Amen. Well, thank you once again for having me. It's always a pleasure to
come here and see all these faces again. And once again, I'm very, very excited
to be here. And I was supposed to be here a couple of weeks ago, but I'm
not sure if you guys heard I tested positive for covid, you know, so it's
just one of those things that you just don't think you're really going to get.
You're just like, I don't know how bad this thing is, you know, but it all
started with our music guy. It all started with him. His grandma
unfortunately ended up being hospitalized for breathing problems.
So of course they tested her and she came back positive for covid. So then
he called pastor because he ended up getting sick a couple of days after
that. And they said, look, pastor, I'm sick and I can't smell and I can't
taste, you know, it's not, it's not hard to figure out what I have. So he's
like, oh man, we'll just stay home. And then brother Corbin calls pastor says,
look, I had a nasty fever of 100 plus last night at the chills at the body
eggs and I can't taste and I can't smell. So sure enough, he's like, what
in the world? Our director just told us that he has something as well and he
has covid whatever. And then he mentioned that I had also mentioned it
to him that I've been, you know, coughing up a storm and I'm not sure
what's up with me, but I don't think I got covid because I can still taste
and I can still smell. So pastor says, look, I'm not taking any chances. I
want you to get tested as soon as possible and I want to see what these
results are going to be. So we ended up just signing up for the covid tests
and you know, I went there within an hour or two hours after talking to
pastor and they give you results within 30 minutes to 90 minutes. So I got mine
in 30 minutes. Sure enough, positive. And then brother Corbin took the test
right after me came back positive. Sure enough, our music guy came back
positive, big shocker. And then another guy ended up, you know, coming back
positive, which was our third staff member. So then pastor had to run the
show all by himself pretty much for two weeks. So pastor told us to quarantine
for two weeks just to be safe. I'm like, yeah, no problem. Absolutely. But
don't worry, I took a test right before I flew out here and I came back
negative and I know I'm negative because I don't have any symptoms. But
regardless of what you think about this virus, whether some guy bit a bat and
now we're all paying for it or somebody made it in the lab or whatever you
believe about it. All I know is we have two guys already been hospitalized, you
know, and one almost died. The other one just had a miserable time at the
hospital. You know, the one that almost died, this was like about 3-4 months
ago. He lost his sense of taste of smell. He got the chills, he got the
body aches and he started getting worse and worse to the point where you have
to call the ambulance and it took him to the hospital. Sure enough, he has
pretty problems. They put him on oxygen and they told him, look, here's what
you got. Covid, you know, big shocker and it wouldn't respond to any
medication whatsoever. And it was getting worse and worse and worse. And
finally they said, look, do you want us to put you on the do not resuscitate
if something bad happens to you? And he's like, no, I'm gonna go, I'm gonna
go away, man. So he didn't want to get put on any respirator because he's
heard bad things about that. And then sure enough, they're telling me, got
one last option. A is experimental. We're not sure if it's gonna work.
They just started doing covid patients throughout the United States and that's
putting us some kind of steroid medication to try to strengthen your
lungs. He's like, hey, do it. I got nothing to lose. You know, if you don't
do it, I guess I'm gonna die. It's pretty what the doctor told him. So he
ended up going on this steroid treatment and it did help him out. But
they told him, hey, have you been here three months earlier? You would have
died because we didn't have this. You know, you would have straight died. And
it's not like this guy had pre existing conditions to the point where it's
like, man, you're about to die. You know, just a regular food is going to
kill. You know, he was in his early forties and he doesn't have any type of
medical issue. He might have something he doesn't know about, but doesn't have
any major issue and we all have something. Come on, let's face it. None
of us are perfect. You know, we're all gonna have something inside of us, a
fatty liver or whatever. But here's the thing. We obviously know that there's
something going on and the last time we wanted somebody to be hospitalized. So
that's why we wanted to just make sure before I showed up that I don't have
anything. So, so far so good. Amen. You know, but Deuteronomy chapter number six, go
ahead and look down at verse number one. The Bible says, now these are the
commandments, the statutes and the judgment which the Lord your God
commanded to teach you that you may do them in the land whether you go to
possess it, that thou mightest, and that's the part that I want to focus right
there, fear the Lord. Fear the Lord. And Deuteronomy chapter number six is kind
of like the fear the Lord chapter, but the title of my sermon is simply this,
fear. What I want to talk about this morning is fear. The good, the bad, and the
ugly and all in about 25 minutes. Amen. But what I mean by fear? Simply put, to be
afraid, to be scared, to be terrified. That's what I mean by fear. So when you
hear me say fear, I'm talking about being afraid, being terrified. And if you have
your Bibles, go ahead and meet me in 2nd Timothy chapter number 3 verse 12. Go
ahead and just meet me there. And the reason why I preach on this is because
we're living in a time where it's starting to get scarier and scarier if you let it.
And fear is not a bad thing per se. You already saw right there in verse number
one where it says that, hey, these are the commandments of the Lord, the statutes
and the judgment. Verse number two, hey, that you may fear the Lord. So here God's
telling us that he wants us to be afraid. He wants us to fear him. And that's a
good thing about fear. You know, but right there in 2nd Timothy chapter number 3,
you know, just to remind everybody what's been going on, yes, Pastor Mejia is going
through persecution, but that shouldn't surprise us whatsoever. Amen. Because of
verses like these, 2nd Timothy 3, 12 says, yea, and all the lived godly in Christ
Jesus shall suffer persecution. And I like the video that Pastor Shelly put up
last night where he was talking about, hey, now's the time to stand up. Now's the
time to be brave. Now's the time to show your children that the Lord is real. Now's
the time to support Pastor Mejia and things are only going to get worse. But
you know what? That's not his opinion. That is Bible. Look right there. Verse
number 13, it says, but evil men and seducers shall wax. What worse and worse.
So it's not going to get better. It's going to get worse and worse deceiving
and being deceived. If you can get there fast enough, go to John 16,
John chapter number 16. This is one of those chilling verses that will put fear
in you unless you unless you're just like this person who just has no
conscience. You know, these verses should be able to put some fear in you. But in
a good way is the way I see it. So if you're ever to get there in John chapter
number 16, I'm just going to read from verse number one. You can go ahead and
meet me in verse number two. Verse number one in John chapter 16 says this. These
things have I spoken unto you that ye shall not be offended. So Jesus Christ
is talking to your apostles. He's about to tell them some things that they may
not be offended. And this morning I want to remind you guys of things. So when
things do get ugly, as bad as it can possibly get, you won't be offended. But
verse number two says this. They shall put you out of the synagogues. Yea, the
time cometh that whosoever killeth you think or will think that he doeth God
service. And I don't know about this peanut that ended up messing up the
building that Pastor Mia had for his church. I don't know what this guy was
thinking. I don't know who it was. You can only guess who it could have been.
You know, it's not that hard to figure it out. But I wonder if this guy even
worships a God. But I bet you whatever God he worships, he's probably thinking
that he's doing God service by bombing his building and trying to get him to
quit, trying to put fear in him. Because in his mind, I'm not sure if he's an
atheist or whatever. But if he's not, then guess what he is? Maybe an
agnostic. But chances are he's some guy that has a false God that he worships
that makes him think, well, I'm going to do God a service by getting rid of this
stupid church and making him get out of here. They don't want them because my
God is a loving God. My God will never want these individuals that Pastor
Mia is preaching against to be harmed whatsoever. But you know what? These
people, they deserve it. Even though all they're doing is telling you what the
Bible says, they're not preaching their opinion. They're telling you exactly
what the Bible teaches flat out. You know, but what does the verse say? It
says, hey, these things I told you that you won't be offended. It's going to be
people that are crazy out there. They think that if they kill you, they're
doing God a service. But you know what? God is telling us today the same thing.
It's like, guys, wake up. There's going to be crazy people out there. They're
going to wax worse and worse. But you know what? Don't get to the point where
you have the wrong type of fear. Amen. So if you have your Bible, you know, go
ahead and meet me in Luke 6. Go ahead and meet me in Luke 6. But this is not
stuff that's a surprise. These verses are stuff that Pastor Shelley, I'm sure,
has covered because he's a very good pastor and he preaches all the counsel
of God. I'll just remind you of Matthew 24, 21. For then shall be great
tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no,
nor ever shall be. And except those days shall be shortened, there shall no flesh
be saved. For for the elect sakes, those days shall be shortened. So what is
Christ telling us? Hey, you guys ain't seen nothing yet. You know, we have World
War I, World War II. We have, you know, this war in Afghanistan, supposedly the
longest war in U.S. history, the war in Iraq, supposedly a million dead men,
women and Children, you know, soldiers, non soldiers. We have stuff that's been
happening even before that. I know I grew up, you know, knowing about or
watching stuff in the news about Somalia and how Somalia has this issue
going on with genocide. And I guess there are people being killed by some
warlord and they're being starved to death because there's a famine. And you
see these these images of Children that are nothing but just, you know, the
these skinny bags of bones just literally just dying on the streets,
you know, and God says, Hey, whatever you've seen, whatever you've heard, it's
gonna be worse, you know, before I return. But don't worry, I'm gonna cut
those days short because if I don't, hey, the whole world is gonna destroy
itself, you know, so we shouldn't be surprised that crazy things are
happening around the world. The Corona virus, whatever the case may be, Joe
Biden, you know, all these different things, you know, but I'm just here to
tell you a fear is give. Make sure you have the right type of fear. So what's
the title of my sermon? Fear the good, the bad and the ugly, you know, but I
just want to read from John 16 33 says this. These things have I spoken out to
you that in me you might have peace in the world. You shall have tribulation,
but be very sad. I have all become the world. Is that what it says? No. But
that's what some Bible versions say. And some don't really say like that. But I
know that the Spanish I forgot which version doesn't even have be a good
cheer. All it says is half faith. I mean, it's a perfect translation up to
that point where it says be of good cheer. I believe it says something like
this. These things have spoken out to you that in me you might have peace in
the world. You have tribulation, but have faith is what it says in the
Spanish. It's not the exact same thing because having faith just means you're
trusting God. It means that you believe he will not leave, you know, forsake
you. But God doesn't want you to go through the great tribulation believing
that he's with you, that he's in heaven watching everything and that he's not
gonna fail you. He wants you to go through it. Yes, having those things,
but also being of good cheer, being grateful that you're able to suffer
shame for his name like the apostles. That's the type of attitude that God
wants you to have when things get ugly. And it's always good to have that type
of attitude and many helps everybody around you, right? And when things are
getting bad, it's always good to be the one that has some good humor. Who knows
what I'm talking about? When things get ugly, you know, I know the military
teaches this. Always tell you, Hey, whenever things get ugly, think of
something worse, you know, to try to motivate your troops. And I know some
Navy SEAL that I listen to, he likes to say, Well, at least it ain't raining. You
know, what do you mean by that? Hey, whenever they're just standing around
waiting for the helicopters to come pick them up and they're late and they're
freezing their butts off out in the training environment that they're in,
somebody always says, Well, at least it ain't raining, guys. You know, I like
this. At least at least we don't have a toothache because to me having a
toothache, man, you can't eat. You know, that's what I'm talking about. It's
like you're trying to buy something. It's like, Oh, oh, you know, you can't
even think straight because you're in pain. You can't even get rid of it with
some aberrant. And once you got like a really bad, who's ever had a really
nasty toothache? Come on. You know, it's like, Hey, next time is ugly. Next
time they're trying to burn this building. Well, at least we don't have
two things, you know, you know, praise the Lord. We ain't suffering like that,
you know. But he says, Be of good cheer when you know it's persecution. Be of
good cheer. And I mean, I don't know if there's anybody in past. I mean, yes,
church that's wondering who's this tribulation is this persecution. But
you know what? I count them happy. You know, I know they're gonna be at the
head of the food chain when they get to heaven. I know they're gonna be above
some pastors that think that they're all high and mighty. You know, they
look down on them, despise them. And I guarantee you there's some passes right
now that are thinking, Man, see, this is why I don't go their route. This is
why I don't do it this way. You know, because look at what's going on. If
they don't talk this way, this would have never happened. Uh, no, they're
coming for you. You know, they call it the game mafia. I think Hollywood calls
it the game mafia. If you don't, if you're not with the gays, you ain't
gonna work in Hollywood. You know, people like, Oh, is it real? Oh, it's
real. But we don't care about them because guess what? We're not trying to
be in Hollywood. Amen. Now, pass me. Yeah, it's kind of Hollywood trying to
get rid of them. So the game office after him big time. But who cares about
the gay mafia? We fear God. Amen. But let me read from Luke 6 21. I believe
you're there. It says, Blessed are the blessed are ye that hunger now for you
should be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now for you shall laugh. Blessed
are ye when men shall hate you and which they shall separate you from their
company and shall reproach you and cast your name as evil for the son of man's
sake. Rejoice in that day and leave for joy for behold, your reward is great in
heaven. And if I could say something to, you know, first works baptist shirts
this morning, it's like a greatest reward in heaven. I know that pastors
that don't read their bible like they should. They're thinking, man, see, you
should have not gone that route. We're thinking, no, you guys are going the
right route. You must be doing something right if this is getting that nuts. But
none of them are afraid to die. I don't think any of them are like, you know, I
don't think any of them are thinking we're gonna be in the top 10. You know,
foxes book of martyrs now. Yeah, first works. I don't think they're thinking
that. They're just thinking, well, you know what? We know this is gonna happen.
We shouldn't be offended. I don't think I highly doubt. Well, the people that
are there, I'm pretty sure they're not offended to the point is like, man, I
come to first works and this is how this is what I get now. Now I'm in the
news. Now they're trying to investigate and see what I'm all into. It'll cleanse
you a man when bad things happen like that. You know, but Luke 6 21 says, Hey,
rejoice and leave for joy for greatest reward in heaven. And that's how we
should be thinking of these things. Amen.
And bottom line when it comes to fear a there is good fear, there is bad fear
and then there's ugly fear and I'm gonna start out just with the good. So
if you have your Bible and you're right there or if you haven't left, but if
you have go back to do around to be chapter number six, do it around to be
chapter number six. Once again, that's the fear of the Lord chapter, my
opinion, you know. So the first thing about fear, or at least when it comes
to the good, you know, the good thing about fear, you know, is that there is
some things that we do gain from fearing God having the right type of
fear. And like it says right there in Deuteronomy that thou might spirit the
Lord thy God to keep all the statutes commandments which I command thee down
in thy son in thy son sons all the days of thy life that thy days may be
prolonged, prolonged. I'm not sure if you saw that little kids, it says right
there that thy son and thy son's son. So your sons, the kids that you're gonna
have the kids that you're gonna have and the kids that you're gonna have.
Guess what? This is your job to tell them a kids, if you're gonna be afraid
of somebody, be afraid of God. Why? Why? Because he's gonna protect you and
you'll see it as we go through the scriptures. He's the one that's gonna
prolong your life. Not bowing down to the devil's Children. These sons of
Belial, not bowing down to this wicked government, not bowing down to anyone
other than God. Because guess what? God is the one that controls your life.
That's what it says right there. Fear God for your good that your days may be
prolonged. Amen? Go to 613 please if you're in Deuteronomy. We just read one
through two. Go to 13. Verse 13 says simply this, thou shall fear the Lord thy
God and serve him and shall swear by his name. Let's go to Deuteronomy chapter
number 10. Actually let's go to 24 since we're right there in chapter number 6. Go
to Deuteronomy 6 24 please. Deuteronomy 6 24 and we'll see the good thing about
fearing. Fearing God. It says right there in Deuteronomy 6 24 and the Lord
commanded us to do all these statues to fear the Lord our God for our good
always that he might preserve us alive as it is as this day. And bottom line
you're gonna fear either the wicked or you're gonna fear God. That's just what
it's gonna come down to. If you fear God you won't be able to fear the wicked.
When you start fearing the wicked guess what? You don't fear God like you should.
That's what it comes down to. But what's the good thing about fearing God? Hey
you're gonna live a long life. God's gonna protect you and that's ultimately
what people want. Yes we know that some people are gonna be killed for the faith
but you know what? That's what they want. That's the way I see it. You know all
of us want to probably live a long life 120 years see our grandchildren our
great-great grandchildren whatever the case may be. Look God says he'll give you
the desire of your heart if that's what you want and that's what you're gonna
get. Other people like Lord use my life or whatever the case may be however you
want to use it however you see fit and who knows maybe being martyred is gonna
motivate some people to do more for the Lord. And by your death like Stephen in
Acts chapter number 7 you know that inspired a bunch of other people. And
through and through Paul's bonds other people grew more bold and I guarantee
you a lot of people a lot of preachers through pastor Anderson's tribulations
and afflictions that he has suffered hey they have gotten a little bit bolder
they have realized hey I need to step it up I can't just let pastor Anderson
suffer all by himself that's not right. You know it's time for me to also preach
from the hot tops from the house tops and preach these doctrines that are hard
that are not something that's popular today and guess what this is ultimately
what's gonna allow you to prosper as a preacher is preaching the whole council
not just the stuff that people are not gonna fight you over but the stuff that
people are gonna have a hard time with because they've been brainwashed and
that's the pastor's job to unbrainwashed people you know get him to go in the
right direction you know to wake them up a little bit and to you know basically
allow them to see clearly because the devil has blinded the minds of many
people in this world where once again the thing they're doing got a service
by persecuting us by trying to burn his building down that's insane but it says
in Deuteronomy 6 24 the Lord commanded us to do all the statutes to fear the
Lord our God for our good always not his good our good that he may preserve us
that means protect us and that we may have a long life but if you have your
Bibles I want you to go to Deuteronomy chapter number 10 Deuteronomy chapter
number 10 is pretty much the same thing Deuteronomy 10 12 says this and now
Israel what does the Lord thy God require thee but the fear the Lord thy
God to walk in all his ways and to love him and to serve the Lord thy God with
all thy heart and with all thy soul I'll go to verse number 20 says thou
shall fear the Lord thy God him shall thou serve and to him shall thou cleave
and swear by his name if you have your Bibles go to Proverbs chapter number 3
go ahead and go to Proverbs chapter number 3 and see this is the thing about
fear you know fear something that we can use to help us out you know fear
something that can help you out if you have the right type of fear and what I
mean by that well you already saw where it says to fear the Lord and what I mean
by fear that means to be afraid to be terrified yes loving God is something
that that we do voluntarily I mean we want to do right and God says if you
love me keep my commandments but you know what sometimes if it ain't that to
motivate me to do right just remembering that God can curse me God can punish me
God can end my life at any time realizing that he's the one that I
should ultimately be afraid of and if I cross the line where there's adultery or
whatever he will come down on me and have no mercy on me he will pour out his
wrath upon me Oh God will never pour out his wrath on his people I don't know
what Bible most most of these pastors are reading but that's not what the
Bible teaches I mean look at Moses God was gonna kill Moses over what
circumcision was a big deal but circumcision was a big deal to God but
the bottom line is he was about to pour out some wrath he said that he went to
seek Moses and he was going to kill him but his wife intervened and because of
the circumcision a God didn't kill Moses and you see it over and over again King
David's son for committing adultery what happened to the Sunday they had with
bash upon ended up getting sick ended up dying you know not just that there's
other stories as well people that cross the line and an hour so far they lied
and God killed them both and guess what that's wrath that's wrath being poured
out but why did he do that because they didn't fear God they didn't fear God
when they lied to the Holy Ghost you know but that's what happens when we
don't fear God will commit a lot of sin and this is what the sermon is about
helping to remind you a let's be fearful people but let's make sure we fear God
let's not forget the promises of God you know for fearing him because if we don't
guess what's going to happen we're going to make a ton of mistakes and we'll get
into that in a little bit you know but you guys are right there in proper
chapter number three hey that's just the bottom line how do I know Ecclesiastes
12 13 let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter pretty much the same hey
here's the bottom line fear God and keep his commandments for this is the whole
duty of men and how are we going to get that fear what the Bible says if you
read God's Word it's going to give you fear if you have your Bible go to
Deuteronomy chapter number 27 here's one of the chapters that always tends to put
a little bit of fear in me there's a chapter where you're wondering
brother girl I don't know I don't feel like I'm fearing God like I should hey
what what should I do go to Deuteronomy 27 is what I would recommend there's
plenty of stories that if you read them you know they'll put fear of God in you
like the one I just went over Moses Moses by being in disobedience something
that seems small hey God got so mad that God was just gonna kill him and imagine
that if you would have just killed him right there he never would have had the
rest of his life you know that the story of his life wouldn't happen you
know but if you're right there in 3 to my 27 these are these are some of the
verses that I read and I end up getting fear just from reading these let's take
a look at verse 15 Deuteronomy 27 15 says this curse it now who wants to be
cursed who wants to live their life just cursed by God you don't prosper you're
not happy you don't have any peace you know you don't have any love joy
patience meekness none of it what says right here curse to be the man that
maketh any grave in a molten image an abomination unto the Lord the work of
the hands of the craftsman and put it that in a secret place and all the
people shall answer and say amen curse it be he that set of life by his father
his mother and all the people shall say amen curse it be he that removing his
neighbor's landmark and all the people shall say amen verse 13 I'm sorry verse
18 curse it be he that make it the blind to wander out of the way and all the
people shall say amen curse it be he that perverted the judgment of the
stranger fatherless and widow and all the people shall say amen curse it be
he that live with his father's wife because he uncovered his father's skirt
and all the people shall say amen curse it be he that live with any man or beast
and all the people shall say y'all better say amen to that one curse it be
he that lie with his sister the daughter of his father or the daughter of his
mother and all the people shall say amen curse it be he that live with his
mother-in-law and all the people shall say amen curse it be he that smite at
this neighbor secretly and all the people shall say amen doesn't it start
getting you mad while you start reading these things it reminds me like man these
are things that people commit they're there because God knew they were gonna
be committed verse 25 curse it be he that take a reward to slay an innocent
person and all the people shall say amen that's pretty much our government
getting paid by the military-industrial complex to start these stupid wars we
didn't need to be in Afghanistan we need to be in Iraq I mean don't even get me
started on Vietnam anyways and all the people shall say amen curse it be he
that comfort that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them and all the
people shall say amen you know what you just said amen to you know what Lord
curse me if I don't obey your law isn't that what it says curse it be he that
confirmeth not all the words of this law to what to do them and all the people
shall say you guys just said amen so I just say Lord a curse me you know when
you walk around reminding yourself of that no they're not I'm gonna not sin
because when I say to put myself under a curse and you get yourself out of that
curse of course like David Lord restored to me the joy of my what
salvation yes that's a great verse to prove you cannot lose your salvation
because if anybody would have lost that it would have been him because he
committed murder in adultery then he lied about it but yet he didn't say God
restored to me my salvation what did he want back the joy of his salvation and
the fruit of the Spirit is love joy peace patience meekness so when it comes
down to sinning hey it's a work being cursed it's a really worth it it's a
really worth listening to that song watching that movie listening to that
TV show or watching that TV show or whatever the kids may be hey I need
these reminders just like everybody else does these things that the Lord hates
these Hollywood actors that are against them a lot of them just bow down to the
LGBT community you know and when I just I just came across this story where I
guess it was this woman named I think she was an actress in some movie called
Juno I guess she's a transgender chick now or something like that Ellen Page I
think that's her name am I am I getting it right now she goes by Elliott Page
well what happened is supposedly this guy who's a Christian in Hollywood you
know he was he was in the Avengers movie you know big tough guy in the Avengers
movie right he says he's a wuss in real life you know because I guess the guy
got called out kind of like Peter by a little damsel a transgender damsel by
the way you know and she's like hey you know they're like praising this guy for
being a great actor in Hollywood he was in the Jurassic movie you know it was
Chris Pratt or something like that it was in a Jurassic movie he was in the
Avengers you know real tough guy in Jurassic Park real tough guy in the
Avengers right and then that little Ellie Elling girl whatever calls him out
saying hey did you know that his church doesn't like you GPT and he's like what
no no that's not true I'm telling you archers welcomes everybody everyone
doesn't matter who they are like he is scared to death of this dude chick
whatever she wants to be these days and she's like tiny like 120 pounds she's
probably dying of AIDS or something I don't know I'm sure she has some disease
she doesn't look healthy anymore you know it's like you see her picture in
that Juno movie where she's normal looking she looks like a female now
she's trying to be some dude and she looks like she's malnourished she looks
like a wimpy little veganator you know type of a transgender chick you know and
this muscular dude Chris Pratt you know cuz he was a pretty buff dude I guess
you know he worked out I got on steroids I don't know but he's terrified of this
woman you know he's just like like he's defending himself like crazy I've been
like who are you to judge me you know it's like you're judging me you're
living a filthy lifestyle the Bible says you're an abomination unto God for many
reasons you wear men's clothing you're pretending to be a man you're deceitful
you're going against nature going to get science no man no scientist is gonna say
yeah you finally made it you're now a dude you know congratulations you now
thought yourself into being a man you know she's going around telling kids
that this is a great lifestyle be yourself blah blah blah if she really
cared about the LGBTQ community she would tell them like like people that
smoke don't smoke kids I have a hard time breathing
look at my voice it's gone my teeth they fell out you know don't be like me I
was an idiot you know at least that person is honest right aren't there
people that smoke that I can't don't smoke you know the commercial with the
kindness with the whole with the tank on the side you know you know these the
guys like also idiot smoke it takes out like his what is it dangerous or
something like oh this is gonna happen if you're smoking it you know because
the guy says hey it was an idiot it was a dummy I smoked I fell for it kids
don't do it you know don't be don't smoke you know this woman is like no
kids be yourselves your boy if you want to be a boy your girl if you want to be
a girl forget about the science forget about the blood test forget about the
genes you know it's like being whoever you want to be but that's just what's
going on in this world you know it's like all these guys supposedly all tough
but in movies they're scared it's just ridiculous you know but that guy's
cursed he's heavily cursed and sometimes we can kind of be you know like this
individual they start to envy the wicked like man why does why does the wicked
prosper they're rich they're happy they're whatever and then you look into
their lives a little bit and it's like the furthest from the truth they're
literally like suffering from depression it's like their health is going down the
toilet people that you think will be super healthy that look super healthy
they're like nope my neck is messed up my diss is herniated and you're like
what in the world surely they're not prospering you know it's like surely the
way of transgressors is hard now I'm not saying if you're saved your life is
gonna be peachy purveying no health problems and none of that but I'm
telling you as compared to the wicked you're doing alright you're doing okay
one guy who deceived me pretty well with John Paul the second he was beloved
by my mom my dad the whole Mexican community who remembers that guy John
Paul the second wasn't he like super loved and I'm thinking man this guy's
old he lived a long life and he's an antichrist he's a devil and then you
find out that he had like cancer the size of a softball you know you find out
that he's got all these health issues and that he was basically just a propped
up corpse at the end of his life whatever they wanted it just kind of
made him sign everything you know what he's saying they're just laughing his
head on everything waiting for him to die they got him like I'm so kind of
weird life life machine it's just crazy you wonder like man Lord I'd say how
they getting away with this first of all they're not you know when you finally
start digging a little it's like man these people are miserable you know
they're super miserable but why because they're cursed and you will be too I
mean look at all these curses curse it curse it curse it curse it curse it curse
if you remember anything it's like man it ain't worth being cursed you know try
to get right as much as possible you know try to just say Lord I'm sorry
forgive me yes I did that hey I beg you I'm on my knees I'm sorry you know if
it's your will forgive me and don't punish me remember mercy in your wrath I
know I made you mad you know and that shows God that you fear him and what
does that get you he will preserve your life prolong your days he'll pardon your
sin it'll give you peace patience meekness temperance and who doesn't
want that right so what's the good thing about fear it will prolong your days it
will give you God's preservation you don't have to worry about the way get
the Bible says that the angel of the Lord you don't believe in guardian
angels read your Bible you will the angel of the Lord and cap it around them
that fear him fear him he said look I see you're scared of me my angels will
protect you don't worry don't worry because that clown he could have
literally thrown that bomb or was it like like some bomb that happened to be
thrown into pastor me he has building know what happened he could have done
that there in today he literally could have he could have followed past from
here to his house I'm not giving him any idea psychopath you know but it's true
isn't it glory to God hey I'm not surprised nothing bad happened any of
them just a building who cares you know he's ready kids that building goodbye
I need a better building for crying out loud one where they can take people out
you know let's just pray it fast for that amen but don't forget a things are
gonna get bad you should know that you read your Bible you should know that hey
things can get a little scary but even God reminded the Apostles hey don't be
afraid he told the Apostle Paul don't be afraid Paul hey you're gonna win this in
Rome just like you did now you're gonna win this in Rome as well you know but
that's what I'm here to do this morning is to remind you it's like look the
Bible doesn't just build your faith it builds your fear how they're only 27
curse I'm gonna read the curses again it's like man that's a lot of sins it's
like I don't wanna be cursed well you know what if you remember anything you
curse yourself when you obviously commit sin and you know it now of course we
have secret faults and just say God I know I'm not perfect so hey I'm sorry I
can't remember I can't I can't think of anything to confess to you right now but
I know that I do sin with my mind because the thought of foolishness is
sin and therefore Lord even though I came right now realize you know since
last time I confess my sins I can't think of anything I'm asking you to
forgive me because I know that I'm human and I know I've screwed up and I know
I've done something wrong so forgive my secret fault reveal amount to me and
help me to get right with you because I don't want you to punish me and you're
showing God that you're fearing him amen so fear obviously is a good thing
if you fear the Lord it can help you ever come sin but it can also help you
overcome sinners we cannot go to Romans 1 you know without talking about what's
been going on go to Romans 1 amen let's go to Romans 1 yeah we're going there
they started it we're gonna finish it
children lend me your ears trying to talk like your favorite Thor character
since you listen to him more than you do Alexander Scorpio with her Romans 1
wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their
own hearts to dishonor their own bodies between themselves who change the truth
of God into a lie and worship and serve the creature more than the Creator who
is blessed forever amen for this cause God gave them up until vile affections
for even their woman they changed the natural use into that which is against
nature and likewise also the man leaving the natural use of the woman burn in
their lusts one towards another man with men working that which is some
seemingly and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which
was me and even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge God gave
them over to a reprobate mind so what we're talking about reprobate
specifically who we all know who you know I don't even want to mention them
but we all know who we're talking about this morning men with men you know who
that is woman with woman you know that is says that they're filled with all
unrighteousness fornication wickedness covetousness maliciousness full of envy
murder debate the seat malignity whisperers backbiters haters of God now
I'm not gonna lie even in the Bible these people are are scary you know when
you read about them you know but they're scary only to those that don't fear God
like a lot getting terrified calling them brothers brethren don't do such a
wicked thing I have daughters and not no men which I highly doubt after what
happened in the cave you know it's like that stuff doesn't just happen to
virgins they knew a little more than they needed to but hey bottom line this
is what's gonna happen this is 2021 you know this stuff is getting pushed left
and right if you're against it you're pretty much against the world but guess
what this verse is here that can help us like I said fear can help you ever comes
in but fear can also help you overcome sinners and what verses am I talking
about well let's just remember that verse 30 says that they're haters of God
correct 2nd Chronicles you don't have to go there but in 2nd Chronicles it says
in Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house and peace to
Jerusalem and Jehu the son of Hananiah the seer went out to meet him and said
to King Jehoshaphat shouldest thou help the ungodly and love them that hate the
Lord therefore wrath is upon thee from before the Lord wrath so you know what
at the end of the day it's like no I'm not gonna bow down to you no I'm not
gonna I'm not gonna be for your agenda no none of that why because guess what
I fear God and his wrath is gonna be upon me the moment we're like a little
bit everyone like that guy from the adventure you know hey our truth lets
everyone in let me make it known and oh by the way that that Ellen girl whatever
called him out cuz he divorced his wife and he's like well my church doesn't
judge my church help me with my divorce my church was there every day until my
divorce was over and now one of them told him to stay married and even this
reprobate you know has enough Bible in there to realize hey doesn't the Bible
condemn divorce what's up Chris Pratt well well well well little maiden hold
up oh don't tell the whole world that but just so you know my church helped
me every step of the way haha and we welcome everybody but what does the
Bible say you know about people that welcome everybody it says that God's
wrath is upon you now your curse that's what these pastors are so blinded
they're even saying they're like hey let him in let them all in hey God loves
everyone we welcome everyone well we don't not here never I mean we're
supposed to kick off for indicators straight or gay whatever it's supposed
to be out here especially you know when they're reprobates like that you know
but that's a great verse isn't it so does that help the ungodly and love them
to hate the Lord and if anybody's clearly a God hater it's Ellen Page and
her crew the LGBT community they're straight-up haters of God they get mad
at pastor Shelley they get mad at pastor me yeah but once again they're
not preaching their opinion they're not saying well this is what I think
homosexuality is a sin I think it's a sin ah see when you say I think you're
saying I'm guessing but I know it's a sin because the Bible says it I'm not
telling you what I think I'm not giving you my opinion what else your opinion
that's not my opinion the Bible says if you hate the Lord and you help those
that hate the Lord God's wrath is upon you and it's like hey do whatever you
want to me but I don't want God's wrath upon me and I rather just deal with God
because guess what he controls my life not not these people but they think
they're doing that's what they were trying to do it's just get pastor me he
had to quit getting to be afraid get him to leave town but him if he ain't leaving
town there's no way long as he's in the word because this is what's gonna happen
it's gonna come across verses like Psalm 3 6 but pastor me here Reese's Bible
Psalm 3 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people that set themselves
against me right about arise the Lord save me oh my god for thou has smitten
all my enemies upon the cheekbone that has broken the teeth of the ungodly
salvation belonging unto the Lord thy blessings upon thy people say love verse
number 11 of Psalm Psalm 56 and God have I put my trust I will not be afraid what
can man do unto me well he can kill you but what does God say but the Jesus
teacher Matthew 10 28 and fair not them which kill the body kill the body can
they kill you can an LGBT kill you I mean can a crazy guy with a bomb blow
you up he sure can but what's the Bible say don't fear him but guess what he's
also saying don't fear me don't fear anybody hey I can kill you too if I
really wanted to but don't be afraid of us a girl you know don't be like oh I'm
not gonna listen him hey I'm not telling you anything I'm just telling you what
God says you know so I'm not telling you come up here and be afraid of me you
know I'm over here or whatever no I'm just saying that God says hey fear not
them which kill the body that's everyone even this little kid can get in my car
run me over if I give him the keys and teach him how to use the gas and the
brakes right definitely I mean you see little kids doing crazy stuff in the
Bible says the young and old surrounded the houses when they were trying to get
a lot to give up the angels but this is clear fear not them which kill the body
that's everyone and the fear of man brings a snare but rather fear him which
is able to destroy both soul and body in hell and who is that absolutely
absolutely and look we are allowed to hate the Bible makes it very clear
there's a time to hate there's even a time to kill and a time to heal I'm just
reading from Ecclesiastes a time to weep and a time to laugh a time to mourn a
time to dance a time to cast away stones and the time to get the stones together
a time to embrace and the time to refrain from embracing the time to get
and the time to lose a time to keep in a time to cast away a time to rent in
the time so a time to keep silence and a time to speak and now is a time to speak
it's an abomination it's wrong you're not fooling anyone by yourself Ellen
you're a woman that has rejected the Lord and because you're not just
rejected him but you also hated him now you curse yourself and homosexuality is
a curse is a punishment upon people they don't just reject God but they also hate
them because think about it to hate Jesus Christ you got to be super wicked
to hate God Almighty holy just righteous God who has died shed his blood with the
hell for three days and three nights burned in hell made it very clear no
greater love than this than a man laid down his life for friends to despise him
for what what evil had he preached what evil can you find in the Bible what's so
horrific that makes you reject it the answer is nothing they don't reject the
Savior because of science they reject them because of their sin their heart is
darkened and that's how they get to that stage and that's where they're at and
sure enough that's what the Bible says you do is hey they're better off in hell
than here on earth causing hell which is why when they're guilty guess what the
Bible says exactly right they're worthy of death and look what happens would you
let him just roam around run around they're not normal they're done bottom
line amen but it says time the time to love a time to hate a time of war and a
time of peace and what that what did you know the Psalmist say do not hate them
oh Lord they hate thee am I and am I not grieve with those that rise up against
thee I hate them with a perfect hatred I count them my enemies very simple Psalms
37 for evil doers shall be cut off but those that wait upon the Lord they
should inherit the earth guess why the LGBT community is now waiting upon the
Lord if they do have one it's a false Lord it's a false Christ and not the
real Jesus because if they truly love Jesus what did what does he say you
want to be a queer you truly love them say well I love God let me in wanna go
to church that's not what they want to do they want to pervert you they want to
pervert everyone they want to come in not because they want to get preached to
because they want to preach to you what they believe what they think they want
to tell you about their false God and curse that is the man that worships
another God well what are we to do they say they're gonna be cut off they're not
gonna inherit the earth what are they gonna inherit Psalms 9 17 the wicked
shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God I mean all these
verses I'm so loving don't you think it's a real loving versus but one thing
it does to me when it tells me hey don't worry about these people worry about my
wrath when I love those they hate me I'm gonna pour my wrath upon you that scares
me and it's like forget them no I don't want God's wrath upon me I'm not gonna
love them I never will as long as I'm in the word and as long as I'm right with
God I will never get to the poem and it's like well I don't think they're
that bad after all let him in why not God loves everyone you know that's
not gonna happen if you stay in God's Word that will never happen they're
going to hell that's what the Bible teaches clearly so of course the good
about fearing is that guess what yes it's commanded but it's gonna prolong
our lives God's gonna protect us you know when you have the right beer you
can overcome sin the fear of the Lord in a house meant to depart from evil when
you see all those curses doesn't just want you not sin when you read all those
things about curses the man curses the man curses the man curses the man
to take his gift to shed into some blood you're just like man I don't want to be
cursed it's like I need to stay straight I need to do everything I can in my
power to get right or die trying because I don't want to live a cursed life and
when I think about having a cursed life that scares me because who knows what
will happen to you your wife your children your health remember the
toothache you guys want a toothache cuz I can give you one tonight oh man that
don't feel so well and when you can't eat it hurts bad you're like oh you're
just trying to bite like on a pancake it's like oh man you know it's like
tofu is difficult to eat with a toothache you know you know but now let's
look at the bad we saw the good the good God will prolong your life protect you
he's gonna bless you your enemies can't win now let's look at the bad if you
have the wrong type of fear it can stop you from serving the Lord if you have
your Bible see if you can get it get to mark 4 get the mark 4 if you can get the
mark board we need to be careful to see if you get the wrong type of fear it can
cause you to stop serving God which will bring a curse upon you because we're
supposed to serve the Lord thy God with all the heart with all our might with
all our soul if you're right there mark 4 look what it says verse 13 and he said
unto them this is Jesus speaking knowing not this parable how then will
you know all parables the source or with the word and these are they by the
wayside where the word is sown but when they have heard Satan cometh immediately
and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts it says and these are
they likewise which are sown on stony ground who when they have heard the word
immediately receive it with gladness they have no root in themselves and so
endure for a time afterwards when afflictions of persecution arises for
the word's sake immediately they are offended and these are they which are
sown among thorns such as hear the word and the cares of this world and the
deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word
and they become it unfruitful but bottom line what do you see well it says that
they're sown in stony ground when they have heard the word immediately they
receive it with gladness they have no root in themselves or endure before a
time afterwards when affliction and persecution arises for the word's sake
they are offended and they're gone why because guess what they're scared
they're afraid persecution comes guess what affliction comes they get scared
they get upset they get offended and they're gone because they're afraid
that's why they're leaving they got the wrong fear and they stopped serving the
Lord it says they endure for a while but then when afflictions pursued to come
they're gone and that happened to pastor uh he menace people that he thought
would never leave when he got persecuted left and even I was shocked like what no
way did he leave no way I don't believe it no it's true find out it's true you're
like wow I cannot believe that they left and I believe why cuz they're afraid
guarantee if I check their Bible reading to be non-existent and look I don't know
sometimes I can go 20 30 minutes and I'm pumped sometimes it's not enough
sometimes I'm reading for two three hours and it's not enough two three four
five hours and it's not enough sometimes I need a lot sometimes 30 is
enough I don't know a bottom line when I get into it hey it is what it is sooner
or later boom that bonus is gonna come back boom that fire is gonna come back
boom that zeal is gonna come back I'm not saying that I read my Bible four or
five hours all the time but sometimes it's like Lord I'm still fearful I got
time forget TV forget the the sports page forget these little things that
suck up a lot of time is that you know what I need to forsake this stuff and I
need to clear up my mind and just start forsaking and cleaning up your life
getting rid of the same because these things bring fear into your life you
know you want to know what Trump's up to end of the world oh it seems like
that's all the news is trying to do get you to fear the wrong way so you can
curse yourself doesn't it seem like that you click on one thing but his new
policies are gonna end American jobs as we know it ah isn't that what happens
and next thing you know you're like man and then next video then next video then
next video next thing you know you're three hours in and you're wondering why
you're so fearful is it now it goes and then when you go without watching it
because you get so busy and people are like man did you hear I'm like no I
haven't heard where you been under a rock I don't know but I'm good I'm good
true or false that's just what happened so we need to be careful because what
does it say hey the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches and the
loss of other things entering in choke the word and that's what we're doing
we're choking the word out of ourselves and become super fearful and that's what
it's about look at this deceitfulness of riches lots of other things what's going
on they're afraid they're gonna miss out they're afraid they're not gonna have
fun I can tell you know Jolie and Brad Pitt in their 40 million dollar mansions
and their yachts or whatever then it turns out they're on drugs you know
brass marijuana Angelina Jolie anti-depressants their kids are all
screwed up and just want to leave you know but see that's what happens is we
choke ourselves no it's pretty funny choke yourself okay but that's pretty
much what we do what movies that full metal jacket drunk yourself yeah but
let's not do that amen let's be careful what does the Bible teach I mean it is
what it is we just got to be careful because that's what happens we'll get so
scared it's not even funny we'll just run you know Matthew 26 69 this is the
story of Peter I'm just gonna read it for you now Peter sat without in the
palace and a damsel came out to him saying now also was with Jesus Galilee
but he denied before them all saying I know now what they'll say is and he was
gone out into the porch another mate saw him and said out to them that were with
that were there this fellow was also with Jesus in Nazareth and again he
denied with an oath I do not know the man just think about that he said that
about Jesus Christ I don't know the man you were with Jesus weren't you no I
don't know the guy that's pretty crazy that's pretty bad but what was he doing
you know you're trying to save his high he was fearful that's the bad thing when
you're fearful it can cause you to stop serving God amen
need to be careful another thing that it does you know I got eight minutes ago
another thing that it does if you can go to Esther and I'll go to Esther
chapter 3 but not just as an individual member also team where a church for our
family and while you go to Esther chapter number 3 meet me in verse 13 I'll
just read from Exodus 13 17 says and it came to pass when Pharaoh had left the
people go that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines
although that was near for God said let's prevent you the people repent when
they see war and they returned to Egypt why cuz they're scared so God knows what
you can handle he's never gonna make you do something you cannot handle so when
God tells you to do something he's gonna give you the ability to have victory but
if you're in Esther chapter 13 let's take a look at a nice little story here
this is where Haman tricks the king into making a law to kill the Jews and this
is where Mordecai finds out about it so look how bad it was Esther chapter 3
verse 13 it says in the letters were sent by post into all the king's
provinces to destroy to kill and to cause to perish all Jews that's if like
Houston made a law and says hey new law we're gonna kill all Christians starting
in 30 days how would you react to that how would you regular that type of news
well it says both young old little children and women saying hey we're
gonna kill them all you know the mayor of Houston you know just happens to have
the power to come up with a law that says hey Christianity is now terrorism
all Christians are now terrorists if you're a Christian we're gonna kill you
and it does happen in some countries Philippines very popular country for
killing drug dealers and drug addicts you know just out of nowhere the
president decided hey drug addicts and druggies you know what I'm talking about
I'm saying I'm not saying that you're Filipino but it seems like you kind of
smiled and you're like hey you know it's like they all look the same no they
don't they do not let's I offend her I need to say that I just kind of saw her
smiling like she was agreeing I'm like you actually know about that but anyways
the president Philippines just all of a sudden decided just kill drug addicts
kill whoever he felt was just a druggie or whatever I mean talk about crazy
power and I guess they called him out he kind of pulled off but this is what's
going on you know the king says hey we're gonna kill all the Jews both young
old little children and woman in one day and one day even upon the 13th day of
the 12th month which is the month Adar and to take the spoil of them for a pray
the copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province
was published into all the people that they should be ready against that day
you know the post went out being hastened by the king's commandment and
the decree was given a Shushan the palace and the king and Haman set down
to drink but the city Shushan was perplexed because there were Jews that
heard hey we're all gonna get slaughtered all in one day Haman and the
king the king has no idea what's really going on he just kind of went with it
thinking these people are bad hey let's get rid of them you're right if they're
out to hurt me let's get rid of them before they get rid of me whatever the
thoughts were and sure enough what happens they make the law we're gonna
kill the Jews men women and children all in one day if you're there in Esther
go to Esther chapter number four and we'll stop in verse one then Mordecai he
perceived all that was done so Mordecai he heard of it and Mordecai ran his
clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city
and cried with a loud and a bitter cry he just started to get crazy he's there
go a little nuts but is this the attitude that God wants us to have to
just go and rip our clothes and start just crying and get all bitter and
whatever I don't think so I'm not saying that he was a wicked man I'm just saying
that hey he got scared he got scared because there were other people in the
Bible that didn't do this and had a similar situation but he ripped his
clothes as they ran his clothes put on sackcloth with ashes went out into the
midst of the city and cry with a loud and a bitter cry but let me just read
your verse Joe chapter 2 says this verse 13 and ran your heart and not your
garment and turn unto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful slaughter
anger and a great kindness and repented him of the evil so it's like hey don't
worry about ripping your clothes worry about worshipping the Lord so when we
get the wrong type of fear a is going to cause us to worry instead of worship
think about how I can ruin your whole day when you get some bad news the whole
entire day one two three four five six seven eight nine nine hours when you
could at least spend maybe nine minutes praying would have fixed it a little bit
would have done a whole lot more just praying for nine minutes than crying
about it for nine hours true or false and let's look at another guy who had
the similar situation we had a different reaction I'll just read it Daniel 6 all
the presidents of the kingdom the governors and the princes the
counselors and the captain's have consulted together to establish a royal
statue and to make a firm decree that whosoever shall ask a petition of any
God or man for 30 days save of the old king he shall be cast in the den of
lions in the lines that's a pretty horrible death I don't know about you
but I don't want to get to him in the end of lions now a king established
decree and signed the writing that it be not changed according to the law of the
meats and persons which alter is not wherefore King Darius signed a right in
the decree now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed he went and just
cried about it and just started to hide and he wimped out and he just stopped
serving the Lord and he closed down his windows and hid in the closet and prayed
in this closet no he got mad now what Daniel knew that the writing was signed
it went into his house and his windows being open in his chambers toward
Jerusalem he kneeled upon his knees three times a day just to rub it in and
prayed and gave thanks before his God I'm not saying that a I'm a Daniel or
anything like that but I want to be you know I'm saying when it gets ugly when
they sign the petition you know when they start to persecute Christians when
they actually go and start killing Christians what's gonna be the attitude
rejoice and leave for joy for greatest reward in heaven or are you gonna be
like I need us your life jacket you know I don't think Mordecai had like the
greatest response but he did try he did seem like he actually sought the Lord
but I'm sure him and Daniel like yeah man you had the better attitude I should
have now rent my clothing and I should just rent my heart you know it just got
right with God and serve him and that's what it would have done so fear can
cause you to worry instead of worship so we need to be careful when we listen to
too many Fox News whatever of how the world's gonna end now that Biden's in
charge or whatever I don't know what the latest thing they're covering you know
but you know how it is the whole goal is to get you to fear so you can curse
yourself and God can get upset with you and not bless you with the meekness and
the peace and the patience that we all desperately need in 2021 so be careful
giving too much of your time to the news to whatever you know whatever may
be that can trigger that can trigger your mind to start to fear in the wrong
direction and therefore cursing yourself which is what I'm here to help you not
to do amen but fear can also cause you to make dumb mistakes I'm already an
hour into the preaching so I'll just wrap it up I'll just talk about Joe's
wife remember that story why because she felt that job was the root of the reason
why they were punished so bad and she's like you know what just get out of my
life go away get the hell out of here I guess you can say you know because
guess what she said curse God and die I don't want you around
you're the root of my problems here because she's afraid that she's probably
next that's really what's going on so we need to be careful having a wrong fear
why because it's gonna make you do foolish stuff it's gonna make you say
foolish things and as you saw it can make you stop serving the Lord a lot of
people quit the church I think no more reason because they're afraid they're
afraid they're afraid of missing out they're afraid of looking stupid if they
can't quit smoking or drinking or whatever you know and yes if you're a
drunk you're not allowed to be here but come on if you're like a person that
drinks here and there it ain't gonna help you to serve the Lord and yes God
doesn't want you to fill your body with poison you know but don't quit keep
coming here get into the word read about the curses maybe it'll sink in sooner
later amen but that's the bad side the bad side I'll just quickly review can
cause you to stop serving God if you have the right the wrong type of fear
it can cause you to worry instead of worship God and what do you think I
rather you do Lord you're gonna protect me Lord these people are evil you know
why do they heat and rage because they're wicked it's like Lord you can
end my life tonight it's like everybody is worried about what the prince is
gonna do what Biden is gonna do but what does the Bible say many seek the
prince's favor but every judgment is of the Lord and I screwed it up but you
know what I mean every judgment is of the Lord everybody's like well now I
gotta bow down to Biden you know we got a compromise I don't even know what
people are saying but all I know is every judgment is of the Lord never
forget that never forget that when it comes to your boss when it comes to your
friends when it comes to whatever recently somebody says well I think I
need to confront my boss I think he crossed the line you know but I'm afraid
he's gonna fire me he's like look if you do what's right he fires you that
judgment is of the Lord that means I don't get a better job guarantee you
that guarantee you that because that's what the Bible teaches and I'll just
quickly get into the ugly remember the sermon is fear the good the bad and the
ugly so I'll quickly cover the ugly first Samuel 18 I'll just tell you the
story this is who this is Saul in fact let me go there if you can let's finish
with that because this is the worst one if you let your fear get too out of
control this will be you you will be a King Saul I promise you that so be very
careful not to let your fear get ugly now let's go to first Samuel please
we'll wrap it up with first Samuel 18 verse 6 everybody has their Bible
tablet phone I don't care if your friend wants to whisper to you well he reads it
that's totally cool you know I'm fine but let's just go through first Samuel
18 verse number 6 and it came to pass as it came when David was returned from the
slaughter of the Philistines that the woman came out of all the cities of
Israel singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tablets with joy and with
instruments of music and the woman answered one another as they played and
said Saul has slain his thousands and David is ten thousands and Saul was very
robbed and the same displeased him and he said they have a scribe unto David
ten thousands and to me they have a scribe but thousands what can he have
more but the kingdom and saw I David from that day and forward and it came to
pass on tomorrow that the evil spirit from God came upon saw how would you
like to have God sent an evil spirit to mess you up he can do it I would say the
Lord can strike you with madness and why it's not because Saul was this perfect
prayer no because at that point he was a murderer at that point he I David he
went from being just his backslidden King tonight like oh now he's he's evil
now he needs to go or he needs to repent because what was his problem he was
afraid he was afraid of what the David was gonna take his power he's just
making up stuff in his head and getting worse and worse but he decided that
moment I'm gonna kill him he became a murderer at heart
who's ever hate this brother is a murderer it's a murderer and if you
think this cannot happen to you trust me it can happen to you this is sin is
coming to man this isn't this isn't a reprobate sin so we need to be careful
because there's people in prison now that I don't know I believe they're
saved but they screwed up because that allowed their anger their fear to get
ugly to get ugly and we know that it was fear because if we keep reading look
what it says verse 11 and Saul cast a javelin now he's throwing a javelin at
David trying to kill him for he said I was smite David eaten to the wall with
it and David avoided out of his presence twice and Saul was afraid of David Saul
has the wrong fear he doesn't need to be afraid of David to be afraid of God
that's what he needs to fear not David because God says don't fear them which
killed the body Saul it's not like that's a New Testament teaching that's
Old Testament as well Joshua said it Moses said it don't fear these people
but what did he do he allowed his fear to get ugly to the point where he was
about to murder and I know it's a little thing but I'm just I'm just gonna say
I'm human you know told my wife a pack of my stuff she packs on my stuff sure
enough it's 6 a.m. I'm like all right time to iron my suit and I always tell
her hey make sure you put a handkerchief in my little suitcase so I could put on
Marine Corps style right put it on top of my jacket so I don't burn my suit
sure enough I'm looking looking looking looking looking looking looking no
handkerchief now I'm thinking how am I gonna iron this thing I don't know how
to iron this sip on linen you know and I'm thinking what am I gonna do so I'm
just like oh but I'm thinking man I'm about to preach on on fearful anger well
what was my why did I get upset with my wife because now I'm afraid I'm gonna
show up and I'm gonna be too wrinkled so now my fears causing me to get angry and
I know she's watching so I hope she finds my handkerchief and puts it in my
suitcase now I love you honey so I just I just did a Mordecai not just ran one
of my pieces of garments and I put it on top of my suit and started iron you know
I'm talking about Marine Corps style I learned this in the Marines that told
me don't burn your uniforms here's how you do it take a handkerchief put a top
of your uniform put it on super super hot and put on top of the handkerchief
and it'll make this thing look nice and Chris right I put my jacket on there
quickly do it so told me twice as long so I could have slept for 30 minutes had
that not happened but that's small but I can also relate to King saw in a way
because I was I'm not told this story before where I was in I was in Iraq I
was in the middle of a battle we're like getting ready to invade Iraq and it's
nighttime so even more scared we got drones flying over the town and we're
just trying to see where these guys are at so these Iraqi poor Iraqi soldiers
they had no chance and they're just firing away at our drones that you're
shooting at our drone so we can find out where they're at because they don't know
what's coming at them all we know is we're flying drones over the city ahead
of us and these guys are just like trying to shoot down our drones well I
had a marine that was just becoming a pain in the butt you know we stopped and
we did security and we just did a 360 security and sure enough you know I tell
everybody a be on high alert we don't know these guys are out there hey I
don't want anybody to get killed sure enough 20 minutes later I'm like what is
that I'm talking to my system like what is that oh somebody snoring oh don't
tell me that's him he's like who is it is it him it's him who is it it's like
that's not that's my again it was just one of these Marines that just was a
little slow and sure enough now we're in nighttime now we're getting to evade
about to go into the city and I have to sit in the back and I'm just thinking I
gotta get rid of this guy this guy's gonna get me killed because I'm afraid
I'm afraid I'm gonna get killed because this guy's gonna fall asleep he's gonna
make us gonna do something stupid so I said look that's mine
yes sergeant why don't you get up on top of that truck cuz we're in like these
trucks you know top of that truck put on your night-vision goggles and look for
the bad guys what get on top of the truck put on your night-vision goggles
and look for bad guys you think I really wanted to look for bad guys no I was
hoping he would just get shot not not kill but just wounded swing get rid of
them you know maybe flesh wound like the movies what's wrong I need a evac
bring down bring down don't worry buddy take your time coming back you know but
I came to my senses you know I would say this time it came to my senses I'm like
that's my get off that truck get down there and get get behind the sandbag oh
thank you thank you thank you thank you but why did I do that because allow my
fear to get ugly ugly and even though I got a little ugly with the handkerchief
hey well the desma if you would have got killed I would have been guilty of
murder and put it that way man slider at the bare minimum but in my eyes it's
like no I put him up there do get shot I didn't mind I don't want him to get
killed just a flash one in the leg or something but allow my fear to get the
best of me and instead of fearing God I wasn't spiritual at all I was fearing
this dude getting me killed so what's the title of the sermon fear the good
bad ugly hey if you let it get bad fix it but don't let your fear get ugly
because who knows what'll happen amen let's pray there God we think so much
for all that you've done and Lord we're living in a crazy world crazy times
wicked people and they're only gonna get worse and worse and worse but praise the
Lord you promised us in many many verses you're gonna protect us not to
worry about these punks not to worry about these crazies and just to worry
about serving you and father let us never forget that you're the one that
protects us you're the one that gives us power and father bless everyone here
help us all to have the right type of fear to be careful to have bad fear and
definitely be careful to have ugly fear and Lord don't let us be like Saul and
by all means he's not the only one in the Bible that committed murder because
of fear but father we ask you to just bless us and keep us safe and protect us
and help us to grow help us to get in your word and if 20 30 minutes ain't
doing it I pray Lord people just give them the time to get into it even more
and I know we can't do it forever but at least maybe if we have to get into your
world a bit more than we have been in the past just to be able to grow our
fear or grow our faith whatever we need and we ask you to just bless everyone
here in Jesus person name amen