177 177 377 rescue the perishing 377 we'll sing there right on the first father we
thank you for this day another opportunity to gather together and sing
praises in your name and to learn from your word I pray at this time that
everything for this service would be done decently in an order that you would
open our ears and soften our hearts to the message that pastor has prepared
for us this morning and also that you would fill him with your spirit I also
pray that you would just be with us for the soul winning and the other service
this evening and be with those that are out and traveling these things we pray
in Jesus name amen for our next him number 118 near to the heart of God him
number 118 118 near to the heart of God 118 there on the first
inside our service times are listed there Sunday morning at 1030 Sunday
evening at 430 and our Wednesday Bible study through Ecclesiastes at 7 o'clock
below we have all of our soul winning times listed there definitely want to
encourage you to get involved with soul winning Jesus said follow me and I'll
make you fishers of men so that's how you follow Christ by preaching the
gospel and we have there our year-to-date soul winning statistics got
another update from brother Eric in the Philippines and he's given me the
numbers for him and brother Zach as far as salvations they're doing just on
their own and then that's not counted with what they're doing along with
Verity Baptist Church and steadfast Baptist Church as well so you could see
our salvation total for the year is up to 438 so great job with soul winning we
also have there that visitor card QR code that gets you signed up for our
email list and then an auto routes to our YouTube definitely want to encourage
you when you do go out soul winning and you meet someone who's friendly or you
get someone saved to get them to subscribe to our YouTube just about
every person I get saved I'm able to get them to subscribe to our YouTube so it's
very easy I'm just like hey you know you got the YouTube app can I show you our
channel real quick I'd look it up for him subscribe so just a good way that
people can get you know hearing the preaching of God's Word and get
connected with our church so and we have on the back are upcoming events March
28th is the listeners pick soul winning marathon and of course the winning city
for that marathon was Patterson New Jersey totally uncharted territories for
our church really I think for a lot of groups I don't know if there's ever been
an event there before but really looking forward to that brother Peter James has
helped to give us some intel and told us that it's going to be a very receptive
area lots of low-income areas that's going to be great for sure I'm excited
to see the results for that April 1st that's a Wednesday that's going to be
our Lord Lord Supper service so please plan to attend for that then April 4th
this is a big one our Oklahoma City soul winning marathon for the mega marathon
where many churches around America and the world are going to be doing a big
soul winning marathon that day if you want to sign up for that scan that QR
code and that way we know how many people are coming excuse me man allergies
this time of year May 2nd is the OSU still water soul winning marathon that's
going to be a college campus soul winning marathon again uncharted
territory for us we've never done something like that before but college
kids are very receptive so we're gonna give that a shot excited to see the
results there May 9th is gonna be a Mother's Day tea event there'll be some
more information coming up on that then May 20th through the 24th there's a
conference at said fast Baptist Church the anti-israel conference and I'm sure
that this conference is gonna ruffle a lot of feathers and probably get a lot
of attention in the old IFB a lot of people right now are losing their minds
that are pro-zionists and you know there's there's new books being written
there's constant attack pieces coming out from these Zionists and these Jew
worshipers so I'm excited to see this conference just shake things up for sure
then June 17th this is a great one as well there's a it's called the European
soul winning conference and that's in Frankfurt Germany and the goal with this
conference is just to get people from all over Europe in Germany and the
surrounding countries bring them to a conference and really try to give them
the tools and training they need to become soul winners to become better
soul winners so that Europe can get a fire for the gospel as well I know
there's a lot of really zealous Christians there in Germany and I've
heard there's gonna be people coming from all sorts of different countries as
well so I'm preaching there pastor Shelley be preaching there that's gonna
be an awesome conference if you can make it great if not if you just keep that in
prayer that it would be a successful trip and then we have back on the
inside of our bulletin we do have our prayer list there make sure you keep all
of those events in prayer specifically I asked that everyone would pray every day
for the listeners pick soul winning marathon coming up just that many people
would show up there'd be a great harvest of souls and that's gonna be it for
announcements this morning we'll go ahead and go to our third song our
third song this morning number 64 shall we gather at the river him number 64 64
shall we gather at the river 64 there on the first
after number begins chapter 1 Timotheus the servants of Jesus Christ to all the
saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi with the bishops and deacons
grace be unto you in peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ I
thank my God upon every remembrance of you always in every prayer of mine for
you all making requests with joy for your fellowship in the gospel from the
first day until now being confident of this very thing that that he which hath
begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ even as it
is meet for me to think this of you all because I have you in my heart and as
much as both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel
ye all are partakers of my grace for God is my record how greatly I long after you
all in the bowels of Jesus Christ in this I pray that your love may abound yet
more and more in knowledge and in all judgment that you may approve things
that are excellent that you may be sincere and without offense till the day
of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus
Christ unto the glory and praise of God but I would that but I would you should
understand brethren that the things which happened unto me have fallen out
rather unto the furtherance of the gospel so that my bonds in Christ are
manifest in all the palace and in all other places and many of the brethren
in the Lord waxing confident by my bonds are much more bold to speak the
word without fear some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife and some
also of goodwill the one preach Christ of contention not sincerely supposing to
add affliction to my bonds but the other of love knowing that I am set for the
defense of the gospel what then notwithstanding every way whether in
pretense or in truth Christ is preached and I therein do rejoice yea and will
rejoice for I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer in
the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ according to my earnest expectation and
my hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed but that with all boldness as
always so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body whether it be by
life or by death for to me to live is Christ and to die is gain but if I live
in the flesh this is the fruit of my labor yet what I shall choose I want not
for I am in a strait betwixt two having a desire to depart and to be with Christ
which is far better nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for
you and having this confidence I know that I shall abide and continue with you
all for your furtherance and joy of faith that your rejoicing may be more
abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again only let your
conversation be as it become at the gospel of Christ that whether I come and
see you or else be absent I may hear of your affairs that you stand fast in one
spirit with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel and in
nothing terrified by your adversaries which is to them an evident token of
perdition but to you of salvation and that of God for unto you it is given in
the behalf of Christ not only to believe on him but also to suffer for his sake
having the same conflict which he saw in me and now here to be in me your
heavenly Father thank you for this day and for this church service I pray that you
would fill Pastor Oz with your spirit and help us to receive the word and the message that you have for us today. Amen.
Philippians chapter number one I want to start reading in verse number nine it
says here and this I pray that your love may abound yet more and more in
knowledge and in all judgment so in Philippians chapter number one we see
here a prayer request of the Apostle Paul for the Christians that are at
Philippi and notice what he is what it is that he is praying for these people
he's praying that their love would abound that their knowledge would abound
and their judgment would abound why why does he have this prayer request for
these Christians the answers in verse 10 notice what it says that he may approve
things that are excellent that you may be sincere and without offense till the
day of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by
Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God it's how my sermon is approve
excellent things approve excellent things what does it mean to approve
here's the dictionary definition of approve number one to speak or think
favorably of pronounce or consider agreeable or good judge favor favorably
to consent or agree to so notice he's saying I'm praying that your love that
your knowledge that your judgment would abound so that you would approve of
excellent things because here's the thing there are many people today who
are saved they're Christians they have the Spirit of God but they do not
necessarily approve of everything that is excellent right there are people
today who are saved where they read certain things in the Bible or they
hear a hard sermon that is preached they'll hear an unpopular truth preach
from God's Word and they will kind of cringe at that truth they'll kind of
buck against that truth but the Apostle Paul here saying hey I'm praying for you
that you would actually increase in your knowledge in your judgment in your love
so that you would actually approve of excellent things because here's the thing
I don't want to just be saved I want to be the type of person where if I hear
something preached that is from God's Word I want to believe in my heart and
feel in my heart like I like that truth I agree with what the Bible is saying
there I don't want to be one of these lame watered-down Christians that's
constantly fighting against what the Bible teaches that is so annoying to me
someone who says I'm a Christian I believe the Bible oh here's this Bible
verse no I don't want to hear that no that's not what it means oh no that
wasn't written to us right there's so many things in the Bible where you show
someone and you know what they don't approve of things that are excellent you
know what that is not a Christian that's gonna be pleasing in the sight of God
and just so you know when someone does not approve of things that are excellent
that tells you something about them it tells you that they lack knowledge love
and judgment right because he's saying I'm praying that your knowledge or love
your judgment would increase so that you could actually approve of excellent
things and the reason so many Christians today do not approve of all
the excellent things from the Word of God they do not approve of hard
preaching from God's Word is because they lack knowledge love and judgment
and you want to be a more mature Christian you need to increase in your
knowledge your love and your judgment so you could be someone who actually
approves of things that are excellent go to Deuteronomy 32 Deuteronomy chapter
number 32 will someone bring me a water please
Deuteronomy 32 when you get there look at verse number four the Bible says he
is the rock his work is perfect for all his ways are judgment a God of truth and
without iniquity notice this just and right is he you know we as Christians we
are not given the opportunity we are not given the liberty to disagree with God
hey his ways are right what does it say his work is perfect all his ways are
judgment a God of truth and without iniquity just and right is he there is
right and there is wrong there is truth and there is lies there is no such thing
as my truth right well let me just speak my truth let me just own my truth for a
minute hold on a second Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life no man
cometh unto the Father but by me and when someone wants to get up and speak
their truth and it's not according to the Word of God hey there's no light in
that person that person lacks knowledge love wisdom and you know what they're
not approving of things that are excellent go if you would to Isaiah 55
Isaiah chapter number 55 you know I hate it with a passion when someone wants to
try to correct a doctrine or or tell us something that's wrong with our church
or a movement or the preaching or the doctrine that we teach and you know they
start off by saying well I just think well I just feel hey shut up no one
cares what you think or feel like you need to show me from the Bible or you
need to shut up you know I saw a bunch of comments on my sermon from Wednesday
saying you know I just think that you should just read the Bible and pray and
ask God for understanding I just don't think that the preacher should be
getting up in yelling like that it's like okay well what does the Bible say
cry aloud spare not lift up thy voice like a trumpet show my people their
transgressions that's what the Bible says the Bible says in Ezekiel hey smite
with the hand stamp with the foot right cry aloud you know who cares what you
think what does the Bible say and when someone says you know I I don't approve
of hard preaching it's like well you don't approve of excellent things then
and it's not just you have a different opinion you have a different style that
you like oh you have a different flavor that you like you're just wrong that's
just that's just the reality you know churches today where pastors are not
getting up and preaching hard those churches are just wrong it's not like oh
you know there's there's room for differences no no no the Bible tells us
how to do everything the Bible gives us all of the answers Isaiah 55 look at
verse 8 the Bible says for my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your
ways my ways saith the Lord for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are
my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts then your thoughts you know we
as a society and our movement of Christianity today needs to get back to
being humble and realizing that we don't have the good ideas we don't have
the good thoughts we are not these perfect people up here God's ways are
the highways God's thoughts are the high thoughts you know we need to stop
relying on the flesh today in churches where pastors are getting up saying well
I just think well I just feel well sure I mean come on I mean surely God doesn't
think that it's like just get up and say what the Bible says that's approving of
things that are excellent look I do not want to go through my life being
someone that just goes through my life leaning on my own human wisdom leaning
on my own understanding because I want to be someone that actually approves of
excellent things I don't want to just hold my nose at excellent things I don't
want to be just dragged to church and forced to be here because my parents or
whatever are making me like I want to wholeheartedly approve of excellent
things I want to hear the hard preaching I want to hear the hard truths and I
don't want to be embarrassed or ashamed of them I want to say like yep praise
God for that truth I believe that I love that go to Proverbs 22 number one to
approve of excellent things you must read your Bible notice how in his prayer
request he says hey I'm praying that you would increase in what knowledge love
and judgment how are you gonna increase in those things it's by reading the
Bible and the reason today so many Christians and churches are so screwed
up on doctrine and why so many Christians do not approve of excellent
things is because they're not spending time in the Bible and the carnal mind
comes out right you hear it even in preachers they get up and it's just
sermon after sermon where they're just preaching the opposite of what the
Bible says they're just preaching their own opinions their own ideas that
person is not reading the Bible or they're reading it just not paying
attention not not submitting themselves to it not humbling themselves look at
Proverbs 22 verse 17 the Bible says bow down thine ear and hear the words of the
wise and apply thine heart unto my knowledge right so wisdom and knowledge
is brought up there and what is the instruction hey bow your ear to it
listen to what the Bible is saying pay attention to what the Bible is saying
don't just go through your daily Bible reading skimming the page checking
something off the list you bow your ear to what the Bible is saying you sit
there and you let the words of God sink into your heart and you let it correct
you you let it instruct you and apply thine heart unto my knowledge hey you
know what if you want to get more knowledge and more wisdom God is gonna
need to see that you're applying the things that he's already teaching you
and the reason a lot of people are stupid when it comes to the Bible and
they're ignorant regarding doctrine and they constantly have wrong stupid ideas
is because they're given a truth and they don't apply the truth that they're
given and so why would God give that person more knowledge more wisdom more
understanding when they're not even applying the truth that they have look
at verse 18 for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee they shall
with all be fitted in thy lips those of you who actually love the Bible and
approve of excellent things you know how true this is that it's a pleasant thing
to serve God it's a pleasant thing to keep God's commandments God's
commandments are not grievous hey reading the Word of God is pleasant unto
me verse 19 that thy trust may be in the Lord I have made known to thee this day
even to thee so notice when you're letting the Bible instructing you that
is how you trust in the Lord trusting in the Lord is not just something you put
in your Instagram bio right it's like how do you know if you trust the Lord
when you're listening to the Bible and you're applying what it says here's
verse 20 have not I written to thee excellent things in councils and
knowledge hey what's the sermon approve excellent things the Bible is saying of
itself hey is not this an excellent book right here have not I written to you
excellent things how do you approve of excellent things well first you got to
be reading the Bible because you have to even know what the excellent things are
and a lot of people today have wrong doctrine wrong opinion simply because
they're not reading the Bible go to first Corinthians 3 now Paul is
considered by most to be the greatest Christian to have ever lived and I want
you to notice in first Corinthians 3 the attitude that he has towards life and
how the Apostle Paul judged what was right and what was wrong first
Corinthians 3 verse 3 he says this but with me it is a very small thing that I
should be judged of you or if man's judgment yea I judge not mine own self
for I know nothing by myself yet am I not hereby justified but he that
judgeth me is the Lord so notice he says it's a very small thing with me to be
judged of you right he doesn't come to his conclusions he doesn't come to his
judgments on what is wrong or what is right based on what other people think
based on what other people are telling him this is how a lot of people live
their lives to determine what's right and wrong they just find out well what's
the majority opinion or you know what is this church thing what does this pastor
think but he says hey it's a small thing for me to be judged of you he says I
don't even judge my own self what does he mean by that what he's saying is
like hey it's not like I'm judging what's wrong based on my own thoughts my
own personal opinions my own human wisdom and understanding he's saying I
don't judge things that way he says verse 4 for I know nothing by myself yet
am I not hereby justified but he that judged at me is the Lord so who is the
only person's judgment he is concerned of it is God's judgment and how do we
know God's judgment based on what is written in the Word of God right so hey
who cares what other people think who cares what the congregation thinks who
cares what the majority opinion thinks who cares what other Baptists thinks who
cares what I think who cares what you think hey what does God think you want
to approve of excellent things you got to go to the Word of God open it up and
find out okay what's the judgment of the Lord because let me tell you something
there will be times in life where the majority of opinion in your sphere or
whatever you know circles of life you run in your social sphere there will be
times where your sphere is just wrong where the majority of people you know
they're just wrong and guess what there's dead sure gonna be a lot of times
where you are wrong where your opinion is wrong where my opinion is wrong and
so it's like how do you become a person that actually approves of excellent
things well you got to be reading those excellent things you got to be opening
up the Bible and reading it every day and you cannot expect to become a
mature with wise full of knowledge full of judgment Christian if you're not
reading the Bible it will not happen and let me tell you what it is obvious when
someone's not reading the Bible because of what comes out of their mouth it is
obvious when a pastor or a preacher has stopped studying has stopped praying has
stopped bowing his ear to the scripture when he gets up and it's just human
wisdom human wisdom his opinion his ideas it's just obvious go to second
Timothy chapter number three he says he that judge with me is the Lord you know
God judging you and God instructing us it is not some mystical experience it's
not like the Pentecostals where they're constantly saying well God told me this
God told me that God revealed to me God is not coming and speaking audibly to
people today God is not visiting you in your bedroom God is not giving you a
dream in the night hey in time past that did happen that absolutely did happen
but you know what in these last days he's spoken unto us through his son
Jesus Christ who is the Word of God he is the Word made flesh and how God judges
us today is by the Word of God 2nd Timothy 316 says this all scripture is
given by inspiration of God and is profitable for notice doctrine what is
that that is the teachings of truth right the reality of truth doctrine
that's what the Bible is profitable for notice it says for reproof telling you
hey you're wrong this idea that you have this philosophy that's human
philosophy that you have we're supposed to go to the Bible and let it tell us
oops that was wrong you know I'll be honest there's been times where I sit
down to write a sermon and I think oh this will be a good point and then I'm
going through the Bible I'm like the Bible's not backing up what I'm thinking
right now scratch it am I embarrassed to tell you that no because you know what I
would rather follow a pastor that's willing to scratch his stupid ideas when
the Bible corrects him rather than listening to a pastor get up and just
give his opinions she could leave whatever all these stupid crap that the
ex-new wife be constantly preaches I want a pastor that will scratch his bad
ideas and say oops what does the Bible say hey the Word of God is profitable
for reproof but hold on only if you're listening to it only if you're bowing
your ear to it only if you're actually letting it soak in what else is it
profitable for for correction for instruction in righteousness tells us
we're wrong tells us what's right tells us how to do things how to get things
right why verse 17 that the man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto
all good works it is impossible to overemphasize Bible reading like you
must read the Bible every single day you must bow your ear to it you must open
your heart to it you must let it correct you or you will end up being someone
that does not approve of excellent things go to 1st Peter to 1st Peter
chapter number 2 now many people today they hear biblical preaching they hear
a man of God get up and this pastor is just giving straight truth from the
Bible and some people who are saved are shocked and horrified by it isn't that
true isn't that true that there are people today that are saved they have
the Holy Spirit of God but they listen to hard preaching that is straight from
the Bible and they are horrified and scared and run away screaming from Bible
preaching that is the truth today why are they that way it's because they're
not reading the Bible what is it what is it that this person needs though what
does someone actually need to become someone that ends up approving of
excellent thing they actually need more Bible they need more hard preaching and
look what the Bible says in 1st Timothy 2 or sorry 1st Peter 2 verse 1 it says
wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envies and
all evil speakings now if someone's life is characterized by malice guile
hypocrisies envies and evil speakings this is not someone who's approving of
excellent things right this is a very carnal person this is someone who's
deep in sin and so what does this person need look at verse 2 as newborn babes
desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby you know people who
are very carnal Christians who are very backslidden living wicked lives not
approving of excellent things what is it that they need to grow to become better
to become someone that approves of excellent things they need the milk of
the word just like a little sweet baby needs mama's milk to grow and that baby
is gonna grow up and it's gonna become a toddler and it's finally gonna be able
to handle some more solid food right and then it'll grow up to be a kid and be
able to eat pretty much everything but look some people they're saved they may
have been saved for a long period of time but they're just stuck in baby mode
let me tell you I know some full-grown men that are babies I know some full of
age women that are Christian babies and a lot of pastors and churches have this
idea today that well because these Christians are immature because they're
babes because they're living backslidden life let's not preach hard
let's not you know step on their toes let's not you know bring the word of God
thundering forth because they can't handle it let me tell you that's the
only thing that they can handle that's the only thing that they can need the
only thing that's gonna help someone go from being an immature wicked backslidden
Christian not approving of excellent things is hard preaching that and by the
way that is the milk of the word some people act like oh you know the milk of
the word is you know preaching the gospel every Sunday but the strong meat
of the word that's really preaching against alcohol no no no the milk of the
word are things that are just easy to understand clear-cut commandments it's
like hey you know my sermon on the post-tribulation Rapture that's not milk
of the word that's not something that a brand-new Christian is gonna be able to
fully grasp that's gonna take some study take some maturity but it's like you
know what immature backslidden Christians need they need the milk of
the word they need hard preaching go to 1st Corinthians 1 1st Corinthians
chapter number one now 1st Corinthians this is a book where the Apostle Paul is
correcting tons of issues in the church is it not I mean 1st Corinthians he is
writing to a church that is very very carnal notice though what it says in
verse 1 of 1st Corinthians 1 he says an eye brethren could not speak unto you as
unto spiritual but as unto carnal even as unto babes in Christ so notice the
babes in Christ or what their carnal and so what does he do in verse 2 I have
fed you with milk and not with meat for hitherto ye were not able to bear it
neither yet now are ye able now if you read the rest of 1st Corinthians what is
it full of a lot of rebuke a lot of hard preaching why because he's saying you
can't handle the actual strong meat all you can handle is the milk so let me
give you the milk and what is it rebuke correction you know fixing issues in the
church verse 3 for ye are yet carnal for whereas there is among you envying and
strife and divisions are ye not carnal and walk as men he's just calling them
out saying look you guys are immature you guys are carnal so I'm gonna give
you the milk of the word and what does he do throughout this book he just
corrects them he gives them admonishment he rips super hard on their sin so look
my philosophy not oh when we have first-time visitors let's not preach hard
on sin no no that person needs hard preaching and sometimes hard preaching
is the only thing that's gonna wake someone up you say well what if they
leave okay well then they walked in here being an immature brat baby Christian
that doesn't approve of excellent things and they walked out the same that's
their fault cuz what does the Bible say bow your ear you have to listen to the
Word of God you have to be receptive to it but you know what we're not supposed
to change our preaching just because we have a visitor just because we have a
new Christian I'll just tell you for me when I got saved the hard preaching
changed my life raise your hand of hard preaching changed your life look around
the room folks it works go if you would to Proverbs chapter number 11 now for
the rest of the sermon I just want to address several excellent things that
many Christians today buck at don't like disagree with and let me tell you
something if you disagree with these things if you don't like things if you
don't fully approve of these things in your heart you're just wrong you're just
wrong you're someone that does not approve of excellent things you need to
approve of excellent things how about this number two you need to approve of
soul winning you need to approve of so many people today that are Christians
disapprove of door-to-door confrontational soul winning many
Christians today who are saved will tell you that method of soul winning doesn't
work oh you know you don't want to shove the Bible down someone's throat you
really what you really got to do is you got to build a relationship with them you
got to show them the light of Christ you have to be nice to them you have to buy
them a soda at the workplace you have to plant a garden for them and over a
period of years you know the third Thanksgiving when they come over you
can mention the name of Jesus and be like how'd they react to that that's
stupid folks but let me tell you lifestyle evangelism is what a lot of
people believe in a lot of people today do not approve of biblical soul winning
they believe in lifestyle evangelism I can't even count how many people in my
life have told me well I just think that if I'm at the grocery store and I'm
just happy and cheerful and nice people are just gonna see something different
in me and just want to know what's different about me no no one is
watching you no one cares about you all right no one cares I mean when I go to
the grocery store I'm not looking at anyone or deal I'm just like calling my
wife a thousand times where's this in the aisle where's this in the aisle you
know when she silences her phone when I'm at the grocery store I'll be angry
because she's gonna have 30 missed calls all right that's what I'm worried about
at the grocery store not saying oh look at this angelic lights on this person
walking around no that's not how people get saved folks Proverbs 11 verse 30
the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life and he that winneth souls is wise
hey someone that does not win souls is a fool and notice who is doing the soul
winning it's a person he that win its souls I know what people love to get
real spiritual and say like you know only God saves the soul and it's like no
one is arguing that we're paying for someone's sins that we're providing
salvation but the Bible says he that winneth souls is wise you can win a
soul Paul said I've become all things to all men that I might by all means save
some Paul say hey of some have compassion making a difference others
save with fear pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by
the flesh no no we can save people we can show someone the gospel go to mark
chapter 16 mark chapter number 16 let's see what Jesus has to say let's approve
of excellent things what does Jesus say mark chapter 16 verse 15 mark 16 verse
15 and he said unto them go ye into all the world and what preach the gospel to
every creature look any method of evangelism that does not involve preaching
is garbage and unbiblical and you know what I approve of zero methods of soul
winning that don't have preaching involved Jesus said hey preach the
gospel he doesn't say live the gospel he doesn't say exude the gospel show the
gospel by your your nice lifestyle no he says to preach it now a few weeks ago I
warned you about this false prophet Stacey shiflett and he posted this
article by David cloud that was attacking confrontational soul winning
door-to-door soul winning and shiflett got up and he said you know for the
record I am totally a hundred percent against this quick prayer ism method of
soul winning and of course we're not doing a quick prayer ism but they're
just attacking and straw manning what it is that we do to try to deceive their
listeners he calls it quick prayer ism he's attacking pastor Jack Hiles and
those that do soul winning like we do now I want to give you another quote
from this so he says quick prayer ism focuses on a ticket to heaven and then
he's quoting saying like this is what these people do hey are you 100% sure
you will go to heaven when you die if I can tell you how to be a hundred percent
sure that you will go to heaven when you die would you be interested in doing
that that that's really upsetting to David Cloud and to Stacey Shiflett that
someone would walk up to someone and say hey are you a hundred percent sure that
you're going to heaven what's wrong with that am I again what's more effective
what do you think is more effective at getting someone saved me having a good
attitude at a grocery store which will be nearly impossible to be honest with
you or me walking up to someone and asking them if they're going to heaven
I mean just use your brain for two seconds here and listen to what Jesus
said go into all the world and what preach the gospel to every creature then
this is what cloud says he says the saved person does go to heaven when he
dies but this approach is never seen in Scripture that is the claim that David
cloud is making is that this direct confrontational approach is never seen
in Scripture let me tell you something about David cloud and Stacey shiflett is
that they are men that do not approve of excellent things because I'm just gonna
show you from the Bible that the Bible does have this method of soul winning
now go to Acts chapter 5 and I'm just gonna rapid-fire several verses for you
Matthew 423 and Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sicknesses and all
manner of diseases among the people Jesus going around all Galilee preaching
the gospel Matthew 935 and Jesus went about all the cities and villages
teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and
healing every sickness and every disease among the people what is he
doing he's going around all the cities all the villages and he's preaching the
gospel Matthew 11 5 the blind received their sight in the lame walk the
lepers are cleansed and the deaf here the dead are raised up and the poor have
the gospel preached unto them oh this is not found in the Bible nowhere in the
Bible do you see this mark 114 now after that John was put in prison Jesus came
into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom you see what happens when you
don't read the Bible you're just wrong oh I just have a different opinion about
evangelism no no no you're just wrong that's the fact you're wrong no no this
is how you get someone safe you preach the gospel this is the Great Commission
preach the gospel to every creature oh but you can't show me in the Bible
Jesus is going everywhere preaching the gospel how stupid of a doctrine is this
saying oh it's not that's not found in the Bible I told you go to Acts 5 you say
well hold on but I mean surely they're not going to like every house like we do
right okay let's look at Acts chapter 5 verse 42 and daily in the temple and in
every house they cease not to teach and preach Jesus Christ you see what a
stupid fool you look like when you don't read the Bible you get up and you write
your stupid demonic article you know attacking soul winning but let me tell
you David Cloud is just a retard and so is Stacey Shifflett these guys are
wicked these guys are evil and these guys do not approve of excellent things
because here's the excellent things that God has written to us preach preach
preach preach preach you see that everywhere in all the villages in all
the cities in every house hey there's our map of Oklahoma we're trying to
preach in every city we're trying to put a pin in every city right hey we're
trying to hit every door in Oklahoma City hey we're gonna try to evangelize
the world there's the world map why because that's what the Bible actually
emphasizes go into all the world and preach the gospel go to Romans chapter
number 10 Romans chapter number 10 lifestyle evangelism is a lie if you
believe it you don't just have a different opinion a different method of
soul winning you are just wrong and you know what you need to submit to the word
of God you need and how about this you need to apply the word of God and
actually go soul winning not just believe like hey soul winning works okay
well you have knowledge but he that winneth souls is wise knowledge is
knowing soul winning works wisdom is going out and preaching the gospel and
being a wise person Romans 10 14 how then shall they call on him in whom they
have not believed and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not
heard and how shall they hear without seeing you in the cereal aisle being a
night oh sorry and how shall they hear without a preacher and how shall they
preach except they be sent as it is written how beautiful are the feet of
them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things but
they've not all obeyed the gospel for Isaiah said Lord who hath believed our
report so then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God hey
here's an excellent thing preaching the gospel to the lost getting people saved
it's done by preaching the gospel you disagree that you're just wrong so
number one to approve of excellent things you need to read the Bible number
two you need to approve of soul winning number three you need to approve of God's
commandments you need to approve of God's commandments many Christians are
saved today and they disapprove of soul winning they say I don't think that
works I don't think that's effective many Christians are saved today and they
don't approve of hard preaching from God's commandments they say the Holy
Spirit hasn't convicted me of that yet oh that's just your interpretation right
and they'll say you know well I just think well I just feel hey you know we
need to approve of God's commandments and if God says something in his word I
want to say wholeheartedly I love that commandment I agree with that
commandment I like God's word not sitting here being someone who doesn't
even approve of the Bible go if you would to James chapter number one James
chapter number one James chapter number one who says in James 1 verse 27 it says
this pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this to visit the fatherless
and widows in their affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
You know what God's desire for us is to be is to be holy is to be separated is to be
living a clean life.
You know we need to revive Holiness and separation again in Christianity we need to revive religion
in Christianity.
Let me tell you what Christianity is not a relationship it is a religion it is a religion.
You know when someone gets up and says hey it's a relationship it's not a religion here's
what they're saying I don't like soul winning I'm not going to visit the fatherless and
the widows in their affliction and I don't want to keep myself unspotted from the world
but you know what is pure religion visiting the fatherless and widows and keeping himself
unspotted from the world I have no interest in joining some sort of liberal watered down
new evangelical type church type movement where we just constantly downplay God's commandments
where we kind of we constantly just approve of everything that the Bible disapproves of
we're just everyone's living worldly everyone's living a wicked life everyone's just super
loose and relaxed on their standards hey I want to keep myself unspotted from the world
I want to approve of pure religion go to second Corinthians or actually go to Ephesians 5
second Corinthians 6 verse 17 says this wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate
saith the Lord and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you hey God wants us to
be separate he wants us to be living different than the world how do we do that we do that
by keeping his commandments and the Bible says what his commandments are not grievous
we need to revive a mindset in Christianity today where we actually have respect under
God's commandments where we actually approve of God's commandments where we like God's
commandments how about this there's many things today worldly Christians disapprove
of today that the Bible very specifically condemns here's a big one how about drugs
and alcohol drugs and alcohol there's a lot of churches today where the pastor will get
up and he will completely approve of you drinking socially having a few drinks on the weekends
with the boys having a glass of wine with dinner let me tell you something he does not
approve of excellent things look at Ephesians 5 verse 17 wherefore be ye not unwise but
understand what the will of the Lord is you know you don't have to guess or hope or wonder
what God's will is for your life so many people today are sitting here saying I just want
to know God's will for my life I'm just praying for God's will it's right in the Bible just
read the Bible don't be unwise understand what the will of the Lord is what is that
verse 18 and be not drunk with wine wherein is excess but be filled with the Spirit speaking
to yourselves in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing and making melody in your heart
to the Lord look it's just time for you in your life to come to the point where you say
hey I'm just gonna throw this booze I'm gonna throw these drugs in the trash because I don't
want to be unwise I want to understand what the will of the Lord is you know the Bible
says be not drunk with wine be not drunk with wine and a lot of people lie to you and say
oh I'm not gonna get drunk I'm just gonna have a few drinks I'm not gonna get drunk
I'm just gonna be a social drinker these people are deceiving themselves people who drink
alcohol get drunk folks and maybe there's a unicorn out there you know a one in a million
unicorn but you know what the exception proves the rule and people drink alcohol for one
reason it's to feel that inebriation to feel that intoxication people are not drinking
alcohol because they like the taste that's not happening folks people are drinking alcohol
to get drunk people are doing drugs to get high you know what Oklahoma needs to do is
throw the stupid marijuana in the trash you know I'm out soul winning yesterday amongst
this most ghetto derelict apartment windows bashed out everywhere trash everywhere people
that can't even keep their pants up walking by a bunch of losers and do nothings I don't
care who this offends you know what I see all over the ground packets of marijuana because
these people are unwise and you know what apparently no one's loved them enough to
scream at them to stop being a loser to stop being an idiot and to throw your stupid alcohol
away and to throw your stupid marijuana away you know I've never seen a single person in
my life who smokes marijuana that I thought that's a smart person that's a cool person
that person has their life together every single person you ever see who smokes marijuana
you're like this guy's probably a flat earther this guy can't even string a sentence together
this guy can't even walk in a straight line this guy's probably even never read a book
in his life this guy's an idiot you know you don't see pot smokers working on the uh the
space program all right you know you see mishawn over there working on it all right she's not
a pot smoker that's why she could work on it but you know what these people are doing
nothing with their lives they're wasting their lives they're not producing anything of value
they're destroying their brain they're destroying their body they're not reading the bible
and growing spiritually because they're drunk with wine and you know what the bible says
if you're deceived by wine you are a fool and we need to get back to a place in christianity
where we approve of excellent things that we say hey the bible teaches abstinence from
alcohol and you know what i love that it teaches that i approve that it teaches that i'm not
ashamed that it teaches that you know the bible says look not on the wine when it is
red when it gives its color in the cup when it moves itself all right the bible says not
even to look at that type of alcohol how much more to not drink it it's ridiculous today
that pastors are teaching this go if you would to first corinthians six first corinthians
six and i just want you to i want you to just get this mindset where the bible is not up
for debate god's commandments are not up for debate the bible just says what it says the
scripture is of no private interpretation and you know what if the bible says not to
look on the wine it says not to look on the wine and you know what anyone that goes around
teaching it's okay to drink alcohol i don't want you to think well he's got just a different
opinion i want you to think this guy's wrong this guy does not approve of excellent things
look at first grant the in six verse 18 how about purity the bible says flee fornication
every sin that a man do it is without the body but he that committed fornication sinneth
against his own body what know you not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost
which is in you which ye have of god and ye are not your own for ye are bought with
a price therefore glorify god in your body and in your spirit which are gods hey the
bible teaches us to flee fornication to get far away from it to run from it in the opposite
direction and you say oh god just doesn't want us to enjoy life he doesn't want us to
have fun no no let every man have his own wife let every wife have her own husband the
Hey defraud you not one the other except to be with consent for a time, right? Hey be thou always ravished with her
Love the Bible says let her breast satisfy thee at all times drink waters out of thine own cisterns
It's not that God doesn't want you to enjoy life or enjoy that area of life. But you know what fornication?
It's not just well, we love each other. Well, it's just a mutual consensual loving relationship of adults that are at age
No, that's not what it is. It's called whoredom. That's what it is. It's wicked. It's fornication
it'll get you kicked out of this church if you're a fornicator because you know what we need to make sin exceeding sinful again and
Sit here and approve of excellent things which is being pure until you get married and you know
What when you get married staying with your spouse and if you go outside of the realms of your marriage, it's not an affair
It's adultery. And if you sleep with a married woman, it's a capital crime and you should have a bullet put in your head
That's what the Bible teaches and not get up here and act and you know
Minimize sin de-emphasize sin. Oh, what people say, but I just think God wants me to be happy
That's what people do instead of you know saying well, the Bible says this they just come up. Well, I just think well
I just feel okay. Well, you just don't approve of excellent things because the Bible says flee fornication
Well, I just think we should see if we're compatible before marriage. Shut up. No one cares what you think
You're an idiot your your mind your mind is is unregenerate. Your mind is not God's Word
You need to submit yourself to God's Word. I just think I just feel who cares what you think
Why don't you approve of something? That's excellent. Go to Romans 7, you know, how about divorce?
Well, I just think God wants me to be happy. Well, I just think that there's someone else out there for me
Well, I just feel like I shouldn't have to put up with this marriage anymore. Hey, you know what you are. You're just wrong
Oh, I just have a different opinion on divorce and remarriage. I just I just see things a little differently
You're just wrong and you need to submit yourself to what the Bible says because here's what Romans 7 verse 1 says
no, you're not brethren for I speak to them that know the law how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as
He liveth for the woman which hath and husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth
But if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband
So then if while her husband liveth she be married to another man. She shall be called an adulteress
But if her husband be dead, she is free from that law so that she is no adulterous
Though she'd be married to another man
Look if you get divorced if a woman leaves her husband and then goes and marries another man
That's not some godly marriage. That's not some sweet relationship. That's not an affair
That's not something that God approves of that is adultery and you know what you're not just oh, I just have an opinion
I have a different idea. No, you are an adulteress is what you are
You are an adulteress
You know what if someone is divorced from their spouse and their spouse is still alive. Here's what the Bible says
You can do remain unmarried until you die or go back to your spouse
And if the spouse dies, then you're free to remarry the Bible says
But you know what people need to do today if you're divorced you need to go back to your spouse
You left your husband you need to go back to your husband and stop here
You know flirting with the world trying to find what else is out there. No, no, no listen to what the Bible says
Why don't you be a person that for once in your life just approves of excellent things and okay
You messed up in the past you already sinned leaving your husband was already a bad idea, but let's not make things worse
Let's not compound your sin with another sin of getting remarried go back to your husband same thing for guys
You left your wife you abandoned your wife. That was crappy. That was wicked. That was evil
But you know what don't go find another woman. Don't go get married to some younger model go back to your wife
Reconcile in your marriage. Let's approve of that go to Deuteronomy 22 Deuteronomy chapter number 22
It's crazy today. How many Christians will approve of wicked things? They'll disapprove of excellent things
They won't be approving excellent things the pastor will get up and he'll officiate a marriage of divorced people marrying other people. He's literally
officiating an adulterous marriage
How crazy is that today? I would never officiate a marriage where one party is divorced and getting remarried
I would never even attend a wedding
You know if I had a family member that wanted to do that look I love that person
But I will never attend a wedding doing that because it's wicked
It's wrong and you know we need to love people enough to say that how about dress standards boy
Don't people love to have their own opinions on this right well
I just feel well. I just think well. I don't want to look like this who cares what you think
What does the Bible say look at Deuteronomy 22 verse 5 the woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man
Neither shall a man put on a woman's garment for all that do so are
Abomination unto the Lord thy God now because we live in such a weird wicked society that is just
normalized sin that is just
Desensitized us to sin brainwashed us into just accepting sin many people today have no issue
Seeing a woman walking around just wearing pants
But you know what that is that is a woman wearing that which pertaineth unto a man the Bible says that is an abomination
Now thank God we live in a society where if we saw a man wearing a dress our stomachs would flip, right?
We would freak out seeing something like that. We would say that's gross. That's wicked
That's an abomination and it is but you know what? It's an abomination for women to be wearing pants, too
That's just the reality you say is that your opinion? No, that's just what the Bible says
That's God's opinion. And what do we need to do?
We need to approve of excellent things and look this could be one that's harder for people to do and I understand
You know practically speaking why that is it's because we live in a society that from your birth ladies
You probably have been wearing pants unless you grew up as a fundamental Baptist or something
If you were just in the world if you just had a family that wasn't religious
You probably just grew up wearing pants and that's just normal to you, but you should not sit here and think oh
What other people think what's my opinion? What's normal in society? You should ask yourself
What does the Bible say and if and if you submit to me, I don't think that's talking about pants
I'm all ears. Please tell me what the garment is that pertains unto a man
I don't see how it's anything else other than pants and you know what all of human history agrees with me since until recently
It was literally illegal for women to wear pants in this country in the United States of America
It used to be illegal for women to wear pants you used to I mean think about this ladies
If you wore pants out in public a police officer would physically grab you and take you to jail
That's what would have happened because that we had a country that used to respect God's Word
We had a country that used to approve of excellent things. All right, go to first Timothy chapter number two first Timothy chapter number two
Notice what it says in like manner also first Timothy 2 verse 9 in like manner also that women adorn themselves in what modest apparel
With shame facelessness and sobriety not with broidered hair or gold or pearls or costly array
But which would become if women professing godliness with good works
Hey, you know what the Bible says ladies is to adorn yourself in modest apparel
And you know what if you you should approve of that you should say yeah
I like God's commandment to be modest because you know what a lot of ladies do a lot of ladies
Unfortunately are being forced to dress modestly by their husband or by their father
But you know what you should get to a point in your life where you say I actually want to please God
I actually want to hear God's commandments and God says I should be modest
You know what I actually want to please my father in heaven by doing that because I love God and I love his commandments
You know, I approve of God's commandments instead of how many girls in church do it today is they'll show up in church
Kind of wearing a garment that pertains unto a woman, but it's the shortest thing possible. It's the tightest thing possible
You know, they're they're kind of keeping God's commandments, but you can tell they don't want to they're gonna push it as close to the line
As they can and then outside of church watch out. It's the short shorts. It's the super immodest clothing
You know, it's the what it was the leggings and all that kind of stuff wearing your underwear outside wearing the bikini
At the beach. Look, let me tell you something wearing the bikini at the beach
It's not oh, I just I just have a difference of opinion of modest apparel
No, you're just dressing like a whore is what you're doing. You look like a whore is what you are
You know, the Bible says that there's the attire of an harlot, but I'm telling you right now
You better believe it that there are probably people maybe even in this room that would have no problem wearing a bikini out at the beach
Let me tell you if you feel that in your heart if you're like, hey
I would I would have no issue doing that you need to change you need to approve of excellent things and not sit here
And despise God's Word have negative feelings towards his commandments
No, no, no, you need to approve of excellent things and say hey God says to be modest
I want to be modest. I actually want to be modest go to Leviticus 19 Leviticus chapter number 19
Here's something a lot of Christians have oh just a difference of opinion on when it comes to God's commandments. How about tattoos?
I mean folks there are literally Christian tattoo businesses talk about an oxymoron
It's like are there Christian escort businesses - is there a Christian bar?
What are you talking about a Christian tattoo parlor look what it says in Leviticus 19 verse 28
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor print any marks upon you
I am the Lord hey don't get a tattoo. Oh, but it's a Christian tattoo
It has a Bible verse on it like that makes it worse
I don't know if you realize that that makes it actually worse because it's kind of like you're just spitting in the face of God
You know like I would have more respect for someone who was like unsaved backslid and whirly they got some stupid
You know military tattoo or something like that then to be like, oh, you know
Let's put a Bible verse on my body when the Bible says not to that's crazy folks
And look, this is one of those sins where if you committed it in times past, you know
Some men sins are open beforehand going before to judgment
It's one of those things where it's like hey, it's gonna be visible you did it don't do it again
But here's the thing don't approve of it. Don't sit here and justify yourself. Don't try to say like well, you know
It's not that bad. It's not that big of a deal. You know what if you have a tattoo
I'm I hope I'm not trying to make you feel bad now because it's something in the past
I don't think you should walk every day and shame and just hate yourself or something like that
But if someone asks you about you should be like, hey that was dumb
I shouldn't have done that and you know what you you don't do that young person, you know
Hey, if mom or dad did that kids, you know what?
No one's perfect and you realize hey mom and dad made a mistake there
Don't go down that same road because it's wrong. Don't make any marks upon you go to Psalm 149 Psalm 149
I'm just trying to show you man
We just need to approve of things that are excellent and I just am so sick and tired of Christians today
Judging God's Word debating against God's Word arguing against God's Word
I would have more respect for someone who just says like yeah
That's what the Bible says and I'm just wicked and backslidden than people trying to act like the Bible doesn't say what it does
Say, all right. Look at Psalm 149. How about this singing praises to God?
Singing praises to God. This is one of those things that you kind of hear people say like well
You know, I just I just don't have a good voice. Well, I'm just kind of shy. I just I'm really not into singing
It's like that's not just a difference of opinion
You're just wrong because look what the Bible says in Psalm 149 verse 1 praise ye the Lord
That's a commandment sing unto the Lord a new song and his praise notice in the congregation of Saints
It is a command of God to sing out and if you don't sing out, it's not like well
That's just my opinion. I'm just a little different. No, you're just wrong and you know what?
You're just not approving of excellent things and hey the more people sing out and the more people sing out with their heart
You know the the less we'll even be able to hear you if you're self-conscious
You know, we need more people to sing out with all of their heart
Approve of God's command to sing out because again God's Word is not up for debate folks
He just says what he says go back to Philippians 1 Philippians chapter number one while you're turning there Psalm 119 verse 128 says this
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right and I hate every false way
You know, that's the type of person that I want to be
Here's the thing God's Word is right whether you acknowledge it or not
I mean people are foolish today acting like they could change the nature of God or change the nature of reality
Whether a church wants to acknowledge it or not whether a Christian wants to acknowledge it or not. The Bible is always right
But you know what? I want to be a person where I'm not kicking against the pricks or I'm not fighting the Bible
I want to be a person where it's like hey, I approve of excellent things. I see something in God's Word
I love it. I hear a hard sermon that offends everyone. Hey, if it was true, I love it
I heard old IFB pastor this week say this he's like there's two types of people when they're driving home from church
There's can you believe he said that? Can you believe the pastor would say something like that?
I mean, who does that guy think he is to say something like that?
And then there's the people that are like can you believe he said that we're coming back right? Yeah? Hey you get to choose
Which one you want to be if you want to be an angry bitter?
Person who's just you know front fronting against God's Word and you stiffen your neck against the hard preaching well
Just enjoy feeling bad every church service because God's Word isn't gonna change and I told you on Wednesday. I'm done being mr. Nice pastor
I'm done. I'm done. I'm done. Let me tell you a mistake. I've made in my first year of ministry
I've been too nice. I'm just being honest with you and I'm done being nice made that very clear on Wednesday
I will continue
You know, I'm just gonna preach God's Word if you want to feel bad if you want to feel uncomfortable
Well, then just keep disapproving of excellent things
But you know what? I think is a much better idea is just approve of excellent things because then you won't feel offended
You know women who don't dress like whores they don't feel offended when I preach against women dressing like whores
You know when I preach against men being lazy bums that aren't providing, you know men who are providing don't feel bad
You know people who go soul-winning they don't feel bad when I scream about how you need to go soul-winning people who read
Their Bible they don't feel bad, right? Hey people who aren't gossips. They don't feel bad, right?
You know stop if you want to stop feeling bad in church and stop feeling bad at the hard preaching
Just a proof of excellent things look at Philippians 1, you know, I have the same exact prayer
I have the same exact prayer that the Apostle Paul has he says this in verse 9 and this I pray that your love may
Abound yet more and more in knowledge in all judgment
That's my prayer for anchor Baptist Church. That's my prayer for all Christians
That's why I do what I do is to try to edify God's people to try to build up God's people
To try to show you what the Bible says that you could increase in love in knowledge and judgment
Why that you may approve things that are excellent that you may be notice sincere and without offense to the day of Christ
You know what a sincere Christian looks like a sincere person hears God's word and agrees with it. They hear a hard sermon
That's biblical and they agree with it. Why because they actually have love knowledge and wisdom
You know what an insincere Christian looks like one who always has bad takes one who's always on the wrong side of
Controversy one who's not sticking with the Bible one who's not preaching the truth
That is an insincere Christian and without offense till the day of Christ notice being filled with the fruits of righteousness
Which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God. Look there's gonna be things in your life
There's been things for me where maybe the first time you hear it your flesh doesn't necessarily love it
Right, there's gonna be sometimes you hear something and in your flesh the way you were raised the philosophies
You were brought up around you don't necessarily first agree with it
But you know what when when you come to a point in your life where you feel that feeling you just need to ask yourself
What does the Bible say not what do other people think not? What do I think?
What does the Bible say? Hey, and then we could actually be someone that approves of excellent things. Let's pray Lord
Thank you so much for your word. Thank you for your instruction God
I pray that you just help us to be people that harken to your word that we would humble ourselves before your word
That we would allow your word to correct us in any area of life whether that be our ideas
Or our actions Lord help anchor Baptist Church to be a place where we not just tolerate the truth
But we love the truth. We proclaim the truth
We champion and cheer for the truth and approve of excellent things in Jesus name. We pray. Amen
The last hymn this morning turn if you would to number 130 hymn number
130 130
Yesterday today forever 130. We'll sing there starting right on the first
NEVER SAVE US, NEVER SAVE-