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Baptist Church. It is time to get started this morning. If you would turn to 224. There shall
be showers of blessing. 224. 224. There shall be showers of blessing. 224. We'll sing there starting
This is the promise of love.
There shall be seasons refreshing,
since from the Savior above
showers of blessing,
showers of blessing we need.
Bursting drops round us are falling,
Each now
Happy Shower's Up!
opportunity to gather together yet again. Lord, we just thank you for the rain that you have sent
and give us. Also, we just pray this morning that you'd be with those that need your hand of protection
and healing. Also pray that you would be with us for the service and that you'd open our ears to
the message. These things we pray in Jesus' name, amen. Our next hymn this morning is 156, 156.
Jesus is the sweetest name I know.
One hundred fifty-six, one hundred five-six.
One fifty-six there on the first.
There have been eight that I have loved to eat.
Let's hear it.
I've seen it.
announcements. If you don't have a bulletin, please raise your hand and an usher will bring you one.
On the front is our Bible memory verse of the week. Genesis chapter number one verse six on the
inside. Our service times are listed there. Sunday morning at 10 30, Sunday evening at 4 30 and our
Wednesday evening Bible study at 7 o'clock. All of our soul winning times are listed below and just
as a reminder, our Saturday soul winning time will resume this upcoming Saturday.
We took a break yesterday to do a Soling Marathon in Anadarko, Oklahoma, and I'm not going to lie to you, it was pretty rough.
But, you know, you never know until you try, and we're going to keep trying these small towns and areas around Oklahoma throughout the year, next year, and just the time to come.
But we did. Praise the Lord. We had four salvations, and so that's, you know, we're thanking God for that.
But compared to OKC, it was noticeably less receptive, especially my group. Man, I just got scung to yesterday.
five hours of soul winning and got zero.
And so that was pretty rough,
but hey, we got four for the group.
So we're thankful for that.
But yeah, very interesting.
It's a lot different than Oklahoma City.
Every single restaurant was closed on Saturday,
but the casinos were open and the bars were open,
but all of the restaurants were closed.
And you could just tell that the population there
has been harmed by the welfare state.
And, you know, obviously going to the poor is very receptive compared to going to the rich.
But at the same time, people who are just living off of the government their whole life
and not working, that can cause people to be not receptive to the gospel.
And so that was definitely seeming to be the case yesterday.
The upcoming events that we have are real quick, the year-to-date statistics.
So we did break another monthly record in July.
So we're thanking God for that.
and we're at 1594 for the year, so thank God for that.
Below coming up, our next event is going to be this month,
the Fire Breathing Baptist Fellowship
at Steadfast Baptist Church.
And if you follow Pastor Shelley and Steadfast
on any social media, he made an update post last night.
Apparently there's gonna be valet parking at the conference.
So free valet parking, you know,
if you trust the ushers over there,
they could park your car for you.
It's gonna be real fun.
September 7th is our next men's preaching night.
And then October 6th through the 11th
is the Bahamas mission trip.
On the right, we have information about online giving
and our visitor card, as well as our prayer list.
And there was another prayer request
that came in this morning.
I don't know if everyone saw it in the signal group,
but the Reed family is asking prayer for Bailey.
She's just having some health issues,
so be praying for her and their family today.
And that's gonna be it for announcement.
Let's go ahead and go to our third song.
Our third song this morning, number 90,
Jesus, lover of my soul.
Him number 90, 90, Jesus, lover of my soul.
90 there on the 1st.
Jesus, lover of my soul, led me to the...
Romans chapter number 16, Romans chapter number 16.
number 16, the Bible reads, I commend unto you Phoebe, our sister, which is a servant of the
church, which is at Sancrea, that ye receive her and the Lord as become a saint, and that ye
assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you, for she hath been a suckerer of many,
and of myself also.
Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my helpers, in Christ Jesus,
who have for my life laid down their own necks,
unto whom not only I give thanks,
but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Likewise, greet the church that is in their house.
Salute my well-beloved Epinatus,
who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.
Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us.
Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Greet Amplius, my beloved in the Lord. Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stacus, my beloved.
Salute Appellus, approved in Christ. Salute them, which are of Aristobolus' household. Salute Herodion, my kinsmen.
Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus which are in the Lord salute triphina and trifosa who labor in the Lord
Salute the beloved purses which labored much in the Lord salute Rufus
Chosen in the Lord and his mother and mine salute as syncretus
Fleagon Hermas patrobus Hermes and the brethren which are with them salute philologous and Julia
Nereus and his sister
and Olympus and all the saints which are with them.
Salute one another within holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
Now I beseech you brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offenses
contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ
but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches
For your obedience is come abroad unto all men.
I am glad therefore on your behalf,
but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good
and simple concerning evil.
And the God of peace shall brew Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
Gaius, my host, and of the whole church, salute with you.
Erastus, the chamberlain of the city, salute with you.
And Cortus, a brother.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel
and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the
mystery
which was kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest
and by the scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment
of the everlasting God made known to all nations
to God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ forever. Amen. Let's pray.
Dear father, thank you for this church.
Thank you for this chapter, Lord Romans chapter 16.
I pray at this time that you'd fill past trials with your spirit and give us
ears to hear the word that you laid on his heart, Lord, in Jesus's name.
I pray. Amen. Amen.
Where we are in Romans chapter number 16 this morning, let's start reading in
verse 17.
The Bible says now I beseech you brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned and avoid them.
So here, the Bible teaches that leaders are supposed to mark people, what it means to mark people is to make it known, make it plain to God's people.
People who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned.
and avoid them. So part of my job as a pastor is to warn the flock about bad
preachers, about false prophets, about anyone who's causing division or
teaching doctrines contrary to that which we have learned from the Word of God.
And so I'm gonna be doing that job this morning and I'm gonna be preaching
against this false teacher.
who used to be a part of our movement,
who claimed to be new IFB for years and years and years
and claimed to believe all the things that we believe.
And then suddenly within the last six months,
it just seems like every week a new doctrine
is being preached and something that he used to believe
he's just changing and preaching the opposite.
And that is this guy, Pastor Joe Jones.
I believe that this is a dangerous false teacher
that every single person should avoid.
And let me give you a quick recap of some of the things that he has been teaching and then I'll talk about the new crazy heresy that he's talking about.
So, one of the things he said is he said that since separating from us, he is no longer
a fundamental Baptist.
He says, I'm no longer new IFB, I'm no longer old IFB, I'm no longer IFB.
So, he's just saying, I'm no longer a fundamental Baptist, so lest you think like, oh, you know,
we're the crazy ones, we've changed.
No, no, he's just admitting he's no longer fundamental Baptist.
He's not sticking with the doctrine we believed.
He's taught this weird hyper-grace nonsense that no matter what sins you commit, God's
not going to punish you, God's not going to come down on you.
He said that the devil whispers in Christians ears saying, oh yeah, salvation's by faith
alone in Jesus Christ, but after you get saved, you should do good works to be accepted by
God.
So he's sitting here teaching that the devil is teaching doctrines that in fact Jesus Christ
actually taught, because he said, if you love me, keep my commandments.
He also called preachers like myself ministers of Satan because I made a video where I read this verse proverbs 28 9 says he that turneth away his ear from hearing the law even his prayer shall be an abomination.
And I made a video warning, hey Christians,
you need to make sure that you're not turning away
your ear from good preaching in the Bible
and that you're being receptive to the word of God
when God asks to make a change in our lives,
that we're receptive to that, that we change,
otherwise our prayer can become abomination.
And he said, what does a minister of the devil look like?
It looks like someone that says that.
So he's basically calling me a minister of the devil.
He says that new IFB preachers don't preach the full gospel.
and that we hate the doctrine of grace,
that's quite a railing accusation,
to say we're not preaching the full gospel
and that we hate the grace of God.
He said that we are the Jew IFB,
because like the Jews,
we supposedly hate the grace of God.
He taught that biblical modesty is determined by culture.
He's been preaching weird violent statements all the time talking about fantasizing murdering his boss and putting him in a forever box
That's his words putting him in a forever box
He was reading out of Romans and he says you know reading this doesn't make me want to shoot up a store of people
It's usually only when I'm not reading the Bible that I have those thoughts go ahead and fact check me on what I'm saying to you
He's preaching these weird violent thoughts, you know, he's the pastor of I'll kick your butt, but God never will
It's like every sermon is like God will never punish you, but I'll kick your butt. It's on site. It's violence
Just insane behavior
Now, the new thing that he's doing is he's throwing a wet blanket on soul winning and he's preaching this
Communist idea that no matter what works you do for God, whether you are the greatest evangelist who has ever lived or
Whether you've never done anything for God, whether you've never gone soul winning
We're all gonna have the same rewards in heaven no matter what and so the title my sermon this morning is this God is not a commie
God is not a commie because really what Pastor Jones is preaching is
Communistic ideas and before we get into his direct quotes. Let me just read you about communism here
This is from Grock, Grock's definition of communism.
It says, communism has outlined in the Communist Manifesto
by Karlsmarks and Frederick Engels
is a political and economic ideology
that seeks a classless, stateless society
where the means of production, factories, land, resources
are collectively owned and wealth is distributed
based on need.
It aims to eliminate private property, social classes, and exploitation inherent in capitalism.
Promoting equality, that's a very important key point here.
Promoting equality by abolishing the bourgeoisie, I hope I'm saying that right,
and empowering the proletariat.
Key tenets include abolition of private property, classless society, collective labor, and revolutionary transition.
Just curious, by race of hands, who's ever read the Communist Manifesto? Anyone ever read that before?
OK, just me, I guess.
But hopefully, you have a basic understanding
of what communism is.
And notice how one of the key things about communism
is that its stated goal.
is to promote equality.
Now, this is not the reality of actually
what ends up happening in communism.
And if there is any form of equality,
it's only that communism makes people equally poor
and miserable and just hating their life
because the people who are running
the centralized government,
really what they end up doing
is they end up just being corrupt,
taking advantage of people,
stealing from people,
being overbearing and harsh towards people.
They say they want
equality, but it doesn't really happen and this idea is kind of what Pastor Jones is preaching
is that up in heaven, it's just going to be like a classless society that we're all going to have
the exact same state and rewards and, you know, assets, if you will, spiritual rewards in heaven.
And so really it is a communistic idea. Now go to Galatians chapter three.
Before I get into his statements, let me say this, of course there are some contexts in which Christians are equal, right?
So for example, Galatians chapter 3 verse 22, here is some equality that we have as Christians.
But the scripture hath concluded, notice, all under sin.
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ
might be given to them that belief.
Here's one way that we are all equal
is that we are all in the same class
when it comes to sin.
We have all sinned.
For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
So we are in the same class when it comes to the fact
that hey, we are sinners.
Verse 23, but before faith came,
we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should
afterwards be revealed where for the law was our school master to bring us
unto Christ. Notice that we might be justified by faith. Here's another class
that we all belong to.
If you are saved this morning, you belong to the group of people saved by faith because anyone who is saved is saved by faith.
And so we're in that same class when it comes to salvation.
Then it says in verse 25, but after that faith has come, we are no longer under a school master.
For ye are, notice all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Hey, those of us who have believed on Jesus Christ, we are all His children.
So we're in that same class that we are all the children of God saved by faith.
We need that salvation. Why? Because we're all sinners.
So we're all equal in that sense. Verse 27.
For as many as you have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek. There is neither bond nor free.
There is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
So here's another way that we are equal is that
All of God's children are valuable and loved by God,
regardless of these carnal distinctions of being a Jew or a Gentile,
being a man or a woman, of being bond or free.
All of us who believe in Him, we are God's children,
and God loves His children, and God values His children,
and we're not more special for being white or brown or black
than a Jew or anything like that.
All those who have put their faith in Christ, God values those people and loves those people.
Verse 29.
The Bible says and if ye be Christ, then are ye Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.
Notice, if we believe, we are all the seed of Abraham, we're all the heir of that promise.
Now, there's lots of ways though that we are not all equal and that people are not all equal even Christians.
Here's one example, sin is not all equal.
All sin is equal and in God's eyes, you know,
stealing a pencil is just as bad as, you know,
a mass shooting or something like that.
But that is garbage is not what the Bible teaches.
Go to John chapter 19.
I'll just show you one verse to prove this
that not all sin is equal.
John chapter number 19 verse 10 then pilot then sayeth pilot unto him speak
as thou not unto me knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee and
to power and power to release thee Jesus answered thou couldest have had no
power at all against me except it were given thee from above therefore he that
delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin
So those who delivered Jesus Christ to the Romans, to be killed, had the greater sin than even Pilate for ordering it.
So that's why the Bible holds the Jews responsible for the death of Jesus Christ, by the way,
because they delivered Jesus Christ unto the Romans.
And Jesus said that that was a greater sin than even what Pilate was doing.
The Bible talks about the greater condemnation.
The Bible talks about the lowest hell.
It's not even, it's not a communist society, even in hell.
There are people in hell that will have worse punishments,
worse torments than other people.
You know, that's why Jesus said that if you offend one of these little ones that believe in me,
it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck
and he was drowned in the depths of the sea.
What is he getting at? He's saying,
hell is going to be so horrific for this type of person
that he would rather this horrible carnal death
than what he's going to experience.
Everyone's suffering in hell, but some people are suffering worse.
False prophets are going to be suffering the worst of the people in hell.
People that teach a false gospel, you know, like these Mormon missionaries that were in Anadarko yesterday going around
Spreading their false gospel. Those people are gonna be burning in the lowest hell
And it's funny they have the gall to email me saying one of your soul winners said that we're going to hell
Yeah, you are going to hell. The Bible says if any man preach any other gospel than that which we have preached unto you
Let him be a curse
And so one of our soul winners said,
I don't shake the hand of false prophets,
you guys are going to hell.
And then they wanna email me acting like I'm gonna get upset.
I'm like, hey, good job.
Good job, because that's what the Bible teaches,
that they're going to hell
and false prophets will be in the lowest hell.
You know, the old lady who lived a pretty decent life but didn't end up trusting in Christ is not going to be burning in hell at the same depths as those Mormon missionaries are that spend their whole life making people twofold more the child of hell than themselves.
So, you know, we're not all equal in that sense. Go to Matthew 5.
But it's funny because communists in the Soviet Union actually kind of had this same mentality of like all sin is equal
because pretty much, if you read the Gulag Archipelago, pretty much any crime that you did or were accused of doing, even if you did nothing,
they hit you with this, Section 5810, anti-Soviet agitation.
What is anti-Soviet agitation? Absolutely anything the communists wanted it to be.
And so they just viewed all sin is equal.
It's like, oh, you didn't report on your family member,
5810, and they would hit you with what's called a tenor,
a 10 year sentence in the gulag.
Oh, you said something bad about Stalin, tenor, 5810.
Oh, you're accused of stealing food, tenor.
And they just, no matter what the crime was,
it was the same punishment, 10 years in the gulag.
That's not how God works.
There is a lowest hell.
Now, getting back to what Pastor Jones is teaching here,
I only have one point this morning.
And it's this, number one, God rewards us on earth and in heaven based on our works.
That is what the Bible teaches.
The Bible does not teach this communistic idea that we're all going to have the same
rewards in heaven, that we're all going to be at the same status in heaven.
That is a lie.
Go to Matthew 519.
Let's start proving that here.
Matthew chapter 5 verse 19 the Bible says whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so he shall be called the least notice in the kingdom of heaven.
So, this is a crazy thing to think about, but apparently, there are saved people who, of course, break the commandments, and of course, we know we're all sinners.
That's not the surprising part of this verse.
But what's surprising is that there would be people that break the least of God's commandments and teach men so.
They teach men to go break the commandments of God.
And someone like that, what does Jesus say?
He shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.
How can you have anyone that is least in the kingdom of heaven if we're all the same?
If we all have the same rewards, it's insane.
And it's even more insane when I tell you that this was actually his proof text
to prove that we're all equal in heaven.
You go listen to this sermon.
This is the proof text that he used that we're all the same in heaven.
Talk about God sending strong delusion.
I mean, it's just insane that you could read this and come away with that conclusion.
But notice, but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven.
So it sounds to me like there are those that are great in the kingdom of heaven and there
are those that are least.
What determines that?
Your faith in Christ?
No.
Your faith in Christ determines whether you get to heaven or not.
Hey, we're all equal in the sense that if you believe in Jesus, you will be in heaven.
And all of us will be enjoying heaven,
but some of us will be great in the kingdom of heaven.
Some of us will be least in the kingdom of heaven.
What is that determined by?
It's determined by your works.
It's determined by keeping the commandments.
It's determined by teaching the right things
and not teaching false doctrine.
This is what Joe Jones said about this verse.
He said, this isn't, well, if you've gone soul winning X amount of times, then guess what, man, you're going to be great.
You're going to be up there, and you're going to be teaching people, because that's what you do at the door.
That after salvation, of course, keep the commandments.
No, you don't.
Well, first of all, yes, it is actually what I do at the door.
I get people saved.
And I explained to them that salvation is a free gift,
that it's not of works,
that you never have to do any good works,
but you have to believe in Jesus.
God will forgive you of all your sins past, present, and future.
You can never lose your salvation.
They call upon the name of the Lord,
and then I tell them,
hey, of course you should go to church.
You should read your Bible.
You should come get baptized.
You should follow the commandments of God,
because if you don't,
God's going to punish you as his child.
That is actually what I tell people at the door because, you know, the Great Commission is not just going and teaching all nations.
It's baptizing them and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever Christ has commanded.
And so what a bizarre view of this verse.
This isn't saying, well, if you've gone soul-winning X amount of times,
it kind of is though, because that's keeping the commandments.
Because Jesus said, follow me and I will make you fishers of men.
He said, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
He said to teach all nations.
And so yeah, those who obey the commandment to go,
and those that keep the commandment and teach others to do so,
they're going to be great in heaven.
and if Pastor Jones is saved and he's one of these guys throwing a wet blanket on soul winning,
he will be the least in the kingdom of heaven if he is saved. This is what he said.
The greatest evangelist, the greatest missionary to ever live, whoever that is, you have to understand
that you are coheirs with Christ. You will be just as blessed, just as rewarded, just as well off
Boy, doesn't that really just motivate you to want to go out and do a lot of hard work
for the Lord?
I mean, what if I told you like, hey man, you know, whether you sit at home and play
video games all day, or you go and risk something and work hard and build a business, you know,
I'm going to deposit in your bank account the same rewards as Elon Musk, whether you
go and build SpaceX or whether you sit down and play video games.
How many people do you think are going to go do hard work?
How many people do you think are going to sacrifice and risk and go work their tail off to do something great if we're just all getting paid the same anyways?
That's why I say this doctrine is throwing a wet blanket on soul winning and not to mention the fact that it's just wrong.
It's just lies. It's false doctrine. No, the greatest missionary to ever live is not going to be just as rewarded as lot.
Lot getting his two daughters pregnant, getting drunk, isn't that wonderful that Lot is getting rewarded the exact same as the Apostle Paul and John the Baptist and all the disciples and those that were killed for the cause of Christ?
Doesn't that just make you want to work hard for the Lord?
It's insane.
He said this, personal witness is not a programmed campaign.
So, I don't know why Jesus gave us the Great Commission then.
I don't know why Jesus sent people out two by two
if soul winning is not a programmed campaign.
He said, and that's not to say our soul winning program is an issue
and we need to stop doing it.
Oh, thanks for caveatting that.
You know, I hope I never have to caveat to you like,
hey, I'm not saying that we have to stop soul winning guys.
That's already like weird territory when you're having to say anything like that.
He says, but don't feel bad if you're not ready for it or simply can't participate.
Because at the end of the day, you're going to get the same reward as those who can go
every single day of the week.
So hey, don't feel bad if you never go soul winning, if you never do any work for the
Lord, because you're going to get rewarded just the same as people that go soul winning
every single day of the week.
Now let's debunk some of this.
Romans chapter number 10. First of all, let's debunk this idea.
He said personal witness is not a programmed campaign.
Well, what's interesting about that is why is it that all the people I know who are zealous for soul winning,
who actually get people saved, they do it through the efforts of an organized soul winning program through the church.
Where all these lone rangers
that are just getting thousands of people saved
and they've got no church, they've got no group,
they've got no organized effort.
It doesn't exist.
It is a lie.
And sitting here and attacking the soul winning program
is by extension attacking soul winning.
We've got a pastor today, Pastor Joe Jones
attacking soul winning and if you listen to this guy
and like this guy, you're wicked.
Don't share his crap. I'm like, you're wicked or you're retarded or both.
Look what the Bible says, Romans 10, verse 13.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear without a preacher?
How is it people get saved today?
Does Jesus come down from heaven
and shine in glory in someone's bedroom
and reveal himself to them through dreams and revelation?
No.
You know how people believe in Jesus today?
Through a preacher.
Through someone going to someone's door,
knocking on their door,
presenting the gospel to them.
And again, notice the progression.
You have a preacher.
The preacher preaches.
They hear, they believe,
and call upon the name of the Lord.
That's how people get saved.
But how do we get preachers?
And how shall they preach, except they be sent?
As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace
and bring glad tidings of good things.
You want to know why there were soul winners yesterday in Anadarko, Oklahoma?
It was because Anchor Baptist Church sent them.
And if Anchor Baptist Church did not send soul winners there, there would have been zero yesterday.
There would have been no soul winners yesterday.
You know that town is very spiritually dark and it's like man, where's the soul winning in that town?
I ran into a saved pastor yesterday. I'm just thinking man, you need to up your soul winning program.
You need to get this town saved because it was a rough area.
But you know, how is this idea not communistic? Go to Revelation chapter 22, Revelation chapter 22.
So again, people get saved by calling upon the name of the Lord in faith.
How do they get that faith?
Faith coming by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
How do they get the Word of God?
A preacher preaches it to them.
How do they get a preacher?
Someone sent that preacher.
And so attacking a soul winning program is attacking soul winning.
It's evil and it's wicked.
Notice Revelation 22 verse 12.
The Bible says,
And behold, I come quickly,
And my reward is with me,
To give every man according as his work shall be.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end,
the first and the last.
Blessed are they that do his commandments!
that they may have right to the tree of life
and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Notice what Jesus is teaching here at the end of the Bible.
Hey, more works, more rewards.
And he says, I'm coming and I'm going to judge every man.
Notice, according as his work shall be.
Why would Jesus have to judge us according to our works
if we're all getting the same reward anyways?
I mean, what is he judging?
Does he go, okay, I see you.
You are the greatest evangelist who has ever lived.
You are the greatest soul winner who has ever lived.
Oh, I see this other person who got saved,
never went to church, didn't read their Bible,
didn't go soul winning.
All right, I'm gonna judge according to your works
and boom, same reward.
Wow, that's communism, folks.
That's insane.
That's not what Jesus is teaching.
And notice, blessed are they that do his commandments,
that they may have right to the tree of life,
and may enter in through the gates into the city.
So this matches up perfectly with Matthew 5-19,
that those who do the commandments and teach them
will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
And so he's seeing here, who are those that are doing the commandments?
These people have extra access.
These people have more elite status.
There is not an equality of status in heaven because those that do the commandments,
they have right to the Tree of Life.
They may enter in through the gates into the city.
So you know there probably is a hierarchy of like physical closeness to the center of the city and Jesus Christ
who did the most works for Jesus Christ,
and those who used the talents that they were given
to the best of their ability,
and those who did the commandments of God,
they have right to that,
and they're not going to be rewarded the same
as everyone else.
Go to Ezekiel chapter number two.
Now, let me answer this objection.
People will say, well, what about people
who live in a really unreceptive area?
And this straw man is acting like we're saying,
you know, if you're not getting X number of people saved per year,
if you're not hitting the quota or something like that,
that you're not going to be rewarded greatly in heaven.
But you know, I've always preached and everyone that I know is always preached
that you are going to be rewarded according to your work.
And you know, we often call soul winning, soul warning sometimes
because sometimes we're out there, we're working hard.
And we're warning people, but it's up to them to believe.
We can't force people to believe the gospel.
All we can do is warn them.
Now, notice Ezekiel.
How would you like to have Ezekiel's ministry?
Ezekiel chapter two, verse three,
and he said unto me, Son of man,
I send thee to the children of Israel,
to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me.
They and their fathers have transgressed against me,
even unto this very day.
So God.
He is sending Ezekiel straight to the children of Israel.
How would you like it if we had our mega soul winning marathon
where sometimes the churches and the new IFB
they'll kind of take over different cities
for the soul winning marathon.
And next year, I'm hoping that we could possibly represent
like Denver and maybe Wichita, Kansas and Oklahoma City.
How would you like it if I said to you like,
all right, you're going to Denver
and you're going to Israel?
Wouldn't you be really excited
to go preach to the children of Israel?
Notice what he says about verse 4,
For they are impudent children and stiff-hearted.
I do send thee unto them, and thou shalt say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord, and they, whether they will hear
or whether they will forbear, for they are a rebellious house,
yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
God is literally telling Ezekiel go preach to the children of Israel. They're impudent. They're stiff-necked. They're hard-hearted
They're not going to listen to you elsewhere in the chapter. It talks about hey, don't be afraid of their faces
He's saying they're gonna be angry. They're not gonna receive it
But go ahead and just preach to them anyways that they will know that a prophet has been among them
And you know, that's that's my advice to anyone living in an unreceptive area
is, hey, you know what you do?
You go out, and you go on Saturday,
and you go soul-winning, no matter what.
And you go Sunday, whenever you can.
You go soul-winning, and you warn people about hell.
You offer them to preach them the gospel.
That is all you can do.
And I believe that Ezekiel is going to be rewarded
for obeying God's command.
You know, I bet you God would have been mad
if he went somewhere other than Israel,
because he told him to go to Israel.
So it's like, okay, you're living in Boise, Idaho, for example.
I've lived there for seven years.
I've been soul winning there.
It's not very receptive,
especially compared to Oklahoma City, Texas.
There's a lot of better places to go and preach the gospel.
But it's like, hey, if you're living there,
then go out and preach the gospel.
And I guarantee you,
if God sees a soul winner faithfully going out,
doing all that they can,
warning people going in,
weekend, week out preaching the gospel,
that person's going to be greatly rewarded in heaven.
And you know, there's other places like this, Germany.
There is all sorts of soul winners across Germany.
And you know what?
They don't have the same talents that we have.
They haven't been given all the same opportunities
that we have.
They don't have the same receptivity
as we have in Oklahoma City.
But you know what those soul winners are doing?
They're going in week in, week out.
They're facing the persecution.
They're going and preaching the gospel
despite police raiding their homes
and threats of arrest and threats of deportation.
And some people actually being deported.
They're going out and preaching anyways.
God's going to reward those people greatly.
I believe that.
So this straw man idea is just like,
well, if our church isn't getting thousands of people saved
then we're not getting rewards in heaven.
No, no, no.
Are you going out and doing the work?
Because God's going to reward you according to your work.
Go to Ezekiel 3, flip the page.
Ezekiel chapter 3, I'll prove this further, verse 17 says,
Son of man, I've made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel.
Therefore, hear the word in my mouth and give them warning from me.
What does a watchman do?
It warns when the enemy is coming.
Can a watchman necessarily prevent the attack from coming?
Can a watchman necessarily overcome the enemy in every battle?
That's not really what that person's job is.
The person's job is just to say, hey, the enemy's coming.
or hey, there's this problem in the land or something like that.
It says in verse 18,
when I say unto the wicked,
thou shalt surely die,
and thou givest him not warning,
nor speakest to warn the wicked
from his wicked way,
to save his life,
the same wicked man shall die
in his iniquity,
but his blood
will I require at thine hand.
So, notice, people are responsible for their own soul's salvation, and if people don't
believe in Jesus Christ, they still will go to hell.
But if we as Christians did not do our job as watchmen, by at least warning them, by
at least going to their door and explaining to them that hell is real, and offering that
gift, and then they die and go to hell, well then their blood is on our hands.
And so this is another way that God is going to look and judge our works is, hey, did we
and warned the wicked.
Did we tell them of hell?
Did we offer them salvation?
Verse 19, yet if thou warned the wicked
and he turned not from his wickedness,
nor from his wicked way,
he shall die in his iniquity,
but thou hast delivered thy soul.
So his death and him going to hell
will not be counted against you.
You won't be responsible for it whatsoever.
That's on him.
Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness and commit iniquity, and
I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die, because thou hast not given him warning.
He shall die in his sin, and his righteousness, which he hath done, shall not be remembered,
but his blood will I require at thine hand.
You know, I also think about my job as a pastor is I can't stop people from sinning.
I can't stop people from going out and blowing up their life and doing something maybe even
super wicked.
Murder, adultery, fornication, drunkenness, something like that.
I can't stop people from doing that, but what I could do is warn.
What I could do is preach what the Bible says, and then if people go and do that, then it's on them.
But if I don't warn as a pastor, then that's on me.
You know, if people go out and go and get deceived by false teachers like Pastor Joe Jones,
hey, you're responsible because you're supposed to be reading the Bible.
You're supposed to be praying and being filled with the Spirit.
But you know what? I need to at least warn.
I need to mark those that cause divisions against us.
Verse 21, never the less, if thou warned the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned, also thou hast delivered thy soul.
Go to Titus chapter number three.
Titus chapter number three.
You know what's very strange about this mentality, especially coming from a pastor?
is that, you know, the job of all Christians, really, is to what?
Provoke unto love and to good works?
I mean, that's why we're not supposed to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, right?
We're supposed to provoke each other unto love and unto good works.
It would be crazy if any Christian was throwing a wet blanket on soul winning,
if any Christian was teaching this communistic ideology,
but when it's coming from a pastor, it's just insane and shocking to me.
that a pastor would sit here and literally be discouraging people from doing good works.
Literally saying, hey, doesn't matter if you go soul-winning,
doesn't matter if you're the greatest evangelist,
we're all going to be equally rewarded in heaven.
You know, it's crazy.
And this ideology, man, you know who it really appeals to?
It sounds really good to lazy people.
Man, this message sounds great to lazy, do nothing, losers.
And I'm not talking about people who live in an unreceptive area and go out and work
hard.
And maybe they don't have as many salvation as us.
That's fine.
But what I'm talking about is people that are just lazy, they can go soul winning.
They have the ability to go soul winning and they're just not doing it.
or pastors who they've been entrusted with a church,
they've got the power, they've got the congregation,
and instead of leading them to get on fire for soul winning
and do something great for God,
they're taking their opportunity and squandering it
by discouraging God's people.
That's why this pastor is a wicked person and he's a bad pastor and that's why he's getting no results.
It's not because he's in an unreceptive area and you just can't get people saved, but you know, years and years ago,
he had to take the numbers off of his bulletin. Why? Just because they're not working.
They're not getting a lot done and it just goes to show like the spirit of God just might not be there.
There might be a bigger issue going on.
Titus chapter number three, look at verse eight.
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.
Why?
These things are good and profitable unto men.
Notice the pastor is supposed to be preaching constantly
for Christians, for those who have believed
to maintain good works.
Make you feel as comfortable as possible and coddle everyone and be like well, you know if you're just not ready for it
It's okay, you know those people exist, but that shouldn't be your default
Your default should be telling people go soul winning stop making excuses
Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Get out there and do some good works
Why because it's good and profitable
Unto men and of course there's a lot of great reasons to do good works for God
We're specifically talking about rewards this morning,
but of course, that's not our only motivation.
You know, we go out soul-winning a big reason,
because we just love people, and we know that hell is real.
And we don't want people to burn in hell for all of eternity.
And so look, even if that was the only thing on the line,
I would still preach that we all need to go soul-winning,
because hell is real.
You know, another motivation is just that we love God.
Jesus said, hey, if you love me, keep my commandments.
And then you know what another great motivation is?
Rewards.
And there's nothing in the world wrong with that.
You know, I hope that you're motivated by rewards.
I hope that you're not one of these lazy,
commy Christians that don't wanna work hard
and earn any rewards.
That is not what Anchor Baptist Church
is gonna be about.
Go to Hebrews chapter six.
You know so Pastor Jones is doing the exact opposite of this saying oh soul winning is not an organized campaign
Ah, you know you get the same rewards in heaven whether you whether you do no work or whether you're the greatest evangelist who's ever lived
What is they doing? You're just discouraging people from doing good works, and you know what?
In his pursuit of equality in heaven, you're really destroying equality,
which this is what communism always does.
Oh man, we're going to give you guys equality.
We're all going to be in the middle class.
Now you just make everyone poor.
And that's what this type of preaching is going to do for those that are saved,
is it's going to make them lazy, apathetic,
and it's going to make them equally poor in heaven.
Notice Hebrews chapter 6 verse 7.
This parable is given it says for the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh offed upon it and bringeth forth herbs
Meed for them by whom it is dressed receiveeth blessing from God
So just like the parable of the sower the ground here is talking about a type of person
The earth here is a type of person and the type of person that has the rain coming off upon it,
the word of God is often associated with rain or water. You know, the person who's taking in
lots of rain, lots of, you know, watering and nutrients from the Bible and they're bringing
forth herbs, meet for them by whom it is dressed. Notice, receive it, blessing from God. What are
the Christians that God is going to bless greatly in this life and the next is those who are
doing the works, reading the Bible, and producing fruit.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and he that went to the souls is wise the Bible says.
And so those Christians that are producing fruit,
they're gonna be blessed.
What about other types of Christians?
Notice, but that, what's the that referring to?
But that earth, he said the earth,
now he's talking about a different piece of ground,
but that, that earth, which Barath, Thorns, and Briars
is rejected.
is nigh unto cursing whose end is to be burned. You know what's funny is this is
a very common agricultural tactic that people used. I saw this all the time
living in Idaho when a field was not producing very well. When a field was
having problems, you know what the farmers did? Controlled burns. They
purposely liked their field on fire with the hopes of, hey,
next season we got all this crap out of the ground and we're going to start fresh so that
it can bring forth fruit.
That's exactly what this verse is saying.
Those people who are bearing thorns and briars, they're not producing good works. They're not soul-winning.
They're not doing the right works for God. They are rejected,
not undercursing. Whose end is to be burned? Basically just saying like, hey, the person who's not doing any works,
God can kind of just trash you and move on to the next person. You can become a castaway.
You can become that salt that's good for nothing, but that is just trodden over foot of men.
You know, you want to be that good
earth. You want to be that good field.
Go to Matthew chapter number five, Matthew chapter.
Oh, I'm sorry, keep your place in Hebrew six and go to Matthew five.
Let's look at one verse here.
Because people sometimes get
confused with this parable because it is a parable so it's not using like the
exact language of what it's saying it's just a story it's a parable and they'll
see things like rejected and not into cursing and that this is talking about
reprobates I've preached whole sermons on that I don't believe whatsoever Hebrew
6 is talking about reprobates but you know this matches in Matthew chapter 5 verse 13
The Bible says,
ye are the salt of the earth,
but if the salt have lost his savor,
wherewith shall it be salted?
It is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out
and to be trodden under foot of men.
Hey, we know this is talking about the saved, right?
The salt of the earth, that's talking about saved,
yet saved people can lose their savor.
and they could be good for nothing,
and all they're good for is to be cast out
and to be trodden under foot of men.
Just like a field, a field can be good for nothing,
and all that's left for it to do is to be burned
because it's not producing fruit.
This isn't talking about people going to hell,
this is talking about Christians becoming worthless on this earth.
Because, you know, if you got saved,
you took the grace of God,
but you're not reading the Bible,
You're not going to church, you're not provoking your brethren to love and to good works,
you're not edifying anyone else, you're not praying for anyone else,
you're not preaching the gospel and getting anyone saved.
It's like, what is your value is your life giving to the kingdom of God?
None. It's giving none to the kingdom of God.
And so Christians can become worthless and it's those that don't go soul-winning.
Those are the Christians that are worthless.
Go to verse 9 of Hebrews 6. Let's keep reading here.
Hebrews 6 verse 9,
but beloved, we are persuaded better things of you
and things that accompany salvation.
He's saying, hey, I got faith in you guys.
I know you're not gonna be this earth
that's bringing forth thorns and briars
and it's just kind of worthless
and just ready to be burned.
I have faith you guys are gonna be that good earth
that's bringing forth fruit
and things that accompany salvation.
What are things that accompany salvation works
or not salvation?
But what should we have with our salvation?
Good works, getting people saved, doing good things.
Notice this, this is a very important verse with what we're talking about this morning.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love,
which you have showed toward his name in that you have ministered to the saints and do minister.
He's saying God is not wicked.
God is not like one of these commies that you'll go out and work your own field and
sweat your tail off and put in the work and the risk and then you get no reward for it.
God is not unrighteous to forget your work in labor of love.
You know what, who I believe is Paul, the author of this book.
What I believe Paul is saying here is, hey, if God did forget your work, if God did forget
your labor, you know what that would make God?
That's what the Bible is saying.
So who am I supposed to believe?
Pastor Joe Jones, who's preaching like every heresy under the sun,
preaches a new heresy every single sermon,
telling me, oh, no matter what work you do,
you're all going to be rewarded the same in heaven.
Or am I supposed to believe the author of Hebrews,
who's saying, hey, if God forgot your works,
if God forgot your labor, that would make God unrighteous.
And why is it that Pastor Jones just keeps accidentally
blaspheming God?
Making God to be this unrighteous God.
You know, it's like, oops, I preached blasphemy saying that Satan is preaching that you should do good works
to be accepted with God.
When Jesus said, if you love me, keep my commandments.
Blasphemy.
How is it you just keep accidentally blaspheming God saying, no matter what works you do?
Ah, God's just going to forget it. You're all going to be rewarded the same.
Blasphemous.
You know, why is it blasphemous?
Because you're making God unrighteous.
Because he said,
If God would do this, that would make him unrighteous.
And so, what's the application?
Notice, verse 11,
and we desire that every one of you
do show the same diligence
to the full assurance of hope unto the end.
We want you to be diligent and work.
We want you to work hard and produce fruit.
Why? Verse 12.
Vaibh not slothful.
but followers of them who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises.
Hey, the whole point is, I don't want you to be the slothful Christian that never goes soul-winning.
I don't want you to be the slothful ground that doesn't produce any fruit.
We want you to have diligence to work hard.
Wouldn't it be unrighteous if you take guys like Evangelist Duncan Urbanik, for example?
who sacrificed a lot.
He left his job.
He left his life that he's always known here
in the United States,
and he goes and lives in a pretty rough country.
Like let's be honest,
the Philippines is not exactly the nicest tourist destination
and they're not even living in the tourist destinations.
Like he's sacrificed a lot for the gospel
and he's working super hard
and he's getting tons of people saved.
But hey, sorry, evangelist herbannock.
You know a lot that impregnated his two daughters
and got drunk.
He's gonna be rewarded just the same as you.
Doesn't that make God unrighteous?
It does.
It's insane.
Go to 2nd Corinthians chapter number four.
Here's what else Pastor Jones said.
He says, not everyone was called to be a missionary.
Not everyone was called to be an evangelist.
If we happen to have a church
and everyone is gifted to give the gospel
to go out and do that, amen.
Praise God, there is nothing wrong with that.
Well, thank you for letting us know that there's nothing wrong with preaching the gospel.
I mean, this is a really zealous on-fire pastor here who's telling you,
hey, there's nothing wrong with preaching the gospel.
I mean, not everyone's been called to be a missionary.
Not everyone's been called to be an evangelist.
Some people don't have that gift, but hey, you know,
if we have a church of people that can preach the gospel,
I mean, there's nothing wrong with that.
There's nothing wrong with getting people saved.
I mean, there's nothing wrong with getting people baptized, right?
Hey, tomorrow, I just want you to know, tomorrow,
if you have a desire to read your Bible,
I just want to let you know, I mean, there's nothing wrong with that.
Hey, there's nothing wrong with praying for your brothers and sisters in Christ.
You know, if you want to memorize Bible verses, you know,
there's nothing wrong with that if you want to memorize the Bible.
You know, if you want to tithe to church,
I mean, not everyone's been gifted with that,
but you know, there's nothing wrong with that.
What kind of pastor is this?
This is crazy.
2 Corinthians chapter 4, so he says,
hey, we're not all gifted with this.
So when he is in all of our ministry,
we're not all evangelists.
Okay, 2 Corinthians 4 verse 1.
Therefore, seeing, you see that little word right there
has two letters, W-E.
Therefore, seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not.
You know who's received the ministry?
All of us.
You know who's received the Great Commission?
All of us.
Why did God even give us the institution of the local New Testament church for the fulfillment
of the Great Commission?
That's why he says we have this ministry, you know, we talk about this phrase of like being in full-time ministry and I understand what people mean by that.
They mean like you're not working a secular job, you're working full-time in the ministry, but you know, it's also accurate to say that we're all in full-time ministry because we all have received the ministry.
Verse 2,
Verse 4,
But in whom the God of this world have blinded the minds of them which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus's sake.
We should be the servants of Jesus Christ to this community, to Anadarko, to Oklahoma, to the Bahamas, to the whole world.
to preach the gospel wide because we received that gospel.
We received that ministry and if our gospel be hid,
it is hid to them that are lost.
It's not like, well, you know, if our gospel be hid,
it just means that we weren't gifted with that.
It might not be our calling.
We'll leave that to other churches.
No, no, no, if you are not a soul winner,
there will be people that will go to hell
that could have been reached.
You need to take responsibility
and I'm not interested in just trying to make people
feel good about themselves.
I'm trying to get people out of hell.
And you know what? If you can go soul-winning,
I'm not talking about someone in a wheelchair.
Alright? I'm not talking about someone with chronic health issues.
I'm not talking about someone who got saved at 95.
I'm saying you with legs that work and lungs that work
and hands that work and a vehicle and a church that trains you.
If you don't go soul-winning, I hope you feel bad.
I hope you feel bad.
I'm not trying to be like,
oh, I just don't want anyone to feel bad
for not using the talents that God has given them,
you're a wicked and slothful servant, actually,
if you don't use the talents that God has given you.
In fact, let's go ahead and read that parable.
Go to Matthew chapter number 25, Matthew 25.
Let me read another quote from Pastor Jones here.
He said, but again, don't think you're going to get paid
more than somebody who isn't called to do that.
OK, remember that parable we went over this morning?
Everybody gets the same wages,
whether you knock doors in 110 degree weather
or whether you never went at all.
Again, man, doesn't this just inspire you to work hard?
The guys out there knocking doors soul winning
in 110 degree weather, same rewards as someone
who's never even been soul winning.
He says, when you get to heaven,
you will be no worse off than anyone else.
It just is what it is.
It upsets people.
They don't like that.
But it makes total sense because God's grace isn't like a human achievement payroll.
You know why I don't like it? It's because it's false doctrine.
And any Christian with the spirit of God knows that this is false doctrine.
Any Christian who could look at the verses we've been reading this morning knows this is a lie.
And that Pastor Jones is wicked for teaching it.
Notice this parable, Matthew 25.
Let's read a lot of verses here.
Verse 14, for the kingdom of heaven
is as a man traveling into a far country
who called his own servants
and delivered unto them his goods.
So hey, Jesus is gone.
He's in that far country.
He's, you know, past the wild blue yonder.
He's in heaven.
And you know, he's given us his goods, right?
That's what we just saw in 2 Corinthians 4.
We received the ministry.
We received the gospel.
He's given it to us.
Notice verse 15.
He gave five talents and to another two and to another one to every man according to his several
ability and straightway took his journey. So of course, in the kingdom of God, we have not been
all given the same opportunities, the same resources, the same health, the same family
situation, the same work situation. And look, that's okay. You know, I can't sit here and
in our first year with the numbers we have and resources we have with the churches that
existed for 15 years with more resources, more opportunity, it wouldn't make sense to compare
ourselves against that, right? But we should be thinking about the talents that we've been given.
It says here, then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same
and made them other five talents. So this guy was given a lot, but he also produced a lot,
according to that which he's been given. And likewise, he that received two, he gained other two.
So he wasn't given as much, but he still was making a profit.
He still was working hard.
But he that had received one went and digged it in the earth and hid his Lord's money.
What did this servant do?
Is it just that this servant had a rough time investing?
Because here's the thing, he was given less than other people.
But what did he do with the less he was given?
He was lazy.
He just dug it in the earth, hid it from his Lord.
Verse 19,
After a long time, the Lord of those servants cometh and reckoneth with them.
And you know, there's going to be a day that the Lord is going to reckon with us, with His servants.
And so he that have received five talents came and brought other five talents saying,
Lord, thou deliverest unto me five talents, behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
His Lord said unto him, well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou has been faithful over a
Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
Sounds like everyone get the same rewards in heaven?
No, he's saying, hey, you have been faithful.
I've given you few things.
You were faithful in those few things.
Now I'm going to set you over many things.
So it's meritocracy based here, merit based.
Notice it says, verse number 22,
He also that had received two talents came and said,
Lord, thou deliverest unto me two talents.
Behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
His Lord said unto him,
Oh, you didn't make as much as the talent with five guys.
You know, you're not as special.
You didn't get as many people saved.
No, look what Jesus said.
Well done, good and faithful servant.
Thou hast been faithful over a few things.
I will make the ruler over many things.
Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
So, did these guys have the same quantity of works
that were done?
No.
But you know what?
Both of these guys were, they were both faithful.
And so you know what we need to be? Faithful.
Whatever God has given us, let's do as much as we can with it.
You know, hey, I feel for people that get saved way later in life
and they don't have the health to give anymore
and they're in a wheelchair
or they don't have the finances that other people might have.
But whatever you have, do as much as you can with it for the Lord.
And God will reward you for being faithful.
Notice verse number 24,
then he which had received the one talent came and said,
Lord, I knew thee that thou art in hard man,
reaping where thou hast not sown,
and gathering where thou hast not strawed.
And I was afraid and went and hid thy talent in Boise, Idaho.
Oh, sorry, and went and hid thy talent in the earth.
Lo, there thou hast that is thine.
As Lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, Thou newest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed, Thou oddest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then in my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
He's saying, look, you had the one talent, but you could have done at least something
with that.
I'm not saying you had to go invest it into a business and do all this extra work.
Like you could have at the bare minimum got some interest on this thing, right?
And it's like, look, there's some people that have five talents.
Man, they've got the money, they've got the resources, they've got the manpower, they've
got the influence, they've got the opportunity, praise God for those people, because you
know what they're doing?
They're bringing forth five talents.
If they're being faithful, what they've been given.
Then you've got other people.
Man, they've been given two talents.
Maybe someone got saved a little bit later in life.
They don't have as much time to give as other people do.
Maybe their family situation is really rough.
Maybe their job situation is really rough.
Man, bring a prophet to the Lord with those talents.
But then you got people with one talent that make an excuse,
speak against their master and do absolutely nothing with it.
And those people are the wicked and slothful servants.
Verse number 28,
notice take therefore the talent from him and give it unto him,
which have 10 talents. So this is not communism right here.
He's rewarding those that work hard.
front to everyone that hath been given, and he shall have abundance.
And from him that hath not shall be taken away, even that which he hath.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness,
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Go to 2 Corinthians chapter number five, 2 Corinthians chapter number five.
So notice, in this parable,
We see five, two, and one.
And you know, I missed that part of the story
where the guy with one talent who buried it in the earth
and then the master said,
oh, no worries, you get five just like the other guy.
Because that's what's being taught by Pastor Jones.
You're all going to be rewarded the same regardless of your works.
Nope, it's not true.
Second Corinthians chapter number five.
Notice verse 8, we are confident, I say,
and willing, rather, to be absent from the body
and to be present with the Lord.
Wherefore, we labor that whether present or absent,
we may be accepted of Him.
Man, sounds like your works cause you to be accepted of God.
Sounds like that's not a doctrine that the devil teaches.
It actually seems to be in 1st or 2nd Corinthians chapter 5 verse 9.
Verse 10, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
The judgment seat of Christ is coming, you will be there, I will be there, we will stand
before the Lord Jesus Christ and we will be judged according to what we did in this body.
According to the talents that God has given us, whether it be good or bad.
And God knows that some of us have had other opportunities than others.
That's why He gave us that parable.
But what He expects you to do is wherever you are in life, whatever you have to give
that you're being a profitable servant.
Let me prove this further in Mark chapter number 12.
Mark chapter number 12.
And you know, if anything, we shouldn't be discouraging people from doing works.
We ought to be really constantly preaching these things super hard because I'm looking
around at a bunch of people that have been given a lot by God.
I'm looking at a church here that has a lot of opportunity before us, that has a lot of
blessings, that has a lot of tools at our disposal, and I'm not thinking that we're the two talent
or one talent people.
Man, I think we need to bring a great increase for God because we've been so blessed.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, beheld how the people cast money into the treasury.
And many that were rich cast in much.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites which make a farthing.
And he called unto him his disciples and saith unto them verily,
I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which hath cast into the treasury.
For all they did cast in of their abundance,
but she of her want did cast in all that she had,
even all her living.
So notice again, how God is judging these situations.
These people that are super, super rich
and they're casting a high dollar amount into the treasury,
you know, that's not really that impressive
because they have so much to give.
You know, for some people,
you know, writing a $10,000 check is like nothing to them.
Other people, they could never do that in their entire life.
What does she do?
She gave all that she had.
Now was it less in quantity than other people?
Yes it was, but you know what percentage of her living
that she gave?
100%.
Now think about yourself for a moment.
Imagine just don't, whatever your net worth is,
imagine just taking it all and just 100% giving it to the Lord.
God would look at that as a huge sacrifice.
He would say, man, this person has given in more than other people,
even if they've given a higher dollar amount.
So again, think back to what we're talking about when it comes to rewards in heaven.
Man, some people, God is blessed with the ability to be born in the United States.
And what about people born into our families, kids growing up in the new IFB?
I mean, they've been given a lot.
Meanwhile, like I said, you got guys in Germany over there that are fighting persecution, that
are fighting legal battles, that are fighting police raids, that are fighting deportation.
You got Christians all over this world that are fighting persecution unto death, like
You know, those people might have less quantity to give than us, but man, those guys are sacrificing oftentimes a lot more than us.
I've never been arrested for preaching the gospel.
I've never been beaten or flogged for preaching the gospel.
I've never had the police raid my home just for attending a new IFB church.
And so in some ways, you say, well, the guys in Germany aren't getting as many salvation.
Yeah, but those guys are giving more than us.
And so you know what I believe? I believe that God will reward people like that greatly.
Hey, you live in an unreceptive area and you're going out preaching the gospel every day, working hard.
You're out in the 110 degrees, son. God's going to reward you for that.
Rather than the person who has everything handed to them, it's so easy. They're so spoiled.
You know, they grew up in a new IV church. They never had to fight for these doctrines.
They never had to build anything, and they go out soul-winning once a blue moon.
That person's not going to be as rewarded.
Or, you know, they never go soul-winning, but they go just once a year on the mission trip.
Hey, praise God for whatever you're bringing forth.
But what I'm saying is like, hey, when you've been given a lot, you should give a lot.
When you've been given a lot of opportunity, you should bring forth a big return for the Lord.
That's how God's going to judge us.
He knows we have different situations.
I know people have different situations.
We've had people in this church before that were in a wheelchair.
No one was mad at him for not going soul-winning.
No one looked down at him.
No one thought, oh, you're going to be so poor in the kingdom of heaven.
No one thought that.
But this is what Pastor Jones loves to do.
He just loves to preach against straw men all day long.
and accuse us of believing things we don't believe,
saying things we didn't say,
acting like we don't want to minister to people
that aren't three to thrive,
and that we're not gracious with people,
and we don't want to help bring people along.
And what he does is he poisons people's hearts
into thinking that we are that way when it's not true.
Go to Revelation chapter two, Revelation two.
Pastor Jones said this, he said,
this morning we talked about soul winning
and about how that's been elevated as the chief thing.
And he was saying it kind of mockingly like,
oh man, it's so weird that soul winning has been elevated as the chief thing.
Yeah, it is the chief thing.
It absolutely is the most important thing.
Notice Revelation chapter 2 verse 2.
Jesus said, I know thy works and thy labor and thy patience
and how thou canst not bear them which are evil.
And thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not.
and hast found them liars, and hast borne, and hast patience,
and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted.
Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left
thy first love. Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen,
and repent, and do the first works, or else,
I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick
out of his place, except thou repent."
And they've got some good things going.
They have some works.
You know, they hate the right things.
They hate the things that God hates and that's good.
But they had left their first love.
They need to get back to the first works.
And just about every, I mean, I've never heard someone come up
with a different interpretation.
This is what I believe.
I believe that the first works are soul winning.
Why?
Because when Jesus picked his disciples,
what's the first thing he said to them?
Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.
What is it that he said?
You know, right before he ascended up into heaven in the book of Acts,
hey, Gobi witnesses for me.
It's the first thing in its weight of importance,
and it's the first thing that he told his disciples to do.
It's the first works. It's the most important.
That's why when he's judging a church, he says, hey,
if you don't repent,
if you don't start preaching the gospel,
he's going to take away the candlestick.
He's going to take away them being a church.
And let me tell you something, a church that has no soul winning is not a church.
A church that has no soul winning
is a glorified Bible club, that's what it is.
And you know what, how insane would it be for me?
You know, I love Anchor Baptist Church,
I care for Anchor Baptist Church,
and if I want Anchor Baptist Church to succeed
and to keep going, you know what we're going to have to do?
We're going to have to keep the first works.
We're going to have to keep the first love.
Otherwise, God's going to say,
why am I going to help Anchor Baptist Church?
Why am I going to bless them?
Why am I going to allow this organization to exist
if they're not going out and reaching people?
is to fulfill the Great Commission.
And man, churches that are getting away from soul winning
or throwing a wet blanket on soul winning
or discouraging people from being soul winners,
I hope one of two things happen.
I hope they either repent and get right with God
or I hope their church fails and shuts down
and someone better replaces them.
That's what I hope.
And you know what, if you're gonna be lazy,
if you're gonna teach people to break God's commandments,
you know what, God is gonna come after you.
God is going to come after you. You know, you need to be stopped being so prideful telling everyone else
Oh, it's on site. Oh, I'll kick your butt. You need to fear God
Yeah, I wouldn't want to go around picking fights preaching the the false doctrine and heresy that you're preaching
Because if God's against you, no one's gonna be for you
This is what else he said. He said it's kind of like baptisms, right?
How many baptisms did you have this year?
Sounds innocent.
Sounds kind of cool.
Let's count the baptisms.
Let's count the salvations.
But what eventually happens is it becomes a scorecard to
be kept.
It becomes a bar to be measured against.
The next thing you know, you're in full blown
pietism.
And if you don't meet the quota,
oh, they got more baptisms than we got.
Oh, they got more salvation than we got.
People start looking down on one another,
and it just creates a system of chaos
that we've been trying to unravel
for the last several months.
Hey, speak for yourself, insecure loser.
because when I hear of other churches
getting tons of baptisms and tons of people saved,
I'm not sitting here like,
oh, they're looking down on me.
Oh, I'm just so insecure about our numbers.
I'm just thinking, Lord, thanks for whatever talents
you're giving us, and I'm just doing all in my power
to use our talents for the best possible outcome.
Hey, I know that we don't have the same resources as some of these other churches.
That's fine.
We just started less than a year ago.
I mean, but here's the thing.
You know what we could do?
We could rejoice at least that we have a group of people here that love soul winning enough
so that this little church can get 1,594 people saved.
Year to date so far in 2025 and look I don't think that we're worse than other churches that are doing more than us
And I don't think that we're better than other churches doing less than us as long as we're all just doing what we can with the talents
We've been given
And if your church has 30 salvations in a year and you're doing all you can with the talents you've been given,
then you're the profitable servant.
Then I believe Christ will say to you someday,
well done, thou good and faithful servant.
And so don't be so insecure.
You know, or if you just have so many talents, I mean, you've got these mega churches today.
You got megachurches today where they have millions and millions of dollars of assets.
They have thousands of people that they could have an army of soul winners.
And it's like, oh, where's their mission trip? Zero?
Where's their soul winning time for their megachurch? Zero?
And it's like, if they accidentally had some zealous members that went out and got a bunch of people saved,
and even if it happened to be more than our church, you know, they're not really giving it all they have with the talents that they've been given.
But here at our church, I'm just trying to do the best we can with the talents we've been given.
And you know what? Duty is ours and results are God's.
Duty is ours and results are God's.
We go out and we preach the gospel. We warn people. We went to Anadarko yesterday.
Hey, we were ready. Our heart was enlarged unto them.
We were ready to minister unto them. I spent five hours trying to get someone saved yesterday.
You know how many people got saved yesterday? Zero.
Now, thank God for the other people that did, but man, I struck out yesterday that happened.
Hey, but I still believe that God will reward me for going out for five hours yesterday.
And you know who's responsible for going to hell? All the people that I talked to, not me,
because I warned them and I was ready to offer them the gospel.
Notice what else he said here. He said, what does the Bible actually say about soul winning in the New Testament?
The command here, Mark 16 is what he was talking about, the command here is mission over method.
Not everyone was called to be a missionary. Not everyone was called to be an evangelist.
If we happen to have a church where everyone is gifted to give the gospel to go out and do that,
amen, praise God, there's nothing wrong with that.
But again, don't think you're going to get paid more than somebody who isn't called to do that, okay?
Remember that parable we went over this morning?
Everyone gets the same wages, whether you knock doors in 110-degree weather or whether you never win at all.
When you get to heaven, you'll be no worse off than anyone else. It just is what it is. It upsets people.
They don't like that, but it makes total sense because God's grace isn't like a human achievement payroll.
Yeah, it makes total sense except it doesn't make any sense whatsoever because it's just not true.
It's not what the Bible teaches. It's false doctrine. It's communist ideology and it appeals to lazy people.
And let me just, let me just say something, you know,
Pastor Jones preaching, it appeals to lazy and stupid people.
What he's been preaching the last six months, you know.
I'm so sick and tired of stupidity in our culture, and people acting like it's funny or cool or ha-ha or slapstick.
The Bible says that the thought of foolishness is sin.
Let me tell you something. You think these are good sermons? You are in sin.
You share these sermons? You are in sin.
You still like Pastor Jones? You are in sin.
The thought of foolishness is sin. You're an idiot. You're a fool. And you need to repent.
You need to stop being so prideful and idiotic.
Now look, if you listen to him for comedic value, I get it.
It's pretty funny how stupid he is
and how much false doctrine he preaches.
Not really though.
Good night.
We'll finish in 1 Corinthians chapter three.
Actually, no, we got a couple more verses here.
1 Corinthians chapter number three.
Verse 4 says, For while one saith, I am of Paul, and another I am of Apollos.
Are you not carnal?
Who then is Paul, and whose Apollos but ministers, by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave
to every man?
I have planted Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
So then neither is he that planted anything, neither he that watereth, but God that giveth
the increase.
Now, he that planteth, and he that watereth, or won.
Every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.
So notice, we're working together here.
Some people water, some people plant, God gives the increase.
You know, if you're a silent partner,
I believe that you'll be just as rewarded going out soul-winning as your partner that's with you.
When we go out soul-winning, and it's, you know, me and Brother Cameron,
you know what I say? We got X amount of people saved.
Hey, our church got this amount of ex people saved.
It's not like, well, you know, Cameron got this one or I got this one.
No, we're working together.
We're laboring together.
God's going to reward us according to our labor.
Notice for we are labors together with God.
You're God's husbandry.
You're God's building according to the grace of God,
which is given unto me as a wise master builder.
I have laid the foundation and another build it there on,
but let every man take heed how he build it there on.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ now if any man build upon this foundation
Notice gold silver precious stones
Wood hay stubble every man's work shall be manifest for the day shall declare it
Because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is
If any man's work abide what she had built there upon he shall receive a reward notice if
If any man's work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss.
But he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire."
Sounds to me like at the judgment seat of Christ, not everyone has the same works.
Not everyone's been doing the same works.
Some works is gold, silver, precious stones, spiritual things that add value to the kingdom
of God.
Some people have wood, hay, and stubble.
the judgment of God, judging us according to our works,
and it's going to abide.
It's going to give us a reward.
The other one is going to be burned.
The woodhane stubble is going to be burned,
and notice, he shall suffer loss.
But he himself shall be saved.
Hey, we're all equal in the sense that we're all going to heaven.
If you do no works for God, but you believe in him, you will go to heaven.
And you'll be happy in heaven.
But you know what? There's other people that are going to be great in the kingdom of heaven.
There's other people that are trying to make a big increase for the kingdom of God.
There's other people trying to get all sorts of gold and silver and precious stones for our Lord.
And you know what? God is not unrighteous to forget our work.
God's going to come to this day at the judgment seat of Christ.
He's not going to forget our work.
He's going to be righteous.
He's going to judge righteously.
How's he judge?
According to our works.
Not everyone's going to get the same rewards.
Go to Colossians 4.
I'm going to read a couple of verses for you.
2 Timothy 2, the Bible says,
but in a great house,
there are not only vessels of gold and of silver,
but also of wood and of earth.
And some to honor and some to dishonor.
Not everyone is the same cup, if you will.
There's that fine china,
and there's the sippy cup that the kids have been chewing on
and slobbering all over,
and you know what, one is more valuable than the other.
If a man therefore purges himself from these,
he shall be a vessel unto honor,
sanctified and meet for the master's use,
and prepared unto every good work.
Sounds like those that separate themselves
and do the commandments,
they're the vessels of honor.
Flea also youthful lusts, the Bible says.
Stay there in Colossians chapter 4, I want to read for you Proverbs 12-8.
The Bible says a man shall be commended according to his wisdom.
But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Sounds like there's a difference between dedicated Christians who have the wisdom
to read the Bible and do the works that it says to do
versus the fool that doesn't do God's commandments.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom.
Not just like, oh, you have way differing levels of wisdom,
way differing levels of works and dedication,
but you're all rewarded the same, not biblical.
Colossians chapter number four.
Pastor Jones read this verse in a sermon and he said in verse 3,
with all praying for us that God would open unto us a door of utterance
to speak the mystery of Christ for which I am also in bonds
that I might make it manifest as I ought to speak.
Verse 5, walk in wisdom toward them that are without
redeeming the time. So those that are without speaking of the unsaved.
And Pastor Jones said this, what's commanded here?
Not necessarily, but doesn't the Bible say that he that wineth souls is wise?
So if we're supposed to walk in wisdom toward those that are without, what does that look like in a practical sense?
They're without meaning they're unsaved. Wouldn't a wise person be one that wins souls?
So yeah, it kind of does mean that, Pastor Jones.
When someone's unsaved and they're without, how do we walk in wisdom towards that person preaching them the gospel?
That's wisdom.
It's by keeping God's commandment to go.
He said this, this was crazy to me.
He said, you know, we had some pietists in this church
that would get mad if soul winning was right around
an hour or less.
Oh, I can't believe that, we're done already?
Yeah, pietists, we're done.
And from here on out, if anyone has that attitude,
you're done for life.
So notice Mr. zealous pastor here provoke others unto love and good works
If you're really zealous about soul winning and you want to go soul winning for more than an hour
Pastor Jones is gonna ban you for life
No more soul, you want to go longer than 59 minutes?
Ban for life.
Doesn't this bring the Bible to life
when you read verses like Matthew 519
and it's talking about people teaching people
to break the commandments?
It's like, what does that look like?
I don't know, maybe a pastor banning someone
from soul winning?
Yeah.
For being zealous?
For wanting to go an hour?
And look, we have soul winning times.
We have windows.
You're welcome to stay longer than those windows
as long as you're not late to church,
as long as you're not late for your responsibilities.
But I'm not like trying to police you.
We go on Saturday.
We usually go from like we meet here at 10.
We usually go to like noon or a little bit after.
You want to stay longer?
You want to preach till 5 PM?
Awesome.
Like I'm for you.
That's great.
I hope you go soul winning as long as you can.
Could you imagine, you know, someone's zealous for soul winning
and the pastor's getting up saying,
you want to go longer than an hour?
I'm just going to ban you for life.
Yeah, but but Pastor Jones is on the right side of all this Pastor Jones is the one full of love and compassion
We're the cult right we're the cult the authoritarians the people who overstep our pastoral authority as he's telling people
He's gonna ban them from soul winning for wanting to go longer than an hour. What a joke
Well, yeah, Pastor Anderson's the Pope as you're telling people you're gonna ban them from soul winning
Pastor Anderson's the Pope moron
Go to Proverbs chapter 11
Proverbs 11 I'll read this again Matthew 5 19 whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men
So he shall be called least in the kingdom of God of heaven
You know I wouldn't want to stand at the judgment seat of Christ and Jesus be like why did you ban soul winners from preaching the gospel?
Why did you tell people that they were going to get the same reward,
whether they went out every day in the 110 degree heat or whether they never went?
Why did you threaten people just to kick them out over soul winning and being zealous?
If Pastor Jones is saved, that's going to be some scary questions.
I would not want to have to face that scrutiny from Jesus Christ.
It's scary.
He said this, you know,
it's just interesting to me that there's really only a handful of verses in the New Testament about actually witnessing.
about actually preaching the gospel.
Just a hand-few of verses in the New Testament about soul winning.
He says, we all get, and this is going to upset people, but it is the same reward.
Proverbs 11-30, the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he that wineth souls is wise.
Notice, behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.
God is going to judge you and God is going to bless you in this life and the next based on your works.
And if you want to be greatly blessed in this world, you know what God wants to see?
He wants to see you giving everything you've got with the talents you've been given.
He wants to see you in church. He wants to see you reading the Bible.
He wants to see you memorizing scripture, going soul-winning, praying for your brethren,
doing good one to another. That's what he wants us to see.
What's he wants to see in us? And notice, we're going to be recompensed in the earth.
Go to Hebrews 6. We'll close in Hebrews chapter number 6.
Now, here's a last quote I want to give that really just reveals the wicked heart of this person.
He said this.
He's kind of quoting in a mocking way what we would say or what churches like ours would say.
He goes, oh, I want to have crowns like 20 feet high on my head.
He said, what's that going to do for you?
You're just going to throw them at the feet of Christ anyways.
Notice the view he has of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Why work for God? Why try to earn rewards for him?
Why try to get crowns on your head?
I mean, all you're doing is just throwing them
before the feet of your Savior anyways.
Talk about a low view of God.
Talk about a low view of Christ.
Talk about a low view of the Bible.
Maybe that's why he's preaching it wrong every time he opens his mouth.
Because he doesn't respect Jesus Christ.
Because he doesn't love Jesus Christ and he doesn't love his words.
And that's why, to him, it's just shocking
that someone would want to have crowns 20 feet high on their head
to cast before our Savior's feet.
You know, that sounds amazing.
I would like to get to heaven, and I would like him to say, well done, now good and faithful servant.
And I would like as many crowns as possible to cast at the feet of my Savior, because I love him.
Because I thank him for what he's done, and I'm not just trying to live my life, not thankful for what he's done.
You know, throwing a wet blanket on doing good works for him.
What a wicked, terrible thing to say as a pastor.
Who cares about your works? You're just throwing it before Jesus.
I mean, who's that anyway?
Hebrews 6, verse 10.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love,
which you have showed toward His name,
and that you have ministered to the saint and do minister,
and we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence
to the full assurance of hope unto the end,
that you be not slothful,
but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Hey, don't be a lazy Christian today.
Don't be that ground that brings forth thorns and briars and is good for nothing, but to be burned
Let us fear the Lord. Let us love God enough to give him all we have
All that we have whatever talents you've been given as a person that might be different than me
We might have different talents in other churches, but let's work for the Lord and let's realize
He's going to reward us in this life and the next according to our works mark and avoid this heretic
Do not promote Pastor Jones.
He's an evil person.
He's a terrible pastor and anyone
who still likes him is a fool.
And I use that word in the biblical definition of a fool meaning you hate knowledge. Let's pray Lord. We thank you for this day
We thank you for your word
I pray that you would just stop the mouth of false prophets of false teachers like Pastor Joe Jones
I pray that this
Mentality would not infect people in this room or people of churches that are friends with us people who listen online
I pray that you would just bless the pastors that are willing to call people like this out. I pray that we would
Love you and fear you and strive to keep your commandments and do as much work for you that we can
So that you would reward us in this life and the next we love you and Jesus. Let me pray amen
Our last hymn this morning will be number 65
Just over in the glory land
Hymn number 65 65 just over in the glory land
65 we'll sing there starting on the verse
I the home prepared for the saints of my judgment.