Men so the part of the chapter I want to look at there in Matthew chapter 10 is in verse 27
It says what I tell you in darkness that speaking light and what you hear in the ear that preach upon
The house tops and keep something in Matthew 10. We're gonna be here all morning
We just say that right out of the way. We're gonna come back several times at the end as well
So if I have you turn away just go ahead and bookmark something in Matthew chapter 10
But again, we see here in verse 27 is that Jesus is telling his disciples
He's saying look what I tell you in darkness. That's what I want spoken in the light
You know what you what you are told privately with me
That's what I want you to take forth and spread to the whole world. That's basically what he's saying
He's saying I don't want you to hide that under a bushel. I don't want you to keep that candle under bushel
I want you to break let it let it shine before men that they may see your good works and
glorify your father which is in heaven and this is you know something that is
Reiterated throughout Scripture that we are not to just take God's message and hide it that we are to share it
You know in one way that we do that here is through soul-winning
We go out and we knock doors and we preach the gospel and we preach people to people
salvation by grace through faith and of course
You know, we also preach things from this pulpit and you know
Not every sermon that we preach from this pulpit. In fact, the vast majority of sermons that come across this pulpit are not salvation
messages because you know
The vast majority of the people in this room this morning are saved, you know
I'm assuming and you know and people get saved they get born-again. They need to hear the whole counsel of the Word of God
That's why it's important that when you come to the house of God
You need to hear that which was spoken in darkness
You need to hear that which is spoken in the Word of God
You need to hear what Jesus has told us the good the bad the ugly the rough bits the nice bits all of it
You need to hear all of it and Jesus is telling us here to not hide these things but just to to preach ye upon the
housetops
He's I mean he's not saying that obviously this is an illustration
But that's that's the picture that he wants us to have in our minds of how we are to declare God's Word
That we were to go up upon the housetops and to preach it. So
Everybody can hear I mean that's the point of the housetop, right?
He's not saying go up on the housetop and preach because it's more comfortable up there. I mean good night
We all know that living here in Arizona. If you go up in the housetop, it's gonna be pretty hot
You know, it's an illustration that if you go up he wants you up there. So everyone will see you everyone will hear you
You know if I started hanging out on the housetop I guarantee, you know, the neighbors are gonna notice
They're gonna start paying attention. They're gonna say what's going on there?
And it's also what so you can project your voice so that you can be heard at a greater distance than you would
You know down in the basement of the house
He wants you to not be down in the basement, right?
he wants you to come up not just be on the sidewalk, but actually climb up on the roof and to
Preach what he has told us and
That includes all the Word of God
Not just the things that people like not just the things that are not going to get you in hot water
He's saying I want you to preach all of it
God wants the message of the Bible to be heard by any and all who will listen
and
So that tells me that you know, it's a shame for us to not preach it
You know if we find ourselves not as preachers whether it's out, you know in our own personal lives or specifically one
who stands behind the pulpit to preach the Word of God who calls himself a man of God if I hold back that message if
I don't tell you what the Bible says if I don't teach it, you know, that's a shame unto me
You know, that's me failing to do my job
It's a shame for us to not preach that which God wants preached upon the housetop
Look at verse 32. He said whosoever therefore shall confess me before men him
Will I also can will I confess also before my father which is in heaven?
You say no if you go and confess me before man you go up on that housetop
And you stand up in front of God and everybody and you just tell them what the Bible says
When you get to heaven, I'll confess you before my father. I'll say well done thou good and faithful servant
But Lotus verse 33, but whosoever shall deny me before men him also will I deny before my father which is in heaven
There's a couple different ways you could interpret this, you know, you can apply this to salvation that if people are gonna deny Christ
Here, you know in their hearts, you know, they're not gonna get saved, of course, they're gonna be denied in heaven
but I think what he's
Specifically talking about is this idea of those of us that would hold back the Word of God those that would be ashamed
To share what the Bible says about any topic
You know God's gonna be ashamed of them before his father, which is in heaven
You know, we're gonna get there and say well, I didn't really feel like saying that it was gonna make me uncomfortable
And you know what just made people mad well now Jesus is gonna be mad
And now you're not gonna hear those words. Well done thou good and faithful servant. I was gonna say, you know what?
next
Next, you know, there's gonna be that line. We're all lining up for rewards
You know and the guy that's ashamed individual that's ashamed before before men to preach the whole counsel of God
He's gonna get there on that day. He's gonna be in that line for rewards. He's gonna walk up to Jesus
What am I gonna get? He's just gonna look at you go next
You were afraid you didn't preach. You didn't go up on the housetop. You were you know, you were down in the basement
mumbling to yourself
You know
I wanted you up on the housetop
Proclaiming this getting the light of the gospel out to everybody getting the light of God's Word out to everybody
But you were ashamed of me. So, you know what next let me get the guy up here
Let me get the individual up here who actually did what I told them to do and preach the whole counsel the Word of God
And lived it and we reward that sermon
Now
That you know, this isn't just the message of salvation
Okay that he's talking about. I want you know, people want to say oh, he's just talking about preaching the gospel
No, it's it's the it's the whole counsel the Word of God. It's not just salvation
Because notice the context of Matthew chapter 10. Okay. Look at verse 16
he said behold I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves be therefore wise as serpents and
Harmless as doves but beware of men for they will deliver you up to councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues
And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony against the Gentiles
But when they deliver you up take no thought for what you shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour
What ye shall speak?
What does not need that speak but the spirit of your father which speaketh in you?
Of course, he's telling this to his disciples and look they said a lot of things and it wasn't just salvation
We're gonna see it here in the minute of the book of Acts where they they told the Jews they said hey you murdered the
Prince of Life
You killed Christ you killed the Messiah
You know that wasn't them just trying to have some sugar-coated soft nice little message trying to win them over to their side
They're just telling it like it is and he's warning him saying look you're gonna go out there
You're gonna preach the whole counsel of God. You're gonna be like a sheep that's sent forth in the midst of wolves
You know, it's the same
It's the same truth today
You know men of God today they have to get up and preach the whole counsel of God
You have to take a stand and and and stand for what's right in your own personal life
You know what? Sometimes you can feel like a sheep in the midst of wolves
because the Bible says that when the vilest of men are exalted the wicked walk on every side and
Today the vilest of men are exalted in this nation and therefore the wicked walk on every side. We are surrounded by the wicked
You know and so if you're gonna be a righteous person, you know
You're gonna feel like a
Sheep that's in the midst of wolves
But did Jesus say in that if that's the case then just shut up and don't say anything
Then just keep your mouth shut. Keep the peace. Don't make any waves. Don't upset anybody. Don't say anything that's controversial
No, he said when they deliver you up take no thought what you shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour
What you shall speak for does not ye that speak verse 20, but the spirit of your father which speaketh in you?
And he said in verse 21 and the brother shall deliver up the brother to death and the father the child the children shall put
Rise up against their parents. It caused them to be put to death
Verse 22 and he shall be hated of all men for my name's sake but he that endureth to the end shall be saved
Saying look you go out and you preach from the housetops. Like I told you
Everyone's gonna hate you people are gonna hate you you'll be hated of all men for what for my name's sake
Verse
23 but when they persecute you in this city flee into another for verily I say unto you shall not have gone over the city
Israel to the Son of Man become
And say well that sounds like a raw deal Jesus. I don't know if I'm ready for that
I don't know if that's something I want to do
But notice the verse 24. He said the disciple is not above his master nor the servant his Lord
You know, Jesus isn't asking us to do anything. He himself hasn't already done
You
Don't say oh if I preach this if I say that if I take that stand, you know, I'm gonna upset my family members
I'm gonna you know, I'm gonna upset people out on the internet
You know, there's gonna be persecution that comes our way people are gonna, you know, try to rally people against us
You know, they're gonna they might even threat make threats of physical violence
But the disciples not above his master nor the servant his Lord
You can say all those things about Jesus I
Mean, it's not like Jesus was mocked. It's not like Jesus was beaten
It's not like Jesus was crucified and literally killed because of the things that he preached and did
So he's saying look you're gonna go out there and preach it
You're gonna be like a sheep in the midst of wolves, but you know what? I've already done that
I'm burning that path right now. I'm showing you I'm setting example how to do it and how to suffer wrongfully
He said verse 25 it is enough for the disciple that he be as his master and the servant as his Lord if they have
Called the master of the house beelzebub. How much more should they call them of his household?
I mean if they're deriding Christ in his day, should it really surprise us?
when we have people today that would hear the preaching of God's Word and to ride those that preach it and
That's why he gives the verse 26 this this encouragement because
You know, it's it's not it's not like a chest thumping thing like, ah, you know, we're gonna go out there
We're gonna preach no matter what you bring it on, you know, fear is a natural human emotion people feel fear
And when you start to you know
Get some pushback for the things that you believe when you start to get some pushback for the things that you preach
You know fear is a pretty natural reaction
You know when you go to check the Facebook page and it's like you have 34 notifications
There you've got you've got 60 new comments
It's like hmm what changed? Oh, yeah. I preached a sermon that nobody liked and
It got out there in internet land and now everyone's showing up
You know the first time that might happen to you. You might feel your stomach sink a little bit. Your palms might get a little sweaty
And you wonder what are they gonna say?
Did I do something wrong? That's a natural human reaction
You
Know you comes out that you're a Christian that you're born-again that you're living for the Lord now you kind of you know
Are known that way in your own circles your families and things like that
You know, maybe someone will corner you at some family gathering or something. I've had that happen
Try to pin you down on some belief that you you have now
first time you go through that you
Could be a little awkward me a little comfortable you could feel fear and
Look, it's not to belittle anybody or say that they're wrong for feeling that way
But look that's something you're just gonna have to get over if you're gonna preach from the housetops
If you're gonna be somebody who actually stands and declares the whole council the Word of God
That's why he says verse 26 fear them not therefore for there's nothing covered that shall not be revealed
He's like go ahead and call him out. I'm gonna call him out one day anyway
Go ahead and call out the sin and the iniquity
Go ahead and call out the reprobates go ahead and call out the God haters of this world because one day I'm gonna call
Them out because there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed
He's just saying I'm just giving you the privilege to go ahead and peel that veil back a little sooner
And nothing here that shall not be known what I tell you in darkness that speak in the light and what you hear in the ear
That preach ye upon the housetops
So we're warned, you know in this passage we're encouraged to go out and preach we're also warned
You know that others are gonna hate us for the message
You know, they're gonna hate us for the message that you know, homosexuality is an abomination before God
They're gonna hate us for the message that you know of even things as simple as you know gender roles
That
The Bible teaches that our women are to be keepers at the home that men are to be the breadwinners and the leaders of that
family
They're gonna hate, you know, they're gonna do this liberal
Feminist society that we're living in is gonna hate the message of the Bible
You know, and I you know, I'm kind of preaching this because I have been catching a little flack
I feel silly even bringing this up
Because when I look at what my other fellow pastor friends are going through to me, it's like I'm not going through anything
This is a cakewalk
You know, I haven't had sodomites protesting my church for the last two years like pastor Jonathan Shelley
I haven't had people, you know kicking me out of my building over things that I preached
I haven't had a literal bomb thrown in my building like they did over in LA
From the field this loving crowd of people
You know, but we have been catching the church, you know
And I'm kind of preaching this to prepare people because I'm just you know, it's just a matter of time until something happens
Until we have protesters until you know
they get all up in arms over here at this University and all come marching down here with their
You know their funky hair and their stupid signs
To come and try and you know preach us down or tell us how we're wrong, you know
And I want people I'm ready for I've kind of already been through it
You know, I've I've been through it at faith award, but I want people in this room to understand that
You know, it's nothing to be afraid of
But it is what happens. It's you know, if it's cut if it does happen
It's not gonna surprise me, you know, and some of the things I've been going on online
I know a lot of people probably don't know about but you know
There has been an uptick and it's been my name that's been coming up and I'm fine with it to be perfectly honest. I'm amused
If some of the stuff is amusing, you know, and I don't want to go into all that
I don't want to go off on some rant
But I've literally you know, the Bible says that we should leap for joy that we should be happy when we're persecuted
I'm telling you I'm reading some of these come I'm laughing out loud
Just because of the creativity of the insult, right?
And then he started they started salting like your looks and things like that. They started going after the way you look
It's like I was told that I am a an uglier version of Hitler. I
Mean come on I got it. I'm better looking at Hitler. I
Got better facial hair than Hitler
He only had the little you know what I mean? You didn't even commit to the full stash
This is a full beard. Okay, at least give me that but I'm at least better-looking than Hitler
You know and they attack the things like that but you know, I was thinking about it it's it's
you know
Why am I in the crosshairs? You know, why are other preachers in the crosshairs is because of the person
It's because of this book
You know, they want to put the crosshairs on the individual who's preaching it
Because they feel like they can do something about that
But let me tell you something
even if I were to quit even if you were to get me to back down somebody else would pick up this book and preach
It and this book has been and will continue be preached until Jesus comes
You're never gonna stop God's Word. It is powerful. It cannot be stopped. You might be able to stop the individual
You know, and that's what they try to do. They don't put their cross hairs on the Word of God
You know, they've tried, you know, they've tried to destroy this book
For centuries they've tried to discredit it and run it out and ruin it and corrupt it and yet here it is
Like a rock undaunted amid the raging storms of time the Word of God stands
Individuals have come and gone, you know, some have have served God faithfully all the years some of them
You have probably failed and quit out of fear and other reasons, but the Word of God remains
So that's why they fix on the individual on the individual because that's the one thing they can manipulate and push around or try to
at least and
You know, that's why I want us to understand that, you know, there's nothing to fear
You know, this is a natural natural, excuse me, natural course of events
Okay, and I want to point out something here and I'm gonna get to the this is all introduction
I'm gonna get to the main thrust the message here in a minute. There's something ironic about
Being attacked by those that hate the Lord
And we are warned that they will we will be attacked that we will be hated
By others for the message that we preach. I mean, let's just leave all the controversial things aside
Okay, if you're if you've been missing out on that just go back on YouTube
Well, I still have a channel and listen to last several sermons. Okay, there's plenty of there's plenty of very popular
sermons out there
Recently that have covered the more controversial topics of our day. Okay. Well, what about just salvation right because this is a criticism that often gets
Labeled it, you know leveled at us, you know, you're so judgmental. Why don't you just preach salvation?
Well, did you realize that salvation is a judgmental topic?
I'm literally your salvation. The gospel is literally telling people get saved. We're gonna go to hell
You know, I had somebody messaged me and say
You know, Jesus wouldn't was wasn't so judgmental something to that effect. I'm like, did you forget about hell?
Did you think about that? You know, he wouldn't he wouldn't exclude people the way you do
Let me see. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me. Oh
Jesus just opened up diversity and all religions all walks of life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me
All that came before me were thieves and robbers
And that sounds pretty exclusive to me that's that sounds pretty exclusionary doesn't it
That sounds like he's excluding some people if you're not gonna come through me. You're gonna go to hell that sounds pretty judgmental done it
You know salvation is a message of judgment
Yes, it's it's the good news of the gospel that you don't have to go to hell that you had the free gift of
Salvation through the shed blood of Christ through his death burial and resurrection
But you know on the flip side if you don't have it you're going to hell for all eternity
That's a pretty judgmental message folks
It's just like the one
Jesus preached
Look at verse 14 where you are
It says and whosoever shall not receive you nor hear your words when you depart of that city shake off the dust of your feet
Verily I say unto you should be more tolerable for that land
For the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment then for that city
Say look if they're gonna reject you you just reject them
it'll be and when I judge them, it'll be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah and
If he's not saying oh, I've let Sodom and Gomorrah off the hook
What he's saying it's gonna. You know you saw how bad it was with Sodom and Gomorrah. I mean he literally burned it to the ground
By sending hailstones from fire you know the hail
Fiery hailstones from heaven and and destroyed the place burned it to the ground killed everybody except lot and a few others
He said it's gonna be worse for them. I mean Jesus you're so judgmental
Look
At verse 34 think not I am come to send peace on the earth Oh
Jesus is just all about peace and love and unity, but what did Jesus actually say?
See today people have this other Jesus
They have a Jesus that they've been taught you know in their watered-down
Lukewarm weak Church that doesn't preach them, but that just wants to go there and have an experience
And just wave their hands and sing the same stanza over and over
Well, and then the preacher's gonna get up all nice and soft and gentle and just for about 20 minutes. Just share with you
And just tell you about your best life now
And he's not gonna actually crack open the Bible. He's actually gonna say turn to this passage and read it
It's not like with those people there's you know like that that the entire Bible is off limits
You know here the by the entire Bibles is not off-limits
It's it's all open to be read all of it Old Testament knew every single verse
But today you know that this isn't the majority of churches today is it
Majority of churches today. They're not doing that. They're doing the opposite so now people are walking out of these churches
They're coming out of these Christian academies these Christian schools with another Jesus
A Jesus they you know that that that that fraud of a painting
Of that hippie looking Jesus that Caucasian blue-eyed hipster from the west coast that they call Jesus
Looks like he should be carrying a surfboard
You know they think that that's their eye Jesus, and he's just peace and love
You know the John Lennon Jesus that people have today just peace and love you never say anything controversial
Well, it's like excuse me, but what did Jesus actually say where the what is the Bible actually say?
I love when people you know reach out to us and tell us how we don't know what Jesus is like
Didn't he say not to judge did he say didn't he say that?
What about love thy neighbor? That's Leviticus?
Leviticus 19 you're quoting the Old Testament, and I tell these people are you sure you want to start quoting Leviticus right now?
Because there's some other passage in Leviticus that we could turn to that are probably not going to be the ones you want to quote
And he said in verse 34 think not I am come to send peace on the earth
What this is Jesus's words? I am NOT. I am come not to send peace
Are you here to send peace no?
He said that's not why I'm here I came not to send peace with a sword
And of course he's not talking about a literal sword
You know he's not talking about taking up arms against a government or people
He told Pilate if you know if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight
But my kingdom is not of this world
Romans teaches us you know to not to not resist evil to give place under wrath, okay?
So the obvious is is figurative he's saying look I came not to send peace
But a sword and what's he mean by a sword verse 35 where I'm come to set a man at
Variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law and a man's foes shall be they of
his own household a
Man's foes and why is that because of the sword that I brought?
That's what Jesus came here to do
It wasn't his intention. It's not like well. I'm just gonna go mix it up down there on earth
I'm just gonna go make everybody mad at each other
he's saying no I
The reason why it is that way is because we're sinful and God's holy
As we live in a holy world filled with sinful people and some are more sinful than others
And when you have when Jesus comes and starts preaching truth and righteousness and salvation people start living for him
That's where that sword comes in the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God
That's what divides people is the Bible
And it's not just because Jesus is trying to be mean it's because that's just the nature of things
That's the reality that we live in
Go to John chapter 3 keeps keep something there
Matthew but go to John chapter 3
You know Paul said
We're a sweet saver of Christ and then that are saved and in them that perish
To the one we are a saver of death unto death and to the other a saver of life unto life
And who is sufficient for these things?
You know some people are gonna hear the preaching God's Word and say I like that. That's good
Other people are gonna hear the preaching of God's Word and get irate and get mad and assemble a mob and try to do something
about it
You say well, you know Jesus just just only wants to preach salvation. Yeah, but salvation is a judgmental issue
I mean look at John 3, right?
Verse 16 the most famous verse in the Bible the one that's always held up at the at the ballgame
Right on the card John 3 16 the one that's on the bottom of the in and out cup
For
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, and I know I've pointed out previously but notice
It's a past tense loved
You know, I don't want to re-preach that whole sermon but God, you know people can get to a place
They're called reprobates where God ceases to love them
You know read Romans 1 even as they don't like to retain God on their knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate mind
I'm not gonna re-preach that whole sermon
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting
Life you're like there see there you go. It's perfect
So God's just nothing but love but let's keep reading here
He said for God sent not a son of the world to condemn the world
But that the world through him might be saved see Jesus didn't come to condemn anybody
He came here to save people just to seek and save that which is lost. That's it
Yeah, but he explains why that is why he's here to save
Why he didn't come to condemn the world
He that believeth on him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already
He's saying look I didn't come to condemn you because you're already condemned
That's a judgmental message, isn't it? That's that you know, that sounds kind of sounds kind of harsh that's critical
That's a negative message. Oh, I didn't come but people just want to read. Oh, he loved the world. Oh
He only came to seek and say that which is lost. Oh, he's only here to not to condemn the world
Yeah, I'm not here to condemn it because it's already condemned
He's condemned already because he had not believed the name the only Son of God the only begotten Son of God
So you see, you know, so you can see how even the gospel just the gospel is a judgmental and how it's gonna condemn people
What's gonna condemn you not believing not putting your faith in Christ condemned
Verse 19 and this is condemnation that light has come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light
That's what we see going on. That's what's always been going on. Nothing's changed
People are getting mad and upset at the preaching the Word of God not because there's something wrong with the Word of God
But because they love darkness
Because they don't want their deeds to be exposed
It says they love darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil for everyone that doeth evil hateth the light
Neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved
You know if you come to the light if you come to God's Word you're going to be reproved. I mean it starts at salvation
What's the first thing we tell people that when we're trying to get saved you're a sinner?
All of sin and come short of the glory of God the wages of sin is death. That's condemnation
That's your deeds as being reproved right there, and if you can't get past that you're not gonna get saved
If you can't accept the fact that you're a sinner who deserves to go to hell. What do you need to be saved for?
You know, but it's a lot more than that isn't there's a lot more light that reproves us in this book isn't there?
And even whole societies can get to the place where the things that they're doing are just reproved by the light
You know and that's that's what's going on today
You know where is all this negative press coming from where is all this backlash from you know the the
Atheist community the homo community where is that all coming from from the fact that they hate the light?
Because their deeds are evil. Oh, they're not that bad look. I just saw someone sent me a video
And I watched it, and I wish I had of the the pride parade up in Seattle they just had
Children in attendance. I mean the cameras there. There's you could there's a child
Five six seven just right there in the frame several children at a pride parade
and
You've got these freaks that are literally
Completely nude. I'm saying not a stitch of clothing on them on
Bicycles just riding in a big circle in front of in front of God everybody and the children that were there I
Mean just just plain for everyone to see
Stark naked I
Mean that should shock you look at that doesn't shock you you know you need to turn off the television set or something
I don't know what to tell you you need to shake yourself
That's
Wicked exposing and that's that's literally against the law isn't it I mean correct me if I'm wrong
But isn't exposing yourself in public against the law
Isn't exposing yourself to a minor
Isn't that like a crime in this country still I mean I'd hope so would surprise me if they took it off the books yet
or already
You know and that's the crowd that's getting so upset over the preaching
That's come across this pulpit and other pulpits when we condemn them and say these fags are a bunch of sodomite predators
There are a bunch of groomers that are after your children. I can't believe you can say that you're so okay
I can't believe you'd ever it'll be so
Mean against somebody else just because they're different. You know yeah, I'm not against people are different, but I am against predators
I'm against people that prey on our children
You know and I know we're all kind of getting tired of this topic, but it's just like I'm sorry
It's what's on my mind because it's just it's what I'm having to deal with throughout the week
You know and and and I'll try to move on here in the sermon because I have a
Different point that I don't make rather than just point out yet again
What a bunch of vile freaks were surrounded by that the vilest men
You know are exalted and therefore the wicked are walking on every side in this nation
We're surrounded by him
But here's the irony of all of the person all the all the backlash that we receive from their that community
You know everyone that sees the the clip of the preaching on social media somewhere
It has to just come over and leave us a one-star review on Google
You know like I I mean we've had a five-star review on Google for since the beginning until till it's like the last couple weeks
I don't keep close that close to track of it
Every now, and then I'll get an email someone left a review you know for the most time
It's been people in this room that have been leaving five-star. That's what it's been for a long time. Well. That's all changed
You know and now it's down to 3.5, and I'm like where's the one?
You know that's how that's how we rate churches in our in our in our group
You got that five-star rating on Google. We're kind of like I don't know about you
And you are you doing everything you're supposed to be doing are you preaching are you up on the housetop brother?
Are you speaking that what you've heard in darkness and the light are you are you to proclaiming the whole word of God?
It's like now. I can kind of not worry about people thinking that about me because I'm my Google reviews going down
You know I remember pastor Anderson saw he said what's what's with this five-star review?
Why do you have five stars in Google worse this should be at one?
He wasn't he was joking of course
But that's how we look at it, and they think oh oh this world will show up
We're gonna show him
There's they're upset about a sermon where I literally condemned pedophiles and transvestites
That's what they're upset about we're out that sermon where I called that freak over at ace hardware a freak
And how it ruined my day
Seen a man who mutilated his body
To try to make himself look like a woman there. I said it again. Oh
You know I apologize for nothing that I said in that sermon none of it. I stand by it. I'll say it again
So clip that
And come rape me over that
But the irony is what I'm trying to get at of all this negative press because and I'm trying to prepare the the church today
For the you know the negative press that's already coming and it might escalate. I don't know might get far worse. I don't know
But what do you need to understand no matter to whatever degree we receive backlash?
against the message of God's Word
You have to understand something is that that actually helps our cause that actually helps our cause
You see persecution the derision all the forms of negative press they help spread our our message of salvation and
condemnation
It all helps spread it
That's why our adversaries are what I call
unwitting accomplices
They're actually doing the Lord's work
That's like telling them sometimes. It's like hey
Blast me on social media you God hating atheists. You're doing the Lord's work. I
Mean, how would you like to be told that as an atheist?
You're and and sometimes and I feel like I shouldn't even be preaching this because it's it's kind of you know it's kind of counterproductive
Hopefully they're they're dumb enough to not catch on even if I tell them like you're helping us
And even even sometimes even in their own comment section you'll see people say stop sharing their videos
Stop putting them out there stop stop bringing them up. You're just helping their cause they get it
That's why they don't protest attempt B. Because they literally held the press conference
Where they had all you know all these bigwigs all these high rollers come out all these you know movers and shakers
And I don't know who all is their senators or something. I don't know
Members of the press where they just said look we're just not going to cover this guy anymore
You know people want to come down here and wave signs in front of church. I'm like bring it on man
Let people know we're here
People pay a lot of money for sign waivers don't they?
I'll take I'll take a dozen of you for free
And I don't care what it says go show everybody what you believe go show everybody what you're like
Keep pushing it in everybody's face because I'm telling you even John Q. Public is getting fed up with this crap
And you don't believe me just go you know go look at the box office ratings of buzz like we're
People are getting fed up and these idiots are unwitting accomplices when they just
Blow off their mouth on social media write emails leave reviews leave comments
protest our adversaries are people who are involving themselves in something and to
Accomplishing our goal without even realizing it. They're unwitting accomplices in spreading our message and for that. I thank them
So this is the point of the sermon you need to embrace the hate of our enemies embrace it
Embrace the hatred that our enemies have toward us. Oh, you're so hateful. Yeah, but you hate me
Oh, you guys are so hateful. Yeah, but you hate us
At least I'm honest about who about the fact that I hate somebody
Do not I hate them oh lord that hate thee I hate them with perfect hatred. I count them mine enemies
Yes, I hate those that hate God
So go ahead and hate me, but at least I at least I have the integrity to say yeah, I hate people
You're so hateful you hate us you hate this message you hate this book?
You would shut it all down if you could that's the point of the sermon you need to embrace
If you could that's why they're all crying tax the churches, you know, what go ahead and tax the churches
You think that's gonna shut me up?
If you start taxing the church
You know what i'll do i'll pay the taxes and i'll keep preaching
Take the building i'll go find a park
I'll preach in my backyard
I'll find a house top and let everybody know
So go ahead tax us
Go ahead, you know cry out whatever slogan it is that you're you're rallying behind today
I'll just keep on preaching. At least i'll have the guts to say it and be honest about who I hate
And you just pretend
So embrace it because they do hate us
Embrace the hate of the enemies. I should have had you go to acts chapter number five
Acts chapter number five, you know, this is what jesus was telling his disciples in matthew chapter 10
Look i'm sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves
You know, you're going to be hated for all men of my for my sake
They're going to persecute you in this cd. You're going to the fleet of that one. They're going to persecute you there
They're going to drag you before the synagogues and the councils brother's going to turn against brother. It's going to be bad
It's going to be hard. But you know what? Don't be afraid preach it anyway
You know and for them it was that was a very, you know
potent sermon an important point that they had to take note of because of the fact that
You know, they literally that all literally happened to them
In acts chapter five verse 16 it says there came also multitude of the cities round about unto jerusalem bringing sick folks and them
That were vexed unclean spirits and they were healed every one
I mean, they're just out there healing people
They're out there, you know, the apostles they're out there just doing god's work. They're out there just healing people. It's a good work that they're doing
You know us preaching the gospel us preaching the council of god that's a good work
You know, it might make some people mad just like this made some people mad in acts
But you know some people it's going to help
Some people are going to hear the hard preaching and say that's right. That's what I needed to hear
they're going to hear the hard preaching about drunkenness and fornication and adultery and divorce and everything else and
Covetousness and and and lying and cheating and still they're in drugs and all they're going to hear that higher preaching and say
That helps me. That's what I need and you know what they're going to get healed
In a sense, they're going to they're going to clean up their life. They're going to be made better. They're going to serve god
It's a good thing
But still people are still going to get mad. You can't have one without the other
Look at here verse 17 and the high priest rose up and they were with him
Which is the sect of the Sadducees and were filled with indignation
I mean verse 16 people are the vexed and the unclean and the sick folks. They're getting healed everyone
I mean if we did that today, you know, we we say amen
We'd be excited to see something like that happen
But there's always a group of people who just care about their position who just care about their power
Who just don't want to be condemned
That are going to do what these guys did they're going to rise up and they're going to be what filled with indignation
they see this play taking place and they're indignant and
Verse 18 and they laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison
But the angel lord by night opened the prison doors and brought them forth and said that's enough don't just shut up you've gone too far
You said too much the healing the preaching needs to stop
I didn't realize how out of hand this is going to get that they're actually going to throw you in prison guys. I'm, sorry
No more. No, he opened up the prison. What's the same verse 20 go stand and speak
Go right back out there and keep preaching
Go right back out there and keep preaching in the temple to the people all the words of this life
He's saying go back out there. Don't hold back. Don't be afraid. Just keep right on preaching it
Because i'm with you, can you imagine how upsetting that must have been for them?
Ah, we got him in prison. I got him now boys
Oh, we got him off youtube
Oh, we banned him off social media. Oh, it's google reviews one star
Yeah, but you forgot to count this this factor in the equation called god
You know the person you know want to retain your knowledge the person you hate god he's on our side
Because the angel shows up and kicks the door open and says yeah enough of that
Verse 26 then the captain and we know the story they go out there
I got to hurry up then the captain went out and the officers brought them without violence
For they feared the people lest they should have been so they go back out and re-arrest them
And they brought them they set them before the council and the high priest asked them saying did we not
Straightly command you that you should not teach in this name
Didn't you didn't you get the message the first time we gave you a strike on your channel
Didn't you get the message when we just banned it and just deleted it with no warning
I'm sorry
I didn't mean to and behold you have filled jerusalem with your doctrine and tend to bring this man's blood upon us
So they understand what it is they're preaching the jews killed christ. That's what that's what they're preaching
Then peter verse 29 and the other apostles answered and said we ought to be god rather than men
You know I go ahead and get mad at me go ahead get mad at the message go ahead get mad at the preachers
That preach this book go ahead and get mad at the stand we take for the word of god
I'd rather have you mad at me than god
Any day
I'd rather i'd rather uh, you know
Be put to shame here on earth and have people revile me and cast out my name as evil and stand before god with my head
head held high
And not be ashamed before him
He said we ought to be god rather than verse 30 the god of our fathers raised up jesus whom he slew and hanged on a tree
I mean peter is just doubling down. It's like oh you didn't like that message. Let me just preach it again
You slew him and hung him on a tree
Oh, you're out there preaching you're gonna bring god's you're gonna bring his blood upon us. Yeah, because you slew him and put him on a tree
That's boldness
You can see why you know
Peter took matthew 10 to heart
He's like he's out there a sheep in the midst of wolves
But he just keeps right on preaching because he's not going to be ashamed
Him if god exalted with his right hand to be a prince and a savior to give repentance to forgiveness of sins
Let's jump down to verse 38 verse 34
Then stood up one in the council of pharisee named gamaliel a doctor of the law. So he's on the jews side
Had an reputation among all the people and commanded to put for the apostles the king of pharisees
Had an reputation among all the people and commanded to put for the apostles forth a little space he's like
Look, just let's just talk privately for a minute. I don't want him to hear this
Look at verse 38. He kind of gives him this council. I'll move along here quickly
He says and now I say unto you this is gamaliel talking to the other jews
Refrain from these men the apostles and let them alone for if this council or this work be of men it will come to not
But if it be of god, you cannot overthrow it
So even gamaliel who's on the wrong side understands like if you're fighting if this is of god you're fighting against god
You can't overthrow it
Less happily defined to fight against god and to him they agreed when they called the apostles and beaten them
They commanded them that they should not speak in the name of jesus and let them go
And they departed from the presence of the council rejoicing that they were kind of worthy to suffer shame for his name
They just took a physical beating for the things that they preached they were literally taken and beaten I mean
Just the physical pain aside and then there's a humiliation involved in that too
Grown men are taking you and beating you that's humiliating
It's degrading
To feel that powerless
And then to have the actual physical pain. I mean
They were went away rejoicing but doesn't say they went way leaping right because they were probably limping
They were limping for joy they're like
But they were glad they said man look at your bruise oh look at yours oh your nose is broken
You're gonna have to go see a doctor praise god
That was their attitude
And said why because they're kind of worthy to suffer shame for his name it said worth that man that's something we're trying to be
worthy of
Bring on that one star review
Bring on your your your emails
Bring on your voicemails bring on your
Persecution bring on all your your protesters bring them all on
Take me and beat me if you have to
You know, this is the attitude i'm going to endeavor to have right here
And it's the one I want everyone in this room to have
And understand that you know, the irony is is that these people?
Are actually helping our cause now. I got to wrap it up go to acts chapter 11. I'll finish up real quick here
you see
It reminds me of the story in exodus right where the egyptians were afflicting the the the jews god's people the hebrews
But it says in acts and exodus that the more they afflicted them the more they multiplied and grew. I mean explain that
They're literally saying hey kill your children, you know, all your man children throw them in the river only the girls
And they literally grew more it was like the more they tried to oppress them it's like the more they grew
The more they you know, it's like a it's like that, you know
Pot of popcorn, right? It's got a bunch of seeds in it
You put too much in there, you know, you don't have enough room
And you're just trying to hold the lid down as you turn up the heat and it's like
You're not going to stop it it's going to keep growing
Look at acts chapter 11 verse 19 now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that rose about stephen
I mean, that's a nice way of putting it. They literally stoned him to death
They traveled as far as so there's you know
They were scattered and they traveled as far as fennas and cyprus and anioc preaching the word to none
But the jews only and some of them
Uh were men of cyra cyprus and saurini and when they were come to anioc they spake unto the grecians
Preaching the lord jesus and the hand of the lord was with them
And a great number believed and turned unto the lord
A great number of people that the lord was with them a great multitude of people are getting saved
Why what was the direct cause of that?
Because the persecution of stephen
Because one man preached took a stood stand for the word of god
And told it like it is to a bunch of people that didn't want to hear it
The point where they got so mad that they literally killed him
But they stoned him to death and scattered all the disciples. But what was the result christianity died?
Right there in the first, you know, just the first century just snuffed christianity out before it could even get going
No, it says that a great multitude a great number believed and turned on the lord
Because of stephen because of one man being willing to take that stand
And that's what you know, the haters, uh, we need to understand about the haters and yes, they are haters
They spread the message out of derision
They spread our message for us
Through their news outlets through their social media through their public outrage. They're actually helping to spread our message
Look the people that are going to agree with them were already going to agree with them
Anyway, the people that are going to agree and side with people that hate us and hate our message
You know what? They were never going to come over to our side in all likelihood
But you know what there's always there's always somebody out there that had would never have heard of us if it wasn't for them
You know for our haters broadcasting our message for us
It's true
When you see people go viral when you see preachers and things like that their clips go viral
Yeah, there's a lot of there's a lot of negative
Uh, you know the vast majority of what's coming the backlash is negative, right?
You know what? There's always there's always those diamonds in the rough so to speak
There's always those few individuals that are hearing about it going. Hmm. Does the bible say that let me see that
Oh, it does say that. Oh, man. What else is this guy preached? Oh
And then they you know
They might even find a gospel presentation because people are getting listen people are getting saved people are getting on fire for god
people are finding out about
Uh us churches like ours our message through those that are spreading it out of derision hoping to destroy us
That's what's going on
That's the attitude you have to have when you start to get the backlash it's true and never forget that
You know if you get a thousand dislikes wherever
You know and you get one like
You know, you get one thousand retweets where people are. Oh, can you believe this guy?
And you get one person who find who starts following you because he's interested in what you have to say
That's a win in my book
One out of a thousand people are actually coming over to our side or finding out about us. It's a win
Because out of ten thousand that's ten people
Out of a hundred thousand that's a hundred people
out of a million people
That's a thousand people
You've got your clip went viral with supernova, right? That's the saying that's out there
And some of our preacher friends have gone supernova, I mean international
Where it's like it's a news story in a foreign language several foreign languages
And that's millions of views folks millions
And what if it's just one out of every thousand just one out of every thousand people?
Gets saved finds out about the new iab finds out about baptist preaching finds out about hard preaching
It actually starts their life starts to change for the better
That's one thousand people for every million
That's a win in my book. How would you like to have a thousand people in here this morning?
How would you like about a thousand people that are here to hear the word of god preached
That are that are just want to hear god's word. They want to give it to me
However, you know just preach it all to me a thousand of those types of people
I mean, that's what i'm i'm not against it i'm for it be great
So don't be afraid of the angry mob, you know, we're not we're not being given a spirit of fear
But a power of love and a sound mind
To be partakers of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of god. That's what paul told timothy. Don't be afraid
We've been given the power of god the power of a sound mind to endure these things to partake of these afflictions because that's
You know a lot of times how our message is going to get spread
Ironically by those who are trying to tear us down
By those who are trying to tear us down
By those who are can you believe this guy sermon kid? I mean people are like i'm just going to let you know right now
I'm going to put you all over. This is a threat that I receive i'm going to remind everybody forever forever
Every chance I get on social media who you are and what you preached
And I just said spread the word
Go ahead it's like you idiot it's like are you that dumb you're talking to the guy who literally
Oh am I being filmed right now?
Do you think like is that what you think is going on or are you recording this is this going live
I'm the one who bought the equipment and put it up
I'm the administrator of the channel
I'm the one who literally clicked upload on the video
I'm gonna put it out there and everybody's gonna know i'm like good
Thank you, it's like send me your email i'll give you more clips
I've I got clips man
I mean I look at some of these guys, you know twitter feeds. It's like a new ifb's greatest hits
You know, but oh, but he's in our head. It's like yeah, but you're the one that's uploading clip after clip after clip
It's like I think I think we're in your head, buddy
We just sent hey, where do I send the clips
But thank you for doing the editing for me
You know, it saved me a few minutes. I appreciate it
But let me know if you want more
You know, in fact, let me just address the haters online tell me where to send the clips
I'll give them to you so you can upload them for me
You know, you got more followers than me. You got more subscribers than me
I want the message out there. Let's get together. Let's make this happen. Okay
You can get your angry comments
You know, you can have some content for your lame news outlet
your blog or whatever
Or it's just one big sounding board. It's just one big echo chamber
You know and i'll be that voice in there that might actually reach somebody with our message
Just tell me where to send the clips, honestly
That that offer is on the table
So don't be afraid of these angry mobs, okay
Are you still in matthew chapter 10?
Yeah
You know, we that's part of the christian life is the persecution the afflictions and look
people on twitter and youtube and facebook and email, I mean that's like
that's not even that it's like
I mean as compared to what you know, the apostle the beatings that they took the beatings that jesus took it's not even
It's like it's laughable
It's sometimes literally like I get a kick out of it it's funny
You know, they start some of the comments they make like I I want to start sharing them with you
but I know people got to get going but
It's funny. Let me just tell you that
I mean, they're making fun of my appearance, right because what I said about that freak over there
like when I was like, oh you're just some
overweight neckbeard having
You know racist apparently, you know being transgender is a race now or transvestite sorry, let me say that
And it's like i'm just thinking, you know, I might have a dad bob or dad bod
You know, I might have some man boobs, right?
But at least they're mine
These are the ones god gave me
Like if you can't laugh at yourself, you know, it's gonna be a long life in the christian life
You know, I said at least I have all my you know, all my god-given appendages
Instead of the freaks you're defending
That one will go viral
That one's gonna go somewhere. I guarantee it
Preacher admits to having man boobs
Yeah, but at least they're mine
Anyway
Don't be you know, don't be afraid of these people. I mean what we're what we're talking about
What are we even going through?
How bad is it really going to get?
Is it anything like we're to see in hebrews 11? I'll just read to you
Is it going to be trials of cruel mocking? Is it going to be scourgings?
Is it going to be bonds and imprisonment? Are we going to be stoned son of sender tempted slain with the sword?
Are we going to find ourselves wandering about sheepskins and goatskins?
destitute afflicted tormented
That's what these people went through who we don't know
Unnamed saints
Who are known in heaven?
Look your twitter your news feed, whatever
It's nothing
Compared to what god has actually asked us to be willing to endure
Of whom the world was not worthy
They wandered in deserts and in mountains and in dens and in caves of the earth
So don't be afraid of these angry mobs. They're actually doing the lord's work unwittingly. They're
unwitting accomplices and spreading our message
I know I had you go to matthew chapter 10, but go to john chapter 20. I'll close on this thought they're doing the lord's work
unwittingly
You know, you should be afraid of is god
That's who you should be afraid of this morning god of failing him i'm not afraid of upsetting
You know the the libtards out there in this world the god haters. I'm not i'm not go ahead and get upset get triggered stay triggered
I'm more afraid of failing god than I am upsetting some crowd out there
Jesus said in mark 8 38 whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation
Of him also shall the son of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glory of his father with the holy angels
He's talking about the second coming of christ
You know when christ comes with you know, the holy angels
I don't want to be like, oh man, i'm gonna have to tell him why I didn't preach that and i'm gonna have to
I want to be saying come lord. Jesus
I want to look forward to that day
Well, you know if that's if that's the way you want to be if that's the attitude you want to be able to have
You want to be a hold your head high on that day?
You want then you can't be ashamed of his words and you sure can't be ashamed of him when you're in the midst of an adulterous
and wicked generation
a sinful generation
And jesus said that about the people in his day
But i'm sure he wouldn't say anything like that about the generation we're living in
Do I have to remind us about the about the parade in seattle again?
That's just the tip of the iceberg
The stuff we could talk about
The sinfulness and the the iniquity and the abomination that's going on in our own streets
But why am I going to sit here and be ashamed of this book and what it says?
You got another thing coming if you think that's the case look at john chapter 20 verse 27
You know be afraid of god
You know
And I want to paint this picture here at the end to kind of encourage you to not be afraid of the angry mob
But rather fear god
I mean imagine standing before jesus
And telling him you were afraid of what the bible of preaching or believing or practicing what the bible says that you were ashamed of his word
imagine that
You know and imagine and here's the thing and I believe this that jesus will have scars in heaven
At the very least he's going to have the holes in his hands and his feet and his side
We know that because john chapter 20 verse 27
Then saith he to thomas this is in his resurrected body
This is after the resurrection reach hither thy finger and behold my hands. What's he telling him?
Not saying check out the manicure I got look how smooth they are
He's saying look at the holes in my hand
Reach here in the hand and thrust it into my side. He's saying look I still got what they pierced me check it out
In the resurrected body
You know and and maybe you know, this is all kind of speculation, but this is kind of a clue I think
Then we maybe the reason they didn't recognize jesus right away is because of the scars
From the whipping the beating. I don't know
Maybe those were the only maybe that the holes are the only things that remained. I don't know
But either way
Imagine standing before jesus that day and we're all gonna this is and by the way, this is reality. You should get a hold of
Because we are going to stand before jesus one day every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess
That jesus is god to glory the father
We're all going to stand before imagine seeing those holes
His hands and his side
And saying well, I was too ashamed to preach
The gospel I was too ashamed to actually take a stand for the word of god
Imagine telling a scarred tattered jesus that you were afraid of backlash on social media
You say why are you preaching that because you know what there's a bunch of preachers today with their tail between their legs
That are hiding behind their pulpit. They're too afraid. They're too afraid to preach what the bible says
They're afraid to preach because they're afraid of what we're going through and others are going through
And it's not like we're being beaten it's not like we're hebrews getting hebrews 11. We're not being saunas under
It's like backlash on social media. It's freaks out in front of your church
I'm not saying it's pleasant. I'm not saying it's something I'd prefer to go through but i'm saying
It's a far cry from what the lord went through
It's not even close it's not even it's not even near what he went through
And he'll have the scars on heaven to prove it
And I don't want to stand there and say well, you know, I was just too afraid of the backlash
From a godless community from an adulterous and sinful generation to preach what needed to be preached
To preach what needed to be preached
You know and that's and and it's it's not even that it's it's not just that they're afraid anymore
They're actually siding against men of god these so-called preachers these so-called christians these so-called bible believers are actually siding against men of god
And and signing up and and joining forces with people who literally hate god
with the enemy
I just don't I don't want to be that you know what I don't want that to be the case for anybody in this room
And one one thing that's going to help you to not be afraid of any backlash that we might receive is the fact that
Just just think of the irony think of how humorous it is that they want to shut us down in the process of trying to
Stop us. They're actually causing it to spread
It's actually an encouragement to me
I mean
That's well, that's what we're here to try and do we're here to try and preach from the housetops. That's what we're trying to do
Look if some if some god-hating atheist wants to get up alongside me and start climb up on the roof with me and start shouting
The message go ahead, buddy
You know you you're doing a better job than some of these preachers, unfortunately
But let it not be said of anybody in this church
You know anybody in in this room?
That we're going to back down and and not preach and not take the stand that we need to take
In order to to reach the world with yes the gospel but not only the gospel with the whole council of the word of god
Let's go ahead and pray dear lord