hundred four hundred thirty-nine and start there right on the first when I
spill those you want to sing father thank you for this day this afternoon I
pray that you had blessed the service at this time be with us as we sing and be
also with pastor Oz as he preaches from your word Lord in Jesus name I pray
amen for our next song if you would turn in your hymnals to him number 133 safe
wherever I go him number 133 it is a short song so we will go ahead and sing
it twice him 1 3 3 raise your hatred be glad to bring you one bulletin our Bible
memory verse of the week Genesis chapter number 1 verse 29 and we still have
several weeks that you could work on this but definitely getting towards the
end so keep up the good work with memorizing that on the insider service
times are listed Sunday morning at 1030 Sunday evening at 430 and our Wednesday
Bible study through the book of Romans at 7 o'clock below that we have all of
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note of that we do have below our year-to-date soul winning statistics
upcoming events our first soul winning marathon of the year is gonna be in
Lawton Oklahoma and we're meeting at 12 o'clock noon on location going soul
winning for four hours straight of course you could take breaks throughout
that anytime you want to and then we'll meet up and have a meal together
afterwards then the next day February 1st is our next men's preaching night
for the evening service and then we'll have a potluck and game night fellowship
together that evening then after that our sweethearts banquet for married
couples will be on February 13th and I'll try to get it a sign-up sheet for
that shortly but that's always a really great event we had we only really had
one but it's something I'd like to continue doing it's a lot of fun having
the trivia game together and just great food it's a really great evening for
the married couples then we have after that March 7th will be the Tulsa
Oklahoma soul-winning marathon and there's a couple of different big
marathons we're planning this year but those are the two that are kind of
closest Lawton and Tulsa so keep that on your radar then on the right is our
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and go to our third song together right for our third song the hymn number 29
across hymn number 29 singing to being passed around to Josh Joshua chapter
chapter 1 the Bible reads to the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came
to pass that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of none Moses his minister sang
Moses my servant is dead now therefore arise go over this Jordan thou and all
this people unto the land which I do give to them even to the children of
Israel every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon that have I given
unto you as I said unto Moses from the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto
the great river the river Euphrates all the land of the Hittites and unto the
great sea toward the going down of the Sun shall be your coast there shall not
any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life as I was with Moses
so I will be with thee I will not fail thee nor forsake thee be strong and of
a good courage for unto this people shout thou divide for an inheritance
the land which right which I swear unto their fathers to give them only be thou
strong and very courageous that thou mayest observe to do according to all
the law which Moses my servant commanded thee turn not from it to the right hand
or to the left that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest this book of
the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein
day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written
therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt have
good success have not I commanded thee be strong and of a good courage be not
afraid neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever
thou goest then Joshua commanded the officers of the people saying pass
through the host and command the people saying prepare you victuals for
within three days you shall pass over this Jordan to go in to possess the land
which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it and to the Rubinites and to
the Gadites and to the half tribe of Manasseh spake Joshua saying remember
the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you saying the Lord your
God hath given you rest and hath given you this land your wives your little
ones and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side
Jordan but ye shall pass before your brethren armed all the mighty men of
valor and help them until the Lord have given you until the Lord have given your
brethren rest as he hath given you and they also have possessed the land which
the Lord your God giveth them then you shall return unto the land of your
possession and enjoy it which Moses the Lord's servant gave you on this side
Jordan toward the sun rising and they answered Joshua saying all that thou
commandest us we will do and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go
according as we hearkened unto Moses in all things so will we hearken unto thee
only the Lord thy God be with thee as he was with Moses whosoever he be that
doth rebel against thy commandment and will not hearken unto thy words and all
that thou commandest him he shall be put to death only be strong and of a good
courage let's bow our heads for a prayer father in heaven we thank you for this
day and we thank you for some of the context of where we're at in this story
is Moses the man of God has just died and that baton of leadership has passed
on to this new generation to Joshua and Moses has given Joshua a charge the Lord
has given Joshua a charge let's pick it up in verse number one and kind of
recap some of this here it says now after the death of Moses the servant of
the Lord it came to pass that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of none Moses
his minister saying Moses my servant is dead now therefore arise go over this
Jordan thou and all this people unto the land which I do give to them even to the
children of Israel every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon that
have I given unto you as I said unto Moses from the wilderness and this
Lebanon even unto the great river the river Euphrates all the land of the
Hittites and unto the great sea toward the going down of the Sun shall be your
coast there shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy
life as I was with Moses so I will be with thee I will not fail thee nor
forsake thee be strong and of a good courage for under this people shalt thou
divide for an inheritance the land which I swear unto their fathers to give them
only be thou strong and very courageous that thou mayst observe to do according
to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee turn not from the right
hand or to the left that thou mayst prosper whithersoever thou goest this
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night that thou mayst observe to do according to all that is
written therein for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou
shalt have good success have not I commanded thee be strong and of a good
courage be not afraid neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is with
thee whithersoever thou goest and the title of my sermon this evening is be
courageous be courageous Joshua here is given this charge from God to continue
the work that he had for the children of Israel to go and take on that promised
land that he promised to them of course and throughout this he just constantly
tells them be strong be very courageous courageous be strong and of a good
courage be not afraid neither be thou dismayed this is something that's
repeated often in this chapter and obviously when God repeats something
that should get our attention that's something he's really trying to get us
to hone in on and I want to give you the definition of courage courage is the
quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty danger pain
etc without fear bravery right so Joshua he's given his leadership position and
he's constantly just told be strong have courage be very courageous do not
fear and what is the lesson that I think God wants us to learn here well just
like with Joshua he told him a couple things number one he told him basically
that hey you already have the victory I'm going to drive out these people from
before you you are going to inhabit this land and he says I'm also with you
wherever you go right so if you know that God's gonna give you the victory and
you know that God's gonna be with you throughout your you know conquering or
whatever it is that you're doing that should enable you to be very bold be
very brave be very courageous why are people often afraid is because they
think they're gonna fear or I'm sorry that they're gonna fail that they're
gonna get destroyed that they're gonna die but imagine God just telling you
like you're for sure gonna be successful you know God's with you you're for sure
gonna win you know that should enable us to be very courageous and take on the
things that God has for us with boldness keep your place there and go to first
John 5 first John chapter number 5 in a similar way as God told Joshua that he
already has the victory he's for sure gonna win in this conquest God has also
told us that we for sure have the victory in our life first John 5 verse
4 it says for whatsoever is born of God over cometh the world and this is the
victory that overcomeeth the world even our faith right so because we are saved
we have the victory always we have overcome the world Romans 8 we just went
through it what can separate us from the love of God absolutely nothing right we
have that victory go to 1st Corinthians 15 we'll look at a few more verses on
this thought that God has given us the victory in the same way that he promised
Joshua the victory 1st Corinthians chapter number 15 look at verse 57 it
says but thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ and then we get this really famous verse very oft quoted verse in
verse 58 but what is this steadfastness this confidence coming from it's coming
from the fact that he just said that we're going to have the victory because
we know that we're gonna have the victory that's why it says in verse 58
therefore my beloved brethren be ye steadfast unmovable always abounding in
the work of the Lord for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in
the Lord you could put yourself in Joshua's shoes and you could see how if
God already promised to give you the victory if God promised he's gonna be
with you no matter what you know that's gonna give you confidence and boldness
and courage to go and face the enemy just like how us serving God in the New
Testament hey we already have the victory we're going to heaven we're
gonna get glorified bodies someday we're gonna be resurrected someday
therefore we should be steadfast unmovable always abounding in the work
of the Lord not having fear not serving God with a double mind with a doubtful
heart but just going forward just with full courage for the Lord go back to
Joshua 1 while you're turning there Isaiah 41 verse 10 says fear thou not
for I am with thee be not dismayed for I am thy God I will strengthen thee yea I
will help thee yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness
all throughout the Bible we constantly see promises from the Lord that he's
gonna be with us that he's gonna strengthen us that he's never going to
forsake us why is God constantly giving us these reminders is because he wants
us to be courageous he wants us to be bold he wants us to be strong he does
not want us going around life timid in our Christianity you know weak and
scared and cowardly he wants us to be courageous Christians so what are some
areas of our life that we should be courageous in that we should display
boldness not fear let's look at some applications number one don't be timid
use the authority that God gave you don't be timid use the authority that
God gave you look at Joshua 1 9 it says have not I commanded thee be strong and
of a good courage be not afraid neither be thou dismayed for the Lord thy God is
with thee whithersoever thou goest right so there's that to that charge that
command again be strong be courageous look at the very next verse look at
those three words right there then Joshua commanded the officers of the
people saying right so what happens God puts Joshua in charge he tells him be
bold be bold be strong be very courageous you know what Joshua does he
starts commanding people to do stuff he starts he takes that authority that God
gave him and he starts using it for the Lord he starts telling people what to do
and you know what we need to get back to a culture in America in church in homes
where God-given authority people that have God-given authority should be bold
in exercising that authority and should be very courageous in using that
biblical authority not this culture where we have now where authority is
afraid to exercise their power because unfortunately we live in such a crazy
world where someone who's in charge uses their power and they're called a
narcissist they're called an abuser they're called violent they're called a
power tripper they're called prideful and you know we should not allow the
false accusations of the enemies of God to keep real leaders real people in
authority from actually exercising that authority part of courage is saying like
hey okay you know if God put me in charge if God's given me some sort of
power or authority or sphere of influence you know I just need to have
the boldness to actually use that God-given power and not be a coward now
what are some examples of this go to Acts chapter number one Acts chapter
number one you know one area that we all have given authority and we all have
been given power is the fact that we are soul winners we are ambassadors of Jesus
Christ look what the Bible says in Acts chapter number one verse eight but ye
shall receive what power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in
Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth you know what us as soul
winners we have power we have authority we have dominion over this entire earth
to preach the gospel and we should not walk around cowardly timid afraid we
should walk around like we are ambassadors of Jesus Christ because we
are and he says that notice ye shall receive power right that's authority
that is having actual power good Ephesians chapter number six Ephesians
chapter number six so you know I don't like this type of soul winning where
people are just really really timid and I understand everyone has different
personality traits and it could take time for you to get into that mold of a
soul winner but you know what you need to develop some boldness and some
authority when you're out soul winning and you need to just look that person in
the eye and say hey we're from Acre Baptist Church we're inviting you to
church but more importantly than church if you were to die today you know asking
the question with boldness with authority not just kind of like hey you
know alright here's the church if I see you later right obviously if someone's
not interested or they're sodomite or something yeah get out of there but you
know what we want to have boldness to preach the gospel what does that look
like how about this you know don't just leave a tract preach the gospel right
what do a lot of churches do today they go out doing their outreach but they're
not preaching the gospel they're just leaving a door hanger they're just
leaving a track they're not even trying to get people safe it's like what is
that well it's a lack of boldness you know we have been given authority by
Jesus Christ to go preach the gospel we need to use that authority and not shirk
our responsibility Ephesians 6 verse 19 and for me that utterance may be given
unto me that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel
for which I am an ambassador in bonds that there and I may speak boldly as I
ought to speak notice he's praying he's asking them to pray that utterance is
given to him that he is able to go out and open his mouth boldly to make known
the mystery of the gospel why because us as soul winners we are called to go out
and preach the gospel not just to invite people to church we invite people to
church as an icebreaker okay and look that is a great icebreaker I think we
should continue doing that I don't think you should necessarily just knock on
someone's door and just be like we are checking salvations are you going to
hell no like be normal okay give them the invite invite them to church it's a
good icebreaker but really what we're there to do is open our mouth boldly to
make known the mystery of the gospel go to Acts chapter number 13 let me say
this you also need to be courageous and realize that there's times out soul
winning where you may need to rebuke someone where you may need to call
someone out where you may need need even to lift up your voice a little bit and
call out detractors and distractors and false prophets now look this is this is
not something that's likely going to be happening every time you go out soul
winning okay you guys know me you've been soul winning with me this has not
happened every week this is rare but look there is a time and there is a place to
rebuke someone there is a time and a place to get loud and call someone out
and even maybe call them some names and I'll show you that from the Bible Acts
chapter 13 verse 6 when they had gone through the island to pathos they found
a certain sorcerer a false prophet a Jew whose name was bar Jesus this guy's
checking all the boxes for potential future rebuke okay he's just checking
everything here which was with the deputy of the country
Sergius Paulus a prudent man who called for Barnabas and Saul and desired to
hear the word of God but Elias the sorcerer for so is his name by
interpretation withstood them seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith then
Saul who also is called Paul notice this next phrase filled with the Holy Ghost
Paul's not in the flesh here he's not under his own influence he's he's being
filled with the Holy Spirit set his eyes on him and said Oh full of all subtlety
and all mischief thou child of the devil thou enemy of all righteousness
wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord a lot of people
would say like oh you should never talk to anyone like that that is so
unchristlike that is so rude the Bible says that Paul was filled with the Holy
Spirit in this moment so here he is rebuking someone calling him names calling
him out and you know what he's righteous in doing this verse 11 and now behold
the hand of the Lord is upon thee and thou shalt be blind not seeing the sun
for a season and immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness and he
went about seeking some to lead him by the hand then the deputy when he saw
what was done believed being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord you know
this is a positive example given to us in the Bible of the Apostle Paul just
calling these people out rebuking them and look there's a time and place out
soul winning to rebuke people if you look at our Google reviews for anchor
Baptist Church there's these Mormon missionaries that left us a one-star
review and they were talking about how it was in Anadarko okay so we were
probably already a little charged up being in Anadarko but they said they
ran into some of our soul winners and that our soul winners told them that
they were false prophets and they're going to hell and you know I say amen to
that because if any man preached any other gospel than that which we have
preached let him be accursed that's what the Bible teaches and so hey you go out
and you rebuke Mormon missionaries and call them false prophets and call them
children of the devil I'm for you I've got your back that's a great review it
may have one stars but you know what I like about our church is it has tons of
five-star reviews and has tons of one-star reviews hey at least you know
we're not lukewarm at least people know what they're getting and you either like
it or don't but people know what they're getting here go to John chapter number
four not only should you be courageous out soul winning in just taking the
authority you have not only should you at times perhaps rebuke people but you
should also be courageous enough to tell people when they are wrong when they
believe something that's wrong when they're believing a false gospel you
should be willing to correct error as a soul winner Jesus did this look at John
chapter 4 verse 16 he's preaching to the woman at the well he says says Jesus
saith under her go call thy husband and come hither the woman answered and said
I have no husband Jesus said unto her thou hast well said I have no husband
for thou has had five husbands and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband in
that sets thou truly right so he's just calling out the her sinful lifestyle
here but look she has a really good heart she responds to it well in verse 19 the
woman saith unto him sir I perceive that thou art a prophet our father is
worshiped in this mountain and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men
ought to worship Jesus saith unto her woman believe me the hour cometh when ye
shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the father verse 22
is the key notice ye worship ye know not what or sorry ye know excuse me ye
worship ye know not what we know what we worship for salvation is of the Jews but
the hour cometh and now is when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in
spirit and in truth for this father seeketh such to worship him God is a
spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth what
did he do here in this soul-winning interaction he told her straight up that
she was wrong he says you worship you know not what you don't even know what
you worship you you're so wrong on your religious beliefs you don't even know
what you worship but he tells her the truth because notice he says in verse
24 God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in
truth he corrects the air he says here's how you have to worship God it
must be in spirit and in truth and in the same way we go out soul-winning and
we correct people's air hey you believe in work salvation you're not saved what
you're believing right now we'll send you to hell you must believe the right
gospel you must stop trusting in your works you must stop trusting in your
baptism or you will spend eternity in hell you have to realize it's a free
gift you have to realize it's just by faith hey you have to realize that it's
eternal and if you don't you're not saved right that takes some boldness
that takes some courage and of course Jesus teaches us not to cast our pearls
before swine I'm not saying you need to go waste your time with people that are
already slamming the door or reprobates or sodomites or something like that you
develop some discretion as a soul winner over time of who you're gonna spend a
lot of time with but you know what it is a good thing to tell someone who is not
believing the right thing that they're not believing the right thing and that
they need to change and that they need to believe the right thing go to Joshua
24 so we talked about you know we need to have courage to use the authority
God's given us as soul winners what's another example how about as husbands
you know husbands have been given God given authority and we as husbands
should not let the world browbeat us into saying like oh no if it's not a
50/50 relationship you're abusive don't you know don't use your power don't use
your toxic masculinity you know let let us tell you how your marriage should be
look at Joshua 24 verse 15 notice it says and if it seemed evil unto you to
serve the Lord choose you this day whom you will serve whether the gods was your
fathers served that were on the other side of the flood or the gods of the
Amorites and whose land ye dwell but as for me in my house we will serve the
Lord notice Joshua's mentality saying hey I'm running the show here and me and
my wife we are going to serve God I didn't see Joshua go and take a poll I
didn't see him go up to his wife and say hey honey what church would you like to
go to what Bible version would you like to read you know what preacher would you
like to listen to he just said ask for me in my house we will serve the Lord
and you know what the whole point of God giving husbands power and authority is
so that you can lead your family in the right direction that's why right because
like what is the power there for just for you to feel cool to feel special no
it's so that you can make sure your family is gonna be doing the right
things and make sure that you veto the wrong things in your home and stuff like
that you need to use that authority go to Proverbs 1 you know how about mothers
mothers have power and authority to not over their husbands of course but over
their children and again there's mentalities in this world that wants to
tell you you know do the gentle parenting ask Timmy why he thinks what
he did was wrong ask him if there's a better way of doing things right this
gentle parenting thing you know what moms you just need to use that authority
that God has given you and you just need to make your kids do right you need to
just correct air when you see it look at Proverbs 1 verse 7 the fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge but fools despise wisdom and instruction my son
hear the instruction of thy father and forsake not the law of thy mother for
they shall be an ornament of grace under thy head and chains about thy neck hey
the Bible says not to forsake the law of your mother sounds like mom has some
authority sounds like mom has some rule you know it doesn't matter if you are a
boy or a girl if you are living under mom and dad's house dad has authority
over you and mom has authority over you and you know don't sit here and fear
dad but mouth off to mom and disobey mom and you know part of this just comes
from the fact that both mom and dad need to be disciplining both mom and dad need
to be spanking the kids and you know I understand there's this common thing
where it's like you wait till your father gets home but you know what mom
why don't you spank the kid and tell them to wait till their mom get their
father gets home right but don't just as a mother shirk your responsibility you
too have authority and you should use that authority go to Titus chapter 2
Titus chapter number 2 how about pastors man there is a huge attack today on
pastors using their authority and there's just thousands of videos on
YouTube where it's like how to tell if your pastor is a narcissistic horrible
power abusing person and they'll just like list authority qualities they'll
just list the qualities of someone who's in charge and in authority because
people want your mind to be evil affected against authority the devil
hates authority the devil wants to be the one in authority the devil wants to
be like the most high the devil and his children hate authority that's why you
see an attack on the authority of a pastor today look at what the Bible says
Titus chapter 2 verse 15 these things speak and exhort and rebuke with all
authority let no man despise thee hey just preach the word of God rebuke
people if you have to call out false doctrine call out sin and and you know
pastors and preachers both should not constantly be playing this what-if game
in their mind because I think this is a common temptation for preachers just a
common temptation of the flesh is that you go to preach something you read
something in the Bible you're like man that's true man people need to hear that
man that's gonna help people's life or you read something it's like man that
really spoke to me that really corrected my issues even and you know what I need
to preach this but preachers will play the what-if game in their mind what if
this person gets offended what if this person thinks it's about them what if
this person quits the church what if what if what if we don't need to play
the what-if game you know what God's Word is going to be effective in that
which God wants it to accomplish and preachers just need to trust that God's
Word is powerful it's gonna do what it needs to do just get the Word of God out
and let the chips fall where they may says rebuke with all authority let no
man despise thee you know pastors ought not to allow people to despise them
especially in their own church obviously there's wicked people that are gonna
always despise pastors but you know what often times because people are just
crazy and insane people will creep into churches and they'll try to divide
members against the pastor they'll try to like make little subtle sly comments
to attack the pastor and realize that that is a bad individual that's trying
to do that and pastors should not allow people to just openly despise them like
that you should not come to a church where you just hate the pastor that is
weird it's bizarre it's like you get to go to any church that you want to why
would you go to the one of the pastor that you hate and for those of you
listening to this that are normal you're just like no one does that who
would ever do that but it's like people do that believe it or not people do that
pastors should not allow people to despise them pastors across America
should reclaim the authority in their church and stop having a deacon led
church stop having a congregation led church stop having a board of elders
that could sit there and just say you know we don't like your preaching and
we're just gonna vote you out that's ridiculous the pastoral qualifications
are there for a reason and they're very high for a reason because that person is
entrusted with a lot of power but guess what why is God giving pastors power for
the same reason God gave husbands power it's to lead people in the right
direction and you know what democracy is a terrible idea mob mentality is a
terrible idea you need one person who's steadfast and sure and knows the Bible
and is gonna stay on the right course and that person needs to be in charge
period under submission to the Bible under submission to Jesus Christ of
course but I'm telling you people that despise authority in one area often
despise it in all areas good Ephesians chapter 6 how about bosses at work man
we need bosses at work to have authority again it's funny I've talked to my boss
about this and he's an older guy and I just tell him man we need to bring back
a culture of authority in the workplace and he knew exactly what I was talking
about but man not all people feel that way in a lot of workplaces today you
literally do a review a yearly review where you rate your boss and you do a
write-up on what you think your boss is doing well and what he's not in all your
issues and all your complaints and management in companies today are just
constantly getting these little cards and these little emails of just
complaints from the workers and things they think they're not doing right and
it's just like management just capitulates and kowtows to whining
complaining sniveling brats but you know what we need to have a culture in the
workplace where the boss is in charge what the boss says goes and if you
disrespect the boss you're fired you disobey the boss you suck at your job
you know what he's not gonna capitulate to you you better be kowtowing to him
and please let's get back to it being a him by the way too and not women bosses
at work it's disgusting look at Ephesians chapter 6 verse 5 servants be
obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh with fear and
trembling in singleness of your heart as unto Christ not with I service as men
pleasers but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the heart the
Bible plainly tells us if you are under someone's authority at work you must
obey them you must respect them yay the Bible says you must fear them okay we
need to get back to a culture where people respect the boss it's gonna bring
back productivity like part of the reason why a lot of people just aren't
productive they've got no fear of the boss right they show up in their
pajamas they're shuffling around they're not working why because if the boss
comes in their office nothing's gonna happen they're not gonna get fired
they're not gonna get chewed out if the boss chews someone out the boss will get
fired if the boss is mean to someone the boss will get called in HR and dealing
you know just what a curse the workplace has become with all these emotional
women running things where men can't even run the show and be charged in
charge anymore go to Ecclesiastes chapter 8 how about government authorities
you know what government is not bad people who lean more towards like this
libertarian mindset could often get sucked into this idea of anarchy where
it's just like governments inherently bad and we should just automatically hate
the government something like that but you know what the Bible teaches that the
powers that be are ordained of God and that government has a legitimate
function and you know what the government that the functions that the
government has been given they should feel empowered to exercise their
authority rather than be in fear of exercising their rightful authority look
at Ecclesiastes 8 11 and says because sentence against an evil work is not
executed speedily therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to
do evil right so when people do wickedness when people are brazen
criminals when people could just get away with whatever they want and there
is not that speedy sentence carried out against evil works you start to live in
a society where people just have no fear to do anything wrong and they just feel
emboldened in their sin where they committed this crime but now because it
wasn't punished they take it to the next level and they keep increasing their
violence increasing their criminal activities increasing in their brazenness
of things they can get away with you know what that leads to a horrible scary
violent society because let me explain something to you if you don't want the
government to be in charge you just want to have this anarchy this this
fairy-tale world where there's no government here's what's gonna happen is
that the strongest warlord is gonna take over the strongest gang is gonna take
over and they're gonna exercise authority they're gonna exercise power
there is no such thing as anarchy that power vacuum will be filled filled by
someone and you know what I want it to be lawful government I want it to be a
government that has checks and balances that has restraints that has
accountability because if it's not them then you're gonna be living in Mexico
with the cartels running everything if it's not them you're gonna be living in
just a horrible third world type situation you know it's it's horrible
that today we live in a culture where many places in this country people have
no fear whatsoever of just walking up to a police officer and just screaming at
his face pushing him trying to hit them with their vehicle that happened this
week right where people are just blocking ICE investigations they're
just going through crime scenes they're using their vehicles to block them
they're getting up in people's face that is not a good society when people have
absolutely zero fear of the police and you know we've heard this quote I forget
which founding father it was but it's like you know when the government fears
the people there's liberty when the people fear the government there is
tyranny I would like to just trash that quote and I would like it to be like
this I want the righteous I'm sorry I want the wicked to fear the righteous
not the righteous fearing the wicked hey if there's righteous people in
government and they're doing their job under their lawful authority and you
know there's a bunch of wicked criminals out on the street I want those criminals
to be afraid of the police I want them to be afraid of the government I want
them to be afraid to try to run over an ICE agent with their car and we have the
left today who is absolutely losing their mind this week because some
disgusting dyke was impeding an investigation of ICE and she had no
fear whatsoever she thought it'd be totally acceptable to just hit the
accelerator and hit this ICE agent with her vehicle and guess what happened she
got shot and killed and you know what praise God for that disgusting dyke that
hates God who's worthy of death anyways and you know what let's go to Romans
chapter number 13 Romans chapter number 13 I'm sorry I don't want to live in a
society where people think that they can attack police officers with no
consequences this sounds like hell on earth folks and it's kind of like in the
book of Esther where it's like hey if we allow Vashti to disrespect the king
guess what's gonna happen all the wives are gonna disrespect all the husbands
and you know what if we just allow authority to be despised in any area of
life authority will be despised in every area of life that is just a fact look at
Romans chapter 13 it says in verse 3 for rulers are not a terror to good works
but to the evil see people who are evil people who are doing evil works should
be terrorized by the servants of God by the rulers will thou then not be afraid
of the power do that which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same so
notice if you're evil you should be afraid of the power you know what I want
people who are violent and wicked and evil when they have this wicked thought
come across their head of I'm gonna go out tonight and I'm gonna murder someone
or I'm gonna go out tonight and I'm gonna rape someone I'm gonna go assault
someone you know I want this thought to be in their head of fear of what's gonna
happen to them if they do I want fear of the hangman's noose is what I want I
want fear it's like hey you know I'm gonna go and rob a bank tonight I hope
you're afraid that the police will shoot and kill you if someone wants to break
into my house I hope you're afraid that I will shoot and kill you because I will
you know and we need this healthy level of fear of authority for our society to
be safe but when we live in a society where it's like let's punch police
officers let's spit in their face let's hit them with their car and nothing's
gonna happen to us that is the road to hell on earth and you know what if you
hit a police officer with your car you deserve to die my friend because that is
a deadly weapon that is a 3,000 pound deadly weapon and what's crazy is this
officer that shot and killed this filthy dyke just six months before he was drug
underneath a vehicle and dragged down the street by another person who did
the same exact thing to him he was hit by a car he was drug underneath the
vehicle he was dragged for several feet and he had all sorts of stitches and
surgery and it's like God forbid that the man defend himself no no no he's
supposed to just let himself be drug underneath a vehicle because an angry
lesbian wants to stop ICE operations sorry that's not how this country is
gonna work that's not how society should work you know what you go and hit a
police officer with your car you should expect that that is the last thing you
ever do you come after my family you break into my house you try to you know
brutalize some innocent woman you better believe that's the last thing that you'll
ever do we want the wicked to be in fear verse number four notice what it says
for he is the minister of God to thee for good hey it sounds like that ICE
agent was the servant of God in that moment for executing wrath upon an evil
person but if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he beareth not the sword
in vain for he is the minister of God a revenger to execute wrath upon him that
do with evil hey the servant of God the government person here the person who's
in charge in power he does not bear the sword in vain right the sword is not for
show it's not to hang on the wall the Glock in the police officer's holster is
not so that he could look cool and tough folks it's so that he could execute
wrath upon him that do it does evil him that is worthy of that you know what's
funny is for years we preach pretty hey we believe in the death penalty we
believe that the death penalty you know commandments that God gave in his word
that those things should still be enforced today but what do we always say
hey that is obviously not our job that is not civilians job that is not the
church's job whose job is it it's the government's job hey sounds like the
government did their job this week executing a filthy sodomite and you know
it obviously wasn't even execution it was self-defense but hey however it gets
done I'm just happy that there's one less perverted pedophile God-hating
freak in our country I wish they would do more of it go to Matthew chapter
number 10 Matthew chapter number 10 we'll talk a little bit about that more
later but number one hey be courageous in using the authority that God has
given you number two don't be ashamed of God's word shout it from the housetops
Matthew 10 verse 27 would I tell you in darkness that speak ye in light and
what you hear in the ear that preachy upon the housetops and fear not them
which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul but rather fear him which
is able to destroy both soul and body in hell hey Jesus is saying go out and
speak the things that I've told you but don't just say it you know say it from
the housetops speak it from the housetops what is that a picture of not
being ashamed not being cowardly not being timid hey we want to open this
Bible right here and just proudly proclaim everything that's in it boldly
proclaim everything that's in it and not sit here and kind of be like embarrassed
of certain parts of the Bible right embarrassed of Leviticus 2013
embarrassed of Romans chapter number 13 embarrassed of Ecclesiastes chapter 8
no let's just preach it from the housetops let's just be courageous let's
just be bold he's like aren't you worried about what's gonna happen to you
no I don't I don't fear those that kill the body rather I fear him which is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell oh what's gonna happen to you what do you
mean what's gonna happen to me I'm gonna go to heaven someday hey what's gonna
happen to you hey God already gave you the victory God already said he's gonna
be with you no matter what right to the ends of the world he said why would be
we'd be afraid go to 2nd Timothy chapter 1 2nd Timothy chapter number 1 2nd
Timothy 1 verse 11 where into I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and
a teacher of the Gentiles for the witch cause I also suffer these things
nevertheless I am not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded
that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day
verse 13 notice this hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of
me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus hey we need to make sure that we
are holding fast to sound words what are sound words everything that's in the
King James Bible every single doctrine every single commandment every single
book every single verse this is all sound words you know we need to cling
tight to it and we not we need to not let the pressures of the haters of God
of the liberal fake Christians try to make us kind of walk away from some
doctrines in the Bible look it doesn't matter how unpopular things get in the
Bible we need to just keep holding fast to those sound words go to Romans
chapter 12 Romans chapter number 12 you know judging what you believe as being
right or wrong based on if people agree with you is a foolish way to live your
life because the majority of people today in this world are absolutely crazy
and believe absolutely insane things and notice what the Bible says Romans
chapter 12 verse 2 it says and be not conformed to this world but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and
acceptable and perfect will of God we constantly need to go to the Bible and
renew our mind because what this world presents as the default opinion what
this world presents as the normal opinion is often absolutely crazy and
insane and and sinful and wrong and so we cannot go through life saying well
you know we're right because your co-worker agrees with you because your
extended family agrees with you because the majority opinion agrees with you no
you're only right if the Bible agrees with you you're only right if your
doctrine and your opinions are based on the Bible anything else you're on the
shifting sands and that is why it's so important for us to go to the Bible
every single day to meditate there in day and night because this world out
here there is a battle for your mind there is a battle out there to try to
get you to have worldly philosophy worldly mindsets we need to make sure
that we're going to the Bible go to Psalm 119 Psalm 119 you know we need to
be courageous to take a stand on any issue that the Bible teaches regardless
of who agrees or disagrees with us I love the psalmist attitude in Psalm 119
verse 97 I hope you feel this way look at verse number 97 oh how love I thy law
it is my meditation all the day you know I hope that you love God's Word I hope
that when a verse is read even if it is controversial in the world that your
heart just rings like that is true that is truth right there I love that verse
that's how the psalmist felt verse 98 thou through thy commandments has made
me wiser than mine enemies for they are ever with me I have more understanding
than all my teachers for thy testimonies are my meditation hey there's a lot of
good teachers in this world there's a lot of people that could teach you all
sorts of different things but you know what when you meditate in God's Word
when you believe his commandments when you love God's Word you can be wiser
than all your teachers verse 100 I have I understand more than the ancients
because I keep thy precepts I have refrained my feet from every evil way
that I might keep thy word I have not departed from thy judgments for thou has
taught me how sweet are thy words unto my taste yea sweeter than honey to my
mouth through thy precepts I get understanding therefore I hate every
false way so as driven by our love for truth as driven by our love for God's
Word that motivates a righteous person not just to love not just to love God's
Word but to hate every single false way you know what if you love the Lord Jesus
Christ if you love heaven if you love salvation if you love the gospel you know
what you're gonna hate the false gospels of this world you're gonna hate repent
of your sins damnable heresy you're gonna hate people that teach doctrine
that pervert the nature of God hey if you love souls you know what you're
gonna hate the Catholic Church the damn souls to hell you love people you're
gonna hate false religion through thy precepts I get understanding therefore I
hate every false way we should hate every lie we should hate every false way
you know here's an example of a Bible truth that many Christians today are not
bold enough and not courageous enough to take a stand on and that is the fact
that there are a lot of people in this world that God hates that God hates and
that we should hate too and people just hear that and they're just like no God
loves everyone God loves every single person no matter what no matter if
they're Jeffrey Dahmer no matter if they're serial killer no matter if
they're Adolf Hitler or whatever God will just love everyone no matter what
you didn't get that from the Bible and you know what if you love God's precepts
you would hate every false way and you know I hate this false doctrine that
says that God loves everyone at all times no matter what no matter how evil
they are no matter how many times they've rejected the gospel I hate that
lie because it's not true go to Psalm 11 let me show you some verses on that and
you know if you're gonna disagree with me I'm gonna need a chapter and verse
because I don't care what your opinion is I don't care about your worldly
philosophy I only care about God's precepts look at Psalm 11 verse 5 the
Lord trieth the righteous but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul
hateth now is that verse inspired by God or not yes it is so guess what folks
there are people that God hates you know are some people that God hates people
that love violence like these disgusting leftists that burn down Portland every
time something's in the news you know you got these these people that just
love violence they're gonna break windows you know terrorize business
owners assault people try to assault and kill police officers what because you're
mad that that lesbians aren't allowed to run over police officers you know what
God hates you you that love violence God hates you Psalm chapter 11 verse 5 go
to Psalm chapter 5 Psalm chapter 5 well that's one verse okay how long you want
to be here this evening Psalm chapter number 5 verse 5 the foolish shall not
stand in thy sight thou hatest all workers of iniquity thou shall destroy
them that speak leasing the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man the
Bible says that God hates the workers of iniquity that God will abhor the bloody
and deceitful men who are the workers of iniquity in the Bible they're called
reprobates that's what God is talking about here's another group of people
that God hates and that hates God by the way that is sodomites go to Romans
chapter number one keep your place in Psalms Romans chapter number one what is
that that's your homosexuals that's your lesbians that's your faggots that's your
dykes God hates both sides of it and guess what the Bible teaches is that they
hate God look at Romans chapter 1 verse 26 listen carefully for this cause we
won't read the whole chapter we just did a whole study on it you can listen back
to it but it says for this cause because they rejected God God gave them up unto
vile affections for even their women did change the natural use into that which
is against nature so right when a woman you know goes after the same gender what
does the Bible define that as being vile right so when we say that this is
disgusting that it's gross that it's vile that's not just our opinion though
it definitely is my opinion but it is also fact it is also God's Word all
right verse 27 and likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman
burned in their lust one toward another men with men working that which is
unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was
me nobody can deny that this chapter is talking about sodomites it's it's women
changing the natural use having being attracted to women going after women it's
men going after other men the context is super clear you can't turn this into
something else this is about sodomites folks and look what it says about them
in verse 28 and even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge
God gave them over to a reprobate mind meaning rejected to do those things
which are not convenient so because these people hate God because these
people reject God God says okay you want to reject me you want to hate me well
then I'll reject you and I will punish you how does he punish them well by
giving them over to a reprobate mind look at verse 29 being filled with all
unrighteousness so what are these sodomites like they are constantly being
filled with all unrighteousness so any sin you could think of any evil act you
could think of every single day sodomites are being filled with it more
and more and more let's keep reading fornication that's obvious the worst
most disgusting kind of fornication wickedness covetousness maliciousness
full of envy murder sounds like people that love violence right debate deceit
malignity whispers back biters haters of God see that they hate the Lord
spiteful proud boasters inventors of evil things disobedient to parents
without understanding covenant breakers without natural affection
implacable unmerciful look the Bible depicts sodomites as the worst scum of
the earth and you know we need to be bold and courageous enough to say hey
you know what Hollywood you know what public school system you know what
brainwashing Jews of this world how you depict sodomites is a lie how the movies
depict sodomites as being your nice friend that just wants to love his gay
buddy is a lie they're evil and disgusting and wicked and they hate God
and they're filled with all unrighteousness every single day you know
we shouldn't seem to be like oh this poor little dyke who was just minding
her own business her and her wife but are just trying to stop a police
investigation and the police just gunned her down and murdered her for no
reason no no no a violent god-hating murder-filled disgusting perverse evil
satanic reprobate woman went and tried to deal with the police investigation
and use her car to block their investigation and then tried to kill a
police officer got shot in the face and killed that's not sad that's not worth
burning down our country over that's not worth having protests going over
because you know what if people understood that people like Renee good
or the scum of the earth are the worst type of humans in existence we would all
say good riddance bye bye we don't need people like that in our society and you
know what the Bible gives us the prescription for these type of people
look what it says in verse 32 who knowing the judgment of God that they
which commit such things are worthy of death not only do the same but have
pleasure in them that do them hey the Bible said that Renee good was worthy
of death and you know it would to God that we had in America a system where if
you are a sodomite the government would criminalize being a sodomite because you
know what being a sodomite is a crime just like trying to kill a police
officer is a crime so is even being a sodomite and the Bible says if a man
also lie with mankind as he lies with a woman both of them have committed an
abomination they shall surely be put to death their blood shall be upon them the
Bible says it's a crime worthy of death and you know what in the New Testament
the Bible says that they are worthy of death so why should I cry again that a
sodomite died no you know what I'm gonna actually be courageous and stand on
God's Word and shout it from the housetops I'm not gonna sit here and just
believe the reprobate doctrine but be afraid to preach it no the Bible says
it and I'm not ashamed of it and I hope you're not ashamed of it look at Psalm
139 Psalm 139 and you know people call us so hateful but you know what we love
the 99% of the world that's not God-hating sodomites and you know what
we actually dedicate our life to ministering to the 99% of people that
are not God-hating sodomites and these people that criticize us and call us
hateful and call us mean you know we've pulled thousands of more people out of
the fire than they have or ever will so you know there's that beam in their eye
again Psalm 139 verse 21 notice do not I hate them oh Lord that hate thee am not
I grieved with those that rise up against thee see the proper reaction to
someone that hates God is hating that person hey because through thy precept
I get understanding therefore I hate every false way right oh how love I thy
law how could you love God how could you love God's word and not hate someone
that hates God and hates God's word you know you love your wife men you love
your children what if someone just hated your wife hated your children what if
they just wanted to do all sorts of evil and harm and wicked things to your wife
and to your children and you're just like I love you so much oh I just love
you so much like I want to kill your wife I want to hurt your wife I want to
abduct your kids I want to kill your kids you're just like I just love you I
just love you so much like you're a freak like there's something wrong with
you if you like sodomites there's something wrong with you and let me tell
you what it is it's that you don't love God that's what it is because if you
love God you could not love people that hate him verse 22 notice I hate them
with perfect hatred I count them mine enemies search me oh God and know my
heart try me and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me and
lead me in the way everlasting the psalmist is saying hey I'm not just
getting worked up here this isn't just my personal opinion he's saying you know
what I hate people that hate God and God why don't you go ahead and search my
heart and see if there's any wicked way in me right this is the inspired word of
God right here this is the right attitude to have go to psalm 56 psalm
chapter 56 psalm chapter 56 you see what I'm saying it's important to renew your
mind because a lot of Christians would be shocked at what they're hearing but
hello I'm just reading the Bible to you I'm just showing you the Bible psalm 56
verse 10 the righteous shall rejoice when he seeeth the vengeance he shall
wash his feet in the blood of the wicked see it doesn't say the righteous shall
be so sad when the filthy sodomite dies the Bible says the righteous shall
rejoice when he seeeth the vengeance look at verse 11 so that a man may say
verily there is a reward for the righteous verily he is a God that
judges in the earth hey when we see God judge the workers of iniquity when we
see God come down on reprobates hey we should rejoice we should say hey praise
God that God is not just constantly beholding all this evil in this world
and just letting it go unanswered hey of course he's gonna answer all of it when
they burn in hell but sometimes God comes down and he answers it in this
life hey and isn't it great that when disgusting haters of God go out and try
to kill a cop that they just die right there you know it sounds like mr. ice
agent was the minister of God for us for good that he was a revenger to execute
wrath upon them that do evil hey praise God for that guy whoever you are I
support you go to if you would Joshua chapter number one Joshua one I said
number one this evening don't be a timid don't be timid use the authority that
God gave you number two don't be ashamed of God's Word shout it from the
housetops number three don't be half in half out be courageous don't have this
attitude where it's like well I'll serve God according to my own agenda I'll go
as far as I want to go in serving God but you know I'm kind of setting the
terms here right yeah I'll go to church but never gonna preach the gospel you
know hey I'll go to church but you know I'm not gonna get that sin out of my
life I'm not gonna deal with that no why don't you just go all the way for the
Lord why don't you just be courageous and say you know what I'm gonna open my
Bible and whatever that Bible tells me to do I'm going to do it I'm gonna trust
in the Lord with all my heart I am NOT gonna lean on my own understanding hey
in all my ways I'm gonna acknowledge him right look at Joshua 1 verse 6 be
strong and have a good courage for unto this people shalt thou divide for an
inheritance the land which I swear unto their fathers to give them only be
thou strong and very courageous notice this that thou mayest observe to do
according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee turn not from it
from the right hand or to the left that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou
goest hey we should have the mentality where we're gonna be very strong where
we're gonna be courageous that we're gonna open this Bible and we are gonna
observe to do all that it commands us and we should not have this mentality
where we have just decided as Christians that hey you know I like
church I like the preaching I like reading the Bible but you know what I'm
just never gonna be a soul winner you know that is not a courageous attitude
that is not a bold attitude that is an attitude coming from fear right just
like hey I'm not willing to give that up and look this could be applied in so
many different areas and you know what only you know the strongholds of your
heart what it is that you've just decided like you know what I'm only gonna
go this far you need to you need to destroy those strongholds and say hey
whatever God asks of me I'm ready to do it I'm ready to observe whatsoever the
law says how are we gonna do this well look at verse 8 this book of the law
shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and
night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein
for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt have
good success see a lot of people today they have it backwards they say when I
have success then I'll observe but I know you got to observe to do God's law
you got to meditate there in day and night for then thou shalt make thy way
prosperous and then thou shalt have good success you will not have this
mentality unless you are constantly reading the Bible meditating on the
Bible because the reason you have those strongholds in your heart of things
that you're just not willing to give up is because that is the flesh that is the
old man but how do we break those things down hey you have the Holy Spirit of
God inside of you and when you read the Bible you know your spirit you're the
Holy Spirit inside of you is just bearing witness to you saying hey this
is true hey you need to make a change right here hey you know what you may
think one way but your life really will be better if you serve God if you keep
his commandments but look there were that renewing of your mind that
breaking down of strongholds is not gonna happen through the will of your
own flesh through you just wanting to be better it's a spiritual thing by
reading the Word of God what are some examples today go to Deuteronomy 22 5
you know there's just some sins in this world that are so just ingrained into
our society that people do them they don't even often know it's a sin and hey
if we don't know it's a sin we need God's Word to tell us so we can change
right or you know they've just decided hey you know that's just too much for
you to ask me God and you know what I'm just not gonna make that change you
know it's a big example of this in our culture today it's women wearing pants
and you know what today in 2026 America it's just so common it's just so normal
for women to be wearing pants that our country has forgotten that it is a sin
and look that's not my opinion what does the Bible say 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 the Bible teaches that we should not cross dress that that is evil
that is wicked that people who cross dress the Bible says you're an
abomination to God and you know what today in 2026 thankfully our culture
still has somewhat of normalcy to where if a man all of a sudden entered the
room in a dress you would be horrified you would be scared you would
immediately know like this is a freak stay away you know out soulening last
week we ran into this guy that had long painted nails and I told my daughters
you ever see a man with painted nails stay away from that guy run away from
that guy it means he's a bad person listen if you see a man in a dress
that's a bad wicked person but unfortunately today people have been so
desensitized to women wearing pants where we don't feel the same way and part
of it is because a lot of times these women just don't know they've just never
been taught but you know what you have been taught you have seen what the word
of God says and you should not just have this you know cowardly mentality if it's
like well I'll go to anchor Baptist Church well I'll listen to the Bible well
I'll listen to hard preaching well I'll read well I'll pray but you know what
I'm never gonna take off the pants you know what burn the pants get the skirt
get the dress that's how God wants you to dress you know what God wants there
to be a distinction between the genders and you know what he said women should
have long hair men should have short hair guys don't be growing out your hair
trying to be like Fabio cut your hair ladies don't try to be chopped don't try
to be butched all right let that hair grow out long don't try to dress like a
man and you know what else our country needs to change on women need to stop
wearing the pants figuratively as well right hey throw the pants in the garbage
stop wearing the pants and stop trying to rule your home to stop trying to rule
over your husband stop trying to become the president of the United States look
at what it says in Ephesians chapter 5 go to Ephesians 5 figuratively stop
wearing the pants as well. Ephesians 5 verse 22, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own
husbands as unto the Lord." Guess what? Jesus is in charge. And in the same way that Jesus
is in charge over us, the husband is in charge over his wife. Verse 23, "For the husband
is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, and he is the savior
of the body. Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands in everything." That is a lot of authority right there, right? I mean, how
much should we obey Jesus? Should I as a pastor have this mentality of it's just like, "Yeah,
I like the book of Joshua, mmm, Deuteronomy, nah. Nehemiah, I like, that's fine. Jeremiah,
no. Oh, I like Malachi. Mark, no. Oh, I like John. Acts, no." Who would ever follow a pastor
like that, right? I mean, isn't that just such a wicked attitude to sit here and just
pick and choose what parts of Jesus' commandments that we're going to obey? Or are we just going
to say like, "Hey, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God, and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. And hey, this right here is Jesus,
and we're going to obey everything it says." And I don't get to stand up here in judgment
of the Word of God and sit here and question it and disobey it. You know, anytime I disobey
the Bible, I'm the one that's wrong. And anytime a wife disobeys her husband, she's the one
that's wrong. You must obey your husband's ladies. Go to 1st Timothy chapter 5. Hey,
here's another area that we need to be courageous in, right? Hey ladies, throw the pants away,
put on the dress, stop wearing the pants, figuratively. Men, how about this? Men, step
up and pay for your family, provide for your family, right? It's just so normal in our
society where it's just everyone's just sending their wife to work and it's just dual income
and you go to the workplace and it's just all these moms there. It's like, hey men,
step up and lead, step up and pay for your family. Look at first Timothy five verse
eight says, but if any provide not for his own and especially for those of his own house,
he have denied the faith and is worse than an infidel. Here's God's will for ladies.
Verse 14, I will therefore that the younger women marry bare children, guide the house,
give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully for some are already turned
aside after Satan. The devil is doing a very big number in our country today by men not
leading their homes, by men sending off their women to work, by men sending off their daughters
to college. There's a big hole to that in our nation. There's a lot of adultery in
the workplace. There's a lot of kids just being raised by the government, not being
raised by mom and dad, being just pawned off to whoever. Look, we need to get back to God's
will, which is that the younger women marry bare children, guide the house, not guide
corporate America, not guide the United States of America, not be the attorney general of
the United States for crying out loud. Isn't, isn't Pam Bondi the AG of America? Am I right
about that? What an embarrassment. Am I right about that? Okay. All right. I think she is.
Check on that. But you know, she's some high up person in the government, bare minimum,
Pam Bondi, Pam Blondi. What a shame that is. That's not God's will. And look, I'm not going
to sit up here and say just it is a sin for a woman to work in the workplace. That is
not what I believe. There are situations where that may have to happen, or maybe you don't
even have kids or kids are all grown and you just want to do that. I'm not going to condemn
someone for doing that. But I'm just saying like for me and my house, I don't want my
wife doing that. Even if we hadn't have had kids, I would have just rather her stay home.
I would have gone and take care of those things. Look, there's ways that women can make money
in the home. That's great. Everyone has different situations. But here's what I know. I will
therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give non-occasion
to the adversary to speak reproachfully. Right? It just needs to be the default in America
where it's like guy and girl get married and the man goes out to work and the wife stays
home and has the babies and cooks the meals and cleans the house and guides the house.
Like that should be the default. But guess what? In 2026, that is not the default. People
are shocked when they hear in 2026, like your wife stays home. I went and got a haircut
the other day. The person cutting my hair, she's like, wait, your wife is able to stay
home? And I'm just like, yeah. And she's like, wow, that's, that's crazy. Yeah. Cause all
these women are working at the hair cutting place, you know, hating their life because
they can't be at home with their kids and raise their kids. And it's like, we need to
tell men to be men again and to step up and to do the hard work. And it's like, oh, is
that easy? No, it's hard. It's called working two jobs. It's very hard, right? For some
of you, it's, you know, hey, you got to start a business. You got to go to school. You got
to get skills. You got to do something. It is not easy, but it is worth it. And you know
what? We should have the courage to do that. We should have the boldness to do that. You
know, it'd be so easy just to sit back and be like, hey, just regular job, two incomes.
Hey, that's going to be a good amount of money. We can be comfortable. But you know what?
You should be courageous and take care of things as a man. Go to Matthew chapter number
four, Matthew chapter number four. Here's another application. Hey, don't just stay
comfortable warming the pew, become a soul winner. You say you talk about soul winning
too much. I don't talk about soul winning enough because hell is eternal, folks. And
you know what? I want you to be here, but I also want you to be out there preaching
the gospel. Look at Matthew four, verse 19. And he sayeth unto them, follow me and I will
make you fishers of men. Hey, look at the courage they had in verse 20. And they straight
way left their nets and followed him. That takes some courage. Look, imagine someone
just came up to you and said, Hey, quit your job right now. Hey, bury your business that
you've been working on. I mean, that's what these people were doing. Like, like these
guys were fishermen. And hey, I know we got some business owners in here. That's great.
But like imagine the level of faith that it took for these men to just like leave all
that behind that they put so much work and effort and energy in. And it's like these
men were willing to do it. Like, can we at least go out soul winning once a week? You
know, I'm not asking you to stop your business. I'm not asking you to quit your job. I'm
not asking you to have no fun. I'm not asking you to have no friends, have no hobbies. I'm
just asking you to become a soul winner, please. That's what I'm asking. And you know what?
The Bible says that we should be willing to give our bodies as a living sacrifice. We
can at least go soul winning. We can at least open our mouth boldly. God gave you legs.
God gave you a mouth. God gave you a voice. Use it to preach the gospel. Go to if you
would. Last place we'll go to, first John chapter five. First John chapter number five.
1 John chapter 5 look at verse 3 for this is the love of God that we keep his commandments and his
Commandments are not grievous. Hey, you know what? It is not grievous to serve God
It is not grievous to be free to thrive. It's not grievous to love your wife
It's not grievous for wives to obey their husbands. Hey, you know, it's not grievous to obey your boss at work
It's not grievous to listen to your pastor
It's not grievous to know that God's already given us the victory. Hey, it's not grievous to know that nothing can separate us from the love of God
It's not grievous to know that God will always be with us
Look just be courageous and serve God be courageous and make that change that God wants you to make it
Look, I had a bunch of different examples this evening
But we could have hit a bunch more because you know what we all got a ton of issues in our life
Don't we but you know what?
No one knows that better than you and you ought to be courageous enough and bold enough to say hey, you know
Whatever that is, whatever that stronghold of my life is. I am just gonna tear that down
I'm gonna make that change just like Joshua was told to be brave to be very courageous to observe to do all that was written in
The commandments. Hey, we should have that same exact attitude number one. Don't be timid use the authority
God gave you number two. Don't be ashamed of God's Word. Shout it from the housetops
Number three don't be half in half out. Let's pray Lord. Thank you so much for your word
Thank you for this great charge that you gave to Joshua and even though it was so long ago
It's so applicable to us Lord because you've already given us the victory and you'll always be with us
No matter what help us not to have a spirit of fear about us or to be timid or to play the what-if game
In our mind if we decide to go all the way for you to preach your word
To follow your commandments to become a soul winner Lord
Help us just to be courageous and to do the things you've asked us to do in Jesus name we pray. Amen
With that we'll go ahead and sing one last song to conclude the service if you would take your hymnals
turn to hymn number
323 more about Jesus hymn number
323 we'll start there right on the first