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Thank you very much.
To God be the glory.
162, to God be the glory.
Song 162, to God be the glory.
To God be the glory, great things he hath done,
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
Who yield in his life an atonement for sin,
And hope in the life he that all men go in.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear his voice.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice.
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
And give him the glory, great things he hath done,
O perfect redemption, the purchase of love,
To every believer, the promise of God,
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus the Lord oversees.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear his voice.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice.
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
And give him the glory, great things he hath done,
Great things he hath done,
And great are rejoicing through Jesus the Son,
The purer and lighter and greater will be,
Our wonder, our transport when Jesus be seen.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear his voice.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice.
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
And give him the glory, great things he hath done,
Great singing. Let's open up in a word of prayer.
Heavenly Father, thank you for this evening,
and thank you for everyone gathered here together.
We just pray that you would bless our evening service,
that you bless our pastor as he preaches to us,
help open up our hearts to the word of God this evening,
and bring us home safely tonight.
We love you, in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
All right, for our second song, we'll go to song 23,
There is Power in the Blood.
Twenty-three, There is Power in the Blood.
Song 23, There is Power in the Blood.
Would you be free from your burden of sin,
There's power in the blood, power in the blood.
Would you hold equal victory in,
There's wonderful power in the blood,
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the blood of the Lamb.
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the precious blood of the Lamb.
Would you be free from your passion and pride,
There's power in the blood, power in the blood,
Come for a cleansing to Calvary's time,
There's wonderful power in the blood,
There's power, power, wonder-working power,
In the blood of the Lamb.
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the precious blood of the Lamb.
Would you be wider, much wider than stone,
There's power in the blood, power in the blood,
Sin stains are lost in its life giving flow,
There's wonderful power in the blood,
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the blood of the Lamb.
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the precious blood of the Lamb.
Would you do service for Jesus your King,
There's power in the blood, power in the blood,
Would you live daily his praises to sing,
There's wonderful power in the blood,
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the blood of the Lamb.
There is power, power, wonder-working power,
In the precious blood of the Lamb.
Amen. Thank you so much for coming this evening,
Steadfast Baptist Church.
If you need a bulletin or if you didn't get one,
You can slip of your hand real quick.
Our ushers will come down the aisles and they can get you.
Just keep that hand up.
We are working on our Bible memory passage,
Psalm 58 verse 11, and we'll have a grace week.
So who's already quoted this thing to somebody?
All right, who's gonna finish this?
All right, so we got some more people.
All right, great.
So lots of people have been working on it.
And then on the inside we have our service time,
soul winning, our church stats.
Please make sure you're turning in your soul winning
information to your soul winning captain
so that way we can record it.
And then also on the right,
please be in prayer for expecting ladies.
We do have one to add.
It wasn't printed, but we can add Emily Hernandez to the list.
So congratulations to them.
That's exciting.
Yeah, there you go.
All right.
And then also we have our prayer list.
We have lots of people to be in prayer for.
If you have any updates or you want to be added for something,
please email that to us.
That's the best way.
Or you can fill out a communication card
and just slip it into the plate and we'll add that as well.
On the back, we have the note about the baby shower
for Mr. Minow.
It's on Saturday the 30th and it is nursing's only preferred.
Please register with Ms. Milstead
if you're planning on coming or bringing something.
There's also a false swap that Mr. Minow is organizing.
If you'd like to participate,
you can just bring any kind of item that has some value.
I guess there is a note, please know large furniture.
If you do have large furniture,
I think we have a couple like online social media groups.
You could probably just like email us
and maybe we could send out something for you
if you want to donate that.
But I guess for the specific event,
please don't bring any large furniture.
Also, on the upcoming events list,
we have the October 1st cookout
and we have these little flyers
that we've been trying to hand out to people.
And so I've just been trying to invite anybody and everybody
as we go out soul winning.
And a lot of people have been appreciative of the flyer.
I don't know if they'll come,
but we'll definitely try to still encourage a lot of people.
We sent out an email about people that wanted to volunteer.
And if you hadn't emailed us or responded, you still can.
We were going to have a couple people
bring a couple extra barbecue grills.
If you want to help cook or clean or anything like that,
we can definitely use it.
So please just make sure to just email us.
That way we can make kind of a schedule
and organize that event so it runs smoothly.
Also, our FBBF is October 12th to the 15th.
We have several events scheduled
for that whole Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
And really looking forward to it.
Pretty much the only thing we're asking our church family
is if you can bring us a dessert on Friday night.
So that Friday night, we're going to provide pizza for everybody.
But if you can just bring the best chocolate dessert that you have,
you know, there you go. All right.
And then also Texas Chili Cookoff, October 31st.
I don't even know. What day is that?
Do we even know? I'd have to look at the calendar.
Does someone have any idea?
What is that day?
It's a Tuesday. All right.
So we'll be meeting here Tuesday.
We'll probably also just, you know,
if you want to bring a game or something like that,
we'll just kind of fellowship and hang out.
And we'll celebrate Texas chili rather than celebrating the devil.
So, you know, a lot of people will be going out on that night
and putting beans in their chili, and that's just very wicked.
So we don't want to do that.
Also, they'll be, you know, worshipping the devil with outfits and costumes.
That's also kind of demonic, but not as demonic.
And so we just want to make sure we're celebrating the right way.
November 4th is the Abilene, Texas Tony Marathon.
That's pretty much really all I have as far as announcements.
We can go ahead and sing our Psalm of the Week, Psalm 147.
If you can find a handout or share with a neighbor,
that's the best.
But if you need to, you can use the King James Bible.
Psalm 147.
All right.
Psalm 147.
All right.
Psalm 147.
And together, and together, the outcasts of Israel,
He lit the broken heart and minded of their wounds.
He telleth the number of the stars.
He calleth them all, He calleth them all by their names.
Great is our Lord and of great power.
His understanding is infinite.
The Lord lifted Bob from Egypt,
casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving.
Sing praise upon the heart, but to our God,
who covereth the heaven with plow,
who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass,
grass to grow upon the mountains.
He giveth to the beast his food,
and to the young ravens which cry.
He divided not in the strength of love,
for he taketh our pleasure in the legs of a man,
but more taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
those deaf for his mercy.
Praise the Lord of Jerusalem.
Praise thy God, O Messiah.
Praise the Lord over Jerusalem,
for He hath strengthened the hearts of thy native West.
Thy children within me He maketh peace in my words,
and filleth me with the finest of the weak.
He sendeth forth His commandment up on earth,
His word runneth very swiftly.
He giveth the stone by glory,
and scattereth the poor cross like ashes.
Scattereth the poor cross like ashes.
He cast it forth, His eyes like more,
souls who can stand before His cold.
He sendeth out His word and not death,
and He caused His wind to blow,
and the waters blow.
So it is for not to take up His statutes,
and His judgments unto Him.
He hath not dealt so with any nation,
and hath for His judgments.
They have not.
Praise He the Lord.
As the offering plates being passed around,
please turn in your Bibles to Romans chapter 13.
Romans chapter number 13.
Romans chapter 13, Romans chapter 13, the Bible reads,
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers,
for there is no power but of God.
The powers that be are ordained of God.
Whosoever therefore resisted the power,
resisted the ordinance of God,
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power?
Do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same.
For he is a minister of God to thee for good.
But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid,
for he beareth not the sword in vain.
For he is a minister of God,
a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Wherefore, ye must be subject, not only for wrath,
but also for conscience' sake.
For for this cause pay ye tribute also,
for they are God's ministers attending continually upon this very thing.
Render therefore to all their dues,
tribute to whom tribute is due,
custom to whom custom,
fear to whom fear,
honor to whom honor.
Owe no man anything but to love one another,
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
For this thou shall not commit adultery,
thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal,
thou shall not bear false witness,
thou shall not covet,
and if there be any other commandment,
it is briefly comprehended in this saying,
namely, thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbor,
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
And that knowing the time,
that now it is high time to awake out of sleep,
for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand.
Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness,
and let us put on the armor of light.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day,
not in rioting and drunkenness,
not in chambering and wantonness,
not in strife and envying,
but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provisions for the flesh
to fulfill the lust thereof.
Let us pray.
Father, thank you so much for this church,
and we thank you for Pastor Shelley,
a pastor after your own heart,
and we thank you for his family.
I pray that you would help him to organize the chapter,
please lay in his heart the message that you have
for him to deliver to us,
and I pray that he would preach with boldness.
I pray that we would renew our hearts today
and walk out better Christians,
and I ask these things in Jesus' name, amen.
Amen.
So Wednesday night, I was preaching on Romans chapter 13,
and I got through an entire verse,
and so I felt like it'd be beneficial
to just go ahead and try to finish that chapter this evening,
and as we look here at verse 1 to kind of remind ourselves,
the Bible says,
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers,
for there is no power but of God.
The powers that be are ordained of God,
whosoever therefore resisteth the power,
resisteth the ordinance of God,
and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
So God takes it very seriously who's in charge,
and I believe the Bible's very clear
that every single person in authority and in power today,
God has them there for a purpose.
And in some sense, I would say it's according to his will.
It's very obvious that not every single leader
or authority structure is according to his perfect will
or his ideal will,
but of course, he's allowing that person to be in charge
for lots of different potential reasons.
I even think that many times God will allow a bad leader
to continue reigning or continue to be an authority
just because it's better than no leader.
And sometimes people don't realize this,
but many times a bad leader is better than no leader,
and God allows a bad leader to continue existing
until he can bring in a new leader or a better leader.
And you could even think about this with King Saul and King David.
You know, God rejected King Saul,
but it took a long time for David to actually replace King Saul.
And you kind of see it was a really drawn-out period of time
where King Saul was basically permitted
to be the king.
And you kind of see the development of David
to where he doesn't just go straight from shepherding
straight into the kingdom,
but rather he has a large group of men coming
and gathering themselves unto him.
He becomes a leader.
He has to go through a lot of adversity,
a lot of difficulty.
And I'm sure that those experiences that David went through
prepared him for becoming the king of Israel
and becoming a leader
and understanding how to manage a group of people
and to have them follow him and go through this adversity
probably repaired him greatly.
And it probably is just God's timing to put David in
at the time that he wanted.
Also, you have really wicked kings
that God permits to basically be in charge
for a long period of time
and then kind of removes them and puts them back
as he sees fit.
Now, a really good example of this is Daniel.
Go over to Daniel 4 for a second.
And I have a lot of other verses that I kind of wanted to share
or kind of think about with you on this particular point.
But, you know, Nebuchadnezzar is very clearly articulated
in God's word as a servant of God.
He like literally calls him his servant
in different places in the scripture.
I think it's also clear, and I'm not proving this point tonight,
but I think that Nebuchadnezzar was not saved
and I don't think he ever got saved,
as evidenced by Isaiah 14.
And Isaiah 14 clearly says that the king of Babylon
is going to go to hell.
Now, I've heard some people try to wiggle out of this
and say that it was like a completely different king of Babylon
or something like that.
But Nebuchadnezzar is the main king of Babylon
and so it's just bizarre to me
to think that it's somehow someone else.
But the Bible is very clear
that the king of Babylon goes to hell
in Isaiah chapter number 14.
And I think that that's very clearly Nebuchadnezzar.
Now, even though Nebuchadnezzar in my mind is not saved
and almost becomes a physical reprobate
at one point in the scripture,
that doesn't mean that God couldn't use that person
for his purposes
and it doesn't mean he couldn't be his servant.
And God teaches Nebuchadnezzar a lesson
and if we kind of pay attention
to the lesson that he taught him,
it doesn't really give you the sense
that Nebuchadnezzar is a great person.
Okay, look what it says in Daniel chapter four verse 17.
This matter is by the decree of the watchers
and the demand by the word of the holy ones
to the intent that the living may know
that the most high ruleth in the kingdom of men
and giveth it to whomsoever he will
and seteth up over it the basest of men.
So according to the Bible and according to this prophecy
that Daniel's kind of saying about Nebuchadnezzar
in the future is he's saying sometimes God puts
the absolute worst person in charge of a kingdom
and that's kind of what's alluded to here
in the book of Daniel about Nebuchadnezzar
and he might have been just arguably the worst person.
Pharaoh was probably just one of the worst persons
to ever live.
Herod that was in charge of the region where Jesus was
was probably one of the worst persons ever.
I mean he killed tons and tons of babies.
He killed tons and tons of toddlers.
Pharaoh killed tons and tons of babies,
tons and tons of toddlers.
I mean what kind of a sick psychopath
is willing to just murder innocent little babies
and children just to stay in power
or just to hold on to a little bit more authority
and think about the whim that they're on.
It wasn't even like a for sure thing.
It wasn't like Herod knew in his mind
like if I kill all these children I'll stay in power.
It's just any threat to his power
well just kill a bunch of children.
Just kill a bunch of babies.
That's how hardhearted that person is.
That's how much of a psychopath that person is.
And Nebuchadnezzar when you kind of read about
the reign of terror he had
just going through the entire earth
just decimating every single region,
bringing into captivity all kinds of people
and you know it doesn't say this explicitly
but you get the impression
and it's very seemingly clear
that Daniel and his companions were made eunuchs
because he's under the servitude of the master of eunuchs.
So think about what this guy did.
He went and captured all the children of these regions
and then literally castrated all of them.
That's kind of a psychopathic thing to do
is to just capture all of these male children
and then just castrate all of them.
I mean that's pretty evil to do unto a society
because it's basically like saying look
you're going to serve the rest of your life slaving for me
but you don't have the opportunity to reproduce
or to have any children
or to have that part of your life
that for most men is the most enjoyable part of your life.
So it's like that's a really evil thing to do
unto all these children.
It makes me feel like Nebuchadnezzar
is a psychopathic reprobate folks, okay.
And you know in Daniel chapter number four
he's literally told by Daniel
don't be prideful
because God will reprobate you if you do.
And then guess what he does?
He's prideful anyways.
It sounds like a reprobate when you just tell them
like hey this is what God said,
this is what God wants you to do
and then he just does it anyways
like he just doesn't care whatsoever.
And then what happens?
Look at verse 31.
We kind of skip ahead in the story.
While the word was in the king's mouth
and what was the word?
Well I guess let's use the verse 30
for some context here.
The king spake and said
is not this great Babylon
that I have built for the house of the kingdom
by the might of my power
and for the honor of my majesty?
I mean Trump could say something like that probably, right?
Nebuchadnezzar is just like
isn't this just such a great kingdom
that I've built by my own power?
Isn't that just amazing
how God can literally tell Nebuchadnezzar
like don't say this
because when you do
you know you're going to basically cut down
and then he just does it anyways.
He just doesn't even care.
And it's like look at verse 31.
While the word was in the king's mouth.
So it's just like
as soon as he said it
or while he's saying it even
there fell a voice from heaven saying
O king Nebuchadnezzar
to thee it is spoken
the kingdom is departed from thee
and they shall drive thee from men
and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field
they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen
and seven times shall pass over thee
until thou know
that the most high ruleth in the kingdom of men
and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
So in the same way
and we read a little bit more about this
last time
last Wednesday about Pharaoh
Pharaoh at first is saying
who is the Lord?
Right?
He's kind of being in my opinion sarcastic
a little bit of a jerk
and just acting like
the Lord doesn't have any authority over me
but by the end of Pharaoh's
conclusion
it's not the final plagues
but kind of towards the end
he's saying
hey the Lord is righteous
I and my people are wicked
like he finally recognizes
like okay yeah
obviously God's on the chart
and so sometimes God just wants to prove
to really wicked people
that he really is God
that doesn't mean they got saved though
Pharaoh didn't get saved
just because he recognized
that the Lord was righteous
okay
and just because Nebuchadnezzar
is going to learn a lesson here
I don't believe it means he's righteous
why would he need this lesson
since he already learned it in the previous chapter?
Like didn't he already have this experience
where he's trying to throw Shadrach, Meshach
and Abednego in the fiery furnace
and he gets totally just punked by them
I mean like
he's just like
hey you're not going to disrespect me
and then he throws them in the fiery furnace
only his servants die
you know the servants of God come out
and he's just like wow
you know
I guess there's no God like this
and then he has a right of decree
and tell everybody
but then he's already back to his old antics again
and he doesn't really recognize the Lord
he looks at Daniel as being
you know
having this multiplicity of gods
or being a son of the gods
or you know
he never really understands anything
if you look at verse 18 it said
for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee
it doesn't sound like he's monotheistic
okay
even in this chapter
so if he didn't get saved from the experience of the fiery furnace
why would this experience be any different
it really wouldn't
okay from a salvific perspective
but what it can do
is it can be an experience where he recognizes who God is
okay
and he's being debased
verse 33
so it sounds like he just became a brute beast
and you know the Bible describes certain people
as becoming brute beasts spiritually
being like a reprobate
and it's almost like this guy's like a physical representation
of what a reprobate's like
where they just become an animal
okay
verse 34
really really important language is coming from Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar finally recognizes look
whatever God wants to happen will happen
not only in the armies of heaven
because he's saying
hey his will's happening in the army of heaven
but it's also among the inhabitants of the earth
so God is having his will accomplished in the earth
you know the Bible says in the Proverbs that
the king's heart is in the Lord's hand
and he turneth it whithersoever he will
meaning that God can cause people
to do all manner of things
even in the book of Daniel
we have later in the chapter
where Daniel's thrown into the lion's den
and you know that whole story
the king can't even sleep
you know we have all kinds of examples
where God's affecting the king
he's affecting his mind
he's like reading about stuff
you think that's just coincidence
no no no
God literally can do all kinds of things to people
put them in the situations he wants
put them in an environment where they're gonna have the thoughts
that he wants them to have
I mean God is still interacting with his creation on a regular basis
and he is the one in charge of these kings
of these rulers
of these powers
so if God's literally working with Nebuchadnezzar
to accomplish his will
if he's literally working with Pharaoh to accomplish his will
you know I believe that he's working with Biden
to accomplish his will
now obviously it's not like they're on the same page
and the same team folks
okay don't hear me wrong
but whatever he's doing to him
blinding him
making him you know an idiot or whatever
confounding Mitch McConnell every time he tries to get up to speak
somehow God is doing these things to these people on purpose
okay
and he wants these people to be in positions of authority
for a very specific reason
I want to read just kind of the rest of this chapter
because it's interesting
verse 36
at the same time my reason returned unto me
and for the glory of my kingdom mine honor and brightness returned unto me
and my counselors and my Lord sought unto me
and I was established in my kingdom and excellent majesty was added unto me
now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol in honor of the kingdom of heaven
all whose works are truth
and his ways judgment
and those that walk in pride
he is able to abase
so what's the lesson from Daniel chapter number four
it doesn't matter if you're the king of the entire earth
God can abase you
God can knock you down
God is still in charge of the supreme ruler of the earth
now some people say well this sounds like he saved
you know what I get that point
like it's not like I didn't read these verses and think like wow he made a lot of positive statements about God
but you know my interpretation of this
in context of Isaiah chapter number 14
is that Nebuchadnezzar is kind of a mini example of what's going to happen for every unsaved person
because every unsaved person
that rejects the Lord is going to be punished
but then there's going to come a day when they have to give honor and glory to Jesus and the Father
the Bible says that every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of the Father
so it's like he basically just hey Nebuchadnezzar I'm going to reprobate you
but I'll bring you back to your understanding one last time
just to give me honor and glory
just like he's going to do to every single rep
Joe Biden is going to get on a knee and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
I mean Richard Dawkins is going to have to get on one knee and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
Hitler is going to get on one knee and declare that Jesus Christ is Lord
every single one of our protesters is going to get on their knee
and they're going to say that Jesus Christ is Lord and it's going to be awesome
like of all the people that I'm excited to watch say that
they're some of the top of my list
I'm just saying it's going to be epic
it's going to be glorious
and you know what that's the ultimate win
there used to be this thing when you would wrestle
that whenever you got the person in a submission
in order to get out they had to say uncle
or something like that right
they basically just had and that was their admission of like defeat
and so like the glory is when you can basically get them to do what you want
and it's like God's ultimate glory is that he's going to get all these people that hate him
to still recognize him and honor and praise him
and just like the ultimate win
and again that's what I think is happening in Daniel chapter 4
it's not that Nebuchadnezzar is now just saved and he accepted the mercy of God
he's just he got his arm twisted so hard that now he's just saying uncle
now he's just like yep well God is you know the one in charge
just like Pharaoh did just like many other people did
and just like the devil okay the devil still has to recognize Jesus as Lord
even the demons fear and tremble
now go back if you would
well let's go let's go to another place
go to Psalm 58 for a moment
and I think this is an important parallel
to what we just read about how God's judging among the inhabitants of the earth
because you know we've been working on Psalm 58
and it's a pretty gnarly psalm honestly
it's pretty cool
it's not necessarily the most loving thing that you've ever read in your entire life
but you know what not everything about the Bible is loving
okay some things are gnarly
and look at verse 1
do you indeed speak righteousness O congregation
do ye judge uprightly O ye sons and men
so it's like do you really even understand judgment
and here's the answer to these questions
no no you don't understand these things very well
but I like the last part look at verse 10
the righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance
he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked
now interesting verse right
but think about it in the context of like what if you were in a literal battle scene
and you've literally just slain like tons and tons of men in the battlefield
their blood is going to have gushed so much
there could be literally pools and just tons of blood out in the battlefield
and what if you have mud and dirt and stuff on your shoes
they just use the literal liquid that's there to kind of wash off their feet
or kind of shake off the mud
I mean that's kind of the imagery that God is giving
is saying like you're going to just win the battle so much
and then you're going to literally even just be washing your feet in the blood of the wicked
look at verse 11
so that a man shall say verily there is a reward for the righteous
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth
now why I connect those two thoughts is because sometimes when I read verse 10
I'm thinking of it in like a metaphorical sense
or like when we're in heaven or like we'll get the final victory or something
but like the image that it's actually painting in Psalm 58
is a justice in this life in this earth
think about that
and that's pretty cool, that's pretty incredible
and I don't think that necessarily this applies to only
it's just like your only time is you're going to wash your feet in the blood of the wicked
but you know the Bible says the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just
and I think many times we are going to see the righteous literally pillaging the wicked
and taking advantage of their death, enjoying the spoils of their death
and there's going to be times where us as the righteous people
get moments where we literally are rejoicing at the destruction of our enemies
at the defeat of our enemies and it's going to be like this Psalm
where we're like just washing our feet in the blood of them
and it's just like you know we're benefiting from their destruction
that's kind of what it's saying isn't it
like I got some benefit out of their just complete and utter death
and their destruction and it's positive unto me
and I think that we're going to literally see that
and then we're going to literally have moments in our life
where we say wow me being righteous for that decade
me being righteous for two years
me being righteous for 20 years
wow I got rewarded and this guy got punished
but you know what that takes faith
because sometimes it seems like man they just keep winning winning winning winning
but then all of a sudden God's going to just drop the hammer on them
and you're just going to say wow God is judging in the earth
and when I look at our government
when you look at the government of the United States of America
let me tell you something
the vast majority of the leaders in this country are wicked as hell
they are corrupt
they are liars
they are scumbags
they are satanic
they are evil
but let me tell you something
there is a God that judges in the earth
and they should be fearing God so much right now
because God is not just going to let all of these scumbags get away
because either A option A is we're the end times Babylon
and we know how that ends
or B we're not at all which is very likely
but you know what's going to happen
they are going to get destroyed
they are going to have something horrible happen to them
they are not just going to get away scot-free
and I get it that some people die in old age that are very evil
I mean George Soros is like a thousand years old or something like that
I don't know but let me tell you something
it's going to be horrible
these people are going to have a destruction
there is going to be a day when we can look and say
we shouldn't have gone along with them
and took bribes and been evil and wicked with them
some horrible thing happened to them
and they're on a crash course folks
the way our government is structured right now
is it kind of has two end games
and I don't know we'll just put aside end times theology
let's just assume that we're going to be on this earth for another 200 years
well the way our government is structured right now
either they will be decimated and destroyed by a foreign entity
or by a civil war
but they cannot perpetuate in this level of corruption and evil
because they're going to allow for just complete rebellion against them
because they're so evil and they're so wicked
so either a they're going to crumble our country so much
that a foreign country will come in
and they won't care about them and destroy them
or you'll have a little uprising within your own nation
and they will destroy them
but their path is destruction either way
and this is an important lesson that we're learning
in Romans chapter 13 that you're supposed to fear the powers that be
you're supposed to be afraid of this authority structure
because God is ultimately at the top of this authority structure
and it's like well do we have enough people paid off
well you can't pay off God
Hillary Clinton can't kill everyone
she can't take out all the witnesses
and at the end of the day God knows where all the bodies are buried
God knows everything that's going on
and you know evil is going to befall these people
think about what's just happening with Obama even recently
there's a lot of stuff coming out about him now
that's exposing this guy as the wicked fraud that he really is
and these people always end in shame
I mean even Biden
literally no one likes Joe Biden
like even the liberals hate him
even the Democrats hate him
no one likes him
no one likes his son
he's not going to have a positive legacy
these people are going to end in shame
end in ruin
and frankly speaking he doesn't even know where he's at probably
he's already being punished for what he's done
but you know why I'm teaching this is because I don't want you to think
you know what everybody's lying, cheating, and stealing
so why don't I do it too
our government just seems to keep getting away with all this stuff
let me tell you something
they're not getting away with it
they are not getting away with it
and you know what I could die a martyr's death
that's totally on the table
but you know what at least I would still have a lot of children
that would look into that example
and they could be great Christians
and I could leave still a great legacy
we have a great church here
and I think it would encourage and embolden
a lot of people to do things for God
but you know what the way Joe Biden and Hunter Biden are going to die
is just disgrace and dishonor and nothing good about it
and you know I really don't fear death as much anymore
because I've already been married and had kids
and that was kind of all I was hoping for anyway
so you know at this point you know what I care about
doing what's right and speaking the truth
and you say well can we buy you off
no you can't
can we pay you off
can we threaten you
no I don't care anymore
like we just need to have people that are just like
you know what preach the word of God
preach the truth
stand up for the truth
and you know what it'd be better to die a martyr
than to just die one of these baby boomers
on the little vacation yacht
that's going to be repoed
because frankly speaking inflation is going to make
where you can't make the boat payments anymore
you know and I'll tell you what
America needs to get a backbone
Christians need to get a backbone today
and say it's more important
for me to stand for what's right
than to just hand my children a huge problem
why in the world would I just want to hand my children
just death and destruction
hand them off under Nebuchadnezzar to be castrated
and have their lives ruined
you know what
it's time for some real men to stand up
and say I'm not afraid of what the devil can do
I want to see what God can do with me
I want to see what God can do through me
and I'm not afraid of them
I'm afraid of the ultimate higher power
you know our country would be different
if we had men that were concerned today
with the higher power
but you know what
people are concerned with today
if their football team is going to win tonight
go ahead to Revelation chapter 17
oh it's football season
the Cowboys are playing
woo
I know our whole country is going to hell
in a hand basket
but you know what
a bunch of overpaid grown babies
and tights
I mean literally
no guy in here would feel comfortable
wearing the clothing that the Cowboys are wearing
you would look like a faggot
okay
and they do kind of
and look obviously many of them are strong
and like
you know it's not that they themselves are effeminate
but like wearing that clothing is kind of gross folks
it's kind of queer
and grown men are going and just getting drunk
and just basically caring about nothing
to go watch a bunch of people play a game
that they'll probably lose
I don't know maybe they already played
I don't know
forgive me if they've lost already
you know if they won somehow by a miracle or whatever
but
no one really cares
it doesn't matter
they change players every single season
I mean it's meaningless
but that's all
like as long as I can just watch the football game
all the way up until the communists knock on my door
and drag me out to the gulag
then I'm fine
you know like
that's all I want
I just want to watch a couple more football games
before I get to the gulag
and I'm gassed and I'm killed okay
because that's what I feel about America
it's like this is a bad
a bad train that we're headed on
I'm just telling you
like Americans
don't care anymore
and I think they realized with COVID
they were like we can't shut down sports
because then people will start paying attention
to what's going on and getting mad
we got to give them the sports back
because that really helps them
just pretend like nothing matters anymore
and look
in Texas specifically
football is increasingly becoming more popular every year
you know it used to be
if you wanted to watch a college football game
you know you had to do
you had to go to the college stadium and watch it
but then all of a sudden it was just like
they started picking up
and putting the big games on the Saturday night
or on Saturday TV
and then it was like
hey let's start putting like most of the games
and now it's like literally
almost every single college game is televised
like they've televised every single college event
in fact many college games
have hundreds of thousands of people showing up at them
people are going to all these sporting events
now you can gamble on every single event
that you could ever think of
you can like basically gamble on every down
it's like is this going to be a throw or a pass
or you know
are they going to score a touchdown on this play
or this third quarter
there's all this fantasy
what is the goal there
first of all they're ripping everybody off of money
but mostly they're just
everybody's so distracted
it's like I got to make sure to bet on every single play
and every single touch of the football
and that's just my life is consumed
with just this stupid game
where these atheists
these overpaid children
who can't even speak or write or read English
are going out and chasing a football
and that's what I'm dedicating my life to
I got the jersey it was a hundred dollars
you know I've got all my beer
I've got all my tickets
and everything like that for the season
I mean how much are season tickets for a Cowboys game these days
I mean you six korillion
all right that's probably true
I mean you could probably buy a house
but instead of buying a house
or building a business
or doing something you know worthwhile with your time
you're just going to go and watch a bunch of babies
go around and cry about football
it's sickening
I mean at what stage does our government
and our country have to be headed to hell
for you to stop caring about sports
enough to actually show up at church or care
or pay attention to anything
it's like people just think
well I can't really do anything
so I'll just go watch football
well you know you could go to church
you could get someone saved
you could speak up
you could stand for the truth at your job
now I'll just get along
I'll just not care
well you know what you're not obeying the higher powers now
you're not paying attention to the Constitution
you're not paying attention to
frankly you're not paying attention to your state's Constitution
I mean look I went to the University of Texas this week
and I talked to some of the most brain dead people
I've ever met in my life
I mean they're telling me that our nation is a secular nation
it was built upon secular principles
and I'm just like
I said to this guy I said have you ever read
the Constitution of Texas
he's like oh yeah for sure yeah I've read all of it
I'm just like okay well you know what the first line says
humbly invoking the blessing of almighty God
secular man
so secular bra
it's like these people just pontificate about how smart they are
this one chick's yelling at me
and cursing me out
and saying we should have separation of church and state
do you even know what that is
and I was like yeah I do it was written in a letter
and she's like it's in our Constitution
no it's not you idiot
you fool
like what is wrong with our country today
but you know what I bet they're both watching the Longhorns lose yesterday
or whatever it was
I mean
good night they were so mad at the idea of not having football
they literally were saying
well I don't care what you believe as long as we can have football
and they're like the Bible's against football
I was like what are you talking about
they're like well you can't touch a dug
a dead pig carcass
that's not what it's saying and football's made out of leather
okay
like what
what is our society degraded itself down to
now
and like how are you going to obey the higher powers
when you don't even know what the higher powers are
you don't even know what they say
and you know what it's a shame that people live in this country
and they don't even have any idea
what the law is
what our country's set up as
what the higher powers are
I mean why do you think it is that the Democrats
have seized control of our entire country
it's because they've paid attention to how the system works
how many of God's people
actually cared and paid attention
to how government even works
to try and get in positions of power and authority
to actually influence them for good
and what if Christians
instead of buying season tickets to the Cowboys
said you know what I'm going to dedicate my life
to actually making my community better
or trying to figure out how to get in a position
where I can actually influence the culture for good
or helping someone
you know it's basically Christians have abandoned
our country already
they basically just said you know what
have the government, have the institutions
of power, have the media
have the church, have everything
because you know what I'm just going to go
cheer on the Cowboys
and look I went to a church where literally
the pastor talked more about the Cowboys
than the Bible seemed like
I mean he's basically getting up there saying
hey if the Cowboys make it to the Super Bowl I'll wear a Cowboys
uniform to church
my pastor literally said
he would be in full uniform
Cowboys uniform if they ever make it to
the Super Bowl
does that have to do with the Bible
that almost
it's like saying hey
don't even come to church just watch the game because that's more
important
and he would he would literally
even like threaten people he would say like
don't tell me what the score is after the service
because I'm taping it
like this is how we start
the service we start the service and he's already
telling you don't tell me what the score is
of the game because I want to go home and watch it
his head is already on the Cowboys
game before he's even started preaching
like that is our country
in a nutshell
it's like I care way more about the Cowboys
game than I do
what I'm going to preach to God's people
and the country
and then what happens oh yeah Christians are just
now consumed with entertainment, fun
and just living their best life
now as opposed to serving
God
it's a mockery folks
it's a shame
and why would I want to continually give
the positions of power and influence
in our world to these
secular God hating atheists
I mean Daniel
he rose to the top
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
rose to the top Joseph rose to the top
I mean were they afraid of political power
were they afraid of the government were they afraid
of actually doing something for
their country for better I mean Joseph literally
saved the entire nation folks
Joseph literally helped
all of those people and I guarantee
that furthered the gospel it furthered
people getting saved it gave glory
unto the God of the Bible it literally rescued
his own family what if Joseph
had never gotten into political power well
you know what everyone would have died
and let me tell you something if
God's people just totally say
we're never getting in government again
we're never going to ever influence our culture
for good in any way
then who is God going to use to
even rescue us it's not
Trump folks
oh Trump's so godly
he just he loves the Bible
the guy that says that he's
never asked for forgiveness in his entire
life because he's so good
he's so perfect look
you are fooling yourself and I think
that a lot of Christians are like I just really hope
Trump wins for
for what reason
oh oh let's let's see
what did Trump do oh yeah he mandated
vaccines how many
of y'all love that oh yeah
he shut down the government he shut down
the economy he shut down businesses
oh he
prayed at the wailing wall was that did you
like that part of the Trump presidency
did you like the part of the Trump presidency
when he said that Caitlyn Jenner could use whatever
bathroom it wanted
I mean like at what stage
do you think like
hey maybe this guy's not that great
it's
like people are saying you know what
I have two options I'm going to be chopped
up in small pieces or I'm going to
be gassed to death and I'm just really hoping
for to be gassed to death that's what I'm
it's like isn't there a third option
isn't there like hey let's
let's see if there's something else we can strive
for and why would I not
then strive to be pleasing
unto God getting into church
going soul winning I mean if
Christians realize how serious
the situation is I would
be like more in church
I mean doesn't Hebrews tell us that
as you see the day approaching it's even
more needful to be in church
it's even more needful to be going and
serving God and going soul winning and
reading the Bible and gathering ourselves
together yet it seems like people
are just thinking like nuts to it all
like I'm just going to live my best life
now you're not even having fun anyways
okay but just to
prove again that God can do
whatever he wants with the people in positions of power
look at Revelation chapter 17
verse number 12
and the ten horns which thou
sawest are ten kings which have received no kingdom
as yet but receive power as kings
one hour with the beast that's always an interesting
verse I have no idea exactly
what that means but in some ways
I've wondered if
it's like ten random
shadowy figures
that essentially
empower this antichrist and then
take over their countries
like they're not literate they're not already
in power it's like a coup
and you know
if you kind of study like how
Zelensky
came into power in Ukraine it's really
weird okay
first of all he was making training music videos
that's how he starts
and then he played he had like a
TV show where he played the
president like basically
he was just an actor pretending
to be the president and then he just
happens to become the president
randomly and it was just like that's weird
and
could it be that there's just
a bunch of corporations or
some of these shadowy figures that just say hey
we're gonna all invest in this guy
and this guy's gonna basically put us in the
positions of power or leadership in all of our
countries when he comes in he's just
gonna install all of us and it's kind of
a ten eleven man coup
as it were I don't know that's just
speculation but look at verse 13
these have one mind well I guess they're
one person
or maybe that's a dumb way to
interpret the bible and shall give their power
and strength unto the beast these shall make
war with the lamb and the lamb shall overcome
them for he is lord of lords
and king of kings
so even if every powerful
leader in all of America unite together and give
all their power and all their strength and the one
well Jesus still beats him
he just can't
do anything and notice he's the king of kings he's the
lord of lords he's over all of these individuals
as we keep reading it says
in verse 15 he saith unto me the waters
that thou sawest were the horse that it
are peoples and multitudes and
nations and tongues
and the ten horns which thou sawest upon
the beast these shall hate the
whore and shall make her desolate
and naked and shall eat her
flesh and burn her with fire
for God hath put in their
hearts to fulfill
his will
look at what it just said
the ten kings I mean these are the most
wicked people that have ever lived
on the face of the planet and you
know who's will they're accomplishing
God's will
meaning what God can literally
change the will
and the mind of the most wicked people
Biden might be doing exactly
God's will have you ever thought about
that
I mean that's kind of hard
to think about
because he's so evil but it's like maybe
God is just wanting these people to do
all this horrible stuff
and he's literally wanting
them to do this horrible stuff and says
and to agree and to give their kingdom unto the
beast until the words of God shall be
fulfilled and the woman which thou
sawest is that great city which reigneth
over the kings of the earth
so again we're talking about end times Babylon
go to chapter 19 I want to show you one more verse there
but
chapter 19 look at verse
number 16
and he hath on his vesture
and on his thigh a name written
king of kings and lord of lords so again the
Bible just rings us over and over and over go back
if you would to Romans chapter 13 so let's
I really have established this
point but I feel like it's something that hasn't been
preached a lot or talked about a lot
and people haven't thought about a lot or they get
confused on so I just want it just
so solid in your mind
that the powers that be
are ordained of God
okay so then what is our response
our response is not to resist whatever
powers are there as long
as they're not in violation
of the higher power
okay so as long as it's not necessarily
directly violating
or going against the higher power we are
supposed to submit ourselves and
essentially to go along with
their structure
says verse two whosoever therefore resisted
the power is this the ordinance of God and they that
resist shall receive themselves damnation so
if you live in a monarch and the king
is telling you you know hey
wear a red shirt you
don't you do you wear the red shirt
and if you don't
you're basically resisting God at that
point and this authority structure
applies to all right if your husband
says make me a pineapple mayonnaise sandwich
make him a pineapple mayonnaise
sandwich now that's weird
okay but my dad and brother
eat these and it's so gross
like how
let's just be honest anybody in this room
ever eaten this one time
anybody okay thank you
for proving my dad and brother weird
okay I'm
just like what are you doing okay
I thought that me and my brother used to make fun
of him but then my brother started eating them I was like what
happened you know I'm like I'm not
going down this road okay
I refuse it
but again if that's what he says
then you do it because why if you're not
you're resisting the ordinance of God
I mean do you really ladies do you
look at your husband's rules as
coming from God's mouth
probably not
and of course you
know we're fallible we're not God but
this is what this is the attitude he wants
us to have and you
men in here if you want your
wives to have that attitude you should treat
the authorities in your life like that and
model that for them
so that they can feel like oh wow
he actually he actually
acts that way so I should act
that way and you know what when the
husband asks that way then
God willing the wife will follow that example
and then when the wife follows that example
you know who's going to follow that example the children
but you know when there's a there's
kind of a break in any of those chain links
you're going to see a downward
spiral when the wife won't
submit to her husband and is constantly
rebelling against her husband
don't ever expect your children
to obey you don't
expect your children to treat you nice
hey when you are just talking crap on
your boss at work and you never
want to do what he says and you're lazy and you're
late and you don't do your job don't
expect your wife to then just be
knocking out of the park
expect her to be lazy and mouthing
off and and not
doing the things that you care about you know
we need to
take personal responsibility when it comes to authority
stop worrying about everybody else and start worrying
about yourself and saying
how are you treating things you know
let me ask this question
do you think that the men who
don't come to church on Sunday night
that their wives obey them
as much as the men that come to church on
Sunday night and let me tell you
something the answer is no
why because
they're not taking church
seriously they're not obeying their
authority structure they're not saying
well even when I don't want to do something I'm
going to do what God said and then
guess what that's going to trickle down
and I guarantee you know
it doesn't hurt your family to hear me
ranting and raving too much yeah
it might hurt beans and chili but I don't care
about their feelings okay
yeah there might be some things
that you disagree with me on
or my personal preferences maybe you're going to
go eat Indian food and McDonald's tonight
and you just have to
close your ears when I get through those parts
but honestly I'm helping you
and you don't even realize
it okay and I
guarantee that people that go to church
whether it's this one or not people that are going
to church regularly their lives have been
improved so much and they don't recognize all
the things that improve
whether it be their diet
their mentality their lifestyle
the way that their family operates
there's just so many all these improvements
and I'm just telling you when you take authority
serious in your life it's
going to affect the other people in your lives
and it's going to affect the downward people
in your life you know when you're frustrated
frustrated from an authority perspective
of those under you start looking
at like what you're doing wrong
start saying like crap
how am I treating God then or how am I treating
my boss or how am I treating my pastor
or how am I treating my church or how am I treating my dad
or how am I treating my mom or how am I
treating the authorities that God has given
me and look everyone in this room has authorities
every single person
I have plenty of authorities in my
life we all have things that we
can look to and if you're frustrated
with how the people under you are behaving
my question is how are you
behaving because almost
always we can improve we
need to make some changes in our lives
and what's a really challenging
way how about our government I mean look
our government sucks
and there's some legitimate complaints against it
but you know in the areas that they're
still within the realm of
biblical authority we need to make sure
that we're doing what's right
and taking it seriously
now look again I'm not
saying that if they tell me to do something
on biblical I'm going to comply I will
not comply I
I will obey God over
over man but in the areas that
they're saying comply you know what I'm going to comply
and what's one of the most
you know pleasant
things that they have us do
how about pay taxes
okay I mean good night
this is one of the most unpleasant
things I have to do as
a person it just keeps getting more expensive
you know when it came to Obamacare
I had to pay the penalty like every single year
because I just didn't even have health insurance I couldn't even
afford it and it was so frustrating
Obama basically ruined my life
in that regard because like everything went up
prices went up and then I
lost insurance and then I had to pay
the fee for it on top of it I was just like thank
you so much
but at the end of the day you know what I paid
that fee I paid for
Obamacare and you didn't
I don't know if you did or not but
it's like that was terrible
okay but you know what what does the Bible
say well let's keep reading it says verse
three for two for rulers are not a terror to good
works but to the evil wilt thou
not wilt thou then not be afraid
of the power do that which is good
and thou shalt have praise of the same for he is the
minister of God to thee for good but if
thou do that which is evil be afraid
for he beareth not the sword in vain for he
is the minister of God a revenger to execute
wrath upon him that doeth evil where
for ye must need to be subject
not only for wrath's sake
but also for conscience sake for for
this cause pay ye tribute also
for they are God's ministers attending
continually upon this very thing
so you're saying the reason
why you pay
is because in some
regard in some capacity these people
are God's ministers you know
whether or not you like police
officers they are God's
ministers
now does that mean that they're good
God ministers not necessarily
does that mean that
every single cop should be brought on
our stage and we should give them a round of
applause no
but you know what should happen we should pay them
and you know this defund the police
movement is a satanic evil movement
because
it is not doing what the Bible says
and frankly speaking
someone has to drag the criminals
off to be punished
someone has to drag them to the judge
I mean Jesus Christ is telling you in Matthew
chapter number 5 that you're supposed to
agree with an adversary quickly
lest they what drag you off to the court
well someone's going to do that
that's the cops basically they're the
officers of the court and they're the ones
that are dragging people around and you know
wouldn't God they'd actually drag people
up against the wall and line them up
and put a bullet in the back of their head
all the people that deserve the death penalty
you say who's that faggots
and you know what
I would gladly pay their salary
let's give them a double raise
I'm willing
as a society you can mark it down
Pastor Shelley I will pay
I will have our taxes
increase and we will pay every cop
$500,000 a year
if they will put faggots to death
okay
it should be a position a highly
regarded position a position
of stature that way they can have a really
nice house with a really big fence
because you know what it's an ugly job
and you know what I'll volunteer
to be on the police force
hey
why not why shouldn't they be paid
good money you know and again
I'll even adjust it for inflation right
not just locked in you know let's
pay them tons of money if they'll at least
do what the Bible said
I mean to go like there's
no cost too high
to follow God's commandments
our society would improve so much
and so greatly that I'm willing
to pay the piper on that one
and you know at the end of the day
we need to respect these
positions of authority not
because of the person but because of the position
not because
of the person but because of the position
so it's like hey Pastor Shelley
do you think that women should be police officers
no
now I'll say
there's probably some positions within law
enforcement that women can do and it's not
that it's not that bad like
them being the phone operator
they're probably really good at that
because whenever you're like distressed
and like panicking
a calming voice of a woman often will sometimes
like help you through that situation
you know if it's like me it's like what do you want
get
over it you know
dude just handle yourself you know it's like
like I'm not going to be
as comforting as the woman that's just like
you're okay everything's going to be fine
you know like she kind of like has this
natural built in instinct of like
being able to help calm down people
so maybe you could make a case
that in some positions
women can do a decent job or
you know perhaps in
things that are really ugly and awful
that happen to women or children and
they have a lady cop that can kind of
be the detective to kind of walk
them through some of those situations
you know I get it but you know they should not
be policing our streets
they should not be the people going around
trying to fight the criminals on the streets
trying to arrest people
trying to go out and tase people
I mean it's just an ugly job
that they shouldn't be doing
you know what I also think shouldn't be the police officers?
really tiny unfit men
like we should
have a standard where only the best
the biggest and the strongest of men
can even make it in the police force
I'm not saying like let every man do it
I'm saying let no women do it
and let none of the scrawny
pedantic men do it
it's like they should be the best of the best
why wouldn't we want that in our police force
they should be highly regarded
and we should have the greatest men
of our society
being in these positions of authority
and we should respect that position
but if I run into a woman cop you know I'm not just like
talk to the hand
you know I'm not just like
you shouldn't even be in your job did you realize that
you know you're usurping
the authority of the man right now
I'm the man you know
don't tell me what to do
you know I respect the position regardless
of the individual
and I think that
is the proper way to handle
our society
does it mean that I agree with what's going on?
no
I already preached what I said
you know if I go to court and there's a lady judge
it's wicked, it's wrong
but you know what I'll still say your honor
not because she deserves it
but because that position deserves it
and I think
that sometimes even people
they'll go to an old IV church and they'll disrespect
the pastor because of the person
rather than respecting the office of a bishop
and you know what people should respect
the office of a bishop
regardless of the person
I get it
if it's a false prophet
we're obviously putting that as the exception category
but I'm just saying look
if the pastor is kind of lame
kind of dumb or doesn't know the Bible well
or not doing a very good job
but especially if he's saved
you should be respectful of that individual
every single time and you should respect
the office of the bishop
and of the pastor and of the church
and if you don't like the church then don't go
you know I also don't even like
this and I see people do this they're like
oh my pastor did this dumb thing so I'm gonna
post it all over the internet
and then everybody just talks
trash on this pastor
and look I get it
I get why people do these things and why they think this way
but you know what that's just not really being
very respectful of that position
and you're gonna
reap what you sow
when you just put everyone on blast for every
bad thing that they do
be prepared that you're
gonna get put on blast when you do something wrong
and you know what that's not really what I want
to happen when it comes
to our society go to Matthew
17 keep your finger go to Matthew 17 for a second
you know there's a lot of
fights to be had
there's a lot of battles that we have out right now
but you know the last battle that I want
to have right now is with the
IRS
like
there's a lot of things that I'm willing to die for
right now but
paying taxes is just not it
and you know I think
that there's definitely I've seen it online
and I don't know how real it is or not
but there's definitely growing
sentiment for people to say
well our government sucks so let's stop paying taxes
and let me tell you something
I do not agree with that
and I will not join in that party I will not support
your group I'm not gonna throw
the tea in the harbor sorry
not gonna do it
I'm just gonna keep paying the taxes
you say well you're literally
funding evil
okay well let's just see what the Bible says in this issue
Matthew chapter 17 verse 24
and when they were come to
Capernaum they that received
tribute money came to Peter and said
doth your master pay tribute
so the question is does Jesus pay taxes
alright verse 25 he saith
yes
and when he was come into the house Jesus prevented
him saying what thinkest thou Simon
of whom do the kings
of the earth take custom or tribute
of their own children
or of strangers Peter saith
them of strangers Jesus saith
them then are the children free
not withstanding lest we
should offend them go thou
to the sea and cast and hook and
take up the fish that first cometh up
and when thou has opened his mouth thou
shall find a piece of money
that take and give unto
them for me and thee
so what does he basically
do he says hey Peter
pay taxes for me and you
now he kind of explains something though
who's technically in charge
of everything
God
God's in charge of everything does God really need
Jesus to pay taxes unto the father
no
that doesn't even make any sense
so you know what Jesus
by obligation is not obligated
to pay taxes but you know what he did it
anyways why what was
the whole purpose not withstanding
lest we should offend them
let me tell you something you're going to offend the IRS
when you don't pay them okay they're going
to get really uptight
about that real fast
and look
I can I can stand the
government hating me or attacking me or putting me in
jail for some things but I just
don't want to go to jail for being a tax protester
I'm not interested in being Ken Hovind
and if you want to be Ken Hovind
then you know what go find some woods
and go marry every single girl
you find okay
but that is not the life that I want
and look what is the fruit of
Ken Hovind
what is the fruit of Ken Hovind
I mean what's the last time you ran into someone
and they said I got saved by Ken Hovind
I don't think it's ever
happened to me maybe it has and I forgot about it
but I've never met that person I've met
some people that said like I stumbled
because Ken Hovind and then later
I found someone else and they got me saved
and it was like a stepping stone
I found people that were saved and then they
heard Ken Hovind and it made them zealous to serve God
so I'm not saying he has a
zero benefit but
I will say this
the fruit of his ministry stinks
and you know what I'm not interested in
joining a cult out
in the middle of nowhere and see
how many wives I can collect like baseball
cards and you know
what it's not even real wives it's just a bunch
of adultery that's going on out in the woods
you know and it's wicked as hell
what he's doing
even if he is saved it's wicked as hell
and you know
I'm not going to do it go back to Romans chapter 13
you're a FEMA
pastor I don't care what you call
me but if you think
that the government is on my team you're an
idiot
if you think that the government is trying
to help me be successful you're an idiot
like how
successful was it when the government
literally had me pay a
$42,000 judgment
that didn't help
hey how successful was it when the government
literally forced me out of my lease
and kicked me out of the building that didn't
help folks
you are a literal brain dead idiot
if you think that
the federal government is supporting
Steadfast Baptist Church and Pastor Shelley
I mean that is the furthest thing
from the truth but let me tell you
something I'm not against paying taxes
I'm not against obeying the government
when it's in line with
God's word we should do it every
single time and I'm not against government
in fact our government structure is great
it's just the people that are not very good
there's nothing really wrong with the way
our government is set up it's just the fact that
the people in our government won't
follow the rules I mean the
governor of New Mexico literally
just suspended the second
amendment
and you know who's sitting next to her
the sheriff
who also won't do anything about it
I mean she's literally
just violating the constitution she's
basically just saying I'm a domestic
terrorist in the nation of
the United States
I am an enemy of the constitution
and no one's doing anything about it right now
I mean honestly
the entire state of New Mexico
should just show up at the federal
building with a gun and say nuts to you
because you know what that is
so unconstitutional so evil
but you know what they did they went and watched the football game
that's what they did
so you know
or got drunk or whatever
they did that's evil
and let me tell you something when they take the guns away
from a society it's bad every
time
it's bad every single time
and let me tell you something you know who's in charge of America
right now the constitution and the constitution
says that our
right to bear arms shall not be infringed
they should not go against
the citizens of America
and try to push them
to actually enforce the
constitution but let me tell you something
Americans should enforce the constitution
on its country otherwise
you're going to go straight into communism
you're going to go straight into dictatorship
and be destroyed
so look I'll pay their taxes but you know what
I'm not going to go along with unconstitutional orders
and degrees
and if you say well you're funding evil
well you know what I guess Jesus was funding the Romans
that killed him too huh
I mean do you really think that the Roman guard was just a
bunch of Bible believing fundamental Baptist
do you think they were just
God's you know
greatest
they were wicked and corrupt too
they killed Jesus
I mean in some ways Jesus basically paid for his own funeral
because he's given money to the Romans
and they killed him
so yeah I'll fund the American government
while they put me on the chopping block
and chop my head off but you know what I'm
not going to do is I'm not going
to reject God's
power structure and say well I won't
pay taxes no I'll
pay for my own funeral if I have to
well are
you going to go along with unconstitutional
orders no I'm not
I never said that I would do that
so there's some hills to
die on but you know what
I'm not going to violate God's
word to die on an American principle
okay and if
our principle is rebellion then you know they can
have it I don't want it
look what it says in verse 7 render therefore to all
their dues tribute
to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom
fear to whom fear honor to
honor oh no man anything but
to love one another for he that
loveth another hath fulfilled the law
the entire law is
loving Leviticus
2013 is the most loving thing
that we have in
the Bible it's just so
great and people just
don't get this but you know what that's their
fault verse 9 for this
thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not kill
thou shalt not steal thou shalt not bear false witness
thou shalt not covet and if
there be any other commandment
it is briefly comprehended
in this saying namely
thou shalt love thy neighbor thyself so
Leviticus 2013
is comprehended in what commandment
thou shalt love thy neighbor thyself
isn't it so funny whenever
you say that you believe in Leviticus 2013 they're
like oh well what about love thy neighbor
thyself yeah that's where I'm getting
that law from
that's literally why I
believe that is because of that
verse thou shalt love thy neighbor
thyself I mean it's found in the Old Testament
law God's law is comprehensive folks
he already figured it out
and you know what that person's not my
neighbor because they should be put to death
so verse 10
love worketh no ill to his neighbor
well I thought you were putting
them to death yeah that's not no ill
that's what God said to do and that's the best thing
you do therefore love is the fulfilling of the law
and that knowing the time
that now is it is high
time to awake out of sleep
for now is our salvation nearer than when we
believed that's kind of a funny
statement to me but it's
true right like it's like every second that
ticks we're just that much closer to Jesus
right so he's just saying hey our
salvation is even nearer it's even nearer it's even nearer
so it's time for us to wake out of sleep
stop watching the stupid game
and get in the ball game that's real
get in the real football game
get in the real competition
get in the real gridiron
get in the real arena
go out there and preach the gospel to people where
souls are really on the line
and where when you score
it actually means something
all the other
touchdowns and field goals
and everything else
that you can think of from a sports analogy
it's meaningless the only
real win is when you get someone
saved that's the real win
verse 12 the night
is far spent the days at hand
let us therefore cast off the works of darkness
and let us put on the armor of light
let us walk honestly as in the day
not in rioting and drunkenness
not in chambering and wantness
not in strife and envying
but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ
and make not provision for the flesh
to fulfill the lust thereof
you know the Bible is saying you have to actively
make sure that you're not
satisfying the flesh
notice what it says make not provision
for the flesh
it's meaning don't put yourself in a position
to where the flesh is going to be gratified
you have to literally just say
no and not even
make provision for it
it's like well how do you not get drunk
you never be around alcohol
you're making no provision for it
you know how you
don't get drunk you literally
have no alcohol to drink
you know water and
welches will not get you drunk you just can't
get drunk off of it it's like hey
I'm at home and there's no alcohol
well you have no opportunity to get drunk then
it's like well I'm
home alone with my wife
there's no chance to commit adultery then is there
I mean
well you know what I'm really
tempted to go out and get drunk and commit
adultery well you know what show up at church
because there's not really any provision here at church
for that
well you
you know I do things
that are bad on the internet ok well then
unplug the computer
well I waste time on my
phone turn the phone off
well I
eat McDonald's
I don't know what to do alright just get a brain
ok cause it's on every
street corner ok
have your wife make good food at home
ok there's your solution right
then
you won't want it
you know why you want McDonald's because it's
late and nothing else is open and there's
no food on the table because I guarantee
if there's a great meal on the table you're not gonna
want McDonald's
McDonald's is the consolation prize at
best and it's when
nothing else is open
like there's a McDonald's by my house and it's like
30 cars after
10 pm cause there's nothing
else open and it's just like
it always baffles me how there's so many
I see cars like coming out pouring out in the street
and I'm just thinking why is anybody going there
it's cause there's nothing else open
but you know what when you make provision for
the flesh you're gonna end up finding
yourself making bad decisions
going down dark roads
you know when it comes to paying taxes
you know I'm not like
it's not like April 14th and I'm wondering if I'm gonna
do it or not just pay it early
you know tithe
it's just the first part of my check
you know what church we're
heading there early you know
it's like hey we're gonna show up early
we've already decided we're going
we've already made provision to go to church
we're not making provision for the
flesh we already made our plans
around these things you know
here's a good idea and again
take this with a grain of
salt ok but
when I moved to Phoenix
to go to be part of faithful work I moved
four minutes away from the church
so I had like zero excuse
to not go to church now
I don't I'm not blaming anyone
for not being close to this church ok
so that's why I say don't hear what I'm saying
wrong but in the end
I say I wasn't trying to structure my life
to make church as hard as possible
I was trying to structure my life to make church
as easy as possible when you structure
your life where you're making the things
of God really hard you're gonna
end up finding yourself not in church
well I bought a house
three hours away
and I have a nice farm
you know what's gonna
happen in a couple years you're gonna
be on the farm and not in church
and then it's like other
people they prioritize church the things
of God and then after a few years
you know where they find themselves? In church
it's like you're gonna
Lot started pitching his tent towards Sodom
and just inching closer and closer and then
where does he find himself? In Sodom
you know don't
don't pitch your tent towards Sodom
don't
make provision in your life
for the things that are evil
don't set yourself up you know you men
if you know you have a job
and you say hey they want
to start making me work with this woman
in my company and I'm
attracted to her
quit your job before you do that
well they're wanting me to
travel for work and they want me to travel with
this attractive woman don't do it
they're wanting me
to go and hang out with this person
or whatever don't do it
just don't even make provision
just be like Joseph and say
I'm just not even gonna go in the house
I'm not even gonna go anywhere near that
hey when I hang out with my
my brothers and my
friends back home they always
go to the gentleman's club
don't hang out with them ever
don't go with them
well every time we go to the game everybody gets drunk
don't go to the game
just stop
putting yourself in bad situations
and thinking that you're strong and you can handle it
don't do it
you know what the strong person does?
he just doesn't go anywhere near it
he just stays away from it
he doesn't make provision
you know it's like
just drive around the McDonald's
don't even look at it okay
when the billboard just close your eyes
whatever it is in your life
that you have the problem for
we're too weak
we can't handle sin
just get over yourself
you're too weak we're too weak
we're putting up boundaries in our lives
and just saying you know what
I don't even want to give myself an
option here I have no option
you know men
if you ever have to text another lady
just include your wife in the text message
group text message
you know there was a pastor in this area
that like got fired for
like texting women that weren't his wife
and supposedly it wasn't wrong or bad
I was like I don't know about that but
you know what you're not gonna
really be in trouble when you're doing
those things and the
men that are gonna be successful in life
didn't make provision for the flesh
the men that are gonna basically
be with Delilah and getting
their eyes gouged out well you know
what he made lots of provision for the flesh
and so let us be
careful with our lives
let us make sure that we're
obeying our powers let us make sure that
we're doing what's right let us make sure that we're not
putting ourselves in bad scenarios
and bad situations where
it's very likely we could sin again
let's just stay as far away from
as possible it's just not worth it
it's never worth it it never will be worth it
and you'll never come to me and say
Pastor Shelley I'm so sad I didn't make
provision for the flesh
you know what happens
people say hey Pastor Shelley I hung
out with the wrong people
hey I went back
you wouldn't be the first you wouldn't be the second
the third or the last tons and
tons of people sucked away in this
junk stop doing it
thank you Heavenly Father so much for your word
thank you for giving us these clear instructions
I pray that we would take heed
unto ourselves that we would
respect the office of authority
that you've put over us
whatever that authority is
I pray that we're willing to have the
bravery and courage
to obey the higher powers if there's
ever a conflict of interest
I pray that you would help us not to be jaded
against paying tribute or custom when we
have to and I pray that you would
help us to put on the Lord Jesus Christ
and to not make provision for the flesh
and to not
go back to the darkness
to not waste our lives to realize
that we have but a short time
and it's such a crucial time
that we need to be serious and sober about
our lives and making the
best decisions that we can and I pray that
as the people in this room
strive to serve you
that you would give us grace
that you would empower us that you would bless us
that you would give us favor
that you would allow us to do great and mighty works
for your honor and your glory and in Jesus' name we pray
Amen
Alright for our last song
we're going to sing song number 50
Peace Perfect Peace
song number 50
Peace Perfect Peace
song 50
Peace Perfect Peace
Peace
Perfect
Peace
In this
dark world of
sin
The cloud
of
Jesus whispers
peace with
him
Peace
Perfect
Peace
When sorrow
surging round
On
Jesus
goes
not what calm
is found
Peace
Perfect Peace
Our
future all
unknown
Jesus
we know
and he is
on his
throne
Peace
Perfect Peace
is
sharing us
and
Jesus
has
vanquished
death and all
its powers
It
is
enough
Earth struggles
soon shall cease
and
Jesus
call us
to his
perfect
peace
Thank you all for coming. God bless. You are dismissed