So people get mad they're like pastor Thompson should have called out pastor Fritz pastor Thompson should have called out pastor
McMurtry or you guys should have called out pastor Boyle, or you guys should have called out. You know Adam Fannin or whatever
All these people you guys should have called out
Pastor major
But you know let me just help you because when we move on these issues
We're not just moving because we just we just read a post somewhere. We got angry about it
We've been looking at these things and documenting these things for a long time in fact
Let me help you guys some of the people out there who lack discernment and let me just give you my
Documentation of the last year and a half of the subtle attacks that have been happening in the new IP and you tell me
How are we supposed to take this say well? What have they done?
Okay, and look I'm gonna give you five clear points of what these guys have done against our church and against other our friends
and
I'm telling you right now
Any one of these guys if they have a backbone can stand up and call me out
I'm gonna number them for you one two three four five they can stand up and say number two is a lie that never
Happened number four is a lie that never happened if they can say that with integrity
Then I'm telling them they should but they can't because what I'm telling you is the truth
So what have they done? How about severely attacking us concerning kovat?
How about the fact that they were attacking pastors?
Who were doing live stream only services?
Now if you ask them if you ask Absalom, they wouldn't they would say well, we're not we're not attacking
You know them
Specifically, we're just attacking all pastors in general
You know and and they say anyone who's doing live stream only services during coronavirus
They would say they're rolling over to the government. They would call them cowards. They would say they're FEMA pastors
You know using here we are right
February of 2020 and we're kind of like I don't know what this coronavirus thing is
I I it could have been the black plague for all I know
We sat there and counted about nine different people in our church that were would have been considered high-risk
We didn't know if it was true. We didn't know if it was a big deal
We didn't know what it was gonna be like and we said hey, we're just gonna temporarily do live stream only services
You know just so we can kind of figure this thing out and then all of a sudden all these just vicious attacks
And we're looking at them. We're saying like friend. Are you talking about us?
Like no, no, not you everyone else not you
But just just attack, you know, yeah, these guys are FEMA pastors
these guys are this these guys are that and the funny thing is that
At Verity Baptist Church and all the friends that I know anyone that went live stream only, you know
We still had people in the room with us every service
And the funny thing is that we probably still had more people in the room with us when we were doing live stream only services
Then they had when they didn't shut down
But you know, they're attacking us for going live stream only
While we they're supposed to pastor friends. We're temporarily doing live stream only services and we're like
That's a lot
All right, are you talking about us no, no, no, I was talking about another church in California, okay
So you gotta just jot that down and think that's odd maybe they're having a bad day
How about this lavishly promoting people who turn on us? I
Mean these guys have gone out of their way
They're falling all over themselves to promote and protect and befriend
Any guy who just turns on I'm not talking about one guy
I'm talking about multiple people when they turn on us. They just go they just like falling all over themselves
To connect with them to have them come preach for them to go preach for them to do videos with them
You say I don't know I think it's kind of a quick coincidence, okay
Well, how many do you have to do before it becomes a pattern?
Joe major makes a video saying I don't like pastor Anderson. I'm separating from pastor Anderson. I'm separating from the new IFB and
They're just falling all over themselves to go preach for him to have him come preach for them to just be their friends and you
Kind of take note of that. You're like, that's a lot
Now first we had this coronavirus thing now we have this Joe major thing
How about Patrick Boyle?
Who held an entire conference against the new IFB's King James only position
Who held an entire conference against pastor Anderson?
who had Adam Fannin come to his church and publicly pray and
When Patrick Boyle turns on us, they're just falling all over them
So, I mean they're scheduled to go do a revival conference for him soon sometime soon here
How about Josh Gander?
Who's a dipstick up in Canada?
Not even worth mentioning his name. It's just this idiot has just been at the severely attacking all of us and
They they're just falling all over themselves to protect him to promote him
How about Paul Wittenberger?
I mean Paul Wittenberger as far as I know hasn't attacked us
But he definitely separated himself from us and that's fine people want to separate themselves from us
That's not a problem, but they just go out of their way to connect themselves with him to do live streams with them
How about Matt Powell same thing as far as I know he hasn't attacked us
But he's definitely separated himself from us and they're just falling all over themselves to connect with him to befriend him to have him do
Live streams together. Look how how much discernment do you have to have before you start making the connecting, huh?
It seems like everybody that turns on us
They just befriend them and become their close friend and want to do all these conferences together
How much discernment you have to have before you start connecting the dots and thinking I don't think these people like us
I think these people are subtly attacking us
Looks like everybody that turns on us. They're just like that's my best friend
And then you know you preach like this and this is the comment that comes back to you
Well, don't they have the right to be friends with whoever they want?
Now listen to me
Let me answer your stupid question
Yes
But before you answer before you you say well then they can do whatever they want, okay
But if the answer is yes for them, isn't the answer yes for us
Well, don't they have the right to be friends with whoever they want. Okay. Yeah, they do
So don't we have the right to choose to not be friends with them based off the fact that they want to be friends with
our enemies
No, no, no, you just have to keep being their friend. They have the right they have the right but not you that's stupid
You know, well they are they don't have to be friends with anybody well, you know what I don't have to be friends with them either
They ain't gonna preach wherever they want and not preach wherever they want
Well, you know what? I don't have to be their friend and like them and promote them either
You say these subtle attacks
attacking us regarding coronavirus lavishly promoting and turning
You're just loving everyone who turns on us these people have no loyalty
I
Am only on point two I got five of these
I'm trying to help some of you. You don't have any discernment. You just think you guys are just you know
A little uptight you're always mad about everything. Let me teach you a lesson on discernment
How about attacking the kids of the new IFB I
Mean going out of your way to make statements
There's a situation not too long ago or some of the kids and the new IFB got in trouble
You know what kids are gonna get in trouble
Teenagers gonna be stupid. Their minds are not fully developed. You know that that's scientifically proven
Sometimes kids are gonna do stupid things
And you know what all the parents all the authorities were told the kids got punished
They repented or whatever, you know, that's that's their business
Kids are gonna do stupid things
But you know after that happens these guys they've just been growing out of their way
To just any chance they have to just make these statements. We're just trying to raise pure kids
we're just trying to raise godly kids as if all of us aren't trying to raise pure kids and godly kids and
They make these statements how how the new IFB kids are so bad in comparison to the old IFB. I
Mean Grayson Fritz made made the statement about the old IFB. I'm gonna quote him. This is what he said
He said the old IFB they raise better families and the new IFB
I'll take an old IFB family any day of the week and put them against
99% of the new IFB clowns any day of the week
He's saying
99% of our kids are just trash in
Comparison to the old I feel let me tell you something. I grew up in the old life me
You know that a mom that homeschools and and is a homemaker is a rarity in the old IFB
You're not the old life be virtually every woman works a job wears pants goes to work
But these are the kids yeah, they raise better kids look I grew up old IFB
I grew I went to I cried to it from a Christian school with all these kids that were raised in church
And the only my wife and I were talking about the only kids that I knew growing up that I can say right now
Are serving the Lord we're all related to the pastor
All the rest of them have gone to the devil
But the old IFP kids are better than the new IP kids well
I don't know what kids you're looking at maybe all the kids in your church suck
But you have to take a look at the kids from Verity Baptist Church
I'm so proud and so impressed with some of the young people in our church. We've got some of the great
I'm not trying to give a big head
I'll pick on him and make you know make sure they get humble later, but we've got some great young people in this church
We got these single kids they love the Lord they go soul-winning
They listen to their pastor. They want to get married the pastor says you ought to wait a year
They say we don't want to but we'll do it
We'll submit to you pastor. We love you. They go soul-winning they go to church. They read their Bibles
We've got some young men. We've got some young kids here. They're they're they're working grown-up adult jobs. They're choosing jobs
They're choosing jobs based off the fact that they could still go to all three services
Go soul-winning and support a family those are the kids of the new IP
Wait, but because you got this vendetta, and you want to just try to you know
Try to make somebody feel bad or look bad because their kid made a mistake
All of you you guys all suck
It's ridiculous
Look any church, you're gonna find good kids and bad kids obviously. I'm not saying every kid in the new IP is great
But you know what?
The old I've be if you like it so much go go look at what they're producing
They're show show me show me the 30 year old
old IFB
product show me the 35 year old the 30 year old the
25-year-old pastor that came out of Golden State Baptist College West Coast Baptist College
Whatever Bible College you want house Anderson called show me the 35 year old that's just standing up
Ripping face leading a soul-winning movement in his community show it to me. It doesn't exist
You're not gonna find a product of the old IP a 35 year old that came out of the old IP
That's just ripping face at leading a hundred soul winners on the community. It doesn't exist
But this guy wants to make himself feel better
And you know what, let me let me say it's about Jason about about grace and Fritz
And
You know the Bible people need to be careful and really just kind of take the beam out of their own eye
Because you know grace and Fritz and I and I and I hope you all understand
I'm gonna bring this up and I want to bring this up in the right spirit
This guy just had his oldest son joined the military
Now look I'm not saying that because his oldest son joined the military that that makes him a failure as a as a father
I'm not saying that
But I'll tell you this. I wouldn't want my kids join the military. I
joined the military I
Would and and and I know this about the military
And by the way you kids listen up don't join the military
They own you you don't get to go to church. You don't get to go soul-winning
They control your life for those years
This guy's son goes enjoys the military and look being in the military is not the worst thing in the world
I'm not saying that makes him a failure, but it's not the greatest thing in the world either
And I just think it's funny that he's getting up there and just screaming and yelling about being a godly parrot
And how you guys all suck
When his oldest son just joined the military it's like you're not really succeeding either, buddy
I'll just take the beam out of your own eye
You
Think you'd have a little grace
when other kids messed up
You think you'd be a little more loving and look. I'm not saying he failed as a parent
I'm not saying he needs to quit the ministry
I'm not saying any of that, but I'm saying this not having your kids join the most is not the greatest thing in the world
It's not the desire I have for my children
It's not the thing that that I would want our kid and by the way
You know 99% of the new IP kids are terrible the old I've be you know I can tell you story
After story after story of kids from this church sitting in this auditorium right now
I can tell you story after story after story and some of you moms and some of you dads can can nod your heads and
Say yes to the fact that you had kids that
Thought about going into the military and you talked them out of it
And I talked them out of it, and we went to them and said don't do it
They're gonna own you and you know what those kids they submitted to their pastor. They submitted to their mother
They submitted to their father, and they chose different jobs. I
Mean I've got better parents in my church than you
But you want to sit there and attack us
Attacking the kids of the new IP
To make yourself feel better
So I don't think you should bring that up take it up with Peter
Take it up with John I
Mean how are we supposed to look?
when a few kids mess up and
Then it becomes your mantra becomes your just your your thing you're constantly gonna bring up
We're just trying to raise godly kids. We're just trying to raise godly kids
What are we supposed to think except for the fact that you're just trying to take jabs at our friends?
Number four I
Got five of these
How about the fact that they attacked our church members for asking questions on salvation?
Now look this is the truth you listen to those guys
You listen to those guys, and this is what they make it sound they make it sound and they're liars
And if they had any integrity they would make a video tomorrow and say you know what number four past three minutes was right
He called me on the carpet, and he was true, and he told the truth and let me apologize public
That's what they should do
Because if you listen to their sermons you know what they make it sound like they make it sound like our church
Members are just listening to their preaching and they're just listening for them to mention some random
pastor friend of theirs and then our church members are just like let's Google that guy and find everything wrong with that guy and
Just and just attack him
That's what they make it sound like and they're pretty full of themselves
They they'll act like you know. I'm just mentioning this guy down the street, and then this guy in California
He just starts googling the name and finds all these bad things about well. Here's the problem with that
That's called a straw man argument. That's a lie, and you know it. That's not what happened
He said well, what happened what happened is there's a heretic named Stacey Shefflet
Who was being interviewed and promoted to our church
He was being interviewed and promoted to the new IP promoted to our church people
He was trying to sell his book to our church people
He was trying to be they were gonna invite him to events with our church people and let me tell you something that wasn't just some
Random guy you happen to mention in a sermon you're trying to bring his influence into our church people and at that point
You know what our church people have been trained to try all the spirits try the spirits whether they be of God
Don't just start picking up books and reading them find out what those people believe and make sure they're actually say
Yeah, you want to make it sound like I just mentioned my friend, and then they just started attacking him
Well, that's a lie, and you ought to admit the fact that you're lying
You're they're trying to promote Stacey Shifflet promote him to our church promote him to our movement get our people to buy his book and
Then some people actually bought the book read it and they were like this guy is repent of your sins
Heretic and
They just start attacking our church people and you know and they start
Mocking and it was you know I'll just call them. I'm calling everybody out by name. They're calling out brother Luke
I'm calling brother Luke out by name
You don't like it Paul. Did it know?
Cuz brother Luke makes this video
You know and Grayson Fritz is up there, and you know cuz he loves he loves the fact that he's from Tennessee I
reckon
And and he thinks he's making fun of it
You know he sees Luke this blonde blue-eyed kid, and he thinks he's making fun of this like surfer from California
And he's making fun of Luke, and he's saying he's if you listen to what he's talking saying about brother Luke
He's saying like you're sitting there in your in your little car making a little video
And you've never even been to our part of the country your partner even come to our state
You've never even been around here. You know what's funny. Is that brother Luke is from Kentucky
He grew up in a repent of your sins Church right in that area by the way. That's why he cares so much about it
But you're so arrogant and stupid you don't even take the time to figure out why does this kid care so much
No, I care so much because that doctrine has damned his own whole family to help
He's from the south to reckon
And you just think you're making fun of Californians you wanna make fun of Californians make fun of me, I'm a Californian
You say yeah, California this California that I've been to the rest of the country it sucks
There's a reason why it's so expensive to live here
No offense to all my pastor friends that live other places
We love you
But you know what they've attacked our church members for doing you know here's the thing
This is what we tell people they attack our church members are doing what we've taught them to do that's bad
That's bad enough, but you know what's worse. They've attacked our church members for doing what the Bible tells them to do
The Bible says try every spirit
The Bible says try every spirit whether they be of God
The Bible says you shouldn't just start picking up books and start listening to preaching and start letting people influence you without you testing
Them and judging them and making sure they're right and and because it embarrassed you
And it embarrassed your little friend
You know what you owe them an apology. They're doing exactly what the Bible told them to do
Well they shouldn't be asking a pastor about salvation are you crazy?
They shouldn't be asking a pastor about salvation if there's any guy in the world you should ask about salvation is the pastor
I'll talk to our church members
About preach angry and bitter sermons about our church members and our pastor friends. I
Mean they're calling our church members. I'm talking about people from Verity Baptist Church and other churches of like faith and practice
They're calling them clowns
bozos stooges
You get all mad oh they pastor Thompson called them out by name
He called out pastor Anderson and pastor Shelley by name and called them stupid I
Mean what are we supposed to think?
And this is what people with that no discernment have because they'll say well. He didn't say pastor Anderson is stupid
Okay, here's what he said does pastor Anderson do stupid things yes
You say that's not the same thing. It's exactly the same thing
He's calling them stupid
You say well don't pastors get disagree look I've stood up here and preach sermons
And I've taught things that I knew my pastor friends
Maybe we're a little different on and you know what somebody who's normal who actually loves their friends says you know
We're preaching against false prophets. We just rip on them and whatever, but you know when somebody actually has a friend and loves their friend
I mean you've heard me say I'll stand up here
I'll say now look this is in on this issue on this position
I've got pastor friends that maybe they believe something a little different, and that's fine. They're independent Baptist in their church
They can do whatever they want, but here. Here's what we do. Here's what we believe. That's how people who like each other talk
You know that let me help some of you that don't have any discernment. You know that we communicate on a
Larger level than just our words
You you don't only to communicate using your words
You communicate using your body language you communicate using your facial expressions you communicate using your tone of voice
You communicate using all sorts of things and I dare you to go listen that sermon and tell me you're not listening to a
very bitter and angry man
And he tells you in the sermon what he's bitter about he's mad that people are listening in his church people are listening to Pastor
Anderson and Pastor Jimenez and Pastor Mejia and all these other pastors in the new IFP you say well
They shouldn't be listening to Pastor Anderson. Well. Let me let you in on a little secret. They're only there because of Pastor Anderson
There they they they preach these angry so and look those of you say you came to the wrong conclusion
Well what what other conclusion were we supposed to come to when they're attacking us about coronavirus?
when they're
Befriending everybody that turns against us
When they're attacking the kids in the new IFP
When they're attacking our church members for doing what the Bible tells them to do
When they preach angry bitter sermons about our church
And it was a but they didn't he didn't call you out by name well
That's the point of subtle
Passive-aggressive attacks you say, but why are they being subtle? Here's why they're being subtle
Yeah, why won't they just come out against you? Here's why they won't come out against us because they're still feeding off us
You know why they won't attack us. It's not cuz they don't lie they respect us
They don't like us they attack us by name all of us by name
But here's why they won't is because they still want the guy listening to Pastor Anderson
They still want the guy listening to Pastor Mejia. They still want the guy listening to Pastor Shelley
They still want the guy listening to Pastor Jimenez that happens to live near them
They still want that guy to show up to their church
But they also once they get there they want to turn them against us so that they'll only love them
And look some of you, you know you're not in ministry, and you don't understand this and I will tell you I
Understand where they're coming from
Sometimes especially early in the ministry for for me. You know I can I I'm not saying it's right
I'm just telling you I can understand what they're coming for sometimes you feel like you're living under somebody's shadow
You know you have people show up to your church and all they talk about is another pastor
And it can make you feel bad sometimes
So I I understand where they're coming from
But you know you can either decide to let things make you bitter or better
And you know these guys have decided to make let to just get bitter about it
And get angry about it, and let's just attack Pastor Anderson. Let's attack Pastor Thompson. Let's attack Pastor Jimenez
Let's bring them down in hopes that our people will like us more. You know I'll be honest with you
I can understand where they're coming from I remember years ago thinking to myself man
I've got all these people coming to our church
And they just keep telling me about how great these other pastors are and how we should do what they're doing and we should do
This and we should do that and look I can understand how that can be frustrating
But you know what I decided a long time ago. Maybe I just need to get better
Instead of getting bitter why don't I get better? You know what I thought to myself? I thought maybe I should make an awesome documentary
Maybe I should try to get better at preaching
Maybe I should create better content so people will like
To listen to me maybe since these people are here. I can pray for them. I can love them
I can have them over to my house for dinner. I can
visit them in the hospital and
Eventually, I'll earn their love and respect and they'll love me too. They don't have to stop hating him and to start loving me
Sometimes people just need to decide hey instead of getting bitter. Why don't you get better?
You
Know I I thank God I've we've got church people here who say pastor. You know honestly. I'm so busy at work
I'm so busy. I don't have time to listen to any of the other preachers
You know I come three three times a week here, and that's that's all I that's that's all I need
And when I say praise the Lord
Maybe if your people feel so badly like they have to go home if your people feel like they have to go home on Sunday
Night and listen to somebody else. Maybe you're not feeding them I
I
Don't think you should say that
You like discernment?
Paul would have said it
And you know I'm telling you is if people were doing this to you
Be subtle passive-aggressive, so don't sit there and tell me you came to the wrong conclusion. No you came to the wrong conclusion
You're not paying attention
Go to Philippians chapter 1
Philippians chapter 1
I'm gonna preach a little longer than I normally do because I'm gonna get this all out
And then we're gonna get back to preaching about yours then next week, okay?
You say, but these guys are saved you know here's the thing as far as I know they're saved
You know we get accused of every time we don't like somebody we reprobate them first of all that's a yucky word
to reprobate someone
But
You know you know what I understand that sometimes we we fight with people and they're saved
As far as I know they're saved
I don't know I mean sometimes people come out with all these weird things and we're like okay that guy's not saved
But you say well, they're saved and they're they're leading soul winning and they're getting people saved
You know you know here's my thoughts on that if there's not guys out there
They're saved, and they hate me or they hate my friends, or they're just fighting against us
But they're getting people saved. You know my position is the same position as the Apostle Paul. I rejoice I
Rejoice that they're getting people saved
I actually just preached about this last week in Philippians
But I'm gonna show it to you again because it's it's all of a sudden become highly applicable this week
Philippians 1 15 notice what the Apostle Paul said he said some
Now in verse 14. He was talking about the brethren in the Lord and in verse 15
He says some referring to the brethren in the Lord. He's talking about saved people
He says some
indeed preach Christ even of envy and
strife and
some also of goodwill
Look, do you think that there are guys out there who preach entire sermons?
Again you know sermons about being an independent Baptist or whatever and
Their entire motivation for that sermon is that they're envious at Pastor Anderson and Pastor
Jimenez and Pastor Thompson and Pastor me here Pastor Shelley, and that's why they're preaching the sermon
Some indeed preach Christ of envy and strife you don't think that happens because I do
You don't think there's guys out there who hold entire King James only
Conferences and their purpose is not to actually turn people towards the King James issue
But their whole purpose was to just show how much they were more King James than the rest of us
And they hold an entire conference even of envy and strife you don't think that happens because I do
Look even in our churches
You don't think there's people who go soul winning and their entire motivation is just to do more soul winning than the pastor does
To do more soul winning than the staff does to do more soul winning than the staff wives do what they're?
500 kids
To do more soul winning than the pastor's wife does
Because I do some some people some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife
Not out of the right motivation
Look at verse 16 the one
preach Christ of contention
not sincerely
Supposing to add affliction to my bond you don't think that there are some guys out there who preach about
Being a godly parent not because they actually want people to be godly parents
But just to add affliction to some parents who just had their kids do something stupid. You don't think that happens
Because I do
He says the one preached Christ of contention not sincerely supposing to add affliction to my bonds
He says but the other of love knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel he says what then
So so what
He says notwithstanding every way whether in pretense or in truth Christ is preached and I therein do rejoice
Yeah, I will rejoice. You know what?
I don't have to like their stupid conference and I don't have to like their stupid comments
But if they're getting people say as far as them getting people say my position is I rejoice. Yeah, and I will rejoice
If someone is saved and they're attacking us, but they're getting other people saved as far as them getting people say I rejoice in that
you know what the funny thing is that if somebody called me the funny thing is there's somebody called me from that area and
Said hey, is there a good church in this area? I'd still recommend them if they're preaching the right gospel
I'd say hey, you know, there's this church down there, but you might not want to mention you like me
You say what do you call that you call that maturity
You know, I can call them out for being liars and snakes and weasels, but if they're preaching the right gospel, you know, whatever
I
Rejoice and if they're false prophets, we'll call them out on the carpet for that too
But you say but why are they subtle because they want to continue to feed off of us
They want to continue to gain our followers. So, you know what? Pastor Thompson did he said, you know what?
I'm sick and tired of these guys. Just attacking me attacking me attacking me attacking my friends and they're just gaining from us
So you just called him out
So people would stop
So people would know like hey this guy's not our friend, how do you know you need the list
You need the five things
Those are just the five I gave you
There what what what's the issue, you know, here's the issue sometimes Christians fight they've been fighting since the first century get over it
You say what's the issue? The issue is that subtle passive-aggressive attacks. The point is for them to be subtle and
If you don't have the discernment to see it then maybe you should just keep your mouth shut
Let me give you a third statement we'll finish up go to judges chapter 9
Judges chapter 9
Here's a statement for these guys these pastors, but honestly, this is a statement for every pastor
This is a statement for every young man. Whoever wants to be a pastor
This is really a statement for every man sitting in this auditorium, especially young men
Now
Before I give you the statement, let me give you the story judges chapter 9. I
Really like the story because it really highlights what I want to say
judges 9 verse 28 Genesis Exodus Leviticus numbers Deuteronomy Joshua judges judges 928 and
Gail the son of Ebin
Said who is Abimelech?
Now here we have two leaders and by the way, they're both bad guys in the story. That doesn't matter it
brings a point across and
He says in Gail the son of Ebed said
Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem that we should serve him?
Is not he the son of Jerubel and Zebel his officer?
Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem for why should we serve him?
Now notice notice what Gail says in verse 29 and would to God this people were under my hand doesn't that sound like Absalom?
Then would I remove Abimelech?
So here you have Abimelech the leader and you got this Gail guy and by the way if you read the context
They're all getting drunk at a party and he starts running his mouth
Who is Abimelech? Who is Shechem that we should serve? Why should I serve him?
What to God of this people were under my hand then would I remove Abimelech and he that's Gail said to Abimelech now
He's speaking to Abimelech, but Abimelech is not there. He says increase thine army and come out
now
Notice verse 30 and when Zebel the ruler of the city heard the words of Gail
So like the mayor of the city was there at this gathering and he heard he heard
Gail running his mouth. I mean Gail is just challenging Abimelech. Abimelech is not even in the city
Abimelech somewhere else completely and he's just running his mouth and he's saying Abimelech increase thine army and come out
You fight me you coward that's what Gail is saying, but Abimelech is not there
Verse 30 and when Zebel the ruler of the city heard the words of Gail the son of Ebed his anger was kindled and he sent
messengers unto Abimelech privately
Saying behold Gail the son of Ebed and his brethren
become to Shechem and behold they fortify the city against thee and just for sake of time
let me just skip some of this but go down to verse 34 and
Abimelech rose up and all the people that were with him by night then they laid weight against Shechem in four companies
So Gail's running his mouth. He's just drunk and he's just saying come out and fight me
Abimelech is not even in the city
but Zebel
The ruler of the city he heard this and he got mad
So he sends a messenger to Abimelech and he says hey
This is what this guy's saying about you
So Abimelech rose up and all the people that were with him by night and they laid weight against Shechem in four companies
Gail gets up the next day and he sees the army look at verse 37 and
Gail spake again and said see there come people down by the middle of the land and another company come along by the plains of
Meoneum, he he he sees these armies coming down and he's like have you seen the people they're coming
Look at verse 38 then said Zebel unto him
I love this phrase so every young man should underline this phrase in their Bible then said Zebel unto him
Where is now thy mouth?
He said you were you were running your mouth tough guy
Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidest who is Abimelech that we should serve him is not this the people that thou
Has despised go out
I pray now and fight with them and Gail went out before the men of Shechem and fought with Abimelech and
Abimelech chased him and he fled him before him and many were overthrown and wounded even unto the entering of the gate
You say that's an interesting story. What was the lesson there for every man every young man every pastor every future pastor
Here's the lesson for you when you take jabs at people they might hit back
So if you can't take it don't don't dish it out
You know it's easy to be the bully and be angry and and just you know
Bullying people and taking jabs and preaching and calling people bozo because it's a young guy in California
I
Called him bozos and Stooges and they're stupid and they're clowns and they all suck at parenting
But you know what? Here's what you don't understand. Pastor. Thompson's a grown man
He tries to have to serve he tries to love you and be patient with you
But eventually men get fed up and you know what if you take jabs with someone they might hit you back
And by the way figuratively, you know, but even you young guys physically
So, you know what if you can't take it don't dish it out
Maybe you ought to give a second thought and think there's off. Should I be saying this to this person?
Maybe they'll call me out on the carpet and I'll be ashamed and embarrassed
Look it's just a lesson and look even as pastors even when we call out the bad guys. I
Mean we call out the bad guys and you know what they do. They make all these videos about me and my family lying about me
You say well pastor, you know, doesn't that bother you? Here's the thing if it's a fight
If
I if I'm gonna stand for the truth, I have to realize sometimes you're gonna get hit
Sometimes they're gonna lie about you. Sometimes they're gonna they're gonna you know in a fight you're gonna get hit sometimes
So when you take jabs at people realize
Sometime they might get upset and just call you out on the carpet
Call you out publicly
You take jabs at people jabs of people jabs make fun of their kids make fun of them for
Livestream only make fun of this make for all these subtle things eventually they might turn around and just smack you back
And the difference about men of integrity that they'll just call you out by name
Look every young man should know that sometimes you take jabs at people and they might hit you back
So if you can't take it, don't dish it out
If you don't like it you call those out my name start paddling back on all your comments
Why don't you stand by them?
I'd have more respect for you
If you just made a video said I think past you men is a coward for going live stream only
And I would be like, well, at least the guy has a backbone. I
Still don't agree with them. I
Still don't like it. I
Still think but you know, why won't they do that because they want our influence
They want the new I be
To till still feed them. They want to be able to be these bottom feeders and just feed people off of us
and
Everyone that turns against us. They're just gonna befriend them
They're gonna have their little revival conference of all the new IP misfits all the rejects that we rejected
Say pastor does it upset you it doesn't upset me. You think I want to go to their stinking conference
Watch their promo videos. It's so lame
They're like we're gonna have revival we're gonna have a rival
Get out of here good riddance
Get rid of you and stick with the red-hot preaching conference every day of the week
You know what you can only push men for so long and
eventually, they're just gonna get to the point where they it's time to call this guy out and
And if you don't like it, then don't dish it out
If you don't if you can't take it then don't don't try to act like some tough guy
Because when you hit people sometimes they might hit you back