:24.760 And why? 07:25.060 --> 07:26.160 They're filled with the Spirit of God. 07:26.440 --> 07:27.420 They're filled with joy. 07:28.460 --> 07:30.840 How are we going to encourage ourselves in the Lord? 07:31.240 --> 07:32.940 I think we're going to do it the same way David did. 07:33.720 --> 07:34.960 Get filled with the Spirit of God. 07:35.060 --> 07:36.560 Get that anointing of the Spirit of God. 07:38.240 --> 07:41.060 So look, David would discourage. 07:41.280 --> 07:42.080 He was down and out. 07:42.500 --> 07:43.340 Didn't know what to do. 07:44.020 --> 07:46.020 And look, when you're down and out 07:46.020 --> 07:47.960 and you're having yourself a little pity party, 07:48.260 --> 07:49.940 just get filled with the Spirit of God. 07:51.540 --> 07:53.960 You're not going to be able to do it in your own might. 07:54.840 --> 07:56.580 It has to be by the power of God. 07:57.280 --> 07:57.920 And that's where it started. 07:58.080 --> 07:59.460 You've got to realize, look, look, 08:00.060 --> 08:01.740 I'm focusing on myself too much. 08:02.020 --> 08:03.480 I'm throwing myself a little pity party. 08:03.960 --> 08:05.680 I need to not trust in myself 08:05.680 --> 08:09.260 but in the living God that raises the debt. 08:10.200 --> 08:12.420 Put your confidence in Christ 08:13.700 --> 08:15.600 and that he can fill you with the Holy Spirit. 08:15.820 --> 08:16.940 Give you the filling of God. 08:17.340 --> 08:18.840 So the first thing I believe, 08:19.060 --> 08:21.320 David was able to encourage himself in the Lord 08:21.320 --> 08:22.480 because he was filled with the Spirit. 08:22.980 --> 08:25.800 Turn your Bible to 2 Corinthians chapter number one. 08:26.500 --> 08:28.000 2 Corinthians chapter number one. 08:28.540 --> 08:29.960 Now the second reason I believe 08:29.960 --> 08:32.360 David was able to be filled with this, 08:32.800 --> 08:35.000 excuse me, David was able to encourage himself in the Lord 08:35.820 --> 08:38.700 was because I believe he was able to remember 08:39.920 --> 08:42.680 God's past deliverances in his life. 08:43.420 --> 08:45.160 God's past deliverance in his life. 08:45.900 --> 08:47.760 Now I remember the story of David. 08:48.520 --> 08:51.000 The Bible tells us that he was just a shepherd boy 08:51.740 --> 08:55.520 and he's keeping the sheep, his father's sheep. 08:56.660 --> 08:58.440 And they come out a lion. 08:59.080 --> 09:02.020 A lion come by and grabs one of the sheep 09:02.540 --> 09:05.580 and he comes by and he grabs that lion by the mane. 09:05.680 --> 09:06.080 What does he do? 09:06.480 --> 09:08.180 He kills the lion, right? 09:08.180 --> 09:10.460 And then there was, I remember another part of the story. 09:11.000 --> 09:15.560 He's going in, he's keeping the flock of his father again. 09:16.400 --> 09:18.200 But there comes out a bear, a bear 09:19.060 --> 09:22.840 and he takes one of the sheep and David runs out 09:22.840 --> 09:26.060 and he grabs that bear by the, by the beard 09:26.500 --> 09:28.540 and he kills the bear, right? 09:28.860 --> 09:30.380 Hey, God delivered him from that lion. 09:30.500 --> 09:31.480 God delivered him from the bear. 09:31.900 --> 09:34.080 And then I remember the next in the story 09:34.080 --> 09:36.780 that we find that David goes to the front lines 09:36.780 --> 09:37.540 of the Philistines. 09:38.240 --> 09:40.820 His brothers are there and he sees that Goliath 09:40.820 --> 09:44.460 and he's mocking God and he's cursing the armies 09:44.460 --> 09:48.500 of the living God and then David goes 09:48.500 --> 09:49.800 and he says, who is this guy? 09:50.400 --> 09:52.060 He's cussing the armies of the living God 09:52.060 --> 09:55.720 and he's, you know, defying the armies of the living God. 09:55.800 --> 09:56.300 Who's this guy? 09:56.380 --> 09:57.620 I think he is, right? 09:58.020 --> 10:01.100 And so then he starts talking to the guys in there 10:01.640 --> 10:03.060 and then they bring him to King Saul. 10:03.800 --> 10:04.880 And what does he say? 10:05.340 --> 10:08.120 He calls them to mind all those, those adventures 10:08.120 --> 10:10.940 he had as a shepherd boy and he said, 10:11.000 --> 10:14.260 the Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion 10:14.260 --> 10:16.020 and out of the paw of the bear, 10:16.220 --> 10:19.820 he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 10:20.240 --> 10:20.680 Right? 10:21.680 --> 10:24.580 And then he goes out and just with a slaying of stone 10:24.580 --> 10:26.060 and he didn't do it in his own mind. 10:26.260 --> 10:27.360 He didn't do it in his own power, 10:27.420 --> 10:28.800 but he did it in the power of God 10:28.800 --> 10:30.820 and he slew that Goliath. 10:31.780 --> 10:35.380 And he, he slung a stone, him in the forehead 10:35.880 --> 10:38.940 and he didn't have a sword in his hand 10:38.940 --> 10:40.860 so he went out and he slew him with his own sword. 10:41.160 --> 10:43.400 Took his head off and showed it off to everybody, right? 10:43.700 --> 10:44.400 I like that part. 10:44.480 --> 10:45.140 You guys like that part? 10:45.660 --> 10:48.420 They don't put that on the flannel graph either. 10:49.500 --> 10:52.020 They don't put the part where he's holding up the head, 10:52.100 --> 10:52.300 right? 10:53.440 --> 10:57.480 But look, David had those deliverances in his past. 10:58.380 --> 11:00.400 And friend, I think when we're discouraged, 11:01.260 --> 11:03.460 we just forget what God's already done for us. 11:03.640 --> 11:05.920 Hey, we just forget all those trials 11:05.920 --> 11:07.060 that we've already gone through 11:07.060 --> 11:09.060 and how God's already delivered us before. 11:09.480 --> 11:11.040 And maybe you were in a time in your life 11:11.040 --> 11:13.020 where you needed a car, you needed a job, 11:13.420 --> 11:15.400 you needed a, you had a physical need in your life, 11:15.460 --> 11:17.520 but you prayed to God and you asked him 11:17.520 --> 11:19.160 and he came through to you, right? 11:19.860 --> 11:20.920 He delivered you before 11:20.920 --> 11:23.000 or maybe there was a family member in the hospital, 11:23.340 --> 11:25.900 someone was sick, someone was down and out 11:25.900 --> 11:27.480 or maybe you were like stressed 11:27.480 --> 11:29.620 because it felt like all your friends 11:29.620 --> 11:30.700 and your family were against you 11:30.700 --> 11:33.160 or in some social turmoil, right? 11:33.940 --> 11:36.560 But you prayed to God and what happened? 11:36.700 --> 11:37.500 God delivered you. 11:38.260 --> 11:40.500 But what happens is we get in our, 11:40.900 --> 11:42.120 having our little pity party 11:42.640 --> 11:44.440 or thinking about what we're going through 11:45.780 --> 11:48.420 and we forget about what God has already done for us. 11:49.340 --> 11:51.940 Yeah, the same God that delivered David 11:51.940 --> 11:54.080 from the lion and from the bear 11:54.080 --> 11:55.500 and from the Goliath. 11:55.840 --> 11:58.020 He's the same God that can deliver him 11:58.020 --> 11:59.420 and get his family back 12:00.280 --> 12:01.840 and to recover all that he had. 12:03.220 --> 12:04.620 It's the same God, my friend. 12:07.720 --> 12:09.160 Turn it, I think you're in, 12:09.780 --> 12:11.440 you're in 2nd Corinthians chapter number one. 12:12.100 --> 12:13.360 2nd Corinthians chapter number one, 12:13.420 --> 12:14.880 look down in verse number nine. 12:15.160 --> 12:17.600 It says, but we had the sentence of death in ourselves 12:18.120 --> 12:19.880 that we should not trust in ourselves 12:19.880 --> 12:21.980 but in God that raised at the dead 12:21.980 --> 12:24.620 who delivered us from so great a death 12:24.620 --> 12:26.680 and doth deliver in whom we trust 12:26.680 --> 12:29.360 that he will yet deliver us. 12:30.320 --> 12:32.140 So look, what is it saying? 12:32.440 --> 12:33.380 God delivered us. 12:34.080 --> 12:35.240 He's delivering us now. 12:35.640 --> 12:36.620 What is he going to do? 12:37.680 --> 12:39.400 He's going to deliver us again. 12:40.160 --> 12:41.500 Hey, God delivered first works 12:42.040 --> 12:43.480 when we got bombed, right? 12:43.700 --> 12:45.480 I wasn't here, but when the church got bombed, 12:45.480 --> 12:47.040 God delivered us from the enemies. 12:47.680 --> 12:48.840 God's delivering us. 12:49.380 --> 12:50.960 All right, that Muslim came. 12:51.160 --> 12:51.900 God delivered us, right? 12:53.360 --> 12:55.180 Hey, look, we don't know what's going to happen in the future 12:55.640 --> 12:58.500 but what we need to realize that God is the same God. 12:58.960 --> 12:59.940 He delivered us before. 13:00.720 --> 13:01.580 He's going to deliver us again. 13:01.980 --> 13:03.420 We need to cut out the pity party 13:03.840 --> 13:05.820 and realize that we serve a God 13:06.360 --> 13:08.360 that's able to deliver us again, right? 13:09.420 --> 13:11.280 And turn to 1st Samuel chapter number 30. 13:11.480 --> 13:12.440 This is my last point here. 13:13.360 --> 13:15.880 Not only do I believe David was able to escape 13:15.880 --> 13:17.400 that valley of discouragement 13:18.140 --> 13:19.720 because he was filled with his spirit, 13:20.360 --> 13:22.340 not only do I believe that he was able to escape 13:22.340 --> 13:23.500 that valley of discouragement 13:24.500 --> 13:28.040 because he believed that God was able to deliver him again, 13:28.740 --> 13:29.860 but I also believe that 13:29.860 --> 13:32.600 he was able to encourage himself in the Lord 13:33.140 --> 13:34.740 because he had faith 13:35.620 --> 13:38.660 that God is a God that answers prayer. 13:39.440 --> 13:41.680 If you look down in our text in verse number 8, 13:42.320 --> 13:45.860 I don't find it a coincidence that right after he encouraged himself in the Lord, 13:45.860 --> 13:47.460 what does he go? He goes to pray. 13:47.880 --> 13:48.420 It says in verse 8, 13:48.560 --> 13:50.160 And David inquired at the Lord saying, 13:50.600 --> 13:51.980 Shall I pursue after this troop? 13:52.480 --> 13:53.320 Shall I overtake them? 13:53.500 --> 13:54.180 And he answered him, 13:54.300 --> 13:56.780 Bersue for thou shalt surely overtake them 13:56.780 --> 13:59.160 and without fail recover it. 13:59.320 --> 14:00.880 So this is what I pictured David's like. 14:01.380 --> 14:02.420 He's having a pity party and he was like, 14:02.500 --> 14:02.940 Wait a second. 14:03.960 --> 14:04.800 God answers prayer. 14:05.420 --> 14:06.360 Why am I having a pity party? 14:06.960 --> 14:07.160 Right? 14:07.420 --> 14:08.420 And when you're having a pity party, 14:08.480 --> 14:11.000 we need to realize God answers prayer 14:11.000 --> 14:13.340 and he's able to answer my prayer, right? 14:13.340 --> 14:15.980 Hey, the same God that answered David's prayer, 14:16.240 --> 14:17.040 he can answer our prayer. 14:18.820 --> 14:19.640 It says in, 14:19.760 --> 14:21.620 David said this in Psalm 65, 14:21.880 --> 14:22.000 He says, 14:22.180 --> 14:23.920 O thou that hear his prayer, 14:24.800 --> 14:26.840 unto thee shall all flesh come. 14:27.140 --> 14:29.420 It doesn't matter what side of the earth you live on, 14:29.520 --> 14:30.960 it doesn't matter where you come from, 14:31.380 --> 14:33.520 God's able to answer your prayer, right? 14:35.880 --> 14:39.300 Look, we need to have faith in the God that answers prayer. 14:40.580 --> 14:42.260 You know, the way we hang our face sometimes 14:42.260 --> 14:46.040 it looks like we don't believe God answers prayer, right? 14:46.600 --> 14:49.280 The way we hang our head and have ourselves a little pity party, 14:49.500 --> 14:51.620 it looks like, oh, you know, he doesn't have faith in God. 14:51.860 --> 14:52.740 But like if you ask the Chris, 14:52.820 --> 14:53.760 do you believe God answers prayer? 14:54.080 --> 14:55.760 Like, yeah, yeah, God answers prayer, right? 14:56.780 --> 14:59.000 But by the way that you're hanging your face 14:59.000 --> 15:00.280 and the frown in your face, 15:01.220 --> 15:03.160 it's proving that you don't believe God answers prayer. 15:03.780 --> 15:06.340 We need to have a high view of God. 15:06.720 --> 15:09.460 Hey, God is not puny, God is not small, 15:09.460 --> 15:12.540 hey, God's not broke, he's able to answer your prayers. 15:13.620 --> 15:16.040 It says in Romans, turn to Romans 8, 15:16.180 --> 15:17.080 do I have you turn to Romans 8? 15:17.520 --> 15:18.680 Turn to Romans 8 for me. 15:19.180 --> 15:21.500 It says in First Peter chapter number three, 15:22.280 --> 15:24.200 I'm wrapping up here, it says, 15:24.560 --> 15:26.560 the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous 15:26.980 --> 15:29.740 and his ears are open to your prayers. 15:30.000 --> 15:32.200 You know, the Bible has promises about prayer. 15:33.420 --> 15:35.800 We need to believe in those prayer promises 15:36.400 --> 15:38.300 like God can answer prayer, right? 15:39.460 --> 15:40.880 It says in Romans chapter number eight 15:41.560 --> 15:43.100 and verse number 31, it says, 15:44.000 --> 15:45.640 what shall we say to these things? 15:46.000 --> 15:48.840 If God be for us, who can be against us? 15:49.140 --> 15:50.740 He that spared not his own son, 15:51.240 --> 15:52.640 but delivered him up for us all, 15:53.020 --> 15:56.220 how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 15:56.440 --> 15:57.400 Think about this for a second. 15:58.260 --> 15:59.460 God gave his only son. 16:00.520 --> 16:01.720 His son died for our sins. 16:02.980 --> 16:05.860 He gave the thing that's absolutely most precious for us, 16:06.360 --> 16:08.080 most precious to him, to us. 16:08.080 --> 16:09.180 His son, Jesus Christ. 16:10.200 --> 16:11.920 And yet we think that God can't deliver us 16:11.920 --> 16:13.000 for our little petty needs. 16:13.620 --> 16:15.080 I'm not minimizing your needs. 16:15.760 --> 16:18.520 I'm just saying, God, David's only son, 16:18.880 --> 16:20.400 the thing that was most precious to him, 16:21.200 --> 16:23.720 how much more can he answer us when we pray? 16:24.300 --> 16:25.380 Isn't that what the text is saying? 16:26.300 --> 16:27.440 He that spared not his own son, 16:27.540 --> 16:28.680 but delivered him up for us all, 16:28.980 --> 16:31.480 how shall he not with him also freely give us, 16:31.500 --> 16:31.920 what does it say? 16:32.780 --> 16:35.500 All things, all things, right? 16:35.500 --> 16:37.840 So look, David was in a big fix. 16:39.380 --> 16:40.620 City was burned with fire. 16:42.960 --> 16:44.060 All his family's gone. 16:46.780 --> 16:47.920 All his children are gone. 16:49.020 --> 16:51.340 And all his men that loved him 16:51.340 --> 16:53.640 and that he invested in for all these years 16:54.720 --> 16:56.420 want to kill him, want to stone him. 16:57.660 --> 17:00.160 Now, I don't think I've ever been in a situation that bad. 17:00.740 --> 17:03.560 I don't think anyone's ever wanted to try to like stone 17:03.560 --> 17:05.140 brotherly leases or brother or pastor. 17:05.900 --> 17:07.560 You know, that's, I don't think that's ever happened, right? 17:08.300 --> 17:10.260 But yet we're in like less situations, 17:10.260 --> 17:12.760 but David was able to encourage himself in the Lord. 17:13.820 --> 17:15.240 And how I believe he was able to do it. 17:15.360 --> 17:17.680 Well, David had that filling in the Holy Spirit of God. 17:18.460 --> 17:20.820 I think David was able to remember those past 17:20.820 --> 17:22.340 deliverances that God had in him. 17:23.180 --> 17:25.660 And lastly, I think God, David was able to have faith 17:25.660 --> 17:27.920 in God that answers prayer. 17:28.660 --> 17:31.360 Let's pray. Father, thank you for this text. 17:32.000 --> 17:34.300 Thank you that we see that David encouraged himself 17:34.300 --> 17:38.180 in the Lord. Lord, I want you to forgive me 17:38.180 --> 17:40.100 and forgive us for all the times 17:40.100 --> 17:42.220 that we throw ourselves a little pity party 17:43.220 --> 17:44.780 and have a faithlessness. 17:45.720 --> 17:48.620 And Father, I'm asking that you'd please help us 17:48.620 --> 17:50.620 to be filled with the Spirit of God 17:51.800 --> 17:53.640 and have faith that you can deliver us again. 17:54.480 --> 17:56.040 And Father, I want to thank you in advance 17:56.460 --> 17:57.900 for the answers of prayer that you're going to do 17:57.900 --> 18:00.560 for us and for our church, for our pastor 18:00.560 --> 18:01.960 and for our evangelists. 18:02.320 --> 18:03.520 Bless these things in Jesus' name. 18:04.020 --> 18:04.220 Amen. 18:07.000 --> 18:08.620 Amen. Song number 24. 18:09.120 --> 18:10.280 As we wait for the next preacher. 18:10.960 --> 18:11.940 Song number 24. 18:15.700 --> 18:19.260 And can it be singing on that verse verse? 18:23.260 --> 18:25.760 And can it be 18:26.940 --> 18:30.180 that I should gain 18:30.560 --> 18:33.860 an interest in 18:33.860 --> 18:38.000 the Savior's blood? 18:39.160 --> 18:42.080 Died he for me 18:42.640 --> 18:46.360 who caused his pain? 18:46.780 --> 18:48.100 For me 18:48.740 --> 18:50.340 who him 18:50.660 --> 18:53.900 to death pursued 18:55.700 --> 18:58.280 amazing love? 18:58.280 --> 19:02.500 How can it be 19:02.940 --> 19:06.500 that my God 19:06.780 --> 19:10.220 should die for me? 19:11.420 --> 19:14.300 Amazing love. 19:15.120 --> 19:18.520 How can it be 19:19.040 --> 19:22.440 that my God 19:22.440 --> 19:26.360 should die for me? 19:32.710 --> 19:33.890 All right, good evening church. 19:34.170 --> 19:36.290 If you would turn your Bibles to Ephesians 5 19:36.810 --> 19:38.890 Ephesians 5 verse 14. 19:39.430 --> 19:40.850 And once again, I would thank pastor 19:41.630 --> 19:44.150 for this moment to be able to have the opportunity to preach. 19:44.390 --> 19:46.050 I thank you for the class that you put on 19:46.050 --> 19:48.170 and just all the edifying that you did for all the men 19:48.670 --> 19:49.570 that were able to be there. 19:51.070 --> 19:54.450 We're going to start our reading in Ephesians 5 verse 14. 19:55.050 --> 19:55.870 The Bible reads, 19:56.350 --> 19:57.290 Wherefore he saith, 19:57.610 --> 19:59.690 Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead 19:59.690 --> 20:01.570 and Christ shall give thee light. 20:02.090 --> 20:04.610 See then that you walk circumspectly not as fools 20:04.610 --> 20:05.230 but as wise, 20:06.090 --> 20:07.250 redeeming the time 20:07.890 --> 20:09.090 because the days are evil. 20:09.650 --> 20:11.090 And that's the title of my message tonight, 20:11.830 --> 20:12.890 redeeming the time. 20:13.710 --> 20:15.770 Now, what is the phrase redeeming the time mean? 20:16.310 --> 20:17.430 Well, if you think of the word redeem 20:17.970 --> 20:20.390 means an exchanging of something of value. 20:21.030 --> 20:22.210 Like let's say if you use a coupon, 20:22.750 --> 20:25.190 you would exchange that coupon for something of value. 20:25.530 --> 20:26.610 So if you're buying a burger, 20:27.210 --> 20:29.850 it's, you know, buy one, get one free or $2 off 20:29.850 --> 20:31.950 or whatever it is, the premise remains the same 20:31.950 --> 20:35.070 that you're redeeming that coupon for something of value. 20:35.530 --> 20:36.490 The same thing with our time. 20:36.870 --> 20:39.150 God wants us to utilize our time 20:39.150 --> 20:40.510 coupled with godliness, 20:40.890 --> 20:42.770 thus increasing the value of our time 20:42.770 --> 20:45.810 and increasing the profit of the spiritual gain. 20:46.570 --> 20:48.990 Meaning that we shouldn't squander the time that we have 20:49.470 --> 20:52.990 because the Bible says our days are as a shadow that passes away. 20:53.530 --> 20:54.670 And I get it. 20:55.050 --> 20:58.350 You know, we as humans love to have times of laziness 20:58.730 --> 21:00.810 where we just get sucked into stagnant living, 21:02.450 --> 21:03.330 media, entertainment. 21:03.590 --> 21:05.150 And how about this doom scrolling? 21:05.950 --> 21:08.710 Because that Jew Zuckerberg just knows the algorithm 21:08.710 --> 21:10.110 of how to make us laugh. 21:10.850 --> 21:12.790 Idols falling on false prophet's heads, 21:13.370 --> 21:16.190 memes, energy drink content for some of you. 21:16.630 --> 21:18.190 But here's the thing, you know, 21:18.370 --> 21:20.150 we need to not give all of our time 21:20.150 --> 21:22.550 over the things that lead to no profit. 21:23.210 --> 21:25.430 And one thing I want to note before I get to my first point 21:25.430 --> 21:27.590 is that God exists outside of time. 21:27.590 --> 21:31.270 So the fact that he emphasizes heavy on times, time lines 21:31.270 --> 21:32.410 and how to redeem the time 21:32.410 --> 21:34.290 means that we ought to give an ear, 21:34.450 --> 21:35.530 lend an ear to what he's saying 21:35.530 --> 21:37.130 and take heed to what he's saying. 21:37.630 --> 21:39.550 Because the Bible is constantly reminding us 21:39.550 --> 21:41.270 that we are the laborers, 21:41.370 --> 21:44.050 we're the ones meant to spread the gospel far and wide 21:44.050 --> 21:47.430 and we're the one who are doing the work. 21:47.930 --> 21:50.470 And so how we choose to spend our time 21:50.470 --> 21:52.530 can be a great detriment 21:52.530 --> 21:55.610 or a great triumph to getting souls saved. 21:56.150 --> 21:59.970 Point number one, redeem your time for greater value. 22:00.450 --> 22:01.690 The Bible reads in verse 15. 22:02.350 --> 22:03.830 See then that you walk circumspectly, 22:04.370 --> 22:06.670 not as fools, but as wise, 22:07.350 --> 22:09.410 redeeming the time because the days are evil. 22:10.090 --> 22:11.290 Walking as a fool, 22:11.850 --> 22:13.550 there is no redemption of time. 22:13.790 --> 22:16.570 For the unsaved, the Christ rejecters, 22:16.970 --> 22:17.970 there is no redemption. 22:18.610 --> 22:20.890 All the things that they spend on this earth, 22:21.050 --> 22:22.630 on spend their time doing on this earth, 22:22.850 --> 22:23.850 will go for a miss 22:23.850 --> 22:26.790 when they end up spending eternity in hell. 22:27.870 --> 22:28.450 The Bible says 22:29.570 --> 22:32.150 that the fool has said in his heart, 22:32.510 --> 22:33.810 there is no God. 22:34.770 --> 22:36.550 And so we need to, 22:36.830 --> 22:38.930 the Bible says that we need to walk as the wise. 22:39.590 --> 22:41.190 The wisest thing that you can do 22:41.190 --> 22:43.170 is believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. 22:44.010 --> 22:46.470 Step number one, get saved. 22:46.990 --> 22:49.390 Step number two, walk as the wise. 22:49.790 --> 22:51.390 Be not a hearer of the word only, 22:51.710 --> 22:53.270 but a doer also. 22:53.850 --> 22:55.790 The Bible says go to the ant thou sluggard, 22:56.370 --> 22:59.430 consider her ways and be wise. 23:00.130 --> 23:01.050 Hey, what is wise? 23:01.650 --> 23:03.390 He that went to the souls is wise. 23:04.170 --> 23:07.550 And going out soul winning is a great way to redeem the time. 23:08.110 --> 23:10.790 And it's the main reason why we're still here in the first place. 23:11.370 --> 23:14.010 I mean, why not just get saved and go straight up to heaven? 23:14.590 --> 23:17.190 Because God wants us to utilize our time 23:17.190 --> 23:19.110 that others may go as well. 23:19.870 --> 23:22.030 Turn your Bible is the first Timothy chapter four. 23:22.710 --> 23:25.190 Look, we need to do good works for the Lord 23:25.490 --> 23:28.310 in order to utilize our time greatly. 23:29.370 --> 23:30.930 First Timothy chapter four 23:31.810 --> 23:33.230 and verse eight, the Bible reads, 23:33.890 --> 23:36.170 for bodily exercise profit little, 23:36.850 --> 23:38.850 but godliness is profitable in all things. 23:39.330 --> 23:41.450 Having promise of the life that now is 23:41.450 --> 23:43.930 and of that which is to come. 23:44.710 --> 23:48.070 And the idea behind this is that not everything is inherently sinful. 23:48.390 --> 23:51.210 But when it's elevated above the things of God, 23:51.210 --> 23:53.710 it will never amount to the spiritual gain. 23:54.550 --> 23:58.190 And I'm not hating on anyone that scrolls on social media 23:58.690 --> 24:00.050 or watches movies. 24:00.570 --> 24:02.270 If you're still doing the works 24:03.010 --> 24:05.970 because there's people that are completely consumed 24:05.970 --> 24:07.850 and they're not doing the works of God. 24:08.030 --> 24:09.990 But then there's also another group 24:09.990 --> 24:11.970 who aren't necessarily consumed, 24:12.250 --> 24:13.710 but they still don't do the works. 24:14.110 --> 24:16.690 I mean, you think of a lot of old IFB church members 24:17.290 --> 24:20.490 and movies are sin, social media sin, internet sin. 24:20.490 --> 24:22.630 And yet they're still not doing the works. 24:23.150 --> 24:25.770 It's like, hey, brother, you want to go out soul winning? 24:27.490 --> 24:29.290 Maybe when I finish this commentary, 24:31.190 --> 24:33.450 maybe when I finish this word study 24:34.210 --> 24:36.050 and where's that commentary going to get you anyways? 24:36.390 --> 24:38.930 You're just playing around with mental gymnastics 24:38.930 --> 24:40.550 in order to justify false doctrine. 24:43.210 --> 24:45.050 You want a commentary on the Old Testament? 24:45.670 --> 24:46.270 New Testament. 24:46.830 --> 24:48.230 You want a commentary on the New Testament? 24:48.670 --> 24:49.390 Holy Spirit. 24:49.830 --> 24:51.870 You ought to be reading your Bible to understand the Bible. 24:52.690 --> 24:53.990 Look, point number one, 24:54.990 --> 24:57.210 redeem your time for greater value. 24:57.870 --> 24:58.770 Point number two, 24:59.510 --> 25:01.450 your time expires. 25:02.030 --> 25:03.910 Turn your Bible to John chapter five. 25:04.670 --> 25:05.970 John chapter five. 25:06.650 --> 25:08.330 Look, saved and unsaved alike. 25:08.990 --> 25:11.870 Our time on this earth will come to an end. 25:12.370 --> 25:13.890 Fact, the Bible says, 25:13.970 --> 25:15.730 whereas you know not which I'll be on the morrow 25:15.730 --> 25:17.230 for what is your life? 25:17.230 --> 25:20.570 It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time 25:20.570 --> 25:22.570 and then vanisheth away. 25:23.410 --> 25:25.850 Your time on this earth is not only limited 25:26.390 --> 25:29.510 but miniscule in comparison to eternity. 25:30.250 --> 25:32.170 And I don't believe that we could get a better example of this 25:32.170 --> 25:33.390 than our Lord Jesus Christ. 25:34.190 --> 25:36.190 Take a look in John chapter five verse four. 25:36.310 --> 25:36.750 Jesus says, 25:37.150 --> 25:39.710 I must work the works of him that set me while his day. 25:40.170 --> 25:42.910 The night cometh when no man can work. 25:43.550 --> 25:44.850 And what Jesus is saying here is, 25:44.850 --> 25:47.990 hey, I got to work while there's still time to work. 25:48.550 --> 25:50.170 And Jesus worked while he was on this earth. 25:50.710 --> 25:52.550 He spread the gospel all throughout Jerusalem. 25:53.170 --> 25:54.170 He wrote many miracles. 25:54.550 --> 25:55.670 He got many people saved. 25:55.850 --> 25:57.190 He accumulated a mass following 25:57.750 --> 26:00.350 because he knew that this was the time to work. 26:00.810 --> 26:02.370 Even when the Jews sought to kill him, 26:02.850 --> 26:04.890 he says my time is not yet come 26:05.390 --> 26:07.430 because there's still work to do. 26:08.050 --> 26:10.290 Turn your Bible to Ecclesiastes chapter nine. 26:11.490 --> 26:13.330 Jesus understood that he needed to work 26:13.720 --> 26:15.550 while there was still an opportunity to work 26:16.520 --> 26:17.690 because night cometh 26:18.260 --> 26:20.390 when no man can work. 26:21.570 --> 26:22.990 Ecclesiastes chapter nine 26:24.160 --> 26:25.050 in verse 10. 26:26.310 --> 26:28.010 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, 26:28.550 --> 26:29.750 do with thy might, 26:30.150 --> 26:31.470 for there is no work, 26:31.650 --> 26:34.210 nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, 26:34.690 --> 26:36.350 wither thou goest. 26:37.270 --> 26:39.590 The Bible tells us that when we enter into eternity, 26:39.990 --> 26:42.150 we enter into rest. 26:42.970 --> 26:45.430 There is no more work left for us. 26:46.210 --> 26:48.470 And your good works on this earth 26:48.470 --> 26:51.210 may live on for a season or seasons, 26:52.310 --> 26:53.830 but only if you're redeeming the time. 26:54.710 --> 26:57.430 Nobody's going to be talking about Joe Gooner the Christian 26:57.910 --> 26:59.450 or Tommy Doomscroller. 26:59.890 --> 27:03.710 We talk about Father Abraham, Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul, 27:04.130 --> 27:05.090 Pastor Jack Hiles. 27:05.590 --> 27:06.630 Why? Because they understood 27:07.050 --> 27:09.650 they didn't have the time to squander on this earth. 27:10.310 --> 27:11.990 They knew that they had a mission for God 27:11.990 --> 27:13.530 and they put forth the effort. 27:14.810 --> 27:17.190 They knew that they had a course to be accomplished 27:17.890 --> 27:19.350 and they worked while they were on this earth. 27:20.270 --> 27:21.170 And make no mistake, 27:21.810 --> 27:25.690 there is an emphasis on reminding us that things do come to an end. 27:26.290 --> 27:27.810 Work, seasons, 27:28.810 --> 27:29.290 years, 27:29.890 --> 27:32.510 and God doesn't do this to discourage us, 27:32.790 --> 27:33.550 but his motivation. 27:34.450 --> 27:35.850 Hey, the goal of this church 27:36.450 --> 27:39.370 is to get 12,000 people saved by the end of this year. 27:40.550 --> 27:41.250 It's November. 27:43.130 --> 27:44.690 Recognizing that we're coming to the end 27:44.690 --> 27:46.530 should not cause us to relax 27:46.530 --> 27:48.010 or to throw in the towel, 27:48.250 --> 27:49.270 but to light the fire. 27:50.090 --> 27:51.970 And I know that there's some men and women in this church 27:51.970 --> 27:53.470 that are going to take it personally 27:53.470 --> 27:55.410 and they're going to double down on soul winning. 27:55.730 --> 27:57.850 They're going to sacrifice and redeem their time 27:57.850 --> 27:59.110 in order to hit that goal. 27:59.830 --> 27:59.970 Amen. 28:01.550 --> 28:03.890 Turn Your Bible to 1 Thessalonians chapter 2. 28:04.670 --> 28:06.010 And I'll finish with my third point. 28:07.710 --> 28:08.670 Point number three. 28:08.670 --> 28:12.750 There is a consequence for your time. 28:13.370 --> 28:15.250 Are you taking mine to the carnal? 28:15.850 --> 28:17.210 Or are you meditating in the spirit? 28:17.950 --> 28:19.070 Are you building up the flesh? 28:19.650 --> 28:21.610 Are you edifying the new man? 28:22.330 --> 28:23.290 Are you a sluggered? 28:23.630 --> 28:25.030 Are you seeking out the lost? 28:26.050 --> 28:28.890 The apostle Paul was able to glory in his labors. 28:29.190 --> 28:32.810 Look at 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse 19. 28:33.650 --> 28:35.410 He says, for what is our hope 28:35.410 --> 28:36.410 or joy 28:36.930 --> 28:38.070 or crown of rejoicing? 28:38.670 --> 28:41.450 Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ 28:41.450 --> 28:41.910 that is coming? 28:42.650 --> 28:45.070 For ye are our glory and joy. 28:46.110 --> 28:48.190 The apostle Paul was able to rejoice in the church. 28:48.470 --> 28:48.790 Why? 28:49.010 --> 28:50.730 Because he spent much time 28:51.590 --> 28:52.150 laboring, 28:52.570 --> 28:53.670 building them up, 28:53.990 --> 28:55.110 teaching them doctrine, 28:55.730 --> 28:56.690 correcting them, 28:57.510 --> 28:58.890 redeeming the time. 28:59.390 --> 29:01.490 And that time spent paid off. 29:02.050 --> 29:04.270 He says it has his crown of rejoicing. 29:04.710 --> 29:07.190 Just as a good wife is a crown unto her husband. 29:07.750 --> 29:09.190 It's not just that he labored. 29:09.650 --> 29:12.030 It's that their labors would go forth as well. 29:12.390 --> 29:14.330 Producing Christians that love God, 29:14.830 --> 29:16.510 that love and follow the Bible 29:16.510 --> 29:18.390 and love the lost. 29:19.110 --> 29:20.410 Now what is the flip side of this? 29:21.090 --> 29:23.670 The flip side is spending all of your time 29:23.670 --> 29:26.050 in a manner that only profits yourself. 29:26.910 --> 29:27.830 Look at the time 29:28.410 --> 29:29.770 of the judgment seat of Christ. 29:30.530 --> 29:31.830 Your works will be tried. 29:32.470 --> 29:34.810 Everything produced of wood, hay, stubble. 29:35.290 --> 29:36.470 They will be burned up. 29:37.190 --> 29:38.370 You yourself shall enter into heaven. 29:38.770 --> 29:40.430 But all the time that you spent 29:40.990 --> 29:43.110 laboring for that CEO position, 29:43.610 --> 29:45.050 millions of dollars in the bank, 29:45.350 --> 29:48.450 fighting for positions of power and ruling, 29:49.230 --> 29:50.130 those will come to naught. 29:51.730 --> 29:53.590 And you're going to have many Christians in that day 29:53.910 --> 29:55.070 will be ashamed 29:55.630 --> 29:56.570 being exposed 29:57.190 --> 29:59.090 where they spent all of their time. 30:00.870 --> 30:02.530 Turn your Bibles to Revelation 20. 30:03.810 --> 30:06.230 And finally, I want to end with the greatest consequence. 30:07.190 --> 30:09.430 Which is the great white throne judgment. 30:13.650 --> 30:14.530 Revelation 20 30:15.010 --> 30:15.910 and verse 12. 30:17.190 --> 30:19.490 The Bible reads and I saw the dead small and great 30:19.490 --> 30:20.670 stand before God 30:21.190 --> 30:22.190 and the books were open 30:22.190 --> 30:23.750 and another book was open 30:23.750 --> 30:25.150 which is the book of life 30:25.690 --> 30:27.510 and the dead were judged out of the things 30:27.510 --> 30:28.750 which were written in the books 30:28.750 --> 30:29.970 according to their works 30:30.390 --> 30:32.030 and the sea gave up the dead which were in it 30:32.030 --> 30:34.670 and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them 30:34.670 --> 30:36.610 and they were judged every man 30:36.610 --> 30:37.570 according to their works 30:38.030 --> 30:39.990 and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. 30:40.210 --> 30:41.570 This is the second death 30:41.570 --> 30:42.770 and whosoever 30:43.210 --> 30:45.090 was not found written in the book of life 30:45.590 --> 30:48.110 was cast into the lake of fire. 30:48.690 --> 30:51.290 At the time of the great white throne judgment 30:52.070 --> 30:53.090 it's too late. 30:53.670 --> 30:55.130 The work is over 30:55.830 --> 30:57.830 and there's going to be plenty of wicked vile 30:57.830 --> 30:59.010 disgusting people 30:59.010 --> 31:00.090 sent into hell 31:00.610 --> 31:02.310 but also some of our families 31:03.090 --> 31:04.350 and some of our friends 31:05.050 --> 31:06.110 some of our co-workers 31:07.150 --> 31:07.870 even strangers 31:08.410 --> 31:10.590 that when you see standing in that line 31:11.350 --> 31:13.270 you're going to wish there was a little bit more time. 31:13.750 --> 31:17.290 You're going to wish that you would have spent a little bit more time on this earth laboring. 31:19.790 --> 31:22.070 The Bible says that God is not willing that any shall perish 31:22.430 --> 31:24.050 but that all would come to repentance 31:24.050 --> 31:25.990 and he commands us to be good stewards. 31:27.490 --> 31:29.150 Church we need to redeem the time 31:29.150 --> 31:30.930 while there's still time 31:30.930 --> 31:31.830 to redeem. 31:32.590 --> 31:34.130 And one last thing before I finish 31:34.850 --> 31:36.290 if you're thinking we spent a lot of time 31:36.290 --> 31:38.190 talking about redeeming the time 31:38.190 --> 31:40.690 but what specifically do I have to do? 31:41.290 --> 31:43.570 You know I don't believe that there's a single Christian in here 31:43.570 --> 31:46.430 that doesn't know that they have to read their Bible 31:46.430 --> 31:47.910 pray to the Lord 31:47.910 --> 31:49.290 go out soul winning 31:49.750 --> 31:50.750 go door knocking 31:50.750 --> 31:51.810 save the lost 31:52.330 --> 31:55.110 but if you're having trouble motivating yourself to do so 31:55.810 --> 31:57.370 you know just think about this one phrase 31:58.210 --> 31:59.270 if not you 31:59.270 --> 32:00.170 then who? 32:00.690 --> 32:02.410 If you're not going to do the works 32:02.850 --> 32:04.150 then who's going to do the works? 32:04.610 --> 32:06.330 If you're not going to lead your family 32:06.870 --> 32:07.550 then who is? 32:08.330 --> 32:10.150 If you're not going to teach your kids doctrine 32:10.710 --> 32:11.350 then who is? 32:11.570 --> 32:12.770 Don't leave it up to chance 32:12.770 --> 32:15.250 that they grab their doctrine from social media 32:15.250 --> 32:16.150 or YouTube. 32:17.330 --> 32:19.710 Many of us travel many hours to get to this church. 32:20.210 --> 32:20.590 Why? 32:20.810 --> 32:22.670 Because the churches in our local area 32:22.670 --> 32:24.350 are not doing the works. 32:25.050 --> 32:26.390 And so when you return back home 32:26.870 --> 32:28.410 if you're not the one out soul winning 32:28.410 --> 32:30.750 if you're not the one out there knocking on doors 32:31.270 --> 32:32.190 then who is? 32:33.470 --> 32:34.950 There's a whole world out there 32:34.950 --> 32:37.650 and we need to be doing our part. 32:38.890 --> 32:41.850 And so the Bible tells us that the laborers are few 32:42.390 --> 32:43.770 and if you're not going to do it 32:43.770 --> 32:46.170 just out of love and zeal for the Lord 32:46.630 --> 32:48.430 at least do it out of urgency 32:48.910 --> 32:49.470 and duty 32:49.470 --> 32:51.670 knowing that there's not always somebody there 32:51.670 --> 32:53.030 to pick up your slack 32:53.530 --> 32:54.890 while you sit idle for the Lord. 32:56.070 --> 32:57.410 Thank you church that was my message 32:57.410 --> 32:58.290 let's go to the Lord and prayer. 32:59.350 --> 32:59.830 Dear Lord 33:00.230 --> 33:02.730 we just pray that we would have the urgency to know 33:02.730 --> 33:04.090 that this life does end Lord. 33:04.850 --> 33:05.750 We just want to know 33:06.230 --> 33:07.630 put it in our minds Lord 33:07.630 --> 33:08.970 that there are many people 33:08.970 --> 33:11.150 getting damned to hell every single day. 33:11.790 --> 33:13.370 You know that we are the laborers 33:13.370 --> 33:15.250 you sent us out 33:15.250 --> 33:17.030 to get souls saved Lord. 33:17.470 --> 33:19.070 We just pray that every person in here 33:19.070 --> 33:20.770 would realize that their importance 33:20.770 --> 33:21.770 in the team 33:21.770 --> 33:23.470 and doing their part Lord. 33:24.270 --> 33:25.670 And I just pray that you would bless us 33:25.670 --> 33:28.070 and just give us the fervor 33:28.410 --> 33:29.390 for doing your will. 33:29.570 --> 33:30.950 In Jesus Christ's name I pray. Amen. 33:38.080 --> 33:41.100 Seeing the second verse of song number 24 again 33:41.760 --> 33:43.980 and can it be as we wait for the next preacher? 33:45.080 --> 33:46.220 Song number 24 33:46.660 --> 33:47.600 the second verse 33:47.600 --> 33:49.740 we'll see it on that second verse. 33:50.880 --> 33:56.880 He left his father's throne above 33:57.760 --> 34:05.660 so free so infinite his grace 34:06.380 --> 34:13.680 emptied himself above all but love 34:13.680 --> 34:22.460 and bled for Adam's helpless race 34:22.960 --> 34:29.940 tis mercy all immense and free 34:30.460 --> 34:37.720 for oh my God it found out me 34:38.460 --> 34:46.100 amazing love how can it be 34:47.320 --> 34:49.760 that oh my God 34:50.980 --> 34:53.980 should start for me. 35:00.650 --> 35:03.630 All right turn if you will the first King's 14 35:04.470 --> 35:06.170 first Kings chapter 14. 35:06.650 --> 35:08.550 First of all of course I want to think past from here 35:08.550 --> 35:09.390 for the opportunity. 35:09.710 --> 35:11.350 It is an honor to be able to preach to you all 35:11.350 --> 35:13.150 this evening and of course I wish him 35:13.150 --> 35:14.570 a very happy birthday. 35:15.890 --> 35:19.270 So we're in first Kings 14 look down at verse 22 35:19.730 --> 35:22.350 where it says in Judah did evil in the side of the Lord 35:22.350 --> 35:24.650 and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins 35:24.650 --> 35:28.050 which they had committed above all their fathers had done 35:28.510 --> 35:30.610 but they also built them high places and images 35:30.610 --> 35:33.410 and groves on every high hill and under every green tree 35:33.950 --> 35:35.550 and there were also sodomites in the land 35:35.550 --> 35:38.290 and they did according to all the abominations of the nations 35:38.290 --> 35:41.330 which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. 35:42.130 --> 35:44.490 The title my sermon this evening is no more gay stuff. 35:45.890 --> 35:47.110 No more gay stuff. 35:47.110 --> 35:47.950 All right. 35:48.010 --> 35:50.630 Let me start out by saying that sodomy is an abomination. 35:51.210 --> 35:51.890 It's filthy. 35:52.150 --> 35:55.010 It's disgusting and it's so wicked that God prescribed the 35:55.010 --> 35:57.630 death penalty for it and I'm sure I speak for all of us 35:57.630 --> 36:00.710 when I say that I'm sick and tired of seeing all the filth 36:00.710 --> 36:03.530 in perversion in this world that has begun to embrace 36:03.530 --> 36:04.830 and promote sodomy. 36:05.070 --> 36:06.990 I want less gay stuff right. 36:08.010 --> 36:10.250 So tonight I'm going to talk about three things that 36:10.250 --> 36:13.030 can help reduce the overall amount of gay content 36:13.030 --> 36:14.390 on display in this country. 36:14.390 --> 36:17.570 Turn if you will the Genesis 13 Genesis 13. 36:17.850 --> 36:19.110 So I talk about this. 36:19.230 --> 36:22.830 We all know our society is wicked and perverse and teeming 36:22.830 --> 36:25.110 with abominations and esteem is not the word of God. 36:25.570 --> 36:26.490 So what hope is there? 36:26.930 --> 36:29.690 I think many of us can think like that sometimes and 36:29.690 --> 36:33.930 I'm under no illusion that we're going to all band together 36:33.930 --> 36:37.810 and transform our country into a righteous nation or we're 36:37.810 --> 36:40.510 going to take back our society through political means. 36:40.730 --> 36:42.430 Obviously that's not going to happen. 36:42.430 --> 36:43.350 No, right? 36:43.510 --> 36:46.070 We're not going to have a perfectly righteous world until 36:46.070 --> 36:49.310 all the events of the book of Revelation play out that being 36:49.310 --> 36:52.610 said there are some things that can be done to help 36:52.610 --> 36:53.470 mitigate the problem. 36:54.150 --> 36:56.330 So tonight's sermon is going to be a practical one. 36:56.430 --> 36:58.170 I might get on you a little bit, but I think this should 36:58.170 --> 36:59.430 be good for all of us. 37:01.270 --> 37:04.070 So the title of the sermon is no more gay stuff. 37:04.310 --> 37:06.110 Here's the first thing that can help with that. 37:06.490 --> 37:07.530 No more gay content. 37:08.090 --> 37:09.350 No more gay content. 37:09.950 --> 37:13.110 All right, let's look at Genesis 13 in this story. 37:13.290 --> 37:16.910 We have Abraham and Lot separating because of the 37:16.910 --> 37:20.490 strife between our herd men and Abraham tells Lot to pick 37:20.490 --> 37:21.670 a piece of the land for himself. 37:22.010 --> 37:23.370 Lot gets first choice. 37:23.510 --> 37:27.030 Let's look down at verse number 10 and Lot lifted up his 37:27.030 --> 37:28.950 eyes and beheld all the Plain of Jordan. 37:29.230 --> 37:31.290 There was well watered everywhere before the Lord 37:31.290 --> 37:32.570 destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. 37:32.650 --> 37:34.730 Even as the garden of the Lord like the land of 37:34.730 --> 37:37.270 Egypt is thou comest unto Zohar, then Lot chose 37:37.270 --> 37:40.330 him all the Plain of Jordan and Lot journeyed East 37:40.330 --> 37:41.570 and they separated themselves. 37:41.830 --> 37:44.550 The one from the other Abraham dwelled in the land 37:44.550 --> 37:47.030 of Canaan and Lot dwelled in the cities of the 37:47.030 --> 37:50.370 Plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 37:50.710 --> 37:52.130 We've got too many people today. 37:52.290 --> 37:54.250 Even Christians, unfortunately, they're doing 37:54.250 --> 37:56.770 what Lot did and looking towards Sodom for their 37:56.770 --> 37:59.210 pleasure in their entertainment and it's not 37:59.210 --> 38:01.590 like they have no options or they're forced to. 38:01.650 --> 38:03.110 They have a plethora of options, right? 38:03.210 --> 38:06.230 They got this land over here with wholesome family 38:06.230 --> 38:06.570 fun. 38:06.990 --> 38:09.270 They got this channel over here where the Andy Griffith 38:09.270 --> 38:09.870 show is on. 38:10.570 --> 38:10.770 Right? 38:11.110 --> 38:14.090 They got some nice Charles Dickens and Jane Austen 38:14.090 --> 38:15.050 novels over here. 38:15.290 --> 38:16.450 But where do they go instead? 38:17.510 --> 38:20.730 They cuddle up in their seat with a bag of popcorn 38:20.730 --> 38:23.050 and a box of Micah Nikes while they watch some 38:23.050 --> 38:25.910 new lesbian space ranger Buzz Lightyear movie. 38:26.210 --> 38:26.310 Right? 38:26.710 --> 38:26.930 Seriously? 38:27.610 --> 38:29.230 That the type of content you like? 38:30.270 --> 38:32.750 The Bible says hate the evil and love the good 38:32.750 --> 38:34.750 and establish judgment in the gate and maybe 38:34.750 --> 38:36.670 the Lord God of Host be gracious and the remnant of 38:36.670 --> 38:36.930 Joseph. 38:37.330 --> 38:40.330 We need to hate the evil and people might say, 38:40.510 --> 38:42.650 well, I don't like that they included the gay stuff, 38:42.770 --> 38:44.310 but it's just a TV show. 38:44.730 --> 38:45.730 It's just a movie. 38:46.210 --> 38:47.110 And to that I say, 38:48.390 --> 38:49.590 Disgusting, right? 38:50.030 --> 38:51.790 Normal people should be disgusted by that. 38:51.930 --> 38:54.830 And if Christians want less filth, less perversion, 38:54.970 --> 38:55.790 less gay stuff, 38:55.990 --> 38:58.430 they need to stop watching gay content and sending 38:58.430 --> 39:00.070 the signal that they approve of it. 39:00.330 --> 39:00.710 Right? 39:01.090 --> 39:02.170 If you watch this stuff, 39:02.410 --> 39:03.570 that's basically what you're doing. 39:03.570 --> 39:05.270 You're asking for more of it. 39:05.390 --> 39:06.010 You ever thought of that? 39:06.370 --> 39:09.050 Let me explain to you how content creation works, 39:09.230 --> 39:09.950 how entertainment works, 39:10.150 --> 39:11.510 because I create content for a living. 39:11.790 --> 39:14.150 How do I know what type of new content to produce? 39:14.550 --> 39:15.230 Very simple. 39:15.370 --> 39:16.550 Pastor Me here can tell you this as well. 39:16.930 --> 39:19.810 Whatever type of content gets me the most downloads, 39:20.210 --> 39:20.990 the most views, 39:21.410 --> 39:23.230 that's the content I make more of. 39:23.790 --> 39:24.190 Why? 39:24.690 --> 39:26.670 Because it tells me people want more of it. 39:27.430 --> 39:28.410 Simple, right? 39:28.670 --> 39:30.150 So the next time you watch some gay movie, 39:30.230 --> 39:31.750 even if you close your eyes during the gay scenes, 39:32.010 --> 39:32.650 doesn't matter. 39:32.650 --> 39:35.530 You're still casting your vote 39:35.530 --> 39:37.630 for that type of movie to be made again. 39:37.930 --> 39:38.370 Right? 39:38.790 --> 39:40.070 Same thing goes for social media. 39:40.370 --> 39:41.690 You watch some gay influencer. 39:41.870 --> 39:43.010 You can just roast him in the comments. 39:43.370 --> 39:43.930 Doesn't matter. 39:44.350 --> 39:46.210 You're still helping promote his content. 39:46.510 --> 39:48.510 You're still helping put money in his pocket. 39:48.890 --> 39:50.270 And you're basically saying more, please. 39:50.870 --> 39:51.330 More, please. 39:51.930 --> 39:52.130 Okay? 39:52.490 --> 39:54.790 There is no good reason to watch gay content. 39:55.190 --> 39:55.530 Right? 39:55.910 --> 39:56.370 The Bible says, 39:56.390 --> 39:58.410 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. 39:58.910 --> 40:00.190 I hate the work of them that turned inside 40:00.190 --> 40:01.070 and shall not cleave to me. 40:01.510 --> 40:01.750 Right? 40:02.930 --> 40:03.330 So, 40:04.990 --> 40:06.530 turn if you will to 40:07.330 --> 40:08.350 Philippians chapter 4. 40:10.910 --> 40:11.710 Don't get me wrong. 40:12.350 --> 40:12.830 I like movies. 40:13.590 --> 40:14.150 I like 40:15.150 --> 40:15.550 miniseries. 40:15.670 --> 40:16.470 I like TV shows. 40:16.630 --> 40:17.370 I'm sure most of us do. 40:18.270 --> 40:19.490 Why don't you turn off the gay stuff? 40:19.890 --> 40:22.750 And if you really need to watch something to unwind after work, 40:22.950 --> 40:25.330 why don't you put on an episode and leave it to Beaver or something? 40:25.730 --> 40:26.010 Right? 40:26.090 --> 40:26.450 How about that? 40:26.730 --> 40:28.130 How about you develop an appetite 40:28.130 --> 40:31.430 for a wholesome, family-friendly entertainment? 40:31.810 --> 40:32.030 Right? 40:32.030 --> 40:32.550 Right? 40:33.470 --> 40:34.930 So, you're in... 40:36.130 --> 40:36.550 see, 40:37.270 --> 40:38.570 have you turned to 40:39.110 --> 40:39.890 Philippians 4? 40:40.750 --> 40:42.510 Let's read this in verse number 8. 40:42.730 --> 40:43.110 It says, 40:43.750 --> 40:44.530 Finally, brethren, 40:44.670 --> 40:45.750 whatsoever things are true, 40:46.110 --> 40:47.250 whatsoever things are honest, 40:47.410 --> 40:48.370 whatsoever things are just, 40:48.550 --> 40:49.450 whatsoever things are pure, 40:49.890 --> 40:50.930 whatsoever things are lovely, 40:51.050 --> 40:52.290 whatsoever things are of good report, 40:52.630 --> 40:54.130 if there be any virtue 40:54.130 --> 40:55.710 and if there be any praise, 40:56.030 --> 40:57.210 think on these things. 40:57.830 --> 40:58.850 I want you to think about this verse 40:58.850 --> 41:01.090 the next time you're deciding what to stream on Netflix. 41:01.090 --> 41:03.750 Hey, how about you write this verse on a sticky note 41:03.750 --> 41:04.870 and paste it on your TV 41:04.870 --> 41:06.070 just in case you need a reminder? 41:06.330 --> 41:07.050 How about that? 41:08.850 --> 41:09.010 Alright, 41:09.250 --> 41:11.170 turn if you will to First Kings 15. 41:11.450 --> 41:12.310 First Kings 15. 41:13.610 --> 41:15.550 So, the title of the sermon is No More Gay Stuff. 41:15.690 --> 41:17.050 The first thing that can help reduce this, 41:17.350 --> 41:18.470 No More Gay Content. 41:19.150 --> 41:20.030 The second thing is this, 41:20.610 --> 41:22.170 No More Gay Influences. 41:22.710 --> 41:23.850 No More Gay Influences. 41:24.210 --> 41:24.550 Okay? 41:24.850 --> 41:27.270 Stop letting sodomites have influence over you, 41:27.550 --> 41:28.850 your family, your children. 41:28.850 --> 41:30.890 Remove those influences. 41:31.230 --> 41:31.830 The Bible says, 41:32.030 --> 41:34.630 and have no fellowship with the unproven works of darkness, 41:34.750 --> 41:35.710 but rather reprove them. 41:36.410 --> 41:38.590 You're in First Kings 15. 41:39.050 --> 41:40.190 Look down to verse number 11, 41:40.630 --> 41:41.090 where it says, 41:41.710 --> 41:44.150 and Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, 41:44.290 --> 41:45.370 as did David his father, 41:45.930 --> 41:47.770 and he took away the sodomites out of the land 41:47.770 --> 41:50.690 and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 41:51.050 --> 41:53.190 So, what is right in the eyes of the Lord 41:53.190 --> 41:55.170 and what is right for you and your family? 41:55.690 --> 41:58.010 Take away the sodomites out of the land. 41:59.210 --> 42:02.230 Stop letting your wife, your children, or yourself 42:02.230 --> 42:04.790 be influenced by that sodomite cousin, 42:05.110 --> 42:06.030 that sodomite nephew, 42:06.330 --> 42:07.030 or here's a big one, 42:07.110 --> 42:08.530 don't send your kids to public school 42:08.530 --> 42:10.850 where they're going to have to learn LGBTQ history 42:10.850 --> 42:12.390 and where they'll be taught to accept 42:12.390 --> 42:13.750 or even act like sodomites. 42:14.910 --> 42:16.670 Why not homeschool your kids? 42:17.210 --> 42:19.030 You can teach them Genesis 19 instead, right? 42:19.870 --> 42:21.950 Turn, if you will, to Proverbs chapter 4. 42:22.150 --> 42:23.330 Proverbs chapter 4. 42:24.610 --> 42:27.230 You need to be vigilant to protect yourself 42:27.230 --> 42:30.350 and your family from wicked influences, 42:31.050 --> 42:32.570 from gay influences. 42:32.970 --> 42:35.210 You need to make sure that you're protecting 42:35.210 --> 42:36.290 your children's brains, 42:36.570 --> 42:38.870 their minds from perversion, right? 42:38.990 --> 42:40.210 You need to make sure that you know 42:40.210 --> 42:41.810 who your kids are spending time with, 42:41.910 --> 42:42.950 who they're associating with, 42:43.150 --> 42:44.110 who they're learning from 42:44.110 --> 42:46.050 and you yourself better not be learning from 42:46.050 --> 42:48.550 some sodomite podcaster or therapist 42:48.550 --> 42:50.150 or professor or whoever. 42:50.550 --> 42:51.010 The Bible says, 42:51.110 --> 42:53.330 Blessed is the man that walketh not in a council 42:53.330 --> 42:55.710 of the ungodly nor standeth in the way of sinners 42:55.710 --> 42:57.490 nor siteth in the seat of the scornful, right? 42:57.990 --> 42:59.810 Get away from ungodly council, 43:00.510 --> 43:01.310 gay council, 43:01.710 --> 43:02.130 and you might say, 43:02.170 --> 43:03.290 Well, is it that big of a deal? 43:03.410 --> 43:03.850 It's not like, 43:04.090 --> 43:06.230 I'm going to become a sodomite just by listening to them 43:06.230 --> 43:07.670 or just by learning things from them. 43:07.910 --> 43:08.910 Okay, true. 43:09.410 --> 43:11.010 Why don't you look at the example of lot 43:11.010 --> 43:13.530 if you want a preview of what your life might become, 43:13.750 --> 43:15.290 what your spiritual life might become 43:15.290 --> 43:17.390 if you have these influences in your life, right? 43:18.090 --> 43:20.250 And just like we talked about with the gay content, 43:20.630 --> 43:23.410 every time you allow some gay influence in your life, 43:23.530 --> 43:25.150 you're basically casting your vote 43:25.150 --> 43:26.390 for more of that type of influence. 43:26.830 --> 43:27.790 You're green-lighting that. 43:27.930 --> 43:30.130 You're saying more please, okay? 43:30.230 --> 43:32.070 And the gay stuff's just going to increase, right? 43:33.230 --> 43:33.730 All right. 43:33.930 --> 43:36.070 So let's look at Proverbs chapter 4 43:36.070 --> 43:38.550 where it says in verse 14, 43:39.310 --> 43:40.970 Enter not into the path of the wicked 43:40.970 --> 43:42.750 and go not in the way of evil men. 43:43.190 --> 43:43.910 Avoid it. 43:44.270 --> 43:45.230 Pass not by it. 43:45.590 --> 43:46.950 Turn from it and pass away. 43:47.230 --> 43:48.190 Turn to Psalm 141. 43:48.350 --> 43:49.030 Psalm 141. 43:49.310 --> 43:51.190 You need to make sure that you're avoiding the path 43:51.190 --> 43:52.070 of wicked men, 43:52.830 --> 43:53.270 sodomites, 43:53.270 --> 43:54.090 reprobates, 43:54.210 --> 43:55.230 and that you're shielding yourself 43:55.230 --> 43:58.190 and your family from their influence, right? 43:58.430 --> 44:00.890 Don't underestimate what a little bit of bad influence 44:00.890 --> 44:01.610 can do to you, 44:01.810 --> 44:03.510 especially your children, right? 44:03.850 --> 44:05.270 Children are extremely impressionable. 44:05.650 --> 44:07.510 Their minds can be defiled just like that 44:07.510 --> 44:08.630 in an instant, all right? 44:09.170 --> 44:10.030 This should be no-brainer. 44:10.530 --> 44:11.810 Get away from gay influences. 44:12.050 --> 44:13.510 Get away from anyone or anything 44:13.510 --> 44:15.610 that might bring more gay stuff into your life 44:15.610 --> 44:17.510 and corrupt your ways, okay? 44:18.390 --> 44:21.290 So let's look at Psalm 141, 44:21.290 --> 44:22.650 verse number four, 44:23.210 --> 44:23.570 where it says, 44:23.710 --> 44:26.110 Incline not my heart to any evil thing 44:26.110 --> 44:29.050 to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity 44:29.050 --> 44:30.910 and let me not eat of their dainties. 44:31.370 --> 44:32.830 You say, well, it's not like I'm practicing 44:32.830 --> 44:34.330 wicked works with these people. 44:34.890 --> 44:36.470 Okay, but are you eating of their dainties? 44:37.190 --> 44:39.110 Right? Are you looking to these influences 44:39.110 --> 44:40.430 for your benefit or your pleasure? 44:40.870 --> 44:41.570 I hope not. 44:42.070 --> 44:43.670 If you want less gay stuff, 44:44.310 --> 44:45.750 better not eat the gay dainties. 44:47.010 --> 44:48.350 23 will die, Isaiah 30. 44:48.690 --> 44:49.270 Isaiah 30. 44:50.990 --> 44:53.590 So the title of the sermon is No More Gay Stuff, right? 44:53.830 --> 44:54.610 No more gay content. 44:55.090 --> 44:56.630 No more gay influences, number three. 44:56.730 --> 44:57.370 No more gay preaching. 44:57.990 --> 44:59.890 No more gay preaching, okay? 45:00.550 --> 45:01.850 I took some liberty with this point, 45:01.910 --> 45:02.690 but I think you'll forgive me. 45:02.730 --> 45:03.870 I think it's an important one, all right? 45:04.350 --> 45:05.910 So one of the reasons why 45:06.430 --> 45:07.950 sodomites are just gaining more 45:07.950 --> 45:09.410 and more prevalence all around us 45:09.410 --> 45:12.310 is because of soft preaching on homos, okay? 45:12.830 --> 45:15.110 You're in Isaiah 30, look down to verse number nine, 45:15.110 --> 45:17.650 where it says that this is a rebellious people 45:17.650 --> 45:21.490 lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord, 45:21.570 --> 45:23.190 which say to the seers, see not, 45:23.570 --> 45:25.590 and to the prophets, prophesy not unto us, 45:25.710 --> 45:28.410 write things, speak unto us, smooth things, 45:28.610 --> 45:29.790 prophesy deceits. 45:30.610 --> 45:32.750 We've got a bunch of people in our country today 45:32.750 --> 45:34.570 that are like these people here in Isaiah 30 45:34.570 --> 45:36.990 that just want smooth preaching, 45:37.930 --> 45:40.430 deceitful preaching, gay preaching. 45:40.950 --> 45:42.270 And so preachers are getting up 45:42.270 --> 45:44.950 and preaching super soft sermons regarding sodomy, 45:45.190 --> 45:47.090 making excuses for portions of scripture 45:47.090 --> 45:48.830 like Levinicus 2013, right? 45:49.230 --> 45:52.050 And people get to feel all nice and virtuous 45:52.050 --> 45:54.630 because they're so accepting, they're so loving. 45:54.990 --> 45:57.190 And this attitude just emboldens the sodomites 45:57.190 --> 45:59.270 to keep on parading their filth in plain sight. 46:00.030 --> 46:00.730 It's wicked. 46:01.690 --> 46:02.670 Turn to Amos five. 46:03.150 --> 46:03.670 Amos five. 46:04.810 --> 46:07.230 We need hard biblical preaching 46:07.230 --> 46:10.070 against sodomy, against reprobates 46:10.070 --> 46:13.290 so that Christians wake up and start condemning this perversion 46:13.290 --> 46:14.530 and shaming it. 46:14.730 --> 46:16.230 And then maybe our country will start to look 46:16.230 --> 46:17.350 a little more normal again. 46:17.530 --> 46:19.230 And then maybe a dude will have to think twice 46:19.230 --> 46:22.070 before he walks out of his house dressed like a woman, right? 46:23.150 --> 46:24.850 No more soft preaching on sodomy. 46:25.570 --> 46:27.470 No more feminine preaching either, right? 46:27.890 --> 46:29.410 Feminite preaching, effeminate churches, 46:29.950 --> 46:30.670 effeminate music. 46:31.350 --> 46:33.910 This can all sometimes contribute to the gay stuff 46:33.910 --> 46:36.490 because it can make even some straight dudes that gay, right? 46:36.970 --> 46:38.970 I know that because I grew up in non-denom churches. 46:38.970 --> 46:40.950 I grew up with all the soft preaching. 46:41.350 --> 46:42.730 I grew up with CCM. 46:43.210 --> 46:44.450 Don't worry, I don't listen to it anymore. 46:45.750 --> 46:47.170 Haven't touched your stuff in seven years, 46:47.330 --> 46:47.890 been clean, right? 46:49.110 --> 46:50.530 But I grew up in that world. 46:50.610 --> 46:52.290 I spent many years in that environment. 46:52.670 --> 46:55.170 And let me tell you, all the effeminate stuff 46:55.170 --> 46:57.050 can make people act fruity. 46:57.650 --> 46:58.830 Seriously, right? 46:59.330 --> 47:01.630 You go to some of these super liberal non-denom churches 47:01.630 --> 47:04.470 and it's just like fruit by the foot, right? 47:04.670 --> 47:06.170 When you walk into these places, all right? 47:07.130 --> 47:07.810 We don't want that. 47:07.810 --> 47:10.650 That's why we want fiery biblical preaching. 47:11.110 --> 47:13.110 We want preaching that is hard. 47:13.490 --> 47:15.690 Preaching that is against all this stuff, right? 47:17.770 --> 47:19.230 So you're in... 47:19.230 --> 47:21.250 And if people hate, let them hate, right? 47:21.730 --> 47:24.330 The Bible says in Amos chapter five, 47:24.430 --> 47:25.230 looked down to verse number 10, 47:25.690 --> 47:27.750 it says they hate him that rebuketh in the gate 47:27.750 --> 47:30.330 and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 47:30.850 --> 47:33.570 So biblical preaching is going to cause people to hate you, 47:33.730 --> 47:33.930 all right? 47:33.970 --> 47:34.810 But that's their problem. 47:35.230 --> 47:35.770 The Bible says, 47:35.770 --> 47:38.970 but woe unto them that call evil good and good evil 47:38.970 --> 47:40.870 that put darkness for light and light for darkness 47:40.870 --> 47:43.110 and put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter, right? 47:43.350 --> 47:46.010 This world calls evil good and good evil 47:46.010 --> 47:48.430 and that's why it's in the state that it's in, right? 47:49.290 --> 47:50.850 So let's get back to the Bible. 47:51.450 --> 47:52.550 No more soft preaching. 47:53.170 --> 47:54.790 No more effeminate preaching. 47:54.990 --> 47:55.750 No more gay preaching. 47:56.130 --> 47:59.450 And hey, no more ambiguous preaching either, all right? 47:59.490 --> 48:01.130 Just like we don't want to have to look at a person 48:01.130 --> 48:03.130 and be like, is that a man or a woman? 48:03.130 --> 48:05.710 Well, we don't want ambiguous preaching either, 48:05.970 --> 48:08.570 especially on salvation where preachers are getting up 48:08.570 --> 48:10.990 and preaching one thing about salvation in this sermon 48:10.990 --> 48:13.150 and another thing about salvation in the next sermon 48:13.150 --> 48:14.410 and they get up the next day 48:14.410 --> 48:15.810 and preach something different about salvation, 48:16.130 --> 48:20.310 this gender fluid preaching on salvation, right? 48:20.510 --> 48:22.510 This preaching that is causing the unsaved 48:22.510 --> 48:24.670 to think, hmm, is it by works? 48:24.970 --> 48:25.590 Is it by faith? 48:26.210 --> 48:27.250 Is it a man or a woman? 48:27.610 --> 48:28.910 Simple question, right? 48:29.510 --> 48:31.010 All right, here's the last thing I'll say 48:31.010 --> 48:31.870 about preaching and I'm done. 48:32.550 --> 48:35.490 If you really want to see less gay stuff, 48:35.970 --> 48:39.550 if you really want a surefire way to play your part in this, 48:39.770 --> 48:40.450 here's what you can do. 48:40.990 --> 48:42.870 Go out and preach the gospel and get people saved. 48:43.230 --> 48:44.970 The Bible says go into all the world 48:44.970 --> 48:46.510 and preach the gospel to every creature. 48:46.770 --> 48:48.630 So open your mouth boldly 48:48.630 --> 48:51.370 and give a clear, unambiguous presentation 48:51.370 --> 48:53.150 of the gospel to the lost 48:53.150 --> 48:55.230 because every time you lead someone to the Lord, 48:55.530 --> 48:57.450 that's one more person that can't go down the path 48:57.450 --> 48:58.110 to repubation. 48:58.430 --> 48:59.990 That's one more person that can't become 48:59.990 --> 49:02.150 some God-hating sodomite, right? 49:02.650 --> 49:03.450 Let me ask you this. 49:03.630 --> 49:05.710 You complain a lot about the gay stuff in our country, 49:05.750 --> 49:07.130 but when's the last time you won someone to Christ? 49:08.210 --> 49:09.590 When's the last time you went soul-winning? 49:10.210 --> 49:11.430 Have you ever gone soul-winning? 49:11.730 --> 49:14.090 All right, what part are you playing 49:14.090 --> 49:15.610 in furthering the cause of Christ? 49:16.130 --> 49:18.250 What part are you playing in the war 49:18.250 --> 49:20.710 for the souls in our nation and our world? 49:21.050 --> 49:21.930 I hope you're in the fight. 49:22.510 --> 49:23.770 I hope you're on the front lines. 49:24.530 --> 49:26.830 And hey, if you win a lot of people to the Lord, 49:27.350 --> 49:29.950 you're also helping reduce the gay stuff as well, right? 49:30.810 --> 49:32.750 So the sermon this evening is no more gay stuff, 49:33.190 --> 49:35.610 no more gay content, no more gay influence, 49:36.170 --> 49:37.370 no more gay preaching. 49:37.530 --> 49:37.790 Let's pray. 49:38.230 --> 49:39.550 Thank you, Lord, for this evening. 49:39.750 --> 49:40.230 Thank you for this church. 49:40.370 --> 49:42.090 Thank you for these truths in the Bible, Lord. 49:42.570 --> 49:44.950 And thank you, Lord, for all the clear teachings 49:44.950 --> 49:46.270 in the Bible about this topic, 49:46.370 --> 49:49.370 the topic sodomy, how much it is wicked 49:49.370 --> 49:50.970 and bile, Lord, and how much you hate it. 49:51.230 --> 49:53.090 Help us, Lord, to always stand on the Bible, 49:53.270 --> 49:55.470 never to apologize for it. 49:55.470 --> 49:57.730 Always to get our doctrine and beliefs from it, Lord, 49:58.190 --> 49:59.390 and to just proclaim it boldly. 49:59.870 --> 50:02.710 Thank you, Lord, for this evening, this day. 50:02.870 --> 50:03.790 We pray these things in Jesus' name. 50:04.030 --> 50:04.110 Amen. 50:09.800 --> 50:12.940 We're gonna sing song number 67 as our last song, 50:13.500 --> 50:14.780 the pearly white city. 50:16.260 --> 50:17.720 Song number 67. 50:24.560 --> 50:26.000 Song number 67. 50:28.480 --> 50:29.920 Sing it on that first verse. 50:31.620 --> 50:34.760 There's a holy and beautiful city 50:35.720 --> 50:39.080 whose builder and ruler is God. 50:39.720 --> 50:42.940 John saw it descending from heaven 50:43.620 --> 50:47.240 when Padmose in exile he trod. 50:47.760 --> 50:50.680 Its high massive wall is of Jesper. 50:51.660 --> 50:54.420 The city itself is pure gold. 50:55.380 --> 50:58.340 And when my throat and tear is folded 50:59.200 --> 51:02.280 mine eyes now its glory behold. 51:03.280 --> 51:12.160 In that bright city, pearly white city, 51:13.340 --> 51:19.320 I have a mansion, a harp, and a crown. 51:20.620 --> 51:26.240 Now I am watching, waiting and longing 51:27.240 --> 51:33.380 for the white city that's soon coming down. 51:34.040 --> 51:37.220 No sin is allowed in that city 51:37.980 --> 51:41.080 and nothing defiling or mean. 51:41.940 --> 51:45.100 No pain and no sickness can enter. 51:45.940 --> 51:49.060 No creep on the door knob is seen. 51:49.960 --> 51:52.660 Earth's sorrows and cares are forgotten. 51:52.660 --> 51:56.540 No tempter is there to annoy. 51:57.540 --> 52:00.260 No parting of words are spoken. 52:01.340 --> 52:04.440 There's nothing to hurt or destroy. 52:05.780 --> 52:14.780 In that bright city, pearly white city, 52:15.690 --> 52:21.860 I have a mansion, a harp, and a crown. 52:22.920 --> 52:28.180 Now I am watching, waiting and longing 52:28.780 --> 52:35.160 for the white city that's soon coming down. 52:35.800 --> 52:38.680 No heartaches are known in that city. 52:39.620 --> 52:43.140 No tears ever moisten the eye. 52:43.140 --> 52:46.400 There is no disappointment in heaven. 52:47.380 --> 52:50.440 No envy and strife in the sky. 52:51.340 --> 52:54.260 The saints are all sanctified holy. 52:55.240 --> 52:58.100 They live in the sweet harmony there. 52:59.000 --> 53:02.080 My heart now is set on that city 53:02.840 --> 53:06.080 and someday its blessings I'll share. 53:06.080 --> 53:16.460 In that bright city, pearly white city, 53:17.640 --> 53:23.620 I have a mansion, a harp, and a crown. 53:24.660 --> 53:30.480 Now I am watching, waiting and longing 53:30.480 --> 53:37.540 for the white city that's soon coming down. 53:38.160 --> 53:41.100 My loved ones are gathering yonder. 53:41.740 --> 53:44.760 My friends too are passing away 53:45.480 --> 53:48.900 and soon I shall join their bright number 53:49.480 --> 53:52.860 and dwell in eternity's day. 53:53.700 --> 53:56.420 They're safe now in glory with Jesus. 53:56.420 --> 54:00.800 Their trials and battles are past. 54:00.980 --> 54:04.180 They overcame sin and the tempter. 54:04.840 --> 54:08.600 They've reset their city at last. 54:09.120 --> 54:18.180 In that bright city, pearly white city, 54:19.080 --> 54:25.100 I have a mansion, a harp, and a crown. 54:25.100 --> 54:32.140 Now I am watching, waiting and longing 54:32.140 --> 54:39.460 for the white city that's soon coming down. 54:39.820 --> 54:41.480 Amen, wonderful singing. You are dismissed.