WEBVTT 00:00:01.680 --> 00:00:23.620 Come on. Hallelujah. Glory to the Son of God. 00:00:26.420 --> 00:00:32.619 Clap my hands and sing glory. Bowed on my knees 00:00:32.619 --> 00:00:48.060 and cried holy. Holy to the Son of God. Close 00:00:48.060 --> 00:00:50.259 your eyes and just picture those seraphim right 00:00:50.259 --> 00:00:56.200 now. Around the majestic throne of glory. The 00:00:56.200 --> 00:01:00.140 indescribable. Ezekiel said, I can't tell you 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:02.539 what it looks like, but it appears to be a wheel 00:01:02.539 --> 00:01:05.200 within a wheel, and there's all manner of colors, 00:01:05.260 --> 00:01:08.260 and this thing's sparkling, and it's illuminating. 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:14.959 And there they are. Two wings, they're covering 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:17.400 their feet. Two wings, they're covering their 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:20.200 face. And two wings, they're flying and crying, 00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:25.329 holy, holy, holy. It's the Lord God Almighty. 00:01:25.409 --> 00:01:33.430 Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy. You get that 00:01:33.430 --> 00:01:36.250 old base angel saying, holy, holy, holy, holy. 00:01:40.349 --> 00:01:44.930 Well, hallelujah. Get your Bible if you can and 00:01:44.930 --> 00:01:47.209 hang on. I told some of them coming in this morning, 00:01:47.290 --> 00:01:49.069 I said, keep your hands and feet in the cart 00:01:49.069 --> 00:01:53.150 at all times. Don't unbuckle until she comes 00:01:53.150 --> 00:01:59.790 to a complete stop. Well, hallelujah. As if we 00:01:59.790 --> 00:02:05.549 need anything else to pray about. Or to praise 00:02:05.549 --> 00:02:10.090 him about, rather. Sister Carolyn got a phone 00:02:10.090 --> 00:02:12.669 call just a minute ago. Right? Just a few minutes 00:02:12.669 --> 00:02:18.610 ago. You got it? In church. In church. During 00:02:18.610 --> 00:02:22.199 church. Got a phone call. A very important phone 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:28.379 call. Medicare's granted the extension. Brother 00:02:28.379 --> 00:02:30.680 John gets to stay a little longer at Siskins 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:35.840 for the rehab. Can I tell you, he's on time. 00:02:37.539 --> 00:02:57.780 He's an on -time God. Not a sign. Praise the 00:02:57.780 --> 00:03:04.500 Lord. He is healer. He's our healer. Amen. All 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:08.960 right. Open with me to the gospel of Mark chapter 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:17.060 1. Mark's gospel chapter 1. Siri, go to sleep 00:03:17.060 --> 00:03:34.180 or turn to your Bible 1. I've got this here for 00:03:34.180 --> 00:03:46.099 your sake, not just for mine only. My Lord. Mark's 00:03:46.099 --> 00:03:51.680 Gospel, chapter 1, verse 1. The beginning of 00:03:51.680 --> 00:04:00.060 the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Got 00:04:00.060 --> 00:04:04.129 to get all that clear. As it is written in the 00:04:04.129 --> 00:04:13.669 prophets, behold, I send my messenger before 00:04:13.669 --> 00:04:17.009 thy face, which shall prepare thy way before 00:04:17.009 --> 00:04:20.870 thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 00:04:21.110 --> 00:04:25.750 prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his path 00:04:25.750 --> 00:04:31.279 straight. John did baptize. in the wilderness 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.240 and preached the baptism of repentance for the 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:38.699 remission of sins. And there went out unto him 00:04:38.699 --> 00:04:43.079 all the land of Judea and they of Jerusalem and 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:46.699 were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan 00:04:46.699 --> 00:04:52.399 confessing their sins. And John was clothed with 00:04:52.399 --> 00:04:55.819 camel's hair and with a girdle. of a skin about 00:04:55.819 --> 00:04:58.720 his loins, and he did eat locusts and wild honey, 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:03.860 and he preached, saying, There cometh one mightier 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:07.980 than I after me, the latchest of whose shoes 00:05:07.980 --> 00:05:12.740 I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I 00:05:12.740 --> 00:05:17.839 indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:22.629 baptize you with the Holy Ghost. And it came 00:05:22.629 --> 00:05:25.230 to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth 00:05:25.230 --> 00:05:28.029 of Galilee and was baptized of John in Jordan. 00:05:28.170 --> 00:05:30.610 And straightway coming up out of the water, he 00:05:30.610 --> 00:05:33.230 saw the heavens open and the Spirit like a dove 00:05:33.230 --> 00:05:36.230 descended upon him. And there came a voice from 00:05:36.230 --> 00:05:40.269 heaven saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom 00:05:40.269 --> 00:05:44.050 I am well pleased. And immediately the Spirit 00:05:44.050 --> 00:05:46.750 drive them into the wilderness. And he was there 00:05:46.750 --> 00:05:49.670 in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan. 00:05:50.220 --> 00:05:53.939 And was with the wild beast. And the angels ministered 00:05:53.939 --> 00:06:02.660 to him. I want to continue on our series. Hand 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:06.699 -me -downs. Hand -me -downs given to the next 00:06:06.699 --> 00:06:13.060 generation. And today I want us to look at. Pass 00:06:13.060 --> 00:06:19.600 me the gospel please. Pass me the gospel. Please. 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:26.420 And we're going to look at the fullness of the 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:33.220 gospel. The five -fold gospel. Not the five -fold 00:06:33.220 --> 00:06:37.939 ministry, but the five -fold gospel. Well, what 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:41.420 is that, Pastor? I know Ephesians 4 lays out 00:06:41.420 --> 00:06:43.680 the five -fold ministry. Well, what's the five 00:06:43.680 --> 00:06:47.860 -fold gospel? It's this gospel that John's talking 00:06:47.860 --> 00:06:52.920 about. It's Jesus as your Savior, your sanctifier, 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:57.500 your spirit baptizer, your Holy Ghost baptizer. 00:06:57.500 --> 00:07:01.740 Did we not just read from the book? Did we? Okay. 00:07:01.860 --> 00:07:03.980 I just want to make sure. I don't want you to 00:07:03.980 --> 00:07:08.240 mistake I'm going to make something up. Jesus 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:12.399 as your Holy Ghost baptizer, as your healer. 00:07:13.389 --> 00:07:19.389 And as our soon returning king. That's the five 00:07:19.389 --> 00:07:23.649 -fold gospel. And let's see where we get in the 00:07:23.649 --> 00:07:27.769 next hour to get there. Amen. Lord, I love you 00:07:27.769 --> 00:07:31.250 and I thank you and I praise you. Your word is 00:07:31.250 --> 00:07:37.470 true. The power of your might is real. And as 00:07:37.470 --> 00:07:44.319 we are here today, I ask your help. Lord, with 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:47.560 that liberty that makes it easy to preach, Lord, 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:51.139 that we declare what it is you wish for your 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:56.319 people and we'll glorify you in it all as we 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:02.279 endeavor to hand it on down. And the church said, 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:07.339 amen and amen. You can be seated. To get you 00:08:07.339 --> 00:08:11.240 just a little bit up to date, this is part four. 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:13.720 I don't know how many we'll end up with, but 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:16.279 this is part four. We started out with passing 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:21.259 to the next generation prayer. Amen. How the 00:08:21.259 --> 00:08:23.220 next generation, the upcoming generation, need 00:08:23.220 --> 00:08:26.540 to know how to pray. Pastor Brian brought the 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:30.779 second segment of this series on don't send them 00:08:30.779 --> 00:08:33.299 alone. Went on our back to school Sunday. He 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:35.860 preached about sending our kids out and back 00:08:35.860 --> 00:08:38.700 to school or wherever they go. not to send them 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:40.840 alone, but with the faith that they have in Jesus 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:44.620 Christ. Amen. And last week we picked up on that 00:08:44.620 --> 00:08:47.519 faith and ended up getting toward where we need 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:50.620 to pass down the power of the Spirit and our 00:08:50.620 --> 00:08:55.200 testimony in the fact that God is still God and 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:58.019 the Holy Ghost is still available. Amen. And 00:08:58.019 --> 00:09:00.279 as I'm praying this week, this thought of the 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:03.870 five -fold gospel really just began to... Well 00:09:03.870 --> 00:09:06.330 up with inside me. And we need to be able to 00:09:06.330 --> 00:09:09.470 pass it on down. We need to pass the whole gospel 00:09:09.470 --> 00:09:14.429 down. Amen. We're a full gospel believing, Bible 00:09:14.429 --> 00:09:18.309 preaching, Bible believing church. Amen. We don't 00:09:18.309 --> 00:09:20.909 take parts. We don't pick parts. We take the 00:09:20.909 --> 00:09:24.190 whole thing. And if God said it, he meant it. 00:09:24.250 --> 00:09:26.570 And if he said it's available, then it's still 00:09:26.570 --> 00:09:29.429 available. Amen. It's not like when you're shopping 00:09:29.429 --> 00:09:33.289 on Amazon and it says out of stock. No, the Holy 00:09:33.289 --> 00:09:36.090 Ghost is not out of stock. He's still ready. 00:09:36.169 --> 00:09:39.070 He's still available. And God's desire is that 00:09:39.070 --> 00:09:43.149 we receive him. Amen. So when we look this morning 00:09:43.149 --> 00:09:48.370 at our text, our text begins a transitional shift, 00:09:48.570 --> 00:09:51.610 if you will. The thought we've talked about some 00:09:51.610 --> 00:09:55.809 is a passing of the baton, if you will. And that 00:09:55.809 --> 00:09:58.330 is what's happening here is there is a shift 00:09:58.330 --> 00:10:01.669 in the spirit realm and what's going on on the 00:10:01.669 --> 00:10:04.950 earth, not just from heaven. Amen. spiritual 00:10:04.950 --> 00:10:08.309 shifts that we encounter we experience them by 00:10:08.309 --> 00:10:11.009 the spirit in the spirit through the spirit but 00:10:11.009 --> 00:10:14.490 here we see this transitional shift taking place 00:10:14.490 --> 00:10:18.710 on the earth because God has sent his only begotten 00:10:18.710 --> 00:10:23.889 son to the earth right Jesus is now About to 00:10:23.889 --> 00:10:26.350 enter into his ministry. About 33 years old. 00:10:26.389 --> 00:10:28.269 30 years old. About to enter into his ministry. 00:10:28.549 --> 00:10:31.289 And he's about to come on the scene. And the 00:10:31.289 --> 00:10:34.210 last of the Old Testament prophets have been 00:10:34.210 --> 00:10:37.169 in the wilderness preaching. John's been preaching. 00:10:37.250 --> 00:10:39.950 He's been preaching repentance. Hello. That's 00:10:39.950 --> 00:10:43.320 not a new message. Amen. Repentance is not a 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:45.779 new message. And as we are beginning to see the 00:10:45.779 --> 00:10:48.779 baton pass, John began to declare it himself. 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.820 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:57.240 the Son of God. And then Mark begins to record 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:00.379 the words of the Old Testament prophets before 00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:03.639 John. As it is written in the prophets, behold, 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:06.500 I send my messenger before you. He is the one 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:09.720 that is running before. Amen. You go into John's 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:12.309 gospel and read. And they approached John and 00:11:12.309 --> 00:11:14.169 they asked him, are you the one? He said, no, 00:11:14.309 --> 00:11:17.269 I'm not the one. I am not he. I'm not the Christ. 00:11:17.509 --> 00:11:19.990 I'm not the one you're searching for. But I am 00:11:19.990 --> 00:11:22.669 the voice and I've come crying in the wilderness. 00:11:22.809 --> 00:11:26.090 And what I have been told to do is to prepare 00:11:26.090 --> 00:11:29.409 the way of the Lord because he's soon coming. 00:11:29.490 --> 00:11:33.049 He's on the heels of my word. History, if you 00:11:33.049 --> 00:11:36.750 will, is marked by such transitions. The Old 00:11:36.750 --> 00:11:40.490 Testament has many such shifts of spirit. work 00:11:40.490 --> 00:11:43.610 on the face of the earth. The ark is one. The 00:11:43.610 --> 00:11:46.330 tower of Babel was a shift. And then the ark 00:11:46.330 --> 00:11:49.149 comes when Noah builds the ark for the saving 00:11:49.149 --> 00:11:51.850 of his people. Amen. And that shift begins to 00:11:51.850 --> 00:11:54.649 go further. You have the call of Abraham after 00:11:54.649 --> 00:11:58.190 the ark settles. You have the call of Abraham. 00:11:58.529 --> 00:12:03.210 You have the covenant transformed on and passed 00:12:03.210 --> 00:12:06.490 on to Isaac. You see it passed on to Jacob. You 00:12:06.490 --> 00:12:09.659 see Jacob in bondage. You see these shifts. taking 00:12:09.659 --> 00:12:13.460 place. 400 years after Jacob takes Israel down 00:12:13.460 --> 00:12:16.320 into Egypt and where they're going to be spared, 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:19.720 but yet God was going to prepare them in Egypt 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.299 for the promise that was ahead, which was the 00:12:22.299 --> 00:12:25.120 next shift. Amen. When they come out of bondage, 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:28.960 400 plus years after they went into Egypt, the 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.720 Lord sent the deliverer. The shift happened when 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:34.279 Moses went out into the wilderness and on the 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:36.740 backside of the desert, he's over there guarding 00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:40.820 his father -in -law, And he sees the bush that 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:42.919 is burning. You're talking about a shift. Are 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.799 you with me this morning? This transitional shift. 00:12:46.019 --> 00:12:48.820 He stands and he hears the voice of God. He takes 00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:51.620 his shoes off. He's on holy ground. And he hears 00:12:51.620 --> 00:12:54.580 God send him back with a message to deliver his 00:12:54.580 --> 00:12:57.799 people. And you move further past that deliverance 00:12:57.799 --> 00:13:00.220 out of bondage. And you continue to make your 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:02.519 way through to the promise actually being acquired 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:05.840 as they go into the promised land. The land that 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:08.700 is flowing with milk and honey. deliverance after 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:11.600 deliverance. You see Israel demand a king. You 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:15.460 see God give another shift in them before they 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:18.700 received a king. They simply went by the instruction 00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:22.080 of the Lord through the man of God of the hour. 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:24.240 When the spirit of the Lord would come upon the 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:26.700 prophet, he would stand and proclaim, thus saith 00:13:26.700 --> 00:13:29.259 the Lord. But the people, can somebody say the 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:32.200 people? It's always the people. It was the people 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:34.820 at Babel. It was the people in the wilderness. 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.710 Amen. Oh, Aaron, Aaron, Aaron. Aaron, would you 00:13:37.710 --> 00:13:40.809 form us a golden calf? Would you make us a God 00:13:40.809 --> 00:13:44.330 that we can worship? Amen. It's always the people. 00:13:44.409 --> 00:13:47.429 And the people say, we want a king like everybody 00:13:47.429 --> 00:13:49.909 else. And then when their king that they asked 00:13:49.909 --> 00:13:53.090 for failed and disobeyed God, and the man of 00:13:53.090 --> 00:13:55.610 God stands in front of him, he put it back on 00:13:55.610 --> 00:13:58.429 the people. Well, the people, the people, they 00:13:58.429 --> 00:14:00.649 wanted to do this. They said we should keep this 00:14:00.649 --> 00:14:03.490 and offer it unto you. But look, no, the Lord 00:14:03.490 --> 00:14:06.350 didn't require the sacrifice. He required. Desired 00:14:06.350 --> 00:14:09.269 obedience. Come on, somebody. There's a shifting 00:14:09.269 --> 00:14:11.429 back and forth. You have to be careful today 00:14:11.429 --> 00:14:13.289 because preachers will put it on the people, 00:14:13.389 --> 00:14:15.730 and then the people will point at the preacher. 00:14:15.909 --> 00:14:18.870 It's always the blame game. Who's at fault? Who's 00:14:18.870 --> 00:14:21.470 here? Who's there? Who's this? And who's at fault? 00:14:21.629 --> 00:14:24.070 Well, I tell you, when we stand before God one 00:14:24.070 --> 00:14:26.309 day, we're all going to be held accountable. 00:14:26.409 --> 00:14:28.750 You will be held accountable. And that's why 00:14:28.750 --> 00:14:31.809 I preach the way I do because I know that I'll 00:14:31.809 --> 00:14:34.389 be held accountable for what I declare. As thus 00:14:34.389 --> 00:14:36.960 saith the Lord. and I endeavor to bring it from 00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:39.220 the book. So if you've got a problem, you take 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:41.419 it up with the book and the author of the book, 00:14:41.500 --> 00:14:43.840 amen. Now, you may have a problem with the way 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.659 I deliver it, but there's 190 other churches 00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:49.279 in town. You can find one that may deliver it 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:52.360 more to your suiting and liking. And by all means, 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:55.759 God bless you, and go eat at another table. But 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:58.259 if you're coming here, honey, we cook taters 00:14:58.259 --> 00:15:01.659 on the plate, we slice steak thick, amen, and 00:15:01.659 --> 00:15:03.580 we're going to roll with it. And here we have 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:07.620 the shift taking place. And as we see all these 00:15:07.620 --> 00:15:10.360 changes and the spiritual shifts taking place, 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:14.360 we today are standing again, I believe, as John 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:17.519 was in a major shift of his day, moving from 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:20.720 a covenant of the Old Testament into that, breaching 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:23.519 upon the New Testament, the Son of the living 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:26.580 God, the Christ, the anointed one, the one who 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:29.580 was sent to take away the sins of this world. 00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:32.320 Amen. And we find ourselves living in a moment 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:36.279 in history. the timeline of the story of the 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:39.840 Christ where crisis avails and the spirit of 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:43.139 this age demands the gospel. Are you hearing 00:15:43.139 --> 00:15:46.080 me? The crisis of our age and the crisis of the 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:49.960 day and time in which we live in, it is not something 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:53.879 suggestatory, but there is a demand for the good 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:57.480 news of the gospel of Jesus Christ in our culture 00:15:57.480 --> 00:16:00.740 and in our society. People need to know that 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:04.330 there is an escape. People are bound up. They're 00:16:04.330 --> 00:16:06.570 wrapped up in the thought process of their mind, 00:16:06.649 --> 00:16:08.730 and they feel like they're hopeless, and there's 00:16:08.730 --> 00:16:11.289 no way out. I'm here to tell you there is a way 00:16:11.289 --> 00:16:13.610 out, my God. It doesn't matter if everything 00:16:13.610 --> 00:16:16.110 around you falls apart. You can rest assured 00:16:16.110 --> 00:16:18.730 in the heart of your soul, of your innermost 00:16:18.730 --> 00:16:22.409 being, that all will be well. It is blessed assurance. 00:16:23.029 --> 00:16:35.480 Jesus is mine. Hallelujah. So here we stand as 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:37.980 John at the crux of another spiritual shift. 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:42.360 We see such shifts take place in the New Testament 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:47.899 as well. Acts 27 records the storm -tossed ship 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:52.899 which the Apostle Paul is on as he's on his journey 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:57.100 toward Rome. That is a great representation of 00:16:57.100 --> 00:17:01.139 the church today, that ship tossed by the wind, 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:04.619 tossed by turbulence. Amen? Tossed by chaos, 00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:07.460 the chaos of our time. Don't you feel tossed? 00:17:07.619 --> 00:17:10.799 Don't you feel like it's turmoil all around you? 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:13.519 I know I do. When I begin to look and I see what 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:16.519 life is bringing, and you try not to watch the 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:18.299 news, amen, because you don't want to see that. 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:20.640 It ain't nothing but bad news, and there's hardly 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:24.119 ever any good news, amen, out there. Not to be 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:26.740 ignorant, not to be just misaligned with our 00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:28.779 head in the sand, but you've got to know what 00:17:28.779 --> 00:17:31.220 you need to know. But if we're not careful, we'll 00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:33.329 get so inundated by what the next negativity 00:17:33.329 --> 00:17:35.829 of this world that we forget that we're not of 00:17:35.829 --> 00:17:39.150 this world. Amen. You'll forget that we're only 00:17:39.150 --> 00:17:41.789 passing through. We're sojourning. We're just 00:17:41.789 --> 00:17:43.730 going through. The old songwriter said, this 00:17:43.730 --> 00:17:46.769 old world is not my home. I'm only passing by. 00:17:46.950 --> 00:17:49.630 Amen. And if we're not careful, though, we'll 00:17:49.630 --> 00:17:52.369 let the crisis and the chaos and the turmoil 00:17:52.369 --> 00:17:55.509 of the world and the spirit of this age and the 00:17:55.509 --> 00:17:58.470 compromise of the church, amen, where holiness 00:17:58.470 --> 00:18:04.180 is compromised. We'll let the compromise of the 00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:09.019 age begin to sweep in, and it'll take your hope 00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:12.359 away if you're not careful. So here we stand 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:15.730 in history's timeline. In the same way, natural 00:18:15.730 --> 00:18:18.329 disasters, false teachings, compromise in the 00:18:18.329 --> 00:18:21.309 church, pandemics, earthquakes in diverse places, 00:18:21.529 --> 00:18:25.509 and on and on and on and on and on it goes. It 00:18:25.509 --> 00:18:28.789 is truly a fulfillment of Luke 21 and Matthew 00:18:28.789 --> 00:18:32.470 24. And these signs will be in the sun and the 00:18:32.470 --> 00:18:34.910 moon and the stars and on the earth. Distress 00:18:34.910 --> 00:18:37.690 of nations where perplexity, the sea and the 00:18:37.690 --> 00:18:40.210 waves roaring, men's hearts failing them from 00:18:40.210 --> 00:18:43.089 fear. Amen. And the expectation of those things 00:18:43.089 --> 00:18:45.359 which... are coming on the earth for the powers 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.119 of heaven will be shaken. Whatever can be shaken 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:51.220 will be shaken. And men who have no faith and 00:18:51.220 --> 00:18:53.819 trust in God will be shaken to the core because 00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:56.579 of the fear of the ending age. But let me just 00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:59.579 stop right here for a moment. I am not in fear 00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:02.380 of the ending age because when this age comes 00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:05.319 to the end, there is another shift taking place. 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:19.779 There's another major shift yet to be made. Amen. 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:25.119 Oh, when our Lord is coming back to earth again. 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:29.319 Oh, yes, our Lord is coming back to earth again. 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:32.900 Satan will be bound a thousand years and will 00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:36.579 have no tempter then. After Jesus shall come 00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:40.069 back to earth again. There's another shift coming. 00:19:41.130 --> 00:19:43.990 That's the one I wait for. So look, as chaos 00:19:43.990 --> 00:19:46.750 begins to rise and turmoil and false teachers 00:19:46.750 --> 00:19:50.410 and all of this disdain for all that is holy. 00:19:52.190 --> 00:19:53.930 Can I just do a little pet peeve? Y 'all give 00:19:53.930 --> 00:19:56.890 me just a minute. Just give me a minute. Don't 00:19:56.890 --> 00:19:59.089 take this away from the serious stuff, but it 00:19:59.089 --> 00:20:04.769 just bothered me. I saw, I'm going to have to 00:20:04.769 --> 00:20:10.059 quit looking. I just know it. But I saw a little 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:13.140 post this morning. Didn't need to hit me this 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:21.339 morning, but I saw it. About... Had a picture 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:28.940 of a preacher at the door. And it was about the 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:32.740 holiness of the sanctuary. And it told a little 00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:36.299 story about a fella having it real rough and 00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:40.859 real hard. passing his church, and he decided 00:20:40.859 --> 00:20:44.720 that he wanted to go in. And every Sunday morning, 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:50.160 he always got his Starbucks. And the little meme, 00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:52.140 the little picture had a big sign that says, 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.539 no food or drinks in the sanctuary. And had this 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:57.440 fellow standing there with this dejected look 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:02.279 on his face with his coffee. And the point was 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:06.990 this. This is where it got me. Tried to... Turn 00:21:06.990 --> 00:21:10.390 it on the folks of us who still revere the sanctuary 00:21:10.390 --> 00:21:15.670 as the holy place where we come meet God, where 00:21:15.670 --> 00:21:19.589 God does the miraculous, you know, trying to 00:21:19.589 --> 00:21:22.609 make us feel like we don't care about people's 00:21:22.609 --> 00:21:25.849 hurting needs and they've been in hell all week 00:21:25.849 --> 00:21:28.589 and they just want to sit in and sip on their 00:21:28.589 --> 00:21:30.650 coffee. Look, this ain't entertainment. I'm not 00:21:30.650 --> 00:21:32.970 here to entertain you, honey. We're not here 00:21:32.970 --> 00:21:35.369 about entertainment. When we come through these 00:21:35.369 --> 00:21:38.809 doors, it's about the sanctuary of God. You say, 00:21:38.809 --> 00:21:40.670 well, you're just old school. Will you hold on 00:21:40.670 --> 00:21:43.089 another two to seven and I'll be out of your 00:21:43.089 --> 00:21:47.049 way and maybe he won't be as hard as I am. But 00:21:47.049 --> 00:21:49.529 I still call this, but if he gets anything from 00:21:49.529 --> 00:21:52.269 me, he's going to hold the standard, honey. Amen. 00:21:52.609 --> 00:21:54.990 I just don't believe it. They had a plate of 00:21:54.990 --> 00:21:58.230 honey buns and a plate of donuts. And it's like 00:21:58.230 --> 00:22:01.690 those of us who still revere the pulpit as a 00:22:01.690 --> 00:22:04.930 sacred desk. And those of us who still revere 00:22:04.930 --> 00:22:08.410 that the altar is where you come and you meet 00:22:08.410 --> 00:22:11.769 a holy God. And when you come into the sanctuary, 00:22:12.190 --> 00:22:14.990 this is the courts of his praise. And they begin 00:22:14.990 --> 00:22:18.069 to try to make us feel. that we don't care and 00:22:18.069 --> 00:22:20.170 we don't love. I'm here to tell you right now, 00:22:20.269 --> 00:22:23.210 I love you and I care about the hell you're going 00:22:23.210 --> 00:22:25.769 through enough to not have you to worry about 00:22:25.769 --> 00:22:28.130 when the invitation comes, what are you going 00:22:28.130 --> 00:22:31.750 to do with your cup? My God, I'm trying to take 00:22:31.750 --> 00:22:34.150 away a hindrance from you because when the spirit 00:22:34.150 --> 00:22:36.410 moves on you, I don't want you to have to pass 00:22:36.410 --> 00:22:38.990 your Starbucks to somebody else to come and get 00:22:38.990 --> 00:22:41.970 some for the Lord because you may just miss what 00:22:41.970 --> 00:22:44.430 he has for you, honey. And I don't want you humbled. 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:49.259 you encumbered. I want you ready. I care about 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:57.839 you. Preacher Green grinning at me over here. 00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:08.019 That's my rant for today maybe. But I mean I 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:11.180 read that and I started to try to feel bad. I 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:14.680 thought well why? That was the whole intent, 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:18.640 to try to make me feel bad about elevating the 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:22.920 holiness of God instead of the comfort of humanity. 00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:29.720 No. Look, I don't mind a little bit of marshmallows 00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:31.500 for you young 'uns to keep them quiet. That's 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:36.839 not what I'm saying. Are you hearing me? Pay 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:44.250 attention. But this, this in here. This is the 00:23:44.250 --> 00:23:51.349 holy place. This is the holy place. And the reason 00:23:51.349 --> 00:23:53.750 it needs to remain holy is because of what I'm 00:23:53.750 --> 00:23:57.410 talking about. Because of the chaos and the turmoil 00:23:57.410 --> 00:24:00.569 and the affliction and the hell that you're living 00:24:00.569 --> 00:24:02.730 through every week. There needs to be a place 00:24:02.730 --> 00:24:04.869 that you can come in that is separated from the 00:24:04.869 --> 00:24:06.980 world. That you can come in. into the presence 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:09.960 of the Lord and you can encounter him. You don't 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:11.839 have to lift up one hand and shift one hand. 00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:15.319 No, you can just come in with both hands surrendered. 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:18.220 And by the way, when we get to the point of passing 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:20.299 on worship and praise, you're going to find out 00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:23.900 that the scripture, the Bible, encourages you 00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:27.420 and I to extend our hands in position of surrender. 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:34.779 It's five -fold gospel. Matthew 24, 5 -8. For 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:36.700 many will come in my name saying I am the Christ 00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:40.599 and that's happened. Still happens today. And 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:42.720 many they will deceive many and you will hear 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:46.099 of wars and rumors of wars. Listen to this. You 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:48.720 need to put this in your Bible. You need to underline 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:51.220 it. You need to circle it. Matthew 24, 5 through 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:53.920 8. You need to go home and read it. And you need 00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:56.819 to dig into it. And you will hear of wars and 00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:59.720 of rumors of wars. And here I parenthesize it 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:07.089 on my note. See that you are not troubled. See 00:25:07.089 --> 00:25:12.579 that you are not troubled. The Bible says, see 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:15.980 that you are not troubled. He's talking to the 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:18.220 believers. He's talking to the Christ -like ones. 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:20.920 He's talking to his disciples. You're going to 00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:23.660 hear of wars and rumors of wars, and there are 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:25.740 going to be false teachers and doctrine deceiving 00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:29.819 many, but see that you are not troubled. My God, 00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:32.140 what are you saying, Pastor? Stop your panic 00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:35.140 mode. This world's going to hell in a handbasket, 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:41.359 and that's the way it's supposed to go. See that 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:45.920 you're not troubled. Oh, he goes on. For all 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:51.779 these things must come to pass. Now, here's another 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:58.619 line. But the end is not yet. For all these things 00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:01.700 must come to pass. For nation will rise against 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:04.319 nation, kingdom against kingdom. And there will 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:06.980 be famines and pestilence and earthquakes and 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:10.359 diverse places. And all these are the beginning 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:16.180 of sorrows. So what am I supposed to do? Rejoice, 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:19.460 and again I say rejoice. Rejoice in the Lord 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:23.079 always, and again I say rejoice. Well, why should 00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:25.819 I rejoice, Pastor? Because the prophecy of the 00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:28.480 book, the words of the Christ are coming to pass 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:32.119 right before your very eyes. If you don't have 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:35.000 any other reason to believe that Jesus is the 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:37.920 Son of God, the one who is the gospel of the 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:40.539 good news, then you ought to look around and 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:43.480 see the chaos and the turmoil and realize, that 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:46.019 every preacher you ever heard preach Jesus to 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:52.759 you has told you the truth. And because I know 00:26:52.759 --> 00:27:03.119 the truth, I am not troubled. It takes you praying 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:04.500 a while to get to where you're not troubled. 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:11.500 It takes you walking through some things to not 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:16.420 get troubled. It takes you enduring some hardships 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:23.880 for you to not be troubled. But he said, don't 00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:29.000 be troubled. It's all got to happen. 2 Timothy 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:32.579 4, 3 and 4 says, for the time will come. When 00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.339 they will not endure sound doctrine, but according 00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:37.319 to their own desires, heap to themselves, having 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:39.940 itching ears, they'll heap to themselves teachers, 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:43.119 and they will turn their ears away from the truth 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:50.200 and be turned aside to fables. 3 and 1, 2 Timothy, 00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:52.799 but know this, that in the last days perilous 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:55.519 times shall come. Perilous means harsh, savage, 00:27:55.859 --> 00:28:00.599 difficult, dangerous, painful, fierce, grievous. 00:28:01.150 --> 00:28:04.430 Difficult to deal with. The word describes our 00:28:04.430 --> 00:28:15.190 society to a T today. Here we go, moving on. 00:28:16.509 --> 00:28:18.809 And we have a world that's trying to live through 00:28:18.809 --> 00:28:22.410 this without Jesus. And the whole reason you 00:28:22.410 --> 00:28:25.089 and I have been redeemed, saved from our sin, 00:28:25.109 --> 00:28:27.450 cleansed from our unrighteousness, is that we 00:28:27.450 --> 00:28:30.410 could continue like John and tell the good news 00:28:30.410 --> 00:28:33.970 that Jesus Christ is the gospel message. Amen. 00:28:34.089 --> 00:28:38.750 He is the Son of God. He is your Savior. In John 00:28:38.750 --> 00:28:42.750 1, 29, 34, here's what John recorded to the words 00:28:42.750 --> 00:28:45.450 of John the Baptist. Behold the Lamb of God which 00:28:45.450 --> 00:28:49.829 takes away the sins of the world. Who is he talking 00:28:49.829 --> 00:28:51.609 about? He's just right here telling you, I'm 00:28:51.609 --> 00:28:53.990 not him. I'm not the one. But there's one coming 00:28:53.990 --> 00:28:56.890 after me whose shoes, whose sandals, I'm not 00:28:56.890 --> 00:29:00.569 worthy to stoop down and unlatch. Well, I'm baptizing 00:29:00.569 --> 00:29:02.890 you for remissions of sins. But when he comes, 00:29:02.990 --> 00:29:04.890 here's what he's going to do for you. He's going 00:29:04.890 --> 00:29:07.430 to baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with some 00:29:07.430 --> 00:29:10.309 fire. Amen. He's coming with his fan in his hand. 00:29:10.430 --> 00:29:14.069 And now here's John in Jordan baptizing converts. 00:29:14.210 --> 00:29:17.109 And he looks up and he sees Jesus coming. And 00:29:17.109 --> 00:29:20.170 he said to them, behold, the Lamb of God. which 00:29:20.170 --> 00:29:23.750 takes away the sins of the world. But Matthew 00:29:23.750 --> 00:29:27.549 would put it like this in 26 through 28. When 00:29:27.549 --> 00:29:30.470 Jesus is in that upper room on that last night 00:29:30.470 --> 00:29:32.789 of his earthly life, he's up there and he takes 00:29:32.789 --> 00:29:35.089 bread and he breaks it, amen? And he hands it 00:29:35.089 --> 00:29:37.069 to him and tells him to eat it all. And then 00:29:37.069 --> 00:29:40.210 he says this in verse 27. For this is my blood 00:29:40.210 --> 00:29:42.930 when he took the cup. Are you hearing me? Jesus 00:29:42.930 --> 00:29:46.049 is your Savior. Point number one of this five 00:29:46.049 --> 00:29:49.420 -fold is Jesus is your Savior. For this is my 00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:52.700 blood of the New Testament shed for the remission 00:29:52.700 --> 00:30:04.259 of sins for many. Huh? I got to read another 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:07.339 one to you here just to me. I figure I have to 00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:16.099 get over to the stupid thing. See, when you want 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:30.420 it, you can't find it. Help me, Lord. Oh, yeah. 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:40.259 Yeah. I found it. Jesus is your Savior. I just 00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:41.960 want to make sure I get it. I want to read it 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:44.180 right. You know what I'm saying? Because I don't 00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:45.500 want you leaving here saying, that preacher preached 00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:47.359 something crazy. It's not even in the Bible. 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:49.240 But if I read it out of the Bible and then declare 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:53.019 it to you, there's no argument. He is your Savior. 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:55.670 Everybody knows that. Amen. For God so loved 00:30:55.670 --> 00:30:57.089 the world that he gave his only begotten son, 00:30:57.190 --> 00:30:58.470 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish 00:30:58.470 --> 00:31:00.769 but have everlasting life. I just quoted to you 00:31:00.769 --> 00:31:03.529 John 1, 28 and 9 in there, where he declared, 00:31:03.650 --> 00:31:05.130 Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the 00:31:05.130 --> 00:31:07.309 sin of the world. We hear Christ himself saying, 00:31:07.410 --> 00:31:10.390 This is the cup of my blood. This is my blood, 00:31:10.450 --> 00:31:13.849 which is shed for the remission of many for their 00:31:13.849 --> 00:31:16.769 sins. He is the only one. When he declared, I 00:31:16.769 --> 00:31:19.170 am the Christ. Come on. Remember when Peter would 00:31:19.170 --> 00:31:22.490 ask the question, Who do people say that I am? 00:31:22.589 --> 00:31:24.210 Peter said, Well, some say it like that. some 00:31:24.210 --> 00:31:26.269 Elijah, some Elijah, some Jeremiah. They even 00:31:26.269 --> 00:31:27.970 declare you to be maybe just one of the other 00:31:27.970 --> 00:31:29.930 prophets. And then he looked the old boy right 00:31:29.930 --> 00:31:32.170 dead in the eye and said, well, Peter, who do 00:31:32.170 --> 00:31:34.930 you say that I am? And my God, there was something 00:31:34.930 --> 00:31:37.470 went up old Peter's spine and he began to declare, 00:31:37.609 --> 00:31:41.369 thou art the Christ. Amen. You need to know that 00:31:41.369 --> 00:31:44.609 Christ is not Jesus, his last name. Christ is 00:31:44.609 --> 00:31:47.789 his identification. Christ is who he is. He is 00:31:47.789 --> 00:31:50.390 the anointed one. He is the redeemed one. He 00:31:50.390 --> 00:31:53.309 is the Messiah that was to come. art the Christ, 00:31:53.630 --> 00:31:57.990 the Son of the living God. Blessed art thou, 00:31:58.190 --> 00:32:00.809 Simon Bar -Jonah, for flesh and blood. Hold up 00:32:00.809 --> 00:32:02.269 a minute, brother. Hold up a minute. Flesh and 00:32:02.269 --> 00:32:05.609 blood hadn't revealed this unto you. But my Father, 00:32:05.730 --> 00:32:08.809 which is in heaven, hath revealed this unto you. 00:32:12.410 --> 00:32:16.710 He's your Savior. And he's your sanctifier. Now, 00:32:16.730 --> 00:32:20.990 we don't hear a lot of that. But, folks, you 00:32:20.990 --> 00:32:26.009 need sanctified. You need to sanctify. Well, 00:32:26.089 --> 00:32:29.710 what is that, Pastor? Glad you asked. It means 00:32:29.710 --> 00:32:33.609 to be cleansed and set apart. Set apart from 00:32:33.609 --> 00:32:40.549 what? What you were and what the world is. What 00:32:40.549 --> 00:32:42.609 does that mean? That means you act different. 00:32:42.730 --> 00:32:46.369 You talk different. You listen to different music. 00:32:51.630 --> 00:32:55.660 Well, how do I get that, you pray? And you begin 00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:59.180 to ask Jesus to sanctify you? Well, how does 00:32:59.180 --> 00:33:01.519 he do that? Again, great question. Here's your 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:08.740 answer. John 17, 17. Sanctify them through thy 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:14.400 truth. Thy word is truth. Now, let's go to John 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:17.720 6 if my memory serves me halfway correct. I think 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:20.400 it's John 6. It's where he begins to declare, 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:34.880 I am the way. The what? And no... So he's washing 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:38.440 us. He's the truth. Hebrews 13, 12 says, Wherefore 00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:43.119 Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people 00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:47.759 with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:51.960 You can go look at Hebrews 10, 10 too. And he'll 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:54.180 record it right there for you that Jesus Christ 00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:57.660 is the one who sanctifies you. He washes you. 00:33:57.740 --> 00:34:01.180 It's a second work of grace is what the old Methodist 00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:03.559 preacher John Wesley began to declare. Oh, yeah, 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:06.099 I quote a good Methodist. Oh, John Wesley, he 00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:08.320 began to say there is a second work of grace, 00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:11.300 and that second work of grace will sanctify you. 00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:13.639 Do you know what sanctification actually does 00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:16.219 in your life? How many remember when you gave 00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:18.219 your heart to the Lord and you went back to work 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:20.340 on Monday around some of those same people? It 00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:22.760 was kindly hard, and you still had a desire to 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:25.639 kindly do what they do and say what they say. 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:28.559 laugh at what they laugh at and tell what they 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:31.320 tell and you have a struggle. Anybody else besides 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:34.340 me had a struggle? I had a struggle living that 00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:38.260 Christ -like life. Even though I repented of 00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:40.780 my sin, I had to repent over and over because 00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:44.219 I kept right on sinning. I kept right on getting 00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:46.139 it. You know, I just kept right on doing it. 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:48.940 And then I heard the pastor preach about sanctification. 00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:51.179 I thought, well, if sanctification will make 00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:53.340 it a little easier for me to live right out from 00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:55.639 under the weight and the guilt of every time 00:34:55.639 --> 00:35:02.840 I sin. Now, if you're not feeling guilt when 00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:05.119 you sin, then we got another issue I need to 00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:08.039 go back and preach to you about Jesus as your 00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:11.380 Savior. Because if you're not convicted from 00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:14.940 your sin, We got to get there first. But if you 00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:17.739 are, you begin to pray. You begin to seek God 00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:21.280 and tell him to sanctify you. And when sanctification 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:23.219 comes into your life, here's the identifier. 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:25.860 This is how I identified sanctification in my 00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:31.829 life. When my will to sin changed. My will to 00:35:31.829 --> 00:35:33.849 sin. What are you saying, Pat? When my want to 00:35:33.849 --> 00:35:37.389 changed. I prayed to Jesus touched me. And a 00:35:37.389 --> 00:35:39.989 touch from glory. And it felt just like the day 00:35:39.989 --> 00:35:42.170 he rolled the burden of my original sin away. 00:35:42.449 --> 00:35:44.809 And I prayed through and I asked him to sanctify 00:35:44.809 --> 00:35:48.269 me. And my will, Pastor Terry, to change. My 00:35:48.269 --> 00:35:50.469 will changed. I didn't no longer will to sin. 00:35:50.510 --> 00:35:53.949 My will was to please the heart of God. Not the 00:35:53.949 --> 00:35:57.530 will of old Cliff. My flesh had to die that day. 00:35:57.650 --> 00:36:00.329 I prayed, Lord, sanctify me. Now I understand 00:36:00.329 --> 00:36:03.789 that I am washed because he is the one who sanctifies 00:36:03.789 --> 00:36:06.349 me. He is the one who cleanses me. He is the 00:36:06.349 --> 00:36:09.690 one who changes my will to continue to sin. My 00:36:09.690 --> 00:36:12.369 God is no longer up and down or in and out for 00:36:12.369 --> 00:36:15.170 me. It's more up and down. Amen. I don't go in 00:36:15.170 --> 00:36:17.269 and out of his grace. And I know there's that 00:36:17.269 --> 00:36:19.210 doctrine out there that says that once you're 00:36:19.210 --> 00:36:21.389 in, you're always in. Well, honey, you come too 00:36:21.389 --> 00:36:23.550 late to tell me that one because when I was out, 00:36:23.590 --> 00:36:26.309 I had enough sense to know. No, inside of me 00:36:26.309 --> 00:36:29.389 and down in my knower, I knew if I died in that 00:36:29.389 --> 00:36:32.809 unrepentant sin, my God, in the lifestyle that 00:36:32.809 --> 00:36:35.630 I was living, I knew hell was my destination. 00:36:35.829 --> 00:36:37.809 You didn't have to tell me that. You didn't have 00:36:37.809 --> 00:36:40.489 to convince me of that. God just gave me a good 00:36:40.489 --> 00:36:43.590 enough sense to know that by reading his book, 00:36:43.690 --> 00:36:47.630 I cannot live any old way and still go to heaven. 00:36:47.750 --> 00:36:50.969 Well, how come not, pastor? Do you not read the 00:36:50.969 --> 00:36:54.070 book, folks? God is holy, and without holiness, 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:57.320 that no man shall see the Lord. Amen? No man. 00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:00.619 You can't get in without a holy eye. So I pose 00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:07.699 a question. How much sin gets in? He's your sanctifier. 00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:12.219 Pray to sanctification. Your will to sin changes. 00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:26.230 Your will to cuss. Wash your mouth. Have him 00:37:26.230 --> 00:37:28.570 sanctify your eyes. Your eyes are the gateway 00:37:28.570 --> 00:37:33.210 to your soul. See, I wouldn't have had to repent 00:37:33.210 --> 00:37:35.110 for what I felt about that person who put that 00:37:35.110 --> 00:37:40.110 stupid meme this morning. Had I not looked at 00:37:40.110 --> 00:37:42.070 it, if it hadn't got in the gate, I wouldn't 00:37:42.070 --> 00:37:44.969 have had to ask the Lord to forgive me for what 00:37:44.969 --> 00:37:46.469 I thought about him for putting that on there. 00:37:46.530 --> 00:37:49.309 I'd say, you idiot. I'll just confess to you. 00:37:51.329 --> 00:37:56.349 How stupid. How far... I begin to process how 00:37:56.349 --> 00:38:00.530 far are we actually away? How far have we drifted? 00:38:00.550 --> 00:38:04.309 How much compromise have we let in that this 00:38:04.309 --> 00:38:14.329 is no longer a holy place? This isn't preaching 00:38:14.329 --> 00:38:19.150 among my peers. This isn't popular either. No. 00:38:20.550 --> 00:38:25.179 No. No, they look at me funny too. And I look 00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:33.300 at them like, I'm trying, Brother Milton, not 00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:38.039 to have to repent again. I think, how far have 00:38:38.039 --> 00:38:43.000 we drifted? I'm not talking about you, the congregation. 00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:46.219 Let's get right here on my side of the podium 00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:52.190 for a minute. How far has ministry drifted? How 00:38:52.190 --> 00:38:54.050 far have we gotten to compromise where we just 00:38:54.050 --> 00:38:56.429 want them in, let them bring their donut, let 00:38:56.429 --> 00:38:58.289 them bring their gravy and biscuit from Hardee's. 00:38:58.349 --> 00:39:00.250 I've picked that stuff up out of Sanctuary before. 00:39:00.449 --> 00:39:03.889 And the next Sunday I come in, oh, there was 00:39:03.889 --> 00:39:06.989 Hardee cups, biscuit and gravy, little trays 00:39:06.989 --> 00:39:11.849 left. On Monday when I made my circle through 00:39:11.849 --> 00:39:14.329 the Sanctuary, I got myself a garbage can and 00:39:14.329 --> 00:39:17.329 I went to gathering. Next Sunday morning, pastor 00:39:17.329 --> 00:39:20.349 come down, 500 people sitting out there. And 00:39:20.349 --> 00:39:22.489 I dumped it in front of them. I said, you forgot 00:39:22.489 --> 00:39:28.750 your trash last week. You say, uh -oh, I didn't 00:39:28.750 --> 00:39:30.829 know you was one of them. I'm one of them. I'm 00:39:30.829 --> 00:39:34.170 one of them. I am one of them. Because God is 00:39:34.170 --> 00:39:37.909 holy. I don't know why I have to keep coming 00:39:37.909 --> 00:39:39.989 to this. Somebody in here thinks that we ought 00:39:39.989 --> 00:39:42.489 to compromise. You want your coffee. You want 00:39:42.489 --> 00:39:45.210 your honey bun. Well, let me tell you, there's 00:39:45.210 --> 00:39:50.650 many places that they'll say you won. Right out 00:39:50.650 --> 00:39:58.489 front. Not me. Compromise, but he'll sanctify 00:39:58.489 --> 00:40:02.409 you. He'll sanctify you. And we're going to finish 00:40:02.409 --> 00:40:05.230 on your spirit baptizer. He is your healer. What 00:40:05.230 --> 00:40:08.690 time is it? We got time? No, I've done preached 00:40:08.690 --> 00:40:20.010 past your endurance. Who wants to go to heaven? 00:40:21.210 --> 00:40:26.110 The rest of you are dismissed. I'm going to preach 00:40:26.110 --> 00:40:31.760 on. You don't want to go to heaven, you don't 00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:35.420 want to hang around me. Because I assure you, 00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:39.380 I am more stringent on my own faith and my own 00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:48.599 life than I ever am with you. If I laid on you 00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:51.619 how I think we ought to live for sure, and I've 00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:53.480 tried to debate between my personal convictions 00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:59.219 and the word, but I tell you what, I guarantee 00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.900 you no more happy than I am living this away. 00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:05.920 He's your healer. Jesus is your healer. This 00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:08.940 is part of that fivefold. He is your healer. 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:13.320 Savior, sanctifier, he is your healer. By his 00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:21.539 stripes, ye are healed. By his stripes, ye are 00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:26.269 healed. We preach divine healing. Why? Because 00:41:26.269 --> 00:41:29.969 I serve a divine God. And my God is not diminished 00:41:29.969 --> 00:41:32.250 in his power. I know there's a bunch out there. 00:41:32.289 --> 00:41:34.789 They are called cessationists. They think God 00:41:34.789 --> 00:41:36.949 doesn't do anything like that anymore. Well, 00:41:37.090 --> 00:41:39.909 you come too late on Friday, Thursday or Friday. 00:41:40.090 --> 00:41:42.309 There was no way that they were going to give 00:41:42.309 --> 00:41:45.369 an extra day. Not one extra day for Brother John 00:41:45.369 --> 00:41:47.530 to stay over there and get something. Not one 00:41:47.530 --> 00:41:50.449 extra day was they going to give. So they filed 00:41:50.449 --> 00:41:54.650 a reappeal. They done been denied. Amen. What's 00:41:54.650 --> 00:41:56.349 that old song in that old red back hymn? It says, 00:41:56.449 --> 00:41:59.530 I would not be denied. Oh, I would not be denied. 00:41:59.690 --> 00:42:02.829 Right? And so you come too late to tell me that 00:42:02.829 --> 00:42:05.150 God still doesn't heal and God still doesn't 00:42:05.150 --> 00:42:07.530 do miracles and God still doesn't open doors. 00:42:07.650 --> 00:42:10.070 I wonder, anybody in here been divinely, physically 00:42:10.070 --> 00:42:12.329 healed in this room? Would you stand to your 00:42:12.329 --> 00:42:14.909 feet? I mean, you know had it not been for God, 00:42:15.030 --> 00:42:17.590 you wouldn't have what you have today. Look around 00:42:17.590 --> 00:42:20.070 you. You come too late to tell these people, 00:42:20.170 --> 00:42:24.159 amen, that he is not a healer. is your healer. 00:42:24.179 --> 00:42:26.039 Right there sits a man that would have been dead 00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:29.079 just a few months ago, but the hand of God touched 00:42:29.079 --> 00:42:31.679 his life. I've seen it with my own eyes, amen. 00:42:31.920 --> 00:42:34.780 The healer is in the house. You say, well, pastor, 00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:37.599 he hadn't healed Sister Kathy or he hadn't healed 00:42:37.599 --> 00:42:39.460 this one or he hadn't healed that one. That's 00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:42.440 not my call. That's not my priority. You know 00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:45.019 what my priority is? My priority is what the 00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:47.519 Bible says. If there's any sick among you, let 00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:49.739 them call upon the elders of the church and let 00:42:49.739 --> 00:42:53.000 them get a bottle of oil. Let them grab a bottle 00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:56.119 of Earl. Get a little Earl out and anoint them. 00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:59.179 And the prayer of faith shall heal the sick. 00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:02.440 And get this, and if they've committed any sin, 00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:11.119 they shall be forgiven. He's your healer. So 00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:12.719 let me just encourage you. Get real quiet right 00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:14.420 here, Brother Scotty. This has got to be good 00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:18.059 and clear. Y 'all can sit down. It's got to be 00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:23.269 real good and clear. So do not let the devil 00:43:23.269 --> 00:43:26.730 talk you into getting down on God because he 00:43:26.730 --> 00:43:29.710 healed somebody else and he ain't healed your 00:43:29.710 --> 00:43:34.070 loved one. Well, God, why? It's not the why, 00:43:34.130 --> 00:43:38.250 it's the why not. Who do we think we are? That 00:43:38.250 --> 00:43:41.719 we should never have any trouble? No, no. No, 00:43:41.719 --> 00:43:44.260 no, no, no, no. We go through the trouble so 00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:46.820 those who are in hell without Christ living in 00:43:46.820 --> 00:43:49.519 this world in turmoil, we go through the trouble, 00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:51.840 the trial, and the tribulations. We go through 00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:54.599 with our hands lifted up knowing that any prayer 00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:57.280 that we could pray could be the prayer. Are you 00:43:57.280 --> 00:44:00.679 hearing me? The next time you pray, it could 00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:03.019 be. You say, well, am I supposed to keep going? 00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:05.440 He said, come boldly, and I'm going every time 00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:08.039 I can. Amen. I've told you every night before 00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:10.880 we lay down, a hand goes on our forehead. And 00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:13.360 I say, Lord, you are able. You can heal her if 00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:15.739 you will. But if not, I'm still going to praise 00:44:15.739 --> 00:44:23.059 you. I'm still going to declare your truth. So, 00:44:23.219 --> 00:44:28.400 don't get down on God if things ain't going the 00:44:28.400 --> 00:44:32.619 way you want them to go. Could be a lesson for 00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:41.079 you. I trust in God. My Savior, the one. Do you? 00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:50.039 Do you really trust him? If you trust him as 00:44:50.039 --> 00:44:54.119 your healer, you do know that everybody that 00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:57.239 stood up a while ago testifying to the healing 00:44:57.239 --> 00:45:03.019 power of God. Hold on right here. Do you know 00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:08.050 they're going to get sick and die? Well, that's 00:45:08.050 --> 00:45:10.730 awful morbid, Pastor. What's morbid about a child 00:45:10.730 --> 00:45:16.530 of God dying? See, there again, therein lies 00:45:16.530 --> 00:45:20.050 your problem. You're too much worried about this 00:45:20.050 --> 00:45:22.630 world. I'm crying with John. Even so, Lord Jesus, 00:45:22.750 --> 00:45:26.489 come quickly. You're saying you want to die? 00:45:26.690 --> 00:45:34.139 No. I want to go on a rapture. Personally. I 00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:36.420 enjoy life in spite of the hell the enemy brings 00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:39.039 in it, in spite of all that sin has done to it. 00:45:39.260 --> 00:45:42.460 I love life. This is the best two and a half 00:45:42.460 --> 00:45:50.780 hours of my week. Right here. Sorry you have 00:45:50.780 --> 00:45:54.360 to indulge it all, but I don't feel any better 00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:59.420 than I do right here. See, he's your savior. 00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:02.400 He's your healer. He's your sanctifier. No other 00:46:02.400 --> 00:46:05.619 name. Under heaven, given among men, whereby 00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:12.260 we must be saved. But at the name of Jesus, every 00:46:12.260 --> 00:46:16.679 knee shall bow. Every tongue shall confess that 00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:20.800 he is Lord. So I'm down now and confessing now. 00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:28.019 I ain't waiting until then. He's healer. So lift 00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:34.079 your head up. Pick your head up. I prayed and 00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:39.480 I prayed. Okay. You need more practice. Keep 00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:44.300 praying. Well, the heavens are shut up. No, they're 00:46:44.300 --> 00:46:50.179 not. No, no, they're wide open. Because if he 00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:52.780 shut it up for you, then it ain't open for me. 00:46:54.159 --> 00:47:01.400 Heaven's 24 -7. It's better than Walmart. Heaven's 00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:07.480 open. Well, why don't he? I don't know that. 00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:14.539 It's not his will. Well, why isn't it? Don't 00:47:14.539 --> 00:47:17.159 know that either. And let me just tell you this 00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:20.760 little secret. I won't be asking him when I get 00:47:20.760 --> 00:47:24.079 there either. People say, well, I'm just going 00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:25.980 to talk to the Lord, and I'm going to ask him 00:47:25.980 --> 00:47:33.389 why. No, you're not. Why waste that split second 00:47:33.389 --> 00:47:42.730 of eternity? Why really doesn't matter? Oh, I'm 00:47:42.730 --> 00:47:47.329 happiness now. Why don't matter? So put your 00:47:47.329 --> 00:47:49.670 smile on your face. Put the joy of the Lord down 00:47:49.670 --> 00:47:52.469 in your heart. Let the bucket down in the well 00:47:52.469 --> 00:47:55.010 of your salvation, as Isaiah would say, and draw 00:47:55.010 --> 00:48:00.289 up a fresh bucket of joy. James said, my brethren, 00:48:00.349 --> 00:48:05.630 count it all joy when you fall into divers' different 00:48:05.630 --> 00:48:11.449 temptations. He said, the working of your patience 00:48:11.449 --> 00:48:16.610 is going to come out like gold. Never, never, 00:48:16.789 --> 00:48:19.849 look at me. If you never hear anything else I 00:48:19.849 --> 00:48:22.929 say, hear what I'm about to tell you. Never bow 00:48:22.929 --> 00:48:26.329 a knee and lift your voice to God and say, God, 00:48:26.409 --> 00:48:30.849 give me patience. I'm telling you right now, 00:48:30.969 --> 00:48:35.389 that's one prayer I forbid you to pray. Never 00:48:35.389 --> 00:48:38.750 let those words cross your lips. I know some 00:48:38.750 --> 00:48:40.590 of you are impatient. I know you get hateful 00:48:40.590 --> 00:48:42.829 when you're impatient. But that's not the prayer 00:48:42.829 --> 00:48:47.489 you want. Because according to the book, trials 00:48:47.489 --> 00:48:52.070 and tribulation work with patience. And let me 00:48:52.070 --> 00:48:57.050 just tell you how God knows. And when she is 00:48:57.050 --> 00:49:10.280 finished. Y 'all just missed that. Patience is 00:49:10.280 --> 00:49:20.179 described as feminine. God knows. And evidently 00:49:20.179 --> 00:49:26.820 you do too. When it's had its perfect work and 00:49:26.820 --> 00:49:29.809 when it's finished with you. You'll be able to 00:49:29.809 --> 00:49:34.530 stand then. You won't complain. But look, learn 00:49:34.530 --> 00:49:39.750 it now. Just don't complain because you don't 00:49:39.750 --> 00:49:43.510 want God to teach you. Pray the other portion 00:49:43.510 --> 00:49:46.590 there in James. If any man lacks wisdom, let 00:49:46.590 --> 00:49:48.809 him ask of God who giveth unto all men liberally. 00:49:50.409 --> 00:49:53.349 Ask him to help you be wise to handle the situation. 00:49:53.389 --> 00:49:56.949 Do not ask him for patience because he's just 00:49:56.949 --> 00:50:00.559 liable to grant it to you. Yeah, you'll have 00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:05.719 two flats. The washing machine and the dryer 00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:09.519 will go out. Them little heathens of yours will 00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:11.679 carry on at school, and you'll have to go down 00:50:11.679 --> 00:50:15.380 there and get them. He's going to work on you, 00:50:15.420 --> 00:50:18.239 because you know what? He knows what needs worked 00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:23.619 on. All right, number four. He's your soon -coming 00:50:23.619 --> 00:50:27.199 king. We're going to have to get number three 00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:31.460 next week, ain't we? He's your soon coming king. 00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:36.280 Stand with me. I'm going to close with it. I 00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:37.519 don't know why we get in a hurry. I don't know 00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:40.719 why I get in a hurry. If the Lord don't come, 00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:46.280 we got next week. Amen. But if he does come, 00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:53.900 here's what it's going to look like. Paul told 00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:55.760 the Corinthians, behold, I show you a mystery. 00:50:57.920 --> 00:51:04.250 We shall not all sleep. He talked to them about 00:51:04.250 --> 00:51:07.789 those who had already fallen asleep, who had 00:51:07.789 --> 00:51:12.650 already died. What it was going to look like 00:51:12.650 --> 00:51:16.769 for them in the end. To the Thessalonians in 00:51:16.769 --> 00:51:18.730 the first letter in the fourth chapter, he says, 00:51:18.909 --> 00:51:25.789 there's a trumpet going to sound. There's an 00:51:25.789 --> 00:51:31.710 angel that's going to shout. He's our soon coming 00:51:31.710 --> 00:51:34.900 king. There's an angel that's going to shout. 00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:39.219 And there's going to be another transitional 00:51:39.219 --> 00:51:47.880 shift. Those who have died in the Lord are going 00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:53.480 to be raised up first. I don't mind to be second. 00:51:55.739 --> 00:51:58.860 Matter of fact, the book says the last will be 00:51:58.860 --> 00:52:06.289 first. I'd just soon be alive and well to hear 00:52:06.289 --> 00:52:08.650 that trumpet. I want you to think about that 00:52:08.650 --> 00:52:13.170 in this flesh that we're living in. That we live 00:52:13.170 --> 00:52:15.869 our faith up front. We don't compromise. Don't 00:52:15.869 --> 00:52:18.710 compromise your faith. You hear me? Live a holy 00:52:18.710 --> 00:52:24.010 life. You know what sin is. Stop doing it. That's 00:52:24.010 --> 00:52:25.670 what the author of Hebrews said. Let us lay aside 00:52:25.670 --> 00:52:30.329 the weight and the sin which doth so easily beset 00:52:30.329 --> 00:52:33.190 us. Looking unto Jesus who is the author and 00:52:33.190 --> 00:52:39.010 the finisher of our faith. Who for the joy that 00:52:39.010 --> 00:52:42.349 was set before him endured the shame even the 00:52:42.349 --> 00:52:47.449 cross for you. Is it too much to ask that you 00:52:47.449 --> 00:52:51.889 live right if you want to go to his house? I 00:52:51.889 --> 00:52:53.789 don't think it's too much to ask. Matter of fact, 00:52:53.789 --> 00:53:02.949 it's the criteria. He's going to appear in the 00:53:02.949 --> 00:53:08.250 clouds of glory. He's not coming back to earth 00:53:08.250 --> 00:53:14.110 this time at this 1 Corinthians 15, 1 Thessalonians 00:53:14.110 --> 00:53:16.230 4 description. That's not when he's coming back 00:53:16.230 --> 00:53:22.730 to earth. He's going to come in the clouds with 00:53:22.730 --> 00:53:30.150 open arms. And when that angel shout finishes 00:53:30.150 --> 00:53:35.309 echoing, And the blast of the trumpet settles. 00:53:35.409 --> 00:53:44.070 The dead in Christ are going to rise. And then 00:53:44.070 --> 00:53:48.090 according to the word of God, we which are alive 00:53:48.090 --> 00:53:56.349 and remain shall be changed. And together. See, 00:53:56.449 --> 00:53:59.570 nobody gets there ahead of anybody else. We get 00:53:59.570 --> 00:54:05.789 there together. And together we'll be caught 00:54:05.789 --> 00:54:11.010 up. You got people who say, well, the word rapture 00:54:11.010 --> 00:54:13.469 don't even, it's not even in Scripture. No, but 00:54:13.469 --> 00:54:19.789 caught up is. And it's the same thing. You're 00:54:19.789 --> 00:54:24.489 leaving here. You're leaving here. Then what, 00:54:24.570 --> 00:54:31.889 Pastor? Well, for a thousand years. We're going 00:54:31.889 --> 00:54:37.530 to sit at a big, long banqueting table at the 00:54:37.530 --> 00:54:44.550 marriage supper of the Lamb. You do know that 00:54:44.550 --> 00:54:50.349 we are described as the bride of Christ. So, 00:54:50.349 --> 00:54:56.670 our King is coming. Are you ready to meet Him? 00:54:58.429 --> 00:55:07.510 Are you ready to meet Him? Heads bowed and eyes 00:55:07.510 --> 00:55:07.809 closed.