Amen. The part of the chapter we're going to focus on this morning is in chapter 2,
verse number 9, where the Bible says, But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood,
and holy nation of peculiar people, that ye should show forth the praises of him
who had called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Verse 10, Which in
time past were not a people, but are now the people of God, which have not obtained
mercy, but now have obtained mercy. And the title of the sermon this morning is
this, A Chosen Generation. A chosen generation. When we think of a generation,
we think of an entire body of individuals. They're born and they're
living around the same time. It's a term that's really used to group
people together that have the same ideas, problems, attitudes, failures, and
successes, right? And we could spend a whole sermon talking about the failures
and the successes, the wicked and the sinfulness and the godliness of many
generations. We think of the greatest generation. That describes
those who grew up in the United States during the deprivation of the Great
Depression and then went on to fight in World War II. This is what
they would call the GI Joe generation. This is the tough generation. These are
the people who knew how to struggle and knew how to strive and knew how to be content
with what they had because they didn't have much. I also called the greatest
generation. Then you have the baby boomer generation. These are the children of the
greatest generation birth. Baby boomers are associated with the rejection and
redefinition of traditional values. They're really the ones who are
responsible for like the sexual revolution. You know, all the wickedness
that came into our country during their time, they're the ones who introduced
that. And by the way, commercial break right here, I'm thankful this year, this
week, I got some good news that Hugh Hefner died. Amen. That's a blessing. Amen.
I'm thankful that adulterous, fornicating, wicked man is burning hell today. That's
a good thing. And by the way, he's a pedophile. No, no, no, no. He was just all about, no, no, no. He promoted pedophilia in his playground magazines.
He died at the age of 91 and guess what? Two million died in a suit. Amen. Because he defiled many minds of many people and he's
responsible for what's taken place or what took place in the baby boomer
generation. I'm thankful he's dead. That's a good thing to rejoice about. I got that
notification. I said praise God that guy's dead. I'm thankful that he's burning in hell today.
That's a good thing. Amen. But the baby boomer generation was responsible for the
sexual revolution, Woodstock, the acceptance of filth and sodomy. Then you
have what's called the generation X. Members of generation X were children
during a time of shifting societal values and as children were sometimes
called latchkey generation. Some simply because they would come home and you
know mom or mom is out working and so they had the keys to the house. They
would come in. They had no supervision whatsoever. They're also called the MTV
generation because they just sit there and watch MTV and just fill their mind
with a bunch of filth and music and garbage. They're characterized as slackers
and cynical. Then you have my generation. Uh oh. The millennial generation. Although
the millennials are characterized, excuse me, although millennial characteristics
vary by region depending on social and economic conditions, the generation is
generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media
and digital technologies. These are the, this is the generation that lives in
front of the computer, lives in front of the iPad, lives in front of the iPhone.
They're just, they know technology more than any other generation. And this is a
generation or million that's become very, they're very lazy. It's that hipster
generation, right? And all these generations, you can really go through
each generation and look at the pros and cons of each, the wickedness of each one,
but also the righteousness of each one. Because let me say this, there's always
been a remnant, right? Throughout all these generations, there's always been a
chosen generation and whether you are a baby boomer or maybe you've known someone
who came from the greatest generation or maybe you're sitting in here today and
you say, well, I'm a millennial. No, if we're God's people, we're the chosen
generation. You see the chosen generation of God has not never been limited to a
certain amount of time. It's been here for thousands of years. This is the
generation that has existed. This is the godly, righteous, holy generation that God
wants to use mightily for his purpose. This is the chosen generation. But we're not, when we
say chosen, we're not talking about that Calvinist crap, okay? All the
elected, those are the chosen. No, we don't believe in that, all right? We'll preach on that in the future, but let me say this, the
stupidest thing about Calvinism, okay, is that Jesus told the disciples,
have not I chosen you twelve and one of you is a devil? How can you be a devil and be chosen, right? That flies in the face of
Calvinism right there. Anytime I talk to a Calvinist person, I say, well, what about
Judas? He was chosen. In fact, Jesus said, have not I chosen you? And yet he called
him a devil. Doesn't work. Now, before we get into the secondary application, let
me give you a primary interpretation of what we just read. Go to, you're in 1 Peter
chapter number two, verse number nine, we're going to read this again. It says,
for ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar
people, that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out
of darkness into his marvelous light. Now, go with me to Exodus, Exodus chapter 19.
I'm going to show you where actually this comes from, Exodus chapter number 19.
I'm going to read to you from 1 Peter chapter number one. The Bible says here in 1 Peter
chapter number one, Peter, an apostle Jesus Christ, this is whom he's
writing to, to the strangest scattered throughout Pontius, Galatia, Cappadocia,
Asia, and Bithynia. Now, if you were to ask the most common independent
fundamental Baptist church, they'll say, well, the elect are who? The Jews, right?
They'll say, that's the elect, that's Israel, and you know, all Zionists, and
pray for them, and all these things, right? These people are from Pontius, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. And then he says in verse number two, elect,
according to the foreknowledge of God, the Father, through sanctification of the
Spirit, until obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, grace unto you,
and peace be multiplied. He's talking to people who aren't Jews, okay? And he's saying
that you're the elect, that's the elect, those of the chosen generation. Now, where
does that come from? Exodus chapter 19, verse number five, the Bible reads, now
therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, what does
that sound like? It sounds like a condition, right? Then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto
me, above all people, for all the earth is mine, and ye shall be unto me a
kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words where thou shall speak unto
the children of Israel. So that was the children of Israel back in the day. They were the
chosen people of God. He said, well, you never believe the people, no, I believe that they were the chosen people of God in the Old Testament.
But it was with conditions, folks. They didn't meet the conditions, so guess what?
He's replaced them. Don't say replaced, they've been replaced. Jesus said, I will take the
kingdom of God from you, given to another nation, bearing forth the first thing.
That's called being replaced. That's just it, okay? Now, go with me through Romans chapter number eight.
His chosen people are safe people. And look, when I came across this truth, and I
was taught this truth, it was mind-blowing to think, man, God, we're not like
second-class citizens in this world as Christians. We are the chosen people of God.
And right now, it might be a little strange for people to like receive that,
but in a couple years, it's like everyone's gonna accept that. Everyone's gonna
understand this teaching that we are the chosen people of God. This is God's lack
according to the word of God. Romans chapter eight verse 29 says, for whom he did
foreknow, he also did predestinate, to be conformed to the image of his son, that
he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, who he did predestinate,
then he also called, and who he called, then he also justified, and who he
justified, then he also glorified. What shall we say then to these things? If God
before us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own son, but delivered him
up for us all? How shall he not with them also freely give us all things? Who shall
lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justified, the
Bible says. Who's talking about justifying people are the elect? I've never read that in the Bible. We just write it right now.
Can you explain that to me, please? Go to Matthew chapter, excuse me, go to Romans, go to Romans chapter two.
Romans chapter number two. And look, Romans chapter two, we're teaching doctrine right now. I'm going to get into the secondary
application, but this is really important. And I'm sure 99.9% of people who are here
this morning believe this. But we got to talk about it. Why? Because for years we've
been pumped with a bunch of false doctrine regarding this, so guess what?
We're going to pump you and we'll put some good stuff. For years on end. We're going to get this
ingrained into our hearts. Romans chapter two, this is the verse that I read that
really just made it for me right there. It says, for he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly, neither is that
circumcision, which is outward in the flesh, but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly. And
circumcision is that of the heart and the spirit, but not of the letter, whose praise is not a
member of God. Most people say, well, the Jews are God's chosen people because they're
God's chosen people. Well, the Bible says it's not the Jews of the letter. What is it
talking about? Those who supposedly follow the Old Testament, the law of God. And it
says here, whose praise is not of men, but of God. What is that referring to? It's those
who God recognizes. Whose praise is not of men. It doesn't matter what people say.
What man says, whose praise is not of men, but of God. God is the one who recognizes us as being the
chosen people. That's what that means. Go to Romans chapter 10. Romans chapter
number 10. And look, I don't hate Jews. Obviously someone's going to post, like on the
YouTube as soon as I post this video. Oh, you're anti-Semitic. I'm not anti-Semitic.
There's not an anti-Semitic bone in my body. I witness to Jews. Okay. In fact, I witnessed to a rabbi in
Monterey Park a couple months ago. He rejected it completely, obviously. By the way, just a
couple doors down, I witnessed to a Greek who got saved. Ain't that funny? Witnessed both Jews' hands with the Greek, but the
Greek is the one who actually received it. What did the Jew tell me? I have a covenant with God. You know, of course I'm going to have it. I have a covenant with God.
And then he told me, don't worry about the Old Testament. He goes, you need to read the Talmud. That's what he told me.
So this isn't just something that Pastor Anderson got on and all these people are just, no, no. This is fact. I meant one. I'm
betting that Jew doesn't even know who Pastor Steven Anderson is. Romans chapter number 10. So we're going to look at two
passages, or not two, we're going to look at two chapters here. This is very important. We'll go into the application just a little bit. Look at verse 15 says, this blows me away
sometimes when I try to humbly talk to people regarding the subject and they're just like, no, you know, I'm taking a bow down to the Jews. They're God's chosen people. I want God's blessing on my life. But they can't point to a verse that really explains it. And by the way, I'm open to talk about any verse, right? And often they'll go to chapter 11 of Romans, which we're going to get into right now, which I have a friend who says, that's the first chapter you can use to try to prove that the Jews are supposedly God's chosen people. That's the first chapter you can use.
Romans chapter 10 to 15 says this. 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. But they have not all obey the gospel. For as I say, Lord, who had believed our report, so then faith cometh by hearing here by the word of God, but I say, have they not heard? Yes, barely their sound went into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say did not hear or have heard of the word.
Their sound went into all the earth and their words unto the ends of the world, but I say did not Israel know?
first Moses said I
Would provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people and by a foolish nation. I will anger you
So who's Isaiah talking to Israel? I'm talking about Israel whose Moses talking about Israel
verse number 20
But his eyes is very bold and saying I was found of them that sought me not it was being
Manifested to them to ask not after me but to who Israel he said all day long
I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and game saying people and
chapter is there now look at chapter 11 verse 1 I
Love this people. This is like the third there
Romans 11 verse 1 there it is and they'll just read that first verse and listen
Hey, let's look at it Romans chapter 1 verse number 1 says I say that God had had God cast away his people God forbid
I see there you go. Let's pray
Church is over there these guys. It's right there. No, it's not done
And let me say this I agree with verse number 1
God have not cast away his people why because the Bible says all that the father giveth me shall come to me and him that
Cometh to me. I will in no wise cast ouch
He's not gonna cast out his people God has not cast out his people God forbid the Bible says
Look what it goes on to say for I am also an Israelite of the seed of Abraham of the tribe of Benjamin
Now who who's speaking there Paul?
What is Paul he saved?
Now, yeah, he came from Israel the seed of Abraham and travel Benjamin, but he saved
He says of course God hasn't cast away his people. I'm still here. I'm saved
I'm the elect according to the foreknowledge of God verse number 2
God has not cast away his people which he foreknew and by the way Romans chapter 8 verse 29 says
Moreover whom he did predict using first 29 for whom he did for no
He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the first born among many brethren
Moreover whom he did predestinate then he also called and whom he called then he also justified whom he justified then he also glorified now
This is the part where
Zionist Christians just kind of breeze over they just verse one. That's it
Let's pray and go home. But no look what it goes on to say in verse number two
God had not cast away his people which he foreknew
Why he not what the scriptures say then here's a problem with a lot of these people. They don't know what the scriptures say
What he not with the scripture say it of
Elias
How he maketh intercessions to God against Israel now
I like to look at that and sometimes I just chuckle to myself because you know if they say pray for Israel perfect
Well, Elias did but he prayed against them. Yeah, I
Mean it's right there
He says why do you not want the scripture say that Elias how he maketh intercessions to God against Israel. Look what he's saying
He's saying Lord they have killed thy prophets and dig down thine altars and I am left alone and they seek my life
But what say the answer of God is him I have reserved to myself
7,000 men who have not battled the needs of the image of fail
What is that saying the 7,000 men did not bother me to bail their penalty to God right and what did Israel do?
Okay, and he's making the distinction there between Elias and Israel verse number five says even so that means likewise
then at this present time
Also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace and if it by grace and there's no more works
Otherwise grace is no more grace and if it be of works and it is no more of grace
Otherwise work is no more work verse 7 what then Israel have not obtained that what she seeketh for but the election
Have obtained it and the rest were blinded the Bible says it says look right there
Israel has not obtained it the election has who's the election Elias?
Who's the election Paul who the election Moses save people
First I'm right
Okay
That's why you gotta read everything, you know, right don't just read one person just make your bird your whole doctrine off of one verse
Read the whole thing
Verse 8 according as it is written
God have given them the spirit of slumber eyes that they should not see ears that they should not hear unto this day
Oh now, okay. So first we talked about Moses and Elias Paul, right now we're getting into what David said now
I thought I mean why was this is is is very bold, right? I thought
Elias was pretty bold to look at the Bible says about David David said let their table be made a snare who's he talking about?
In context about who Israel right and a trap in a stumbling block in a recompense unto them
Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see and bow down their back all way now look
Let me show you
This is very important. Then when the New Testament quotes a scripture from the Old Testament
Just go ahead and find out what that's at and I'll kind of clarify some things
Okay, go to Psalms chapter 69 because this is a quote from David from Psalms chapter number 69
And in fact Romans 11 doesn't quote the whole thing
Paul didn't quote the whole thing in Romans 11, but if you go back to to Psalm 69
You're gonna see what David the rest of the stuff David said
In fact, you know, they would read this today if I said this stuff that David's about to
Read then it's like for sure
They would they would label David as anti-semitic, you know, even though he's in Israel, right?
Psalm 69 verse 22
This is where this comes from
Let their table now according to Romans 11 obviously know who's talking about, right?
Let their table become a snare before them and that that that and that which should have been for their welfare
Let it become a trap let their eyes be darkened that they may not see make their loins
Continually to shake pour out by an indignation upon them and let thy wrathful anger take hold on them of them
Let their habitation be desolate and let none dwell in their tents for they persecute him whom thou has smitten
And they talk and they talk to the grief of those whom thou has wounded
Look what it says here add iniquity unto their iniquity and let them not come into thy righteousness
Now this is rough right here verse 28 let them be blotted out of the book of the living and not be written with the righteous
What is the same claim you let him be saved?
That's pretty anti-semitic. You asked me
Looks like David pretty much hates these people
You know why because they hated God
That's a man after God's own heart
Saying that so don't come to me and tell me oh you're anti-semitic. No David's way more anti-semitic than I am
You know, maybe I need to get right with God and start praying Lord
Please let them be blotted out of the book of life and not be written with the righteous
Maybe I'm not righteous enough and I don't have enough hatred in my heart for that. I don't know
But let me show you something. Look it was Moses Isaiah Paul Elijah and David against it
Well, who was Moses Isaiah Paul Elijah and David? They were the chosen
generation of that time
These were the same people why because the Bible says now we brethren as Isaac was are the children of promise
That's a blessing praise God for that
Now the secondary application to give you right here is that throughout many generations?
There has always been the good the bad the ugly the righteous and the wicked
Let me say this there's always been the cold and the hot
Right those who decide to live for God and those who just want to be lax and live in their so-called lay of the sea and
air
All right
the chosen generation
It's under the who's under the sound of my voice at this time. We are the generation that God wants to
elect
To use for the work that needs to be done here
And let me say this too many times it and this
Dispensational garbage that people spew out talking about no, we're living in the land of the sea and air
You're late at the scene, but not me, right? You're a little poor, but I'm not
You don't want a little sewing, but I do
Look I'm sick of it right of your dispensational garbage your excuse to not do anything for God
We're nothing mighty. We're nothing wonderful. We're nothing beautiful. But guess what? We want to be used of God
We want to be that generation to do something great for God
But what's ain't the answer of God's him I have reserved to myself he said
7,000 men who have not found the needs of fail
And I want God to look at faith forward Baptist Church here in El Mani and said I have reserved these people
Who have not found the need to bail the bail of sodomy the bail of lukewarmness the belt
No, Sony the belt of no holiness
This isn't late to see a Baptist Church
This is hellfire Baptist Church
This is the chosen generation Baptist Church God's reserved to himself these 7,000 people who will not bow the knee to bail
Okay, no matter how much they criticize us no matter how much they persecute us
No matter how much they slander and lie and hate and despise us. It doesn't matter
We're the chosen generation who's gonna do something great for God here
Warmness no, we are the chosen generation. Oh
But you're a bunch of nobodies. You can't be chosen with your little storefronts and your gate
Alex said this is to keep us out of my town
What
You're here with your industry disrespectful cussing preaching by the way, I don't cuss
Okay
Damn, hell piss are not cuss words
These are God's words and shame on the pastor that will look at a word like bastard and say oh you guys are cussing
Those are God's words. The words of the Lord are pure words
The Bible says the Bible says that if any man speak let him speak as the oracles of God the Bible says
Award Philly smoking is like apples of gold and pictures of silver and what better words to speak than the Word of God
You guys have no tact
That's what they tell you guys head to our industry. There's no path. You guys don't know how to do you guys want us?
Yeah, you're right. We're not like you
We're the reserved. We're the chosen
You didn't take how let it sometime
And you know, they didn't teach us to preach like this
Okay, you guys are a bunch of fools. We'll go with me to 1st Corinthians chapter number 1
1st Corinthians chapter number 1
1st Corinthians chapter number 1 verse number 26 the Bible reads here for you see your calling brethren
How that not many wise men after the flesh a man to that
Not many mighty not many noble are called
But God has chosen what the foolish things of the world to confound the wise
And God has chosen the weak things of this world to confound the things which are mighty
Yeah, we're weak little church is gonna evangelize this whole area
Yeah, cause week. That's fine. We're gonna reach all of Los Angeles
Go ahead make fun of us. We're gonna get Sony after service today
Well, you are where you're at home doing nothing
Criticizing us and watching our YouTube clips. Yeah
once a week
Do you know what not to do?
We're gonna go ahead and so in
Just yeah. Yeah, keep calm this week. Just leave us alone. Call this week
We're just gonna go ahead and just do a little down here. We're gonna go ahead and just go so money
All right, we're just gonna go ahead and turn the world upside down. Yeah, it's spread doctrine all over Jerusalem. Yeah
Hurry up
Look we're gonna preach the gospel to every creature minus the Beast
We're gonna knock every door in Los Angeles and then some we're gonna come found the wise and the mighty
You know the wise Church in the mighty Church with their you know
A high steeple few people all the beautiful buildings you see all the way all around all these churches all these well-known pastors
We're gonna come down them
Because God's gonna use our weak little church to do something great. Yeah
Verse 28 and basing to the world. I like what it says here and things which are what?
You think we're despised today
Since since the start of this church like three weeks ago. I've ever seen more despise comments than I've ever received
From friends and family, we're not even talking about the world yet. Yeah, we're despised and let me say this
Don't get discouraged when people hate you you can embrace that
It's a good thing to be hated because it shows us it gives us a measure to realize that we're doing something, right?
Well, once you will miss y'all speak well of you
Right, but when you're hated, it's like okay. I'm doing something right, you know, we gotta get to the end of pastor
Anderson level words like he's I mean he's
We haven't gotten to that level yet, you know
Despise
The Bible says blessed are you men shall hate you and when they shall separate you from their company
But you know the boxes blessed are ye
You gotta rejoice
Yeah, it's heartbreaking little family separates from you. Of course. Why because we love our family
We want our family to join us. We don't want them to criticize us, but you know what?
It's either Christ or family and guess what? We're gonna choose Christ
It's either Christ or fame. What are we gonna choose Christ? It's either Christ or or the praises of men. No, Christ
What?
It's gonna cost us a little bit
Gonna have to shed some tears
It's gonna hurt
That's worth it in the end
Blessed are you men shall hate you and they shall separate you from their company and shall reproach you and cast out your name
That's evil for the son of man's sake they're gonna say you're evil
Let me say this may this church be here for decades on end
I hope everyone who's here today will continue to come and be here and be a part of the work
Why?
Because it's a great work that needs to be done
And you know what? We're gonna go to persecution people gonna call you people don't buckle stay where you're at. Don't be moved
Let's do something for God to go by because we're the chosen generation
Verse 28 the first Corinthians chapter number one says and basings of the world and things which are despised have God what?
Chosen yay things which are not to bring the things which are that are that's pretty interesting you bunch of nothings
Yeah, we're gonna make nothing this nothing is gonna make nothing of what's existing right now
All these false doctrines of repent of your sins all this false doctrine of Zionism all this pre-trip false
Doctrine we're gonna bring us but that's up to not
We're gonna tear down those things and teach the generation to come what the Bible really says
We're a bunch of nothing's are gonna bring to nothing the things that are highly esteemed among men, but are an abomination inside of God
Look, I'm thankful for a church that where there's two guys standing back then if sodomite comes in they're gonna like doubling them right outside
Then I want my children to grow up in a pure church
Now I don't think Solomon's are gonna come
Elmanis pretty kill I
Like the ghetto
You know we're not a bunch of what we need to be in a nice place no give us any place
Because the Holy Ghost witness it than every city
And if they come here then come more rewards for us
We'll see
First 29 that no flesh of glory in his presence
But of him are ye Christ Jesus who of God is made unto the wisdom and righteousness and sanctification
And redemption that according as it is written need that glory let him glory in the Lord look folks
This is the chosen generation right here
We are not the Millennials we're not that well, we're not the greatest generation we're not the baby we're not generation s
We're the children generation
And I want to use every single person who's here who's the same
Person you're elect you're chosen. I've got to do something great in this generation go to James chapter 2
James I'm not skip James, but I'll read you from James to go to 2nd Timothy chapter 2 excuse me
James chapter 2 the Bible says in verse number 5 harken my beloved brother
Have not got chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the King
You know one thing that I want our church to have I want to just have faith
It takes faith to do God's will
It takes courage to do God's will because there are times. It's gonna be scary
It's you know we don't know what's around the bend
We don't know what the future holds, but if we have faith live by faith and not by sight God says I'll bless that
But without faith it is impossible to please God the Bible says second Timothy chapter number two verse number one
The Bible says here it down there for my son be strong in the grace
That is in Christ Jesus and the things that that was heard of me among many witnesses the same commit down to faithful men
Who shall be able to judge others also?
First read out there for indoor harness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ verse 4 no man that
Warth and
Tangled himself with the affairs of this life that he may please him who had what?
Chosen him to be a soldier the Bible says and if a man also strive for masteries he is yet
He is not proud except. He's tried lawfully it
Let me say this you know why a lot of Christians are not being used of God as good soldiers of Jesus
Because they're entangled the affairs of his life
They're entangled the Bible the Bible talks about how the
Deceitfulness of riches and the lust of other things entering in choke the word and they become unfruitful
The most fruitful thing that you can do is reach something from the Lord Jesus Christ
To save people and this in this city, but you know a lot of Christians
Don't do that because they're entangled with a lot of their team with a lot of ministries
in their church
Okay, let me say this you say
So
Only
Let me say this Sony isn't as a part of this church such a big part of this church that everyone
Not one person every man woman boy child everyone can get involved with Sony
Be a part of this. We don't want to get entangled with the affairs of this life
Don't get so bogged down by the cares of this life and the sequel to some riches the lusts of other things entering in
Get the sin out of your life get right with God if you have bad habits sinful habits get rid of them
So you can be useful in the hands of God meet for the Masters use as the Bible says
You know and what happens they
There's a lot of activity going on
All right, a lot of activity going on. But guess what not a lot is being done
You know, they alleviate their conscience by being involved in all kinds of ministries
But the greatest ministry is not being taken care of care. What is that the Ministry of Reconciliation?
So
What a mark up before sorry, but if let me check the one
Living in chapter one
Preaching the gospel to be the most important thing in this church it is
And I'm excited to see a lot many soul-safe even since we start I mean we just this is our second service here
We've already had like 15 people saved since we started the church in
Dr. Ruda's the custom we're at the park, you know meeting at the park. We've had like 15 souls saved already
Okay, and by the way, that's like what as we're transitioning, you know
We're like trying to find a building and Sony at the same time and it's getting getting persecuted
We're like doing all things at the same time. We've got 58 people say that's more people than most churches
He saved all year. Yeah, that's right. How much more we need to get done now that we're here
We have our headquarters right here. Yeah, and look when we start this regional Sony this is big
everyone needs to get involved with this region even if you don't have a soul and
We need a parry over someone who does so you can do some sowing in your area go to your Decapolis
It's all winning people to Christ there cuz look El Mani is where we're at
But El Mani is not the only place we're gonna reach you guys understand that right? Yeah overtaking. Oh, yes in the YouTube
UCLA YouTube
Yeah, that's fine, we're taking over we're gonna go ahead and preach the gospel everywhere
Olympians 1 27 says only let your conversation as it be coming the gospel of Christ now whether I come and see you or
Or else be absent I may hear of your what
Affairs they stand fast in one spear with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel the body is look people are
Entangled with the affairs of this life. We want to be entangled with the affairs of the gospel
Let our conversation be the gospel of Jesus Christ
go back to
First Chronicles chapter number 19
Oh
It's important we're the chosen generation that God has placed here to do something great for God
And throughout the gym throughout the decades and centuries God has always had a remnant that you would use look
I'm one of the things that that encouraged me a lot is I'll meet people especially since we started the church
It's like man. I haven't had a friend like a long time
We come from some Baptist Church that anti-anderson Baptist Church
You know and they hate pastor Anderson, and they just like ostracize them and now they're here
It's just like I feel like I got friends now. Yeah, man. You know I feel like
We have to be like worried that the police the pre-trip mafia is gonna come get us here
We're the poster mafia
I'm not against if someone's in here who's pre-trick. We don't care
Okay, now you're gonna hear a lot of this talk, so you better just it is best for you to just convert
Should I say especially you just read the Bible?
We're not gonna kick you out when I got ostracized you just because you're pre-trick
That's a stupid thing to do. That's very
What's the best word I could use retarded?
Okay
That's a dumb reason you know we believe in salvation by grace through faith
We believe in the King James. We're not we're not like we're poster reason USB
But no no we're King James only we're soul winners
And by the way that the funny thing is here's here's the really funny thing is that these pastors don't realize how many post trip
Replacement theology Christians are actually in the churches. Yeah
They think like we're the only ones because people are following us and stuff. No no no they're all over your churches
Hey, they're in your Bible college
Just to let you know that
No, it's just no no no they're your students in yours in your sonics for classes. They're everywhere
What is that? This is the chosen generation?
You know what God is doing God is cleaning up the church
He's cleaning up churches is what he's doing and he's using zealous
Nobodies those who are not to bring things that are to not as about success
Like no no, it's just a few people here look. I'm her past retriever
Past retriever told my pastor. Yeah, we got him in our church, too
I don't know what to do we got another post trip all this stuff is like it. We're everywhere
We're gonna go to the mega church, we're gonna go to the little church, we're gonna go to the mediums or we're gonna go everywhere
We're gonna take over and let me say this
The chosen generation is not here just to be contentious
Okay, we don't want to just pick a fight. We're fighting because you're picking a fight with us
And what we ought to be doing is this what you ought to be doing is this don't fight us
Why don't you join us to fight the world?
Why don't you join us to fight the false doctrine?
Why are we fighting pastor Anderson for? Why don't you fight pastor Jimenez for?
These men of God, why don't we just join forces get stronger and fight the real enemy. That's right. That's what we ought to be fighting
You know, I got look there's a huge Chinese population here
In Roseview, it's like 60,000 Chinese people
I think it's the third largest Chinese population in America and no one's preaching the gospel to them
You know, I want to learn Chinese so I can get the gospel to them
I asked them to text me and say hey, you know, brother so-and-so who's in a Baptist church
They want to reach the Chinese, you know, and by the way brother so-and-so, he doesn't agree with me one bit
Okay at all, but you know when I told him I hope he succeeds
Yeah, I said in fact he let him I said I hope he takes 30,000 of them and I'll take the other 30,000
I
Said I hope he succeed I pray and hope that he reaches those people for Christ because we're not in competition
We're on the same side
The problem is you made it you against us. Yeah
We're not against you. Look, we don't hate our brethren
They hate us
Why because we're in we're in a time of transition right now is what it is
Well, you know my son
He's gonna grow up your children are gonna grow up in this movie and
Zionism pre-trib all that garbage is gonna be a thing of the past
We're in the time of transition right now where we got to fight this and as we're fighting we're winning souls
We're doing something great for God. We are the chosen generation. What'd I have to turn first chronicles chapter number 19 verse number six?
The Bible reads here in first chronicles chapter number 19 verse number six when the children of Ammon
Saw that they had made themselves odious to David
Hainan and the children of Ammon sent a thousand pounds of silver to hire their chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia and
out of Syria
Syria Mecca and out of Soba
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots and the king of Mecca and his people who came and pitched before Maviva and the children
of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and came to battle and when David heard of it
He sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men and the children of Ammon came out and put the battle in a raid
Before the gate of the city and the and the king, excuse me, the king that were with, that were come
Excuse me, the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
Before and behind, you ever felt like that before?
I was like man, I feel like I got like no one before me
There's enemies on the front and those who were supposed to be supporting me from the back. Those are my enemies too
It's like both sides. What am I gonna do?
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice
Choices of Israel and put them in a raid against the Syrians. You know what it is? He basically said alright
Let me get the best, the cream of the crop
We're gonna put them like in the hottest part of the battle
Put them in a raid against these guys
Look what the Bible says, and the rest of the people he delivered unto the hands of Abishai his brother and they set themselves in a
raid against the children of Ammon, and he said if the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me
But if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then will I help thee
Be of good courage and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people and for the cities of our God
And let the Lord do that which is good in his sight
So Joab and the people that were with him
Drew nine before the Syrians into the battle and they fled before him and when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled
They likewise fled before Abishai his brother and entered into the city then Joab came to Jerusalem
What happened these guys basically said look I'm surrounded before I'm surrounded behind
We'll get the choices of the people to fight and guess what they won
You know what the Bible says we need to be of good courage. We need to be valiant
What do you mean men who are strong men who have faith in God?
Then we need to have a certain perspective and an attitude that says we're on the winning side
But he got the choices of people you know what God is doing now, he's looking for the choices among you
And not just the ones who are listening to me right here
I'm talking about the ones who are gonna be listening to me soon. Yeah, okay
They're in their dorms and stuff
There's so many Bible college students that listen to us by the way I was a Bible college student
We have a former Bible teacher
He was a former Bible teacher. He was actually my student if you believe it or not and they had their own local place
You know what they are their choice young man
I mean, let me say something don't waste your life
Don't waste your life and just do nothing for God and alleviate your conscience by just visiting the same person every single week
Visitation I gotta see if so-and-so is gonna come look you've been visiting so-and-so for like the last three months and they haven't come so
Instead of that why don't you go ahead and just win a bunch of people to Christ
Maybe one may come out of that, but at least you got something done
Sure enough someone's gonna criticize me this week. No, I'm criticizing visitation. Yeah, I am
Because I did it and it's worthless
But I'm talking about, you know visiting the same person to just say you did something you've done nothing nothing nothing
Nothing
Instead why don't you just learn the gospel learn the rodents road and actually go do something great for God
Be valiant be of good courage be a choice person that God would say I'm looking down. I see this church
They're not that big. They're not very mighty. They're not they're really nothing
But those are the people I want to use to do something great for God
We are that chosen generation and it says maybe someone in here you guys you still not willing to get into the fight
You're still not willing to be all in you're kind of straddling the fence
Let me see this you need to be all in
You need to be all in for God be at every service be a soul and when it needs to be done
Read your Bible pray give do everything you need to do
So you so God can look at you and say I want to choose this person to do something great
It doesn't happen coming once one service a week folks. Okay, since I've been saved I've
Went to every single service
Yes Sunday school
Yes, I went to Sunday school. Okay. I went to every single service
Because I wanted to do something great for God and I knew the Bible says that you're not supposed to forsake the assembly of ourselves
Together as the manner of some is don't be the manner of some is yeah
Be the one who says I'm gonna be here no matter what I want to learn
I want to be a part of what's going on and I don't know how to sew in but I'll memorize the verses I'll be
A silent partner for like three weeks four weeks for a month. I'll do whatever I can. I want to be choice
I want to be that chosen generation. I want to do something great for God. I don't want to be lazy
I don't want to be slothful. I don't waste my life
Amen
Look God's giving you a life
Use it
Don't let it be wasted on the affairs of this life and Christians
Those are those of you who may be involved, but you're not in all the way. You just have to get in all the way
the worst type of person to jump into a pool is the one who's like
Let's do a cannonball
Look if it's cold, they don't get warm soon. Yeah, don't worry about that. Just jump in now make sure there's water
Let me say this paperwork we got some water
It's very deep just jump in
The Bible says
Be but ye are a chosen generation a royal priesthood and holy nation a peculiar people
These are people who are set apart from everyone else
They're very distinct from everyone else and there's all kinds of independent fundamental Baptists in America
There's all kinds of independent fundamental Baptists in California, but you know what? Let's be the peculiar ones. Let's be the weird ones
Okay, and that's just being weird for weird sake. No, so we can do something great for God
Why because the Bible says that he should show forth the praises of him who have called you out of darkness
into his
marvelous life
And let me say this we're not trying to be a church that makes money, okay
And the money that we get you by the way, you invest in this church
You're getting your money's worth. Yeah
You're gonna see visible results is what you're gonna see
And you're not just gonna put money in the play to say what what happens who's stealing who's embezzling money who's doing this?
No, no, it's going to the work of God
Okay, I say that jokingly but it's the truth because most pastors that's what they do
They just put the money right into their pocket take the special offer for themselves
Look money is not the important thing and let me say this the love of money is the root of all evil
We don't want to do that
We want to use God's resources and use it for the glory of God and the Lord of God is this succeed people saved here
We are that chosen generation, but it's your choice if you want to be a part of it or not
You know, you can walk out of this room and just say now
I just answer your question. Yes
Or you can walk out of you say man
God help me
Maybe that I'm gonna be that father. I'm gonna be that wife. I'm gonna be that child. I'm gonna be that teenager
I'm saying this teenager talking to you guys right there. This is for you. You're that chosen generation
It's your choice if you want to do this because when we're dead you're sticking around
And you're gonna be here to carry that on
But it's your choice
It's about our heads in the word of prayer
Follow me. Thank you for so much for the Word of God. We're thankful for David. We're thankful for Moses
We're thankful for Isaiah Elijah all these men who were peculiar in your sight
and
all these men that really stood out and
Quite honest with you. We look back and it's like man. These are the heroes of the faith
But in their time they weren't necessarily heroes. These are men who were hated
despised
Lord I pray father God that you would help us to embrace being despised being hated being separated from the company
Knowing full well, but we shall receive the praises of the Lord for this
Ready to use paperwork Baptist Church to see a lot of people saved much people saved alive
Here in this city and the city surrounding us. Thank you so much for all you do for us in Jesus. Amen