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Good morning everyone welcome to steadfast baptist church
You can all find your seats we're gonna go ahead and get started
We're gonna start this Sunday morning off in song number 404 when the battle is over
Song 404 win the battles over
Song four zero four let's sing it out on the first
Oh
We're a bright and shine
I be carried to the skies on flowery beds
Oh
Yes
Oh
By
Oh
Great singing everybody it's power heads for a word of prayer
Heavenly Father Lord, we thank you for steadfast Baptist Church. Thank you for the mighty men's retreat and great fun that we had
God, we ask that you bless Pastor Shelley's he preaches this morning bless the service
We can all walk away better Christians for your honor and glory. It's in Jesus name we pray. Amen
All right, next up we have song number 158
158 Oh for a thousand tongues to sing
Song number 1 5 8
The glory's of my God and he the triumphs of his grace
My gracious master and my God assist me to proclaim
To spread through all the earth abroad in honors of thy name
Jesus, the name that charms our fears, that fits our sorrows, seeks
Tis music in the sinner's ears, tis life and health and peace
He breaks the power of canceled sin, he sets the prisoner free
His blood can make the foulest plea, his blood availed for me
Hear him ye deaf praise, praise ye dumb, your loosened tongues employ
He blind me, hold your Savior come, and leave me lame for joy
Good morning, thank you so much for coming to Steadfast Baptist Church
If you didn't already get a bulletin, you can lift up your hand nice and high
We have our Bible memory passage, we only have a couple verses left for Psalm 59
But anybody that can quote the entire chapter can receive a prize
As well as the children 18 and under, they can quote each verse each week
And get a prize on our Wednesday night, an ice cream
On the inside we have our service and soul winning times
Also take note of our church stats, please make sure that you're turning in those numbers
To all of your soul winning captains and lieutenants
On the right we have our list of expecting ladies
Also some upcoming events, there's a baby shower on the 24th for a couple ladies there
Also September 1st is going to be the ordination of Brother Salvador Alvarez at Pure Words Baptist Church
And so I'm really looking forward to Pure Words Baptist Church's transition
And getting a pastor there that's going to be local and in those services every single week
And so that's going to be very exciting for them
Also September 8th, Dr. Phil Stringer is going to be guest preaching for us
And he's a very knowledgeable preacher, he's studied a lot on the King James Bible issue
And what I really like about and appreciate about Dr. Stringer is
He was not King James only growing up
And in fact he was taught against the King James Bible
And he studied the issue himself and ended up realizing that
No actually the King James Bible is the preserved word of God
And so he changed his mind, he's written many books on that subject as well as other subjects
And so we really appreciate his friendship and we look forward to coming out here and visiting with us
And so please come to those services and thank Dr. Stringer when he's here
October 4th through the 6th is going to be our Heritage of the Lord Conference
And we're having some other guest preachers
Pastor Bruce Mejia from First Works is going to come and preach for us on that Friday
As well as Pastor Anderson, he's going to also be coming out and preaching for us
And so we're going to have a big preaching event that evening
And we also have our kids spelling bee that we'll be having in the morning on Saturday
We also have a couple other activities that are scheduled for the weekend
So I'm excited for our Heritage of the Lord Conference this year
And we can do some things for the kiddos
Also down below is the details about that baby shower
It is from 2 to 12
If you'd like to get them a gift, they're registered on Amazon
As well as it is nursing's only preferred for our baby showers
If you are planning attending, it does help us to prepare for the event by RSVP
Please just make sure to do that to Mrs. Milstead, that would be greatly appreciated
Down below, we also have
We had our Mighty Men's competition again this year
And we actually do two styles of events
We do like a singles event
And we do what's called a triad
Where it's like a three man competition
And this year our triad, we didn't let people pick their own teams
We actually just drew names out of a hat
But I wanted to announce our winners
And I had some prizes for them
Not all of our winners are here this morning
But the ones that are here
The singles competition this year
Brother Dylan has got second place
And he's up there in Oklahoma City now
But first place was Jorge Villarreal
So there we go
And so our winners get a $100 gift card to Academy
So there you go, alright
Yep
That's what we call the dad store in my family
So they got guns, all kinds of sporting equipment
Workout equipment
Just everything to help you become the Mighty Man for the next year, alright
Also in our triad
The second place team was brother Sonny
Brother Christian from LA
And then also brother John Reed
So they get a $50 gift card to Academy
So if you want to come on down
And then first in the triad
Was brother Oz, brother Geo and Jacob Plant
So congratulations to them
So that was, that's a lot of fun
And then Friday night our evening service with Pastor Miz
We had 43 men come out
For that evening service
And they actually, the place we were at
Had built a new chapel area
And it was really nice
And so I hope that everybody appreciated
That refresher
We did post those sermons
Like last night
Because we had a lot of fun
And then Friday night our evening service
With Pastor Miz
Like last night
Because the internet out there
Doesn't really work that great
But we did record them
And we re-uploaded a better version
So if you want to hear those sermons
You can
Some good sermons
And Pastor Menes preached a really great sermon
It's great to have him out there
And visiting with us
And so I look forward to next year
I'm not exactly sure what we're going to do
We may go back there
And we're going to do competition events
Way in advance
So that way people have an opportunity to
Plan, prepare
And to make it even more
I guess competitive or something
So I'm looking forward to
The Men's Conference again next year
And it was a great blessing to me
Because I would love to go to an event
Like that
And it's like sometimes you can only have things
If you make them
But here's the thing, I can't do it without you guys
So thank you to those who came out there
And participated
It's a lot of fun
It's a great conference
And I enjoy it every year
Many of the guys also tell me that they really enjoy it
So thank you to those who came out and participated
On the back we have our prayer list
Please also be in prayer
For our church family
And if you have any additional prayer requests
Please just email us
Or you can fill out a communication card
Slip it into our offering plate
That's pretty much all I have as far as announcements
We're going to go ahead and sing our third song
For this morning, it's going to be Psalm 149
And it's in our special handout
So it's not in our hymn books
It's actually in these special
Psalm booklets that we've created
And if you don't have one
You can use the King James Bible
But it does make it easier
Psalm 149
Alright everybody
Psalm 149
Sing it out all together on the first
Let them praise his name in the day
Let them sing
Praises unto him with the tale
And heart
For the Lord
Take his manager
In his people
He will
Beautify the weak
The sound
And the poor
He will
Shine
Let the saints
Be joyful
In glory
Let them
Sing
Aloud upon
Their beds
Let the
Praises of God
Be in
Their mouth
And unto
Their
Men
To execute
Vengeance
Upon
The heathen
And
Punishment
Upon the
People
To bind
Their
Keeps with
Chains
With
The tears
Of iron
To execute
Upon them the
Judgement
Written
This
Honor
Have all
His saints
Praise
The Lord
Great singing everybody
1 Kings 19
The Bible reads
And Ahab told Jezebel
All that Elijah had done
And withal how he had slain
All the prophets with the sword
Then Jezebel sent a messenger
Unto Elijah saying
So let the gods do to me
And more also if I make
Not thy life as the life
Of one of them by tomorrow
About this time
Then Jezebel sent a messenger
Under Elijah saying
So let the gods do to me
And more also if I make
Not thy life as the life
Of one of them by tomorrow
About this time
Then Jezebel sent a messenger
Under Elijah saying
So let the gods do to me
And more also if I make
Not thy life as the life
Of one of them by tomorrow
About this time
And when he saw that he arose
And went for his life
And slept under a juniper tree
Behold then an angel touched him
And said unto him Arise and eat
And he looked and behold
There was a cake bacon on the coals
And a cruise of water at his head
And he did eat and drink
And laid him down again
And the angel of the Lord came again
The second time and touched him
And said Arise and eat
Because the journey is too great for thee
And he arose and did eat and drink
And went in the strength of that meat
For forty days and forty nights
unto Horeb the mount of God
And he came thither unto a cave
And lodged there and behold
The word of the Lord came to him
And he said unto him What doest thou here
Elijah? And he said
I have been very jealous for the Lord
God of hosts for the children of Israel
Have forsaken thy covenant
Thrown down to thine altars and slain
Thy prophets with the sword
And I even I only am left
And they seek my life to take it away
And he said
Go forth and stand upon the mount before the Lord
And behold the Lord passed by
And a great and strong wind
Rent the mountains
And break in pieces the rocks before the Lord
But the Lord was not in the wind
And after the wind an earthquake
But the Lord was not in the earthquake
And after the earthquake a fire
But the Lord was not in the fire
And after the fire
A still small voice
And it was so when Elijah heard it
That he wrapped his face in his mantle
And went out and stood in the entering
Inn of the cave and behold
There came a voice unto him and said
What doest thou here Elijah?
And he said I have been very jealous
For the Lord God of hosts
Because the children of Israel have forsaken
Thy covenant, thrown down
Thine altars and slain thy prophets
With the sword and I
Even I only am left
And they seek my life to take it away
And the Lord said unto him
Go return on thy way
To the wilderness of Damascus
And when thou comest, anoint
Hazel to be king over Syria
And Jehu the son of Nimshi
Shalt thou anoint
To be king over Israel
And Elisha the son of Shaphat
Of Abel, Mahola
Shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room
And it shall come to pass
That him that escapeth the sword of
Hazel shall Jehu slay
And him that escapeth from the sword of
Jehu shall Elisha slay
Yet I have left me seven thousand
In Israel all the knees which have
Not bowed unto Baal and every
Mouth which hath not kissed him
So he departed thence and found
Elisha the son of Shaphat who was
Plowing with twelve yoke of oxen
Before him and he with the
Twelfth and Elijah passed by him
And cast his mantle upon him
And he left the oxen and ran after
Elijah and said let me I
Pray thee kiss my father and my
Mother and then I will follow
Thee and he said unto him
Go back again for what have I done to
Thee and he returned back from
Him and took a yoke of oxen and
Slew them and boiled their flesh with
The instruments of the oxen and gave
Unto the people and they did eat
Then he arose and went after Elijah
And ministered unto him
Lets bow our heads for a word of prayer
Father in heaven we thank you Lord for this day and for this
Opportunity to hear the word of God being preached
I pray that you fill the man of God
With your spirit now and
Enable him to preach the message
You've laid on his heart with clarity of mind
And with boldness and help us Lord to
Receive this message give us ears to
Hear and soften hearts in the room
So that we may apply this sermon to our lives
We love you and in Jesus name I pray Amen
Amen I want to look back
To start here in chapter 19 and verse
4 the Bible says
Talking about Elijah
But he himself went a day's
Journey into the wilderness
And came and sat down under a juniper
Tree and he requested
For himself that he might
Die and
You know this is kind of a
Low point for the prophet
Of Elijah he's
Depressed arguably
He's very upset
He has a grim outlook
On the future
And I think for
Many of us this can be
A situation where we could
Fall victim of this same mentality
Pretty easily especially
Considering why the reason
Why is Elijah has been constantly
Battling and fighting
To just basically stay alive
A lot of persecution against the men
Of God at this time many men
Of God were in hiding and not really doing
The work of the Lord Elijah
Felt very isolated and even
Though he had just had a great victory and a great
Battle as soon as he comes back
He was kind of hoping that the political
Climate or the government would have changed
In his favor but rather
The government got even worse
And we have Jezebel
Threatening to take Elijah's
Life and I think he's just kind
Of worn out with
The political climate he's just worn out
With the government he's worn out
With society and cultures getting worse
And worse and I feel like
That's similar to how many
Of us could feel today about America
How many of us today in America
Could just feel like man it just seems
Like the political climate
Just keeps getting worse
And there's a lot of doom
There's a lot of fear
And there's a lot of frustration
Our government just seems to be getting worse
And worse higher taxes
And more oppression
And more just embracing of just
Satanic ideologies
And pushing all kinds of perverts
And freaks onto the
Rest of us and society
And it could get to a point where
Maybe even a prophet or a man of God
Or a Christian could be very
Depressed about it
Maybe even just like I don't even care anymore
I just wish you know
We'd just all be nuked off the planet
Because it's just so bad
I don't even care if we get invaded
You know it's kind of like this bad
Bad idea about
America and this bad outlook
Towards the future
But this chapter
Gives us some hope
And you know the title of my sermon
This morning is this
Hope for America
And I got this inspiration
And influence from a sermon I heard
Yesterday but there is hope
For America and there was hope for Israel
And there was hope for Elijah
And we see in verse 13 it says this
Towards the end of the verse
What doest thou here Elijah
And he said verse 14
She says man just nobody wants to keep the
No one wants to follow the Bible
All the men of God have basically gone
They're persecuting us heavily
Like I what's the point
Verse 15
The son of Nimshai shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel
And Elisha the son of Shaphad
Of Abel Meholah
Shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room
And it shall come to pass
That him that escapeth the sword of Hazael
Shall a Jew slay
And him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu
Shall Elisha slay
Yet I have left me
Seven thousand in Israel
All the knees which have not
Boweled unto Baal
And every mouth which have not
Kissed him
So the Lord is kind of correcting Elijah here
And trying to help him to understand
That even though you may feel
Alone there's still a lot
Of people that will not
Compromise
And that will not worship the devil
And that are going to stay steadfast
Towards the things of God
And really I see that God is giving
Elijah two main
Reasons to have hope for
The nation of Israel
The first one is the appointment
Of new leaders
The appointment of new leaders and specifically
Steadfast leaders
Leaders that are not going to be wavering
But rather are going to be unmovable
And they're going to do great works for the Lord
And they're going to change the culture
And change the climate
At that time
Specifically he's going to anoint Elisha
Which is one of the greatest men of God
To ever exist in the world
And Elijah doesn't know that yet
Not only that
The second thing is it's not just about the leaders
But there's still even 7,000 men
That are also
Steadfast men that are not going
To just allow evil
To come into their lives and their houses
They refuse to bow the knee
They refuse to accept
All the wickedness and all the evil in society
And I believe it's the same today
In America where
We can have hope for America
Because the appointment of new leaders
And the fact that we have
Steadfast men in this country
That will not bow the knee to Baal
That will not kiss him
That will not compromise
But rather will stand firm
On the word of God no matter how
Dark it gets
And honestly I don't know what the future holds
But I believe that the climate
That Elijah's in
It's likely impossible that we could go
To almost an identical climate
Think about the climate that he's in
Who's really leading the country
At this time
It's not so much Ahab it's Jezebel isn't it
And is that much different than
Today where we have Joe Biden
Who's a weak man
Who's not really in control
And Kamala is now kind of almost
The front runner and really the one
Kind of leading the charge
And who knows if she may even end up
Becoming the quote president of the United
States and yes I put that in
Air quotes because it would not be
Legitimate there is no way
America would vote for Kamala
And to me
Just the fact that it's not even possible
Could show me that God would be really
Mad at America if Kamala became our president
Like to me I would wonder like
At what point would Christians wake up
And realize that God is punishing us
For having turned away from him
And not being Christian anymore
When we literally have a whore at the helm
Of our government we have a whore
Who is obviously a puppet
We have a whore who
Is bringing in communism into
Our country as best that she
Can and you know the Bible
Makes it clear that women leaders
Are a curse unto a nation
How can
How can Baptist and all these people get up and
Keep saying God bless America
And think like if
Kamala became our president she's really
Kind of the acting leader of our nation right now
Anyways that we're not being cursed
Of God and look it's not that I
Don't want God to bless America it's not that I
Don't want God's favor in our country
But at the end of the day sometimes we have to recognize
That we're not in God's favor right now
If you think
That Kamala Harris being our
Vice president and Joe Biden being our president
Is a picture of God's favor and
God's blessing in America you are brainwashed
And you don't know what the Bible says
It's obvious that God's upset
With America right now it's obvious that God
Is giving us bad leaders but you know
It's not like this is a new thing
According to the Sun bad leaders have existed
In many forms in history
How about Ahab and Jezebel
Talk about a power couple of evil
I mean this is like Bill and Hillary
Clinton folks
And who knows if she would ever become
President or something I don't know God forbid
But can you imagine Hillary
Clinton saying I'm going to slay all the
New IFB pastors
I'm going to slay all the fundamental Baptist
I'm going to slay any of the Christians
I mean that's not even that far removed
From where we're actually at
And that's what Elijah was experiencing
But even if that was the climate
I think some people get confused
Even if Kamala becomes our president
Even if she brings in communism
Even if she tries to attack the church of God
There is still hope in America
Because we are constantly
Appointing new steadfast leaders
And there's still
7,000 men that have not bowed the knee
To Baal and they won't bow the knee to Baal
And that's the hope for America
You know there's so many countries
In this world that don't have a lot of hope
How about like North Korea
Where they're newly appointed
Fundamental Baptist pastors
Where there's 7,000 men
That will not bow the knee to Baal
You know we might look at America as being
Kind of a turning bad
And getting to a place where it's not
As great as it once was
But it still holds the greatest Christians
In the world
It still holds some of the best pastors in the world
It still holds 7,000 men
That will not bow the knee to Baal
And you know what that tells me?
There's hope for America
Go to Matthew chapter 16
I'm going to look at a few verses here
And you know what the hope for America ultimately is?
It's the New Testament church
Now what is a church?
A church is a congregation
And who is leading that congregation?
A pastor
You see the two most important factors
In the hope of a country
Is number one
Having steadfast leaders
But they need a congregation
They need that 7,000 men that are with them
And it's the New Testament church
That gives hope to America
And not just America, yet the world
But the Bible says in Matthew chapter 16 verse 18
And I say
Also unto thee that thou art Peter
And upon this rock
I will build my church
Shall not prevail against it
Did you read what the Bible said?
The gates of hell are not going to prevail against the church
Kamala Harris will not prevail against the church
Communism will not prevail against the church
The LGBTQP, whatever you want to call it
Will not prevail against the church
God's people are going to be steadfast
And God's people will prevail
God's people will win
And the church will stand
The church is going to go until Jesus Christ raptures up into the clouds
And then we'll still be winning because we'll still be with him
The church will not lose
The church will win
Now will we have minor battles that we lose?
Yes
Will we have casualties?
Yes
Will there be martyrs?
Absolutely
But you know what?
The church will continue
Hey you kill one guy and we'll put in another one
Because we still got 7,000
And the fact that we keep getting new recruits and new leaders gives me hope for this country
Now some people get a little bit nervous about how to interpret this verse
But I believe that it's very clear that in verse 18
That Jesus is talking about Peter
And there's obviously the clear metaphor for Jesus Christ himself
Some people kind of only want to pick one
You go to the Catholics, they want to only pick Peter
And they make him their Pope
And then you have some people that get a little nervous about Catholicism
And so they say it's only Jesus here
But I believe it's both
And frankly speaking, it's undeniable that Peter started the church
And that Peter was the first leader of the church
And that from that church in Jerusalem
We have all the other churches spread out across the world
Even the Apostle Paul comes and submits unto Peter and the church of Jerusalem
And asks their opinion
And yes, Peter is the one that basically is the first pillar
And the first leader and the first guy to help that church grow and thrive
And he was a rock
Peter was steadfast under the end, unmovable
And was a willing martyr for the cause of Christ
And we need men like Peter
We need men that are going to be rocks and going to be steadfast
And that's what's going to cause the church to not buckle under the pressures of Satan
Buckle under the pressures of evil in this world
And we need steadfast leaders
We need pastors
We need bishops
We need elders that are going to do the work of God
It's not just enough to have one
We need many pastors and bishops and elders all over the world
And of course we understand that we're built upon the rock
Which is Jesus Christ
And that's why these men are successful
The reason why Peter is successful is it wasn't a cult of Peter
It was a follower of Jesus Christ
And because he was built upon that ultimate rock of Jesus Christ
Even being the chief cornerstone
That's why we're going to be successful
But you know what? We're still stones
We're still lively stones
And we're still also built upon that same foundation
And you know what? We need more rocks
We need more men that are going to be steadfast to change this world and to change this culture
Notice what it says in verse 19
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven
Who is Jesus talking to?
Jesus isn't saying I'm giving the keys to myself, folks
You know who Jesus gave the keys to?
He gave the keys to Peter
And you know what? Jesus Christ is giving the keys to you and to me and to the kingdom of God
You know what that key is? It's the gospel of Jesus Christ
We hold the key to unlock men's souls
And to preach the gospel
And to give them true liberty
And to give them salvation
And if our gospel is hid, it's hid to them that are lost
We are the only ones that can unlock the gates of hell
And pull souls out
Pull them out of the fire
Hating even the garment spotted by the flesh
And to save with fear
And preach the gospel
And if we don't preach the gospel
And if the church stops preaching the gospel
How dark will the world be?
Jesus Christ gave the keys to Peter and said
Hey, you're in charge of this
You've got some power here
You've got some authority here
And you know what? You are keeping people from going to heaven
And going to hell here
Because if you preach, you're going to get people going to heaven
And if you stop preaching, well, more people are going to go to hell
The church is the most important institution that we have on this planet
And it was purchased with the blood of Jesus Christ himself
And that is what gives hope to people in America
Is the person that has the keys to the kingdom of heaven
He says, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
Shall be bound in heaven
And whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
Shall be loose in heaven
Notice the authority even given to Peter
That the decisions he makes
Jesus Christ is going to honor
He's empowering Peter to make decisions
And whatever Peter says within the confines of the Bible
And within the confines of Christ's commandments
Jesus honors that authority
And respects that authority
And empowers Peter to do the work of God
And you know what? I believe the New Testament church
Has been empowered by Jesus Christ himself
To make decisions within the confines of this book
And that they are bound in heaven
And they are also loosed in heaven
Whatever they say goes
And that is the hope that we have for America
Is the church and the authority that Jesus Christ has given unto it
Look at chapter 28, just flip over a little bit
To the Great Commission
The Great Commission
Verse 18, the Bible says this
And Jesus came and spake unto them saying
All power
Is given unto me in heaven and in earth
Go ye therefore and teach all nations
Baptizing them in the name of the Father
And of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
Teaching them to observe all things
What so ever I have commanded you
And lo I am with you
Even unto the end of the world, amen
Jesus Christ is with us right now
And Jesus Christ will be with us until the end of the world
And Jesus Christ still has all power
Kamala Harris is not the most powerful person
In this world
The Jews are not the most powerful people in this world
The devil is not the most powerful person in this world
It is Jesus Christ that is the most powerful person in this world
And all authority and all power is stemming from Jesus Christ
He is the one in charge
And he's given us that power and that authority
And he's given it unto the New Testament church
And we are to be the hope of the world
Jesus Christ is the hope of the world
And it's through the New Testament church that we have this hope
You know what gives me hope for America?
Is the new IFB
That gives me hope for America
You know what gives me hope for America?
Is people becoming fundamental Baptists
How many in here were not raised a fundamental Baptist?
Look at that
I see a lot of people that became a fundamental Baptist
That gives me hope in America
Hey, hard preaching works apparently
Because somebody changed
Somebody converted
Hey, I can raise my hand on that too
Because I was raised a non-evangelical is what I call them
Because the non-denominational churches
They're not evangelical at all
They're non-evangelical
You know what gives me hope for America?
People that go to church three times a week
When I see people on Sunday morning, Sunday night
And I see that same person on Wednesday night
That gives me hope for America
You know what gives me hope for America?
The people in our church that go out soul winning in our local neighborhood
We have our soul winning time and people show up
That gives me hope for America
You know what gives me hope for America?
When people drive to a small town
Like Shreveport, Louisiana
And preach the gospel
We go out into these small areas
And these small communities
And you know what the hope for those small communities are?
Our church
You know what the hope is for Shreveport, Louisiana?
Steadfast Baptist Church
You know what the hope is for Cedar Hill?
Steadfast Baptist Church
You know what the hope is for many of the areas of DFW?
It's Steadfast Baptist Church
And when I say Steadfast Baptist Church
We're not talking about this building
You know what Steadfast Baptist Church is?
It's you
It's me
It's us
And it's not really just us that's special
It's the gospel message that we have
It's the keys that we hold
That gospel light that's special
And that's the real hope
But we are the hope bringers
We're the ones who are bringing in the hope
And bringing in the good news
And bringing in the light into this dark world
And without light bringers
There is no hope
It's darkness
You know what gives me hope for America?
It's mission strips
You know what the hope is for the Bahamas?
Steadfast Baptist Church next mission strip
You know what's the hope for the Bahamas?
The hope for the Bahamas is all the kids that we got saved the last time
And there was a lot of kids that got saved over there
That was a little leaven that we put over there
That I hope turns into a big lump
You know it doesn't matter what opposition comes our way
The New Testament church is the hope
Go to Psalm chapter 3
I want to look at a lot of Bible this morning
Psalm chapter 3
You don't understand Pastor Shelley
If Kamala Harris becomes president there's no hope for America
Nuts to Kamala Harris
Nuts to the demon crats
I don't care
You think the Republicans aren't that demonic but they are too
People think Kamala is so bad for America but it's just like
Both are bad for America
And look
I'll be the first to admit
Kamala is the worst option
It's not even really a close second
Like she's
Arguably one of the worst possible candidates we could ever have for president
But that doesn't mean that second place is like awesome or something
It's just like slightly less bad
And the reality is
Neither are a hope for America
There is no hope in our presidential election for America
You say yeah but if we get Donald Trump we have hope in America
No
I don't care who becomes elected
I don't care if you elect Ron Paul
I don't care who you elect
The only hope in America is the New Testament church
That is the only hope
That is the only thing that matters
That is the only thing you should be caring about
That is the only thing you should be giving your time, money, effort, energy and influence to
And it's the only thing you should have any confidence in whatsoever
I have zero confidence in our government
I have zero confidence in our elections
I have zero confidence in the people that are running for elected office
You know what I have confidence in?
This King James Bible is the word of God
That's what I have confidence in
And you know what, I'm not going to go to bed tonight thinking like
Well as long as we get the right president then I'll be safe
No, hey, because I went to the house of God and I praised God
And I pray at night, that's how I'm going to feel safe tonight
What does it say in Psalm 3 verse 1
Lord, how are they increased that trouble me?
Many are they that rise up against me
Many there be which say of my soul
There is no help for him and God
Selah
But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me
My glory and the lifter up of mine head
I cried in the Lord my voice and he heard me out of his holy hill
Selah
I laid me down and slept, I awake
For the Lord sustained me
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
That have set themselves against me round about
Arise, O Lord, save me, O my God
For thou has smitten all mine enemies upon the cheekbone
Thou has broken the teeth of the ungodly
That's Hunter Biden, by the way
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord
Thy blessing is upon thy people, Selah
God likes to get credit for salvation
And I just want to ask you out there
And look, I don't hate Donald Trump or anything like that
But I just want you to think about what I'm about to say
Really hard, okay?
If Donald Trump became our president
And he rescued America
Who would get the glory for that?
I know
I'm the greatest president that's ever lived
You should see all the things I've accomplished
The glory would not go to the Lord Jesus Christ, folks
And you know it and I know it
And God, you know what?
He likes to get the glory
God likes to be the one that everybody looks to
And says, wow, it was God that saved us
It wasn't a man that saved us
That's why it's like, oh, we just opened the Red Sea
So it's clear, it wasn't a man that saved us
It was God that walked us through the Red Sea
And that's why I just don't personally believe
Donald Trump can save us
Because the glory of God has to go to God
Now again, can God use sinful men
And can God use other people
to accomplish his goals? Sure
You know, would it be great if Donald Trump got saved?
Absolutely
I would love to hear him read Romans 1
They professed they knew God
They became fools
They're reprobate
That would be great, okay
I'm for that
It's probably not very likely
When you're hanging out with Paula White
It's probably not very likely
When you're hanging out with a bunch of Jews
Since they hate Jesus
Okay, and you're fooling yourself
If you don't think that he's influenced
By a lot of really, really evil people
Go to Psalm 147
You know what makes me feel safe at night?
Is Jesus Christ
I'm like the horse prepared against the day of battle
I'm not saying that I don't have security
And alarms and cameras and guns
And then more guns and knives
And all kinds of stuff
I'm ready
But you know what?
I'm not feeling that confident in that stuff
I'm feeling really confident in God
And God delivering me
And God protecting me
And God sustaining me
And you know why I have that confidence?
Because of the New Testament church
The New Testament church
Hey, I'm plugged into church
I'm serving my local church
I don't think that God wants to just start
Taking people out that are plugged in
To the New Testament local church
I think that they're protected under his wing
And I think the people that forsake the church
And don't want to be with God
They're at more risk than those that are under his wings
And ultimately we have to realize
That God is not interested
In saving man through man
He's interested in saving them through miracles
And through him
That's why you read in the Bible
Miracle after miracle after miracle after miracle
And you see men of God having faith
In the Lord to preserve them
Not in some man to rescue them
But in miracles
And we like to think of the men of God
As still being tough and rough warriors
But it's like David can't beat Goliath on his own
It was the Lord that gave him the victory
Because he even accredited
Hey, I've killed the lion, I've killed the bear
But it was the Lord that delivered them into my hand
He wasn't saying like I'm just so awesome
And look how strong I really am
It's the Lord gave him the victory
And we see throughout the Bible
The mighty men of God that won the battles and the victories
He would often say like they're better than you
It was just that I fought for you
It's just that I brought the hornet
It's just that I came in the tops of the mulberry trees
It's just that I basically confused them
It's always the Lord that was giving them the battle
And the victory
Because he didn't want them to think they won
He wanted to whittle down Gideon's army to 300
So they wouldn't think that they won by their might
But that God performed a miracle for them
And why would I think in 2024 America
That God would want to rescue me by mayhem
Or by prideful men
God wants to rescue me by a miracle
God wants to save me through his grace
And through his power
And through his might
And for him to get all the glory
Just like our protesters and all this other junk
We've gone through in the past
There was nothing we did to rescue ourselves
It was simply God's favor and God's hand blessing us
And protecting us
And he gets the honor and he gets the glory
It's not by our might
It's not by our strength
It's not by our wisdom
And I believe it's going to continue that way
Psalm 147 look at verse 10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse
He taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him
And those that hope in his mercy
God likes men that trust him
Not in themselves
Not in their legs
Not in horses
Not in tanks
Not in fighter jets
Not in nuclear warheads
But rather in his mercy
That's what God takes pleasure in
Go over to Titus chapter 1
Titus chapter 1
Our hope is in the New Testament church
And I just have two simple points
That are based on that
If we're going to have New Testament church
What is the thing that's really important
For those churches?
It's to have a pastor
It's to have a bishop
And when a church doesn't have
A local pastor
That's plugged in
You could argue that they're wanting
That they're lacking
That they could improve
In that area
And the apostle Paul
Had started a lot of churches
That didn't have a local pastor
And so that's why it's
Specifically brought up in Titus chapter 1
Look at what it says in verse number 4
To Titus my own son
After the common faith grace mercy and peace
From God the father and the Lord Jesus Christ our savior
For this cause
Left by thee and create that thou shouldest set in order
The things that are wanting
And ordain elders
In every city
As I had appointed thee
So notice that some churches
Are in quote wanting
Meaning that they're lacking
Meaning that they have a need
They have something that they could use
And having a local ordained
Elder or bishop is a great
Blessing unto a church
And so he's putting Titus there
Now steadfast Baptist Church
Specifically has started
Churches and had churches
Under it's authority and leadership
That did not have a local bishop
Pure words Baptist Church
Was started with a local bishop
But you know I ended up
Transitioning and coming up here
Because this you know
Situation was more
In need had a bigger
Wanting had a bigger lacking
At the time and so
He put pure words church growth
And everything on hold
To help steadfast Baptist Church
Be able to steady the ship
And to rectify things
And steadfast was an important ship
Because it was having churches in Jacksonville Florida
It was having churches in Oklahoma
And I remember preaching a sermon that
My goal and vision
Was that in five years
Of being the pastor of steadfast Baptist Church
That at least one of our churches
Would be completely gone
In the sense that it would have its own local bishop
And be separate from the body
If you look at steadfast Baptist Church today
That is true
Right now you have I believe it's abiding word
Is that the name abiding word
With pastor Theo Matthews
Who was the person that I initially appointed
As a leader of that church
And it's a church in Jacksonville
I would recommend you can go to
They're still preaching the gospel
It's still happening
And that church wouldn't exist
And planted that church
Now of course you know it doesn't mean that
Every person involved was always the right person
Or that had the best intentions
But many people that did have the right intentions
Got that church to where it is
Financially supported that church
Prayed for that church, visited that church
Participated in that church
And you know what that church is still going
Not only that, pure words Baptist Church
Is another church that a lot of people invested time
Effort and energy into
And God willing on September 1st
He is the pastor of Salvador Alvarez
And has become the pastor of that church
And you know what gives me hope for America
Salvador Alvarez
Evangelist Salvador Alvarez
Is such an awesome guy
Who loves the Lord
He has a great wife
He has great children
And boy, man, he just has a bright
Future ahead of him
He has so much potential
He has such a great heart
He really loves to serve
He really loves God
He really loves the Lord
And you know what gives me hope for America
Is people like brother Salvador Alvarez
And pure words Baptist Church
And you know a lot of people have stuck with that church
Through a lot of difficulty
A lot of stress, turmoil
All kinds of things
There's so many people in this room that have been to pure words
Helped pure words, given money to pure words
And prayed for pure words
And done so many with pure words Baptist Church
And you know what gives me hope for America
One of the most persecuted churches in America right now
Still being protested every Sunday morning
By one of the most evil groups I've ever seen
They're like a super pro-communist Marxist group
Trying to just intimidate them
They all wear an assault rifle or an AR
I know people are wondering what's an assault rifle
But they wear an AR
They have all kinds of weaponry on them
Bulletproof vests
And they're trying to intimidate them
They're using on loud speakers
Last time I was there they played like Lady Gaga
The whole time I was preaching or whatever
Just disgusting, evil human beings
Really they're just dogs if you ask me
But you know what that tells me
Pure words Baptist Church is an important church
And God keeps sustaining them
And you know having protests
I'm not going to go into it
Because I don't want to give them our enemies' ammunition
But it causes problems
It causes serious problems
And you know what the gates of hell didn't prevail against Pure Words Baptist Church
And they're still not prevailing against it
And they won't prevail against it
And you know what gives me hope for Pure Words Baptist Church
Is Brother Salvador Alvarez
And I'll tell you when I left there
And I was early in the stages of steadfast
I was just like I have no idea
How this is going to work
I have no idea who's going to ever leave this church
There was no like obvious
This guy's going to probably take it
And this is going to work
Brother Salvador Alvarez wasn't even going to any of our churches at the time
He was a foreign import
And he went to Oklahoma City
And honestly I thought he was too good to be true
I was just like I don't know what's this guy's problem
Why does a great guy
All of a sudden just show up in Oklahoma City
Some guy from the Caribbean
Or whatever
From South America
Or whatever
It's like why are you here
But he isn't too good to be true
He's just good
And you know what praise God for him
That he just came out of nowhere
All I was doing was just praying for it
Hey God give us somebody
And it's like
God did have to send me someone out of nowhere
Because I was like I'm looking at what we have
And we need something
And you know what gave me hope for America
Is people like Salvador that I didn't even know existed
That just show up
And you know what isn't that a little bit the same as Elijah
Where he kind of just doesn't see it
But it's like no no no
I have people you don't know about
There are people out there
That have a heart towards the things of God
That you just don't even know about yet
Hey there's Elijah's out there that you haven't ordained yet
But Elijah's going to be a great man of God
And you just don't even know about it yet
Why don't you get to work buddy
Why don't you Elijah get a better attitude
Why don't you get out there and find somebody
Do the work of the Lord and invest in them
And you know what we as God's people should invest
Into the next generation
And invest into the youth
And invest in these children
And start new churches
You know what praise God
For people like brother Dylan Oz
Who I called him a long time ago
And I just kind of asked him
Like hey what's your plans for the future
And he said I don't know
I said would you maybe want to become a pastor someday
Because I saw the potential there
He said you know Lord willing maybe
Would you like to work in a church or help a church
He was like yes I would like to do that
And you know what praise God
That he was able to come here
And to be passing unto us and to work for us
And he's a very loyal
Faithful man of God
That truly loves the Lord
That has a sincere and great heart
And he's a great preacher on top of that
And you know what praise
You know what gives me hope for America
Brother Dylan Oz
You know what gives me hope for Oklahoma City
Brother Dylan Oz
And Steadfast OKC
Which is a special church
Steadfast OKC is one of the most tight knit
I've ever seen with a lot of people
That just really want the church to succeed
And invested a lot into that church
I mean I would say that Steadfast OKC
Was by far my most neglected church
You know why
Because they were just filled with so many great people
So it was like you didn't even have
It was like that kid
That you never really have to discipline much
Because they're just always helpful
And always doing good
And just kind of taking care of themselves
So you kind of feel like man I don't even give you that much attention
You get spanked often OK
You know they were the stubborn rebellious child
That had a lot of attention
And they were really far away
On top of that
Whereas Pure Words was good
And it was a great church
But Oklahoma is just exceptional great people
And they need a great pastor
They need a man of God that can come in there
And do a big work for the Lord
And you know I have a lot of confidence
In Brother Dylan Oz
To thrive in the next few months
And God willing be ready to be ordained
And to take on that church
And you know what gives me hope for America
Two new fundamental Baptist churches
With two new young men
That are on fire for God
That have been preparing themselves
And they're dedicated to things of God
And look while Brother Salvador Alvarez
Came out of nowhere at the time that he moved there
He didn't come out of nowhere to become a pastor
He's been dedicated to that church for a while
He's been studying and preparing himself
Brother Oz didn't just come out of a vacuum folks
He came out of that church preparing
Planning we've been investing in him
Loving in him and trying to do him good
To prepare him to be greatly used of God
And you know what gives me hope for America
There's still men that are willing to be used by God
And we don't need to stop there
Now look I don't know
You know I don't necessarily have
Anybody really chomping on the bit
Beyond these two men
But there are some people in this room that have a lot of potential
You know in our men's preaching
You know
Sometimes we have at our men's conference
And our preaching class and other things
I see some people get up and preach
And I'm just like this person has a lot of potential
And I really hope
That they just
Really stick with it and make good decisions
In their lives
Because I think they can be greatly used for God
If they would just stick with it
And you know what those people give me hope for America
You know one of those is brother Diego
Because boy he always preaches
Great sermons
You know I'm praying for him to get a great wife
Okay
Because I think he has a lot of potential
To be used by God
And it's not just him there's other people in here
That I feel the same way about
But I just feel like there's so many people
That give me hope for America
And he's one of them
Brother Diego's a person that I met a long time ago
Through Pure Words Baptist Church
When he was a very young man
And he was career oriented
As a teenager
He was talking about software and work
And he was asking my advice
Because I have experience in that area
And you know I gave him some general advice
And whether he took my advice or not
He did what I said
In a lot of ways
And you know he's been very successful in the workforce
He's successful as a person
And he's just really impressive how a young man
That just like dedicates himself to something
He also separates himself
A man having a desire
You know separates himself
And you know what I see that in him
And I hope that he continues
And I hope that other people follow in like footsteps
And get serious about the things of God
Because you know what gives me hope for America?
Diego
You know what doesn't give me hope for America?
Donald Trump
And you know people might think like
Well who are we going to look to
And who's going to save America
People like Diego
People like Dylan Oz
People like Brother Salvador Alvarez
Those are the people that we should be voting for
Those are the people that we should be campaigning for
Those are the people that we should be rallying around
And encouraging
And you know what gives me hope for America?
Is new steadfast leaders
That gives me hope
You know what gives me hope?
Is men like Dylan Oz who preach why we won't shut up
And then he hasn't stopped shutting up since then
Even when they come to his house
He won't shut up
Hey he's a man of God
That's going to stand on the word of God
And he hasn't bowed the knee to Baal
And I don't believe that he ever will
Whether he stays steadfast Baptist church or not
He's steadfast in his heart
And that's what I like about him
Go to Isaiah chapter 30
That's what gives me hope for America
Is the new testament church
Hey you know what we need? Pastors
We need pastors in this country
And we need more of them
You would not even believe me how many people ask me
To start a church somewhere
I'm not even done yet
Hey when you're done with that church
Start a church here
And start a church here and start a church there
And it's just like
Okay but you know what I need?
Steadfast leaders
It's not like there is an opportunity
To start churches
There's not
Infinite number of pastors
There's not an infinite number of men
That are willing to serve God
For the faithful fail from among the children of men
They speak vanity to every one of the neighbors
You know a lot of people
Will even say like hey I have a desire
With their mouth
But their actions don't really follow
In that footstep
And you know it doesn't mean that everybody has to be a pastor
We need other leaders too
We need other people like deacons and evangelists
And we need soul winning captains
And soul winning lieutenants
And we need song leaders
And we need men that are just going to lead their family
We need all of these leaders
But specifically what gives me a lot of hope
Is men that are willing to lead the church
Because the church is such an important institution
And without the church
People aren't going to really change their lives
People aren't going to really go soul winning the same way
People aren't going to really
Dedicate themselves to the things of God
People aren't going to dress right
People aren't going to act right
People aren't going to get sin out of their life
People aren't going to be focused on the things of God
People are going to be trusting in man
And we need more church
And we need more New York beach style churches
And we need more pastors that are going to be steadfast
And we need more pastors that are going to preach against all the perverts
And the freaks
And the weirdos
And when we look at America
I feel like Isaiah 30 is just like talking to us
Even though it's talking to Israel
It says woe to the rebellious children
Sayeth the Lord
That take counsel but not of me
And that cover with a covering
But not of my spirit
That they may add sin to sin
So many Christians today
They're looking to someone to lead them
To guide them, to cover them, to help them
And they're just looking at all the wrong places
They're looking at all the counselors
They're looking at Republicans
They're looking at elected officials
They're looking at teachers and colleges and whatever
Or they're looking at these non-evangelical pastors
But you know what?
They're not looking to the Bible
They're not looking to the word of God
They're not going to a church that God approves of
They're looking to cover themselves
And cover their sin
By going to a church that will never preach on their sin
By using a Bible that won't even talk about their sin
Like the New Living Translation
That takes out all the verses that say to be sober
That's a covering for all the drunkards out there
And all the people that want to go back to the Hebrew and Greek
To just be a covering for all the sin
And the evil and the wickedness that they do
So they can just pervert what the Bible actually says
But you know, those of us that actually love the Bible
We should let this be our covering
We should let truth and the light be our covering
And not go out and try to find a man-made cover
Not try to listen to Donald Trump who said adultery is not a sin
Boy, what a wicked statement that is
I wonder why he has that opinion
Maybe it's because he's committed adultery
It says in verse 2
That walk to go down into Egypt
And have not asked of my mouth
To strengthen themselves and the strength of Pharaoh
And to trust in the shadow of Egypt
Who are they trusting in?
A man, Egypt, Pharaoh
And look, if you think
Well, I would never trust in Egypt
There's not much difference between
Most of our elected officials in Egypt today, folks
And Pharaoh and all of these different people
That's not who we're supposed to be looking to
And trusting in
We're supposed to be trusting in the Lord
Now, it says in verse 7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain
And to no purpose
And I cry concerning this
Their strength is to sit still
If you want to fix America
I think so many people think
As long as we get Donald Trump and Republicans back into power
Then we will have help
But I believe that this verse
Is literally what would happen
For the Republicans shall help in vain
And to no purpose
The Republican Party
Whether you like it or not
Is only interested in helping Israel
And Israel
Is a nation of reprobates
Israel is the synagogue of Satan
The Republicans
Are not interested in helping America
They don't believe in the Constitution
They're all bought and paid for
And whatever help you think they're going to give
Would be in vain
It would not actually help our country
Oh, well, we're going to increase the military
Or do whatever
Whatever they say, it's all lies
And it doesn't help
When we alternate, it's like Democrat President
Republican President, Democrat President
But we're always consistently just getting worse
It's not getting better
Inflation gets worse
Our laws get worse
The sodomites get worse
Everything's just getting worse and worse
If the Republicans are such to help
Wouldn't you think it would be kind of going
Worse, better, worse, better
It would be kind of like this
But it's pretty much just like
And some people would say
And some people would say like, yeah, but
You got to realize when Obama
Came in, it was like this
And then when Trump, it kind of went like this
Yeah, but then you were like, COVID
And he was still in office
If you just look at the overall
Picture, it got way worse
Whether you like that reality or not
Well, he was deceived by Fauci
Well, then you're an idiot
Go over to Genesis chapter 49
Go to Genesis 49
People aren't going to help
Stop, stop
Putting your trust in man
Our only trust and our only hope should be
In God
And ultimately, this is what the Bible teaches
Is that we're supposed to wait on the Lord
I had you go to Genesis chapter 49
I want you to look at verse number 18
And I'm just going to kind of do a rapid fire
Here for a moment
So, once you're done with this, we're going to go
To the book of Psalms and I want to look at a lot of Psalms
So look at Genesis 49, verse 18
I have waited
For thy salvation, O Lord
Okay
Go over to Genesis 27 now
Go to Genesis chapter 27
What does it mean to wait on the Lord for salvation?
Now, salvation can be
In a couple of contexts
One is obviously going to heaven
The second, really though
Is just a physical salvation
A physical delivery
And when it comes to our spiritual salvation
We're also still waiting on the Lord
Because it hasn't happened yet
But ultimately, what the Bible is really meaning
In a lot of these verses
When we talk about waiting on the Lord
Is it's saying, don't try to rescue yourself
Or look to some way that you can fix the problem
Simply just do what God says
And wait for God to fix the problem
So, you know, we sit here and we think like
I better vote
In November
If I want to fix America
I guarantee
I guarantee like 90% of Christians think
I have to vote to fix America
But they're not necessarily going to go to church Sunday night
They're not going to go to church Wednesday night
Whereas what I'm going to do
I'm going to go to church Sunday morning
Sunday night
And Wednesday night
And I'm just going to wait
For God to fix the problem
And you know what I'm trusting in?
Church to fix the problem
I'm trusting in Sunday night to fix the problem
I'm trusting in Wednesday night to fix the problem
I'm trusting in Sunday morning to fix the problem
I'm trusting in our soul winning time to fix the problem
I'm trusting in the Bahamas to fix our problem
I'm trusting in God's commandments to fix the problem
I'm trusting in, you know, raising my godly family to fix the problem
I'm waiting on God
Hey, I'm going to do my part
I'm not doing nothing
Don't get confused with this
It doesn't say do nothing
It says that you do what God said and you wait for God to fix it
I'm not going to go outside the Bible and try to fix it
I'm just going to wait on God
I'm going to do what God said and I'm going to allow God to fix it
Psalm 27 verse 14 says this
Wait on the Lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thine heart
Wait I say on the Lord
Why is he saying wait?
Because so many people get hasty and they want to fix the problem themselves
Through an unbiblical means
Rather than just waiting on God to fix things through the scripture
They want a quick fix
Like as long as I get this elected official in
It'll be a quick fix to America
But the reality is we can't get a quick fix at this point
Your turkey is frozen
You can't pop it in the microwave
You're going to have to let that thing defrost
For a while
And then you're going to have to slow cook it
And then you'll enjoy it
If you take frozen turkey and pop it in the microwave for 10 minutes
You're not going to want to eat that thing
Okay, in America
We're kind of a frozen turkey in a sense
We need a lot of defrosting
It's like juice
We need a lot of frosting
We need a lot of defrosting
It's like Jews are the synagogue of Satan
Okay
Get rid of Zionism
Hey, all of these false prophets need to be exposed
Robert Morris getting exposed
Great
That was a little bit of defrosting that we got
We just need more and more defrosting
The King James Bible is the only word of God here
Burn the NIV defrosting
Burn the NLT
More defrosting
America just constantly needs more and more defrosting
Women getting back in the home and having babies
More defrosting
Okay
But you can't just fix America by popping it in the microwave
It won't work
What do we have to do?
We have to wait on God to fix America
But you know what? I have a lot of hope for America
Because we keep planning New Testament church
You know what's going to defrost in America?
Pure Words Baptist Church
And Brother Salvador's
And Brother Dylan Oz
And all their preaching
We need to defrost the turkey so we can start cooking it
And actually enjoy it later
What does it say in chapter 37?
Just flip to the right
37 verse 7
It says in verse 7
Rest in the Lord
And wait patiently for him
Fret not thyself
Because of him who prospered in his way
Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass
I mean you could be like
But I'm nervous
What about all the communism? What about all the evil in our country?
But here's the thing
I can't really affect that
And look
If you want to vote for Trump
I guarantee you believe the elections are rigged
So why do you even think that voting matters?
Like I can't
I can't personally affect who's going to be elected
I don't believe it
I don't believe that I can't
I can't affect all the people that are going to be in Congress
And in the government
But you know what I do believe?
I believe I can affect you guys
And I can affect this neighborhood
And I can affect this area
And I can preach the word of God
And I can affect my children
And I want to invest all my effort and energy into that
And you know what I think I can do?
I can find people like brother Dylan Oz
And invest a bunch of time into him
And people like Salvador Alvarez
And invest a bunch of time into him
And that's going to give me hope for America
And I'm just going to rest in the Lord
God to fix things
By doing it God's way
Think about this I mean all the leftists and all the Democrats
They took all the shots
They're killing all their babies through abortion
Pretty soon they're going to all be gone
Their cats are going to eat their eyes out
Okay?
When they die
That's what happens
Sorry
I mean you know they're not reproducing
You know who's reproducing?
Steadfast Baptist Church
I mean there was a point where we had like 20 names on the list at one time
Or close to
That's who's going to repopulate the earth
That's the hope for America
We're waiting on him
Look at verse 9
For evildoers shall be cut off
But those that wait upon the Lord
They shall inherit the earth
Hey these evil people they're going to be cut off by AIDS
And all kinds of weird stuff
And you know what we're going to inherit this area
Go to Psalm 39
And look at verse 6
Hey some people are gathering riches
But you know what I'm not trusting in that
I'm trusting in God
Look at chapter 40 verse 1
Look at chapter 69 and look at verse number 6
Notice he's wanting us to realize
If we're doing what God's saying
And we're trusting in him and waiting on him
I'm ashamed
Go to Psalm 130
We need to let the Lord
Take care of our enemies and adversaries
And his timing
I think that Elijah would say like
Can we kill Jezebel now?
Like why are we waiting?
And God's like just wait
Now what if Elijah said
You know what I'm sick of this I'm going to get an AR
I'm getting my slingshot
I'm going to head up there and I'm going to take care of Jezebel myself
Wouldn't have worked
So he had to wait
And you know what happened?
He appointed new leaders and they took her out
They were like hey Jehu come here
And even Jehu was skeptical
And his buddies were like oh this guy is crazy
You don't have to listen to this guy
And it's like okay yeah I'm crazy
Isn't that what the world would say about
New Ivy Preachers?
They're crazy
They never speak the truth
But I want to listen to their sermons
Well listen to their sermons but they're crazy
Why would they listen to them?
But you know we keep appointing new people
Better watch out for Jehu
Psalm 130 look at verse 5
I wait for the Lord
My soul doth wait in his word
Do I hope
Verse 6
My soul waiteth for the Lord more
Than they that watch for the morning
I say more than they that watch
For the morning
So many people are just waiting
I can't wait until the news comes out
To find out
Good news about the election
Trump's ahead in the polls
They're fake
Go over to Proverbs chapter 20
You know what I'm going to wait on the Lord
And I'm going to wake up in the morning and just read the Bible
And think about that
I'll read a couple of passages
Lamentations chapter 3
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him
To the soul that seeketh him
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait
For the salvation of the Lord
Proverbs 11 verse 7
Therefore I will look unto the Lord
I will wait for the God of my salvation
My God will hear me
That's a lot of confidence in their God
Proverbs 20 verse 22
Say not thou I will recompense evil
But wait on the Lord
And he shall save thee
You know what's going to fix America?
New Testament churches
You say, well when is that going to happen?
Well you're going to have to wait
You know what's going to save America?
Steadfast Baptist Church
But you know what? You're going to have to wait
You know what's going to save this country?
Pure Words Baptist Church
But you're going to have to wait
Go over to Psalm 31
Not only do we need leaders though
We need steadfast members too
And members that won't compromise
Members that are willing to say
You know what?
I go to Steadfast Baptist Church
I go to Pure Words Baptist Church
I go to First Works Baptist Church
I go to Faith Board Baptist Church
I go to Verity Baptist Church
I go to anything Baptist Church
Whatever you want to put the first name on
I'm for it as long as it's a Baptist Church
And it's a fundamental Baptist Church
That's King James only
That believes in soul winning
I'm for you
And we need members to go there because
The church can't exist without all the body parts
We need all the body parts
And we need men that are going to step up
And help the church
You know, you may not ever be a pastor and that's fine
That doesn't even exist
You can't have a church of 500 pastors
Right?
You know what we need?
We need men that are going to marry women
And women that have children
And we need all the demographics
We need the children and the men and the women
And the elderly and everybody
And then we have one person get up and lead the church
As the pastor
But you know what?
We need to reach the gospel
And we need to not compromise
And we need to realize that is the hope for America
Psalm 31 verse 23
Notice, you can have hope in America
Because you hope in the Lord
But you can't have hope for your future
Because you know what? You're faithful
And you're waiting on the Lord
And you love the Lord
And we're all supposed to do that
You know if you went to Psalm 33
Psalm 71 says this
You know the Bible says that we can be delivered
Out of the hand of the wicked
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man
That describes so many leaders in our world today
But we can be delivered out of it
When our hope is in God
And you say what does my hope in God look like?
It looks like going to church on Sunday morning
It looks like reading your Bible on a daily basis
It looks like following God's commandments
It looks like going to church Sunday night
It looks like going to church on Wednesday night
It looks like going soul wedding at least once a week
It's you know what?
Trusting in God and hoping in God
And doing what He says
As the cure for you, your family and your nation
Psalm 33 look at verse 16
There is no king saved
By the multitude of an host
A mighty man is not delivered by much strength
And horse is a vain thing for safety
Neither shall he deliver any
By his great strength
Maybe just
Circle, highlight
Read this word again
Any
Neither shall he deliver
Any
By his great strength
You know what that just said?
Man will never save you
The horse will never save you
It is only the Lord
Verse 18
Behold the eye of the Lord is upon them
That fear Him
Upon them that hope
And His mercy
To deliver their soul from death
And to keep them alive in famine
Our soul waiteth for the Lord
He is our help and our shield
For our hearts shall rejoice in Him
Because we have trusted in His holy name
Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us
According as we hope in Thee
Let Christians hope in Jesus Christ again
Let Christians hope in the Bible again
Let Christians hope in Sunday morning
And Sunday night
And Wednesday night
You know, in this country
Businesses used to be shut down
All over the country on Sunday morning
And shut down on Wednesday night
Because America hoped in God
Because America went to church
Because America cared about the next
Because America cared about the name of Jesus Christ
But today, we let a blood of blaspheming
God-hating Jews
Bring reproach on the name of Jesus Christ
In our country and our nation
And we're not hoping in Jesus Christ
We're hoping in oppression
And we're hoping in the puppets
That are in the hands of Jews today
Rather than the Lord Jesus Christ
And the New Testament church
You know, we need men today to say
I'm going to go to church
For mercy
You know what gives me hope for America today?
Is men who are willing to give up sin
And I know that there's many men in this room
That have made changes in their life
And tried to become a better person
For the cause of Christ
You know what, that gives me hope for America
It gives me hope for America that women
Are putting dresses on again
Praise God
We need more women to put more dresses on again
We need to make it
We need to make it where retailers are like
I don't even want to make dresses
But there's so many women buying them so I'm going to make them
You know what gives me hope for America again?
Women cooking again
These fast food restaurants suck
And you know what would happen?
If just half of the women in America
Started cooking again
All the crappy fast food restaurants would go out of business
And look, I'm not against all fast food
I'm not against restaurants
Let's let the good ones survive
But you know what, there's so many that I'm thinking like
How does this restaurant even exist?
I mean, how does Jack in the Box exist?
I'm just being honest with you
Okay, how does Domino's Pizza exist?
I mean, there's just some bad restaurants out there
And I'm just thinking like
How is anybody even going there?
Or buying your junk
You know, there's some good options out there
And maybe if we had some other competition for In-N-Out
They would fix their fries
But you know, because In-N-Out
You know, just has good burgers
And most fast food restaurants don't
You know, they just dominate
I like In-N-Out's burgers, they're great
But their fries are just trash
Okay, it's just reality
If you don't like reality, then you know
You need to read the Bible more, okay?
You know what gives me hope for America?
Women having babies again
Because you know, I always wondered this
Like, who are my kids going to marry?
I want some of my kids
And you know what, I don't want them to pick
Between two options, right?
It'd be nice for them to have
A large gene pool to pick from
And you know, our church, I think
It's like around
Like active members
Because I keep numbers very close up to date
Active members around the world
Active members around like
265, 275 people that are active in our church
Only like 115, 120 of them are adults
And like 150 of them are children
Praise God
That gives me hope for America
And hopefully after they've heard me preach
For 10, 20 years, they'll like me
Okay, I don't know
You know the Bible says
I will therefore that younger women marry
Bear children, guide the house
Give none occasion to the adversary
To speak reproachfully
For some are already turned aside after Satan
Most of America is turned aside after Satan
And what gives me hope is the women
That are marrying
The women that are bearing children
The women that are guiding the house
And the women that are giving none occasion
To the adversary
And you know, there's a lot of women in this church
That are very meek, very quiet
Very humble ladies
And you know, I don't have a relationship with you
First of all, you're quiet
Second of all, I only like my wife
I only like my wife
But you know what?
I greatly appreciate you
And you personally give me hope for America
The women in here that are just so meek
And so quiet
And they're just loving their husband
And doing the right thing
You just give me so much hope for America
Because y'all have it harder than men
In my opinion
Because our culture is so anti
Women serving God
And it's very difficult to humble yourself
And make those right decisions
That you ladies
You give me the hope for America
And you're homeschooling your children
That gives me hope for America
You know what gives me hope for America?
All the young, innocent children in this room
When I'm starting to think about my kids
And I think about what I knew
At their age
I'm just like, man
I'm so glad that my kids are not like me
I'm so glad that my kids are protected
From a lot of the things I knew at their age
And they're so innocent
And that gives me hope for America
That we can start with a crop
That didn't have to make so many major changes in their lives
You know what gives me hope for America?
Conferences like the heritage of the Lord
You know what gives me hope for America?
Children who love the Lord
There's children in here that want to go soul winning
And love reading their Bible
And love doing things for God
You know what gives me hope for America?
How many children want to play instruments up here?
You know the average age of the person on our stage is low
I don't know if you've been noticing
We have a lot of young people up here playing music
And it's beautiful already
That gives me a lot of hope
It gives me a lot of hope for our music program in the future
When I had some low points
It was like me and maybe Jared
It was like, oh man, I know
Jared was great
Don't hear me wrong
But it was just like
It'd be nice to have some other stuff going on up here, you know?
Children who memorize the Bible gives me hope for America
Just think about how much
Like if you did every verse every week
From 5 all the way to 18
Just think about how much Bible those kids have memorized in their life
That gives me a lot of hope for America
You know what gives me hope for America?
Our men's conference
And when men are singing loud
Our men's conference
You know the singing at the men's conference is special
And that gives me hope for America
You know the Bible says
Let us make a joyful noise under the rock of our salvation
It says let us sing unto the Lord
The Bible says
Speaking yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs
Singing, making melody in your heart and throat
The Bible says
That we're supposed to
Be teaching and admonishing one another
In psalms and hymns and spiritual songs
Singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord
You know I love
When we sing psalm 146
It says
Put not your trust in princes
Nor in the son of man
In whom there is no help
I love that we sing that
I love that we have that put to music
And that we can sing that
And men are singing that today
We should put our hope
And our trust in the Lord
You know it gives me hope for America
Is the people who are giving money to church
You know it gives me hope for America
Is the people that helped us to buy a church building
Some people donated large sums of money
So that we could get this building
That gives me hope for America
That people are still willing to invest in the church
Even in economic downtimes
Even when it's a great sacrifice
It gives me hope
When I see people wanting to help
Missionaries like Brother Abanik in the Philippines
You know it gives me hope for the Philippines
Doesn't matter
You know it gives me hope for the Philippines
Duncan or Bannon
And Brother Matthew Stuckey
Boy that guy is a big hope
That guy works hard
I mean I never thought
I'm thinking like
Who starts churches other than America
It's like Brother Stuckey
Brother Stuckey is starting churches in Poland
It's pretty funny when the Philippines have to help Europe
We just act like white people are going to help everybody else
But it's like the Philippines
Now he is white technically
But I'm just saying like
The Philippines is starting churches in Poland
You know what
America doesn't have to be the only person carrying the whole world on its back
Praise God for other nations or other countries
That are willing to also send missionaries and plant churches
And do things for God
You know what
The hope for many people in this world today is America
And it's American Baptist churches
And it's churches like Steadfast Baptist Church
You know places like Jamaica
And the Bahamas
And Mexico
And Fiji
And all these other places in the world
You know what their hope is
Steadfast Baptist Church
And people sitting in these chairs right now
And you know what
Little is much when God is in it
Think about how many missionaries
I mean I've gone to so many Baptist churches today
Where they have 150 missionaries that they're supporting
And I would be surprised if they had 150 salvations for the year from those people
Whereas you send Duncan or Banik
And he's getting 150 salvations in like two weeks
In the Philippines
You know what that gives me hope for America that we have better missionaries
Men that pay to go and preach the gospel
I mean there's so many people that have sacrificed their money
To go drive to a small town
Go on a missions trip
I mean there's so many people
You know people like Brother Marcel has such a zeal for soul winning
And goes all over the world to preach the gospel
That it inspires me and it gives me hope for America
That there's people that are just a church member
And they just want to get people saved so bad
And him and his brother are dragging all kinds of people into our church
Like they're like single handedly bringing in more people by themselves than like anybody else
You know that gives me hope for America
And they're not even white
Look at that
You know they say like oh our church is racist but these guys like our church
What now?
You know what gives me hope for America is the men that want to preach the Bible
I want to go to Hebrews 6 and we'll finish
You know the Bible says that there's things that accompany salvation
That's the context of Hebrews chapter number 6
I'm not going to preach all of it
But the Bible says in verse number 10
I'm going to start reading
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work
And labor of love which ye have showed toward his name
And they have ministered to the saints and minister
Verse 11
And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end
That ye be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises
Notice those are promises
Of course when you get saved you get the promise of eternal life
You get that hope of eternal life and you're saved
But there's other promises, there's awards in heaven
And there's other things to accomplish in this life
And we shouldn't be slothful but we should be focused and dedicated
We should be the 7,000 men that have not bowed the knee to Baal
And you know what, that's going to give hope for America and hope for this world
And you know the hope is obviously coming from the Bible
It says in verse 13
For when God made promise to Abraham because he could swear by no greater he sware by himself
Saying surely blessing I will bless thee and multiplying I will multiply thee
And so after he had patiently endured he obtained the promise
For men verily swear by the greater
And an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife
Wherein God willing more abundantly to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath
That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lie
We might have a strong consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul both sure and steadfast and which entereth into that within the veil
You know what our anchor is? It's this
This is our anchor that causes us to be steadfast
And when we're steadfast that gives hope to the world
And when we have pastors that are steadfast that gives us hope for the world
And we need this to be our anchor today
You know anchor sounds like a good name for a church
How about Anchor Baptist Church?
God willing brother Dylan starts, you know, becomes a pastor and takes over in Oklahoma
That's the name of his church
And you know what gives me hope for America?
Anchor Baptist Church
That gives me hope for America
You know what gives me hope for America?
Pure words Baptist Church
Because the word of God is what's pure
That's what purifies men's souls, hearts, minds, bodies, families, their state, their country, yea the world
You know what gives me hope for America?
The steadfast Baptist Church
When I say that, I'm not talking about a building, I'm not talking about myself, I'm talking about you
You give me hope for America
My hope in America is not in who will be the next president
My hope in America is in the Lord Jesus Christ and in the New Testament Church
Let's close in prayer
Thank you Heavenly Father so much for giving us the church and giving us this great group of people in here
I pray that we would be motivated to invest in the New Testament Church
That we would be willing to invest in new pastors and new members
That we would go out there and preach the gospel to a dying and lost world
I pray that we wouldn't be tempted to put all of our trust into man
Looking to who's going to lead us in this nation carnally
But rather looking to the church, looking to Jesus Christ who is the one to lead us
Looking to the word of God patiently waiting in the Lord
Putting all of our hope in Him
None of our hope in man, none of our hope in our government, none of our hope in elections
None of our hope in the things of this world
No hope in our money, no hope in our currency
Our hope is in the King James Bible and our hope is in God
And our hope is in what He can do for us
And I pray that you would just rescue our nation and deliver our nation through the New Testament Church
So that you could get the honor and so that you could get the glory
And in Jesus' name we pray, Amen
Amen
Alright for our last song we're going to do song number 419, Sound the Battle Cry
419, Sound the Battle Cry
See ya
Sound the battle cry
See the flow is nigh
Raise the standard high
For the Lord
Burn your honor on
Stand firm every hope
Rest your cause upon His holy Word
Roused in soldiers rally round the better
Steady, steady, pass the Word of God
Onward, forward, shout aloud, horse and hound
Christ is Captain of the mighty throng
Strong to lead the foe, marching on we go
While our cause we know must prevail
Steel and matter are gleaming in the light
Paddling for the right we ne'er can fail
Roused in soldiers rally round the better
Steady, steady, pass the Word of God
Onward, forward, shout aloud, horse and hound
Christ is Captain of the mighty throng
O thou God of old, hear us when we call
Help us, one and all, by Thy grace
In the battle song and the victories won
May we wear the crown before Thy face
Roused in soldiers rally round the better
Steady, steady, pass the Word of God
Onward, forward, shout aloud, horse and hound
Christ is Captain of the mighty throng
Great singing everybody!
Thank you for watching!