He said, I have not shunned to declare unto you the counsel of God.
So what's an ingredient of a great church?
It's a church that gives you practical preaching.
It's a church that answers all the questions.
It's the church that offends you by answering the questions you didn't ask.
It's a church that offends you by answering the questions you should have asked.
It's a church that does not hide.
The Bible says about Solomon,
there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not.
He told her everything she needed to hear.
He gave her, he, Solomon could say to the queen of Sheba,
I've not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
He said, I've given it all to you.
The preaching you get from the pulpit of whole fast Baptist Church
on Sunday morning and Sunday night and Wednesday night
is all the counseling you need.
And if you say, well, I'm in that situation where I'm under bondage
and I need somebody to hold my hand
and I need somebody to be with me and help me get through that.
I'm not down on you.
We want to help you.
We want to be there for you.
But let me just make something clear.
The reason you find yourself in that situation is because you've not been listening.
You've not been applying the preaching from the Word of God.
Because here's the truth.
There's nothing we're going to say to you in the office
that's different than what we say behind the pulpit.
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