Let's look back at verse number 15 where the Bible reads the way of a fool is right in his own eyes
But he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise and the title of my sermon this evening
is this the way of a fool the way of a fool and
the thing is is that a fool cannot be convinced that they're wrong a
Fool thinks everything that he believes or everything he's been taught or just his outlook on life is right and
The reality is all of us
Generally think the way we think is right and what we believe is right and all the things that how we see is right
But if you were to be honest with yourself
That's constantly changing when you're a child your outlook on life was a certain way and as you continue to get older and older
You start realizing well, that's actually kind of wrong and you start evolving your viewpoint
You start changing your ideas about certain things
Well, that's actually good
But the problem is that we need to make sure that every time we make a change in our viewpoint
It's what the Bible says it's what God is telling us because unfortunately we on our own are not going to come to the right
Conclusions we need to read the Bible and let God tell us which things are right and which things are wrong
But you have to understand that the way of even a fool even the most
Simple-minded even the most idiotic type person they think everything they think is right
They believe everything that how they see it is right and really we need a litmus test
We need something to check us and make sure that we're right and that's the Bible
God's Word helps us understand what actually is right and what is wrong, you know
It's just a measuring tool in a lot of ways if I were to wonder hey
I think that this is about 10 feet tall
What I need to do is get the measuring tape and measure it and see what's actually
The height is that's gonna give me the actual dimensions and what the Bible is telling us is that people think that they're right
They believe that they're right, but we have to check the Bible to see if they're actually right now
What's frustrating about this is is the fact that?
People can be shown though how they're wrong from the Bible and they still reject it
They still don't believe it because they're hard-hearted because they're not a person that wants wisdom
They're not a person that wants truth someone that actually wants truth when they've been proven in the Bible something that's different
They'll change their mind. They'll accept what the Bible says, but let me tell you this Christian
There's a lot of people in this room that I could show them things in the Bible and they would still not believe it
And you know what?
You're gonna go to a church with people that decide not to believe what's preached behind the pulpit and not to do
what is preached behind the pulpit and unfortunately, that's the way of a fool a
fool will decide to disregard what the Bible says a fool will disregard the good instruction that they've been given and
Let me say this also just because someone doesn't do everything that I say doesn't mean they can't come through the door
Because that would be all of us
Myself included I preach against every single sin and you know what?
I have problems too
And so you you can't misunderstand the fact that since we all are on different journeys and we're all learning and growing together
That somehow it's okay for people to sin or it's okay for people to disregard the instruction
It's not okay for them to do that and you'll notice people they'll come to church
They'll heal the preaching but they don't apply it to themselves. They don't actually implement that into their family
They don't implement it into their life and you don't get confused in thinking that it's okay
They will suffer the consequences of rejecting what the Bible teaches of going down that bad path now
I want to give you a lot more verses and I'm gonna give you some really clear application in the sermon
Okay, go to Proverbs chapter 9 Proverbs chapter 9. Look at verse number 6
the Bible says forsake the foolish and live and go in the way of
Understanding so when you notice someone is not listening to the Bible is
Not implementing clear scripture into their life
The Bible is saying that person's a fool and you need to forsake the foolish
I have nothing to do with fools who have don't want to hear the Word of God
Don't want to implement it in their life. Look at Proverbs chapter 10 verse 8
The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall
So the Bible says a wise person
Will accept God's Word will accept the commandments of the Word of God and they'll actually implement them in their lives
But the prating fool he's gonna end up destroying himself. It may not be today. It may not be tomorrow
It may not even be five years from now, but eventually they will fall
Eventually, they will destroy themselves and a lot of the applications. I'm gonna give to you are things that don't have an immediate consequence
It's it's decisions that you can get away with for a while
but you sitting in this room don't think just because someone that comes to this church is getting away with sin that you will and
Don't think that consequences won't come to the fool and you know what the way of a fool is right in his own eyes
You know what? You should hearken unto counsel
You're gonna be wise when you apply God's Word and I can't tell you how many people I watch do stupid things in church
Messing around with sin in their lives and I'm thinking like what is this person doing? You know, eventually they fall
Eventually they get exposed eventually something bad happens to them. You're not gonna get away with being a fool
Proverbs chapter 14 look at verse 9
Proverbs 14 look at verse 9
Fools make a mock at sin, but among the righteous there is favor, you know
There's a lot of people that have you told them. Hey, that's not right. This is a sin
They'll laugh at you. Hey, there's a lot of people that would laugh at me for my lifestyle
Hey, you go to church three times a week
You don't drink alcohol
You just let your wife get pregnant. Just as God sees fit. Yeah, and they would just laugh at that
They're like, hey, you know what causes that, huh? And I'm like, yeah, I do. It's great
They're like when you gonna stop that never
Why would I want to stop that it's the greatest thing it's a double win
you
Know the people can look at me and they can mock me and they can ridicule me and you know
What fools are the ones that mock at sin though? I?
Get favor from God by following his commandments go to Proverbs chapter 17
Go to Proverbs chapter 17 and look at verse number 10. The Bible says this a
Reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool
But this is saying is that if someone's truly wise all I would have to do is gently tell them that they're wrong and
They'll fix it
But as a stupid person I could literally sit here and beat them
Just beat them over and over and go you're wrong. You're wrong. You're wrong and they still won't get it
They still just get dig in
Because they just choose not to accept it and it's a hard issue. It's frustrating
I've known people in my life. You can show them every verse in the Bible. You could prove it from logic
You can prove it from every single angle
They're even suffering the consequences of their bad actions and you're like change your mind and they just won't it's a foolish attitude a
Wise person will hear how they're wrong and change their mind. They won't dig in they won't be like well
I'm the exception or I don't know if that's right. Look the Bible is always right
Proverbs chapter 17 look at verse 16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom singing hath no heart to it
The Bible is saying it's silly because fools will actually spend a bunch of money trying to figure out the answers to this life
But they don't have a heart to receive it
It's like hey pastor, you know people come to me and they'll say hey pastor. I really have this important thing
Will you give me some advice and they give the advice and like I want to do that
You
Know people go to college and they'll try to they'll spend all this money on
Information and how to live their life and the answers of life, but then they don't even have the heart to it
It doesn't make any sense
Why would you want answers if you're not willing to receive them?
Why show up at church this evening if you're not willing to change your mind?
It doesn't really make any sense
You should be willing to change your mind if the Bible says something different than you already believe
Look at chapter 18 verse 2 a
Fool hath no delight and understanding
But that his heart may discover itself
What is the Bible saying the Bible is saying that a foolish person is not interested in learning?
They're done grow. They've already arrived. They already have all the information
They just want to just pour out all their stupidity out of their own mouth and just discover their own fools
They love to hear themselves talk
You know what you're not gonna learn anything by talking, you know, you learn listening
By reading by studying by paying attention to others
You should take advantage of other people's information and you know when you perceive
Someone as a fool get away from that person
You don't want to hear bad things
But when you identify a good source of information soak in as much as you possibly can go to Proverbs 28
I want to show you one more verse here and then we're gonna get in some some application
Now I think everybody in this room
Probably agrees with everything I've said so far because it sounds right and it sounds good
But then when I get into practical application, that's where people are gonna, you know, dive off the cliff away from what I'm gonna say
All right
Look at Proverbs 28 verse 26, but keep this in mind
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool
But who so walketh wisely he shall be delivered
So I'm gonna challenge you
To not trust in your heart this evening
I'm gonna challenge you that whenever we look in the Bible when it says something different than what you believe
Why don't you let the Bible?
Tell you what's right not your own heart because your heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it is
What the Bible says and you can't trust in your heart don't believe Disney Disney wants you to follow your heart into hell
That's what they really want
Okay, but we're not supposed the Bible says don't trust in your heart trust the Lord with all thine heart and lean not under
Their own understanding and all the ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths. So according to the Bible don't trust your heart at all
Be a wise person be delivered from the the deceits in your own heart and trust what the Bible says
Now go to go to Proverbs 14
Let me give you the first practical application of where you can prove this beyond a shadow of a doubt in the Bible yet
most people reject what I'm about to say most people reject this doctrine and
this doctrine is the fact that birth control is a sin and
Birth control is always wrong
Now most people reject this in fact a lot of parents put their daughters on birth control at 12 at
13 at 14 at 15 at 16 that is just so
Warped you know in our country used to be the president of the United States would publicly say that birth control is wrong in
The United States, I can't imagine buying saying that now, okay?
But I'm telling you there used to be a day when most people agree to this doctrine
You know there wasn't a big
Negative factor of having lots of kids in fact having lots of kids was viewed as being a positive thing
it's only a recent modern invention of
Wickedness to say that oh we need to limit our families or whatever
You know for hundreds and hundreds of years in this country
People just had lots of kids that was just fact I mean the average size of a family's eight kids
Average was eight why because they didn't have birth control and they weren't exercising birth control most birth control
mechanisms are less than a hundred years old even that are employed today, and I don't want to go through all of them because they're all
Gross and disgusting, but look what the Bible says okay? Don't just trust what I'm saying. Let's trust what the Bible says verse 1
every wise woman
Buildeth her house, but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands
So the Bible says a wise woman tries to build her house a foolish woman destroys her house
Now you're saying are we talking about the brick and the veneer and the siding no?
Just like acts chapter 16 verse 31 says believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved in thy
House what is that referring to is that your your sightings not coming up to heaven, okay?
The indoor plumbing is not coming. You know I know you like it. I know you like the tile job or whatever
It's not coming. It's not getting saved. It's talking about your family
You know my home is wherever we are
It's not a physical structure, and you know what a wise woman is going to build her family
You know she's going to do everything in her power and pray to God that God will bless her and build her family
She's not going to destroy her family
and you know what the worst thing you can do is destroying your family with abortion and birth control and
A lot of people will say I'm against abortion, but did you know that birth control also has a board of patient side effects in?
fact you know a lot of times a woman will become pregnant and she doesn't know and
Because the birth control will harden the lining of the uterus that
Embryo that's been fertilized will travel down. It'll try to plant itself into the uterus and it will die
You say are you just saying this no look up on the birth control?
Pamphlet it'll explain this and notice the name
birth
Control is that saying conception control?
No, it's saying birth control it stops a child from being birth
It doesn't stop a child from being created. It doesn't stop a child from being conceived in fact. I believe that it's murder
Now it's not the same
I wouldn't say it's the same type of murder is just walking up and putting gun to someone's head and pulling the trigger
That's obviously a little bit more in your face
I wouldn't say it's as bad as you know straight abortion, but you know what it's still a lever of murder
It's still wrong. It's still a sin and the Bible says only foolish people will do this and
Let me just give you some anecdotal evidence go to Genesis chapter 38
Go to Genesis chapter 38 in the beginning of your Bible, but you know what I've never and I'm sure I could meet one
But to this day, I've never met an older person that when I talk to them about children, and I asked this question
Do you wish you had more kids that they said anything other than I then yes?
Every older person I even I've met people that had like eight nine ten kids
I said you wish you had more you know what they always say yes
People they didn't have any kids. I wish I had more people had lots of kids
I wish I had more people that are good bad tall young old doesn't matter the religion
You know what all the old people say hey, I wish I had more kids
So I think if every single old person says I wish I had more kids
It's probably better. I'm just saying and
You know what I bet you when I'm old and you come up to me say hey pastor
Shelly you wish you had more kids. You know I'm gonna say yes, I do
Yes, I do and you know what me and my wife
We unfortunately made that mistake and we could add a few more kids, but you know what it's never a bad time to start
Never a bad time to start and you know you can't control what God how much he opens or closes the womb
But I don't want to be the one that closes it for him
I don't want to be the one that's that's destroying my family
I want to be building my family now look at Genesis chapter 38 and look at verse number four the Bible says
Give me one second
Genesis 38 look at verse number four because you say oh you're talking about birth control
Well, there's only one time we can really find in the Bible all right Genesis 38 look at verse 4
and she conceived again embarrassed son and called his name onan and
She yet again conceived embarrassed son and called his name Sheila, and he was at
Kizib where she bare him and Judah took a wife for her her firstborn whose name was Tamar an heir
Jews force firstborn was wicked in the sight of the Lord and the Lord slew him you know that tells me don't be wicked
verse 8 and Judah said onan go in into thy brother's wife and marry her and raise up seed to thy brother and
Onan knew that the seed should not be his and it came to pass when he went in unto his brother's wife
That he spilled it on the ground less that he should give seed to his brother
so this is the one time we have a story about someone doing exercising some level of birth control and
What does the Bible say verse 10 and the thing which he did displease the Lord?
But a God like this nope what was his punishment wherefore he slew him also?
Now he slew the first brother because why he was wicked
Then he slides that slew this guy because it displeased him that sounds like what he did was wicked if you ask me
Hey, here's your one mention of birth control the guy dies
I'm just let's go to Jesus chapter number one. Let's get a clear statement from the Bible. Hey birth controls a sin
you can get mad at me you can throw stones at me, but you know what the Bible still true and
I love children, and you know I hope after the sermon our list increases, okay, please pray for expecting ladies all right
Genesis chapter 1 verse 28 look what the Bible says and God blessed them and God sent on them be fruitful and multiply and
Replenish the earth and subdue it and have the minion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air
And over every living thing that moved upon the earth so God commanded man and woman to do something be fruitful and multiply
So let me tell you when you're not doing that. It's a sin
When you're killing the babies that he's giving you it's a sin
it's wrong and
You know what you're only hurting yourself because children are a gift from God as what the Bible says
You know there's so many people that want a child
And they can't and for you to destroy the ones that God is giving you is just such a just spitting in the face of
God it's spitting in the face of other people. It's gross
Go to Psalms 127 go to Psalms 127
But you know what the way of a fool is right in his own eyes
You talk to people that are in birth control. They think it's awesome. They think it's great. They think it's wonderful
They love the fact that they're gonna get more cancer from all the birth control that they're taking they love the fact that it's destroying
Their body they love the fact that they're gonna miss out on the blessings of God they love the fact that they're murdering babies
They love the fact that they're drying up portions of their body and permanently damaging them. I guess they just love it's so great
Try it now I
Don't think it's great
Psalm 127 look at verse 3
Low children are in heritage of the Lord and the fruit of the womb is his reward
So you know what you're doing you're saying. I don't want rewards from God I
Don't want blessings from God that's what you're saying because the Bible says chill it doesn't even give an exception all children
Look at verse 28 128 and look at verse number 3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house thy children like olive plants round about thy table
Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that ferret the Lord
Hey that fool might think that all of his extra money and all his extra income and all this extra time is so great
But you know what I think is great my children
And you know what price tag I'd put on their head you couldn't put one
It doesn't matter
Children are always better than not having children in every case go to Matthew chapter number five go to math chapter five
I'm gonna get my second point here
You say I don't like the sermon well you're not gonna like the rest
Birth control the sin though
You show me something the Bible that's contrary and look any honest person would be like yeah, that's wrong
And what's the point of birth control so you can commit more fornication? I mean?
There's not a legitimate use. It's garbage
Matthew chapter 5 look at verse 31
It hath been said whosoever shall put away his wife let him give her a writing of divorce meant
But I say unto you that whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication
Causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
Committed adultery so notice what Jesus says he says that divorce is always wrong now
He does bring up this caveat of you know saving the cause of fornication
We have to understand about this is before they come together
He finds out she's not a maid or right at the beginning of his marriage
He finds out she's not a maid as a marriage fraud
and it's annulled immediately the only thing similar this in our country is an annulment and
You know what no one gets a divorce and an annulment you only get one
And you know I'm not even advocating annulments, and you know what Jesus Christ doesn't even advocate annulments
Go if you would to Matthew chapter number 19 you know when Christ when he's point-blank asked about divorce
He says it's okay to divorce
never
Hey pastor Shelley you you have to listen to my scenario. What do you think about this one never divorce?
Hey, if you want to come up and ask me a question of when it's okay to divorce
Let me already give you the answer never I
Will never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever tell you it's okay to divorce ever
You say I'm confused. I don't know how people are still confused, but they are
Because the way of a fool is riding his own eyes so coming to pastor Shelley. Have you seen this in the Bible yes?
at least a dozen times
Well, what about this? Yep? I've seen that too
Look it's already settled
It's never okay
And you're gonna literally have to contradict the red letters of the Bible to prop up your doctrine
Look what it says
Matthew chapter 19 verse 3 the Pharisees also came on him tempting him and saying them is it
Lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause so the Pharisees. They're super liberal
Hey, they want you to be able to divorce your wife because you didn't make you a sandwich
You know because she looked she looked at another guy one time or something
I mean every cause it's any reason
What is Christ answer and he answered and said to them have you not read?
That he which made them at the beginning made the male and female and said for this cause shall man leave
Father and mother and shall cleave to his wife and they twain shall be one flesh
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh what therefore God hath joined together
Let not man put asunder
He says hey, you know when you should do it never
You say well, what if he's a horrible person
What if she's a horrible person? Well, you know, there's a story of Abigail. She was married to Nabal. He was a reprobate
And you know what? She didn't divorce him. She just prayed that he would die and eventually did. All right
She literally cursed him. She literally walks up to him and curses him and you know
eventually God just you
Reprobates his heart and then ten days later he dies. Okay
So there's your there's your message. All right, if he's really bad. I'm not that's a special exception or reprobates
You don't take that too far. All right. I know your ex-wife's not great, but she's not necessarily a reprobate. Okay?
But let's keep reading because people will bring up what about that exception of saving the cause of fornication
Well, let's see what the Bible says
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh right what therefore God had joined together. Let not the man put asunder
They say on him. Why did Moses then command to give a riding and divorcement and to put her away?
Let me answer this. They didn't ask that question because they genuinely cared. Okay, FYI
Verse 8 he said to them
Moses because of the hardness of your hearts
Suffered you to put away your wise but from the beginning it was not so
Now I if I got up to you and said hey you have a hard heart and we're gonna suffer you to do this
Does that sound like I think it's okay
No, because it's not okay. It's wrong, but he's just saying he's allowing them to do it
He says and I stand you who Sarah shall put away his wife except to be for fornication and shall marry another
Committed adultery and who shall marry her which is put away does commit adultery. Now. This is an interesting verse because
Technically speaking if you divorce your spouse that doesn't mean that either of you committed adultery
Okay
But you know why he's saying this because people are just gonna go ahead and get remarried anyways
People are just gonna disregard the Bible and they're just gonna do it anyways
And you know what then they're in eventually gonna end up committing adultery. Literally, that's why he's bringing it up because people just can't you know
Abstain, I mean, it's just it's just reality
They just decide not to they wax wanton against Christ and they marry having damnation is what the Bible says
Now go if you would to 1st Corinthians chapter number 7 1st Corinthians chapter number 7 not only is divorce always wrong
There's no exception to it. But then when you remarry on top of that, it's adultery
You say when is it adultery every single time?
Every single time there is no exception now go if you would to 1st Corinthians chapter number 7 and
Again, you bring up the whole saving cause for fornication
Like I said, that's an annulment thing
That doesn't even exist in our society virtually, okay?
Hypothetically if someone did you know go through the ceremony and then found out the person's not a virgin and just broke it off
Then yeah, you could you could run around that stupid exception, but you know when you preach exceptions to things people think oh
How can I fit into that exception hole or whatever? I?
Don't I still think you shouldn't even do it if you came up to me even in that scenario
I said well have you already said I do then do it perform your vow that you made to God
Hey that you vowed no, he said because of the hardness of their hearts
He allowed them to be treacherous against that woman or that man that they made those vowels. Hey stick with that vow stick in that scenario
now it says in 1st Corinthians chapter number 7 verse 10 and
Under the myriad I command yet not I but the Lord let not the wife depart from her husband
But and if she depart
Let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband and let not the husband put away his wife
So what does the Bible say it's saying if you divorce don't get remarried
The only exception would be back to the same spouse that you already had and you say why well go to Romans chapter 7
Go to Romans chapter number 7
See the Apostle Paul understood this doctrine
You know after Jesus Christ had preached he said he that hath an ear let him hear and his disciples are like
This is a hard thing
Because it's like you actually have to do what you said when you said till death do us part
When does the Bible say it's okay to break your vow unless you ask Adam Fannin the answer is never
I
Mean I didn't look I didn't force you to make any vows
I'm not gonna force you to make any vows. I wouldn't even ask you to make a vow
well, here's the thing you should take your vow seriously God did I
Like God's vows. I like the fact that I have eternal life. I like that when I believe in him
I'm saved forever
You want God to go back on that vow when he looks at how sinful you are and how much you screw up in the?
future I
Guarantee you trespass more against God than your spouse does against you
And you're still going to heaven. He's not like
really
again and again
No, you still get eternal life
Romans chapter 7 look at verse 1
No, you not brethren for I speak to them that know the law how does the law dominion over a man as long as he?
liveth
For the woman which hath and husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth
But if the husband be dead she is loose from the law of her husband
So then if while her husband liveth she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress
But if her husband be dead she is free from that law so that she is no adulteress though
She'll be married to another man, so the Bible saying if a woman is married to a to a man
The only time she can get remarried is when she becomes a widow meaning that her husband has physically passed away now
This is where some people will take the Bible and fools will take the Bible the wave of fools right is on us
They'll take this verse, and they'll twist it to mean anything that they want
Well the Bible says faith that works is dead
My wife doesn't have any work, so I just divorced her
You know the Bible that says that she doesn't liveth in pleasure
You know while she liveth is dead, so you know she's living in pleasure, so she's dead
It's not a spiritual deadness, or they'll say oh well. She's not saved
So they're spiritually dead so therefore I can know this is physical death
And I'll tell you you can prove this to people and they they just don't want to see it
They just want to believe what they want to believe why because the way of a fool is right in his own eyes
We should hearken into counsel, okay, but would you don't any chapter 23 you don't write chapter 23?
These are some hard sayings pastor Shelley. Well. It's in the Bible, so
I'm trying to help you not be a fool today
Fools will disregard this instruction and let me say this too. There will be people that will make all of these mistakes
And most of the mistakes that I'm bringing up to you are ones that I can't throw you out of church
necessarily for making these mistakes
You know someone decides to get divorced well
I think that's horrible and that's wrong and you're gonna ruin your life
And there's gonna be consequences, and you're basically teaching your kids
It's okay to divorce, and they'll make these horrible decisions. You know if they show up. They're gonna still be at the church
I don't personally hate you and
Then people people don't get the wrong idea just because that person shows up doesn't mean that pastor Shelley thinks is okay
And don't let your children think that it's okay, and don't you think that it's okay?
And don't you think there won't be consequences of sin hey, I've seen people
Disregard this they get divorced they get remarried. They're in the church and now guess where they're at in a trash can
Because they married a stupid whore okay
They married a stupid bimbo that hates the Word of God and look if a person's willing to say you know what I don't care
What the Bible says let's commit adultery what else are they open to I?
I
Mean what kind of hey you love the Bible? I love the Bible. Yeah, well the Bible says this is adultery you want to do it
sure
What else are they willing to disregard in the Bible I mean if you're willing to commit adultery
I feel like the sky's the limit I
Would rather have a person that says you know what I don't want to do that. I respect them the Bible
I respect them to God's Word not just saying who cares whatever
I'm sinful if I go to the bar. I'll drink so I'm just gonna go down there and drink anyways
Well, I'm just you know I struggle just don't go to the bar
Then you won't drink you won't drink alcohol
But people disregard what I'm teaching go to generally chapter 23 doesn't mean I hate you doesn't mean that
I don't want you to come to my church. You know what?
I'm not gonna follow your actions if you're a fool
And you shouldn't follow other people's actions in this room that disregard the preaching
Look at Deuteronomy chapter 23 look at verse 2
The Bible says a bastard shall not enter in the congregation of the Lord even to his 10th generation
Shall he not enter and the congregation of the Lord you know what I?
Fear the day, but it's most likely there will be a person in our church that commits fornication
And has a bastard child, and I rue that day and shame on that person
You know what I'm not gonna. Do I'm not gonna walk him to be like congrats on your bastard
Honestly, that's a shame
And you know what children are not ashamed children are a gift children are a blessing
But you know what having a child out of wedlock
It's a bastard and it's a shame and it's a reproach, and I'm not gonna congratulate you on your bastard
I'm not gonna sit here and be like super excited that you're having a bastard child
You know what I can still love that child, and I can still love you as a person
but you know what I'm not gonna go around and tell people when they sin that it's okay and
You shouldn't either you shouldn't go around and be like oh, that's great. It's not great
That's terrible. That's bad
That's a shame people should be shamed for committing sin today, but you know what people are so judgmental well
You're welcome
You should deserve some judgment. You should deserve some shame every once in a while
Maybe it'll cause you to not do it again because you know what those women that get all this support and all this love
Then they do it again don't they
Whereas if every single person in your life shamed you maybe you'd say I don't want to do that again
I don't want to make that bad decision. You know it's not my fault when people break Commandments, and you know what I'm not
The Bible says in the Old Testament
What did the Old Testament say there the bastard wasn't even allowed to go into church for ten generations?
And then you're gonna get mad at me for not wanting to congratulate somebody on a bastard
I'm not even harsh. This is harsh
Saying your bastard kid can't come to church and the next nine kids of his can't either
Think about that. That's some strict rules right there. That's how God feels about bass
You know and I already read this morning 40% of children are bastards in this country
40% it's a shame. You know what the way of a fool is right his own eyes. They don't think it's bad
You know what I only care what the Bible says
Now go to the journal me chapter 4 go backwards. You say this isn't popular. Well, you know what?
Everybody likes the first part of the sermon when I talk about being a fool's dumb
But you know then you actually start applying the Bible and it starts. You know not being as cool. I like it
I like the Word of God. I would rather I would rather have a small church
That's not full of bastards and divorce and remarried
Adulters and not full of all these sins and trying to teach our kids that it's okay and encouraging them in sin
You know what if I have to push people out of this church and my kids don't make these mistakes then praise God
Because you know what? I'll tell you something. I love my kids way more than you guys
Way more and I don't want my kids to think that it's okay to make these bad decisions
I don't want my kids to think oh well
They got a bastard kid and look the church is throwing them a baby shower
And everybody's telling them how great they are and everything's going wonder for them
I want them to be like, wow, they got publicly shamed. I never want to make that bad decision
Who do you care more about do you care more about the one person that sinned or all the kids that haven't sinned that are?
looking to them for that example, I
Care a lot more about the people that I've been trying to help them not make that that bad decision not make that mistake
Deuteronomy chapter number four look at verse number nine
Only take heed to thyself and keep thy soul
Diligently lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen and lest they depart from my heart all the days of my life
But teach them thy sons and thy sons sons
The Bible tells us that we're supposed to teach our own children
We're supposed to teach them the commandments of the Lord and you know where the teaching stops according the Bible. It doesn't
But a lot of people will put their kids in public school and they'll never teach their kids anything
Public schools become the complete replacement for education and when do the Bible ever teach that it never did
It's you know public schools are kind of a modern thing again. It didn't you go back a couple hundred years
It's not like there was the kindergarten in the elementary school in the middle school and what look
kids were taught by their parents or you were just uneducated and
So it's the job of a parent to teach their children. You know what people come to this church
They'll hear the preaching and they'll just take their kid off to public school to learn about how
LGBTQ history month is wonderful and they'll learn about how to get on birth control and
They'll learn about how to have a bastard kid and you know go down to the the the crisis
you know pregnancy center and have an abortion and
Then the government how to get on welfare and
How to get on all the government programs and they won't teach you how to read and write and arithmetic
They won't teach you anything that actually has any substance. They won't teach you any real history
They'll reject any of Christianity in there
You know, it's a shame and the way of fool's right is like they think oh, man
You guys are with your kids 24-7 you teach your own kids. Oh, that's terrible
No
What you're doing is terrible
giving them to a communist Satanist agenda and letting them be fed all the filth and the smut and the
Deceit of public school. That's where the real problem is. Look at generally chapter 6 verse 6
Deuteronomy chapter 6 look at verse 6 and
These words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart and now shall teach them
Diligently unto thy children and shall talk of them when I'll sit us in thine house
And when I walk is by the way and when that lies down and when thou rises up
You know when you should be teaching your kids every second you have an opportunity
Hey if your kids ask you a question teach them
Now if they ask the same question over and over I get it all right, sometimes there's a there's an off button
All right, but I'm saying give them an opportunity to learn
You should why your kids to ask you questions
Be afraid of the day when your kids don't ask you questions anymore
That's a scary thought I want my kids to constantly come to me all my kids to constantly ask for my opinion all my kids
To constantly learn from their father from their mother from those that care about them the most and look
It doesn't matter who it is on the planet. No one loves your kids as much as you do no one
And if you really love your kids, why wouldn't you teach them the Word of God?
Why wouldn't you instruct them go to Proverbs chapter 13 Proverbs chapter 13?
But you know it's not that I
You have to understand people get mad at me because they're like well our kids go to public school
Can we even come to your church? It's like yes, you can
Well, I've been divorced can I come to your church? Yes, you can
Well, you know I made this was it look we're all sinners
Okay, but don't think that I'm not gonna preach against your sin number one
Number two don't think I'm gonna congratulate you in your sin
Don't think that I'm gonna give you a free pass on your sin
Don't think that I'm if I'm nice to you. I think that you're living a good life
Okay, I'm gonna be not that's called grace and long-suffering
You know we should be gracious to people and we should be long-suffering with people because we want them to grow
We want them to stop being a fool. We want them to get the wisdom and the instruction
But you know what when I identify a fool. I'm not thinking I want to be like him
I'm thinking I want to be like this
and
I'm telling you don't chase the fools in this room. Don't chase the fools out there chase the Word of God
like a private chapter 13 later verse 20
The Bible says he that walketh with wise men shall be wise but a companion of fools shall be
destroyed
Public school is a companion of fools
And I'll tell you this not only is the instruction bad not only is the agenda bad
But I think one of the worst aspects of public school is this
the other kids there
Because if you ask me like some of the worst decisions you made
Why did you make them because your friends talked you into it?
That's why because all the peer pressure and all the exposure and look you're not being exposed to just any old kids
You're being exposed to every kind of kid. You're being exposed to the kid whose parents give them alcohol
You're being exposed to the parents who put their little 12 year old daughter on birth control and said have fun
You're putting yourself. Hey, you're putting yourself around kids whose parents are Satanists
Not just like we're talking like in a pretend world. We're talking about their literal Satanists
They literally worship the devil. They have a shrine in their home and they worship the devil
You have all kinds of other false religions and demonic influences
Why would I want to send my kid and just say I hope you get lucky with your friends at school?
Like I I was exposed to any and everything in public school and that was a long time ago for me
And it was bad. I can't even imagine what it's like today. I can't and I was in a small town
I don't even know what's in Dallas Fort Worth. I guarantee there's some really bad stuff going on in public school today
Go to Proverbs chapter 11. We're here in Proverbs. Look at chapter 30 or verse 30 chapter 11 verse 30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life and he that win his souls is wise
You know, there's gonna be people that come to this church and they hear about soul winning every single week
They see all the soul winning times they know that it's a wise decision and they won't go so winning
That's the way of a fool
Only a fool could come to my church
Only a fool could come to step back at this church and decide not to go soul winning if they they're capable of doing it
I mean, but you know what you don't look at them and think oh, well, they're getting away with it. No, they're foolish
You you earn rewards
You go out there and preach the gospel you do that which is right
Don't look at what everybody else is doing
Look at what the Bible saying and do it and you know what? Sometimes it may even feel like you're standing on an island by yourself
You know what?
God's gonna reward and give favor to those that trust in his promises and you know what you're gonna have
Consequences to those who reject his word you could go to a church where no one's going so winning
Does that make it right?
No
They're foolish
That says he'll take away the candlestick. You won't be a church anymore. Go to Matthew 5 and look at verse 13 Matthew chapter number
Matthew chapter 5 verse 13
Ye are the salt of the earth, but at the salt of lost a saber wherewith shall it be salted
It is thins forth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden underfoot of men
God says hey if you don't want to be a soul winner. Hey, you want to lose your salt?
You don't want to go out there and preserve the world today. You're good for nothing
I'll just cast you out and you'll be trodden underfoot of men. Is that how you want to go?
I don't want to go that way. I don't my family go that way. Well, I see some guy he's not doing it
Well, you know what? He's in danger then
Hey every branch that beareth not fruit and me you might just rip that thing out of the vine and cast it out
It doesn't mean you lose your salvation, but you might lose your physical life. I don't want that
Go go to Luke chapter 4 go to Luke chapter 4
I'm gonna speed up because there's one that I want to get to I have too many but look let me say this
There's so many things that people do so many bad decisions people make you preach it clearly you can show them from the Bible
All the way till Sunday night. Okay, and they still just reject it. They still don't want to do it
Maybe it's because they got that whores forehead. We talked about in the morning, right?
Because they just can't be ashamed or whatever, I don't know but Luke Luke chapter number four look at verse four
and
Jesus answered him saying it is written that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God
You know, there's people that come to this church and they don't read their Bible
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. I don't need to read the Bible. I'm good
I've heard it. I got the gist. I
Got John 3 16
You know what?
It's interesting how you never no one in this room has stopped eating food
Isn't that interesting I
Mean anybody who's feeling like I'm just done with food for now. I'm good
I've had enough that last meal is gonna satisfy me to the end. I guarantee most people probably eat three meals a day
Maybe even more I'm not gonna raise your hands, okay
But how is it the you know, how come you eat a meal every single day
Because you know, it's important to you, right? It's something you need but you know what you need more than physical food is spiritual food
You
Know what? It takes faith to realize that need for the spiritual food a way of a fool is thinking I'm good
But what have you applied that to physical food you would die?
And you want to die spiritually stop reading the Bible
You want to die physically stop eating?
You can't last very long and you know, you can laugh how long you can last spiritually not as long either
Don't think it's any different
Your physical body is very important, but you know, it's more important your spiritual body and we need the Word of God
Go to first Timothy chapter 4 first to me chapter 4
Revelation chapter 1 verse 3 says blessed is he that readeth
There's a blessing to reading the Bible. It's our daily food. Give us this day our daily bread
You know, it's more important than the physical bread is the bread of life, which is the Word of God
We need that daily bread Jesus said hey, I need every word of God to that's why I'm a King James Bible
and first Timothy chapter number four
look at verse 13
Till I come give attendance to reading to exhortation to doctrine
Look, we need to be a church that reads the Bible
We will destroy ourselves if we don't read the Bible the wave of fools right in his own eyes
That's why you need to constantly read the Bible to be reminded what it says to be corrected by the Bible
When I read the Bible, I often think wow. I need to improve in a lot of areas
When you read the laws when you read the Proverbs and the Proverbs is just like
Like oh man, I'm screwed up here and here and here and it's just like if you just let the Bible apply itself
It's just like man. I need to get better. I
Need to work on some things and hopefully if you're hearing some spirit-filled preaching you're like I have some areas I can improve in
Go to Titus chapter 3 go to Titus chapter 3. We're right there
Here's another one that really just drives me up a wall
And if I could throw people out for things that aren't biblical this would probably
Probably be up there, but it's listening to heretics
You
Listening to heretics Titus chapter 3 look at verse 10 a man that is in heretic after the first and second ammunition
reject
Knowing that he that is such is subverted and senteth being condemned of himself
You know, you'll throw somebody out of church for being a flat-earthed
Idiot, you'll throw someone out of which is bizarre that anybody ever believes that you'll throw someone out of church for being a oneness
Pentecostal or you'll throw them out of church for believing just raging damnable heresy
And then people in your church will still hang out with them and you're like, what are you doing?
They're still being friends with them. They're still talking with them
You'll point to this guy and be like this is a raging heretic. Look at all the false doctrine
He's preaching and they still listen to him and you're just like what are you doing?
Like are you just a moron like what but you know the way of fools right his own eyes
Well, we really know if those NASA pictures are real. It's like yeah, we do
Yeah, you're stupid
Well, do we really know that you know, there's three persons one God, yeah, it's a settled
Well, we really yeah, we already figured it out
Okay, and the Bible says reject this person, but you know what if someone comes in our church is like man
I've been hanging out with all these losers. I can't just be like, well, you're out, too
I'm just like I'm gonna stay away from you though
and
Don't think that you're gonna get away with it
You know, the purpose of a false prophet is just to get you to listen because when you listen to poison and you listen to
filth
Sometimes it can corrupt even a good person
Even a good person can have their faith overthrown when they're just hearing false doctrine after false dogs
That's why it's so important to cut it off at the spigot
Because if you hear a lie over and over and over again, you can start to believe it
You can start to think oh, is that really right? Is that really be careful what you listen to?
Be careful what you subject yourself to and when you identify a heretic the Bible doesn't say hang out with that guy
It says get rid of him get out of his presence
Go to Romans chapter 16 Romans chapter 16. Look I I've had to deal with a lot of people like this
Unfortunately, this church is unfortunately, you know, it's fortunate and unfortunate. It's had to throw out a hundred and two people
A
hundred and two people now praise God I've thrown out zero people from pure words, but steadfast is different scenario. Okay
Hundred and two people, you know what and you say oh I hang out with all hundred and two every single week
That's a bad idea, but I can't throw you out of church for that
And like I said if I could I would all right
But I have to be restricted to what the Bible says Romans chapter 16 look at verse 17
Now beseech you brethren mark them which cause the visions and offenses conjure the doctrine which you've learned and avoid them
He says for they that are such serve not a Lord Jesus Christ
But their own belly and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple
Notice what it says they deceive the hearts of the simple
You've already shown to be a fool since we mark the guy and you're still hanging out with him
So it sounds like you have the same foolish heart that could also be deceived by him and
You know what these wicked people deceive simple-minded people and destroy and ruin their lives
Don't think that you're better than them. Don't think that you're more righteous than look the devil works subtly and his lies
They kind of sound good
But then when you check them with the Bible, it's horrible
Go if you would to second thessalonians chapter 3
Forsake a time. I'm not gonna prove these other ones, but people that dress wrong, you know
There's women that'll come to this church and they'll dress right on Sunday morning, but not on Monday morning
Not on Tuesday morning
Not on Wednesday morning
And they change for Wednesday night church and then not on Thursday morning and not on Friday and not on Saturday
Hope it's Sunday
But the goal is not for people to just pretend like they're righteous or pretend that they have the right doctrine
It's for their heart to change and them actually believe what the Bible says
Don't pretend to be a righteous Christian just be one and don't pretend to be something that you're not
Why don't you just be the person that you are, you know, there's people they'll do all kinds of drugs you preach against drugs
They'll do drugs
Well marijuana, it's a plant God created the plants. So therefore it must be good
Therefore I can do it. You know that everything on this earth God created have you used that logic?
Created poison all must be good then
Great arsenic. Don't try it
You know, he created bleach don't inject it you Trump's of order you know, I'm just kidding
Look don't do the drugs don't destroy your life. But you know if someone does it's not like
You know depending on the scenario. Okay, some to an extreme use
Yeah, obviously they might be thrown out of church. But you know people little mess around with drugs and do stuff
I don't approve of that. I
Guarantee if we went through this list all of us have been guilty of some of these at some point like
Not reading your Bible or something
I'm not gonna throw people out of church
I'm not gonna get up in your face and start screaming at you, but you know what?
I am also not gonna be like you I'm gonna try to be like Christ
Now here's one that really just makes me mad because the Bible is crystal clear
But people just don't care what the Bible says apparently look at second Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 6 now
we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly and
Not after the tradition which he received of us now
Here's the thing manly Perry said that I walk this orderly and so that's why it's separating for me
He obviously doesn't read the chapter. Okay, because this orderly doesn't mean whatever you want it to mean
It means what the Bible says look at verse 7
For yourselves know how you ought to follow us for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you
Neither did we eat any man's bread for not
But wrought with labor and travail night and day that we might not be chargeable to any of you
Not because we have not power
But to make ourselves and in sample unto you to follow us for even we were with you this we commanded you that if any
Would not work
Neither should he eat
The Bible says don't feed the lazy
The Bible well, what about this guy? Well, what does it say if any?
Don't ask a Calvinist what that word means
Ask me, you know what the word Annie means any
Yeah, but you don't know this person. I do know their situation
because they fit in the category of any and
The Bible says if someone will not work. You should never feed them. You're you're destroying yourself and you're destroying them
My mom used to teach me don't feed stray cats
because they won't go away and
Let me tell you I already preached this but that Church of Christ that was pretty close to us over there
They had some transient come in there and they were feeding him
And as soon as they turned off the spic and he walked in with a shotgun and started blowing people away
Don't feed the stray cat because as soon as you stop feeding he's gonna bite you
Well, I just I feel bad for him don't feel bad for him he's lazy
He has problems. And here's the thing if you feel bad for him. Why would you hurt him more?
You're actually hurting someone who's lazy by feeding them. I
Know this this sounds radical
Because the world that we live in they look at the lazy bum on the corner and they think oh I feel so bad for
You know, I don't feel bad for him
Because the Bible makes it clear he should get to work and know if you feel bad for him
The worst thing you could do is feed him
That's the worst thing you can just give him money
Help help him out
You know what? You should give him a job
That's the only thing that they should be offered to these people and when you offer him a job
You're never gonna find out. Oh, I don't do that
Well, I'm not interested in that
Look, I've had homeless people that come in to be like, can I get money? Can I get bucks?
Why don't you just sit through the service, you know many times they show up this many times
They're lazy. They're lazy jerks and you know, how many people I give how many lazy jerks I give money to none zero
I'm not gonna help a lazy jerk. I'm not gonna help someone that refuses to work. I'm well, it's just so hard getting a job
well, you know what if you're hungry, you would figure out how to get a job and
Let me just prove to you that these people have problems
Let's read a little more of this verse and then I'm gonna prove to you that these people have problems
Look what it says verse 11 for we hear
That there are some which walk among you disorderly working not at all, but are busybodies
Apparently according to manly pair. I don't work at all. I didn't know that
I have to figure that one out verse 12 now them that are such we command and
Exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work and eat their own bread
But ye brethren be not weary in well-doing and if any man
Obey, not our word by this epistle note that man and have no company with him that he may be ashamed. I
Feel like the Bible is crystal clear
But you know what? I see people just suckers. Just like they're like an ATM machine to lazy people
They're just like here you go. Here you go. Here you go. And it's like you're you're hurting them
You're hurting you and you're breaking God's commandments. Why would you do it?
And
Then they come up to me and they're like, oh man, I got taken by this guy and I'm just like, of course you did
You know why go to Psalms chapter 37 go to Psalms chapter 37. Let me tell you why
Because these people have problems
more than you realize
Go to Psalms chapter 37 and
Look at verse 25
Psalms 37 verse 25. Let's get some wisdom from somebody in the Bible that lived a long time
It's very wise person about David Psalms 37 verse 25. I have been young and
Now I'm old. So this person's been around for a while. They've seen a lot of things
He says yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken
Nor his seed begging bread
Well, this guy's forsaken, you know why cuz he's not righteous
Well, this guy's begging bread. You know why cuz he's not
Righteous he has severe problems and let me tell you what the person that wants to work in
America will find work
Now you go to another country
where I
Mean poverty just abounds
Yeah, I'm gonna help people like that
But you know what the reason that they're in such a bad shape is not because they don't want to work is because they have no
opportunity
And let me tell you what in America. It's called the land of opportunity for a reason
And you know, there's gonna be people that come on hard times and you know
The Bible says, you know, but who so half this world's good and see this brother have need
You're not supposed to shut up your bowels and compassion from him
It would say like how dwell the love of God in him
You know what? You can't take that one verse and apply it to every scenario
You know what that looks like?
It looks like your brother in Christ that's in this church serving God faithfully and then all of a sudden they get hit with medical
Bills out of nowhere all of a sudden they get in an accident and they can't work
They want to work but they literally can't well help that guy
Help the guy that has random medical expenses help the guy that's working really hard and just can't get by
Why don't you help that person? Why are you helping the lazy? Why are you helping in righteous?
Why are you think you really think that God is gonna be like, I know I commanded you not to help this person
But I'm just gonna reward you in heaven anyways
Like that doesn't even make sense you might as well buy lottery tickets with that kind of logic
Don't help the lazy Proverbs chapter 29 go to another place Proverbs chapter 29
Yeah, but this lazy guy is really nice I don't care it says any
And you know what if no one helped the lazy they would get to work I
Haven't seen any of these lazy people die
They in fact, sometimes they're overweight. You know, I really
Got a beer gut. It's like what do you?
You're not like skipping meals here, buddy
You hand them you hand these people healthy food and they will throw it on the ground
You hand them a carrot and an apple
You're not hungry if you hand a carrot or an apple to a person in Africa, they will eat the core
That's how you know the difference
Someone who's hungry and someone who's not if you're not look I've gone on a diet before
Like a really strict less than 2,000 calorie diet a day, which for a man is extreme
Okay, I went on this I was so hungry that I was excited to eat carrots. I
Was just like I had carrots as my app as my morning snack and I couldn't even wait to eat it
I was so I was just like I have to eat it
When I was that when I was dieting and I was eating like three meals a day
I was still getting a lots of food. I was just starving every thought was about food
I'm sitting I can't even program and just like
I'm just like I would catch myself going to Google Images. Just looking at burgers
Look when you're hungry, you'll start changing your attitude
And you're like, I'll go work again
But you know what when you just keep getting fed money and money and money, you know you do you don't work
Quit feeding the lazy. Hey if they slept on the street last night, they can do it again tonight
It's Dallas. Okay, they're gonna make it
You know what? The worst thing you can do is give them more money to feed their unrighteous addiction of laziness
Would I give it would I give a beer to an alcoholic?
Would I give cocaine to a cocaine addict, you know what the worst thing you give to someone who's lazy money
The worst thing you can give to them Proverbs 29 look over seven
the righteous
Consider it the cause of the poor but the wicked regardeth not to know it
You should think about why is this person asking for money and
Most every scenario where someone's asking you for money. It's probably bad
You should try to identify people that
Need something and then help those people not the people that are panhandling
Not the people that are coming around and look this is a hard saying, you know people get mad about most churches
Have a food pantry most churches have a homeless ministry
My homeless ministry is I will not give you anything that's my ministry to you
Do you do you guys pay bills? No
Oh, do you have any ministry for us? That's the ministry
Our ministry is we don't pay your bills. We don't you know, look I'm not interested in helping the lazy
Now look if someone goes on our times. Yeah, we'll help people that go on hard times
We'll help people that have bad problems or whatever, but I'm gonna consider the cause
Of the poor too. I'm gonna think about why is it that you're struggling here? What's your problem?
And if there's a way to fix it without giving you money, that's better. It's always better to help them that way
Go to verse to me chapter 5
Let me give you one last thing that people do, you know, it's a lot smaller crowd tonight
Some people forsake Church, but you know what? That's the way of a fool
Hey, I'm gonna obtain on the wise counsel
I'm gonna listen to the Word of God as much as I have an opportunity to hear the Bible being preached
I'm gonna go and get that good instruction
Don't forsake Church. Oh
I don't need church. I got I got I got the Sunday morning one
Well, you need the Sunday night one too
And you know what? You need the Bible study too and you know what every time the doors are open. You just show up anyways
Don't be like the fool
first to me chapter 5 look at verse 8
But if any provide not for his own and
Especially for those of his own house. He hath denied the faith and is worse than infidel
Do you apply that verse to the lazy when a lazy person comes in? Do you apply this verse to them?
They're not even providing for themselves
Let alone a family the Bible says this guy's worse than an infidel
They should be rebuked for being so lazy
They should be rebuked for being a jerk
I'm not gonna sit here and feed your addiction of being a lazy jerk get a job
Well, I put in one resume a week. You're not hungry enough
Well, you know, I'm just look you'll find a job
I've never seen the righteous forsaken. I've never seen his seed bake begging bread
These people have severe problems and you know what? I'm not gonna feed their addiction
I'll give them advice. You know what the wave of fools right in his own eyes
You know, I could show them over and over again get a job work hard do this and they're just like not gonna do it
Hey, don't get divorced. I'm gonna get divorced
Don't marry someone that's divorced. Well, I'm gonna do it anyways
Hey, you know these people aren't going to church. Well, you should go to church, you know
Well, I'm gonna dress like a whore don't dress like a whore
Don't do drugs
Don't put your kids in public school and you know what if someone comes into church and they make these mistakes
Don't think that pastor Shelley thinks it's okay
Don't think like oh, well, that must be a free ticket. No, they're a fool and
I will preach against you if it wasn't just in this sermon. It'll be more. Okay
Buckle up. Let's close in prayer. Thank you father so much for your word. Thank you for giving us great instruction
I pray that we would see the the wisdom and your Commandments and the truth and your word that we would not forsake
The Word of God that we would not just see the fools destroying themselves and envy them or try to follow their ways
but rather we would trust in the Lord with all our hearts that
We would see the importance of not going down the way of a fool of us changing our hearts and our minds from what we believe
To what the Bible believes and as we see our brothers and sisters in Christ struggle that we would pray that you would help them
That we could just pray that you would give them life
You would pray that you would just help them, you know change their heart and their mind
But that we would not follow in their pathway in Jesus name we pray. Amen