So I want to preach tonight starting in Matthew chapter 7 verse number 24 if you look down at your Bible there
The Bible reads therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them
I will liken him unto a wise man
which built his house upon a rock and the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and
beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock and
Everyone that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man
Which built his house upon the sand and the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house
And it fell and great was the fall of it
And what I want to preach about tonight is being founded upon the rock
Now the rock here in this passage is talking about the Word of God because Jesus said
Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them shall be likened unto a wise man that built his house upon the rock
You see if you build your life if you build your house
Upon God's Word you are building it upon a rock
And if you build it on anything else you're building it on the sand you're building on shifting sands now
One of the main attributes about a rock is that it's firm. It's not gonna move. It's not going anywhere
It's stable. It's permanent
Whereas sand is something that shifts around and it moves
It's soft and it might be here today and gone tomorrow. It could easily be washed away or blown away
Now that's the way your life's gonna be if you go by the ways of this world. They're always changing all the time
Whereas God's Word is a rock that never changes God himself never changes. The Bible says Jesus Christ the same
Yesterday and today and forever the Lord said I'm the Lord and I change not
Therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed
That's why it's so important that we stay with the King James Version of the Bible because it doesn't change
This book has not changed for the last
400 years
It's been like a rock and it's been something that we could rely on and it's gonna be the same tomorrow as it was yesterday
Because it's God's Word
Accurately translated into the English language. We have the pure Word of God in our own language English
Isn't that a blessing and here's the thing about that?
These people who believe in the NIV or the ESV or these other modern versions of the Bible
Their Bibles are changing all the time. In fact, just last week or two the ESV changed again
Okay, and they actually changed a Bible verse to say the exact opposite of what it used to say
Okay in Genesis 3 16 they changed it from saying that the wife's desire would be toward her husband
Then the ESV just changed and said well now her desire is going to be contrary to her husband
The exact opposite of what the Bible says so these new versions they don't even agree with themselves
They're constantly changing the NIV just did a major change in 2011
It's not even the same NIV. The King James Bible is like a rock. It stays the same we can build our life on it
It's the same Bible where we got saved from it
and it's the same Bible that we can grow with and
Preach week after week and we can memorize it and learn it and study it and it doesn't change praise the Lord
God doesn't change
Jesus doesn't change the Bible doesn't change. It's like a rock
Another thing about a rock is that it's hard
Whereas the sand is very soft, you know, the sayings of Jesus were hard sayings
A lot of people when they heard his preaching they said well
This is a hard saying who can hear it and a lot of times
Preaching like the kind of preaching that happens in this church or in my church back home is known as hard preaching
We love hard preaching
but you know what the other kind of preaching is is soft preaching and the Bible talked about in Jeremiah how
People would ask for the prophets to preach smooth things. They want smooth sermons
They want soft preaching, but Jesus Christ sayings were hard hard preaching
But you know what hard preaching is something that you can build your life on as opposed to the shifting chance
Sands of change and soft teachings of this world now
I'm gonna give you a few specific areas tonight that we can study in the Bible
Where they haven't changed a lot of people today
They think that God has to change with the times that the Bible has to change with the time
they think that we need to update the Bible to
2016 or update our morality or update our doctrine or update our beliefs
Okay
But the Bible is clear that Jesus Christ is the same the Word of God is the same and we need to stay with the old
Paths wherein is the good way and walk therein. Let me give you some examples of this
You're already in Matthew. So go back just a couple pages to Matthew chapter 3
You know one area where the Word of God has not changed is in the in the area of baptism
Baptism is the same as it was
2,000 years ago when John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ
It hasn't changed look down at your Bible in verse number 16
the Bible reads and Jesus when he was baptized went up straightway out of the water and
Lo, the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him
Flip over to Romans chapter number 6 Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans go to Romans 6
You see when Jesus was baptized he went down into the water and then he came up out of the water
Also in Acts when the Ethiopian eunuch was baptized the Bible says that Philip and the eunuch
They both went down into the water and he baptized him under the water look down at Romans chapter number 6
This is a chapter that deals a lot with baptism and it says in Romans chapter 6 verse number
4 it says therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death
That like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father
Even so we also should walk in newness of life for if we have been
Planted together in the likeness of his death. We shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection
There's a lot of the churches today. They change baptism and they tell us well, okay, maybe in the Bible
They baptized by dunking people underwater, but you know in modern day, we don't have to do that
We could just do sprinkling. We could just sprinkle a little water or just pour a little bit
You know, I was in Africa and this this phony pastor some Lutheran phony pastor who was you know?
a total compromiser
He basically stated that well today we don't baptize by immersion because there's not enough water around, you know
There's a lot more water around back then is what he said, but you know today we just do a little sprinkle
We just do it. Look last time I checked
70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water
There's plenty of water and in John chapter 3 the Bible says that John the Baptist specifically went to a certain place
Ain't on near to Salem because there was much water there if he only needed a birdbath
He wouldn't have to go to that place where there was much water if he was just gonna sprinkle somebody look
Baptism is by immersion. It's by dunking under the water
I don't care what the Catholic priests will tell you or the
Presbyterian or the Methodist or the Lutheran or the Anglican any of these other bunch of baby baptizing
Catholics and Protestants look this isn't baptism
That's not baptism
Baptism when you go under the water and you come up out of the water because the Bible says we're buried with him by baptism
baptism represents the death
burial and
Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Bible says we're planted in the likeness of his death
We're raised up out of the water in the likeness of his resurrection
Baptism is by immersion and that doesn't change with the times that will never change
Let's look at another area. Let's go to 1st Peter
Chapter number 3 1st Peter chapter number 3 now while you're turning to 1st Peter chapter number 3
I'm gonna read for you from Ephesians chapter 5
The second thing I want to point out is that God's plan for our home God's plan for the family
It doesn't change with the times
Now there are a lot of marriages today that are failing a lot of marriages are in trouble
A lot of people get divorced and they get separated or even if they remain married
They have a dysfunctional home and they have a lot of problems in their marriages
The divorce rates are through the roof in the United States
I don't know what it's like here
But I know in America a lot of people are struggling in this area of their marriage now
The way that the Bible tells you to have a marriage is
Not what the world's gonna tell you it's completely different
God's way has never changed but the world is constantly changing their philosophy on marriage and they've got this
Modernistic type of view of marriage and they think that that's gonna work better
But let me tell you something if you build your marriage if you build your house on this world's philosophy
You're building it on the sand and when the storm comes that thing's gonna come crashing down
You need to get your marriage and your home and your family built upon the rock
And even if people think that the Bible's are ideas are outdated. They're not outdated. They never change
Look at it before we get to first Peter 3
I'm gonna read for you from Ephesians 5 the Bible says in Ephesians 5 wives
Submit yourselves one to another in the fear of God wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord
For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church and he's the Savior of the body
Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ
So let the wives be to their own husbands in everything now right away. That's not what the world's gonna tell you
You think that the worldly TV shows and Hollywood and all the books put out by the dr
Phil's and Oprah Winfrey's you think that they're gonna tell you that the wife is supposed to submit to her husband
You think they're gonna tell you that the husband is the head of the wife and that the wives are to be obedient
The Bible says that the wives are to love and obey their husbands. You think that's what that TVs gonna tell you. No way
They'll tell you it's 50 50
Right, they'll tell you it's a democracy or they'll just put the woman in charge
Okay, but what does the Bible say the Bible states that the husband is the head of the wife then he goes on to say
Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself
For it the Bible says in verse 28 so ought men to love their wives as their own bodies
He that loveth his wife loveth himself
You know the Bible tells us very clearly that the husband is the head of the home
we need men today who will rise up and lead their home and be the
Spiritual leader in their home and to be a leader that can take their wife and children in the right direction
The feminist movement is garbage. The world's plan is garbage. We need to get on God's program and
Have the husband be the head now a lot of people will say well that was back then
You know back then that worked but today
We've we've become more
Enlightened or we've we've gotten past that we've evolved past that they'll say
But look down at your Bible there in 1st Peter 3. I'm going to show you an interesting scripture
The Bible says in 1st Peter chapter 3
Likewise ye wives verse 1 be in subjection to your own husbands that if any obey not the word
They also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear
Who's adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold or putting on of apparel
But let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible
Even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price
For after this manner in the old time
Are you listening in the old time the holy women also who trusted in God?
Adorned themselves being in subjection under their own husbands even as Sarah obeyed Abraham
Calling him Lord whose daughters you are as long as you do well and are not afraid with any amazement
Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledge
Giving honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heirs together of the grace of life
That your prayers be not hindered now. Here's what I want to point out about this passage
Peter is writing this epistle first Peter
Around 2,000 years ago, right New Testaments being written about 2,000 years ago
Okay, but at the time that he's writing this he uses Abraham and Sarah as an example
He says if you want an example of a good wife look at Sarah Sarah obeyed Abraham
Sarah called him Lord Sarah like the old time women, you know was in subjection to her husband
Well, how long did Sarah live before Peter lived if you study it was about
2,300 years
Okay, so Peter is referring back to an example over
2,000 years so as you know over over 4,000 years ago for us
He's referring back literally a couple thousand years to Abraham saying be like Abraham and be like Sarah
So let me tell you this if it wasn't outdated for Peter to use an example from 2,000 years ago
Then it's not outdated today to use a book from 2,000 years ago
If it says that this is how a home should run look 4,000 years ago. The husband's the head of the home
2,000 years ago the husband's the head of the home today. The husband is the head of the home. It's always been that way
Even I'll go back to Genesis first book in the Bible Genesis
316 now you've all heard of John 316, right?
John 316 is one of the most famous verses in the Bible. It's one of the most often preached verses in the Bible, right?
Well, this is not John 316. This is Jen
316 all right Genesis 316. This is one of the most ignored verses in the whole Bible
So John 316 is a really famous verse that everybody knows
Genesis 316 is a verse that everybody wants to ignore and pretend like it doesn't exist
All right, got it. So it's easy to remember look at Genesis 316. It says unto the woman
He said I will greatly multiply thy sorrow in thy conception in sorrow
Thou shalt bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee
What does that say it says that the husband's gonna rule over the wife now
That doesn't mean he's gonna be mean to his wife or rude to his wife or unkind
The Bible says that we as husbands are supposed to honor our wives love our wives
We're supposed to love our wives so much that we're willing to die for them
They're willing to lay down our life for our wife just like Jesus Christ laid down his life for us
That's how much we're supposed to love our wives
That's a big deal in the Bible that we are to love our wives and and treat them with honor and respect
And be kind of but let me tell you something men need to be the bosses in their home. Once again in 2016
We need to get back to the old paths and the old time religion and I don't care about this modern
Feminist I wouldn't give you a dime for this modern feminist garbage. That's ruining marriages
It's ruining people's lives and it's not making women happier. It's making women miserable
It makes men miserable makes women miserable, you know, everybody's happier when they're in the will of God
You know if we would just get in the will of God wives would be happier husbands would be happy children would be happier
Not only does the Bible teach that that manner to be the head of the home
but the Bible also teaches that children are to obey their parents and that is not changed and
Let me tell you something spanking your kids is still the discipline that the Bible tells us to do
The Bible says withhold not correction from the child for if thou beatest him with the rod
He shall not die thou shalt beat him with the rod and shall deliver his soul from hell
But I don't care if the government makes it illegal. I don't care if it becomes unpopular. I will spank my children
That's what the Bible commands
And children need to obey their parents today
Children need to be in subjection to their parents. Their parents are the bosses not the children
Now, let me tell you something. I visited a country recently
where
Spanking is illegal and I was staying in that, you know, thankfully in America is still legal still legal here, right?
Better be right. Okay. Well, you know, I visited a country and they said oh man, you know
Spanking is illegal is in Germany. Okay, they said oh man spanking is illegal here and they said, you know, we don't spank our kids
You know now let me tell you right now if they make spanking illegal in the United States
I'm gonna spank my kids anyway, because we ought to obey God rather than men
But I was talking to this man and he said oh man, we can't spank our kids, you know, so our kids
They don't they don't respect us. They don't obey us because they have no discipline and
He told me he said the children are unhappy and I noticed that the children were unhappy and
I'm thinking to myself, you know back home my kids
They get spanked when they disobey and they have a big smile and they're happy and now they don't enjoy the spanking
Okay
but
They're happy kids in general because you know what when we get into God's plan for our life and when we get on God's
Program and we get on God's path. There's joy in that there's happiness in that
You know when children are obedient to their parents
they're gonna be happier kids and a wife that respects and
Reverencies and obeys her husband is gonna be a happier wife and men who?
Who treat their wives well and love their wives and they know that their wife respects them
That's gonna be a happier husband. That's gonna be a happy home
That's gonna be a godly home
And and and we need to trust in the Lord and not lean on our own
Understanding because the Lord's Word is a rock our understanding is a sand
Our thoughts are not his thoughts and our ways are not his ways
We need to get into the Bible and we need to get on his
Program for every area of our lives and these things don't change
there's nothing new under the Sun and
Jesus Christ is the same the words the same human nature is the same and so forth
Not only that go to second Peter chapter number two. Let me show you something else that hasn't changed second Peter
Chapter number two
You know a lot of people were really focused on the election in America
That took place on November 8th. It was kind of a big deal and I know ever since I've been in Guyana
Everybody's asking me about it now
I'm not really interested in politics and I I wasn't really that into the election
But every person that I've had a long conversation with and Guyana said, what do you think about the election?
What do you think about Donald Trump, you know, they're kind of checking to see what I thought as an American about that election
And that election was a big deal to a lot of people
Part of the reason is because they have their trust in the things of this world, you know
They have their trust in politicians
They think that you know
If this person gets into office
Things are really gonna change or if this person gets in office
Things are gonna change for the better or change for the worse and so but but you know in reality
The one who really holds our destiny in his hands is is the Lord
and
Really there are some things that change but in our lives there are many things that will always be the same and
It doesn't matter who the president is
Whoever gets elected whichever parties in power, you know, that doesn't really change the fact that I'm gonna believe the Bible
I'm gonna obey the Bible. I'm gonna preach the whole Bible
I'm gonna raise my family the way this book says and I don't care what laws they make or what they say
They can huff and puff and say whatever they want
But you know what?
I'm gonna preach what this book says and
If it means going to prison then I may have to go to prison if it means having to flee into another country
I'll flee into another country, but you know what the Bible doesn't change. God doesn't change. I'm not gonna change
We need to get anchored and firmly planted on a rock the Word of God
And you know, I heard a preacher in America say he said oh man, you know, if Hillary Clinton gets elected
He said we're gonna lose our freedoms and then we're all gonna have to go into hiding and the work of God is gonna cease
He said and I'm thinking to myself, you know what you speak for yourself. I'm not going into hiding
I'm gonna preach from the housetops
I'm gonna preach the Word of God as loud as I can until I have no more breath in me
No more strength, I can't speak anymore. I will never go into hiding
I will never go into I will never stop so many. I'm never gonna quit
Yeah, but you know if this person gets so they'll never stop me
they'll never stop us greater is he that is in us than he that's in the world and
So if we're founded on the rock these elections they come and go and they don't really bother us that much because you know
What we're gonna live our lives the same way
You know and and you know what a
Lot of people they get nervous about persecution
Here's the thing about that if it's God's will for us to go through persecution. We're gonna go through it
But you know if you study the Bible usually God actually protected people from persecution usually
Usually the people in the Bible ended up being spared. I
Mean you look at a guy like Jeremiah. Yeah, he went to prison a few times
But in the end he was set free and everything was great
Job went through a very hard time
But in the end God blessed the latter end of job more than the first the Apostle Paul talked about all the afflictions and
Persecutions and hard things that he went through and he said but out of them all the Lord delivered me
The Lord living he said I was delivered from the mouth of the lion look at Daniel
He was delivered from the lion's den look at Shadrach Meshach and Abednego they were delivered from the fiery furnace
You know God can protect us today and the Bible does say that the devil shall cast some of you into prison
That you may be tried and you shall tribulation ten days be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life
You know, they're gonna be some people who are cast into prison
But you know most of the time God usually delivers us from persecution and you know what that means to me
That means a lot of people are afraid of something. That's not even real. It's not even gonna happen
I mean, they're so scared and nervous
They don't realize if they would just preach hard and trust God and live their lives. God would actually protect them
God can actually protect us and if he and if he does choose
To allow us to go into prison or go into the fiery furnace
You know what? That's if that's his will praise the Lord then if that's what he wants to do
You know, some people are gonna be martyrs
Some people are gonna go through trials and tribulations like that
But in the end it's up to him if he's gonna protect us, but we can't live our lives in fear
God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a salmon now
Look if I were standing in a bunch of quicksand
Yeah
That's scary
When the storm comes and you're in the sand and your house is creaking and it seems like the whole thing's gonna cave in
But you know what when your house is founded on the rock the storms of life come
The storms of life the Bible says the wind and the rain beat upon that house
they beat on it and it fell not because it was founded on a rock and
So we represent with our lives that house that's built on rock if we build it on the Word of God and the storms
Of this life and just beat on us and the world can beat on us and put pressure on us
And I know that you know as a pastor sometimes there are pressures to change or pressures to compromise the Word of God or
pressures to give in and to do the wrong thing, right and and sometimes
Persecutions will come storms will come attacks will come from within the church from outside the church from all different
Sectors from the government from whoever but you know, we're founded on the rock we can withstand any storm
I don't care how hard the rain comes. I don't care how hard the wind beats on that house
It is not going to fall if it's founded on the rock and we need to keep that in mind and not be scared
Look, if you're building your life on the sand
You should be afraid be afraid be very afraid if your marriage is based on what the world tells you
You know, if you're rearing your children according to the world's philosophy of no spanking you ought to be afraid
You ought to worry every day that your kids are gonna go to the devil because you're on the sand
But if you build your home your marriage your family your life
You're preaching your church if it's built on the rock. You got nothing to worry about fear not
Fear not, you know fear not. He's the master of the sea
He can calm the storm and he's the rock that we're built on and and I shall not be moved
The Lord is at my right hand
Therefore I shall not be moved the Bible says
Another area and and this is one that got me some persecution in the United States
I know that Pastor Ibrahim brought up that he had seen some of the the media coverage about this
You know preaching against the sodomites preaching against the homosexuals
This got me into some hot water in the United States where you know
We endured some persecution because of preaching what the Bible says about the sodomites about the homosexuals
And this might not be as big of a thing here in Guyana, but in America right now
They are cramming this agenda down our throat right now
They're really pushing this agenda and I know you're being exposed to it too through the hella vision
You know what? I mean through the TV through the media. They're trying to push this this queer agenda down your throat as well
I know that's going on. Don't tell me it's not
That's the chance channels that you pick up from the the United States, you know
You're pitching your tent towards Sodom
When you watch all that United States garbage and all those queer little sissies on TV that you see
But let me tell you something the Bible has not changed on this subject. Let me prove it to you
Look at 2nd Peter chapter 2
2nd Peter chapter 2
Verse number 6 says this and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
into ashes
Condemned them with an overthrow
Making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly now look the Bible tells us that the story of Sodom and Gomorrah
Where God rained fire and brimstone destroyed Sodom that that was an ensample to those that after
Should live ungodly so it wasn't just a one-time deal where he just destroyed one city one time. No
No, he said I'm gonna do this to make an example
To everyone else who lives on God now again
2nd Peter is being written a couple thousand years after the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, so
2,000 plus years after Sodom and Gomorrah the Lord says in 2nd Peter here. He says that's an example today
That's an example. Well, guess what? It's an example in 2016. A lot of people try to say well
That's how God was in the Old Testament
Well in the Old Testament he really came down on Sodom, you know
He really came down on the homos in the Old Testament, but in the New Testament
Jesus is just all love and and and free love and smoke pot and
long-haired hippie Jesus
Anything goes Jesus right and they think oh, that's the Old Testament
But you know what last time I checked 2nd Peter's New Testament. I mean hell am I am I getting this wrong here?
Where's the New Testament starts in Matthew, right? Okay. So 2nd Peter, we're almost at the very end of the Bible here
That's New Testament. And you know what he says in the New Testament
He said Sodom and Gomorrah is an example of how I feel about that sin of homosexuality
If you want to know how God feels about it in the New Testament
Whether we're talking 2nd Peter or whether we're talking
2016 hey, it's the same. He said it's an abomination
It's wicked it's a sin that's exceedingly wicked and he said I
Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah with hellfire and brimstone poured out of sky
That's how I feel about that sin and that's an example to us today
Now a lot of people they get their examples on homosexuality from TV
They want to get an example of homosexuality. They watch TV and they see all these sweet little
Homos on TV, they're so nice. They're so loving. They're so sweet
They have their little husband, you know, and this is the kind of garbage that that's promoted on television
Okay, but go to Romans chapter 1 though Romans chapter 1 see if we really want to get an example on sodomy
We should go to the Word of God and the example is Sodom
The example is Gomorrah the example is Admah
The example is Zeboam the example are those wicked cities of the plain where God destroyed them
I'm gonna while you're trying to Romans 1 I'm gonna continue reading it says
Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes
condemned them with an overthrow making them and its sample unto those that after should live ungodly and
Delivered just lot remember how God pulled lot out of Sodom. It says that God delivered just lot
vexed with the filthy
Conversation of the wicked, you know what God calls that lifestyle, which is actually a death style. He calls it filthy
Alright everybody listening
Filthy I mean filthy is a pretty strong word is right
Filthy just dirty
Disgusting and God said that he delivered just lot vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked
For that righteous man dwelling among them and seeing and hearing
Vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds see lot
He had a TV and he watched all the this show. What are the what are the shows with the side? He's watching
Will and grace I know that was like 10 years ago or 20 years ago or something
You know some of you sinners help me out with the modern shows help me out. What modern family, right? What's it?
Okay, how about probably probably all the shows have a bunch of queers on them now, right?
Anybody anybody want to tell me about the the worldly shows anybody got anything don't be shy
What's it which are the shows on TV that promote homos?
Well, this is a sanctified church nobody watches that girl
Yeah
but here's a lot lot he sat there and he watched all these queers on TV and
He vexed his righteous soul from day to day from seeing and hearing their unlawful deeds
You know, he's just seeing and hearing their unlawful deeds and just watching this stuff right except he was there in person
Which is even scarier. That's why a lot of his family members died
And that's why his life was destroyed, you know from from being at Sodom
But you know Romans chapter 1 tells us what the sodomites are actually like
Instead of the TV telling us that here's what the Bible says that they're like in Romans chapter 1
It says in verse number
26 it says for this cause
God gave them up unto vile affections for even their women to change the natural use into that which is against nature and
Likewise also the man leaving the natural use of the woman
burned in their lust
One toward another men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error
Which was me and even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge
God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do those things which are not convenient now
Is everybody looking down at your Bible there at the end of verse 28?
Is that a period is that a period there at the end of verse 28?
That's not a period is it that's a semi-colon. This sentence is not over
This sentence is continued
So he talks about the fact that they're men with men and that they were turned over to a reprobate mind
But then he says in verse 29 being filled
This is the same sentence. We're talking about the same people right same group of people being filled with all unrighteousness
Okay, so according to the Bible these men with men sodomites these women with women. They're filled with all unrighteousness
They're filled with what else?
Fornication look down your Bible verse 29 being filled with all unrighteousness
fornication wickedness
covetousness
maliciousness full of envy murder debate deceit malignity whispers backbiters haters of God
despiteful proud
boasters inventors of evil things
Disobedient to parents without understanding covenant breakers without natural affection
Implacable unmerciful, but other than that, they're great people
Other than that, they're really nice
Other than that, they're just like everybody else. I mean we should just treat them like everybody they're just like you they're just like me
They just happen to love, you know, they just love the same job. That's not what the Bible says
The Bible describes them here is the worst people imaginable
I mean full of murder and malice and unmerciful and and just wicked in every possible way
Look, who are you gonna trust?
Are you gonna trust what the Bible tells in Romans 1 are you gonna trust the TV that says hey, they're just like everybody else
They're just normal
They're just born that way
It's just an orientation. They're not born that way. They're gonna burn that way
that's what the Bible actually teaches and
So I just want to encourage you tonight
To not get caught up in this idea that the Bible changes with the times, you know
This church is a fundamentalist Baptist Church. That's why it's called foundation Baptist. I mean, that's a great name
What's the foundation of this church? That's what the whole sermons about being built on the rock
The foundation is the rock and the Bible says that God is our rock and the Bible says that the sayings of Jesus
Christ are our rock
The Word of God is the rock upon which we stand and we don't have to change
We don't have to be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine and carried about with all of the the current
Popular die, you know, there's there are all kinds of popular
Trendy little doctrines that come up all the time new doctrines that come up all the time
like there's this new thing in America where they try to tell you that our Savior's name is not Jesus is
Yes, you uh instead and you have to call him yes you uh, it's no no, it's Jesus
That name is the name above all name. That name is not going to change. I
Will go to the grave praying to the Lord Jesus Christ
That's what the Bible says and the Bible doesn't change. I'm not going to change and we could go down the list of many doctrines tonight
I just wanted to highlight a few doctrines number one baptism hasn't changed
Number two God's plan for the family hasn't changed number three God's wrath on sodomy hasn't changed
God's wrath on wickedness hasn't changed and we can take that to the bank
We can anchor our soul we can build upon that rock and praise the Lord
For that foundation that we have in Christ
Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid that is Christ Jesus. Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer
Father we thank you so much for this rock of our salvation Lord
we thank you so much for the firm foundation that we have Lord and that we have an anchor of our soul and
Lord help every person in this church not to be a babe in Christ
Not to be a babe not to be one who is tossed to and fro Lord help every person in this church to become rooted and
Grounded and firm on what they believe help them all to study their Bibles
live by the Bible and build their house and their life and this church on the rock and I ask these things in Jesus
name amen