1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,700 Right there where you are, I'm gonna 2 00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:02,920 invite you to be on your feet. We're 3 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:08,180 gonna read the Word of God, 2 Timothy 4 00:00:08,180 --> 00:00:12,420 chapter 4 verse 2 and on. 5 00:00:12,420 --> 00:00:17,340 Amen. And the Word of God says, 6 00:00:17,340 --> 00:00:21,660 preach the Word. Be prepared in season 7 00:00:21,660 --> 00:00:25,260 and out of season. Correct, rebuke and 8 00:00:25,260 --> 00:00:27,500 encourage with great patience and 9 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:30,980 careful instruction. For the time will 10 00:00:30,980 --> 00:00:32,940 come when people will not put up with 11 00:00:32,940 --> 00:00:36,580 the sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their 12 00:00:36,580 --> 00:00:39,380 own desires, they will gather around them 13 00:00:39,380 --> 00:00:42,020 a great number of teachers to say what 14 00:00:42,020 --> 00:00:45,420 their itching ears want to hear. They 15 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:47,100 will turn their ears away from the 16 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:53,460 truth and turn aside to myths. But you, 17 00:00:53,460 --> 00:00:56,020 keep your head in all situations and do 18 00:00:56,020 --> 00:00:58,540 your hardship. Do the work of an 19 00:00:58,540 --> 00:01:01,900 evangelist. Distract all the duties of 20 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:04,100 your ministry. Let's come before the 21 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:05,820 presence of God. Heavenly Father, we come 22 00:01:05,820 --> 00:01:08,060 before your Holy Presence Lord. We 23 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:10,180 present ourselves Lord before you and we 24 00:01:10,180 --> 00:01:12,620 ask you Lord, prepare our minds Jesus. 25 00:01:12,620 --> 00:01:15,500 Prepare our hearts to receive your Holy 26 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:18,100 Word Father. Give us of your power in 27 00:01:18,100 --> 00:01:20,260 this moment to fight against evil forces 28 00:01:20,260 --> 00:01:23,100 Jesus. Give us of your discernment my 29 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:26,460 God in this hour. We ask you Lord for 30 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:28,340 your wisdom. We ask you Lord for your 31 00:01:28,340 --> 00:01:30,020 anointing. We ask you to give us the 32 00:01:30,020 --> 00:01:32,860 victory over the attacks of the enemy 33 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:35,300 against your church Father. We proclaim 34 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:39,220 your holy name Jesus. We ask you Lord 35 00:01:39,220 --> 00:01:43,820 though the weapons may form Lord. Don't 36 00:01:43,820 --> 00:01:47,020 let them prosper Jesus. We believe and we 37 00:01:47,020 --> 00:01:49,500 know that you are with us. That your 38 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:51,420 power is on our side Lord. That your name 39 00:01:51,420 --> 00:01:53,820 Lord has all power and victory Father 40 00:01:53,820 --> 00:01:56,860 and in the mighty name of Jesus we say 41 00:01:56,860 --> 00:02:01,340 amen. Giving glory to God why don't you 42 00:02:01,340 --> 00:02:03,420 go ahead and take your seats in this 43 00:02:03,420 --> 00:02:10,140 moment. Last week we celebrated our 44 00:02:10,140 --> 00:02:13,460 10-year anniversary amen. We had a 45 00:02:13,460 --> 00:02:17,060 powerful service. A beautiful service and 46 00:02:17,060 --> 00:02:20,940 as pastor preached last week he 47 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:23,100 preached on the subject soul winners 48 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:26,660 amen. I was sitting back there listening 49 00:02:26,660 --> 00:02:29,140 and when he started to develop his 50 00:02:29,140 --> 00:02:33,660 message he went into the first point 51 00:02:33,660 --> 00:02:36,980 which was knowing our identity as 52 00:02:36,980 --> 00:02:41,940 believers and as he went on I began to 53 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:45,140 receive confirmation from God for this 54 00:02:45,140 --> 00:02:48,580 message today. You see pastor had asked 55 00:02:48,580 --> 00:02:50,700 me a few weeks ago to prepare for for 56 00:02:50,700 --> 00:02:54,740 this Sunday and during that time I was 57 00:02:54,740 --> 00:02:57,580 reading the book of Timothy first and 58 00:02:57,580 --> 00:03:00,700 second Timothy and I began to write 59 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:02,980 notes and I asked God Lord please the 60 00:03:02,980 --> 00:03:05,700 message in my heart. So as I developed 61 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:08,020 the message last week I sat down in the 62 00:03:08,020 --> 00:03:11,940 service and I said Lord I hope pastor is 63 00:03:11,940 --> 00:03:15,620 not preaching the exact same message. But 64 00:03:15,620 --> 00:03:17,860 praise God it was just confirmation amen 65 00:03:17,860 --> 00:03:20,380 because I believe that it is important 66 00:03:20,380 --> 00:03:24,300 for us to know who we are not just as 67 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:28,020 believers but as apostolics amen. So 68 00:03:28,020 --> 00:03:30,340 today I want to expand on a little bit 69 00:03:30,340 --> 00:03:34,100 on that because there's an issue in this 70 00:03:34,100 --> 00:03:37,060 society in our culture right now with 71 00:03:37,060 --> 00:03:40,940 our identity specifically with gender 72 00:03:40,940 --> 00:03:46,860 identity. It's a big movement that it's 73 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:50,500 disturbing because there's so many things 74 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:52,420 that are coming up that it just catches 75 00:03:52,420 --> 00:03:54,380 you by surprise and I'm like wow there's 76 00:03:54,380 --> 00:03:57,740 there's more. There's so many things that 77 00:03:57,740 --> 00:04:01,100 and people are uniting to push this 78 00:04:01,100 --> 00:04:04,780 movement and it's a lot of things that 79 00:04:04,780 --> 00:04:08,340 when I hear people talk someone saying 80 00:04:08,340 --> 00:04:11,860 well I identify as this or that and 81 00:04:11,860 --> 00:04:15,220 somebody just says yeah that's your 82 00:04:15,220 --> 00:04:21,020 truth that's your truth and I hear and 83 00:04:21,020 --> 00:04:24,300 I'm saying well if the truth is 84 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:26,900 depending on person or depending on how 85 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:29,540 you feel then that my friend is an 86 00:04:29,540 --> 00:04:32,700 opinion. It's not the truth because the 87 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:34,460 truth doesn't change depending on the 88 00:04:34,460 --> 00:04:36,660 person. The truth does not change 89 00:04:36,660 --> 00:04:38,980 depending on your mood. The truth doesn't 90 00:04:38,980 --> 00:04:41,380 change depending on the year. The truth 91 00:04:41,380 --> 00:04:44,620 remains the same and what we have here 92 00:04:44,620 --> 00:04:47,260 in the gospel is the truth because 93 00:04:47,260 --> 00:04:49,980 Jesus said I am the way and the truth. 94 00:04:49,980 --> 00:04:53,420 Jesus is the truth and that's why the 95 00:04:53,420 --> 00:04:54,940 word says that he remains the same 96 00:04:54,940 --> 00:04:57,820 yesterday today and forever more. The 97 00:04:57,820 --> 00:05:00,940 truth doesn't change. It remains the 98 00:05:00,940 --> 00:05:03,820 same. So when we hear people saying well 99 00:05:03,820 --> 00:05:07,020 that's your truth I've told people so 100 00:05:07,020 --> 00:05:08,420 you're telling me that if I say 101 00:05:08,420 --> 00:05:09,460 something else you're gonna tell me 102 00:05:09,460 --> 00:05:11,900 that's my truth so I ask so what is the 103 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:14,020 truth then if it's constantly changing 104 00:05:14,020 --> 00:05:19,340 so what is the truth and they don't know 105 00:05:19,340 --> 00:05:22,060 what to answer because sometimes they 106 00:05:22,060 --> 00:05:25,100 just say things to save them but we have 107 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:26,820 to have discernment of the spirit of 108 00:05:26,820 --> 00:05:29,940 the Lord to be able to stand up when 109 00:05:29,940 --> 00:05:31,780 people are saying that one thing is the 110 00:05:31,780 --> 00:05:37,140 truth when we know it's not. If it was 111 00:05:37,140 --> 00:05:41,540 the truth it would set them free because 112 00:05:41,540 --> 00:05:43,260 the truth doesn't leave you in confusion 113 00:05:43,260 --> 00:05:46,900 the truth doesn't leave you lost the 114 00:05:46,900 --> 00:05:49,100 truth doesn't leave you wondering truth 115 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:51,180 doesn't leave you questioning truth give 116 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:52,820 you answers and the truth give you 117 00:05:52,820 --> 00:05:55,340 freedom and that's found in the name of 118 00:05:55,340 --> 00:05:58,180 Jesus he's gonna give you liberty he's 119 00:05:58,180 --> 00:05:59,820 gonna give you freedom that you're 120 00:05:59,820 --> 00:06:01,660 looking for because he is the way the 121 00:06:01,660 --> 00:06:06,900 truth and life amen. There's a famous 122 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:10,540 NBA player that maybe some of you guys 123 00:06:10,540 --> 00:06:15,260 know by the name of Dwayne Wade I don't 124 00:06:15,260 --> 00:06:16,860 know if you heard a few couple years 125 00:06:16,860 --> 00:06:20,860 back he came out with his family said he 126 00:06:20,860 --> 00:06:26,380 has a few kids two three kids and they 127 00:06:26,380 --> 00:06:28,660 came out saying in the news that they're 128 00:06:28,660 --> 00:06:31,780 at the time their 12 year old the 12 129 00:06:31,780 --> 00:06:35,060 year old boy came out to them saying that 130 00:06:35,060 --> 00:06:38,020 he was going to identify as a young 131 00:06:38,020 --> 00:06:43,940 lady now from that moment on and this 132 00:06:43,940 --> 00:06:49,220 the dad he came out saying my wife and 133 00:06:49,220 --> 00:06:55,140 I we support our daughter and I wasn't 134 00:06:55,140 --> 00:06:59,860 just listening to them I wow and he was 135 00:06:59,860 --> 00:07:05,740 saying that their son told them that he 136 00:07:05,740 --> 00:07:09,580 knew since the age of three what his 137 00:07:09,580 --> 00:07:14,580 gender was his real gender and I passed 138 00:07:14,580 --> 00:07:19,780 and thought to myself a kid wouldn't know 139 00:07:19,780 --> 00:07:23,460 that because kids only know what we 140 00:07:23,460 --> 00:07:27,580 teach them kids only know what we show 141 00:07:27,580 --> 00:07:31,860 them so I began to think and I said you 142 00:07:31,860 --> 00:07:34,380 know what if he's saying that then that's 143 00:07:34,380 --> 00:07:38,100 what the parents begin to teach him and 144 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:40,100 he said we're supporting his decision 145 00:07:40,100 --> 00:07:42,620 because we want to protect his heart and 146 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:45,100 his joy and I thought if you want to 147 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:48,260 protect them you will lead them in a 148 00:07:48,260 --> 00:07:50,420 different path not not to the path of 149 00:07:50,420 --> 00:07:55,140 destruction but we have to be so careful 150 00:07:55,140 --> 00:08:00,260 because the enemy is going to use people 151 00:08:00,260 --> 00:08:06,100 that we know of and he's smart because 152 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:08,900 he's going to use people in sports how 153 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:11,580 many watch sports we know who those 154 00:08:11,580 --> 00:08:14,620 people are we watch them play so we're 155 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:18,140 aware I know who he is I've seen him 156 00:08:18,140 --> 00:08:21,500 play you know who he is you've seen him 157 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:25,380 play but we have to be careful who we 158 00:08:25,380 --> 00:08:29,060 follow even if it's a sports athlete 159 00:08:29,060 --> 00:08:31,700 because what they stand for is not what 160 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:34,500 we stand for what they believe is not 161 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:36,980 what we believe what they preach is not 162 00:08:36,980 --> 00:08:41,180 what we preach so we could watch without 163 00:08:41,180 --> 00:08:44,420 idolizing them because they have a 164 00:08:44,420 --> 00:08:47,100 different message and they come out 165 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:52,460 saying it with pride with no shame so I 166 00:08:52,460 --> 00:08:56,500 began to think how is it that parents 167 00:08:56,500 --> 00:09:00,220 can support this and it's because that's 168 00:09:00,220 --> 00:09:03,140 what's going on overall in this country 169 00:09:03,140 --> 00:09:06,900 and if they were not to support that the 170 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:10,380 whole country turns against them so they 171 00:09:10,380 --> 00:09:12,660 have to make a choice just like you and 172 00:09:12,660 --> 00:09:17,060 I and the choice they make is to go with 173 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:20,100 the flow of the of the culture and they 174 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:22,660 support sin and they don't call it that 175 00:09:22,660 --> 00:09:26,860 but they support it and as I began to 176 00:09:26,860 --> 00:09:29,860 dig deeper in this my wife and I were 177 00:09:29,860 --> 00:09:33,900 talking and there's actually laws in San 178 00:09:33,900 --> 00:09:36,140 Jose and maybe all over the Bay Area but 179 00:09:36,140 --> 00:09:37,700 at least I know that in San Jose there's 180 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:41,340 laws that help kids change their name 181 00:09:41,340 --> 00:09:45,180 legally if they want to identify in the 182 00:09:45,180 --> 00:09:47,740 opposite sex so if a boy wants to 183 00:09:47,740 --> 00:09:50,540 identify to the girl there's laws that 184 00:09:50,540 --> 00:09:53,140 help those kids defend those kids and 185 00:09:53,140 --> 00:09:56,060 help them change their names and I 186 00:09:56,060 --> 00:09:58,180 told suddenly no way this this can't be 187 00:09:58,180 --> 00:10:04,020 true how I told how do you know she did 188 00:10:04,020 --> 00:10:06,460 an internship at a law firm and that's 189 00:10:06,460 --> 00:10:08,860 where she learned that that that's what 190 00:10:08,860 --> 00:10:11,460 they did that there is an area and there 191 00:10:11,460 --> 00:10:15,580 was lawyers that focus on that if that 192 00:10:15,580 --> 00:10:17,420 doesn't wake us up I don't know what 193 00:10:17,420 --> 00:10:22,580 will church if that doesn't put something 194 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:25,540 inside your heart a burden inside of you 195 00:10:25,540 --> 00:10:28,700 to fight in prayer to unite as a church 196 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:32,900 I don't know what will because I already 197 00:10:32,900 --> 00:10:34,620 know it's getting bad but hearing that 198 00:10:34,620 --> 00:10:37,220 that the enemy is attacking not just us 199 00:10:37,220 --> 00:10:44,060 now but the kids we have to stand up and 200 00:10:44,060 --> 00:10:46,460 fight for them in prayer teach them the 201 00:10:46,460 --> 00:10:48,860 word of God not only do we have to stand 202 00:10:48,860 --> 00:10:50,380 up but we have to stand up for the word 203 00:10:50,380 --> 00:10:53,500 of God amen because the kids don't know 204 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:56,740 anything rather than only the things that 205 00:10:56,740 --> 00:10:59,700 we will teach them and show them I want 206 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:01,940 to take you to 2 Timothy verse chapter 207 00:11:01,940 --> 00:11:08,780 3 verse 1 and it says but mark this 208 00:11:08,780 --> 00:11:12,220 there will be terrible times in the last 209 00:11:12,220 --> 00:11:15,340 days people will be lovers of themselves 210 00:11:15,340 --> 00:11:20,620 lovers of money boastful proud abusive 211 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:24,060 disobedient to their parents ungrateful 212 00:11:24,060 --> 00:11:28,180 unholy without love unforgiving 213 00:11:28,180 --> 00:11:31,980 slanderous without self-control brutal 214 00:11:31,980 --> 00:11:35,540 not lovers of the good treacherous rash 215 00:11:35,540 --> 00:11:38,620 conceited lovers of pleasure rather than 216 00:11:38,620 --> 00:11:42,540 lovers of God having a form of godliness 217 00:11:42,540 --> 00:11:47,540 but denying its power have nothing to do 218 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:52,780 with such people Paul is writing to 219 00:11:52,780 --> 00:11:55,860 Timothy this was written thousands of 220 00:11:55,860 --> 00:11:58,300 years ago but when I read this I almost 221 00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:04,060 feel like pause here living with us when 222 00:12:04,060 --> 00:12:07,220 I read this I felt like wow there he 223 00:12:07,220 --> 00:12:12,220 really was describing today because God 224 00:12:12,220 --> 00:12:15,060 the word of God is inspired by God and 225 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:18,660 he knew of the times coming ahead and 226 00:12:18,660 --> 00:12:20,940 verse 3 says that there are going to be 227 00:12:20,940 --> 00:12:24,140 people that are unforgiving there's going 228 00:12:24,140 --> 00:12:27,820 to be people without love and I think we 229 00:12:27,820 --> 00:12:29,500 begin to see that throughout the 230 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:31,980 communities in the news you hear about 231 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:34,420 it people breaking in house homes all 232 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,780 over the Bay Area people breaking into 233 00:12:36,780 --> 00:12:39,900 cars all over the Bay Area I don't know 234 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:41,260 if you heard about that right especially 235 00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:42,820 in the city there's been a lot of that 236 00:12:42,820 --> 00:12:45,940 there's even been cases where people go 237 00:12:45,940 --> 00:12:48,380 to the city some people are stalking you 238 00:12:48,380 --> 00:12:50,980 they follow you all the way to you drive 239 00:12:50,980 --> 00:12:52,900 to your house whether it's from the city 240 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:56,380 to Hayward or wherever you live there's 241 00:12:56,380 --> 00:12:58,780 been cases where they follow them until 242 00:12:58,780 --> 00:13:00,980 they get to their home and then they 243 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:04,620 take their stuff there people are not 244 00:13:04,620 --> 00:13:07,740 trying to hide it anymore that back then 245 00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:09,460 you would hear of things like this 246 00:13:09,460 --> 00:13:12,100 happening at nighttime after 10 11 247 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:14,380 midnight when people are you know no one's 248 00:13:14,380 --> 00:13:16,940 in the street everyone's asleep but it's 249 00:13:16,940 --> 00:13:19,460 not like that anymore they do it in 250 00:13:19,460 --> 00:13:21,700 broad daylight it's almost like they 251 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:24,780 want to be seen the enemy doesn't care 252 00:13:24,780 --> 00:13:28,180 anymore people don't care about sin 253 00:13:28,180 --> 00:13:30,980 anymore that they this preacher said 254 00:13:30,980 --> 00:13:32,980 people used to hide it but now they 255 00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:35,340 public they publicly put it on social 256 00:13:35,340 --> 00:13:37,380 media what they're doing they promote it 257 00:13:37,380 --> 00:13:43,340 and because of these times church we 258 00:13:43,340 --> 00:13:46,740 have to stand up and defend the sound 259 00:13:46,740 --> 00:13:49,740 doctrine of God we got to stand up and 260 00:13:49,740 --> 00:13:52,260 defend the word of God because if we 261 00:13:52,260 --> 00:13:57,140 don't do it who will if you and I are 262 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:59,340 the believers and we don't stand up for 263 00:13:59,340 --> 00:14:03,900 the word the world ain't gonna care in 264 00:14:03,900 --> 00:14:05,780 fact that's what they want they want you 265 00:14:05,780 --> 00:14:09,260 and I to be silent and we got to send 266 00:14:09,260 --> 00:14:11,580 up and defend the sound doctrine 267 00:14:11,580 --> 00:14:16,540 second to me 43 Timothy 43 refers word 268 00:14:16,540 --> 00:14:19,540 it's called sound doctrine and the word 269 00:14:19,540 --> 00:14:24,140 doctrine simply means teachings the word 270 00:14:24,140 --> 00:14:27,500 sound means healthy and we're talking 271 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:32,220 about the teachings of Jesus the sound 272 00:14:32,220 --> 00:14:34,220 doctrine is the is what the Jesus gave 273 00:14:34,220 --> 00:14:38,900 the apostles you see he chose them and 274 00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:41,060 he gave them this the the doctrine so 275 00:14:41,060 --> 00:14:42,860 that they could correct to edify to 276 00:14:42,860 --> 00:14:46,180 encourage to minister to the people I'm 277 00:14:46,180 --> 00:14:49,940 gonna read Acts chapter 2 verse 41 and 278 00:14:49,940 --> 00:14:53,220 42 and it says then those who gladly 279 00:14:53,220 --> 00:14:56,580 received his word were baptized and that 280 00:14:56,580 --> 00:14:59,500 day about 3,000 souls were added to them 281 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:03,220 and they continued steadfastly in the 282 00:15:03,220 --> 00:15:06,380 apostles doctrine and fellowship in the 283 00:15:06,380 --> 00:15:09,940 breaking of bread and in prayers this is 284 00:15:09,940 --> 00:15:13,420 found in Acts chapter 2 41 now if we go 285 00:15:13,420 --> 00:15:16,660 back a few verses to verse 38 we know 286 00:15:16,660 --> 00:15:18,900 that Bible verse amen this is where 287 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:22,020 Peter is saying to repent for the and be 288 00:15:22,020 --> 00:15:23,780 baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for 289 00:15:23,780 --> 00:15:26,980 their missions of sins and that's when 290 00:15:26,980 --> 00:15:30,340 verse 41 says they received his word and 291 00:15:30,340 --> 00:15:33,580 were baptized 3,000 people were baptized 292 00:15:33,580 --> 00:15:37,580 in Jesus name and then continues 293 00:15:37,580 --> 00:15:42,820 steadfastly in the apostles doctrine in 294 00:15:42,820 --> 00:15:50,060 the apostles teachings now Jesus knew 295 00:15:50,060 --> 00:15:53,260 that his ministry was gonna be short on 296 00:15:53,260 --> 00:15:58,740 earth so he chose 12 men he chose 12 men 297 00:15:58,740 --> 00:16:02,700 to disciple to teach to mentor so that 298 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:05,620 they could carry on the word of God 299 00:16:05,620 --> 00:16:11,340 after he was crucified amen so Jesus 300 00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:14,140 teaches them he gives them the words he 301 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:17,980 gives them the doctrine and this is 302 00:16:17,980 --> 00:16:20,540 what the apostles continued to preach 303 00:16:20,540 --> 00:16:25,500 thereafter so verse 41 says that they 304 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:28,260 continue in the apostles doctrine and 305 00:16:28,260 --> 00:16:30,260 that's where we get our doctrine from 306 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:34,220 that's where we get the apostolic name 307 00:16:34,220 --> 00:16:37,340 you see we didn't just come together and 308 00:16:37,340 --> 00:16:40,060 make it up we didn't just say well that 309 00:16:40,060 --> 00:16:43,220 word sounds good let's go with that the 310 00:16:43,220 --> 00:16:46,340 apostolic is biblical the apostolic 311 00:16:46,340 --> 00:16:48,980 doctrine is a biblical and it's found 312 00:16:48,980 --> 00:16:51,100 here in verse 41 this is what they were 313 00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:52,380 preaching this is what they were 314 00:16:52,380 --> 00:16:54,540 teaching this is how they were baptizing 315 00:16:54,540 --> 00:16:57,500 and people in thousands were receiving 316 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,660 the doctrine John 7 16 says Jesus 317 00:17:01,660 --> 00:17:03,940 answered and said my doctrine is no 318 00:17:03,940 --> 00:17:08,980 mind but his who sent me so church we 319 00:17:08,980 --> 00:17:12,460 have the sound doctrine you see it's 320 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:14,420 important to know that we have it and 321 00:17:14,420 --> 00:17:16,700 where it comes from because anyone can 322 00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:18,500 say well this is what we preach and 323 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:21,700 that's the sound doctrine but we have to 324 00:17:21,700 --> 00:17:23,620 ask well where is it coming from where 325 00:17:23,620 --> 00:17:26,140 are you getting it from us as apostolic 326 00:17:26,140 --> 00:17:30,540 as apostolic believers the sound 327 00:17:30,540 --> 00:17:32,460 doctrine we always shout and say we have 328 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:35,780 the truth because we do it's found in the 329 00:17:35,780 --> 00:17:38,620 Bible that this was directly from the 330 00:17:38,620 --> 00:17:40,060 apostles the teachings that they were 331 00:17:40,060 --> 00:17:41,780 giving that they received from the Lord 332 00:17:41,780 --> 00:17:44,860 the this is something that we we didn't 333 00:17:44,860 --> 00:17:46,540 just come up on our own and it's so 334 00:17:46,540 --> 00:17:48,620 important for us to know especially young 335 00:17:48,620 --> 00:17:51,020 people because sometimes we may just 336 00:17:51,020 --> 00:17:53,420 look sometimes when we grow up I don't 337 00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:54,820 know if everyone here grew up in the 338 00:17:54,820 --> 00:17:57,740 church or in the Apostolic Assembly but 339 00:17:57,740 --> 00:18:03,020 sometimes you get used to it it's not 340 00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:04,300 until you go somewhere else that you 341 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:08,180 feel the difference I've been to other 342 00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:10,260 conferences different churches and I 343 00:18:10,260 --> 00:18:12,940 could feel the difference I leave dry I 344 00:18:12,940 --> 00:18:15,340 feel like wow I need to go pray after 345 00:18:15,340 --> 00:18:18,420 service because I just didn't and that's 346 00:18:18,420 --> 00:18:19,820 the difference that we preach the full 347 00:18:19,820 --> 00:18:23,140 gospel other churches preach certain 348 00:18:23,140 --> 00:18:26,580 parts that they find more attractive but 349 00:18:26,580 --> 00:18:29,300 it as apostolic people we preach the 350 00:18:29,300 --> 00:18:32,620 sound doctrine of Jesus Christ amen and 351 00:18:32,620 --> 00:18:34,940 let me break it down the word apostolic 352 00:18:34,940 --> 00:18:38,260 comes from the Greek word Apostolos which 353 00:18:38,260 --> 00:18:43,580 means one who is sent out one who is sent 354 00:18:43,580 --> 00:18:49,140 out there was a Greek writer and by the 355 00:18:49,140 --> 00:18:51,860 name of this the monstinies noted that 356 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:54,980 this word Apostolos was used to describe 357 00:18:54,980 --> 00:18:58,140 a cargo ship back then this was before 358 00:18:58,140 --> 00:19:03,660 it was used for Apostles and it was used 359 00:19:03,660 --> 00:19:05,900 to describe a cargo ship that sometimes 360 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:08,980 they would call apostolic and they would 361 00:19:08,980 --> 00:19:11,620 send out the ship with specific shipment 362 00:19:11,620 --> 00:19:17,380 to accomplish a mission so the word 363 00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:21,060 itself means one who is sent out 364 00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:24,540 and back then they would use it on ships 365 00:19:24,540 --> 00:19:28,620 to send out special shipments that were 366 00:19:28,620 --> 00:19:31,860 on a mission and sometimes they would 367 00:19:31,860 --> 00:19:36,420 call it the apostolic cargo or the 368 00:19:36,420 --> 00:19:40,700 apostolic ship and I loved when I was 369 00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:42,380 doing this research I love finding this 370 00:19:42,380 --> 00:19:47,820 because I said that's who we are we have 371 00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:52,500 a special shipment and we are on a 372 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:56,900 mission we carry the word of God we 373 00:19:56,900 --> 00:20:00,060 carry the sound doctrine and our mission 374 00:20:00,060 --> 00:20:02,860 is to preach it to the souls our mission 375 00:20:02,860 --> 00:20:04,860 is to reach people with the word of God 376 00:20:04,860 --> 00:20:07,860 that's who we are as apostolic people 377 00:20:07,860 --> 00:20:09,780 that's what it means to be apostolic 378 00:20:09,780 --> 00:20:13,820 apostolic means to be sent out so it's 379 00:20:13,820 --> 00:20:15,700 only right that we preach the word of 380 00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:18,300 God when we go out to the streets when 381 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:20,420 we go out to work to schools to wherever 382 00:20:20,420 --> 00:20:22,820 we go that we preach because if you're 383 00:20:22,820 --> 00:20:24,820 apostolic you're one that is being sent 384 00:20:24,820 --> 00:20:28,780 out with the sound doctrine we are the 385 00:20:28,780 --> 00:20:33,860 church of the book of acts the Apostles 386 00:20:33,860 --> 00:20:35,940 carried the song doctrine and that's 387 00:20:35,940 --> 00:20:37,580 what you and I are still doing today 388 00:20:37,580 --> 00:20:41,540 let me tell you that as apostolic yes 389 00:20:41,540 --> 00:20:45,980 we are different than other churches we 390 00:20:45,980 --> 00:20:47,660 we are very different you know why 391 00:20:47,660 --> 00:20:51,020 because we strive for spiritual 392 00:20:51,020 --> 00:20:54,700 excellence and you know that a city 393 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:56,420 like church we definitely go for that 394 00:20:56,420 --> 00:20:58,460 we strive for excellence in everything 395 00:20:58,460 --> 00:21:03,540 that we do as apostolic people we praise 396 00:21:03,540 --> 00:21:08,420 God we worship God we do it with freedom 397 00:21:08,420 --> 00:21:14,300 we don't back down we're not shy we let 398 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:16,940 the spirit move we let God interrupt the 399 00:21:16,940 --> 00:21:19,740 service we'll stay here till 4 p.m. and 400 00:21:19,740 --> 00:21:21,300 we have to with the spirit is moving 401 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:23,940 we'll continue it because that's who we 402 00:21:23,940 --> 00:21:27,100 are praises what we do it's what we live 403 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:29,860 for it's to magnify the name of Jesus 404 00:21:29,860 --> 00:21:33,340 and I love that about the Apostolic 405 00:21:33,340 --> 00:21:35,860 Church because like I said there's other 406 00:21:35,860 --> 00:21:38,140 places that don't have what we have 407 00:21:38,140 --> 00:21:41,820 they don't have those things but these 408 00:21:41,820 --> 00:21:44,060 are the things that make us an 409 00:21:44,060 --> 00:21:48,100 Apostolic Church and I want to dive in a 410 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:50,980 little bit deeper in the things that we 411 00:21:50,980 --> 00:21:54,140 believe as apostolic people we believe 412 00:21:54,140 --> 00:21:58,220 in the baptism of Jesus name according 413 00:21:58,220 --> 00:22:00,700 to Acts 238 which says Peter replied 414 00:22:00,700 --> 00:22:02,860 repent and be baptized every one of you 415 00:22:02,860 --> 00:22:04,780 in the name of Jesus Christ for the 416 00:22:04,780 --> 00:22:06,900 forgiveness of your sins and you will 417 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:10,980 receive the gift of the Holy Ghost we 418 00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:12,980 baptize in this name because it is the 419 00:22:12,980 --> 00:22:16,540 fullness of God it's the fullness of God 420 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:23,140 revealed in Jesus Matthew 2819 says to 421 00:22:23,140 --> 00:22:25,020 baptize in the name of the Father the 422 00:22:25,020 --> 00:22:29,300 Son and the Holy Spirit and we know 423 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:31,340 there's a lot of people that use this 424 00:22:31,340 --> 00:22:34,180 verse to say that there is a trinity we 425 00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:40,420 hear that a lot we hear that often but 426 00:22:40,420 --> 00:22:43,820 let me ask you this it says baptizing 427 00:22:43,820 --> 00:22:48,500 the name of the Father of the Son and the 428 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:53,140 Holy Spirit when I read that it's very 429 00:22:53,140 --> 00:22:57,540 simple so if I wasn't a believer I would 430 00:22:57,540 --> 00:23:01,060 ask if you're saying in the name of the 431 00:23:01,060 --> 00:23:05,100 Father the Son then what is the name if 432 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:06,740 you're talking to me about someone and 433 00:23:06,740 --> 00:23:08,340 you're saying oh yeah he's a father he's 434 00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:11,220 a son well you keep talking to me about 435 00:23:11,220 --> 00:23:14,900 this person what what's his name and a 436 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:18,940 lot of people don't want to tell you 437 00:23:18,940 --> 00:23:21,540 what their name is because then they 438 00:23:21,540 --> 00:23:25,420 it defeats what they believe in the name 439 00:23:25,420 --> 00:23:30,140 is Jesus it's very simple the name is 440 00:23:30,140 --> 00:23:36,860 Jesus we are not excluding any part of 441 00:23:36,860 --> 00:23:39,260 who God is I have talked to many people 442 00:23:39,260 --> 00:23:40,860 and many times they want to tell me 443 00:23:40,860 --> 00:23:44,580 well you know the verse is three and and 444 00:23:44,580 --> 00:23:46,460 I tell him look we baptizing Jesus name 445 00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:48,500 for the forgiveness of your sins and 446 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:50,780 people have asked me well aren't you 447 00:23:50,780 --> 00:23:53,540 leaving out the Father and the Holy 448 00:23:53,540 --> 00:23:58,220 Spirit no because Jesus said if you have 449 00:23:58,220 --> 00:24:01,220 seen me you have seen the Father we're 450 00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:03,420 not excluding anything because when you 451 00:24:03,420 --> 00:24:05,060 call the name of Jesus you're calling on 452 00:24:05,060 --> 00:24:09,620 the fullness of who he is and right now 453 00:24:09,620 --> 00:24:12,660 I have now the privilege to have that 454 00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:15,620 title as a father I'm also a son to my 455 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:19,180 parents and I'm also a husband but you're 456 00:24:19,180 --> 00:24:21,020 not going to call me father and you're 457 00:24:21,020 --> 00:24:24,540 not going to call me son or husband 458 00:24:24,540 --> 00:24:30,300 only I mean my wife will but and when 459 00:24:30,300 --> 00:24:34,660 she's a potential call me Kevin but my 460 00:24:34,660 --> 00:24:37,100 name is Kevin and when you call my name 461 00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:42,940 and I come I'm I'm not showing up in 462 00:24:42,940 --> 00:24:47,140 three pieces when you call me you see 463 00:24:47,140 --> 00:24:50,300 who I am as a person that's my name but 464 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:52,660 I have different relationships with 465 00:24:52,660 --> 00:24:54,860 different people with now my son I'm 466 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:56,540 his father with my wife I'm his son with 467 00:24:56,540 --> 00:24:59,180 my parents I'm their son it's very 468 00:24:59,180 --> 00:25:02,580 simple but people want to make it 469 00:25:02,580 --> 00:25:05,580 complicated because the word says that 470 00:25:05,580 --> 00:25:08,140 people will have a form of godliness 471 00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:12,020 but deny its power they want to deny the 472 00:25:12,020 --> 00:25:13,980 name of Jesus because the name of Jesus 473 00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:16,580 contains the power the power to break 474 00:25:16,580 --> 00:25:19,540 sins a man as apostolic believers we 475 00:25:19,540 --> 00:25:22,780 believe in the fullness of God we 476 00:25:22,780 --> 00:25:25,860 believe that he is one and people 477 00:25:25,860 --> 00:25:32,020 question that let me tell you this so 478 00:25:32,020 --> 00:25:33,580 many people preach on three distinct 479 00:25:33,580 --> 00:25:36,020 persons on the idea of the Trinity but 480 00:25:36,020 --> 00:25:39,380 it wasn't about until a hundred years 481 00:25:39,380 --> 00:25:41,340 after the last writer of the New 482 00:25:41,340 --> 00:25:45,700 Testament that this idea came about a 483 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,820 hundred years after the last writer of 484 00:25:48,820 --> 00:25:51,660 the New Testament the idea of three 485 00:25:51,660 --> 00:25:55,220 distinct persons came about it was the 486 00:25:55,220 --> 00:25:57,540 Latin word Trinitas first used by 487 00:25:57,540 --> 00:26:00,100 Tertullian which was an early Christian 488 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:03,340 author in AD 200 he is the one who first 489 00:26:03,340 --> 00:26:06,660 used three persons to refer to God but 490 00:26:06,660 --> 00:26:08,740 before then the Apostles would have never 491 00:26:08,740 --> 00:26:12,380 thought about God in three persons 492 00:26:12,380 --> 00:26:16,180 because this came about until a hundred 493 00:26:16,180 --> 00:26:21,860 years later so people will ask you 494 00:26:21,860 --> 00:26:25,020 should we listen to Jesus or should we 495 00:26:25,020 --> 00:26:28,780 listen to Peter I've been asked that 496 00:26:28,780 --> 00:26:31,460 well who are you gonna listen to when 497 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:34,060 Jesus said this in Matthew 28 19 or are 498 00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:37,540 you gonna listen to Peter well that's a 499 00:26:37,540 --> 00:26:39,620 question that your that question comes 500 00:26:39,620 --> 00:26:42,100 out of ignorance with respect because 501 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:46,020 when Jesus said this he was giving that 502 00:26:46,020 --> 00:26:49,460 to the 12 of them he was talking to all 503 00:26:49,460 --> 00:26:53,580 12 according to the timeline about two 504 00:26:53,580 --> 00:26:55,980 to three weeks later is when they go and 505 00:26:55,980 --> 00:26:59,700 preach Acts 238 and Peter is the one who 506 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:02,300 rises to preach this but once again all 507 00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:06,740 12 of them are there now if Jesus would 508 00:27:06,740 --> 00:27:08,620 have really said now you have to say the 509 00:27:08,620 --> 00:27:11,220 father the son holy spirit and Peter is 510 00:27:11,220 --> 00:27:12,660 doing something else you would have 511 00:27:12,660 --> 00:27:14,380 thought that out of a group of 12 people 512 00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:16,500 some of them would have said hey Peter 513 00:27:16,500 --> 00:27:19,580 that remember what Jesus told us but the 514 00:27:19,580 --> 00:27:22,340 fact that they all stamped it the fact 515 00:27:22,340 --> 00:27:24,660 that they continue to preach and baptized 516 00:27:24,660 --> 00:27:28,060 in the name of Jesus Christ so the 517 00:27:28,060 --> 00:27:29,660 question is not about who are you gonna 518 00:27:29,660 --> 00:27:32,180 listen to it's about knowing when they 519 00:27:32,180 --> 00:27:35,340 occurred and Jesus told them what to do 520 00:27:35,340 --> 00:27:37,620 but the also the reason why they 521 00:27:37,620 --> 00:27:39,900 baptized in his name is because they 522 00:27:39,900 --> 00:27:42,260 knew who the father was they knew who 523 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:45,380 the son was and he told before you start 524 00:27:45,380 --> 00:27:46,940 preaching just wait and receive the 525 00:27:46,940 --> 00:27:52,180 holy spirit John 10 30 says I and my 526 00:27:52,180 --> 00:27:55,340 father are one John 14 9 says Jesus said 527 00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:57,460 to them have I been with you so long and 528 00:27:57,460 --> 00:27:59,940 yet you have not known me Philip he who 529 00:27:59,940 --> 00:28:02,020 has seen me has seen the father so how 530 00:28:02,020 --> 00:28:05,380 can you say show was the father Isaiah 531 00:28:05,380 --> 00:28:09,980 9 6 says for to us a child is born to us 532 00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:12,380 the son is given and the government will 533 00:28:12,380 --> 00:28:15,380 be on his shoulders and he will be called 534 00:28:15,380 --> 00:28:19,100 wonderful counselor mighty God everlasting 535 00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:23,500 father and Prince of peace for a child 536 00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:26,740 for to us a child is born that child 537 00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:31,260 Jesus known as a son but in this verse 538 00:28:31,260 --> 00:28:32,780 is saying we're gonna know him and call 539 00:28:32,780 --> 00:28:34,860 him wonderful counselor mighty God 540 00:28:34,860 --> 00:28:38,780 everlasting father they're showing 541 00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:40,020 they're talking about the son and the 542 00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:43,540 father in the same verse revelation 543 00:28:43,540 --> 00:28:46,500 for to says one was seated on the 544 00:28:46,500 --> 00:28:49,780 throne so to people who have asked me 545 00:28:49,780 --> 00:28:51,580 while we believe in three distinct 546 00:28:51,580 --> 00:28:53,220 persons and this and I tell look I 547 00:28:53,220 --> 00:28:55,060 believe that there is one and his name 548 00:28:55,060 --> 00:28:58,860 is Jesus it's I ask if you believe in 549 00:28:58,860 --> 00:29:00,660 three in heaven how many thrones will 550 00:29:00,660 --> 00:29:02,940 you see would you see one over you see 551 00:29:02,940 --> 00:29:05,180 three and if you say three then you 552 00:29:05,180 --> 00:29:06,740 believe in three gods and the Bible 553 00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:08,740 says that there's only one God if you 554 00:29:08,740 --> 00:29:10,380 say there's only one throne then who 555 00:29:10,380 --> 00:29:11,940 would you see if you believe in three 556 00:29:11,940 --> 00:29:14,300 which is either father the son or the 557 00:29:14,300 --> 00:29:16,220 Holy Spirit and if you say the father 558 00:29:16,220 --> 00:29:21,460 where will the other two we believe 559 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:23,740 that there is just one seated on the 560 00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:26,460 throne and that is the name that we 561 00:29:26,460 --> 00:29:28,660 praise the name of Jesus that's who we 562 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:31,460 are as apostolic people we know that 563 00:29:31,460 --> 00:29:33,860 there is just simply one and only one 564 00:29:33,860 --> 00:29:36,700 that is glorified he doesn't share his 565 00:29:36,700 --> 00:29:38,980 glory he's been one from the beginning 566 00:29:38,980 --> 00:29:41,380 people have asked me well what about 567 00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:44,020 Yahweh and what about your Jehovah let 568 00:29:44,020 --> 00:29:46,260 me tell you Jesus means Jehovah Savior 569 00:29:46,260 --> 00:29:48,820 is the same God from the Old Testament 570 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:51,020 the same God in the New Testament he's 571 00:29:51,020 --> 00:29:54,260 the one who died for you but a lot of 572 00:29:54,260 --> 00:29:56,980 times we can't comprehend that because 573 00:29:56,980 --> 00:30:02,340 Jesus was fully God and fully man and 574 00:30:02,340 --> 00:30:04,020 there's times in the Bible where we see 575 00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:07,620 Jesus praying and saying father and 576 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:09,340 that causes confusion to people we 577 00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:11,060 said well he's the son is praying to 578 00:30:11,060 --> 00:30:14,340 the father no he was fully man he was 579 00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:18,300 setting an example to us he didn't have 580 00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:21,460 to pray he was free of sin he had all 581 00:30:21,460 --> 00:30:24,180 power all authority he was walking 582 00:30:24,180 --> 00:30:27,180 around teaching every buking casting out 583 00:30:27,180 --> 00:30:30,180 demons he didn't necessarily have a need 584 00:30:30,180 --> 00:30:31,980 to pray but he did it because he was 585 00:30:31,980 --> 00:30:35,180 setting an example as the man as a son 586 00:30:35,180 --> 00:30:37,460 of man knowing that he was still the son 587 00:30:37,460 --> 00:30:40,380 of God and was still cast out demons 588 00:30:40,380 --> 00:30:42,620 they would hear his voice and they will 589 00:30:42,620 --> 00:30:45,380 they will run they would hide because 590 00:30:45,380 --> 00:30:48,260 the Bible says that even they know his 591 00:30:48,260 --> 00:30:52,460 name and they tremble they flee so if 592 00:30:52,460 --> 00:30:55,580 the demons know his name if the demons 593 00:30:55,580 --> 00:31:00,060 know that he is one there's no room for 594 00:31:00,060 --> 00:31:03,540 more as apostolids we believe in 595 00:31:03,540 --> 00:31:08,740 holiness first Peter 1 15 says but just 596 00:31:08,740 --> 00:31:11,620 as he who called you is holy so be holy 597 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:17,340 in all you do for it is written be holy 598 00:31:17,340 --> 00:31:22,660 because I am holy I love this verse 599 00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:24,540 because it says be holy in all you do 600 00:31:24,540 --> 00:31:27,780 the word holy means to be dedicated or 601 00:31:27,780 --> 00:31:30,460 consecrated to God spiritually 602 00:31:30,460 --> 00:31:34,100 excellent God is holy exalted and worthy 603 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:37,580 of complete devotion and we as the 604 00:31:37,580 --> 00:31:39,580 apostolic people believe to separate 605 00:31:39,580 --> 00:31:42,260 ourselves in following the footsteps of 606 00:31:42,260 --> 00:31:45,180 Jesus striving to be more like him in 607 00:31:45,180 --> 00:31:48,820 the way that we live listen the word 608 00:31:48,820 --> 00:31:51,900 Christian as Christian people the word 609 00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:53,780 Christian means relating to or 610 00:31:53,780 --> 00:31:56,100 professing the teachings of Jesus Christ 611 00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:58,420 so if you are a Christian you are 612 00:31:58,420 --> 00:32:02,900 professing the teachings of Jesus and 613 00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:06,500 the teachings of Jesus says be holy 614 00:32:06,500 --> 00:32:10,260 because I am holy you see this is very 615 00:32:10,260 --> 00:32:15,100 simple but I get that it's not trendy and 616 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:16,740 that's why people don't want to follow 617 00:32:16,740 --> 00:32:19,100 it that's why people just want to take 618 00:32:19,100 --> 00:32:21,420 certain parts they just love the verse 619 00:32:21,420 --> 00:32:25,100 I can do all things right they'll take 620 00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:29,100 that verse and they'll take other verses 621 00:32:29,100 --> 00:32:31,620 that are popular the Lord is my shepherd 622 00:32:31,620 --> 00:32:35,900 they'll take the verses that you know 623 00:32:35,900 --> 00:32:40,380 it's protects blesses but what about the 624 00:32:40,380 --> 00:32:44,180 verses that correct you what about the 625 00:32:44,180 --> 00:32:48,980 Bible verses that that rebuke that 626 00:32:48,980 --> 00:32:51,700 encourage that's what we can't just 627 00:32:51,700 --> 00:32:54,380 pick and choose that's what the sound 628 00:32:54,380 --> 00:32:57,060 doctrine preaches the full gospel of 629 00:32:57,060 --> 00:32:59,020 Jesus Christ and that's who we are as 630 00:32:59,020 --> 00:33:01,940 believers we believe in holiness 631 00:33:01,940 --> 00:33:05,180 because it separates us from the world 632 00:33:05,180 --> 00:33:09,140 it's confusing when there's a believer 633 00:33:09,140 --> 00:33:13,260 that looks like a soul and I'm there 634 00:33:13,260 --> 00:33:14,660 trying to evangelize and they turn 635 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:16,460 around amen I go to church I'm like oh 636 00:33:16,460 --> 00:33:23,380 well praise God you got me that has 637 00:33:23,380 --> 00:33:26,220 happened to me in airplanes this guy 638 00:33:26,220 --> 00:33:27,740 just wanted to pray over me and I said 639 00:33:27,740 --> 00:33:33,660 oh Jesus help me but that's who we are 640 00:33:33,660 --> 00:33:36,740 as apostolic people we believe in 641 00:33:36,740 --> 00:33:38,660 holiness and you know what it is 642 00:33:38,660 --> 00:33:40,580 there's a lot of people that will tell 643 00:33:40,580 --> 00:33:43,380 you and I what you guys do too much 644 00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:48,140 people have said that you guys you guys 645 00:33:48,140 --> 00:33:52,260 do a lot and it's not that we do a lot 646 00:33:52,260 --> 00:33:56,900 it's like I said we follow the full 647 00:33:56,900 --> 00:34:02,660 gospel of Jesus if that's what he gave 648 00:34:02,660 --> 00:34:07,980 to the Apostles to preach who are we to 649 00:34:07,980 --> 00:34:10,620 just get certain parts of it who are 650 00:34:10,620 --> 00:34:14,460 we to just take one half of it who are 651 00:34:14,460 --> 00:34:17,380 we to say no well that's the God but 652 00:34:17,380 --> 00:34:18,860 this this is the only part you need to 653 00:34:18,860 --> 00:34:22,140 know about who are we Jesus wants us to 654 00:34:22,140 --> 00:34:25,260 preach the word that heals the word 655 00:34:25,260 --> 00:34:27,060 that rebukes the word that corrects 656 00:34:27,060 --> 00:34:29,660 that ministers the word that elevates 657 00:34:29,660 --> 00:34:32,620 people he wants us to preach and reach 658 00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:38,300 the people that need his word so even 659 00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:40,260 when people say you guys do a lot you 660 00:34:40,260 --> 00:34:41,820 know what I was talking to my brother 661 00:34:41,820 --> 00:34:43,700 here I said you know what he's like I 662 00:34:43,700 --> 00:34:48,780 rather do a lot than not doing enough 663 00:34:48,780 --> 00:34:52,820 because the word says that the Lord is 664 00:34:52,820 --> 00:34:58,780 coming for a church that is holy and if 665 00:34:58,780 --> 00:35:00,580 he's there coming for church that is 666 00:35:00,580 --> 00:35:06,020 holy but we look like the world will he 667 00:35:06,020 --> 00:35:10,540 miss me if I'm among them will he miss 668 00:35:10,540 --> 00:35:13,180 me because I didn't separate myself in 669 00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:18,180 holiness because I wasn't hot and I 670 00:35:18,180 --> 00:35:23,340 wasn't cold I was lukewarm and the Bible 671 00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:25,820 talks about revelations 316 says so 672 00:35:25,820 --> 00:35:28,700 because you are lukewarm neither hot nor 673 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:35,060 cold I will vomit you out of my mouth and 674 00:35:35,060 --> 00:35:37,660 maybe you're not making a choice but 675 00:35:37,660 --> 00:35:40,820 your actions are making it for you so 676 00:35:40,820 --> 00:35:42,540 it's so important for us to learn to 677 00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:45,460 separate ourselves from the world 678 00:35:45,460 --> 00:35:48,140 amen as apostolic believers we believe 679 00:35:48,140 --> 00:35:53,100 in the Holy Spirit we believe that the 680 00:35:53,100 --> 00:35:56,500 Holy Spirit is the spirit of God amen it 681 00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:58,620 is the supernatural spirit and power of 682 00:35:58,620 --> 00:36:02,660 God that is active in our hearts we 683 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:04,460 believe in the power of the Holy Ghost 684 00:36:04,460 --> 00:36:06,780 we believe in the baptism of the Holy 685 00:36:06,780 --> 00:36:09,860 Spirit acts to forces and they were all 686 00:36:09,860 --> 00:36:12,220 filled with the Holy Spirit and began to 687 00:36:12,220 --> 00:36:14,780 speak with other tongues as the spirit 688 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:18,500 gave them utterance John 3 5 says no one 689 00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:21,100 can enter the kingdom unless you are 690 00:36:21,100 --> 00:36:25,820 born of water and spirit and we believe 691 00:36:25,820 --> 00:36:29,540 that the Holy Spirit is for everyone we 692 00:36:29,540 --> 00:36:30,900 believe that it's for those who are 693 00:36:30,900 --> 00:36:33,300 hungry for those who thirst for 694 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:35,420 righteousness we believe that if you 695 00:36:35,420 --> 00:36:39,580 came today and you're here and you're 696 00:36:39,580 --> 00:36:41,900 hungry and you ask God for the Holy 697 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:43,860 Spirit we believe that God will fill 698 00:36:43,860 --> 00:36:45,860 you with the power of the Holy Spirit 699 00:36:45,860 --> 00:36:52,500 because it is for anyone Luke 11 35 Luke 700 00:36:52,500 --> 00:36:56,980 11 35 says if you then being evil know 701 00:36:56,980 --> 00:36:59,100 how to give good gifts to your children 702 00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:02,260 how much more shall your heavenly Father 703 00:37:02,260 --> 00:37:08,700 give the Holy Spirit to them that ask a 704 00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:10,100 lot of times people may say well I 705 00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:14,180 haven't received it but have you asked 706 00:37:14,180 --> 00:37:16,460 because if you want to be filled with the 707 00:37:16,460 --> 00:37:18,180 Holy Ghost if you want to be filled with 708 00:37:18,180 --> 00:37:20,620 the Holy Spirit start with asking the 709 00:37:20,620 --> 00:37:24,940 Lord Lord I want to be filled I want you 710 00:37:24,940 --> 00:37:27,940 to fill me there's people that receive 711 00:37:27,940 --> 00:37:30,780 it before baptism during and some after 712 00:37:30,780 --> 00:37:34,220 I personally didn't receive it until 713 00:37:34,220 --> 00:37:37,820 later after I got baptized I struggled 714 00:37:37,820 --> 00:37:39,820 to get it but it was because I was in 715 00:37:39,820 --> 00:37:42,700 the middle of it and I started asking 716 00:37:42,700 --> 00:37:46,500 and once I began to ask I felt God 717 00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:49,860 began to speak to me and tell me you 718 00:37:49,860 --> 00:37:52,540 need to clean your heart and your mind 719 00:37:52,540 --> 00:37:54,940 and that comes with repentance if you 720 00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:57,340 came here and you can repent before God 721 00:37:57,340 --> 00:37:59,660 and ask him to fill you you're going to 722 00:37:59,660 --> 00:38:01,380 leave this place filled with the power 723 00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:03,620 of the Holy Ghost because that's what 724 00:38:03,620 --> 00:38:05,860 we believe that the power of the Holy 725 00:38:05,860 --> 00:38:09,500 Ghost is for those who ask and those 726 00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:11,500 who don't just now what we were 727 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:13,180 worshiping you could feel the spirit of 728 00:38:13,180 --> 00:38:15,740 God moving in this place because there 729 00:38:15,740 --> 00:38:17,980 is people that came here with hunger 730 00:38:17,980 --> 00:38:19,660 there's people that came here ready to 731 00:38:19,660 --> 00:38:22,020 praise and ready to worship and when 732 00:38:22,020 --> 00:38:24,020 there's two or three united in his name 733 00:38:24,020 --> 00:38:26,340 God comes down and fills us with the 734 00:38:26,340 --> 00:38:28,860 Holy Spirit because his word says 735 00:38:28,860 --> 00:38:30,340 when there's two or three united in his 736 00:38:30,340 --> 00:38:32,980 name he is there and I believe that God 737 00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:35,660 is here in this place listen you may 738 00:38:35,660 --> 00:38:38,500 look around there's not 300 people but 739 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:40,060 as long as there's two or three in his 740 00:38:40,060 --> 00:38:42,300 holy name you came to the right place 741 00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:43,820 to be filled with the power of the 742 00:38:43,820 --> 00:38:47,660 spirit of God amen we believe that 743 00:38:47,660 --> 00:38:50,500 those spirit enables us with power to 744 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:52,820 fight against the attacks of the enemy 745 00:38:52,820 --> 00:38:55,620 he gives us the power to rebuke and cast 746 00:38:55,620 --> 00:38:57,780 out demons he gives us the power to 747 00:38:57,780 --> 00:39:00,860 pray and to heal he gives us the power 748 00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:04,340 to preach and as believers of the sound 749 00:39:04,340 --> 00:39:08,300 doctrine church we need to preach the 750 00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:12,260 word of God we need to preach the word 751 00:39:12,260 --> 00:39:15,620 of God when I was younger I used to not 752 00:39:15,620 --> 00:39:17,420 preach it or share it with people around 753 00:39:17,420 --> 00:39:19,820 me and it wasn't because I wasn't ashamed 754 00:39:19,820 --> 00:39:22,820 I started realizing it's because I 755 00:39:22,820 --> 00:39:26,140 didn't know enough and I felt well I 756 00:39:26,140 --> 00:39:28,420 wanted to tell them this but I know 757 00:39:28,420 --> 00:39:30,980 they're gonna ask me this okay I better 758 00:39:30,980 --> 00:39:33,260 not because I knew I didn't have the 759 00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:36,580 answers especially when it came to 760 00:39:36,580 --> 00:39:38,460 defending the sound doctrine with 761 00:39:38,460 --> 00:39:41,100 oneness there was times where I was 762 00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:42,900 stumble when they would ask me well 763 00:39:42,900 --> 00:39:46,820 what about Matthew 2019 I didn't know 764 00:39:46,820 --> 00:39:51,420 the answer and when you don't know it 765 00:39:51,420 --> 00:39:55,900 you have to ask talk to the pastor talk 766 00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:58,020 to the ministers talk to the deacons 767 00:39:58,020 --> 00:40:01,020 but ask somebody don't do what I did 768 00:40:01,020 --> 00:40:03,260 and stay quiet you ain't gonna find the 769 00:40:03,260 --> 00:40:04,580 answers just like that you have to read 770 00:40:04,580 --> 00:40:06,420 the word of God you have to dive in you 771 00:40:06,420 --> 00:40:08,180 have to ask questions because the 772 00:40:08,180 --> 00:40:11,580 answers are there the word of God is not 773 00:40:11,580 --> 00:40:13,980 meant to be confusing and the word of 774 00:40:13,980 --> 00:40:17,420 God is not contradicting the word of God 775 00:40:17,420 --> 00:40:22,860 suits it compliments the word of God 776 00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:24,900 from beginning to end there's there's no 777 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:27,900 confusion in it if you stumble with 778 00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:29,260 something it's just simply you have to 779 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,660 find where it fits according to the 780 00:40:31,660 --> 00:40:33,620 timeline according to who wrote it when 781 00:40:33,620 --> 00:40:36,740 who it was before the context but we 782 00:40:36,740 --> 00:40:39,740 have to dive in and that's what I fear 783 00:40:39,740 --> 00:40:42,500 that a lot of believers today we're not 784 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:47,060 diving in enough that any false doctrine 785 00:40:47,060 --> 00:40:51,140 comes along and you see them follow it 786 00:40:51,140 --> 00:40:56,180 any false doctrine comes through and 787 00:40:56,180 --> 00:40:58,420 there goes a lot of young people and 788 00:40:58,420 --> 00:41:02,140 sometimes even older people because we 789 00:41:02,140 --> 00:41:04,780 didn't study the word because we didn't 790 00:41:04,780 --> 00:41:09,340 dive deeper and let me tell you that in 791 00:41:09,340 --> 00:41:12,820 this hour where we're having a crisis of 792 00:41:12,820 --> 00:41:16,060 identity where people in the world we 793 00:41:16,060 --> 00:41:17,500 know who we are but people in the world 794 00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:20,500 don't know who they are the enemy is 795 00:41:20,500 --> 00:41:22,900 taking them different routes left right 796 00:41:22,900 --> 00:41:25,780 they're calling themselves everything 797 00:41:25,780 --> 00:41:29,460 you could think of they identified as 798 00:41:29,460 --> 00:41:34,300 anything and at this point and as 799 00:41:34,300 --> 00:41:38,980 believers we have a responsibility to 800 00:41:38,980 --> 00:41:42,500 speak up and preach sound doctrine of 801 00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:46,660 Jesus you're apostolic I broke it down 802 00:41:46,660 --> 00:41:48,340 what it means you're the one who's being 803 00:41:48,340 --> 00:41:51,860 sent out with the message of Christ you 804 00:41:51,860 --> 00:41:54,220 and I carry the word now the Jesus ain't 805 00:41:54,220 --> 00:41:57,380 here in flesh the apostles ain't here 806 00:41:57,380 --> 00:42:00,580 anymore now it's you and I who are here 807 00:42:00,580 --> 00:42:04,100 so now we carry this the responsibility 808 00:42:04,100 --> 00:42:09,300 to preach this word of God there are so 809 00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:12,980 many the world is not shy about sin 810 00:42:12,980 --> 00:42:15,460 anymore it's promoting it there's a lot 811 00:42:15,460 --> 00:42:20,380 of secular artists that now in videos 812 00:42:20,380 --> 00:42:23,300 and pictures now they're promoting 813 00:42:23,300 --> 00:42:29,300 satanic worship demonic worship that 814 00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:32,180 they're coming up and if you have social 815 00:42:32,180 --> 00:42:33,900 media you see it people sharing it 816 00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:36,740 liking it and it pops out and they're 817 00:42:36,740 --> 00:42:40,100 not hiding it they're promoting it and 818 00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:42,140 if they're loud about sin we can't 819 00:42:42,140 --> 00:42:44,940 stay quiet about the gospel if they're 820 00:42:44,940 --> 00:42:47,220 being loud about sin you and I can't 821 00:42:47,220 --> 00:42:49,780 stay quiet about the word of God about 822 00:42:49,780 --> 00:42:52,340 the teachings and the sound doctrine if 823 00:42:52,340 --> 00:42:54,380 they're promoting it why wouldn't we 824 00:42:54,380 --> 00:43:00,740 speak up and share the word of God we 825 00:43:00,740 --> 00:43:03,540 have a responsibility to stand and 826 00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:06,260 defend and preach the word because 827 00:43:06,260 --> 00:43:08,820 there's still so many people around you 828 00:43:08,820 --> 00:43:12,620 that need to hear the word there's still 829 00:43:12,620 --> 00:43:17,060 so many broken people around you that 830 00:43:17,060 --> 00:43:19,980 still need healing there's so many 831 00:43:19,980 --> 00:43:24,540 broken people around you that God can 832 00:43:24,540 --> 00:43:28,020 minister through you and we have a 833 00:43:28,020 --> 00:43:32,580 responsibility to get loud in this 834 00:43:32,580 --> 00:43:35,220 moment and in this hour while all the 835 00:43:35,220 --> 00:43:38,460 people around us are getting loud and 836 00:43:38,460 --> 00:43:41,860 preaching lies we can't stay quiet in 837 00:43:41,860 --> 00:43:45,860 this hour people will challenge you just 838 00:43:45,860 --> 00:43:50,340 like the devil tempted Jesus Matthew 4 839 00:43:50,340 --> 00:43:55,100 8 and 8 to 11 says the devil took him 840 00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:58,340 up on an exceedingly high mountain and 841 00:43:58,340 --> 00:44:00,100 showed him all the kingdoms of the 842 00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:02,980 world and their glory and he said to him 843 00:44:02,980 --> 00:44:06,460 all these things I will give you if you 844 00:44:06,460 --> 00:44:10,540 will fall down and worship me then Jesus 845 00:44:10,540 --> 00:44:13,900 said to him away with you Satan for it 846 00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:16,820 is written you shall worship the Lord 847 00:44:16,820 --> 00:44:20,220 your God and him only you shall serve 848 00:44:20,220 --> 00:44:22,940 then the devil left him and behold 849 00:44:22,940 --> 00:44:27,820 angels came and ministered to him the 850 00:44:27,820 --> 00:44:32,220 devil came to challenge Jesus and the 851 00:44:32,220 --> 00:44:34,420 devil's gonna come to challenge you and 852 00:44:34,420 --> 00:44:37,980 I I've been challenging the past and 853 00:44:37,980 --> 00:44:39,460 there's been moments where I've lost the 854 00:44:39,460 --> 00:44:44,100 battles because I didn't know the word 855 00:44:44,540 --> 00:44:48,540 the devil will come after you and now 856 00:44:48,540 --> 00:44:54,940 he's coming after your children too and 857 00:44:54,940 --> 00:44:57,420 if we don't know the written word we're 858 00:44:57,420 --> 00:44:59,220 not gonna have the power to rebuke it 859 00:44:59,220 --> 00:45:01,460 we're not gonna be able to rebuke the 860 00:45:01,460 --> 00:45:04,580 enemy because Jesus rebuked in saying it 861 00:45:04,580 --> 00:45:09,380 is written it is written there's people 862 00:45:09,380 --> 00:45:11,380 that will challenge you that know word 863 00:45:11,380 --> 00:45:15,500 some of them can quote it and that's 864 00:45:15,500 --> 00:45:17,420 why it's so important for us to know 865 00:45:17,420 --> 00:45:20,900 what is written because if you semi-know 866 00:45:20,900 --> 00:45:24,860 they'll go around you and they'll tell 867 00:45:24,860 --> 00:45:27,660 you well this is that and they'll just 868 00:45:27,660 --> 00:45:30,700 make you fall into a false doctrine 869 00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:33,900 because you didn't know the written word 870 00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:37,940 of God there were so many moments in my 871 00:45:37,940 --> 00:45:42,020 life where I wrestled with doubts because 872 00:45:42,020 --> 00:45:43,860 people will challenge me and ask me 873 00:45:43,860 --> 00:45:45,300 questions that I didn't know how to 874 00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:49,260 answer and I will tell my parents well 875 00:45:49,260 --> 00:45:51,500 well this is what they told me what do 876 00:45:51,500 --> 00:45:55,300 you have to say about that and and if and 877 00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:57,860 I thank God for the parents that the 878 00:45:57,860 --> 00:46:00,260 Lord gave me that are rooted in the word 879 00:46:00,260 --> 00:46:03,020 because if it wasn't for them I probably 880 00:46:03,020 --> 00:46:04,860 would have followed a false doctrine 881 00:46:04,860 --> 00:46:07,780 because I didn't read and I wouldn't 882 00:46:07,780 --> 00:46:10,260 study I wouldn't pray I was depending on 883 00:46:10,260 --> 00:46:12,820 my parents prayers I was depending on my 884 00:46:12,820 --> 00:46:16,780 parents knowledge but we can't do that 885 00:46:16,780 --> 00:46:21,740 anymore you have children that you need 886 00:46:21,740 --> 00:46:24,700 to teach you have children that we need 887 00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:27,940 to protect and prayer you have maybe 888 00:46:27,940 --> 00:46:31,060 nephews nieces little brothers little 889 00:46:31,060 --> 00:46:35,300 sisters did you know that in schools 890 00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:37,940 right now they're pushing for I'm not 891 00:46:37,940 --> 00:46:40,940 sure it's gone through but for them to 892 00:46:40,940 --> 00:46:43,380 have curriculum to teach and expose 893 00:46:43,380 --> 00:46:48,740 students to gender identity lessons did 894 00:46:48,740 --> 00:46:54,700 you know that and if we don't teach the 895 00:46:54,700 --> 00:46:58,700 children and we don't protect them with 896 00:46:58,700 --> 00:47:02,420 the word kids only know what we teach 897 00:47:02,420 --> 00:47:08,560 them and if we don't know the word of 898 00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:12,220 God how are we in a teacher if we don't 899 00:47:12,220 --> 00:47:14,340 know the word of God how are we gonna 900 00:47:14,340 --> 00:47:17,380 protect them how are we gonna how are 901 00:47:17,380 --> 00:47:19,500 you gonna protect yourself how are you 902 00:47:19,500 --> 00:47:21,780 gonna keep your salvation how are you 903 00:47:21,780 --> 00:47:23,900 gonna stand against the enemy how are 904 00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:26,580 you gonna fight against evil forces how 905 00:47:26,580 --> 00:47:29,680 are you gonna fight against demons when 906 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:31,740 they come to attack your home how would 907 00:47:31,740 --> 00:47:36,700 you protect your home? How will you protect your family? How will you protect them if you don't know 908 00:47:36,700 --> 00:47:47,500 the word? We need to know the word of God, the sound doctrine of Jesus because when you know it, 909 00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:54,300 you could call on the name of Jesus and say, Satan, I rebuke you in the mighty name of Jesus 910 00:47:54,300 --> 00:48:02,700 because there is power in that name that is above all names. There's only one that can save, 911 00:48:02,700 --> 00:48:08,620 there's only one that can heal, but if you don't know his name, how would you call on him? 912 00:48:12,300 --> 00:48:16,780 If you don't call on him, if you don't have a relationship with God, 913 00:48:16,780 --> 00:48:25,740 how will you stand your ground? I'm gonna invite you to be up on your feet as I close. 914 00:48:29,020 --> 00:48:37,100 Second Timothy 4.16 says, take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them for in 915 00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:47,180 doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. Take heed to yourself and to the 916 00:48:47,180 --> 00:48:55,580 doctrine. Continue in them, continue in the doctrine for in doing this you will save both yourself 917 00:48:56,540 --> 00:49:05,340 and those who hear you. When we stay with the true doctrine, with the truth, with the gospel, 918 00:49:05,340 --> 00:49:10,140 with the sound doctrine, we will save ourselves and those who hear us. 919 00:49:15,500 --> 00:49:24,540 The enemy church is looking for believers that don't have a firm foundation. 920 00:49:27,180 --> 00:49:33,020 He's looking for people that are Christians and that go to church every Sunday. 921 00:49:33,020 --> 00:49:44,300 That he could just devour and fool. Have you not seen so many people from our churches? I'm 922 00:49:44,300 --> 00:49:52,300 talking about our churches in the assembly. People that were used by God preaching, ministering, 923 00:49:52,300 --> 00:50:05,180 leading worship, that no longer serve the Lord. I know a few personally that they're no longer 924 00:50:06,060 --> 00:50:12,380 in this path, but I remember moments when I would go to conventions and hear them preach or 925 00:50:12,380 --> 00:50:21,980 or worship and the spirit of God will move and I ask myself, well, I wonder what happened. 926 00:50:24,060 --> 00:50:32,380 Lord, what happened, Lord? And it's because when we don't have a firm foundation in the word of God, 927 00:50:34,140 --> 00:50:40,940 any wind will come and blow and it will knock you over because if you're not standing on the rock, 928 00:50:40,940 --> 00:50:49,420 on the rock of salvation, any wind of false doctrine will come and will take you out because 929 00:50:49,420 --> 00:50:56,540 you didn't know the word to rebuke them, to stand up for the sound doctrine, to stand up for the truth. 930 00:51:00,540 --> 00:51:07,900 If we don't stand up right now, who will stand for your family? 931 00:51:07,900 --> 00:51:18,300 If you're the man of your home, I want to tell you if you and I don't dive into the word, 932 00:51:19,340 --> 00:51:24,300 don't dive into prayer, if we don't have the power of the Holy Ghost, 933 00:51:26,220 --> 00:51:34,620 who will defend that home? Who will defend your children? Who's going to guide them? Who's going 934 00:51:34,620 --> 00:51:41,660 to teach them? I'll tell you who the world will teach them right away. I'll tell you who the world 935 00:51:41,660 --> 00:51:50,140 will teach them right away and you know what they're going to teach them? Crooked thoughts, lies, 936 00:51:52,380 --> 00:51:59,340 false doctrines. That's what the Bible says that there will be times 937 00:51:59,340 --> 00:52:06,140 when people will turn away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 938 00:52:11,660 --> 00:52:18,620 Second Timothy 3, 5 says, and there's people that have a form of godliness, 939 00:52:20,300 --> 00:52:28,140 but they deny its power. Don't you think the enemy is smart enough? I mean, if we see in the 940 00:52:28,140 --> 00:52:34,380 Bible that he tempted Jesus with the word, don't you think he's smart enough to just put up a 941 00:52:35,180 --> 00:52:45,100 church together and call himself a believer and preach a false doctrine? Don't you think he, 942 00:52:45,740 --> 00:52:53,260 if he wants to defeat the church, wouldn't he want to do that? And he is. That's why you see 943 00:52:53,260 --> 00:52:58,700 certain churches, they just blow up out of nowhere. I'm like, wow, praise God, I wonder how that 944 00:52:58,700 --> 00:53:04,940 happened. And when you go, you don't hear the truth. When you go, you don't hear the sound doctrine. 945 00:53:05,980 --> 00:53:13,020 You know what you hear? What their itching ears want to hear. People don't want to be corrected. 946 00:53:14,460 --> 00:53:20,060 So these preachers don't correct the church. People don't want to hear the truth. These 947 00:53:20,060 --> 00:53:27,020 preachers don't preach the truth. They just crack jokes and they just, they say, yeah, we could all, 948 00:53:27,020 --> 00:53:34,860 we could fit in with the world. We could do this and that. Recently, I heard a supposed Christian 949 00:53:34,860 --> 00:53:48,060 artist say that we could be righteous and ratchet. And I said, you can't serve two lords. You can't 950 00:53:48,060 --> 00:53:57,020 serve two masters. Either you will serve one or you will serve the other. But church today, 951 00:53:57,900 --> 00:54:01,900 in my spirit, the Lord sent me with one assignment. 952 00:54:06,140 --> 00:54:12,300 That we need to get a hold of his word and we need to get a hold of the Holy Spirit. 953 00:54:12,300 --> 00:54:23,820 If we don't wake up now, we may wake up when it's too late. When your kids are lost, 954 00:54:23,820 --> 00:54:42,300 that might be too late. But right now, it's the right time.