WEBVTT 08:19.500 --> 08:20.500 Return! 12:19.300 --> 12:20.300 We're warming up tonight. 12:20.300 --> 12:21.700 Lift up that chorus a cappella. 12:21.700 --> 12:23.500 Let your voices be heard tonight. 12:23.500 --> 12:26.500 Faith is the victory. 15:51.700 --> 15:55.540 Good afternoon everyone. If we can go ahead and find our seats we will get started with this 15:55.540 --> 16:01.060 afternoon's service. It's great to see everybody here. Once we've found a seat let's grab a 16:01.060 --> 16:05.780 hymnal and let's all go to song number 335. 16:12.000 --> 16:16.200 Song number 335. 16:16.200 --> 16:21.080 If Jesus goes with me, I'll go anywhere. 16:21.080 --> 16:25.480 Song number 335. 16:25.480 --> 16:27.400 Let's all sing that out together. 20:46.000 --> 20:51.000 everybody let's open up the service now with a word of prayer. Lord we love you 20:51.000 --> 20:53.960 so much we just want to thank you for this great church this great opportunity 20:53.960 --> 20:57.040 to serve you thank you for all souls that were one unto you this afternoon 20:57.040 --> 21:00.880 Lord and just the work you're doing with us here we just ask now that you bless 21:00.880 --> 21:03.800 the service and fill us all with your spirit as we sing out unto you and it's 21:03.800 --> 21:08.680 in Jesus name that we pray amen. All right for our next song let's go to 21:08.680 --> 21:13.700 song number 27. 27 21:20.400 --> 21:25.400 an old classic, the old rugged cross, song number 27. 21:26.400 --> 21:31.400 Song number 27, let's all sing that out together. 25:58.400 --> 26:00.000 Thanks for making this at Fast Baptist Church. 26:00.000 --> 26:01.600 If you didn't already get a bulletin, you would like one. 26:01.600 --> 26:03.100 Just lift up your hand nice and high. 26:03.100 --> 26:06.100 One of our ushers can come by and get you guys a bulletin. 26:06.100 --> 26:09.140 We have Philippians 4 for our Bible memory passage, 26:09.140 --> 26:10.660 as well as on the inside. 26:10.660 --> 26:13.180 We have listed our service, soul winning times. 26:13.180 --> 26:14.980 We have our church stats. 26:14.980 --> 26:18.020 If you do have any stats to report or emails or stuff, 26:18.020 --> 26:19.820 just put that in our group chat. 26:19.820 --> 26:21.320 We'll have that recorded on the right. 26:21.320 --> 26:23.940 We have several ladies who are expecting. 26:23.940 --> 26:25.700 We got like 12 already here in the list, 26:25.700 --> 26:26.400 so definitely keep. 26:26.400 --> 26:28.360 keep them in your prayers. 26:28.360 --> 26:30.680 We have a special thing for August. 26:30.680 --> 26:32.280 If you can make all the services in August, 26:32.280 --> 26:33.240 you can get some ice cream. 26:33.240 --> 26:35.680 Make sure you're just filling out that sheet 26:35.680 --> 26:37.800 so that way we can keep a record. 26:37.800 --> 26:40.420 We have upcoming events, a Mexico City missions trip. 26:40.420 --> 26:42.960 So if you're wanting to go on that, 26:42.960 --> 26:46.280 see Brother Diego and he can help you with that. 26:46.280 --> 26:48.320 We also have a Mesquite, Texas, 26:48.320 --> 26:50.000 so winning marathon August 22nd. 26:50.200 --> 26:54.920 Barbados missions trip September 7th through the 12th. So if you're interested 26:54.920 --> 26:59.600 in that and you haven't already signed up please let us know right away so that 26:59.600 --> 27:04.520 way we can be prepared. We have September 20th a special guest pastor 27:04.520 --> 27:08.560 Matthew Stuckey is going to be preaching for us both services. Please I highly 27:08.560 --> 27:10.200 encourage you to attend both of those. 27:10.600 --> 27:13.000 We had the Heritage of the Lord conference in October. 27:13.000 --> 27:17.800 Our Mighty Men's conference, instead of going out to a special retreat area, 27:17.800 --> 27:21.640 this year we're going to do it in-house. So we're just going to do it at the church building. 27:21.640 --> 27:25.800 The main motivation was just so that more people could participate this year. 27:26.360 --> 27:31.480 And it'll be Friday night. We'll be having Pastor Steven Anderson come out and preach for us. 27:31.480 --> 27:34.760 I'll be grilling some steaks and just kind of hanging out, having some fellowship. 27:34.760 --> 27:38.520 We'll still do our activities and stuff on that Saturday if you'd like to join us for those as well. 27:38.600 --> 27:42.600 So participate in as much as you would like to. 27:42.600 --> 27:44.600 Faith Award is having a preaching boot camp in November. 27:44.600 --> 27:48.600 It's at Faith Award Baptist Church, so that's in Tempe, Arizona, November 12th through the 14th. 27:48.600 --> 27:52.600 And then we have the Philippines missions trip in 2027. 27:52.600 --> 27:56.600 On the back is our prayer list. Please keep everyone in your prayers. 27:56.600 --> 28:01.600 There should be a few QR codes. Hopefully, if you want to register, you can use those to sign up. 28:01.600 --> 28:03.600 That's really all I have as far as announcements. 28:03.600 --> 28:06.600 We're going to sing our psalm of the week. It's where the spirit blows. 28:06.600 --> 28:10.180 in our psalm books, where the spirit blows. 28:10.180 --> 28:11.400 Sing it out nice and loud. 28:23.600 --> 28:29.100 Alright, that was Where the Spirit Blows. You can find that in page number 39 in your song booklet. 28:31.500 --> 28:35.500 Song number 39, Where the Spirit Blows. 28:35.500 --> 28:37.500 If you know it well, sing it out. 28:37.500 --> 28:39.500 Here at this point, if you remember how it goes, 28:39.500 --> 28:43.500 Where the Spirit Blows. Let's all sing it out together. 28:43.500 --> 28:47.400 Jesus will be your friend. 30:34.900 --> 30:39.340 open up our Bibles to the book of 1st Timothy chapter number 4 as the offering plates are 30:39.340 --> 30:40.980 being passed around. 30:40.980 --> 30:43.980 That's 1st Timothy chapter number 4. 31:39.700 --> 31:42.200 1 Timothy chapter number four, the Bible says, 31:42.200 --> 31:45.620 Now the spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times 31:45.620 --> 31:49.140 some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing 31:49.140 --> 31:53.500 spirits and doctrines of devils, speaking lies and hypocrisy, 31:53.500 --> 31:57.100 having their conscience seared with a hot iron, forbidding to 31:57.100 --> 32:00.660 marry and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath 32:00.660 --> 32:04.320 created to be received with thanksgiving of them which 32:04.320 --> 32:06.020 believe and know the truth. 32:06.300 --> 32:12.700 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused if it be received with thanksgiving. 32:12.700 --> 32:15.900 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 32:15.900 --> 32:22.460 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, 32:22.460 --> 32:27.660 nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine whereunto thou hast attained. 32:27.660 --> 32:33.900 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 32:34.800 --> 32:40.960 for bodily exercise profiteth little, but godliness is profitable unto all things, 32:40.960 --> 32:45.280 having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 32:46.640 --> 32:49.760 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation. 32:50.320 --> 32:55.840 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, 32:55.840 --> 32:59.600 who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe. 33:01.100 --> 33:07.900 These things command and teach. Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the believers 33:07.900 --> 33:15.020 in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Till I come, give attendance to 33:15.020 --> 33:21.980 reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by 33:22.540 --> 33:25.980 prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery." 33:26.500 --> 33:32.500 Meditate upon these things, give thyself holy to them, that thy profiting may appear to all. 33:32.500 --> 33:41.500 Take heed unto thyself and unto the doctrine, continuing them, for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee. 33:41.500 --> 33:42.500 Let us pray. 33:42.500 --> 33:46.500 Dear heavenly Father, thank you for this day. Thank you for Steadfast Baptist Church. 33:46.900 --> 33:49.020 Thank you for the souls that were saved today. 33:49.020 --> 33:52.420 I want to pray and ask you to please bless our people in Mexico City. 33:52.420 --> 33:56.660 Please bless that mission strip and please help them to have good success. 33:56.660 --> 33:59.060 Please bless Pastor Shelley now as he preaches your word to us. 33:59.060 --> 34:00.540 Please remove distractions. 34:00.540 --> 34:01.820 Help us to learn and be better Christians. 34:01.820 --> 34:02.820 In Jesus' name, amen. 34:02.820 --> 34:03.820 Amen. 34:03.820 --> 34:05.860 I want to look back at verse 12. 34:05.860 --> 34:09.540 The Bible says, let no man despise thy youth. 34:10.000 --> 34:19.000 But be thou an example of the believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 34:19.400 --> 34:26.400 So now this is an admonition of course to a pastor and this is to young Timothy as the Bible would indicate. 34:26.400 --> 34:30.400 He's a youth according to the Bible. What is that age? I don't know, but he's younger. 34:30.400 --> 34:34.400 And the Bible is telling him though to be thou an example. 34:34.400 --> 34:38.400 And really that's kind of the title of my sermon is just to be a good example. 34:38.400 --> 34:41.400 And being a good example I think... 34:41.900 --> 34:43.500 There's a lot of elements to it. 34:43.500 --> 34:46.700 Of course, there's a lot of ways that we should be an example. 34:46.700 --> 34:50.780 But I think in some ways, being an example is often doing something that other people 34:50.780 --> 34:51.780 are not doing. 34:52.200 --> 34:59.700 You know, to be an example is not following because you're really more of a follower than setting an example being a leader. 34:59.700 --> 35:10.200 So I really look at this passage as a commandment to be a leader, to do things that other people are not doing and to set yourself apart in doing good. 35:10.700 --> 35:13.500 It's very easy to set yourself apart in doing evil, 35:13.500 --> 35:16.940 but it's much more difficult to be a good example 35:16.940 --> 35:20.060 and to do what's right, to oppose evil, 35:20.060 --> 35:23.980 to oppose wickedness, to not necessarily go with the crowd 35:23.980 --> 35:25.820 or go with the stream, go with the flow, 35:25.820 --> 35:28.780 but rather to set a good example and be different. 35:28.780 --> 35:34.540 And in this world, unfortunately, evil is just abounding. 35:34.540 --> 35:37.500 The Bible says that the whole world lies in darkness. 35:38.200 --> 35:43.000 And so unfortunately we just see just so much corruption in our government. 35:43.000 --> 35:45.400 We see so much corruption in the world. 35:45.400 --> 35:49.000 We just see so many evildoers and so many bad things. 35:49.000 --> 35:52.800 And you kind of sometimes get what I would call black-pilled on humanity, 35:52.800 --> 35:55.600 or you kind of lose faith in humanity as a whole. 35:55.600 --> 36:01.800 But the thing is, is what's to help us is for some people to step up and be a good example. 36:02.000 --> 36:06.400 And you know that's what we need. We need more people to be a good example and not just pastors. 36:06.400 --> 36:11.280 I believe that this of course is an admonition to pastors but that we need other people to be examples. 36:11.280 --> 36:16.560 And notice Timothy doesn't even have to be a older person to be a good example. He's a young person 36:16.560 --> 36:22.960 and yet he can be a good example. And I think that everyone in this room should strive to be a good 36:22.960 --> 36:29.840 example for their peers. And whether you realize it or not there are people looking to you and how you behave. 36:30.000 --> 36:37.000 and how you perform and you are in some ways influencing many people that you don't even 36:37.000 --> 36:40.840 realize, let alone the people that you should probably realize that you're influencing, 36:40.840 --> 36:44.780 whether that be your family, your spouse, your friends, your church. 36:44.780 --> 36:49.040 Many of us are greatly influenced by the people around us and when we see good examples, it 36:49.040 --> 36:54.920 can inspire other people to do better and to do good as well and to follow like suit. 36:55.200 --> 36:59.800 You know, the counter is just as true where people are setting a bad example, where a 36:59.800 --> 37:02.720 lot of people follow that bad example as well. 37:02.720 --> 37:06.360 But I really want to give you the admonition to try and be a good example. 37:06.360 --> 37:11.640 Of course, in this context we have in word, meaning, you know, I believe you could look 37:11.640 --> 37:13.160 at this as the Word of God. 37:13.160 --> 37:16.160 You could also just look at this in His Word, you know, what He says, the things that He 37:16.160 --> 37:17.920 says is He's a good example. 37:17.920 --> 37:20.600 You know, preaching the right things, preaching the right doctrines, preaching the Word of 37:20.600 --> 37:22.240 God faithfully. 37:22.240 --> 37:23.200 conversation this is 37:23.200 --> 37:27.780 Typically what we think of as lifestyle, not necessarily your words, but really just the 37:27.780 --> 37:31.460 manner of life, how you carry yourself, the decisions that you're making. 37:31.460 --> 37:33.140 In charity, this is your love. 37:33.140 --> 37:34.440 Charity is how you love other people. 37:34.440 --> 37:39.860 So being an example of loving other people, doing good unto other people, in spirit, of 37:39.860 --> 37:47.100 course, you know, having the right attitude towards the things of God, having a Holy Spirit, 37:47.100 --> 37:51.180 innocence, the leading of the Spirit of God, and of course in faith. 37:51.200 --> 37:54.200 Trusting God when you can't see it, it doesn't make sense. 37:54.200 --> 37:59.200 Believing God's Word when you don't necessarily see it happening, 37:59.200 --> 38:00.200 but you're trusting God. 38:00.200 --> 38:05.200 And then in purity, keeping yourself, you know, pure from the evils of this world, 38:05.200 --> 38:06.200 from the wickedness of this world. 38:06.200 --> 38:08.200 So there's a lot of different ways that we can apply this. 38:08.200 --> 38:11.200 But I want to look at a few more examples before we dive into our application. 38:11.200 --> 38:13.200 Go to Philippians chapter 3. 38:13.200 --> 38:15.200 So you're going to go back to the left, just a hair. 38:15.200 --> 38:19.200 Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, chapter number 3. 38:19.200 --> 38:21.600 And I want to look at verse 17. 38:25.600 --> 38:26.600 Brethren... 38:29.400 --> 38:34.400 Be followers together of me, and mark them which walk, 38:34.400 --> 38:37.700 so you have us for an ensemble." 38:37.700 --> 38:41.700 So, the King James Bible occasionally uses this little 38:41.700 --> 38:43.900 bit different word, ensemble. 38:43.900 --> 38:46.500 It's the same thing as we think of example, okay? 38:46.500 --> 38:48.900 It's just worded, it's just spelled differently, 38:48.900 --> 38:50.700 but it's basically the same thing. 38:50.700 --> 38:54.400 And notice he's saying, hey, some people we have to point 38:54.400 --> 38:56.200 out are bad. 38:56.500 --> 38:59.000 so that you can make sure you follow us, 38:59.000 --> 39:01.600 because we are the good example, 39:01.600 --> 39:03.600 they're the bad example. 39:03.700 --> 39:09.100 Of course, in the context here, the Apostle Paul is talking about the unsaved Jews. 39:09.100 --> 39:14.200 So the unsaved Jews in the synagogues at their time, these are bad examples. 39:14.200 --> 39:20.200 These Judaizers, people trying to lead the Christians astray into believing work, 39:20.200 --> 39:24.100 salvation, believing and following the commandments to get to heaven. 39:24.100 --> 39:29.100 You know, their judicial system that is corrupted, where they are hypocrites and 39:29.100 --> 39:31.600 they have all these man-made traditions that go against... 39:31.700 --> 39:38.300 the things of God. He's saying, hey, we got to mark these people or even Christians that 39:38.300 --> 39:43.220 have been in their churches and have apostatized or started speaking perverse things to draw 39:43.220 --> 39:48.260 away disciples after themselves. Hey, we have to mark those people so that you know, hey, 39:48.260 --> 39:54.340 you need to follow us, right? Be followers together of me and mark them which walk. 39:54.800 --> 39:56.640 So, as you have us for an example. 39:56.640 --> 40:00.160 Now, again, in the context of Philippians 3, notice what it says in verse 2. 40:00.900 --> 40:07.700 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision, for we are the circumcision. 40:07.700 --> 40:12.900 So Philippians 3's context is mainly about Jews, if you realize kind of what he's saying here, 40:12.900 --> 40:18.500 because the concision is talking about those who have been circumcised physically, 40:18.500 --> 40:23.620 but not spiritually, not in their heart. And so he's warning, hey, be aware of these dogs. 40:23.620 --> 40:28.900 He's not talking about literal animals, you know, Fido or a Chihuahua. 40:28.900 --> 40:32.500 or a pit bull, he's calling people dogs. 40:32.500 --> 40:36.100 Now that's a pretty derogatory term, but unfortunately there are people that are 40:36.100 --> 40:37.140 way worse than dogs. 40:37.800 --> 40:40.100 There are people that are more evil than animals. 40:40.100 --> 40:43.600 And they act like animals in the sense they seem to have no conscience, 40:43.600 --> 40:47.500 that they're ferocious, that they act beastly. 40:47.500 --> 40:52.800 And so he's just saying, hey, beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the Concision. 40:52.800 --> 40:57.600 Okay? And we need to mark those people and warn against those people, 40:57.600 --> 40:59.300 and you need to follow us. 40:59.300 --> 41:02.700 We are the good example. The Apostle Paul is saying, I'm a good example. 41:02.700 --> 41:03.400 Now... 41:03.700 --> 41:05.900 Here's what's funny. If anybody actually got up today said, 41:05.900 --> 41:09.400 hey, I'm a good example, what do they call that person? 41:09.400 --> 41:12.900 Prideful, exactly. It's just like, oh man, you're just so prideful. 41:12.900 --> 41:14.900 You think you're a good example. 41:14.900 --> 41:18.100 But here's the thing, the apostle Paul's not trying to brag in himself. 41:18.100 --> 41:19.700 He's just saying, look, we are sincere. 41:19.700 --> 41:22.500 We're the legitimate form of Christianity. 41:22.500 --> 41:24.700 You need to be following our example. 41:24.700 --> 41:26.500 And it's not about him though. 41:26.700 --> 41:29.500 He's following Christ. He's following the Word of God. 41:29.500 --> 41:32.000 He's saying, hey, we're a good example, not because I'm a good example, 41:32.000 --> 41:34.800 because this is good and I'm trying to do this, okay? 41:34.800 --> 41:38.100 It's not that He's perfect. It's not that He's trying to glorify Himself. 41:38.100 --> 41:40.900 He's just saying, I recognize this is the right pattern, 41:40.900 --> 41:43.700 and what these people are doing is not the right pattern. 41:43.700 --> 41:47.000 So we need to mark those people and you need to follow us 41:47.000 --> 41:49.600 because we are the example. We're the example. 41:49.600 --> 41:53.400 We're what's good. You need to follow us. You need to be like us. 41:53.600 --> 41:57.000 And let me just explain this. You should be like a new I have be pastor 41:57.380 --> 41:59.560 Because let me tell you some they are the good examples 41:59.560 --> 42:05.600 They are the ones that are zealous for the things of God going soul winning preaching the hard truths of the Bible 42:05.900 --> 42:09.000 Telling you to keep the commandments and look even if one of them was 42:09.680 --> 42:14.440 Imperfect even if they were secretly hypocrite wouldn't matter because your ultimately is following the Bible 42:14.720 --> 42:18.340 And you're just trying to follow people that say they're following the Bible. Okay, that's the whole point 42:19.000 --> 42:23.000 There's no point in following someone that's obviously bad and telling you not to follow the Bible. 42:23.000 --> 42:25.400 You should probably follow the guy that is following the Bible. 42:25.400 --> 42:29.000 Albeit no one's perfect, no one will arrive, no one will always do it right. 42:29.000 --> 42:32.200 You know what? We should follow the Bible and follow those who are following the Bible. 42:32.200 --> 42:37.000 We should follow the Apostle Pauls in our life because he's the one following Christ, okay? 42:37.640 --> 42:42.600 Now, I want to go to 1 Peter chapter 5. Go to 1 Peter chapter number 5. 42:43.900 --> 42:48.300 Notice the Bible's bringing this up a lot about examples or in samples. 42:48.300 --> 42:50.800 People you should be following, people you should be looking up to. 42:50.800 --> 42:53.900 And what's sad in this world is, you know, 42:53.900 --> 42:57.300 help Lord for the godly man ceaseth. 42:57.300 --> 43:00.700 It's sad when there's just very few good examples. 43:00.700 --> 43:04.800 You know, isn't that the, isn't that pretty much what the Bible teaches? 43:04.800 --> 43:07.000 I mean, isn't that what Psalm 12 is teaching? 43:07.000 --> 43:10.200 Help Lord for the godly, it's not saying everyone's godly. 43:10.700 --> 43:14.300 Everyone's good. Everybody's awesome. 43:14.300 --> 43:19.500 We got all these wonderful people and all these wonderful pastors and just everybody's good. 43:19.500 --> 43:23.800 Now the Bible kind of paints the opposite picture that it's like help Lord because there's virtually no one good. 43:23.800 --> 43:28.300 There's just like not very good examples. There's very few options. 43:28.300 --> 43:32.700 You look in the biblical record, I mean you have examples in the Bible where the Bible says God is looking for somebody 43:32.700 --> 43:37.000 and he says I found none. That's pretty sad. 43:37.300 --> 43:42.260 Like, why am I supposed to think like, oh, back then God couldn't find a single person, 43:42.260 --> 43:44.420 but today everyone's good. 43:44.420 --> 43:48.460 Today every pastor's a good guy, and every church is a good guy, and every, it's like, 43:48.460 --> 43:53.180 you know, these, these fake Christians, all of them like each other, and they just hate 43:53.180 --> 43:54.180 us. 43:54.180 --> 43:56.280 Like, we're the only bad Christians, you know. 43:56.280 --> 43:59.580 And it's just like, it's kind of the exact opposite in many cases. 43:59.580 --> 44:01.620 But look at 1 Peter chapter number five, look at verse three. 44:02.800 --> 44:08.200 Talking about pastors neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being in samples to the flock. 44:08.200 --> 44:10.800 So that's why I said it's not always example. 44:10.800 --> 44:16.300 Sometimes it's in sample. Same thing, same word in essence as far as what it's trying to communicate. 44:16.300 --> 44:20.500 And he's trying to say, hey, pastor should be a good example to the flock. 44:20.500 --> 44:25.800 Meaning that their lifestyle, what they're doing should be what you're trying to do. 44:26.000 --> 44:29.160 You know, you think about it, like, even just the qualifications of a pastor, like, that's 44:29.160 --> 44:31.360 kind of what every guy should be trying to do. 44:31.360 --> 44:38.560 Being a good husband, be married, have kids, ruling well, having a good reputation, not 44:38.560 --> 44:39.560 drunk. 44:39.560 --> 44:42.960 I mean, like, pretty much just everything in the qualifications, just being a good Christian, 44:42.960 --> 44:45.360 just being a good person in general. 44:45.360 --> 44:49.160 The pastor's supposed to do the work of an evangelist so that the congregation will what? 44:49.160 --> 44:51.080 Do evangelism, go out and preach the gospel. 44:51.080 --> 44:54.000 So, you know, a pastor should be someone that's evangelizing. 44:54.000 --> 44:59.360 going on missions trips, loving the lost, trying to get people saved, preaching the gospel. 44:59.360 --> 45:02.400 You know, how many pastors a day never give the gospel to anybody? 45:03.040 --> 45:06.480 You know, it's kind of sad. It's like that's not a good example. 45:07.120 --> 45:10.880 You know, you have churches and you have whole movements of religion 45:10.880 --> 45:12.640 where the pastor's not even married. 45:14.000 --> 45:19.520 How is a guy that's not married supposed to get up and all educate us on marriage? 45:20.200 --> 45:23.500 Now, I know there's some guys out there that think they can, okay? 45:23.500 --> 45:27.500 I know there's a lot of single guys out there that are the greatest husbands that have ever walked the planet, 45:27.500 --> 45:34.900 but, you know, don't you think that they might struggle to understand the nuances of marriage when you've never been married? 45:36.000 --> 45:38.800 Don't you think it would be hard for someone that's never had kids, 45:38.800 --> 45:44.400 has zero kids, to be able to really explain all the difficulties of child raising and just all the different... 45:44.400 --> 45:47.600 I mean, it's kind of absurd to think this guy is our example. 45:47.600 --> 45:51.440 Here's a guy who doesn't go soul-witting, he doesn't have a family, he doesn't have a wife, 45:51.440 --> 45:54.480 yet he's going to tell us all what we're supposed to do. 45:54.480 --> 45:58.560 That's not an example, okay? That's like a bad example. 45:58.560 --> 46:03.680 And so I think why the Bible wants a guy that's married as kids so that he can relate to everyone. 46:03.900 --> 46:12.100 Because if he was lacking in one of those areas, well, he's going to probably lack in being able to essentially help people and empathize in various situations. 46:12.100 --> 46:16.000 And he's there as an example for everybody to kind of follow in general. 46:16.000 --> 46:21.200 Him and his family, of course, because his wife and children are supposed to be in behavior while they're in the church as well. 46:21.200 --> 46:26.400 You want the wife to be sober and not a slanderer, you know, faithful in all things. 46:26.400 --> 46:29.000 And so it's important for them to be setting this good example. 46:29.000 --> 46:31.100 Because many times people... 46:31.400 --> 46:38.920 will, they kind of like set the pastor and his family as like the ultimate bar. 46:39.640 --> 46:43.880 And I don't think that that's necessarily right. I'm just telling you kind of what it is. 46:43.880 --> 46:48.360 Like wherever the pastor's at or his family, it's kind of like where other people will put as their 46:48.360 --> 46:49.200 maximum. 46:49.300 --> 46:50.700 And that's not necessarily right. 46:50.700 --> 46:52.500 You know, and praise God, we have people in our church 46:52.500 --> 46:54.400 that go so many more than I do. 46:54.400 --> 46:57.200 They don't say like, oh, well, I want to max out 46:57.200 --> 46:58.200 at whatever Pastor Shelley's doing. 46:58.200 --> 47:01.300 Or people go on more mission strips than I will. 47:01.300 --> 47:04.200 Or, you know, people have more kids than I do. 47:04.200 --> 47:06.400 People have, you know, like, it's not like you have 47:06.400 --> 47:09.800 to limit yourself to whatever Pastor Shelley does, right? 47:09.800 --> 47:12.900 But in some cases, many people won't even try 47:12.900 --> 47:14.400 to go above that anyways. 47:14.400 --> 47:17.200 So if the pastor's setting a really low example, well, 47:17.300 --> 47:19.500 then it's just not going to challenge the congregation. 47:19.500 --> 47:21.980 And so it's important for the pastor, for the wife, 47:21.980 --> 47:24.020 for the children to set a good example, 47:24.020 --> 47:26.820 to be leading and doing good. 47:26.820 --> 47:28.820 They don't have to be the best, but at least 47:28.820 --> 47:32.380 they're setting a good example so that many people can follow. 47:32.380 --> 47:34.500 And of course, we want other people in the church 47:34.500 --> 47:35.780 to do likewise. 47:35.780 --> 47:37.780 There's people in the church that go soul winning, 47:37.780 --> 47:39.100 and they're an example to me. 47:39.300 --> 47:44.100 They encourage me, they cause me to want to improve or do more or work harder. 47:44.100 --> 47:48.300 There's people in here that do great things for their wife and they are good husband and 47:48.300 --> 47:50.340 it motivates me to be a better husband. 47:50.340 --> 47:54.580 There's wives in here that serve their families and set a good example and encourage me and 47:54.580 --> 47:58.300 my wife and our family to want to do more and help other people. 47:58.300 --> 48:03.180 There's people in here that have great kids that are really respectful and really precocious 48:03.180 --> 48:07.300 and it causes us to be like, man, we want to train our kids to be like their kids. 48:07.300 --> 48:11.980 And you know, it's just good examples are just encouraging other people to be good examples. 48:11.980 --> 48:16.080 And whenever you're setting a bad example or a low example, well, it just kind of, it 48:16.080 --> 48:18.580 causes a lot of people to follow in like footsteps. 48:18.580 --> 48:21.940 So it's important for us to have good examples. 48:21.940 --> 48:26.780 And in many cases, you know, you'll be like your pastor in many ways. 48:26.780 --> 48:28.380 Go to 1st Thessalonians chapter 1. 48:28.380 --> 48:32.540 And one way that I think is really interesting. 48:32.900 --> 48:37.900 It seems like, for the most part, people kind of believe like their pastor. 48:37.900 --> 48:40.400 You know? It's just like, it doesn't matter. 48:40.400 --> 48:43.400 Just people just, everybody just kind of agrees with their pastor. 48:43.400 --> 48:45.400 And the pastor is just always right. 48:45.400 --> 48:48.900 And that's not necessarily true. The pastor isn't necessarily always right. 48:49.900 --> 48:53.400 But as for me, like, in picking a church or where I want to go to church, 48:53.400 --> 48:56.900 I kind of want a church where the pastor is right for the most part. 48:57.300 --> 49:02.140 Because I kind of want my family and me to kind of like be in lockstep. 49:02.140 --> 49:06.580 You know, I don't want it to necessarily be a constant fight or something. 49:06.580 --> 49:09.060 I don't want my kids and me to be at odds. 49:09.060 --> 49:10.460 I even remember growing up in the church. 49:10.460 --> 49:12.420 I was growing up, it was pre-trib. 49:12.420 --> 49:13.620 And my dad was not. 49:13.620 --> 49:14.900 My dad was not pre-trib. 49:14.900 --> 49:20.580 But I kind of would side with my pastor, even though my dad wasn't pre-trib at all. 49:20.800 --> 49:23.800 And, you know, I wish that my dad maybe explained his position. 49:23.800 --> 49:24.800 He was just kind of not pre-tripped. 49:24.800 --> 49:27.800 He wouldn't tell you why or like a verse or something. 49:27.800 --> 49:28.800 He just knew... 49:28.800 --> 49:29.800 He's like, pre-tripped is not in the Bible. 49:29.800 --> 49:31.800 And he's just like, so? 49:31.800 --> 49:32.800 You know, it's like... 49:32.800 --> 49:34.800 But the pastor's saying it, you know, whatever. 49:34.800 --> 49:36.800 And so, like, sometimes it creates this weird conflict. 49:36.800 --> 49:39.800 And, you know, again, if your dad... 49:40.200 --> 49:43.480 says something different, you know, you should take key to what your dad says, 49:43.480 --> 49:46.760 you should listen to your parents, you should consider what they have to say, 49:46.760 --> 49:49.880 but, you know, at the end of the day, the pastor's not always right, 49:49.880 --> 49:51.960 but, you know, hopefully it's not like a constant, 49:51.960 --> 49:55.240 you have to go home and explain why Pastor Shelley's wrong, okay? 49:55.240 --> 49:57.720 If you have to explain why Pastor Shelley's wrong after every sermon, 49:57.720 --> 49:59.720 you might find a different church, okay? 49:59.720 --> 50:04.440 But, you know, hey, if that occasionally has to happen, then go for it. 50:04.440 --> 50:07.400 But, you know, you kind of want to go to a church where you look up to the pastor, 50:07.400 --> 50:08.200 You like what he's... 50:08.200 --> 50:11.440 preaching, you like what he's teaching, that's really important to me. 50:11.440 --> 50:14.000 I want to go to church where the pastor is going to teach me the Bible and I'm going 50:14.000 --> 50:17.800 to agree with him on most things, on the big things for sure. 50:17.800 --> 50:22.960 Look at 1 Thessalonians chapter number 1 and verse number 7 because people are going to 50:22.960 --> 50:24.460 believe like their pastor. 50:24.460 --> 50:27.160 So hopefully you just believe right by accident. 50:27.160 --> 50:31.640 Verse 7, so that you are in samples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 50:31.640 --> 50:34.440 This is not just a person, this is the whole church. 50:34.900 --> 50:38.900 And it's saying this entire church is setting a good example. 50:38.900 --> 50:41.500 So it's not only important for the pastor to be a good example. 50:41.500 --> 50:44.200 It's not only important for his wife and his children to be a good example. 50:44.200 --> 50:50.300 It's important for the whole church to be an example because a church will sometimes be an example to another church. 50:50.500 --> 50:56.140 You know, when a church sees, hey, St. Fast Baptist Church is being evicted for preaching, 50:56.140 --> 50:58.140 you know, this sermon, but you know what? 50:58.140 --> 51:02.140 The pastor didn't take it back, and the church sides with them, and the church is still following 51:02.140 --> 51:03.700 them around in hotel rooms. 51:03.700 --> 51:05.420 They don't even know where they're going to church on Sunday morning. 51:05.420 --> 51:07.260 They just know they're going. 51:07.260 --> 51:10.900 I mean, there was a point in time where we were sending out the address like an hour 51:10.900 --> 51:14.500 or two hours before we were actually having service. 51:14.500 --> 51:16.500 And I know some people are getting nervous because they're kind of like, I don't want 51:16.500 --> 51:17.500 to really ask, but... 51:17.800 --> 51:19.480 It's like an hour. 51:19.480 --> 51:21.840 I got to know, where are we going, Fast and Sallowy? 51:21.840 --> 51:22.880 And this is like, all right, here we go. 51:22.880 --> 51:23.900 This is where we're going. 51:24.000 --> 51:25.960 You know, it was funny, we were meeting, 51:25.960 --> 51:28.120 I told people like, don't bring visitors. 51:28.120 --> 51:29.920 I'm like, no one knows where we're going. 51:29.920 --> 51:30.880 Don't share the link. 51:30.880 --> 51:32.440 And they're just like, hey, I brought this visitor. 51:32.440 --> 51:33.600 He'd want to get baptized. 51:33.600 --> 51:35.600 You know, it's just like, what? 51:35.600 --> 51:38.880 We had like more baptisms when we were like in the hotel 51:38.880 --> 51:41.560 church than we'd had like a few months prior or something. 51:41.560 --> 51:42.600 It was funny. 51:42.600 --> 51:44.960 I mean, I was just like, dang it, I have to go get in the 51:44.960 --> 51:46.240 pool or whatever. 51:46.240 --> 51:48.320 But you know, at the same time, I'm like, I'm praising God 51:48.320 --> 51:49.680 that there's a baptism, of course. 51:49.680 --> 51:51.920 You know, cardinally speaking, it was kind of like, what the 51:51.920 --> 51:52.000 Thanks for watching! 51:52.000 --> 51:55.800 You know, how do we have all these visitors in the hotel that want to get baptized? 51:55.800 --> 51:56.800 But you know what? 51:56.800 --> 51:58.920 Praise God for the baptisms. 51:58.920 --> 51:59.920 Praise God. 51:59.920 --> 52:00.920 And you know what? 52:00.920 --> 52:01.920 That sets an example. 52:01.920 --> 52:04.520 You know, first works, they got bombed and then they're just like, hey, we're still 52:04.520 --> 52:06.840 having church, someone's backyard. 52:06.840 --> 52:08.240 You know, and it's like, that's a great example. 52:08.240 --> 52:10.840 Now, of course, when you live in California, you can do that. 52:10.840 --> 52:13.560 You know, you live in Texas, it would have been a different, you know, animal. 52:14.100 --> 52:15.560 to have it outside. 52:15.560 --> 52:16.560 Okay. 52:16.560 --> 52:22.680 But it's just like, hey, church is going through persecution and rallying around the pastor, 52:22.680 --> 52:26.880 rallying around the truth, being steadfast. 52:26.880 --> 52:27.880 You know what? 52:27.880 --> 52:29.840 That's a good example and it's an example to other churches. 52:30.200 --> 52:36.000 Churches going out and doing big missions trips inspires other churches to go and do big mission trips. 52:36.000 --> 52:39.000 Churches going and saying, hey, we got this many people saved. 52:39.000 --> 52:45.600 I guarantee, I guarantee that the new IMB saying how many salvations we got in 2025 52:45.600 --> 52:49.000 caused a lot of our enemies to be like, we need to do so many little more. 52:49.000 --> 52:50.800 And you know, is that really that bad? 52:51.400 --> 52:53.600 Someone could dislike me and dislike our church, 52:53.600 --> 52:56.740 and if they go so-and-so, praise God anyways, you know? 52:56.740 --> 52:58.800 You don't have to like me to get someone saved. 52:58.800 --> 53:00.680 You don't have to like me to do the right thing. 53:00.680 --> 53:01.520 But you know what? 53:01.520 --> 53:03.640 We probably still provoked someone to jealousy. 53:03.800 --> 53:07.800 We've revoked them into jealousy like, hey, you probably want to get a part of this. 53:07.800 --> 53:10.880 I've noticed some of these people, they're going to the same Caribbean islands we're 53:10.880 --> 53:11.880 going to. 53:11.880 --> 53:13.520 That's probably a coincidence, right? 53:13.520 --> 53:14.520 I don't care. 53:14.520 --> 53:15.520 Go for it. 53:15.520 --> 53:17.480 I don't own the Philippines. 53:17.480 --> 53:18.760 I don't own the Bahamas. 53:18.760 --> 53:20.040 I don't own Mexico. 53:20.040 --> 53:22.020 It's like, hey, go with us, soul winning. 53:22.020 --> 53:23.020 Don't go with us. 53:23.020 --> 53:24.020 Just go soul winning. 53:24.020 --> 53:25.020 But you know what? 53:25.020 --> 53:27.960 In some cases, you're just setting a good example, and that's important. 53:28.500 --> 53:33.180 You know, in many cases, I don't think that I'm ever going to be that liked or that popular, 53:33.180 --> 53:37.300 but just by setting a good example, even people that don't like you, they'll sometimes, they'll 53:37.300 --> 53:40.100 follow you anyways, or they'll make good decisions anyways. 53:40.100 --> 53:41.100 And you know what we need? 53:41.100 --> 53:43.860 We just need more people to be a good example, whether they're liked or not. 53:44.400 --> 53:48.160 whether people want to be their friend or not, whether people go to their church or not, 53:48.160 --> 53:51.440 we just need people to be good examples and we need churches to be good examples. 53:51.440 --> 53:55.920 We need more churches to say, hey, you can preach hard on the truth of the Bible and still exist, 53:55.920 --> 54:00.720 still grow, still thrive, still get people baptized, still do all the things that you need to do. 54:00.720 --> 54:04.560 Hey, you can give money to missions and you can still have money to have conferences and have fun 54:04.560 --> 54:08.320 things. Like we don't want to sit here and set a bad example, we want to set a good example. 54:08.320 --> 54:11.120 We want people to visit our church and say like, I like being there. 54:11.500 --> 54:14.100 I like the spirit there. I like the people there. 54:14.100 --> 54:17.900 You know, I heard that they're all weirdos and mentally retarded, Kool-Aid drinking freaks, 54:17.900 --> 54:21.100 but I went there and they're all cool and awesome and I like them. 54:22.100 --> 54:27.700 I met a guy at Massa and he said that he was going to 54:27.700 --> 54:31.100 All-Scripture Baptist Church the last six months or something. 54:31.700 --> 54:34.100 So it's just the last six months of their demise. 54:34.100 --> 54:35.700 He'd never even heard of the New IP. 54:36.000 --> 54:39.640 But he shows up and every sermon is about how bad the new I.B. is. 54:39.640 --> 54:41.640 He's just like, man, I just heard about these people. 54:41.640 --> 54:45.800 They're just all weird and freaks and just crazy and whatever. 54:45.800 --> 54:47.800 And then he's like, then I started listening to their sermons. 54:47.800 --> 54:50.600 They're pretty good sermons. 54:50.600 --> 54:52.400 And then he's like, I started meeting these people. 54:52.400 --> 54:53.600 They're kind of cool. 54:53.600 --> 54:57.000 And he's just like, hey, that's great testimony. 54:58.400 --> 55:00.400 And even if they say that you're weird, 55:00.400 --> 55:01.860 and you've turned the world upside down, 55:01.860 --> 55:04.320 and hey, they come here at Hither also, 55:04.320 --> 55:06.500 it's like, hey, once they meet you, 55:06.500 --> 55:08.480 it's like, hey, I kinda like those people. 55:08.480 --> 55:10.400 They're setting a good example, 55:10.400 --> 55:12.660 and they're turning the world upside down to the gospel, 55:12.660 --> 55:13.980 and hey, not everybody's gonna like you, 55:13.980 --> 55:16.160 but just be a good example anyways. 55:16.160 --> 55:18.460 And we need a whole church to be a good example. 55:18.460 --> 55:20.000 We set an example. 55:20.200 --> 55:23.280 Our name, Steadfast Baptist Church, sets an example. 55:23.280 --> 55:27.000 There are many people looking at what we're doing, and they're going to follow a like 55:27.000 --> 55:28.000 suit. 55:28.000 --> 55:32.280 If we just folded like a deck of cards, a lot of churches would lose boldness in preaching 55:32.280 --> 55:33.280 the Word of God. 55:33.280 --> 55:39.320 But by standing on the truth, by preaching what the Bible says, by being very zealous 55:39.320 --> 55:43.320 for the things of God and evangelism, it inspires other people to do likewise. 55:43.600 --> 55:45.600 And we need to do that. 55:45.600 --> 55:50.400 You know, people that like our church and go through the tribulation, that sets an example. 55:50.400 --> 55:53.000 You know, if everybody just leaves and gives up and, 55:53.000 --> 55:57.000 well, I just disagree with how he said it or whatever, you know, whatever. 55:57.000 --> 56:02.200 It's just like, well, then other people will learn from that example and they'll disagree with their churches. 56:02.200 --> 56:04.900 You know, not everybody even has a good church to go to. 56:04.900 --> 56:07.400 When people are leaving a good church, 56:07.400 --> 56:10.600 what does that send? That sends a message to people that are in a bad church to leave. 56:10.700 --> 56:13.700 You know, I've met these people like, I can't go to church if it's pre-trip. 56:13.700 --> 56:15.700 It's like, well, what, are you just going to not go to church? 56:15.700 --> 56:17.700 Like, that's not good. 56:17.700 --> 56:24.700 You know, like, hey, if you can tolerate things and sometimes you don't agree and you go, that sets a good example, too. 56:24.700 --> 56:29.700 You know, hey, we need to be people that are just care to, we care about the truth and we care about getting people saved 56:29.700 --> 56:32.700 and we don't have to like and agree with everything. 56:32.700 --> 56:34.700 We just want to be a good example. 56:34.700 --> 56:36.700 Go to 2 Thessalonians chapter 3, go to 2 Thessalonians chapter 3. 56:36.700 --> 56:38.600 You know what's a good example? 56:39.300 --> 56:44.300 that 10-year plaque we have out in the hallway of people that have been here for 10 years straight. 56:44.300 --> 56:46.300 That's a great example. 56:46.300 --> 56:53.300 You know, what a great example. Brother Alberto in the Millstead's been here basically since day one. 56:53.300 --> 56:58.300 Miss Lucy in the first year too. I mean we've had people that are just, you know, tried and true. 56:58.300 --> 57:02.300 And I guarantee it wasn't as fun, you know, in the house. 57:02.600 --> 57:04.600 Wasn't as fun when Adam Fannie was here. 57:04.600 --> 57:12.600 It wasn't as fun, you know, when we had all kinds of protests and threats and just changing locations and all this stuff. 57:12.600 --> 57:14.600 I mean, it's not always been the best. 57:14.600 --> 57:16.600 There's highs and lows. 57:16.600 --> 57:20.600 But, you know, at the end of the day, like, it's a good testimony to say, hey, I've been in a church for 10 years. 57:20.600 --> 57:23.600 Hey, I've been in a church for a long period of time. 57:23.600 --> 57:24.600 I've seen it grow. 57:24.600 --> 57:25.600 I've brought people here. 57:25.600 --> 57:27.500 You know, that's a good example. 57:27.700 --> 57:31.700 And it shows other people, hey, if they've been here for 10 years, I could be at a church for 10 years. 57:31.700 --> 57:34.100 Or I could be a Christian for 10 years. 57:34.100 --> 57:39.300 Second Thessalonians chapter number three, look at verse number nine. 57:39.300 --> 57:44.800 The Bible says, not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us. 57:44.800 --> 57:48.500 Now again, it's not example, it's in sample, but it's the same concept. 57:48.500 --> 57:50.600 This is the idea of the Apostle Paul. 57:50.700 --> 57:53.500 saying that when he went to the church at Thessalonica, 57:53.500 --> 57:55.000 he noticed that some of them were lazy, 57:55.000 --> 57:56.600 they didn't work at all, 57:56.600 --> 57:58.700 and so he didn't even take a paycheck 57:58.700 --> 58:00.900 from that church specifically, 58:00.900 --> 58:04.000 and he would just work extra to pay his own bills, 58:04.000 --> 58:05.600 just to kind of set an example like, 58:05.600 --> 58:07.800 hey, we should be hardworking people. 58:08.000 --> 58:10.000 Christians should not be lazy. They should be hard-working 58:10.480 --> 58:14.980 Okay, and he wanted to set a good example of being someone that's a hard worker 58:14.980 --> 58:18.520 And you know what we should all as men be hard workers 58:18.920 --> 58:22.760 We need to be good examples of hard workers not people that are always complaining 58:23.440 --> 58:28.880 trying to clock in for 39 hours and 59 minutes and 59 seconds and just 58:29.800 --> 58:35.060 Just always upset and just like ah, you know money money money, you know 58:35.800 --> 58:38.400 Nobody really likes somebody who's always complaining about money. 58:40.000 --> 58:44.240 You know, it's just kind of annoying to be around someone that's just always trying to 58:44.240 --> 58:46.840 bum money and always complaining about money. 58:46.840 --> 58:47.840 You know what? 58:47.840 --> 58:52.320 You like being around people that just work really hard, always taking care of things. 58:52.320 --> 58:54.360 You know, they're taking care of themselves. 58:54.360 --> 58:58.800 The Bible says they work with quietness, meaning that they're not bringing it up. 58:58.800 --> 59:01.320 And look, it's not to say that we don't all have struggles. 59:01.320 --> 59:03.200 It's not to say that we don't all have low points. 59:03.200 --> 59:05.360 It's not to say that we couldn't ever use a few bucks. 59:05.360 --> 59:07.540 I'm sure everybody could use a few bucks. 59:07.540 --> 59:08.000 But at the end of the... 59:08.000 --> 59:09.940 Today, with quietness, they're working, 59:09.940 --> 59:12.060 and they're not just bugging everybody about money. 59:12.060 --> 59:14.820 Okay, you know, it's kind of a bad attitude. 59:14.820 --> 59:16.300 A good attitude is someone that's willing, 59:16.300 --> 59:18.540 hey, if I have to do a little bit of extra work, 59:18.540 --> 59:20.840 or work a little harder to take care of myself, 59:20.840 --> 59:23.020 I'd rather do that than just, you know, 59:23.020 --> 59:26.440 set an example of being unwilling to work. 59:27.560 --> 59:29.420 There are some people that are unwilling 59:29.420 --> 59:31.680 to work a little extra. 59:31.680 --> 59:35.200 Work an hour late, work a night, work a weekend. 59:35.300 --> 59:37.420 Work in the morning. 59:37.420 --> 59:39.940 Get a second side hustle going on or something. 59:39.940 --> 59:42.060 You know, there's so many people that are afraid to do that 59:42.060 --> 59:42.580 and won't do that. 59:42.580 --> 59:43.260 And you know what? 59:43.260 --> 59:46.380 Paul's setting a good example of, hey, I'm willing to basically 59:46.380 --> 59:49.580 work all day and all night sometimes. 59:49.580 --> 59:50.820 You know, God made you strong. 59:50.820 --> 59:53.580 What did he make you strong for, young men? 59:53.580 --> 59:56.900 Just so you can flex on TikTok videos or something like that? 59:57.900 --> 01:00:04.300 I mean, you know, pull it, you know, guys like to brag about how they can stay up all night drinking alcohol all night. 01:00:04.300 --> 01:00:05.500 They're mighty to drink wine. 01:00:05.500 --> 01:00:09.300 Well, maybe God gave you that strength so you could stay up all night working or something. 01:00:09.300 --> 01:00:16.400 Or maybe making some extra money or taking care of things or, you know, helping your wife, you know, when she has a hard time or something. 01:00:16.400 --> 01:00:18.500 You know, yeah, you are mighty to do these things. 01:00:18.500 --> 01:00:22.900 But you know what? Instead of being mighty to be a bad example, why don't you be mighty to be a good example? 01:00:23.200 --> 01:00:26.400 instead of getting drunk and doing drugs and just, 01:00:26.400 --> 01:00:30.240 hey look, I can drink 24 beers and still stand and talk. 01:00:30.240 --> 01:00:32.240 It's like, why is that cool? 01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:35.000 You know, that's not a good example. 01:00:35.000 --> 01:00:37.000 Be a good example of someone that, hey, 01:00:37.000 --> 01:00:40.000 I'm taking care of my family, and I'm, you know, working hard. 01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:44.000 And look, I don't think you have to work any more than you need to. 01:00:44.000 --> 01:00:47.000 I mean, if you can make an honest living on 40 hours a week, 01:00:47.000 --> 01:00:49.000 and you get four weeks of vacation, 01:00:49.000 --> 01:00:53.000 and you never want to think about another job, go team, you know? 01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:55.000 But you know, in America with the inflation right now, 01:00:55.000 --> 01:00:57.000 some of us are having to work double shift. 01:00:57.000 --> 01:00:58.000 You know what I mean? 01:00:58.000 --> 01:01:01.000 Some of us have to do extra time, and it still feels like you can't. 01:01:01.300 --> 01:01:06.100 catch up sometimes. And we're all in different life circumstances, different situations, 01:01:06.100 --> 01:01:10.700 different priorities. I get it. But you know what? We should at least work with quietness 01:01:10.700 --> 01:01:14.900 and we should be good examples of people that are willing to work hard. Taking care of our 01:01:14.900 --> 01:01:18.820 family. You know, you want your wife to look up to you and say, hey, he works hard. He's 01:01:18.820 --> 01:01:22.380 trying to pay the bills. He's trying to take care of me. And you know, if I was a young 01:01:22.380 --> 01:01:26.300 lady and I was thinking about who I want to marry, I would want to make sure that the 01:01:26.300 --> 01:01:27.900 guy is a hard worker. 01:01:28.600 --> 01:01:32.040 Because let me tell you something, if he's not a hard worker now, he will not be in the future. 01:01:33.040 --> 01:01:37.520 You want a guy that's going to work hard, is diligent, is putting in a lot of effort, energy. 01:01:37.520 --> 01:01:40.520 And I don't really even care what it is, just a hard worker in general. 01:01:40.520 --> 01:01:44.680 Because lazy people are just lazy their whole life for some reason. 01:01:44.680 --> 01:01:47.400 If he's always, oh, he just plays video games all day. 01:01:47.400 --> 01:01:48.920 That's not a good sign. 01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:53.320 He's refusing to work, he doesn't do anything. 01:01:53.320 --> 01:01:54.120 You know... 01:01:54.600 --> 01:01:57.600 I didn't always have a job, but in college, 01:01:57.600 --> 01:02:00.800 I played golf, and I mean, whenever I was serious 01:02:00.800 --> 01:02:02.640 about golf, I would play golf eight, nine, 01:02:02.640 --> 01:02:05.980 10 hours a day, practice, do workouts. 01:02:05.980 --> 01:02:08.940 We'd have to get up at 6 a.m., do workouts, 01:02:08.940 --> 01:02:10.820 and for some reason we had some crazy, 01:02:10.820 --> 01:02:12.980 like, ex-AFL guy doing our workouts. 01:02:12.980 --> 01:02:15.280 It was like a two-hour workout at 6 a.m., 01:02:15.280 --> 01:02:17.120 then we'd go play, you know, go to school, 01:02:17.120 --> 01:02:18.520 play golf all day. 01:02:18.520 --> 01:02:20.420 I mean, it wasn't an eight-hour shift. 01:02:20.420 --> 01:02:20.500 you 01:02:21.000 --> 01:02:23.800 You know, and you want people that are willing to go a little bit extra. 01:02:23.800 --> 01:02:25.600 Does that gonna provide the bills? 01:02:25.600 --> 01:02:28.600 No, I didn't become a professional golfer and I don't make money on golf, all right? 01:02:28.600 --> 01:02:31.600 But, you know what? Hard work translates into hard work. 01:02:31.600 --> 01:02:35.600 Being lazy doesn't translate into anything good, okay? 01:02:35.600 --> 01:02:38.000 And now, was I the best college student? 01:02:38.000 --> 01:02:40.600 Did I develop some bad habits in college? I did, all right? 01:02:40.600 --> 01:02:43.400 I got lazy and kind of gave up work. It's hard. 01:02:43.400 --> 01:02:45.200 But, you know, in general... 01:02:45.700 --> 01:02:48.700 You know, we should find men that work hard. 01:02:48.700 --> 01:02:52.300 And you know, if I would have a daughter that was about to get married, 01:02:52.300 --> 01:02:54.800 and this guy is lazy and doesn't want to work hard, 01:02:54.800 --> 01:02:57.800 I'd be telling her that's not, you know, he needs to change. 01:02:57.800 --> 01:03:00.600 Or something needs to be fixed here. You should be looking for a guy. 01:03:00.600 --> 01:03:02.500 Why just want him to be good looking? 01:03:02.500 --> 01:03:06.600 You know, I just want, what was the guy that Britney Spears dated to look like a bum? 01:03:07.400 --> 01:03:11.160 Kevin Federline. I mean, come on. Like, this guy looks like a bum. 01:03:11.160 --> 01:03:15.640 You know, it's just like, no, don't take this guy, or whatever. 01:03:15.640 --> 01:03:19.800 It's like, but he's a hottie, you know. It's just like, no, he's like a bum. 01:03:19.800 --> 01:03:22.440 I don't care if he's good looking, or whatever. 01:03:22.440 --> 01:03:27.480 You'd be better off marrying some ugly dude, because they're all ugly anyways, 01:03:27.480 --> 01:03:32.440 that works hard, than some Mr. Handsome that never wants to lift his fingers, 01:03:32.440 --> 01:03:34.760 you know, and actually work hard. Okay. 01:03:35.000 --> 01:03:38.000 You know, that's way more important anyways. 01:03:38.000 --> 01:03:42.000 And again, this is a biblical example of guys that work hard, 01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:45.000 you know, that are willing to do things that are important. 01:03:45.000 --> 01:03:47.000 And again, God made you strong for a reason. 01:03:47.000 --> 01:03:49.000 It's to work, guys. 01:03:49.000 --> 01:03:51.000 Six days shall thou labor. 01:03:51.000 --> 01:03:53.000 Sorry that doesn't fit your little American dream. 01:03:53.000 --> 01:03:57.000 God didn't have the American dream in tow here. 01:03:57.000 --> 01:03:59.000 I mean, some people aren't even working six days a week, 01:03:59.000 --> 01:04:01.000 and they're complaining about it. 01:04:01.000 --> 01:04:03.000 And it's like God's saying, six days shall thou labor. 01:04:03.200 --> 01:04:05.200 Now, I want you to go to Titus chapter 2. 01:04:05.200 --> 01:04:06.800 It's just to the right, just a hair. 01:04:06.800 --> 01:04:10.000 Titus chapter 2. 01:04:10.000 --> 01:04:13.100 We need to make sure that we're setting a good example. 01:04:15.600 --> 01:04:18.400 We could take this sermon in so many different directions, but I'm just trying to show you 01:04:18.400 --> 01:04:21.200 how the Bible is bringing this up, of being a good example. 01:04:21.200 --> 01:04:22.800 Titus chapter 2, look at verse 7. 01:04:27.300 --> 01:04:31.700 in all things showing thyself a pattern of good works 01:04:31.700 --> 01:04:34.100 in doctrine showing uncorruptness, gravities, and sincerity. 01:04:34.100 --> 01:04:39.900 So again, we need to show ourselves a pattern of good works. 01:04:40.200 --> 01:04:43.240 I want to go to 1 Peter, just go to the right. 01:04:43.240 --> 01:04:45.160 I'll read for you in 1 Corinthians 11, 01:04:45.160 --> 01:04:48.880 be followers of me even as I also am of Christ. 01:04:48.880 --> 01:04:51.240 In Matthew chapter number five, the Bible says 01:04:51.240 --> 01:04:53.000 that we're supposed to let our light shine 01:04:53.000 --> 01:04:55.080 so that men may see our good works 01:04:55.080 --> 01:04:57.280 and glorify our Father which is in heaven. 01:04:57.500 --> 01:05:01.440 So, we should be good examples, showing our examples. 01:05:01.440 --> 01:05:05.860 We should point to the people that we should be following, following people like Paul that 01:05:05.860 --> 01:05:08.520 are setting a good example, following Christ. 01:05:08.520 --> 01:05:11.340 And of course, that is our ultimate example, is Christ. 01:05:11.340 --> 01:05:17.880 Look at 1 Peter chapter number 2, verse 21, for even here on 2 where you called, because 01:05:17.880 --> 01:05:23.740 Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that we should follow in his steps. 01:05:24.300 --> 01:05:27.300 Of course, Christ is their ultimate example. 01:05:27.300 --> 01:05:28.100 And I get it. 01:05:28.100 --> 01:05:30.100 People are like, oh, I don't follow man. 01:05:30.100 --> 01:05:31.180 I follow Christ. 01:05:31.180 --> 01:05:32.300 That's great. 01:05:32.300 --> 01:05:34.300 I'm glad that you have this attitude of following Christ. 01:05:34.300 --> 01:05:35.420 But here's the reality. 01:05:35.420 --> 01:05:37.260 Those who are following Christ are following the Bible. 01:05:37.260 --> 01:05:39.740 And the Bible tells you to be followers of Paul. 01:05:39.740 --> 01:05:42.820 So you do have to follow Paul as he follows Christ. 01:05:42.820 --> 01:05:45.420 And most people aren't a pastor. 01:05:45.420 --> 01:05:46.300 So you know what? 01:05:46.300 --> 01:05:48.500 The Bible tells you to go to church and follow your pastor. 01:05:48.900 --> 01:05:54.580 So if you're going to follow Christ, well, Christ died on the cross and gave you a church. 01:05:54.580 --> 01:05:56.540 He purchased it with his own blood. 01:05:56.540 --> 01:05:59.700 And so if you're following Christ, you're going to be following a pastor by getting 01:05:59.700 --> 01:06:03.920 into church and obeying them that have the rule over you and submitting yourselves. 01:06:03.920 --> 01:06:04.920 That's what the Bible teaches. 01:06:04.920 --> 01:06:08.260 Hey, if you're a wife, you're going to obey your husband. 01:06:08.260 --> 01:06:11.660 In order to follow Christ, you have to obey your husband. 01:06:11.660 --> 01:06:14.260 You can't say, oh, I just follow Christ. 01:06:14.260 --> 01:06:15.300 Following Christ is following your husband. 01:06:15.900 --> 01:06:19.660 Hey, men, if you're following Christ, you're going to follow your boss because you said 01:06:19.660 --> 01:06:21.980 you're supposed to treat him like the Lord. 01:06:21.980 --> 01:06:25.820 When you're on the clock, you're supposed to be acting like Jesus is your manager, like 01:06:25.820 --> 01:06:28.760 Jesus is your CEO, like Jesus is your boss. 01:06:28.760 --> 01:06:33.300 And so, you know, it's usually a scapegoat to actually do the opposite of what the Bible 01:06:33.300 --> 01:06:36.420 is saying when they say this of like, oh, I'm just following Jesus while they rebel 01:06:36.420 --> 01:06:38.660 against their human authority that Jesus put over them. 01:06:39.200 --> 01:06:41.700 That's false. No, you're supposed to obey human authority. 01:06:41.700 --> 01:06:44.200 Hey children, you're supposed to obey your parents. 01:06:44.200 --> 01:06:47.200 And of course, we are following Christ's example. 01:06:47.200 --> 01:06:50.200 He was obedient to who? 01:06:50.200 --> 01:06:52.700 The Father. You know, Jesus wasn't this rogue agent. 01:06:52.700 --> 01:06:55.700 He said, not my will, but thine be done. 01:06:55.700 --> 01:06:59.700 Even Jesus Christ himself learned obedience as the book of Hebrews tells us. 01:06:59.700 --> 01:07:02.600 And he submitted to the Father's will. 01:07:02.600 --> 01:07:06.800 The Bible says that He did not even come to earth of His own will, 01:07:06.800 --> 01:07:08.800 but He was sent by the Father. 01:07:08.800 --> 01:07:11.100 He came down from heaven from the Father. 01:07:11.100 --> 01:07:14.800 He said, He came down not to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him. 01:07:14.800 --> 01:07:16.000 That's the Father. 01:07:16.000 --> 01:07:19.000 The Father sent Jesus. He obeyed to come down. 01:07:19.000 --> 01:07:20.400 He was on the earth. 01:07:20.400 --> 01:07:24.300 And at the time of the cross, in the Garden of Gethsemane, 01:07:24.300 --> 01:07:28.100 He said, Nevertheless, not my will, but Thine be done. 01:07:28.100 --> 01:07:30.500 If Christ can be obedient, how much more... 01:07:30.600 --> 01:07:33.200 Or should we be obedient and submissive? 01:07:33.200 --> 01:07:35.880 And of course, he was obedient to the cross, picturing what? 01:07:35.880 --> 01:07:39.200 Suffering, persecution, ridicule, shame. 01:07:39.200 --> 01:07:42.320 And of course, we as Christians, we should follow that example saying, hey, we should 01:07:42.320 --> 01:07:49.000 be willing to be mocked, ridiculed, and persecuted for the cause of Christ, even unto death. 01:07:49.500 --> 01:07:51.500 because Christ is our ultimate example. 01:07:51.500 --> 01:07:53.500 And we need more Christians 01:07:53.500 --> 01:07:56.500 that want to be a good example in following Christ 01:07:56.500 --> 01:07:59.500 and not man, not the pleasures of this world, 01:07:59.500 --> 01:08:01.500 not being well spoken of, 01:08:01.500 --> 01:08:03.500 not money, but rather 01:08:03.500 --> 01:08:05.500 serving God, serving Christ, 01:08:05.500 --> 01:08:07.500 getting people saved, preaching the truth. 01:08:07.500 --> 01:08:09.500 We need more good examples. 01:08:10.600 --> 01:08:13.600 I don't feel like there's that many men that are following Christ. 01:08:13.600 --> 01:08:16.600 It's sad. It's sad. There's not many pastors, not many preachers. 01:08:16.600 --> 01:08:19.600 I mean, the Bible warns, you know, beloved, believe not every spirit, 01:08:19.600 --> 01:08:23.600 but try the spirits, whether they are God, because many false prophets are gone out of the world. 01:08:23.800 --> 01:08:25.560 Unfortunately, there's not a lot of good examples. 01:08:25.560 --> 01:08:26.760 We need more good examples. 01:08:26.760 --> 01:08:29.520 It seems like every day we see more and more pastors exposed 01:08:29.520 --> 01:08:31.440 as a pedophile, exposed as a pervert, 01:08:31.440 --> 01:08:33.720 exposed as being corrupt, committing adultery, 01:08:33.720 --> 01:08:36.200 sleeping with the secretary, sleeping with whoever. 01:08:36.200 --> 01:08:37.280 It's a shame. 01:08:37.280 --> 01:08:38.600 It's an embarrassment. 01:08:38.600 --> 01:08:42.200 We need more good examples. 01:08:42.200 --> 01:08:44.240 And of course, that comes with the congregation 01:08:44.240 --> 01:08:46.100 elevating good examples. 01:08:47.000 --> 01:08:51.400 I want you to go, if you would, in your Bible to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. 01:08:51.400 --> 01:08:52.900 So go back to 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. 01:08:52.900 --> 01:08:59.200 One of the admonitions in 1 Timothy chapter 4, being a good example, is impurity. 01:08:59.200 --> 01:09:02.700 And I think this is a very important one that I want to address. 01:09:02.700 --> 01:09:04.500 And it's for you young people. 01:09:04.900 --> 01:09:09.700 And I know how it is. I went to public school. I went to college. 01:09:09.700 --> 01:09:16.700 And I know for a fact that there are kids that are very influential to other kids. 01:09:16.700 --> 01:09:22.300 Teens and some of you young singles, a lot of people are looking to your example. 01:09:22.300 --> 01:09:25.500 And here's the thing. This is what I know. That if some of... 01:09:25.700 --> 01:09:29.540 the young ladies in our church that are the most influential that everybody's looking to, 01:09:29.540 --> 01:09:33.060 that wants to be friends with, if they decide to stay pure 01:09:33.060 --> 01:09:37.380 and they're a virgin on their wedding night, they will inspire a lot of the other kids in this 01:09:37.380 --> 01:09:43.780 church to follow LikeSuit. And I know if some of the good girls in our church, they decide to not 01:09:43.780 --> 01:09:48.900 take it seriously and they go out and commit fornication and tell their friends about it, 01:09:48.900 --> 01:09:51.860 they'll probably encourage a lot of those people to follow LikeSuit as well. 01:09:52.500 --> 01:09:56.500 And it's, you know, we're in a church, there's a lot of kids, look around. 01:09:56.500 --> 01:10:01.000 But you notice there's not as many teenagers, there's not as many older kids. 01:10:01.000 --> 01:10:04.500 We kind of have a pyramid going, you know. We have less at the top. 01:10:04.500 --> 01:10:09.500 But that's why it's so important for you young single people to set a good example right now. 01:10:10.200 --> 01:10:13.700 You're going to have a big impact on a lot of kids in this church 01:10:13.700 --> 01:10:16.000 and you're going to affect a lot of other people in this church. 01:10:16.000 --> 01:10:19.400 And if you make the right decisions and good decisions, 01:10:19.400 --> 01:10:21.700 you will influence a lot of other people, 01:10:21.700 --> 01:10:24.500 not only helping yourself, but helping other people. 01:10:24.500 --> 01:10:27.900 And the Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians chapter number 4, 01:10:27.900 --> 01:10:29.500 look at verse number 3, 01:10:29.500 --> 01:10:32.400 for this is the will of God, even your sanctification, 01:10:32.400 --> 01:10:35.300 that you should abstain from fornication. 01:10:35.600 --> 01:10:37.800 The Bible is telling us to abstain from this. 01:10:37.800 --> 01:10:39.500 This is a direct commandment. 01:10:39.500 --> 01:10:41.600 It's mentioned all over the Old Testament, 01:10:41.600 --> 01:10:42.700 all over the New Testament. 01:10:42.700 --> 01:10:44.400 This is a big deal to God. 01:10:44.400 --> 01:10:46.200 But you live in an American culture 01:10:46.200 --> 01:10:48.900 where fornication is almost just accepted 01:10:48.900 --> 01:10:52.000 as totally normal and totally expected. 01:10:53.700 --> 01:10:57.740 I mean, it is almost anticipated that everyone will commit fornication, 01:10:57.740 --> 01:11:01.540 that it's not a big deal, that no one is going to be a virgin, 01:11:01.540 --> 01:11:04.620 and you know what? That is what the devil wants you to think, 01:11:04.620 --> 01:11:06.460 so that you will follow that example. 01:11:06.460 --> 01:11:08.660 But you know what? We need young people in this church to say, 01:11:08.660 --> 01:11:10.700 you know what? I'm going to be a good example, 01:11:10.700 --> 01:11:13.580 I'm going to be different, I'm going to abstain, 01:11:13.580 --> 01:11:16.780 and I'm going to abstain from fornication, I will be a virgin on my wedding night. 01:11:16.780 --> 01:11:19.300 And look, it makes all common sense. 01:11:20.100 --> 01:11:26.100 Any guy that wants to take your virginity that was sincere would have waited. 01:11:26.100 --> 01:11:30.100 And every guy that's not sincere, it would have ran off. 01:11:30.100 --> 01:11:34.100 That's why it makes no sense. If you're a young lady, you should just totally, 01:11:34.100 --> 01:11:37.100 like it should make no sense to you to not wait. 01:11:37.500 --> 01:11:42.500 You should just try to be pure and it's not cool. 01:11:42.500 --> 01:11:45.000 It's devaluing yourself. 01:11:45.000 --> 01:11:46.860 It's causing only problems for yourself. 01:11:46.860 --> 01:11:50.180 And look, if you made that mistake, do the best to stop 01:11:50.180 --> 01:11:53.180 and just stay as pure as you can now. 01:11:53.180 --> 01:11:57.140 But I'm telling you this, it's better if we have some 01:11:57.140 --> 01:11:58.900 of the teenagers and some of you young people 01:11:58.900 --> 01:12:01.900 and some of you singles, you be pure on your wedding night. 01:12:03.300 --> 01:12:07.300 And if you made a mistake in that area, don't go bragging about it at all. 01:12:07.300 --> 01:12:10.800 Don't go telling other people and trying to encourage other people to do it. 01:12:10.800 --> 01:12:13.800 Go to 1 Corinthians chapter number 6. 01:12:13.800 --> 01:12:21.300 You know, I went to public school, and unfortunately, the culture in public school was to brag about that. 01:12:21.300 --> 01:12:25.800 It was to brag and act like fornication was the coolest thing in the world. 01:12:28.600 --> 01:12:32.760 And I remember later in college running into somebody 01:12:32.760 --> 01:12:35.260 that I went to school with. 01:12:35.260 --> 01:12:36.100 It was a young lady. 01:12:36.100 --> 01:12:38.100 I didn't really know her that well. 01:12:38.100 --> 01:12:39.460 Like I knew her because I went to school with her, 01:12:39.460 --> 01:12:40.860 but I wasn't like her friend or anything. 01:12:40.860 --> 01:12:42.340 I didn't hang out with her that much. 01:12:42.340 --> 01:12:45.500 But she was in a conversation with some of the other guys 01:12:45.500 --> 01:12:46.720 I went to high school with, 01:12:46.720 --> 01:12:49.980 and they're having a very obscene conversation, 01:12:49.980 --> 01:12:51.380 to say the least, okay? 01:12:51.380 --> 01:12:53.060 Talking a lot about fornication. 01:12:53.600 --> 01:13:01.200 And this young lady divulged that basically she had been the football team's, you know, 01:13:01.200 --> 01:13:06.800 fangirl, okay? Every single guy. And she was just talking about it. 01:13:06.800 --> 01:13:10.480 And, but this is what's the weird part about the conversation. She was trying to explain to this 01:13:10.480 --> 01:13:15.280 young man how what she had done was stupid and foolish and she wished she had never done it 01:13:15.280 --> 01:13:20.320 and was trying to tell this guy, you should never commit fornication. You should wait until you get married. 01:13:21.000 --> 01:13:25.020 And it was just, it wasn't me, it wasn't a fundamental Baptist preacher, it was a literal 01:13:25.020 --> 01:13:26.020 whore. 01:13:26.020 --> 01:13:28.560 Like, in the biggest way possible. 01:13:28.560 --> 01:13:33.560 I mean, like, the worst whore I've ever heard of in my entire life, and I heard way, I wish 01:13:33.560 --> 01:13:39.360 I could unhear a lot of things I heard, but she was saying, and this is only a few years 01:13:39.360 --> 01:13:42.960 removed from high school, she's saying, I wish I had never done that, she said, it made 01:13:42.960 --> 01:13:47.200 it not special, it was a horrible decision, I wish I hadn't done that. 01:13:47.700 --> 01:13:50.900 And now I'm just kind of trash to everybody. 01:13:50.900 --> 01:13:52.900 And she's like, don't do that. 01:13:52.900 --> 01:13:54.240 Don't ruin yourself. 01:13:54.240 --> 01:13:55.780 Don't defile yourself. 01:13:55.780 --> 01:13:59.340 You know, they want to find some Jew somewhere to lie to you 01:13:59.340 --> 01:14:01.680 and tell you that it was cool and fun and they all enjoyed it. 01:14:01.680 --> 01:14:03.980 It's lies from hell. 01:14:03.980 --> 01:14:05.420 It's lies from hell. 01:14:05.420 --> 01:14:06.620 You will regret it. 01:14:06.620 --> 01:14:09.080 You will not be happy with yourself. 01:14:09.080 --> 01:14:10.780 You should be a virgin. 01:14:10.780 --> 01:14:11.580 And you know what? 01:14:11.580 --> 01:14:14.600 We need more people to set that good example. 01:14:14.700 --> 01:14:18.200 1 Corinthians chapter 6, look at verse 18. 01:14:18.200 --> 01:14:20.300 The Bible says, flee fornication. 01:14:20.800 --> 01:14:25.440 Every sin that a man doeth is without the body but he that commiteth fornication sin it against his own body 01:14:25.800 --> 01:14:31.280 What no you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you which you have of God and you're 01:14:31.280 --> 01:14:36.960 Not your own for your bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit 01:14:36.960 --> 01:14:43.640 Which are God's so the Bible is telling us hey our body has been purchased by God therefore is supposed to glorify God in 01:14:43.640 --> 01:14:48.600 Our body not just soul and spirit, but in our body and we should abstain from fornication. We should flee from 01:14:48.800 --> 01:14:52.800 You know, if you have to flee from something, that sounds like it's dangerous. 01:14:52.800 --> 01:14:57.800 Think about other things you would think you should flee from, like a lion, like a roaring lion. 01:14:57.800 --> 01:15:00.800 You don't want to get close to that thing. 01:15:02.200 --> 01:15:05.900 Young people don't realize this. They're too stupid to realize this in many cases. 01:15:05.900 --> 01:15:12.200 And I think that parents should try their best to help kids stay away from dangerous situations. 01:15:12.200 --> 01:15:13.800 But let me explain something to you. 01:15:13.800 --> 01:15:20.000 If you're a young single, you should just not get alone with someone you're interested in because it's dangerous. 01:15:20.000 --> 01:15:26.400 Just like you wouldn't get alone with a lion in a room, you shouldn't get alone with someone you like in a room. 01:15:26.600 --> 01:15:29.800 Because it's not like, oh, I wouldn't want to do that. 01:15:29.800 --> 01:15:31.560 You will want to do that. 01:15:31.560 --> 01:15:32.800 That's the whole reason why you're 01:15:32.800 --> 01:15:34.240 supposed to run away from it. 01:15:34.240 --> 01:15:35.520 That's the whole reason why you're supposed to not put 01:15:35.520 --> 01:15:36.720 yourself in the situation. 01:15:36.720 --> 01:15:39.560 If you just don't put yourself in the situation, you can't do 01:15:39.560 --> 01:15:40.560 it. 01:15:40.560 --> 01:15:42.720 If you constantly put yourself in the situation, 01:15:42.720 --> 01:15:44.360 unfortunately you'll probably do it. 01:15:44.360 --> 01:15:46.520 Now look, if you find yourself alone with somebody, you've 01:15:46.520 --> 01:15:48.680 gone too far, you can still say no. 01:15:48.680 --> 01:15:49.920 You can still walk away. 01:15:49.920 --> 01:15:52.160 You can still be like Joseph and run. 01:15:52.160 --> 01:15:53.000 And that's what you should do. 01:15:53.000 --> 01:15:53.700 Run. 01:15:55.400 --> 01:15:59.400 Run, Forrest. Just run. Just run out of the room. 01:15:59.400 --> 01:16:02.400 And at the end of the day, you'd be better off. 01:16:02.400 --> 01:16:06.400 But I'm just telling you, in many cases for most young people, 01:16:06.400 --> 01:16:09.400 just avoid the situation. 01:16:09.400 --> 01:16:11.400 If you're a young lady, just say, 01:16:11.400 --> 01:16:14.400 Hey, I don't mind dating you, but I just don't want to be alone with you. 01:16:14.400 --> 01:16:18.400 Because I don't trust myself, and I want to honor God with my body. 01:16:18.400 --> 01:16:22.200 And if you're the one, then we'll be alone on our honeymoon. 01:16:22.500 --> 01:16:23.780 And you know what? 01:16:23.780 --> 01:16:25.500 That's what you should try to plan for. 01:16:25.500 --> 01:16:28.220 Because if you say, well, I'm a good Christian person. 01:16:28.220 --> 01:16:29.900 I just want to, you know, we can be alone. 01:16:29.900 --> 01:16:31.020 It's not a big deal. 01:16:31.020 --> 01:16:33.700 It's just, you're just messing with fire. 01:16:33.700 --> 01:16:36.580 You know, maybe you could just dance around that lion 01:16:36.580 --> 01:16:39.140 for a little bit, but eventually he's going to strike. 01:16:39.140 --> 01:16:40.660 And so you just got to stay away from it. 01:16:40.660 --> 01:16:42.660 Don't put yourself in the situation. 01:16:42.660 --> 01:16:44.220 It's just not worth it. 01:16:44.220 --> 01:16:47.020 And of course, we need some people to set a good example. 01:16:48.800 --> 01:16:53.440 You know, in this passage, I know the primary example is virginity, 01:16:53.440 --> 01:16:57.640 but in general, we're supposed to glorify God in our body as well. 01:16:57.640 --> 01:16:59.840 You know, I think another way is just being healthy. 01:16:59.840 --> 01:17:02.920 You know, we should try to be healthy, and as men we should try to be strong. 01:17:02.920 --> 01:17:05.520 The Bible has repeated commandments about being strong. 01:17:05.520 --> 01:17:10.200 You know, as men we shouldn't be soft, we shouldn't be effeminate, 01:17:10.200 --> 01:17:13.720 we should be, you know, able-bodied men. 01:17:14.100 --> 01:17:20.500 We should try to work hard. We should try to, you know, be someone that's a little bit intimidating, 01:17:20.500 --> 01:17:26.580 okay, physically, and not necessarily be docile. You know, the Bible, I believe, 01:17:26.580 --> 01:17:29.620 has many men in the Bible that are very clearly strong. 01:17:30.100 --> 01:17:34.500 It's not setting this example of a bunch of weaklings, a bunch of feminine dudes. 01:17:34.500 --> 01:17:36.420 It's men that are strong and taking care of themselves. 01:17:36.420 --> 01:17:37.420 And you know what? 01:17:37.420 --> 01:17:39.220 I don't think that you have to look a certain way. 01:17:39.220 --> 01:17:43.220 I don't think the Bible really cares about physical appearance, but the Bible does emphasize 01:17:43.220 --> 01:17:44.220 being healthy. 01:17:44.220 --> 01:17:46.580 The Bible does emphasize being strong. 01:17:46.580 --> 01:17:47.580 And you know, I think it's important. 01:17:47.580 --> 01:17:48.580 So you can go soul winning. 01:17:48.580 --> 01:17:48.900 Thank you. 01:17:48.900 --> 01:17:51.000 so that you can work hard. 01:17:51.000 --> 01:17:53.000 There's many jobs that take physical labor, 01:17:53.000 --> 01:17:55.000 lifting 50 plus pounds, 01:17:55.000 --> 01:17:56.500 working nights, 01:17:56.500 --> 01:17:58.300 lifting heavy materials, 01:17:58.300 --> 01:18:01.000 you know, and it takes physical strength, physical endurance, 01:18:01.000 --> 01:18:01.800 and you know what? 01:18:01.800 --> 01:18:03.800 Men should be physically strong. 01:18:04.100 --> 01:18:08.660 You know, it's kind of a shame, it's kind of embarrassment when men are weak. 01:18:08.660 --> 01:18:10.260 You know, why do we have the Mighty Men's Competition? 01:18:10.260 --> 01:18:11.380 You know what I didn't want to do? 01:18:11.380 --> 01:18:13.300 I didn't want to have the Mighty Men's Competition, 01:18:13.300 --> 01:18:15.940 and we're all like the McMurtry AI videos. 01:18:15.940 --> 01:18:18.660 We're all fat eating fried chicken or something like this, 01:18:18.660 --> 01:18:21.940 with suspenders on just so our pants don't buckle, you know, under or something, 01:18:21.940 --> 01:18:23.220 the pressure or the weight. 01:18:23.220 --> 01:18:27.780 Like, that would be kind of a shame and an embarrassment if we're the Mighty Men, 01:18:27.780 --> 01:18:32.020 and we're all just these out of shape, you know, fried chicken eating, you know... 01:18:32.100 --> 01:18:37.100 weirdos or something like that, you know, or these docile guys or something. 01:18:37.100 --> 01:18:40.100 It's like, hey, let's have a strong competition, you know. 01:18:40.100 --> 01:18:43.100 Let's try to run around. Let's try to work hard. 01:18:43.100 --> 01:18:45.100 You know, I think that's important. 01:18:45.100 --> 01:18:47.100 And we should be good examples of that. 01:18:47.100 --> 01:18:50.100 You know, if you want your children to be strong and in good shape, 01:18:50.100 --> 01:18:53.100 often they're going to follow their father's example. 01:18:53.200 --> 01:18:56.680 They're going to follow their fathers, you know, footsteps. 01:18:56.680 --> 01:19:00.140 You know, play games with your kids, you know, work out with your kids, 01:19:00.140 --> 01:19:04.600 take walks with your family, eat good food, teach them about health, 01:19:04.600 --> 01:19:08.400 teach them about hygiene, you know, take your body seriously, 01:19:08.400 --> 01:19:10.400 take good care of your body. 01:19:10.400 --> 01:19:12.340 We need more people to take a good example. 01:19:12.340 --> 01:19:13.040 And you know what? 01:19:13.040 --> 01:19:16.440 Praise God, Christianity is a pretty clean religion. 01:19:16.440 --> 01:19:18.840 You know, it seems like some religions are not very clean. 01:19:19.200 --> 01:19:21.200 Hint, hint, wink, wink, Hinduism? 01:19:21.200 --> 01:19:22.200 Okay. 01:19:22.200 --> 01:19:26.200 I mean, what's all those videos of them cutting food with their toenails? 01:19:26.200 --> 01:19:31.200 Like, I don't, and I'm not, maybe there's a video of like, white Christians doing this. 01:19:31.200 --> 01:19:33.200 Sorry if that exists, I don't know. I've never seen that. 01:19:33.200 --> 01:19:35.200 But that would be gross in our approach. 01:19:35.200 --> 01:19:38.200 You know, it's just like, there's some religions that aren't that clean. 01:19:38.200 --> 01:19:40.200 There's some parts of the world that aren't that clean. 01:19:40.200 --> 01:19:44.200 You know what? What a shame it would be if a Christian church was like that, you know? 01:19:44.900 --> 01:19:48.900 unclean, non-hygienic, doesn't care about health. 01:19:48.900 --> 01:19:50.900 You know, I think we should care about health. 01:19:50.900 --> 01:19:53.900 I even primarily eat organic food, not always. 01:19:53.900 --> 01:19:54.900 Don't hear me wrong. 01:19:54.900 --> 01:19:56.900 You know, I try to eat organic foods. 01:19:56.900 --> 01:19:58.900 I try to eat vegetables. 01:19:58.900 --> 01:20:01.900 I try to eat, you know, all kinds of meat. 01:20:01.900 --> 01:20:03.900 You should eat meat, in my opinion, okay? 01:20:03.900 --> 01:20:06.900 I mean, the Bible says nothing's to be refused. 01:20:06.900 --> 01:20:08.900 If you pray for it. 01:20:08.900 --> 01:20:12.800 Hey, you know, there's some religions that abstain from meat a lot. 01:20:12.900 --> 01:20:15.300 Look, go with me to the Greek Orthodox Church. 01:20:15.300 --> 01:20:17.380 Don't do it, but in hypothetical theory. 01:20:17.380 --> 01:20:20.260 But I went there only because I was trying to learn Greek. 01:20:20.260 --> 01:20:22.580 OK, they had a Greek night school when I was going. 01:20:22.580 --> 01:20:25.520 But you go, and all the guys are just these skinny looking 01:20:25.520 --> 01:20:26.820 vegans. 01:20:26.820 --> 01:20:28.100 OK? 01:20:28.100 --> 01:20:31.260 And they try to make like ortho bros seem like these chads 01:20:31.260 --> 01:20:31.740 or whatever. 01:20:31.740 --> 01:20:35.380 In reality, they're like out of shape, nerd, vegan looking 01:20:35.380 --> 01:20:38.300 dudes, because like 180 days out of the year, 01:20:38.300 --> 01:20:39.500 they can't even eat meat. 01:20:40.200 --> 01:20:43.000 And they have all these weird fasts and all these weird rituals. 01:20:43.000 --> 01:20:47.640 And so they're just physically different because of their actual diet. 01:20:48.160 --> 01:20:52.440 And so, you know, you look at a lot of people and their religion is dictating their diet, 01:20:52.680 --> 01:20:57.240 is dictating their physiogamy, is dictating how they behave themselves. 01:20:57.240 --> 01:21:00.920 You know, as Christians, we need to be strong, you know, eating that strong meat, 01:21:01.280 --> 01:21:05.160 you know, and enjoying the blessings of the land that flow with milk and honey. 01:21:05.600 --> 01:21:09.880 getting some good fats and getting some good meats and eating healthy 01:21:09.880 --> 01:21:13.560 you know organic foods I think these things are important I think the Bible 01:21:13.560 --> 01:21:16.640 has these principles that we can employ in our lives 01:21:16.640 --> 01:21:20.480 exactly how you do that you see you can do whatever you want but 01:21:20.480 --> 01:21:25.120 you know the Bible does teach you know to be strong the Bible does teach to take care of 01:21:25.120 --> 01:21:25.720 your body 01:21:25.720 --> 01:21:29.640 and I think we should all take those things seriously I wanna go to Hosea 01:21:29.640 --> 01:21:30.480 chapter 1 01:21:31.100 --> 01:21:35.660 So, and I didn't want to go to all the verses to prove my point on that, but 01:21:35.660 --> 01:21:39.660 I'm just kind of giving you general principles. 01:21:42.500 --> 01:21:45.500 We should be good examples in these areas. 01:21:45.500 --> 01:21:52.500 And one would be, again, we should set for the good example of good marriages. 01:21:52.500 --> 01:21:59.500 And I think this is what I want to emphasize is, you know, being a good spouse, 01:21:59.500 --> 01:22:02.500 even in the low parts of your marriage. 01:22:02.500 --> 01:22:05.500 Because everyone enjoys the honeymoon. 01:22:06.700 --> 01:22:09.200 Everyone enjoys the good parts of marriage. 01:22:09.300 --> 01:22:11.140 And look, there are parts of marriage 01:22:11.240 --> 01:22:12.300 that is not hard at all. 01:22:12.400 --> 01:22:14.580 It's only fun and easy. 01:22:14.680 --> 01:22:16.740 But that's not going to last. 01:22:16.840 --> 01:22:18.540 That's not reality. 01:22:18.640 --> 01:22:21.040 You're also going to have extreme lows. 01:22:21.140 --> 01:22:22.640 You're going to have difficulties. 01:22:22.740 --> 01:22:23.980 There's a reason why the marriage vows 01:22:24.080 --> 01:22:25.660 were better for worse. 01:22:25.760 --> 01:22:27.780 I mean, the wedding day is kind of a high. 01:22:27.880 --> 01:22:29.760 It's kind of the better time. 01:22:29.860 --> 01:22:30.920 But there's going to be worse. 01:22:31.020 --> 01:22:33.160 And for some people, the worst is bad. 01:22:33.160 --> 01:22:33.600 God bless you. 01:22:34.600 --> 01:22:42.900 You know, this is what's funny to me, is most people that have really bad marriage situations are not the ones that complain. 01:22:42.900 --> 01:22:45.100 It's the ones that are like somewhere in the middle. 01:22:45.100 --> 01:22:49.100 It's like the ones that don't have... the people that have like the one you're just like, that's a nightmare. 01:22:49.400 --> 01:22:52.000 You know, it's like they're not the ones usually complaining, 01:22:52.000 --> 01:22:54.700 but the people that kind of have like a normal marriage, 01:22:54.700 --> 01:22:57.300 and then they feel like it's like the, 01:22:57.300 --> 01:22:59.000 wow, you don't want this one. 01:22:59.000 --> 01:22:59.840 Okay. 01:22:59.840 --> 01:23:02.400 And, you know, for all of us, it's kind of hard. 01:23:02.400 --> 01:23:04.600 You know, there's some Baptist pastors out there 01:23:04.600 --> 01:23:06.500 that have put bad examples out there 01:23:06.500 --> 01:23:08.100 where they say they never fight. 01:23:08.100 --> 01:23:09.600 Okay, that's a lie. 01:23:11.600 --> 01:23:14.600 That they don't have any problems in their marriage, that they're both perfect. 01:23:14.600 --> 01:23:16.400 This doesn't exist, okay? 01:23:16.400 --> 01:23:17.600 It's a fairy tale. 01:23:17.600 --> 01:23:18.600 Okay. 01:23:18.600 --> 01:23:26.100 But at the same time, you know, to me the good example is someone that's sticking with their spouse in a low spot. 01:23:26.100 --> 01:23:27.900 It's easy in the high spot. 01:23:27.900 --> 01:23:29.300 It's in the low spot. 01:23:29.300 --> 01:23:34.400 When they're weak, when they're vulnerable, when they're going through a hard time, when they have problems. 01:23:34.400 --> 01:23:36.600 And you know what? You just stick with them anyways. 01:23:36.600 --> 01:23:37.800 And you still love them anyways. 01:23:37.800 --> 01:23:39.400 And you're still doing good with them anyways. 01:23:39.600 --> 01:23:42.600 And you know, this is kind of what the whole book of Hosea is about. 01:23:42.600 --> 01:23:45.600 And it's kind of an example of how God is to the children of Israel, 01:23:45.600 --> 01:23:48.600 how God stuck with them, even in their low spots, 01:23:48.600 --> 01:23:52.600 even in their wickedness and their rebellion. 01:23:52.600 --> 01:23:55.600 And look, you know, I'm going to preach on this, 01:23:55.600 --> 01:23:59.600 and people get offended by this, but you know, it's biblical. 01:23:59.600 --> 01:24:02.600 You know, I'll get up and say, hey, even if your spouse commits adultery, 01:24:02.600 --> 01:24:04.600 you should not leave them. 01:24:04.600 --> 01:24:06.500 And people will get mad at me for that. 01:24:06.600 --> 01:24:11.080 People will say, well, God wouldn't want me to be in an unhappy marriage. 01:24:11.080 --> 01:24:16.920 Or they'll say, well, I know that you say that, 01:24:16.920 --> 01:24:21.040 but if you say that, you're encouraging people to do bad. 01:24:21.040 --> 01:24:23.360 I'm like, I'm not encouraging anybody to do bad. 01:24:23.360 --> 01:24:26.100 That would be the same as me going up to the door and saying, hey. 01:24:26.500 --> 01:24:28.140 If you believe in Christ, you'll be saved. 01:24:28.140 --> 01:24:29.340 Oh, so now I should murder people? 01:24:29.340 --> 01:24:31.340 It's like, no one's encouraging you to murder people 01:24:31.340 --> 01:24:33.140 because salvation's a free gift. 01:24:33.140 --> 01:24:34.020 OK? 01:24:34.020 --> 01:24:36.900 Yeah, technically, someone commit bad sins 01:24:36.900 --> 01:24:39.140 and still be saved, but no one's encouraging that. 01:24:39.140 --> 01:24:40.300 No one's promoting that. 01:24:40.300 --> 01:24:43.020 And even in marriage, you know, it's for better, for worse, 01:24:43.020 --> 01:24:45.740 for richer, for poorer, you know, in sickness and health. 01:24:45.740 --> 01:24:48.620 You know, you're never supposed to leave them nor forsake them. 01:24:48.620 --> 01:24:50.740 It's till death do us part. 01:24:50.740 --> 01:24:52.060 You know, that's why I had a marriage conference called 01:24:52.060 --> 01:24:53.540 the till-death marriage. 01:24:53.900 --> 01:24:55.700 It's like, I believe it. 01:24:55.700 --> 01:24:56.540 Okay? 01:24:56.540 --> 01:24:58.600 It's not just a expression. 01:24:58.600 --> 01:25:01.640 It's not just a cute saying. 01:25:01.640 --> 01:25:02.680 I believe it. 01:25:02.680 --> 01:25:04.080 And I think that you should have it. 01:25:04.080 --> 01:25:07.600 Now, does that mean that every time that's easy? 01:25:07.600 --> 01:25:08.940 No. 01:25:08.940 --> 01:25:10.900 And you know what, for me, it's not hard 01:25:10.900 --> 01:25:12.900 because I have an awesome wife. 01:25:12.900 --> 01:25:14.520 You know, I'm not like, I'm not over here like, 01:25:14.520 --> 01:25:16.720 oh man, it's really hard to hang on. 01:25:16.720 --> 01:25:17.300 You know? 01:25:17.400 --> 01:25:19.400 It's like, I don't want to let go. 01:25:19.400 --> 01:25:21.900 I mean, this is a great roller coaster ride. 01:25:21.900 --> 01:25:22.900 I'm just having fun. 01:25:22.900 --> 01:25:27.100 Like, there's no reason for me to get off this ride, OK? 01:25:27.100 --> 01:25:32.000 But for those that actually have the real bad situations, 01:25:32.000 --> 01:25:35.900 this is what unfortunately happens is sometimes it gets a tension. 01:25:35.900 --> 01:25:38.900 And everybody kind of notices it, and it's a big deal. 01:25:38.900 --> 01:25:40.900 Well, those are the important times for people to hang on. 01:25:42.300 --> 01:25:43.900 That's a really good example. 01:25:43.900 --> 01:25:46.300 And you know, here's a bad example in the book of Hosea, 01:25:46.300 --> 01:25:48.800 where a woman's committing repeated adultery 01:25:48.800 --> 01:25:50.600 and is a whore, as the Bible describes. 01:25:50.600 --> 01:25:52.400 Look at Hosea 1 verse 2. 01:25:52.400 --> 01:25:55.000 In the beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea, 01:25:55.000 --> 01:25:56.800 and the Lord said to Hosea, go take 01:25:56.800 --> 01:25:59.800 unto the wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms 01:25:59.800 --> 01:26:01.700 for the land that committed great whoredom departing 01:26:01.700 --> 01:26:02.100 from the Lord. 01:26:02.100 --> 01:26:04.200 Now, that's a weird commandment, OK? 01:26:04.200 --> 01:26:06.600 Go marry a literal whore. 01:26:06.600 --> 01:26:07.100 But. 01:26:07.500 --> 01:26:15.380 Obviously, he is to marry a woman that has a sordid past, and has a bad past, and has 01:26:15.380 --> 01:26:19.180 committed great whoredoms, and he says, hey, go love her anyways. 01:26:19.180 --> 01:26:22.380 Go be her husband. 01:26:22.380 --> 01:26:27.780 Now he says in verse 3, so he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Debleam, which conceived 01:26:27.780 --> 01:26:29.420 and bear him a son. 01:26:29.420 --> 01:26:32.860 So Goemer, he takes his wife, he marries her. 01:26:33.200 --> 01:26:36.200 No one ever names anybody Gomer ever again, apparently. 01:26:37.200 --> 01:26:43.200 But she can see that the language, it almost sounds like it's his kid, but here's the problem. 01:26:43.200 --> 01:26:45.200 It's not even his kid. 01:26:46.200 --> 01:26:48.200 Which is really crazy. 01:26:50.300 --> 01:26:54.700 It says, let's just read a few more verses later. 01:26:54.700 --> 01:26:55.800 It says in verse number 10, 01:26:55.800 --> 01:26:57.100 yet the number of the children of Israel 01:26:57.100 --> 01:26:58.000 should be the sand of the sea, 01:26:58.000 --> 01:26:59.200 which cannot be measured nor numbered, 01:26:59.200 --> 01:27:00.300 and it shall come to pass, 01:27:00.300 --> 01:27:01.400 that in the place where it is said to them, 01:27:01.400 --> 01:27:02.900 you are not my people, 01:27:02.900 --> 01:27:03.800 there it shall be said to them, 01:27:03.800 --> 01:27:06.500 you are not, you are the sons of the living God. 01:27:06.500 --> 01:27:10.800 So he has this guy, it's like an object lesson. 01:27:10.800 --> 01:27:13.000 Hosea has to marry a woman that's a whore, 01:27:13.000 --> 01:27:14.700 she conceives twice, 01:27:14.700 --> 01:27:16.600 and the kids aren't even his kids. 01:27:17.000 --> 01:27:21.000 And it's to kind of picture how God with Israel's relationship was. 01:27:21.000 --> 01:27:27.000 It was a whore for a while, and then it's like producing children that aren't even of God, 01:27:27.000 --> 01:27:31.000 and like not even Christian, not even saved, and they're not even His people. 01:27:31.000 --> 01:27:35.000 And it's kind of to show the apostasy of the Jews and the children of Israel. 01:27:35.000 --> 01:27:36.900 They're not His people. 01:27:38.300 --> 01:27:41.600 And it says in verse 2 of chapter 2, 01:27:41.600 --> 01:27:44.060 "'Plead with your mother, plead for she is not my wife, 01:27:44.060 --> 01:27:45.560 neither am I her husband. 01:27:45.560 --> 01:27:48.300 Let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight 01:27:48.300 --> 01:27:51.500 and her adulteries from between her breasts, 01:27:51.500 --> 01:27:54.000 lest I strip her naked and set her as the day that she was 01:27:54.000 --> 01:27:56.040 bored and make her as a wilderness and set her like a 01:27:56.040 --> 01:27:58.040 dry land and slay her with thirst.'" 01:27:58.400 --> 01:28:00.980 and I will not have mercy upon her children, 01:28:00.980 --> 01:28:03.320 for they be the children of whoredoms." 01:28:03.320 --> 01:28:04.760 So notice the Bible's real explicit, 01:28:04.760 --> 01:28:08.240 like these are not children from Hosea. 01:28:08.240 --> 01:28:10.720 It's like you marry a woman that was a whore, 01:28:10.720 --> 01:28:13.320 and then after getting married, she commits adultery, 01:28:13.320 --> 01:28:16.500 and she has multiple children that are not yours. 01:28:18.520 --> 01:28:20.040 Now wouldn't this be the, like you know, 01:28:20.040 --> 01:28:22.360 all these pastors out there, they wanna be like, 01:28:22.360 --> 01:28:24.700 now this is the exception for divorce. 01:28:24.800 --> 01:28:27.200 Like, this would be their exception. 01:28:27.200 --> 01:28:30.500 You know, God doesn't say divorce her. 01:28:30.500 --> 01:28:34.000 God doesn't say that at all. Look at chapter 3, verse 1. 01:28:34.000 --> 01:28:39.300 Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet love a woman, beloved of her friend, 01:28:39.300 --> 01:28:44.700 yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel. 01:28:45.000 --> 01:28:47.600 who looked to other gods and loved flaggons of wine. 01:28:47.600 --> 01:28:50.000 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, 01:28:50.000 --> 01:28:52.800 and for a home of barley, and for a half a home of barley. 01:28:52.800 --> 01:28:56.300 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days. 01:28:56.300 --> 01:28:59.800 Thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man. 01:28:59.800 --> 01:29:02.600 So will I also be for thee." 01:29:02.600 --> 01:29:07.100 So Hosea marries a woman, she commits adultery, has multiple kids against him. 01:29:07.100 --> 01:29:09.400 And then God doesn't say divorce her, He says, 01:29:09.400 --> 01:29:11.400 you know what, go love her anyways. 01:29:12.000 --> 01:29:14.700 And then he literally has to pay money. 01:29:14.700 --> 01:29:18.760 He has to pay her to not be unfaithful to him. 01:29:18.760 --> 01:29:21.160 This is a weird relationship, OK? 01:29:21.160 --> 01:29:23.680 None of this is a recommendation. 01:29:23.680 --> 01:29:26.760 Did you remember what I said in verse number three of chapter 01:29:26.760 --> 01:29:27.320 two? 01:29:27.320 --> 01:29:29.840 Lest I strip her naked and set her as in the day 01:29:29.840 --> 01:29:31.600 that she was born and make her as the wilderness 01:29:31.600 --> 01:29:34.360 and set her like a dry land and slay her with thirst. 01:29:34.360 --> 01:29:36.920 God is saying, hey, you better quit committing adultery, 01:29:36.920 --> 01:29:39.700 otherwise I will destroy you physically. 01:29:40.600 --> 01:29:43.000 It's not like she's getting off necessarily. 01:29:43.000 --> 01:29:44.760 It's not that God isn't mad at her. 01:29:44.760 --> 01:29:48.200 It's not like God is to allow her in this wicked rebellious sin. 01:29:48.200 --> 01:29:50.360 It's just this is a moment of grace. 01:29:50.360 --> 01:29:55.560 And God is just saying, hey, if you are a husband and your wife is not the best wife, 01:29:55.560 --> 01:29:59.400 I'm pretty sure she's not the best wife, it says love her anyways. 01:30:00.360 --> 01:30:03.960 And hey, the reverse goes, hey, if you're a wife 01:30:03.960 --> 01:30:07.560 and your husband's not the best husband, you love him anyways. 01:30:08.200 --> 01:30:10.900 Wyatt, till death do us part. 01:30:10.900 --> 01:30:13.000 And hey, if she's gonna keep committing adultery, 01:30:13.000 --> 01:30:14.540 well then just let God kill them, 01:30:14.540 --> 01:30:16.000 and then you're free from them. 01:30:16.000 --> 01:30:17.000 But you know what? 01:30:17.000 --> 01:30:19.880 God, I believe, is telling us till death do us part. 01:30:19.880 --> 01:30:22.540 God hates putting away. 01:30:22.540 --> 01:30:25.840 Look at Malachi, just look to the right, Mr. Hare, 01:30:25.840 --> 01:30:27.580 and go to Malachi chapter two. 01:30:30.000 --> 01:30:34.760 It's pretty much right, it's the last book in your Old Testament, right before Matthew. 01:30:34.760 --> 01:30:40.160 Malachi chapter 2, look at verse 14. 01:30:40.160 --> 01:30:44.400 Yet ye say, wherefore, because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of 01:30:44.400 --> 01:30:49.400 thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, yet is she thy companion and the wife of thy 01:30:49.400 --> 01:30:52.400 covenant, and did not he make one? 01:30:52.400 --> 01:30:56.800 yet had he the residue of the Spirit, and wherefore one, that he might seek a godly seed. 01:30:57.000 --> 01:31:02.500 Therefore, take heed to your spirit, and let none of you deal treacherously against the 01:31:02.500 --> 01:31:03.860 wife of his youth. 01:31:03.860 --> 01:31:08.660 For the Lord the God of Israel saith that he hateth putting away." 01:31:08.660 --> 01:31:13.020 So don't be treacherous against your wife, and don't put her away. 01:31:13.020 --> 01:31:17.940 Here according to the Bible, we have Hosea with a wife that's pretty bad, committed the 01:31:17.940 --> 01:31:22.540 worst sins I could think of that you could commit against your husband, and yet he still 01:31:22.540 --> 01:31:23.100 loves her. 01:31:23.400 --> 01:31:26.400 He doesn't put her away. Why? Because the Lord hates putting away. 01:31:26.400 --> 01:31:30.400 And that's why in the book of Matthew and Mark and the Gospels, 01:31:30.400 --> 01:31:33.400 Jesus is not teaching that you should put away your wife. 01:31:33.400 --> 01:31:37.400 He says what God has joined together, let not man put us under. 01:31:37.400 --> 01:31:41.400 And so, you know, many people will teach divorce. 01:31:41.400 --> 01:31:43.400 And of course, why do people divorce? 01:31:43.400 --> 01:31:46.400 Usually because they're in a bad, messed up situation. 01:31:47.000 --> 01:31:51.160 They're usually not divorcing because they got a lot of money, 01:31:51.160 --> 01:31:54.800 because they just have a lot of money and no problems, 01:31:54.800 --> 01:31:56.440 and their kids are great, 01:31:56.440 --> 01:32:00.400 and they're having the greatest intimacy they've ever known in their entire lives, 01:32:00.400 --> 01:32:01.240 and it's all great. 01:32:01.240 --> 01:32:02.680 I mean, people aren't just like, 01:32:02.680 --> 01:32:05.080 I'm just a little too happy. 01:32:05.080 --> 01:32:06.960 They're just a little too good for me. 01:32:06.960 --> 01:32:09.400 Like, there's usually a problem. 01:32:09.400 --> 01:32:10.880 Usually things are messed up. 01:32:11.100 --> 01:32:11.600 But you know what? 01:32:11.600 --> 01:32:12.920 That's when you hang on. 01:32:12.920 --> 01:32:14.840 That's when you set the good example, 01:32:14.840 --> 01:32:17.360 and you're like Hosea, and you say, you know what? 01:32:17.360 --> 01:32:18.840 I'll love you anyways. 01:32:18.840 --> 01:32:20.120 I'll do good anyways. 01:32:20.120 --> 01:32:21.920 I'll fight for you in the trenches. 01:32:21.920 --> 01:32:23.440 I'll still do good. 01:32:23.440 --> 01:32:24.080 And you know what? 01:32:24.080 --> 01:32:25.120 You set a good example. 01:32:25.120 --> 01:32:27.360 Because unfortunately, when people don't, 01:32:27.360 --> 01:32:29.800 it's like divorce seems to happen in pairs. 01:32:29.900 --> 01:32:33.700 or in multiplication, it's just like one group does it, 01:32:33.700 --> 01:32:35.500 and then the next does it, and the next does it, 01:32:35.500 --> 01:32:38.000 and then pretty soon it's the entire comment section 01:32:38.000 --> 01:32:41.700 of Cassandra McMurtry's post on Facebook. 01:32:41.700 --> 01:32:43.400 So there's all these divorced women saying, 01:32:43.400 --> 01:32:44.400 you go girl. 01:32:46.200 --> 01:32:49.000 Oh, I wasn't joking, that's real, by the way. 01:32:49.700 --> 01:32:53.540 And look, it spirals out of control. 01:32:53.540 --> 01:32:54.540 You know what we need? 01:32:54.540 --> 01:32:57.140 We need people to say, hey, I'm going to love my spouse anyways. 01:32:57.140 --> 01:32:59.060 And I'm going to do good unto my spouse. 01:32:59.060 --> 01:33:01.620 And even if they've committed all these horrible sins, 01:33:01.620 --> 01:33:05.340 hey, I can still just be married to them. 01:33:05.340 --> 01:33:09.180 And I'm not talking about extreme reprobate serial killer stuff. 01:33:09.180 --> 01:33:12.580 If your husband's a replicate serial killer, call the cops, OK? 01:33:13.200 --> 01:33:16.400 We get it. You can love them from prison afar, all right? 01:33:16.400 --> 01:33:20.400 But I'm just saying like, no one's even bringing up that example, okay? 01:33:21.120 --> 01:33:25.040 And most of us, if you were to say, hey, my marriage problems, 01:33:25.040 --> 01:33:27.440 let me ask you this question. Are they worse than Oseya's? 01:33:29.920 --> 01:33:33.200 Are you really in a situation worse than Oseya? 01:33:33.200 --> 01:33:35.440 And you say, I don't know what God would want me to do. 01:33:35.440 --> 01:33:36.960 I'll tell you what God would want you to do. 01:33:36.960 --> 01:33:40.720 Love your wife and your kids. That's what God would want you to do. 01:33:41.200 --> 01:33:48.000 God hates putting away, God hates divorce, and I mean, I can't imagine. 01:33:48.000 --> 01:33:49.000 I have to love her. 01:33:49.000 --> 01:33:50.000 I don't have to love her. 01:33:50.000 --> 01:33:51.000 I have to give her money? 01:33:51.000 --> 01:33:55.400 It's like, this is a weird situation, but you know what? 01:33:55.400 --> 01:33:57.600 Doesn't that show that he loves her? 01:33:57.600 --> 01:34:01.000 Hey, if I have to pay for you to love me, then I'll pay for you. 01:34:01.000 --> 01:34:02.600 I'll buy you whatever. 01:34:02.600 --> 01:34:03.800 Let's just, hey. 01:34:04.300 --> 01:34:05.580 Let's fix this. 01:34:05.580 --> 01:34:06.620 I'm in. 01:34:06.620 --> 01:34:07.780 I love you. 01:34:07.780 --> 01:34:09.100 I'm going to take care of you. 01:34:09.100 --> 01:34:10.380 I'm not going to leave you. 01:34:10.380 --> 01:34:11.740 I'm not going to forsake you. 01:34:11.740 --> 01:34:13.300 But I want you to be mine. 01:34:13.300 --> 01:34:14.940 And I'm going to be yours. 01:34:14.940 --> 01:34:17.380 And you know, I think for a lot of people, 01:34:17.380 --> 01:34:19.820 if you want your relationship to thrive, 01:34:19.820 --> 01:34:23.300 they just want you to feel like you're with them. 01:34:23.300 --> 01:34:25.180 Hey, I'm with you. 01:34:25.180 --> 01:34:26.260 Hey, I know you messed up. 01:34:26.260 --> 01:34:27.420 Hey, I know you screwed up. 01:34:27.420 --> 01:34:28.900 Hey, you may have broken my heart. 01:34:28.900 --> 01:34:30.620 But I'm still going to give it to you anyways. 01:34:31.200 --> 01:34:32.960 I'll give you my broken heart. 01:34:32.960 --> 01:34:34.960 You know, I'll just give you whatever I've got. 01:34:34.960 --> 01:34:37.960 I'll give you the 15 shekels that I've got or whatever. 01:34:37.960 --> 01:34:38.640 Hey, you know what? 01:34:38.640 --> 01:34:41.080 We need people to set a good example in marriage. 01:34:41.080 --> 01:34:45.520 Not only being the good couple that's never fought or whatever, 01:34:45.520 --> 01:34:48.400 but also the couple that, hey, we went through the rough spots 01:34:48.400 --> 01:34:50.160 and we stuck together too. 01:34:50.160 --> 01:34:51.920 Hey, I loved her when it was hard. 01:34:51.920 --> 01:34:53.480 I loved her when she was sick. 01:34:53.480 --> 01:34:57.640 I loved him when he was, you know, whatever, a jerk. 01:34:58.100 --> 01:34:59.840 Yes, some guys are jerks. 01:34:59.840 --> 01:35:00.340 Woo! 01:35:00.340 --> 01:35:00.840 You know. 01:35:01.500 --> 01:35:03.000 That's not abuse, by the way. 01:35:03.000 --> 01:35:03.800 Being a jerk. 01:35:05.600 --> 01:35:07.600 Go if you would to Hebrews chapter 10. 01:35:07.900 --> 01:35:09.400 This is the last one I'm gonna mention. 01:35:09.400 --> 01:35:11.400 I'm kind of, I'm already out of time, but... 01:35:12.300 --> 01:35:14.900 Look, we need more people to set good examples. 01:35:15.600 --> 01:35:18.200 In this world, and we have so few good examples. 01:35:18.500 --> 01:35:19.800 So many people just... 01:35:20.400 --> 01:35:22.000 Hit the ejection seat. 01:35:22.300 --> 01:35:23.700 Hit the ejection button, and we have... 01:35:23.700 --> 01:35:25.400 Divorce is out of control in our country. 01:35:25.800 --> 01:35:28.300 Fornication is out of control in our country. 01:35:28.300 --> 01:35:31.400 People not taking their health serious is out of control in our country. 01:35:31.400 --> 01:35:33.600 These are some major problems and we need people. 01:35:33.600 --> 01:35:36.100 You know, bad pastors is out of control. 01:35:36.100 --> 01:35:39.400 Bad churches is out of control. 01:35:39.400 --> 01:35:44.300 And here's the last one I want to say is that you should set a good example is, 01:35:44.300 --> 01:35:48.700 you know, siding with your church in a battle or tribulation. 01:35:48.700 --> 01:35:52.800 We talked about Hosea loving his wife in a difficult situation. 01:35:52.800 --> 01:35:53.500 You know what? 01:35:53.700 --> 01:36:01.900 Praise God for the people that set a good example of siding with their pastor and siding with their church in a difficult situation. 01:36:01.900 --> 01:36:03.800 And I think this is very important. 01:36:03.800 --> 01:36:08.100 And I think it has major impacts on the church. 01:36:08.100 --> 01:36:13.000 Hebrews chapter number 10 is telling us to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together. 01:36:13.000 --> 01:36:17.600 And I think that why this is important is you're supposed to go to church, period. 01:36:19.000 --> 01:36:20.940 I mean, let's read verse 25, 01:36:20.940 --> 01:36:22.860 not forsaking assembling ourselves together 01:36:22.860 --> 01:36:24.040 as the man or some is, 01:36:24.040 --> 01:36:25.240 but exhorting one another 01:36:25.240 --> 01:36:27.100 in so much the more as you see they approaching. 01:36:27.100 --> 01:36:29.200 Not only are you not supposed to give up on church, 01:36:29.200 --> 01:36:31.940 you're supposed to be encouraging others to go to church. 01:36:31.940 --> 01:36:33.900 So not only are you supposed to not say, 01:36:33.900 --> 01:36:34.980 I'm not gonna go, 01:36:34.980 --> 01:36:36.600 you're supposed to be doing the exact opposite, 01:36:36.600 --> 01:36:38.600 you're supposed to be bringing people with you, 01:36:38.600 --> 01:36:40.600 saying, hey, come on, let's go to church. 01:36:40.600 --> 01:36:41.880 Why are people not wanting to go to church? 01:36:41.880 --> 01:36:43.600 Because all the bad church is out there. 01:36:44.000 --> 01:36:48.400 or hey there's problems or hey it's not perfect or hey it's rocky. 01:36:48.400 --> 01:36:52.600 But you know what? You go to church when it's rocky. You go to church when it's 01:36:52.600 --> 01:36:55.800 it's not the greatest. It's having problems or there's heat 01:36:55.800 --> 01:37:01.200 or there's issues or whatever. Praise God a lot of people came to church 01:37:01.200 --> 01:37:04.200 when the pastor was literally stepping down from St. Thomas Baptist Church 01:37:05.000 --> 01:37:09.880 I mean, you know, we had a family that moved to Steadfast Baptist Church, and their first 01:37:09.880 --> 01:37:14.520 service was the service when when Romero was standing up saying he's going to step down 01:37:14.520 --> 01:37:16.760 from the Bastard. 01:37:16.760 --> 01:37:18.200 That's crazy. 01:37:18.200 --> 01:37:20.840 The timing, and they're still here. 01:37:20.840 --> 01:37:21.840 That's a good example. 01:37:21.840 --> 01:37:23.440 You know what? 01:37:23.440 --> 01:37:24.200 Praise God for them. 01:37:24.900 --> 01:37:28.100 Praise God there's a family that encourages other people to say, 01:37:28.100 --> 01:37:29.940 hey, I'm not here for a man. 01:37:29.940 --> 01:37:32.500 I'm here for Jesus, and I'm here for Christianity, 01:37:32.500 --> 01:37:35.540 and I'm here for soul winning, and I'm here for the right doctrines. 01:37:35.540 --> 01:37:36.100 And you know what? 01:37:36.100 --> 01:37:37.300 Just plug and play. 01:37:37.300 --> 01:37:39.220 God will put the new guy in, and we'll just keep going. 01:37:41.780 --> 01:37:43.060 Because it's not about one man. 01:37:44.340 --> 01:37:48.660 And you know, at the same time, we had tribulation in the Jacksonville church. 01:37:49.220 --> 01:37:52.020 You know, the Jacksonville church was tumultuous, OK? 01:37:52.600 --> 01:37:57.600 They were having all kinds of issues and whatever. 01:37:57.600 --> 01:38:02.600 And it was kind of turning into like, are you with Shelley or with Fannon? 01:38:02.600 --> 01:38:04.600 This is big drama or whatever. 01:38:04.600 --> 01:38:07.600 But there is people in that church that said, 01:38:07.600 --> 01:38:09.600 hey, I'm going to side with Steadfast Baptist Church. 01:38:09.600 --> 01:38:11.600 I'm going to side with the leadership. 01:38:11.600 --> 01:38:15.600 I think that this ordained pastor that wants to take us on is the right guy. 01:38:15.600 --> 01:38:19.100 And that was an important decision for many people. 01:38:19.500 --> 01:38:24.700 You know, one of the first calls I got that I remember is from Brother Marcel calling me, 01:38:24.700 --> 01:38:28.220 and he was ready to throw Fannin's head over the fence. I'm telling you what, okay. 01:38:29.420 --> 01:38:34.220 But you know what he was mad about? He was mad that this guy's a paid evangelist and he doesn't 01:38:34.220 --> 01:38:38.380 go soul-winding. And that's what he told me. Who wouldn't be mad about that? 01:38:39.000 --> 01:38:41.000 That's a reasonable conclusion. 01:38:41.000 --> 01:38:42.240 It's like, what? This guy's not going. 01:38:42.240 --> 01:38:43.880 So what? He doesn't care about so what? 01:38:43.880 --> 01:38:45.520 He's an evangelist? 01:38:45.520 --> 01:38:48.080 Like that, there's something off about this. 01:38:48.080 --> 01:38:49.120 I get you. 01:38:49.120 --> 01:38:50.680 You know, another person that was important, 01:38:50.680 --> 01:38:53.360 Brother Ben was talking with me. 01:38:53.360 --> 01:38:56.600 You know, I didn't tell these people anything to do. 01:38:56.600 --> 01:38:58.280 Brother Ben's like, hey, let's have a meeting. 01:38:58.280 --> 01:39:00.520 Let's go meet at a park and let's make a video saying 01:39:00.520 --> 01:39:02.000 that we support Pastor Shelley. 01:39:02.400 --> 01:39:07.400 And I think from that specific event, like a lot of people were rallied together, went there. 01:39:07.400 --> 01:39:09.900 I wasn't even sure if we were going to continue a church over there. 01:39:09.900 --> 01:39:13.200 But when you see a video of people saying like, hey, we want a church over here. 01:39:13.200 --> 01:39:15.200 It's like, well, hey, we're going to hang on. 01:39:15.200 --> 01:39:16.800 Hey, we're going to fight for that. 01:39:16.800 --> 01:39:17.300 And you know what? 01:39:17.300 --> 01:39:23.200 Encourage other people to stay faithful, to stay steadfast, to stay in church and not give up on it. 01:39:23.200 --> 01:39:27.800 And you know, we've had lots of great people that were from Jacksonville and from that church, specifically. 01:39:28.800 --> 01:39:33.700 zealous soul winners, people that love the Lord, that really stepped up. 01:39:33.700 --> 01:39:34.700 And you know what? 01:39:34.700 --> 01:39:39.740 It's important how these battles go down because what you notice is the people that side with 01:39:39.740 --> 01:39:43.280 the right side immediately end up being the people you can rely on. 01:39:43.280 --> 01:39:46.400 And the people that are always siding on the wrong side always seem to just have an issue. 01:39:47.900 --> 01:39:51.900 It's like for some reason problems just show everybody's character real fast. 01:39:51.900 --> 01:39:54.900 It's just like a quick glimpse into what everybody's like. 01:39:54.900 --> 01:39:57.900 But you know, if people didn't step up and set a good example, 01:39:57.900 --> 01:40:01.900 if people didn't lead, if people didn't, you know, do something, 01:40:01.900 --> 01:40:05.900 you know, a lot of other people would fall by the wayside, churches would collapse, 01:40:05.900 --> 01:40:08.900 people would get disgruntled, people would just walk away. 01:40:10.400 --> 01:40:14.400 You know, if it's like, oh well, there's protesters and we're all scared, 01:40:14.400 --> 01:40:17.400 so no one's coming to Hotel Church. 01:40:17.400 --> 01:40:19.400 No one's showing up anymore. 01:40:19.400 --> 01:40:23.400 How do I even know, like, I'm trying to figure out what we're going to do for a building or whatever. 01:40:23.400 --> 01:40:25.400 When no one's showing up, now what do I even do? 01:40:25.400 --> 01:40:27.400 Do I even need to get another building? 01:40:27.400 --> 01:40:30.400 What kind of size? You know, like, what's happening? 01:40:30.400 --> 01:40:34.400 You know, it's important for people to, you know, side with their church, side with their pastor, 01:40:34.400 --> 01:40:36.400 in a difficult situation. 01:40:36.700 --> 01:40:42.700 I want to go to one more place. Go to 1 Samuel 17 and we'll finish there. 01:40:42.700 --> 01:40:46.700 We need some people that are going to set a good example and say, 01:40:46.700 --> 01:40:50.700 hey, you know what, if my church is going through a difficulty, I'm going to stand with them. 01:40:53.500 --> 01:41:01.000 We've had people in our church get fired for going to our church, for taking a public stand 01:41:01.000 --> 01:41:02.800 and saying, yeah, I do go to Stead Vassar. 01:41:02.800 --> 01:41:05.060 Hey, I'll fill the pulpit and I'll preach a sermon. 01:41:05.060 --> 01:41:10.740 Or hey, you know, I'm not afraid of siding with God's people. 01:41:10.740 --> 01:41:11.740 You know what? 01:41:11.740 --> 01:41:12.740 That's a good example. 01:41:12.740 --> 01:41:13.740 Because again, there's rumblings. 01:41:13.740 --> 01:41:15.180 People are like, I don't know if I can go to church there. 01:41:15.180 --> 01:41:17.060 What if, you know, I lose my job? 01:41:17.060 --> 01:41:19.060 But then it's like someone loses their job and then gets a better job. 01:41:19.900 --> 01:41:23.500 And it's like, okay, well, are you afraid of getting a better job? 01:41:23.500 --> 01:41:27.700 I mean, like, what's the problem here? 01:41:27.700 --> 01:41:29.700 You know what I haven't seen? 01:41:29.700 --> 01:41:32.500 I haven't seen someone take a bold stand for our church, 01:41:32.500 --> 01:41:34.700 a bold stand for the things that the Bible said, 01:41:34.700 --> 01:41:37.900 and then God forsook them or it didn't work out for them. 01:41:37.900 --> 01:41:38.900 I haven't seen it. 01:41:41.000 --> 01:41:42.600 Why don't you just take the faith? 01:41:42.600 --> 01:41:45.080 I haven't seen people say, I'm all in on my marriage, 01:41:45.080 --> 01:41:47.120 and I'm going to love my spouse as hard as I can, 01:41:47.120 --> 01:41:49.120 and it just totally fails or something. 01:41:49.120 --> 01:41:52.120 I see people quitting and giving up, and being disgruntled, 01:41:52.120 --> 01:41:54.120 and murmuring, and not taking things seriously, 01:41:54.120 --> 01:41:55.960 and it always fails for them. 01:41:55.960 --> 01:41:56.460 You know what? 01:41:56.460 --> 01:42:00.040 We need some good examples to actually take things seriously. 01:42:00.040 --> 01:42:00.840 And you know what? 01:42:00.840 --> 01:42:03.600 Do the right thing when no one else is. 01:42:04.900 --> 01:42:07.500 Go into a good church when no one else is. 01:42:07.500 --> 01:42:09.200 Standing with a good pastor when no one else is. 01:42:09.200 --> 01:42:14.000 How about fighting Goliath when no one will fight Goliath? 01:42:14.000 --> 01:42:16.800 And of course in 1 Samuel chapter 17, look at verse 50. 01:42:16.800 --> 01:42:21.800 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. 01:42:21.800 --> 01:42:26.400 And smote the Philistine and slew him, but there was no sword in the hand of David. 01:42:26.400 --> 01:42:28.900 David had no way to even kill this guy. 01:42:28.900 --> 01:42:31.000 All he did was stun him essentially. 01:42:31.300 --> 01:42:33.000 And then he took his own weapon and killed him. 01:42:33.000 --> 01:42:35.000 God provided the sword for him. 01:42:35.000 --> 01:42:36.400 He just went out in my faith. 01:42:36.400 --> 01:42:37.600 And he didn't even just go out. 01:42:37.600 --> 01:42:38.800 He ran. 01:42:38.800 --> 01:42:43.400 He ran towards the Philistine, socked him in the head with the stone, 01:42:43.400 --> 01:42:48.200 slung the stone, and then took his own sword and cut his head off. 01:42:48.200 --> 01:42:49.100 And he said, you know what? 01:42:49.100 --> 01:42:51.100 God's going to give me your head. 01:42:51.100 --> 01:42:53.400 God's the one that's going to deliver you unto me. 01:42:53.400 --> 01:42:58.000 Great faith, taking a stand, because he was defying the armies of the living God. 01:42:58.600 --> 01:43:00.440 We need men to stand up against the Goliath. 01:43:00.440 --> 01:43:01.880 And you know what he was? A youth. 01:43:01.880 --> 01:43:04.840 You know, we need young men in this room to say, 01:43:04.840 --> 01:43:06.200 I'm going to serve God. 01:43:06.200 --> 01:43:09.080 I'm not going to be like the other young men in this world 01:43:09.080 --> 01:43:13.880 that are chasing fornication, chasing money, chasing these things. 01:43:13.880 --> 01:43:14.520 You know what? 01:43:14.520 --> 01:43:17.000 I want to be a steadfast Christian. 01:43:17.000 --> 01:43:19.080 I want to be a Bible-believing Christian. 01:43:19.080 --> 01:43:20.600 I want to be a soul winner. 01:43:20.600 --> 01:43:23.320 I want to stand up against the Goliath of this world. 01:43:23.320 --> 01:43:26.440 I'm not going to just sink in cower and fear to the faggot. 01:43:26.600 --> 01:43:27.600 agenda of this world. 01:43:27.600 --> 01:43:29.280 You know what I'm going to do? 01:43:29.280 --> 01:43:31.200 I'm going to cut off the head of Goliath. 01:43:31.200 --> 01:43:32.200 That's what I'm going to do. 01:43:32.200 --> 01:43:33.720 And you know what? 01:43:33.720 --> 01:43:38.320 When one guy stands up, when one little kid, when one youth, when the youngest brother 01:43:38.320 --> 01:43:42.380 stands up, what does the Bible say? 01:43:42.380 --> 01:43:47.600 It says in verse 51, therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, took his sword 01:43:47.600 --> 01:43:49.240 and drew it out of the sheath. 01:43:49.240 --> 01:43:52.220 The oven slew him and cut off his head therewith. 01:43:52.220 --> 01:43:54.180 And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead... 01:43:54.600 --> 01:44:00.840 they fled. And the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines 01:44:00.840 --> 01:44:06.000 until they came to the valley and the gates of Ekron. So what does the Bible say? Hey, 01:44:06.000 --> 01:44:13.360 the enemies fled and God's people arose. Notice because of David's example, he rallied the 01:44:13.360 --> 01:44:18.520 entire troops. What if David said, I'm just a youth, I'm too young, how am I going to 01:44:18.520 --> 01:44:19.920 fight them? I don't even have a sword. 01:44:20.600 --> 01:44:25.100 Well, no one would have fought him and the Philistines would have just triumphed. 01:44:25.100 --> 01:44:28.600 But because one guy stood up, one guy set a good example. 01:44:28.600 --> 01:44:34.100 And you know what? We're going to have enemies. We're going to have Philistines come out here and defy the armies of the living God. 01:44:34.100 --> 01:44:39.100 You know what? We need Davids. They're going to say, hey, I'm going to stand in opposition to you. 01:44:39.100 --> 01:44:41.100 I'm going to do what's right. 01:44:41.100 --> 01:44:45.600 And you know, even with the whole phantom thing, this is what I thought when that situation was going forth. 01:44:45.600 --> 01:44:46.200 I said. 01:44:46.400 --> 01:44:51.400 I wouldn't want to go to church with Fannin as my leader, knowing what I know about him. 01:44:51.400 --> 01:44:55.400 I said, so I'm going to publicly expose him and just give the people that are there a chance 01:44:55.400 --> 01:44:59.400 to have the right church and make the right decision. 01:44:59.400 --> 01:45:04.200 And you know what? David just doesn't want to live in a world where Goliath used to do whatever he wants. 01:45:04.300 --> 01:45:07.500 He's going to say, you know what, someone needs to fight this guy. 01:45:07.500 --> 01:45:09.500 Someone needs to take this guy to task. 01:45:09.500 --> 01:45:12.300 And you know what, we need people that are willing to have a church 01:45:12.300 --> 01:45:14.500 that's just not going to succumb to Goliath 01:45:14.500 --> 01:45:16.900 and be weak and cowardly like everybody else 01:45:16.900 --> 01:45:20.300 and say, hey, you know what, even if there's a battle, even if there's a fight, 01:45:20.300 --> 01:45:21.600 I'm willing to fight. 01:45:21.600 --> 01:45:25.600 And notice by one person's example, he changed everybody. 01:45:25.600 --> 01:45:28.500 By one church's example, it can change everything. 01:45:28.500 --> 01:45:30.500 One pastor's example can change anything. 01:45:30.900 --> 01:45:35.300 One person, one spouse can change the marriage. 01:45:35.300 --> 01:45:38.500 One marriage can change the course of many marriages. 01:45:38.500 --> 01:45:43.000 One virgin can change the course of many youths. 01:45:43.000 --> 01:45:46.500 You know, one person being strong can be strong for many. 01:45:46.500 --> 01:45:49.300 We need some people to set a good example. 01:45:49.300 --> 01:45:53.500 And stop worrying about yourself and set a good example for other people. 01:45:53.500 --> 01:45:55.700 You know, don't be selfish with your actions. 01:45:55.900 --> 01:45:58.900 You are important. Your brothers and sisters will follow. 01:45:58.900 --> 01:46:07.900 Hey, you know what? If you're the oldest, you need to be a great example because your brothers and sisters will in many cases follow your example. 01:46:07.900 --> 01:46:10.900 Be a good example for your brothers and sisters to follow. 01:46:10.900 --> 01:46:14.900 Obey your parents. Do right. Be a hard worker. 01:46:14.900 --> 01:46:17.900 And if you've made mistakes, fix them and be a good example. 01:46:17.900 --> 01:46:18.900 Let's close in prayer. 01:46:18.900 --> 01:46:22.180 Thank you, Heavenly Father, so much for giving us a great example through the... 01:46:22.600 --> 01:46:25.000 your son the Lord Jesus Christ. 01:46:25.000 --> 01:46:29.000 Thank you for men that have followed in footsteps like the Apostle Paul 01:46:29.000 --> 01:46:32.600 and Peter and others. Thank you so much for all your clear 01:46:32.600 --> 01:46:37.920 commandments. I pray that you would just help teenagers and children in this room 01:46:37.920 --> 01:46:41.760 to have a desire to be a good example so that others could follow. 01:46:41.760 --> 01:46:46.020 I pray that you would help the youth desire to have a pure marriage and be 01:46:46.020 --> 01:46:47.120 virgin on their wedding night. 01:46:48.300 --> 01:46:55.500 I pray that you would help those that have made mistakes to stop and to seek the Lord 01:46:55.500 --> 01:46:58.500 and to try and prevent themselves from going down a worse path. 01:46:58.500 --> 01:47:00.420 I pray that you could rise up kids in this room. 01:47:00.420 --> 01:47:02.980 They'll be good examples to other kids. 01:47:02.980 --> 01:47:06.580 I pray that you would help those that are struggling in their marriage, that they could 01:47:06.580 --> 01:47:08.580 be a good example of their spouse. 01:47:08.580 --> 01:47:11.060 They could be a good example like Hosea was. 01:47:11.060 --> 01:47:12.260 They could love their wife. 01:47:12.260 --> 01:47:13.380 They could love their husband. 01:47:14.300 --> 01:47:18.500 I pray that you could help repair and heal those relationships and that you could set 01:47:18.500 --> 01:47:19.500 a good example. 01:47:19.500 --> 01:47:25.580 I pray that you would discourage anybody away from divorce, anybody away from trashing their 01:47:25.580 --> 01:47:26.860 spouse. 01:47:26.860 --> 01:47:30.100 I pray that you would just help restore relationships. 01:47:30.100 --> 01:47:35.580 I pray that you would just help us to be healthy and be strong and to strive for such a desire. 01:47:35.580 --> 01:47:39.080 I pray you'd help the men in this room to work hard and take their strength and apply 01:47:39.080 --> 01:47:40.860 it in a biblical and a godly way. 01:47:41.600 --> 01:47:46.240 I pray that you would help this church to have spiritual strength to stand against foes 01:47:46.240 --> 01:47:50.160 and to side with their church and to side with Jesus and to side with the right things when they 01:47:50.160 --> 01:47:56.000 go through opposition. And I pray that you would help our church to be a bright and shining example 01:47:56.000 --> 01:48:02.400 to such a dark world so that other churches could follow Christ. And in His name we pray, in Jesus' 01:48:02.400 --> 01:48:03.400 Amen. 01:48:07.600 --> 01:48:10.400 All right, in closing, let's go to song number 209. 01:48:19.200 --> 01:48:22.200 Song number 209. 01:48:29.600 --> 01:48:35.480 Sunshine in the soul song number 209 01:48:35.480 --> 01:48:38.280 Let's all sing that out loud together 01:48:38.280 --> 01:48:40.040 Sunshine in the soul 01:51:19.100 --> 01:51:21.100 We have Brother Angel coming for baptism. 01:51:28.700 --> 01:51:30.780 When I say the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 01:51:30.780 --> 01:51:31.900 I'll have you hold your nose. 01:51:31.900 --> 01:51:35.100 I'll dip you down and bring you back up, okay? 01:51:35.100 --> 01:51:37.420 Brother Angel, have you trusted Christ as your Savior? 01:51:37.420 --> 01:51:38.260 Yes. 01:51:38.260 --> 01:51:39.620 Then I baptize you in the name of the Father, 01:51:39.620 --> 01:51:41.180 Son, and Holy Ghost, 01:51:41.180 --> 01:51:42.680 buried in the lightness of his death, 01:51:42.680 --> 01:51:44.380 raised to walk in newness of life. 01:51:49.500 --> 01:51:52.540 Congratulations, brother. 01:51:52.540 --> 01:51:54.700 Make sure to congratulate our baptism. 01:51:54.700 --> 01:51:55.800 You are dismissed.