To our home host is marching on to victory, the triumph of the Christ has soon appeared.
The fight is on, oh Christian soldiers, in face to face, insert the rain.
With armor gleaming, with colors streaming, the right and wrong engage today.
The fight is on, but be not afraid, we'll be so many in this mild old land.
If God be for us, he's not here for us, we'll sing the victor's song at last.
The fight is on, where else these soldiers, brave and true, can hold our leads, and victory we'll assure.
Oh, how well, Lord, the armor God has given you, and his strength forever will endure.
The fight is on, oh Christian soldiers, in face to face, insert the rain.
With armor gleaming, with colors streaming, the right and wrong engage today.
The fight is on, but be not wary, we'll be so many in this mild old land.
If God be for us, he's not here for us, we'll sing the victor's song at last.
The fight is leading on this certain victory, the bow of Christ, we spend the eastern sky.
His glorious name, in every hash of honor, be no mourn, we'll bring the dawn of Jesus' night.
The fight is on, oh Christian soldiers, in face to face, insert the rain.
With armor gleaming, with colors streaming, the right and wrong engage today.
The fight is on, but be not wary, we'll be so many in this mild old land.
If God be for us, he's not here for us, we'll sing the victor's song at last.
Okay, we will pray. Our Heavenly Father, thank you and praise you for our first service.
And we ask your guidance for our second service right now, and bless us in Jesus' name, Amen.
Song 364, Song 364, Standing on the Promises.
On the first verse, ready, sing.
Standing on the promises of Christ my King, through eternal ages and his praises ring.
Glory in the highest I will shout and sing.
Standing on the promises of God.
Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior.
Standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God.
Standing on the promises that cannot fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail.
By the living Word of God I shall prevail.
Standing on the promises of God.
Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior.
Standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God.
Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, bound to him eternally where the storms pour.
All were coming daily with a spirit sore.
Standing on the promises of God.
Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior.
Standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God.
Standing on the promises I cannot fall, listening every moment to the Spirit's call.
Resting in my Savior as my all in all.
Standing on the promises of God.
Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior.
Standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God.
All right, take out your bulletin.
And on the front you can see our verse of the week is Jonah 3.10 where it says,
And God saw their works that they turned from their evil way.
And God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them, and he did it not.
That's a great verse.
And on the next page we have our weekly service times.
Sunday morning at 10 a.m. and our second service is at 11.30.
Also our Wednesday evening Bible study at 7 p.m.
We have our soul winning times listed there.
On Saturday mornings at Kaysom Memorial Circle they meet at the Tropical Hut Restaurant.
A reminder though it's going to be at 2 p.m. this Saturday instead of 10 a.m.
because there's more people there at 2 p.m. so it's going to be probably more profitable.
And also our Sunday afternoon soul winning in Resolve Arc.
We're going to meet at 2.30 at the Resolve Monument.
So instead of the Lapu-Lapu Monument today we're going to meet at the Resolve Monument which is pretty close.
And at 2.30 so we'll give you a little bit more time to eat before we start soul winning.
Our praise report for 2018 salvation is 67 salvation which is just over two days.
Saturday and Sunday from a week ago.
Baptisms no baptisms.
Last Sunday morning attendance 40.
Last week soul winners 26.
We are a family integrated church.
Children and infants are welcome in the church services for your convenience during all the services.
Let me just say this about being a family integrated church.
I love it that my son gets to hear good preaching.
From a young age because a lot of churches they don't get to do that.
I think it's great to be a family integrated church.
Have the kids with us during the services.
Please know eating during the church services but you are welcome to get water over there.
And let's maintain a professional atmosphere during the church service.
And let's keep the children from running in rough housing before and after the church services.
On the next page we have our salvation boot camp series which we did our sermon for this morning on that.
Join us for this important series as we cover the essential elements of salvation on Sundays.
We covered notic works. We covered repentance. We got more topics coming up.
And we have the Gospel of John which we are going through on Wednesday nights.
Join us each Wednesday night as we study the most important book in the entire Bible.
And I believe that. The book of John is the most important book.
Let me say this that I know a lot of people live a long ways away.
But I encourage you on Wednesdays to check out the live stream so you can keep up to date on all the preaching and everything.
And we are going to be going through the book of John for quite a while.
And if you are not able to make it on Wednesdays I understand because a lot of you come from a really long distance.
But I encourage you to check out the live stream.
We have the live stream up there to try to help people listen to the sermons especially from this church in case you are not able to make it.
We have our decision Sunday where we just covered is repentance necessary for salvation.
And the second sermon is going to tie into it where it's who is on the Lord's side is going to be the sermon coming up.
And we have baptism Sunday coming up on December 16th.
And baptisms will be immediately following Sunday services.
And before December 16th if you want to be baptized let me know.
Either write it on a communication card. Tell me about it. Tell my wife about it so we can be ready and prepared for that.
And we have our Verity Baptist Church Manila Missions trip coming up in January.
January 14th through 20th.
And it's going to be coming up here pretty quickly.
Then we have our 31 day Bible reading challenge coming up in the last 3 days of January and the month of February.
And as a church we are going to encourage each other to read through the entire New Testament in one month.
And that is actually a very doable goal.
It just means that we are going to have to maybe set aside some of our distractions like Facebook in the morning.
And some things that really don't matter that much.
Turn off our cell phones so we don't get a text every two minutes when we are reading the Bible.
And just focus on the Word of God.
Personal growth is really important because as zealous as all of us are here.
We love to go soul winning and things like that.
I want to be in this for the long haul.
Which means I need to keep personally growing each and every year.
Each and every month. All of us do.
So it's very important for us to read the Bible. It's going to be a great time.
We have our birthdays and anniversaries for November and December.
This week is Brother Dustin's birthday on Saturday December 7th.
And if you have a birthday in November or December and it's not listed here.
Please write that in on the communication card.
Or tell me, tell my wife about it. Write it down somewhere so we can know and add that.
We have our prayer list for December. We want to remember Pastor Jimenez and his family.
We want to remember Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento.
Also Verity Baptist Church Boise.
And also we want to pray for a permanent building for Verity Baptist Church Manila.
And we just want to pray that God leads us in the right direction.
We find the right price, a good location where we can really build a church.
And so let's pray about that.
We want to pray for each other, the church family of Verity Baptist Manila.
And also for a decision for those living nearby to come to VBC Manila.
And so especially with these sermons here this morning, it's kind of geared that way.
That if people were kind of on the fence, they would make the decision to come here.
Quotable quotes, no one will ever go to hell who has put his trust in Jesus Christ.
But many will end up in torment who have trusted their own righteousness and reformation.
That's from Curtis Hudson.
That's definitely true with a lot of these Repentance of Sins preachers.
And many of them are going to end up in hell because they're not trusting in Jesus.
But they're trusting in their reformation, their Repentance of Sins and not what Jesus Christ did.
I believe that's it for announcements.
And Brother Tim is going to come up with these in another summer.
Okay, please take out your victory in Jesus.
We will sing the victory in Jesus version 2.
Okay, and the first verse is sing.
How his blood was not sufficient
How we must repent of our sins
If we are to be saved
Salvation is free
By failing Jesus
He's a gift to thee
He purges by his blood
He gave himself for you and me
Now we must believe
By full faith on him alone
And then we shall be saved
Then I heard the truth of Jesus
God was manifest in the flesh
How he was my and smolders first
And shed his blood for me
He rose again in three days
Caught by death and hell and the grave
Now we must believe on his name
And then we shall be saved
Salvation is free
By failing Jesus
He's a gift to thee
He purges by his blood
He gave himself for you and me
Now we must believe
By full faith on him alone
And then we shall be saved
Now I know the truth of salvation
That it's a praise to our faith
And not a words nor by ourselves
That any man should boast
Forgive us praise
That is not a words
Otherwise it's praise
It's not praise
So if you I know the words to thank
Then Christ is dead in vain
Salvation is free
By failing Jesus
He's a gift to thee
He purges by his blood
He gave himself for you and me
Now we must believe
By full faith on him alone
And then we shall be saved
Turn your Bibles to Exodus chapter 32
Exodus chapter 32
Verse 1 says
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount together with Aaron
The people gathered themselves together unto Aaron and said unto him
Make us gods which shall go before us for us for this Moses the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt
We want not what is become of him
And Aaron said unto them
Break off the golden earrings which are in the ears of your wives and of your sons and of your daughters and bring them unto me
And all the people break off the golden earrings which were in their ears and brought them unto Aaron
And he received them at their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool after he had made it a molten calf
And they said these be thy gods of Israel which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
And when Aaron saw it he built an altar before it and Aaron made a proclamation and said
Tomorrow is a feast to the Lord and they rose up early on the morrow and offered great offerings and brought peace offerings
And the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play
And the Lord said unto Moses
Go get thee down for thy people which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them
And they have made them a molten calf and have worshiped it and have sacrificed their unto
And said these be thy gods of Israel which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt
And the Lord said unto Moses
I have seen this people and behold it is a stiff necked people
Now therefore let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and that I may consume them
And I will make of thee a great nation
And Moses besought the Lord his God and said
Lord why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt
With great power and with thy mighty hand
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak and say
For mischief did he bring them out to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth
Turned up thy fierce wrath and repent of this evil against thy people
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants to whom thou swearest by thy own self
And said unto them
I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven
And all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed
And they shall inherit it forever
And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people
And Moses turned and went down from the mount
And the two tables of the testimony were in his hand
The tables were written in both their sides
On one side and on the other were they written
And the tables were the work of God
And the writing was the writing of God
Graven upon the tables
And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted
He said unto Moses
There is a noise of war in the camp
And he said
It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery
Neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome
But the noise of them that sing do I hear
And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh unto the camp
That he saw the cow and the dine and sing
And Moses' anger waxed hot
And he cast the tables out of his hand
And break them beneath the mount
And he took the calf which they had made
And burned it in the fire
And ground it to powder
And strawed it upon the water
And made the children of Israel drink of it
And Moses said unto Aaron
What did this people unto thee
That thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
And Aaron said
Let not the anger of the Lord wax my Lord wax hot
Thou knowest that people that they are set on mischief
For they said unto me
Make us gods which shall go before us
As for this Moses the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt
We want not what is become of him
And I said unto them
Whosoever had any gold let them break it all
So they gave it me
Then I cast it into the fire
And there came out this calf
And when Moses saw that the people were naked
For Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said
Who is on the Lord's side?
Let him come unto me
And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him
And he said unto them
Thus say the Lord God of Israel
Put every man his sword by his side
And go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp
And slay every man his brother
And every man his companion
And every man his neighbor
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses
And there fell of the people that day about three thousand men
For Moses had said
Consecrate yourself today to the Lord
Even every man upon his son
And upon his brother
That he may bestow upon you a blessing this day
And it came to pass on the morrow that Moses said unto the people
Ye have sinned a great sin
And now I will go up unto the Lord
For adventure I shall make an atonement for your sin
And Moses returned unto the Lord and said
O this people have sinned a great sin
And have made them gods of gold
Yet now if thou wilt forgive their sin
And if not block me I pray thee out of thy book
Which thou hast written
And the Lord said unto Moses
Whosoever hath sinned against me
Him will I block out of my book
Therefore now go
Lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee
Behold my angel shall go before thee
Nevertheless in the day when I visit
Will I visit their sin upon them
And the Lord plagued the people
Because they had made the crown which Aaron made
Now let's pray
Dear Heavenly Father thank you for this day
For this opportunity
For another service Lord
May you bless for the study with your word
With wisdom Lord
We may know more about your teachings Lord
From this work from this chapter Lord
This we pray in Jesus name Amen
Amen
Alright we're here in Exodus chapter 32
And I think all of us would agree that Exodus 32 is one of the most exciting chapters in the entire Bible
It's a great chapter
And I think this chapter is really pertinent
When we're talking about this issue of repentance
And what we have going on with the Bible Baptists who are preaching a false gospel
Because we're at two ends of the spectrum here
We got what we believe
And we got what the Bible Baptists believe
We got what we believe over here
And what these repentance of sins preachers believe
And here in Exodus chapter 32
Moses is just gone for a short time
And Aaron has this opportunity to be in charge
You remember later on in the book
In the Bible
You know Aaron wanted to be in charge
And it's like well you already got your chance
And when you were in charge you didn't exactly do a good job
You were worshiping a golden calf after a short time
And so this issue is very similar
Because we have two very opposite sides
And that's the first point
This issue of repentance
We have two ends of the spectrum
Two opposite sides on what we believe
In Exodus 32 let's look at verse 19
And it came to pass as soon as he came nigh unto the camp
That he saw the calf and the dancing
And Moses' anger waxed hot
And he cast the tables out of his hands
And break them beneath the mountain
And he took the calf which they had made
And burned it in the fire and ground it to powder
And strawed it upon the water
And made the children of Israel drink of it
And Moses said unto Aaron
What did this people unto thee that thou hast brought
So great a sin upon them?
And Aaron said
Let not the anger of my Lord wax hot
Thou knowest the people that they are set on mischief
For they said unto me
Make us gods which shall go before us
For as for this Moses
The man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt
We want not what has become of him
And I said unto them
Whosoever hath any gold let them break it off
So they gave it to me
Then I cast it into the fire
And there came out this calf
So here we have two sides
We have the side of Moses
That wants to worship the Lord
That loves the Lord
Then we got the side here worshipping a golden calf
You see when you have situations of two things
That are so opposite from one another
You must make a choice
You cannot stand in between on an issue like this
When it's so far apart from one another
You either believe like Moses does
Or you believe like they do that are worshipping the golden calf
There is no in between position
When it comes to this repentance of sins
These are two very different extremes
We got what we believe over here
We got repentance of sins way over there
These are not close to one another
It's not a difference in semantics
It's not a small difference
They're different gospels
There's one gospel
And the gospel we believe is what's going to get you to heaven
And this false gospel is all the way over here
These are not close to each other
It's not just a small difference
It's got salvation by faith alone
And works salvation
The same gospel of the Catholics, the Muslims, the Hindus
Whatever religion, it's all the same
You have two different extreme sides
Now I want you to understand something
That both sides
When it comes to what I believe
Or Pastor Jimenez believes
We would look here and say
They believe a different gospel
But I want you to understand something
On this side
You got Benny Avante
And he would say that he believes a different gospel than us
See Benny Avante doesn't think I'm saved
I promise you that's what he believes
If you were to talk to him
One on one he would say they preach a false gospel
They're not saved
That's what he believes
He doesn't think I'm a child of God
I don't think he's a child of God
You got two sides
And both sides at the top we understand
These are different gospels
So you got to make a decision on this
It's not something you can go in between
And people like to go in between on this topic
There is no in between
Either it's by faith alone
Or by repenting of sins
These are different beliefs
John 3.16 we read it this morning
You don't have to turn there
But it says for God to still love the world
That he gave his only begotten son
That whosoever believeth in should not perish
But have everlasting life
So the question is
Is it God gave his only begotten son
Or we give our life to Christ
These are two different things
I thought God gave his life for me
I thought Jesus died for my sins
He gave his life for me
I don't have to give God my life to be saved
And honestly nobody's given their entire life to God
That's ridiculous
Did you wake up this morning and pray for three hours
And read the bible for three hours
Then just walk the streets for six hours preaching the gospel
I don't think so
None of us have given our entire lives to God
Not a single person
I'm still working
I'm still growing
Nobody's given their life to Christ
And if we had to give our life to Christ to be saved
We would all go to hell
Because nobody has given their entire life to Christ
I want to make it very obvious to you
That what I believe
And what we believe
Is very different than what they believe
I listened to a sermon yesterday
I finished it this morning
A sermon from Vinnie Avante
The grace of God
See we're saved by grace right?
God's grace
Everyone agrees with that
We're saved by God's grace
I've got six quotes from this sermon
From Vinnie Avante
The king of the bible baptist here in the Philippines
Let's hear these quotes
Number one
You might know that you're saved
But not know the meaning of what salvation means
You can be saved
And not even understand what it means to be saved
That's what he said
He said wait a minute that doesn't make any sense
No it makes perfect sense with Calvinists
Because what Calvinists believe
Is that God regenerates you
See I could be walking down the street today
Just walking walking and boom
All of a sudden God saves me
That's what they believe
I could be taking a nap and wake up and I'm saved
That's what they believe
I could be eating lunch
And I get done eating lunch
And boom God's regenerating me
But I don't understand it
I mean he saved me
I know I'm saved now
But I don't understand it
I mean it makes sense with what they believe
That's what they believe
That God regenerates you
Not based on what you believe
So you don't even have to understand what salvation is
Because if God picks you
You're going to heaven whether you like it or not
And if you want to be saved
Well if you're not chosen you're going to hell
That's what they believe
And God just regenerates you
You might know that you're saved
But not know the meaning
Of what salvation means
I'm sorry but when people hear the gospel
They have to understand what salvation is to be saved
It's who so ever believe it
And if you say well you know I don't understand the gospel
You can't be saved
You have to understand what you need to do to be saved
You can't believe on Jesus
Without understanding what you have to believe
I mean that's ridiculous
That doesn't make any sense whatsoever
But it makes sense if you're a Calvinist
That's quote number one
What about this quote
You can profess the Lord
And announce to the whole world
I believe in Jesus
But in your own lives every day
There is no evidence of that salvation
Why?
It is just a profession
You know what he's saying?
If you say you're saved and there's no works
You're not saved
Right
It's just a profession
If there's no works to back it up
You're not saved
Wait a minute
I thought salvation was by grace alone
And you're telling me that if there's no works
You're not saved
That sounds like a different gospel to me
That sounds like Bini Abonte
And what we believe
Are very extremely different from one another
Because what we believe is who so ever believeth in him
And Bini Abonte is saying
Wait a minute
If there's no works
You're just making a profession
You can say you believe
But if you really believe
You're gonna have works
That's what he believes
Point number three in his sermon
The third quote that I pulled out
And folks listen
If you are saved today
We might not be perfect
But if you are saved today
You are being delivered
Not only from the power of sin
But from the pleasures of sin
If not
Don't tell me you're saved
That's what Bini Abonte says
That if you're not being delivered from the pleasures of sin
Don't tell me you're saved
Which means that you know what
If you've been saved for a couple of years
And you still listen to rock music
You're not saved
You haven't been delivered from the pleasures of sin
I mean if you've been saved for a length of time
And you still drink alcohol sometimes
Don't tell me you're saved
That's what Bini Abonte is saying
That if there's not this massive change
And if you're still struggling with the same sin
You did a year ago
Obviously God's not delivering you from the pleasures of sin
You must not be saved
That's what Bini Abonte believes
The fourth quote
If you still enjoy many of those sins
Think for a while
If you say that you're saved
And you don't even enjoy reading the Bible
You don't enjoy coming to the Ekklesia
You're not serving God
You're not obedient to your pastor
Think
You might not be saved
That's a direct quote
Word for word
And look I don't have a printer right now
I'd take time to scribble all this down
Pause and write everything
That's what he said
He said that you know what
If you don't love your pastor
If you don't love this church
If you don't love reading the Bible
Look
You might not be saved
Now let me ask you a question
Let's say that there's
Cause I promise you there are saved people at his church
I promise you that's the case
I guarantee it
All these Bible Baptist churches
There are saved people
Cause those are the best churches
They can find
If you're a saved person
And you hear this preaching every week
You know what's gonna happen?
You're gonna start becoming confused
You say well how do people get confused
In the book of Galatians
Because of this kind of preaching
Cause if you hear over and over again
That wait a minute
If you don't have works
You might not be saved
You're gonna start getting confused
That's why I hate this kind of preaching
I remember that when I first got saved
I listened to a lot of
Independent Baptist preaching online
And there's one guy I listen to a lot
And I didn't realize this repentance of sins topic
And it turns out he was a false prophet
Now he was very dynamic
And so it was entertaining to listen to
But all of a sudden
You know he really focused so much
About how you know what
You have to have this magical moment
When you get saved
Then you start wondering yourself
Wait a minute
You know when I prayed
Did I fully understand it?
You start getting a little bit confused yourself
Look if you sit under false preaching
You're gonna get confused
I don't care who you are
If I just listen to false preaching every week
Week after week after week
After week after week
I'm gonna start getting a little bit confused
And let me tell you something
There's saved people
At Benny Avanti's church
Now the sermon we heard this morning
Wasn't it very clear what salvation is
By believing alone
Let me tell you something
Those saved people
They can listen to that sermon and say amen
But you know what
They listen to Benny Avanti every week
They're gonna start getting confused
There's saved people that are hearing
This kind of preaching
Every single week
And they're getting confused
Because of it
A devil
Benny Avanti is not a confused man
He knows what he believes
He's never gonna get saved
The guy is a devil
He's not just unsaved
Benny Avanti is a devil
He's the king of these Bible facts
The man is a devil
Number five
If you really want to be saved
You've got to repent of your sins
And believe Christ as your personal Lord and Savior
Plain as day
You must repent of your sins
If you really want to be saved
His implication when he says
If you really want to be saved is
Well I mean you can choose to believe
But if you really want to be saved
You better make a change buddy
You better repent of your sins
That's what he's saying
Number six
The last one
Are you doing God's will?
Because doing God's will
Is just the effect of salvation folks
Basically saying
It's just guaranteed
You're gonna do his will
If you get saved
It's just the effect of salvation folks
If you're not doing God's will
How could you ever tell me that you're saved
That's what he's saying
Basically he's saying
You know what
If you're not doing God's will
If you're not walking the walk
Don't tell me you're saved
You're not saved
If you don't have works
That's what Beni Avanti believes
Okay
I went through those quotes
Just to make it very clear here this morning
What we're talking about
It's kind of a two part sermon
What we believe
Is all the way over here
What they believe
Is all the way over here
These are not just a slight difference
Beni Avanti is a devil
And any preacher
That's gonna preach
You gotta turn from your sins
And make this lifestyle change
They're not just a confused person
They're a devil
They're no different than a Roman Catholic priest
It's the same thing
They're a wicked person
Doing the devil's work
And they're saved people
In these churches that are getting confused
Because of these people
That's what makes me mad
If his church was just filled with all unsaved people
Then go ahead
Preach whatever heresy you want
But you know people listen to his sermons online
And people go to his church that are saved people
And they're getting confused by this devil
That's the truth
Turn to James 2
You know obviously we look at certain people
In this world that are bad people
You look at a guy like Vice Gonda
I use that term guy very lightly
Right
We look at a guy like Vice Gonda
A wicked person
No doubt
But you know who's just as dangerous
As Vice Gonda
Is Benny Avanti
Right
We need to understand that when it comes to these false creatures
They're deceiving people
They're bad people
They're causing so much harm
And yeah Vice Gonda is harming a lot of young kids
That are becoming effeminate
Because they watch him all the time on TV
But you got Benny Avanti that's confusing
Saved people
Benny Avanti is going to be responsible
For so many people going to hell one day
Because they thought
They trusted in their pastor
That told them you got to do good works
But the Bible says it's by faith alone
James 2
Let me give you an example of these two different sides
James 2 it says in verse 17
Even so faith if it hath not works is dead being alone
Yeah a man may say thou hast faith and I have works
Show me thy faith without thy works
And I will show thee my faith by my works
Thou believeth that there is one God
Thou doest well
The devils also believe in trouble
But wilt thou know O vain man
That faith without works is dead
So you got two different sides
Now what Benny Avanti would say
Is that if you're really saved you're going to have works
Is that not true?
He says you can't have faith without works
He would go to James 2 and say wait a minute
Faith without works is dead
So don't tell me you can have faith without works
Look in James 2
What does it say?
Faith without works
You know what that means?
It means you can have faith without works
I mean do you not get basic English
Faith without works
Well you can't have faith without works
Look it says faith without works
You're literally going to the passage that disproves you
You go to faith without works it's dead and say
Well you can't have faith without works
It says faith without works
And it's funny when you hear these unsaved people explain passages
It just shows you the Spirit's not guiding them
Because they literally are just professing foolishness
Because I mean it says faith without works
You quoted that
And you're telling me you can't have faith without works
And you used a verse that disproves you
I mean it blows my mind
Turn to John 14
I'm just giving you a couple examples
Of just how we would look at certain verses
And how we have very different opinions on it
John 14 verse 15
I love this verse but the Bible reads this
If ye love me
Keep my commandments
What a great verse
I tell people this sometimes when they're confused
And I'm preaching the gospel
How they say well you know you got to love the Lord
Keep His commandments and be saved
It's like no
You don't have to keep His commandments
If you love God you're going to keep His commandments
You don't have to do that to be saved
Now look us in this room
You know what the proof of whether or not you love God is?
It's whether or not you keep His commandments
It's whether or not you walk the walk
Whether or not you do God's will
Whether or not you read the Bible
Whether or not you get sin out of your lives
That's the proof of whether or not you love God
Whether or not you keep His commandments
But it's not proof of whether or not you're saved
The evidence we need is what you believe
And if you believe salvation is a free gift and it lasts forever
You're saying it's that simple
It's not works
Works is not the evidence of salvation
The Bible never teaches that
That is full blown heresy to say that works is the evidence of salvation
No it's not
Because there are saved people out there that have no evidence in terms of works
Because there are people that are drunks
And are going to be drunks until the day they die
And we're going to see them in heaven
The Bible is very clear about that
But that's not what he believes
He would never believe that
That's what I believe
See I believe that there are bad people out there
That are saved and on their way to heaven
People that sin every single day
And are bad husbands
And are bad fathers
And are drunks
But you know what we're going to see them in heaven one day
You know why?
Because I believe salvation is by grace through faith
He says he believes salvation is by grace through faith
Well I don't see much evidence of that
Because you keep saying works works works
It's by grace through faith
Turn to Acts 6
And look we just believe two very different things
You have to realize that
Anyone who would hear this sermon online
You have to realize that both of us would agree
He would say I preach a false gospel
I'm saying he preaches a false gospel
Amen
Right?
Both sides agree that we preach differently
That's what the whole fight was before we came down here
They said you're preaching a false gospel
Because you're not preaching repent of your sins
They agree we preach different gospels
Both sides are in agreement
These are different gospels
And look
If you're in this room
And you can hear every verse I quoted this morning
And still think you've got to repent of your sins
Look
The Ekklesia is a better church for you
This is not the right church for you
If you can hear all these verses about how the Bible says
The gift of God is eternal life
And still walk away saying you've got to repent of your sins
And you can look at whosoever believes
And should not perish but of everlasting life
And he that believeth on the sun hath everlasting life
And for by grace are you saved through faith
And that not of yourselves it is the gift of God
Not of works that any man should boast
And you still walk away saying
You've got to repent of your sins
Look
This is not the best church for you
But on the contrary
If you go to that church
And you can hear this sermon
And you hear the voice of the shepherd
And you realize you know what it is by faith alone
You've got to leave that church
Because these sides are too big
These sides are too very opposite sides
From one another
You cannot stand in between
On this issue
These are two different things
In Acts chapter 6
I want you to notice
Let's look at verse number 8
And Stephen full of faith and power
Did great wonders and miracles among the people
Then there arose certain of the synagogue
Which is called the synagogue of the Libertines
And Cyrenians and Alexandrians
And of them of Cilicia and of Asia
Disputing with Stephen
And they were not able to resist
The wisdom and the spirit
By which he spake
Stephen spoke something
And they didn't agree
They couldn't resist it
They couldn't resist those words
They were mad about it
They were angry about it
You know what it reminds me of?
It reminds me of just less than a month ago
Brother Timothy was preaching a sermon
He was preaching a sermon showing that salvation was by grace alone
And a Bible Baptist pastor walked out of the sermon
Right?
Is that not true?
People don't witness it
He could not resist the words that were being spoken
You know why?
Because they hate the words we're saying
Right
They hate it when we say salvation is a free gift
They hate it when we say it's eternal life only in Jesus
That you don't have to repent of your sins
They absolutely hate the words we're saying right now
They hate it
They can't stand what we're saying
They hate it
Look, I hate the words that are coming out of his mouth
Right
Saying you've got to repent of your sins
Yes, they hate our words
We hate their words
Look, we're not
You say, well, we're both Baptist
No, we're not
What we believe is the truth
It's a free gift
What they believe is heresy
Look, I hate the words that come out of his mouth
I hate it every second of that sermon
I listen to it to get me angry for the sermon
That's the truth
Out of his own mouth
I listen to it
I mean, those quotes are terrible
You can't listen to that and say that you think the guy's saved
He obviously believes in a worse salvation
And he is confusing so
I hate those words
We ought to hate those words
I hate every false way
I hate this repentance of sins
I hate this Calvinism
I hate this garbage
Just like they hate what we're saying
These are two different
Just like they walked out during his sermon
Why?
Because they hate the words that are coming out of our mouths
That it's a free gift
They hate what we're doing this afternoon
Getting all these people saved
They don't think they're really getting saved
Because, I mean, if you really get somebody saved
It's going to take more than just a 15 minute conversation, right?
You're going to have to spend like
You know, the second church I went to
The pastor I told you about
That lied about being a Calvinist
I remember, you know, I started going to the church
And we had like a basketball time
And I talked to him about
You know, bringing an unsafe person to give him the gospel
And he's like
Well, here's the thing
From my experience
We really need to give time for the Holy Spirit to really work on that person
And he's like
What I have is a
I can't remember if it was a six week or an eight week Bible study
To give him the gospel
Now look, I didn't know as much at the time
I thought it sounded weird
But I was just like
Oh, okay
And I was just thinking
My friend's not going to come though
For, you know
Eight weeks for an hour
For you to give the gospel though, you know
So, you know, I never had him talk to him
But it's just like
You know, that's what they believe
They don't believe that we can get somebody saved in fifteen minutes
They don't believe that
They believe you got to give time
For the Holy Spirit to work on them
And that you got to quit drinking first
And quit smoking and change your lifestyle
Look, that's garbage
That's work salvation
Right
And so the first point we have is just this
These are two very different sides from one another
And the second point is this
A side must be chosen
Exodus 32 verse 25
Look, Moses says
Which side are you on?
Are you on the Lord's side
Or are you on the side worshipping the golden calf?
These are two different sides
You must make a choice
They're so far from one another
You can't be in between
It's not like these are close to each other
They're not close
You can't be on both sides
You either believe like we do
Or you believe like they do
It's one or the other
And look
A side must be chosen
Turn to 1 Kings 18
And look, this is what Moses said
He said
You've got to decide what side you're on
Who's on the Lord's side?
And at that moment
When the time comes
You must make a decision
Look, in our lives
There might be moments
When a certain thing comes up
Where we have to make a decision
Of what side we're on
And when that comes
We must decide
We can't do this in between things
We must be all the way over here
Or all the way over there
And look
When we preach the gospel
We make it a point to tell people
They don't have to repent of their sins
They don't have to change their lifestyle
They don't have to do good work
They don't have to get baptized
They don't have to repent of their sins
We make it very clear
Why?
Because if somebody
Because look
Most people are on their side
99% of the world is on the side of any Avanti
They think their works
And their reformation
And their repenting of their sins
Is going to get them saved
And so when we preach the gospel
The only way to get them saved
Is to make it very clear
That look
What you believe is different than the truth
You must change what you believe
To believe on Jesus Christ
You must repent of your sins
You must make it very clear
Because otherwise
They're going to still stay on that side
And you can't be in between
You must put all your faith in Jesus
This topic is work salvation
When they say you got to repent of your sins
And you must make a decision
And many people in this room
You've seen this in action
You've seen friends and family
Your old church that you know
Gets mad at you
For getting people saved
And you're like
What in the world
Why would they get mad
Because they don't believe what we believe
No
They're mad
That you're changing them from believing
Like they did
To what we do now
They're mad about that
They don't want you to believe on Jesus Christ alone
Because they don't believe that
1 Kings 18 look at verse 19
Now therefore, send and gather to me all Israel
Onto Mount Carmel
And the prophets of Baal 450
And the prophets of the Groves 400
Which eat at Jezebel's table
So Ab-
Oh, A
So Ahab
Send unto all the children of Israel
And gather the prophets together
Onto Mount Carmel
And Elijah came unto all the people and said
How long halt ye between two opinions
If the Lord be God follow him
But if Baal then follow him
The people answered him not a word
Then said Elijah unto the people
I even I only remain a prophet of the Lord
But Baal's prophets are 450 men
This is like it is today
There's probably like 450 unsaved prophets
Or unsaved preachers
To one preacher that's good
That's the way it is
You look around the world
The vast majority of people in this country
Catholic priests
Right I mean are any of them saved
I don't think so
I mean are any of the Galatian priests saved
I don't think so
I mean the vast majority of the preachers are unsaved
Preaching a false gospel
Anyway I like Elijah's reaction to verse 21
Like he's mad at people holding between two opinions
But he basically just says take a side
He's like if you want to follow Baal
Go for it
And that's the way I feel
I mean if you're in this room
And you think you got to repent of your sins
And what you heard all the preaching on this in the first sermon
And someone could talk to you and give you the gospel
And you still disagree
Look this is not the right church for you
Go ahead and join their church
And it's the same thing over there
If you're at his church
If these churches that are preaching work salvation
And you don't believe that
You need to leave that church
And go to a different church
This church is not a perfect church
But turn to Galatians 1
It's not a perfect church
The word church is going to make salvation very clear
That it's just by believing
I mean in this instance with Elijah and the false prophets of Baal
Either Elijah is a devil
Or the prophets of Baal are devils
They can't both be good people
People have this idea
Well I mean all preachers are good right
They're all serving God
And helping people in their lives
No they're not
The vast majority of preachers are devils
They're bad people
They're preaching false gospels
They're wicked people
That's the truth
And it's your turn to Galatians 1
It says in Matthew 12 30
He that is not with me is against me
And he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad
And that's what these false preachers are doing
They're scattering
They're not helping getting people saved
They're not helping them do anything good
They're preaching against what the Lord says
Galatians 1 verse 6 through 9
I marvel that you are so soon removed from him
That called you in the grace of Christ unto another gospel
Which is not another
But there be something in you
And would pervert the gospel of Christ
But though we or an angel from heaven
Preach any other gospel unto you
Than that which we have preached unto you
Let him be accursed
As we said before
So say now again
If any man preach any other gospel unto you
Than that he have received
Let him be accursed
What's the Bible saying there?
How should we view people preaching a false gospel
We're not just talking about unsaved people
We're talking about people that would stand behind a pulpit
And preach a false gospel
How should we view people preaching a false gospel
How should we view them
The Bible says
Let him be accursed
You know what that means?
Let them go to hell
That's what the Bible is saying
Let these false prophets die and go to hell
That's what the Bible teaches
If they're going to preach a false gospel
And confuse people
Let them go to hell
They're causing destruction
We should not have sympathy
For the Beni Avantes of this world
These people that for 30 years
40 however long
He's been preaching
However long he's been the pastor of that church
We should not feel sympathy for him
For when he dies and goes to hell
Because he is confusing people
And sending people to hell
The Bible says
Let him be accursed
That's Paul the apostles
I love the words of the Bible
I believe the words of the Bible are great
They're perfect
They're pure words
In Paul's words were
Let him be accursed
Let him be damned
Let him go to hell
That's what the Bible is saying
You say man you're not a very nice person
You know what
Paul the apostle wasn't a very nice person
I guess Jesus wasn't a very nice person
You know what
I just want to see people go to heaven
And you know what
It takes this kind of preaching
To help people understand this stuff
I hate the fact that there's saved people
In churches like that
That are getting confused by these devils
And you guys know them
You have friends
You have family
You have people you know
That are saved and confused
Man it better make us angry
That they're doing this
That's why we're preaching this
Because the Bible says let them be accursed
That's strong languages from the Bible
Turn back to Exodus 32
Now very Baptist church Manila
We believe in preaching the whole counsel of God
So we'll preach sermons on joy
We'll preach sermons on love
We'll preach sermons on peace
But we're also going to preach sermons against false prophets
We're also going to preach about judgment
We're not leaving anything out
We're preaching the whole Bible
And you know what
This is what the Bible teaches
That if someone's a false prophet
Let them go to hell
We've got two different sides
We've got to make a decision
And I want you to understand the third point is this
If you stick with these churches
You're not part of our movement
You're not part of BBC Manila
That's the truth
And look you know you guys know people
That they might be saved
But you know what
If they choose not to side with us
They're not with us
I remember going to a church one time
This is the first church after I got saved
And this church was not King James only
And I understood once I started going to the church
That the King James Bible was perfect
And I remember someone I looked at
As one of my best friends
Because me and a few guys left the church
Pastor Jason Robinson was with me
You know a lot of people you don't know him
A few other people
I remember we left the church
And he was one of our best friends
And he told me
He's like I'm with you guys
But I'm going to stay at this church
He's like you're not with me
I mean a decision has to be made
And you made your decision
That's the truth
Anyway if people make the decision
To stay in these churches
It doesn't matter whether they're saved or not
They're not with us
Because what we're doing is going out there
And preaching the gospel of the lost
They're not coming with us so winning
They're not coming with us out there
So winning and getting people saved
And preaching the truth
And trying to help get churches established
They're not with us
And look you know it's sad
Because we're going to see people in heaven one day
That's stuck with all these dead as a doornail churches
But you know what
They're not with us
They're not going to work with us
Look you know I'm glad I'll see them in heaven one day
But they're not with us
If they're not going to start coming to a church like this
Or a like-minded church
And you guys know that
All throughout Metro Manila
There are saved people going to churches
With unsaved pastors
I would just not go to church at all
That's the truth
I wouldn't go to church
Where the pastor is not saved
And preaching the false gospel
That's my opinion
I wouldn't go to that
I would find something else
Or move or do whatever
Many of you are in that sort of situation
But you know what
It's like there's other alternatives now
And you're like yeah it might be a long drive
But you know what
You can make the effort
Because you know in the Bible
I believe people went a long distance
To hear the preaching of the word of God
I mean John the Baptist was preaching in the wilderness
But they didn't have a Subaru to drive them out there
I mean it was a long effort
To make it
To hear the preaching of the word of God
And in our world today
People just don't value the preaching of the word of God
They say well you know
Yeah I mean he's wrong about this repentance thing
But it's the closest church to me
No
You need to leave that church
Right
You need to put in the effort
And many people in the church
Have put in the effort
And many people in this room
Have put in a big effort to be here
A lot of you guys come from a long distance
Why?
Because you love the word of God
Amen
It's worth it to come that far
You love seeing people get saved
Amen
And we hate seeing people get deceived
And look that's the truth
People need to do that
I've driven more than an hour to church before
Look next week we're moving to Quezon City
Wednesdays is going to be a long drive to me
But you know what
It's worth going a long distance to hear the preaching of the word of God
And you know
Wouldn't a God one day
We'll have a lot of great churches here in Metro Manila
But right now we don't
That's the reality
It says in Exodus 32 verse 27 and 28
And he said unto them
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel
Put every man as sword by his side
And go in and out from gate to gate
Throughout the camp
And slay every man as brother
And every man as companion
And every man as neighbor
And the children of Levi did
According to the word of Moses
And there fell of the people
That day about three thousand men
I guess Moses isn't that nice either
He's having people killed
Right
See this is an instance
Where a decision had to be made
On what side
And the people that stuck with the golden calf side
They were destroyed
You know it doesn't matter whether these people
These false churches are saved or not
They're going down in the same ship that many Avanti's is in
And everybody at that church
Whether they're saved or not
They're hearing the same preaching
They're going to do nothing in their lives
They're never going to go out sowing
They're never going to do anything
They're never going to lead anyone to the Lord
They're not going to read the Bible
They're at a terrible church
Look
You got to make a decision on this
And if you don't
You're going to go down with that ship
If you stick with them
You're not part of this
Turn to Ephesians 4
Ephesians 4
See throughout the Bible
When we talk about church
Church is a congregation
It means people are congregated together
There as one
We here this morning
We are a church
We're together
We're here for the preaching of God's word
We're going to go out
Soul winning at 2.30
And get a lot of people saved
We're here together
A church is together
Look
There's somebody who's saved
But they're not going to this church
They're not with us
They're not a part of us
In Ephesians 4.16 it says
From whom the whole body fitly joined together
It's talking about the body of Christ
It's talking about a local church
Fitly joined together and compacted by that
Which every joint supplyeth
According to the effectual working
And the measure of every part
Make an increase of the body
Onto the edifying of itself and love
It says that we're joined together
And it says that we work effectually
What that means is
All of us help each other
We're part of the same church
We need all of us
Every single one of us
For this church to operate
It's not just me up here preaching
We need everybody in this room
In this church to operate efficiently
And we work together
We're joined together
And if somebody's not here
It doesn't matter whether they're saved or not
They're not working together with us
Right?
Yeah, there's saved people here in Metro Manila
But if they're not here
They're not with us
Turn to Hebrews 3
Yeah, there's saved people here in Metro Manila
But if they're not here
They're not with us
Turn to Hebrews 2
Hebrews 2
And like I said before
Because I don't want anyone to get confused
Obviously I understand on Wednesday nights
When we have service
Not everyone in this room is able to come
At 7pm
It can be really bad
When there's a lot of traffic
I understand that
So I'm not down on you
Because you don't skip work on Wednesday
To come to church
I understand that
You're willing to drive a long
Come a long distance way
I'm glad you're coming here
For one day a week
You know one thing that's interesting
At every church I've ever seen
For more than a decade
You know
If somebody goes soul winning
Then they go to all church services
Without fail
Every single time
There's people that go to all church services
That don't go soul winning
And so I know that anyone who's missing Wednesday nights
It's not because you want to miss
Because I mean
There's like 26 soul winners
That were out on Sunday
It's like you want to be here
It's just too far
It's not possible for you to come
In that distance
I understand that
Because I'm telling you
Anyone who's willing to go soul winning
Is going to come to all three church services
Because they love the word of God
They want to hear
And they want to go out
And preach the word of God
It says in Hebrews 2 12
Saying
I will declare thy name unto my brethren
In the midst of the church
Why sing praise unto thee?
In the midst of the church
Go back to the Old Testament
And it says
In the midst of the congregation
So a church means you're congregated
It means you're together
We're joined together
And if somebody's not here
They're not with us
Turn to James 4
James 4
And in James 4
This is what it says in verse 4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses
Know ye not
That the friendship of the world
Is enmity with God
Whosoever therefore
Will be a friend of the world
Is the enemy of God
If you're a friend of the world
You're the enemy of God
So what about a person who goes to a church
Where they know their pastor is saved
And he's preaching a false gospel
God says you're his enemy
If you're a friend of the world
What about if you're friends with a false prophet
You go to a church like that
Look people that don't come to this church
They're not with us
According to the Bible
They're enemies of God
God's mad at them
Why?
Because they're scattering abroad
Because if you're not with us
Gathering and getting people saved
You're scattering abroad
And they're saving people to go to these churches
They're never going to lead anyone to the Lord
They're never going to do anything for God
And they're working for the enemy
They're giving the tithe money to that church
To help them preach a false gospel
It's like what in the world is wrong with you
And it's just like I'm telling you
When I was 20 years old
And I found out that my pastor was a false prophet
I left the church
That's what everybody needs to do
It doesn't matter if you
Why?
I thought he was a great guy
I have so many friends here
It doesn't matter
You lead
If you find out he's a devil
He's a false prophet
Turn to 1 Kings 22
And in 1 Kings 22
We have a story with Jehoshaphat and Ahab
It's kind of interesting
Because just between the surface
Me and brother Immanuel
We're talking about Ahab here
And whether or not he was a believer or not
And I believe that Ahab was saved
That's my opinion
I believe he was saved
But he had a really wicked wife
That caused him to do a lot of bad things
I believe he was saved
But regardless of whether or not he was saved
It's irrelevant
Because he was a bad guy
He was doing bad things
And Jehoshaphat links up
With a guy who's living a wicked lifestyle
And doing bad things
It says in 1 Kings 22 verse 1
And they continued three years
Without war between Syria and Israel
And it came to pass in the third year
That Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
Came down to the king of Israel
And the king of Israel said unto his servants
Know ye that Ramoth and Gilead is ours
And we be still
And take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria
And he said unto Jehoshaphat
Wilt thou go with me to battle in Ramoth Gilead
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel
I am as thou art
My people as thy people
My horses is thy horses
Look
We're not like them
Never say something like this
Well you know we're just like him
We're both Baptists
We're not like him
We're different
Verse 5
Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel
Inquire I pray thee at the word of the Lord today
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together
About four hundred men
And said unto them
Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle
Or shall I forbear
And they said go up for the Lord shall deliver it
Into the hand of the king
And Jehoshaphat said
Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides
That we might inquire of him
Jehoshaphat knows that this is a false prophet
So he said I want to hear a good prophet
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat
There is yet one man
Micaiah the son of Imlah
By whom we may inquire of the Lord
But I hate him
For he doth not prophesy
Good concerning me
But evil
And Jehoshaphat said
Let not the king say so
Jehoshaphat links up with this false guy
And all of a sudden he's hearing a false prophet
His words
When you have two different sides
You cannot be on both sides
You've got to make a decision
And Jehoshaphat was a great guy
But you know what he made a terrible decision
You've got to decide what side you're on
These are very different sides
They're two extremely opposite sides
For one another
Turn to Ruth chapter 1
Ruth 1
Now in this room
We have a lot of people that used to go to Bible Baptist churches
And you know you left the Bible Baptist church
And this is the reason why you left
Because they aren't preaching a false gospel
And you know that
They're preaching repentance of sins
They're preaching work salvation
And this last point is just kind of like a plea to people that would listen to this sermon
Because I just want to tell them you know what
Many people in this room have already forsaken everything to come to this church
That's the truth
I mean you've got family now that hates you
Because you go to this church
And it's only going to get worse
That's the truth
You have family that hates you for coming to this church
You have old friends that don't want to talk to you
Old pastors and people you know
And they don't want to have anything to do with you now
Anyway you're taking a stand
And you're suffering as a result
I remember during the Orlando protest
You know when people took a side
To stand at Verity Baptist church
And you know what
Some people had to worry about their jobs and things like that
You know with everything being on the news and stuff
But you know what
When you have an issue like this
Two sides you've got to make a decision of what side you're on
And you know what
We had people that were at that church
When we had the protest that happened
I mean they had their nice little excuse of why they left
They had their nice little reason
Well I just don't agree with all the doctrines
The bottom line is you side with the Sodomites over the man of God
That's the truth
And it's just like people that would just listen to this kind of preaching
And say you know what
I'm going to side with the Repentance of Sense preachers
And still go to my old church
Look you know they're not on our side
And in this room people have already forsaken everything
To be a part of this church
In Ruth 1 we see a great example of two types of people
We see Ruth and Orpah
And it says in Ruth 1 verse 6
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the country of Moab
For she had heard in the country of Moab how the Lord had visited his people and given them bread
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was and her two daughters-in-law with her
Which were Ruth and Orpah
And they went on the way to return them to the land of Judah
And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in-law
Go return each to her mother's house
The Lord deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me
The Lord grant you that you may find rest each of you in the house of her husband
And she kissed them and they lifted up their voice and wept
Notice this in verse 10
And they said unto her
Surely we will return with thee unto thy people
They both say I will forsake everything to return with you
They both say that
Verse 11
And Naomi said turn again my daughters why will you go with me
Are there yet any more sons in my womb that they may be your husbands
Turn again my daughters go your way for I am too old to have an husband
If I should say I have hope I should have an husband also tonight and should also be your sons
Would you tarry for them till they were grown
Would you stay for them from having husbands
Nay my daughters for agree with me much for your sakes
That the hand of the Lord has gone out against me
So Naomi's telling them just stay behind
You don't have to go with me
But Ruth and Orpah remember they both said they were gonna follow Naomi
And being in Moab you got a false god
Same sort of situation
False god, true god
And both say we're gonna go to follow the true god
We're gonna follow you
And then it says in verse 14
And they lifted up their voice and wept again
And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law but Ruth played onto her
You notice how Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye
And she sides with the wrong side
Ruth on the other hand she goes and she falls
Look Ruth forsook everything
She didn't even know where she was gonna get food or anything
And honestly when she made that decision in her mind
She was probably thinking I'm never gonna be married
Because of the fact you know being a woman of Moab
God's people aren't gonna want to marry a Moabite-ish woman
Right
And so she decided to forsake everything
She didn't even know where her food was coming from
I mean everything's just gone
And you have certain situations in life
When they come up you must make a decision
I'm sure later on with this church
There's gonna be certain topics or certain things
Where something comes up
We gotta make a decision what side we're on
And when that time comes you must always side with god
No matter how much it will cost you
Serving God is gonna cost you something
You're gonna have to sacrifice
But I'll tell you what
Look at how many people we get saved
I mean look at your lives
You know the people in here that are soul owners that have led people to the Lord
I mean if you died tomorrow
You could still look back at your life
And you know what
Say I accomplished something with my life
Maybe you didn't end with any money
Maybe you didn't end with any fame
But you helped lead people from hell to heaven
What we're doing this afternoon is huge
I mean leading people to the Lord
I mean that's amazing
There's nothing better than to lead people to the Savior
Nothing's more important than that
And even if I don't end with much money in my life
And even if I end with a lot of people hating me for the things I preach
If I can look back and say you know what
I've helped lead people to the Lord
What's more valuable than that?
Ruth forsook everything
She was willing to take a stand
Warpa wasn't
Most of the world are like Warpa
The vast majority
Most people they aren't willing to take the stand
You know in this room
And I had more verses
But I think we're just going to close here on this last one
I think that's a great passage
But you know in this room I just want to let you know this
I want to thank you for taking the stand to be a part of this church
Because I know that there's a lot of you in this room
That you've sacrificed a lot
Because you want to serve God
You just want to be at a church that preaches the truth
And it might have hurt you in terms of financially
With jobs
With friends
And everything
But look
When you side with God
You will not end up regretting it
It's going to be worth it
Now let me tell you something
This church is going to do great things through the coming years
Through the decades
We're going to see a lot of great churches start
We're just here at the beginning
We're small in number
But look at the only people who have already gotten saved as a church
We're accomplishing something big here
And let me tell you something
It's just my plea to people that would hear this sermon
It's time to side with the Lord
These sides are two very opposite sides from one another
And you can't stick with them
You're not part of us
Then make the decision to come here
And be a part of Verity Baptist Church
Let's close in word prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing me to speak into your house this morning
I ask you to just touch people's hearts
That would hear this sermon online
Or these two sermons online
Help them to make it very clear
Help them realize what they believe about the Bible and salvation
And help them to make the decision to side with God's people
We need more people out there
Sowing, laboring
And I ask you to just continue to bless this church
And bless all the families of people in this church
God who have made a decision to be a part of here
And it's cost them some things in their life
And they've made sacrifices to serve you God
I ask you to bless them
Both spiritually, physically, and also financially
God, I ask you to help them
For making the decision to be a part of this
We pray this in Jesus' name
Amen
Song number 43, we're marching to Zion
On the first verse
Come be the love of the Lord
And let our joys be known
Join in a song with sweet accord
And us around the throne
We're marching to Zion
Beautiful, beautiful Zion
We're marching upward to Zion
The beautiful city of God
Let those with you to sing
Who have never you or God
But children of the heavenly King
May they sing their joys abroad
We're marching to Zion
Beautiful, beautiful Zion
We're marching upward to Zion
The beautiful city of God
The hill of Zion
Yet a thousand sacred streets
Before we reach the heavenly field
Or walk the golden streets
We're marching to Zion
Beautiful, beautiful Zion
We're marching upward to Zion
The beautiful city of God
Let our songs abound
And every tear be dry
We're marching to Immanuel's throne
To better words on life
We're marching to Zion
Beautiful, beautiful Zion
We're marching upward to Zion
The beautiful city of God
I'm so afraid
The people of Jerusalem
Herggers, private lands
My father was aAKING
They came, friends
Made people's migration
I said to my brother
How do we get born?
temple of God
So that my children have God
If they Ryi
the children of your life
Oh
It's a
Walk
It's a