He and all my griefs have taken and all my sorrows bore
In temptation He's my strong and mighty tower
I am all for Him forsaken and all my idols born
From my heart and now He keeps me by His power
Though all the world forsake me and Satan tempt me so
Through Jesus I shall safely be so called
Hallelujah He's the lily of the valley
Bright and morning star He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul
He will never never leave me nor yet forsake me here
While I live my faith and do as blessed will
I'll blow a fire about me now to fear
With His manna He my hungry soul shall fill
And sweeping up to glory to see His blessed face
Where rivers of delight shall ever roll
Hallelujah He's the lily of the valley
The bright and morning star He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul
Let us pray. Father thank you for this wonderful and beautiful day.
Let's pray for the preacher and the preaching and I pray for the music.
May you please bless it as we honor and praise you Lord in Jesus' name. Amen.
Song number 237. You may go ahead and be seated.
Song number 237, Cleansing Wave.
Song number 237, Cleansing Wave. On the first.
Oh now I see the crimson wave
The fountain deep and wide
Jesus my Lord mighty to save
Poised to His wounded side
The cleansing stream I see I see
I plunge in oh it cleanses me
Oh praise the Lord it cleanses me
It cleanses me yes cleanses me
I see the new creation rise
I hear the speaking flood
It speaks polluted nature dies
Seeks deep the cleansing flood
The cleansing stream I see I see
I plunge in oh it cleanses me
Oh praise the Lord it cleanses me
It cleanses me yes cleanses me
I rise to walk in Heaven's own light
Above the world has sinned
With heart made pure and garments right
And Christ enthroned within
The cleansing stream I see I see
I plunge in oh it cleanses me
Oh praise the Lord it cleanses me
It cleanses me yes cleanses me
On the last amazing grace is Heaven below
To feel the blood applied
And Jesus only, Jesus no
My Jesus crucified
The cleansing stream I see I see
I plunge in oh it cleanses me
Oh praise the Lord it cleanses me
It cleanses me yes cleanses me
Alright great singing, thank you for being here this evening
Just a few announcements here before we sing our next song
Which will be 150, My Faith has found a resting place
150, if you want to get that ready in your song books
If you did not get a bulletin, go ahead and raise your hand
One of the ushers can get one for you
Some important information on there
Of course our Sunday morning service is at 1030
Sunday evening is at 5pm
And then we have our Thursday night Bible study at 7 o'clock
We are currently studying the book of Matthew
So good to see you here tonight
And then of course you see the Soloning times and teams
The list of expecting mothers
If you can continue to pray for them
And then the important reminders there at the bottom
Please make sure you give heed to that
Some of the upcoming church events this Sunday
Is Ms. Tanya Lieb's baby shower
That is this Sunday after the Sunday morning service
And we'll give you some details on the Sunday morning announcements
So just keep that in mind
And then that Monday on the 29th
Is the Monday Soloning
You can meet here at the building at 1130
Brother Ulysses will give you the instructions
And if you have any questions about that
You can see him after the service
And then the end of school picnic is on Tuesday
May 30th at 1230 pm
The location is right there
Eucalyptus Park
I want to encourage you to participate in that
If you have any questions you can see my wife
And then lastly the ladies prayer meeting
Prayer breakfast is on Saturday
June 3rd
Ms. Ulysses is the one who heads that up
And so if you have any questions about that
You want to help out
You can see her for more details
You see the regular reminders there at the bottom
Please make sure you silence your phones during the preaching
So as to not be a distraction
During the service
Go ahead and pull out your prayer sheet there
We're going to go over that briefly
And I think Brother Cody is going to come up in just a bit
And just pray briefly over these needs
Continue to pray for our church corporately
For God's favor
And pray that God would continue to bless us
With more soul owners
And areas
To be led to
To preach the gospel in so we can get more people saved
And then of course spiritual numerical growth of our church
For more laborers
For new people
And then pray for
The King James Conference is actually going on right now
In Washington
And a lot of my pastor friends are up there
And so pray that that would be a prosperous time
It's always important to emphasize the King James Bible
And so pray that the preaching would be edifying
Pray for the pastors
That God will fill them with their spirit
And that he would use them greatly
And so I think Pastor Shelley
Is preaching on Ruckmanism tonight
It's always a good subject to preach on
When you're talking about King James-Only-ism
And so preach against Ruckmanism
And then you see the church families there
If you can keep them in prayer
Just a lot of different needs
Salvation for unsafe family members
And friends
Pray for families to grow
Pray for the mothers who are expecting
And of course those who have had children
And just the different needs there
A lot of them are unspoken
If you can keep that in prayer
Pray for Brother Chevy Allah
And his family as his father passed away
There's going to be a funeral service
For his father next week
But pray for his family
And I'm going to be actually doing the funeral
For his father
And so I'm going to be preaching the gospel there
So that family members would be receptive
And our hearts would be tender
That they would get saved during that time
But if you can keep them in prayer
And then you just see the different needs there
If you would like to have an additional prayer request
Mention on the bulletin
You can put it at the bottom of the sheet
Tear that off and put it into the offering plate
And we'll make sure it gets on there for the following week
And that's pretty much it
Brother Cody, why don't you come on up and pray over these needs
Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer
Dear Lord God, thank you for everything
That you've blessed our church with
And just us as the congregation
Lord, just each individual person
Everything that you've blessed us with, Lord
And we just thank you for everything
You do for us, Lord
And we just pray and ask for your favor
On our church, Lord
What you've so freely given us, Lord
I just pray that we continue to honor you
With what we do here in this church, Lord
That any of you who are here
In this church, Lord
And just in our daily lives as well, Lord
That you continue to favor us, our church
And the people within our church, Lord
And we pray for our soul winning efforts, Lord
I pray that we continue to
Go out and preach the gospel to the lost, Lord
And that we're able to find new areas to go to
That are receptive, Lord
Where people want to hear the gospel
Want to know what it takes to go to heaven, Lord
And so I just pray for the soul winning
To continue to be fruitful, Lord
And for the soul winning teams as well, Lord
Even for missions like in Belize, Lord
I just pray that November will be
A success, Lord
And I pray for the protection of our church, Lord
That just keep our
Members here
In good health, Lord
And continue to protect us to and from
Church, Lord, and just in our day to day lives
I just pray for your protection upon
Each and every member here, Lord
And I pray for spiritual and numerical growth, Lord
Obviously we pray for new members
To come in, Lord
To get saved, get baptized
And then get plugged into our church, Lord
And not just numerically, Lord
Even if we never got another person
In our church, Lord, which obviously won't happen
We'll continue to grow numerically
But spiritual growth is really important, Lord
And I just pray for each and every member
Lord of this church that
You help us to continue to
Seek after you and read your word, Lord
And to continue to love you
And to keep your commandments, Lord
And try to get sin out of our lives, Lord
And I just pray that you help us to grow
Spiritually, just every member
In this congregation, Lord
And I just pray for that spiritual growth of our
Church, Lord
And Lord, we have a lot of
Unspoken requests, Lord, a lot of general requests
A lot of salvation for family members requests, Lord
I just pray that you answer those
Prayers, Lord
As according to your will, Lord
And I just pray for each and every member
Who has a prayer request here, Lord
And specifically for
Brother Chevy, Lord
With his father passing away, Lord
I just pray that you comfort him and his family
At this hard time, Lord
And that you're with him and that you strengthen him, Lord
And I just pray
That some of his family might be receptive to the
Gospel at this time, Lord
And that they'd be willing to hear it and get saved, Lord
And so just please
Bless Brother Chevy and his family
And everyone who is involved
With all of that, Lord
And Lord, I pray for the King James Bible Conference, Lord
That's taking place right now, I just pray
That the preaching is fruitful and edifying, Lord
And that
We have great men of God that are
Continually defending the King James
Bible, Lord, and that
Love your word, Lord, and so I just pray that
That conference is edifying, Lord
And that it debunks all the false doctrines
Associated with
Different versions of the
Bible, false doctrines
Concerning the King James Bible
And like Ruckmanism, Lord
I just pray for that conference
To be a success, Lord
And Lord, I just pray for this service, Lord
That you bless the preaching, the singing, Lord
And just bless every aspect, Lord
And just pray that you're with us at this time, Lord
And that we go home safely, Lord
You pray this all in Jesus' name, Amen
Song number
150
Song number 150
My faith has found
A resting place
Song number 150
My faith has found
A resting place
Not in devised
North cream
I trust the
Ever-living
One
His wounds for me
Shall clean
I need no
Other
Arguments
I need no
Other
Plea
It is
Enough that
Jesus died
And that he
Died for me
Enough
For me
That Jesus
Saves
This is my fear
And doubt
A sinful soul
I come to him
Evercast
He howls
I need no
Other
Arguments
I need no
Other
Plea
It is
Enough that
Jesus died
And that he
Died for me
My heart
Is on the Word
The written
Word of God
Salvation
By my Savior's
Name
Salvation through
His blood
I need no
Other
Arguments
I need no
Other
Plea
That Jesus died
And that he
Died for me
On the last
My great physician
Heals the sick
The loss he came
To save
For me
His precious
Blood he shed
For me
His life he came
I need no
Other
Arguments
I need no
Other
Plea
It is
Enough that
Jesus died
And that he
Died for
Me
Great singing. As much as come forward,
please turn your Bibles to Matthew
Chapter 7.
Thank you.
Good evening.
We're in Matthew, Chapter 7.
And the Bible reads,
Judge not that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge,
ye shall be judged.
With what measure ye meet, it shall be measured to you again.
And why beholdest thou the mote
that is in thy brother's eye?
But consider'st not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Or how wilt I say to thy brother,
Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye?
And behold, the beam is in thine own eye.
Thou hypocrite,
first cast out the beam out of thine own eye,
and then shalt thou see clearly
to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs.
Neither cast ye your pearls
before swine, lest they trample
them under their feet, and turn again, and render you.
Ask, and it shall be given you.
Seek, and ye shall find.
Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
For every one that asketh receiveth,
and he that seeketh findeth,
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Or what man
is there of you?
Whom, if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give
good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your father, which is in heaven,
give good things to them that ask him?
Therefore all things whatsoever you would
that men should do to you,
do ye even so to them.
For this is the law and the prophets.
Enter ye in at the strait gate, for white is the gate,
and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat.
But strait is the gate,
and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life,
and few there be that find it.
Beware of false prophets which come to you
in sheep's clothing, but inwardly
they are revening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Do men gather grapes of thorns,
or figs of thistles?
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit,
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down and cast into the fire.
Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Not everyone that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter 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 not prophesied in thy name,
and in thy name have cast out devils,
and in thy name done many wonderful works.
And then will I profess unto them,
I never knew you, depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings
are mine and doeth them.
I will liken unto a wise man,
which built his house upon a rock,
and the rain descended, and the floods came.
And the winds blew, and beat upon that house,
and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.
And everyone that heareth these sayings are mine,
and doeth them not, shall be liken unto a foolish man,
which built his house upon the sand.
And the rain descended, and the floods came,
and the winds blew, and beat upon that house,
and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
And it came to pass when Jesus had entered these sayings,
the people were astonished at his doctrine,
for he taught them as one having authority,
and not as described.
Let's pray. Thank you, Heavenly Father,
for every precious word in the Bible, dear God.
Thank you for every precious soul in this church,
and please bless the pastor this evening
as he preaches your word unto us.
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Amen. Okay, we're continuing this evening
with our Bible study in the book of Matthew,
and tonight we're in chapter 7,
and we're actually continuing, or concluding should I say,
the Sermon on the Mount.
And of course, the Sermon on the Mount
goes from chapters 5 all the way to chapter 7,
and Jesus is closing this sermon
talking about the subject of false prophets.
It's pretty interesting because of the fact that,
you know, being that it's one of his first full-length
sermons, it's obviously very much important
to talk about false prophets if he's mentioning it.
And why is it important to talk about false prophets?
How do I identify a false prophet,
you know, to judge who a false prophet is?
Well, it's because of the fact that they pose
a danger to Christians and to churches,
to congregations.
And so it's important that we as Christians,
as the sheep of God, as God's flock,
are aware that these people exist,
and that the sheep of God,
the sheep of God,
are aware that these people exist,
and that we stay away from them, right?
That we warn other Christians about them.
And so a lot of this chapter is dedicated
to talking about false prophets.
So don't think, well, you know,
this is just like a hobby horse of your church,
and you guys always talk about false prophets.
Well, you know, it seems to me the New Testament
just talks about false prophets a lot.
And so we're to emphasize the things that God emphasizes,
and we can't just breeze over chapter 7
without talking about false prophets.
And so we're obviously going to talk about that
this evening.
Now, Matthew chapter 7
is a chapter that's taken out of context
quite a bit, in more ways than one.
And, you know, we joke around,
but this is basically like a chapter
that the progressive Christians like to use,
or should I say the one verse in the chapter
that progressive Christians like to use,
which is verse number 1,
Judge not that ye be not judged.
Notice it doesn't say less to be judged, right?
And there's often this joke that we make,
and there's memes around
that, you know, we say,
this is how a progressive Christian reads the Bible.
And we'll say, you know, we'll have verse 1,
and then the rest of the chapter is just scribbled out, right?
And really, that's how they see it.
And I can't tell you how many times
online or in person,
people have told me,
oh, judge not lest ye be judged.
Judge not that ye be not judged.
And what they're basically saying is that
supposedly the Bible teaches
that it's forbidden to pass judgment
on a different individual
because they're a false prophet,
because they're a heretic,
because of sin.
It's just completely taboo.
It's forbidden by God's word,
because verse 1 says that you should not judge.
But folks, obviously, the following verses
definitely clear up what verse number 1 is talking about.
And so it's a silly interpretation to say
we should never judge.
God doesn't want us to judge.
It's wrong to judge others.
It's wrong to call people false prophets.
And let me explain to you why this is so silly.
First and foremost,
the verse that they quote
completely cancels out their objective, right?
Because it says, judge not
that ye be not judged.
So what they're implying is that
if we judge, we stand in danger
of being judged by someone else.
Which is exactly what they do
when they tell us not to judge.
And we often tell them,
oh, so are you judging me for judging?
Which obviously shows the hypocrisy in the argument.
But let me also explain to you
why this is so ironic, okay?
You know, they say, verse 1
teaches that you should never judge.
But chapter 7
is the same chapter where Jesus says,
beware of false prophets
who come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.
So let me explain something to you.
How are we to be aware of the false prophets
if we don't first judge them to be false prophets?
Right?
It's like, how am I supposed to stay away from the false prophet
without first saying, hey,
that guy's a false prophet.
Now, a lot of old IFP pastors
would take that interpretation
because they don't like calling out the names.
You know, they're just kind of like,
there's a false prophet out there. I'm not going to say who it is.
I'm not going to call out the names.
I'm not going to say who. And it's just like, who?
Tell me who so I can stay away from them.
So I can know what they're teaching
so I can stay away from that type of teaching.
Whereas the Bible conclusively shows
that we should call out the names.
We have many examples
of this throughout the Bible.
Jesus called out the Pharisees.
The Apostle Paul called out
Alexander and Hymenaeus and Philetus.
I mean, there's times when the Apostle Paul even called out
another saved believer,
you know, Peter, for being a hypocrite.
And so that's not off the table.
You know, the Bible says that we should do that
in order to warn others
regarding false prophets.
So to say that this chapter is conclusively teaching
that we should never pass judgment on anybody
is a stupid teaching.
Because the very chapter in and of itself
tells us to beware of false prophets
and in order for us to avoid them
we have to know who they are.
Which requires for us
to judge them to be
a false prophet.
And what's funny about this is that
the vast majority of people who
quote that verse to tell you not to judge
it's always when we're
judging someone to be a false prophet.
Always.
You call out T.D. Jakes.
You call out, you know, these false prophets
and these wicked individuals
Isaiah, Saldivar
and these people who are
for sure damnable heretics
false prophets.
And then they quote verse 1 of chapter 7
when in actuality chapter 7 is telling us to beware
of that person.
It's telling us stay away from
individuals like that. Beware of them.
And so, you know, the progressive Christians
they probably can't even find
Matthew chapter 7.
They can't even quote the one verse that
they're trying to use to back up their claims.
They can't even quote it right. They probably don't even know where
Matthew 7 is. They'll probably tell you it's in the Old Testament somewhere.
Next to the book of Proverbs
or something.
But the reality is this is that Matthew 7 is a
great book. Isaiah, sit down.
Sit up straight and pay attention.
My wife's not here so I have
to father my children as they're here in the front.
So if I interrupt my sermon
to correct them, forgive me but
I don't really care if you're mad at that, right?
So great chapter here. Now the first portion
of this chapter
is talking about the subject
of judging, okay.
And this isn't necessarily
saying that we shouldn't judge.
The admonition that Jesus Christ is
giving here, the instruction, is that
we shouldn't judge others based upon
sins that we've committed, right. Or are
committing should I say. We shouldn't be a
hypocrite. Now we know
that this is not a carte blanche statement
to say never judge because the Bible says
that the spiritual judges all things,
okay. 1 Corinthians chapter 2 clearly
tells us that we're to judge all things.
The Bible tells us, I mean we have an entire
book in the Bible called the book of judges
and the reason we have
all of these statements and doctrines
that are clearly laid out is so we can
prove all things.
Hold fast that which is good. The Bible says to
try the spirits whether they are of God.
So that means we're to
listen to a preacher and judge if that
preacher is saying the right things,
okay. That's what it means to judge.
What the Bible is condemning here
is judging someone
for things that you are currently
doing. You're being a hypocrite about it
and you know
obviously he's talking about the Pharisees,
right. Because in chapter 6 he talks about the
hypocrites. Those who stand
in the synagogues and they pray
standing in the corners and all these things and they
sound the trumpet and all these things.
Obviously that's referring to the scribes and the Pharisees
and they're very much guilty
of judging others of things that
they're clearly guilty of.
So let's start off the chapter here. It says in verse
1, judge not that ye be not judged
for with what judgment
ye judge, ye shall be judged
and with what measure ye meet, it shall be measured
to you again and why behold
the style of the moat that is in thy brother's eye
but consider is not the beam that is in
thine own eye. For how would I say
to thy brother, let me pull out the moat that is
out of thine eye and behold the
beam is in thine own eye.
So what is he saying?
You know it's pretty stupid and hypocritical
to try to remove the
speck of dust that's in someone's eye
and obviously that speck of dust
represents sin,
it can represent a fault,
it can represent some sort of deficiency
of Christian virtue in another person
when you yourself, you have a palm
tree sticking out of your eye, right.
You got a redwood, it's just like
you're really going to try to get me
to clean up my life and get right
regarding this little speck of
deficiency in my personal life
but you got these redwoods popping out of your eyes
I mean it's obviously hypocritical
and obviously you know if we were to
look at the context here and
know that he's referring to the Pharisees
they're the biggest hypocrites
because they're so pious and they judge others
they condemn others for not being
as godly as they are but those guys
are going to split hell wide open.
They're going to go to hell. They're not
saved. The Bible says that they're children of the
devil. So they're going to tell you how to obey God
they're going to tell you what laws to
keep, they're going to tell you to follow the law
of Moses when they themselves don't follow
the law of Moses. They're not saved
and they're removing the keys of salvation for
others so that they can't be saved. So it's obviously
a major palm tree in their
eyes. Now
in a practical sense
the way we can apply it is we need to make
sure that when we are judging
a situation that we are living
above reproach as well.
And the best way to
explain this would be we can't
judge fornication if you're involved
in fornication. Can't tell someone
get right with God and
you need to stop fornicating while you
yourself are committing the act of fornication.
Or you can't say hey adultery
is wrong. You're wicked for committing
adultery but yet you're having an affair
you're whoring around or whatever
you're being a whoremonger. Obviously
that's hypocritical. You have a
redwood in your eye.
You know you are essentially
guilty of some particular
teaching or some
particular lack
of virtue in your personal life
that you're judging others for. And you know
Christians do this because of the fact that
you know sometimes they will do what's called
the word
is fleeing me right now. They project
right. In other words
they'll often condemn others
for things that they're guilty of.
And it's a way
to essentially kind of minimize in
their own eyes
their sins and their iniquities
transgressions so they will
hop on another person who maybe
is not as guilty as they are in a particular
area in their life and they'll
say oh man you got to remove that speck
you got to remove that mote out of your eye
you got to remove that dust out of your eye or
whatever but they themselves are guilty
of it. They're projecting what they're guilty
of you understand. And so we need to make sure
that we as Christians you know obviously
we're not sinless. We're not going to
stop sinning this side of eternity
but we can be Christians who sin less
though right. We don't necessarily
have to be guilty of drunkenness
fornication
railing idolatry
you know we can abstain from certain sins
in this life and not commit those things
and therefore judge
in that certain jurisdiction of virtue
you understand. And so
the Bible's telling us here don't
focus on someone else's mote when
you have a palm tree when you
have a beam in your
eye. And here's a good
word of advice for us as Christians okay
don't act like you're the expert
in certain virtues of the Christian
life if you don't have that thing down packed in your
life.
You know and by the way if you want
people to listen to you and to your advice
because you're such an expert at it one
of the best ways for get people to listen to
you is for you not to talk.
Isn't that interesting.
You know the more you talk the less people
want to listen to you.
That's actually how it works.
The more you blabber
and just spew out all your so
called knowledge and showing
everyone how to get rid of their dust
and their mote and their speckle of
their eye you know the more you're revealing
the beams in yours which in turn
will cause an audience to
flee from you okay.
And by the way learn self-awareness.
Learn when people
aren't listening to you.
If people are if you're having a conversation
with someone and they're just looking away from you because they don't
want to listen take the hint amen.
You know don't just
like just keep talking and keep talking
and you're just judging that situation
judging that person and
the person just wants to get away from you.
Amen.
Don't get quiet on me now.
It's true.
Okay.
And look we all are designated
to judge to a certain extent the spiritual
judges all things but you know
there is a principle of earning a reputation
to be heard right.
If you want to be heard if you want to be
adhered to first of all
be slow to speak and swift to hear
right. You got to be make sure you
listen quickly and don't speak
as as
quickly either okay.
We need to make sure that whatever we're judging
we're not guilty of living
a life that's not above approach
that we're living an exceptional Christian life
in order to get others to listen to us.
So he says why are you beholding
that moat that is in your brother's eye
you're not considering the beam that is in your own
eye why are you going to tell your brother
let me pull out the moat out of thine eye
and behold the beam is in thine own eye
and you know obviously we we
look at this and say well I guess I could just
never judge then because I'm guilty of a specific sin
well no because the Bible says here verse
five thou hypocrite
first cast out the beam out of thine
own eye and then thou
shall see clearly to cast out the moat
out of thy brother's eye. So what is the solution
to this problem the solution
is get that thing right
first so you can be
credible when you're judging
something else right.
You know a pastor
who
becomes a pastor because he's self-willed
he's not ordained by anybody
specific he just kind of goes out and starts his own
church he can't really preach through
first Timothy chapter three
he can't really talk about the doctrine of ordination
now can he. You know why
because of the fact that he himself has not
been correctly ordained so
it would be hypocritical for him to be like
you know you need to be under authority
and be sent out by another
pastor and be ordained that's
God's biblical order it's like what about you
you've never done that okay
you can't tell someone to meet the biblical
qualifications if you don't meet them
but the solution
here is saying go ahead
and take out the moat first
and then you shall see clearly
to take out the bee you'll become more
effective in judging others
and judging situations
when you remove the deficiency
out of your own life you understand
now again this isn't saying don't
judge at all and I don't necessarily
agree with there's
there's this philosophy in the old IFB
that says you should only
judge in your area of jurisdiction
I get what they mean by that
because obviously we as fathers
and husbands our families
are our jurisdiction to judge
right so that means
no other husband has the right to judge
me and my home for what I do
with my family how I dictate
how the roles of my family
and who's in charge or whatever
anybody does obviously you know
we can advise people and help people
in that manner but we have no jurisdiction
over that right we don't have jurisdiction
over someone else's kids we don't have
jurisdiction over someone else's wife
we don't have jurisdiction over
your job or whatever it may be so
obviously that can be applied in that way
but in general
we can't take that principle too far
because then people are like oh you know
you're judging this other church
Isaiah Saadevar that's outside of your
area of jurisdiction no actually that falls
under the canopy of rebuke and false prophets
and God has
deputized Christians
pastors to call
those individuals out okay that does
fall under my area of jurisdiction
and the area of jurisdiction here's my verse
prove all things hold fast that which is good
preach the word be instant in season out of season
reprove rebuke exhort with all
long suffering and doctrine okay
and here's the thing
folks is that you know the Bible tells us
that we
need to make sure that we judge
certain areas in our personal life
and even in a church
I ultimately from
an earthly perspective am the
judge of the church right as the pastor
from an earthly perspective but even
then let's give an example if I were to
cast someone out of the church and
judge them as being deemed
worthy to be excommunicated for a specific
sin in 1 Corinthians chapter 5
I'm to bring that before the church
and the church collectively agrees
with my judgment we all
judge that person
to be excommunicated out of the congregation
so we all have that area
of jurisdiction you understand
we all agree collectively
that this person does not belong in
our church because of a particular sin
that merits being kicked out
and so very clearly he's saying
here if you're going to dish
it out make sure you're not guilty
of these things now that teaches another
teaches not thyself
okay be worthy of judging
by making sure you're living above
reproach not perfect just
above reproach not guilty
of the particular sin that you're calling out
okay that's why it's
so funny when people are like you know you call
out some sodomite or whatever
they judge not that you be not judged
it's like well let's
check am I a homo
nope I guess
I'm qualified
am I a filthy sodomite
nope you know am I
a reprobate nope I guess I'm qualified
to call this guy a filthy reprobate sodomite
because I'm not guilty of it
so I have every single right
to call out the reprobates of
this world the sodomites of this
world because I'm not guilty of that
and it's just like
oh man you know you're calling out all
these these you know Isaiah
he's done so much for God
and you know judge not that you be not
judge it's like well let me see do I
strangle people when I'm
casting out demons out of them well first of all
do we even cast out demons no
number two do I strangle women to their
blue in the face casting out demons no I
don't do that do I say
that I'm possessed with devils nope am I
possessed with devils nope am I a
charismatic nope so I guess I have every
single right to call those individuals out because I'm not
guilty of that stupidity
so this isn't a
carte blanche don't ever judge for no
reason whatsoever stop being a little
snowflake read the bible and you'll see
that the bible commands us to judge
and he's actually very angry with
people when they don't judge
so that's what that's talking about okay
and uh
so in order to qualify yourself don't be
a hypocrite make sure you are
fulfilling that role you're not
guilty of that particular sin
you are cleaning up your life
in order to to to to help others
and obviously it's the context of helping others
because we're talking about a brother here
and so you know this can be said in the
context of a church that if
you're going to another brother or sister in Christ
who admonish them in a particular area
you better make sure you got your
stuff together spiritually
speaking right unless
of course they come to you for advice
they come to you for advice
and say what do you think I should do and you in the
back of your mind are thinking well I'm actually guilty of that particular
sin here's what you tell them you know what
I'm not the most qualified to actually give
you advice about that because I'm actually
struggling in that area as well
I'd recommend for you to go to the pastor
okay don't be like hey
you came to the
right person
you know what I mean I'm the one
God led you to me I'm the
one that's filled with all knowledge and wisdom
forget my reputation
forget what I'm guilty of
it's my words that count right
no it doesn't work that way okay
clean up your life and then you'll see
clearly to cast out the beam or the mote
out of your brother's eye
then he goes on to say in verse 6
now obviously we don't really know
specifically what this is
referring to obviously when
it refers to dogs and swine
this is something that the Bible would
deem as being unclean right
and so I think what this is referring to
is just individuals who just do not
merit your time and the
pearls that this is referring to
is obviously the word of God
now we as God's people are commanded
to preach the word of God everywhere right
give the gospel to everyone
preach to everyone no matter what
and here's the thing is that we can't apply this
to sodomites we can't apply this
to the unclean individuals of this world
but I think what this is referring to is
giving the gospel to someone
who obviously is just going to take what you say
and twist it waste your time at the door
want to get into an argument with you
just want to waste your time
now how many say I've had a person like that
at the door solely
how many say I've actually fallen into the trap
of arguing with them
and they wasted my time okay
right here how many say I actually
enjoyed it just a little bit just to argue
and shut that person down
I mean obviously right
you know you're just like haha
I've been waiting for this one
like I got this you know
but here's the thing is that at the end of the day
you could have invested that time into
a door of a person who actually
wanted to get saved and wanted
the truth all this person did was
take the value
of your knowledge and trampled
it under their feet okay
now people often ask me
you know hey it says here
you know dogs you know it can
be applied to sodomites does that mean we
shouldn't give the gospel to sodomites
well obviously sodomites can't be saved
okay we all understand that and if you don't understand
that then just wait till June
okay and I'll cover that
extensively at that point
but here's the thing
in my opinion because of the day and age
in which we live there's a lot of people
who look like sodomites who aren't sodomites
okay I mean
it's 2023 it's crazy
but there's a lot of weird people out there
who I mean I can't even
they think it's cool to look like that
okay and they're not you know
they're not sodomites per se I've met some of them
I've talked to them at the door
they're not reprobates they're just kind of
they go to some school that promotes that stuff
they're around their friends they paint
their nails and you know
they got the
cotton candy hair and all that color
and all just looking like weirdos right
when I meet them at the door
I'm just going to assume they're not sodomites
unless
unless they just tell me
you know I'm gay
you know
and here's the thing like let's say I'm like
halfway through my gospel presentation and they say that
I actually just
finish my gospel presentation
you say why would you do that
well first of all I'm already
halfway through
and I'll just kind of finish it up because
all I'm doing is just making their damnation that much
greater because I'm actually giving them
more knowledge of the gospel
that they're going to be accountable for
and obviously they can't get saved they're ever
learning never able to come to the knowledge of the truth
so basically I'm just kind of
I'm just kind of transferring them to like a
lower hell you know what I mean
I'm just like hey you're
you had coach but now you get first class
because now you get a clear
presentation of the gospel you know what I mean
so now you know instead of coach
sitting all the way in the back of the plane on your
way to hell now you're in the front of the plane
but obviously
if I knock on the door they're just like
I'm a sodomite obviously they won't say sodomite
I'm gay or whatever
or if it's like
it's like a tranny
I'm not even going to waste my time
in fact if I put a track on the door
and I see they're a tranny I'll take the track off actually
in fact
if I gave them the invite and they told me
they're just a full blown sodomite I'll try to take the track back
I don't want them to have that
I've done that before
I'm like can I sing that real quick
then I've got to wash my hands and all that
but I think it's
important for us to adhere to this particular
verse because of the fact that it's
basically teaching us don't
just liberally distribute
the pearls
to just every Tom, Dick, and Harry
especially if you know that they don't want to hear it
especially if you know
if you get the hint you get the vibe
that they hate the truth
that they want to mock Jesus Christ
you know I remember one time Jacob
Polito and I were at a door and we knocked
on this door and this person was just like
Hail Satan!
and he said some other blasphemous things
and I wasn't going to be there and be like
uh excuse me sir
can I talk to you about the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
you know I'm not going to
why because of the fact that he just said Hail Satan
so obviously this person doesn't want to hear it
you know what I mean
he's obviously mocking Jesus Christ
and then I was like alright
he just like walked away why because he's swine
he's a dog he's exposing
himself as being an individual who does not value
the
treasures of Jesus Christ right
and so you know
we need to make sure we don't do that because if not
they'll waste your time they'll trample you
they'll trample the pearls
of God's word under their feet
and then they'll turn around and rend you
then they'll start attacking you
and then you get yourself in a situation
you don't want to be in it's better
that when we're soul winning when we're given the
gospel we're going to the people who
want to actually hear the truth okay
now look at verse number seven
it says ask and it shall be given you seek and you
shall find knock and it shall be opened
unto you for everyone
that asketh receive it that he that seeketh
findeth and to him that knocketh
it shall be opened now
let me ask you a question in those two verses
are there any stipulations
to ask him
he doesn't say ask and it
shall be given you unless
seek and you shall find
unless knock and it
shall be opened to you you know unless
he's saying ask God
and these doors will open right
and obviously when you look at ask
when you look at um
you're asking seeking
knocking it spells out
ask which is exactly
what prayer is right
it's you asking God for
something that's what prayer means
and the main emphasis of this passage
here that God's trying to get across
is that we need to be importune
in our prayers
what does it mean to be importune
it means you're persistent
in prayer you have
some particular need in your life
financial need spiritual
need something in your life
a burden in your life the Bible says
keep asking okay
you got to make sure you
seek you
knock you got to make sure you
ask you're just constantly knocking at
that door of prayer asking God
can you please provide this I need your
help I need wisdom you just
constantly do it constantly do it and the Bible
says if any of you lack wisdom
let them ask of God who
give it to all men liberally
and abraighteth not
now be honest if someone was just constantly
knocking at your door
and they weren't getting the hint that you weren't
going to answer you'd be probably
pretty upset when you open the door like what
go away
but you know what that's
contrary to what God would do when we pray
because according to the Bible God
says I want you to just
keep
knocking that's what
it means he says you got to make sure you
ask got to make sure you seek
got to make sure you knock now obviously
we can look at that word seek and say maybe that's referring
to seeking the answers from God's word
and that can definitely be applied right
so as we're praying we're reading the Bible
as we're praying we're
listening to the preaching of God's word
because here's the thing folks is that
sometimes God answers your prayer but you're not in
church to actually like
get the wisdom and the direction you need
you're like God please direct
me lead me and it's just like
you're not in church well
how do you think God does it he does it through the preaching of God's word
or it's just like God please just show me
a sign but he's like you're not reading the Bible
so
what do you want like fire to come down from heaven or
you think we're
charismatic or something like that
got to be reading the Bible
you got to be coming to church
you're like well I didn't get it Sunday morning to come Sunday night you might get it Sunday night
well I didn't get it Sunday night either
they come on Thursday night you might get it on Thursday
so you're saying I should come to all three services
well it says seek and ye shall find
knock and it shall be opened unto you
it sounds like you should be persistent and looking for the answer
don't be the type of Christian that just gives up
and throws in the towel
when it doesn't come in your timing or something
oh pray didn't get the answer
guess I can't pray what are you going to do pray to another God
so it's like if God
the God of the universe doesn't answer your prayer
you're just going to go to what are you going to do go to Allah
what are you going to do sissy you're going to go to like
Allah or the false gods
of this world the only one who can answer your prayer
is the God of the Bible
so if you don't get the answer now it just means that
he wants you to wait or he wants you to be
a little more persistent in asking
it says verse 8
for everyone not just certain people
for everyone that asketh
receiveth and he that seeketh
findeth and to him that knocketh
it shall be
open now
here's the thing is that we look at that and we're like
yeah but except for my situation though
no this applies to all situations
the timing may be different
right
the timing of when God actually
answers the prayer might vary
based upon the situation and the person
but the solution is always
the same which is Jesus Christ will provide for that
the Lord will provide in his
time ok he's not a drive through
he's not a microwave
you can't mobile order
that prayer you know in
you got to make sure you just keep asking keep asking
and wait for the answer to
come ok
look what it says in verse 9 it says
what man is there of you
whom if his son ask bread
will he give him a stone
or if he ask fish will he give him
a serpent just trying to get the point across here
you know God
the bible says that when we get saved he becomes our
heavenly father we become his children
but as many as receive them to them give you power to become
the sons of God even unto them that believe
on his name so once we get saved
God becomes our heavenly father
we become his children and he's saying
how many of you if your son
your daughter
asks you for bread
you're just going to hand him over a rock
you know
if he asks you for a fish
you're just going to send him a serpent instead
I mean that's pretty
that's pretty like out there right
maybe some psychopath
you know parent will probably do so
but we're just speaking in generalities here
most normal parents
would just you give them
bread or you take them to in and out
or you know canes or something
or whatever you know
you get them some food
you're not going to give them a serpent you're not going to do anything
to damage that person he's basically
saying let's use some reasoning here
the reasoning is if you
and by the way he says in verse 11
if ye then being evil he's not saying
like wicked evil
as the reprobates of this world he's just saying
from you know
comparison to God right
we're corruptible beings
ye then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children
how much more shall your
father which is in heaven
give good things to them that ask him
so what he's saying is just like give him some
credit
give God some credit here
I mean logically if a parent
if a child asks a parent
for a particular resource or a need
that parent regardless
of how corruptible they are
in their flesh is
going to give that child whatever that child needs
because that's just what's natural to do
how much more God
perfect incorruptible
is he willing to give good things to those who ask him
so what he's saying you know you need to
increase your faith a little bit and not think
that God always has it out for you or something
it's just like oh you know
for that person it works but not for me
for this person definitely it'll go through
but not for me because of X, Y, and Z
you know God is your heavenly father too if you're
saved and
he will give you good things if you
ask him and look part of the
Christian life that a lot of Christians let me say this
neglect is this matter of prayer
you know
they might even read the Bible but they neglect prayer
you know why because they don't believe
that they'll actually get the answer to
the necessity that they have
they've lost faith
in the fact that if they ask for these things
persistently with importunity
that God will provide for that
and look folks in our human
reasoning we can come up with all sorts of reasons
of why God can't answer that prayer
but all of them are nonsensical in comparison
to the truths of God's word that says
that God will provide those things
I guarantee you there's people sitting in here
tonight that are thinking that's true
but not for me
that's true I agree with that
but not necessarily for
the type of the amount of money that I
need that's true
but not for the sickness that I have or something
no this is
for everything okay and
nothing's too hard for God the Bible says
and so
often what we need is not
necessarily all the knowledge
and all the smarts
and have all the pieces of the puzzle
together and figure out
every facet and every
element of the situation
often what we need is just faith to pray and say
Lord please provide for this I'll see you tomorrow
come back Lord can you please provide
for this please provide for this
I'll see you tomorrow Lord can you please provide
and you just keep asking and keep asking
and you're importune in your prayers
and you will receive it
it says in verse 12 therefore all things
whatsoever you would that men should
do to you do ye even so
to them for this is the law
and the prophets and obviously we
know that this statement
or this teaching of asking
God for things
is not at the negation of
every other Christian commandment in the Bible
it's like I'm going to ask for things and just
be involved in just all types of sin or something
like that obviously that's not going to work
it's not like this is the one
principle that God gives
and you don't have to worry about anything
else we obviously have to keep the law and the
prophets what the Bible says
and so what this is teaching is
as you're asking keep serving God
keep doing good into others
keep making sure that you're fulfilling your role
as a Christian and being a blessing
etcetera so in good seats
look at verse 13
it says here enter ye in at
the straight gate for
wide is the gate and broad is the
way that leadeth to destruction
and many there be which go in there at
because straight is the gate and narrow is
the way which leadeth into life and
few there be that find it now this
is referring to the way
to heaven okay
now and let
me explain to you what this doesn't mean okay
it's not referring
to the level of difficulty
but rather
the quantity of people who are gonna go into
heaven so when it
says that
you gotta go in through the straight gate
wide is the gate broad is the way that leadeth
to destruction many would there
be that go in there at it's not referring to
the fact that oh
you know if you live just a
loose life as a Christian
you're involved in all kinds of sin you're doing
what everyone else does in regards to sin
you're gonna go to hell that's how a lot of people
want to interpret this as referring
to they try to use this to teach a works based
salvation this is simply
saying that the way to heaven is narrow
not because it's difficult
but because you don't need
a wide space because not many people are going to heaven
in comparison to the amount of people who are going to hell
so it's narrow because
of the quantity of people who are
gonna have eternal life and the reason that the
way to hell is broad is because many
people are going to hell you understand
now what's funny about this is that I
used to live in Long Beach
and that's basically
that's like my stomping grounds
I grew up there I went to high school
there I was in junior high there
and I spent a lot of my life there
and I got saved there
that's where I got married and met my
wife there at the church
but a long time ago when I was
in high school there is a particular
street in Long Beach called
Broadway
so that's what it was called
it's called Broadway
and you know it was on the east side
of Long Beach and I kid
you not this entire
street was designated
for sodomites and only
sodomites
like the crosswalks were painted with rainbows
I mean you go down everyone knew you stay
away from Broadway
you don't go to Broadway
you know because that's where all the sodomites are
isn't it funny that it's called
Broadway and broad
is the way
and you have all these sodomites living on that
broad way
it's like poetic justice right
what's even
funnier than that
is that when I was in high school
you know in high school you used to have these administrators
these
slave drivers
people who just hated students
you wonder why they were even there
they just hate people
and you know in the high school that I went to
the principal was a sodomite there was a lot of sodomites
there unfortunately and
my administrator
was a sodomite
and her name was
Miss Broadway
you know it's just like the
poetic justice is just oozing out of this place
but you say
well why do you keep picking on the sodomites?
well because Julia just comes I'm just priming it you know what I mean
but you know why broad
is the way because that's where all the sodomites are going
okay and
whatever the two percent of the population in America
whatever that's where they're going
broad is the way
because of the fact not because
you know it's just a worldly lifestyle
or because
you know
you're living a wicked lifestyle or whatever
broad is the way because of the fact that
every person who takes that way
in order to have eternal life
they're trusting in their works
they're trusting in their deeds
they're trusting in a different religion
this is the Muslims these are the Mormons
these are the Catholics these are the Pentecostals
these are you know
whatever religion that's out there that's
not centered around
biblical salvation
that's where they all will have their
little meaning okay
this is going to be the biggest
conference convention
of all religions is when they're on their way to hell
that's why broad is the way
okay and it says in verse 14
straight is the gate
straight doesn't mean you know it's not
straight as in like a straight line referring to narrow
right straight is the gate
and narrow is the way which leadeth into life
and it says few there be that find it
obviously when we look at Revelation 7
for example
we see in heaven that there's a great multitude
which no man can number
so I'm not saying that there's not a lot of people
going to be saved there's obviously going to be a lot of people
saved from every
nation, tongue
all types of people from the beginning
of time to the end of time
it's just that in comparison
to the people that are going to hell
it would seem as though there's few
that are actually going to be saved
while the Bible says that hell
hath enlarged
herself
you know why it's enlarging itself?
it's because people are going there every single day
by the droves
so you just got to make new vacancies
it just constantly has to grow
constantly has to increase
in order to suffice
the amount of souls
that are going there
sit up straight
and so he says there
this is explaining the way of salvation
not the difficulty
just simply trying to get across
the quantity of souls
that are going to go to heaven in comparison to hell
make sense?
look at verse 15
he follows this up with
beware of false prophets
which come to you in sheep's clothing
but inwardly they are ravening wolves
oh man he's judging
he's judging
yeah but he didn't call anybody out
wait till we get to Matthew 23
where he says woe unto you
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites
and he repeats it
over and over and over
I mean there's times when
Jesus is invited to a Pharisee's house
to eat and then he starts ripping
on them in his own house
you know he just starts
getting on him and ripping his face
in his own house
he says beware of false prophets
which come to you in sheep's clothing
but inwardly they are ravening wolves
now what is he trying to get across here?
he's getting across the fact
that there are individuals in this world
that will parade themselves
to be saved Christians
how do we know that?
well because they have sheep's clothing
they're not really sheep
they're not really from God
they're wolves in disguise
and why are they wolves in disguise?
well because they're creeping in
they're seeking to creep in
to devour the sheep
via false doctrine, damnable heresies, etc.
and this is why the Bible says
in 2 Peter 2 verse 1
he says that there were false teachers
also among the brethren
even as there should be
there were false prophets also among the brethren
even as there should be false teachers among you
who privily shall bring in damnable heresies
denying even the Lord God that bought them
so don't think that this is only relegated
to the first century AD or something
oh false prophets were back then but not today
actually there's more false prophets today
than there were in the first century AD
there's way more
and if you don't believe me
just go on social media
there's entire accounts dedicated
to just teaching some of the stupidest doctrines
out there
and you know what? people just believe them
go on Instagram, the reels
they're just like
Friday's river
we're in the end times
and just teaching all types of
nonsensical doctrine, you go to the comments section
they're like this is great
amen
the end is near
you guys don't read the Bible
why would you compare them to
what's being referred to here
because they're parading themselves as being Christians
there are Christian accounts
they claim to be Christian
they claim to believe the Bible
but they're wolves in sheep's clothing
and you know the Apostle Paul
when he was leaving the church at Ephesus
permanently
he told them that basically
beware, he was telling them the same thing
that Jesus Christ was saying here
he's saying that
there shall be false brethren even coming out of them
who should draw away disciples after them
he said that wolves are going to creep in
not sparing the flock
he says after my departing shall wolves
enter in among you not sparing the flock
even of your own selves
the Bible says shall men arise
speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them
he's saying look
here's the nature of the beast
I'm leaving
and when the cat's away the mice come out to play
he's saying you know
there's probably some false prophets in here
but they're not showing their true colors
until I go away
but once I go away
people are going to even arise out of you
out of your groups
to draw away disciples after them
and so this is the nature of
the beast here
that there are individuals in this world
who want to infiltrate churches
infiltrate congregations
with the intent to damn people to hell
believe it or not
or just to teach some really stupid doctrine
so he says beware of them
and then he says in verse 16
ye shall know them by their fruits
do men gather grapes of thorns
or figs of thistles even so every good tree
bringeth forth good fruit
but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit
a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit
every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down and cast into the fire
wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them
now I'm not going to spend too much time on this
because I already preached on this a little bit ago
a couple weeks ago
just explaining the fact that when he says
by their fruits ye shall know them
he's not necessarily referring to the fruits
that they produce as far as converts are concerned
although that can be applied especially
when it comes to spiritual leaders
right for example
a scribe and a Pharisee they can't produce
good fruit
unsaved people can't produce saved people
even if they use
a King James Bible they have the right
gospel you know they got this one
little thing missing it's called the Holy Spirit
okay
and you require
we need the Holy Spirit to get people saved
he's the one
that essentially
is the one witnessing through us
in order to make us effective to get them
saved but an unsaved person can't do that because
they don't even receive they can't even understand the things
of God okay this is
why you know the Ethiopian
eunuch he had the
Bible there with him and
he's like you know he didn't even know
he couldn't understand he needed someone to guide him
to understand the biblical way of salvation
of course Philip came
spear filled man showed it to him
and he got saved so
you know unsaved people can't get people
saved my friends
and so obviously this scripture
can be applied to that
but what I believe this is primarily
talking about
when it talks about the fruit is the words that come out of their mouth
because
in the Bible in the book of Luke
you know it talks about it compares
the words that come out of someone's mouth
as being fruit
understand the Bible says out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh
now here's
ironclad proof that in this particular
context that's what it's referring to
look down in verse 21
not everyone that
what saith unto me
Lord, Lord shall enter 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 in thy name of cast out devils
and in thy name have done many wonderful works and I will
oppress them to them I never knew you depart from
me ye that work iniquity so isn't
it interesting that right after he finishes
talking about the fruit you shall know
them by their fruits he transitions
to many will say unto
me in that day
so if we're to talk to
a pastor an evangelist
a self
proclaimed you know some sort of spiritual
leader
how would we know if that person is a false
prophet well we
would ask them what they believe about salvation
and based
upon what comes out of
their mouth we would say okay
this person's not saved and
if they're not saved and they're getting up on Sunday
mornings teaching the Bible
that means they're a false prophet
because they're an
unsaved person teaching the word of God
and obviously they're not teaching the right way of salvation
if you ask
some pastor like hey
what do you think it takes to get into heaven
or when you
get to heaven what are you going to
tell God is the reason why you should be allowed into heaven
if that person said
I prophesied in his name
I've cast out
many devils I've done
many wonderful works
we would say oh
you're going to hell
it's
it's funny you know Jesus actually talked about you
in Matthew chapter 7
so how do we know them by their
fruits we will know them based upon the
testimony that they give because we can't really see someone's heart
right
and I'm not saying that every person
that gives a wrong
per se answer is not saved because there's
individuals in this world who sometimes just get
mixed up right
you kind of give a halfway good answer
and then you kind of try to clarify
things and they're just like actually that's what I agree with
I'll give you an example Paul and I when we're out
sowing on Sunday I ran into
we ran into this girl and
I was giving her the gospel
and she's like we go to
church right
so what church do you go to she's like I don't know the name
you're like oh okay
it's a Christian church she's like it's a Christian church
and then she like asked her parents or something like
what's the name of the church and they're like gospel something right
I'm like oh okay
well you know are you 100% sure that if you die today
you go to heaven and she was kind of giving
like a weird answer but it almost
sounded halfway right you know what I mean
it basically sounded like she just didn't
really know what she was talking about but like
she kind of knew what she was talking about like
she was giving like a halfway good answer
and the thing is that
she was like a Sunday school teacher at this church
and I'm thinking to myself you don't know the name of the
church and you're teaching there
what in the world
but
let me say this
I believe that she was
saved and I'm going to explain to you why
so I'm kind of giving her verses
and I'm like can you lose your salvation because she said
you know believe you just have to believe
in God or something and I'm like
okay I'm not satisfied with that answer right
I'm like well do you think you can lose your salvation for
any reason and she's like
no unless
like I guess you stop believing or something like that
so I started going over some verses
with her and she said well look
let me put it to you this way
she's like there's a salvation army
down the street and they
believe that you have to do works in order
to like stay saved I know that's
wrong and you don't have to do
that so it's just like she
didn't know how to verbalize what she believed
but she definitely knew what wasn't right
right so she was like they think
that you have to like keep doing works
to like stay saved
and I know that that's wrong that's not correct
so I don't believe that
and then somewhere along down the line she ended up giving
like a really good answer and so
obviously in my judgment
because I was judging her because I'm a saved person
you know my judgment I would say okay this person is probably saved
because then I started saying so can you
lose your salvation for any reason because obviously you can't
stop believing you know
what if you're involved in sin if you do all these things
can you stop can you lose and she's like
no I don't think you could ever lose your salvation
I don't believe that
so there's individuals in this world
that we will judge
based upon what they say out of their mouths though right
and
that's the only way we can determine if someone is saved
okay now there are
exceptions to that rule though
okay
in general that rule
is valid in other words
when you talk to a person they give you an answer out of their mouth
you know out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh
you know a good man out of the good treasure
of the heart bringing forth good things
they give you a right answer it's just like okay this person
is saved however
if a sodomite
ever gives you a right answer
just mark it down they're still not saved
well you said
I know what I said I just said it
and I just said the exception
to the rule would be a sodomite
if they give you a right answer like
well that's hypocrisy no it's not hypocrisy
because the Bible gives us
that exception
because they're reprobate concerning the faith
why would they give a right answer I'll tell you why
because they're full of deceit
it's called lying to you has anybody ever lied to you
lying to you means that they
like will not tell you the truth
because they have some other underlying motive
and so
if you tell me well I know some gay
person
and you know they
claim to have gotten saved and they
believed and they repented of their sin
so what
folks I don't care how many sodomite
testimonies you've heard the Bible
says thy
testimonies oh Lord are my delight
and my counselors
so it's just like okay and this is what I tell people
when they tell me that I say are you going to go with
the sodomite testimony or are you going to go with
the testimony of the Lord
sounds pretty bad if you say you go with the sodomite
testimony and negate
the testimony of the Lord
okay and so that's the only
exception to the rule
is the reprobate who
says the right thing but
obviously they're lying to you
and look folks the Bible says this is how we
test whether someone is saved or not
so look if some worldly person
walks through these doors
they're as worldly as the day is long maybe they're really
effeminate or
you know their face looks like they fell into a tackle
box or whatever
they're tatted from head to toe
they just don't look like
a fundamental Baptist
but then they tell you I believed on the Lord
Jesus Christ we would automatically
say okay this person is saved
if they're like I can't lose my salvation
I you know
they might say I trust in Jesus for
salvation we would say okay this person is saved
it doesn't matter what they look like because all we can
determine is based
upon what they say
you understand
and so that's what this
passage is referring to here
now on social
media this is a passage
of scripture that everyone's
afraid of I can't tell you
how many videos I've seen it's like
let me show you the scariest passage
in the Bible it's
terrifying watch to
the end it's just like let me
just show you what's this and then I'm like this
this better be good
because I know some pretty scary passages in the
Bible I've read the Bible many
times and they're like Matthew
7 that's not scary
but you know why they say it's
scary because they're the ones that the Bible's talking
about
they're freaking out
because they're the ones who are depending on
their good works to be saved
so obviously it's
scary to them because they're like man I do these
things and you know like how am I
going to be saved and I always say it's only scary if you're not
saved it's only scary
if you're depending on your works to save you and
it blows my mind
that these works based salvation
people
they love bringing this out
they're like many will say it to me that day Lord Lord
I'm like dude
notice it doesn't say many will say it to me
that day Lord have I not believed
on the Lord Jesus Christ
which is exactly what we believe to get
saved what does he do he begins to list
off his works as a
reason why he merits eternal life
now what's really interesting about this
is the fact that he hasn't
necessarily gathered his disciples
together as of yet
so this is kind of like a prophecy of Judas
because Judas is going to be
one of the twelve and
you know he's going to be doing some of these things
he's part of the apostles and
yet he's not saved right
so this passage is only
scary to those who are not saved
for us it's just like
yeah it makes sense
I never knew you and he didn't
say I used to know you he said I never
knew you depart from me ye that
work iniquity so
this shows us that these
Isaiah Saldivars of this world
the TD Jakes of this world
it doesn't matter how many
noble or godly works
that they do in the eyes of
God it's a work of iniquity
because
it's not built upon the foundation
which is Jesus Christ
they're building on a faulty foundation
which is why he calls them workers
of iniquity you see the Bible
calls us workers of righteousness
because we're saved right
however if you place
an unsaved person
doing these works that a saved person
would do it's referred to as a work of iniquity
because it's not being done in the name of Jesus
Christ it's not being done by
the power of the Holy Spirit it's an
unsaved person parading as a
saved individual and they're not even saved
and so beware of
the false prophet judge
accordingly
don't just you know try to
vindicate every single
pastor or prophet
out there and say oh they're just a little
off folks if they're saying that salvation
is by works they're not saved
if they're saying
you have to repent of your sins to be saved
they're not saved if they say
anything other than believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ or trust in Jesus
or accept them into your heart
and you can never lose your salvation obviously
not necessary for those terminologies but if they say
I accepted Jesus into my heart
can you lose your salvation? No, that person's saved
okay
we want to use the right terminology
I'm just saying there's people out there
that don't have the
Christianese now you know what I mean
they're not fluent in Christianese
okay
alright let's move on here
so great teaching here on false prophets
Jesus is just saying you got to beware of this
pay attention to what they say
don't just undermine and by the way
let me just say this real quick okay
false prophets obviously say
good things sometimes
because they can't just preach lies all the time
because if they did then it'd be a dead giveaway
right?
so they obviously have to mix in a little bit of lies
but just because
alright I'm sorry mix in a little bit of truth
but just because they give you a little bit of truth
doesn't mean they're good people
because sometimes people
it can be so naive
okay so gullible
it's just like well he said Jesus
well he said
you know God
this Hollywood actor
he said I want to thank
my lord and savior Jesus Christ
it's like oh dude the guy's saved
the guy shall be the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven
because he's just you know they see
they see like a Hollywood actor
saying that in front of millions of people
as being like a martyr or something like that
they're like wow
this guy just preached the gospel to like
every creature
no he didn't the guy's not saved
he's lying he's trying to get your follow
he's trying to get you to
admire him
because somewhere along down the road he's going to just deny
all that stuff because he doesn't really believe it
so stop trying to convert your
favorite Hollywood actor
it's not going to happen
if they just got
saved we'd be able to reach so many people
stop trying to get other people to do your job
stop trying to get these Hollywood actors
who have 2.5 million followers
to do your job you go and preach the gospel
stop depending
on these the
Hollywood elite just hoping
that they get saved oh man
Kanye West is going to do just such a great thing
because he claims to be saved he's calling out the Jews
he's doing more damage than good
it's confusing more people
than bringing people to the light
stop trying to use them and say
well man if we could just get them
to just believe the Bible
and believe in the King James
they're not going to do it you were being deceived
stop being so lazy
get your butt out there and do the work yourself
let's move on verse 24
therefore whosoever heareth these sayings
of mine and doeth them I will
liken him unto a wise man
which built his house upon a rock and the rain
descended and the floods came and the winds blew
and beat upon that house and it fell not
for it was founded upon a rock
and everyone that heareth these sayings
of mine and doeth them not shall be
likened unto a foolish man which built his house
upon the sand and the rain descended
and the floods came and the winds blew
and beat upon that house and it fell
and great was the fall of it and so what is he saying
when he says these sayings of mine
he's obviously referring to the entire sermon
chapter 5, 6, and 7
and the crux
of what he's trying to get across here
is you need to build your life
upon the Bible
upon the sayings of Jesus
Christ upon the word
of God
you need to build your life upon Jesus
Christ not upon
some anecdotal evidence
of some theologian out there
some historian out there
some soothsayer
out there
like Jordan Peterson
and these whack philosophers of this world
don't build your life
upon them
because they're the shifting sands of this world
their opinions will
change when their
audience changes
you need to build your house
upon the rock which is Jesus Christ
because he never changes
he's the same yesterday, today, and forevermore
he changes not
build your house, don't build your house
upon the politics of this world
the republicans of this world
don't hope for Donald Trump
2024
DeSantis 2024
I just hope we
get a greater political win
and this next coming year
I hope that things get better
don't build your house upon that shifting
sand
build it upon the Bible because that never changes
and look
when you decide to build your life upon the Bible
you don't have to worry about
Satan moving the goal posts
what do I mean by that?
recently Target came out
with that Baphomet stuff
teaming up with the Satanists or whatever
to make Satanists
wear for kids
where they're like
Satan is promoting
trannies and stuff
oh wow, big surprise
I mean Baphomet is a tranny
it's an anthropomorphic bean and it's a tranny
it looks like a tranny
and so you know they made all these
clothes and now they're getting all this backlash
because people aren't boycotting
Target
you know, they're boycotting Target so they're just like
it's like the whole Bud Light thing all over again
right?
and so they're removing it and Christians are like
Big win! Yes!
we're making strides, it's great
but
that's not the fight though
because all
the homo stuff is still up
yeah but we need to rejoice
in these little battles
you mean the battle that they have
put forth?
because they moved the goal posts?
you see a couple years ago it was just like
no men in women's
bathrooms or trannies in the restrooms
at Target
now no one is saying anything about that
now it's about Baphomet
and now Christians are like
it's the Baphomet
but before it was just like oh the gate closed
the gate closed
what about the trannies in the restroom though?
so the goal post is constantly moving
but if you're like hey you know what
our goal post is way back here
and it's in Leviticus 2013
so all that stuff is just completely irrelevant
doesn't even matter
Satan is like fooling you into thinking
that you're winning
it's like the big brother
playing with the little brother
the video game and the cord is not connected
you guys know what I'm talking about?
that was never
done to me because I was smart enough to know
although I was
fooled sometimes at an arcade
when I thought I was playing with someone
else but I wasn't really playing
it's going that way
that's what Satan is
doing
oh you're making progress
you're making so much progress
the only people we're bringing to see by that
are those who have not built their life upon the Bible
because when we look at the word of God
it's like no we're losing this for sure
we're losing majorly
but it's okay though because we still believe in the word of God
and we know that ultimately we win the war
and so build your
family upon the Bible
build your marriage upon the Bible
build your children
upon the Bible
build our church upon the Bible
build your own life upon
the word of God
because when the rains come
the floods come
you're not going to fall over
your kids are not going to fall over
your marriage is not going to fall apart
the church is not going to fall apart
it doesn't matter what shifting sands
because here's the thing folks
ten years from now
Baphomet on t-shirts is going to be normal
and then they're going to be putting pedophilia
on the t-shirts
and we're going to be like no way
get that stuff off of there
and then it's just like but the Baphomet stuff stays though
like well that's fine as long as there's no pedophilia on there though
it's like dude remember where you
used to be at
and then pedophilia
is going to be normalized
and you know who knows what their
bestiality is going to be on the t-shirts
no bestiality pedophilia
I get that you know we got to respect
everyone's whatever but the bestiality
that's just gone too far it's like dude
you were way over there back in the day
stop allowing the
world and Satan to move the goal poles for you
build your life upon the word of God
let the Bible tell you
where the goal poles should be don't go
to your news outlet
to your favorite conspiracy
theorist out there
go here
say you know they're all saying this about Baphomet
and gay pride
and all this stuff what does the Bible actually say about this
yeah
but that's not as popular though who cares
if it's not as popular it's right
amen
so he says there in verse 28
very powerful ending there because he's basically the same
you know the scribes they simply copy
or they repeat what someone else is
saying Jesus just got it straight from God
so he speaks with authority
and so great sermon here
the Sermon on the Mount by Jesus Christ
chapters 5, 6, and 7
a lot of things to learn from there let's pray
Father we thank you so much for your word
help us as your people to build our lives
upon the word of God Lord
and help us Lord
that when the floods come
the rains descend that when it beats
upon this spiritual house
whether it's us personally it's in our marriage
it's with our children it's our church
it's not going to fall apart
because we've
essentially built a foundation
Jesus Christ being our foundation
and we've built upon that foundation the
bricks of doctrine the mortar
of doctrine Lord and it's keeping us
together and I pray that you'd help us to do so
and may we be
this way until the second
coming of Christ or until we go home to be with the Lord
and may you bless our evening in Jesus name
amen
please turn with me to song number
228
I love to tell the story
song number
228
I love to tell the story
song number
228
on the first
I love to
tell the story
of once
see things above
of
Jesus and his glory
of
Jesus and his
love
I love to tell
the story
because I
know it's true
it satisfies
my longings
as nothing
else can do
I love
to tell the story
well
be my
glory
to tell the old
old story
of Jesus
and his love
I love
to tell the story
more
wonderful it
seems
than all the golden
fancies
of all
our golden
dreams I love
to tell the
story
it did so much
for me
and that is just
a reason
I tell
it now to me
I love
to tell the story
well
be my
glory
to tell the old
old story
of Jesus
and his love
on third
I love to tell the
story
it is pleasant
to repeat
it seems
each time I tell
it more
wonderfully
sweet
I love to tell
the story
for some
have never heard
the message
of salvation
from
God's own
holy word
I love to
tell the story
well be
my glory
to tell
the old old
story
of Jesus
and his
love
I love to tell
the story
for those who
know it best
seem
to hear
it like the
rest
and when it
leaves the glory
I sing
a new new song
will be
the old old story
that I
have loved so
long
I love to tell
the story
well be
my glory
to tell
the old old
story
of Jesus
and his love