this evening if you would this time take your hymnals and turn to hymn number 45
when I can read my title clear hymn number 45 start there right on the first
when this evening will father in heaven thank you for this opportunity that we
have to sing praises unto you to your son that you would fill us with your
spirit as we sing and I pray also Lord that you would bless the remainder of
this service and fill our pastor with your spirit as he preaches from your word
and help us to be attentive to the message that you've laid on his heart
Lord in Jesus name I pray amen for our next him if you would turn in your
hymnals to him number 220 Jesus is all the world to me him number 220 220 we'll
go ahead and start there right on the first
Jesus is on the chicken Timothy chicken Timothy so if you've never memorized a
whole book of Bible this will be your chance to do it together just memorize
all of second Timothy together so really excited about that and of course you
know first and second Timothy are such great books so you're gonna have fun
while doing this one for sure those that completed the Genesis one memory
challenge I did make an order for some really awesome winter jackets different
styles for men and ladies so I put some rush shipping on those as soon as
they're in I definitely will bring them but looking forward to that and then on
the left of our bulletin there our service times are listed Sunday morning
1030 Sunday evening 430 and our Wednesday Bible study at 7 I just wanted
to say thank you guys for holding down the fort while I was gone and brother
first sermons were really really good it looked like it was a good weekend here
it's great seeing the high attendance and all that so just really nice to know
that I could go somewhere and things just run really well so thank you guys
for that things were great at Spring Crest Baptist Church Pastor Reyes is
doing well and the church is doing great they had over 50 I believe in
attendance and so they're doing really good we spent all Saturday at NASA just
hanging out having a great time it's a lot of fun huge turnout for soul winning
there was a first-time soul winner that came out so winning with us so it was
great to see his church thriving for sure and also on our bullets in there
you'll see our soul winning times are listed below that our year-to-date soul
winning statistics were at 81 for the year great start to the year we have our
upcoming events February 13th so this Friday at 6 p.m. is the sweethearts
banquet and so that's for married couples so how it's gonna work is at 6
p.m. is when the preaching portion is going to start so treat it like a church
service make sure you're on time or that you're here plenty in time to be at your
seats at 6 p.m. we'll have brother Cameron lead a song and then I'll preach
a short ish sermon depending how long it takes our door - driver to get the food
which is brother Theodore he's picking up the food for us so he is our door -
driver so I do appreciate him doing that we're gonna have this area set up for
kids to hang out they'll have some pizza delivered for them and then for the
adults getting some good old Longhorn the official restaurant of anchor
Baptist Church so we are looking forward to that and so we'll have a good time of
fellowship we'll play the not so newlyweds game there'll be some prizes and
just time of fun it's one of the coolest events of the year and so really
looking forward to that March 7th then we will have a soul winning marathon in
Tulsa Oklahoma it's gonna be from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and then the next day March
8th will be the men's preaching night and I do plan on getting some food
ordered here as well for that so no need to worry about the potluck for next one
and we'll just have a good time of fellowship after that on the right our
visitor card is listed there as well as our online giving and then of course our
prayer list nothing new added this week but as usual if you have any requests
email the church and I'd be happy to put that on there for you let's go ahead and
go to the Lord in prayer before we go to our next song Lord God thank you so much
for our church and thank you for the opportunity to be here tonight in good
health all of us Lord and just to freely worship you to sing praises to your name
I pray that you'd please bless us tonight and all of our friends churches
tonight that are having service Lord I also just pray that you would bless the
requests that our church members have according to your will Lord I pray for
brother Theodore for his mother just to be fully healed we heard some good news
that she's improving but God I just prayed that you just fully heal her that
she'd have no more cancer whatsoever and I pray for the people in our church who
have unsaved loved ones that those people would just have soft hearts to
the gospel that they'd be able to hear it as often as possible Lord and that
you just help us to be bold in our personal lives to be soul winners for
you I pray that you would just bless the Sweetheart's Banquet coming up and our
soul winning this weekend all the events that we have coming up I pray that you
just bless the works that we're trying to do for you God and bless this evening
service we love you and Jesus we pray amen all right at this time we'll go to our
third song together all right for a third song if you would at this time take
a white handout and turn to Psalm chapter 67 that's Psalm chapter 67 in the
white handouts start there right on the first
plates are being passed around in your Bibles to Romans chapter 13 Romans
chapter number 13 Romans 13 Romans 13 the Bible reads let every soul be subject
unto the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are
ordained of God whosoever therefore resisted the power resisted the
ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation
for rulers are not a terror to good works but to the evil wilt thou then not
be afraid of the power do that which is good and now shalt have praise of the
same for he is the minister of God to thee for good 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 doeth evil wherefore ye must needs
be subject not only for wrath but also for conscience sake for for this cause
pay ye tribute also for they are God's ministers attending continually upon
this very thing render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom
custom fear to whom fear honor to whom honor oh no man anything but to love one another for he that
loveth another hath fulfilled the law for this thou shalt not commit adultery thou shalt not kill
thou shalt not steal thou shalt not bear false witness thou shalt not covet and if there be any
other commandment it is briefly comprehended in this saying namely thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself love worketh no ill to his neighbor therefore love is the fulfilling of the law
and that knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation
nearer than when we believed the night is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast
off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor of light let us walk honestly as in the day
not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envy
but put ye on the lord jesus christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lust thereof
that's by our heads for a prayer father god in heaven we thank you for this day our church and
all the great works that you allow us to do you help us to learn from the word thank you for the
book of romans and we ask that you fill us with your spirit and do us a new prayer man we're in
roman's chapter number 13 bible says in verse 1 let every soul be subject unto the higher powers
for there is no power but of god the powers that be are ordained of god and number one this evening
god created authority god created the institutions of authority let's read that again it says let
every soul be subject unto the higher power so we are to obey authority why for there is no power
but of god the powers that be are ordained of god so when it says that the powers that be
are ordained of god that simply just means that god created authority some people would take more
of like a calvinistic view of this and have this idea that every single leader that exists in this
world god is kind of hand picking them and placing them into that position and there's times that god
blesses the people by giving them a good leader there's also times god curses people by giving
them a bad leader but what i think this verse is just teaching is the simple fact that god created
authority okay now go to jude while you're turning there i want to read hosea 8 verse 3 the bible
says israel hath cast off the thing that is good the enemy shall pursue him they have set up kings
but not by me right so that verse kind of just proves this idea that just all people in authority
were placed there by god because god's saying hey they've put kings in positions of authority
but not by me in psalm psalms i believe it's chapter 2 talks about how the kings of the earth
set themselves and take counsel against the lord and against his anointed so we don't want to get
this idea to think that every single leader is godly or every single leader is of god but here's
the truth is that leadership and authority is of god and positions of authority were ordained by
god and you got to realize that authority in and of itself is a good thing we need authority in
this world and it is wicked people that despise authority it is wicked people that rise up against
god-ordained authority and whenever you see someone bucking their god-ordained authority
that should be a red flag that that person has a lot of problems in their heart look at jude now
this is talking about false prophets the most wicked people that exist it says in verse seven
even a Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them in like manner giving themselves over to
fornication and going after strange flesh are set forth for an example suffering the vengeance of
eternal fire likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh notice this despise dominion and
speak evil of dignities so notice these reprobate false prophets you know what they hate they hate
Dominion what does that mean authority in second Peter to the parallel passage of this chapter it uses the word government
It just says that they despise
Government and you know, there's some people in this world that just openly despise
Human government right that you have these anarchists out there that want to live in some sort of utopia where there's no government
There's no authority. There's no judges. There's no police. There's nothing like that
Here's the reality though is that there's no such thing as anarchy because whenever there's a power vacuum that vacuum will get filled
And if you're smart and if you're righteous
You should want righteous authority to be bolstered and supported by society in every area of life
Because if righteous authority is not supported, you know what, you know usurps that authority gangs
Violence warlords, it's like just look at countries that are a failed state where the where the government collapses
Are people just living in utopia? No, no gangs and warlords run the streets
So you have to be a real special kind of idiot to not want human government now
We could sit here and criticize some of the things that our government does that is outside of their lane of their authority
Yeah, let's criticize that stuff. But you know what I want government. I want authority
I want authority in homes in schools in sports teams at church in in our civil society
You know authority is a good thing who to ask chapter number five now
We read in Romans 13 the Bible says that let every soul be subject unto the higher powers
So how we should view our life is simply through the lens of obedience
Life is really just all about obedience
But the question is to who right that's kind of when we're making decisions in life when we're deciding
What's wrong and what's right? Here's the right answer always is to obey
It's always the right answer. But the question is who do we obey? Well, the Bible says obey the higher powers
Now what's the highest power the Lord God the King James Bible that is the highest power, right?
Look at Acts chapter number five verse 26
The Bible says then with the captain with the officers and brought them without violence for they feared the people
Lest they should have been stoned and when they had brought them they set them before the council and the high priest asked them
Saying did not we straightly command you that you should not teach in this name and behold you have filled Jerusalem with your
Doctrine and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. So here we have, you know government officials
If you will telling the Apostles, hey, we straightly commanded you not to preach in the name of Jesus Christ
Now here's the question. Does government have authority? Yes, it does. But does the government have authority over God?
Absolutely not, you know, it's funny how people want to champion this idea of separation of church and state and in reality
They don't even know what that means. There there is a separation of church and state
I've preached whole sermons on that but here's the thing
There's no separation between God and state because whether these
Atheist people in charge or these Jewish people in charge or these Catholic people in charge want to acknowledge it or not
The God of the Bible is ruling the God of the Bible is on the throne
The God of the Bible has all power given unto him
And so his word is the authority in this world whether people want to acknowledge it or not
So when the government comes around and says, you know, don't preach in the name of Jesus Christ
Look at the response that the Apostles had then Peter and the Apostles answered and said we ought to obey God
Rather than men. What is that?
That is an example of obeying the higher power and look rebellion is wicked
The Bible says that rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft. We don't want to be in rebellion to our authorities
However, whenever there's a conflict in the chain of command of our authorities
We go to the higher power and what's the highest power God?
So any you know command by an authority figure that tells us to violate God's commandments
We're going to submit ourselves to the highest power, right?
So that's why I say that life is always about obedience
But the question is to who you know
If there's no conflict between what the government official tells you in the Bible obey right and here's the truth
Is that there's a lot of things in this life that God has not spelled out in great detail of what we need to do
So what has he done? He's created authority, right?
He's given the government and the government has the authority to make laws and if those laws do not
You know go against what the Bible says we are to submit ourselves to every ordinance of man
The Bible says now that might not always be fun
That might not always be what we necessarily want to do
But you know, that's what obedience is anyways at times, right?
Submission is oftentimes just doing what you don't want to do, but the authority said it so I'm gonna do it, right?
So same thing with you know, our daily lives parents
God has given parents authority and does the Bible say what time children need to go to bed? No, it doesn't right?
Oh, you know who the authority is mom and dad and if mom and dad say bedtime is that eight well
Then practically God is saying bedtime is that eight because he's given you those parents and he's told you to obey them
So hey does does going to bed at eight contradict any commandment in the Bible? No, well, then you must obey
Your authority when the authority is telling you something that's not contradicting scripture
You know what that is a law unto you
That is now like God telling you to do something because you know that the powers that be are ordained of God, right?
Same thing at church. God doesn't say what time we're gonna have service
God did not tell me what type of food to cater, right? I felt like maybe the spirit was no
I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. All right, we love longhorn around here
But you know
These are decisions that we just get to make because God has just given different people authority in life and that authority is not
Some sort of paper tiger God actually backs the human authority that he is delegated real people in authority
He backs those people go back to Romans 13 number two
Resisting rightful authority is ultimately resisting God
You know, here's why we should care and if you're a righteous person
Why you like authority is because you know, hey this authority is backed up by God
We like authority because we like God and you know
We don't like it when people resist lawful rightful authority because they're resisting God
What does the Bible say look at verse 2 whosoever therefore resisteth the power
Resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves
Damnation right saying hey, you are going to be condemned
You are going to be the one that's clearly seen as being in the wrong when you resist the God ordained authorities
Look what it says there says when you resist the power you resist the ordinance of God, right?
So God is ordaining God is choosing to vest certain people with authority
And when you buck those people you are bucking God and so again if you if you're a person who loves God
You would just feel you know this this just negative feeling towards people bucking authority, right?
And when someone's just cheering on people bucking rightful authority, you know, that should vex you that should be
I don't want anything to do with that
I don't want to be around people
That would resist rightful authority because I don't want to be around people that resist God now
What are some areas in life that God has given people authority? Well, one is obvious government
Okay, go to Titus chapter number three now government is really the main thing Romans 13 is talking about when it's talking about this power
But you know government is an obvious part of life where God has given real authority
Look what the Bible says in Titus chapter 3 verse 1
Instructions to the pastor. All right, put them in mind to be subject to
Principalities and powers to obey magistrates to be ready to every good work
So the pastor is supposed to exhort God's people to obey the magistrates right the judges the laws of the land
Why would we want to do this because this power is ordained of God and look, you know
Our government is wicked the people who run it are wicked if the Epstein files haven't told you anything about that
Obviously the people running our government is wicked
But you know what the institution of government itself is not wicked and the laws that exist in our country that are not contradicting
The Bible. Hey, those are great laws. We should embrace those laws
We should follow those laws and it used to be our country was really based on some great laws
You know, just listen to about any pastor Shelley sermon and he will read you the laws of Connecticut of the 1600s
Just pick a random one, you know, those are some great laws and you know what?
Why because our country was founded on Christianity and Christianity backs this kind of stuff up go to first Peter 5
So, you know when someone is just you know
Vitriolic against government as an institution. They want nothing to do with government. They hate laws. They despise Dominion
They despise government, you know, that's a wicked person. We should back up government when they're doing that which is right now
What's another area of authority that God has given? You know, I think just elders in general
Look what the Bible says in first Peter 5 verse 5. It says likewise ye younger
Submit yourselves unto the elder ye all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility
For God resisteth the proud and give it grace to the humble
So just younger people in general should just kind of you know submit to the elderly in general. What's an example of this?
Well, what about like kids on a sports team kids on a baseball team kids on a football team you have what you have coaches
You have trainers, you know
Those kids should obey those authorities and you know what like if you're going to a team and you have a coach
You shouldn't just think like well, you know, you're not my dad or whatever and it's like, yeah
Obviously they could push boundaries that would be outside of their authority
But like whatever they say on the on the gridiron whatever they say on the baseball field whatever they say at school
You know, you should obey that you should submit yourself under that when kids are in school
Hey obey the teacher you get some sort of music lesson obey the instructor obey the tutor obey
Those that are above you in age
It kind of makes you think about just how I was visiting Spring Crest Baptist Church this weekend and they have pastor Enrique Reyes
They also have pastor Cobb and pastor Cobb is 89 years old
Bro has been a pastor for almost 60 years. I believe he's seen some things. He's been faithful for over half a century
To the house of God. I mean, this is a great man
And you know when I saw him I just felt a lot of respect for this guy and we took a picture together
And you know, they tried to put me in the middle. I'm like no pastor Cobb. You're in the middle
Like you're the band you're the 89 year old man of God
Like we're gonna submit to the elder here and you know what the opposite of this is is pride
Notice the end of this verse it says be clothed with humility
For God resisted the proud and giveth grace to the humble right, you know the hoary head that's found in the way of righteousness
Hey, that's worthy of a lot of honor, right? We should respect our elders
It's such a gross and disgusting thing when young people will just make fun of people that are old
You know make fun of their parents as they're getting old make fun of the elderly, you know, that's that's a bad attitude
You should be very very careful about mocking elderly people, especially righteous elderly people
You know because you know you haven't done anything yet. You're young
Why don't you obey those that are older than you and it could be the same thing?
You know those who are your elders in the faith, right?
You know if you're 60 years old
But a 15 year old soul winner got you saved and that 15 year old soul winners read the Bible through
Five times cover to cover and you haven't I bet you he has a lot of things to teach you
Oh, I can never learn from someone younger than me. That's pride as well because maybe he's elder than you spiritually
Maybe he's more mature than you spiritually and so we ought to be deferential in this respect go to Ephesians 6
Government elders. Here's a big one parents, you know parents. That is your God given authority
You must obey your parents. Look at what Ephesians 6 verse 1 says children obey your parents in the Lord for this is
Right. So hey, you know that is a power that exists in this world that was ordained of God
The Bible says it's right to obey them
And again, the Bible doesn't have instructions for your day to day every single thing minutiae detail of your life
You know your parents are often instructing you and what to do and what not to do and if you disobey that you know
What you're resisting God you're disobeying God says honor thy father and mother
Which is the first commandment with promise that it may be well with thee and that thou mayst live long on the earth
You know if you want to live a long life
You ought to obey your mom and dad and honor them, right? That's not mocking them as they get older, right?
That's respecting them. That's taking care of them. That's obeying them. That's an important authority
Go to Ephesians 5 flip back to Ephesians chapter 5, you know
I think a lot of people in our society can get on board with hey, we need a government
I think a lot of people would agree. Hey, we should respect our elders
Maybe less so people would agree with respecting your parents
It seems like Gen Z is very disrespectful to their parents
but you even less is when we get to Ephesians 5 and we drop this bomb that the Bible says that the
Husband is the authority in the home that the husband is the boss of the wife. Look at Ephesians 5 verse 22 wives
Submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. So hey husbands in the home
This is a God ordained authority and you know, if a wife is resisting her husband if she is disobeying disrespecting
Dishonoring him, you know what she's doing. She's dishonoring and
disrespecting and disobeying God
You know, it's just so sick today how we live in a country full of women that are so flippant about disrespecting their husbands
Disobeying their husbands and what's even worse is that we live in a country full of men that cheer on
Women disrespecting their husbands or help, you know women disobeyed their husbands, you know, it's these white nights
I saw this guy at faithful word. He he reposted some some podcasts or I'd never seen this guy before
but I guess he just takes calls about people's marriage issues and
Tries to help them and he got this call if my memory serves, you know
this woman is just complaining about her husband or whatever and she brought up about how her husband talked about how the Bible says
that he's the authority in the home and that she needs to obey him and this podcasters like
He's just like losing his mind and melting listening to this and he's just like wow
What a jerk you mean that you mean your husband isn't worthy of respect when he's you know
Thumping the Bible at you and he's just like just helping this woman embolden her in her disrespect
You know, that's wicked as hell. You know that guy's doing he's resisting the ordinance of God
Because when you resist the powers that be that are ordained or get of God you are resisting God
But you know what you need to watch out for guys that are like this watch out for preachers that are just always just cutting down
the husband
Undercutting his authority trying to make him look weak trying to make him look bad trying to make himself look super good
You know that could be kind of a front for a really wicked person because you know what white nights love to do
They love to you know, make all the other guys look bad, but he's the understanding one, honey
He would never treat you like that. He would never yell a Bible verse at you. He is understanding. He's emotional
He's gonna connect with you emotionally and really you know what he's trying to do is he's trying to commit adultery
That's what the Bible says false prophets are like that
They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin and when people are just
Attacking God ordained authority that is a red flag that someone might be a complete false prophet or someone might just be
Super in the flesh super backslidden either way. I have no interest in listening to anyone that preaches any feminist doctrine whatsoever
Just just run away from preachers that preach feminist
Nonsense. Okay. What about bosses go to Colossians 3 Colossians chapter number 3
This is another power that has been ordained of God and this one as well is under attack today
This one as well. It's sickening to see how many people just flippantly disrespect their boss
You know, I know of people that have trashed their boss online
That have gone online and just trashed their boss in a super public way
Nothing happened. I mean people just get away with this kind of stuff now and emboldens other people to do the same
Colossians 3 22 the Bible says
Servants obey in all things your masters according to the flesh not with eye service as men pleasers
But in singleness of heart fearing God. Why is it that you'd want to serve your master?
Why is it that you would want to obey your boss be a good employee work hard for him?
Is it because you necessarily just love your boss?
Not necessarily sometimes you have a good boss sometimes you have a really terrible boss
But here's what you should always have is the fear of God and God has ordained authority in the workplace
And the boss is in charge. You know that means you don't sit here and
Infantilize the boss you don't sit here and try to point out all of his mistakes and make him look dumb
You don't sit here and back talk him. You don't disrespect him. You don't openly defy him
You don't go around and do little whisper campaigns to make people think that he's bad and look, you know
We live in a society unfortunately where even women are bosses in the workplace and you know, that's not right
But you know what two wrongs don't make a right either and if you have a female boss, you shouldn't go around just trashing her
Disrespecting her either look obviously if I could push a button and get rid of all female bosses
I would do that until my finger bleeds, but you know
I'm just saying like because we don't agree with an authority that doesn't give us the right to just usurp that authority
Doesn't give us the right to go and trash that authority. That is not how it works. Go to Hebrews 13 Hebrews chapter number
13 you know the same thing with pastors pastors have authority as well now
It's definitely in a much lesser sense than a lot of these other things like parents are just always over their children
Doesn't matter where you are mom and dad is in charge where it's like pastors are just overseeing the house of God
And that's really where their authority ends
But you know we should give proper respect to pastors for the work that they do we should obey them the Bible says in verse 17
Obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves
For they watch for your souls as they that must give an account
That they may do it with joy and not with grief for that is unprofitable for you
So pastors are going to give an account of their stewardship Bible talks about hey be not many masters
Knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. It's a big job
It's a very big responsibility and pastors need to take that seriously and do a good job
But you know if you're not a pastor you ought to obey the pastor in the church. You ought to give pastors respect
And it's funny in other countries. It really is like this
I called it pastor privilege in the Bahamas because I feel like if I just told people my name was pastor Oz
They just like loved me even more and we're even more willing to talk with me
And so I just used that pastor privilege all day long if it gets people saved, you know, I'll do it
I was soul winning. Where were we?
What in Lawton? I was only brother Cameron in Lawton and it's so funny
We knock on the door and this one like who would be and we're like, it's it's pastor Oz. Who is it?
It's pastor Oz. Oh, it's pastor. Oh pastor pastor. I'm so sorry pastor
How's it going? But it's like she's like screaming and yelling then she like oh, it's pastor
Now she's like a chill out, right and I'm just like hey
If I have to use the pastor privilege to get this woman to chill out enough for me to preach to the gospel
Praise God and she got saved
So hey, you know we ought to have proper respect for authority and that doesn't matter what type of authority it is
God has ordained authority. You have to obey and respect that authority. Go back to Romans 13 number three
I want to say this authority should punish evil
It's one of the reasons people are vested with authority is to punish evil because here's the truth
God the Bible tells us not to take vengeance upon ourselves, right? We're not supposed to go avenge ourselves
We're supposed to let God avenge and God can often do that through supernatural means, right?
God could just kill his enemies if he wants God could strike people with diseases
God could just ruin people's finances God can do a lot. But you know God also
Allows vengeance to be taken through proper authority and that is God's vengeance as well
Look what the Bible says in verse 3 for rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil
Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power do that
Which is good and thou shalt have praise of the same. So notice what's the purpose of authority? What's the purpose of?
Government specifically it's to terrorize evil
It's to bring terror to the workers of iniquity to people who do evil it says rulers are not a terror
To good works and you know, this is why I personally, you know
Have only been afraid of a police officer one time in my life is because it was a female cop and I just don't trust them
All right. The only option they have is to shoot and kill you so but you know, I've had like I've literally had hundreds
Hundreds of interactions with law enforcement and I've never felt any trepidation or fear because I not breaking the law
I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm not saying we shouldn't you stick up for rights and stuff like that and hold police accountable
We should but I'm just saying like I'm not feeling like these cops are about to murder me are about to execute me
Because I'm not like here's my idea officer, you know, you want my idea real faster, you know, I'm not doing that
I'm just a normal person and it's funny when you're just normal and respectful and you carry yourself
Well, and you're not dressed like a thug. It's amazing how cops don't kill you
It's amazing how cops don't wake up in the morning. Just thinking who can I hunt down and kill today?
Like it's ridiculous like the lies and the railing against police officers in our country is just out of control
because we live in such a like a polite and
Nonviolent society compared to most countries and our police here are so like restrained and and kept under check and
cameras on them all the time and body cam like our police I believe do a pretty good job here and when you watch body
Cam footage of a shooting honestly like 90% of the time maybe 95% of that maybe more
It's like justified a hundred percent and people are like, oh so much police brutality in America
It's like why don't you go look up like Russian cops go on YouTube and look up like Russian cops or look up the cops in India
I mean, they're just swinging their baton at any anything that's in the way like they're not doing anything
It's just like they're just clearing the way there's beating the crap out of everyone
You know, there's places in this world where it's just you look at someone wrong and you're gonna get beaten by the government
All right. We don't live in that type of a society. Thank God, right in general. You know what our police are doing
You know, they're terrorizing the evil and they need to do it way more
It's sad like we've kind of just hamstrung the police in our country. They're so scared to do their job
They're scared to go to crime-ridden neighborhoods because everyone's gonna call them a racist
Everyone's gonna call them some murder or something like that, you know, Derek Chauvin did not kill George Floyd
There's my hot take for the evening that guy overdose on Fenton Hall
Okay, Derek Chauvin is spending the rest of his life in prison and it's wicked as hell that he's rotting in prison for a murder
He didn't commit, you know, it's just like hey will doubt that then not be afraid of the power
Do that which is good and now shut up praise of the same
Hey, if you're doing wickedly, you should be afraid you should be you know, I want wicked people to be afraid of the police
I want drug dealers to be afraid of the police. I want murderers to be afraid of the police
I want wicked people to be afraid of authority. I want rebellious kids to fear their mother and father
I want people that want to sow discord in church to be afraid
I want people that want to bring in false doctrine to be scared of authority go to Proverbs 20
Let's look at a couple proverbs on this. There's a quote by one of our founding fathers
I think it's not even a real quote, but it's supposedly been, you know attributed to Thomas Jefferson
I'm not sure if it's 100% true
But it's just like you know when the when the government or when the people feel the government there's tyranny
when the government fears the people there is liberty and I just say it should just be that the
Righteous should be feared by the wicked regardless of how you want to turn that around. It's like if there's a righteous government
I hope wicked people fear that righteous government and if someone's wicked, you know, I hope that you're afraid of the cops
Look at Proverbs 20 verse 8 those of the Bible says a king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
Scattereth away all evil with his eyes
Right. So this king is cracking skulls. This king is coming down on wickedness to where if people are wicked
He kind of just scatters them with his eyes
He could just give him that look and people are the wicked are scattered
this is the mom that spanks her kids praise God at the dinner table and
Kids are acting up and mom can just give that look and it just scatters away evil
Now now if you're giving people the look and it doesn't scatter away evil
It's probably because you're not exercising authority
You know, if mom and dad can just give their kids the look and the kids laugh and the kids just run around and they don't
Even care whatsoever. Well, they don't fear you because you're probably not disciplining probably not spanking enough, right?
So this king is scattering away evil with his eyes
It's good when people fear righteous authority look at Proverbs chapter 30, you know
It's a curse when people who should be being ruled over are doing the ruling that is a curse
That's something that's not right
Look at Proverbs 30 verse 21 for three things the earth is disquieted and for four which it cannot bear
Notice for a servant when he reigneth, right?
So hey the boss should be in charge not the employees and when the employees are trying to run the show
The earth is disquieted. They can't put up with it. It loses harmony on our earth
Notice in a fool when he is filled with meat. This is your lazy derelict that refuses to work and a bunch of idiots
Keep giving them food on the side of the road
The earth is just disquieted when the fool is filled with meat
The fool should be starving the fool should be driven to starvation so that he'll change his foolish ways and get to work
And you know, the earth is just disquieted when a bunch of fools in our country today are fed with the EBT meat of this world
Why don't you starve for a while and get a job? Why don't you stay with your family?
Why don't you stop abandoning your family and raise them go to or look at verse number 23 for an odious woman when she is married
What does that imply odious? It's saying that she's bucking her authority. She's trying to run the show
She's the one who should be in submission, but instead she's ruling the house
You know, that's horrible thing when an odious woman is married and in handmade that is heir to her mistress
Go to Isaiah chapter number three Isaiah chapter number three
You know, we need strong leadership to actually exercise the authority that they've been given and not just
Kowtow and run away and fear when the mob starts coming at you
You know makes me think about these ICE operations that have been going on, you know, Trump gets elected with his big promise
We're gonna deport we're gonna do mass deportations
we're gonna deport all these people that came in illegally to our country under the Biden administration and
They kind of just have put on a show that they're doing it
but if you look at the numbers they haven't even done very much of it at all then they say like hey we're gonna really hit
Minneapolis hard because there's literally millions of dollars of fraud due to these Somalian daycares
You got these Somalians that come here that hate our country
There are a bunch of stupid Muslims that provide nothing good to our country and you know what they do
They steal from us they steal from the welfare system
They take millions of dollars and they create these fake daycare businesses
Just this money laundering campaign and this was exposed recently just like you go to this daycare in Minneapolis
And it's like the the child leering center
They can't even spell learning right and you go there and it's like no kids you go to the next one
No kids you go to the next one. No kids. Where's all the kids in these daycare centers? Oh, they don't exist
So finally because this got exposed by some like young 20s youtuber
Finally the Trump administration was kind of forced to go in there and start rounding some people up and deporting and good
They should you know, but then what happens is some filthy lesbian tries to run over a police officer and get shot in the face
Thank God
She should have been put to death anyways because she's a lesbian and the Bible says that's a capital crime and people start losing their minds
Crying and whining about it. Then some other guy gets in a fight with police officers
I don't know everything that happened with that
But he ends up getting killed by police people whine and cry about it and then the Trump administration just kind of pulled back
I just quit the operation, you know leadership people who have rightful authority need to stick by their guns and not be intimidated
And you know government should never be feel it fearing wicked communists government should never be you know
It's amazing to me how the government you have the armed police will fear like faggots and commies
It's like when I was being doxed at my house and I had fags coming to my house every day
You know vandalizing my property
Putting nails on the ground and when I talked to the detectives of the Hearst Police Department
He was kind of like wink wink nod nod
I don't really want to do anything about this because the police department is gonna get protested
He was just like are you sure you really want to press charges?
Because here's the thing if you press charges if you go after these people you're gonna get more protests
You're gonna get more attention the police department's gonna get attention the police department's gonna get protest
I'm just like you have the guns idiot
Like why are you afraid of these sodomites?
Why do and here's the thing when we allow the wicked to usurp authority when we don't stick with when we don't stand with
Authority, you know what ends up happening is that the wicked just come in and rule. You should watch the movie
LGBT-terrorists their terrorists that make demands and when people just cave to those demands it just emboldens them any person in authority
They ought to use their righteous authority that they've been given and not be afraid to do so, you know parents
Don't be intimidated by your children
Don't have a don't sit here when a child needs a spanking don't sit here and have a rational
Conversation with a two-year-old that needs a spanking. All right, just arrest that sucker and spank that sucker, right?
you know, it's like pastors will have people rise up against them and try to split the church and rail against them and
Teach all this false doctrine. You know a lot of pastors just do nothing about it. They'll just they won't preach hard
They won't issue
They won't kick out people that need to be kicked out and when you do that you enable the wicked to rise up in a little
Leaven leaven it the whole lump. You know, that'll destroy a church that'll destroy, you know
A lot of good one sinner destroys much good and you know the police when they're within their rights with their rightful authority
I'm not talking about going above their authority breaking the law or anything like that when they're in their rightful authority
You know and the mobs come after them do whatever you got to do to quell that nonsense
You know, we ought to stand with authority when they're doing something righteous. Look at Isaiah. Are you in Isaiah 3 Isaiah chapter 3 verse 10?
The Bible says say ye to the righteous that it shall be well with him for they shall eat the fruit of their doings
Woe unto the wicked it shall be ill with him for the reward of his hands shall be given him as for my people
Notice children are their oppressors and women rule over them
Oh my people they would lead the cause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths
notice how it's a curse when people who are supposed to be ruled over are doing the ruling and it's gonna cause you to be
Taken off of the right track. It's gonna cause you to destroy the way of thy paths
Go to Leviticus chapter 19, you know churches that start to get influenced by feminism
That start to allow women in the congregation to run things or God forbid, you know, let children run things
You know, that's a recipe for a destroyed church
You know, we should not allow a single inch of feminism to ever creep into anchor Baptist Church
And I don't care who it offends. You know what if you're offended at the preaching of God's Word, you're a wicked person
You're welcome, you know people don't have to try to preach hard
I was thinking about this today the Bible just says like in second in first Timothy 2
It's just like let the women learn with all silence, you know, that's pretty offensive to a lot of people
But you know if you're a woman and you read that and you're offended by that
Let me just tell you're wicked person because God's Word is God's words inspired by him
If you have a problem with the authority of the Word of God, let me tell you have a problem with God
So I'm just never gonna back off of preaching what the Bible says because it's gonna lead to destruction
Look at Leviticus 19 verse 3 ye shall fear every man his mother and his father and keep my Sabbaths
I am the Lord your God. Oh, I don't think we should fear authority
No, you should fear your mom and dad the Bible says hey
Let us fear our mother and father and you know when you're gonna have the most fears when you're doing stuff
That's wrong, and you should be afraid when you're doing something
That's wrong, and if you're just a person in your life where you just always have problem with authority
It's like let me help you just submit to your authority, and you know what things are gonna. Go well for you
That's just the reality the reality is is that ninety nine point nine nine nine nine nine percent of police
Officers when they have an interaction with you do not want to physically touch you do not want to commit violence on you
Do not want to kill you they don't want to do the paperwork. They don't want to show up in court
They just want to do their job. Okay, and it's like it's so easy to not get assaulted and killed by police officers
You know, it's so easy to not get kicked out of church. It's like just don't rail, right? Don't be an extortion or don't be a drunk
Or don't be an idolater. Don't be covetous. It's not hard to not get kicked out of church
You know, if you just do what's right kids
If you just obey your mom and dad if you just do what they tell you to do
You know that life with your parents are gonna be really easy your parents actually want to get along with you your parents
Don't want to be breathing down your neck and micromanaging you. It's not fun micromanaging people
They don't want to have to worry about all the restrictions
You know what they would like they would probably just like for it to be way more hands-off
But you know why they're not is because you're wicked and rebellious and stupid and foolish and so you need to fear your mom and dad
But you know what just obey authority go to first Timothy five first Timothy chapter number five authority needs to punish evil
Look at first Timothy chapter number five instructions to a pastor the Bible says in verse 20 them that sin
Rebuke before all why that others also may fear
So by pastors getting up and preaching hard and ripping on sin or at times calling people out
You know that does that just like quells the evil in the land because if anyone else had a wicked thought in their heart
Thinking maybe I'll do that. Maybe I'll preach that maybe I'll say that doctrine
Maybe I'll do that wicked thing and then they see someone get called out for it. They see it preached against they're like never mind
I'm not gonna do that, right? They see that other people fear, you know, that's a good thing
And what is that fear ultimately towards? It's told me towards God because authority that has been ordained of God
Hey that authority is there because of God if you resist that you're resisting God you support the authority because God supports it
Go back to Romans 13 Romans chapter number 13
Doesn't sound like we should hate government because look at verse 4 it says for he that's the ruler for he is the minister of
God to thee for good, 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
Notice this a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil again
I'd mentioned this earlier how we are not to avenge ourselves
But here we got this ruler this servant of God and he doesn't bear the sword in vain
That sword is gonna draw blood that sword is gonna execute. He doesn't bear that in vain
No, he is a revenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil, right?
So rulers they serve a function they serve what function the vengeance of God, right?
God can come down on people supernaturally
But you know what if your authority comes down on you if your authority condemns you if your authority corrects you
That's God correcting you because he's the servant of God. He's the minister of God there
It says verse 5 wherefore you must needs be subject not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake
So there's two reasons we need to obey authority. One is wrath fear of the condemnation, right? The other is conscience
It's the right thing to do. It's a God-given authority. So we should obey we don't want to get in trouble
So we should obey sounds like two pretty good reasons to obey now
What are some things that the government has been entrusted to execute wrath on?
Go if you would to Exodus chapter 21 Exodus chapter number 21. We're gonna try to go in canonical order here
I just want to show you several of the death penalty
Punishments that God gave us in his word that the government should be
Executing today and this idea of getting rid of the death penalty is an unchristian attitude
The death penalty is commanded by God God is for the death penalty the death penalty makes society better safer more godly
What is one thing that the government should be executing wrath upon murder now?
Why is this not something everyone agrees on I feel I feel like this is just the most common-sense thing in the world
That if you commit murder you should be put to death
But there's a lot of people today that would stick up for murderers that would say murderers should not get the death penalty
What does the Bible say in verse 12 Exodus 21 he that smite of the man so that he die
Shall surely be put to death and if a man lie not in wait
But God deliver him into his hand then I will appoint thee a place with her he shall flee
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor to slay him with guile thou shall take him from mine altar that he may
Die so in our society we have different classifications of homicide, right?
first-degree murder second-degree murder
manslaughter
unintentional manslaughter these are all different classifications of homicide and the Bible also has different
classifications of homicide if a homicide is
Premeditated death penalty right or the Bible also would give the death penalty for utter negligence that causes a death
Right like if you had an ox that was want to push in times past and you did not do anything to restrain that ox
And that ox went out and killed someone you would be put to death and the ox would be put to death
So how would we apply this in our society?
Well, obviously any type of first-degree murder would be punished by death you go out and you just intentionally kill someone you premeditated
Lee kill someone death penalty you get an abortion death penalty. Absolutely. You should be put to death from murdering a child
Sorry, that's so radical, right? What a crazy world we live in today utter negligence. Here's this is what I believe
I believe that if you get drunk if you get behind the wheel while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs and you go
Accidentally kill someone you should be put to death
Because you know what at the end of the day, it's not a pure accident
Because everyone knows the risks that you take when you go and drink and drive
There's not a person in America that doesn't know how dangerous it is to be intoxicated and drink alcohol
I mean in school, they're constantly telling you don't drink and drive
They're constantly showing you the most horrific crashes to scare the crap out of you from drinking and they should
Because even with that stuff, I went to school with people who died in drunk driving accidents
so if you're such an idiot and you're such a selfish wicked person that you go out and get high or you get drunk and you
Get behind the wheel and you accidentally kill someone you should be stoned with stones
Why because then others will fear others will see that and say, you know, I never want to kill someone
But if I drink I might accidentally kill someone and lose my life people should be afraid to drink and drive
What happens now when you drink and drive what a couple thousand dollar fine you go to jail
No, you should be put to death if you kill someone while drinking and driving
Okay
Go to Exodus 21 look at verse 15 and he that's smiteth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death
You know someone that just would strike
I mean think about this think about some boy some teenage boy with man strength
Imagine just going up to his mother and just punching her in the face that child should be executed
You know because if you would punch your mother in the face you would punch anyone in the face
You know it makes me think of these stupid challenges that you see on the internet where these criminals these low-life
Scumbags will go out and just punch random people if you've seen that they'll just walk up to random people
They'll slap them on the back of the head
They'll they'll find elderly people crossing the street and just punch them
You know these type of people that are that violent they probably hit their parents when they were teenagers
They probably hit their parents when they were kids and they should have been put to death a long time ago
We wouldn't have the stupid knockout challenge in our society
Look at verse 16 and he that stealeth a man and selleth him or if he be found in his hand
He shall surely be put to death. Hey kidnappers should be executed
You know during the time of America where we had slavery, you know, that's a wicked disgusting abominable practice that our country had of slavery
No one should defend that garbage because those people that were selling human beings the Bible says they should be put to death
They should be stoned, you know, what a gross disgusting, you know portion of Baptist history where Southern Baptists
Created their own convention because they wanted to support slave-owning preachers
Wicked as hell Exodus 21 17 or 19 should have wait wait a second. It's 21 16
All right. Now look at verse 17 notice and he that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death
Right. So again notice how much God wants you to respect and fear your authority
He says hey if you would just curse your mother or father, you know
If you just tell your mother father, you know, I hate you go to hell. I hope you get cancer
I hope you get run over. I hope you die, you know
I hope all this bad stuff, you know a child that would do that under God's law would be executed and they should be
You know, we should be ashamed of God's law. The Bible says the law of the Lord is perfect
I would love to live in a society where little brat kids are afraid to tell their parents that they hate them
That they would you know, go to hell mom and dad screw you mom dad
You know that that should be beaten out of you, you know, our country isn't putting them to death
But you know what? Watch out if you ever say that to your parents because they might just give you a real Baptist dad whooping
All right. Look at verse number 19 whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death again
It's like who would not agree with this
This is so common sense that if someone would lie with a beast that they should be put to death
But there's people in prisons in Oklahoma right now for the crime of bestiality
That are just being allowed to live that is being allowed to live all throughout our country
This is actually crime happens to this day. You know, it's disgusting. You're caught with an animal
Just execute that sucker speedy speedy trial go to Leviticus chapter number 20 Leviticus chapter number 20
You know, these are heinous crimes. God does not have the death penalty for every little thing
You know, it's not like Islam where you steal something your hands chopped off or something like that
You know you do the slit on your eyes your ladies burka was more than like point two five inches
So you get decapitated or something? No, you know, this is serious heinous
Society impacting crimes that need to be dealt with and when they're not dealt with you end up living in a hellscape
How about this one Leviticus 20 verse 13 if a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman
Both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death their blood shall be upon them notice sodomy
Homosexuality being a queer being a fag is not just a sin. It is a crime and look it's not like well
You know, let's just go after the pedophilia or let's just not let them get married or let's just not let them adopt children
No, no, no man being with man is a capital crime
Like it should have the argument should have ended way back there not should they be able to get married should they be able to
Adopt children. It's like I just keep thinking about this because it's so horrific and I wish my brain never knew this but faggots can adopt
Children in our country. It's disgusting those people should be put to death
And it's like when we don't put faggots to death we end up having kids being raised by pedophile child molesters
Oh, but you're so loving. No, you're hateful disgusting piece of crap if you support the LGBT and it's like
How could you be a pastor? How can you be a Christian?
How could you be someone that says you love the Bible when you're afraid of this verse when you mean?
What does this verse mean to you then it's ridiculous go to Leviticus 24 Leviticus chapter 24. Here's another one
I should be punished with death. It's like why am I talking all this because hey, you know
We should have a government that people who murder curse their parents kidnap people smite their parents
Lie with a beast lie with a man should be afraid of that power because that power should be executing wrath taking vengeance
Leviticus 24 verse 16 notice and he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord
He shall surely be put to death and all the congregation
Shall certainly stone him as well the stranger as he that is born in the land when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord
Shall be put to death
You say wow, you would really want a society where people are put to death for blasphemy. Yes, I would absolutely
I would love to live in a place where people would be afraid to curse the name of Jesus Christ
Where people would have some fear of saying like hey, we're in a Christian place. We're in a Christian land
We can't just go blowing our mouth off about the God of the Bible
And if someone did, you know, they'd be taken out by the whole congregation. Hey, it says even the stranger
Hey, the illegal immigrants can join us on this one. Hey, we're all gonna stone the blasphemer to death
That'd be great if people were afraid of blaspheming God
Instead we live in a society where people are afraid of saying the name of God, right in the workplace
Oh, it's you can't say Merry Christmas has to be happy holidays
You know every single workplace should be like praise the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ every single December
And if someone had something to say about it
They better be real careful because if they blaspheme Jesus, they should be put to death
You know the idea of electing people in our country that are not even professing Christians is so unbelievable good to Deuteronomy chapter 22
Here's a good one. I would love it if we brought this one into our society
About rape you should be put to death if you rape someone Deuteronomy 22 verse 25
But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field
Notice and the man force her and lie with her then only the man that lay with her shall die
So obviously she's an innocent victim if she is forced right and a man that would force a woman should be killed
Should be executed and it's like people today. It's like their go-to stupid argument when you talk about abortion
We're like, hey, we're against abortion abortion should be illegal. What about rape? It's like let's kill the rapist
Why don't we start there? That's what the Bible says
Notice but unto the damsel thou shall do nothing there's in the damsel
No sin worthy of death for as when a man riseth against his neighbor and slayeth him
Even so is this matter like that's how serious God sees it
It's like equal to murder in his eyes for he found her in the field notice and the betrothed damsel cried and there was none
To save her so notice for for it to be considered an act that was forced upon her
What does she have to do? She has to resist she has to cry out
She has to resist this horrible crime being done under this isn't like oops, I got drunk and then the next day
I'm gonna call this guy a rapist
No, you're just a drunken whore is what you are and this is what I hate about people who falsely accuse
People of rape is that it like lessens the severity of real rape. It's like just all men are rapists
It's like how could you say such a horrible thing, you know
How do you think victims of actual events of rape feel we were just like all men are rapists
How about this marital rape, you know, how do you think victims of the horrific act of rape feel and you know
I said this and idiots who don't understand what words mean in the Bible freak out about this
But you know rape is always done by a stranger. You know what stranger means in the Bible means someone that's not your spouse
Okay, so imagine just like that horrible feeling of just a stranger someone that's not you know
You're not one flesh with some random person at times or a family member at times a friend a sibling like weird stuff happens
You know, that is horrific and evil and merits death and then it's like comparing that to you got drunk and
Regretted sleeping with someone these are not comparable or compare that to what people call marital rape
That's a joke to compare those two things and it's insulting to real victims. It's ridiculous
Go back to Romans chapter number 13. So hey, we ought to fear authority authority needs to be punishing evil
our government needs to get back to
Executing capital criminals and bringing back the fear of God into our land number four give authority their due verse 6
The Bible says for for this cause pay you tribute also for they are God's ministers
Attending continually upon this very thing render therefore to all their dues tribute to whom tribute is due custom to whom custom
Fear to whom fear honor to whom honor?
So if something is due unto any authority give them what they're due whether that's tribute custom
Fear honor whatever is due to an authority figure. You know what you give them that do right?
Hey, the hoary head that's found in the way of righteousness the elderly person the 89 year old pastor
Hey, give that man respect. Let that man take the center of the picture. You look that man in the eye
You shake his hand, you know respect people that are worthy of respect that are due respect go to Matthew 22
You know also we as Christians as much as we may not like it and I don't think anyone does, you know
We should pay our taxes. That is something that we should do
Hey because we're supposed to render things that are due to the government. That's honor if it's tribute that's custom
We should do that. It's not worth going to jail over Kent Hoeven Matthew 22 verse 17
Tell us therefore what think is thou is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or no, but Jesus perceived their notice wickedness and
Said why tempty me ye hypocrites show me the tribute money and they brought unto him a penny
And he sayeth unto them whose is this image and superscription they say unto him
Caesar's then sayeth he unto them render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things that are
God's right. Hey, we want to live a quiet and peaceable life
We want to be able to focus on the things of God
The last thing we want to be doing is fighting some court battle with the government all the time
Getting audited, you know not paying your taxes going to jail over this kind of stuff
It's like hey just render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's do we love it? No, do we like it?
No, do we hate it? Yes. Is it horrific? Yes. Do I really really really really really hate it?
Yes, we all hate it. But it's like just do it and just move on with your life
Sometimes life you just have to do things that aren't fun. Just give them what's due and you know in other areas of life
Parents husbands pastors bosses kings magistrates judge judges people in authority give them respect, you know
You show up to court. It's your honor talk to a police officer
It's you know officer, you know, you talk to the president if you ever do it's like mr. President not like what's up D
What's up, Donald? How you doing? You know
Don't do that. Go to Romans 13 Romans chapter 13 number 5 love fulfills the law verse number 8
The Bible says in Romans 13. Oh no, man anything but to love one another for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law
So hey, we're supposed to love one another and when we love one another we fulfill the law, right?
So if you're ever doing something that's loving it has to match up with the Bible, right?
And if you're doing what the Bible says, it's always loving you can never be fulfilling the law of God and say like you're doing
Something wrong you're doing something hateful
No, no, no, if you're if you're lined up with what the Bible says that is loving one another and and you know
Liberal Christians the new evangelicals the rock-and-roll churches
They don't get this because they they would hear hard preaching they would hear a rebuke and they would say that's so mean
That's so hateful
But it's like the Bible says that thou shalt not hate thy brother in nine heart
Thou shalt any wise rebuke thy neighbor and not suffer sin upon him
That's a loving your neighbor at times could be rebuke
So you don't want to just like look at the word love and just attach your own made-up humanistic flowery feel-good definition to it
Fulfilling God's Word is always loving if you're loving someone you're doing what the Bible says if you're doing what the Bible says you're loving
Someone it's that easy look at verse number nine. What are some examples for this thou shalt not commit
Adultery right so a lot of people would call you know affairs. They would call like a love affair
They would say like oh, you know, there's so much passion. There's so much love
It's like no if you're committing adultery, that's not love
It doesn't matter what kind of weird infatuated feeling you have in your bosom if you're cheating on your spouse if you're committing adultery
That's wicked as hell. And by the way, that's worthy of death as well
The Bible says thou shalt not kill thou shalt not steal thou shalt not bear false witness
So it's not loving to commit adultery. It's never loving to kill meaning murder Jesus to find that it's never loving to steal
It's never loving to lie thou shalt not bear false witness thou shalt not covet
And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying namely thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself
Love worketh no ill to his neighbor. Therefore. Love is the fulfilling of the law, right?
So loving your neighbor is not working ill to them, right there's acts positive acts
We could do acts of love then there's refraining from doing evil things and refraining from doing those evil things as an act of love
As well, so if we're not doing ill to our neighbor, we are loving our neighbor
Why because love is the fulfilling of the law flip that around if you're ever fulfilling the law if you're ever doing what?
The Bible says you are doing right to your neighbor
You are loving your neighbor right because there could be times where it seems like you know
There's the way we've been brainwashed in society, you know, for example, first Corinthians 5 someone gets kicked out of church
You know cutting fellowship with someone that does that that could feel kind of hard at times
But it's like hey, you know, you're loving that person by implementing the church discipline
You're not working ill onto that person
You're fulfilling the law anything that the Bible says is loving love is the fulfilling of the law
The world doesn't know what love is. Love is the fulfilling of the Bible number six awake to righteousness
Notices in that knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep
For now is our salvation nearer than we believed the night is far spent the day is at hand
Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor
Light so, you know if you don't want to end up being under the damnation or condemnation of the powers that be of the rulers
That exists in this world of mom and dad, you know boss at work
Government the Lord, you know, what do you need to do?
You need to cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light
Hey
If you go to work and you're just working super hard and you're producing a lot for the company you're doing really good
You know, you're gonna not really feel that fear of getting in trouble with the boss because you're doing what's right
You know, if you're just you know going about your business serving the Lord in honesty and sincerity, you know
You don't come to church thinking am I gonna get kicked out of church tonight, right?
You think that when you're doing something super evil again when you're just going about your life
I'm not constantly thinking I'm gonna be murdered by police because the works of darkness are not happening, right?
And by the way, you know works of darkness God uses a physical truth to illustrate a spiritual truth
You know a lot of bad stuff happens in this world at night, right?
It's a good idea just to be at home at night not just wandering the streets wandering around the ghettos
Doing all sorts of crazy stuff at night. It's like be at your house be in bed
Don't even don't even go out to the balcony, you know, you might see Bathsheba out there
Just stay in bed stay in bed with your wife
Say stay at home with your family verse 13
Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness
Not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envy. So here is where you should be afraid
Okay, you know if you find yourself in a situation where you're in a riot
Literally, you know, you should be afraid that something bad might happen to you there
You should be afraid that the rulers are gonna come down on you
You know, if you want to avoid these type of altercations, it's like hey buddy. Don't go to the riot
You know if you ever find yourself shoulder to shoulder with rioters ask yourself
What are the bad decisions I made in my life to get me here and repent get out of there
Oh, I don't want to get killed by ice. Uh, don't attack them. Don't try to run them over with your car
Don't try to fistfight them you idiot you moron. What do you think is gonna happen to you?
It's like I don't want to get kicked out of church. Don't be a piece of crap. Don't be a heretic
I don't want to get spanked by my parents. Don't disobey them. I don't want to get fired do your freaking job
Okay, cast off the works of darkness notice drunkenness. Hey, you're around a bunch of drunks
You should probably be afraid that something bad might happen to you
You're in the car with a drunk driver. You should be afraid that something bad will happen to you chambering
What is that hooking up shacking up committing fornication? Hey, that's the works of darkness
You should be afraid, you know
a lot of times these people go out and commit these
Disgusting sins of fornication adultery and they don't even know oops. I was with a married woman
Oh, you're in a dangerous spot, buddy. What if husband comes home and just kills you? Hey, just cast off the works of darkness
Hey, just rejoice with the wife of your youth. You're safe there
All right, not in chambering and wantonness just excess partying not in strife and
Envying notice what it says but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ
Notice and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof, right?
You say hey, I don't want to fall under the condemnation of my authorities
I don't want to have to you know, have the government, you know avenge people for my evil
I don't want my pastor to come down on me. I don't want my parents to come down on me
You know, don't just sit here and say like well, I'm not gonna sin
I'm not gonna do those wicked things don't even make provision for the flesh, right?
Hey, you know, I don't want to get shot by an ICE officer today. Don't even go to the riot. Stay home
I don't want to accidentally sleep with a married woman. Don't commit fornication at all
I don't want to kill someone when I'm drunk driving. Don't drink anything. Don't do any drugs
Don't hang out with stupid people at stupid times, you know, it's stupid places
Don't fulfill don't make provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof. That's how we could be at peace with our authorities
Let's pray Lord. Thank you so much for your word
Thank you for just showing us the right way that this world should run the right way. We should live our lives
We definitely look forward to the day that you're gonna be raining on this earth
I pray that as much as possible anyone who has authority would exercise their authority
Would punish evildoers that people that are righteous that are an authority would just be emboldened to exercise that authority Lord
I pray that you bless us this evening and keep us safe as we go our separate ways in Jesus name we pray
Amen, right with that
We'll go ahead and sing one last song to conclude the service if you would at this time take your hymnals and turn to him
number
24 and can it be that I should gain him number 24 and start there right on the first
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