Safe and it's under my sermon this morning is we're strong to our Baptist Church. We're strong tower Baptist Church
Let's pray father. Thank you for your word. Thank you for this church. Lord. Thank you
I just for the many blessings you've given us over the last few years here to have this church here Lord
Please help me now just to preach preach this message that you've laid on my heart Lord just to preach it clearly and boldly to
To everyone here Lord and help me to have just be full of your spirit and for everyone here to have attentive ears
Please don't pray this. Amen
Okay, so in case you're a bit confused that let me explain to you again. What's happened
I don't know if everyone is fully aware of this. So I saw if I bore some of you that are
so it was back in September of
2020 that pastor Thompson of Shaw Foundation Baptist Church got in contact with me. We were we were a soul winning group here and
you know, we were some of us were dotted around but there was a bit of a kind of
an amount building in sort of the south of the UK and
We were out so winning and doing stuff sort of regularly and meeting up and he got in contact with me
About the thoughts, you know what thoughts I had of maybe leading a satellite church for him here
He wanted to you know, make us into his you know, sure foundation satellite church
So we started talking and he started training me for it. And obviously I was like, yes, please
We need a church. It's something we'd all been desperate for for a long time and and up until that point
I couldn't really see a good way of it happening. I thought if they if someone gets sent over here
They're probably just gonna get deported right if they're gonna preach the whole council of God
I remember I'd emailed churches and said do you have anyone made with dual citizenship there?
Maybe anyone you got any British nationals there that you know up for the ministry and the answer was kind of a flat
No
Then I thought maybe I'll go out there
And find a way of getting out there and getting involved with the church and seeing if maybe you know
I could get ready to do that
And had better ideas and he started training me up that was in September 2020 and ending in January
2021 we started doing basically weekly Saturday Saturday meetings whilst trying to perfect
The church service and everything to become that church
many of us were still trying to go to kind of what we considered to still qualify as churches around the nation and then
The wonder that
Myself and my family were out with a few others ended up just eventually preaching full-on repent of your sins having claimed you didn't believe
You know and at that point I said the pastor Thompson, right, you know, we've kind of this church Sunday
So well, I think you're ready. You know, I think you're ready to become our satellite church
So it was actually a 14th of February 2021 that we became sure foundation Baptist Church UK
And that was our first service and and I was a satellite leader at that point
This if anyone has managed to forget it because a lot of people I think with post-traumatic stress have that was during all the
COVID stuff. Yeah, that was when people couldn't come in and out the country
That was when you weren't meant to be going out and all that stuff so we couldn't get past the Thompson over here at this
point
However, then in me, I think it was the August or September of that year. We managed to get him get him over
He had a quarantine at my house, which kind of worked out great, you know
Because otherwise you would have been and I remember when he originally had the plans
I was looking for him to stay someone looking at hotels and then it got to the point where he had to quarantine for a
Minimum five to six days before having these negative tests to be able to then
You know not have to stay within the confines of a home and he came and stayed at our house and obviously, you know
We were a little bit nervous
He was a bit nervous as well. You know, what if like we just really don't get on it
It's a bit of a nightmare
And the way it was I had a home where it just kind of had this slightly separate kind of office type room that we
Can put him up in with kind of a toilet that they could kind of use separately and stuff and it worked great
You know and the way and in the end we had a great time and we really got on got to know each other
Well and over subsequent visits and trips as well
So that was a great thing because you kind of got to know me and not you know
People can put on an act but it's different when they're living amongst you and your family and stuff
They just get to know you properly. We have pastor Thompson with us. He came to visit. He ordained me as an evangelist
We continued as a satellite church then felt for what ended up being over two and a half years
so we started in the foot of February and and really we started in the January practicing and then
What's just happened is in case you weren't here?
Last Sunday pastor Thompson ordained me as a pastor and the way our churches
Do things away new independent fundamental Baptist churches which which you know, it's not well we like this special time church
We're just a Bible believing Bible for the church
And we believe that biblically a church should be an independent church now
However, in the meantime, he would we were under him as an independent church
He was our independent church pastor, but we were a satellite church. We're now an independent church. Hence the name change
We're now strong to our Baptist Church now pastor Thompson is he's still gonna be a great friend
I'm still gonna see him, you know, I'll always see him as a pastor figure to me
However, we are now independent on our pastor. We are now strong to our Baptist Church
You might be sitting there going well why strong town then brother in because you know, we were sure foundation
What made you choose strong tower? Is it because it sounds a bit cool a
Bit alpha it's got the word strong in it at least isn't it? Well slightly
Partly, but it's because I believe that the name
Epitomizes our church now and also my vision for this church in the future
Okay, so for me that name really does it and it's something that I actually I made note of that name
I don't know. It's probably about a year ago. Now. I've had it just sitting at the bottom of this little word file
I've had with like sermon ideas in it every time I scroll down to see that the most recent verse
I've kind of grabbed one in my Bible reading thought I might preach from that at some point
I just keep seeing strong tower Baptist Church strong tower Baptist Church, and it really doesn't
Why why well
We are a tower in a nation of tumbledown ruins, aren't we?
Okay
This church is a tower in a nation of basically ruins you look on the front of your bulletin and you've got this strong tower
There and around it are ruins ruins of a previous castle
But still standing is a strong tower and and that's how I kind of feel that this church is
We we have all sorts of just sadly the ruins of previous churches in this nation
And then out of nowhere is just sprung up this strong tower this tower of people going out and preaching the gospel
Sitting here and being a part of a church preaching the whole council preaching stuff, which sometimes hurts right preaching messages
It could be hairy preaching messages that challenges you
Preaching things which which a lot of people won't want to sit and listen to and and we're becoming this big
Strong tower in a nation of ruins. I've been a few castle ruins over the last couple of weeks
And you're looking at these walls and you're looking at these ruins and when you go why you've been going to castle
It's because I had to American pastors here
They love this stuff. They want to see castles. They want to see palaces
You know stuff which basically they don't have there because
These castles are older than their nation much older than their nation
The one on the front of your bullet in there is nearly a thousand years old
I'm just to put the head to perspective, you know
And you're still seeing the ruins there and you look at these rooms and you're trying to imagine in your mind
What might have been how they might have lived in this castle and and you know
And you're trying to picture bits and a lot of the time they'll have sort of though, you know these National Trust
I think they call them sort of little they have these little plaques sort of things
You know where they kind of have a little picture of what might have been and things like that
And they've done a bit of excavation
Historical stuff and they've got an idea of what it is it and it's kind of like that with this
Nation really with the churches you kind of just thinking what maybe might have been in the past
Maybe what could have been maybe what used to happen in those churches? It sure ain't happening now
They're ruins. All you can do is imagine right?
Just imagine what might have been with the King James Bible
I mean, this is the nation where the King James Bible came from and and believe me you might go. Yeah
Well, you know you get these are weird people are like such thing as salvation before the NIFB or something like that
There was yeah, I'm sure there were some great churches in this nation
And you know what? Do you know what the greatest churches in this nation you wouldn't have ever heard of them?
You'll never hear about them. You'll hear about the false prophets
You'll hear about the Spurgeons you'll hear about all the other guys that were friendly with the world
But you won't hear about in the future you won't be hearing about
Pastor Roger Jimenez past Steven Anderson other pastors who have who have led soul-winning
Crusades and other things like that the same in the past here now
We might not hear about but I tell you what the gospel went out from this nation
More missionaries, I think was sent out from the UK with the King James Bible than anywhere else
They people have gone out with the Word of God and you know where they were being sent out from
churches
Strong towers of churches in a nation where look, you know, there's been some religious battles over the years here
Right, there are probably people fearing their lives at many periods in history in this nation
And now you look at these places you look at I have a church near where I used to live and this this building again
Probably thousand years old or something aims for Baptist Church beautiful old building for some reason
They bury their dead around the side of the building, which is never a good sign, right?
But this old graveyard you look at all these old stones and you're looking at this
This building and you're just thinking I wonder what might have been in that church
I wonder how many hundreds of years ago whether they were actually going out and actually preaching the gospel out of there
whether they were banging the pulpit and preaching hard and preaching the truth and
I reckon they probably were and I reckon a lot of places probably were but now they're just ruins
Yeah, and you know what? It's not just in the UK same across Europe, isn't it? Europe, which is on the whole a spiritual wasteland
What do you see out there?
Just again a few old IFB churches here and there if they haven't slipped into being taken over by the repent of your sins mob
It seems like they're on the way there. Yeah, there's a few out there
There's a few maybe still out soul winning, but there's very few
However a tower has been built in England
But it's not just any old tower here. Okay, it's not just that we built a tower. It's not just some pop-up tower
It's not some dig dodgy leaning tower like in Pisa. Okay, it's not that sort of tower either
No, this tower is built upon a shore foundation
It's built upon a shore foundation
It's a strong tower, okay
It's a strong tower with strong tower Baptist Church look at Proverbs 18 and verse 10 verse 10 says the name of the Lord
Is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it and is safe and I'm gonna give you three reasons today
Well, why we are strong tower Baptist Church. So so look, this is a bit of a basic sermon
But hopefully it's a sermon that you'll be able to really understand why we are strong strong tower Baptist Church
Why we'll continue to be strong tower Baptist Church the title is we're strong tower Baptist Church and number one
Because we're God's Church. We're strong tower Baptist Church because we're God's Church look at Proverbs 18 and verse 10
It says at the beginning the name of the Lord is a strong tower now. Yes. We're an independent church
But we're not independent of the Lord
We're independent of a denomination
Okay, we're not a denomination we're Baptist we're an independent fundamental Baptist Church we ain't no denomination
We don't have some hierarchy up there telling us what we can and can't preach telling us what we can and can't do
Okay, we don't have people going. Yeah. Well, you've got to do things this way because
If you want to carry on receiving money and receiving all the stuff that they do to pull you into that you better do
As we say no, we're an independent church. We're independent of that. We're independent of a union
We ain't gonna get pulled into some like like for example the Baptist Union of Great Britain churches together
And it's the same thing you want to carry on getting money
You better you better tow the line your pastor better be trained up by the Baptist Union. I mean, what is that about?
What is that? And if they're not they have to go and do supplementary training to become a Baptist Union recognized pastor
Should I tell you what they're being trained in?
Heresy
damnable heresy
Fellowship of independent evangelical churches. I'm just choosing the ones that at least some people from the
They seem to be Bible following same stuff you have to adhere to all their junk you have to adhere to their equal
Nonsense and bring the homos in and everything else
As an independent
Evangelical churches part of the fellowship of independent evangelical churches when I was first saved and I met these churches guys saying to me basically
part of his ministry is is is
welcoming
Basically ex perverts who have been in prison into the churches and finding the right fit church for them without anyone knowing
So these churches bringing in all these perverts all these abusers from prison who claim to have got saved
And bring them into churches because their policy is well, we've got to give them a second chance
No, they're reprobates. They're not welcoming our sort of churches. We're an independent Church
We don't have to do what our pay masters tell us to do, right?
We're independent of some elders or deacons telling me what I can and can't preach
We don't have that
We don't have a group that they're kind of like the real boss and they tell me what I can and can't do while they kind
Of sort it out between themselves. No, no, no, we're independent of all of that
But we're not independent of the Lord
Okay, we're not independent of God. We're strong tower Baptist Church because he's a boss and he is that strong tower
He's a boss. He's a strong tower proverbs 18 10 said the name of the Lord is a strong tower now turn to Psalm 18
See his name is not only a strong impregnable tower when it comes to salvation
That's obvious right Romans 10 13 says for whose service shall call upon the name the Lord shall be saved
But it's also a strong tower in all areas of life
Okay, he's a strong tower in every area of your life if you're saved
Psalm 18 Psalm 18 you've turned to a verse 1
It's a psalm of David to the chief musician a psalm of David the son of the Lord who spake unto the Lord the words
of this song in a day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul and
He said I will love thee O Lord my strength
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer my God my strength in whom I will trust my
buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower
He said that he's his strength his rock his fortresses delivery strength his buckler his high tower
But you need to be near to God's calling his name, don't you?
need to be near to him to be able to call him all those things in your Christian life and where's near and then being
In his house and here specifically in his tower, right you want to call God all those things
He is the high tower
But if you want to call him your high tap you need to be in his house
You need to be in his high tower right need to be in his strong tower
He said in verse 3 I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from mine enemies
Is he not worthy to be praised? He's worthy to be praised, isn't he?
But you ain't praising him at the Catholic Church, are you?
Yeah, anyone think they're praising God. They're praising the God of the Bible at the Catholic Church
No, they're praising a false God. It's an idol. It's a fake God
Same at the C of E Church, which is very similar to the Catholic Church. It's a false God
It's a God where you can only go to heaven if you follow the amount of commandments
They've decided that particular church you have to follow
The Pentecostal Church same thing
Worshipping the God of the Bible. It's a false God
It's usually a repent your sins God or a God where you can lose your salvation God that ain't the God of the Bible
The God of the Bible paid for all your sins past present and future
The repent of your sins Baptist Church is not the same God
And look if you can find a church where they've got the gospel, right great
But we have people around this nation that are making do a false church. That's not a church
Please find one that is a church great. You don't have to come here
But you ain't making do it a church. She doesn't believe the gods that ain't a church
It's a false God
It's a false God that says you've got to repent of all your sins to get saved. That ain't the God of the Bible
But we don't just want to tick the box here, okay, we don't just want to scrape by as a church
I just want to go well
We got the gospel right and we got the King James Bible and we kind of do a little amount of soul-winning or something like
That and that's kind of for us a tick box if you want to call it a church
It needs to have the King James Bible, doesn't it?
It's a pillar and ground of the truth that has to have the King James Bible
It has to have the gospel right? Like I said, otherwise it ain't a church of the false God
It's a false church and it has to be some form some element
What's the point of a church to go out and reach the lost there has to be that as well
But we're not just a box ticking church here
We're strong to our Baptist Church because we're God's Church because we're God's Church Shona Mark chapter 16
That means that we have to do things here as close to how he wants them done as we possibly can
so when God says do it this way we do it this way when he says do it that way we do it that
Way, right and sometimes it's clear as day in the Bible which way to do it, isn't it?
And when it's clear as day if you ain't doing that, are you really God's Church?
In mark 16 15 he told his disciples to go and preach the gospel and by the way, are we not his disciples?
We're his disciples here, aren't we?
Okay, so if you're a disciple and if going to church is part of being a disciple
He's talking to you here in this verse and he said in mark 16 in verse 15
It says and he said unto them go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature now
I want to point out a few words in this verse. Okay, just to remind you
I know this is old hat for some of you, but it could be a good reminder somewhere
He did say go didn't he? He did say go. He didn't say stay
He didn't say wait
He didn't say welcome him in he said go
Because we're to go out and preach the gospel aren't we? Okay point number one is go there point number two
He did say all the world didn't he?
He didn't say go you into some of the world
He didn't say go to just support areas because there are some people that all born alone refuse
To solve it and we've had people like that here in the past when they just don't want to go anywhere
Where it's not like ultra ultra receptive to choke up numbers, right? But he said go into all the world
And look for us all the world
That we can affect right now is the local area, isn't it?
We're gonna preach to every door for that reason
But it's also not just the rich areas because you get churches that only want to preach to the rich
Because then they're gonna get like the big donation of big tithers in no
No, we just want to preach to everyone right want to preach to everyone and obviously when we go on so many mountains
We're gonna go for receptive areas, but when it comes to local to the church
We're gonna preach to everyone all the world
And for us we can affect our local area and he did say go you into all the world and preach
Because he said preach it didn't he he didn't say give out the gospel and look
It's great that we can leave a video where the gospel is being preached, but we want to try and preach your gospel
Okay, don't get to the point. You decide what just take one of these
Oh, okay
You know we want to try where possible to give them the opportunity here you preach gospel to them live right not just put in
invites through the door
Not not just go ye into all the world and kind of you know give them a few verses and leave don't know preach the
Gospel we want to encourage them to want to hear the gospel, and he said every creature
And let me tell you a good way of doing that near your church
And a little bit of this because we have some online listeners
We have some guys that are abroad that can't make it all the time
But I want to encourage them this is do you know how we get every creature in our local area?
We knock doors
How the Bible tells us to we knock doors because there are those who will say things that will door knock
He doesn't work in this country
So is that what the Bible says I ain't seen that
Acts 5 42 said and daily in the temple and in every house they cease not to teach and preach Jesus Christ
Do you know that not every creature goes to parks?
Did you know that a lot of creatures don't go to parks? I used to try and always avoid going to the park
Anywhere else
But a lot of people don't go to the park a
Lot of people aren't just wandering up and down the streets. Do you know how we try and reach every creature by knocking every door?
Now look you might be somewhere where it's not so easy to get into place
I understand that but you know what there are a lot of doors you can knock and I think often. It's an excuse
And look sure preach some people in the parks aren't preach the people in the street in the highways and hedges as well, right?
But it was daily in the temple and in every house
Every house they cease not to teach and preach Jesus Christ
If we're gonna reach every creature if you want to be if you want to be a soul winning group and eventually get to the
Point of being a church you need to start knocking doors
Okay, and I know it could be scary for some but it could be a bit weird you think well
You're coming with good news coming with the gospel aren't ya knock the doors knock the doors sure do the parks
Well if you want, but not the doors, right?
Turn to 2nd Timothy 4 when a pastor Timothy is commanded to do something in his church
We're strong to our Baptist Church because we're God's Church and God through Paul
Commanded Timothy and all pastors this he said in 2nd Timothy 4 verse 1
I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ who shall judge the quick and the dead it is appearing in his kingdom
preach the word
Be instant in season out of season approve rebuke exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine
He said preach the word didn't he preach the word. That's why this isn't the university top star lecture
For those you that are disappointed that I don't have the whiteboard out. I ain't getting a whiteboard out
I'm not standing here pointing at things make you feel that you're so intellectual
We've come to the intellectual church
You know because we're a bit clever
Now we're told to preach the word
preach it
Not just stand here and do kind of studies and try and make everyone feel very wise
Yeah, we're gonna preach the word
Preach the word be instant in season out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine
He did say preach the word though didn't he he didn't say preach Charles Spurgeon
He didn't say preach Calvin's words that wicked damnable heretic
Did he he said preach the word? That's why we preached the King James Bible here
He didn't say preach the church father's words. You ever had people come out with this stuff before well
I I like to go back to see what the early church father said about what what God said
About what God said not what the church father said
We we're told to preach the word so we preach the word and the word in English is the King James Bible, isn't it?
That's the word. That's why we'll always preach the word here. That's why we're strong town back
So that's one of the reasons we're a strong town in this nation because we preach the word the word
And that means that we're all all of us
are going to get reproved
rebuked and
exhorted
Which is you could say encouraged all of us all of us look I had an hour sermon with the pastor literally pointed
Reaching at me of my ordination and you know what? I loved it
And you know what?
I loved it and it convicted me even left his sermon notes at my house for me to go through and remind myself
What's expected me as a pastor here?
And if you do it on purpose or not, I just like
I
Think he did. Okay it too, right? Yeah, and you know what? We need that don't we?
And look sometimes you're gonna get your little feeling sir. Okay
Sometimes you're gonna get your little toes trodden on
Sometimes you're gonna be like he's preaching at me. You know, what if the cat fits wear it, you know
And I like it
I think he was then past also is telling me that pastor Shelley's new response to where people say
Well, you preach it means that yes, I was said
You feel it great if I didn't mean to what the Holy Spirit did right?
Okay, and look we're gonna get reproved we're gonna get rebuked but we're gonna get exhausted as well
Okay, every single one of us here and you know what?
It's not just our pastor preaching that so look every time I study the Bible out to preach sermons every time I read you out
I'm getting reproved and rebuked as well
Okay, every single one of us and you have to deal with you have to be strong to deal with it, right?
But what are we we're strong to our Baptist Church?
Yeah, not easily offended but they're not snowflake Baptist Church
turn of Romans 12
To see why your church doesn't sound like the latest pop concert
We're God's Church. And you know, what God doesn't want is us taking music tips from Satan's music industry fancy that
He didn't want us learning and training up
with Satan's music industry
Romans chapter 12 and verse 1 says I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice
holy
Acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. Just your reasonable service verse 2 says and be not
conformed to this world
But be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove
What is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God? Let me tell you something. Okay, God's good
Acceptable and perfect will isn't that we turn his house into some sort of mosh pit
Okay, it's not that we turn his house
into some sort of some sort of rap concert where we just like rapping along and like
Vaguely and like mentioning Jesus at some point or other in the rap, you know that that's not anyone think that's God's good
Perfect will good acceptable and perfect will it's not that we take some sort of satanic music style
Emerge it with praise to God. Do you think that's God's will well, you know that it sounds exactly like the satanic music industry
But don't worry because we're mentioning Jesus
Is that God's good acceptable and perfect will no, it's not
He said be not conformed to this world and you know what more important than ever is in a house. God, isn't it?
Why would we write we've got to get the drums in the flashing lights the electric guitar and all of that
And then we can sound like the world he said be not conform to this world
Which is why we sing traditional hymns of the faith here and it might not get into your flesh
Like the drum beats like the bass lines like all that other stuff whatever your flavor of wickedness is it might not but you know
What?
It's not being conformed to this world. They're traditional hymns of the faith that the world ain't interested in
But you know what it's pleasing to God, isn't it?
We
Do it God's way
We're strong tower Baptist Church number one because we're God's Church. Okay, we're God's Church here
We're strong tower Baptist Church number two
Because we are the church
Number two because we are the church proverbs 18 10 said the name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous
Runneth into it and is safe who are the righteous are saved
If you put your faith in Jesus Christ in his righteousness has been imputed unto you
That's why you're called the righteous not because you have sinless perfection
God looks down and sees Jesus Christ sinless perfection. Not yours. You don't have sinless perfection. Sorry to break it to you
And it's the righteous that make this a church
This church like I said this morning in the announcements
This church would not exist without everyone else all of you guys here. You are the church
Okay, turn to first Peter to the word church is interchangeable with congregation
It's not this building. That's a strong tower. I know it's three stories. I think that probably impressed a few people, right?
Okay, we even know the top ones this, you know a bit of a story to him
Okay, but that's not what's a strong town, you know a steeper or a bell tower wouldn't make this church a strong tower
It's got nothing to do with the building the shape of it or any of that stuff
We're strong to our Baptist Church because of everyone here because of everyone that has run into it and stayed in it
We're strong to our Baptist Church because we are the church 1st Peter 2 says to whom coming as unto a living stone
disallowed indeed a member chosen of God and precious ye also as lively stones a
Built up a spiritual house and holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices
Acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. You are the stones that make this tower
Everyone here
But it's not just any old tower. It's a strong tower
You're the ones that are still here
Yeah, you're the stones that are still here that have made this a strong tower that it is
You're not the reject stones
You're not the ones that just we had to get rid of okay
You're not you're not the stones that look like stones, but really they were more likely to blow the place up
There is sticks of dynamite. You're not the ticking time bombs that we've had here
You're still here, right?
You're the strong stones. You're you're not the stones that that that
Were brittle and needed replacing because there were some that just won't they weren't strong enough to be stones in here
It weren't that they're all ticking time bombs
They're people that come in and out of our church over the last few years
They're just were not strong enough to be a stone in a strong tower
You're not the stones that just couldn't fit in with the other stones
Because you were so just out there and you couldn't fit in here know your strong stones that could take a battery
And look you might know we haven't had the sodomites camped outside look there being a lot of batterings that come here though from inside
Especially you resisted the sledgehammer you resisted the crowbar you resisted the little bolster and the hammer just chipping away
Chipping away chipping away chipping away, and there being people here chipping away
Whether they're inside or outside
We're strong to our backs Church because of everyone here because we are the church
We are the church if you're still here, then you successfully run that gauntlet you're tried and tested stones
You're winning that battle with the flesh, and you've resisted the devil's attempts to pull you out
Okay, you've resisted the flesh because the flesh doesn't want to be in church the flesh wants to find an excuse that's one battle
That's a big battle
A lot of Christians don't even they can't even beat that battle in the first place to even get in the church
Because for them it's like Sundays rest day Sundays relax day Sunday Super Sunday day Sundays family day Sundays
Hang around doing nothing day Sundays whatever day Sundays work day. I can get more money. Whatever it is, but you've resisted that battle
However
It's not just the flesh
You resist the devil the devil's attempts to pull you out as well
And you because the devil is trying to pull every single person here out of church in one way or another
Some it's been sucked away some it's been direct ways some it's been indirect ways. There have been many ways
Now the odd stone here and there can be replaced but pull out or destroy enough in one go and the tower falls, isn't it?
And that's ultimately been the goal, isn't it?
And that was an attempt before to try and just cause a massive division and try their best to just to destroy the whole tower
We're here because of everyone here because we've all everyone here is resisted the various attacks
You're still sitting here. You've resisted
You are those strong stones. Yeah. Yeah. I don't feel very strong, baby. You are strong
You're strong enough to be here. You're strong enough to be in that strong tower
We're strong to our Baptist Church because our church is strong
We have a core of hardened battle-tested stones here
Okay, we've had our own battles here over a few years now and we have a core here of stones that are still standing strong
Everyone here is continuing to stand tall and strong
We're standing on the King James Bible, aren't we?
We're standing on soul winning we're standing on biblical standards
Are we in this church and we're standing on the pillar and ground of the truth the New Testament Church
God's Church good people here know that God wants you in church. You need to stand on that church
Right, and that's what you're doing. We are the church turn back to Proverbs 18. We're strong to our Baptist Church number one because we're God's Church
Number two because we are the church
Number three because we'll keep being that church
We will keep being strong to our Baptist Church verse 10 says the name the Lord is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it
and is safe
We're not just our Baptist Church. Okay, we're strong to our Baptist Church because we will keep being that church
We're strong enough to survive. You will keep safe in this church
The righteous is present tense safe in that strong tower
You know why because that tower ain't going nowhere just like God ain't going nowhere if you're saved
We ain't going nowhere as God's Church
Hear that all you haters out there
We ain't going nowhere
We ain't gonna know we're still here. You could try your best. You could try your stupid little attacks
You could try your son. We ain't going nowhere. We're still here these sad pathetic stalkers
Which all they do is show that they're sad pathetic stalkers and you know, they always do they always revert to type
They try for however long to prove that they're just normal people
Disgruntled but they always do what all the rest of those sad pathetic stalkers do it's hilarious
I love it when I see these guys expose themselves. I like great
Amen, you can show that everyone else that you are as wicked as I thought you were
You've shown it to everyone great
And
They're just desperate aren't they desperate to destroy us or as a consolation at least put out someone anyone
Just get someone out of here. Stop someone coming here. Just someone
Anyway possible to do what affect God's work. That's really what it comes down to. I don't know they just so consume
They even know I think they or they at least one except they're just being completely used by the devil to
Destroy at least attempt to destroy good stuff, but I ain't gonna do it. I ain't gonna win cuz we're God's house
Cuz we're strong to our Baptist Church
Any way to limit the soul saved whether it's by reducing the army
Demoralizing the army or at least if we could just distract the army, but you don't distract us
You just make me laugh and go great show everyone what you are
Keep it. Keep going. Keep going great because all you're doing is making us stronger
And all you're doing is exposing yourself for the wicked devils you are and these guys are tenor pay everywhere
Churches, I can't deal with these idiots. They're hilarious
And you know where you're safest from these people
first ten said the name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it and is
Safe the exact place these devils don't want you. They don't want you
We're strong to our Baptist Church because they won't destroy us. The only way is if we destroy ourselves
That's the only way if we go out of God's way out of God's will we stop doing it his way
Turn to Psalm 61, but we're not going to do that
Okay, we're gonna keep being that church. We'll keep being that safe place for God's people
Because you can't say that of most other legitimate church in Europe. Can you?
We're the false prophets because you could go. Oh, yeah, this sounds a bit rough man. They're trying to pull you out
There's all this stuff going on. We got people come in come out
Get kicked out
Yeah, the battles here, right? But you know what? I've been to other churches where the false prophets roam unchecked. I
Mean, they're just I mean if he's not behind the pulpit
He's just roaming around trying to weaken you trying to poison you trying to pull you this way that way
Whisper all sorts of false doctrine. I mean you don't even know what they believe at half these church
You got one guy's trying to whisper Calvinism and other guys trying to whisper that you can you've got to repent your sins to be
Saved and other guy whispering something else these places are a minefield, right?
And by the way, it's not just those whispering damnable heresy either
I've seen various tactics over the years
Okay
And not just here in other churches as well from sowing seeds of heresy to print pushing and promoting just pure carnality
to
scorning righteous behavior
To extorting money out of vulnerable people in churches
To encouraging terrible parenting even pushing terrible parenting to even grooming of children
But we're not gonna put up with that crap here. Are we?
We're not gonna put up with that. We'll preach it. We'll kick people out and we'll do our utmost to make this a safe place
Okay, that's what we'll do. We'll do our utmost to make this a safe place
In
Psalm 61 David shows us that being safe in that tower
For the future means being in the house of God for the future. Okay, it's interchangeable really says in verse 1
It says to the chief musician upon Nagin our psalm of David here my cry Oh God attend up to my prayer
From the end of the earth. Will I cry unto thee when my heart is overwhelmed?
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I
For thou has been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the enemy that's why they want you out of church
They want you out in the open away from the safety
Okay, that's why they want you out in the open where they can just get to you attack you weaken
You destroy your family or whatever else. He said I will abide in thy tabernacle forever
Forever I will trust in the cover of thy wings sealer
For thou of God has heard my vows
Thou has given me the heritage of those that fear thy name thou wilt prolong the king's life and his years as many generations
He shall abide before God forever Oh prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him
So will I sing praise unto thy name forever that I may daily
Perform my vows and we do that in house God we do that in a strong tower, don't we?
We sing praise unto his name forever now. Yes, we still have to watch out for the Trojan horses
We still have to be sensible have our eyes and ears open in the church, but outside is where they really want you
That's where they want you out in the wilderness fending for yourself without that protection that comes from the church from the strong tower
That's why they want to destroy this church
But we're strong to our Baptist Church because we're here to stay
We're here to stay we ain't going nowhere and we ain't letting no one change us either
It's not just that we're not going anywhere because any other attack if they can't destroy you is to change you
It's to stop you being that strong tower and turn you into that weak soft tower
But we're gonna keep being that church for generations to come. That's my goal for there. We're a strong tower
Okay, we're strong town because we're gonna be here for a long time that that that photo on that bulletin is a tale
That's been there for a thousand years
Everything else is crumbling and the tower stands
We'll keep being a family integrated church where the kids can go up to fly that flag
Right, we want because we want generations after this to keep flying
The flag is strong to our Baptist Church and ain't gonna fly the flag if they're in Sunday school every week
What they're missing out on years
Years of Bible learning of getting stronger of learning the Word of God if they're out there painting pictures
Because it's easier for mommy and daddy
I
Matthew 19 of verse 14 after this is but Jesus said suffer little children and forbid them not
to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of heaven and
With that we'll keep fending off the walls that want to get to our kids
We'll keep fending them off that want to discourage our kids
Okay
That want to find a way of putting our kids off that want to find a way of getting to them that want to find
A way of weakening them that want to find some way or other
We'll keep home schooling our kids where possible won't we?
Because they want to learn people want to push you don't need to do that
You don't look oh, is it that hard work for you? Whatever else so what?
So what we want to keep this tower strong, don't we?
For those 22 6 says train up a child and away should go when he's old. He will not depart from it
That's why we'll keep them in this church. That's why we'll keep them in the services
That's why we'll keep we'll keep keep preaching about train them up in a way
They should go home school your kids where you can and I know there's some that don't have that pull that that option
but most do
Okay, home school them get them in church. Make sure they're in church bring them the church
Okay, look when there's no like oh well. Yeah, but now they're a teenager
Get it even more important get him in church three to five
Why would you not
We need to train them up in the way they should go okay, otherwise this church
will eventually crumble
The kids are the future aren't they?
And kids are the future of this church
But it's not just the kids. It's others. It's bringing people in it's being welcoming to people when they come in
It's trying to also give people the benefit of the doubt when they come in to be able to give them the chance to train up
And be the future of this church as well. We won't be compromising as the years go by
We won't go soft as the years go by will we?
We won't hand the reins over in the in in the future some soft little liberal compromiser. Oh
Well, that's a bit more modern now
You know he's a bit more he's a bit more in with the youngsters with the times
You know with his skinny jeans and with his whatever no no no no
We'll find we'll find some old-time guy to take over in the future when I'm too old to do this and if and if I
Can't find one. I'll keep preaching until I'm 90-odd
Till I can find someone who's who's old school right who's gonna do it in the old-time religion way
Because we ain't going no we're gonna keep being strong to our Baptist Church. We're not conforming to the times are we?
We're strong to our Baptist Church because we'll keep being that church, and you know what we're gonna do as well
We're not just gonna be one strong to our Baptist Church my goal my plan I want to
Plant more churches more churches in the UK more churches in Europe more towers more strong towers, right?
But we need everyone on board. We need everyone to be strong. We need everyone to be behind it, right?
Proverbs 18 10 said the name of the Lord is a strong tower the righteous runneth into it and is
Safe we're strong to our Baptist Church because we're God's Church because we are the church because we'll keep being that church
We'll keep being that church, but full of that to happen. We need everyone to be a big part of that
Everyone's responsibility to keep being that church on that. Let's finish the word of prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for your word. Thank you
Lord this church. Thank you for the many things you've given us over the years to make this happen Lord
Thank you for the people here all the people that are those
Strong stones in this strong tower Lord that are the reason we're still here Lord
Thank you for giving us those strong people those people that have been able to withstand the battering
People that have been able to just persevere to to win against the flesh to win against the devil
To be able to still be here still be in church still serving you
Still out so winning Lord still knocking doors still listening to the preaching, but we thank you for everyone here
That's part of that. We pray that you just bless us with more strong stones Lord
Help us to make those stones that maybe aren't quite quite of you know strong enough to make them strong Lord help us to encourage
people to get people
Just in the things of God Lord to get people to just be serving you want to serve you and want to be part of
A great church Lord help us to plant future churches
That are also strong towers not to do it in a rash way to do it in the right way in a sensible way
Lord and help us help us to just just just well just keep having that opportunity to be your church in the UK
Lord and we thank you for everything you've done for us. We love you Lord
We we pray that you just bless our soul in this afternoon as well and help us all but get back for the evening service
And just don't throw this