["Pomp and Circumstance"]
All right, good evening, everyone. Welcome to First Works Baptist Church.
Let's all take our seats. As you find your seat, go ahead and grab a hymnal.
Turn to song number 43.
Song number 43, we're marching to Zion.
Let's all stand together for this first song, if you're able.
Song number 43,
come we that love the Lord.
There in your hymnals.
Nice and strong on that first verse.
Come we that love the Lord.
And let our joys be known.
Join in a song with sweet accord.
And thus around the throne.
We're marching to Zion.
Beautiful, beautiful Zion.
We're marching upward to Zion.
The beautiful city of God.
Let those we choose to sing
who never knew our God.
But children of the heavenly King.
They speak their joys abroad.
We're marching to Zion.
Beautiful, beautiful Zion.
We're marching upward to Zion.
The beautiful city of God.
The hill of Zion.
A thousand sacred speeds.
Before we reach the heavenly fields.
Or walk the golden streets.
We're marching to Zion.
Beautiful, beautiful Zion.
We're marching upward to Zion.
The beautiful city of God.
Then let our songs abound.
And every tear be dried.
We're marching through Emmanuel's crown.
To fairer worlds on high.
We're marching to Zion.
Beautiful, beautiful Zion.
We're marching upward to Zion.
The beautiful city of God.
All right. Great singing. Thank you for being here this evening.
Have a treat. I'm not preaching tonight.
Why are you happy about that?
Brother Maury is going to be preaching tonight.
He's actually preaching part two of lies that Disney taught us.
So don't get offended, all right?
Especially you girls out there with your princesses and stuff like that, all right?
I'm just joking. What do you mean dang?
Damien, man. What in the world?
All right. Let's pray. We'll get started.
Father, we thank you so much for a wonderful day, Lord.
Thank you so much for church, for the singing.
And thank you for all the souls that were saved, Lord.
I pray, God, that you'd be with us throughout the service.
Bless the preaching. I pray you feel...
Brother Maury, with your spirit and your power, Lord,
may you use them in a great way to be a blessing to the congregation,
to edify them, Lord.
And I pray you bless the singing, the fellowship, and all the rest to follow.
We love you and we thank you. We pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen.
You may be seated. Song number 63 in your song books.
Song number 63. What a day that will be.
All together on that first verse.
There is coming a day
When no heartache shall come
No more clouds in the sky
No more tears to give the eye
All is peace forevermore
On that happy golden shore
What a day, a glorious day, that will be
What a day that will be
When my Jesus I shall see
And I look upon his face
No one who saved me by his grace
Takes me by the hand
And leads me through the promised land
What a day, a glorious day, that will be
There'll be no sorrow there
No more burdens to bear
No more sickness or pain
No more falling over there
And forever I will be
With the one who died for me
What a day, a glorious day, that will be
What a day that will be
When my Jesus I shall see
And I look upon his face
No one who saved me by his grace
When he takes me by the hand
And leads me through the promised land
What a day, a glorious day, that will be
Great singing, just a few announcements here before we sing our next song
which will be song number 41
Sweet by and by song number 41
if you want to get that ready in your songbooks
Our services are as follows
Sunday morning is at 1030
Sunday evening 5pm
And of course our Thursday night Bible study is at 7 o'clock
And we are currently going through the book of Malachi
We'll actually be finishing up the book of Malachi this coming Thursday
And today was caramel apple Sunday
I hope you got your fill of caramel apples there
And of course Lorena's baby shower was today
I heard everything went well with that
Saturday October 16th
This coming Saturday is Alex and Tamara's wedding at 2pm
Correct?
If you have any questions about that you can see brother Alex
Congratulations in advance to him
Happy for him
And then Sunday October 17th is the apple cider fellowship
After the Sunday night service
Ladies prayer meeting is coming up on Friday October 29th
That will be here at the building
And anytime there's a prayer meeting for the ladies or the men
We always provide dinner so just keep that in mind
And then on the left there you see the schedule to the fall program
The 24th is the state contest
29th through the 31st
That weekend is basically almost kind of dedicated to the teenagers of our church
We're having a teen bowling activity with pastor on Friday the 29th
And then on Sunday night after church
We're going to have another teen activity to cold stones
And so all teens are welcome to come to that
Of course your parents are welcome to come to that
We want them to come
So just keep that in mind
Looking forward to that
November 7th is the pie baking contest
And we conclude the fall program on the 23rd of November
With the annual thanksgiving banquet
Invite your family and friends
Let them know that we're not always dressed like this
Because we're going to be in the 1800's style
We're not Amish or something like that
It's just a theme that we have for the banquet
And then of course you see the point system there
I won't go over that
I've rehashed that many times
I'll do that next week
Let me just say this actually
If for some reason you're out of town
Because someone asked about this
If you're out of town and you're going to a different church
It counts
What I said doesn't count
Is if you do three services here
And you want to double up on some points
So you go to another church service
At a different church
That doesn't count
But if you're not here on Sunday
Because you're out of town
But you go to one of the churches that are associated with us
Or even just an old IFP church or whatever it may be
And you go to both services
Then you can count that as points
And then of course
We're filling out the sheets every week
But if you're not here
You can basically fill that out the following week
And we'll accept that
Just make sure that you're honest
You're honest about your points
We heard a sermon this morning about integrity
We want to get the right thing
The right way
And so no cheating
No Jacobs in here
We got enough Jacobs in the church
No I'm just kidding
I'm just joking
No supplanters
Alright so you see that there
And then as I mentioned this morning
Christmas program practices will begin on October 17th
Parents if you have any questions
You can see my wife about that
And then we need help with the Thanksgiving dinner
If you'd like to sign up to get involved
Please see the sign up sheet in the back
And sign up there to help out with that
And then the last announcement is
We're going to have Sing Spiration tonight after church
And so is that immediately after the service?
Should we not greet each other at all?
Just head to the piano or what?
Yes okay
You can say hi to each other right?
We're going to go to the piano
Whoever wants to be involved
We're just going to do a Sing Spiration
Basically you choose a favorite
And then we'll all sing that together around the piano
Okay
And so I'm looking forward to that
And then there's one last thing
Was there something else?
I forgot
Oh well
Alright let's take some so many numbers
From this past week up until this afternoon
Salvations from Monday
We had a conference but
Any salvations from Monday to Thursday here?
In this area?
Anybody?
Okay how about Friday and Saturday?
Friday and Saturday?
Three?
Five for Brother Glenn's team?
Four for Cody at Riverside
Anybody else?
How about this afternoon?
This afternoon?
Four for Brother Morrie's team?
Brother Mark's team?
Two for Brother Marcus' team?
Three?
Anybody else?
Who's counting Hike's team?
Where's Brother Hike?
Adam?
Two alright cool
Alright two for Brother Hike's team
Anybody else?
Okay keep up the great work on Soul Wind
And let's go ahead and sing our next song
Song number 41
Sweet by and by
Song number 41 in your songbook
I'm gonna sing this one
Song number 41
All together on that first verse
There's a land that is fairer than day
And by faith we can see in a barn
For the Father waits over the way
To prepare us a dwelling place there
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
We shall sing on that beautiful shore
The melody and songs of the blessed
And our spirit shall sorrow no more
Not a sigh for the blessing of rest
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
On that last to our bountiful Father above
We will offer our tribute of praise
For the glorious gift of His love
And the blessings that follow our hate
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
Great singing at this time
The ushers are gonna take the offering
And go ahead and open up your Bibles
To Ecclesiastes chapter number 11
Great singing at this time
The ushers are gonna take the offering
And go ahead and open up your Bibles
To Ecclesiastes chapter number 11
The ushers are gonna take the offering
And go ahead and open up your Bibles
To Ecclesiastes chapter number 11
The ushers are gonna take the offering
And go ahead and open up your Bibles
To Ecclesiastes chapter number 11
The ushers are gonna take the offering
And go ahead and open up your Bibles
To Ecclesiastes chapter number 11
The ushers are gonna take the offering
And go ahead and open up your Bibles
Great singing at this time
The ushers are gonna take the offering
And go ahead and open up your Bibles
Good evening, we're in Ecclesiastes chapter number 11
And the Bible reads
Cast thy bread upon the waters
For thou shalt find it after many days
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight
For thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth
If the clouds be full of rain
They empty themselves upon the earth
And if the tree fall toward the south or toward the north
In the place where the tree falleth
There it shall be
He that observeth the wind shall not sow
And he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit
Nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child
Even so, thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all
In the morning sow thy seed
And in the evening withhold not thine hand
For thou knowest not whether shall prosper
Either this or that
Or whether they both shall be alike good
Truly the light is sweet
And a pleasant thing
It is for the eyes to behold the sun
But if a man live many years and rejoice in them all
Yet let him remember the days of darkness
For they shall be many
All that cometh is vanity
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth
And let thy heart shear thee in the days of thy youth
And walk in the ways of thine heart
And in the sight of thine eyes
But know thou that for all these things
God will bring thee into judgment
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart
And put away evil from thy flesh
For childhood and youth are vanity
Let's pray
Dear Lord God, Heavenly Father, thank you for this Church, Lord, and the King James Bible, Lord
We pray right now that you bless
Brother Morris, he preaches your word
And just fill him with the Spirit, give him boldness
And bless this service, Lord
And we pray this all in Jesus' name, Amen
All right, so we're there in Ecclesiastes chapter 11
Look down at verse 9, it says
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth
And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth
And walk in the ways of thine heart
And in the sight of thine eyes
But know thou that for all these things
God will bring thee into judgment
Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart
And put away evil from thy flesh
For childhood and youth are vanity
Last week I preached a sermon entitled
Lies That Disney Taught Us
Which is where I went over just some concepts
That go against or go directly against what the Bible teaches
And as Pastor Mihir already said
My sermon tonight is actually called
Lies That Disney Taught Us Part 2
You know, tonight I just want to talk about some lies
That I wasn't able to put in there last time
And, you know, the brethren
You know, they came after the sermon
And they were just like
Hey, brother, you forgot this lie
Or you forgot this lie
And I was just like, okay, well, look
I had another opportunity
So I was like, let me just preach it
1 Corinthians 14, 20
It says, brethren, be not children in understanding
Howbeit in malice be ye children
But in understanding be men
And so the Bible tells us that
You know, in our understanding
We shouldn't be like a child
We should have understanding of men
We should have a mature mind
When it comes to the things
That we put in front of our eyes
So as I said, this is just a continuation
From that sermon
And there are some other points
That I wanted to address
That I didn't address in that last sermon
So, first and foremost
I want to get straight into it
First and foremost, the first lie
Is that parents are always wrong
Or oppressive
Or they're just overprotective
Turn your Bible to Exodus 20, verse 12
Exodus 20, verse 12
You know, in these movies
The children in the movies
They believe, you know
They just think that their parents
Are just trying to hold them down
They just want to stop them from living
That they don't want
That basically their parents
Are just trying to stop them
From living the best version of themselves
And I do want to say
When it comes to protectiveness
There's nothing wrong with being protective
As it pertains to your children
Because here's the thing
The reality is
We need to protect our children
We need to protect them
Emotionally, physically
And when it comes to just certain things
That our children see
I don't want my children to see those things
I don't want my children to see certain things
When we were being protested by the sodomites
They wanted to do a drag show
And why?
They wanted us to puke
They wanted to defile the minds of our children
And look, I would have protected my eyes
If that happened
But thank God it didn't happen
The first line is that
Parents are always wrong
Or oppressive
Or just overprotective
So the Bible teaches us
That we need to obey our parents
And, you know
And this is a concept that's in the Bible
That we need to adhere to
In Exodus 20, verse 12
It says
Honor thy father and thy mother
That thy days may be long
Upon the land which
The Lord thy God giveth thee
You know, today's culture
This is something that's lost in today's culture
We're full of disrespect
And when I say we
I mean just our culture as a whole
You know, our culture as a whole
Is just full of disrespect
Where, you know, kids just
Kids just disrespect their parents
They speak all manner of evil against their parents
And where are they getting this from?
They're getting it from the movies
They're getting it from social media
They're getting it from
They're getting it from the new social norms
And the different movies of today
And this has been affecting our culture negatively
Ephesians 6, 1 says
Children, obey your parents in the Lord
For this is right
And realize it says in the Lord
Obey your parents in the Lord
For this is right
This is something that we need to be doing
We need to obey our parents, young person
We need to obey our parents
We need to obey our mom
We need to listen to what our mom says
What our dad says
And let's say you don't have children
Well, you need to start obeying your parents
If you're living under the house
If you're living under their house
You need to obey what your parents are telling you to do
Verse 2 says
Honor thy father and mother
Which is the first commandment with promise
That it may be well with thee
And thou mayest live long on the earth
You know, these Disney movies
It becomes this little
I've come to the realization that it's come to the point
Where it's just normal
For the main character to just start disrespecting their parents
Or to go against what their parents say
You know, their parents say, hey, don't go here
And they go there
Right?
And they're just outright disobedience to their parents
And it's, to me, it's just become the point of where
This is just the normal for Disney movies
And what are they teaching our children?
It's okay to disobey your parents
Because they don't understand you
Because they don't understand what it's like to be a child in whatever year
So the Bible says that children, they need to obey their parents
Turn your Bibles to Proverbs 30, verse 11
And the reason why we should obey our parents
Isn't necessarily just because there's a promise that's attached
To obey, to honor your mother and father
Not only is it that, but just realize
That your parents have something that you just can't buy
Which is experience
Your parents have experience
Your mom has experience
Your dad has experience
And we need to
Excuse me
Take their experience from them
And say, hey, maybe they're telling me to do something
Because it's good for me
Maybe what they're saying is something that I should actually adhere to
You're there at Proverbs 30, verse 11
You know, one thing that they say
Oh, you don't know my mom
You know, you don't know my dad
My mom, you know, she doesn't know the things of the Lord
She's not new IV
She's pre-trib
You know, I'm so sorry
I didn't catch that
It said, what did it say?
It said, honor thy father and thy mother if they're new IV
It doesn't say that
It says, honor thy mother and thy father if they're new IV
It doesn't say that
It says, honor thy mother and father
So you need to adhere to what your parents are saying
You need to listen to them
Proverbs 30, verse 11
There is a generation that curses their father and doth not bless their mother
Now, is this not talking about today?
Is this not talking about the current status of America?
Our kids, they disobey their parents
They don't listen to their parents
They curse their father
They don't bless their mother
You know, things are just going to keep getting worse
And worse and worse as things progress
And realize when it comes to marriage
You know, you want a child that respects their father
You want a child that respects their mother
You know, I mean when it comes to a woman
When you're looking for a husband
The way that the potential guy that you want to be
How does he treat his mom?
Because guess what? You're going to inherit all those blessings
You're going to inherit all of it
How does a young lady treat her father?
Well
Excuse me, how is a young lady going to treat you?
Well, let's just look at how she treats her father
So if she treats her father like gold
Guess what she's going to treat you like?
Gold
And if she treats her father like coal
Guess what?
You're going to be treated like coal
You know, God doesn't take lightly when you disobey your parents
God does not take lightly
It's not like, oh it's just okay
You know, I have the rule in the Bible
But you know, it's all good
You know, if you just don't obey
It's not a big deal
No, God takes it heavily
This is important to God
Because look, if you can't obey your mom and dad
Who's taken care of you your whole life
How are you going to obey God?
God does not take this lightly
Did I have you turn to Deuteronomy 21?
Deuteronomy 21, 18
Turn to Deuteronomy 21, 18
I'm going to read Proverbs 30, verse 17
The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth
To obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pluck it out
And the young eagles shall eat it
Now, here's the thing
I can't tell you that this is actually going to happen to you
Young person, if you disobey your parents
But here's the thing, it's there
And what this also tells me is the fact that
Hey, look, you're going to get what's coming to you
If you don't want to obey your parents
If you don't want to adhere to what the Bible says
You're going to get what's coming to you
Your eyes might just get plucked out
And this tells me that, hey, the day is coming for someone
For someone that's doing that
Guess what could happen as a punishment from God
If you don't want to obey your mom
You might get a wife that doesn't obey you
If you don't want to obey your dad, young lady
Guess what?
Your husband is going to treat you like dirt
There's a death penalty for disobeying your parents
Oh, you believe that?
Yes, I believe that
Deuteronomy 21, 18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son
Which will not obey the voice of his father
Or the voice of his mother
And that when they have chastened him
Will not
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him
And bring him unto the elders of his city
And unto the gate of his place
And they shall say unto the elders of his city
This our son is stubborn and rebellious
He will not obey our voice
He is a glutton and a drunkard
And all the men of his city
Shall stone him with stones that he die
So shall thou put evil away from among you
And all Israel shall hear and fear
Oh, you really believe that?
Yes!
I really believe that
I really believe God's word
I'm sorry you don't
I really believe that this is something that takes place
Now, it may not be recorded
But I believe at some point this took place
I believe that this took place
And, you know, they're like
Oh, that's cruel
I can't believe you would do that
You think it's okay for people to do that to your children?
I mean, is it in the Bible?
Is this the Bible?
Wait, hold on, let me check
Let me check real quick
Yep, King James
Yep, it's in the Bible
So that means I believe it
I believe what's in the Bible
And, you know, and guess what?
If this rule was implemented
The reality is that we would have less disobedience in America
We wouldn't have
What's the city called that's in Seattle?
Is it Chaz?
Is that still a thing?
It's not a thing anymore?
Okay, there's a city that
Portland!
That wouldn't exist!
It wouldn't exist if there was this penalty
That there was repercussions for disobeying your parents
You know
Turn your Bibles to Proverbs 29, 15
Proverbs 29, 15
That would not be a thing if that was the case
You know, and
You know, when it comes to, you know, this law
You know, I believe it with the bottom of my heart
That, hey, look
When it comes to how we address our children
And, you know, oh, sorry, that's what I was gonna say
Realize that
Making this decision to get rid of your child
Or to have the elders go to your child
Isn't something that comes lightly
For those of us who have children
This is not something that we're just like
Oh, okay, well, you know, you're disobeying
I'm gonna bring you to the elders
This is a huge deal
If you don't have children
You may not understand
But the reality is, look
I have three daughters
And guess what?
I don't want to kill them
I don't know if you knew that
I don't want to kill
I want my children to live
You know, sometimes
People think that they love their child so much
That I'm just not even gonna spank them
You know, for a person that's like that
Just to come to the conclusion of, hey
My child is so disobedient
I'm gonna kill them
This is not something that comes lightly
This is something that's very
That I believe
These children that are potentially getting killed
Are reprobates
You know?
And you're like, oh, but that's cool
How can you, you know, how can you kill
You know, how can you kill another human being?
Well, I mean, are you like condemning Jesus Christ?
Are you condemning Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ said, hey, some people
Just deserve to be killed
Luke 17, 1
Then said he unto the disciples
It is impossible that offenses will come
But woe unto him
The whom they come
It were better for him
That a millstone were hanged about his neck
And he cast into the sea
Then that he should offend
One of these little ones
So, hey, look, it's actually a good thing
For, you know, if you're offending little people
If you're doing mischief
It would be better for some people
For them to just not be alive
It would be better for them to just not be alive
You're there, Proverbs 29, 15
It says, The rod and reproof give wisdom
But a child left to himself
Bringeth his mother's shame
You know, the Bible is telling us that
You know, a child is left to himself
That when you're not correcting your child
Yes, we're going to get Seattle
We're going to get Chaz
You know
How do we fix this issue?
Well, we have to start spanking our children
It says, The rod and reproof give wisdom
Your child is going to learn very quickly
See, if we want God's favor in our life
If we want to
If we want to have his blessing in our life
We need to follow
We need to follow the word of God
We need to adhere to what the Bible says
And God doesn't take this sin lightly
You know, we don't need to look to the word of Disney
You know, we don't need to look at the holy book of Disney
The holy book of Walt
You know, and is there any question
At the state that we're in today
Where we're just looking at how vile our country is
Is there any question why this is so?
Tonight we're talking about
Lies Disney taught us
This is more lies that Disney taught us
Disney taught us, or lies that Disney taught us
Lies Disney taught us part two
The first lie is that
You know, that parents are always trying to be
Oppressive or
Overly protective and things like that
The second lie is that being a drunker is cool
Turn Your Bible says 1 Samuel 1.13
Drinking is a sin
And there's movies that
Promote this
Pinocchio and
Pirates of the Caribbean
They're just
At least in Pirates of the Caribbean
There's a man that's just like effeminate
And he's just constantly drinking
Or at least he appears as though he's just drunk
You know, and drinking is a sin
And the Bible condemns it
And Disney wants to desensitize our children
So that, hey, look
There's nothing wrong with drinking
They're planting the seed in your mind
Obviously not our minds
But they're planting the seed in a child's mind
That, hey, when they get of age
Hey, you know, so and so did it
Back in the movies that I watched
Here we go soul winning
We want to get people saved
They plant seeds to defile the children
The Bible talks extensively about this topic
And let's look at what it says right here
1 Samuel 1.13
It says, Now Hannah, she spake in her heart
Only her lips moved, but her voice
Was not heard. Therefore Eli
Thought she had been drunken
And Eli said unto her, How long
Wilt thou be drunken?
And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord
I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit
I have drunk neither wine
Nor a strong drink
But have poured out my soul before the Lord
Count not thine handmaid
For a daughter of Belio
For out of the abundance of my complaint
And grief have I spoken hitherto
You know, last time I checked
The Bible tells me that I'm a child of God
The Bible tells me I'm a child of God
I'm the child of the crucified one
And
What does it say when it comes to like drinking?
It says the daughter of Belio
That means that the child is Satan
This is not something that we need to consume
This is not something that we need to
We need to look at these characters and say, hey, you know
This is a good character to be like
Turn your Bibles to Proverbs 31.6
I'm going to read
Proverbs 31.6
I'm going to read Proverbs 20 verse 1
Wine is a mocker and a strong drink is raging
And whosoever is deceived thereby
Is not wise
The Bible says that
If you're deceived by wine
If you're deceived by strong drink
That you're not wise
What does that mean?
That means you're dumb, you're stupid, you're an idiot
That's what that means
I'm going to give it to you in 2021
You're stupid, you're a dummy, you're an idiot
You're not smart
You're void of understanding
Proverbs 31 verse 6
Give strong drink unto them
Excuse me
Give strong drink unto him
That is ready to perish
And wine unto those
That be of heavy hearts
Look
When it comes to strong drink
When it comes to alcohol
Look, the people that want to drink it
Are those that are ready to die
This is what the Bible says
People who drink, they want to die
They're ready to perish
And so when we look at people online
And we look at the social media
They're living it up, they're living the best version of themselves
You know, it's so great, it's so great
And you know what, when they turn the camera off
You know, they're miserable
They are ready to die
They are ready to perish
They want to drink their misery away
Is basically what they want
They want to drink their misery away
Turn in your Bibles to Habakkuk 2.15
Isaiah 5.22
I'm going to read that as you guys turn into Habakkuk 2.15
It says, Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine
And men of strength to mingle strong drink
Which justify the wicked for reward and take away
The righteousness of the righteous from him
See, don't look at these drunkards on these movies
Don't look at these strong men
Don't look at these mighty
Look at them, they're so cool
They're puking their brains out
They're so cool, look at their Instagram story
Don't look at them
Look, Disney is lying to you
Disney is deceiving you
They're telling you things that tickle your ears
Habakkuk 2.15
Woe unto them that give drink
Or woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink
That putteth thy bottle to him
And maketh him drunken also
That thou mayest look on their nakedness
You see, Disney is trying to spiritually look at our nakedness
And they're planning to see that, hey, you can drink, it's fine
There's nothing wrong with that
A little wine for that stomach's sake, right?
A little wine for, you know, a little something something
They're trying to spiritually see our nakedness
And you know what, overall it's a success
If you look at the average 20 year olds' social media
You see nakedness, you see drinking
You see all manner of evil on their Instagram stories
Success! Check!
They're planning that scene and it's been successful
We're talking about lies that Disney taught us
Lie number three is they create this false narrative
Or they create this straw man where, you know, you have to choose between
Dark magic versus light magic
Or the good magic versus the bad magic
And they have movies like Adon where you got the genie
And then, I forget what the other guy's name is
But that other guy that, huh?
What did I say? I didn't say it, man
Adon, yeah, Adon, that's him right there
That's, that, get out of here!
Um, Aladdin, there's this genie and then there's the other guy
There's the genie, there's the genie and the other guy
And basically, you know, they're like
Oh, the genie's the good magic and the other villain's the bad magic
Or you have like Frozen where, you know, Fro-
Like Elsa, she's the good one, you know
Don't even let me start talking about that whore
Alright, turn your Bibles to Leviticus 19.31
Leviticus 19.31
They're trying to get us to be on one side of the fence
You know, are you for the dark side or for the light side?
Exodus 22.18
It says, Thou shall not suffer a witch to live
Thou shall not suffer a witch to live
Wait, which side are you on? The dark side or the light side?
The one where they don't live
That's the side I'm on
Leviticus 19.31
It says, Regard not them that have familiar spirits
Neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them
I am the Lord your God
You know, hold on, I missed it, I missed it, I missed it
It doesn't say like, oh hey, you know, choose between one or the other
It just says, hey look, don't have them with you
Hey, don't suffer a witch to live
You know, they get this narrative where, you know, it's good magic versus bad magic
But the only magic that the Bible actually talks about
Is the one where the witch or the wizard gets put to death
Or put out of the land
Turn your Bibles to Deuteronomy 18.14
18.14
I'm going to start at verse 9
Deuteronomy 18 verse 9
When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee
Thou shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations
There shall not be found among you
Anyone that maketh his son or his daughter that passeth through the fire
Or that useth divination or an observer of times
Or an enchanter or a witch or a charmer
Or a counselor with familiar spirits
Or a wizard or necromancer
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord
And because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee
Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God
For these nations which thou shalt possess
Harken unto observers of time and unto diverners
For as thee the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do
Are you for the dark side or the light side?
I'm from the side that puts them to death
Are you for the dark side or the light side?
Neither, I'm on the side that puts them to death
He created this straw man argument
And you know, what God is telling them is that
Hey, you know, hey look, this is what
He's bringing them out of Egypt
And he's saying, look, this is what these people are doing
You, my people, don't be like them
You want to be like them, you want to be over here
You don't want to be like them
You want to be different
Set apart
Lies that Disney taught us
Lie number four
That bestiality isn't wrong if it's for love
That bestiality, it's not that bad
Come on guys, why you, come on
That bestiality isn't wrong if it's for love
If it's for love
You know, they have movies like The Beauty and the Beast
They have movies like Princess and the Frog
Where, you know, it makes it cute
You know, oh you just kiss a little frog
And you're going to get your true love kiss
And it's going to be great
And you're going to have a husband
Everything's going to be great
The Beast just wants to find somebody to love him
They coded cute
Turn your body over to Romans 1.26
Leviticus 18.23
Excuse me, I'm going to have you guys go to Leviticus 1.26
I'm going to read Leviticus 18.23
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith
Neither shalt any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto
It is confusion
You know, oh, do people really do this?
Yes!
It's disgusting
You know, yes, people do this
Look, God doesn't make rules for no reason
He has a book full of words
And guess what?
These words have a purpose
And guess what?
If he's saying, hey, don't lie with a beast
That means that people are lying with beasts
Am I like reading too much into the text?
It's saying that people, look, he's saying don't do this
So, you know, this is what the nations are doing around them
Oh, you know, how could they do such a thing?
Romans 1.26
For this cause, God gave them up to vile affections
For even their women to change the natural use
Into that which is against nature
You know, how can they do this?
Because they're filthy?
Because they're dirty?
Because they're nasty?
Because they're disgusting?
Because they're freaks?
Because they're a beast?
They're disgusting, yes
They'll do anything with anything
Skip down to verse 32
Romans 1.32
It says, who know the judgment of God
That they which commit such things are worthy of death
Not only do the same
But have pleasure in them that do that
Look, Disney finds it great that you think it's cute to kiss a frog
Disney finds it cute that, hey, I want to find me a big old burly beast and kiss them
Maybe he's going to turn into a human
They find it cute
And guess what?
In the Bible, when it talks about, you know, bestiality, lying with an animal
In Leviticus 20 it says, hey, look, the man that does it and the beast, they need to be put to death
Oh, but you can evangelize to them
You can change them
You can rehabilitate them
Can I get some water? Can somebody give me water, please?
You can rehabilitate them, it's great
The Bible says you need to put the man and the beast to death
The Bible says you need to put the woman and the beast to death
Talking about lies that Disney taught us
The last lie that I have here is that, you know, that people desire to stay a kid as long as possible
That people desire to be a kid as long as possible
You know, and obviously when I said that most people thought of Peter Pan
You know, Neverland, Neverland, right?
You know, people desire to be a kid forever
And, you know, it's a state that we're in today
Thank you
My water dropped
Sorry about that, pastor
It's a state where people just don't want to grow up
They don't want responsibilities
They don't want to grow up
They don't want to work
They don't want to, you know, they don't want to pay for their bills
They don't want to take care of family
They don't want to do anything
All they want to do is just stay at home
Play video games, you know
Hey, look, look, I get money
Look, right now in the Times of America, we get money
We get that money, guys
We get money for staying at home
Some people get paid more to stay at home than to go back to work
You know, there's this thing called Peter Pan syndrome
Peter Pan syndrome
It's a state where adults with Peter Pan syndrome
Also sometimes called failure to launch syndrome
Avoid the personal and professional responsibilities of adulthood
They are just the individuals who really don't want to grow up
And they find adult responsibility truly challenging
It's really hard to be an adult
It's really hard to get responsibility
Professional and personal
You know, here's the thing
The reality is that, hey, look
Hunger is a great motivator
Hunger is a great motivator to get somebody to get out of bed
You know, and for these people
We don't need to be tailor making life for them
Oh, it's okay, you know, you got a mental health disease
It's all good, you know, there's nothing wrong
You're like, we'll take care of you
We'll pay for all your bills
We'll do anything that you need
2 Thessalonians 3, 10, I'll read it
For even when we were with you
This we commanded you
That if any would not work
Neither should he eat
So, look, working is a prerequisite to being a Christian
If you want to eat
Look, if you want to eat
You need to work
You know, and if you have Peter Pan syndrome
What does that mean?
That means you need to grow up
You need to grow up
And here, I'm getting ahead of myself
Turn to Proverbs 24, 30
I'll read 1 Thessalonians 4, 11
Proverbs 24, 30
It says, and that ye study to be quiet
And to do your own business
And to work with your own hands
As we commanded you
Look, we need to work with our own hands
We need to do our own business
We need to provide for our families
If you're a man
You need to provide for yourself in general
You know, so that you can take care of a family
And get married in the future
Don't feed them
Don't feel bad for them
Don't feel bad for these people
Proverbs 24, 30
It says, I went by the field of the slothful
And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding
And lo, it was all grown over with thorns and nestles
And covered the face thereof
And the stone wall thereof was broken down
Then I saw and considered it well
I looked upon it and received instruction
Yet a little sleep
A little slumber
A little folding of the hands to sleep
So shall thy poverty come
As one that travaileth
And thy want
As an armed man
Look, the slothful
They're not taking care of their responsibility
When you come to their house
It's dirty
They don't accept responsibility
Look, we don't need to tailor-make the life for them
We need to just say, hey, if you don't want to work
Okay, you're not going to eat
We're not going to give you any handouts
So how does Peter Pan Syndrome happen?
How do people get diagnosed with this?
It says psychoanalysts, you know, they always are looking
for the connection to our childhood
Obviously it's when you were a child
You know, obviously it's when you were a child
This is when it all took place, you know
And it says, a bit of a snapshot is
Of course we go back to what was modeled by our parents
And so they have three reasons why they believe that
Peter Pan Syndrome happens
One, you have helicopter parents where they just don't allow you to make any decisions
Or they're always hovering over you
So you never get a chance to grow up
The second way, or another way to call it is
Just controlling parents or snowball parents
They're just like running over you as a child
The second way is that you're in an abusive or neglectful house
Where you were always shut down
And again, you never learn how to be an adult
Then the last way is by having emotional or economic hardship
Where you never learn how to handle money, relationships
The ideal of staying in a state where that stuff doesn't matter much
Can be appealing
And they say, this is how they end it
At the end of the day, it all comes down to what you learn as a kid
And what your parents or your guardians model for you
And you know, this is enabling this victim state
This victim mentality, you know
Oh look at me, I'm black
Because of slavery, I can't work
Yeah, I said it, I said it
Because of slavery, I can't work
Look, I have a job
I work, I have a job, I work
I work very hard
And guess what?
Last time someone at the job said something about being black
It never happened
It doesn't happen, especially in the medical field
This victim mentality
Oh, because of slavery, I can't get a job
Oh, because of slavery, I can't do this
Oh, because of the oppression, it's so hard for us
We can't do anything
I'm doing well
I'm doing well?
Right?
Oh, you Uncle Tom, get out of here with that
Get out of here with that
And here's the thing
I'm not saying that mental health issues don't exist
You know, depression, anxiety, etc., things like that
You know, these happen
And you know, when it comes to
When it comes to these type of things that present themselves
Hey, we need to go to the word of God
To learn how to handle this
And you know, when it comes to
Turn Your Bibles to 1 Kings 19-3
When it comes to Peter Pan Syndrome
I believe it stems a little bit from depression
You know, what's happened to you in the past?
You know, I believe that it stems a little bit from depression
And you know, and yes, depression even happens to believers
Depression happens to everybody
I'm going to show
We're going to give an example of a person that was depressed
And how he got out of it
There's someone who was depressed
And he got out of it
1 Kings 19-3
Now, what happened before this?
Elijah just had the spiritual high of his life
He just destroyed the prophets of Belial
The prophets of Satan
And basically, he finds out that hey, they're searching for his life
1 Kings 19-3
And when he saw that he arose and went for his life
And came to Beersheba
Which belongeth to Judah
And left his servant there
Now first, let me just stop there
The Bible says that he left his servant there
Now, one of the worst things that you want to do when it comes to depression
Is you want to leave, you want to be alone
You want to seclude yourself
You don't want to seclude yourself
Especially when you're in a state of depression
You don't want to leave yourself alone
You don't want to be by yourself
Verse 4, it says
So he's saying hey, he's at the lowest state
God, please just kill me
Please God, kill me
Take my life, I don't want to live anymore
Verse 5
Skip down to verse 8
And he said unto him
What doest thou here Elijah?
Skip down to verse 14
Verse 15
To be king over Israel
So when God
Look, he's in
He's what we would say, he's depressed
Right?
God doesn't say, hey
You know, hey, tell me about your childhood
You know, come sit on this rock right here
Tell me about how your relationship with your parents are
Tell me about, you know, how did your parents scar you?
No, he tells
First and foremost, he tells them to get up and eat
So when we're depressed, what we need to do is we need to get up and eat
Meat, preferably
We need to get up and eat some meat
No soy for us
Next, in verse 15
He says
So what is he telling me?
He's telling him to go do something
Don't just sit in your wallow
Sit in your agony, in your pain
Hey, go do something
Go do something with your life
And then
Verse 16, it says
So let me go back to 15
At the end, it says
So first he tells them to get up and eat
He tells them to get up and eat
Then he tells them to do something
Do something that specifically does not involve himself
Then he tells them to invest in someone else
So how does this relate to us today?
Well, you know, obviously we can get up and eat
But do something that doesn't involve yourself
I don't know, maybe you can go soul winning
You can get your mind off of your depression
Hey, how would you make your worst day someone's best day in their life?
How would you go get somebody saved?
Guess what, your problems that you have, they're going to go away
Your problems are going to go straight away
You don't have to worry
You don't have to worry about how you're thinking
Look, there's so many times that I come to church here
And I'm distraught about something that happened at work
I'm distraught about something that I saw
I'm distraught about something that happened to me
And you know what?
I don't even tell the brethren what's going on
But just talking with them, being with them
Causes it to just leave my mind
And that's the blessing of church
And when it comes to going soul winning
Yeah, go get people saved
And it's going to get your mind off of it
You're going to realize you're going to change someone's life forever
And it's going to make your problem, you know
Yeah, go away
It's going to go straight away
Elisha was in his stead
Elisha was the next person that came after him
That's what God wanted him to do
He wanted him to invest in someone else
So what do we do? We invest
Look, there's young people in church
If you're older, you know, you can invest in these children
Sometimes people just want someone to just, you know, think highly of them
And you can invest in people
When you're depressed, there's things that you need to do
To get out of the state of depression
Turn your Bibles to 1 Corinthians 14, 20
I'll close it off here
1 Corinthians 14, 20
I'm going to read 2 Corinthians 2, 11
As lest Satan should take advantage of us
For we are not ignorant of his devices
You know, let us be privy to Satan's devices
We need to understand that, hey look, we're in a warfare
You know, Satan's going to throw anything he has at you
You know, he's going to throw everything
And the kitchen sink and the baby and all that stuff
He's going to throw everything at you
And you know, look, sometimes you're going to be able to fight it
And sometimes you just got to stand
When it comes to your children, you got to fight it
You need to hit, you know, block that stuff
Get it out of there
Let's be privy to the devices of the devil
1 Corinthians 14, 20 says
Brethren, be not children in understanding
Howbeit in malice be ye children
But in understanding be men
Look, we need to have an understanding like
Hey, this world isn't like a great world
We need to understand that, hey, this world
Is a battleground
And we need to fight
And we need to understand that, hey look
This battleground, this battle that we're in
Is a spiritual battle
We've went over two sermons
Where we just talk about lie after lie
After lie after lie
That Disney is doing
We need to be privy to the devices that Satan has
And you know, like I said, he's going to attack your family
He's going to attack your wife
He's going to attack your pastor
He's going to attack your pastor's wife
Attack your pastor's children
And you know what?
The best thing the pastor here has to do is he has to just stand sometimes
And what do we need to do?
We need to just stand sometimes
Don't break rank
Just take it the way that it comes
And when it comes to Disney and things like that
You know, hey, look, look
We can actually go on the offense and just take it away, actually
We don't have to just stand there just like
Oh, brother Maury, I mean
The TV just turned on and I'm just, I'm enduring
I'm enduring
You know, you got the little shield
The buckler, Geo knows about that
And realize that the attack that Satan does on you
Isn't going to be forever
It isn't going to be forever
Guess how long we spent battling with the sodomites
It wasn't very long
Right?
It stopped
Yes
They may believe that they have won
But guess what?
They lost
They're losers
They're not winners
They're dumb
Look, they think that they won
But guess what?
I see a building full of people that want to hear the word
I see a building full of people
Guess what?
We won
And just like when it comes to Satan
We will win
James 4, 7, it says
Submit yourselves therefore to God
Resist the devil
Resist the devil and he will flee from you
What I'm telling you tonight is we need to resist the devil
And resist all of his attacks
And he's going to come with many
And you know, I already believe that this church is a great church
I believe that this church, you know, they're going to stand against all of the
All of the wicked devices that Satan's going to bring to it
But sometimes it's just great to just get a reminder
It's great to get a reminder, hey, stand
When it comes to this
Yeah, yeah, you're going to get beat down
Yeah, you're going to get emotionally broken
You're going to get beat up sometimes
But guess what?
All you got to do is stand
Life sucks sometimes
But guess what?
It's going to be 20 times better when we're in heaven with God
And think about all the people you can bring with you
Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer
Dear Lord, Heavenly Father
Thank you for allowing us to be able to go through your word
And Lord, I pray that I get into the hearts of the people
Or more specifically, your word gets in the heart of the people
And see that, hey, look, this is
There's a lot of wicked devices that are being taught through Disney
And Lord, I just pray that we're edified by the message
And Lord, just thank you for your word
And thank you for our church here
And Lord, pray that we can continue doing a great work for you, Lord
I pray this in the name, Amen
Please turn your songbooks to song number 175
Song number 175, It's Just Like His Great Love
Song number 175, all together on that first verse
A friend I have called Jesus
Whose love is strong and true
And never fails now and is tried
No matter what I do
I've sinned against this love of His
But when I doubt to pray
Confessing all my guilt to Him
The skin clouds roll away
It's just like Jesus to roll the clouds away
It's just like Jesus to keep me day by day
It's just like Jesus all along the way
It's just like His great love
Sometimes the clouds of trouble
Beat in the sky above
I cannot see my Savior's face
I doubt His wondrous love
But He from heaven's mercy see
Beholding my despair
In many bursts the clouds meet we
And shows me He is there
It's just like Jesus to roll the clouds away
It's just like Jesus to keep me day by day
It's just like Jesus all along the way
It's just like His great love
When sorrows, crowds o'er take me
And break upon my head
When life seems worse than useless
And I were better dead
I take my grief to Jesus then
Nor do I go in vain
For heavenly hope He gives that cheer
Like sunshine after rain
It's just like Jesus to roll the clouds away
It's just like Jesus to keep me day by day
It's just like Jesus all along the way
It's just like His great love
Oh, I could sing forever
Of Jesus' lovely mind
Of all His care and tenderness
For this poor life of mine
His love is in and over us
And within grateful pain
When Jesus whispers peace be still
And rolls the clouds away
It's just like Jesus to roll the clouds away
It's just like Jesus to keep me day by day
It's just like Jesus all along the way
It's just like His great love
Amen. Wonderful singing, you are dismissed.
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