["Pomp and Circumstance"]
Amen. Welcome, Lord, to America.
Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day
to be able to freely gather again this evening
and to sing praises in your name
and to hear good preaching in your name.
Lord, I pray that you'd just be with those seeds that were planted
and the three salvations that we had this afternoon.
Lord, that you would just stir up their spirit
to get in a good church and to serve you.
Lord, as always, I just do pray that you'd incline your ear to us
as we sing praises for you
and that everything here would be done decently and in order.
These things we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
Amen. Amen.
For our next hymn, turn, if you would, to hymn number two,
Glory to His Name.
Hymn number two.
There on the first.
Found at the cross where my Savior died
Now where for cleansing from sin I cried
There to my heart was the blood of life
Glory to His name
There to my heart was the flood of life
Glory to His name
I am so wondrously saved from sin
Jesus so sweetly abides within
There at the cross where He took me in
Glory to His name
There to my heart was the blood of life
Glory to His name
O precious fountain that saves from sin
I am so glad I have entered in
There Jesus saves me and keeps me clean
Glory to His name
There to my heart was the blood of life
Glory to His name
Come to this fountain so rich and sweet
Cast thy poor soul at the Savior's feet
One ship today and be made complete
Glory to His name
There to my heart was the blood of life
Glory to His name
Alright, great singing this evening
If you need a bulletin, please raise your hand
We'll come around and get that to you
We do again have our verse for the week here on the front
If you are memorizing that chapter I encourage you guys to keep up the hard work there
And also for you kiddos
I know you get ice cream tonight
But if you want ice cream next week
Right, you want to memorize that verse
So I encourage you guys to do that
We have service times and so many times listed there
On the left hand side
And I got to get used to the new pulpit here
We had a total of three salvations this afternoon
So we'll get that added to our totals
For the week and the month
And I encourage you guys to keep up the hard work there
We do have soul winning again Thursday before the evening service at 5.30
If you can meet here, we'll send you out
And do some soul winning before that service
So I encourage you guys to participate if you can
Continue to be in prayer for our expecting lady, Ms. Ferb
Our next fifth Sunday fellowship is this coming Sunday
And that theme for that is foods that start with C
So it is a potluck style fellowship
And of course we'll do crowd pick hymns
And then fellowship afterwards
So I encourage you guys to be there for that
And then as I mentioned this morning
We had a great turnout for our marathon in Stillwater
17 total salvations for the day
So praise the Lord for that
And of course we've had brother Oz preach for us this morning
He's going to be preaching for us again this evening
I'm excited to hear the sermon that he's got prepared for us
And also if you have not taken your pictures
Please stick around for that
To do that directly after the service
I think everyone got taken care of this afternoon
But just in case, please let me know
So that way I can inform our photographer
And help him with that
But I'm pretty sure we're good to go there
And then also stick around
After the service we are going to have
Sunday floats, root beer floats
So definitely stick around for that
June 29th is our baby shower for my wife here at the church
That's going to be at 2pm
And then July 5th we have a baseball game scheduled to go to at Bricktown
And that starts at 7pm
We'll get some of the information there
In the next week
On where to park at
And what to expect for that
And I'm really looking forward to that
It's going to be a fun time
Also please invite anybody you would like
So if you have anybody that you want to bring along with you
Feel free to do that
August 15th through the 17th is our men's conference
And that's in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
It's about a 5 hour drive
4 and a half hour drive from Oklahoma City
And it's a Thursday through Saturday event
And I encourage you guys
For you men
If you're able to get off work
You won't be disappointed
We usually have great preaching for that
Do we know who the guest preacher is going to be yet?
Brother Elvis? Okay
So a guest preacher will usually come in
Pastor Shelly Hill preached Thursday
Friday is the guest preacher
And then Saturday is men's preaching in the morning
And we typically get back into town about 5pm
For us guys in Oklahoma City
On that Saturday
So I encourage you guys to put that on your calendar
If you can make it
It'll be a blessing to you
Right to our next song, hymn number 13
Must Jesus bear the cross alone
Hymn number 13
Alright hymn number 13
Must Jesus bear the cross alone
We'll sing there starting on the first
Must Jesus bear the cross alone
And all the world go free
No there's a cross for everyone
And there's a cross for me
A concept rated cross I'll bear
Till death shall set me free
And then go home
My crown to wear
For there's a crown for me
Apart the crystal pavement down
At Jesus' innocent feet
Joyful I'll cast
Thy golden crown
And his dear name repeat
O precious cross
The glorious crown
O resurrection day
The angels from the stars come down
And bear my soul away
Amen, good singing this evening
As the offering plates are being passed around
Turn if you would to Proverbs chapter number 14
Proverbs chapter 14
Proverbs chapter number 14
Verse number 1 the Bible reads
Every wise woman buildeth her house
But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord
But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride
But the lips of the wise shall preserve them
Where no oxen are the crib is clean
But much increases by the strength of the ox
A faithful witness will not lie
But a false witness will utter lies
A scorner seeketh wisdom and findeth it not
But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth
Go from the presence of a foolish man
When thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way
But the folly of fools is deceit
Fools make a mock at sin
But among the righteous there is favor
The heart knoweth his own bitterness
And a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown
But the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man
But the end thereof are the ways of death
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful
And the end of that mirth is heaviness
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways
And a good man shall be satisfied from himself
The simple believeth every word
But the prudent man looketh well to his going
A wise man fearth and departeth from evil
But the fool rageth and is confident
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly
And a man of wicked devices is hated
The simple inherit folly
But the prudent are crowned with knowledge
The evil bow before the good
And the wicked at the gates of the righteous
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor
But the rich hath many friends
He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth
But he that hath mercy on the poor happiest he
Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good
In all labor there is profit
But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury
The crown of the wise is their riches
But the foolishness of fools is folly
A true witness delivereth souls
But a deceitful witness speaketh lies
In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence
And his children shall have a place of refuge
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life
To depart from the snares of death
In the multitude of people is the king's honor
But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince
He that is slow to wrath is of good understanding
But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly
A sound heart is the life of the flesh
But envy the rottenness of the bones
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his maker
But he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness
But the righteous hath hope in his death
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding
But that which is in the midst of fools is made known
Righteousness exalteth the nation
But sin is a reproach to any people
The king's favor is toward a wise servant
But his wrath is against him that causeth shame
Let's pray
Definitely Father, Lord, pray now that you would just fill brother Oz with your Holy Spirit
Lord, help him to preach unto us your word
God, I pray that we would be attentive
And that we would have an open heart to receive the things that he's prepared for us
And that we would apply these truths to our lives
Amen, good evening, thank you all for being here
I just want to say thank you for the great hospitality that's been shown to us this weekend
I really have enjoyed this weekend
The soul winning marathon in Stillwater was great
It's a great area and soul winning today was great
Everything's just been awesome, I really appreciate the hospitality
My wife and I and our children are definitely looking forward to coming here soon
I've got a couple job interviews lined up
So as soon as I get a start date, I'm moving here
So be in prayer for me for that if you would
It's good to be here as always
So we're in Proverbs chapter number 14
And I want to read to you this evening verse number 15
The Bible says, The simple believeth every word
But the prudent man looketh well to his going
So here we get a description of a simple person in the Bible
Now what is someone that's simple?
Let me just give you the dictionary definition of the word simple
Simple is someone who's unlearned, ignorant, stupid, or untutored
Here's some synonyms, gullible, naive, trusting, susceptible, or unguarded
This is obviously, no one in here wants to be someone that's simple
No one wants to be stupid or gullible or just overly trusting
This is obviously something we want to avoid
And God gives us here one of the characteristics of a simple person, of a stupid person
Is someone that just believes everything they hear
Now there's only one thing in this whole world that you could just believe every word of
And it's the King James Bible
But everything else in life you need to take what's being said with caution
You need to do your own research
You need to not be someone that just believes everything that they hear
And this is all the more important in 2024 America with things like AI
With things like social media and just the internet and just our technology getting so advanced
You must have your mind guarded in this world right now
You cannot just believe everything you hear
Often times you can't even believe everything that you see
I mean this AI technology is crazy
I mean some of this technology is at the point where you could get a FaceTime call
And it has my voice, it has my face
And it's like, hey I just got in a car crash, I need to get some new tires, can you send me some money?
And it's not even me
It's like some dude in the Middle East just ripping you off
It's getting crazy in this world
And you have to make sure that you're not being a simple person that just believes everything you hear
Or even believes everything that you see
And when I think about two groups of people that really typify this mentality
First I think of just the far left
I mean just the crazy communist weirdos
I mean they believe everything that they hear
Anything that's on CNN, they believe it
Anything that the government says, they believe it
Anything that's in any textbook, they believe it
Anything that's in academia, they believe it
I mean Joe Biden is the most popular president that has ever existed in American history
That's what a lot of leftists believe today
He had the most votes of anyone in American history, right?
I mean the mRNA injection is so safe and effective, it's not hurting anyone
Because CNN told me that
Also, did you know that Vladimir Putin is just like the worst person that's ever lived on the face of the earth
Right, this is what leftists would say
And obviously I don't endorse Vladimir Putin, but just the things that they say about him often are lies
The far left, they just believe everything that they hear
But here's the thing, there's also a group on the right that is just like this
And often these people would call themselves part of the truther movement
Now I don't know what has happened to this movement
I don't know if it's just changed in the last 10 years
Or if just I've always been naive of what it truly is
But the thing is, I actually got saved by being a part of that movement
I wanted to know the truth
I actually found Pastor Anderson on Alex Jones, on the Alex Jones show
And you know it used to be if someone says like
Hey I think 9-11 was an inside job
I used to think about that person like
Man here's a person that's really smart, here's a person that's actually paying attention to the world
And they're realizing that they're being lied to
But now I feel like conspiracy theorists have gone so far
That when someone tells me that they believe 9-11 is an inside job
I'm like okay good, what shape is the earth though
Are you one of these QAnon people?
Are you about to tell me that Joe Biden's a hologram?
Like what other stupid stuff is about to come out of your mouth
And so many of these people on the far right
Who even call themselves Christians
Are nothing more than simple stupid people
Because they're exactly the same mentality as the left
The left, they just believe everything CNN says
Everything academia says
And nothing that the Bible says
Nothing that a conspiracy theorist will say
But here on the other side you have like the QAnon people
The people in the truth movement
And they believe nothing that the government says
Nothing the government ever says can be true
They believe nothing that a book in a college has ever said
It's all lies
The government's never done anything true
But they will believe anything that any YouTube video says
You are an idiot
And the title of the sermon is Stop Being Simple
Stop Being Simple
Look just because you're someone that's a conservative
Just because you're awake on a lot of issues
Doesn't actually mean you're smart
Because it could be you just happened to watch a video that told you the truth
And you got lucky and believed it
But you'll watch another video
About a different stupid conspiracy theory
And you'll immediately believe that too
You have no clue what you're talking about
You did zero research
You know nothing about the topic
But you will say oh this is a conspiracy
The government's lying about this
I mean let's think of some examples here
Here's some stupid, stupid conspiracies
How about that the global flood caused the craters on the moon
You are an idiot if you think that
That's not really a conspiracy theory
But that's just something stupid that you can hear on the internet
And you know what the simple believe every word
Okay let's think about another one
Here's something I've heard
Joe Biden is a hologram
Space isn't real
Who's heard someone say space isn't real
I know multiple people who have said this
My dad has worked with people that say this
And what's funny is my dad worked with this guy that said space isn't real
But yet he couldn't get around town without a GPS
It's like I wonder how that GPS works
Oh yeah satellites in space
You moron
Okay here's some other ones
Mein Kampf was written by Jews
Not Adolf Hitler
Okay
Sure
There are secret civilizations beyond Antarctica
Aliens built the pyramids
Rockets don't go to space they all go to the Bermuda Triangle
Rockets have never left our atmosphere
That's the Bermuda Triangle man
They all go there
Elon Musk's in on it
NASA's in on it
All of these stupid conspiracy theories
Ancient civilizations built the US Capitol buildings
The US Capitol building was built by an ancient civilization called Tartardia
Thousands of years ago
Yes
Also nukes don't exist
That's another stupid conspiracy theory I've heard
You know the US sent like paratroopers into Japan in 1945
And just like planted a bunch of TNT throughout all their cities
Because nukes don't exist
I mean wow
It's ridiculous
I believe that we went to the moon
I think there's a lot of evidence
And I'm not saying someone's stupid if they deny the moon landing
But what does bother me is when someone's done zero research on it
And they're like oh yeah that's fake man
Oh yeah the Van Allen radiation belt
Oh the Van Allen radiation belt?
You mean the one that was discovered by an astrophysicist?
You mean the belt that you wouldn't even know anything about
If it wasn't for an astrophysicist telling you about it?
Okay
Yeah that's not really a good example there to defend your theory
But look
That's really not the main issue
The issue is the point of the sermon is don't be simple
Don't just believe everything in here
Don't just believe every official story you ever hear
Don't believe every conspiracy theory you've ever heard
Okay and I want to give you a few principles tonight
That can safeguard you from being a simple person
Okay
Number one
You need to commit to lifelong learning
Go to Proverbs chapter one
Proverbs chapter one
If you want to be someone that is not gullible
That is not tricked
That is not just falling for everything that you hear
You need to commit to being a lifelong learner
It doesn't stop when you graduate high school
It doesn't stop when you graduate college
Us as Christians we need to be people that learn our entire lives
Look at Proverbs one verse seven it says
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge
But fools despise wisdom and instruction
You say I want to be wise I want to have knowledge
Well the very first step in that is that you must fear the Lord
You can't go anywhere else until you have feared God in your life
So you want to be someone that's not simple you want to be someone that's wise
You must fear the Lord
And we are living in a time where so many people are departing from knowledge
So many people are departing from wisdom
And are departing from instruction
Why is it? It's because they don't want to fear the Lord
I mean the public school system in America now has just become a joke
And it's really sad to see
It's really sad to see the reading level comprehension of a lot of people
It's sad to see Americans just test scores in general
I mean our nation right now educationally speaking is a nation in decline
And in a lot of ways is a nation in decline
And it's directly related to the fact that we as Americans are deciding no longer to fear God
And if we want to bring back wisdom, knowledge, education in our country
We need to bring back the fear of God
Go to Hebrews chapter 5, Hebrews chapter 5
Commit to life long learning
You know it makes sense for a baby to be ignorant
It makes sense for a child even to be ignorant of a lot of things
You know there should come a point in your life where you're no longer ignorant
Where you're an educated person
And it's the same thing spiritually
Look at Hebrews chapter 5 verse 12
It says, for when for the time ye ought to be teachers
Ye have need that one teach you again
Which be the first principles of the oracles of God
And are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat
So look this group of Christians here
These aren't the ones that are really mature
These aren't the ones that are really learned and educated
And mature in a spiritual sense
No they're actually ones that need milk
They should have been using strong meat by this point
Look at verse 13 it says, for everyone that useth milk
Is unskillful in the word of righteousness
For he is a babe
So what's the point? Commit to life long learning
You say, I want to learn the bible
I want to be someone that has a lot of bible knowledge
I want to be someone that's wise concerning the scriptures
How do you do it? Well you have to do it by reason of use
If you want to be someone that's educated in the bible
It means you have to use the bible
What does that look like?
Well of course one way it looks like is soul winning
You're going out and you're flipping to tons of verses
Week after week after week
And when you've gone soul winning for years and years
You've done it hundreds of times
And you've heard all the different false ideas that are out there
And when you're confronted with those ideas
You go home and you study and you think
How can I, what verse can I show to help this person learn
And that's going to cause you to become wise in the scriptures
Why? Because you're using it
When you put the bible into practice
You will become wise in the scriptures
So hey, commit to being a lifelong learner when it comes to the bible
What does that mean? Use the bible your whole life
Be a soul winner
Apply the things that you hear
Go to proverbs chapter number 4
Proverbs chapter number 4
Look at what it says in proverbs 4 13
It says take fast hold of
Notice this word
Instruction
Let her not go
Keep her for she is thy life
I love that word instruction
You know us as God's people
We should desire someone to instruct us
Someone to teach us
And this does not only apply spiritually
This should apply to your job
You should want to be better at your job
And you should want someone to tell you
How to get better
But we live in a time right now where a lot of people
They don't want to be told anything
They don't want to be told that they're not doing a good job
They don't want to be told how they can improve
So many people are just so prideful
They think I've already arrived
I'm already a smart person
I'm already a wise person
And people do this spiritually too
A lot of people, they don't think that they need church
In fact, out soul winning just today
I ran into a woman that says
Oh yeah, we don't got to go to church
This is someone that is simple
This is someone that doesn't know the Bible very well
Who is not educated regarding the scriptures
Why? Because she doesn't even realize the importance of church
You know, that's the mentality that a lot of people have spiritually and carnally today
But look, us as God's people, both spiritually and carnally
We should commit to being lifelong learners
I hate this anti-education attitude that I see some people having
Or this attitude where Christians are just dumb country bumpkins
You know, Florida man who says that he can't read half the words on the page
But he just believes it by faith
Oh, I'm so stupid I can barely put a puzzle together
But I believe the Bible, what a shame
That's a stupid attitude
I don't want us having that type of attitude
It's just ridiculous
Go to Psalm 119
And I'll read for you Proverbs 9, 9
It says, give instruction to a wise man
And he will be yet wiser
Teach a just man
And he will increase in learning
Notice how the Bible connects being wise with being just
You say, oh I want to be a Christian, I'm just not really into learning
You're an unjust Christian
You say, oh yeah, I want to be a good Christian, I just don't really care about education
You're a bad Christian
Because the Bible connects these ideas
Give instruction to a wise man
And he will be yet wiser
Teach a just man
And he will increase in learning
You show me someone that doesn't care about challenging their mind
You show me someone that doesn't care to research anything
They just believe what they hear
I'll show you an unjust person
And you know what I've noticed about a lot of people
Who just believe everything they hear
They are super, super lazy
They're lazy
Why? Because they don't want to actually look into anything
They don't want to actually do the hard study
And find out the truth for themselves
They just want someone to tell them, hey this is true
And they're just like, okay I believe that
But that's a lazy attitude
And of course it just shows that the Bible is true
That wisdom is connected with being just
And if someone's unwise
They're very often unjust
They're very often a bad Christian
Where do we learn about doing right?
Go to Psalm 119 verse 9
It says, Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way
By taking heed thereto according to thy word
And that's the best education anyone could get
Is reading the Bible
Taking heed to what it says
Look at verse 128 of the same chapter
Psalm 119, 128
The Bible says, Therefore I esteem all thy precepts
Concerning all things to be right
And I hate every false way
You know the great thing about the Bible
Is you can just immediately trust everything it says
And everything that the Bible says
We esteem to be right
And we hate every false way
And I think this is the mentality that God wants us to have
As Christians
Is that we should want to know what's right
We should want to know what's true
And of course the first way to find what's right
Is to find it in the Bible
But I think even carnally speaking
I think God cares that we want to know the truth about something
That we're not just so flippant with our facts
Or these conspiracy theories
But that we actually want to look into what is right
You know I don't think it's right for Christians
To go around and just blow their mouth off
About things that they have no idea what they're talking about
Even if it's not spiritual matters
I just don't think it's the attitude God wants us to have
I think He wants us to care about what's right
And investigate what's right
And then believe what's right
And then say what's right
Go to Proverbs 16, Proverbs 16
Proverbs chapter 16, look at verse 16
It says, How much better is it to get wisdom than gold
And to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver
You know the Bible says that it's better to get wisdom than gold
But how many people in this world actually believe that today
Virtually none, virtually none
When we look at our country today
When we look at the men of our country
When we look at the fathers of our country
What are they spending their lives doing
Seeking wisdom or seeking gold
Seeking gold obviously
You know and we have to be the exception as Christians
And realize that hey we should be seeking wisdom with our life
The same amount of energy that the Jewish banker wants to put into committing usury
And running all of his businesses and making tons of money
Is the same type of energy and effort we should be putting into becoming wise
Into becoming educated
Why? Because that's way more powerful than money
You know the word of God, the truth on your side
Being someone that's wise
You actually end up having more power in society than just someone with money
Because someone who's unwise and has money can lose it like that
But someone that's wise, they actually understand how things work
They actually know stuff, okay
Someone that's wise actually understands things
Proverbs 18, 15
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge
And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge
So remember in our sermon text here
The simple is contrasted against the prudent
And the simple he believes every single word
But notice what the prudent does?
He gets knowledge
It doesn't sound to me like God believes in this country bumpkin attitude
Where he's against education
You know it sounds to me like he really cares about us getting knowledge
Really cares about us getting wisdom, okay
Go to Daniel chapter number one, Daniel chapter number one
Daniel chapter number one, verse three
The Bible says, and the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs
That he should bring certain of the children of Israel and of the king's seeds
And of the king's seed and of the prince's
Children in whom was no blemish but well favored
And notice skillful in all wisdom
And cunning in knowledge and understanding silence
And such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace
In whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans
Notice when it comes to Nebuchadnezzar and the type of people that he's looking to serve his kingdom
Is he looking for people who've watched a lot of TikTok conspiracy videos?
Is he looking for someone that's played a lot of video games?
Or who's smoked a lot of pot?
Or has stared up in the space looking for people to serve his kingdom?
Or has stared up in the space looking for aliens all night or anything like that?
No, it's actually children that are wise, that are full of knowledge, that understand science
Don't have an anti-science attitude as a Christian
Just because there's a lot of science falsely so-called out there
Look, I love science
And here's the thing about science, science is just knowledge
And the Bible constantly uses carnal truths to illustrate spiritual truths
But you realize that you can't understand the spiritual truth unless you understand the carnal truth
If you don't understand the carnal truth, how are you going to understand the spiritual truth?
You know, you've got a subject like physics
What is physics?
It's just like the study of physical reality
That's all it is
And some Christians will be like, oh, that's terrifying, that's, I mean, that's satanic, that's witchcraft
Stay far away from that
It's like, no, what's wrong with physics?
Physics is great
I hope people learn physics
I'm not afraid as a preacher of Christians learning physics
Because science is not a bad thing
Don't get this stupid holier-than-thou mentality
All I ever read is the Word of God
You read anything else, you are not spiritual
You are vain
You are wasting your time
Wow, that's a foolish attitude to have
Seriously, it doesn't impress me
It doesn't make me think you're cool
It makes me think you're simple
It makes me think you're lazy
It makes me think you're unjust
But you just convince yourself of that
Go right ahead
Look at verse number 5
And it says, And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat
And of the wine which he drank
So nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king
Now among these were of the children of Judah
Known as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah
Hey, these four guys, these four children
Are a great example to us
I mean, do you think we could find just tons of children like this in the United States of America today?
Probably not
I'm sure there's exceptions out there
But look, I went to public school
And so I feel like I have to be neurotic about learning
Because I feel like the government just failed me so much
And I'm just like trying to catch up
I'm trying to read a ton, I'm trying to learn a ton
But so many people, they're just complacent with their level of knowledge
Their level of wisdom
Their Bible knowledge, they're just complacent about it
I mean, these guys had to have worked hard to get to the level of wisdom that they were at
And God doesn't, you know, look down upon these children for being wise
Actually, these are really favored people on the side of God
Go to 1 Kings Chapter 4
1 Kings Chapter 4
And it's funny, because many prideful people
We think, well, us in 2024 America
We're just so much smarter than all the generations that came before us
We're just so much better, we have so much more understanding than them
And of course, there are individual people who are smarter today than individual people back then
But, I mean, in general, if you read 17th, 18th century literature
It's immediately obvious how much better educated they are than us
I mean, one of my, probably my favorite fiction book ever
Is Uncle Tom's Cabin
Written by a woman, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe I think is her name
And her writing is just beautiful
I mean, it's magnificent
You have to really pay attention to understand what she's saying
Because her pen is just awesome
But how many people could write like that today?
Everyone has a TikTok brain today
I mean, you can hardly get someone's attention for 10 or 15 minutes out soloning
For them to pay attention to the gospel
Not to mention people writing down and creating beautiful works of literature
Like Uncle Tom's Cabin
And so we don't need to have this attitude like, oh, we're so much more smart
No, a lot of us are way dumber than previous generations
And some of us need to wake up and say, like, wow, I need to spend more time learning
I need to spend less time on my phone
I need to commit to being a lifelong learner
I need to stop wasting so much time
Look at 1 Kings 4, 29
And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding
Exceeding much and largeness of heart
Even as the sand that is on the shore
So look, Solomon was someone that was very wise
And had great understanding
And remember, why is that?
It's because he asked God
And so you want to be someone that's smart
You want to be someone that's educated
Ask God to help you
Ask God to give you wisdom
Ask God to give you understanding
And then as you ask, put in the work
And actually try to learn things
And then you might wake up one day realizing that you actually are educated
Or you're actually a lot more educated than a lot of people in this society
Verse 31
For he was wiser than all men
That's an extreme statement right there
Then Ethan, the Ezraite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol
And his fame was in all nations round about
And he spake three thousand proverbs
And his songs were a thousand and five
Notice that his fame was in all nations round about
It doesn't sound to me like because Solomon was educated
That somehow hindered the kingdom of God
Oh Solomon, you should have just been so much more spiritual
Just only focusing on reading the Bible
Actually, he was famous in all nations because he was smart
And notice, did he only read the Bible?
Well, look at verse 33
And he spake of trees
From the cedar tree that is in Lebanon
Even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall
He spake also of beasts
And of fowl
And of creeping things
And of fishes
So notice, Solomon put in some serious study
About a wide variety of topics
It's not like Solomon's only reading the Bible
No, this guy could tell you everything about zoology
This guy could tell you everything about trees
This guy could tell you everything about birds
This guy could tell you everything about bugs
I mean, that's pretty cool, right?
This is a smart guy
This guy actually did some real reading
He's not just only reading the Bible
This guy just knows a lot about a lot
And that didn't hinder the kingdom of God
That didn't make him less spiritual
In fact, the nation under Solomon was the best it ever was
Under someone who was what?
Wiser than all men
Doesn't sound to me like God's against education
Doesn't sound to me like God wants us to be stupid
Like God wants us to be fools
And so when it comes to committing to being a lifelong learner
You want to know what this looks like in reality?
It does not look like watching documentaries, okay?
Look, there could be some great documentaries
Steadfast Baptist Church has produced some great documentaries
But you want to know the primary way to learn stuff?
Ready?
This is going to be a painful word for some of you
Read books!
Let me tell you something
If you go through an entire calendar year
And you don't read a book
You need to change your life
If right now the only thing you read is the Bible
You need to change your life
You need to dedicate yourself to becoming more educated
And look, I hope you read the Bible a ton
I hope you read it through cover to cover every year
I hope you read it cover to cover more than that
Go as hard as you want to read the Bible
I'm not telling you read the Bible less
Read the Bible more, but I'm telling you read other stuff too
Because sometimes you can get unbalanced
You know, God wants us to not just be so spiritually minded
That we're no carnal good, right?
We need to be educated people
And what that looks like is reading books
I've talked a lot about this recently
This has kind of become something I'm really passionate of
Because I'm just sickened and horrified
By the direction our country is going
And by how stupid people are becoming
And by how little people know about history
Or really anything
And so look, please read books
This is something I hear a lot
I just don't know what to read
Okay, well I'm going to recommend one social media app
That is actually good, okay?
It's called Goodreads
Goodreads is a great app
And you can connect with your friends on there
And you can see what they're reading
You can share what you're reading
And I have a whole list of books I've read on there
If you want to add me on there
You can get a lot of reading recommendations
Don't waste your time with that one
Frankenstein was like the worst book ever written
It's terrible, don't ever read it
It's a complete waste of time
But look, there's other things to be like
Oh yeah, I never thought about reading that, that might be interesting
So yeah, just get the app Goodreads
And get some dang books
Where do you buy books?
Thriftbooks.com
Cheap, super cheap
And if you homeschool, you can register as a teacher
And you get extra discounts
I mean, I got like 15 books one time
So it can be done
You know what, you just need to stop making excuses though
Stop making excuses
Oh, I don't know what to read
Look, just pick up a book and read it
We need to not be idiots as Christians
So number one, if you don't want to be simple
You need to commit to lifelong learning
Number two, you need to approach claims with caution
You need to approach claims with caution
Go to Proverbs, or I'm sorry, go to Deuteronomy 19
You know, Proverbs 14, 15 says
The simple believeth every word
But the prudent man looketh well to his going
You know, apply this to conspiracies, please
Just because you hear of a conspiracy
You need to approach that with caution
And look, I believe that conspiracy theories are real
The Bible is actually full of conspiracies
If you actually look for it
I've preached a whole sermon called
Conspiracy Theory or Coincidence Theory
I believe in conspiracies
But that does not mean that every conspiracy theory is real
And when you hear a claim
You should approach that with caution
And not just instantly believe it
No, you should actually do your own research
But think about this mentality some people have
Of just believing everything they hear
They don't approach claims with caution
What if we just took that same mentality
And applied it to Steadfast Baptist Church
What if you just typed in
Steadfast Baptist Church into Google
And just believed everything you read
And believed everything you hear
Here's some claims made about Steadfast Baptist Church
There's a video online
Of this black guy pulling up to Steadfast Baptist Church
Back when we were in Hearst
And this skinny little white kid
Comes up to his window
And the black guy asks him, hey what are they doing in there?
And the little white kid says
Oh yeah, they said that they'll
Steadfast said that they'll allow black people
To go to heaven if they promise to be their slave
These are the types of claims
That are online about our church
Just absolute
Fabricated, out of nowhere
Complete and utter lies
But you want to know what an idiot
Stupid person would do
They see that video and they go, wow
What a terrible church
It's like, hey, moron, it's a lie
Let me explain to you something about the internet
Not everything on the internet is true
Not everything you hear is true
Not everything you see is true
And so realize that
If there's videos about Steadfast
You know, we're going to have slaves in heaven someday
Maybe your weird Joe Biden hologram theory is also a lie
Do you ever think about that?
You know, maybe you just look up
And you see outer space at night
And then you go on your internet and it says
Oh, space isn't real
Maybe it's lying to you
Maybe you should actually approach claims with caution
And not be a complete idiot
Here's another claim
About Steadfast Baptist Church
Our protesters claimed
That I pointed an
AR-15 rifle
At the protesters
During church
And they would repeat this over and over and over
They made videos about it
I'd walk out of the church like, hey, Dylan
Why'd you point a rifle at us?
It's like, look, what kind of an idiot would believe something like that?
But people do
People see that video and they believe it
Not realizing that if I had pointed a rifle
At protesters in church
That I would be in jail right now
I would be in jail
But the simple believeth every word
They hear a claim
Oh, Dylan pointed an AR-15 at protesters
Must be true. Why?
Cause I heard it on the internet
Here's another claim about us on the internet
Pastor Shelley wants video gamers to be murdered
I mean
Our protesters literally had signs
Pastor Shelley wants to kill
All video gamers
It's like, we have tons of video gamers in our church
Why isn't he killing all of them?
Because it's a lie
But we're so
Full of idiots
In our society that just believe everything they heard
Pastor Shelley wants
Disobedient children to be murdered
Wow
Here's one
Here's a video I saw
Some faggot protester claimed to have
Infiltrated one of our services
They said that, oh, I went in, I attended one of their services
And as soon as I got in the service
All the ushers quartered off the building
And locked all the doors
And locked everyone in during the service
It's just like
Unbelievable
But people are gonna watch that video
And they're going to believe it. Why?
Because they're stupid
And you think you're so much better than them
But hold on
Do you believe everything that you hear?
Do you approach claims with caution?
Or do you just believe every single
Stupid TikTok video that you see?
You believe any conspiracy video that you see
On Instagram
You might be guilty of the same stuff
Don't fall into that trap
So, approach claims with caution
You know, let's apply this to people
Because often times accusations
Are made against other individuals
We should not just believe
Accusations
Made against individuals
With no evidence
By the way, I even apply this to people
I don't like
In fact, I even apply this to people
That I hate
Just because someone is a sodomite
It does not give you the right to lie about them
It does not give anyone the right to lie about them
And it does not give you the right to exaggerate about them
And if someone
Is saying something about a sodomite
That is false, you should be rebuked for doing so
When someone
Says something false about anyone
You should be rebuked for doing so
You know, Greg Locke
I'm paraphrasing him here
Unfortunately, I listened to one of his sermons
And he got up, he's being all charismatic
And he was saying, who's the two guys he called out
He's like, Kenneth Copeland is a pedophile
Joel Osteen is a pedophile
Yeah, why don't you sue me, Joel Osteen
Why don't you sue me, Kenneth Copeland
And I'm just thinking like, okay
You know, maybe Kenneth Copeland
Is a pedophile
Maybe Joel Osteen is a pedophile
But do you have any evidence for that?
Do you have any evidence
For making a claim against someone
That is a crime being worthy of putting to death
Because look, I don't care how much
I hate Kenneth Copeland
I don't care how much I hate Joel Osteen
If that's not true
Then Greg Locke is guilty of railing
And according to the Bible, should be literally
Thrown out of church
He should be thrown out of church for a lot of reasons actually
But look, just because you don't like someone
Just because even someone's a false prophet
Don't get up and just lie about them
And when you hear claims about someone
Realize that you should
Approach that claim with caution
Even if you hear a claim about someone you don't like
Someone says something bad about a false prophet
Make sure it's true
Someone says something bad about the Jews
Make sure it's true
Why? Because I think God cares
That we care about truth
Not just confirmation bias
I hate the Jews
A lot of people in the new IFB have this attitude
Where they hate all Jews
Which by the way, I don't hate all Jews
I don't think you should hate all Jews
I think you should hate the religion of Judaism
But there's people who call themselves Jews that can get saved
But don't just turn off your brain
And turn on your little confirmation bias
And you hear something negative about the Jews
And you just automatically believe it
You know what you could be guilty of? Being simple
Being stupid
Someone that just believes everything that they hear
I'm sick and tired of hearing this
Go to Deuteronomy 19
Verse 15 says
One witness shall not rise up
Against a man for any iniquity
Or for any sin
In any sin that he sinneth
So if one person comes up to you
And makes a claim about another person
Don't even listen to it
Don't even give a credence in your mind for one single second
Someone makes a claim about someone
To me
And there's one witness
I'm just gonna pretend like I heard nothing
I'm gonna change the way I think about that person
Zero
And stuff like this has happened
And you know what?
Not understanding this actually causes people harm
Because there's been people in the past that have made false accusations
Against pastors
And when I hear people
Their heart and their attitude is then changed towards that person
Because they're wondering in their mind
Could it be true?
But you know what? You're just a fool if you do that
Because the Bible says
One witness shall not rise up
And so when one witness comes to you
Just immediately let it go out of your mind
Approach claims with caution
It says at the mouth of two witnesses
Or at the mouth of three witnesses
Shall the matter be established
So look
Let's say you have two or three witnesses
Even to open up an investigation
That doesn't mean that two or three witnesses
Just automatically convict
That just opens up an investigation
You know, let's just use a theoretical example
Let's say you have
Video evidence
Of brother so and so
Inside of a bar
Now the simple-minded person
Would say, oh yeah for sure
This proves beyond any shadow of a doubt
This guy's a drunk
What are you doing there blah blah blah
That video just shows that that person was in the bar
Right? But
You know there could be other logical explanations
For things that you need to investigate
Before you just jump to a claim that someone's guilty
Like for example, what if someone was
Doing DoorDash and was just delivering food
Or picking up food from that restaurant and leaving
If you're a DoorDash driver, don't pick up from bars
I'm not saying to do that
But what I'm just showing you is
You need to realize that sometimes
There's more to the story
You need to make something right off the bat
Right? Two or three witnesses
That just opens up an investigation
Then you need to make diligent inquisition
Look at verse 16, it says
If a false witness rises up against any man
To testify against him
That which is wrong
Then both the men between whom the controversy is
Shall stand before the Lord
Before the priests and the judges
Which shall be in those days
And the judges shall notice
Shall make diligent inquisition
Before I get on the next verse
I want to point out that phrase
Diligent inquisition
What is this?
This is a fact-finding investigation
A fact-finding mission
This means
Your emotions are put aside
Your prejudices are put aside
Your feelings and dispositions
About the person
Based on their religion
Or if they are whatever to you
Those are put aside and you're going to look into
The facts
Okay? I don't like Joe Biden either
But saying he's a hologram
Where's the facts, man?
I don't like him either
But he's a real person
He exists, okay?
Look, NASA has done some weird things
But space exists, my friend
Okay?
The rockets don't just go into the Bermuda Triangle
If you actually did some diligent
Inquisition
You'd find really fast at a lot of those
I mean, how about the flat earth? Good night
You don't even need diligent inquisition for that
You just need to, like, open your eyes and look outside
Okay? The earth is not flat
Please don't ever try to convince me of flat earth
I don't want to hear it, okay?
Verse 19
Then shall you do unto him
As he had thought to have done unto his brother
So shalt thou put away
Evil from among you
Look, God hates false witnesses so bad
He says, if you
If you accuse someone
Of something that's worthy of being put to death
And it comes out that you actually are a false witness
Then whatever the punishment
For the person you are accusing would have been
Should now become your punishment
And you know, we live in a society
Today where people are not afraid
At all
To falsely accuse individuals
As I showed you with the examples of steadfast
I mean, people are just ready to falsely accuse each other
Why? Because we don't have God's law
Look, false accusations would be a lot less common
If women
Who claimed to be raped by a man
And were lying about it
Were actually put to death
You know, we have this believe all women movement
No, no, no, no, no
You don't just believe all women
You don't just believe all men
You follow the facts
You find two or three witnesses
You do a diligent inquisition
Every woman has the right to be believed
No she doesn't
You don't have the right to be believed either
I don't have the right to be believed either
You have to have facts
Because I had someone tell me this
That works in this
Part of the world
That a lot of times women
Will either fornicate or commit adultery
And in order to cover it up
They will go get a rape test kit
From the police
And so the physical evidence
Often shows, oh yeah, it does show that you
Have just been lying with someone
But does that prove that she was raped?
No it doesn't
Women are doing this to avoid consequences
Of embarrassment
Of discipline from their parents
Or of their spouse finding out
That they committed adultery
So believe all women?
No. Do diligent inquisition
And by the way, if a man rapes a woman
He should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head
Rape is a
Disgusting sin
And a woman who is a victim of rape
Should have justice
And the perpetrators of that crime should be dealt with
By the government legally and lawfully
But you know what, if a woman claims to have been raped
And she's lying, then she should be
Put to death after diligent inquisition
After facts are presented
Why? Because we shouldn't just have
This culture where people are just falsely
Accusing people all the time
But here we are, so what should we do?
We should approach claims with caution
And realize just because something says something
Does not make it so
Go to Exodus chapter 18
Exodus chapter 18
But you know, at least in the house of God
We are not going to tolerate
Railing and false accusations
You know, the government may not do
Anything about it, but if you think
That you could just rail against your brothers and sisters
In Christ, if you think you could just falsely
Accuse your brothers and sisters in Christ
And not have any punishment for that
You have another thing coming
That's not how a real church works
Exodus 18, 21
Moreover, thou shalt provide
Out of all the people
Able men, such as fear God
Men of truth
Hating covetousness
And place such over them to be rulers
Of thousands and rulers of hundreds
Rulers of fifties and rulers of tens
You know, when it comes to the qualification for someone
To judge in any
Matter, it's important to have
Quality men of integrity
In the position of a judge
Why? Because if they're not, well then
They might just believe everything they hear
If they're just a simple person, they're just going to believe everything they hear
Or they're going to be led by their emotions
By the way, I'm sorry
We shouldn't have women judges in our nation
Because women are more emotional than men
And sometimes it takes a man
To say, you know what, take the emotion out
Take your presuppositions out
Or what you think this evidence tells you
And we're just going to look at the plain cold facts
Regardless of where it leads us
That's the type of men
That we need as judges in our nation
That's the type of men we need as pastors
That's the type of men we need as police officers
As presidents
And any type of position of power, we need men of truth
Why? Because we should be people that
Approach claims with caution
I want to read to you
This is some commentary
From the U.S. District Court
For the District of Massachusetts
And it goes over
This idea of being innocent
Until proven guilty
See, our legal system, it doesn't just
Hear a claim and just believe it and you're just guilty
Because Kim Jong-un said so
You know, a lot of communists in our nation
Want to turn it into that way
But let me read you some commentary
From the U.S. District Court
For the District of Massachusetts
It says this
Presumption of innocence
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
It is a cardinal principle
Of our system of justice
That every person accused of a crime
Is presumed to be innocent
Unless and until
His or her guilt is established
Under formality, it is a matter of
The most important substance
So the Massachusetts
District Court here is saying
You want to know what the bedrock of our legal system is
It's that a person that's accused
Of a crime is presumed to be
Innocent until proven guilty
Beyond a reasonable doubt
You know what, that is how we should treat people in church
That's how we should treat people in our daily lives
We should give people the benefit of
The doubt. That's even a legal principle
In our own nation
So then it's going to quote like
The directions that a judge would give
To the jury. It says this
The presumption of innocence alone
May be sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt
And to require
The acquittal of a defendant
The defendant before you, John Doe
Has the benefit of that presumption
Throughout the trial
And you are not to convict him
Of a particular charge
Unless you are persuaded of his guilt
Of that charge beyond
The presumption of innocence
Until proven guilty
Means that the burden of proof is always
On the government to satisfy you
That a defendant is guilty of the crime
With which he has been charged
Beyond a reasonable doubt
The law does not require that the government prove
Guilt beyond all possible doubt
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt
Is sufficient to convict
This burden never shifts
To the defendant
It is always the government's burden
To establish the elements of the crimes
Charged beyond a reasonable doubt
By the evidence and the reasonable inferences
To be drawn from that evidence
The defendant has the right to rely upon
The failure or inability of the government
To establish beyond a reasonable doubt
Any essential element of a crime
Charged against him
If, after fair and impartial consideration
Of all the evidence
You have a reasonable doubt
As to the defendant's guilt
It is your duty to acquit him
On the other hand, if, after fair and impartial
Consideration of all the evidence
You are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt
Of a defendant's guilt
You should vote to convict
So notice, judges tell juries today
If there's any reasonable doubt in your mind
Any reasonable doubt in your mind
That someone is innocent
Of the crime they're being charged with
That you should then vote for them to be innocent
That is the mentality of even our
System of law
And you want to know where this mentality came from
It comes from the Bible
It comes from the word of God
That's what our country was founded on
And our country, you know, knows
That the Bible says that you're not
Supposed to just believe one witness
That you're not supposed to just hear a claim and run with it
That you're supposed to make diligent inquisition
To a matter
And that there has to be proof of that guilt
Beyond a reasonable doubt
Otherwise, don't listen to it
Otherwise, we're not throwing the person in jail
Otherwise, you shouldn't listen to that gossip
Don't listen to that railing by someone
About any individual
Whether they're your friend, whether they're your foe
You should treat everyone
The same when it comes to judgment
Everyone the same
Look at 1 Timothy, chapter number 5
And it gives some
Instructions to
Both congregation and pastor here
1 Timothy, chapter number 5, verse 19
Specifically, when it comes to
Accusations made against a pastor
This is what the Bible says in 1 Timothy 5, 19
It says, against an elder
Receive not an accusation
But before two or three witnesses
So notice
For you to even hear an accusation
Against a pastor, there must be two or three witnesses
Not to say that the pastor's
For sure wrong, but to even listen to it
There has to be two or three
Then it says, them that sin
Rebuke before all that others
Also may fear
I charge thee, the pastor, before God
The Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels
That thou observe these things, notice
Without preferring one before another
Doing nothing by partiality
Notice, when it comes to judgment
God wants the pastor
God wants judges
Of this land to judge everyone
Equally, to not be a respecter
Of persons, to not think, well
I like this person, so I'm going
To assume their innocence
Or I dislike this person, so I'm going to
Assume their guilt, no, rather
Both parties are given the presumption of innocence
No matter what
And there has to be proof to convict
There has to be multiple witnesses
And if there's not that, you know what
Just approach that claim with caution
Say, I'm not going to listen to this, and just let it go
Don't treat anyone any differently for hearing it
And notice how it says there
Them that sin, rebuke before all
You know, we need to bring back a culture in America
Where people are called out
For lying about other people
I mean, that is one of the worst things
About politics, which politics
Is just terrible, it's just
It sucks, okay, but one of the worst
Things about it is how people are just
Allowed to lie about each other, just non-stop
I mean, I even had a teacher
In my high school that ran
For a local, low position
He ran for coroner, and
Just, even in a little tiny
County election, I actually followed that
Election, and I was just blown away
At how, like, bloody and nasty and how many lies
Were involved in that campaign
I mean, our nation today is full of
Liars and lies
And look, if someone lies about someone else
In this church, they need to be rebuked
They need to be called out
And if they don't apologize, they want to dig in
1st Corinthians chapter 5 says that
They should actually be removed from the congregation
And so don't think that
Because out in the world, women
Can go around accusing any man of rape
And nothing happens to her
Look, if a woman decided to do that in this church
She'd be thrown out immediately
I mean, that's garbage, if it was false, of course
Now, if it's real, then you better
Believe we're calling the police, we're, like, obviously
We're getting police involved when it comes to crimes
But you get what I'm saying
Approach claims with caution
For the sake of time here, let's go to
Let's go to Proverbs, or sorry
Let's go to 1st Corinthians chapter number 14
1st Corinthians chapter number 14
So number one, you don't want to be simple
Commit to lifelong learning
Don't want to be simple, approach claims with caution
Number three, you need to verify
Preaching with scripture
You need to verify preaching with scripture
The Bible says that the simple believeth every word
And absolutely, you can believe
Every word that's in this book
And look, I think you should come to church with an attitude
Wanting to learn, receptive to the preacher
Wanting to hear what he has to say, wanting to learn from him
But at the end of the day, you still
Need to verify
What is being said with scripture
1st Corinthians 14 verse 29
The Bible says this, it says
Let the prophet speak, two or three
And let the other, what?
Judge
Judge, that's a scary word today in our culture
But the Bible is saying when you're listening to preaching
You know what you should be doing?
Judge, you should be judging
Hey, I'm not afraid of that word
Number one, because if I'm wrong about something
I actually want to know what's right
Because I actually think that we should have the attitude
Where we should learn and be educated and get wisdom
And if I'm wrong about something, I actually want to change
Let's learn
And number two, I'm not afraid of it because I got this book right here
And everything in it is true
But you know what you should be doing? No matter who's preaching
You should be judging
You should be listening
You should be verifying what's being preached with scripture
Acts chapter number 17
I'll read for you in verse 10, it says
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas
By night unto Berea
Who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica
In that they received the word
With all readiness of mind
So they wanted to learn
And searched the scriptures daily
Whether those things were so
You know the Christians in Berea
They're a great example
They showed up to church with a receptive heart
With ears ready to listen
Ready to be attentive to God's word
But still at the end of the day
They checked everything that was preached with the word of God
And you want to know why we have
Such terrible churches
Just exploding all over the nation
It's because people are sitting in the pews
That are simple
That believe every word they hear
And they don't verify what's being preached
With the scriptures
Because if people just read their Bibles
They would know how fake a lot of the things that pastors
Are preaching today
And I want to show you a few principles about this
Go to Ezekiel chapter 14
I want to read for you Hosea 4.9
Hosea 4.9 says this
And there shall be like people
Like priests
Punish them for their ways
And reward them for their doings
Often times
Leadership is just a reflection
Of the people
If someone is given a very bad leader
It's often because the people themselves are very wicked
If someone's given a good leader
It's often because the people themselves have turned their hearts to God
And are seeking the truth
And are wanting to know the truth
So the Bible says like people, like priests
Look at Ezekiel
Chapter 14 verse 1
It says
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me and sat before me
And the word of the Lord came unto me saying
Son of man, these men have set up their idols
In their heart and put the stumbling block
Of their iniquity before their face
Should I be inquired of at all by them?
Therefore speak unto them and say unto them
Thus saith the Lord
Every man of the house of Israel that seteth up his idols
In his heart and put at the stumbling block
Of his iniquity before his face
And cometh to the prophet
I the Lord will answer him that cometh
To the pursuit of his idols
That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart
Because they are all estranged from me
Through their idols
Therefore say unto the house of Israel
Thus saith the Lord
Repent and turn yourselves from your idols
And turn away your faces from all your abominations
For every one of the house of Israel
Or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel
Which separateeth himself from me
And seteth up his idols in his heart
And put at the stumbling block of his iniquity
Before his face
I will speak unto a prophet
To inquire of him concerning me
I the Lord will answer him by myself
And I will set my face against that man
And I will make him a sign
And a proverb
And I will cut him off from the midst of my people
And ye shall know that I am the Lord
And if a prophet be deceived
When he hath spoken a thing
Notice I the Lord have deceived that prophet
And I will stretch out my hand upon him
And will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel
And they shall bear the punishment
Of their iniquity
The punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment
Of him that seeketh
Unto him
You have a situation where you have a bunch of
Ignorant people seeking
Unto a bunch of ignorant
Pastors that are lying
And deceiving and preaching lies in the name of the Lord
And God says you know what
You show me a prophet that's deceived
You show me a prophet that's lying to a bunch
Of gullible idiots and I'll show you someone
Who I myself has deceived
As a punishment upon those very people
Why? Because like prophet
Like priest
You want to know why our nation is full
Of a bunch of false prophets today
You want to know why there's a bunch of garbage churches
Everywhere you look
It's because our nation is full of a bunch of simple
Stupid people that believe everything they hear
And they don't check
What's preached with the scripture
You want to know why the preacher of raptors
Is being preached today?
It's because people don't read the Bible
Because Matthew 24 is abundantly clear
That it's after the tribulation
But why are all these pastors succeeding?
Why are their churches full today?
Because the people
Filling them are stupid that's why
You say that's mean
Well you know what I think is mean? I think lying to people is mean
And someone needs to wake people up
And say hey you're being simple
You're believing everything you hear
Read the Bible and check it for yourself
Don't just believe everything you hear
Why is it today that so many churches
Are celebrating pride month
Are standing up in defense of the sodomites
Are saying they're welcome to come to Christ
Why is it happening?
Is because a bunch of people in the pews
Are stupid fools
That don't read the Bible
They didn't read Romans chapter 1
They didn't read 2 Peter chapter 2
They didn't read Jude
They didn't read Leviticus
They didn't read 1 Kings
They read nothing
They watched TikTok, they watched movies all day
And they're too lazy to read the scripture
Why are we
Full of churches like this? Because there's
Stupid people in those churches
Because they're not verifying
What the Bible says
With what their preacher is saying
Why are so many Christians today drinking alcohol?
Why are so many pastors standing up
And saying that it's okay to drink alcohol?
Or Christians like John
Lovell standing up and saying that Jesus Christ
Commanded his disciples to drink alcohol
That it's actually command of Jesus
Jesus Christ
Because of ignorant fools that don't read their Bible
And they just hear something and they just believe it
Why are so many people today
Told by pastors
That divorce and remarriage is okay
As long as there was sexual immorality
In the marriage
Because people didn't read the Gospel of Matthew
Because people didn't read
Deuteronomy
Because people didn't read the words of Jesus Christ
And so they're just simple
And so they just believe everything they hear
Why is it today that Zionism
Is so rampant in America
When the Bible teaches against
This concept seemingly on every page
I mean once you learn the truth about
This doctrine it just pops out
All over the place
Why is it today that Christian men are being told
That it's okay to grow their hair out long
And to dress effeminate
Why is it today that women
Think it's okay to put on a
Pair of pants and to act like a man
And to rise up in the workplace
Why do women think that's okay
Because people aren't reading the Bible
Why is it today in the state of Oklahoma
There's a dispensary
There's a pot shop in every corner
Why it's because they're not
Reading the Bible
It's because they're simple
It's because they believe
Every single thing that they hear
But let me
Let me warn you tonight
You must verify what's being preached
With the scripture
And it doesn't matter that right now
We have great preachers in the new
IFB because what about in 30 years
From now because I could show you
First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana
Where Pastor Jack Hyles
Is preaching super hard against sin
He's calling out the sodomites
And did the people that follow him
Follow in his footsteps
Is the old IFB all just like Jack Hyles
Today or have they gotten way more
Liberal, have they watered down
The doctrine, have they stopped preaching on
Sin, have they rolled back the soul
Winning, no that's what's happened
And why is that? Well because people
Just got too comfortable, they just wanted to believe everything
They hear, and here's the thing about listening
And just believing everything you hear, that works out
When you're listening to a good person
That works out for you when you're listening to a godly person
But as soon as that changes
Then your trajectory now changes
Whereas if you listen to this, no matter what
It doesn't matter who tries to lead
You astray, you will always be on the right
Path by following this
So look, it's funny how people
They call the new IFB a cult
What's the sermon tonight?
Don't be simple
What am I saying? Go learn stuff
Go read stuff
Go investigate
Go research
And go check everything that is preached
With the Bible
That doesn't sound like a cult to me
That sounds like we're trying to empower people
With education, that's why we're trying
To empower people to become the best
Christians they could possibly be
I don't want you to be limited by your preacher, whoever that is
Hey, I want you to be the best
Christian you can be
I want you to know as much Bible as you could possibly know
But if you're only just listening to the preacher
Then you can only hope to know as much as him
But if you always check with the
Scripture, whatever's being said behind the pulpit
Then the sky's the limit for you
So let us not be simple people
Let us stop being simple
Let us do research
Let us check everything we believe with the word of God
Let's have a prayer, Lord
Thank you so much for this day and thank you for your word
That always will lead us in the right direction
I just pray that
The people of this state
The people of this nation
Would humble themselves and would once again
Seek to follow your word
And I pray that you just give us the boldness
To preach it, no matter how popular it is
Or how unpopular it is
We love you Lord and Jesus, we pray, Amen
Alright, at this time
We'll turn to our last hymn for the evening
Go ahead and grab your hymnal
Turn to hymn number 21
What a wonderful Savior
Hymn number 21
What a wonderful Savior
And we'll sing there starting on that first verse
Christ has for sin
A tone that made
What a wonderful Savior
We are redeemed
The price is paid
What a wonderful Savior
Is Jesus my Jesus
My Jesus
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Lord
I praise him
For the
Cleansing blood
What a wonderful
Savior
That reconciled
My soul
To God
What a wonderful
Savior
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Jesus
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Lord
He cleansed
My heart
From all its sin
What a wonderful
Savior
And now
He reigns and
Rules therein
What a wonderful
Savior
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Jesus
What a wonderful
Savior
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Lord
He gives me
Overcoming
Power
What a wonderful
Savior
And triumph
In each
Trying hour
What a wonderful
Savior
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Jesus
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Lord
On the last
To him I've
Given all
My heart
What a wonderful
Savior
Shall never
Share a part
What a wonderful
Savior
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Jesus
What a wonderful
Savior
Is Jesus
My Lord
Is Jesus
My Lord
Amen
With that you are dismissed
Don't forget about the Father's Day floats to follow the service
But other than that we'll see you for the next service
Amen