Come to Shul Foundation Baptist Church, turn your hymn notes to Psalm 327, Higher Ground, Psalm 327.
On the 1st, I'm pressing up away, new high time game every day.
Still praying as I'm hung or bond, Lord, plant my feet on high.
Heard me on Easter, faith unheard, tired to stay, word out of me.
Psalm 8, what is about His God's call?
Joyful son, son of saints on high.
Catch us.
Sing, by the way, could you open us with a word of prayer?
Amen.
Turn to Psalm 333, "Give me Jesus," Psalm 333.
On the 1st, take the world, but give me Jesus.
Oh, it's your sensei's constant smile, and through will cheers Christ shall be to see.
This time we'll go over the bulletin, and raise your hand if you need a bulletin, and
I shall bring one to you.
And welcome to Shul Foundation Baptist Church.
I know it's a cold and jewelry day, so let's just warm our heart up with some good Bible
preaching.
And let's look at the verse of the week, Proverbs 24, verse 27, the Bible says, "Prepare thy
work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field, and afterwards build thine house."
That's a great verse talking about the importance of preparation.
Everything we do, we need to be prepared.
We have heard the famous saying that a prepared place for a prepared person, so it's a great
verse.
And let's look at the inside page.
We are on YouTube, Facebook, Rumble, and X, so please give us a follow there.
We have service time Sunday morning at 11, Sunday afternoon service at 4, and Wednesday
night Bible study at 7 p.m.
We started a new book this past Wednesday in the book of Judges, and this coming Wednesday
we'll be going through Judges, chapter number two.
So it's a wonderful time to join us for the Wednesday night Bible study as we are starting
a new book.
We have someone in this afternoon at 1.30 p.m.
We'll probably go to an indoor apartment because of the rain and cold, outdoor slash
indoor apartment.
And then Saturday morning, local Sunday morning at 10.30 a.m.
And then the salvations and last week's attendance is for you to see.
Upcoming events, we will have a pie and pray service on Sunday, during the Sunday afternoon
service on Sunday, November 23rd.
Please bring a pie to share.
This will be a special service.
We'll do song requests, a shorter sermon, and then we'll enjoy pies and raw milk together.
So that's our tradition, I guess.
Well, we've only done it once, so I guess we'll make it our tradition.
Christmas service will be on Sunday, December 21st.
There will be a potluck right after the morning service.
I will have the sign up sheet probably next month.
And then the Christmas Eve service is on Wednesday, December 24th, so if you don't normally come
on Wednesday, this will be a night for you to show up to, you know, celebrate the birth
of our Savior, Jesus Christ, which we don't know exactly what day it is.
It's probably in spring, but we'll see.
And please use the QR code for the baby registry for the Joan family.
So this QR code will take you to an Amazon registry.
There will also be a baby shower next Sunday, right after the Sunday afternoon service,
so please join us.
That will be on October 26th.
And then next Saturday will be our Gary Soongwooni Marathon.
We'll meet 1230 at the address below.
We also made a post on our social media for more details on that.
Let me know if you have plenty on coming.
If you are not going to Gary, we'll still have our local Soongwooni time on Saturday
here.
So yeah, there's that.
Please help us with the cleaning of the church building right after the Sunday afternoon
service.
The more people we have, the faster we get to, you know, we get everything clean.
Also this morning, today will be a surprise because we are swapping the preaching order,
but early we'll be preaching in the morning, I'll be preaching in the afternoon.
So if you, you know, if you want to hear me preach, come back this afternoon.
I just want to throw things around, just mess things up.
So maybe that's why people don't show up this morning, I have no idea.
No, no, that is a joke.
I like Brother Eliud, you know, he's a passionate young man and he's very zealous in serving
God.
So I'm thankful for him, even though he drinks too much coffee sometimes, but yeah.
If you want to know how to be saved or needs to be baptized, please see an usher or myself
after the service, please be active in following up with your new converts and talk to them
about baptism, talk to them about church attendance, and we have resources on our website.
If you go to our church website, there is a "For New Believers" tab.
You can simply send a link to them.
There are videos about going to church, read your Bible, baptism, so check that out.
And let's flip on the back side.
We can see the birthdays coming up for the month of October, and then we have a place
for you to take sermon notes.
I would encourage you to take sermon notes so you can maybe in the future write your
own sermon or to reflect upon the sermon topic.
So with that being said, let's sing one more song before we take up the offering.
Turn your Bible, no, turn your hymn notes to song number 322, song 322, "Living for
Jesus."
On the 1st, "Living Jesus, of that striving to please him in all that glad way.
1 John chapter 2, while you turn around we can read the chapter.
My little children, these things write unto you, that ye sin not; and if any man sin,
we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation
for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth
is not in him.
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected.
Hereby know that we are in him.
He that saith, he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from
the beginning.
The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you.
Because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
He that saith, he is in the light, and hateth his brother is in darkness, even until now.
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling
in him.
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whether
he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's
sake.
I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning.
I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one.
I have written unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning.
I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth
in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abideth
forever.
Little children, it is the last time, as ye have heard, that antichrist shall come.
Even now there are many antichrists, whereby we know that it is the last time.
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would
no doubt have continued with us.
For they went out, and that they might be made manifest, that they were not all of us.
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and
that no lie is of the truth.
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son.
Whoso denieth the Son the same hath not the Father, but he that acknowledge the Son hath
the Father also.
Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning.
If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue
in the Son and in the Father.
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and need not any man
teach you.
But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and
even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
And now little children abide in him, that when ye shall appear, we may have confidence
and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born
of him.
Brother Rashid, could you pray for the message?
Pastor Falco, I appreciate that.
We're there in 1st John chapter number 2.
First of all I want to say I really appreciate Brother Justin for the opportunity to preach
and Pastor Thompson.
It's always an honor to be able to do this.
Something that I feel like really does help a lot and is way better than any Bible college
seminary or any Bible college class is being able to get up here and practice preaching.
That's why I believe that every single church should just shut their Bible college down
and should just let men get up and preach the Bible because that's the best way to be
able to practice preaching and train for the ministry, not charge them money for some kind
of degree and just hope that they just nail it.
We're going to be there in 1 John chapter number 2 verse number 5 and the verse I want
to focus on 1 John chapter 2 verse number 5, the Bible says, "He that sayeth he abideth
in him ought himself also so to walk even as he walked."
And the title of my sermon tonight, sorry, not tonight, this morning, is "Footsteps
of Jesus."
The goal of this sermon is to emphasize what it means biblically to be Christ-like.
You see, nowadays there's a big, warped perception on what it is to be Christ-like, you know.
Lots of people, and if you haven't listened to Brother Stephen's sermon on, you know,
the real Jesus, not the one on Netflix, if you listen to that sermon, you'll see that
people think that Jesus is some kind of hippie who just went around and preached love and
preached peace and preached, you know, unity and, you know, the Muslim holds hands with
the Christian and the Christian holds hands with the, you know, LGBT, HIV, STD person.
And they think that it's just all unity and peace and love.
But obviously God and Jesus was love, but God and Jesus also is characterized as having
many of the things we're going to go through this in the sermon today.
So you know, I am going to preach the love of Christ this morning.
Okay.
But I'm also going to preach, you know, Christ when he was angry.
I'm also going to preach Christ when he was firm.
I'm also going to preach Christ when he was preaching hard because the Bible says that
we ought to preach the whole council of God, not just the sermons that we want to preach,
not just the verses that we want to preach.
And so first I want to take a look at the origin of the name Christian.
First of all, the name Christian, contrary to popular belief, was not given to us by
Christ himself.
Before I get into the origin of the name Christian, I want to first show you guys what
Christ called his followers when he was on this earth.
Go with me if you would to John chapter 8 verse number 31.
Jesus didn't call us Christians when we were on this earth.
Now, the word Christian is found in the Bible, it is a biblical term, but I want to first
address what Jesus called his followers when he was on this earth.
John chapter 8 verse number 31, the Bible says here, it says, "Then said Jesus to
those Jews which believed on him, 'If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples
indeed.'"
"Petitioner apart, my disciples indeed."
Jesus called his followers disciples, that's what he called them.
And the reason I bring this point up is because, like I said, contrary to popular belief, people
think that Christ named his followers Christians and he was the one who put that name on him.
But I kind of want to show you guys the origin of the name Christian.
So he called them disciples, go to John chapter 10 verse number 27.
The Bible says here, "Pay attention to that, my sheep hear my voice and I know them, and
pay attention to that part, they follow me."
Right there Jesus is addressing his followers, he says they follow me, but what does he call
them?
My sheep.
So Jesus called his followers disciples and he called them sheep.
Now, why did I bring that up?
Because the reason why I brought that up is because I want to emphasize that Christian
in the Bible was originally an insult.
It was originally a derogatory statement.
So go with me if you would to Acts 9 verse number 2.
So there was in the Bible multiple different names that they gave followers of Christ.
One of them was those of the way, those of the way, let me prove that to you with the
Bible.
Acts chapter 9 verse number 2 the Bible says and desired of him letters to Damascus to
the synagogues that if he found any person to that part of this way, whether they were
men or women, he might bring them bound into Jerusalem.
So the Bible right there says those of this way, why?
Because they were originally called in the New Testament, they will call people those
Christians followers of Christ, those of the way, where do they get this from?
Well, in John 14, don't go there with me, I'm just going to read it real quick.
In John 14, verse number 6, Jesus says here, "Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth,
and the life.'"
So of course, the main message that followers of Christ had when they were preaching in
the New Testament was that Jesus is the only way to salvation.
And we still preach that, amen?
Jesus is the only way to heaven.
And so because that was their message, people called them those of the way.
You know, Jesus himself said, "I am the way, the truth and the life."
So that was one of the nicknames that they gave them.
And of course, the other one, which is the one that is commonly accepted amongst believers
is Christians.
Go with me, if you would, to Acts 11, verse number 26, Acts 11, verse number 26.
The Bible says here in Acts 11, verse number 26, it says, "And when he had found him, he
brought him unto Antioch, and it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves
with the church and taught much people, and the disciples were called Christians first
in Antioch."
So, Christians was, like I said, a derogatory nickname, just how, and I'm just using this
as an example, I'm using this as an example, I'm not racist, but an example is how they
give derogatory nicknames to people of, you know, back then in the old days, they would
give derogatory nicknames to different races, different, you know, racial slurs, people
would give people derogatory nicknames.
That's kind of how they did with, Christian was originally meant to be a derogatory nickname
from unbelievers to those who followed Christ.
Okay?
And so, but of course, Christians adopted it and accepted it.
Go with me, if you would, to Acts 22-4, Acts 22-4, so it takes a while this morning, didn't
have time to really put the dividers in my Bible and stuff.
Acts 22-4, and here's another example of the way, right?
And I persecuted, look what the Bible says, this way unto the death, binding and delivering
into prisons both men and women.
So see, they call them those of the way, they, you know, they refer to them as Christians.
Go review it to Acts 26, verse number 28, Acts 26, verse number 28, says, then Agrippa
said unto Paul, almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
So we see that believers and followers of Christ in the New Testament were called those
of the way or Christians.
Those were nicknames put onto them by people who were wicked, who wanted to persecute them.
But of course, like I said, Christians started adopting it proudly.
Now why do I bring that up?
It's because the definition, and I looked up the definition of Christian, the definition
of Christian is a follower of Christ or a sort of, and I like this description, mini-Christ.
Sort of mini-Christ.
Now, before I go into my sermon, I want to show you guys one of the verses I want to
focus on.
1 Peter chapter 4 verse number 16, now I know I mentioned that a Christian was originally
given to followers of Christ as a derogatory sort of name, and it actually talks about
that in the Bible.
1 Peter chapter 4 verse number 16, look what the Bible says, "Yet if any man," look what
the Bible says, "suffer as a Christian," says, "let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify
God on this behalf."
So the Bible says, hey, embrace that, embrace that you're being called a follower of Christ.
Don't be ashamed to be called a follower of Christ.
You ought to live up to that name.
And so if we adopt, and I'm pretty sure lots of you guys, when you guys address, when you
guys knock on doors and they ask you what religion are you, you probably say Christian.
And so if we adopt that name, we ought to live up to that name.
We ought to be not ashamed to say that we're a Christian.
Okay, we're gonna live up to our names as Christians.
Okay, and like I said, nowadays there's a warped perception on what it means to be Christ-like.
What it means to be, as the definition said, a mini-Christ.
Because nowadays this world, Christ is some peace maker and holding hands.
Everyone holds hands and just, you know, becomes friends.
And that's not what the Bible teaches.
Okay, so we're going to go through a little bit of some characteristics of Christ in the
New Testament that shows his characteristics.
First, the first characteristic I see that Christ had in his life is, number one,
that Christ submitted to the will of the Father.
Christ submitted to the will of the Father.
Go with me if you were to Luke 22.
Luke 22, this is talking about Jesus when he was about to be crucified.
Luke 22, the Bible says in verse number 39, it says,
"And he came out and went as he was wont to the Mount of Olives,
and his disciples also followed him.
And when he was at the place, he said unto them,
'Pray that ye enter not into temptation.'
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast,
and kneeled down and prayed."
Saying, and pay attention to this part, we're going to finish the whole verse in a bit,
but I want you guys to pay attention to this part right here of this verse.
"Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me."
I want you guys to picture this.
Picture Jesus Christ, the perfect begotten lamb of God.
And he's about to be murdered, he's about to be crucified,
he's about to go to the cross, and he's about to take on the sins of all of mankind.
And Christ knows this, and he's literally praying to God,
"God, if this cup can depart from me, God, if this wrath that's about to fall on me, God,
if you could somehow make it so that this wouldn't happen, God, please."
Because he knows what was about to happen to him.
And look what the Bible says in verse number 44.
"And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly,
and his sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood falling down to the ground."
You know, there's this scientific, and you guys can search this up later.
I have time to put this in my outline.
But my science teacher actually told me that what happened to Jesus,
where he was sweating blood, is actually something that can happen to anyone.
And that is because there's this chronological,
I think it's a chronological disease or syndrome,
that somebody could get to the point of high stress
where they could start literally sweating blood.
And this actually exists.
Like I said, I have time to put it in my outline.
You guys can search it up later.
We could talk about it after the service.
But that's how much stress Jesus was in that he was literally sweating blood.
What made God, what made Jesus not to submit to the will of God the Father?
What made Jesus be able to take that on, on him?
See, notice what it says right here in verse number 42.
It says, "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me,
but pay attention to that part.
Nevertheless," it says, "not my will, but thine be done."
What made Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God,
even able, without passing out, even able, without having some sort of failure,
where he maybe just panics and just doesn't submit to the will of God the Father?
What made him decide to submit to the will of God the Father?
This is one simple answer.
Go with me if you want to Hebrews 11.
Hebrews chapter number 11.
Now, I feel like we could apply that principle,
that truth of Jesus about to be crucified, submitting to the will of God the Father.
I feel like we as Christians could apply that to our life.
Let me show you how.
Hebrews 11 verse number one, it says,
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things."
Look what the Bible says, "Not seen."
Faith is what helped Jesus.
Faith.
Now, there's times in my life where I've made that same prayer with pain and with tears in my eyes.
I said, "God, please, if this cup can pass for me, God,
maybe there was a trial where God was saying, 'Hey, I need you to give this up.'"
And I didn't want to give it up.
I said, "God, no, please, if there's any way, I don't have to give this up.
God, I want to give this up."
And God said, "No, son, you need to have faith in me."
Rashid, can you come up here and we could illustrate the brother Christian,
if you come up here and illustrate.
We're going to illustrate this truth of faith.
Brother Rashid, can you stand here?
So I want Brother Rashid to illustrate God.
He would be a perfect illustration for God if we were a Black Hebrew-Israelite church,
he would be a perfect illustration for God.
And we have Brother Christian, okay?
Brother Christian, can you stand a little bit more over there?
I want you to hold this, okay?
I'm going to use my suit coat as an example this morning.
I just want you to hold, go all the way,
see if you could go a little bit more over here.
Yeah, right there. Right there's perfect.
I just want you to hold this up, okay?
Now, Brother Rashid, this, remember how we said before the service?
So there's times in my life where I said,
God, I don't want to give this up, God.
Don't want to give this up, God.
God, I don't want to give this up.
God, you know what, God?
God, you can have this, God.
You can have this, God.
God doesn't want that.
God, God, you can have this, God.
You can have this, God.
And God doesn't want that.
And I'm just wrestling with God.
I'm wrestling with him because I don't want to give this up.
I'm saying, God, if this cup can pass for me, God,
I don't want to give this up.
But God is saying, no, son, this is where I want you to give up.
This is, no, God, God, I promise you, I'll serve you with my life.
I'll do, I'll give money to missions, God.
I'll give all my paycheck to offering.
But he's saying, no, son, this is what I want you to give up.
And I'm over here busy wrestling with this, with this right here,
when you don't realize that later down the line, what God,
God wants you to forget about this.
This is garbage.
He's taking that away from you because this is garbage.
This is crap compared to what God has in store for you over here.
This, and the reason I brought these, let me emphasize this.
This suit coat is a little bit of a cheaper suit coat than that suit coat.
This suit coat is probably a $50 suit coat, a little bit cheaper.
That is almost a hundred something dollar suit coat.
Okay.
Why do I say that?
Because that one has higher value than this suit coat.
Okay.
And what I'm trying to say here is that there's times in our lives
where God is asking us to give something up that to us means everything.
To us, God, I can't give this up, God.
I want to give something else up, God.
Please, I don't want to give this up, God.
I don't want to give this up.
And God is saying no, and we want to offer him this.
God, all right, God, I'll give my money to missions.
I'll give money to missions, God.
But God is saying no, I want this from you, my son.
I want this from you.
And you realize, and I've realized,
that when I say okay, God, you're gonna have it.
You're gonna have it, God.
I'm gonna have faith in you, God.
The Bible says faith is the substance of these whole four
evidence of things not seen.
I don't realize that I have my back turned to the future.
I can't see what God has in store for me,
but I have faith, and God, because of faith,
is able to walk with me and take me to the future.
And I see, oh my gosh, God, I have faith in you.
And you have in store for me a way better,
more expensive, more valuable thing for me in the future,
'cause I had faith in you.
Thank you, gentlemen, you can take a seat.
What am I trying to say here, friend?
That when you have faith in God,
there's times when we don't wanna give up.
We don't wanna give up.
We don't wanna submit to the will of God the Father.
But we don't realize that when we submit
to the will of God the Father,
God has things that are way bigger
than we cannot imagine that he has for us.
And I had, like I said, we illustrated,
I had that suit coat that was $50,
but to me meant everything
and I didn't wanna give it up.
But once I gave it up,
God received the illustration of God,
took me over to the future with Christian
who was the illustration of future God
and he had something way better,
a way better, more expensive, nicer suit coat than me,
for me.
What I'm trying to say here is when you submit
to the will of God the Father,
when you submit to him,
God will have way better things in store for you.
In the future.
So, number two, Christ forgot our sin.
Christ forgets our sin.
Co-review to Hebrews chapter 9.
I'm sorry if that was a little bit of a confusing illustration.
That's very important that we have faith in God.
We submit to his will, you know.
We shouldn't do these things where we're like,
"All right, God, you know what?
I'll skip out church.
I won't go to Indianapolis."
Or, "I won't go to the church you want me to go to.
I'm just going to go and be a Sunday morning glory somewhere else
because I want to work or I want to do this."
No, that's what we should, that's not what we should do.
We should submit to the will of God, to will of God the Father of God.
Go maybe you do Hebrews chapter 9 verse number one.
So, point number two is Christ forgets our sins.
Now, I'm going to show you guys how the Old Testament ordinances illustrated this.
Now, the Old Testament ordinances were a picture of the New Testament.
The Bible says in verse number one,
then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary.
So these Old Testament ordinances were pictures of the New Testament, were pictures of Jesus Christ.
See the verses and the passages that nowadays most Christians will read and look at board the book
of Leviticus, the book of Exodus, and you know, they'll read, you know, God saying make this and
make that and do this and do that and sacrifice this and sacrifice that, people will read that and
fall asleep but they don't realize that that is a picture of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
And let me show you how, specifically in two events, specifically in the Passover. Now the Passover
was a sacrifice that was done when Israel was going to leave Egypt and also in the Day of Atonement.
Okay, the Day of Atonement was when Aaron, the high priest, would kill the goat of the sin offering
and bring it within the veil, the holiest of holies, and sprinkle it on the physical mercy
seat that was in between two cherubims. And we'll go through that right now. If you guys
want to read that, the Bible says in verse number two, "For there was a tabernacle made, the first,
wherein was the candlestick and the table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary.
And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the holiest of all,
which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid around the bow with gold,
wherein was the golden pot that had manna and Aaron's rod that budded in the tables of the
covenant. And over it, the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy seat of which we cannot now
speak particularly. Now, when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the
first tabernacle accomplishing the service of God. So all of this, the physical tabernacle,
the mercy seat that they had in the Old Testament were all pictures of things to come in the New
Testament. And let me prove that to you guys with the Bible. There am pictured Jesus. Go with me if
you would to Exodus chapter number 12 verse number five, Exodus 12 verse number five. The Bible says
here, okay, Exodus 12 verse number five, the Bible says here, "Your lamb shall be without blemish."
This is the Passover right here. It says, "Your lamb shall be without blemish. A male of the first
year ye shall take it out from the sheep or from the goats." Now, some people may read this
and get bored at it. "Oh, this is boring. Take a lamb. Oh, I'm reading this. This is real boring.
I'm falling asleep." But that's actually a picture of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.
Let me show you. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 5-7, the Bible says here that Christ is our
Passover. So the Passover was a picture of Jesus Christ. It says, "Purge out therefore the old
leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened, for even Christ our Passover is
sacrificed for us." Now, that lamb, one of the requirements that God put on them was that it
had to be without blemish. And let me show you how that directly pictures Jesus Christ. Go with me,
if you would, to 1 Peter 1-18. The Bible says, 1 Peter 1-18, it says, "Forasmuch," you're like,
"Well, how does that lamb picture Jesus Christ?" It says, "Lamb without blemish." Well, look at
what the Bible says, "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as
silver and gold from your vain conversation, received by tradition from your fathers," it says,
"But with the precious blood of Christ," pay attention to that part, "as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot." You see how that pictures Christ? You know, Jesus Christ is the
perfect lamb of God. He was sinless. He never sinned. And that is a picture, that lamb in the
Old Testament is a picture of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, the lamb of God, sinless.
Okay? Now, not only is the lamb itself a picture of Christ, but the death of the lamb is also a
picture of Christ. Let me show you that. Go with me, if you would, to Exodus 12, verse number six.
Let's go back to Exodus 12. If you would, keep your finger there in Exodus 12. That's a passage
we're going to frequent. Exodus 12, verse number six, the Bible says, "And ye shall keep it up
unto the fourteenth day of the same month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel
shall kill it in the evening." Now you say, how is that a picture of Jesus dying? Well,
go with me if you would to Isaiah 53, verse number seven. You know, the killing of the Passover lamb,
the death of the Passover lamb is actually a picture of Jesus Christ in New Testament.
You know, and we need more sermons on this doctrine because it seems like a bunch of
people are compromising on the blood of Christ. So the Bible says, Isaiah 53, verse number seven,
the Bible says he was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth.
Look what the Bible says. He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shears
is dumb. So he opened up not his mouth. This verse is talking about the lamb of God, Jesus Christ.
And look what the Bible says. He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, his death, the death of that
lamb in the Old Testament, that Passover lamb was a picture of the death of Jesus Christ on the cross.
He died the lamb of God on the cross. Okay, now I'm going to point, I'm going to glue this all
together in a second for you guys so you guys can understand the point I'm trying to make.
But let's just keep looking at how this pictures Jesus. Now the lamb, the lamb, the blood of the
lamb had to be applied on the right place. Now go with me if you would to Leviticus 17, Leviticus
chapter number 17. See in order, in order to get the blood, to get the blood on the right place,
you need a high priest. The Bible says in Leviticus 17 verse number three to six, the Bible says,
"What man soever there be of the house of Israel that killeth an ox or lamb or goat in the camp or
that killeth it out of the camp." And look what the Bible says, "And bringeth not unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of
the Lord. Blood shall be imputed unto that man. He hath shed blood, and that man shall be cut off
from among his people, to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices,
for as they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto
the Lord." It says, "And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto the Lord." So the Bible
is very clear that the blood needed to be placed somewhere, right? The blood needed to be taken
and applied to the right place. But, hmm, what's the problem is that we need a high priest to apply
the blood on the right place, right? So what does the Bible say that, because like I said, the lamb
and the death of the lamb were a picture of Jesus Christ, you know, in the New Testament. So if
Jesus is the lamb of God and his blood was shed, how are we going to get his blood and apply to the
right place? And I'll show you guys right now. Go with me if you would to Leviticus 16 verse number
32, which is the chapter right before. The Bible says, "And the priest whom he shall anoint and
whom he shall concentrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead," look what
the Bible says, "shall make the atonement and shall put on the linen clothes even the holy garment."
So the priest, the high priest, is the person who's in charge of, in the Old Testament,
putting the blood on the right place, okay? Now, let me show you how that pictures Christ in the
New Testament. Go with me if you went to Hebrews chapter 9 verse number 12. Hebrews 9 verse number
12. Now, the high priest would go into this tabernacle, he would go behind the veil into
what they would call the holiest of holies, and he would take the blood of that lamb that was slain,
and he would sprinkle it on the physical mercy seat in the Old Testament on that mercy seat
in the Old Testament. Okay, that pictures Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Let me show you.
Hebrews chapter 9 verse number 11. I'm sorry, verse number 12. The Bible says, "Neither by the
blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood." This is talking about Jesus Christ. By his own
blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Who is the high priest in the New Testament? Jesus Christ. And when did he become high priest?
Well, look at Hebrews chapter 5 verse number 4. Hebrews 5 verse number 4. Like, well, you know,
I thought Jesus was the lamb. He died on the cross. People watched him die. They beat him to death.
How in the world is this little lamb going to get the blood on the right place? Well,
look what the Bible says in Hebrews chapter number 5 verse number 4. And thou man taketh
this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God as was Aaron. So also Christ glorified,
not himself to be made a high priest, but he but he that said unto him, thou art my son,
today have I begotten thee. As he had said also in another place, thou art a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek. And I want you to go quickly to verse number nine. The Bible says,
and being made perfect. What is this talking about? His resurrection. See, Jesus Christ died,
the lamb of God in the Old Testament. He died. His blood was shed in that pit, that Old Testament
lamb that was killed, pictured Jesus Christ. But then he rose again from the dead as a high priest
after the order of Melchizedek. That's what the Bible says. He rose again. People are saying,
well, this is figuratively. No, the Bible, that's what the Bible says. It says being made perfect.
That's talking about his resurrection. He became the author of eternal salvation and to all them
that obey him. It says called of God and high priest after the order of Melchizedek. So Jesus
rose from the dead and became a high priest and the blood needed to be applied in order to make
atonement. Now why do I say that? Well go with me if you would to Leviticus 16. Leviticus 16.
Now Brother Elied, what's the point of you showing us this? Brother Elied, what is the point of you
showing us all this pictures? We get it brother. It's a picture. Well I'm going to show you guys
right now how this shows that Christ forgot our sins and he forgave our sins. Let me show you
right now. Leviticus chapter number 16 verse number 32 and 34. The Bible says and the priest,
I'm sorry yeah 32 to 34 I'm sorry and the priest whom he shall anoint and whom he shall concentrate
to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead shall make the atonement and shall put on
the linen clothes even the holy garments and shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary and he shall
make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation for the altar and he shall make
an atonement for the priest and for all the people of the congregation and this shall be an everlasting
statue to you to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year and he
did as the Lord commanded Moses that's a picture of the New Testament because go with me if you want
to Hebrews 9 back to Hebrews 9 and this time we're going to read from verse 11 I know I'm having you
guys flip to a lot of Bible and I apologize for that the Bible says but Christ being come a high
priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands that
is the same out of this building neither by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place heaven obtained eternal redemption for us why do I tell you this
because the Bible says when Jesus resurrected from the dead as a high priest after the order of
Melchisedec Jesus took his blood and he sprinkled it on the mercy seat in heaven the Bible says
that that tabernacle in the Old Testament was a picture of a tabernacle a better tabernacle by the
way in the New Testament that's in heaven and Jesus Christ took his blood and he sprinkled it
when he died he died as a lamb and he took his blood of when he died as a lamb and as a high
priest took his blood and offered it and entered once into the holy place to attain eternal
redemption for us why do i say that my friend because sometimes in our lives we may have our
sin on our mind and we let that take us down we say i can't serve god anymore because this
thing i used to do in my past i can't serve god anymore because i used to be a drunkard
i can't serve god anymore because i used to be a drug addict i can't serve god anymore
because there's this thing in my past that just will leave me alone but let me tell you something
my friend jesus christ god forgave your sins when christ sees you he does not see your sin he sees
the blood of his son jesus christ now let me tell you something i'm not saying that god isn't going
to see like if you're living in sin that god is just going to ignore that no god can even kill you
for your sins i'm not saying that what i'm teaching is the doctrine of positional sanctification
and that is that when god sees you he doesn't see your sin he sees the blood of his son jesus
christ and so when god sees you and he ignores your sin and he chooses to ignore your sin
why should we not do the same thing why should we remember our past sins if god doesn't remember
our past sins go ahead if you were to to first peter chapter number one verse number two the
bible makes it very clear that because of jesus christ sprinklers blood on the mercy seat says
we are saved we are elect look what the bible says elect that one elect is that what the calvinists
say okay that you know you're elected when you're born and all this other garbage elect means saved
that's what it means says elect saved child of god according to the four knowledge of god the
father through sanctification of the spirit unto obedience and look what the bible says sprinkling
of the blood of jesus christ hey when god sees you he sees that blood on the mercy seat he doesn't
see your past sins he doesn't see your drunkenness he doesn't see the drugs that you did in the in
your past he doesn't see that wicked perversion of sin that you used to do in your past god sees the
blood of his son jesus christ now like i said i'm not saying if you live in sin now that god
will ignore that no god will punish you but even if you are living in sin now and you get to heaven
god's not going to see your sin he's going to see the blood he's going to see the blood now number
three another characteristic of christ was that christ didn't hate those who weren't in a circle
go maybe you would mark chapter 9 verse number 38 mark chapter 9 verse number 38 the bible says
here god didn't jesus didn't hate those that weren't in his circle mark chapter 9 verse number
38 the bible says and john answered him saying master we saw one casting out devils in thy name
and he followed not us and we forbade him because he followed not us it says look what the bible
says but jesus said forbid him not there's no man which shall do a miracle in my name that can
lightly speak evil of me jesus and this is something that i wish nowadays as christians
we could apply to our life jesus didn't didn't hate those brothers in christ who were not in
the circle he didn't hate them you know nowadays we have this attitude that if they're not in a
circle and they don't believe how we do um that we hate them that's not how what christ would want
you know um last week i went to a church and the old ifp and they're called iglesia bautista betel
now yes i may not agree with them on the subject of the pre-trip i may not agree with them on the
subject of the 1960 i may not agree with them on the subject of them not believing the reprobate
doctrine but you know what let me tell you something they're getting people saved i went
there and they were talking about how how many people that were getting saved and and i saw
people literally new converts there and why would i hate that and nowadays we have these people who
they have a mentality is like well they're old i would be they're all going to hell that's not
the mentality and that's not the mindset that we as christians should have we shouldn't hate people
just because they're not a part of our circle okay we need to unite i know we might not agree
on the pre-trip and i'm not saying that that that that i'm going to believe the pre-trip or
that i'm going to pretend that i don't believe the pre-trip in front of them but we should unite on
the doctrines it's better to be united on the doctrines that we do agree on you know what i'd
rather instead of preaching a sermon and i'm not saying that we will do this i'm just using this
as a hypothetical example but you know what i'm not going to preach a sermon against a pastor
who's old ifb okay uh because and call him out and attack him because he believes the pre-trip
i'd rather i'd rather go soloing with him and get people saved i'd rather unite with him and
get people saved now like i'm saying i'm not saying that i'm going to compromise and be pre-trip
but you know what why are we attacking brothers in christ for not believing the same way we do
that are saved that are getting people saved that believe the king jesua with their independent
fundamental baptism why are we attacking them christ said you know what he's not they're not
in our circle but forbid them not that's what jesus said forbid them not now go ahead and view the
psalm 133 verse number one it's better to be in unity with people who we don't agree with maybe
on certain things or maybe they're not a part of our circle it's better to be in unity with them
that's what the bible says look let me show you what the bible says in a psalm 133 by the way we
should we should believe what the bible says we shouldn't believe what our emotions tell us to
believe the bible says in psalm 133 verse number one says behold how good and how pleasant it is
for brethren to dwell together in unity the bible says that it's better for us to dwell together in
unity you know there's people who i am friends with that are old ifb that are saved that some
people if i posted a picture with them would literally flip out one of these guys his name
is pastor herbert rodriguez he's an independent fundamental baptist pastor in hammond indiana
he gets people saved he believes the right gospel okay he may believe abraham's wisdom
right but you know what i'm not going to attack and preach a sermon against herbert rodriguez
because that's not what christ would want christ said forbid him not if herbert rodriguez is
getting people saved why are you going to attack him and come after him there's no reason to come
after him another person ringo ayala this is one of the people who i personally regret when i first
you know got right with god and and you know when i first came into this movement i was
and you know very as people would call it um overzealous and i did something foolish that
i regret doing and ringo ayala for those who don't know is an independent fundamental baptist pastor
who speaks spanish and he literally believes most of the new ifb doctrines uh that we believe but
the only thing is that he preaches out of the 1960 and so i made a video and i made a video that i'm
ashamed of and i basically called them a bunch of names and i attacked them publicly i'm ashamed
of that because you know what you know even though yes he uses the 1960 the bible says it's better
for us to dwell in unity we should agree i what it would have been better for me to do is go
and fellowship with him and fellowship on the doctrines that we do agree on
because if ringo yada is not a heretic if he's not preaching the gospel why am i coming after him
why am i attacking him okay there's no reason for us to do that and that actually ended up
causing more division you know people were actually opening up to the gomez in my circle
but because i decided to come after pastor royale and now people weren't going to open up to the
gomez because they're like oh no you gomez people are like that what and they don't want to open up
to the gomez because i was attacking pastor royale i regret that if i could ever rekindle
that friendship with pastor ringo i would he's a man of god and i love him uh another person is
dr andy gomez and dr andy gomez is the church i got saved at and they have this big servants
conference every year and by the way when you go to an old ip church you shouldn't go with this
attitude i'm going to criticize everything i don't agree with that's a bad attitude to have
you know i went to iglesia batista but then last week and and you know they had their bus routes
and they had their altar call but you know i didn't focus on the altar call i didn't focus on the bus
routes i didn't focus on the sunday schools i focused on the gospel i focused on the preaching
and i got something good out of it and you know what andy gomez is my old pastor and you know
what i worshiped him i love him like i said we may not agree on all the doctrines but you know what
every single year a conference that i go to it's called seattle's conference it's called servants
conference kind of like their pastor school in spanish i go and i learn something from dr gomez
and there's good things that i can learn from dr gomez he preaches he emphasizes heart preaching
he's a baptist he preaches the right gospel they go soul winning why am i gonna attack andy gomez
there's no reason for me to attack andy gomez we should fellowship on the things that we do agree
with dr carlos isai salseda pepe campos freddy dianda ricky torrance john wilkerson these are
all names of people that have been a huge encouragement in me in my life when i first
got saved why would i come after these people just because they don't agree with me on the pre-trip
now like i said let me emphasize this one more time i'm not saying that i'm going to compromise
on being post-trip and i'm going to turn pre-trip for them i'm not saying that but what i'm saying
is this what i'm saying is that there's sometimes situations where it's better to dwell in unity
how the bible says in psalm 133 it's better to dwell in unity than to make enemies and attack
them because there's no reason to attack them you know there's old ip pastors we've had behind this
very pulpit that don't agree with us on certain subjects don't agree with us on certain doctrines
we've been to their churches sowning and done marathons in their churches and they don't agree
with us on everything but you know what why would we it would be foolish if brother justin got up
behind this pulpit or pastor thompson got up behind this pulpit and preached a sermon against
them they're not going to do that but i'm saying well i got up behind this pulpit and preached a
sermon against them it would make no sense we should dwell on those doctrines that we do agree
on okay and you know by the way it is biblical to hate false prophets though the bible says that
okay and what do you mean brother ali what's the difference between these because nowadays
people have a war perception on what a false prophet is nowadays people think false prophets
just a pastor they don't like that's a dumb reason to call somebody a false prophet because
you don't like them that's not what the bible says let me show you what a false prophet is go
with me if you were to romans chapter number 16 verse number 17 romans and and these people who
are false prophets we should call them out by name okay and if whatever pastor you have a problem
with doesn't is not on this list that i'm about to read you then you shouldn't be saying anything
about him the bible says in romans chapter number 16 verse number 17 the bible says here
now i beseech you brethren mark them which caused the visions and offenses contrary to the doctrine
which ye have learned and avoid them says mark them which what caused the visions and offenses
look what the bible says contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned we shouldn't attack somebody
unless they they we shouldn't call them out unless there's somebody who attacks the gospel
that is completely unsafe is completely a heretic completely denies you know um the trinity or some
doctrine that is big on salvation okay um you know the bible says in psalm 139 verse number 21
psalm 139 verse number 21 that it is biblical to hate these people and what am i talking about
i'm talking about the john mccarthers i'm talking about the the joel holsteins i'm talking about
the joyce meyers i'm talking about the uh the false prophets who are clearly unsaved that are
clearly in the wrong that are clearly sending people to hell those are the ones we should call
out those are the ones that we should hate we shouldn't hate our brothers in christ in the
old ifb there's no reason why like i'm saying do i agree with everything no am i going to preach
against the what i don't agree with yes but i'm not going to call them out and attack them because
there's no reason it's better to do all in unity look what the bible says in in um in psalm 139
verse number 21 and this is talking about false prophets and reprobates do not i hate them or
what they hate thee and am not agree with those that rise up against thee i hate them with perfect
hatred i count them my enemies so hate is biblical it is biblical to hate certain pastors who they
don't preach what the bible says but what i mean when i when i say don't preach what the bible
says i mean like uh because there's sometimes god gives us the holy spirit so people may interpret
certain passages differently okay but what i mean by that is a lot of means they're attacking the
doctrine of salvation they're attacking the trinity they're attacking the godhead okay and
if a pastor attacks major doctrines like that the king james bible things like that that we shouldn't
fellowship with them and they're most likely first of all if we hate somebody we're gonna make sure
that they're a reprobate okay we gotta make sure that they're for sure reprobate that they're for
sure somebody who we should hate and have hatreds towards and you know i know that this is not a
popular message right but it's what the bible says right it's better to dwell in unity and i
recommend listening to brother justin's sermon from last week um i really enjoyed that sermon
because it really helps us look at the fact that sometimes some of us need to get out of our little
circle shell and you know learn to embrace and love brothers in christ because if they're saved
they're brothers in christ they're covered with the same blood of jesus christ that you're covered
with right yeah the bible says in um in uh the book of um uh sorry give me one second oh
acts chapter 15 verse number 36 acts 15 verse number 36 yes you know it's nothing wrong also
because these people are like i'll never step in foot in a in old ifb church because to me it's
It's like it's worse than stepping in a Catholic Church or like they think that the old I have be is like just like they're just
Complete false prophets and I hate all of them and I want them all to die like there's this hatred that people often have
And look like I said, it's good to have those hatreds towards false prophets, but not brothers in Christ
Okay, the Bible says in Acts 15 verse number 17
Acts, I'm sorry acts
15 verse number 36 the Bible says in verse number 36 and some days after Paul said unto Barabbas
let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord and look what the Bible says and
See how they do
Okay
And so we ought to it's nothing wrong to visit brothers in Christ who may have been an encouragement to us in the past
All the IFB churches that may have been an encouragement to the past
There's nothing wrong with that and the Bible says it says and see how they do there's nothing wrong with that
There's nothing wrong with going and visiting, you know old churches that maybe before we were
We started this church. We used to go to it's nothing wrong because it's good to have unity with brothers in Christ
That are saved that are in the faith. Okay now
You know, I'm gonna wrap this up. I only got a couple minutes left
One of the last things and I got pages and pages more of points and this is this might probably be like
Part two sermon but the last thing I want to emphasize and you know
Having a sermon about being Christ-like, right?
I mentioned in the beginning that people have a warp reality on what it's like to be Christ-like
Okay, and so the last point I wanted to make was that Jesus hate it Jesus Christ
Hated not make this very clear. I'm not saying that that's a bad thing
But it is biblically sound and it is biblical to say that Jesus hated certain people and let me show you the Bible says in
Matthew chapter 18 verse number 6 go to Matthew 18 verse number 6
I'm gonna give you an example the Bible says here, but whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depths of the sea
Oh Christ is just so loving towards everyone really because he's saying here that pedophile should be hanged in the depths of the sea
He's saying here that pedophile should commit suicide
So to say that Jesus Christ was just as loving hippie who said that he loved everyone look what the Bible says that
Millstone and this is Jesus himself talking a millstone were hanged about his neck. That's what Jesus himself said
And so Jesus the certain people that Jesus Christ hated who are these people?
Reprobates people who rejected him you see people have this misconception that Jesus is this kind of like
Desperate boyfriend who's just keeps knocking. Please take me. Please accept me. Please. I love you, but Jesus is not like that Jesus is
Yes, he will give you many chances. Yes. He will give you and there's things about you know
Jesus and God that I don't understand that we will probably won't understand until you know
We are resurrected with him
But the thing is that there's one thing that is certain that God also
Has rejected and there's people that have gone to the point where they're beyond the hope of salvation
Okay, these people are known as reprobates the Bible calls them reprobates the first time the word reprobate is mentioned
The Bible says reprobate silver shall not call them because the Lord had rejected them reprobate that that verse defines what reprobate means because
Reprobate means rejected by God. It means that they're beyond the hope of salvation
Okay dictionary calm if you guys search up what the word reprobate means on dictionary calm
It actually means that somebody who's beyond the hope of salvation
Go with me if you with the Matthew chapter 12 verse number 34. Well, Jesus was was not mean Jesus was loving Jesus
Just always preached acceptance and love and and and and and you know
And look, I'm not saying Jesus there. He preached love. We just went through how he died on the cross
Resurrected from the dead was put to death for us. That's enough. So yeah, Jesus did preach love and I'm not saying he didn't preach love
But you know what? There's things Jesus preached that nowadays would make lots of these people
Literally flip out. I bet you if Jesus was alive today and Jesus preached man's preaching night. He'd be on the news
Okay, I bet you if Jesus was alive today if he preached behind the pulpit he'd be on the Southern Poverty Law Center's
You know list of
Terroristic churches or whatever, you know, go with me Matthew 12 verse number 34. Look what the Bible says
Are you generation of vipers? Oh, no that thing you said is not really Christlike. Are you kidding me?
Look at what Jesus said generation of vipers. He called them snakes, dude
He called them freaking snakes if you call somebody a snake nowadays, that's really offensive
And so he Jesus called these people snakes says only generation of vipers
How can he be being evil speak?
Good things for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speak it. He literally called them snakes
Are you generation of vipers?
You tell me what difference is there that to the preaching that we're doing nowadays and people get all your preachers nothing like Christ
Really generation of vipers. The only difference is now is generation of faggots. That's literally the only difference when we preach but
Jesus his preaching though
The way we preach heart preaching is biblical and is Christ like and people like to say that it's not Christ like to preach hard
Well, that's what the Bible says. He called them generation of vipers. Okay, and
Go if you were to a to some or we already read that Psalm 139
Do not I hate them or Lord that hate thee and I agree with those that rise up against thee
I hate them with perfect hatred and John chapter 1 it says that Jesus is the word
It says in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and Lord was God and then in verse 14
It says and the Lord was made flesh. What does that tell us that Jesus Christ is the word of God?
So if Jesus Christ is the word of God Jesus is Psalm 139 verse number 21. This is do not I hate them
That's what the Bible says if you don't like that, you don't want to accept that but you know what Jesus believes
Psalm 139 and Jesus hates certain people Jesus hates pedophiles Jesus hates perverts Jesus hates
homosexuals, okay, and you know one of the things
We need more people to be more Christ like nowadays and what I mean Christ like I don't mean
Oh hold hands with the Muslim hold hands with the pedophile hold hands with the homo
What I mean Christ like this preach how Jesus Christ would have preached in the New Testament when he was preaching Oh generation of vipers
That's Christ like we have lots of reasons why if you don't brother earlier, there's no reason to preach hard
You know why why don't we just you know mind our business and just go sowning and not preach hard
Well, because if not this generation is gonna go more to hell than already is and and if you need proof of that
Let me give you proof. We have this transgender
Activist his name is his name is Griffith Gracie and just passed away died at 78 years old was a big famous
transgender activist in and I guess the 80s and 70s, but this thing this freak had been
preaching and and and and and literally pushing for kids to be mutilated mutilated in schools
Without the permission of their parents, you know
This freak just went to hell and the only thing I'm sad about is that he didn't blow his brains out earlier
But this freak this disgusting freak this disgusting pervert
People like that are literally going around and trying to indoctrinate kids to do that kind of thing nowadays
And we want to say oh you need to be more Christ like Christ would literally be flipping out
Flipping tables right now if he was still alive today. It's Christ like to hate these people, you know Snoop Dogg
If you don't know for those who don't know just yesterday, he's a bit famous rapper
He had and people are compromising Snoop Dogg. This rapper had made comments weeks ago about
Oh, I don't like I don't want none of that chance
He took his grandchildren to a movie and he said I don't want none of that transgender junk and he made that public
And people started giving him hate. Well, guess what now Snoop Dogg as of this morning
and I said this pro Justin yesterday Snoop Dogg made a song called love is love and he
retracted his his statements about the the LGBT HIV STD
You see me community. He retracted his statements and you know what people are now compromising
They're getting scared because these homos are growing more and more and more and let me tell you something
We need more christ-like preaching and what is christ-like preaching all generation of vipers
People want to say oh well jesus jesus preached love thy neighbor. Yeah, he preached love thy neighbor
Let's go to that verse actually leviticus 19 verse number 18 leviticus 19 and i'm gonna end with this
Verse number 18. Yeah, jesus preached love thy neighbor says says right here
You shall keep my statues thou shall not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind thou shall not sow
Thy field with mingled seed neither shall a garment
mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee. Um, i'm sorry, uh
Give me one second. Uh, I think I wrote down the wrong. Uh, um, the wrong
verse reference my apologies
It should be
Uh, the one that says love thy neighbor, uh
Uh chapter 18 you said verse number. Oh 1918. I'm, I'm apologies. Yes 1918 the bible says
Um, oh, yeah, i'm sorry thou shall not avenge nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people
But thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. I am the lord
So people have cooked and say well jesus said love thy neighbor, right?
But they don't realize that it's from the book of leviticus
The book of leviticus the bible literally says in the book of leviticus chapter number 20 verse number 13
Leviticus 20 13 the same book that says if a man also lies with mankind he lies with a woman
Both of them have committed an abomination
They shall surely be put to death the same book that literally says that all homos should be put to death by the government
Should be put to death if we had a righteous government if you want to say that's not christ like well
This seems pretty christ-like to me if christ was book, you know quoting the book take this from the sermon quote
The books quote scripture like christ quoted scripture christ quoted leviticus i'ma quote leviticus 2013 because that's christ like
Christ like and people want to warp the perception of what christ was. It's christ like to hate homosexuals
It's christ like to hate pedophiles
It's christ like to hate all these people who are perverts that are reprobates that hate the lord jesus christ
That is what christ would have wanted. Okay, but uh
When in time, uh, you know christ like were you trying to be more christ like number one
You need to realize christ submitted to the will of the father number two
You need to realize christ forgot your sins number three
You need to realize that christ didn't attack those who weren't in his circle and number four
Uh, you need to realize that christ hated as well
There's way more things like I had way more things on my list, but I unfortunately ran out of time and uh,
Um, but you know, hopefully i'll preach to the lord willing a part two sermon to this there's way more characteristics out of christ
But I you know got the ones that popped up in front of me faster
What i'm trying to say is christ is more than what the world makes them out to be. Okay christ isn't this
Like I said this peaceful
Hold hands with all the perverts hold hands with everyone who's wicked. He wasn't that jesus christ was was loving him
So god bless you guys. Okay, let's pray. The other father asked you lord. Did you please help this church?
I asked would you help this church be more christ-like lord, and I asked lord. Did you please help the this generation?
That's coming up lord these people who?
Want to serve you lord and want to be your children lord and and get saved lord. I asked lord. Did you help them?
Understand what it is like to be christ-like
Nowadays lord, there's a big warped perception on what christ-like is lord
And I don't you know lord we need to get back to what the bible says lord
And so I asked lord. Did you please help everyone understand what being christ-like is and did you help them hold up to that name christian?
In name I pray lord. Amen
Now let the world define what jesus christ is like but let the bible defines it
So let's sing one last song 310 footprints of jesus song
310 on the first
See where thy footprints falling lead us to the
footprints of jesus
That make the pathway glow follow the steps of jesus
See king's sheep's buttons
He sees us his throne in all the prayer. Thank you lord for this day
Well, I pray that you help us be more christ-like in the having
Love and justice and to exercise righteous judgment and i pray that will be
Uh, you know little christ who's who who are who are exemplifying the biblical characteristics of christ
And help us win more souls to christ and preach the truth with boldness and i pray this in jesus name. Amen
All right, you are dismissed