I'm going to try to read the story.
Oh, it doesn't look good.
Garden number 86.
Really think about these words as you're singing.
Number 86, I come to the garden alone.
I come to the garden alone.
Well, the dew is still on the roses,
and the boys are here,
calling on my ear,
the Son of God destroys.
And He walks with me,
and He talks with me,
and tells me I am His own.
And the joy we share,
the tear we hear,
none of the earth has ever grown.
He speaks, and the sound of His voice
so sweet the words that they're singing,
and the melody that He gave to me
within my heart is ringing.
And He walks with me,
and He talks with me,
and He tells me I am His own.
And the joy we share,
the tear we hear,
none of the earth has ever grown.
I stay in the garden within,
though the light around me is falling,
but He brings me home
through the voice of God,
His voice to me is calling.
And He walks with me,
and He talks with me,
and He tells me I am His own.
And the joy we share,
the tear we hear,
none of the earth has ever grown.
Alright, this time we'll go through our announcements together.
If you don't have a bulletin,
slip up your hand nice and high.
We'll get to you with one.
On the inside we have our service times.
Sunday mornings at 1030 is our preaching service.
Sunday nights at 6.
Wednesday nights at 7 is our Bible study.
This week we'll be in Ezekiel chapter number 20.
We've got the soul-winning times listed there below,
as well as salvation and baptisms.
And then across the page there,
don't forget this Saturday
is the memorial service for Hope Conklin.
There is also going to be a graveside service
that's going to be tomorrow at noon
out at Schnepp Farms at the cemetery there.
But the big thing is going to be this Saturday.
Everybody's invited.
11 a.m. this Saturday memorial service,
and lunch will be provided thereafter.
And so be sure to be there for that if you can.
And then on the back,
we've got the homeschool field trip coming up
on Friday, January 7th,
and then other upcoming soul-winning trips
are listed down there below.
So let's go ahead and count up the soul-winning
from the past few days.
So going back to Thursday,
or I'm sorry, this isn't right.
We need to go back to Monday.
So let me change this here.
Okay, anything from Monday?
All right, gotcha.
And then what about Tuesday?
Okay, got it.
And then is that for Monday?
Okay.
Anything else from Monday, Tuesday?
All right, and then how about today, Wednesday?
I know in the van we had three saved in the van.
Anything outside of the van?
Okay.
Anything else outside of the van?
All right, very good.
We are changing our emphasis of soul-winning
for the year of 2022
because about three years ago,
we changed our focus
because we'd always really focused on the receptive areas,
the poor areas, whatever was the best soul-winning
is what we worked on for the longest time.
But about three years ago,
we shifted our emphasis
because we just really wanted to get done
with the job of knocking every door in our county here.
So we've got this big map on the wall
that we've been shading in orange,
and we're really serious about getting that done.
And it was getting to the point
where we were kind of just going to the same receptive areas
over and over again.
And there's kind of a law of diminishing returns.
You know, it gets to the point where
you're starting to recognize the same people
and feel like you're just kind of
talking to the same people over and over again.
So about three years ago, we shifted our focus and said,
hey, we need to knock fresh doors
that have never been knocked.
Let's get the map done.
So for the last three years,
we've really been focused on hitting, you know,
just the fresh doors,
and we've been going to a lot of unreceptive areas
because we were just kind of getting it done
and just biting the bullet, shading it in.
But what we're going to do
is we're going to take a year off from that
because I don't know about you,
but I'm just getting a little burned out
on these unreceptive areas.
And let me just be specific.
I'm tired of knocking the doors of Mormons, okay?
And so I'm sick of Mormon doors,
no more Mormons,
and so down with Mesa,
we're done with it,
and we're sick of it.
And so we need a break from the Mormons, amen?
So in 2022,
we're going to shift gears
and go back to just hitting
the really receptive areas
just so that we can get a little bit of a break
from the difficult neighborhoods.
We're going to go back to doing
a lot of the easy neighborhoods.
We've let the land rest for a few years,
so it'll be, you know, fresh once again.
And then, you know,
when 2022 is over,
then we'll go back to the grind
of Mormon country
and getting that all done.
Because, you know, we do have a vision.
We want to knock every single door
in our whole city,
but we just need a little break from that this year.
And I feel like if I'm getting burned out
on talking to Mormons,
other people probably are too.
And so that's what we're going to do,
so that's good news, amen?
You know, we can take a break from that for a while.
So I just wanted to throw that out there
that the church-wide soul-winning times
are going to be more focused on receptive areas
in the year of 2022.
Yes?
Oh, thank you.
I would like to just ask for Saturday,
for the memorial service,
who is planning on coming this Saturday?
We just want to get a rough idea
of who's planning on coming.
Put up your hand nice and high.
If you're planning on coming, keep it up.
Let me do a count real quick.
I want to do a head count.
Is that like a number that you're holding up
with two hands?
Okay, gotcha.
All right, that gives us a rough idea,
so that'll help us plan a little bit,
so thank you for that.
And with that, let's go ahead and sing our next song.
Come lead us.
All right, in the cover of your hymnals,
Lauren to Die.
If you don't have one, please raise your hand.
Lauren to Die.
If you don't have one, please raise your hand.
Born to die upon Calvary,
He shall suffer my sin to forgive.
Born to die upon Calvary,
He was wounded that I might live.
From His love Jesus came,
laid aside heaven's pain,
in exchange for the cross of Calvary.
For the kings of were lost,
for my sin He bore the cross.
He was wounded and I was set free.
Born to die upon Calvary,
He shall suffer my sin to forgive.
Born to die upon Calvary,
He was wounded that I might live.
Fear is born evermore,
may I cross I adore,
as I follow the path to Calvary.
For the death I partake,
my ambition I forsake,
for my will I surrender to Thee.
Born to die upon Calvary,
Jesus suffered my sin to forgive.
Born to die upon Calvary,
He was wounded that I might live.
O holy night,
the stars so brightly shining,
is the night of our dear Savior's birth.
Long lay the world,
its dear and dear were pining,
till He appeared and the soul felt its birth.
A trail of hope,
the weary world rejoices,
for young earth brings a new and glorious morn,
on your knees.
O hear the angel voices,
O night divine,
O night when Christ was born,
O night, O holy night,
O night divine,
there by the line of victory beaming,
with glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
Over the world,
a star is freely gleaming,
now come the wise men from glory and land.
The King of Kings laid us in lowly danger,
in all our trials,
for to be our friend,
He does our need,
our weakness is no stranger.
Behold your King,
behold Him lowly there,
behold your King,
behold Him lowly there.
Truly He taught us love from one another,
His law is done and His gospel is free.
Change shall break,
the slave is our brother,
and in His name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy,
in grateful chorus raise we,
with all our hearts we praise His holy name,
Christ is the Lord.
O praise His name forever,
His power and glory evermore proclaim,
Amen.
All right this time we'll pass offering plates around,
as the plates go around,
let's turn our Bibles to Ezekiel chapter 20.
Ezekiel chapter number 20 as we always do,
we'll read the entire chapter beginning in verse number one,
follow along silently with brother Hester as he reads,
Ezekiel chapter 20, starting in verse number one.
Ezekiel chapter 20 Bible reads
And it came to pass in the seventh year in the fifth month the tenth day of the month
That certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord and sat before me
Then came the word of the Lord unto me saying son of man speak unto the elders of Israel and say unto them
Thus saith the Lord God are you come to inquire of me as I live saith the Lord God
I will not be inquired of by you
Wilt thou judge them son of man wilt thou judge them cause them to know the abominations of their fathers and say unto them
Thus saith the Lord God in the day when I chose Israel and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob
And made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt when I lifted up mine hand unto them saying
I am the Lord your God in the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them to bring them forth of the land
Of Egypt into a land that I had a spied for them flowing with milk and honey
Which is the glory of all lands then said I unto them cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes and
Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God
But they rebelled against me and would not hearken unto me
They did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes neither
Did they forsake the idols of Egypt?
Then I said I will pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt
But I wrought for my name's sake that it should not be polluted
Before the heathen among whom they were in whose sight I made myself known unto them in bringing them forth out of the land
of Egypt
Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness
And I gave them my statutes and showed them my judgments which if a man do
He shall even live in them
Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths to be assigned between me and them
That they may might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness
They walked not in my statutes and they despised my judgments
Which if a man do he shall even live in them and my sabbaths they greatly polluted
Then I said I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness to consume them
But I wrought for my name's sake that it should not be polluted before the heathen in whose sight I brought them out
Yet also I lifted up mine hand unto them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land
Which I had given them flowing with milk and honey
Which is the glory of all lands because they despise my judgment judgments and walk not in my statutes
But polluted my sabbaths for their heart went after their idols
Nevertheless mine I spared them
From destroying them neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness
But I said unto their children in the wilderness walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers neither
Observe their judgments nor defile yourselves with their idols
I am the Lord your God walk in my statutes and keep my judgments and do them and
Hallo my sabbaths and they shall be assigned between me and you that you may know that I'm the Lord your God
Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me
They walk not in my statutes neither kept my judgments to do them
Which if a man do he shall even live in them?
They polluted my sabbaths then I said I would pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness
Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand and wrought for my name's sake that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen
In whose sight I brought them forth
I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the heathen and
Disperse them through the countries
Because they had not executed my judgments
But had despised my statutes and had polluted my sabbaths and their eyes were after their father's idols
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good and judgments whereby they should not live and I polluted them in their own
Gifts in that they caused to pass through the fire all that open at the womb
That I might make them desolate to the end that they might know that I am the Lord
Therefore son of man speak unto the house of Israel and say unto them thus sayeth the Lord God
Yet in this your father's have blasphemed me and that they have committed a trespass against me
For when I had brought them into the land for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to them
Then saw every they saw every high hill and all the thick trees and they offered their
sack and they offered their their sacrifices and there they presented the
Provocation of their offering there also they made their sweet saver and poured out their drink offerings
Then I said unto them
What is the high place where unto you go and the name thereof is called Baima unto this day?
Wherefore say unto the house of Israel thus sayeth the Lord God are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers and commit ye
Hortem after their abominations
For when ye offer your gifts and when you make your sons to pass through the fire
Ye pollute yourselves with all your idols even unto this day and shall I be inquired of by you
Oh house of Israel as I live sayeth the Lord God
I will not be inquired of by you and that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all
That you say we will be as the heathen as the families of the countries to serve wood and stone as I live
Sayeth the Lord God
Surely with a mighty hand and with the stretched out arm and with fury poured out
I will rule over you and I will bring you out
from the people and will gather you out of the countries wherein you are scattered with a mighty hand and with a stretched out arm and
With fury poured out and I will bring you into the wilderness of the people and there will I plead with you face to
Face like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt
So will I plead with you sayeth the Lord God and I will cause you to pass under the rod
And I will bring you into the bond of the Covenant and I will purge out from among you the rebels and then that
Transgress against me I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn and they shall not enter into the land of
Israel and ye shall know that I am the Lord as for you
Oh house of Israel thus sayeth the Lord God go ye serve ye
Everyone is idols and hereafter also if you will not hearken unto me
But pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols
For in mine holy mountain in the mountain of the height of Israel sayeth the Lord God
There shall all the house of Israel all of them in the land serve me there
Will I accept them and there will I require your offerings and the first fruits of your oblations with all your holy things
I will accept you with your sweet savor when I bring you out from the people and
Gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen and
Ye shall know that I am the Lord when I shall bring you into the land of Israel
Into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers and there shall you remember your ways
and
all your doings wherein you have been defiled and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your
Evils that you have committed and ye shall know that I am the Lord when I have wrought with you for my name's sake
Not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings. Oh ye house of Israel sayeth the Lord God
Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me saying son of man
Set thy face toward the south and drop thy word toward the south and prophesy against the forests of the south field
And say to the forests of the south hear the word of the Lord thus sayeth the Lord God
Behold I will kindle a fire in thee and it shall devour every green tree in thee and every dry tree
The flaming flame shall not be quenched and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein
And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it. It shall not be quenched then said I our Lord God
They say of me doth he speak
parables
Now do your father heaven, please fill pastor experience wisdom from the server we do it with this now pray in Jesus's name. Amen
Man, Ezekiel chapter number 20 the Bible reads in verse number one
It came to pass in the seventh year in the fifth month the tenth day of the month that certain of the elders of
Israel came to inquire of the Lord and sat before me then came the word of the Lord unto me saying son of
Man speak unto the elders of Israel and say unto them thus sayeth the Lord God
Are you come to inquire of me as the Lord of the Lord unto me?
Are you come to inquire of me as I live sayeth the Lord God. I will not be inquired of by you
and
Again, this is a theme that has come up over and over again in the book of Ezekiel
This is not me being repetitive
This is the Bible being repetitive where the elders of Israel are continually coming to Ezekiel
to find out what is the word of the Lord or what is God saying and
Telling Ezekiel, you know, just so you know, these guys are horrible people and here he's instructing
Ezekiel to tell them that they shouldn't even be inquiring him because they're so wicked
And he doesn't even have an answer for them. Okay
And he says in verse four wilt thou judge them son of man wilt thou judge them cause them to know the
abominations of their fathers now
Today we live in a day where a lot of people have this mantra of just judge not
And they think that the verse just ends there just judge not period but you know the Bible over and over again
Tells us to judge righteous judgment
And if you actually get the context of matthew chapter 7 where the bible tells us judge not that you be not judged
If you keep going it says for with what?
Judgment you judge you shall be judged
And with what measure you meet it shall be measured to you again
And why beholdest thou the moat that is in thy brother's eye but considers not the beam that is in thine own eye
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother?
Oh, let me pull out the moat out of thine eye and behold a beam is in thine own eye
Thou hypocrite first cast out the beam out of thine own eye
And then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the moat out of thy brother's eye. So the bible's not telling us don't judge
What the bible is telling us is don't be a hypocrite in judgment
Don't judge or you're going to be judged because whatever judgment you use that's going to be
Used on you and so we want to make sure that we don't judge someone for something that we're guilty of ourselves
Or judge someone when we're guilty of something even worse
You know, we're trying to remove the moat out of their eye and we got a great big beam in our own eye
That's hypocrisy and the bible says first cast out the beam out of thine own eye
And then does it say just leave the moat in your brother's eye? No, it says then shalt thou see clearly
To cast out the moat out of thy brother's eye
And so it's not that god doesn't want us to judge anyone or ever pass judgment. It's that we need to judge
righteous judgment
We need to not be a hypocrite
We need to make sure that we are not just talking the talk but that we're also walking the walk
And then we will see clearly to cast out the moat out of our brother's eye. And so, you know as a
Christian there are situations where we do need to judge
And the mantra of like oh don't judge me
Is often just from people who just want to live in sin
And they don't want to be told what the word of god says and they don't want any hard preaching
Because they want to just continue in sin and not be corrected by anyone
Okay, you know it reminds me of in the story of sodom and gomorrah where lot
Says to them don't do this vile thing
Do not so vile a thing and what do they say?
Oh, well, this guy came into sojourn and now he must need to be a judge
So what do the sodomites say these horrible violent predators like oh you're judging us
You came here to judge us lot
Well, you know what lot needed to judge them in that situation and here we've got a bunch of phony hypocrites
inquiring of the lord
When their wicked idolaters worshiping false gods and yet they're coming to ezekiel and saying oh inquire of the lord for us
He's saying i'm not going to be inquired of
For you
And he says, you know
Son of man and son of man is what he calls ezekiel
So god is saying to ezekiel ezekiel
Cause these people to know first of all tell them that I don't want to be inquired of by them
Because they're a bunch of idolaters
And he says cause them to know the abominations of their fathers judge them
And cause them to know the abominations of their fathers now look
A preacher today
if he
judges people
And causes them to know the abomination of their fathers people would get angry and say that he's not christ-like or that
You know, he he's not a loving preacher of god's word, but here god is commanding a preacher to judge
Judgment must begin at the house of god the bible says in the new testament
And so it's my job to judge people in many cases and to cause them to know the abominations of their fathers
You know that doesn't sound very politically correct
You know causing a group of people to know the abominations of their fathers
But guess what the bible's never been politically correct
And so, you know if there's a nation that's wicked or ungodly then i'm going to call out that nation
If there's a group of people that have historically been wicked and ungodly it's my job to call it out
And people will sometimes call you all kinds of names and call you a racist
If you just get up and let's say call out the sins of a certain group of people and look i'm an equal opportunity guy
Because i've called out the sins of white people as well and i've called out the sins of white nations
I've had whole sermons against nations like iceland and france entire sermons against these countries
Of iceland france what what other countries have i japan
You know, but it's like oh you you must be racist against japanese people. No, because what about iceland? What about france?
So if I get up and preach a sermon against the hip-hop culture
Guess what? That doesn't mean that i'm racist against black people because i'm not
Because I believe that god has made all nations of the earth of one blood red and yellow black and white
They're precious in a sight but you know what? Let me tell you something
The hip-hop culture is garbage
And you know what we have some godly christians in our church that are black
But guess what? They're not caught up in they're not caught up in the hip-hop culture
They're not out spraying graffiti and sagging their pants and showing their underwear
And refusing to get an honest job and selling drugs and doing all this stuff, you know
How dare you insinuate that black people do those things?
Folks let me tell you something. There are black people out there selling drugs spraying graffiti. They got their pants sagging down
Hey, i'm not against black people. I'm against seeing black people's underwear
It doesn't mean i'm against black people
Because I don't want to see white people's underwear either. I don't want to see hispanics underwear either
I don't want to see anybody's underwear
And you know what i'm not going to sit here and censor my preaching
Because some libtard is going to call me a racist, you know, they're going to call me a racist anyway
I'm just going to tell the truth
And let me tell you something. There's some garbage about white people. There's garbage about hispanics. There's garbage about blacks
Hey, i'm going to call out the sins of this world. It's my job
I'm a preacher and i'm not going to you know, give rap music a pass
So that people don't think i'm racist rap music is some of the vilest most evil wicked music that's out there
It has some of the worst lyrics. It has some of the smudgiest content. It's filth
It's garbage and I don't care if people like that or not. It's truth
And you know, i'm going to call out the sins of any group of people. It doesn't matter who you know
Uh, it's not about race
It's about grace. All right, we I don't care about race. It's meaningless to me
Okay, but you know what?
I'm going to get up here and i'm going to preach against the hindus because they're worshiping satan
Okay, but let me just tell you something if you think i'm a racist my most hated religion in this world is the whitest religion
mormonism
Because the religion that I hate more than all others is mormonism and mormons are so white. I mean, they're the whitest
They're white and delightsome, right?
That's what they call themselves in their in their uh book
And so the the point is it's not it's not about
Pitting one ethnicity against another and that's what the world wants us to do. They want us to fight
You know white versus black and and you know, uh latinos versus english speakers
And they want us fighting along these long lines, you know, the the right battle
Is where we're teamed up with god's people against the devil, you know, so my brothers and sisters
Are fellow christians whether they're red yellow black or white so i'm not going to get interested in a fight over race or ethnicity
That's not what it's about
Okay, and i'm not going to shy away from
Preaching against the sins of various ethnicities and groups of people calling them to repentance because that's my job as a preacher
And so don't get sucked into this racial mentality where everything's about race
Everything's about ethnicity and that the world has has uh given into today in america this woke culture
You know if you're not familiar with that term being woke
Or maybe this term critical race theory is another term that you'll hear. Let me let me tell you that what it comes down to
Is that is basically people blaming their problems?
On the fact that they're a different color
You know like oh all my problems are because i'm hispanic all my problems are because i'm black
All my problems are because i'm asian and i'm a victim i'm jewish or whatever and i'm a victim
And i'm telling you this is a wicked mentality
That is being uh pushed in america even in churches now you have even southern baptist preachers getting up and saying like
Oh, i'm so sorry, i'm a white person and you know, i'm part of the problem because i'm white
I'm a white male and i'm the problem folks. No
Being white is not the problem
Okay, the the problem is sin
The problem is rebellion against the lord. The problem is
De-christianizing the problem is rejection of god's word and let me tell you something if black people fail it's because they
Don't have the character to succeed
That's why they're failing it's not because they're black, okay
Hey, is anybody home if black people fail it's because they're a failure
That's why
And if black people are going to prison
It's because they committed crimes and they went to prison
Because they're a criminal
Oh, but you don't understand what it's like to be black
Hey, I don't have to understand because you know what I know what it is to be a human being and i'll tell you something
Jesus christ was tempted in all points like as we are and yet without sin
unless you're black
Jesus christ is he can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities unless you're black because jesus doesn't know what it's like to be black
Folks that's garbage
Black people in this country can succeed they can be good christians. They can make good money
They can raise a family
They can do great things for god. They can do everything that white people can do and the same thing if you're hispanic
You know, you could complain and say well i'm hispanic and that's why I get bad grades and that's why I don't make any money
That's garbage
And you know go ahead and take clips of this sermon and call me a racist
You know what i've learned is that even if i'm not a racist i'm going to be called one
So I might as well just say whatever I want
Because i'm going to be called one no matter what I do
I could never mention anything and i'll still be called that so, you know what nuts to you then
I'm, just going to say what's on my mind and i'm going to tell you something this woke garbage that blames
Everybody except the person who's out there standing on the street corner refusing to work and said well
It's because they're this color or they're this ethnicity or they you know, well, you don't understand
It's their parents their grandparents whatever. Well, you know what my friend at some point
We need to just take responsibility for our own lives
right
Okay, there are plenty of white people out there that are on drugs and stealing and going to jail
There are plenty of white people that are criminals and that are doing all these bad things
What's their excuse?
Folks we could keep blaming our parents we could blame our grandparents, but eventually we're gonna get to adam
And it's adam and eve's fault
Right
And you know what didn't we just finish a whole chapter in ezekiel chapter 18 saying it's not your parents fault that you're an idiot
You remember that? I mean i'm kind of paraphrasing the chapter
But he basically said don't blame your dad that you're an idiot. You're an idiot because you're an idiot
Okay
But i'm telling you you should see the stuff that the this woke
Critical race theory stuff is teaching that basically just says like well, you know
Look how many of these people of this certain ethnicity are dropping out of school and they're failing out of school
And then it shows how they're not they're failing and then they're also not attending class
We can't figure out what's going on it's like you failed because you didn't show up
If you show up to class you pass
If you don't show up you fail
Any questions
If you show up at your job you get paid if you don't show well
You don't understand about how they didn't have a ride
And how they just they didn't feel welcome in school
And so that's why they stayed home more because they didn't feel well, we didn't make them feel well. I didn't feel welcome in school
Folks everybody is struggling in life everybody goes through hard times everybody has to turn off the snooze button
Everybody has to go to work. Everybody has to overcome
Difficulties and you know what? It doesn't matter what your ethnicity is
You know hiding behind that is garbage and and trying to say that all your problems are due to someone else
Okay
God here in this chapter is saying, you know, tell them the sins of their parents
Tell them the sins of their fathers make them to know the abominations of their fathers in verse four
And then you know what he tells them is you be different now
Here's what your fathers did and you need to be different
And you know what? That's the kind of preaching that we need not the kind of preaching that says oh, well, you know, it's okay
That you're a failure because you know, you're so disadvantaged
And you know because you're this ethnicity or that, you know, you're not helping people by making them a perpetual victim
How are you helping people in this country by telling them they're a victim?
And you know what how come there are people of all ethnicities succeeding in america
How come we have people of all ethnicities in our church serving god living clean lives raising families doing right?
You know, there's no excuse for fathering a bunch of bastard children
Instead of getting married and sleeping around. Well, it's our culture then change your culture
And you know what? There's nothing wrong with somebody calling out a certain culture and saying hey
Look at the hip-hop culture look at its fruit in the ghettos
What is the hip-hop culture's fruit in the ghettos today
Teaching people how wonderful the the drugs are and all the hoes and other words i'm not going to mention
And and how it's so glamorous
Right rap music is garbage if you're in this church
I don't care if you're red yellow black or white throw the rap music in the trash where it belongs
Because I know a lot of white people are listening to it, too
Get rid of it it's junk
Well, you're just against black culture, you know what if that's black culture then i'm against it
If black culture
is smoking pot
And fathering bastard children and where are my hoes at and where are my dogs at?
And all this crap then you know what you're right i'm against it it's garbage but you know, I don't believe that's black culture
It's hip-hop culture
And you know what? Why don't you if you're black create a new black culture based on clean living based on christianity
based on godliness based on what's right
And why don't you change the culture and you know, i'm not ashamed to get up here and show you the sins of your fathers
Okay your fathers from the 90s
And all their rap music garbage that they came out with and all the filthy smutty lyrics. It's junk and i'm going to point it out
And I and like I said i'll call out the sins of all ethnicities and the sins of all nations
And show the sins of the fathers and you know what?
You say well you're being judgmental. Yes, you're right. I am I am being judgmental
Because the bible says we need to judge
The wickedness of our day and and point out the abominations of their fathers
And so the bible says in verse five and say unto them thus saith the lord god in the day when I chose israel
And lifted up my hand under the seed of the house of jacob and made myself known under them in the land of egypt
When I lifted up my hand unto them saying i'm the lord your god
In the day that I lifted up my hand unto them to bring them forth out of the land of
Egypt into a land that I had espied for them flowing with milk and honey
Which is the glory of all lands then said I unto them cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes
And defile not yourselves with the idols of egypt. I am the lord your god
But they rebelled against me and would not hearken unto me
They did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes neither did they forsake the idols of egypt
Then I said i'll pour out my fury upon them to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of egypt
so
Here this chapter is it's kind of similar to act chapter seven in the new testament because if you remember in act chapter seven
He goes through and kind of goes through the history of israel showing how israel has always rebelled against god
And how they rebelled against god when they're leaving egypt
They rebelled against god in the wilderness and he goes through and shows this pattern and then he says
You're stiff-necked people. This is what your fathers were like you need to repent you need to change
And of course they stoned stephen when he preached that sermon
But this is a similar sermon here going back and talking about how even in the early days of israel
When they're brought out of egypt, they're already rebelling against god. They're bringing idols
I mean, can you imagine when god's while god's delivering you from egypt you're like packing idols in your suitcase
From egypt to bring into the wilderness. You're like crossing the red sea
On dry land and you literally have an idol from egypt in your suitcase
I mean wouldn't that be the time just kind of toss it into that wall of water
And just hope it kind of gets sucked into the wall
I don't know how the physics of that would work if you threw something in
But you know, you'd be like get rid of this idol. The lord is god
But there were people my friend that brought idols into the wilderness even from egypt
And they're stiff-necked and and god said this is stiff-necked people
So, you know we talked about
The hip-hop culture and some of the sins of black america
Okay. Hey, let's talk about the fact that the jews have been a wicked group of people. Let's just offend everyone. Okay
Because you know what?
Israel
Was a stiff-necked and gainsaying people in the old testament
Okay, then they rejected the lord jesus christ
And now judaism has just been like distilling
People who hate christ for the last two thousand years
Because all of the jews who actually were sincere and actually believed the bible guess what happened to them?
If they actually believed the word of god, and they actually had a sincere heart, you know what they ended up doing
Converting to christianity they ended up getting saved because the bible says if you believe moses, you'll believe me
And so what you have with the jews today is basically a group of people
Where all the people who receive christ keep leaving
And keep leaving and you're just ending up with the people that are just the most stubborn
The most negative toward christ the most rebellious toward the god of the bible and they just get more and more rebellious
And and wicked and hateful toward the lord. Jesus christ that look and you say well if you preach that you're gonna offend jews
But you know what this is what jews need to hear today
Because of the fact that they need to understand the sins of their fathers because I believe that jews today can be saved
Jews in america today can believe on the lord jesus christ and be saved
But you know what it's going to take it's going to take them to realize the wickedness of their fathers
They're going to have to realize the wickedness
Of that religion that they've been brought up in the wickedness of their heritage the wickedness of that tradition
That is an anti-christ tradition because the bible says who is a liar but he that denyeth that jesus is the christ
He's anti-christ that denyeth the father and the son
That's judaism
They believe that there is a christ but that it's not jesus
Christ means messiah
Who is a liar but he that denied that jesus is the messiah?
He's anti-christ to deny the father and the son and so they need to know the sins of the fathers
And be told be not like unto your fathers be not a stiff-necked and rebellious people
They need to understand that their so-called culture is actually an anti-christ religion
You know the culture
Can sometimes just be a smokescreen for sins against god
Say oh the hispanic culture. Well, you know what I got a problem with some things about the hispanic culture
You know what I have a problem with all their idols
Is it their culture that they all have idolatry set up in their house?
And you know what look if you would jump down if you would
To verse number 39, okay
Look at the preaching that ezekiel is instructed to do
Verse 39 as for you. Oh house of israel. Thus saith the lord god go ye
Serve ye everyone his idols and hereafter also
If you will not hearken unto me he's like hey if you're not going to listen to me then go serve your idols
But pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts and with your idols
You know go serve idols, but quit putting my name on it
Isn't that what he's saying here?
Hey, if you're not going to listen to me if you will not hearken to me then go serve your idols
But pollute my holy name no more
You know what if you want to bow down and worship some female goddess
Go ahead and worship your queen of heaven go bake your cakes to the queen of heaven
But quit saying that it's mary the mother of jesus because it's not
That is a woman of your own imagination
It is a goddess. It is a false god that you're worshiping
It's not the mediatrix because there's only one mediator between god and men and that's the man christ. Jesus
And so look you say oh, this is part of the hispanic culture, you know, I have another problem with hispanic culture the day of the dead
The day of the dead it's of the devil
It's satanic. You know what? Sorry, but decorating with skulls is not of god
It's not christian
If you're going to decorate with a bunch of skulls and commune with the dead and praise death and celebrate death
Hey, the bible says all day that hate me love death
And so I have a problem with that
I don't approve of that i'm against that i'm against day of the dead
I'm against hanukkah
It's not happy holidays. It's merry christmas because I don't celebrate hanukkah
Okay, hanukkah is a garbage holiday day of the dead is a garbage holiday and by the way
You know you say well, what about white america halloween's a garbage holiday
So, you know white america is being satanic with halloween
Folks I don't care if it's somebody's culture or their heritage if it's idolatry
If it's witchcraft get rid of it
If it teaches drugs and drunkenness and fornication get rid of it
You say well, it's just my culture, you know, we're russian so we drink vodka get rid of it
Oh, we're greek so we drink uzo get rid of it
Well, it's just our culture. We're german. So of course we drink beer get rid of it
Folks
Be not like your father's a stiff-necked and rebellious people at some point
We have to decide not to repeat the mistakes of our ancestors
Not to repeat the mistakes of our parents or our grandparents or whoever now look thankfully I was blessed to grow up in a christian home
And i've got some godly role models in my lineage, but you know what at some point somebody had to break a chain
And say I don't care what my parents did as for me in my house. We're going to serve the lord
And in joshua chapter 24. Joshua said choose you this day whom you're going to serve
You want to serve the gods that your father's served because guess what your father served idols
I'm, just going to tell you right now if you want to be true to your cultural heritage you're going to worship idols
Because that's what they worship
They worship idols and false gods, but you know, I don't know about you as for me and my house
We're going to serve the lord
I don't care what false god my my father's worshiped and you know
I don't care if your ancestors were hindus. Guess what? They're worshiping the hindus are worshiping satan
Is that racist against indian people to say that that they're worshiping the devil that hinduism is of the devil
It's the truth
And you know what buddhism is a worship of death it's a death cult
You know worshiping people who starve themselves to death
Like mahavira the jains in india worship mahavira who starved himself to death. That's a death cult is what that is
Buddhists with their death worship and their whole goal in buddhism is to die and never come back
You know what? It's a sad religion and those people need the light of the glorious gospel to shine in
It's like well, we don't want to mess with their culture
Folks, you know when it comes to if culture is the food that you eat then don't mess with it
If culture is the clothes that you wear then don't mess with it as long as i'm not looking at your underwear is fine
But you know when it comes to religion
Your cultural religion you need to get rid of it if it's not christianity you get rid of it if it's not jesus
Get rid of it. It's not the bible
Okay
Because you know the devil uses
Culture
In order to get people stuck in wickedness
He uses that he gets them all proud of being oh i'm so proud of my latino heritage
That's why i'm going to stay roman catholic
Right. Oh i'm so proud to be a hindu so proud to be from india. So i'm going to stick with hinduism
Right. Oh i'm so proud of my greek heritage. I'm going to be greek orthodox
Oh, i'm just so proud to be a palestinian so i've got to stay muslim
So proud of my jewish heritage. I'm one of the special chosen ones. Hey, you're going to split hell wide open
You know god god wants us to glory in the cross of our lord jesus christ
But we got a bunch of people glorying in their ethnicity and it allows them to get trapped in sin
You know trapping people in catholicism hinduism
Trapping uh african americans in a wicked lifestyle by telling them. This is your culture hip-hop
This is your culture hip-hop, right? No, you know what you're you can be whatever you can have whatever culture you want
You don't have you know, just because you're black doesn't mean you have to listen to hip-hop. Does it?
You know just because you're white doesn't mean you have to listen to country western or something
You know your your culture is what you make it my friend
Okay, and we need to break some of these patterns and break some of these uh, you know you say oh it's a stereotype
Yeah, let's break it. Let's break free of those stereotypes then and let's show hey, you know what I can be
A red yellow black white person who's a born-again christian
Who's a bible-believing baptist who's a family man?
Not surrounded by hoes
No surrounded by my wife and children
And so god says look if you're going to be an idolater fine, but quit calling that idol jesus
Quit calling you want to go worship a long-haired hippie go worship a long-haired hippie
But quit saying that that long-haired hippie is jesus because it's not
Quit saying that woman that you're worshiping
Is the mother of jesus because she's not
The mother of jesus will be horrified to see people bowing down to her because she worshiped the savior the lord jesus christ
She didn't want to be some kind of a goddess of heaven
Okay
And so she would be horrified by that
Don't be like unto your fathers show them the sins of their fathers show how they've been stiff-necked all along
And then admonish them to be different is what ezekiel is saying
Now there's an interesting passage in this as well
It says I gotta hurry because there's a there's a lot of great things to cover in this chapter
It says in verse 23
I lifted up my hand unto them also in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the heathen
And disperse them through the countries
Because they had not executed my judgments
But it despised my statutes and it polluted my sabbaths and their eyes were after their father's idols
Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good and judgments whereby they should not live
And I polluted them in their own gifts in that they caused to pass through the fire all that opened at the womb
That I might make them desolate to the end that they might know that I am the lord
So this is kind of an interesting little passage here because he says here
That they did not execute my judgments. They despised my statutes, right? They did not obey my word
They polluted my sabbaths their eyes were after their father's idols
Right, that's their excuse. Oh, well, this is my family tradition
Hang your family tradition
But the interesting statement is in verse 25 when it says I gave them also statutes that were not good
Now
Don't be confused here because obviously
All of god's laws are good
All of god's laws are are good. All his statutes and rules are good
The law of the lord is perfect converting the soul what the bible says
When he says I gave them also statutes that were not good. He's not talking about his statutes
He's not talking about his rules. He's not talking about his commandments because those are good
If a man does those he will live in them the bible says
But rather because they hated the truth rejected the truth rejected the word of god despised his commandments
He gives them over
unto their own hearts lusts
This is very similar to what we see in psalm 81
You know, they walked in their own counsel
They would none of my reproofs and so he said so I gave them up unto their own hearts lust or in proverbs chapter one
Or in romans chapter one where they don't want to retain god in their knowledge
So he gives them over to a reprobate mind
He gives them over to these things or how about in second thessalonians 2 where he sends them strong delusion so that they'll believe a lie
That they all might be damned that believe not the truth
But had pleasure and unrighteousness and really the best parallel is in act chapter 7 itself
I'll read it for you. You don't have to turn there act 7 42 says this
After they made the golden calf verse 42 then god turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven
So notice god
Gave them up
to worship the host of heaven
As is written the book of the prophets and on and on he talks about them having the star of their god rem fan
Which is the flag of the nation of israel now
so basically
What he's saying here when he says I gave them also statutes that were not good and judgments whereby they should not live
As opposed to what his commandments and statutes which if a man do he shall live in them
I polluted them in their own gifts in that they cause to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb
What's he saying here? He's basically saying that because they refused
The good religion that he's giving them
The good commandments the good statutes the good way of life the good traditions
The godly way of life because they didn't want that he basically gives them over
To worship the host of heaven. He basically is turning them over to their idols and saying okay
Then fine if you don't want to live
By my laws here then live by these stupid laws that you want to live by and their statutes that are not good
And let me tell you something
In america today, there are some lifestyles that are being promoted that are not good
They're not good
and if you
refuse to live your life
The way of the lord and follow god's way for your life, you know, then basically he could give you over
To basically and say okay fine then live the way of this world then
And you end up following statutes that are not good and you end up messing up your life
Because all of us and and this is I think the key thing in this verse 25 is that all of us live by statutes
You may think that there are people out there who just have no rules everybody's got rules
everybody's got rules
everybody's got
Commandments that they follow and if you're not following god's rules, you're just following someone else's rules
I mean it look we could go on to the most
left-wing
college campuses of america
And find people who just say we don't believe in god's laws at all
We don't want to hear what god says. We don't care what the bible says
We don't believe in any of that and I guarantee you those people have all kinds of really strong
Rules and ethics and beliefs and statutes and principles because these are the kind of principles they'll have
Well, we can't discriminate against homos
Isn't that a statute?
That they have
Is that a statue that they have or not? Or would they just say like yeah tell call them a faggot
We don't care. That's not what they're going to say
They're going to have a rule that says no no, no, no, no, you have to treat the transvestites with respect
You have to be loving and respectful to the queers and faggots and lesbians. Isn't that what they're going to say?
Well, they're not going to use those words, but they're going to that's what they're going to say
And they're basically going to have they're going to have all these statutes and rules about about
Accepting all perversions
And about just just uh, you know, but but then they'll even have some statutes that'll just say like, you know
Oh, you could sleep with whoever you want, but it's got you know, it's got to be consensual and you got to love each other
Because they're not going to be like yeah, just force whoever you want. Is that what they're going to say?
Yeah, they're going to have rules, aren't they?
Everybody has rules
Everybody has rules, but here's the thing god's rules are good rules
And if you follow them you'll live in them and you're going to have a good life and god's going to bless you
What's god's rule god's rule is no sex outside of marriage that's god's rule that's a good rule
Follow that live by that
But then the world they have a rule too that might even sound good like well
Hey, don't ever do that with anybody that you don't really love
That's their rule
Make sure it's always consensual
That's their rule, right
But guess what? That's a rule. That's not good
Because guess what? It's not an it's not strict enough is the problem. Yeah, obviously, yeah
I'm glad that they're not for rape. I'm great. Amen
I'm glad that they want you to at least love each other, but that's not enough
It's not enough to just love each other. You know what else you gotta do. You gotta be married
That's what else and you better also be the opposite gender you freak
And so so the point is that the world's got a set of rules out there that's competing with god's rules
And we need to embrace the word of god god's way of life the christian way of life the biblical way of life
Because there's this other way of life that's out there competing
And god says if you despise his way, you're gonna basically he's gonna he's gonna give you
Okay, i'll give you statutes that aren't good. Here you go here. Listen to this bozo
And then you end up destroying your life
And you end up being cursed by god
And they end up doing what they end up
passing their uh children through the fire
They pass through the fire all that opened the womb
You say well america would never do that america does that every day
It's called abortion
murdering their children every single day
So
And so we see that if you don't follow god's laws you end up following the world's laws and their laws that are not good
And you end up committing all these sins and whatever now, let's jump to the end of the chapter beginning verse 45
It says moreover the word of the lord came unto me saying son of man set thy face toward the south
And drop thy word toward the south and prophesy against the forest of the south field
And say to the forest of the south and it's like man. Why are you so mad at the south?
I mean he just said how many times did you just say south?
That's a lot of south
And here's the thing about that again the bible
Will often call out specific groups of people
He'll say okay. Here's what I have to say to moab
Whole chapter against moab whole chapter against ammon. Here's a whole chapter against the edamites whole chapter against the babylonians
Here's a chapter about the ethiopians
Here's a chapter about the egyptians chapter about is Syria chapter about babylon chapter about elum
Chapter about this tribe that tribe call out the south call out the north and again
Don't you think that there were probably people that said that it was racist or you're judging or you're stereotyping
Because everybody in the south isn't like that everybody in babylon isn't like that
Hey, everybody in edom isn't like that everybody in syria isn't like that but look if you're not like that then why are you offended?
Right
If you're not like that then why are you offended you know if somebody if I were in another country
Let's say I were visiting another country
And said somebody and somebody just said man stinking america is so filled with fags and lesbians i'm so sick of it
Say oh i'm an american. Oh, you're hurting me. Oh, is that how you think I would react?
Would I just be like how dare you talk about america like that is that what I would say
What would I say?
I'd say yeah, i'm stinking sick of it myself. Is that what I would say?
So if somebody said to you so so if you're a certain ethnicity
If you're hispanic and somebody got up and said man, what is with the hispanic idolatry?
What is with the idolatry? It's everywhere
It's just a mary statue on every lawn
Would you just be like, oh, how dare you or would you say like yeah, I know
It's bad
Or what if somebody what if somebody pointed out and said like man, what is with uh black people sagging their pants?
Pull up your pants
Would you just be like, oh, how dare you talk about black people? Like why don't you just be like, yeah
Yeah, let's all pull up our pants
They should pull up their pants. I'm sick of it, too
But you know what you've been brainwashed by the media to get all defensive and all hurt
When because you're all territorial about your country or what color you are or whatever
You know if somebody said something bad about arizona
Well, here's what I want to know is it true
Because if it is then i'm mad about it too
I'm not just gonna be like don't mess with texas
You know texas might need to be messed with
You know what i'm saying like like look why are we all territorial
About our ethnicity or our geography. You know what let's just
Call it what it is
And if our geography or if our ethnicity is guilty of something, you know, let's own it, you know, i'm an american
I'm born and raised
in in the united states of america
I grew up with all the patriotism and flag waving and pledge of allegiance and fourth of july apple pie
I've done it all
But you know what? I'm not going to get up here and just defend america when america is wrong
Because no one should defend any country or ethnicity that's wrong
Right and look i'm gonna like the good parts of america
But if somebody calls out the sins of america i'm gonna agree with them. I'm not gonna get offended
And you know what if you're offended it's somebody calling out the sins of japan or something because you're japanese
You know what? You need to get right with god. That's not my problem
If I preach about if I preach a sermon called, you know the sins of japan
And you're like, that's it. I'm japanese. I'm done
You're not right with god, that's all that tells me
Because if you were right with god
You would want the sinful nation of japan to be called out
For its sins if you're right with god you fox news christians would want america to be called out
If you're actually right with god, you'd be happy if a preacher called out the sins of america. You wouldn't be like you're an american
It doesn't make any sense
So son of man set thy face toward the south
drop thy word toward the south
Prophesy against the forest of the south field and say the forest of the south hear the word of the lord
Is god shy about calling out a certain geography? Well, what about the north? Why don't you ever preach against the north?
Why don't you preach against the east? Why don't you preach about the west?
Because i'm preaching about the south right now. That's why
I
Mean I literally I I get up and preach sermons like this and people will literally
Contact me. I i've had people email the church and say show me one time you ever called out a white nation
Like a european nation by name and called out their sins and listed their sins and i'm just like, okay here
Let me send you some links
sinful nation of france iceland the nation of bastards
Whole sermons directed at holland
ripping on germany
You know
Go down the list
Norway I preach sermons against norway, you know, but it's like
But but just all of a sudden it's just like whoa, what's the big idea about preaching against the south?
You know, this is what god's god's calling out specific geographies have fun reading isaiah
Jeremiah and ezekiel and just underline every time he calls out a specific
Ethnicity or geography and calls out their sins
It's whole chapters it's whole sections of these books
But i'm supposed to just change
The whole philosophy behind preaching just to to somehow cater to this woke philosophy
I'm not going to well, it's not the babylonians fault that they're babylonians. It's not their fault. They're serious
Yeah, but you know what they can change and get right with god
And not be like their corrupt fathers
That's what the bible says
So he says say to the force of the south hear the word of the lord verse 47
Thus saith the lord god behold. I will kindle a fire in thee and it shall devour every green tree in thee
And every dry tree the flaming flame
Now just in case you want to know what kind of flame this is the flaming kind
And i'm going to show you why that's important
The flaming flame
Shall not be quenched and all phases from the south to the north shall be burned therein
And all flesh shall see that I the lord have kindled it
It shall not be quenched then said I ah lord god and don't miss this verse do not miss it
They say of me doth he not speak parables
Isn't it funny that you can talk about a flaming flame and people aren't sure if it's fire or not
Think about that
He's like it's gonna burn it's all gonna burn it's gonna be on fire
It's gonna be so hot even the green trees are gonna burn it's gonna burn there's gonna be flaming flames
Oh, is this a parable?
Oh, so what is the what does the fire represent?
What is it?
I'm trying to figure out what the flame represents
You know the flaming one. Well, guess what the flame represents. He's saying it's literally gonna be on fire
And you know what I understand that the bible contains parables
I understand that some things in the bible are figurative
or allegorical
Or that they are symbolic. I get that not everything in the bible is literal. I get it
But do not ever make the mistake of thinking
That when god says i'm going to pour out my wrath i'm angry i'm fed up
I'm going to punish you for your sins and i'm going to burn it all down
Don't you ever make the foolish mistake that these people are making and saying I think it's figurative
I think it's just a picture. I think it's just an allegory
Folks, no, it isn't and you know what that's exactly what people do with the book of revelation today
And this is becoming increasingly popular
To say that the book of revelation is all
symbolic
And they'll take what's called the historical view of prophecy instead of the futurist view of prophecy
They'll take a historical view where they say everything in revelation. It's all happening right now
It's been happening throughout history. It's an allegory. It's a symbol, you know the struggle between good and evil that's ongoing
No, my friend
Revelation is god's promise to burn it all down someday
Right
What does he say he's going to do in the book of revelation he says it's going to be fire and brimstone
Falling out of the sky meteors crashing into the earth
Right cataclysm tidal waves earthquakes
You know one-third of the trees burned up and all green grass burned up and we got people today saying what oh
This is a parable
You know and then you try to show people in the bible about hell
And jesus talks about the rich man and lazarus. He talks about the rich man
Burning in hell and he says i'm tormented in this flame
Give me a drop of water on my tongue to cool my tongue because i'm tormented in this flame
And you know people tell you oh, that's a parable
And you know what i've always when i'm out soul winning and somebody claims that there's no hell and that it's a parable
Here's what I always say when I show them luke 16 and they say it's a parable I always say, okay
What does it represent then? What does it mean?
There's a guy burning on fire begging for a drop of water. What's the parable?
Oh, oh god's just warning us that if we if we die without being saved we're just going to stop existing
How does a guy on fire begging for water represent not existing anymore?
That's what atheists think right
Atheists think that when they die, they're just gone. It's just over. It's just done. Just like the the screen turns off and it's just done
So, let's see a guy burning on fire, I mean or what about when jesus said, you know
If your right hand defends you cut it off
Because you'd rather go with one hand
Into heaven than having two hands and two feet to go into everlasting fire to go into hell fire
To go into the fire that never shall be quenched and people are like that's just a parable
What does it mean
Chop your hand off rather than go to hell hell's so bad
You'd rather rip out your own eye than go there
You'd rather chop off your hand than go there. You'd rather chop off your foot than go there
Hell is that bad, but oh, but hell is just ceasing to exist
That's what the joe's witnesses want you to believe
You know, that's what the mormons want you to believe
That's what these other false religions that deny hell want you to believe that. Oh, it's just it's just it's just a big nothing burger
But let me tell you something
When god says that he's going to rain fire and brimstone on this earth. It's going to happen
It's not a parable
And when god says that those who do not believe on the lord, jesus christ will suffer
everlasting punishment
everlasting damnation
Overlasting fire fire that never shall be quenched. Guess what? That's not a parable
And these wicked people they just oh, this is just doesn't he speak? This is a parable
God's like tell him it's all going to burn and he's like, well the problem is they think it's a parable
And no when god says i'm going to burn it all down it's real
And when god says hell is fire that's real too, I just think it's hilarious how god tells him
flaming flame
Flaming fame. I mean, I mean that it's like
Is it a parable
Flaming flame
I I you know, i'm not really sure if it's fire or not. Maybe it's just like a burning desire
for god a thirst for god
You know the the rich man in hell he's thirsting for god
That's funny because he didn't seem that thirsty for god while he was on this earth
So why would he all of a sudden start thirsting for god when he's in hell?
No, he's thirsting for for agua
Because he's burning in a literal flaming flame
the flaming kind
okay, so
The bottom line of this chapter is you know
a lot of
What we've inherited in our culture
Whether it's american culture and we've inherited this faggot culture in america
Whether it's japanese culture and you inherited a buddhist culture
Or shinto or whatever whether you're hindu and you've inherited all the hindu gods, you know, whether you've inherited the hip-hop culture
Whether you've been hold inherited latino roman catholicism
Or white people roman catholicism for that matter or whatever you've inherited, you know, you need to understand that god's judgment
Is real god's punishment is real
And if you're smart, you won't say like well, this is my nation. This is my ethnicity
This is my heritage you'll say hey tell me what the bible says
And if my parents are wrong, then my parents are wrong
If if my culture is wrong if my country is wrong if my nation's wrong, then it's wrong
And as for me and my house, we're going to serve the lord let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer
Father we thank you so much for your word lord. And uh, lord, I pray that uh,
No one in our church would get sucked into this whining sniveling
snowflake woke
Whatever liberal garbage where they they get all offended by anybody pointing out anything
About a wicked culture a wicked heritage lord help us all
to
Examine our traditions examine our heritage and decide to do right and if somebody calls out
Our nation or nationality lord help us not to get offended but lord help us to receive the correction
And if someone calls out our our nationality for being a certain way help us to just decide we're not going to be that way
and we're going to be
In a way that would please you and glorify you lord
Help us to be open and receptive to hard preaching
And your commandments and statutes so that we don't end up with commandments and statutes that aren't good
And in jesus name we pray. Amen
Amen let's go to hymn number 162 in your song books number 162
To god be the glory great things he hath done number 162
162 let's really sing it out all together on this verse 162
Oh
The purchase
Praise the lord
And
Her and higher and greater will be our wonder our transport when jesus
Let the people rejoice
In the glory great things he had done
You