Mark chapter three beginning verse number one the Bible reads and entered
again into the synagogue and there was a man there which had a withered hand
and they watched him whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day that they
might accuse him and he saith unto the man which had the withered hand
stand forth and he saith unto them is it lawful to do good on the
Sabbath days or to do evil to save life or to kill but they held their
peace and when he had looked round about on them with anger being
grieved for the hardness of their hearts he said unto the man stretch
forth thine hand and he stretched it out and his hand was restored whole as the
other and the Pharisees went forth and straightway took counsel with the
Herodians against him how they might destroy him now I don't want to talk
too much about the Sabbath day because I just preached about it a
couple Sunday nights ago a couple Wednesday nights ago I've already
covered it a lot lately but what I want to point out in this first part
of the story is that Jesus Christ when he's teaching in the synagogue and
he comes across this man with the withered hand Jesus has compassion
on this man and in fact throughout Jesus's ministry you'll see the
word compassion used over and over again when Jesus looks upon
people who are suffering who have some kind of a plague or an
illness case it was a withered hand and what you see in the
Pharisees and them that looked on is a total lack of compassion
for this guy they don't care about this guy whatsoever and that's
what made Jesus so angry because it says in verse five when he
had looked round about on them with anger Jesus Christ was
filled with anger why it says that he was grieved for the
hardness of their hearts you see it's a hard hearted person
that would look at a person who has a withered hand and not
want them to be healed and not feel bad for them have
sympathy for them and think boy wouldn't it be great if that
person's hand could be restored whole like as the other but the
Pharisees had no compassion they had no love for this man all
they wanted to do was find an excuse for accusing Jesus and
for attacking Jesus and what's funny is that even after they
see Jesus Christ perform this great miracle of healing
this man's hand it says in verse six that what they
immediately went out and did what they straightway did was
that they took counsel with the Herodians against him how
they might destroy him so even when they had looked upon
this amazing miracle they still didn't believe on him they
just wanted to go out and find a way to get him
arrested to get him in trouble I think of in John
chapter 11 when Jesus performed an even more amazing
miracle where he raised Lazarus from the dead four days
after he died and he said Lazarus come forth and of
course Lazarus comes out of the grave still bound in the
grave clothes come stumbling out of the grave alive after
he'd been dead for four days and immediately when they saw
that they went out and took counsel how they could get
him arrested and how they could put him to death not
only that they said we don't want to just kill Jesus we
want to kill Lazarus because Lazarus is the walking proof
of this miracle that was done and they said so many
people are believing in Jesus we have to do something to
stop him I mean isn't it just bizarre that after all
that they wouldn't believe on him now if you would let's go
down a little bit further in the past as I want to tie
this in we'll come back to the stuff that we're
skipping but jump down if you would to the part on
the blasphemy of the Holy Ghost it says in verse 28
verily I say unto you all sins shall be forgiven
under the sons of men and blasphemies wherewithsoever
they shall blaspheme but he that shall blaspheme
against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness but is
in danger of eternal damnation because they said he
had an unclean spirit back up to verse 22 where
they said that the scribes which came down from
Jerusalem said he hath Beelzebub and of course
Beelzebub is the name for Satan in the Old
Testament is spelled a little differently Baal
hyphen Zebub and Baal is the same God that the
children of Israel would worship when they turned
away from the Lord and they would perform human
sacrifices they were worshipping Baal who is none
other than Beelzebub or also Belial where the
Bible say the sons of Belial it's the same
thing it says here that they said that he had
Beelzebub and by the prince of the devils cast
at the out devils God said that they had
blasphemed the Holy Ghost by saying that Jesus
had an unclean spirit and that because of that
they would never be forgiven now flip over to
John chapter 12 just a few pages to the right
in your Bible John chapter number 12 and while
you're turning to John chapter 12 I'm going to
read for you from Matthew 12 where the Bible
reads wherefore I say unto you all manner of
sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men but
the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not
be forgiven unto men and whosoever speaketh the
word against the Son of Man it shall be
forgiven him but whosoever speaketh against
the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him
neither in this world neither in the world to
come now a lot of people have been interested
in knowing what is this unforgivable sin of
blaspheming the Holy Ghost because he said all
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven
unto men but the blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men neither in
this world neither in the world to come it's a
scary thing and so people have often what you
know what is that what does that mean to
blaspheme the Holy Ghost some people have
even feared and say you know I'm afraid that
I may have blasphemed the Holy Ghost in the
past but Mark chapter three told us very
clearly what it was it said because they said
he hath an unclean spirit so them blaspheming
the Holy Ghost was when they said that Jesus
was possessed with an unclean spirit okay so
a lot of people have wondered is that
something that it's even possible for a person
to do today because obviously Jesus is not
walking among us performing miracles you know
can this sin exactly be committed in 2014 and
you know that's kind of a question mark
right there but we do know this there are
definitely people today as there have
always been who cross a line with God where
there is no more forgiveness for that person
now a lot of people resist this doctrine and
they say nope it's never too late for
anybody but honestly that's just not what
the Bible teaches even though that sounds
good hey until they're dying right there's
always hope and they can always be safe but
it's just simply not true first of all we
know that when a person dies without the
Lord Jesus Christ it's too late for them
there's no second chance after death so
that's why I find it hard to understand
why people struggle with this because it's
never too late for anybody but wait a
minute when a person dies without Christ it's
too late for them so at some point it's
too late for every unsaved person okay
but they say yeah but that's after they're
dead you know until they're dead they always
have a chance well these people didn't
have a chance because the Bible said that
they had blasphemed the Holy Ghost and
that they would never have forgiveness
for that now look at John chapter 12 and
this should shed a little bit of light on
it and this kind of ties in with what we
saw in Mark chapter 3 it says in verse
37 but though he had done so many
miracles before them yet they believed not
on him so in John 12 37 we see the
same thing we saw in Mark 3 where they
watch him right in their presence heal a
man with the withered hand and they
still don't believe in him they saw
Lazarus raised from the dead in
chapter 11 of John they still don't
believe in him and it says in John 12 37
but though he had done so many
miracles before them yet they believed
not on him that the saying of
Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled
which he spake Lord who have
believed our report and whom at the
arm of the Lord been revealed watch
this therefore and I want you to
pay special attention to these words
they could not believe therefore they
could not believe because that as I
said again he had blinded their eyes
and hardened their heart that they
should not see with their eyes nor
understand with their heart and be
converted and I should heal them now
right there the Bible is clear that
they could not believe because God had
blinded their eyes and hardened their
heart now where a lot of people get
false doctrine from this is that
they say that God just chooses
certain people and just blinds them
not because of anything that they've
done but he just blinds some people
and he just damns people and he and
he saves other people just arbitrarily
according to his will and this
doctrine is called Calvinism or
sometimes you'll hear it called
predestination which is a misnomer
but that's what you'll often hear
it called now this is not what the
Bible teaches because if we go to
some biblical examples for example we
see the story of Pharaoh and in the
story with Pharaoh the Bible is really
clear when it says that Pharaoh
hardened his heart you know Moses
stood before him preached the word of
God unto him and it says Pharaoh
hardened his heart but then later on
in the story it says God hardened
Pharaoh's heart but what you have
to understand is that God did not
start out by hardening Pharaoh's heart
first Pharaoh hardened his own heart
and then as a result of Pharaoh
hardening his own heart later God
hardened his heart okay but the
false doctrine is where you just
say well God just hardened
Pharaoh's heart and he never had
a chance he never had a choice
he never could have been saved
that's a lie because the Bible
teaches that Jesus Christ tasted
death for every man that Jesus
Christ is the savior of all men
especially of those that believe
that Jesus Christ died on the
cross not for our sins only but
also for the sins of the whole
world and so it's a lie to teach
that he only died for certain
people that's what Calvinism
teaches and to say that it's
foreordained by God and that
there's nothing any person can
do to choose their own destiny
that is a lie but on the
flip side there are people who
get to a point through their
own decision through the choices
of their own mind where they
get to a point where they
harden their heart where they
reject the truth they reject the
Lord Jesus Christ to the point
where God gives them over to a
reprobate mind and then he
blinds their eyes then he
hardens their heart and so
forth flip over to Romans 1
but while you're turning to
Romans 1 another passage that
deals with this is in Romans
chapter 11 you're turning to
Romans 1 I'll read for you
from Romans chapter 11 verse 7
where it says what then Israel
hath not obtained that which
he seeketh for but the
election hath obtained it and
the rest were blinded according
as it is written watch this
God hath given them the spirit
of slumber eyes that they
should not see and ears that
they should not hear unto
this day and David saith let
their table be made a snare
and a trap and a stumbling
block and a recompense unto
them let their eyes be
darkened that they may not
see and bow down their back
always so here again another
scripture talking about God
darkening their heart blinding
their eyes and so forth
Romans 1 is probably the
clearest passage on this even
though there are a lot of
scriptures that teach this
Romans 1 is the clearest it
says in verse 21 because that
when they knew God they
glorified him not as God
neither were thankful but
became vain in their
imaginations and their foolish
heart was darkened now first
of all I want you to know
that when it says when they
knew God it's not saying
that they were saved it's
just saying that they knew
God okay for example let's
say after my wife and I had
met if someone asked her do
you know Stephen and this
let's say before we were
married you know we had
just met and known each
other but we were not
married if someone said to
her do you know Stephen
Anderson she would say yes
but that doesn't mean that
she's attached to me that
doesn't mean that we're
married okay that doesn't
mean that there's any bond
or commitment between us now
it's the same thing a lot
of people know God or know
Jesus in the sense of that
they know who he is they're
familiar with him it doesn't
mean that they're saved it
doesn't mean that they have
their faith and trust in
Jesus it doesn't mean that
he is their father and
they're his child because
a lot of people they know
who Jesus is they know
about Jesus but they've
not trusted Jesus as their
savior they've not asked
Jesus Christ to save them
or called upon the name of
the Lord just like you
might know people it
doesn't mean that you
trust them or believe I
mean do you know
anybody that you don't
trust that you don't
believe in of course so
the Bible says they knew
God so it's not like
these people had no
exposure to who God is
they knew God and when
they knew God they
glorified him not as God
so who's taking the
action there who's the
one making the choice
there they are they
knew God and they
glorified him not as
God that was their first
mistake then it says they
became vain in their
own imaginations and
their foolish heart was
darkened professing
themselves to be wise
they became fools and
changed the glory of the
uncorruptible God into an
image made like to
into an image made like
to corruptible man into
birds and four-footed
beasts and creeping
things so we see them
making all the wrong
choices them rejecting
the true God them
believing in false gods
and and doing all these
things what's the result
of their rejection of the
Lord it says wherefore
God also gave them up
now just think about
that phrase for a minute
let that sink in God
gave them up now a lot
of people say well God
won't give anybody up well
what does the Bible say
it says God gave them
up to uncleanness
through the lusts of
their own hearts to
dishonor their own bodies
between themselves who
changed the truth of
God into a lie and
worshipped and served the
creature more than the
creator who is blessed
forever amen now these
are three key words for
this cause God gave
them up unto vile
affections does it say
God just chose some
people to give up to
vile affections for no
reason or it was just
according to the
mysteries of his will he
just made that choice
before the world began
and had nothing to do
with the merits of the
people involved no it
says for this cause
because of what they
did because of their
rejection of the Lord he
gave them up unto vile
affections vile means
disgusting if something is
vile it means it's
gross and the Bible
says he gave them up
unto vile affections for
even their women did
change the natural use
into that which is
against nature and
likewise also the men
leaving the natural use
of the woman burned in
their lust one toward
another men with men
working that which is
unseemly and receiving
themselves that
recompense of their error
which was made look at
this nice synopsis in
verse 28 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 that
phrase three times is
used God gave them
up God gave them
over why did he give
them over because of
their choice when they
knew God to not
glorify him as God and
the Bible makes it
clear in verse 28 that
they did not even want
to retain God in their
knowledge basically they
wish that they could
even just forget that
there is a God just
push God out of
their mind completely
that's why these
people are described in
verse 30 as haters of
God do you see that
backbiters haters of
God they hate God
that's why they just
want to push God out of
their mind they don't
even want to retain
God in their knowledge
they want to worship
a false God and the
Bible tells us that
they become perverted
as a result they go
into vile affections
men with men women
with women don't be
deceived my friend
it's not a coincidence
that we see this
huge rise in America
today of all the
sodomy the
homosexuality the
perversion the
queers the sodomites
the lesbians the
faggots whatever you
want to call them
nothing offends me
but let me tell you
this there's a reason
why because as a
nation as we reject
the Lord and as the
school system teaches
people to worship the
creature more than the
creator and when the
school system teaches
them to to worship
animals and to worship
human beings and to
reject the Lord God and
when we see a hatred
for God amongst the
people of America today
it shouldn't surprise you
that there's also a
rise of perversion at
the same time in our
nation now the reason
that I point out this
scripture to you and I
could show you a lot
more scriptures and in
fact I do want to
show you one other
scripture in Matthew
chapter 13 there are a
lot of places we could
turn and it's really a
whole sermon in of
itself but I know that
people have a lot of
questions about this
subject of being
reprobate or being a
person who's beyond
forgiveness you know
beyond salvation it's
a subject that people
are interested in hearing
about and they have
questions about and so
I want to deal with
it a little bit here
but I want to show
you one more
scripture here just to
just to prove the
consistency of this
subject in the Bible
it says in Matthew
chapter 13 in verse 14
it says and in them is
fulfilled the prophecy of
Isaiah which saith by
hearing ye shall hear
and shall not understand
and seeing you shall
see and shall not
perceive for this
people's heart is
waxed gross and their
ears are dull of
hearing these statements
are very similar to
what we've seen
elsewhere but look at
the next statement and
their eyes they have
closed so who's the
one closing their eyes
they close their eyes
they have closed
their eyes and the
Bible says let's at
any time they should
see with their eyes
and hear with their
ears and understand
with their heart and
be converted and I
should heal them so we
see that they closed
their eyes they
rejected the truth
when it was presented
them eventually God
hardens their heart
you say why would
God do that why
would God harden
anybody's heart why
would God darken
their eyes and
blind them so that
they cannot see well
think about this why
did God harden
Pharaoh's heart because
at first he hardened
his own heart but
God hardened his
heart why because
any sane person
would have just let
the children of Israel
go after a couple of
those plagues I
mean any person with
a brain in their
head and I'm sure
Pharaoh was a very
intelligent man would
have just seen the
plagues and the
destruction and just
realize this isn't
worth it let these
people go get these
people out of here
but God wanted to
destroy Pharaoh and
God wanted to punish
Pharaoh and his armies
God wanted to be
glorified by
demolishing Egypt
and the armies and
the king and he
wanted to bring his
judgment it reminds
me also of first
Samuel I believe it's
chapter three where
we have the sons of
Eli and the two sons
of Eli Eli takes them
aside and tries to
correct them because
they were fornicators
they were gluttons
they were wicked men
they were sons of
Belial the Bible says
which you know
again they're reprobate
and and Eli tries to
talk to them and
warn them and
rebuke them and
the Bible says that
they would not hark
into the voice of
Eli because the
Lord would destroy
them okay so God
gets to a point
with people that
are unsaved and
they keep rejecting
the truth he gets
a point with them
where he's fed up
with them and he
wants to destroy
them now obviously
we know God's not
willing that any
should perish but
that all should
come to repentance
but when a person
crosses a certain
line you know God
gets fed up with
them and he
decides you're
done game over
you're done now
for some people
that's death he'll
bring death but
other times they'll
still live but he'll
harden their heart
remember Nabal his
heart became as a
stone and we see
here in the story
with Pharaoh that
God did not want
Pharaoh to let the
people go on the
sixth plague or the
seventh plague he
didn't want to let
him off that easy
and any normal
person would have
let it go at that
point all of his
advisors are coming
to him and saying
what are you doing
don't you know
Pharaoh that all of
Egypt is destroyed
what are you doing
but yet he just
stupidly and and
just the point of
ridiculousness
holds out until the
tenth plague is
done and then
even after he
lets them go
he gets all the
army together and
goes and chases
after him why
because God wanted
to drown them all
in the red sea
and so that's
what happened so
God gets to a
point where he
decides that a
person is just
marked for judgment
it's too late for
them you know
they've rejected
the truth too
many times
they're too
wicked and
God decides to
turn them over
to a reprobate
mind he'll
darken their
heart he'll
blind their eyes
and he'll
destroy them
but don't let
people twist
these verses to
you that God's
just doing that
to people at
random or
they just pick
certain people
to do that
that's not
true it's our
actions that
determine our
destiny and
it's our faith
in Jesus Christ
that determines
our salvation
or our
damnation the
Bible says that
whosoever
believeth in
him should
not perish but
have eternal
life that's
a choice that
the individual
makes God
said I've
said before
you this day
life and
death blessing
her he
said choose
life you
know we
have that
free will
to choose
salvation or
rejecting the
Lord Jesus
Christ and
people get
to a point
though where
they've made
the wrong
choice too
many times
and they
cross that
line you
say well
wait a
minute pastor
how can
a person
know if
they've
crossed that
line
well I
think some
of the
keys that
we saw
in the
scriptures
that we
just looked
at was
first of all
in John
chapter 12
it said
they could
not believe
because a
lot of
people are
saying
you know
are you
saying that
if one of
these
people
believes
on
Christ
they
won't
be
saved
no
because
anyone
who
believes
on
Christ
will
be
saved
anyone
who
believes
on
Jesus
Christ
shall
be
saved
but
remember
John
12
said
they
could
not
believe
so
it's
not that
he
won't
save
them if
they'll
call
upon him
it's
that
they
can't
believe
they're
past
the point
where
they
can
believe
not
only
that
but
it
says
they
could
not
believe
but
it
also
says
that
they
didn't
like
to
retain
God
in
their
knowledge
and
that
they
were
haters
of
God
so
some
people
have
come
to
me
concerned
and
said
you
know
man
I'm afraid
you
know
I
at
one
time
I
said
this
really
blasphemous
thing
and
I'm
afraid
that
I
might
blaspheme
the
Holy
Ghost
or
you
know
I'm
afraid
I
might
across
the
line
in
this
other
area
or
whatever
you
know
I'm
just
afraid
that
I
could
be
reprobate
and
I
always
just
show
that
person
these
scriptures
and
say
wait
a
minute
do
you
believe
on
Jesus
then
you're
saved
because
those
that
are
not
saved
they
don't
believe
in
Jesus
and
then
I
always
ask
them
this
too
you
know
do
you
do
you
not
want
to
retain
God
in
your
knowledge
they
say
you
know
no
I
love
God
I
love
the
Bible
then
that's
proof
that
you're
not
reprobate
because
the
reprobate
doesn't
want
to
retain
God
in
his
knowledge
he
doesn't
want
anything
to
do
with
guy
he
doesn't
believe
in
Jesus
you
know
people
like
you
know
when
you
see
a guy
like
Judas
Iscariot
for
example
you
know
you
in
him
but
you'll
notice
that
Judas
throughout
Jesus
ministry
there
are
times
when
Judas
will
get
angry
and
hateful
toward
Jesus
in
his
heart
you
know
he'll
see
something
that
Jesus
does
or
that
some
of
the
disciples
where
they
put
the
ointment
on
his
head
and
Jesus
defends
it
and
Judas
gets
angry
and
hateful
and
everything
like
that
and
he
was
also
possessed
with
the
devil
also
but
it's
pretty
clear
when
you
read
the
scripture
that
those
who
are
reprobate
those
who've
been
blinded
you know
they
don't
love
the
Lord
I
mean
they
hate
the
Lord
in
their
heart
they
can't
believe
they're
haters
of
God
and
so on
and so
forth
you
say
what
causes
a
person
to
cross
that
line
well
biblically
you know
blaspheming
the
Holy Ghost
and we
saw
what
that
was
that
was
where
they
said
that
Jesus
had
an
unclean
spirit
another
thing
that
can
drag
a
person
across
this
line
is
according
to
revelation
22
anyone
that
adds
to
God's
word
or
removes
from
God's
word
because
the
Bible
says
if
you
take
away
from
the
words
of the
book
of
this prophecy
God
will
take
away
your
part
out of
the book
of
life
and
out of
the
Holy
city
some
people
will
try
and
basically
they
have
no
chance
to
be
saved
in
the
future
someone
who
would
add
to
the
scripture
or
take
away
from
the
scripture
loses
the
opportunity
to
be
saved
just
like
the
person
who
blasphemes
the
Holy
Ghost
loses
the
opportunity
to
be
safe
another
example
of
this
is
in
revelation
if
a
person
receives
the
mark
of
the
beast
you know
if
they're
living
in
that
end
time
where
the
mark
of
the
beast
is
given
in
the
in
the
forehead
or
in
the
right
head
it
says
if
anybody
receives
that
mark
they're
going
to
be
damned
they're
going
to
the
lake
of
fire
so
that's
another
way
that
people
can
just
seal
their
fate
and
become
a
reprobate
and
become
uh
beyond
salvation
blaspheming
the
Holy
Ghost
receiving
the
mark
of
the
beast
um
uh
what
was
the
other
one
that
I
mentioned
I
see
the
Holy
Ghost
receive
the
mark
of
the
beast
and
tampering
with
God's
work
and
then
also
I
believe
that
if
you
study
scripture
people
who
just
keep
rejecting
Christ
keep
rejecting
Christ
just
keep
hardening
their
heart
closing
their
eyes
to
the
truth
you
know
there
comes
a
time
where
they
crossed
that
line
now
we
don't
we're
not
going
to know
when
other
people
cross
we
know
and
we
know
we're
saved
because
the
Bible
says
these
things
have
I
written
unto
you
that
believe
on
the
name
of
the
son
of
God
that
you
may
know
that
you
have
eternal
life
and
that
you
may
believe
on
the
name
of
the
son
of
God
we
know
that
we're
saved
because
we
believed
in
Jesus
as
our
savior
that's
how
we
know
we're
safe
and
the
Bible
says
the
spirit
itself
beareth
witness
with
our
spirit
that
we
are
the
children
of
God
so
we
know
we're
saved
and
when
it
comes
to
unsaved
people
we
don't
always
know
if
they're
reprobate
or
not
now
let
me
say
this
the
vast
majority
of
people
are
of
course
not
reprobate
the
vast
majority
of
unsaved
people
have
the
potential
to
become
saved
and
that's
why
we
should
go
out
and
give
them
to
do
those
things
that
are
not
convenient
the
word
convenient
there
means
to
come
naturally
you
know
to
be
turned
over
to
things
that
wouldn't
come
naturally
you
know
we're
all
tempted
to
sin
aren't
we
every
day
we
have
to
fight
the
flesh
don't
we
and
we're
tempted
to
sin
but
you
know
what
that's
not
a
sin
that
tempts
normal
people
it's
not
even
on
their
radar
i
you
are
attracted
to
women
period
now
look
is
there
a
temptation
to
lust
after
women
yes
is
there
a
temptation
to
commit
fornication
or
adultery
as
a
man
yes
there
is
but
there's
no
temptation
toward
other
men
it's
in
fact
it's
repulsive
it's
something
that
you
which
just
yeah
get
it
away
for
me
and
you
know
i'm
sick
and tired
of a
a
christianity
that
panders
to
the
down
handling
this
issue
with
kid
gloves
they're
filthy
they're
vile
they're
perverted
they're
disgusting
the
bible
said
they
shall
be
put
to
death
i
mean
that's
what
the
bible
teaches
they're
vile
he
said
that
they're
going
after
strange
flesh
and
he
said
that
they
are
filthy
in
second
peter
chapter
two
and
i'm
not
gonna
sit
here
and
try
to
please
everybody
and i
was
told in
bible
college
they
said
this
well
you
gotta
be
careful
though
because
everybody
has
a
relative
that
is
one
now
and
they
said
if
you
get
up
and
thunder
forth
toward
homosexuality
you're
gonna
offend
the
people
because
everybody
has
a
relative
that
is
i
don't
care
if
it's
your
siamese
twin
okay
it's
filthy
it's
disgusting
okay
i
don't
care
if
that
offends
you
it's
the
truth
it's
bible
and
you're
not
gonna
hear
this
anywhere
else
somebody's
got
to
get
up
and
preach
the
bible
to
you
you're
not
gonna
see
it
on
tv
you're
not
gonna
hear
it
on
the
radio
you're
not
gonna
get
it
in
school
where
are
you
gonna
get
it
if
you're
not
gonna
get
it
in
church
but
today
christians
think
oh
if
we
just
go
soft
on
the
world
they'll
accept
our
message
yeah
how's
and
you
know
the
preacher
puts
on
a
pair
of
blue
jeans
with
a
bunch
of
holes
in
it
greases
his
hair
back
puts
on
a
necklace
you
know
take
off
the
tie
loosen
up
some
buttons
you
know
and
he's
just
cool
and
he
just
tells
you
listen
bro
it's
not
a
religion
get
this
stupid
tie
off
i
need
to get
free
of
this
legalism
bro
need
to
get
free
bro
because
let
me
tell
you
something
it's
a
relationship
it's
all
about
it's
not
about
a
religion
it's
about
a
relationship
with
the
with
the
lord
you
know
but
you
know
what
let
me
tell
you
something
they've
been
trying
that
for
the
last
50
years
and
you
know
what
it
is
caused
just
a
generation
of
young
people
that
live
like
the
devil
that's
all
it
cause
when
you
get
rid of
the
hard
preaching
whatever
you tolerate
in the
church
is
going
to be
there
when
you
sit
there
and
go
soft
on
sin
and
you
don't
preach
hard
anymore
then
you
know
what
happens
everybody
just
goes
out
and
just
commits
all
the
sin
because
they're
not
being
worn
look
what
kept
me
on
the
right
path
as
a
teenager
hard
preaching
i'll
tell
you
what
i
didn't
fornicate
as
a
teenager
for
one
reason
and
one
reason
alone
because
i
was
scared
to
death
of
the
wrath
of
god
and i'm
not
talking
about
going
hell
i
mean
i
knew
i
was
saved
i
knew
i
was
going
to
heaven
i
knew
that
had
nothing
to
do
with
works
and
i
knew
that
i
could
never
lose
my
salvation
but
let
me
tell
you
something
i
was
scared
of
god
punishing
me
and
chastening
me
because
the
bible
talks
about
him
scourging
his
sons
that
are
disobedient
and
i
didn't
want
to
ruin
my
life
and i
knew
that
god
would
come
down
hard
on
me
and
you
know
what
put
that
idea
into
my
head
leather
long
fire
breathing
independent
fundamental
baptist
preaching
is
what
did
it
i
didn't
get
it
at
the
liberal
new
evangelical
niv
preaching
rock
and
roll
church
where
there's
no
soul
winning
nobody's
getting
baptized
and it's
all
just
a
fun
center
and
a
playhouse
we
need
hard
preaching
today
and we
need
to
take
a
stand
you
don't
get
anywhere
by
pandering
to
these
people
look
they're
haters
of
god
but
you
think
oh
if
we
just
be
nice
to
them
then
you
know
just
be
nice
to
them
then
they're
gonna
they're
gonna
you
know
feel
the
love
of christ
it's
not
happening
no
we
need
to
stand
up
against
them
because
they're
taking
over
america
they're
not
reproducers
they're
recruiters
and let
me tell
you
something
the
schools
have
been
taken
over
the
government
has
been
taken
over
and
hollywood
you know
i don't
know
if
it's
really
been
taken
over
if
it
was
always
a
den
of
iniquity
but
i'm
telling
you
we
need
to
stand
up
and
cry
loud
and
spare
not
because
the
majority
of
people
in
this
country
agree
with
what
i'm
saying
right
now
if
i
say
that
homosexuality
is
perversion
and therefore
they
just
take
over
everything
and
it's
just
all
filth
and
perversion
everywhere
we
turn
it's
disgusting
it's
reprobate
but
that's
now
what
the
sermon's
about
let's
go
to
mark
chapter
three
and
let's
finish
this
thing
all
right
it's
easy
to
get
off
on
that
i
just
get
tired
of it
you
you know
i
mean
this
new
evangelical
movement
of
the
last
50
years
it's
been
no
they
don't
you know
who's
reaching
the most
people
for
christ
in
phoenix
arizona
faithful
word
baptist
church
i
mean
if
you
want
to
know
who's
getting
the
most
people
saved
okay
i'm
not
saying
we
have
the
biggest
attendance
i'm
saying
who's
going
out
and
opening
the
bible
and
giving
the
gospel
to
more
people
in
a
given
week
or
in
a
given
month
or
in
a
given
year
in
phoenix
arizona
it's
faithful
word
baptist
church
and
why
we're
not
soft
we're
not
compromising
okay
the
real
answer
is
not
to
compromise
it's
to
go
out
and
knock
doors
like
we
have
scores
of
people
doing
and
to
bring
the
gospel
and
to
bring
the
truth
and to
bring
the
word
of
god
and
this
new
evangelical
movement
you
know
that's
who
we
go
around
and
give
the
gospel
to
all
day
and
get
them
saved
because
they're
not
saved
most
of
them
i
mean
we
knock
on
the
doors
of
people
all
the
time
they
go
to
these
big
community
fun
center
you
know
mega
churches
and
the
vast
majority
of
them
when
you
ask
them
if
they
know
for
sure
if
they
die
today
they
go
to
heaven
say
oh
i
hope
so
i'm
a
good
person
that's
not
the
gospel
i
hope
so
because
i'm
living
a
pretty
good
life
or
well
i
think
so
can
you
know
oh
yeah
i
believe
in
jesus
oh
but
can
you
lose
yourself
oh
of
course
you
can
lose
your
salvation
if
you
don't
live
right
they
don't
know
the
gospel
salvation
is
eternal
it's
through
faith
alone
by
grace
alone
not
of works
the
same
answer
both
but
we
go
around
getting
all
their
church
members
saved
all
the
time
because
they
don't
get
their
church
members
saved
because
they
don't
teach
any
doctrine
they're
too
busy
pandering
to a
bunch
of
faggots
and
weirdos
and
they're
too
busy
softening
up
and
watering
down
the
message
and
they're
too
busy
trying
to
create
a
fun
atmosphere
for
the
youth
and
every
you
know
and
they're
too
busy
running
their
little
coffee
shop
and
their
little
look
we
need
the
word
of
god
to
be
preached
that's
all
we
need
but
anyway
let's
get
to
mark
chapter
three
jesus
was
grieved
with
the
hardness
of
their
hearts
and
we
talked
about
why
their
hearts
were
hardened
we
saw
a little
bit
later in
the
chapter
that
they
blasphemed
the
holy
ghost
right
that's
why
they
had
such
a
hard
heart
what
does
it
mean
to have
lost
i mean
if
you
love
people
and
you
want
them
to
go
to
heaven
you're
going
to
get
out
there
and
knock
the
doors
and
preach
the
gospel
you're
going
to
open
your
bible
to
your
co
i
mean
if
you
really
love
your
co
workers
and
family
and
friends
you're
going
to
open
your
bible
and
show
them
how
to be
saved
that's
the
most
loving
thing
that
you
could
do
bring
them
the
good
news
the
gospels
good
news
today
that
jesus
paid
it
all
and
that
salvations
by
faith
alone
that's
what
it
means
to
have
compassion
on
the
laws
we
don't
have
the
healing
powers
of
jesus
and
the
apostles
to be
able
to
you
know
go
find
every
person
who
has
a
withered
hand
and
heal
them
it'd
be
a
blessing
if
we
could
but
we
don't
but
let
me
tell
you
this
we
have
the
power
of
the
gospel
and
we
can
get
people
saved
and
actually
someone
being
saved
is
actually
greater
than
their
hand
being
healed
it's
even
more
important
and
so
we
need
to
have
compassion
and
not
be
hard
hearted
callous
where
we
see
the
suffering
of
people
around
us
and
we
don't
care
now
this
could
apply
to
salvation
we
see
the
lost
we
don't
care
but
also
just
people's
physical
suffering
a
lot
of
people
have
become
very
callous
today
maybe
part
of
it's
due
to
movies
video
games
where
violence
doesn't
bother
them
anymore
and
they
become
very
callous
to
human
suffering
like
for
example
people
who
cheer
on
warfare
right
and
they
cheer
on
basically
just
bombing
civilians
they
cheer
on
and
i'm
not
saying
that's
what's
going
on
this week
because
i
honestly
don't
even
know
what's
going
on
this
isn't
somebody
being
bombed
this
week
i
don't
know
who's
being
bombed
i
haven't
been
i
you
know
i've
been
paying
attention
to
this
kind
of
stuff
right
here
but
you
know
i
haven't
really
been
paying
attention
to
the
news
i
know
someone's
being
bombed
i
don't
know
who
it is
but
i
know
that
historically
we
bombed
a
lot
of
civilians
you
know
and
honestly
i
don't
believe
in it
and
i
never
will
in
the
bible
it's
clear
that
warfare
is
to
be
fought
between
men
on
a
battlefield
and
that
just
bombing
innocent
civilians
is
not
right
you
call
it
whatever
you
want
call
it
a
little
collateral
damage
no
when
you're
bombing
and
killing
hundreds
of
thousands
of
civilians
that's
not
excusable
it's
just
not
right
you
say
well
we
had
to
do
it
no
you
don't
you
don't
have
to
do
anything
if
you
do
what's
right
god
will
bless
you
if
you
do
that
which
is
wrong
god
will
curse
you
so
you
can't
say
well
we're
just
so
scared
for
our
safety
we're
just
so
scared
over
here
that
we're
gonna
we're
gonna
kill
some
women
and
children
just
to
make
sure
we're
safe
no
safety's
of
the
lord
the
horse
is
prepared
against
the
day
of
battle
but
safety
is
of
the
lord
you
know
i'm
not
going
to
go
into
a
big
long
history
lesson
but
there
are
times
when
we
basically
have
slaughtered
civilians
and
i'm
not
saying
we're
the
only
ones
who've
done
it
i
mean
it's
just
it's
something
that
all
nations
are
doing
now
it's
something
that
has
just
become
the
warfare
of
the
20th
and
21st
century
just
to
slaughter
civilians
and
they
say
well
you
know
it's
just
a
new
kind
of
warfare
well
it's
a
sinful
kind
of
warfare
it's
a
kind
of
warfare
that
we
shouldn't
have
anything
to
do
it
you know
for
example
and
and this
might
offend
people
but
it
doesn't
matter
it's
the
truth
you know
dropping
nuclear
bombs
on
hirashima
and
nagasaki
and
just
wiping
out
children
women
pregnant
women
men
you know
just
innocent
people
was
wrong
you know
not
only
that
but
the
bombing
of
dresden
germany
in
1945
was
wrong
when
they
fire bomb
dresden
and
killed
like
a
hundred
and
some
thousand
innocent
people
in
a city
where
there
were
no
military
installations
no
armaments
were
being
produced
there
it
had
no
strategic
significance
at all
it
was
just
let's
just
burn
an
entire
city
to
the
ground
and
kill
every
man
woman
boy
and
girl
just
to
scare
our
enemies
in
february
of
1945
when
we're
already
winning
you
know
it
isn't
right
okay
and
regardless
of
your
political
views
that's
not
the
point
the
point
is
it's
not
right
to
kill
innocent
people
but
a
lot of
times
people
are
just
so
callous
and so
hard-hearted
that
children
innocent
civilians
being
killed
and they
just
don't
care
damn
yeah
i mean
i've
heard
some
people
just
talk
about
we
should
just
nuke
iran
just
nuke
it
just
nuke
it
off
the
map
what
are
you
talking
about
what
kind
of a
sick
teaching
is
that
to
just
say
oh
yeah
just
nuke
it
off
the
map
just
destroy
and then
i've
heard
some
people
justify
it
by
saying
well
you
know
it's
their
fault
because
they
you know
they
elected
that
government
or
whatever
so
it's
their
fault
nuke
them
all
wipe
them
all
out
or
well
they're
muslim
well
first
of
all
number
one
they're
not
all
muslim
there
are
christians
over
there
as
well
or
people
that
are
just
non-
religious
but
even
if
they
are
muslim
that
doesn't
mean
that
they
can't
be
saved
i've
won
some
muslims to the lord on sole winning you know i hope to win more muslims to the lord
you know
just because somebody is another religion whether that be jewish muslim catholic buddhist
it doesn't mean that we shouldn't love them and give them gospel not just wipe them out
just kill them all and let god sort them out wrong we should not have this attitude
but i've heard christians talk that way they just say hey just just nuke iran
just just just bomb them just bomb iran just bomb them into the stone age and these type of things
but what about all the innocent people over there and you know what uh they elected
though okay well hold on a second do you want to be responsible for everything our government
does i mean what if our government goes out and does all this wicked stuff and then somebody
says well you deserve to be bombed because you elected those people i didn't know i don't
even vote so how did i elect them yeah but you let it happen do i really have the potential
me personally to stop what's going on in our country of 350 million people i'm just going to
turn this government around single-handedly folks stephen anderson for president it's just
not it's not happening it's actually stephen anderson for dictator president's not i need
i need all the power all right in order to fix things all right it's only temporary but
i'm just saying you know you can't sit there and just hard-hearted and just cheer and and
christians today listen to me now christians have become the biggest cheerleaders for war
and it's not a new testament teaching and they'll try to take you they don't rightly divide
the word of truth they'll try to take you to an old testament passage where israel was told
to wipe out a specific group of people and say see that's like what we're doing over there
no you're not israel and you're not wiping out the hitites okay you need to welcome to the
new testament blessed are the peacemakers okay and we should be for peace and look i'm all
for self-defense i'm not a pacifist if someone comes to my house i will not even think twice
about putting so many holes in them with my shotgun that there's going to be more hole
than person when i'm done okay i've got my shotgun loaded to the hill with buckshot
i got a few slugs on the on the side of the stock just in case you know for a strategic
reload i've got extra buckshot right there i'm ready and i wouldn't even think about it
if somebody comes in to hurt my family if somebody comes in and my family's in danger
i'm gonna blow them away okay and it's and but but i'm not a pacifist and look if someone's
actually invading our country and i'm not talking about some island that we control thousands of
miles away that's you know that's our soil i'm talking about if somebody actually invades
our country then we should defend it i'm all for fighting a defensive war but that's not what's
going on that had that hadn't happened in a in a long time when was the last time that happened
1812 or something you know i don't know i'm sure it's happened since then when do you
think it happened
did they really in world war ii in california okay well there you go
but we were of course we were already fighting them at that point right yeah
but anyway so you know there's nothing wrong with fighting a defensive war or defending your
house but you know what if i think about this what if i came out of my house with my shotgun
and said you know there are a lot of people in this neighborhood that are a threat
you know i mean i mean these people i mean look at them first of all they're armed
they're criminals they've said threatening things to me you know and i'm just going to
go ahead and just i'm just going to proactively go take them out but in fact that would make
more sense because that's actually in my neighborhood but what if i said in fact i've
heard about a really bad criminal elephant in los angeles california and i'm afraid that they
might one day travel to phoenix and invade my home so i'm going to get some you know get a
coalition together we're going to go to la we're going to hunt and kill every derelict gang
member in east la you know just and either you're with us or you're with them you know let's go
kill them for let's kill kill or be killed kill them before they get to us it's stupid friend
but you know what you've got your head so far in christ or in conservative talk radio
that's where you're getting these weird ideas from we gotta fight these people we gotta defend
them you know we are no we don't we need to defend ourselves and not go get involved in
warfare on the other side of the world say oh but they they killed americans who were over
there messing with them they didn't come here and kill americans okay so this idea of oh
yeah we gotta go bomb them because look i'm against it and i'm deaf and and any war that
we fight should be a defensive war and we should fight against soldiers and troops and
and and uh you know we could fight against the supply lines we should not be just bombing women
and children and just killing civilians it isn't right okay and you say well but they're using
them as human cover well you know what so what maybe the lord would just bless us if we do
what's right but you know what our country doesn't do what's right in so many areas they
know that god's not going to bless them anyway that's why they just do whatever when it comes
to the battlefield and i just have to bring that up just because of how hard-hearted people
are where they're where they cheer for war you know even if there was a war that actually
needs to be fought it should grieve us when people die whether the people are on our side or
the other side when young soldiers and innocent men women and children die it should grieve us
we should have sympathy and sorrow and not just be so callous because we've been playing some video
game where we blow people apart all day that it just means nothing to us anymore and you know
what that this kind of preaching offends people and steps on people's toes but you need to hear
it though because there's a lot of just propaganda out there to try to get you all
fired up to go to war and to go kill everybody and go fight everybody and we need to as
christians stop and let the bible be our guide and think about this and have some more
compassion on people but anyway let me let me blast through the rest of this chapter the things
i haven't covered yet of course we have the story about jesus christ it says in verse
seven but jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea and a great multitude from
galley followed him and from judaea and from jerusalem and from idumea and from beyond
jordan and they about tyre and zion a great multitude when they had heard what great things
he did came unto him and he spake unto his disciples that a small ship should wait on
him because of the multitude lest they should throng him so again we just have huge crowds
following jesus it says for he had healed many and so much that they pressed upon him
for to touch him as many as had plagues and unclean spirits when they saw him fell down
before him and cried saying thou art the son of god and he straightly charged them that they
should not make him known and of course this is kind of a mystery but jesus just didn't
want people to know at this point yet that he was the son of god or that he was the messiah
or that he was the christ because if you remember there were all times throughout where
you know people say thou art the christ the son of living god and he charges them not to
make it known yet because his time was not yet come his hour was not yet come he had a certain
purpose for how he wanted his ministry to play out and at what point he would be arrested and
he didn't want things to happen prematurely he also didn't want the people to take him by force
and make him a king because a lot of the jews at that time were expecting the messiah to be
one who would come and bring political deliverance that would be a warrior that
would fight against rome and free them from roman oppression and and build a great kingdom
of israel like it was in the days of david and solomon and so they were afraid jesus
was afraid many times that they would take him and make him a king by force and he was
constantly trying to escape from that so i think that's why he he told them not to make him
known of course the devils knew who he was they're saying you're the son of god because
you know of course the devils believe and they fear and tremble the bible says
but the bible talks about after that in verse 13 he goeth up into a mountain calleth
unto him whom he would and they came unto him and he ordained 12 that they should be with them
and that he might send them forth to preach and have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out
devils so these are the apostles they're given special power to perform miracles to heal
sicknesses and they're also commissioned to preach the gospel he lists the names of the
apostles we already read them earlier then it says in verse 20 and the multitude cometh together
again so that they could not so much as eat bread and when his friends heard of it they
went out to lay hold on him for they said he's beside himself now what does it mean to
be beside yourself so you know crazy yeah when you're beside yourself means you're crazy
so what happened was jesus fame went into all countries of how he's doing all this healing
so every sick person in the whole region is trying to get there to be healed by jesus
and they're thronging him and he can't even get a break even to eat a meal
and he just keeps healing he just keeps preaching so jesus is really pushing himself
to the limit of how much preaching he can do how much healing he can do and his friends are
going to basically do an intervention here you know they want to take hold on him and get
him out of there and they said he's nuts he's beside himself they they just can't believe
that he's just going to keep preaching keep healing you know they're like he needs a break he needs
to have something to eat just shows the intensity of jesus ministry just how hard he was working
and and just how much he really pushed himself to do the most that he could while he was on
this earth and then of course we have the part about the the blasphemy of the holy
ghost which we already talked about but let me just focus in on verse 27 in jesus parable
about satan not being able to cast out satan he says in verse 27
no man can enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods except he will first bind the
strong man and then he will spoil his house so that's a great parable saying that if somebody
wants to come in and rob a strong man's house the first thing they have to do is bind the
strong man then they'll spoil his house okay because if the strong man is unfettered he's
going to defend his property he's going to kill him he's going to hurt him he's going to fight them
up but if you think about this in the day that we live in today's world of course we have homes
that are led by men the father the husband the head of household and if you think about it
the devil wants to attack the family he wants to destroy the family he doesn't want to spoil
the physical house of physical goods the devil doesn't care about material possessions or
money or wealth he wants people remember genesis 14 when when the king of sodom who represents
satan came to abraham and said abraham you take all the goods for yourself give me the persons
and that's what the devil wants he wants your soul he wants the souls of your children he
wants the souls of mankind he's not interested in material wealth and so the devil wants to
spoil our houses not our physical house of of you know a building of wood and plaster
but actually our homes he wants to destroy our homes he wants to get in and destroy the home
and in order for the devil to spoil our houses he has to first bind the strong man you see
the husband or the father of the home should be the strongest leader in that home and should
be the first line of defense in that home you know in the middle of the night if something
happens dad should be there to protect dad you know i'm a very deep sleeper so my wife will
probably have already killed everybody by the time i wake up but honestly you know she won't
even you know think she won't even bother waking me up she'll just tell me about it the next
morning but i'm just kidding but anyway if you think about it you know it's it's the man of
the house that you know when there's a noise outside you know that goes and investigates you
know he's the one that's the greatest threat to the enemy he's the strongest force in that
house the strongest defense the bulwark against the enemy and in order for the devil to destroy
families he has to bind the strong man first you know the husband or the father has to be
taken out of the equation first of all and that's why there's an attack on men in the home
today by what does it mean to bind the strong man what does it mean to be bound
tied up right tied up basically tying the hands of fathers and husbands today
tying their hands what do you mean tying their hands making them incapable
to rule their house so that he can come in and make the rules and what i'm talking about
today is that you know the world that we live in would love to make it illegal to spank your
children and not only just would they love to make it illegal to spank your children and by
the way you have to discipline your children or they're going to be monsters you say how do you
handle eight children you know when i go out in public with my eight children people are like
i can't even handle the one that i have or i can't even handle the two that i have
how do you deal with eight but here's the thing if you actually deal with them
if you actually teach them and train them and raise them and spend time with them and
discipline them it's manageable but the way some people deal with their kids no wonder they only
have one no wonder they only have two there's no way they could have more than that they would
outnumber them and lynch their own parents you know so that's why they only have one or two
just something that they can contain because they don't train the children but men's hands
are tied today but not even just tied in that way but also just spiritually and just mentally
men's hands are being tied where men are being told hey you can't lead you can't you can't
tell your wife what to do you know she's her own woman and feminism and i'm woman hear me roar
and all this stuff of you know uh equal equality and and look men and women are equal
of value in the sight of god but let me tell you something there's there's not equal
authority there's not equal roles men and women have different roles and the bible says
that the husband's the head of the wife the wives that obey their husbands but today men's
hands are being tied and they're saying you can't rule you can't lead you know and and then they
say oh you know you have to let your children do whatever they want let you have to let i mean i
heard about some guy getting in trouble because he wouldn't let his daughter go to the prom