Amen first Thessalonians chapter number four the verse I want to focus on is right there
Is the very first verse it says furthermore
Then we beseech you brethren and exhort you
But the lord jesus that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please god
And to please god and that's where I get the title of my sermon the title of my sermon is simply this
Please god or die trying please god
Or die trying amen go to roof one one go ahead and go to roof one one
And so this evening what I want to do is just take a moment
As this is probably going to be the sermon or the last one to preach for a while pastor anderson will be back
Next week not this sunday. That's going to be pastor ross
So i'm not sure when i'm going to preach again
But I figured I might as well preach something that I think will benefit everyone here
And so all I want to do tonight is just kind of just go over something that every single one of us can do
And probably knows already because when it comes to doing the right thing
I personally think that it's really not that hard god has given us a conscience guys that kind of written his law on our hearts
I don't think it's super difficult to kind of know right and wrong
I just don't think it is but what is probably a little harder is doing that right thing so much
Or doing the right thing when you need to do it because we have a sinful nature
But when it comes to what I want to do tonight
It's just kind of go over something that I think will help you
And it has more to do when things kind of start falling apart in your life
You know when suffering starts to increase when things start going well when there's bad news after bad news after bad news tonight
I just kind of want to remind everybody about the safest the wisest and the most powerful response
You can have when things go bad and that is simply to focus not on the bad things as much
But focus on pleasing god. Amen pleasing god. So of course the best example I can think of is joke
You don't have to go there. I'm just going to read really quickly, you know, and I like reading from the book of job
If you listen to me preach a lot, I usually bring up job
Why I don't know
I read one chapter out of the book of job every single day just to kind of help me and remind me and keep me
Aware that bad things can happen and how to properly respond. Well, let's see how job responded
Just listen up job 120 says this then job arose and rent his mantle and shave his head and fell down upon the ground
And worship this after job lost his business lost his money lost his children not just children lost all 10 of his children
That means he has to bury 10 of them one funeral is bad enough
But like I mentioned in the past of my sermons
He has to do 10 in one day. How many of you guys have gone to 10 funerals in one day?
I didn't think so
But just take a moment right there in your seats to imagine how painful that would have been for job
To not just take one child out two child out three children out but all 10 of them and then have to bury them
Must have been the hardest thing anybody has ever gone through in the entire bible, but what was his response?
He didn't get bitter. He didn't get backslidden
You know, he didn't get angry adults around him instead
What does the bible say that he did and said that he shaved his head fell down upon the ground and worship
But you know what christians tend to do when bad things happen. They stop
Worshiping they stop worshiping they just give up. Why do they give up because they're weak?
I'm not trying to disrespect them
But that's what the bible says if you faint in the day of adversity it says that your strength is small
That's why christians quit
It's because not that god can't get him through whatever tribulation or whatever trial they're going through
Is that they allow themselves to get spiritually weak?
So the slightest thing sometimes gets them at a church the smallest thing sometimes gets them not to read their bible
The smallest thing sometimes keeps making go day after day after day after day not reading their bible
And I want to make sure that you guys don't become those christians that instead of worshipping god when bad things happen
They quit on god
But it says that job said naked came out of my mother's womb and naked shall I be turned thither the lord gave
And the lord has taken away and look at his attitude
Blessed be the name of the lord and in all this job said not no charge god
Cruelishly, why is that there is there for you and is there for me?
And if you haven't already you will have a time in your life
Well, you're gonna want to quit on God where things can get a little too tough that makes you wonder should I even continue?
Especially when you're a new Christian and you have a lot of sin or you came from the world
That's when you tend to want to quit the most is early on in your Christianity. That's what the Bible says
It says some people get saved and they're happy about it
I'm paraphrasing but then here comes the devil a little bit of persecution
They're offended from something that they heard something that they saw someone in a church house and by and by they're gone
They're gone because they were weak
They didn't allow themselves to get strong and grow the smallest little temptation or tribulation gets them out of church
But when it comes to when bad things happen, whatever it may be if people were to ask me first girl
My my marriage ain't going so great. There's the girl work ain't going so great verse the girl my health ain't going so great
Versus the girl. I'm just going through a hard time right now. I'm just depressed. I feel like even killing myself
What do I do? I just got two words, please God, please God
Whatever it is get to just learn to tell people even tell yourself bad things happen things aren't going your way
Whatever it may be just remind yourself, please God
That's the most important thing you do is please God
It'll help you get your mind out for you and put it on who it matters the most and that's on God
It'll help you to set your affections of things above not on these things below not on those things here
I mean the average person lives to be what 70 years old. I just have my 47th birthday. I'm 47 Rachel
That's so much. I love life. I don't even worry about that
I'm always asking her hold am I because I really don't think about it. I'm having too much fun. Amen time flies
It's a holding my this year 47 and 48 49. I even told somebody I'm 45 my wife's like no, you're 46
I'm about to turn 47. I'm like what are you for reals true story recently happened. I'm like man my bad
I honestly thought I was 45, but I feel 25 a man
That's what really matters
But I think one of the most important reasons or one of most important like things to remember that can happen
You see it happen in the Christians, you know
And I just cannot remind you guys enough to just remind yourself as much as possible
Remind others as much as possible. Listen at the end of day just please God, please God, please God, please God
Figure it out read the Bible will help you to realize what will help you please God
But I think for me personally for you to may be different
But one of the things that I constantly remind myself to prepare myself for is what the Bible calls
The day of evil how many of you guys have read the Bible have come across that that those words the day of evil
I just got two verses for you because it means two different things sometimes
Proverbs 16 4 says this the Lord has made all things for himself. Yay, even the wicked for the day of evil
What does that mean? Let me just quickly explain it
It does not mean that God created people to force them to be evil to force them to be wicked
Rather what it means is that God has appointed a specific day of judgment for the wicked
What does that mean? That means people they get back to them. It could be Christians as well
You know people can't get away with sin for a while. Why because God is long-suffering. What does that mean?
He'll suffer a long time with your sins
Why because he doesn't like punishing his children God doesn't like punishing people, but he will because it's not just a loving God
Guess what?
He's also a just God and we will reap what we sow our sins will find us out
There will come a day may not be today may not be tomorrow may not be next year may not be the year afterwards
But if you don't if you don't change if you're in sin, if you don't change, guess what?
The day of evil will come it will come you will be chastised
Why because if the Lord love you he will chastise you so get it right whatever sin it may be
Whatever. I don't know, you know
I don't get it right before the day of evil shows up because by then a the spanking is gonna come
But when it does just a quick reminder don't despise it don't despise the chastening of the Lord is for our benefit
The Bible says blessed is the man, you know, that gets chastised by the Lord
But the other verse is the one that I want to bring up as well, which is Jeremiah 17 17
It says this be not a terror unto me
Thou art my hope in the day of evil in the day of evil. It's not the same as the other verse
What is the day of evil? Well in the context of what's going on in the book of Jeremiah
It's more like Judgment Day, but it's more like a national judgment where his nation is being judged
Because of their sins and I think that can happen even to us
I mean right now if you kind of look into what's going on in the world the economy contrary to what you'll hear
You know from certain news
What whatever you call them agencies or whatever the economy is not doing that great hurt for example last year
There was over 1.4 million jobs lost companies are right now laying people off laying people off
The year before that the United States created 2 million jobs the year before that
I believe it was like 2.4 million jobs the year before that I believe it was like 4 million jobs a year before that
I think it was the highest in recent years like maybe 7 million jobs
But last year in 2025 it was negative. It was negative
I mean economists don't know if it's gonna get better or not blame who you want to blame
But at the end of the day, I say this to everyone here. I say this to everyone listening
I say this even to the world even though the Bible is not for the unsaved
The Bible is for the saved the gospel for the unsaved
I say this let a man examine himself before you blame such-and-such or such-and-such or whoever
I said listen let a man examine himself because last time I checked the Bible still says
righteousness exalted a nation so what's going to happen if God's people get right if this nation starts doing what's right
God is going to exalt us. So what's going to happen if this nation gets into sin?
It's going to be the opposite of being exalted
It's going to be brought down brought down and so when it comes to the day of evil
I don't know why things happen
but sometimes you can kind of know why things are happening because the last four years all we kept seeing is
Transgender this transgender that you know all kinds of genders, I guess, you know to just kind of disappeared
Yeah, ten genders one day five the other keeps going up and down
So for the last four years our nation was prospering, but it wasn't pleasing God and sometimes they may think oh
Well, we must be doing something good. Look our nation is getting better and better financially
Whatever the case but gain is not godliness. And so I don't think what's going on right now in our government
It's a blessing from God
I think for the last four years all this stuff that we've been sowing now
We're reaping it but at the end of the day if things just go really bad and it starts collapsing
People start losing even more jobs in 2026. Hey, if you ask me, what should we do? Please God focus on pleasing God
That's my answer. Please God things ain't going so well for me. Please God my health sucks. Please God, you know, my marriage
Please God X Y & Z. Please God. What's your answer? Please God, please God, please God, please God, please God
That's all I can tell you keep her in the Bible figure out because you know what the day evil can happen
It can happen. How many of you guys remember how the economy was in 2009. It wasn't that good
That's when I was making decent money. I just recently got married me and my wife are happy
We're serving God next thing, you know, I don't know where companies start firing left invite home depots like firing 15,000 people
Target 10,000 people this and that lots of people losing their jobs back in 2009 and I'm thinking man
What the heck is going on before I even know it my wife gets let go at the time
My wife was working just working for a plumbing company
She was helping with the payroll helping collect the whatever the the invoices and then she ended up basically getting called into the office
I said listen, we love you doing a great job, but we have to let you go because the economy is so bad right now
We're not making any money. So then of course, she lets me know about it. I just got laid off
I'm like, whoa that that's about a negative thirty thousand in our income and I'm like, you know what don't worry about it
At least I got my job. Guess what happens soon after that. I lost my job as well now all of a sudden
I'm unemployed. My wife doesn't have work. I don't have work. We got three kids
We live in the Bay Area that San Francisco Bay Area between San Francisco Bay Area in New York
They go back and forth
I think New York usually wins at the most expensive place to live in the United States
But I would call that the day of evil because before that there was a lot of sin going on in the country and now God
Came down on us is the way I see it and people are losing their jobs left and right and now people are talking about man
This reminds me what's going on what happened in 2025 reminds me of what happened right before 2009 the collapse, etc
This can get a little harsh but the first thing you need to remember if it comes to where you end up losing your job or something
Horrific happens. Just remember what job did keep worshiping keep worshiping the worst thing you can do is to stop
Worshiping where did I tell you to go Ruth? So let me get there myself
So here's a family that I like to remind people of who yes, they had that quote-unquote
2009 crash in their days so they were doing everything they could I guess you can stay safe to stay afloat
and if you want to just start reading with me a roof one one it says this and it came to pass in the days when
The judges ruled that there was a famine in the land and a certain man of Bethlehem
Judah went to sojourn in the country of moab he and his wife and his two sons and the name of the man was
Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi and the name of his two sons Malan and Kilian
Aphrodite of Bethlehem Judah, and they came into the country of Moab. They left their home
They went into the country of Moab. What's going on right now right now? They're going through a famine things ain't working well financially
They're having a hard time finding food. There's a famine in the land. The economy is collapsing
So what ends up happening this family ends up moving from where they're at
They moved to the country of Moab and they continue there and it says and then let me like Naomi's husband died
Died and so what did they do?
Well, let's just keep reading and she and she was left and her two sons and it took them wives of the woman of Moab
So look to me like they stayed the husband dies sure enough
They're like, hey, I guess stuff just happens. They didn't even think for one second. Maybe we shouldn't be here
Well, if you look at the context of what's going on, you can kind of figure out that they weren't supposed to stay there
It's supposed to stay faithful and stay in their own answer of their people
But it says really quickly that they they stayed there that took wives of the woman of Moab
The name of the one was Oprah in the name of the other Ruth
Here's what I want you guys to see if you're right there in Ruth and says then they dwelt there
About how many years because somebody just say it out loud ten years before what keep reading and
Malon and Killian died died
It took ten years before something bad happened and at that point they probably figured it out
We should not be here. They already knew they're supposed to trust in the Lord stay in their land not get mingled with the quote-unquote
unbelievers the heathen but they didn't listen they didn't listen they stopped worshiping the Lord and they went and did their own thing and it took
Ten years, but the day of evil finally came because when you disobey God
He may not punish you right away
We see in Scripture that he sometimes does and the nias and Sapphira when they lied they got killed the same day
You know the wife the same hour when Peter approached her eight did you sell the land for so much?
Yeah for so much and then he's saying why are you and your husband lying? Why and she died?
So sometimes the punishment can come quickly
But in this case it took ten years before the punishment came why because they stopped pleasing God
They were in the flesh. They should have come back and last time I checked famines don't really last ten years
Do they they don't maybe two three four, but it's rare that a famine lasts ten years
So something tells me that when the famine ended they were still in the flesh and they stayed what's the problem with that?
Here's the problem with that. Romans 8 8 says this so then they that are in the flesh
Cannot please God what happens when we hit a famine something hard happens to us as Christians
We stop worshipping we go back to our old ways
We go back to Moab or you go to Moab or you start something different that doesn't allow you to worship God
Eventually God's gonna have to make an example out of you
He has to because if you're in sin and you're in open sin chances are God's like a this is a little worse
At least if you're struggling behind the scenes trying to get right with the Lord struggling with whatever sin
Hey, he may not come down to you as hard
But when you do things openly you don't have to be a genius when it comes to the Bible their stories when people sin
Openly and they get destroyed in front of everyone openly. Don't believe me read the book of Deuteronomy
there was a guy who took a woman committed fornication sure enough a they were doing in front of everyone somebody stood up and went and
Killed them both and that ended up causing God to not pour his wrath on them all because fornication all because of open sin
So when it comes to you personally you need to be careful to be so weak
so weak that when things end up happening in your life you stop worshipping and you go to Moab and you're gonna find out the
Hard way that pleasing God is the only way to live and being fleshly being in the world being in sin
May not bring his wrath, but you better take it to the bank sooner or later
He will come down on you because those are in the flesh. They cannot please God and if you're not pleasing God
He's gonna help you to please him through chastisement. So don't be that guy. Don't be that family
Don't be that girl because we know that a bad things can happen
Whether you're being good or whether you're being evil famous verse 2nd Timothy 312. Yay, and all that live God in Christ shall suffer
Persecution it's gonna happen says those that live God in Christ shall suffer persecution
People will attack you and it reminds me again similar
It was a similar situation where my wife lost her job. I lost my job at the end of day
I need to lose my job because of the economy a lot of people around me were losing their jobs
My wife lost her job because of the economy because of what was happening where it just crashed the housing market crashed
Things were just bad. Nobody's hiring and even back in 2009 when I moved to to Arizona
I was just trying to get anything
Anything as long as it didn't make me miss church
As long as it didn't cost me to not go sowing as long as it wasn't making me break any of God's commandments
I didn't care what it was. But the first job that somebody told me about they're like a come work for me
My company's higher and I'm like great. Where do you work? Wendy's and I'm already almost in my 40s
I got a wife. I got three kids. I got a car bill. That's 490 bucks
I got two iPhones back when they weren't unlimited who remembers those days each thinking phone was like 150 bucks before taxes
Two-year contract couldn't break it and it's not like I had a lot in my savings. Maybe 3,500 tops
Hey, I felt like a that's my safety net got a gear start working go look for something and sure enough
I suit it up. I went to Wendy's the guy sat me down gave me the whole interview at the end
He's like, yeah, you know what? Yeah, I think we could use you. I'm like, hey man, I'm ready to work
I don't care what it is, bro. I'm ready to flip some burgers, you know, I'm ready to work, bro
Let's do this man. Come on sure enough. He's like we'll call you they never did never called me
And it was that eight bucks an hour eight bucks an hour 40 hours a week. I didn't care. It was full-time
I'll take it at the same time. I'm like, hey, I'm gonna need three jobs to pay the bills
That's how bad the economy was but I didn't lose my job as a security
Officer because of the economy. I lost it because I believe it was a second Timothy 312 situation
We're saying and all they live God in Christ shall suffer persecution. Here's what happened with me
I was in charge of security
I would interview people but then of course I had my rotten apples and my company already knew about about them
I just switched companies. So it's a new companies that can listen everything you did in the old but the old company doesn't really work
We're a new company. So anything these guys do all those write-ups, they really don't transfer over
So these guys are that bad make sure that you constantly counsel them constantly write them up when they screw up
I'm like, yeah, no problem. Hey, hopefully it doesn't doesn't get any worse and then sure enough it was what it was
I caught a couple of them slacking off goofing around sure enough
I wrote him up and I guess they kind of felt like whoa
You know this guy's trying to get rid of us
But they ended up kind of conniving behind my back next thing, you know, they didn't go to the company
They went straight to the state and started reporting racism harassment and who knows what else?
I don't remember. So they're accusing me of being racist
They're accusing me of harassing them or whatever the case may be
So I didn't know next thing, you know, one of my corporate people show up and they're like, hey, can I talk to you in your office?
I'm like sure what's going on get into my office. He sits me down. This is a guy listen
The reason I'm here is because I'm investigating you you're investigating me for what?
Well, you know a few of these people went to the state and they complained to whoever it is
They complained to and I'm like, well, let me guess it this person this person this person
Well, I can't confirm their identities, but you know what? I got to ask a few questions. Okay
What are you investigating me for pretty much racism and workplace harassment? I'm like racism. What the heck?
So I'm like, all right, whatever shoot go ahead ask your question
The first question he asked me was this Chris what in the world are you doing going around asking people if they were to die today?
Are they a hundred percent sure that they're going to heaven? I'm like, that's the question. I'm like
I'm like, well, listen, we all need to know that answer and the guy name was Tom
I'm like Tom because if you die right now where you're gonna go, it's like I'm not here to talk about me
I'm here to talk about D. I'm like, all right. Well, here's what happened
One of my employees goes into my office starts crying complaining about her boyfriend cheated on her and I'm like, whoa, what the heck?
And she's like, oh give me about five minutes
I just need to kind of clear my eyes because you know, just find out my boyfriend cheated on me and I'm like, whoa
Okay, well take your time, you know, just whatever take your time. Don't worry about going on the floor
Hey, if anybody calls you don't worry. I'll take care of it. And then she's like, I don't know how you do it
I don't know. It's like you you're here all the time. You work like a hundred hours a week and you're married and you have kids
How do you do it? What's your secret? So, of course, I'm thinking man, I could probably drop a little seed real quick
So I'm like, well, if you really want to know here's the secret to my success, please God, please God
That's what I focus on pleasing God and I'll tell it cuz listen I go to Baptist Church
You ever been to Baptist Church? No, not really. Well, if you die today, where are you gonna go? I'm not sure
I'm not sure where I'm gonna go and that's about as far as I took it because I know this is work
I can't really talk about that on the on the clock. So I'm like, well listen
Hey, how about this because they were kind of friends with me and my wife
Remember this and I'm like, how about this? You got Sundays off. Why don't you just come to church with me and my wife?
You know, we can both pick you up. We'll take you there and we'll bring you back. Yeah, that'd be great
I really need to start going back to church. Okay, whatever and next thing, you know
Was it you that gave the gospel? Was it Pastor Zarello? It was Pastor Zarello, right? But we set him up
That's what we did a lot with our old pastor. He was really good at giving the gospel. So we give him the heads up
Hey, I'm bringing my brother. I'm bringing my co-worker
Hey, I'm gonna set him up for you and he would just give him the gospel right after service
So she ended up getting saved. I think she even got baptized. She should get baptized. She got baptized as well
So that was about as far as I took it
But of course when you write somebody up and you kind of piss them off and they have a lot of pride
They kind of turn against you and that's what ended up happening. She didn't like it that I wrote her up for being late
So sure enough the guys that are caught goofing around
They all start talking to each other next thing you know
They pretty much mad at each other because the company told me hey don't let anybody slack write them all up because you may have to
Get rid of some people or replace them so I just follow their orders
I wasn't being a Nazi about it, but I was like hey listen if you mess up
And I'm gonna warn you once twice. I'm just gonna write you up
I'm not trying to fire you
But I have to make sure that you remember it remember whatever I counsel you for well
These other guys that accused me of being racist here's what they accused me of because these two guys are Filipinos
So guess what they accused me of being racist towards Filipinos and you people on internet land you may have heard the crowd laughing
But here's why they're laughing because I'm such a racist individual. I'm so racist against Filipinos that I married one
I'm so racist against Filipinos and my kids are half Filipinos. That's how much I hate them
I can't help myself, but they have him in front of me all day long. That's how racist I am
But why did they say I was being racist towards Filipinos?
Here's why because they didn't know I was married to a Filipino. They had no clue
I never told him anything about my personal life, but they thought oh, well, you know what?
How about we just make up a bunch of crap about him and getting fired what they did
They finally got me fired. They got me fired and I'm like, oh man, what am I gonna do?
But one thing I knew I wasn't gonna do was to get in the flesh and stop skipping church and get bitter and get mad
And stop worshiping the Lord. In fact, there was the opposite when they fired me
I didn't even have a car. My wife had the car. So I told basically my boss. Hey, listen, since you're suspending me
Can you do me a favor? He's like, what what's up? Can you just give me a ride home?
He's like, yeah, let's go man. I'll take you home. So he takes me home drops me off and it's like, yeah
I'll keep in touch with you and I'm thinking man. What am I gonna do? And I'm telling my wife
Hey, I just got fired. You know, they were basically saying that I'm racist and then I'm whatever, you know a religious crazy man
So then sure enough it was what it was. I'm like, I don't know
I guess we got to see what's going on. But this at the time where everybody was in their jobs
I'm thinking man, nobody's hiring everybody's getting fired. What the heck are we gonna do?
But I told one thing we're not gonna do is start skipping church one thing
We're not gonna do is stop tithing may sound like something small
But you think I want to curse myself with something so clear in the Bible so easy not to do the people that obviously don't
Tithe are those that are guess what they're in the flesh. They're in the flesh
Like Roman says those are in the flesh. You cannot please God. You cannot please God
So when it comes to what happened, I just focus on one thing pleasing God the stuff
I already know start doing it reading my Bible praying so winning I stepped it all up and I'm thinking what am I gonna do for work?
I'm like, oh well, I can do is apply leave it in God's hands and praise the Lord
I've been going to church for leaders eight years
So one thing it was obvious that there were certain things I already knew about already knew about so winning
I already knew about tithing. I already knew about church not forsaking the assembly and I have to say you know what?
I'm just going to keep worshiping God and do my best and if nothing works out, guess what?
I'm still going to do my best to please God. I'm still going to do it
No matter what and it was depressing not being able to make money
But then like a week or two weeks later, I get a call and I'm thinking okay
What's this about? It was my you know supervisor Tom and it's like a Chris. Listen up
We're going to send you your little whatever letter your little termination letter and I'm like, okay
And also we spoke to the big boss and we spoke to HR and listen, we're going to give you unemployment
We don't do it when we fire people but you know what?
We kind of felt like we let you down and it is what it is. You didn't do anything wrong
You follow our orders but business is business. This is a lawsuit
We're trying to avoid and I'm like I can't believe you've been telling me all this but it's like but I want you to hurry
Up and apply for unemployment. I'm like, okay sure that didn't bring in a whole lot
But at least I brought in 1600 a month and then sure enough with my wife
Then she ended up getting approved by her company same reason. It's like hey, listen, we'll let you go
But it was it was on good terms
So we're just gonna give you unemployment even though they didn't have to give her unemployment. So now next thing, you know, we're like, okay
Well, you're 1600 or my 1600 you're 1200. We're close to 3,000
I'm like, alright, let's try to get our rent lowered and sure enough our rent got lowered. And so at that point
It's like, okay, what do we do is I well, let's just keep looking for work and see what happens
But nobody's hiring but at the same time I wasn't dumb enough to just quit on God what ended up doing it
Just calling my pastor says hey, listen, I just got let go do you still go to someone in on Thursday mornings?
It's like absolutely 1030. Okay, I'll see you
I'll see you this Thursday and every Thursday until I can't and that's how we started Thursday's
1030 soul winning here at this building is because back then I used to do it and I liked it as I figure well
You know what now that I work for the church
I might as well start it if people show up great and if they don't all well
But that's kind of how everything you know starts to work out and just to let you know just kind of like fast track
We ended up just moving to Arizona and allowed us to move to Arizona and we've been happily ever after right my baby
My Filipina even though she's married to a racist man. I still make you happy for I still make you happy for a racist guy
Right. Just making sure hey, it is what it is from the world hates you. They'll choose you're being racist, right?
Mrs. A she feels my pain. I feel her pain the most unracist person I know gets accused of this crap
But here's the deal you guys already know what the Bible says first John 313 Marvel
Not my brother if the world hates you John 15 18 says this go to judges 16. Don't worry. I'm 30 minutes in I'll wrap it up
I'm just going over verses. You guys already heard but once again, what's the title of this sermon? Please God, please God
All I can tell you when things go bad, please God all I can tell you to tell yourself when things go bad
Please God all I can tell you when something horrific happens in your life
Hey, do what job did and keep worshipping because eight when you look at scripture you look at Bible characters
There's always a happy ending for Bible characters who live just kind of starts out rough like Joseph
right Joseph
2017 got sold into slavery for ten years. He couldn't easily quit for ten years
He was in love in life, but God was with him and allowed him to prosper
And so sometimes things can go bad for a while, but keep worshipping God
The Bible says that Joseph kept pleasing God
He found favor with God because he kept doing the right thing
He kept pleasing God and did he have a happy ending or horrible ending happy ending joke
they have a horrible ending or did he have a happy ending a happy ending as happy as it can be and so I will
Say that to you as well
We just have to just trust in God no matter how things look it ain't your job to really figure things out
But one thing I know for sure the best thing you can do for yourself when things go crazy
It's just to please God right now. Let's just talk about a few things really quickly
This is where we get into like an interactive type of sermon never done this before
But let's talk about things that do please God. I don't know tell you to go to judges
I'm just kind of gonna go back to 1st Thessalonians 4 3
Why because this is what the chapter has it has a couple of things that I think are very important
Just kind of bring out there while I'm doing this just think in your seat. I'm asked for volunteers
So if you're shy, don't raise your hand
Just think about things that you know personally yourself right now that you can tell yourself
Well, I know that this pleases God this pleases God this pleases God and it's just kind of shoot them out there for YouTube
Land and for everybody here as reminders. Amen. So get ready if you want to play this game
Well something that we already know pleases God based on the chapter that we started with first
That's the only in four three says this for this is the will of God and I remember in the past
I went up to my pastor and I'm like, hey, is there a book pastor that that tells you the will of God?
It's like absolutely and I'm like great. What is it the Bible like, okay
I was thinking maybe a good book by Jack Treiber or a good book by John R rise
I even wonder he wrote but he's like, yeah, I know a book that teaches you pretty well by God's will
It's the word of God the Bible. I'm like, all right. All right, you got me there
But this is a good example what he was talking about first
It's a loneliest for three for this is the will of God even your sanctification that you should abstain from what?
Fornication so if you want to please God, here's one thing that's God's will God's will ie
What he wants you to do some things we may not know like who does God want me to marry a hate to break it to you
But you're not gonna find that in the Bible. Amen. It's not gonna have your future wife's name in here
No matter how much you read it. Okay hate to disappoint or what job you're gonna have or what car you're gonna drive
One thing we know that you will find in this book over and over again
Is that God doesn't want any of his people or anyone to commit fornication? What's fornication?
Fornication is having a physical relationship when you're not married when you're not married. So that's thing we supposed to avoid
Here's another thing that's in the same chapter 1st Thessalonians 4 9 says this but it's touching brotherly love
You need not that I write unto you for you yourselves are taught of God. So where this is coming from
It's coming straight from God. Yeah, it will be awesome
If God can talk to you and tell you exactly what to do in life, but you know what?
That's not how God does business why because he knows it's probably not even gonna work
How do we know look at Jonah they didn't got tell him exactly what he wanted him to do
He's telling me I want you to go to this city and preach X Y & Z and did he do it absolutely not
And I don't know about you, but I don't like taking notes
I just don't so you think I want God's voice to keep telling me what to do and me having to write it down
No, I don't but this is all I need plus anything else that God uses to guide me in life
But here says that you're taught of God to love one another
Love one another and somebody I was talking to I say listen
I learned this definition of love like years ago and I memorized it and I constantly remind myself of it
Because I want to make sure that I'm actually a loving person. Here's the definition that I've learned
It was from a program as an addiction program that was helping Christians overcome addiction porn drugs
Even being overweight. It was called reformers unanimous. Who's ever heard of that program reformers unanimous
I just want to kind of warn you a little bit about it
Is that I don't really trust that program because they do have repentant your sins in their doctrine
I didn't know it at the time, you know, and they actually have other things I can't remember at this moment
But they do preach that a repentance is turned from sin. That's just an FYI
But this definition that they taught us I use it over and over again as much as possible
And this is what they taught us that love is the sacrificial giving of oneself for the benefit of others
without thought of return a good verse John 3
16 for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. He sacrificed Jesus
Why that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have what everlasting life?
So the sacrificial given of oneself for the benefit of others without thought of return you can argue
Well, God didn't want something in return. Okay, what did he want? He wanted to be with you forever
Okay, you can say that that's why he died so you don't have to die
Why because he loved you and he loves fellow shipping and he loves his creation and he enjoys us
So yeah, you can say well what he wanted in return that he sacrificed his son is he wanted humanity. He wanted mankind
I'm like, okay, you got me there. But even though you got me there
I still think this is a good a good definition because think about it anybody can give but it's harder to give when you have to
Sacrifice and when you sacrifice if you want something in return some favors or whatever it is
Is that really doing it for the right reasons? No
So when I loan people money or I do whatever I tell myself do I really expect anything and hopefully the answer is no
Because that's when I know I'm doing it for the right reasons
I'm doing it for them and sacrificing my time my money whatever and I don't expect anything in return
And then it brings me joy because whatsoever good thing any man do it the same
Shall receive of the Lord you please God guess what the same shall you receive of the Lord?
That's just how it works so we know that avoiding fornication pleases God loving one another
Pleases God amen now. I need your help come on. Where the brave ones at what do we got? Oh faith man
I should have took it. It was on my list because I wanted to take the easy one the easy ones out like prayer
Let me erase that okay. I got the common ones. I'm just gonna get get those out of the way
All right, don't tell me about prayer. We know about that. Amen quick verse the prayer of the upright is his delight
Keyword upright if you're praying, but you're living like the devil guess what your prayer is not his delight and newslash
If you have an equity in your heart the Lord will not what exactly if you hang around me long enough
You probably memorize it without even trying because I keep bringing it up Hebrews 13 16
I rarely bring it up, but now I'm bringing it up because that's to do with
Proverbs 15 8 but to chew good and to communicate forget not for with such sacrifices God as well, please doing good
It's obviously just a big blanket, but trust in him. We know what our faith is impossible to please them
So we know prayer we know
Faith like you said how about this one being baptized being baptized who had that one who had being baptized
So I'm honest with you as much as you think it's easy for people as soon as they can say to be baptized
It isn't I think it took me almost two years before I got baptized
That's what I'm thinking. Did it take me two years? My wife's like, yep, you're disobedient good for nothing
Should've got baptized soon as you knew so but right away they were telling me you should be baptized, but I was embarrassed
I was lazy. I just didn't do it. I just didn't do it for two years. Really? Oh, man
I was hoping you would say no, but my wife's like nope. You were disobedient for two years
You were just prideful, whatever, but I finally did it and you know what?
I don't think I got anything special for it. But one thing I know for sure happened that day
It's like it says right here in Matthew 13 17 and lo a voice from heaven saying this is my beloved son and whom I am
well
pleased
Well, please and sometimes when I'm out there winning souls and I'm talking about baptism
I like messing with people I show them this verse and then I ask that person who I just gave the gospel to
Hey now that you're safe
God wants you to go tell people how to be safe and he wants it to be baptized and then I'll talk about baptism
And then I bring up this question. So baptism is that a good thing or a bad thing?
99% of them say it's a good thing and I'll tell them well listen don't turn into a bad thing
Here's how the Bible says to him to know to the good and do it the not to him it is
Then so it's like now that you know
They've been baptized is a good thing if you don't do it the Bible says that sin
Here's a problem with that
You can't win with sin if you have an equal in your heart the Lord will not hear you and then I mess with them
Because what happened right here? It says low a voice from heaven saying thou my beloved son and whom I will please what's happening?
Right here. Jesus got baptized came out then a voice from heaven saying in whom I will please so then I like messing with people
This is what I tell them. Hey, listen, if you get baptized, I'll be honest with you
God is not happy with you. They're like what the heck you just said that I should do it. What do you mean?
I tell them listen you get baptized
God is not happy with you if you get baptized according to the verse God is very happy with you and they're like, oh, whoa, really?
Yeah, look it says well, please not pleased by well, please and so then of course it helps them to get baptized
It's helping many many times. So besides being baptized. We know that pleases God the majority of people here already did it
Hopefully everybody here who believes they're going to heaven is 100% sure and believes with all thine heart
I hope you're all baptized if not get right with God amen because without it you cannot please God
Let's just be honest. And so we know faith. We know prayer. We know baptism. What else anybody have something else? What you got?
What's that specifically? What give me something specific like for example that should not steal that should not kill
I was trying to hope that somebody would just get smart and be like, oh take commandments, bro
Of course obeying the Ten Commandments pleases God. So keep obeying them. Anybody have anything else so winning? Amen
He the winner souls is wise. You know God is happy when we're being wise
He they keep it the law is a wise son. Amen
So yeah, so winning pleases God if you never got so winning come out with me
You don't have to see a single thing the worst I'll make you do
Here's my rule if you go out so winning with me and you've never been out so winning or you want to be a silent partner
Here's my only rule that you do all the knocking and I do all the talking, huh?
Fair enough. That way if you're knocking the door and the guy's pissed I'll be like he knocked. Who the hell knocked my door?
He did. She did. I'm ready to walk off and be like they did it. It wasn't me
Honestly, that's not why I do it because you got to learn to knock. Amen
You got to learn to knock and the only thing I tell you is don't knock like the police
Y'all know who you are. Y'all know who you are. Here, bro. You knock no problem
Gunshot bro. Watch out bro. We're in a ghetto. You don't want to do that, bro. Trust me people sell drugs
Okay, who's already got an AK in their face. Raise your hand. Who was it?
There you go. AK in his face who else any other AKs in your face or the drug dealers like what the freak are you doing?
Knocking like you the police dog. No, how about that? Who got that one? Oh one two, three, right?
Right, especially when I show up and I look like ice they're laughing because those that know me know how I dress
I dress like an ice agent but people still come out and they're like, oh, I just want to know who you were and
How me get this little girl safe?
I was talking to her friends and then she walks up to us and I'm giving him the gospel and she like bro
I thought you were a cop. That's why I showed up, but she ended up getting safe. Who was with me when that happened?
Who was that? Somebody was with me when this girl just walked up thinking I'm a cop talking to her friends like oh my friends are
In trouble. What is this cop doing talking to my friends and she walks up. I'm like, hey, who are you here?
I introduced myself then I gave them the gospel didn't end up getting saved who was with me when that happened. There you go
Was you right? Yeah, it was you remember what you said, bro
I only showed up because I thought you were the cops and the Sun said that too quick tip everybody dress like you're a cop
All right, let's do it. You want to be taken serious look serious. Amen. Hey got this girl saved
She would never showed up if she would have saw me like looking all normal like a Mormon or something
She would have stayed where she was but it was a power of the suit and I'm just kidding and it wasn't a suit
It was a vest a cheap little vest for 19 bucks on Amazon. Ask me if you want it
I'll help you get it. All right, besides so many what else we got what else pleases God, huh?
Give me something specific. Ah
Six days should our labor we just have brother Alex preach on that right brother Alex. Amen
He knows that pleases God how many hours though are they not 12 hours in a day, right?
Remember the parable of those that went into the field in the 12th hour. He called them all in, right?
He's a here you get this you get this. Whoa. Whoa. Hey, we worked the whole 12 hours
These guys only work one hour. You're making me go on to us just saying I'm just saying just bring it up
What else what else reading your Bible? Amen. What else is my Mexicans that you know, what's up? You know, what's up?
Chanka, right? We don't mess around with those Mexican kids. What else? What else honoring your parents? Amen
I love it. Love it. That's right. All you young kids
Hey, if you want to die young go ahead in the son of your parents. Hey, we'll let everybody know how you live
What else what else is the good ones like your wife? Amen husband. Love your wife's and be now what better towards them?
Oh, that's a good one. Oh, you guys are so smart. Anything else, huh? What touch your hair?
You don't know Jesus how long hair brother read your Bible. You'll figure it out. Anything else? What?
Be fruitful and multiply having kids right? Who knows who Anna Kasparian is one guy two three
Who knows who pearl what's her name the tall girl?
Airhead pearl what does she even have a last name? What pearl? What? Well, anyways, just so y'all know
There's this woman who's a a left liberal type named Anna Kasparian. She debated yesterday
this so-called right wing
Influencer her name is pearl. She's like six foot two or whatever
White girl. I think she has red hair. The other girl's a liberal, right?
And she is tearing this woman up because she's lying through her teeth. She's like, well, you know
90 percent of the time woman initiate divorce and this and that but this right wing liberal retard is telling people if you don't like that word
I'm just saying simple-minded. Okay, the bible says simple-minded. You won't find retard in here
So when I say retard i'm talking about simple-minded. All right, just to help you out
You know, what's that that governor that didn't like being called that word walls. All right walls. You're not in here. Are you?
Get right with god walls. Don't be such a snowflake. Amen. But just so you know, here's what happened
This woman is tearing up the right winger tearing her up
The right wingers like ah, man shouldn't be married marriage sucks
The woman's like hey best thing about my life is a husband
But she was a whole other than now because she's ripping this girl like messing with her stats. It's like no
It's actually about 40 percent. They agree or whatever the case may be but then somebody yells in the audience
Because she's like, oh the best thing about my husband is that he loves me. He's the best thing about my life
I can't believe you pearl are telling men not to get married because yeah, it probably ends in divorce
That's horrible this and that or whatever and it's like I love my husband and somebody from the audience yells
How many kids have you given your husband and she's like, no, no, I don't want to have kids
What do you mean? Stop asking me that it like mess with her mind, but hey, i'm sorry
Yeah, you're ripping this whatever right winger and a casperian but at the end of the day you're bad, too
Because you're a feminist you don't want to have kids because this world is so screwed up
No faith whatsoever will turn you into an a casperian. So don't be the an a casperian
I don't want to have kids, you know women are more important than men
In fact when I got married she threw her husband on the bus. My husband didn't work. He was on the couch
I was making all the money and I was fine with it. Your husband wasn't he didn't tell you that
But he's not because god won't let him at peace that passes all understanding when he's not laboring six days
Uh a week doing what god told him to do because he's wired to work, but she was making all the money as some
Influencer is that like no you just stay here and be my little well
I was about to say but my little side chick slash husband my little female dog of a husband
That's the rated-g version, but all right just one more two more, and it will basically wrap it up back there
He cares so what are you talking about?
They talk about like what pleases God trusting him is that what you're saying casting your care basically praying complaining to him
Yeah, absolutely don't complain to other people complain to God
I'll give you that take care of your body because it's the temple of who holy ghost right so these are a few things
You know that please God. I think if you keep reading you'll naturally do them don't have to take a list
But let's just wrap it up. So what's the title of the sermon? Please God, right?
Please God or what die
Crying because let's be honest. There's some Christmas out there. They're like bro. I want to go to church
I know I need to go to church. I know I need to go
Sovereign I know I need to not forsake the assembly. You understand they're out there, you know, like for example
I got myself something right here. Somebody may recognize this bag you recognize this bag you yeah you just say yes or no
You recognize it. You know what it is, right? You know what it is. You know what this is German pretzel
Where's all my brave man out here? I'm gonna try it. There you go Jonathan. Don't worry. Just dust it off
Who cares dust it off Jonathan just hey, this is homemade bro. There you go. Eat that sucker
There you go. Eat that bad boy
Is it good or what be honest eight out of ten nine out of ten?
I was messing with mrs. Day because these weren't meant for me this one
I'm not gonna say his name, but this were meant for someone else, but he is watching online
I believe but it should be here now. I was messing with mrs. Day cuz I ain't find out the home was gonna be here
I made him some pretzels. I'm gonna give it to him. I'm okay. So send him a text that God can't make it, bro
Hey, he's working. All right. He's working. He's doing his best. Amen. He's doing his best
I'm like, hey, you know what happens when you miss church and miss out on German pretzels backs, right backs
But what is the second part of my sermon or die trying right? I'm told you to go to judges, correct?
There's some people that are like, hey listen brothers and girl. I'm balanced with you. I want to go to church
I know I should but I just can't get myself to do it. I just can't I'm just too carnal
I'm just too worldly bro. I know I need to be there, but I just can't get myself to do it
The only thing I can say to those people the only thing I recommend you to tell those people is to at least die trying, bro
Die trying you can't please God. How about this die trying you went to judges, right?
Let me talk about a man real quick and I'll wrap it up about a guy that died trying
They died trying to get right and who is this man?
Samson it's Samson and let's just start in verse number 25 says this and it came to pass when their hearts were merry
And they said call for Samson that he may make us sports at this point Samson got into sin
Samson got punished by God the Philistines grabbed them poked out his eyes man
I must have been painful and so the guy right now is not living his best life now
He's just not so of course there's guys already a slave
He's a captive and so what they do is they said hey go bring Samuel up the Philistines like bring Samson
Sam not Samuel Samson. I'm sorry bring Samson out
So we make sport of them make fun of them, but it says this verse number 28 Samson's a slave
Samson's a nobody now. He was a judge. He has some fame now. He's a slave got into sin
He basically found out the hard way that God doesn't play when you get into sin
He just doesn't he gives you time to change face to repent. He's long-suffering
But eventually he's going to come down on you
So to all these worldly people out there that can't make it to church are already car. No, you know
They just are just weak when it comes to spiritual things
All I can say is take heat lets you turn into Samson
And of course Samson, I think at least he died trying because what happened with Samson?
Let's come take a look real quick verse 28 says that Samson could have just stayed bitter
He could have just been cursing God. But what did he do? It says in verse 28 after he's got his eyes poked out
He's in chains. They're making fun of him. He's suffering. He's probably in pain
Can't see anything but yet it says in verse number 28 and Samson called on the Lord and said oh
Lord God remember me. I pray thee and strengthen me
I pray the only this once Oh God that I may be at once
avenge of the Philistines for my two eyes and Samson took hold of two middle pillars upon which the household stood and
on which it was born up of the one with his right hand and
The other with his left and Samson
Said let me die with the Philistines and he bowed himself with all his might and the house fell upon the Lord's upon all
The people that were there in so the day which he slew at his death
Were more than day which he slew in his life
Then his brethren and all the house of his fathers came down and took him up and brought him up and burned him between
Zorah and Ishtiol in the burning place. I'm gonna know his father and he judged Israel
20 years so at the end my advice to those that are worldly two weeks come to church serve God go
So many whatever all I can say is bro. Don't give up
Don't give up and die trying if you have to die trying like Samson if you have to
Because it's better to go out trying then he's just quit because he couldn't just quit and die probably an old man with no eyes
And people can say oh he committed suicide to me
I see it more like somebody jumping on a grenade to save his pals
That's the way I see it
Not like a selfish type of death where somebody killed themselves because life was too tough or whatever the case and didn't think about others
How much he's gonna hurt people for the rest of their lives because they committed suicide such a selfish sin such a dumb sin
Because I'm telling you yeah, you're in heaven rejoicing if you're safe you committed suicide
We know the people that commit suicide as long as they're believers. They still go to heaven. We know that but you know
What you're gonna do to those that are here on earth because what's gonna happen?
They're gonna be affected for the rest of their days every time you see that picture
You know, they're gonna get sad every time they hear a song used to like they're gonna get sad every time
They're probably even hear your name. They're gonna get sad
So if you're thinking about suicide, if you think about killing yourself, I just got two words for you
Please God focus on that focus on pleasing God. Don't take your own life
Focus on pleasing God at the end of day somehow some way Samson probably could have committed suicide
But you know what? He said hey
I want to finish and do something at least before I go and they call upon the Lord and the Lord heard him
And he's saved in case you don't know what's going on
He saved his nation from all these these wicked leaders by what he did
So don't give up die trying if you have to I'll quickly talk about Jonah Jonah 3/4 says this and Jonah
Entered the city when Jonah went to Nineveh. He's in the city. He says the Lord will destroy this city
So what happens the king ends up saying hey listen, let's cry moderately unto God and let everyone turn from their wicked ways
Who can tell if God would turn and repent and turn away from this fierce anger that we perish not so this guy is like
Hey, yeah, we're not that great of people. We're about to get destroyed. But you know what? Hey, let's try to please God
That's all we can do at this point. They just got the worst news
They can possibly hear you guys are all about to die soon. That's what Nineveh basically was told
You guys are all about to die God's about to kill every single one of you and that was it
Jonathan said if you repent Jonathan and says start living for God and he might change his mind
He said you're all dead man. Every single one of you. It's like being told you got cancer
You got one week to live not the best news
But what happened they did what Joe did instead of just getting more and more wicked
Well, you know what? We only got a few days to live. Let's just go kill. Let's go rape
Let's just go live it up because we're about to die who cares
That's not what happened instead of getting wicked that began to what worship worship and end up just crying out to God and it says
That God did see them turn from the wicked ways and he turned from the evil that he was gonna do unto them
He didn't destroy them. So they were smart enough to say you know what all we can do at this point
We just got the worst news ever. We're all about to die. Let's just please God or die trying not like hey
You know what? Forget everything. Let's just go out there and kill or move out of the city
You know they need to try to do that. They're like, you know what best thing we do
It's a listen to this guy listen to this pastor this prophet and let's just please God and you know what?
Let's die trying. Let's at least die trying clean up your life and guess what it worked
So I don't care how bad you are, but Christian, you know what just two words for you
Please God, please God or die trying. Let's pray. Thank God. We thank you for everything that you've done for us Lord
We thank you for church. Thank you for a pastor. We can't wait for him to come back
Thank you for everybody here on this Wednesday night and father. We do ask you to be with us
We know that the world is going to get worse and worse and we're going to need you more and more
So for those Christians that are out there in the world Lord helping to repent helping to come back to the house of God and be
Merciful unto them Lord because I know that they know not what they do
So please take it easy on them and somehow gently bring them back to serving you because that's the only the only thing we should focus
On is pleasing you Lord and we ask you to do all this run and glory in Jesus name. Amen