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Good afternoon everybody.
Please turn your handbooks to page number 411.
Page 411.
Page 411. Hold the fort.
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Sing out the first verse.
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Hold the second.
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Dear Lord, we thank you for this day.
We thank you for those who are able to come out.
And Lord, we thank you for Brother Dylan as he is able to come back tonight and preach for us.
In your name, Amen.
Alright, please turn your handbooks to page number 144.
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Page 144.
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Page 144, The Mighty Fortress Is Our God.
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Sing out the first.
🎵The Mighty Fortress Is Our God🎵
🎵A forward manner killing🎵
🎵Our alparee amid the flood🎵
🎵A portal is prevailing🎵
🎵For still our ancient foe🎵
🎵Tost seek to work us long🎵
🎵His craft and power great🎵
🎵And armed with cruel hate🎵
🎵On earth is not his equal🎵
On the second.
🎵Did we know strength from man🎵
🎵For striving would be losing🎵
🎵We're not the right man on our side🎵
🎵The men of God, don't you see?🎵
🎵Just ask who that may be🎵
🎵Christ Jesus, did you see?🎵
🎵Or tell him his name🎵
🎵But on each two days the same🎵
🎵We must win the battle🎵
On the third.
🎵And all this world with devil's hell🎵
🎵Should threaten to undo us🎵
🎵We will not fear or God hath will🎵
🎵His truth to triumph through us🎵
🎵The prince of darkness grim🎵
🎵We tremble not for him🎵
🎵His grace we can endure🎵
🎵For hope is to be sure🎵
🎵On which the whole world shall fail🎵
On the last.
🎵That word of noble earthly powers🎵
🎵No thanks to them of our youth🎵
🎵The spirit and the gifts are ours🎵
🎵Through him who with us I am🎵
🎵Let goods and kindred go🎵
🎵This mortal life also🎵
🎵The body they may kill🎵
🎵God's truth the pious do🎵
🎵His kingdom is forever🎵
And then he got the book of 1 Corinthians.
1 Corinthians verse 1 of chapter 7 it reads
Now concerning the things whereof we wrote unto you
It is good for a man not to touch a woman
Nevertheless to avoid fornication
Let every man have his own wife
And let every woman have her own husband
Let the husband render unto the wife
Due benevolence and likewise also the wife unto the husband
The wife hath not power of her own body but the husband
And likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body
But the wife
Defry ye not one the other
Except it be with consent for a time
That ye may give yourselves the fasting of prayer
And come together again
To say and tempt you not for your incontinence
But I speak this by permission and not of commandment
For I would all men were even as I myself
But every man hath this proper gift of God
One after this manner and another after that
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows
It is good for them if they abide even as I
But if they cannot contain, let them marry
For it is better to marry than to burn
And unto the married I command
Ye not I, so yet not I, but the Lord
Let not the wife depart from her husband
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried
Or be reconciled to her husband
And let not the husband put away his wife
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord
If any brother hath a wife that believeth not
And she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not
And if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife
And the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband
Else were your children unclean, but now are they holy
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart
A brother or sister is not under bondage in such cases
But God hath called us to peace
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband?
Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called everyone
So let him walk, and so are they nigh in all churches
Is any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised
Is any called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing
But the keeping of the commandments of God
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called
Art thou called, being a servant? Care not for it
But thou mayest be made free, use it rather
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free man
Likewise also, he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant
Ye are bought with a price, be not ye the servants of men
Brethren, let every man wherein he is called, wherein therein abide with God
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord
Yet I give my judgment
As one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful
I suppose, therefore, that this is good
For the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be
Art thou bond unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed
Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife
But, and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned
And if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned
Nevertheless, such shall have trouble in the flesh
But I spare you, but this I say, brethren
The time is short, it remaineth
That both they that have wives be as though they had none
And they that weep as though they wept not
And they that rejoice as though they rejoiced not
And they that buy as though they possessed not
And they that use this world as not abusing it
For the fashion of this world passeth away
But I would have you without carefulness
He that is unmarried careth for the things that belongeth to the Lord
How he may please the Lord
But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world
How he may please his wife
There is difference also between a wife and a virgin
The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord
That she may be holy both in body and in spirit
But she that is married careth for the things of the world
How she may please her husband
And this I speak for your prophet
Not that I may cast a snare upon you
But for which is comely
And that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction
But if any man think that he behaveth himself
Uncomely toward his virgin
If she pass the flower of her age
And need so require
Let him do what he will
He sinneth not, let them marry
Nevertheless, he that standeth steadfast in his heart
Having no necessity, but hath power over his own will
And hath so decreed in his heart
That he will keep his virgin doeth well
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well
But he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth
But if her husband be dead, she is at liberty
To be married to whom she will
Whom it only in the Lord
But she is happier if she so abide
After my judgment, and I think also
That I have the Spirit of God
Heavenly Father, bless her preaching tonight
Fill him with your Holy Ghost
And in her name, Amen
Amen, alright, great to be back
This is the third time I've visited this church now
And I love coming back here every time
It already feels like a second family to me
So thank you all for coming for this evening's service
And let's look at 1 Corinthians chapter number 7 verse 21
Art thou called being a servant?
Care not for it
But if thou mayest be made free, use it rather
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant
Is the Lord's free man
Likewise also, he that is called being free
Is Christ's servant, let's pray
Lord, thank you so much for this day
And thank you for the souls number 1 this afternoon
And for all the people that came to hear tonight's preaching Lord
That prayed to fill me with the Holy Ghost
And helped me to edify your church tonight
In Jesus name I pray, Amen
Alright, my servant tonight is the Lord's free man
The Lord's free man
And this verse is really interesting to me
Because it's an interesting concept to think about
How someone can be free and at the same time be a servant
Or how somebody can be a servant and at the same time be free
Keep your finger there and go to Jeremiah chapter number 20
Jeremiah chapter number 20
Starting there in verse 1 the Bible reads
Now Pashur the son of Imur the priest
Who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord
Heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things
Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks
That were in the high gate of Benjamin
Which was by the house of the Lord
And it came to pass on the morrow
That Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks
Then said Jeremiah unto him
The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur
But Magor the Sabbath
You know this story in Jeremiah is a picture
Of how the majority of the world sees Christians
Who actually live for God today
They see us as if we're in the stocks
As if we're in bondage right
As if we're in servitude
Which we are in servitude to the Lord Jesus Christ
But the world looks at it as a bad thing
You know we get called terms like legalists
Or you know Bible thumpers or all these things
Because when they look at us they think that they're free
Living however they want to live
But they think that they see us in the stocks
Like they saw Jeremiah in the stocks in that chapter
But you know what this church makes no bones about it
This is a fundamentalist church
This isn't a new evangelical church
This isn't a life church
This isn't a four square church
This isn't a blue jeans cowboy church
You know this church stands on the word of God
Every single word of God we believe is pure
And we're going to teach all of it here without holding anything back
But you know what's funny is these Christians that call us legalists
Are the ones that are truly in the stocks today
Because the only way that you could be the Lord's free man
Is by being the Lord's servant
But you know it's kind of funny how
We're always accused of being too liberal on salvation
And too strict on sin
The same people that say you have to live a good life to get to heaven
Get mad at us for preaching the word of God
And for preaching that you should be cleaning up your life
And for preaching all the things that's unpopular today
You know they say you have to live this clean holy life to be saved
Yet you never hear hard preaching about living the clean holy life in their churches right
So it's a paradox it doesn't make any sense
But you know our kind of church and their kind of church
We're approaching things in two completely different points of view
So I want to talk to you tonight about biblical freedom
Biblical servitude and biblical liberty
Because these are concepts that the world does not understand
And that they have kind of convoluted
So I'm going to have four statements for you this evening
The first two are going to be introduction laying the groundwork of this
And then the last two are going to be like the application the connection here
So turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter number 5
2nd Corinthians chapter number 5
So statement number 1
The Lord Jesus Christ was both the Lord's free man and the Lord's servant
Like we saw there in 1st Corinthians 7
He says hey if you're called in the Lord as a free man you're Lord's servant
If you're called being in bondage then you're Lord's free man
So 2nd Corinthians chapter number 5
Starting there in verse number 20
Like I said Jesus Christ was both the Lord's free man and the Lord's servant
Well how is that?
2nd Corinthians 5 20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ
As though God did beseech you by us
We pray you in Christ's stead
Be ye reconciled to God
For he hath made him to be sin for us
Who knew no sin that we might be made
The righteousness of God in him
So how is it that the Lord Jesus Christ
Was both the Lord's free man and the Lord's servant
Well truly he was the Lord's free man because he was free from sin
Lord Jesus Christ lived his whole life without ever committing a sin
He never stole, he never lied, he never disobeyed his parents
He never tried to sweep his mess underneath the bed
When his parents told him to clean the room right
He was free from sin
He was the Lord's free man right
And when you're free from sin then you're free from the consequences of sin right
Now of course that didn't stay like that for Lord Jesus Christ
Because he obviously was our sacrifice
And he took all the sins of the whole world in his body
And he went and he actually burned in hell for our sins right
But on this earth he did not reap you know the effects of sin on this earth
Because he had no sin
You know you go out and you commit adultery
What are you going to reap? You're going to reap an STD
You're going to reap bastard children
You're going to reap a divorce right
So Lord Jesus Christ was tempted in all points as we are yet without sin
But he was free from the effects of sin in his life
He never had to go to jail for stealing from someone right
He never had to get a disease
Or he never had to get his teeth knocked out from a night of drunkenness right
He was the Lord's free man in that aspect
In 1 Peter 2 21 I'll read it for you
For here unto ye were ye called because Christ also suffered for us
Leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps
Who did no sin
Neither was guile found in his mouth
You know and just a side note it's really important when you're soul winning
That you go into detail and explain to people that Lord Jesus Christ never sinned
Because you know they have to understand that not just any man can die for you
It has to be the sinless spotless perfect name of God that died for you
And then go to Revelation chapter number 1
Revelation chapter number 1
Not only was the Lord Jesus Christ free from sin
The Lord Jesus Christ was eventually free from death
Revelation 1 17
And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead
And laid his right hand and he laid his right hand upon me
Saying unto me fear not I am the first and the last
I am ye that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive forevermore amen
And have the keys of hell and of death
You know what the Lord is not only Lord's free man because he never sinned
He's also Lord's free man because he has the keys of hell and of death
Because he's free from death
You know he died one time on this earth for our sins but he will never die again
And thank God anyone that puts their faith in him
Excuse me that could be said of them as well
That they will never die again
Romans 5 12
If you want to turn there
Romans 5 12
The Bible reads
Wherefore is by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin
And so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned
So of course we know because of Adam's transgression
The sin nature gets passed on through the Father
And then verse 13 says
For until the law of sin was in the world but sin is not imputed where there is no law
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses
Even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression
Who is the figure of him that was to come
But not as the offense so also is the free gift
For through the offense of one many be dead
Much more in the grace of God and the gift by grace
Which by one man Jesus Christ hath abounded unto many
And then go down to verse 17
For if by one man's offense death reigned by one much more
They which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
Shall reign in life by one Jesus Christ
So you know the Lord was a free man of God
Because he's escaped death and he's given us the ability to be the same way
Just foundational stuff so far
He's free because he didn't sin
He's free because he's never going to die again
And we're the same way
Because once our new man inside of us is never going to sin again
Why? Because of that one man the Lord Jesus Christ
Our soul inside of us is never going to die ever again
Why is that? Because the free man the Lord Jesus Christ
Let's go to Hebrews chapter 5
Now let's talk about how the Lord was also
The Lord Jesus Christ was also the Lord's servant
Hebrews chapter 5
Though he were a son yet learned he obedience
Sorry Hebrews 5 8
Though he were a son yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered
And being made perfect he became the author of eternal salvation
Unto all them that obey him
So here's the thing
A servant in the Bible is obviously under someone's authority
So the Lord Jesus Christ whose authority was he under
He was under God the Father's authority
And he obeyed God the Father making him a servant
Then we look at John 8 29
We see Jesus as the servant of God
Because he obeyed the will of his father
And I'll read for you John 8 29
And he that sent me is with me
The father hath not left me alone
For I do always those things which please him
Go to Philippians chapter number 2
Philippians chapter number 2
And again these first two points are just kind of laying the groundwork for you
Philippians verse number 2
So what's been the common thing so far that we've seen in Jesus' servitude
It's been obedience
It's been subjection under the authority that he's been placed under
Philippians 2 verse 5
Let this mind be in you
Which was also in Christ Jesus
Who being in the form of God
Thought it not robbery to be equal with God
But made himself with no reputation
And took upon him the form of a servant
And was made in the likeness of men
And being found in fashion as a man
He humbled himself and became obedient unto death
Even the death of the cross
Wherefore God hath highly exalted him
And given him a name which is above every name
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
Of things in heaven and things on earth
And things under the earth
And that every tongue should confess
That the Jesus Christ is Lord
To the glory of God the Father
So Lord Jesus Christ he became the Lord's free man
He did that on his own
He had to live the perfect sinless life
He had to conquer death and hell for us
Those are free gifts that we get from God
But remember he left us an example
That we should follow in his footsteps
The servitude aspect of Lord Jesus Christ
Is something that we can do as well
Why? Because right here it said let this mind be in you
Which was also in Christ
What mind did he have? He had a humble mind
He had a servant's mind
He said that he wasn't
He made himself of no reputation
This is really important as Christians
I think especially as preachers
If you want to be used greatly by God
And you want to actually
Your heart is in it for the right reason
You want to edify people
Your goal in your heart should be
To have the mind that Christ has
To make yourself of no reputation
So if anyone had the right to make a reputation for themselves
It was Lord Jesus Christ
Because he's perfect
He's sinless
He never made any mistakes
Yet he did not make himself of any reputation
Why? Because he left us that example
If you want to be used of God
Either as a great soul winner
Or just a great mother
A great father
You shouldn't be going around trying to make a reputation for yourself
Trying to make a name for yourself
Look how good I am at this
Look how good I am at that
It kind of reminds me of these YouTube Christians
That post videos of themselves
Reciting Bible from memory
I don't think that you should be doing that
If you're going to quote scripture
It should be when you're out soul winning
Or preaching a sermon
But it shouldn't be just like
Look at me and see how much scripture I've had memorized
That's not the mind of Christ
That is not being Christ's servant
That's just puffing yourself up
And that's an attitude that we definitely need to avoid
As far as the first two aspects
Of what we talked about
The freedom
That's something that we're going to achieve in heaven
That we're going to achieve bodily at least
Of course we're saved right now
But the redemption of our bodies because of Lord Jesus Christ's sinless life
That's something that we're going to get at the rapture
When we get to heaven
But as for his servitude
That's something that we can start to put into practice right now
Which is very encouraging to me
Go to Luke chapter 16
So we saw number 1
Lord Jesus Christ was the Lord's free man
And the Lord's servant
Luke chapter 16
Number 2
statement number 2
Jesus Christ was a legalist
Luke 16
16-17
The law and the prophets were until John
Since that time the kingdom of God is preached
And every man presses into it
For it is easier for heaven and earth to pass
Than one tittle of the law to fail
So you know it's funny
You ever hear people say
Like the whole catch phrase for this whole movement is
We're not under law bro
We're free in Christ bro
Well here's the thing
Lord Jesus Christ is the word of God
In the beginning was the word and the word was with God
And the word was God right
And he said that the law
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass
Than for one tittle
Of the law to fail
So yes we're not under the law
And we'll get into the details of that in a minute
But saying that the law is no longer applicable
In any way shape or form
It's just totally cast out of the way
I got news for you
So you can't just cast the Lord Jesus Christ out of the way
And say we're not under Jesus Christ anymore
Because the Lord Jesus Christ is the law
But the reason I bring that up
Is because people don't read their Bibles
And they don't even know who Jesus really is
Like we talked about a little bit this morning
They just parrot these things that they've heard
You know we're not under the law bro
We're free in Christ bro
Without even knowing what they're saying
They don't even know what the law is
Saying that we're not under the word of God anymore
Is basically what they're saying
So what's the definition of a legalist?
Because I said that Jesus Christ was a legalist
And I'm going to prove that from the Bible
But legalist, the definition of that
Is strict adherence
Or the principle of strict adherence
To law or prescription
Especially to the letter
Rather than the spirit
What that means, like the letter of the law versus the spirit of the law
The letter of the law is like interpreting
What it says exactly
And the spirit of law is like saying
What do you think they meant
They use that terminology, they're talking about the US Constitution
Or the Declaration of Independence
And they're saying, what does it actually say
What's the letter of the Constitution
And what's the spirit of the Constitution
So that's what a legalist is
Someone who is strictly adhering to the letter
So let's see if Jesus did that
Go to Matthew chapter number 5
Matthew chapter number 5
And I'll read to you Hebrews 13a
The Bible says Jesus Christ
Is the same yesterday
And today and forever
So here's the thing, if you're going to say that
The Lord Jesus Christ is God, which we believe
We believe the Lord Jesus Christ is God
But other people will claim to believe that
Then you have to believe that the Lord Jesus Christ
Is the same yesterday, today, and forever
You have to believe that the Lord does not change
He does not change at all
Matthew 5
Look at verse 17
I'm going to prove to you that Jesus was a legalist
Jesus said
He said
Sounds like he was adhering to the letter of the law
He said not one job, not one tittle
Will pass away until all has been fulfilled
And he's like, I'm coming to fulfill the law
But until everything is fulfilled
The law is still in effect
The Lord Jesus Christ, when he came to the earth
There were certain things he did
Certain things that were fulfilled
The cardinal ordinances
The ordinances that were contrary to what the Bible talks about
Things that were a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ to come
The Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled those things
Like the Sabbath
Resting on the Lord
The animal sacrifices
Of the spotless lambs
It's a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ coming to shed his blood for us
Anything that the Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled
Then that is done away with
We understand that
We're not Jews today
We're not going to be sacrificing animals after the service
Jesus Christ fulfilled those things for us
Okay
Colossians 2.14 says
That was against us
Which was contrary to us
And took it out of the way
Nailing it to his cross
Hebrews 7.12
For the priesthood being changed
There is of necessity a change also of the law
So although we don't have to keep the law to be saved
Although we don't even have to keep many aspects of the law
In our church and in the New Testament
The things that were not fulfilled
The things that were not specifically changed
Are still in effect today
And God still expects us
To be following those laws
And preaching those laws
And believing those laws
And a church that refuses to do that
Is not preaching the whole counsel of God
And God is not pleased with a church that will do that
So let's go to
John chapter 8
I want to show you an example
Of a story that people try to say
We're free in Christ bro
Which no longer applies to us
And we're going to see how Jesus
What Jesus believes about this
So John chapter number 8
Starting there in verse number 3
Most of you know this story
Verse number 3
And the scribes and Pharisees
Jesus brought unto him a woman
Taken in adultery
And when they had set her in the midst
They set unto a master
This woman was taken in adultery
In the very act
Now Moses in the law commanded us
That such should be stoned
But what sayest thou?
This they said tempting him
That they might have to accuse him
But Jesus stooped down
And with his finger wrote on the ground
As though he heard them not
Let him first cast a stone at her
And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground
And they which heard it being convicted by their own conscience
Went out one by one beginning at the eldest
Even unto the last
And Jesus was left alone and the woman standing in the midst
And when Jesus had lifted up himself
And saw none but the woman he said unto her
Woman, where are those thine accusers?
Hath no man condemned thee?
She said, No man Lord
And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee
Go and sin no more
So what happens in this story?
A woman that is taken in the very act of adultery
Is brought to the Lord Jesus Christ
And the scribes and Pharisees remind Jesus
Not that he needed any reminder
But they said hey
Moses in the law says that this woman should be stoned
What do you think?
And the Bible, the Holy Spirit, the commentator of the Bible
Tells us the reason why they were asking this question
The reason they were asking this question
Was to tempt the Lord Jesus Christ
And here is why
Putting people to death for adultery
Was illegal under Roman law
But here is the thing
It was obviously part of God's law
So when you actually read this story
Jesus answers in a very clever manner
Because people say see he said don't stone her
But when you read it he said do stone her
He just said he that is without sin
Let him cast the first stone
So he was able to fulfill both God's law
And Roman law
Because he was in a trap right
They were trying to trap him
But obviously he was smarter than them
And he was able to get out of that
And here you go Jesus Christ did away with the death penalty for adultery
Right there
No he didn't he actually told them to stone her
But obviously the law of the land prohibited that
And the Bible teaches us
That we are to obey the higher powers
We are to obey the law of the land if it doesn't cause us to sin
So if our government
Doesn't do their job
Of executing God's laws
Then that is their problem
We don't take it into our own hand
But that doesn't mean that just because the United States government
Doesn't enforce God's laws
Is no longer in effect
There is a big difference there between enforcing God's laws
And God just saying these laws are no longer here
You know I've just done away with it all
So go to
Go to Romans chapter 6
That's the introduction
Kind of showing you
You know this in the Lord Jesus Christ's life himself
So Romans chapter 6
Romans chapter 6
Statement number 3
The Lord's free man
Is not free to sin
Romans chapter 6 verse 1 through 2
What shall we say then
Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound
God forbid
How shall we
That are dead to sin
Live any longer therein
Know ye not that so many of us
As were baptized into Jesus Christ
Were baptized into his death
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death
That like as Christ was raised up
From the dead by the glory of the Father
Even so we also should walk
In newness of life
So here's the thing
The Bible says shall we continue in sin that grace may abound
God forbids it
So the Lord's free man is not
Free to sin
Now to get to heaven
Yes where sin abounds
Grace does not much more abound
But what do we always tell people
You're a child of God
But as many as received him to them gave you power to become the sons of God
And we tell them
That in Hebrews 12 the Bible says
But as many as he loveth
I'm sorry I don't want to misquote it
Let's go to Hebrews chapter 12
To whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth
And scourget every son
Whom he receiveth
That's what we tell people out at the doors
Yeah to get saved you don't have to keep God's laws
To get saved you don't have to stop living a sinful life
You can still live in your sin
And grace will abound much more
But does that mean that God allows us
That God wants us to do that
Does God want us to live that kind of life
The Bible says God forbid
How can you who's dead
Live any longer to that right
And then that gets into the new man and old man
Your new man is there
Your old man should be dead
Don't live any longer to that
Let's look here
A good example of this
Go to Leviticus chapter 19
A good example of this
Of another thing that
This movement is constantly talking about
It's like for some reason they're just obsessed with this
Is that of tattoos
For some reason
This free in Christ bro movement
Really just loves tattoos
And I have a
Fox News poll
Which I'm not endorsing them
They're a wicked organization just like every news agency
But a Fox News poll
A Fox News poll reports that
One in five professing Christians
Has tattoos
Now I guarantee you
That a hundred years ago
Even though there's just as many
Safe people and just as many false religions
And all that stuff
I don't know if tattoos existed a hundred years ago
They probably did in the United States
But there's no way one in five professing Christians
Were doing this
Because this is kind of a new movement
Like this free in Christ movement
He doesn't care anymore
He's totally fine with it all
Go to Leviticus chapter 19
And look at verse 28
The Bible says
Ye shall not make any
Cuttings in your flesh for the dead
Nor print any marks upon you
I am the Lord
So here's my question
For this movement
Is what in the world
Does the death of the Lord Jesus Christ have to do
With him not wanting you to cut your flesh
What does that have to do with anything?
Was cutting your flesh
And putting marks upon your body
A picture of Lord Jesus Christ to come
Was it a cardinal ordinance
And an animal sacrifice
Or something like that that was specifically changed
No, God doesn't want us doing that
Because he doesn't want us defiling
The temple of God
Our bodies that are indwelled with the Holy Spirit
He wants us to be a peculiar people
A called out people
A separated people
That's the reason why he doesn't want you to have tattoos
Not just for no reason
And not because it was a picture of things to come
Nothing was fulfilled about that
And if you're going to say
That it's okay to have tattoos
That the Lord Jesus Christ is permissive of that now
Then you also have to say that it's okay to cut your flesh for the dead
Is it okay
When a family member dies
Are we just all going to get in a circle here
And start chanting pagan rituals
And cutting ourselves and pouring our blood on the ground
Is that okay for Christians to be doing?
No
Jesus Christ dying on the cross had nothing to do with something like that
What God
Writes as a moral law
As a simple law
That is still in effect today
And then look at the next verse
In verse number 29
The Bible says
Do not prostitute thy daughter
To cause her to be a whore
Lest the land fall to a whoredom
And the land be full of wickedness
Oh yeah I prostituted my daughter
Jesus don't care
God has no opinion on the fact
That I'm just going to sell my daughter
For horror
Yeah because that's what you have to believe
If you're going to believe that tattoos
No longer have to follow tattoos
Then guess what there's nothing in the world
Wrong with you being a prostitute
According to these people
There's nothing in the world wrong with you just
Giving your daughter up to some sick
Pervert for money
So you know you have
You have all these Christian tattoo parlors
All over America
What's next are you going to start a Christian whorehouse?
Are you going to start a Christian sex slave trade?
You know
Just because you put the word Christian
In front of something does not make it Christian
You know I love when my pastor
Pastor Thompson says
There's no such thing as Christian rap that's called crap
Right?
No such thing as Christian rap
But yet people put Christian tattoo parlors
In tons of Christian tattoo parlors
Across this country
I had a friend that I grew up with
When I was born in California
And she's in college now
And she was telling me about this tattoo
That she got on her that says fearfully
And wonderfully made right?
And she's like yeah I got it at this Christian tattoo parlor
Well how about this Christian tattoo parlor
Tattoos Leviticus 1928 on your body
You know
Not to print any marks upon you
No but then you look like an idiot
Well the thing is
Anyone with a tattoo looks like an idiot
If you're saying that it's right
You know obviously if you got a tattoo
In your past the horrible thing about tattoos
Is that they're permanent
There's nothing you can do to fix that
So you know what if you realize now that that's wrong
Don't hold that over yourself
Don't kick yourself for that
Move on with your life
Serve the Lord Jesus Christ
Lots of people have tattoos
But don't get up behind a pulpit
And pass a stumbling block
Block for the young people in your church
That are getting pressured by their friends at school
And by their teammates
For their sports teams
To go get a tattoo
Or getting pressured in the military
To go get a tattoo
You know what that's wicked as hell
For a pastor to do
This movement is a complete joke
And you know what if they're going to teach
That you can get a tattoo just fine
That they should have the guts to stand behind their pulpit
Why don't they do that
It's okay to have a Christian whorehouse
Why don't they do that
It's a total joke
But the thing is
We got to realize that
Yeah we're not under the law
We are free in Christ
But when you understand Christian liberty
And Christian servitude
You realize that being free in Christ
And just going around and sinning
Is not going to bring you real freedom in your life
It's going to bring you bondage
An example of this
If you go out and you commit adultery with your wife
And you have all these bastard children
The bondage of the child support
Is coming for you
You're like oh I'm free
I'm free from my wife
Yeah your wallet's not free
You're not free at all because you go to work every day of your life
And you earn a paycheck
And you get your wages garnished by the US government
You're not free
Oh I'm free in Christ
I could rob a bank and go to heaven
But you're in bars now
You're in jail now
For what? For suffering, persecution, for Lord Jesus Christ
For preaching the gospel? No, for robbing a bank
Because you're free in Christ
Or you get a tattoo
Now you're not free because now you have a mark on your body
Your whole life
And now when you get old and saggy
Your super cool B-29 bomber
Looks like a melted popsicle or something
Right?
It just looks stupid
So you're not free from anything
I think it's chapter number 20 while we're there in Leviticus
Let's just go over some of these
Leviticus 20 verse 2
Again
Thou shalt say to the children of Israel
Whosoever he be of the children of Israel
Or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel
That giveth any of his seed unto Molech
He shall surely be put to death
The people of the land shall stone him with stones
So
This is talking about sacrificing your children
To a false god
Killing your children for a false religion
Now
There's this religion in the United States
Called liberalism
There's this religion in the United States called
Atheism
There's horrible practice in the United States today
Called abortion
That 3000
babies per day
In the United States are being murdered
In the womb
22% of pregnancies
Men in abortion and even some of these Christians today
Will say we're free in Christ
Jesus Christ died in person
So therefore Jesus doesn't care
If I murder my own children in the womb
Right
If you're going to believe that tattoos are gone
Then why don't you believe that it's okay to murder your children now
Right
And you know what
In Oregon and in Washington where I live
And I don't think it's this way yet
I talked before how you guys are like
The last little conservative
In the United States
But in Oregon and Washington
Taxpayers
Provide free
Abortions on demand for anyone
Not even just people who live in Oregon and Washington
If some whore in Idaho
Cheats on their husband
And gets pregnant
If they want to drive to Oregon or Washington
My taxpayer dollars
As a Washingtonian
Or an Oregonian
Their taxpayer dollars
For babies to get aborted
From people from other states
From people from their states
No questions asked
No age
Doesn't matter if you're 14 years old
Doesn't matter if you have parental consent
You know what
This is growing today in our nation
Not getting cut back
And the reason why is because of this free in Christ
Bro mentality
That the Lord Jesus Christ
Just because we're saved by faith
And the man that committed adultery
Leviticus 20-10
And the man that committed adultery with another man's wife
Even he that committed adultery with his neighbor's wife
The adulterer and adulteresses
Shall be put to death
So God put the death penalty
On people that murder their own children
And God put the death penalty on adultery
Now us as Americans
Especially if you're new to the Bible
That makes sound shocking to you
Because that's not at all how our culture believes
That's not at all what our culture teaches
We are divorced for any old reason
Don't follow divorce laws
It's totally fine
But that's not the way it's always been even in our own country
Even in our own country there used to be the death penalty
On adultery
When this nation was first started
A survey here shows that
22% of married men
And 14% of married women
Have committed an adulterous act
At least once in their life
Now
That's just the people that admit it
The people that are low down enough to be like
Yeah, I cheated on my husband
Yeah, I cheated on my wife
22% of men
How many do you think really are doing that
That are too ashamed to tell these random strangers
Asking them this
Probably a lot
The percentage of men and women who admit to having an affair with a co-worker
Is 36%
Okay
And I got married just a few months ago
But even before I was married
I thought to myself that
That's probably the most hurtful sin a person can ever commit
You know
I think adultery is probably more hurtful to someone's heart
Than murder
You know
The person that in this life that you trust more than anyone
The person in this life that you love more than anyone
Betraying your trust
And doing something like that
It would destroy you
It would tear you apart, right
I couldn't imagine the pain of that
But God does understand the pain of that
And he understands the fact that
Children are going to be growing up with divorced parents
And children are going to be growing up in split homes
And their lives are going to be ruined
By not having a father in their life
Or not having a mother in their life
And not having the natural balance that God created
So what did God say should happen
God said they should be stoned
Because guess what
If more people in America
Realize the penalty for their action
Of cheating on their spouse
Maybe they think twice about doing it
Maybe if you realize
I'm going to cheat on my wife
I'm going to have rocks thrown in my head
Until I die
Maybe you'd be faithful to your spouse
And maybe children would grow up today
With loving parents
That actually teach them the word of God
That take them to church
That make them soul winners
They grow up loving the Lord
Loving the laws of God
Why? Because following the laws of God
Brings liberty in your life
And breaking the laws of God
You're going to be in bondage of the guilt
Of the pain that you caused to your spouse
You're going to be in bondage for the guilt
Of the pain that you caused to your children
That you didn't love them enough
To stay in the home with them
To raise them the way God told you to
It does not bring any liberty in your life at all
So the United States can
You know these libertarians
Everyone likes to be libertarian
I'm not a libertarian
I don't think you should have the right to divorce your spouse
Because God doesn't think you should have the right
God hates adultery
And he put the death penalty on it
And you know what? If more people preach this
And more people felt this way
Maybe less lives would be being destroyed
By adultery today
Maybe we'd have some more free men
Of the Lord than some men in bondage
Today
Maybe there would be some more men today
Serving God with their lives
Than working 80 hours a week
So that they can pay for all their bastard children
That the government is going to take money from them
Go to Matthew chapter number 5
Because what do people say?
They say that in the New Testament
That divorce is totally fine
That Jesus doesn't care about it anymore
That we're not under the law
That we're praying Christ
But I want to show you that Jesus Christ
Actually has a harder stance on this
Than he did in the Old Testament
Matthew chapter number 5 verse 27
He had heard that it was said by them of all time
Thou shalt not commit adultery
But I say unto you that whosoever look
Upon a woman to lust after her
Hath committed adultery with her already
In his heart
So in the New Testament
Where Jesus supposedly got
Turned into this limp-wristed
Cappuccino-sipping
Soft preacher
In the Old Testament he said if you're put to death
If you commit the act of adultery
Well in the New Testament
He says if you even look at a woman
With lust in your heart towards her
You've already committed adultery with her
In your heart
And he took a harder stance on murder as well
He said if you hate your brother in your heart
Then you've committed murder in your heart
So
Matthew 5 32
I'll read it for you
Just as a side note here
We talked about real adultery, adultery in your heart
Here's another one that's under attack today
And that is the fact that divorce and remarriage
Is adultery
Matthew 5 32 says
But I say unto you
That whosoever shall put away his wife
Saving for the cause of fornication
Caused her to commit adultery
And whosoever shall marry her
That is divorce, committed adultery
And what's that talking about? Save for the cause of fornication?
The difference between fornication and adultery
Is one
Is when you're doing what married couples should be doing before you're married
And the other, adultery
Is when you're cheating on your spouse, right?
So
If you marry someone
And you get to the wedding night
And find out that she's been cheating on you this whole time
That she's not a virgin like she said she was
Then Jesus allows you to put her away
For that cause before the marriage is consummated
Okay?
But other than that
Any other reason you can think of in your mind
And people love to have their reasons for adultery, don't they?
They can just come up with excuses all day long
But Jesus said
That if you put her away, if you marry another
You commit adultery
And if you marry someone that's been put away
You commit adultery
And the reason why people stop preaching this so much
Is because pastors
Are just getting divorced and remarried
In the droves
Starting way back with Peter Ruckman
He had like what? Four wives?
So all of his little
Rucktar descendants
All the way from Ruckman to Sammy Gipstein
All the way from Ruckman to Rick De Michael
All these idiots believe that adultery
Is fine
They think that divorce and remarriage is totally fine today
Pastor Greg Locke
Who used to be an independent fundamental Baptist
Well, he stopped being an independent fundamental Baptist
And he's teaching now that
You know, you can be divorced and remarried
Right? Even though the Bible said that a bishop
Has to be the husband of one wife
You know, if you're gonna
If you're gonna divorce your wife as a pastor
You should at least have the honor to step down
And serve in the local church
And not try to just act like
You're a qualified man of God still
When you've committed adultery
Right?
You know, I have more respect
For a pastor that starts a church and fails
Starts a church and quits
Starts a church and becomes unqualified
Yet steps down
Gives the pastoral office
To a man that's qualified and continues
To serve God with his life
I have respect for that person
But I don't care how big your church is
I don't care how much money you have in the bank
I don't care what the name of your Baptist
College is
If you are divorced and remarried
You should not be a pastor
You should not step behind any pulpit
For any reason
So, while we're in Leviticus
Go back to Leviticus chapter 20
Last one
Might as well just kick this dog while it's here
The big topic that everybody
Everybody fights about
In our nation
Leviticus chapter 20
Verse number 13
If a man also lie with mankind
As he lieth with a woman
Both of them have committed an abomination
They shall surely be put to death
Their blood shall be upon them
Look, there's a time in this country's history
That not only
Obviously we know that way back
Sodomites were put to death in this country
But for the majority of this country's history
Sodomites have been afraid to be what they are
Okay?
And as we approach the end times
Okay?
It just seems like they get more and more loud
And more and more proud
And the Christians that have the word of God in their hand
Are getting weaker and weaker and weaker on this topic
And you know
People like Joel Osteen
What do you think about homosexuality?
Well, I just tend to stay in my lane
You know what lane I stay in?
I stay in the lane of Leviticus
Chapter 20 verse 13
I stay in the lane of Genesis through Revelation
I stay in the lane of Genesis 19
Judges 19, Jude chapter 1
2 Peter chapter 2
Romans chapter 1
All of these places is the lane that I stay in
Why? Because I believe the word of God
Because I preach the word of God
You know, if you do not believe
That sodomites should be put to death
You have a wicked heart that is not in submission
To the word of God
If you think that we should actually let people live
That molest children
For fun
That sleep with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people
That hate God
That invent evil things
That are full of all unrighteousness
If you think that those people should be allowed to live
What in the hell is wrong with you?
There is something wrong with your heart today
If you think that
These people are the worst
Low
Lowest of the low human scum that exists on the planet
Just get that through your head
Just get that through your head that there's not one mention
Of a sodomite
In a positive light in the Bible
They're always attacking Christians
They're always attacking children
They're always against God
And God hates them
And they hate God
Turn to Jude, I'll read for you Romans chapter 1
Romans chapter 1 verse 27
You know, this is another thing that libertarians like to say, right?
They're like, well, we don't support it
But if they're in love
Love is love, right?
Well, let's see what the Bible says, Romans chapter 1
And likewise, also the men
Leaving the natural use of the women
Burn in their lusts one toward another
Men with men working now which is unseemly
And receiving in themselves that recompense of their error
Which was me
And even as they did not like to retain God and their knowledge
God gave them over to reprobate mine
To do those things which are not convenient
Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness
Covetousness, maliciousness
Full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity
Whisperers, backbiters, haters of God
Despiteful, proud, boasters
And betters of evil thing
Disobedient to parents
Without understanding, covenant breakers
Without natural affection
Implacable, unmerciful
Who knowing the judgment of God
That they which do such things, commit such things
Are worthy of death
Not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them
Now, correct me if I'm wrong
Is Romans in the New Testament?
Is Romans under the New Covenant?
Sure is, and what does God think about it right now?
It says they're worthy of death
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them
In like manner, giving themselves over to fornication
And going after strange flesh
Are set forth for an example
Suffering the vengeance of eternal fire
He says, today, right now in the New Testament
What I did to Sodom and Gomorrah
Is an example to you
What I think about Sodomites
And I'm telling you right now, this Free in Christ movement
Or these pastors that have gotten
Soft on this issue, which sadly
Is most of them
Almost all pastors
All churches have forsaken
The reprobate doctrine and has forsaken
What the Bible clearly says about
Homosexuals, listen
If you don't see it, it's because
You do not want to see it
I do not believe that there is a saved
Man of God in this country
That thinks, from their heart truly
That reprobates can be saved
Unless they just don't read the Bible
And if you're not reading the Bible, then get out
From the pulpit and let someone else preach
I don't believe that there's a single pastor
That reads Genesis through Revelation
That would not agree that God
Hates these people
That God's turned them over to a reprobate mind
And that we're to reject them in return
I don't believe that there's a single pastor
That can just play dumb on this subject
And you know what? We need to not
Let them play dumb on this subject anymore
I'm glad that the pastors and preachers
In our movement are going to keep standing on this
You know, and I almost feel awkward turning
Romans 1 because it's turned to so much
Honestly, like, when I preach
I almost kind of avoid it
Because we turn to it so much
But you know what? We ought not avoid it
We ought to bring it up more and more and more
Because let this city know
Where Verity Baptist Church stands on this
That we're going to be the Lord's free man
How?
By obeying the law of God
Because where the Spirit of Liberty is
There the Lord is, right?
Where the Lord is, the Spirit of Liberty is
So Jesus is the Word of God
So Jesus Christ wrote this
You know, am I going to stand with the pedophiles
And the child molesters?
Or am I going to stand with the Lord Jesus Christ?
It's a pretty easy decision
Who am I going to stand with?
And you've got to be ready for that too
Who's your pastor? Pastor Jimenez
He's been through this game
With the sodomites, right?
And because you guys are attached to his name
And to Verity Baptist Church's name
I'm sure that the
What's that? Law center
The Southern Poverty Law Center will probably find out about you guys soon enough
If you guys as a hate group like they did to us
When we were Verity Baptist Church Vancouver
Now we're Sure Foundation Baptist Church
And I don't know if they know who we are now
But just be ready for that fight someday, okay?
And yeah, you guys are in Idaho
You guys are in the place where
You know, homos aren't exactly as bad
As far in numbers as they are in Portland
And places like that
But someday, you guys will have the same fight
So keep reading Romans 1
Keep turning to 2 Peter 2
Keep turning to all these places
And despise your pastor when he keeps reminding you
Of these things
Because you'll be surprised how many people fall away
When persecution comes
And when things get hard over this issue
People just quit and leave
You know, maybe they needed to hear more of it
Number 4
Number 4, I'll just repeat these verses
Number 4
Being the Lord's servant is the only way
To bring real freedom
Psalm 119 45 says
And I will walk at liberty
For I seek thy precepts
You know, we need to realize that this movement is garbage
And this movement is only going to
Bring you into bondage
When you have liberty is when you obey God
You wait till you're married
You get married
You have children
You have a man out working
You have the wife staying home raising the children
And the children, and the Bible says that
If you instruct a child the way he should go
When he's old, he will not depart from it
Okay, that's a promise in the word of God
The perfect law of liberty
It's called the law of liberty for a reason
Because when you obey it, it brings liberty to your life
And obviously God knows we can't
Obey it to a T
That's why point 1
Where point 1 comes into effect
That he was the Lord's free man for us
He was the Lord's servant for us, right?
Because we can't do that part
But God gave us his law to be followed
Because it will bring liberty in our life
Let's go to Psalm chapter number 1
Psalm chapter number 1
This is one of my favorite promises in the entire Bible
Psalm chapter number 1
Bless him is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly
Nor standeth in the way of sinners
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful
But his delight is in the law of the Lord
And in his law doth he meditate day and night
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water
That bringeth forth his fruit in his season
And bringeth forth his fruit in his season
His leaf also shall not wither
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper
See that's the side of things you fall on
When you decide to obey the law of God
That's the place where you'll find yourself in your life
When you actually submit to the authority of the word of God
And to the preaching that you hear
Whether it goes against your flesh or not
When you obey God you'll be blessed
When you read his word you'll be blessed
The Bible says
Whatsoever you do will prosper
Who wouldn't want that in their life, right?
But people want that result
But they don't want to take the steps to get there
They don't want to actually obey the law of God
Let's see what happens when you don't
The rest of this psalm goes
The ungodly are not so
The free in Christ bro movement
Is not so
These false apostate pastors that won't preach the word of God
Are not so
But are like the chaff
Which the wind driveth away
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous
But the way of the ungodly shall perish
You know, and thank God
For the gift of eternal life
And that no matter how you live
You'll never lose your salvation
You know, I feel bad for these Christians
That are sucked into this stupid movement
Where their entire life
All that they did shall perish
Right?
They'll go to heaven
But all this wood hanging stubble
Is all going to be burned
You know, saved from the fire
The Bible talks about
But the way of the ungodly shall perish
Even Christians, if you're an ungodly Christian
The way of your life
All that you do is going to perish someday
But if you obey the word of God
Everything you do will prosper
That's quite a different result isn't it?
It's quite black and white different
It's on quite opposite sides of the fence
But you have to choose which side you want to be on today
Go back to Romans chapter 6
Actually go to Romans chapter 12
Romans chapter number 12
The Bible says
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God
That you present your bodies a living sacrifice
Holy, acceptable unto God
Which is your reasonable service
Be not conformed to this world
But be transformed by the renewing of your mind
That you may prove what is that good and acceptable
And perfect will of God
We have to make the decision every single day
To wake up and decide
That we're going to present our bodies
A holy living sacrifice to the Lord
It's not something that's going to come easy
It's something that you have to purpose to do in your heart
We have to decide not to conform to this world
Doesn't come naturally, does it?
It's something that you have to put an effort to do it
But look, it says
What is that good and perfect will of God?
Wouldn't it be great if it was said
Of the people of Verity Baptist Church Boise
That man, they just prove
That the will of God is right
You know, when the Bible says
I will therefore, the young women marry, bear children, guide the house
Wouldn't it be great if the
Women in this church had the testimony
Of man, you could raise a godly family
When your wife's at home
Man, you could raise a godly family when you obey God
And you go out and work as a man by the sweat of your face
Six days a week, shalt thou labor
And they say, man, what perfect
And good will of God that is
Man, the word of God is right
About this area
The word of God is right about this area
The more that pastors and preachers actually
Preach the law of God
And the more that people live through experience
They're going to see that the laws of God are right
You're going to understand
The right way or the hard way
Why God had the death penalty on adultery
You can learn it one of two ways
You can learn it from the word of God
It brings you into bondage
You can either believe what the Bible says about the homos
Or you can make the
Possibly fatal mistake of letting
Your homo cousin babysit your children
And then you'll find, real quick
Where the bondage leads you in your life
For not obeying the law of God
When your child's life is ruined
By being attacked by some sick freak
Or you can just obey the word of God
And just obey the word of God
And just protect your children
And prove what is that good and perfect
So just
In conclusion here
Hope I didn't go too long
But the theme verse
I believe for this wicked movement of free in Christ
Is 2 Peter 2 verse 19
While they promise them liberty
They themselves are the servants
Of corruption
For of whom a man is overcome
Of the same as he brought into bondage
Libertarians
The free in Christ pro movement
People that don't preach hard
They're going to say hey it's fine
Get that tattoo
But they're the servant of corruption
And they're only going to bring bondage
In your life
Lord Jesus Christ was the Lord's free man
And the Lord's servant
Giving us that example
Lord Jesus Christ was a legalist
He is the word of God
He is the law of God
Number 3
The Lord's free man is not free to sin
Yeah you can sin and still go to heaven
He does not
Number 4
The only way to find real freedom in your life
Is to be the Lord's servant
Lord thank you so much for this day
And thank you for this church
I pray that you bless them Lord
As the weeks go by
That you just give them an increase in numbers
And in their spiritual walk with you Lord
I pray for the next preacher
That's going to be here next weekend
Brother Chad Rich
That you'd help him to bring a message
I pray for the next week
And help him to be a good witness for you
In Jesus' name I pray Amen
Amen
Alright
Please turn to page number 442
Page number 442
Page 442
We Gather Together
Sing on the first
We gather together
together
the Lord's blessing
He chases the
His will to make known the picket of Christ.
He stands first with singing praises to His name.
He will rise beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
for daily maintaining His kingdom divine.
So from the beginning, the fight we are winning,
thou Lord, set aside, O Lord, be thine.
Whom it all could so be, thou leader in battle,
and pray that thou still our keeper will be.
Let thy congregation esteem her completion,
thy name be ever praised, O make us free.
Dear Lord, we thank you for this day.
We thank you that we are able to gather here again tonight
to praise you and listen to your word.
God, we thank you for Brother Dylan,
and that he was able to come out here,
and we also pray that he would have a safe trip home.
In Jesus' name, Amen.
Hey, real quick, can you raise your hand
if you had a salvation today and a soul winning?
Okay, thank you, just need to get the count.