And look, 10 years ago, we came to Sacramento, California and started Verdi Baptist Church
with a goal to reach this city with the gospel of Christ.
We came here with a goal to bring the message of the judgment of God and of the salvation
of God to the city.
But we've not only done it here.
We've started a church in Vancouver, Washington.
We've started a church in Boise, Idaho.
We've started a church in Fresno, California.
We've started a church in Manila, Philippines, in Pampanga, Philippines.
You say, why?
Because our goal is a soul-winning revival.
Our goal is to plant churches all over this country and all over this world that will
take ownership for their geographical area and saturate it with the gospel of Christ.
That is the movement of Christianity that Jesus started.
Notice Acts chapter 5.
You already saw in Acts 1-8, he said, you shall receive power, after that the Holy
Ghost has come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and
in Judea and in Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Acts 5-28.
Here we have the enemies of the local church there.
Notice what they said, saying, did not we straightly command you?
These are the enemies of the local church, speaking to the leaders of the local church
in Jerusalem.
And they're saying, did not we straightly command you that you should not teach in
this name and behold, notice, the enemies of the church in Jerusalem are testifying
to this.
We have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and we tend to bring this man's blood upon
us.
And look, here's all I'm telling you.
You say, what's the goal of Verity Baptist Church?
The goal of Verity Baptist Church is that we would know God and that we would make
God known.
That those who hate us, that those who hate the cause of Christ, that those who
are the enemies of the cause of Christ would look at a church like this and say,
you have filled Sacramento with your doctrine.
You have filled this area with your teaching.
You are making God known.
Go to Acts chapter 13.
Look at verse 44, Acts chapter number 13 and verse 44, Acts 13 and verse 44, the Bible
says this.
I just want you to notice, you say, I want to be a New Testament Christian.
Okay, well, let me show you what New Testament Christianity is all about because they filled
Jerusalem with their doctrine.
Acts chapter 13 and verse 44, notice what the Bible says.
And the next Sabbath day came almost, notice, came almost the whole city together to hear
the word of God.
But these New Testament Christians were not messing around.
The Sabbath day, that's our Sabbath day.
These Christians were not spending their Saturday hiking.
They were not spending their Saturday fishing.
They were not spending their Saturday doing little league.
They were not, and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with those things, but I'm
just here to tell you, New Testament Christianity, they went out on a Sabbath day and
the Bible says that that Sabbath day came almost a whole city together to hear the
word of God.
Okay, what if the God it would be said of Verity Baptist Church one day that on a Saturday
the whole city of Sacramento just heard the God, that the message of salvation was
proclaimed.
Here there in Acts 13, look at verse 49.
Notice verse 49, and the word of the Lord was published.
Notice, throughout all the region, the word of the Lord was published.
Throughout all the regions, you say, why do we have the church services and then
we have the live streams and we have the YouTube channels and we have all those
different things and the mailers and all the things that we do around here because
we want the word of the Lord to be published throughout all the region.
But please understand this, when you go on the offense with the gospel, realize
that the devil is going to attack and the devil is going to go on the defense.
Notice verse 50, but the Jews start up devouring.