Welcome to it is time to get started this time. We have a handout for our first him
What child is this if you need a handout raise your hand?
I think we've got them all passed out at this point
The brothers act does have those if you need what child is this in the handout first?
Whoa with me Heavenly Father
We thank you for this day another opportunity to gather together and not only in this season
But especially in this season if we haven't just that you call to remembrance your son
The sacrifice that he made for us that we can sing out these songs and know that there's a deeper meaning behind just singing them
One time out of the year Lord
I pray that you'd be with us for the service and that you'd be with those that are not feeling well this morning
These things we pray in Jesus name. Amen for our next song grab your hymnals and turn to
420 there's a song in the air
420 four to zero. There's a song in the air
420 there on the first
Through our bullet will come and bring you one do you have our Bible and I want to say I might have made a
Mistake here. I think we're actually on verse 23. So keep that in mind. I'll try to get that updated as soon as possible
But we do have on the left our service times listed Sunday morning at 1030 Sunday evening at 430 and our Wednesday Bible study
At 7 o'clock below that we have all of our soul winning times
Listed there and all those meet here at the church building then we have our year to date soul winning statistics for local and
Abroad numbers and speaking of soul winning. I'm pretty sure everyone saw it already. We've got some new maps over here
So on the right we have a map of the world and we have like a legend on the bottom
we're gonna put pins on the countries that we go soul winning at for
Missions trips and stuff like that and then we have an anchor for church plants, which right now we have one
but who knows someday we could get some more and then on the left back there is a more detailed map of the state of Oklahoma and
We're just gonna start putting pins in all the cities and towns that we've hit since we've been anchor Baptist Church in the future
And it's a huge job. I went and found a lot of census data last night
And from what I found I was I was way off. I trusted AI a few weeks ago, which is a mistake
Don't just trust AI, but I read that there was like 77 towns in Oklahoma that have over a thousand
It's actually way more than that way more than that
So there's actually 242 cities in Oklahoma that have at least 1,000 people in it
And so that's gonna be like our priority. We're gonna try to hit first and you know, that's good. That's a big job
That's gonna take a really long time
But Lord willing if we're here for decades you might as well work till Jesus comes
So I would love to just see over the years that state
you know map state over there getting filled and the world map as well of
towns that have less than a thousand there is
834 towns in Oklahoma, that's a lot
That's a lot of work to do but you know, I believe that we can do that and you know
Like I said if we're here for decades if God allows us to do that, you know
I believe that God would want to bless a church that has that desire and just being honest
I don't think there's a lot of churches that even want to do that and have that goal. So it's a big goal
It's a big job. No doubt about it
but I do believe that God will bless those that are trying to accomplish that and so I definitely want us to be
Continual continually zealous about soul winning and the way ways that you could help with this
Number one, if you see a town you want to go to and you just want to make maps
You don't even have to ask me if you just do that. That's a huge help
Also, let's say you're you know traveling around Oklahoma for work or for visiting family or anything like that
If you just want to take a day and just hit one of those little small towns by all means
Please do that and you know fill that thing up. We've got pins here
So if you hit a town go ahead and put a pin in it
But as for the really big cities though, the ones that have a thousand plus we definitely want to
Dedicate like a whole stoning marathon to each of those cities and I'm keeping a detailed spreadsheet here
marking which towns are receptive and which aren't so far everything in Oklahoma has been receptive with the exception of
Anadarko Anadarko will go after we hit all
834 other towns, but yeah, so we're really looking forward to that
I think it's a great motivation to see that up there and remind us of our mission here as a church
We do have our upcoming events December 5th. This upcoming week is our Yukon Christmas Lights Fellowship evening at 630 p.m
I will send in the signal group kind of a pin drop of where I plan on parking so you can get there and meet
Up with the group. So obviously it's dark a little bit hard to find everyone
But we'll try to coordinate the best we can December 12th is the ladies Christmas party here at 630
December 19th will be Christmas caroling and there'll be more details on that while we get a little closer
December 24th will be the kids choir and the cookie bake-off
December 31st will be the New Year's Eve party on the right
There's information about our visitor card and online giving and of course on the back places to take notes and our prayer requests
That's gonna be it for announcements
We'll go ahead and go to our third song in your hymnals for the third song this morning
421 him number
421 421 the first Noel
421 there on the first
Good thing is morning. It's are being patterned if you would to chapter 21 you chapter
And we're come to Bethlehem to the Mount of Olives they sent to Jesus two disciples saying unto them go into the villages
Village over against you and straightway you shall find an
Aztide hold with her loose them and bring them unto me
And if any man say odd unto you you shall say the Lord hath need of them straightway
He will send them all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying
Tell ye the daughter of Zion behold thy king cometh unto thee meek and sitting upon an ass
And a colt the foal of an ass and the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them and brought the ass and the colt
And put on them their clothes and they set him thereon and a very great multitude
Spread their garments in the way others cut down branches from the trees and
strawed them in the way and the multitudes that were before that went before and that followed cried saying
hosanna to the son of David blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord hosanna in the highest and when he was come
Into Jerusalem all the city was moved saying who is this and the multitude said this is Jesus the prophet of
Nazareth of Galilee and Jesus went into the temple of God and
cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple and
Overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of them that sold doves said unto them it is written
My house shall be called the house of prayer
But he have made it a den of thieves and the blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them
and when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying in the temple and
Saying hosanna unto the son of David they were sort as pleased said unto him. Here's that what they say and Jesus saith unto them
Ye have you never read out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise and he left them and went out of
the city
Into Bethany and he lodged there
now in the morning as he returned into the city he hungered and when he saw a fig tree in the way he came to
It and found nothing thereon, but leaves only said unto it let no fruit grow on thee from henceforward forever
Presently the fig tree withered away and when the disciples saw it they marveled saying how soon is the fig tree withered away
Jesus answered and said unto them barely I say unto you if ye have faith and doubt not
You shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree
But also if you shall say unto this mountain be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea
It shall be done and all things whatsoever
ye shall ask in prayer believing he shall receive and when he was come into the temple the chief priests and the elders of the
people came unto him as
He was teaching and said by what authority doest thou these things and who gave thee this authority Jesus answered and said unto them
I also ask you one thing which if you tell me I
In likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things
the baptism of John whence was it from heaven or of men and they reason with themselves saying if we shall say from
Heaven he will say unto us. Why did he not then believe it?
But if we shall say of men we fear the people for all hold John as a prophet and they answered Jesus and said
We cannot tell he said unto them neither. Tell I you by what authority I do these things
But what think ye certain men certain man had two sons and he came to the first and says son
Go work today in my vineyard. He answered and said I will not but afterward he repented and went and
He came to the second and said likewise and he answered and said I go sir and went not
We're there of the twain to the will of his father. They said unto him the first Jesus saith unto them
Verily I say unto you that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and he believed him not
But the publicans and the harlots believed on believe him and ye when he had seen it
Pented not afterward that you might believe him here another parable there was a certain householder
Which planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and digged a winepress in it and built a tower and let out
Let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country and when the time of the fruit drew near
He sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it and the husbandmen took
His servants and beat one and killed another and stoned another again
He sent other servants more than the first and they did unto them likewise
But last of all he sent unto them his son saying they will reverence my son
But the husbandmen saw but when the husbandman saw the son they said unto themselves
This is the air come let us kill him and let us seize on his inheritance
And they caught him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him when the Lord
Therefore of the vineyard come vineyard cometh. What will he do unto those husbandmen?
They say unto him he will miserably destroy those wicked men and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen
Which shall render him the fruits in their season Jesus saith unto them
Did he never read in the scriptures the stone which the builders rejected the same has become the head of the corner
This is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes
Therefore say I unto you the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits
Thereof and whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken
But on whom soever it shall fall it will grind him to powder and when the chief priests and Pharisees
Had heard the parables they perceive that he spake of them
But when they sought to lay hands on him they feared the multitude because they took him for a prophet
Let's pray gracious Lord thankful for those that are gathered here today
Amen Matthew 21, I want to read verse number 42
Jesus sayeth unto them did you never read in the scriptures the stone which the builders rejected the same has become the head of the
Corner this is the Lord's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes
Therefore say I unto you the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation
Bringing forth the fruits thereof and of course here
We see this concept that we're reminded of that of course in the Old Testament
God's chosen people and God's nation was both a physical nation and a spiritual nation
But in the New Testament that kingdom has been taken away from the nation of Israel and it's been given to a spiritual nation
God's people are not people where we need to necessarily immigrate to a certain area or country in order to serve God
We are a part of a spiritual kingdom that transcends different political kingdoms on this earth
I want to read for you first Peter 2 verse 9. I'm sure you're familiar with it
The Bible says but you are a chosen generation a royal priesthood and holy
Nation a peculiar people that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous life
Which in time past were not a people but are now the people of God which had not obtained mercy
But now have obtained mercy
so from these verses one of the things we can take away from this is that our ultimate allegiance and love and care should not
Necessarily primarily be towards whatever political boundaries. We're living in in this earth, but rather our love and affection
And fidelity should be to the spiritual kingdom the holy nation that we are a part of this is not to say that we should
Hate our country or be unthankful for the fact that God has allowed us to live in the United States of America
But at the end of the day the Bible God's kingdom the spiritual nation that we're a part of that should supersede our
Fidelity to America a hundredfold. It shouldn't even be close, right?
Any time that the Bible the Bible's teachings is in contradiction what to what America does or teaches?
We're always going to stick with the Bible now. Unfortunately, this is not the way that a lot of Christians operate
This is not how a lot of old IFB
Christians operate and even a lot of the new generation coming up still people today just have this political mindset where
Politics seems to supersede religion for people where political talking points if it is against the Bible
They just go with the political talking points instead of being ultimately faithful to the word of God
So the title of my sermon this morning is this political churches
political churches
Unfortunately today a lot of churches have seemingly forgotten the fact that we are not in a carnal battle
That we are not in a political battle that we are actually in a spiritual battle today
And a lot of churches just on the surface seems like they are nothing more than hidden political action committees
Where a lot of times these conservative political type churches
It just seems like the pastor gets up and he's just repeating Fox News talking points
It's you know, we call them Fox News Baptist, but you know, that's kind of insulting to us because we're Baptist too
It's more like the Fox News boomers
It's really like the boomer generation because who even watches Fox News anymore boomers do right? So it's like these old washed out
Boomer pastors that are getting up and they're not
Necessarily saying something that agrees with Fox News because Fox News has happened to say something right from the Bible
No, no
They're just repeating the talking points given to them from the TV and even if it goes against with what the Bible says
They're getting up in their sermons and they're relaying the talk show that they heard last night
There's also leftist churches that are like this where they're not getting up and laying down sound doctrine
Going out and preaching the gospel doing the work of God
They're getting up on a Sunday morning and they are gonna go fight for their pet social cause
Their social justice, you know cause that they're fighting for and one week
It's the LGBT rights and the next it's feminism and women's rights and abortion and all these things
You know
usually black churches are like this where they're just highly political on the left and I say both are wrong both are wrong because
Of go to if you would second Timothy chapter number two second Timothy chapter number two both of these
mentalities has a mindset that is rooted too much in the things of this world and
Not paying attention enough to what the Bible actually teaches second Timothy 2 verse 1 thou therefore my son be strong in the grace
That is in Christ Jesus and the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses
The same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others
Also thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ
Notice how Timothy here the pastor he's described as being a soldier of Jesus Christ
It doesn't say thou marine thou sailor thou soldier thou airmen, right?
He's saying hey, we are soldiers of Jesus Christ. We're in a military, but it's not a carnal military
It's God's spiritual military verse 4 no man that warith
Entangleeth himself with the affairs of this life that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier
A good soldier is going to be have a singular mindset on their mission
Imagine let's think about the carnal example for a moment, you know
Let's say you got some Marines or whatever and they're going out on a mission
They're going out past the wire. They're going on a patrol in enemy territory
Do you think that they've got their phones out and they're like, hey, did you see the Giants game last night?
Man, that home run was crazy. Wasn't that so good?
Do you think that they just be like paying attention and caring about all that stuff or do you think they'd be focusing on their mission?
Well, that's kind of the same thing with a lot of Christians today a lot of Christians. We're in a spiritual war
You're in the spiritual army
But you're more focused on what's going down on the House of Representatives and the Senate and the courts and the White House and you're
caring about all that stuff more than you are about opening your Bible more than you are about going soul-winning and look
It's not to say that when the Marines get back into base, they can't check their phone and say hey
Did you see the game last night? But when we're in war focus on the war don't be a political church
That's not what church is for. That's not what God has called us to do go to Matthew chapter 28 Matthew 28
Of course our our church loves this portion of Scripture
we go here often because you know what this is our mission and what's sad is that this should be the mission of
Every church but a lot of churches do not make this their mission
Matthew 28 verse 18 and Jesus came and spake unto them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and earth boy
That's a good reminder that at the end of the day the power of this world resides with Jesus Christ
He's instituted powers, but the key word is there
He has instituted those powers and we get so wrapped up and worried about the political powers of this world
but we need to be reminded that all power was given unto Jesus Christ and he's given us an important mission verse 19 go ye
Therefore and teach all nations
Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever. I have commanded you and lo I am with you always even unto the end of the world
Amen, this is the ultimate high calling of any person of any church at the end of the day
God has not said go and garner votes for your local APAC funded
Congressman the Bible does not say go into all the world and make sure that your pet
Economic policy is executed perfectly in the state of Oklahoma
Go make sure that all your pet social issues are being propagated throughout the community
He said go out into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. That is our job
That's where the power is and not only that baptizing them
Of course and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever. I have commanded you
What is the job that God has entrusted the local New Testament church to do?
It's to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature
Baptize them and teach them all things. That's our job
And once we start getting outside of that and you know
The sermons are no longer teaching Bible doctrine and our focus is no longer on knocking doors to preach the gospel
But instead knocking doors to get politicians elected
You know
We've then gotten way off track and I feel like a lot of churches today are just way off track of their mission
Statement that God has given us they're not doing a good job
So I want to give you several statements this morning number one. We need more pastors not politicians
I want to read something for you. This is from the Delaware State Constitution from
1976 it says there it says here
there shall be no establishment of any one religious sect in this state in preference to another and
No clergyman or preacher of the gospel or any denomination shall be capable of holding any civil
Office in this state or of being a member of either of the branches of the legislature
While they continue in their exercise of the pastoral function
So in Delaware when our country was founded, they said hey, obviously we need a government
Obviously, we have government. Obviously we're gonna have rules for who's gonna be in our government
But you know what pastors are not allowed
clergymen are not allowed to serve in the House of Representatives or in the Congress or in any official position and
You have to ask yourself why because our country understood that the church's function was more important that the real power of
Our country does not lie in do we pass good laws?
Do we have good politicians it lies in the strength of churches and why would we take away a pastor who's doing a great work?
Who's doing the Great Commission and take him away to do a job in the legislature, which you know, any Christian can do that
It doesn't make sense. Here's the New York State Constitution
1777 they get a little more specific as to their reasoning it says and whereas the ministers of the gospel are by their profession
Dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function
Therefore no minister of the gospel or priest of any denomination whatsoever
Shall at any time hereafter under any pretense or description whatever be eligible to or capable of holding any
Civil or military office or place within this state?
I mean our country understood this at the beginning of our founding our country understood this we need more
Pastors less politicians what made America great was not having great politicians. You know what there was even a famous
Supreme Court case
I want to say it was called Church of the Holy Trinity
Versus the United States where the u.s. Had passed these alien labor laws where you were not allowed to pay
Foreigners to move to the u.s. To take jobs
but there was a church who hired a
clergyman a pastor from England and they paid his way to move to the United States and the Supreme Court ruled no they did
not break this law because we did not intend to keep pastors from coming to America
Hey, if godly pastors want to come to America, you're good
You've got an exception to that, you know illegal alien law because our country understood that we need more pastors not politicians
Go to Ephesians chapter 4 Ephesians chapter 4 Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11 when you get there
it says and he gave some Apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some
pastors and teachers now, I noticed there's some things missing from there
It doesn't say he gave some superintendents of education. He gave some congressmen
He gave some, you know mayors and all that and look that has its proper place
But at the end of the day, that's not the gifts from God
The gifts from God that he's giving are these ministers and they have a specific function
Look at verse 12 for the perfecting of the Saints for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ
There is the job description of these ministers and notice it doesn't say in there repeat the Fox News talking points
Go out and you know campaign for all these different political offices
Pastors ministers are supposed to be perfecting the Saints
How do we do that by feeding the flock of God by preaching the word of God to everyone for the work of the ministry?
What's that that could be things from?
Administration keeping the church going doing the finances doing all the work that's involved in just keeping a church going and how about the most?
Important work going out into the fields preaching the gospel. You know yesterday we went out to Dell City
We had only two groups of soul winners. We had six salvations, right?
You know, there's a lot of work to be done out there
We live in a very receptive area and why would we just take away our effort that we're giving towards the gospel and just start?
Really caring about politics really getting sucked into that, you know
That's not why God gave us ministers verse 13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the son
Of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ
Sounds like this is just an ongoing job sounds like it's just gonna keep going forever
Verse 14 that we henceforth be no more children
Tossed to and fro carried about with every wind of doctrine by the slight of men and cunning craftiness whereby
They line wait to deceive right so pastors and ministers preachers are supposed to be guarding
God's people and making sure that people are not being carried about with all these different winds of doctrine and instead a lot of times
Today the pastor himself is constantly carried about with all these different winds of doctrines and political ideologies
Because he's his faith is not rooted in the Bible in the scripture. It's rooted in political ideologies
Political books talking points media stuff like that
And so how are you gonna keep God's people from being deceived when the pastor himself is deceived?
How is the pastor gonna get up and preach correctly on issues like Zionism when he's just watching Mike Huckabee all night on Fox News
And he's gonna get up and say like Ted Cruz. Oh, yeah, you just got to bless Israel no matter what and it's like
Oh, where's that in the Bible? I mean, I don't know. I don't know where that's but I heard it on Fox News
Right. They don't want to take you to Galatians 3
They don't want to take you to Romans 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
They don't want to show you the whole book of Romans, right? They don't know these things in the Bible. They're just parrots
They're just getting up and just repeating the talking points go to second or I'm sorry
Go to Acts chapter number 20 Acts chapter number 20 in Acts chapter number 20
We have the Apostle Paul's farewell address if you will to the elders that are at Ephesus
So he's talking to other pastors. I like what he says in verse 26
He says wherefore I take you to record this day that I'm pure from the blood of all men
For I've not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God
Take heed therefore unto yourselves and to all the flock over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers
To feed the church of God which he hath purchased with his own blood
You know, that's a very solemn duty that Jesus Christ gave if you remember Jesus told Peter after Peter had denied him
Hey, he's like, hey Peter. Do you love me?
Oh, you know that I love you Lord feed my lambs feed my lambs feed my sheep, right?
And Peter was of course a pastor. Jesus is telling him. Here's your job
Here's your job description feed the flock of God the Apostle Paul
He reiterated that same job description to the other elders that were at Ephesus feed the Church of God look
That's a very important job
And it's a disgrace when pastors hold an important position and they just waste their opportunity
They waste their influence they waste the time that they have behind the pulpit just repeating the same crap
That anyone could hear on the TV, you know, the church is supposed to be the pillar and ground of the truth
What is the what is the ground the foundation?
You know, what is the ground in a pillar do it lifts other things up, right?
It lifts up the walls. It lifts up the ceiling. It holds up the ceiling. What is the church supposed to be doing?
It's supposed to be constantly lifting up and supporting the truth God's Word and let me tell you something about the Bible
It's constantly going to contradict conservatives and liberals
It's constantly going to contradict the Republican Party and the Democrat Party because neither of them are based in the Bible
And there's a serious danger today of a lot of Gen Z people a lot of young people that are waking up to a lot
Of political ideology and that's good. They may be on the right side of a certain political issue
But here's the thing when you're based in political truth when you're based in your social sciences truth
There's no power there
You know the power of God is not convincing people that conservative economics is good
It's like congratulations people are still going to hell. Oh, you're you believe in the right economic theory great
But your marriage is destroyed people are getting divorced your kids are growing up without a father. You're drunk. You're doing drugs
I mean folks this is not fixing America is having the right policies
It's what's not fixing America is having politicians
It's having more pastors that are actually doing their job now. Here's the thing some pastors are
Obsessed with politicians. Okay, I think about a church
I went to in Idaho for many years every single year
We brought in the governor and the mayor and the police chief and we had this big day
We're just all these heathen would just come in and doesn't matter that they're Catholic doesn't matter if they're women
Politicians and we'd get up and we'd everybody would just clap for them and bring them on the stage
Some pastors are just obsessed with politicians other pastors act like politicians and I don't even know which one's worse
But they both suck. That's my opinion
Pastors that are just obsessed with politicians. Then you have some pastors that they themselves act like a politicians
It's like you both suck. Okay, what are politicians like?
Well politicians like to yoke up with bad people to accomplish their goals and this is what politician pastors will do
They're willing to yoke up with bad people
Terrible people false prophets railers liars feminists loudmouth haters just to accomplish their own political goal
Whatever that is. Let me show you that the Apostle Paul was not that way because look at verse 29 in Acts 20 verse 29
He says for I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock
Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them
Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years. I cease not to warn
Everyone night and day with tears so the Apostle Paul. He's not a politician. He's not trying to work the crowd
He's not trying to be a people pleaser
He's constantly warning the flock about bad people about false prophets even among
Themselves that would rise up to draw away disciples after him and he says I did this night and day with tears, right?
So the Apostle Paul was not one that's gonna buddy up with the repent of your sins preachers
You know, the Apostle Paul is not gonna buddy up with Stacy Shiflett a guy who calls himself a Baptist and boy
This guy's real political this guy will just post non-stop about politics
That's all he cares about the guy's a false prophet. The guy preaches works salvation
He says you have to stop sinning and turn away from your sins to be saved
The guy's evil the guys of the devil but a lot of pastors today because they themselves get sucked into the politics
They're willing to set aside religious differences to get along on a political issue
We should never ever put aside religious differences for any reason. We should never be like well, you know
Rama Swami the Hindu well
He agrees with us on this this political issue and this social issue and this economic issue the guy's a Hindu
It would bring the wrath of God on our country to have a Hindu leading our nation
So I've no interest in budding up with Hindus Muslims Jews false prophet Baptist none of them
You know pastors need to stop being politicians go to Galatians chapter 2 and keep your place in Acts chapter number 20
You know a real man of God just warns about the wolves. He doesn't yoke up with them
I mean think about John the Baptist John the Baptist is he gonna buddy up with Herod so that he could get invited to the
Residential prayer breakfast and pray for Congress and pray. No, he just rebukes Herod. He says it's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife
And he ends up getting his head chopped off
But you know what at least at least John the Baptist dies with his integrity of being a real man of God
Rather than just kowtowing to all the false religion and completely compromising your beliefs
Think about you know, we got politicians today. How about just like every politician they go to Israel. They go to the wailing wall
They put on the little Jew hat and they bang their head against the wall, even though they'll say that they're Christians, right John McCain
You know Trump just any Paul Mitt Romney
Mormon, right all these guys will go and just capitulate to the Jews
You got Sarah Huckabee the governor of Arkansas and she'll celebrate Diwali in the official
You know government buildings and celebrate a Hindu pagan religion
Okay, how about the fact that even in the state of Oklahoma in the 1980s?
I can't believe this has ever happened but the first time it happened here was actually in the 1980s where a Muslim opened up
The Oklahoma State Legislature with prayer in the 1980s talk about a bunch of compromisers, you know, Oklahoma's is predominantly Christian
It's not even a question. This is a Christian state a Christian area
Why in the hell would we want to yoke up with Muslims? Oh, but he was a conservative Muslim. He's going to hell
He's preaching a damnable religion. That's gonna damn people to hell
we should not put up with it Galatians 2 verse 4 and that because of false brethren unawares brought in who came in privily to
Spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage to whom we gave place by
Subjection notice this no not for an hour that the truth of the gospel might continue with you
Look when it comes to the truth of the gospel
How much should we be willing to tolerate false doctrine in that area or people that preach wrongly in that area?
Not even an hour not even 60 minutes on this earth
Should we put up with false religion like that?
and so that's that's one of the biggest problems I have with Christian politicians and
pastors that act like politicians is that they often will put aside even the truth of the gospel to rally around a
Political ideology and I remember being in Idaho and there was always like these pro-life rallies and a lot of churches would donate to this
Pro-life, you know political action committee a lot of Baptist churches would give money to it
But the whole entire entity was run by Catholics
It's like should we yoke up with Catholics over the issue of abortion?
No, the Bible says have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them
We're not gonna sit here and be like, well, yeah, it's pretty cool that the Catholics agree with us on abortion
No, we're gonna get here and say hey, what what good is it if you're against abortion when you're going to hell?
It doesn't make any sense. We're not gonna yoke up with that flip back to Galatians 1 very familiar verse for us
Verse number 8 think about the severity of what Paul's saying
But though we are an angel from heaven
Preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you
Let him be accursed as we said before so say I now again if any man preach any other gospel unto you
Then that you have received let him be accursed for do I now persuade men or God?
See, he's not a politician. What a politicians constantly doing they're trying to persuade men
It's funny today how people act like pastors are supposed to be politicians. Let me give you an example
I got an email a few weeks ago of this person saying hey, you know, I got recommended your church by this pastor
Can you tell me about your church? Oh, sure, you know, here's our here's our website. Here's a sermon. Hope to see you sometime
Okay, you know, I can't come weekends. Maybe I could come on a Wednesday
What are your Wednesday services like and I'm trying to still be nice. Here's a Wednesday sermon. We do a Bible study
You're more than welcome to come then this person says well
How long does the service go because maybe I could meet you after the service and kind of get a feel of you to see
How this is do you think that I'm trying to win your vote?
Do you think that I'm trying to win your influence like I just need you to come to this church
You can either come to church or don't I'm not a politician
I'm not gonna sit here and campaign for anchor Baptist Church and meet with people in a dark parking lot
How disrespectful and foolish and look if this person comes to church praise God, but you know what if you can't take their buque now
You're not gonna last a day in anchor Baptist Church, but I'm not a politician
I'm not trying to win people's affection and love and votes and all this stuff
It's like dude come to church to learn or don't that's not how this works
I know you're used to politicians that are trying to persuade men, but you know what the Apostle Paul
He's like, I don't persuade men. He's like do I persuade men or God or do I seek to please men for if I yet?
Pleased men. I should not be the servant of Christ
You read that if you are a pastor and you're just interested in pleasing men, you're not the servant of Christ
So you got pastors obsessed with politicians you got other pastors that act like politicians
How because they're constantly wanting to please men and they're not willing to take hard stances
They're not willing to take a biblical stance
That's right. If it's gonna go against their congregation their specific congregation if their donors are gonna get mad if their loudmouth
Women are gonna get mad, you know
The loudmouth women are not gonna make an appointment with me saying I want to meet you at your office and talk to you
No, because I'm not a politician, but a lot of pastors man, they're just willing to kowtow
They're willing to give in to the pressure and you know a good example of this is right now all over the internet online
There's a lot of people waking up to the fact that Jews are evil
Okay, and that that Israel is an evil nation and that Jews are running our country and look all that stuff is true
but now unfortunately you got a lot of people who because they're not based in biblical truth are
advocating that you know, we should put our our differences aside with Muslims and we should team up with Muslims against Zionists and
Against Israel and against the Jews and you see all these memes of like
Christians and Muslims trying to hold hands and like Jews trying to like push them away from each other
I was even on a podcast this last week with a young Gen Z guy and he was talking about you know
The Jews want to divide us from the Muslims because we'd be like such a strong force working together
And you know what the Muslims at least really respect Jesus and the Muslims believe Jesus and the Muslims
You know say that Jesus is gonna come back. So we should work together with the Muslims against the Jews
Let me tell you what that is
That's a bunch of political bull crap because it is a lie out of the pit of hell saying that Muslims respect Jesus
That is the most low IQ
Retarded take of Islam I've ever heard
How do you come away from a religion that says Jesus is not God and say that's respectful to God?
No, it's blasphemous
Islam is inherently blasphemous and they say peace be upon him
But guess what the Bible talks about people that preach that believe in another Jesus
Jesus is God
Jesus has eternally existed as the son of God
Islam says no Islam in the Dome of the Rock over in Israel says speak no longer foolishly
It is not fit for God to have a son. That's blasphemous
Muslims are low IQ retards their countries are absolute pieces of crap hellholes
Because of their stupid religion. You know what? I don't want Muslims in America. I don't want Christians teaming up with Islam
I don't want us acting like they're cool. They're our friends because they agree with us that alcohol is bad
I would rather live in a neighborhood full of rowdy
Drunks then live in a neighborhood full of Muslims. I don't want Muslims in my community
I don't want Muslims in my state
What a stupid unbiblical idea to sit here and say let's team up with Islam against the Jews
It's just so low IQ the devil comes at people it with lots of different tactics
Let me tell you who the author of Judaism is Satan. Let me tell you who the author of Islam is
Satan you want to know the author of Mormonism is Satan Catholicism Satan folks any false religion
We need to repudiate and and preach against and not have anything to do with them. But again Gen Z
They're just like they think they're they're so smart because we found out that the Jews aren't you know
God's chosen people and they're not super good. So let's team up with Muslims you moron
What is wrong with you? So dumb second Corinthians chapter 6 go to second Corinthians chapter number 6, but man
You know, it sounds really good when you're a politician
It sounds really good when you have a political mindset when your mindsets not based in what the scripture says instead by what Fox News says
Second Corinthians 6 14 be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers. We tell you Muslims are unbelievers
They're the infidels for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness and what communion hath light with darkness
And what concord hath Christ with Belial for what part?
Have he that believeth with an infidel and some people would answer that question and say well a political part
We could have a political part with the infidel
But that's not what the Bible teaches and what agreement have the temple of God with idols for ye are the temple of the living
Of the living God as God have said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall
Be my people wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate
Say it the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you right?
So God is ready to receive God is ready to bless
Christians that are not going to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers
Christians that are willing to come out from among them and to be separate
But God does not take pleasure in a Christian that is willing to compromise the Bible for their political agenda
God is not ready to bless a pastor that is ready to be a friend of the world
And I want to read diverse for you James 4/4 says you adulterers and adulterous is know you not that the friendship of the world is
Emnity with God whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God think about the stupidity of
Maybe a Christian or a conservative they have their heart in the right place and they say, you know
I want America to be a better place. I want Oklahoma to be a better place
Well, let me ask you this would it would it make America a better place?
Would it make Oklahoma a better place if it was just filled with Christians that were the enemies of God that were friends with the world
Do you really think God's blessing is gonna fall down on our state and on our nation when it's full of Christians that are
Friends with the world and this is the spiritual aspect that so many conservatives and Republicans
Don't ever think about is the fact that it does not matter who you elect
It does not matter what policies you have
It does not matter what laws you have if God is against you
No one could be for you if God's anger and curse is on your nation
It doesn't matter how much money the military industrial complex spends
It doesn't matter if you could pass cool bills and have base politicians
None of that matters if God is angry and so we need to not be friends with the world
We need to be friends of God. How do we do that by actually being separate from the world by actually coming out from among them?
I told you to keep your place in Acts chapter 20 go back there
You know, what's another aspect that pastor sometimes could act like politicians if they're not just completely obsessed with politicians
One way they could act like politicians is they could often be easily persuaded by money and boy
Oh boy aren't politicians very easily controlled
Manipulated and influenced by money. It's called a pack the vast majority of our congressmen are funded by Israel by this
Israeli American political action committee look at Acts chapter 20 verse 32 and now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace
Which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified
I have coveted no man's silver or gold or apparel
Yeah, yourselves know also that these hands have ministered unto my necessities and to them that were with me
I have showed you all things
How that's so laboring yacht to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus how he said it is more
Blessed to give than to receive that's a great example from the Apostle
Paul is that he was not going into the ministry to try to get rich to try to get some sort of financial gain and
In fact, he was willing to labor with his hands night and day. He said I labored more abundantly than they all he was a
Bivocational minister. He's making tents. He's preaching the gospel. He's doing all these things
But you know a lot of pastors today, unfortunately and a lot of ministers in general evangelists missionaries
They go into the ministry because they're looking for like an easy soft cush life
Let me tell you that is the wrong industry to get into if you're looking for an easy soft cush life
unless you want to go to the old IV where you could be one of these absolute mooch in areas and
Not really preach the gospel not do much for the Lord and just keep receiving a paycheck
That's what a lot of people do a lot of pastors today. Their goal is not let's fill out the state map
Let's fill out the world map. Let's spend our money to do great things for God. Their goal is let's stay in our zip code
Let's go to the rich areas
let's build as many programs as possible to bring people into this church and to keep people in this church and to keep people tithing and
To build some sort of palace to build some sort of kingdom and like the end-all be-all goal is
Big building big programs big tithes. That's their goal. And what are they gonna do?
Like if that's a preacher's goal, do you really think he's just gonna be ripping face on the sodomites?
Do you think that he's gonna be ripping face on loudmouth feminists in his church and calling out bad?
Ideologies that creep into church and kicking people out of first Corinthians five offenses
Or is he just gonna constantly be doing everything he can to keep as many people there as possible
That's what a politician does and that's what a lot of pastors have become today where they're so influenced by money and power
And you how do you know if someone's influenced by money and power? Well, look at the things they preach and look at the things that they don't preach
What are the money-loving preachers always do boy? They love preaching about money
That's like a staple of preaching in the old IFB and those of us who spent a lot of time in the old IFB
You hear a lot of money sermons. I don't think I've ever preached the whole sermon on money
I don't know. Maybe I have and I'm not against doing that if it's in the Bible
But what I'm saying is like it's not every week
Like it is at the old ife like it is that a lot of these, you know new evangelical churches to go to Isaiah chapter 30
Isaiah chapter number 30, you know if pastors aren't totally obsessed with politicians, they act like politicians
What's another way that they do that? How about by lying? How about by just being a complete liar?
How about just constantly getting caught in lies never repenting preaching lies getting caught in lies in your personal life?
Look what the Bible says in Isaiah 30 verse 9 that this is a rebellious people lying children children that will not
Hear the law of the Lord which say to the seers see not and to the prophets prophesy not unto us write things
Speak unto us smooth things
prophesy decease see the politician pastor
He'll just give the people whatever they want and look here's the thing if his church is full of people that really want hard
Preaching and really want the truth. He'll probably give them that for a while
but if the church dynamic changes of the church culture changes and it becomes more about the money and it becomes more about the building and
Becomes more about the ties you'll notice his preaching will also change. Why because he's not preaching the truth
He's not interested in preaching the Bible at all cost at any cost. He's not willing to be bivocational
He's not willing to put in the work. He just wants to hey Oh prophesy unto you
What our doctrine I'll give that to you prophesy unto you what lies deceits. I'll give that to you as well
You know, that's a that's a that's an untrustworthy person
You don't want to go to a church where the pastor is changing on major doctrines
I mean look we all learn and grow and hopefully you're reading your Bible every day and I'm reading my Bible every day and I'm
Learning new things every day and sure there's gonna be secondary and tertiary
applications and things that we grow and change on from time to time but like when you go from being called something Baptist Church to
Changing your name when you go from believing the Trinity to not when you go from saying soul winning is good
Just kidding soul winning is bad. Like you're a politician. You're not sincere
You are an evil person go to if you would Proverbs 14 Proverbs chapter number 14. I said number one
We need more pastors not politicians number two. We need more piety not policy
Some people don't like that word piety piety. This means holiness means being righteous. We need more piety not policy
I want to read another quote for you. This is from President John Adams in a letter to the Massachusetts militia on October 11
1798 he said we have no government armed with power
capable of contending with human passions
Unbridled by morality and religion. What is he saying our constitution the frame of government
We have the power that's been given to the government the laws that we have is no matched is no match for a people
Just letting themselves be unrestrained in morality people that have no religion people that have no righteousness
Our government has no chance to stand against the people like that. That's what the president of the United States says
That's one of the people that worked on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States
Said about our form of government. It has no chance against a wicked populace. He says avarice ambition
Revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net our
Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other
You know, it's funny some Christians understand this that it does not matter what type of government you have necessarily or what laws you have or what?
Politicians you elect if the whole country is evil and wicked yet a lot of Christians today a lot of political types the kid
I was talking with you know on this podcast
They just think like if we pass these bills if we pass these laws if we have this policy if we have this form
Of government then our country will be good. Our country will be free. Our country will be blessed
Look the Bible disagrees with you and the president of the United States disagrees with you
One of the framers of the Constitution disagrees with you one of the framers of the declaration disagrees with you
He says hey, it's like a whale going through a net the Constitution that piece of paper all of our form of government
You know try to try to stop a whale from running through that that's like trying to make our country righteous by legislation
You can't just like legislate righteousness. You can't force people to be righteous
You have to be righteous and as a result God blesses you with liberty. You are a righteous population. You're a righteous country
You're a righteous city or state and as a result God blesses you with good leaders with good laws
With freedom and prosperity where the spirit of the Lord is there's liberty
Why did America become great not because politics is some sort of mathematical equation that we had to fine-tune and make sure that every
Article of the Constitution was perfect America became great because of Christianity. That's it
That's the only reason it became great and look tyranny is
Downstream of a sinful population. It's not like well, we got to root out tyranny with our political process
No, tyranny is a result of being wicked, you know having wicked presidents in our land
Having you know, Barack Obama and Joe Biden and all these evil politicians
It's a curse from God having women leading over us in positions of authority is a curse from God
Why because of a wicked population? Let me just show you some Bible on this Proverbs 14
Are you there in Proverbs Proverbs 14 verse 34?
Righteousness exalted the nation but sin is a reproach to any people notice
What is it that lifts up a nation? Is it the right laws? Is it the right form of government?
It's being righteous and we could have the Constitution all day long
But if our country's full of atheists Jews Muslims faggots drunks
adulterers
Blasphemers haters of God, you know what God's not gonna bless the nation
Righteousness exalts the nation sin is our approach to notice any people didn't we just read in Romans 2 that God's not a respecter of persons
It's not like God looks down at America and says this is the special chosen nation of all the nations of the world
No America was special because of Christians being here and any nation can be special when Christians are there
But guess what sin is a reproach as well to any people go to Proverbs 28 Proverbs chapter 28
Proverbs 28 verse 1 the wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as the lion for the transgression of a land
Many are the princes thereof. Why do you have big government?
Why do you have all these politicians oppressing people having strict government all these rules?
It's because the transgression of a land is because of sin
But by a man of understanding and knowledge shall the state thereof be prolonged go to Proverbs 21 Proverbs chapter number 21
Proverbs 21 verse 1 the king's heart is in the hand of the lord as the rivers of water
He turneth it whithersoever he will sounds like god can help lead and guide
Leaders kings politicians when god's people have favor with him and when he has favor with god's people
Seems like we should be more concerned rather than being concerned of who the king is
And what you know agenda the king has we should be more concerned with our king's agenda
The king of king's agenda and his rules and his you know policies if you will making sure we're carrying out his
Plan then god can move leaders to give us freedom to give us liberty
You know, we're supposed to pray for those that are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, right?
But if we're just being super wicked if our country's full of evil
Sin, you know is god going to give us the king that blesses us or is he going to maybe turn that king against us?
Is he going to send an evil person to rule over us? Is he going to send heathen hordes into our country as a punishment from god?
You know having the third world enter in america by the millions is not a blessing from god. It is a curse from god
Muslims entering our country is a curse from god and instead of and it just blows my mind like god's cursing us
God sending the heathen hordes god sending all the godless, you know haitians and africans and muslims and all these, you know
Just annoying cultures that are out there into our country and we don't even stop to think like is god mad at us
Maybe god wants us to spend less time
Watching fox news and going out and knocking doors for politicians and maybe go back to church
Maybe go back to reading your bible, maybe go back to praying maybe go back to soul winning
Hey pastors, maybe go back to being a real pastor and not a politician
Maybe that would actually help things go to first chronicles chapter 7
In fact, I know it will help things because that's what the bible teaches and look I grew up being a very
Political person. I was really into it
I was that weird teenager that would read all the political treaties and watch c-span for hours
And when I was a teenager, I worked for the idaho republican party for a while the governor of idaho brad little
I used to see him every morning at work
I was really into that I went to a program called patriot academy where I had to like go to the state
Capital in idaho and in texas and I worked with legislators. I learned how to write legislation
I learned how to do the committee process. I learned how to like run for office and do all this stuff
Because I just wanted to serve my country
I thought this must be the way politics must be the way because it's kind of like how you grow up being taught
But what made me like step back from that?
And realize that this was a fraud and that this isn't changing things
Is that I find myself surrounded by a bunch of young people where we agree on a lot of policies
We agree on a lot of social issues. We agree on a lot of economic policies, but it's like but you're not even saved
But you're catholic, you know, or it's like there's tons of women in this, you know
Group of young people and I thought great, you know be able to find a conservative woman. Maybe i'll find my wife here
It's like, uh, they're all feminists. Why oh they agree on political issues on social issues
But they all want to run for office
They all want to be little, you know boss babes someday and i'm like there's something wrong with this
And I just felt like I felt like this is a losing battle like we're just spinning our wheels
This is just kind of a waste of time
And that's what this verse is going to explain in first chronicle 7 verse 14
It says if my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face
And turn from their wicked ways
Then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land
Notice the response of how to fix the country how to fix the land. It's a spiritual response
It's not a political response not to say that we shouldn't have government
We shouldn't have political leaders
But you know what let it be someone else because we already have so few people in this world
That are dedicated to serving god. We have so few people in this world that are soul winners that want to preach the gospel
There's so few pastors in this world that actually want to be a pastor and not a politician
You know what?
Why would we take those people out of the most important fight and put them in a lesser fight?
Look, i'm not saying I don't want christians in positions of authority
I hope every position of authority is filled by christian, but you know what?
Let it be someone who's not as serious about church
Because why would I want to take someone who's already on fire for god doing something special with their life
And just throw them into the legislature. It doesn't make any sense. It does not work in this verse is saying
How do you fix the land humbling themselves who god's people praying seeking god's face turning from their wicked ways
Then god hears from heaven then he forgives their sin then he will hear their land
Notice the formula is not get the right economic policy get the right legislation get the right leaders intact
Then you'll be blessed. That's just not reality. That is a losing battle. It will never fix our country doing that
And you know what politics just gets annoying and it gets kind of blackpilling because it just seems like every election cycle
Maybe it'll be different this time and you know, I heard it described this way
You know people are smoking the hopium, right?
And people are smoking the hopium and they think like maybe maybe this time trump is for real
Maybe he really will deport all the you know, heathen hordes from our country
Maybe things really will be changed and then we're just constantly let down
But why because the answer is not in politics the answer is not in policy the answer is not in politicians
The answer is in pastors the answer is in piety of god's people go to titus chapter number three
You know, let me give you an example of how blackpilling this could be man
Weren't we all excited when the bible got brought back into public school in oklahoma? Yeah, that's gone. You know that that's over
That's done. Why because ryan walters he was the superintendent of education and he was a good guy
He was a christian. He said you know what i'm gonna use this political power to bring the king james bible into school
Praise god for that. That's great
I'm not down on that but you know what happened as soon as he left office
The next guy just immediately rescinded it gone. You know, it's just kind of like it's kind of blackpilling
It's like it just seems like a losing battle
But you know what cannot be lost is the people that we got saved yesterday and the bible that we put in their hands
That's in their home
And you know we could work harder than the leftists of this nation
We can work harder than all the feminists and liberals and muslims and jews because we could actually go out into this whole state
In this whole world and preach the gospel to every creature
That's actually going to have more of an effect titus 3 verse 8
This is a faithful saying and these things I will that thou affirm constantly that they which have believed in god
Might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men good works
And constantly affirming constantly preaching for god's people to keep doing good works
You know that is good and profitable unto men. I like doing things in life that are profitable
I hate wasting time one of my favorite parts of pastor. Shelly's sermon last week was his just rant about slow people
Wasting time. I just felt that in my soul because I agree 100 percent in costco
You'll find me an angry man in costco because people just forget how to work or how to walk and work inside of costco
Okay
You know, I like doing things that are good and profitable and rather than like oh I need to you know
Go work for the republican party and get elected and try to pass some bill
That's just going to immediately be rescinded when the next guy comes in. I mean how depressing is that?
What a losing battle that is but it's like when I preach the gospel to someone and they get saved
They can never lose their salvation. They're always saved, right? Hey when someone gets baptized
They fulfilled that commandment. You can't go back on that. You're baptized, right people do good works
People make changes in their life spiritually that's going to affect eternity the rewards you win in heaven
They're eternal. You can never lose those things the souls we save. It's eternal. You can never lose that
That's why I was like, you know, I do want to serve my country
But let me tell you what I think the best way you could serve your country is by being a righteous christian
That is the best way you could serve your country
Look, I again i'm not down on having government you have people that get way too far and extreme on this
Well, they'll just be like no christians should ever be in government. No, let the let the worldly christians run things
Let the worldly christians run things. I want them to be christians because at least they have the holy spirit of god
We want that but you know what?
I would rather christians actually get in a spiritual fight and actually make the most use of your life and do the most
Effective things you could do in your life. Here's another quote. I want to give you from john adams
This is in a letter to thomas jefferson in 1817
He said this without religion this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company
I mean hell the christian religion in its primitive purity
Is the only religion that ever did or ever will produce a regular sober and virtuous life
Hey, this guy understood this our founders understood this
I'll read for you psalm 91 17 the wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget god
Hey, if we're just super wicked and evil and not honoring god not believing in god
Not keeping his company or not keeping his commandments. Our nation will be turned into hell
And you know what? We've seen our nation be a nation in decline for many years. And why is that?
It's because of the decline of righteousness. It's because of the decline of piety
It's because the decline of the quality of pastors that are out there
It's because so many churches have dialed back soul winning
They've dialed back hard preaching and they want to get up and whine and cry and complain
About the politicians in our country when it's like it's your fault
If every pastor got up and said hey, we're going to knock our city
We're going to knock our state
We're going to go preach the gospel in every world and we're going to teach all things whatsoever christ commanded
That will fix america
That will change things that will bring lasting change change is not lasting in policy change is lasting in the hearts of men
Winning the hearts of men actually produces
Results go to jude. I said number one. We need more pastors not politicians number two
We need piety not policy number three. We need preaching not politics. We need preaching not politics
Here's another quote from john adams to his son john quincy adams in 1781
He said think of the great question of a future state of immorality
Or sorry of immortality of eternity of heaven and hell these are subjects which deserve your attention
More than all the politics or the pleasures of the world. That was the president of the united states
He said hey heaven hell
Immortality the eternal state that deserves more of your attention more of your work than all of the politics of the whole world
This is the president of the united states riding to a future president of the united states
Even the president even the commander in chief knew that politics was nothing in comparison to the importance of heaven and hell
That's what matters and that's what the bible says in jude verse 22. And if some have compassion, I love these three words
Making a difference did I say hey?
We want to do something that actually makes a difference heaven and hell and changing people's future destination by preaching them the gospel
That makes a difference and others save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh
That makes a difference
You'll thank god that a difference was made in my life when I heard the gospel of jesus christ
And you know what? I was a sinner on my way to hell. I heard the glorious gospel of christ
I trusted in him. I call upon the name of lord and now there's nothing I could do to lose my salvation
I'm going to heaven my life has eternally been changed and you know what that's not just true for me
that's true for you that's true for your safe family members and friends that's true for every
person of the how many that we've gotten saved this year 2224 people that we've gotten saved
this year you know we didn't make 2224 voters for the republican party but we did get over
2000 people have their ticket punched for heaven and you know what that actually that's something
worth working towards because again i would just get blackpilled i would get annoyed i would want
to give up i would want to quit if i was only working for the political good of america because
it's just constant disappointment it's constant overturning something that was good it's constantly
a good person getting replaced by a bad go to ecclesiastes chapter number two and boy oh boy
does this really describe this situation of politics hey we need preaching not politics
ecclesiastes two verse 18 of course solomon is very rich he's a political leader he has everything
he could want he's got all the accoutrements of this world all the women all the power everything
all the wisdom verse 18 notice what he says yeah i hated all my labor which i had taken under the
sun because i should leave it unto the man that shall be after me and who knoweth whether he shall
be a wise man or a fool yet shall he have rule over all my labor wherein i've labored and wherein
i have showed myself wise under the sun this is also vanity i mean think about our founders very
wise very hard-working men a lot of christian men men that literally just put their necks out
there risk their lives to start this country and you know what they turned it over to joe biden
right i mean we went from john adams to joe biden right and it's like people work hard they build
something and then it's like well who knows it's going to be turned over to a fool you could have
a really hard-working smart diligent man he builds a business he treats his customers with respect
and integrity he has a good product for a good price he works his butt off and he gives it to
his moron son and his moron son hunter biden goes out and destroys everything right he goes
out he parties he he ruins his father's inheritance he blows it with harlots he just ruins everything
and at the end of the day all the work that's done under the sun is vanity why because businesses
will fail america will fail someday right the institutions we build anchor baptist church will
not exist for forever but here's the thing the work that anchor baptist church does will exist
for forever hey you can have a great pastor and a great church and he builds churches and he hands
it off to a complete idiot and gets ruined very quickly and you know what that aspect of things
can be black building except when you realize that the work of this ministry is eternal whereas if
you just dedicate your whole life to politics not only is the work you're doing very temporal but
your office isn't is temporal your system of government is temporal your entire nation is
temporal and as soon as you leave office your executive orders are getting reverted by the
next president and when soon as you take over your congressional district all the hard work that you
did immediately just gets destroyed by the next person it is just an exercise in futility and i
don't know about you i do not want to waste my life that would be so vain and so frustrating
he says in verse 20 therefore i went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which
i took under the sun for there's a man whose labor is in wisdom and in knowledge and in equity yet
to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion this also is vanity and
a great evil and man you read ecclesiastes and you just have to remind yourself that when he's
talking about this he constantly uses this phrase under the sun under the sun because he's trying
to get you to see that our earthly works under the sun are all vain but of course he ends the
book telling us hey fear god and keep his commandments but this is the whole duty of man
that's the thing that's not vain in this world that's the only thing that lasts and i just wish
christians would wake up and realize like there's no other point to life than serving god and it's
just so foolish how christians today their mind is just on their business on their politics on their
career on their family vacations on even their immediate family when all of it will be gone
and guess what you could die tomorrow all of it is completely vain under the sun but you know what
serving god is the one thing that lasts it's the one thing that makes a difference go to second
corinthians chapter five second corinthians chapter number five you say well i want a position i still
i still want to you know have some sort of position okay well god has one for you in second
corinthians five verse 20 it says now then we are ambassadors for christ as though god did beseech
you by us we pray you in christ's stead be ye reconciled to god you know that's way cooler
than being the ambassador of the united states of america what would you rather do be the ambassador
of the united states of america and have to go to israel and deal with their wicked politicians and
go to the wailing wall and deal with all this garbage or be the ambassador of the lord jesus
christ look that's a kingdom that i could proudly stand behind hey that's a king where i agree with
every single policy decision every commandment every law every judgment hey i am happy and proud
to be an ambassador of the lord jesus christ but again today christians their minds are just more
in the world their philosophy is more rooted in the world they love the world they love the things
of this world and to them being an ambassador for christ is a joke soul winning is a joke they'll
make fun of christians ha ha you actually go out and knock people's doors you guys are weird you
guys are strange it's like well you just are disrespectful to god because he gave you a
ministry he gave you a title you're an ambassador for christ and you don't take it seriously you
don't care you don't care yourself like an ambassador you don't take his work seriously
i mean an ambassador is going to dress nice he's going to speak respectfully he's going to carry
himself well to represent his nation he's going to do the work that he's been called to do with
diligence with professionalism with excellence and many christians today are ambassadors for christ
and they won't even show up to church they don't even care what their leader says they don't even
care what the king is saying they don't even care what the bible says they don't go to church
they don't read the bible they dead sure don't go soul winning you know ambassadors like that
would be fired in america and there's so many lazy good-for-nothing ambassadors for christ out
there where they're more interested in representing the 23rd congressional district of pennsylvania
or ohio than they are representing jesus christ and you know what i don't care about oh i got to
get on team conservative team republican i got to make sure they like me and i never upset them
you know what i'm just an ambassador of christ and anything that christ says that offends republicans
so be it anything that christ says that offends democrats so be it because i'm not a politician
let's look at verse number go to first corinthians chapter number two first corinthians chapter
number two this is another really important concept and we're almost done this morning
the first corinthians two verse one notice what it says and i brethren when i came to you came not
with excellency of speech or of wisdom declaring unto you the testimony of god for i determined
not to know anything among you save jesus christ and him crucified and i was with you in weakness
and in fear and in much trembling and my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of
man's wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power why verse five is the key that your
faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the power of god here's the problem i have with
people dedicating their lives to politics whether that's going into office supporting some sort of
politician or trying to be like a political influencer where where your life's goal is to
convince people that your policies are right that the republicans economic views and social views
are all right is that let's say you come unto men with the excellency of wisdom with man's wisdom
and let's say you win them over to your side all you've done though is you've won them over to the
wisdom of men look what it says that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the
power of god you've not done anything for that person's soul you've not done anything for that
person's heart you convinced them of a political ideology but does that really change america
no it does not right so here's the thing when we take a different approach and i'm not necessarily
interested in bringing you over to my political persuasion trying to get you to understand my pet
social views instead i determined not to know anything among you but christ and him crucified
when we go soul winning do you think we talk about republican and democrat issues with people
no we don't do you think we care if the person that opens the door is a democratic voter or a
republican no we don't you know what we're there to do we're there to preach christ and him
crucified why because if we win them over to our side we do not want to win them over with our
wisdom with our arguments with our ideology we want to win them over with the power of god
here's the difference when we win them over with the gospel when they get saved the holy spirit of
god moves in and seals their heart and they have the spirit of god dwelling inside of them the
spirit of god is then going to do what lead them to all truth right the spirit of god is going to
convict them of sin they're going to read the bible and be able to understand it who do you
think is going to have more lasting deep change as far as their ideologies their view of life
someone who got convinced on the college campus by charlie kirk of some sort of racial policy
or someone who got saved the person who gets saved look people can be convinced on those things but
guess what now all you've done though is you've convinced them but their faith is standing in the
wisdom of men this is why we don't win people over by debates this is why i'm not interested in a
apologetics ministry this is why i'm not interested in a creation apologetics ministry
where i just try to get people to believe that god is real okay i've convinced you that god
is real by my wisdom by my words by this world's understanding that doesn't change anything what
actually changes a person is the gospel what actually changes a person is the word of god
and you may be able to convince some people of some issues but you know what if someone is saved
here's something that would go away abortion because guess what a woman that has the holy spirit of god
is going to be a lot less likely to murder her child than some leftist unsaved college girl and
instead of sitting here and being like well did you know that the cells start multiplying you know
as soon as conception is made look i'm not saying that we should that those arguments don't exist
that they don't help people but what i'm saying the most is that someone who gets saved is going
to be more likely to believe the right things and they're going to be more likely to change their
heart they're going to be more likely to change their life than just trying to get people on the
political bandwagon go to revelation chapter number 11 revelation chapter number 11 i'll read
for you isaiah 40 verse 6 says the voice said cry and he said what shall i cry all flesh is grass
and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field god said do i say hey preach we need
more preaching hey what do i preach preach that all flesh is grass hey preach that everything here
is going to be destroyed your institutions your bodies your governments your businesses it's all
grass it's all going to fade away it's all temporary the grass withereth the flower fadeth
because the spirit of the lord bloweth upon it surely the people is grass the grass withereth
the flower fadeth but the word of our god shall stand forever that is the crux of this right here
he's saying hey isaiah go preach what do you want me to preach preach that everything you see is
temporal preach that everything under the sun is vain all of these institutions are going to be
gone but here's the thing the word of our god is forever souls are forever rewards in heaven are
forever the works that we do for christ those things are forever everything else is temporary
everything else can be reverted in a moment's notice everything else oh man we got the bible
in public schools in oklahoma except no now we don't now it's gone oh you know we overturned
roe v way who knows what the future looks like oh man america's so great it started on so many
great laws where those go they're gone today right because this earth is temporal and look i am not
for christians just completely checking out of civic life and going and living in a compound
in the middle of the woods but here's the thing i am against christians obsessing over politics
i am against pastors caring more about politics than about the word of god i'm against pastors
acting more like a politician than a real preacher that i'm 100 percent against revelation 11 verse
15 and the seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in heaven saying the kingdoms of
this world are become the kingdoms of our lord and of his christ and he shall reign forever and
ever you know i love our country i'm thankful for our country but let me tell you something
the united states of america will not last for forever america will be gone someday anchor
baptist church will be gone someday your business you're working on will be gone someday hey but
someday the kingdoms of this world are going to be the kingdoms of christ the kingdoms of god and
you know what that's going to be perfect politics perfect leader perfect rules perfect government
hey i'm really excited to serve in government when it comes to that area but you know what
until that day we are spiritual nation we are holy people we're peculiar people god's kingdom
is not of this world we are foreigners and strangers in this land we are ambassadors of christ
we are representatives of heaven and we should never take our eyes off of the actual mission
that god has given us to just spin our wheels with something vain is politics let's pray lord
thank you so much for your word thank you for the ministry of reconciliation thank you making
for making us ambassadors i pray that lord we would never get carried away with the politics
of this world that we would start to care more about political ideology or legislation politicians
more than we care about being righteous more than we care about executing your plan for us in your
word and god i just pray that the pastors in america would stop being politicians that they
would once again return to preaching the truth of god's word jesus name we pray amen morning we do
have another handout going to be angels we have heard on high so if you need a handout raise your
hand brother eric has those not sure how many of those were passed out already angels we have heard
on high three verses on this version angels we have heard on high they're on that first verse
angels we have heard