It will joy and comfort give you, take ease in where you go.
Precious name, all has been, hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Take the name of Jesus, heaven, as a shield from every spell.
In temptations bound together, bring them holy name of heaven.
Precious name, all has been, hope of earth and joy of heaven.
O God, precious name of Jesus, how it thrills us all to joy.
When His lovely arms receive us, in His songs our tongues employ.
Precious name, all has been, hope of earth and joy of heaven.
In the name of Jesus, valley, falling, castrate at His feet.
King of kings and death will crown Him when our journeys complete.
Precious name, all has been, hope of earth and joy of heaven.
Okay, song number one.
Song number one.
Jesus, all my cross have taken.
All to Thee can follow Thee.
Nested to Thee, spies forsaken.
Thou from this my all shall be.
Perish every fond ambition.
All I sought and hope and hope.
Yet how rich is my condition.
God and heaven are still my own.
Let the world despise and believe me.
They have left my Savior too.
Human hearts and woods receive me.
Thou art not life and not truth.
And what thou shalt smile upon me.
God of wisdom, love and might.
Those they hate and friends they shun me.
Show thy face and all is bright.
Men may trouble and distress thee.
Twill but drive me to thy breast.
Life with child's heart may press me.
Heaven will bring me sweeter rest.
Hope is not in grief to warn me.
While thy love is left to me.
Oaks cannot enjoy to join me.
Where their joy unmixed with thee.
Haste me on from grace to glory.
On thy faith and lead my prayer.
Have eternal days before thee.
God's own hand shall guide thee there.
So shall both thy earthly mission.
Swift shall cast thy pilgrim haze.
Hope shall change to glad formation.
Faith to sight and prayer to praise.
We have a bulletin.
Brother Segura will get to you with one.
On the inside of our bulletins we have our service time.
Sunday mornings at 1030 is our preaching service.
Sunday nights at 630 and then Wednesday nights at 7 is our Bible study.
This week will be in Jeremiah chapter 38.
The soul winning times are listed there below.
As well as salvations, baptisms and offering totals.
Let's go ahead and count up the soul winning from the past few days.
Going back to Thursday which would have been the 29th I believe.
Anything from Thursday the 29th?
Yes.
Two for the North Phoenix group.
Anything outside of that North Phoenix group?
One additional over here.
Two additional over here.
Anything else for Thursday night soul winning?
How about on Thursday?
Anything else for Thursday?
How about Friday?
Anything from Friday?
Six on the Indian reservation group.
Anything outside of the Indian reservation group?
One more over here.
19 for a group.
Okay.
Anybody outside of that group or either of those groups?
All right.
Very good.
How about Saturday the 31st?
Anything from the 31st?
Did we get a group total for the main group here?
You had a group with six?
Okay.
What about was there a group for the team here with brother Dominique Davis?
Yeah?
Was it 18 for the whole group?
Okay.
I'll double check that with him.
Okay.
Anything outside of that main group yesterday then?
Anything additional to that?
All right.
And then how about today?
Let's start with brother Scott's group.
Seven for the main group.
Okay.
Two for Gilbert.
Okay.
Any other groups?
Two more over here.
All right.
One.
One over here.
All right.
Am I missing anything for today?
All right.
Very good.
Keep up the great work.
Off to another great start of soul winning in the new year.
And then across the page there we have the birthdays listed and the anniversaries also.
Next Sunday we'll have the donuts before the morning service.
So if you want to have donuts and coffee show up a half hour early next Sunday morning.
The church yearbooks are in.
If you did not get one of the yearbooks then go ahead and stick up your hand in fact if you did not get one of these yearbooks.
Put up your hand if you did not get one of the yearbooks and you still need one.
Okay.
Otherwise you can see myself or brother Baker after the service to get one of these.
We do have a few left.
And then on the back we've got the birth announcement for Joaquin Santiago Payan.
So congratulations to the Payans on the birth of their baby.
Be sure to congratulate them and be praying for a safe and healthy recovery for mom and baby.
And then we've got Psalm 46.
Tonight's the deadline.
And Chris Segura Jr. quoted it to me this morning and he nailed it.
So what's that?
Oh, okay.
Yeah, let's get a raise of hands.
Who is already done with Psalm 46?
You've already successfully quoted it.
Keep your hand up high because we need to get a count of how many.
We've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
About 30.
Who hasn't quoted it yet but you're going to quote it tonight.
You're going to get it done by midnight.
At 11.59 you're going to have it done.
All right.
About another 7 or 8 it looks.
Well, maybe even another 10.
So 30 to 40.
All right.
So that at least gives us a range for the prizes.
And then everyone is invited to the wedding of Caleb and Jenny this Saturday.
Everything's still on, right?
Nobody's getting cold feet or anything, right?
No, I'm just kidding.
All right.
We're really excited about that.
Brother Caleb has, I've known Caleb for, I don't know.
It's been many years though.
He came here visiting many years ago and he and I have gone running together.
So we bonded over running.
And so he's a really good guy.
So I'm excited about he and Jenny getting married this Saturday.
Everybody's invited.
Don't be shy.
Even if you're just brand new to our church, you're invited.
This is a time of fellowship and edification for the whole church.
And so just please RSVP.
Let us know that you're coming.
But everybody's invited.
And that's about it for announcements.
One other thing is that in 2017, because our church has grown to the point where this is realistic or necessary,
we are going to be setting up the baptistry every Sunday morning in 2017.
We've been setting it up just on an as needed basis.
You know, if somebody needed to be baptized, they would just tell us before church
and then we would fill the tank during the service and then do the baptisms after the service.
So now we're to the point where we always have a lot of visitors every Sunday morning.
There's not a week that goes by we don't have visitors.
And so there are a lot of people that need to be baptized and new believers
or just people who for whatever reason haven't been baptized
or they need to be re-baptized because their first baptism was before they were saved or whatever.
So just for your information on Sunday mornings, we're going to have it set up every Sunday morning.
And then also on Sunday nights and Wednesday nights, we're just going to ask during the announcements
if there's anyone who needs to be baptized so that we can have it ready on the evening services as well as needed.
So let me ask right now, is there anybody tonight who would like to get baptized tonight after the service?
You've not been baptized since you've been saved. Is there anybody like that here tonight?
All right, very good. Let's go ahead and sing our next song then.
I'm going to lead it. All right, I'm wondering, why is no song leader approaching me?
All right, song number 52, Zion's Hill.
I was waiting on myself there for a moment.
Song number 52, Zion's Hill. Let's sing it out on that first verse, song number 52.
There waits for me a glad tomorrow
Where gates of pearls swing open wide
And when I pass this veil of sorrow
I'll dwell upon the other side
Someday beyond the reach of mortal kin
Someday God only knows just where and when
The wheels of mortal life shall all stand still
And I shall go to dwell on Zion's Hill
Someday I'll hear the angels singing
On the shadows of the tomb
And all the bells of heaven ringing
While saints are singing, home sweet home
Someday beyond the reach of mortal kin
Someday God only knows just where and when
The wheels of mortal life shall all stand still
And I shall go to dwell on Zion's Hill
Someday my labors will be ended
And all my wond'rings will be worn
And all earth's broken ties be mended
And I shall sigh and weep no more
Someday beyond the reach of mortal kin
Someday God only knows just where and when
The wheels of mortal life shall all stand still
And I shall go to dwell on Zion's Hill
Someday the dark clouds will be lifted
And all the night of gloomy past
And all life's burdens will be lifted
The day of rest shall gone and last
Someday beyond the reach of mortal kin
Someday God only knows just where and when
The wheels of mortal life shall all stand still
And I shall go to dwell on Zion's Hill
Job chapter number 39
As we always do, we'll read the entire chapter, beginning in verse number 1
You can follow along silently with Brother Dominique Davis as he reads
Job chapter 39, starting in verse number 1
Job chapter 39, the Bible reads
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?
Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calf?
Canst thou number the months, did they fulfill?
Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones
They cast out their sorrows
Their young ones are in good liking
They grow up with corn
They go forth and return not unto them
Who hath sent out the wild ass free?
Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Whose house I have made the wilderness
And the barren land his dwellings
He scorneth the multitude of the city
Neither regardeth he the crying of the driver
The range of the mountains is his pasture
And he searcheth after every green thing
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee?
Or abide by thy crib?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?
Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great?
Or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?
Wilt thou believe him that he will bring home thy seed
And gather it into thy barn?
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks?
Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth
And warmeth them in dust
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them
Or that the wild beast may break them?
She is hardened against her young ones
As though they were not hers
Her labor is in vain without fear
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom
Neither hath he imparted to her understanding
What time she lifted up herself on high?
Who scorneth the horse and his rider?
Has thou given the horse strength?
Has thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?
The glory of his nostrils is terrible
He pours in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength
He goeth on to meet the armed men
He marketh at fear and is not afraid
Neither turneth he back from the sword
The quiver rattles against him
The thundering spear and the shield
He swalloeth the ground with fierceness and rage
Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet
He saith among the trumpets, Ha-ha!
And he smelleth the battle afar off
The thunder of the captains and the shouting
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom
And stretch her wings toward the south?
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command
And make her nest on high?
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock
Upon the crag of the wok and the strong place
From thence she seeketh to pray
And her eyes behold afar off
Her young ones also suck up blood
And where the slain are, there is she
Brother Gary, could you pray for us?
Job chapter 39, beginning verse number 13, is where I wanted to begin, where the Bible reads
Gave us thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks
Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth
And warmeth them in dust
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them
And that the wild beasts may break them
She is hardened against her young ones
As though they were not hers
Her labor is in vain without fear
Because they are in vain
Her labor is in vain without fear
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom
Neither hath he imparted to her, understanding
What time she lifteth up herself on high
She scorneth the horse and his rider
And the title of my sermon tonight is
The Ostrich versus the Eagle
In this passage, the ostrich is mentioned
And several verses are devoted to explaining things about the mentality of an ostrich
And then later in this chapter, the eagle is mentioned
And there's a contrast there between the two
Now keep your finger in Job 39, go to Lamentations chapter 4
Toward the end of the Old Testament, right after the book of Jeremiah
Lamentations chapter 4
The ostrich is only mentioned two times in the Bible
It's mentioned here in Job 39, it's also mentioned in Lamentations chapter 4, verse number 3
And in fact, the same attribute is given to the ostrich in both places
Lamentations chapter 4, verse 3 reads
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast
Now this is referring to the fact that whales are mammals
And of course the word mammal comes from the same root word as mammary gland
Or that which is used to breastfeed, that's what mammal means
Mammals give suck to their young
And even though whales swim around in the sea as a fish
They're technically in modern times classified as a mammal for that reason
So when it says even the sea monsters draw out the breast
It's talking about gigantic whales that actually breastfeed their young
They give suck to their young ones
The daughter of my people, on the other hand, he's saying
Is become cruel like the ostriches in the wilderness
Alright, so a person who does not have affection for their own child
A person who would not care for their child properly and naturally
Is likened unto the ostrich, being cruel like the ostrich in the wilderness
As opposed to even the sea monsters drawing out the breast
Even a whale
Go to Job chapter 39 where we were, the Bible reads in verse 13
Gave us thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks
Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich, verse 14
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth and warmeth them in the dust
And forgetteth that the foot may crush them
Or that the wild beast may break them
She's hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers
I mean this is a picture of a mother
Who doesn't really worry about the fact that there are all kinds of hazards
That could happen to their child, all kinds of dangers
That could happen to their baby or their toddler
And so they pretty much just drop it off wherever, leave it wherever
And they don't really think about the fact that bad things could happen
Because they're sort of hardened against their young ones as though they weren't even hers it says
And it says her labor is in vain without fear
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom
That means this is a dumb animal
This is a stupid animal, I mean you can just look at an ostrich
And it doesn't really just scream out to you, hey I'm the smartest animal
Right?
They kind of have a dumb look on their face
Now let me tell you this
I actually really like ostriches as far as I like to go to the zoo and look at them
Whenever I go to any zoo, one of the things that I go to see is the ostrich
In fact I would say it's in my top five to go see
But it's a very dumb animal
It's interesting, it's fascinating to observe
But it's a very stupid animal
It says here that God has deprived the ostrich of wisdom
This is not an animal that we want to be like
This is a bad example in the Bible telling you
Don't be like the ostrich
Don't be cruel like the ostrich
Don't be hardened against your young ones like the ostrich
Don't just disregard the safety and the caretaking of your young ones as the ostrich would be want to do
Her labor is in vain without fear
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom
Neither hath he imparted to her understanding
What time she lifted up herself on high
She scorneth the horse and his rider
Isn't it interesting that one of the most foolish animals is also prideful
She lifts up herself and scorns the horse and the rider
I mean who do you think is more formidable
The ostrich or a man on a horse
Who do you think is going to win that fight
A soldier on a horse or an ostrich
But the ostrich is so bold that it just scorns the horse and the rider
Doesn't care about the danger
Basically pride and arrogance are often found in some of the most foolish people
Sometimes the dumbest people are the biggest loudmouths
You know they're not very smart but they think they know everything
You know the Bible talks about how the slothful man is wiser in his own conceit
Than what seven men or ten men that can render a reason
And so here we see some bad attributes about the ostrich
Now I'm going to preach on some things tonight
That are very likely to offend people
And I want to say this
I don't want to offend anybody
Alright
I'm not up here just trying to burn you
And trying to really sock it to you and offend you
And just hit you right where it hurts
That's never my intention when I'm preaching
My intention when I'm preaching is to edify the body of Christ
To build you up, to teach you, to help you
Now if you are a thin-skinned person
Meaning you're a person that gets offended very easily
And you wear your feelings on your sleeve
You know you're probably not going to last long in a real hard preaching fundamental Baptist church
Because real preaching does sometimes hit us where it hurts
It does preach against our sin sometimes
Or maybe just preach against an area of our life that we need work in
That we're a little bit weakened
Look if you're just going to go to church to get a pat on the back
What's the point?
Just to tell you how everything you're doing is already great
Just keep doing what you're doing
You're doing a great job
You know that's not going to help anybody
The Bible says preach the word
Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine
And those three words all have to do with telling you that something needs to change
When you reprove, when you rebuke, when you exhort
I'm trying to speak the truth in love tonight
I'm not trying to offend you or hurt your feelings or anything like that
Now when you preach about issues that deal with women
And especially when you preach about issues that deal with women
In regard to child bearing, child rearing
Anything to do with their children
They get very, very sensitive and very touchy about that
They don't like to hear anything negative about the way that they did things or do things
So I just want you to remember the verse tonight
Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them
The Bible says
Nothing shall offend them
And always when I preach on any subject
I would like for you to keep in mind
That when I'm preaching Bible principles
I realize that there are exceptions to the rule in many cases
And I'm never up here to try to browbeat someone who made mistakes in the past
Or up here to try to browbeat someone who was put in a weird situation where they had to do it differently
Or I'm not preaching against the exception because they were the exception
Look, I'm up here preaching what should be the normal biblical pattern
For having children and taking care of those children and raising those children
I'm preaching what the norm should be
Are there exceptions to that? Sure
I mean, for example, if I'm preaching about getting married
And I'm preaching, that's normal
Most people are going to get married, right?
But is there that rare exception that's not going to get married like in Apostle Paul?
Yes, it's out there
But it's the exception
And so we can't just spend all of our time worried about every exception
And you know, if I'm going to sit here and only preach things that aren't going to offend people
I'm not going to preach much
Because I'm going to have to keep taking things out of my sermons
Oh, there's a guy with long hair, can't preach on long hair on men
Oh, there's a woman in pants
Oh, these people are divorced
Can't preach on divorce
Then there's nothing left
Okay?
So, listen to the sermon tonight
And especially you ladies, please just listen
And don't get emotional, don't take it personal
Just learn from the sermon tonight
Because what I'm preaching tonight is important
And it's the truth
And it's biblical
Whether it hurts your feelings
Whether it upsets you, whether parts of it upsets you or offend you
If I didn't teach you these things, I feel that I would be remiss
You know, if I love you as a pastor
Then I'm going to not withhold any knowledge or wisdom or understanding from you
I need to preach everything that the Bible teaches
So don't get offended about this
Today, we are living in a day
Where the way that your average person in America goes about having a child and raising that child
Is a lot more like the ostrich and a lot less like the eagle
Now, I don't know about you, I'd rather raise an eagle than an ostrich
You know, all throughout the Bible, the eagle is a symbol of great things
It's almost up there with the lion in the Bible as being a symbol of greatness
And majesty
Whereas the ostrich is just a big dumb animal that's the laughing stock of Job chapter 39
I don't want to raise an ostrich, I want to raise an eagle
And we need to understand that today's methods of child rearing in America have serious problems
And I'm not just talking about the fact that people aren't spanking their kids
That's not all there is to child rearing
I'm talking about all the way from conception to birth to breastfeeding to taking care of the baby
Taking care of the toddler, taking care of the child
I mean, folks, it's not biblical
It's not natural
It's like the ostrich in the wilderness
Where women are hardened against their young ones as though they were not theirs
And where there's a disconnect between the child and their mother
We need a generation of mothers who love and care for their children
And make their children the priority
And realize that their primary role in this world is that of a wife and mother
Now look, does my wife, does she help out with stuff around the church?
She does, she helps a lot, she volunteers and does a lot of good things
But let me tell you something, that is not why she's on this earth and that is not her primary function
Her primary function is to be a help unto me
And to raise the children that she and I have produced
That's her primary function is as a wife and a mother
Are there other things that she does with her life? Of course
Does she have other aspects to her life? Yes
Is she involved in church? Is she involved with winning souls? Is she involved in teaching other people? Yes
But I'll tell you what her primary function is, is that of a wife and mother
And we need to stop downplaying that and thinking that that's not that important
When in reality the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world
It's vital that we raise up a generation of godly young people
And not just have this short-sighted view that just says
Oh well who cares Jesus is coming or whatever
Not seeing the future that we need to raise up another generation
That's going to keep on serving God after we're gone
And not just get so busy with everything that we don't raise our children
And take the time to bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord
A child left to himself causeth his mother shame the Bible says
We need an emphasis on mothers being mothers and wives being wives
And the family having an important place in our lives
Now, let me start out by saying this
Just starting with birth right away
Now look, is there a time when a C-section is necessary? Of course
You know about one to three percent of the time a C-section is necessary
Right? Because of extreme danger and so forth or you know things aren't working
But let me tell you something, today the C-section rate is like 33% in hospitals
That's not normal
And again, I'm not trying to offend you if you've had a C-section
I said there are times when a C-section is necessary
It's a good invention because it does save lives
I'm for it
There are times when it's necessary
But let me say this though
When women are taking time off from their job on a Friday
So that they can go in for their scheduled C-section on Friday
And then be back to work on Monday
Something's wrong with that picture
That's what we see today, the elective C-section
Just, I'm getting a C-section for no reason
Or just so that I can work it into my schedule
Because I've got all these other big plans
Look, the Bible said here of the ostrich in verse 19
It says she's hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers
Her labor is in vain without fear
Her labor is in vain
Look, if you're gonna sit there and have a baby
And just drop it off with whoever
So that you can go back to work
You know, your labor's in vain
When you're laboring at that job
You need to be home with your children
We need mothers who are stay at home wives
Stay at home mothers
Raising their children
So that that child wakes up every morning
And mom's there to feed it
And spend time with it throughout the morning
And have lunch and afternoon and evening
Look, I am against you men sending your wife to work
I'm against it, I'll preach against it
If it offends you, I'm sorry
It's the truth
Now are there exceptions to that?
Yeah, the exception to that would be
If a wife is forced into that
Because the husband's not providing
Or the husband leaves her or whatever
Single mothers or whatever
Yeah, obviously they have to do something
They have to, you know, live somehow
But that is not God's plan
And I would say that it's the husband's responsibility
To step up to the plate
To make the money necessary
To pay the bills
And to tell his wife, I'm the provider
You stay home
Let me pay the bills
And you'll take care of the house
We need that old-fashioned ethic
To come back to the United States of America
And because of the fact that women are in the workforce
There are all kinds of bad things
That have entered our society
Children that are growing up
Without having a good relationship with their parents
Because they're just shipped off right away
To don't care, I mean daycare
You know, right away when they're born
They're dropped off at don't care
And then they go to the school system
And they're not close with their parents
You know, the mothers weren't there to raise them
And it's like the ostrich doesn't consider
That the foot may crush them
Or that the wild beast may break them
You know, how many times
Have kids been dropped off at daycare
And bad things happen to them
Especially in the perilous times
In which we're living
Where you have all these pedophiles out there
And you have all these freaks and weirdos out there
And everybody's afraid to even say anything to them
To offend them
And they're just allowed free access to children
Because God forbid we should imply that
You know, homosexuals are pedophiles
God forbid we actually state the obvious
That they're filled with disease
That they're 50 times more likely to get AIDS
Than a normal person
According to AIDS.gov
Which is not a fundamental Baptist website
But there are all these weirdos out there
Not only that
But if you drop your kids off at daycare
At school
They're not going to care for them
The same way that the parent would care for them
It's sort of like in John chapter 10
Where Jesus talks about the true good shepherd
He gives his life for the sheep
Whereas the hireling
The one who's just hired to take care of someone else's sheep
He flees when the wolf comes
The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep
People aren't going to protect your kid
As well as you're going to protect your kid
Not only that
But people aren't going to discipline your kid
The way that you would discipline your kid
They're not taking your kid at the daycare
Or the public fool system
And giving it a spanking
They don't do that
But that's what the Bible teaches
It says that we should 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
He that spareth his rod hateth his son
But he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes
And so we're starting out right away
Number one
In order to have a good connection with your child
From the beginning
Number one
A natural birth is preferable
Now look
A C-section is inevitable in many cases
And that's life
But then at that point you have to work to build the connection
Realizing that you're starting out a little behind on that connection
Let me give you an example on this
About how people can become disconnected from their child
Women can become disconnected from their baby in fact
You know my grandma was having children a very strange time in our country
Medically speaking
You know in the 50s and 60s and 70s
People had some really weird ideas
When it comes to the medical world
And especially when it came to babies
You know this is when it got to the point
Where even breastfeeding at all was in a really low minority
What do you think it was during the 70s?
What's that?
Yeah I got
Breastfeeding in this country got down to the single digits
For a while
Of who's breastfeeding
Okay
It's kind of a strange time in our country
Well
At this time
In the late 1940s
My grandma gave birth to her first child
And just the normal standard procedure
Was that she would be put completely unconscious
And give birth completely unconscious
Okay this is in I believe 1947
She gives birth to her first child
And when the doctor brings it into her
Once she wakes up and comes back from the anesthesia
She bursts out crying and says
That's not my baby
And they're like no no this is your baby
And she said
That's not my baby
My baby would be beautiful
This baby is ugly
That is not my baby
That is literally what my grandma said
When you know my aunt was born
Okay
Because of the fact that she didn't go through childbirth
There was this kind of a disconnect there
You know so then you have to work to overcome that
Disconnect and build a bond with your child
So the best way to establish that bond
Is to give birth naturally
So that should be the goal
To give birth naturally
Okay
Not only that but number two is that
Mothers should breastfeed their child
They should breastfeed their child
Okay
And again people get real offended
Because they didn't breastfeed
Or they didn't breastfeed long enough
Look
Just be quiet and listen to the truth
Breastfeed your child
Okay
The Bible says
As newborn babes
Desire the sincere milk of the word
That ye may grow thereby
What God made is the best thing for your child
You know again in the 50s, 60s, 70s
They convinced everybody that formula
Is better for your child than breast milk
It's even better they said
It's a step up
That's been proven to be false since then
And today in 2016 everybody knows
And everybody agrees that breastfeeding
Is the healthiest thing for your child
And that's why breastfeeding has made a huge comeback
In this country
And now it's much more common
It's the majority now
Whereas it almost went away for a while
Because of just strange ideas
About this
Breastfeed your child
That helps build a bond
There are hormones that are released
When you breastfeed your child
That actually cause you to have more love
And affection for your child
And to connect and bond with your child
These hormones are called
You know the bonding hormones
Or you know the relationship
Or you know the relationship hormone
It's sometimes called
Just the stimulation of having the child
Suckling at the breast
Actually causes the mother to bond
With their child
The Bible talks about this
Drawing out the breast
Giving suck to the young ones
And the book of Isaiah
Talks about how the nursing mother
Cannot forget her sucking child
There's a connection there
That's through breastfeeding
Go if you would to Leviticus
Chapter number 12
I know of a woman that was a friend of ours
She gave birth to her baby
And literally
Less than a week later
Like two days later
She left the baby with someone else
The whole day
And went to Six Flags
Roller coaster park
Like within days
Of giving birth
That's not normal
That is the ostrich mentality
Okay
Look if you would to Leviticus chapter 12
And understand
That when a woman gives birth to a child
This is not just some quick thing
Some, you know, C-section on Friday
Back to work on Monday
Six Flags on Tuesday
Drop them off at daycare on Wednesday
You know, that's not biblical
That isn't right
Look what the Bible tells you
It's not biblical
That isn't right
Look what the Bible teaches
About when a woman gives birth to a child
It says in Leviticus chapter 12 verse 1
And the Lord spake unto Moses saying
Speak unto the children of Israel saying
If a woman have conceived seed
And born a man child
Then she shall be unclean seven days
According to the days of the separation
For her infirmity
Shall she be unclean
And in the eighth day
The flesh of his foreskin
Shall be circumcised
And she shall then continue
In the blood of her purifying
Three and thirty days
She shall touch no hallowed thing
Nor come into the sanctuary
Until the days of her purifying be fulfilled
But if she bear a maid child
Then she shall be unclean two weeks
As in her separation
And she shall continue in the blood
Of her purifying three score
And six days
Now, what the Bible's teaching here
Is a couple different levels of uncleanness
Okay
So, if a man child is born
She's unclean
For seven days
Where she's completely set apart
In uncleanness
Okay
But then after that
It says for an additional thirty-three days
She continues in the blood of her purifying
So she can get back about her normal life
But just during that time
She's not supposed to approach the holy things
In the Old Testament sanctuary
Or later the temple
She's not allowed to approach
Under the holy things
But, so there's two different levels
There's one level of being set apart
For the seven days
And then there's an additional thirty-three days
Okay
If she gives birth to a daughter
Then she's unclean for fourteen days
Or, I'm sorry, unclean for fourteen days
And then an additional sixty-six days
Of not approaching the most holy things
So, there's either a forty-day period
Or an eighty-day period
Now, some atheists and fools
Which all atheists are fools, amen
The fool said in his heart
There is no God
But they've said
Oh, you know, God thinks that
Women are, you know, inherently more unclean
Than men or something, you know
Why does it take twice as long?
Well, this is just a fact
That hormonally
A pregnant woman's body
After she gives birth
Is going to react differently
To giving birth to a man child
Versus a woman child
Because of the fact that
Different hormones are at play
And women will continue to bleed longer
After giving birth to a daughter
This is fact
I have a lot of experience with this
Because my wife has given birth to nine children
So, it's not like I'm up here
I'm some young guy
And, you know, I don't know what I'm talking about
You know, I've witnessed
Every single one of my nine children be born
You know
I know about this subject
I have personal experience with it
My wife has studied extensively
I've studied extensively
We've both studied our Bible
Which is our primary source
For knowledge and wisdom and understanding
In these issues
And there's something wrong
With a society that just tells you
Give birth and just jump right back into life
And then you wonder why breastfeeding
Doesn't work for you
Oh, I tried breastfeeding
Doesn't work
Yeah, but that's because you went back to work
The next day
That's because you're up
Moving around
Doing everything
Listen, after you give birth
You should be on bed rest
For a week
Totally set apart
For a week
And then after that
You still don't jump fully into your routine
Honestly, you know, from our experience
In having children
And by the way
Not only has my wife had nine children
But she's also healthy
Okay
And she's, you know, God willing
She's able to continue even having more children
There's no end in sight
And so
If my wife
Gives birth
For the first seven days
She should relax
And rest
And take it easy
And pretty much be on bed rest
During those
During that first week
Okay
Then after that
You know, she's gonna start getting up
And moving around
And doing some more
But she's not just gonna jump right back into her routine
You know, she's not gonna be fully into her routine
And fully back
To a hundred percent
For six months
Okay
But there's gonna be a one week
Of total bed rest
And really taking it easy
Then there's gonna be, you know, the 33 days
Of another level of activity
And another level of being up and about
And moving around
And then there's going to be
Of course, you know, six months later
When she's pretty much fully recovered from the birth
But you know, today, women
It's like they just wanna jump back in
To their lives
And just jump back
And you know
It's like they don't wanna be a keeper at home
They just wanna just be out and about
And just gallivanting
Right after they gave birth
When they need to be
Enjoying that time with their newborn
And bonding with their newborn
And making breast feeding
And being with the child
And taking care of it
The main priority
The one hundred percent priority
And listen, there's no glory
In giving birth
And then bringing the baby to church
The next day
That doesn't make it easy
I'm so spiritual
I'm never gonna miss church
Wait, is that what God said?
When God's telling you to be set apart and everything
God didn't tell these women
Hey, be in church the next day
Stay home for a week
Stay home for two weeks
You know, my wife usually starts coming to church
About two weeks
After giving birth
Ah, she's just so unspiritual
She's just looking for an excuse to stay home
No, no, no
She's actually following a biblical principle
That we just read
And you say
Oh, you're trying to bring us back under the law
Look
I'm not saying this is some kind of a law
That you have to keep and go down to the sanctuary
And we don't believe in circumcision
I get all that
This is a biblical principle that is here for a reason
And this chapter is profitable for doctrine
All scripture is profitable for instruction and righteousness
And if you're smart
You would heed what the Bible is saying here
And understand that when your wife gives birth
She needs a break
And you know, you don't want to expose a brand newborn baby
To a bunch of germs
The first day
And the first couple of days
You know
You stay home
You take it easy
You let the mother recover
You let the baby build up its immunity and so forth
You focus on breastfeeding
Getting enough rest
Getting the right nutrition
And starting off your child rearing right
By bonding with your child
And look, if you had a C-section
Even more the reason why you need to bond with your child
And you know, C-sections are even harder to recover from
Than a natural birth
So if you had a C-section
You probably need to take even more time
To rest and relax and take it easy
And recover your body
I don't believe in burning the candle at both ends
You know, people think that maybe I'm real busy
And crazy and working non-stop and everything
And you know, I try to work hard and get a lot done
But you know what
I'll admit to you right now
I confess
I don't burn the candle at both ends
I don't just drive it till the wheels fall off
You know what
I believe in getting a good night's sleep
And you know, eating good food
And spending time with my wife
And spending time with my kids
And taking care of my personal life
And my family life
I believe in that
Because I'm not trying to just be here
For six months or a year
Like some kind of a Roman candle Christian
That's just
And then gone
You know, I've been doing this for 11 years consistently
I've been soul winning now consistently
Every week for 18 years
And I want to do it for another 18 years
I want to do it for 40 years
I want to do it for 50 years
I'm in it for the long haul
And I'm not just gonna just
Well I just gotta go everywhere and preach to everybody
And go soul winning everywhere
And then I don't have a relationship with my daughters
I don't have a relationship with my sons
I don't have a relationship with my wife
You think I'd be the first preacher to make that mistake?
Neglecting the family?
And going out and saving the world
And then their own family
Falls away
Their own family
Some of them are unsaved
Or falling away to the world
Not worth it
Because if I can raise up godly children
They're gonna continue the work of soul winning
Even after I'm long gone
And don't get me wrong
I'm not for being lazy
I do work a lot
But I make time for my family
Because it's critical
And here's the thing
That's me as a husband
My primary function in this world
As a man
Is to work
Okay
So my main thing
Is being the pastor
Of this church
And the work of the ministry
That's my main thing
My main thing is not child rearing
But even I
Am gonna take the time necessary
To bond with my children
And have a relationship with my children
But how much more for the wife
When that is her main role
That is her main job
I mean the man is created to work
The wife is created to support the husband
And raise the children
Even as men
We wanna connect with our children
And bond with our children
And make that
But how much more do mothers
Need to bond with
And have a good relationship
With their children
We need to make our children
The priority
When it comes to our
You know
Or women need to make their children
Their priority
Being a mother
Is their main job
You know
Second only to being a wife
They need to
Take that seriously
When you give birth
You stop everything
You get on bed rest
You take it easy
You stay home
You chill out
And you build a relationship
With your child
From the very beginning
And you breastfeed that child
This is in a perfect world
What everyone should be doing
This is what God
Has laid out as the standard
Now not only that
But if you do not
Breastfeed your child
Or if you do not
Breastfeed your child properly
You will have too many children
In too short of a time
Okay
Now
I've been teaching this
Again for
The entire length of my ministry
I've been teaching this for 11 years
I preached on this 11 years ago
That
You know
We don't use birth control
The only birth control
That my wife and I use
Is to just
Get on our knees
And pray for more children
That's the closest thing
To birth control that we do
Is just praying for God
To give us more children
Okay
We don't use any birth control
We don't do natural family planning
We don't do any family planning
But yet our children
Are all
Approximately two years apart
We don't
We're not having Irish twins
Every year
You know
Where we're having children
That are 10 months apart
11 months apart
And the reason why
Is that
You know
It's a way to naturally space your children
By breastfeeding them
Now I have people
All the time say
Oh
Doesn't work
I tried
It doesn't work
Now look
Supposedly this works for 99% of women
So yeah
There would be
I guess
One in a hundred
Where this wouldn't work
But every single person
That I've ever personally talked to
And I don't know everything
And I haven't talked to everybody
Every single person
That I've personally talked to
Who told me
Oh that doesn't work for me
Was
They were not
Doing it right
Every single one
Now I'm not saying that there's not somebody out there
Who did it right
And it didn't work for them
But I'm telling you
I've never met one
That's what I'm saying
And don't get all mad and offended
The only way that this works
You have to exclusively breastfeed your child
And it has to sleep in bed with you
And nurse
And suck on your breast
Throughout the night
You do that
And you breastfeed on demand
Meaning every time the kid's hungry
You feed it
And it works
That's how it works
But then
But what you'll have
And if you would go to Hosea chapter one
Hosea chapter one
But here's what you'll have people do
They'll put the baby in a crib at night
And then say
Oh you know I breastfed the baby
But then
You know my periods came back
Two months later
Yeah because
You're not following the program though
You're not following the plan
Okay
Or they'll say
They'll say
You know
Oh well you know I breastfed the baby
And it didn't work
Oh but I breastfed it on a strict
Four hour feeding schedule
See my wife breastfeeds the baby like every hour
Like literally every one hour
That's how often the thing is eating
I mean that's
When you feed them on demand
It's just a continual
Lot of feeding going on
Now this knowledge
Is knowledge that people have had
For thousands of years
But a lot of this knowledge was forgotten in the 20th century
Because we went through this weird time in our history
And again I know there's
So many women here who hate me
Because of just something that I've preached so far
You know because I've like touched several nerves
So far
But you know what
The person who loves you
Is the one who's going to tell you the truth
So don't
Nobody's perfect
Don't get mad
Don't get offended
But
This is a great verse
Hosea chapter 1 verse 8
It says
Now when she had weaned
Lo Ruhamah
She conceived and bare a son
And nothing in the Bible is incidental, coincidental or accidental
Why does he give us this detail
Because the fact that she weaned
Lo Ruhamah
Is what caused her to conceive
And bring forth another son
Okay
Because breast feeding
Stops you from getting pregnant
Okay
This is how my children are naturally spaced
It's worked for us nine times in a row
And I know a lot of other people who it works for
But they all follow the rules
Of your child sleeps in bed with you
You say show me that in the Bible
Well Luke chapter 11
My children are now in bed with me
And I cannot arise and give thee
But anyway
It's all in there folks
The answers are all there
But
If the child sleeps in bed with you
And you feed it on demand
Right
And
You're resting and taking care of yourself
It's going to work
Okay
You know experts say it's going to work 99% of the time
Like I said I've never met someone who didn't work for who followed the rules
The other thing is that because our society has gotten so weird on this
In the 20th century
You know this knowledge was forgotten
For thousands of years people practiced this
Mothers taught their children this
You know they taught their daughters this
But then this knowledge kind of fell off the face of the earth
And we're having to like rediscover these things in the 21st century
Now that we're getting back to breastfeeding
And getting back to a more natural childbearing
And childbirth
Okay
But another thing is that because we went through this phase
Where nobody breastfed
Or got down into single digits
Now today people are weird about breastfeeding
They're squeamish about it
They get real awkward about it
Instead of realizing that it's a very normal activity
That people have been doing for thousands of years
And that it's normal for women to breastfeed in public
Okay
Now I know there are people who disagree with me on this
I'm sure there are probably people even here tonight that disagree
I know that some of my fellow preacher friends disagree with me
But you know what
I don't care
What I'm saying is the truth
Breastfeeding is normal
And I allow my wife to breastfeed in public
Uncovered
And people freak out about this
But this is what people did for thousands of years
Okay
I mean I know people who are so squeamish about this
That they literally
Even in their own home
Put a blanket over themselves to breastfeed
Even in their own home
Now here's the problem with that
Okay
Try eating your next meal under a blanket
Okay
I challenge you
To go home tonight
Put a blanket over your head
And eat dinner
And then when you wake up in the morning
Put a blanket over your head
And eat a bowl of cereal
And bring a blanket with you to work
And at your lunch break
Get out a blanket
Put it over your head
And especially in the summertime
This is going to be difficult
Now
Let's say you had to eat with a blanket over your head
You know what you're going to do?
You're going to finish that meal as fast as you can
To get that blanket off your head
I mean if I had to eat every meal under a blanket
Here's what I'd do
I'd put the blanket over my head
I'd eat as quickly as possible
And get the blanket off my head
Well here's what happens
When women are constantly breastfeeding their child
Under a blanket
Because they have this kind of
Overly
Over the top
Prudish
Overly modest
Where
You know even a normal thing like breastfeeding
Has to be hidden and covered
Okay
Then what happens is
The baby
Just eats for a couple minutes
And then it's done
It just pretty much
Gets in there
Eats it
Gets out
Well the thing that releases the bonding hormones
And the thing that releases the
Don't get pregnant again too soon hormones
Is the constant suckling
See a baby who's not feeding under a blanket
Will sometimes just nurse because it feels like it
It's not even hungry
It just sort of chills out on the breast
And just
Enjoys it
Just for the comfort
It loves its mother
So it'll drag that meal out
For a long period of time
As opposed
So here's the thing
People are breastfeeding their kid
Hours apart
Couple minutes
Under a blanket
Boom
Move on
Get back about my busy life
That's the problem
That's why it's not working
Okay
In order to be healthy
And have a good relationship with your child
And to be able to give birth to lots of children
And not too close together
You know you have to
Make breastfeeding a little more priority
And make it comfortable for you and the child
And you know
People are sometimes nervous too
That someone's gonna confront them
Cause there's always
Horror stories about
Women on an airplane
Getting confronted for breastfeeding
Or you know
Women getting thrown out of a restaurant
First of all
All across the United States
It's illegal for anyone to ban breastfeeding
You know breastfeeding is not a crime
Amen
They cannot
They can't throw you out of a plane
Or a restaurant
It's not legal
They have to allow you
To breastfeed
Okay
And you don't have to be under a blanket
That's what the law says
Okay
So you don't have to worry about that
And here's the thing
My wife has been doing this now
For the last 15 years
She's been breastfeeding
Nonstop for the last 15 years
I mean there's never been a time
Virtually
Hardly at all
That she wasn't breastfeeding
During that time right
I mean she's breastfeeding
Most of the time
For the last
Breastfeeding or pregnant
You know
For the last 15 years
She's never
Have you ever been confronted in public
Has anyone ever said
How dare you
You know
Draw out the breast
And give suck to your young one
In Costco
No one has ever said that to her
No one has ever confronted her
About that
And listen
When my wife and I go to Costco
She walks through Costco
With the baby
On the breast
Right here
And walks around Costco like that
And it's totally normal
It's as natural as rain
Now usually
Every once in a while
You get dirty looks from old ladies
Because they
Pumped so much birth control
And bottle fed their kid
And they're all bitter
Because their
One grandchild has green hair
And a nose ring or whatever
You know
So they're jealous of the fact
That she's breastfeeding
And has all these
You know
Nice clean cut kids
I mean
Where you're from in Botswana
Is breastfeeding publicly pretty normal
Or is it
Is it
Squeamish
Very normal
Alright
That's what I thought
So anyway
You know
I'm just saying
You know
It's normal
We need to bring back a culture
Where being a mother
And breastfeeding
And staying home with your kid
Is not only normal
But it's actually
Looked upon as being a good thing
Amen
As being a blessing
As being a righteous thing
Not something to be ashamed of
I mean
We visit
We took a couple of
Families from our church
To a preaching service
At another church in this area
And we went to the church
And they were pulled out of the service
For breastfeeding
Which isn't legal
But you know
They didn't want to like
Stage a nurse in
Or do a civil disobedience
So you know
When the usher came
And pulled them out
For breastfeeding
And they said
Okay
Well where can we go to breastfeed
They put them in like
A literal closet
I mean
They put them in a room
That was like
I think it was like
Six foot
By seven foot
Or something
Or maybe even smaller than that
It was like
A closet
With no
Furnishings
No windows
It was just like
A couple of chairs
And a
They could barely even fit in there
These mothers with their children
Breastfeeding
It was just like
You know
Lock them away
In some dungeon
I mean
I've seen churches
Where they
The breastfeeding room
It's like a stall
In the
It's like a stall
In the toilets
Like why would you
Yeah
You really want to breastfeed
Your kid on a toilet
But I mean
Isn't that just
So disrespectful
And demeaning
Like
Oh well I guess if you must
Breastfeed your child
Cause you don't have it
On a four hour schedule yet
Here go sit on the toilet
Go sit in this janitor closet
Here sit in this mop bucket
And do it
And these churches are filled with people
Who are using birth control
And having one or two kids
And then they don't understand
People who actually do it normal
And just have as many kids as God give them
They don't even understand that mentality
And I realize I'm stepping on all kinds of toes tonight
But you know what
Tough
We need this preaching
You know
I just want to make it clear
And look
I'm not trying to run your life
And look
If you want to use birth control
If you want to take a bunch of birth control pills
So you can grow a beard
And have no desire for your husband anymore
And have all these hormonal problems
And cancer risk
And everything else
You know what
You go right ahead
Go ahead take birth control
Okay
Go ahead
Go to work
Go ahead
Don't breastfeed your child
Live your life however you want to live it
I'm not your boss
I'm not your lord up here
I'm just here to teach you biblical principles
And sound wisdom
I'm here to tell you the truth tonight
And the thing is
You can go out of here and do it however you want
But I just want to make sure that everybody knows where I stand
Okay
Where we stand
And this is what we believe here
You know
If you have your own opinions
Fine
That's alright
You can have your own views
You know
Not everybody has to all agree
And believe the same exact things to come to church here
But the point is
I want to make it be clear where I stand on this
That I stand for the sanctity of womanhood
And the sanctity of motherhood
And the importance of giving birth
And breastfeeding
And staying home with your child
Look
That's a full time job
And that is the greatest job that a woman can do
It's a lot better than being the president of a corporation
Or the president of the United States
More respect for a stay at home breastfeeding mother
Now if you would turn to Job chapter 39 once again
Job 39
I got to hurry up
There's a lot that I wanted to talk about in this sermon
And look
Be careful who you listen to
And who you get advice from
First of all number one
Study the bible
Study the word
That's our primary source
But number two
Get advice from people that are having success
In any area of life
You know if you're in business
And you want to get business advice
Get advice from somebody who's succeeding
If you want to have a good marriage
Get advice from somebody who has a good marriage
If you want to get child rearing advice
Get advice from somebody who is
You know
The parent of godly children
If you want to get advice on
You know
Childbirth
And breastfeeding
And child rearing
You know
Talk to somebody who's succeeding
Who's doing well
And get advice from them on this subject
And you know what
There are lots of people out there that will tell you
Oh you know
Pastor Anderson is way out to lunch on this breastfeeding thing
He's crazy
He's a liberal
He's a hippie
You know
It's nakedness
It's obscene
But you know what
Just be sure you're not listening to somebody who's having kids every
Every nine months tell you that
You got a breastfeed covered like me
And they're having a kid way too often
Just saying
You know what I mean
Think about this
Again it's taking a long term view
Instead of taking a short term view
Okay
We don't want to be foolish
Where we're only looking at what's right in front of us
We need to look at the long term like
Okay
If I'm in my twenties
Or I'm in my thirties
And I'm going to be having children for a long time
I better take care of my body
I better take care of my reproductive system
I better take care of myself
So that I can continue for a long time
And continue to be fruitful even in old age
As the Bible says
Let's look at the eagle
So the opposite of the ostrich is the eagle
What does the ostrich do?
Well it doesn't really have affection for its child
It drops it off readily
It's just
It's looking for opportunities to just drop off its child
At whoever will care for it
Okay
So that it can do other works and labors and so forth
They don't have a natural bond with their child
They don't have normal love and affection for their child
They don't make their child their priority
They have some other labor that's more important than their child
When in reality the primary function of women
Is that of a wife and of a mother
That's the primary function
Just as the primary function of a man is to do his job
To work
That's what the ostrich is like
Let's look at the eagle
Job 39 verse 27 says
That the eagle mount up at thy command and make her nest on high
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock
Upon the crag of the rock and the strong place
And you know
That right there is symbolic
Of the fact that if we follow the sayings of the Bible
We're founded upon a rock
The eagle's dwelling is on the rock
Okay
From thence she seeketh the prey and her eyes behold afar off
Her young ones also suck up blood
And where the slain are there is she
So notice her eyes behold afar off
Eagles have great eyesight
They fly really high up in the air
And then they look down and they can swoop down
And pull a fish out of the river, right?
But here this is symbolic
Being able to see afar off
This is like in 1 Peter where he says
That if someone is blind they can't see afar off
Meaning spiritually
Meaning they can't see afar off
Like they're only seeing right now
They're not thinking about the consequences
5 years from now, 10 years from now, 20 years from now
The eagle looks at the big picture
Of child rearing
Go to Deuteronomy 32
Let's see more about the eagle
Deuteronomy chapter 32
In Job 39 it also said
Her young ones also suck up blood
Because of course eagles are scavengers
And where the slain are there is she
You know providing food for her young ones
Go to Deuteronomy 32 11
The Bible says
As an eagle stirreth up her nest
Floodereth over her young
Spreadeth abroad her wings
Taketh them, beareth them on her wings
So the Lord alone did lead him
And there was no strange God with him
He made him ride on the high places of the earth
That he might eat the increase of the fields
And he made him to suck honey out of the rock
And oil out of the flinty rock
Butter of kine and milk of sheep
With fat of lambs and rams of the breed of Bashan
And goats with the fat kidneys of wheat
And that is drink the pure blood of the grape
And then flip back to Exodus 19
Exodus chapter 19
Exodus 19 says something about the eagle as well
And this is referred to in the four gospels
When Jesus talks about the rapture
And he talks about two women in the field
The one shall be taken, the other left
Two men in the field, one taken, the other left
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord?
And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is
thither will the eagles be gathered together
Look at Exodus 19 4
You have seen what I did unto the Egyptians
And how I bear you
I bear you on eagles' wings
And brought you unto myself
Just as Jesus Christ said
If I go to prepare a place for you
And if I go to prepare a place for you
I will come again and receive you unto myself
That where I am
There ye shall be also
So the eagle is seen as one who draws its young ones unto itself
Leads them, guides them, feeds them
Carries them on its wings
And so forth
So this is the good parent bird
Versus the ostrich being the bad parent bird
And again my intention is not to offend anyone tonight or hurt anybody's feelings
But these are biblical principles
Breastfeeding is praised in the Bible and exalted and lifted up
It's normal
It's righteous
It's godly
Okay
Staying at home
What does the Bible say in Titus chapter 2?
That they should teach the young women to be sober
To love their husbands
To love their children
To be discreet, chaste
Keepers at home
Good, obedient to their own husbands
That the word of God be not blasphemed
This is a biblical teaching
Okay
Now, if we look at baby Moses
Baby Moses was breastfed by his mother
Only up until he was weaned did his mother have access to him
She breastfed that baby
And then probably when he was two years old
You know, one, two years old
He was turned over to become the son of Pharaoh's daughter
But his mother had him and breastfed him up to that time
And what happened when he was come to years?
Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God
Than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season
Not a coincidence that his mother took care of him and breastfed him
And then even though he was brought up in all the learning and teachings of the Egyptians
What happened when he became an adult?
He reverted back to what his mother
The faith of his mother
The same faith that his parents had according to Hebrews 11
Is the same faith that he had
Okay, why?
Because the mother bonded with him during that time
I'm sure as she breastfed him
She, you know, spoke to him the word of God
She sang songs to him
You know, the Psalms and songs of Zion and so forth
You know, whatever spiritual songs they had back then
She sang those to him
And she influenced him
Even as a baby
But today, people have this attitude that
Oh, they don't really learn anything
You know, you really start teaching them when they get older
Wrong
You've already failed
You start teaching your children
When they're born
You start teaching them in the womb
You say, well, how do I do that?
You go to church
And they hear preaching through the womb
They hear the hymns through the womb
It's been scientifically proven that children prefer music that they heard in the womb
To music that they've never heard before
Even if it's the same style, same genre
They like what they've heard in the womb
You show up to church when you're pregnant
And they're hearing it even in the womb
Okay
Then when you give birth
The way that God designed it
Ideally, you know, unless there's a compelling reason
To have a C-section
You give birth naturally
You take it easy
You stay home
You follow the Bible's plan of being set apart
For 7 to 14 days
And then still taking it somewhat easy
For another 33 to 66 days
You bond with that child
You breastfeed that child
You love that child
You sing the hymns to that child
You read the Bible to that child
And you bring that child up in the nurture
The nurture and admonition
Not just the admonition of the Lord
The nurture and admonition of the Lord
And then as it grows up
You spend time with it
You talk to it
You love it
And as that child grows older
You teach it to read
You teach it the Bible
You teach it science and history
And English and mathematics
And you do the job
You homeschool the child
That's a whole other sermon
Homeschooling
Not the public fool system
Where they're handing the children a storybook
About Joshua has two daddies or something
That's the kind of junk that they're teaching down there now
Everything's environmentalism
Everything's feminism
Atheism
Agnosticism
Wickedness
Perversion
That's what's on the curriculum today in 2016
17
Oh man
I'm already blown
It's the first day and I can't get the year right
It was on the curriculum last year too
Amen
But 2017's gonna be worse
2017's gonna get even worse
Believe me
But today people think, well, you know
What does it matter?
It's just a baby
If it's fed and diapered
If it's safe
Who cares?
Well, you know what?
Those are the formative years
I mean that when
Look, when a baby's born
It's like a blank piece of paper
It's like a sponge absorbing everything
So important
It's so important
So important
You know, it's interesting because
When I was
You know, I thank God
I had godly parents who raised me
And my mother
She did a great job of taking care of me
And raised me and loved me
And my mom
She did get a job when I was 12 years old
But I thank God
That from the time I was born to the time I was 12
She was a stay at home
You know, she was there for me
She taught me how to read
She spent a lot of time with me
She cared about us
She did a great job
But over the course of our years
You know, spiritually
We weren't always in the same place
There were times when we went to
Really fundamental
Type churches
And then there were times when we went to other more liberal churches
So there were kind of ups and downs spiritually
But you know
It seemed like when I was first born
And when I was a toddler
Was when my parents
Were the strictest
It was when they had like the strictest rules
And when they were kind of the most fundamental
When I look at my childhood
It was when I was like a toddler
And then I wonder if it's any
Coincidence that I reverted back to that as an adult
Even though as a teenager
I was really worldly
When I became an adult
It's like I reverted back to the values
That I was brought up with
When I was 1, 2, 3, 4 years old
And the sad thing is
Today
That age
Is being shipped off
To some other junior church
Or Sunday school
Where they're not even hearing the hardest preaching
They're not even learning how to sing the hymns
They're somewhere in outer space
You know
All this wild
Kitty music
It's all dumbed down
And then they wonder why their kids grow up
And go to a charismatic church
You're putting them in junior church
Where there's a woman preacher
Wild music
Snacks and Kool-Aid
And then you wonder why they grow up
And they go to some charismatic church
Where there's a woman preacher
Wild rock music
And there's a Starbucks in the lobby
You trained them that way
You taught them to be like that
That's why we have all the babies and toddlers
Right here in the service
Say oh you just don't have the right facilities
To split it up
We're never gonna split it up
And people said when we started
And we had the babies and toddlers in the service
They said oh yeah that works now
When your church is small
When you're running 30
What about when it gets bigger
Well we're running 300 now
Which is four times the size
Of your average independent fundamental Baptist church
In this country
We still have the babies in the service
We still have the toddlers in the service
And everybody still knows what the sermon was about
And you know what
We have more babies and toddlers
Than any other church
Because we preach against birth control
And yet we're able to keep it civilized here
If we can do it
Anybody can do it
We have a generation today
That ships off the kids
They don't think they matter
Short sighted
Jesus is coming today
Short sighted
Ridiculous mentality
Not seeing the future
Not understanding
That the children of the next generation
They have their token
One or two kids
They bottle feed it every four hours
Just so it can be as little disturbance to them as possible
Because that bottle feeding will make it
Be quiet and sleep longer
Then they ship it off every chance they get
To daycare
Preschool
School
Put it aside
And then they wonder
Why the average independent fundamental Baptist church
Today has no young people in it
It's a bunch of old people
They're dying
Because
And then they wonder why their teenagers have no one to date
No girls to date
No guys to date
Where are all the young people?
You didn't give birth to them
And then the ones you did
You didn't even
Spend enough time
Winning their hearts
And
Rearing them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord
So then they go away from the Lord
The few that you even chose to give birth to
In between your busy schedule
And now we have all kinds of teenagers and young people
That can't hardly find a spouse
In a fundamental Baptist church
Because there's a whole like missing generation practically
Well you know what
When these little babies and kids grow up
They're gonna have
It's gonna be
All kinds of choices to date
And look this is a serious issue
When people are going out and dating unbelievers
And ruining their lives
Because church has no options
And I'm not condoning it
But you can see why it happens when
Here's a young man
He's 18, 19, 20
There's no girls
Or here's a young lady
18, 19, 20
There's no godly young men
Or one
One kid that they have no interest in
And everybody's like
Well here's your option
She's looking at some dweeb
Like whoa
Are you serious?
And then she's looking at
You know the hunk down the street
Or whatever you know
We need to raise up
An entire generation of young people
That are brought up
In the nurture and admonition of the Lord
You say
Well what good is that gonna do itself
That's 20 years from now
Yeah 20 years from now it's gonna matter
Maybe people should have thought about this
20 years ago
When they were popping birth control
So they could do more soul winning
Or popping birth control
So that they could serve God more
Or work more hours
Or run more day cares
And vacation Bible Sunday schools
Folks
The family
Is important
And you wives and mothers
Need to understand that
That is your most important job
And look
If you're older
And you didn't do it that way
I'm not trying to hurt your feelings
I'm not trying to offend you
I'm trying to preach to the young people
Who haven't
Made the mistakes yet
So that they'll understand
Going into it
What their responsibilities
And what is required of them
And what's expected of them
And what they should focus on
With their lives
This is important stuff
I don't know about you
But if I have a successful ministry
And serve God
And preach
And win souls
And send out a bunch of other preachers
And my children grow up
And go to the devil
That's not worth it to me
And it's not even worth it to the Lord
Because if I can raise even one of my sons
To be just like me
Then I've just doubled my efforts
And if I can raise 10 of them to grow up
And be like me
Then I can do 10 times as much for the Lord
So it just doesn't make any sense
Just throw your family under the bus
Your family is not some burden
It's your primary responsibility ladies
I just can't get anything done with these kids
The kids are what you're supposed to be getting done
Let's bow our heads and have a word of prayer
Father we thank you so much for the word of God
And we thank you for these illustrations Lord
Help no woman here today to be like the ostrich
Ignoring her child
Dropping it off with whomever
Not supervising
Not caring
Just constantly on the smartphone
Or watching TV
Or goofing off
Instead of caring for the child Lord
Help every lady to realize
That her husband number one
And her children number two
Those are the priorities
Family life
Help women to realize that being a homemaker
Is their primary role
And God I thank you for the soul winners in our church
And that ladies are so many
And Lord you know I believe that every lady
Should be a soul winner
But Lord help us to keep the main thing
The main thing for ladies
And help us men also to support our wives
And to encourage her to do the role
That you've created for her
By paying the bills
And working hard
And doing our job
As providers
So that they can focus on their job
As homemakers Lord
Please just help everyone who's here
To just tune out the world's garbage
And their feminist junk
And get a biblical view on these subjects
And in Jesus' name we pray Amen
Alright let's sing one more song before we go
Song number forty-five
Before we go song number forty-six
Forty-six let's sing it out in that first verse
My savior first of all
Song number forty-six
When my life work is ended
And I cross the swelling tide
When the bright and glorious morning I shall see
I shall know my redeemer
When I reach the other side
And his smile will be the first to welcome me
Him I shall know him
I shall know him
And redeemed by his side I shall stand
I shall know him
By the print of the nails in his hand
Oh the soul thrilling rapture
When I view his blessed face
And the luster of his kindly beaming eye
How my full heart will praise him
For the mercy, love and grace
That prepare for me a mansion in the sky
I shall know him
And redeemed by his side I shall stand
I shall know him
By the print of the nails in his hand
Oh the dear ones in glory
How they beckon me to come
And are parting at the river I recall
To the sweet veils of Eden
They will sing my welcome home
But I long to meet my savior first of all
I shall know him
And redeemed by his side I shall stand
I shall know him
By the print of the nails in his hand
Through the gates of the city
In a robe of spotless white
He will lead me where no tears will ever fall
In the glad song of ages
I shall mingle with delight
But I long to see my savior first of all
I shall know him
And redeemed by his side I shall stand
I shall know him
By the print of the nails in his hand
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