Thank you Lord for the souls that were saved earlier today. I said now you would please bless Pastor Mejia as he preaches your word
And I give us attentiveness to listen and to take heed to what he says Lord in Jesus name. I pray. Amen
All right, look down at your Bibles at Genesis chapter number 7 look down at verse number 11
It says in the 600th year of Noah's life in the second month the 17th day of the month to sell the same day
Where all the fountains of the great deep broken up and the windows of heaven were open
And the rain was upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights and the self same day entered Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth
The sons of Noah and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark
They and every beast after his kind and all the cattle after their kind and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
Kind and every fowl after his kind every bird of every sword now go to Genesis chapter 9
If you would Genesis chapter number 9, I'm gonna reach you from 1st Peter chapter number 3 verse 18
It says for Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God
Being put to death in the flesh but quickened by the Spirit by which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison
Which sometime were disobedient when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah?
While the ark was a preparing were in few that his eight souls were saved by water now in Genesis chapter 7 really
Starting in Genesis chapter 6 we see that the earth was corrupt and it had gotten to the point where God was basically fed up
with mankind and
Repented him but he had created man and he decided to destroy the entire world
What what's known as the worldwide flood and in fact in Genesis chapter 6 it tells us that the world was filled with violence
Okay, the the imagination of man's heart was only evil
Continuously and we see that they basically reached their limit and God was fed up and he was gonna come and destroy them with the flood
So what was the plan? Well, the plan was that Noah was gonna build an ark
He was gonna be able to physically rescue his family
And also the Bible tells us every living thing of all flesh two of every source that I bring into the ark
So two of every sort of animal
Was
Was gonna be rescued as well
Now we obviously understand that Noah the Bible tells us that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord
He was a righteous man. He was a saved man. The Bible even tells us that he's a preacher of
Righteousness. So as he's building this ark he's preaching the Word of God people are getting saved
He's preaching about the judgment of God to come but only him and seven members of his family are
Rescued from the wrath of God to come now. That's not to say there wasn't safe people, you know, or excuse me
That wasn't to say that the people who died in Paris in the flow were not saved
I'm sure there's many that were but at the end of the day as far as mankind is concerned
Only eight people were rescued from this wrath that was to come look at verse number 19 of Genesis chapter 9
It says these are the three sons of Noah and of them was the whole earth overspread and Noah began to be a husband man
And he planted a vineyard and he drank of the wine and was drunken and he was uncovered within his tent
So what do we see here? He's drunk
He plants a vineyard and he drinks of the wine and he becomes drunk verse 22 says and ham
the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brethren without and
Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both of their shoulders and
Went backward and covered the nakedness of their father and their faces were backward and they saw not their father's nakedness
And Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his younger son had done unto him now
Let me just say this it's not that he just saw his nakedness
Because he received verse 24 that he specifically says that he knew what his younger son had done unto him. Okay, and
He said cursed be Canaan a servant of servants. Shall he be unto his brethren?
So as I mentioned, this is the story of Noah's Ark. We see the eight people were physically saved from God's wrath
Noah was a preacher of righteousness
He moved with fear knowing that what was going to come upon the world and he was given the privilege to rescue his own
family, okay
Now we see that in Genesis 7 the self same day Noah Shem and Ham Japheth the sons of Noah and his wife
The three wives of his sons with them go into the ark
Now here's the thing is even though his sons even though his family went into the ark with him doesn't necessarily mean that they were
All righteous people and in fact
We know that to be true because of the fact that ham did this abominable act towards his father now eight people
Listen to this eight people
Got into the boats
Amen
But not everyone that got into the boat was on board
Eight people got into the boat
But just because there are eight individuals that got into the boat doesn't mean that eight people were on board with Noah's program
Or should I say they weren't on board with God's program?
And the title of the sermon this evening is in the boat, but not on board
When you're in the boat, but you're not on board
You see you can physically be on the boat like Ham was Japheth and Noah's family
But at the end of the day we see him though. He was in the boat
He really wasn't on the program that God had he really wasn't a righteous person. No, in fact, he was a wicked person
Okay, because he wasn't on board he we see him committing this abominable
Ancestrous rape of his father. He's a wicked person
But he was on the boat
You know, you see Noah was a righteous man. He did find grace in the eyes of the Lord and was spared
But here's the thing. Even though he was a righteous person
Righteousness is not imputed from one person to another
You know just because you are a righteous mother or a righteous father doesn't necessarily mean you're gonna produce righteous children
Why because we have what's called the free will right?
Everyone has a choice whether to accept the gospel or to reject it
Everyone has a choice whether to serve God or not and at the end of the day we all have our individual
Autonomous will to do what we want with the truth that's given to us and we see that ham
Even though his father was a preacher of righteousness
rejected the truth and you know if you were to take
the entire Bible and
Basically make an assessment of who ham was we would say he's a wicked person
He is a reprobate. Okay, because only reprobates are capable of doing what ham did to his own father
Okay, so we don't just see him not being righteous. We see him as being just a wicked son of Belial
Raping his own father. Okay, very wicked. His son obviously did not partake in his righteousness
He partook of that physical deliverance, but at the end of the day, even though he was on the boat
He was in the boat. He was not on board with the program
Okay, and that's the title of the sermon in the boat
But not on board now turn with me if you would to Acts chapter number one if you would act chapter number one
The Bible tells us in first John chapter 2 they went out from us
But they were not all of us for if they had been of us
They would no doubt have continued with us
But they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. What is the Bible Thomas?
You know, there's times when there's people who are in the church or you know
They're in the congregation and they seem to be of us. They seem to be because they're in the boat
You would automatically assume they're on board
They're on board with the doctrine. They're on board with the direction
They're on board with the vision
But you know what at the end of the day when they go out teaching some false doctrine believing some heresy about salvation
We understand, you know, they were in the boat, but they're not really on board
Throughout the Bible we see examples of people
Who played the part?
Okay, but they weren't weren't really part of the program now this could be for two reasons one
They're just a really wicked person a reprobate a false prophet an infiltrator
Okay, or two, they're just carried about with every wind of doctrine. They just become worldly
They don't have an appetite for spiritual things. They're just a fleshly Christian and they're just doing their own thing
Okay, they could be either-or but let me give you some examples of really wicked people who are in the boat
But we're not on board the most obvious being Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot was part of the twelve disciples. I mean talking about being in the boat
The boat being Jesus, right? He's there with Jesus doing ministry for three years
I mean he has him right there at his right hand. He's with them day in and day out
But what does the Bible tell us that he was the son of perdition
Look at Acts chapter 1 verse 16 men and brethren this scripture must needs be
Must needs have been fulfilled which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas
Which was guide to them that took Jesus for he was
Numbered with us and had obtained part of this ministry. Let me paraphrase that he was in the boat
Now this man purchased the field with the reward of iniquity and falling headlong
He burst asunder in the midst and all his bowels gushed out
So what do we see with Judas that even though he was numbered with the disciples? He partook of that ministry
He had Jesus right there in the flesh. He was in the boat. So to speak. He was not on board
He was a wicked person who was stealing from the offering plate. He was a thief
He betrayed Jesus he wasn't even saved
Okay, he was in the boat, but he was not on board go to Luke chapter 17
If you would Luke chapter 17, we see that Judas is a perfect example of someone who's in the boat
But they're not on board. They may be they may claim the name of Christ. They may be in the right type of church
They may you know talk to talk but at the end of the day, they don't they're not walking the walk. Okay?
Another example of this would be lots wife
You know lots wife was lots wife, you know who they're one right and
God came he warned law he even you know had angels go and deliver him from the destruction that was gonna come upon
Sodom and Gomorrah, he allowed them, you know to have the opportunity to save his daughters and his wife
But what does the Bible tell us the Bible tells that she turned back and was turned into a pillar of salt
So, yeah, she was she was in the boat of deliverance she was already on her way out
But you know, she wasn't on board. She missed Sodom and Gomorrah. She missed the city of faggotry
Okay
Look what it says in verse 31 of Luke 17 in that day
He would shall be upon the housetop and his stuff in the house
Let him not come down to take it away and he that is in the field. Let him likewise not return back
Remember lots wife whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it and whosoever shall lose his life
Shall preserve it. So what does this tell us about lots wife? She had her own thing going on
She wasn't really following her husband. She wasn't necessarily following the Lord. She had an appetite for the world
She had an appetite for carnal things. She wasn't on the program. Yeah, she was on the boat, but she wasn't on board
Okay, and she suffered the consequences because of it go to first Samuel chapter number one first Samuel chapter number one
The
Title is in the boat, but not on board. We see that as an example with Judas Iscariot
We see lots wife, but how about Eli's sons?
Perfect example of people who are in the boat doing ministry
They were priests unto the Lord the Bible tells us but yet the Bible tells us that even though they were the sons of Eli
Aka they were the sons of Belial
Look at first Samuel 1 verse 3
It says and this man went up out of his city
yearly to worship it to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts and Shiloh and the two sons of Eli
Hophni and Phinehas the priests of the Lord were there now you read anything. Okay. These are probably some godly guys
Priests are offering the sacrifices. They're supposed to know the law of the Lord. They are doing ministry
I mean, this is a very lofty position. This is a this is a position of leadership
Okay now go to first Samuel chapter 2 verse number 12
Yeah, it looks like they're in the boat
Look at verse 12 of chapter 2 now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial
They knew not the Lord
Whoa, hold on a second. You're trying to tell me that these people are the priests of the Lord
But they don't even know who the Lord is
What in the world these people are in the house of God, they're supposedly teaching the Word of God
They're offering the sacrifices. They are the leadership of the nation, but they don't even know the Lord themselves
Well, that's why they're called the sons of Belial by the way sons Belial is the devil Satan. Okay
What he's saying there is that they're they're sons of the devil
They're sons of Satan and this is why later on we see well actually prior to this God saying that he would slay them
He wanted to destroy Hophni and Phinehas and you know what this happens a lot of the times even in preachers homes
Where you have a pastor but you know and his children are in church
They're serving the Lord so-called, but they're not even saved, you know, and they end up doing their own thing. They hate God
So on and so forth Gehazi is another example of that, but we're not gonna get into him for the sake of time
So this is something that we see today in both extremes and very entire varying types of settings
You know, we can see it within families. For example where you know, mom and dad are
Leading the household they're going to church, you know, they're they're teaching spiritual things, but maybe not everyone's on board
This is the example with Eli and his son. It's his son's Hophni and Phinehas
We that could be a boat so to speak, you know, or we see it in marriage Lot's wife
Where maybe the husband or maybe the wife they're serving God fervently. They love the Lord
They're walking with God, but you know, maybe the the the other partner that the wife or the husband they're not on board
Okay, maybe they're just playing the part. They're not really into church
They hate the Lord or maybe they just are worldly Christian who doesn't want to serve God
Okay
They want to serve their own lusts that could be a boat that someone could be in
We see it in ministry and in church Eli's sons or Judas right where people can come into church
We would say that these are infiltrators
They come into the church to do ministry. They come to play the part but
Eventually because they're wicked people they come up with some crazy wicked false doctrine, you know, whether it's they believe
Differently about salvation they teach some some some heresy regarding salvation. You have to repent of your sins
You know or they teach a one is doctrine
They teach any varying types of damnable heresies and it's like when the world how can this person get into that?
They were already into that
They came here believing those heresies
They were in the boat, but they just weren't on board. Okay
They go along to get along but at the end of the day, they're not really on board
Now obviously you have times when people are in the boat, but they're not on board, but it doesn't mean they're not safe
Maybe they're just
Worldly or maybe they just need to grow
Maybe they just need time to learn doctrine to assimilate to the church
You know, I'm not talking about those people. I'm talking about people who are just wicked people who are not on board
But they claim to be in the boat
So what are some ways that people are in the boat but not on board now go with me if you went to John chapter number
Six I've already mentioned this in in the beginning. But how about this when it comes to this matter of salvation?
Some people can be in the boat but not on board
So, what do you mean by that?
You know people come to a Bible believing church like ours
You know where the right gospel is being preached we talk about salvation in the sermons. It's a soul winning church and
They go so winning they go and they hear the presentation of the gospel
Over and over and over again. We talk about it not only from behind the pulpit, but even amongst ourselves
This is a doctrine that's constantly being reinforced. But yet what they're not even saved
They're in the boat, but they're not on board when it comes to salvation that my friends is a dangerous
Position to be in okay
Now look there's times when people
You know, they're like that and they go to some church
And the church is so weak on doctrine
That it really doesn't affect them much
Let me say this
I believe that in our church I preach enough doctrine
Heavy doctrine enough doctrine that if people are not saved they come to our church if you stay here long enough
You will be a reprobate
Because truth is being given to you over and over and over and over again
Salvation is constantly talked about over and over and over again
And if you just hear it over and over again three times a week and you just say no
Yeah, you can be in the boat all you want
But obviously you're just not on board with salvation
Okay
The gospel is constantly reinforced reiterated over and over again. This is a dangerous place to be look at john chapter 6 verse 63
john chapter 6 and verse 63
The bible says it is the spirit that quickened it the flesh profiteth nothing the words that I speak unto you
They are spirit and they are life
But there are some of you
that believe
not
For jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not and who should betray him now look folks
You can fool me
You can fool the brethren
But you can't fool god
You can come with your christianese
You can come with your baptist look you can come with your hair parted
And you know looking like an independent fundamental old ifb baptist long skirt wearing biscuit eating whatever you want to call it
You can come as baptist as you want, but if you don't
believe the right salvation
God will make your man will make your folly manifest
You know
And I think there's two categories to this. There's the people who are just infiltrators
Who already know they believe contrary to us, but they come anyways about salvation
And they come because they want to they want to stir things up. They want to spread false doctrine
They want to get their butts whooped
You know, they want to start trouble and at that, you know, god exposes people like that and then god's done that in our church
You know where there's people here. They believe some weird stuff about salvation
You know and and their their folly was made manifest and they got kicked out of church and thank god for that
Or there's just others who
You know, they they come to church. They're not saved and for whatever reason they just want to hold off on it hold off on it
I don't necessarily know if there's been people like that in our church. I'm sure there has been
I know for a fact that there's people who who are visitors who come to our church
And they just don't want to get saved. Maybe they don't come back
Okay
But either way, it's just dangerous
Okay
You know and let me just this is obvious
This is something that we all know but let me just reiterate this coming to our church doesn't get you saved
Going to independent fundamental baptist church does not mean that you're safe
Okay
Now if you go to an independent fundamental baptist church that has the right salvation you're not saved you're likely to get saved
Because someone's going to give you the gospel if you want to be saved you're going to be saved. Okay?
However, you come in here trying to deceive. Don't worry. God knows
Who believes not he knows from the beginning of those who don't believe, okay
He knows, you know, if there's a judas iscariot out here
Seeking to
You know sway people from the wrong from the right salvation and sway people into the wrong type of doctrine
The bible says in verse 65 and he said therefore said I unto you that no man can come into me
Except that were given unto him of my father from that time many of his disciples
Went back then walked no more with him
Then said jesus unto the 12. Will you also go away?
This is I love these verses right here. Okay. This is how I read it when I when I when i'm reading this is this
With this kind of voice then simon peter answered him lord to whom shall we go?
Thou has the words of eternal life
It's getting real sentimental, you know
And we believe and are sure that thou art the christ the son of the living god
Verse 70 jesus answered them have not I chosen you 12 and one of you is a devil
You're like peter's getting all sentimental with him and he's just like one of you is a devil, okay
I've chosen you 12, but one of you is a devil. He's like man
Kill the mood
He spake of judas is scared the son of simon for it was uh for he it was that should betray him being one of
The 12 so look folks judas is scary in the boat for three years
I mean jesus knew it's not like he had jesus fooled he knew
But yet he was not on
board, okay
Go to first corinthians chapter 15
I'm going to read you from philippians chapter 3 verse 17 brethren be followers together of me and mark them which
Which walk so as ye have us for an example
For many walk of whom I have told you often and now tell you even now weeping
That they are the enemies of the cross of christ whose end is destruction whose god is their belly
Whose glory is in their shame who mind earthly things look at first corinthians 15 verse 1 moreover, brethren
I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you which also you have received and wherein you stand
By which also you are saved if you keep in memory what I preached unto you unless you have believed in vain
Now, what does it mean to believe in vain? It means you never believed in the first place
When it says keep in memory
That means you know that you're saved
It's not something you're going to forget
Sure couldn't be times in your life where you may question because you're so backslidden absolutely, but you'll never forget
And look i've talked to people who have doubted their salvation
But when you pin them down and you corner them they say I believe
I know i'm just struggling right now, but I know that i'm safe
Okay
But we're talking about people who just don't believe in the first place and let me just say this anybody who comes to our church
And they claim and they say this I believe on the lord jesus christ, but you think like jesus was the brother of satan
You believe in the oneness jesus you're not saved
Not yeah, how can you say it's just by believing on the lord jesus christ. Yeah the jesus christ of the bible
Not your wicked oneness. Jesus, right? That's the wrong. Jesus
Well, I believe in the lord. Jesus christ is just the mormon. Jesus wrong. Jesus
That dude's white
He's like six foot tall white long hair and faggoty, okay
Wrong, jesus, okay, you know
You can say you believe on the lord jesus christ all you want
But know this for a fact if it's not the jesus of the bible you're not saved
Okay
The reason I say this because you know a couple years ago we had a guy
You know who was like
He was teaching this super stupid doctrine. It's like you can forget that you got saved and you know, he's like if you say you believe
But then you start believing the mormon. Jesus. Don't worry. You're still saved
And it's just like what are you talking about?
You're out of your mind
You've believed in vain, sir
You know this guy ended up being a really wicked person
And
And he's the one that example I gave where like one time, you know, he he came to me
He had a literally a roll of money just a lot of cash, right?
And he was just like hey pastor. I forgot to put this in the plate. Can I give it to you?
I'm, just like no, I was like go give it to one of the ushers. He's just trying to like entice me like
I'm just like
Look at all this money and i'm all right care less
He thought that was going to give him some credibility so that when I wanted to kick him out
Oh, man, maybe I don't kick him out because he gives a lot
That money perish with the son
So
You know, that's what it means to believe in vain. It's someone who is
In the boat, but not on board
They're in an independent fundamental baptist church. They have the king james bible, but they're wrong on salvation
Let me say this anybody who visits our church, for example
You shouldn't get mad if someone asks you or 100 sure if you die today you go to heaven
You know, you know, you're 100 why would you ask me that?
That's so offensive, you know a person who's saved would say yeah
How do you know and then they just give you the right answers, you know, in fact, I think I would say that
A person who's saved when they're asked that they're like, oh wow, this person's like really cares about me
You know, they actually care about my salvation and where i'm gonna go when I die
This is pretty neat that they would ask me something like that
Because that's not very common amongst churches, right?
You know
Sorry
It was low it was dying or something
Um
You know, you should you should appreciate that
Right if someone asks you those things, you know
the people i'm leery about is when when they say they already go to church and then we ask them they're just like
Of course, why would you ask me that?
I'm like, oh man, well
You know because I don't want you to go to hell. I mean she's like
I've never met you before this is the first time we've ever met, you know
And even if you hadn't met that person
Even if you did know them from years past it's still
A very considerate thing to do to just ask them just to make sure
You know
I'm thankful that when my mom came the pastor's mom brother hike still asked her about salvation
Amen, you know, i'm not gonna go up to hey, what are you doing?
I'm the pastor here, bro
Not assume that anybody's saved better safe than sorry better saved than sorry
So
Believing in vain don't be the type of person that you're in the boat, but you're not on board and look
Have you been attending our church and you're not saved?
You're in the boat right now
And you're like man, but i've been coming for so long
Like i'm just kind of ashamed. I'm kind of scared. I'm kind of fearful
Well, it's a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living god
It's a fearful thing to burn in hell folks
And no one's gonna look down on you if you come up and say i'm not safe. Can I get saved? No one's gonna be like
You've been coming to church for how long you're not even saved hey pastor
Hey pastor
We're just gonna like rag on you and stuff like that
No
We're gonna rejoice
We're gonna be thankful
That you spoke up. So if you're in here, you don't know you're saved and you've been in the boat
But you're not on board in regards to salvation. Now's the time to get on board
And look folks let me just say this if after I said this you say no
You're risking crossing that line where god says, okay, you're done then
You don't want to retain me
I've given you chance after chance after chance
The pastor spoke about it tonight and you're still unwilling
So be it
I'm going to take away your ability to believe
And he has done it. He will continue to do it. It's when people just reject the truth
You're in a good boat
Get on board with salvation
Well, you know, how can you be so like adamant about that and so dogmatic about that?
You know if people want to believe differently let them believe differently. Okay, but go believe it out there not in here
Go to go to grace to you church or grace church would
You know, uh, john macarthur and all these false heretics. They want to preach that same gospel. Don't bring it here
Go to matthew chapter seven matthew chapter number seven
In the boat, but not on board when it comes to salvation. It's the most important thing. Amen
And look we can differ on
You know different interpretations of secondary doctrines in the church. We can disagree on different things, but let us never
disagree
about salvation
There should be no one here
Who disagrees about salvation we could even disagree on how we present the gospel
Different ways of doing it, you know different illustrations that we use different terminologies that we use biblical terminologies
Whatever may be if you choose to use the roman's road or not
But may we never disagree?
on
That it's faith alone one saved always saved for by grace
Are you safe to your faith and that not of yourselves? All you have to do is believe
If you disagree with that you might be in the boat, but you're not on board
Matthew 7 21 says not everyone that saith unto me lord lord shines into the kingdom of heaven
But he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven
Many will say to me in that day lord lord
Have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name have done many wonderful works
And then will I profess unto them? I never knew you depart from me ye that work iniquity you weren't on board
You can cast out devils you can prophesy in my name
You can do many wonderful works, but doesn't mean you're on board just because you're in that boat, okay
turn to
Go to philippians chapter 2 if you would philippians chapter 2
So the title of the sermon this evening is in the boat, but not on board. Are you on board when it comes to salvation?
How about when it comes to the intensity of the preaching?
Let's move on
From the first principles of christ, okay
Let's move on from salvation from repentance from dead works and faith toward god and let's talk about just the preaching of god's work
Okay
Because let's just be honest this kind of preaching is a little different
Than what you get out there?
We're not saying we're the ones who preach the only ones who preach like this. Obviously, there's many churches
We have friends who preach like this
But let's let's be honest with ourselves. This preaching is different
Not only in its delivery, but also in its content
Also in its doctrine
Now I just got finished mentioning secondary doctrines, right?
Secondary doctrines we shouldn't split hairs over them
But you know what in our church if you disagree with me about specific doctrines
You're just gonna have to suck it up because you're just gonna hear from the from this pulpit for the rest of your life
As long as you're here
Whether that's post-trip pre-wrath rapture
Whether it's replacement theology or the reprobate doctrine
You know whether it's preaching against calvinism
It's preaching against you know, whatever
You're just gonna have to put up with it because this is the kind of preaching that this church offers
That's why you put clips and sermons online
So that you know what you're gonna get before you come
You don't just come like blindly like oh, I guess we're gonna check it out what this is all about
And then you come you're just like
You know what you're getting
You just start having like a seizure in church because it's just like because I talked about your beloved jews or whatever, you know
Hey
Yeah, you're in the boat
Of an independent fundamental baptist church a new ifp church
But you are you on board when it comes to the preaching?
Are you on board when it comes to the intensity of the preaching?
hard preaching
changes lives
You know
You should not despise preaching the bible tells us despise not prophesying
And I would encourage you look if you've made this church your church if you're like, this is my church
Then you need to develop an appetite for hard preaching
and look i'm not just talking about like
hard preaching where i'm just like
Just just yelling, you know, no doctrine i'm talking about everything I just did with doctrine
You know with bible teaching doctrine
Versus backing up what we're talking about, you know, hey though I be rude in speech. You're not in knowledge
You know
You get the knowledge, but you also get the rudeness that goes along with that knowledge. Okay?
Look what it says in philippians chapter 2
verse 1 it says if there be any if there
Be there for any consolation in christ if any comfort of love if any fellowship of the spirit if any bowels and mercies
Fulfill ye my joy that ye be
like-minded
Having the same love being of one accord of one mind, you know, there comes a point
Where you're going to have to take on the personality of your church?
Church
Well, you know, I agree with you guys on some stuff, but you know other things I just then
Then go find yourself a church where you can do all that other stuff you're talking about
Because look the church is a triad
The triad of different things what i'm referring to is this in order for you to really grow in our church
You need the preaching
You need to be involved in the fellowship
And you need to be involved in the ministry
doctrine
right fellowship
ministry
If you only have one of those things you might grow a little bit but you're not really
It's it's not going to be like a home to you
And this church should be like your home
Sounds like a cult to me
Then you know
There's the door
If you think that of us
Okay
You can be in this boat, but i'm just telling you you're not going to enjoy the church
You're not going to fully grow if you're not on board when it comes to the preaching of god's word
Okay
You got to take on the personality of the church
You know, I love my church
If I was not the pastor here this this would be the church that I want to be a part of it
This is the best church in southern california
In california period
Hey, we love verity baptist church pastor roger. I love him and his preaching but this is where it's at. Okay
I mean, come on. I have to say that because wouldn't it be weird if I thought that was like a better church than our church
By the way, if you like disagree with me on on doctrines that really doesn't bother me, okay
It's those who disagree and want to be a contrarian
Right where they disagree and they just want to let you know that they disagree
At that point i'm coming after you because I know
You know these these people who just want to you know, they believe differently
They just want the pastor to know that they believe differently. You know what i'm gonna mark you
Because if you're not if you're so stupid enough to come and tell me and disagree with me and kind of try to teach me
And try to reprove me about the doctrines that I believe that means you're dumb enough to go around and spread it around the church
Yeah
Be divisive understand so it's not like you get kicked out for believing some weird doctrine
You're gonna get kicked out for being divisive
understand
It's a great church just take on the personality of the church
You know be not only in the boat
Of this independent fundamental baptist church be on board with the doctrine
Be on board with our views. Amen
And look in my opinion they're irrefutable
They're irrefutable doctrines that we believe even the secondary doctrines they're
Irrefutable you come to me. I guarantee you we will debunk it
Okay, we will debunk if you believe contrary to what we believe
Now it doesn't mean we're going to kick you out doesn't mean we're not going to get along
I'm, just telling you you'll get along a lot better
And i'm not saying well, are you saying I have to be lockstep with you?
No, what i'm saying is you're going to enjoy the church a lot more
If you allow yourself to be taught
Our views, okay
Why because the bible tells us behold
How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity?
That's one of the best things about our church in my opinion
The dwelling together in unity we have people from different walks of life different races
different countries
different backgrounds
But we get along so well because we got unity
We have unity not just in our doctrine, but also in our fellowship in the vision of the church and in the ministry, okay?
So look
There's two elements to the to the preaching here element number one. It's really hard
It's almost offensive
Okay, it's the kind of preaching that'll make your face turn red
If i'm talking about you
Okay
And this is the kind of preaching maybe not to this level
But this is the kind of the style of preaching that I grew up on spiritually speaking
Okay
Where my pastor would just rip face and man, it would embarrass me but you know, it got me right with god
Okay
Where he would just call out the sin and it would it would step on my toes
And I didn't like it because I felt like he was talking about me
And you're like are you talking about me? Yes
I am
You know, ah pastor. I feel like you're talking about me. You got it
You're good. Yeah, i'm talking about you i'm talking about all of you
So that's one element is the hard preaching, okay
You know cry out loud and spare now show my people their transgression the second element is doctrine
I'm, not going to get up here and give a motivational speech every sunday
You understand now sometimes we need to be exhorted, right?
Exhortation is important. It's important to encourage you, you know, stand fast in the faith, you know
Don't don't move make sure that you you're you're established in in your walk with god push forward
Don't quit adjust man. Follow seven times. We need that but you know what?
The bible tells us preach the word be instant in season out of season reprove rebuke and exhort with all long suffering
Two negatives one positive
What that shows us is that we need a lot of negative preaching
Okay, and I know people out there in instagram land don't like that. Oh, how can you say negative preaching?
Jesus did it. You don't even know what jesus said. What are you talking about?
I'm sick and tired of people telling me what jesus said and they don't even quote what jesus said
Doctrine is important
Okay, and I love the fact that we have a church where I can literally do expository preaching on a sunday morning
And everyone's fine with it. They love it
Preach to first timothy chapter six do nothing but expository type preaching and everyone's just like that was great
You know, let's learn some doctrine
Okay
Those are the two elements
And you're like man, i'm kind of not used to that
I promise you get used to it get on board and you'll like it
And look if you don't like it, it doesn't mean it's bad. It just means you need to change your appetite
You know, sometimes it's it's an acquired taste
How many you drink coffee?
Good people here good people
Okay, how many you drink it with creamer though?
i'm talking about
With creamer with the plastic sugar in it
be honest
you know the the
The coffee mate stuff raise your hand. Raise your hand. She's embarrassed. It's okay. All right
See me after the service we'll talk about that i'm just kidding
You know, um
I used to do the same thing, too. Okay
And even with sugar and all that but there came a point where I remember a friend of mine
Said he said this he said bruce
Coffee is meant to be drunk and black
And he said in fact
That's how men drink coffee
Yeah, someone's got to say it and he's stepping on my toes
He's uh, this is the way coffee is meant to be drunk. It's black
That's how man drinks it i'm all but it's bitter he's all yeah
That's how men drink it
You know what? He's right
And I said, all right, so I started and that when I first started i'm like man, this is like bitter
But you know the more I did it the more I was just like I never want anything in my coffee
Right drink it black the more bitter it is the better
No one said amen on that point
Okay
What i'm saying is that it was an acquired taste
The bitterness of the coffee being drunk and black is an acquired taste
And you know what that's the way you're supposed to drink it but you know in like manner hard preaching that's bitter
You may not like it at first but it's an acquired taste, right?
You stick around long enough. You're like I want that I want that specialty preaching
Yeah that that roasted, uh, what's that called brother jordan
Thanks, all right fresh roasted
I was expecting something a little more deep or something, you know, you know, they have these roasteries
That's the that's the kind of preaching
Right where it's just like you go in there and they don't have creamer
They don't have the plastic creamer the melted plastic creamer that they put in there vanilla and hazelnut. It's just
You drink it as is
No, no, no, no not dark roasted we'll talk about that later
What i'm saying is this is that drinking coffee
is
Or hard preaching is like drinking
specialty
coffee
With no sugar no cream just as is
You know
Because here's the thing
You know, let me just talk about coffee for a second, right?
When you drink coffee
And you put that that coffee make creamer
Man, you're just destroying yourself
This stuff is so bad for you
And people are like no you shouldn't drink coffee. It's bad for your liver. No, it's the creamer
It's bad for you son
Coffee is not bad for you. It's the creamer
It's the it's the the garbage creamer, okay?
The the unfiltered just coffee as is black
That's good stuff right there
You know, hey preaching is not bad for you. It's the it's the soft weak preaching the sweet preaching
the creamer preaching
That's bad for you the coffee make preaching that's bad for you
Hazelnut vanilla preaching is bad for you
You need a just bitter black unfiltered turkish coffee
Yes
I remember, uh, uh, john made me turkish coffee right before church
So disgusting. Oh, yeah
And it was like I think it was like this much, right?
And I just drank it
And I was like man, this is you guys are hardcore because there's like grains in here
And he's like you weren't supposed to drink the grains
I was like, I was like eating the grains of them
But you know what that night I preach hard
I was wired. I was like
Anyways, what i'm saying is this is that i'm trying to make a parallel here with with hard preaching, okay?
You know hard preaching is bitter, right?
It's offensive. It steps on your toes
It's it's you know, it's in your belly. That's bitter, right?
But you know the more you get it the more you listen to it the more you apply it
the more sweet life becomes
And then you actually begin to appreciate
Good coffee, I mean good preaching
You're like I don't want this this lame folger's coffee
this la olla coffee
I want some specialty roast coffee because I can appreciate the taste. I want some king james
You know unfiltered coffee
Anyways, you know you guys are done with that. Okay
Okay
John 660 says this
Many therefore of his disciples when they had heard this said this is a hard saying
Who can hear it?
When jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it. He said unto him did this offend you?
He didn't say i'm sorry guys. I know you guys are young in the lord. He's like you guys offended or what?
Did this offend you he's kind of calling him out like is this offending you? I don't know. No, not me
But you know, there's people who are like this is a hard saying who can hear it and you know
Many of his disciples at that point walk no more with him
And look we've had people in our church
We've had people on youtube land
Where they hear this preaching at first. I remember there's this person
who um
You know, they they they found me through the anti-vax
Whole community thing and they're like man, this guy's awesome. He preaches against vaccines
And they're like promoting the live stream they're putting on their stories tune in to wild olive tree
It's coming up. This is great. He's starting at 5 pm and all these things and then like at the end of the service
They're like I made a big mistake
They're like this guy's really bad
He says bad stuff about women
You know, he's he's a male chauvinist and he's saying that women can't say amen in church and just
Mad at all the things that I was preaching out from the bible
Yeah
And literally just a polar complete 180 degree turn where it's just like she was all for me
And then she's just completely against me
you know
From that point forward they walk no more with me
So, what did you do I said does this offend you it's in the bible
Hey if you're in this boat
Might as well just get on board with the preaching
Hey might as well tune in to some of the other preachers in the new eye of being man
Pastor anderson pastor jimenez pastor. Jason. Robinson, you know, these are the men of god who preach hard too
It's going to help get in the boat but get on board as well with the preaching of god's word
Let's see here
And of course when it comes to ministry go to philippines chapter one
philippines chapter one the title is
In the boat but not on board
Hey, are you in the boat? But just despise the preaching
Are you in the boat? But you're just like I don't agree with this doctrine
Well, look if you don't agree with the specific doctrine come talk to me and let's let's let's hash it out according to the bible
Okay
It's just the thing i'm open
To interpretation i'm open to you telling me and saying well, what about this? What about this? What about this?
Let's do it
but if you're proven wrong
Then you should just convert
Nothing wrong with saying I was wrong i'm gonna believe right now, right?
When it comes to the ministry, hey, we should be not only in the boat but also on board
But you say what do you mean? Well, the ministry at our church is the ministry of reconciliation. It's sowing
It's preaching the gospel, right?
Look at philippians 1 27 only let your conversation be as it become at the gospel of christ
That whether I come and see you or else be absent I may hear of your affairs
The stand fast in one spirit with one excuse me with one mind
Striving together for the faith of the gospel the bible says so, you know, we should be unified
And be not only in the same boat, but also on board with soul winning
Okay, you know
Be here fellowship listen to the preaching but get that third aspect of our church, which is the ministry
Preaching the gospel learning how to go so well, you know, I got my own ministry, you know, I
That's not my gift. You know, I don't have the gift of evangelism
How many have heard that before if they say like sony and evangelist like a gift?
That's not the
No, what you're trying to say is that you're lazy?
Okay, you have the gift of laziness, right?
Evangelism is not a gift. It's a command. Amen to go out and preach the gospel and so
And look this is something we're not ashamed of we are a soul winning church
Door to door soul winning church. That's what we believe
Well, I just think we need to get a blow horn and stand on the corner and just say turn or burn or whatever, you know
And then you're really in the wrong. You took a wrong turn
Your gps brought you to the wrong place. This is not the kind of church you want to be in if that's what you
What you're all about?
We're not about protesting
Okay, you know some people you know I was actually like hey, you know you guys do protesting and stuff i'm like no
That's a waste of time
Protesting what?
You know, I protest by rejoicing
I protest satan by preaching the word of god
I protest, you know the filth and the false doctrine of this world from behind pulpit
I'm not gonna waste my time on some corner with the blow horn a stupid sign
Sounded like a jack-in-the-box drive-through
Because that's how they sound
He was like you can't even understand what they're saying
We need to be sure that we are on board
With the ministry of our church, which is so many and if you don't know how to preach the gospel
Hey, you're in the right boat
Because because the the sailors in this boat can teach you how to go and preach the gospel how to be fishers of men
They can teach you how to cast the net on the other side and bring in a multitude of fishes amen
I'm out of time. So what's what's the sermon for today? The sermon is simply this. Hey, you know, if you're in the boat, that's great
But you know, that's only step one step two is this you need to get on board
You know and that's i'm not saying we can't have our differences
I mean obviously we're gonna have differences
But for the most part we should dwell together in unity
And be on board with the direction of our church the spider hasn't have a word of prayer father
We thank you so much for your word
And lord, we're thankful for our church. Thank you for the king james bible
And lord, we're thankful that we have a church that not everyone has
Everyone has the same bible
The church is out there that the pastor might have a king james, but someone else has an niv
Nk jv and all these other false modern versions of the bible
And that's why they're not even in the same boat at that point
And I pray god that you'd help us to continue to remain unified in all these areas of life
And god, I pray that you'd help us to continue to increase our appetite
For spiritual things and for your word for prayer for soul winning for the truth
And
Please continue to protect us place a head of protection about us. We know there's people out there. They hate us
They would desire for us to shut down. I pray god that you would steer them clear from us
And protect us lord. We love you so much. We thank you pray these things in jesus