service this evening would find a seat and grab a hymnal first hymn number 25
for me 25 to gather together soften our heart for you during the service
remember sacrifice that was my son that you soften our hearts to the message
that you would incline your ear to us as we sing praises unto you and that you
would fill pastor with your spirit these things we pray in Jesus name amen for
our next hymn number five when I survey the wondrous cross hymn number five when
I survey the wondrous cross
hymn number five there on the 1st
prisoner taker of the afflictions of the
temple your bulletin on the inside to see our service times are listed there
Sunday morning at 1030 Sunday evening at 430 and Wednesdays at 7 we have our
organized soul winning times listed there below as well as our updated year
to date statistics pushed over 600 for the year so far so praise God for that
and of course we had 40 salvations at the listeners pick soul-winning marathon
in New Jersey which just was a great success really thankful to God for how
that turned out just went really really well so praise the Lord for that and
hopefully those people just continue to go soul winning and that trip can just
keep bearing fruit in the future we do have our online visitor card if you're
visitor we have our online giving information there that's something you
interested in and that visitor card QR code that's on the back of our invites
that helps people sign up for our email list and then it redirects to our YouTube
lately when I've been out sorting I've just been putting people straight to our
YouTube it's been really easy I just asked them hey you got the YouTube app
on your phone and 99.99 percent of people in America say yes I'm like cool
can I just show you our church stuff and I just type it in I just hit
subscribe and I just hit you know note I hit subscribe and notify all and
seriously almost every person I get saved I do this too it's super easy
like why not just get this you know our information out there to people very
easy all right so on the back we have our upcoming events April 4th is the
mega soul winning marathon and we're of course gonna be participating in that
we're gonna be meeting at the early wine park at 9 o'clock a.m. and it's a
really big area so just look for the kids playset area that's where we're
gonna be meeting at 9 o'clock for breakfast and coffee and then we'll go
out soul winning at 10 from 10 to 12 we'll meet at a place to eat at about
noon and then we'll have a second round of soul winning later after that so
looking forward to that April 12th is the next men's preaching night we have
for evening service and we do have a sign-up sheet in the back so if you
wanted to participate in that please do sign up with just the sermon topic
doesn't have to be your title but just the topic of what you're gonna be
preaching on that'd be a great help May 2nd we're gonna give it a shot to do
our first ever college soul winning marathon at OSU and I got some advice
from brother Diego at steadfast he's done this a few times and so if it goes
poorly we could just blame it all on him because I'm just gonna follow his
advice and he's ready to take the blame so if it goes good I guess we have to
give him the credit for that too so we'll see how it goes but looking
forward to that and there is a QR code below that's for the OKC mega soul
winning marathon sign up also if you just go to God resource comm slash events
going forward we're just gonna put all of our soul winning events on that
website so if you ever just feel like oh you know where's the sign-up sheet it's
just gonna be I mean it's 2026 folks we're gonna use the internet here and
sign up on that website so it's gonna be great May 9th will be Mother's Day tea
May 20th through the 24th will be the anti-israel conference at steadfast
Baptist Church and pastor Shelley did announce the preaching schedule for this
on victory live Ben's show victory live has he announced it anywhere else I
haven't seen it anywhere else so you gotta you gotta find Ben's channel it's
blowing up I think it's got like a hundred subscribers you gotta find that
and find out what the schedule was but I'm sure he'll announce it soon then we
have June 17th through the 20th is the European soul winning conference in
Frankfurt Germany really looking forward to that as well before we go to our
third song of course we'll go to the Lord in prayer I did have an update for
baby Uriah of course I'd mentioned last week the lemon family family at First
Works Baptist Church they are having twins unborn twins in the womb one has
a heart issue heart condition that they were able to detect early and so they're
asking for fervent prayer on that but there was an update basically confirming
that baby Uriah will need multiple surgeries right after birth that his
right ventricle ventricle is going to be operated on yeah right ventricle is
going to be operated on so they're just praying that the baby would be really
strong at birth to just be able to endure a serious surgery right away so
please keep that in prayer also I know that Jennifer's mother Piper is still
just having sleep issues pain issues just affecting her emotionally as well
so keep that in prayer throughout the week and if you have any requests please
do email the church I'll add that for you but let's go ahead and go to the
Lord in prayer this evening Lord thank you for the opportunity to be in the
house of God thank you for bringing many of our members back to us safely after
their travels pray that you just bless this Lord's Supper service that this
would just be a time where we'd be very honoring and reverent to you Lord I
pray that all of us would walk out of here this evening with a deeper love for
your son Jesus Christ pray that you just answer the prayer requests that we have
here in our bulletin according to your will Lord that you please strengthen baby
Uriah in the womb that baby would just be very very strong when born that way
could endure that surgery Lord I pray that you just place your hand healing and
protection upon that baby that you just heal that baby's heart to perform a
miracle and just save this baby's life Lord and also just help this baby to be
very healthy going forward in the future also pray for Piper that you just help
her with her continued healing and recovery after surgery that you just
help her to be able to get good restful nourishing sleep that she would just
have good pain management that you just help her spirit to be lifted at this
time mental health during this time as well Lord also want to pray for brother
Cameron his upcoming health appointments that you just bless his body and help
heal him help him to be strong through his health challenges Lord also want to
pray for brother Eric the Philippines that you just help him to continue to
do great things over there strengthen him fill him with boldness keep him safe
while he's over there and also we pray for pastor Stuckey evangelist urbanic
that you just continue to bless their ministries and all the great soul
winning that's going on over there what I pray that you just raise up more
laborers for the harvest in this country in the state in this world Lord
definitely need more people to preach the gospel pray that you just send them
to us here at anchor Baptist Church and other great soul winning churches I also
want to pray for Theodore's mother that should be fully healed for cancer that
should be with all of the church members here who have unsaved loved ones those
people that have soft hearts to the gospel and Lord I pray that you bless
the remainder of this service it's in Jesus name we pray amen for our third
hymn this evening number 21 what a wonderful Savior hymn number 21 2 1
what a wonderful Savior 21 they're on the first
are being to Timothy chapter number 2 Timothy chapter first Timothy to the
Bible reads I exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers
intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men for kings and for all
that are in authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
godliness and honesty for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Savior who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the
truth for there is one God and one mediator between God and men the man
Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time
whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle I speak the truth in Christ
and why not a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity I will therefore that
men pray everywhere lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting and like
men are also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shame
facelessness and sobriety not with broided hair or gold or pearls or
costly array but which become as women professing godliness with good works
let the woman learn in silence with all subjection but I suffer not a woman to
teach nor to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence for Adam was
first formed then Eve and Adam was not deceived but the woman being deceived
was in the transgression notwithstanding she shall be saved in
childbearing if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety
time first of all notice there how the Bible describes the Lord Jesus Christ
with these words the man and why is that well one reason is because of the fact
that the Lord Jesus Christ yes is 100% God but he was also 100% man Jesus went
through this life fully living the human experience that you and I have and when
the Bible says he was hungry he was really hungry right he experienced all
the things that we go through the Bible talks about how there's no temptation or
I'm sorry how he was tempted in all points like as we are yet without sin
here's another reason why I think the Bible describes Jesus Christ as the man
not only because he just was a man but because Jesus is the man I'm using it
that way the fact that Jesus is just the man and the title my sermon is just the
man Christ Jesus because you know in this world there's not a lot of just
awesome male role models just everywhere you look it's not like you just go
anywhere you look and just find oh just wonderful male role model after
wonderful male role model man a lot of things have just changed in this world
and I've even seen some behavior this week online that have just maybe like
what is happening to men what is what is wrong with men today in this country but
you know what's nice is that we still have the ultimate example of a man to
look to that is the man Christ Jesus hey if you don't have a positive you know
role model in your life maybe didn't grow up with a great dad and maybe didn't
grow up with a dad at all here's the thing you could looks to the man Christ
Jesus as a great example let me give you tonight several reasons why Jesus is
just the epitome of manliness number one go to Mark chapter number one number
one this Jesus was strong Jesus was a strong man you know what I mean that in
every sense of the word and today there's a lot of people who want to
downplay physical strength downplay all sorts of different types of strength but
notice what the Bible teaches about Jesus in Mark chapter number one verse
35 notice this and in the morning notice rising up a great while before day he
went out and departed into a solitary place and there prayed now if you're
honest obviously it's hard to wake up early right our flesh does not want to
wake up early it takes some character it takes some discipline it takes some
just grabbing life by the horns to say like I'm gonna get out of this bed I'm
gonna wake up early okay that's just waking up early right but the Bible
says that Jesus arose a great while before day I mean when when is sunrise
isn't it about like 7 a.m. right now or something like that so a great while
before 7 a.m. what are we talking we're talking six five four thirty something
like that I mean Jesus is waking up way before the Sun comes up and notice he's
not just waking up and he's you know making his little pot of coffee and he's
gonna sit down and scroll Instagram or something like that no Jesus wakes up
and he immediately starts doing a physical activity right he goes out he
walks around elsewhere in the Gospels it talks about how Jesus it was very
common for him to wake up and just go up to a mountain I mean the Lord Jesus
Christ is a man he's waking up super early and he's just climbing mountains
and you know he's not just climbing mountains then he gets to the mountain
you know he's doing a spiritual activity that's a man right there you know a man
that wakes up early does some physical work starts praying to the Lord you know
that's a good example of a man you know what's a bad example of a man a sluggard
one that's gonna sleep in and always be drowsy always complaining about how tired
you are you know Jesus he just was a man he just woke up real early he went out
did a physical activity he went prayed to his father up in a mountain here's
what the Bible says in Proverbs 1915 you don't have to turn there slothfulness
slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep and an idle soul shall suffer hunger you
know there's people in this world that are tired because they're working hard
they've got a tough schedule no doubt about that that exists but you know a
lot of people in this world are tired because they're lazy because the Bible
actually teaches that slothfulness casted into a deep sleep the more
sedentary you are the more lazy you are believe it or not the more tired you
are and you would think like oh man if I just sit here and just binge on rest if
I just sit down all day and do nothing I'm gonna feel so rested I'm gonna have
so much energy it is a lie I'm telling you you know if you want to have really
good energy doing physical exercise is really gonna help you with that I mean
if you regularly run if you regularly regularly work out lift weights you're
actually gonna have way more energy than the person that never does those things
and it's like you know one time I heard President Trump talking about he's like
yeah exercise is overrated because I like to conserve my energy but it's
like that's not how it works alright actually yeah it's that's a Trump quote
for you right I know you guys want me to do the accent I'm not feeling it right
now okay now go if you would actually stay there and mark chapter one let's
read verse 36 it says in Simon and they that were with him followed after him
when they had found him they said unto him all men seek for thee and he said
unto them let us go into the next towns that I may preach there also for
therefore came I forth so notice he's waking up a great while before day he's
doing a physical activities walking you know he's praying to the Lord then his
disciples are there and he says hey let's go into the next towns right now
here's the thing going to the next towns during the time of Jesus is not
calling an uber it's not getting on a plane it's not getting in a car it's
walking and you know what the Lord Jesus Christ had to have a certain amount of
strength to do his ministry because he did a lot of walking how do I know that
well look at verse 39 and he preached in their synagogues throughout all what
Galilee and cast out devils now the Bible records the Lord Jesus Christ
being in all sorts of different places right Bethlehem Judea Jerusalem Galilee
now Jerusalem to Galilee I obviously don't know this from experience but from
what I saw online from Jerusalem to Galilee is a 78 mile voyage one way one
way so when the Bible's just like oh yeah then he's in Galilee he had to walk
almost 80 miles on foot to get there you know Razorhead if you ever walked 80 miles
in one go oh yeah no one right that's an intense walk right there right and you
know he's doing that and he gets there he's just preaching right that takes
some strength my friend that takes some fitness that takes some strength and you
know I'm tired of this attitude from fat preachers that are constantly down on
exercising you know like Tony Hudson getting up and saying that you're
effeminate if you go to the gym no what's effeminate is having all that
extra estrogen in your body buddy because I'm pretty sure the Lord Jesus
Christ didn't look like you because he's not you know you're not gonna be able
to walk 80 miles sorry to tell you that that's a very fit man to do that go to
Matthew chapter number four while you're turning their Proverbs 24/5 says this a
wise man is strong a man of knowledge increases strength the Bible says that
if you are a strong man that's actually wise it's wise to be strong and yes
bodily exercise profiteth little we've heard it a thousand times donut
guzzling pastor yeah bodily exercise profit little but you know what it's
still profit some yeah it does profit little in comparison to spiritual things
but I wonder how much it's gonna profit you when you die at 55 years old of a
heart attack and you know Jesus is walking 80 miles right hey it does have
some profit notice Matthew chapter 4 verse 1 then was Jesus led up of the
spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil and when he had fasted
don't miss this 40 days and 40 nights he was afterward and hungered I think
people read stories like this and they kind of brush it away like oh that's
Jesus you know like oh Jesus has some sort of like Superman powers or
something like that but no my friend Jesus was 100% man and just how you
would feel just how I would feel going 40 days without food that's exactly how
the Lord Jesus Christ felt felt now think about you know if you've been
without food before for a long time you start getting angry you know you start
getting really uncomfortable you know I can't even fathom what I would be like
after 40 days because I've never come close to that you know I've gone several
days without eating because of like severe illness before or something like
that like if you've gone a week without eating in America it's probably because
you had a really bad stomach bug meanwhile Jesus is going 40 days think
about how your temperament would be your attitude you'd probably be very short
angry upset right but notice in verse 3 while Jesus is hungry it says and when
the tempter came to him he said if thou be the Son of God command that these
stones be made bread but he answered and said it is written man shall not live by
bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God so
notice not only was Jesus just so strong physically to go 40 days 40 nights
without food but he was also so strong mentally that when he's engaged in a
spiritual battle he's more focused and he cares more about the spiritual than
the carnal right I mean he I would just be losing my mind 40 days 40 nights but
he's just sitting here combating the devil you know giving verses to the
devil not giving into temptation you know when you give into temptation is
when your body is often weak right but you know what Jesus was just a man he
was a man I'm gonna read for you job 2312 says neither have I gone back from
the commandment of his lips I have esteemed the words of his mouth more
than my necessary food yeah that's a great example of that verse right there
that the Lord Jesus Christ he's prioritizing the words of God he's
speaking the words of God more than he's worried about eating food go to
Matthew 15 so number one Jesus was strong in any way you want to quantify
that emotionally spiritually physically number two Jesus called out evil
without fear here's one of the things that just makes Jesus just the man is
that you know he's willing to call out evil without fear you know it's a sign
today of a weak man that would be too afraid that would be too much of a
coward to call out sin right that would just be a fleshly carnal weak person
but you know Jesus was the man what it says in Matthew 15 verse 3 but he
answered and said unto them why do ye also transgress the commandment of God
by your tradition for God commanded saying honor thy father and mother and
he that curseth father or mother let him die the death but ye say
whosoever shall say to his father or his mother it is a gift by whatsoever thou
mightest be profited by me and honor not his father or his mother he shall be
free thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition ye
hypocrites well did Isaiah's prophesy of you saying this people draweth nigh unto
me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips but their heart is far from
me hey that's a bold thing to say right there and look Jesus isn't you know
getting on Facebook and being a keyboard warrior you know it's real easy to write
these scathing rebukes online to an audience it's not even there but what
about in front of these people in front of their faces looking them in the eyes
and saying hey here's what the Bible says and you guys are violating it you
guys are making the commandments of God of none effect you guys are hypocrites
hey Isaiah you read the preaching that he's preaching that was about you evil
hypocrites he's like hey look what he says there he says you draw an eye to me
with your mouth you honor me with your lips but their heart is far from me he's
saying you guys don't love God your guys's hearts are far from God you know
people get offended today when pastors get up and preach against the sins of
the congregation and tell people that they're wrong and issue sharp correction
but you know this is what Jesus did to people's faces why because he was a real
man and you know what a real man is not afraid to call out evil he's gonna do it
period you know what even if you are afraid you know what act like a man and
call out the evil in our day we need some men today to rise up that are
willing to call out the evil not these vague sermons where pastors are like
yeah there's some bad things in the world today there's some evil people out
there hey you know there's some preachers out there that are really
compromising on the gospel and you know they're preaching repenting your sins
it's called Stacy Shiflett say the name tell people hey that guy's wicked he's a
hypocrite he's evil he's a false prophet we need some men today to get up and
actually warn because that's the type of person that Jesus was go if you would to
Matthew chapter number five Matthew chapter number five and look he calls out
all sorts of different sins right you're like oh well that doesn't offend me
because I'm not a false prophet right I'm not one of these Jews or whatever so
that that sermon doesn't offend me but you know what he just steps on everyone's
toes in the Bible how about this one man Matthew 5 verse 27 you have heard that
it was said by them of all time thou shalt not commit adultery but I say unto
you that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery
with her already in his heart hey Jesus is calling out the adultery of his day
and he's calling out guys biggest struggle and temptation which is
lusting after other women and he doesn't excuse it he doesn't downplay it he says
hey you're lusting after other women in your heart you're committing adultery in
your heart you know we need a generation of men today that are gonna actually be
real men and be faithful to their wives and you know that doesn't mean just not
sleeping with another woman but also being faithful with your eyes and I'm
not gonna sit here and say that you're gonna be perfect every day of your life
but you know what we need to stop this this gentleman's banter this
construction site banter where the woman walks by and you whistle and you gawk
you know don't don't participate in that crap why don't you be a real man and
actually stand up and love your wife why don't you be a real man and stop going
to those dirty websites too while you're at it because you know what Jesus Christ
wouldn't have visited the Gentleman's Club with you Jesus Christ wouldn't have
visited the Gentleman's website with you no he would have said you're committing
adultery in your heart stop it knock it off you know we need some
bended a to actually correct people on that and not downplay it act like it's
normal act like it's good no no no it's wicked as hell don't do it you know he
also called out false prophets he did this all the time Matthew chapter number
16 Matthew chapter number 16 few pages over there Matthew 16 verse 6 then Jesus
said unto them take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the
Sadducees I like how he calls them out by name right he gets specific of who
he's correcting and they reason among themselves saying it is because we have
taken no bread unfortunately even when you do get really specific sometimes
people are just really thick and don't get it right away and so verse 8 says
which when Jesus perceived he said unto them oh ye of little faith why reason
ye among yourselves because he have brought bought yes excuse me brought no
bread do you not yet understand neither remember the five loaves of the five
thousand and how many baskets you took up neither the seven loaves of the four
thousand and how many baskets you took up how is it that you do not understand
that I spake it not to you concerning bread that ye should beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees notice Jesus gets frustrated at people
right this is why we need to have grace in our own lives too because I'm sure
Jesus has looked down at us just be like why don't you understand why don't you
remember what's wrong with you why aren't you getting this through your head right
but he said hey that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of
the Sadducees then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the
leaven of bread but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees hey
we need to have a generation of real men that are gonna call out false doctrines
false prophets not every church service is should be this motivational speech
not every church service does it need to be live your life best life now
sometimes we need to call out false doctrines sometimes we need to call out
false prophets hey we need to get real specific today the Mormons they're not
Christians they're false prophets hey the Catholics they're on their way
straight to hell hey the Jews they're not God's chosen people they're gonna
burn in hell unless they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ I don't even think
that's hard preaching but you know for a lot of churches that would be insane
what I just said right now for us it's just like oh most obvious thing in the
world but like like there'd be pandemonium in churches if that was said
in a lot of places why because there's not a real man getting up there and
following the example of the man Christ Jesus who would actually call out false
prophets you know he also called out wicked politicians go to Luke chapter
number 13 Luke chapter number 13 you know it's a real big red flag when you're
buddy buddy with politicians do not rich men oppress you and blaspheme that
worthy name by which you are called hey don't the rulers gather themselves
together and conspire against the Lord and against his Christ right you know
the Bible does not paint politicians as good people I don't know if you realize
that and reality matches that politicians are often some of the most
scummy disgusting people but yeah we got a lot of pastors today where their goal
in ministry is to be like buddy buddy with politicians or their goal in
ministry is to even be a politician someday run for office or something like
that today look let's talk about saved pastors what a waste of a saved
pastor's ministry spending his life trying to get into politics trying to
you know be buddies with the mayor and stuff like that look we have souls to
save folks who cares about your stupid City Council ordinances or your laws
that are gonna be overturned next year Jesus said go forth in all the world and
what preach the gospel it's such a joke today how Christians are just obsessed
with politics which is just fading it's just gonna go away it's gonna be burned
up notice verse 31 the same day there came certain of the Pharisees saying
unto him get thee out and depart hence for Herod will kill thee now imagine
hearing that the most powerful leader is wanting to kill you right a lot of
people that would that would make them quit I'd make them shut up but Jesus was
the man verse 32 and he said unto them go ye and tell that Fox behold I cast
out devils and I do cures today and tomorrow and the third day I shall be
perfected nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow in the net and the day
following for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem you know
if Jesus knew that the most powerful leader in the area was wanting to kill
him you know he could have just kept his mouth shut he could have just been
quiet he could have just kind of retreated and gone and done ministry
somewhere else or he could have said politely no no I'm not gonna do that I'm
actually gonna keep preaching he's just like hey go tell that Fox right he
called him an ugly name he's not afraid hey Jesus Christ is the king of kings
and you know what the authority we get as Christians doesn't come from the mayor
the governor the president no no no no we have someone much higher than all
those people that we answer to and see what I'm not afraid of politicians these
politicians should be afraid of me the politicians should be afraid of the man
of God of Christians today but you got guys like Greg Locke today Greg Locke
just posted this today look at this steaming pile of dung Greg Locke take a
look right there you think that that's what the Lord Jesus Christ would do is
buddy up with the vice president of the United States in the White House a
Catholic you really think that that's what Jesus would do rub shoulders with a
Catholic and act like he's our friend no Jesus would rebuke the Catholic and
tell him he needs to repent tell me he's get saved oh it gets worse here's this
steaming pile of dung this heretic false prophet oh look who that is
Franklin Graham the son of one of the worst false prophets that's ever walked
this earth Billy Graham and you know what like father like son what a scumbag
why would you want to follow a pastor that's just obsessed with all the
powerful people and the powerful politicians and the powerful religious
leaders you know what he's a you know the the VP is a fox the VP is a fox
that's what Jesus would call him right hey Franklin Graham is a fox he's a foot
he's a wolf actually is what he is but I like Jesus's attitude here go to verse
number 34 of Luke 13 Luke chapter 13 verse 34 you know he also called out the
Jews said oh Jerusalem Jerusalem which kill us the prophets and stonest them
that are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together as
a hen doth gather her brood under her wings and ye would not he says hey I
wish you'd be saved I want you to be saved but you know what the problem is
you don't want to be saved you don't want to believe behold your house is
left unto you desolate oh bless Israel no he said your house is desolate and
verily I say unto you ye shall not see me until the time come when ye shall say
blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord notice Jesus is not saying hey
oh it's fine your children of Abraham he's saying no no you've got to say
blessed is he to come it in the name of the Lord you have to believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ and that's the message that the Jews need to hear today is believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved we don't need any more Jew
worshipping pastors pastors that are afraid to call out the Jews no no the
Jews are evil and by the way this is such a disingenuous thing that people
say you know they'll read all these negative verses about Jews in the Bible
and they'll say but Jesus was a Jew it's a really disingenuous thing to say
because sure you could talk about him being a descendant of Judah and
ethnically being that way but when someone talks about a Jew today what
they're talking about is someone who follows the religion of Judaism and you
know what the whole point of Judaism is is that there is a Messiah but it's not
Jesus now explain to me how Jesus is a Jew when Judaism says Jesus isn't the
Messiah that's a retarded thing to say don't say that Jesus is a Jew no no
Jesus is Lord hey Jesus is the man is what the Bible says why don't you call
him that he's just the man he is go to John chapter number two you know he even
called out his own disciples he even called out everyone I mean there's no
one that escaped his preaching you know at one point he said to Peter get thee
behind me Satan that's a very you know intense thing to say to someone I mean
would you be offended if someone called you Satan and sometimes people kind of
use that as like a jokey word Satan but it's like it's Jesus he's not playing
games he's calling Peter Satan get thee behind me Satan that's pretty intense
number three Jesus did not seek approval from men you know a real man is secure a
real man is gonna believe what is right regardless of what other people are
doing they're gonna stand where they need to stand based on principle
regardless of what other people are doing look what Jesus said in verse
number 23 of John 2 now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover in the feast
day many believed in his name when they saw the miracles which he did notice
but Jesus did not commit himself unto them because he knew all men and needed
not that any should testify of man for he knew what was in man so notice what
was driving the Lord Jesus Christ was driving his ministry what was keeping
him going what was propelling him forward was not the approval of the
masses though he did get it sometimes it wasn't people cheering him on it wasn't
people encouraging him it wasn't about how many people believe or how many
disciples he had because he already knows the heart of man he already knows
you know a faithful man who can find hey everyone's gonna proclaim their own
goodness but a faithful man who could find hey for all have sinned and come
short of the glory of God right he doesn't have rose-colored glasses when it
comes to the nature of man and so he didn't commit himself unto them because
he knew what was in man you know what a real man does a real man serves God
regardless of what other people are doing you know you should never sit here
and think oh what's right is based on what the majority of people are doing oh
what's right is based on what my friend is doing oh what's right is based on
what my family is doing no what's right is what Jesus did what's right is what
the Bible says and you want to know why Jesus was a real man is because he
didn't commit himself unto other men and look there's people all the time I wish
this wasn't the case but look Jesus describes Christians us his followers
as what sheep right this is just the nature of man and look there that could
be a good thing you know it's really nice when people are very trusting
around a good person because they're gonna be trusting the right things
right like if someone just is a person where they just believe everything they
hear but they just accidentally go to a great church okay well then they're
gonna end up learning a lot of great things and things will go pretty well for
them but you know what that's not every person right you're not always in a good
church you're not always in a good situation you know everyone thinks oh
what I do is always right and what my friends do is always right and what my
church does is always right no no that's not how you should live your life and
all the time in churches today people are serving God because their friend is
serving God they're serving God because their parents are serving God I mean
don't you think there's a lot of kids in this world that go to churches that go
to good churches but they're there for their parents they're there because
their parents make them you know there's wives that they come to church because
their husband makes them there's probably even some husbands that go to
church because their wives make them that's rough talk about not being a real
man right but you know that's just the truth but hey what does a real man do a
real man just finds out what's right and does it a real man finds out what's
right and he encourages other people hey follow me as I follow Christ a real man
is not sitting here thinking like well what do you think in this controversy
no they're just gonna take a stand right you know what what is a really not
manly attitude is being a fence rider it really really is just like not a
masculine manly attitude when men are just constantly fence riders they can't
just make it clear where they stand they won't get involved in the fights that
need to be fought they won't say hey here's what we believe about the Bible
it's like well I could see this and I could see this and I could see this you
decide right it's like look if you don't know you don't know but it's like there
should come a point in a preacher's life where he knows what the Bible says
you're not gonna know everything but it's really annoying when you listen to
a preacher and he's just like he's not sure about anything he's just giving
everything up for interpretation everything's up oh you decide that's not
manly I once had a boss like this where this guy is in authority over me he's
like over double my age he's a co-owner of the company and he's coming to me he's
this Russian guy he's like Dylan what do we do you know better than I do and I'm
just like what kind of boss says something like that to his employee and
I'm just like I want to obey this guy I want him just give me orders and I'm
just gonna run and do it but he's coming to me he's just like what do you think
you know better blah blah blah I'm just like he was always like this and he was
cringe honestly and he was just really a feminine guy all right and I still obey
the guy but I'm just like man I wish you would just like yell at us you know
like I wish you would just get angry at us and just like tell us what to do or
something like that by the way husbands this is how your wife feels sometimes as
well go to John chapter number six John chapter number six you know some people
do what they do only because other people are doing it some people go soul
winning only because other people go soul winning and praise God if you're
going soul winning some people only read their Bible because other people are
reading the Bible hey praise God if you're reading your Bible but you know
what a real man does is he's going soul winning period a real man is going soul
winning whether his family's going or not a real man's reading the Bible
regardless of what his family's doing hey a real man's doing the Bible memory
chapter regardless of what other people are doing John 6 verse 65 and he said
therefore said I unto you that no man can come unto me except it were given
unto him of my father from that time many of his disciples went back and
walked no more with him then said Jesus unto the twelve well at best I guess I
better quit everyone's leaving me everyone else is turning away no he
says will ye go away also all right he's not deterred then Simon Peter
answered him Lord to whom shall we go it's a good question now has the words
of eternal life Peter had a wise moment here right he's like why would I leave
you Jesus like who am I gonna go to you have the words of eternal life we
believe and are sure that thou art the Christ the son of the living God notice
Jesus he had people quit on him and turn away from him but that didn't cause
him to sit here and think like well maybe I won't go do my mission maybe I
won't serve God right and look if you serve God long enough like if you
actually get plugged in and serve God long enough you know what you're gonna
see you're gonna see people quit on serving God I'm not talking about going
to another good church there's nothing wrong with that that's great but I'm
saying you're gonna see people just stop serving God you're gonna see people
just like quit soul winning quit going to church in general I mean haven't we
ever seen that here before people just quit serving God all together people's
quit soul winning all together people quit doing the right things all together
you know what that's a shame for a man that is the utter shame for a man to
quit serving God look don't quit don't be a quitter in general but if there's
one thing you need to keep going on men it's serving God don't let you don't
let your wife see you quit serving God don't let your wife see you stop
following Jesus don't let your wife see you oh he once was a soul winner man he
used to read the Bible man he used to serve in church man he used to sign up
for the men's preaching nights man he really wanted to serve God with all his
heart and then where are you three years from now doing absolutely nothing that's
a shame that is a shame on your testimony as a leader that's not what a
real man does you know a real man leads regardless of what other people are
doing you know the Bible says if thou faint in the day of adversity thy
strength is small right hey Jesus he did not faint he was strong he kept
going hey people lie about him attack him you know Herod wants to kill him his
disciples want to leave him he just keeps going he just keeps doing what is
right go to Hebrews chapter 12 number four here's a big one of why Jesus is
just the man number four Jesus endured suffering without complaining without
complaining I want you to show me the verse in the Bible where Jesus
complains to any man show me the verse where Jesus goes up to his disciples
and complains about his workload his hunger his stress his fatigue you will
not find it you do see Jesus pouring out his heart to God what is that sorry
you do see you do see Jesus you know pouring out his heart to God and of
course you know lamentation unto God that's fine right hey men tell your
struggles to Jesus tell it to Jesus alone that's great but you know what a
real man just endures hardship endures suffering without complaining it is not
a masculine attitude to be a complainer it's annoying it rubs everyone the wrong way you're
losing aura points immediately when you're complaining right Jesus didn't do that look at
Hebrews 12 verse 2 looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was
set before him endured the cross despising the shame notice he didn't like to be crucified he
didn't like to be hanging on a cross for six hours he didn't like to be spit on in his face
he didn't like to have people lie about him and mocked him he despised it but he endured it
is what he did and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God for notice consider him that
endured such contradiction of sinners against himself why lest ye be wearied and faint in your
minds ye have not yet resisted unto blood striving against sin so notice we are supposed to consider
the lord Jesus Christ and think about how wow he endured the cross despising the shame man he he
went through it he went through all the suffering that he went through on the cross and you know
what he didn't complain he just endured it and we're supposed to consider that so that we don't get
weary and faint in our minds you know a lot of men today are just so dang weak i'm talking weak
mentally right now where it's just like they complain about the work that they have to do
they i mean if they work a job outside they complain about the sun if they work a job inside
they'll complain about the chair like just a bunch of complainers in this world that we have today
you know what you don't find that with jesus you don't see him complaining now let's remind
ourselves go uh if you would to yeah you can stay there in hebrews let's remind ourselves what is
some of the suffering that jesus endured and let's compare that to our lives right hey we have not
yet resisted unto blood the bible says striving against sin okay one of the things jesus was
falsely accused a lot of us i'm sure have gone through that first peter 2 23 says when he was
reviled reviled not again when he suffered he threatened not but he committed himself to him
that judgeth rightly righteously so notice he was reviled he was scorned he was spoken against and
what is man's reaction revile back right but jesus he just took it patiently he didn't complain when
he suffered he threatened not what does mankind do when we suffer or when we're threatened we
threaten back right hey you know you can't treat me this way you can't do look if there's anyone
who could have said you can't treat me this way i don't deserve this wouldn't have been the lord
jesus christ it's so funny how today is everyone wants to just be so perfectly justified and
recompense for everything it's like jesus didn't deserve anything wrong to him and he just suffered
it quietly he just suffered it patiently like a man he was obviously falsely accused he was
scourged right he was beaten with some sort of spiked instruments the bible says that you could
tell his bones you know what that means you could count his bones you know that means that his bones
were literally exposed from the severe whippings that he have think about what a gruesome sight
that must have been you know i'm sure you've had some injuries before in your life but few people
have had such terrible injuries where just their bones are exposed you just see their bones i mean
that's horrible he was beaten right the bible says he was buffeted what does that mean he was
beaten punched probably in the face his body was just socked continually he was humiliated obviously
the bible talks about how he was spat upon in his face you know his beard was ripped out which
that's both humiliating and also probably very painful how about the fact that he was stripped
of his clothing boy i'm starting to get upset just thinking about going through this giving vinegar
to drink as some sort of joke right making fun of him saying oh you know physician heal thyself
oh you saved others himself he cannot save come down now from the cross right meanwhile it's the
lord of heaven meanwhile it's the man christ jesus on the cross who's dying for their sins
by the way he's got the crown of thorns put on his head which look it's not like the hallmark
card where it's this pretty little crown you know from what i've researched the crown of thorns was
actually a sphere it's actually a sphere of spikes that they would just get with brute force and
just plant that thing hard on your head so that the spikes just go deep into your face and your
head and just cutting you like crazy it's not like a pretty little crown folks with some spikes on it
it's a horrific torture device the crown of thorns that was put on his head okay how about
him carrying the cross after being severely beaten after having tons of blood loss you think he'd be
dehydrated and weak but then he's got to carry this cross and you know what he was weak at one
point because they had to have someone come carry his cross simon the sirenian right he had to come
and bear the cross for the lord jesus christ then after all of that he gets nailed to the cross
hands you know nails through his hands through his feet and he's on that cross for six hours the
bible says i mean could you imagine doing that for five minutes while jesus is enduring it for six
hours and you know you don't see you don't see him complaining right you see in the garden he asks
the lord hey if there's any other way nevertheless thy will not mine be done that's a man right there
what a man that that sees suffering coming his way and says i'll walk towards that suffering and
i'll do it anyways knowing that i'm going to endure suffering knowing that something bad is
going to happen to me that is a man right there you know i i feel like today men have just lost
what it means to be a man and like look as a man i would at least sympathize with you and like i
wouldn't hold it against you if you went through injuries like this and you complained to me i'm
not saying he's necessarily right but i'm saying i wouldn't hold that against you hey if you're
in war you get your legs blown off and you're complaining like i wouldn't hold that against
you right but it's like you know men today are not complaining about getting their legs blown off in
combat about getting black lung from the coal mines about losing their hands from work you know
about being disabled because they got kicked by their horse or something like that or being
crucified or being killed or being persecuted men are complaining about the stupidest crap today
unbelievable like this video i saw this week of this comedian i don't know his name who cares
about this guy but this comedian just pissed me off because he made a video where he was just
complaining about having to serve in church he was just like you know these churches they must think
we have 36 hours in a day how do these churches out here expect me to work 40 hours a week 50
hours a week and then i got to work on the parking lot team then i got to be an usher then i got to
clean the building it's like you little baby you weak loser you pathetic excuse of a man
i mean you're supposed to consider the suffering that jesus had saying like oh lest you be weary
and faint in your minds i mean i wonder if this idiot just stopped for a minute and and just
thought about the suffering of jesus christ i wonder if he'd appreciate his 40 a week hour job
i wonder if he'd appreciate you know to be able to serve at the church that jesus died for what a
jerk and you know he acts like the church is just pressuring people oh you have to serve you have
to give all this extra time you have to put in all this extra work and i'm just thinking i have
the exact opposite mentality if you don't want to help with things at church if you don't want to
volunteer if i ask you to help me with something and you don't want to do it in your heart please
do not do it because who wants to be around a bunch of bad attitude ungrateful pathetic weak
effeminate men like that i mean you're a man and you can't work a job and hand someone a stinking
paper when they walk into the church oh i have to show i have to hand someone a paper oh i have to
read a chapter of the bible oh i have to lead a song i'll have to lead a soul winning time it's
like shut up shut your mouth and look if you if you feel that way honestly in your heart if you
feel that way like hey i don't want to do this i have too much going on look there's no pressure
i want to serve god with people who want to serve god and look the things that the bible commands us
to do hey i will preach that you need to do those things regardless of how you feel i don't care
how you feel about soul winning go soul winning because the bible says you have to go so you know
the bible does not say you have to work on the audio video stuff the bible does not say you have
to be an usher the bible does not say you have to be on the parking lot team which we don't definitely
don't have that right the bible does not say you have to clean the church building the bible does
not say you have to set up before events and all this stuff look it's better to have less people
with a good attitude than a bunch of angry complaining whining bitter people seriously
like i'm not making anyone do anything if you but here's the thing if you actually do help
with something if you do agree to do something hey if you do sign up to do something do it with a
good attitude right have a good attitude do it joyfully you know whatsoever you do do it as unto
christ and it's just so crazy today that what passes for a man is a guy that posts a video on
facebook of him complaining about working 40 to 50 hours a week and helping people park their cars
i mean men used to go to war folks men used to go to the moon folks all right i worked it in somehow
i knew i'd have to work it in today all right now men complain on facebook about their jobs
and serving in church that is a joke hebrews chapter number 11 and look the first word of
this verse in verse 35 is women you know a lot of godly christian women put these weak men to
shame because there's some women that have gone through some serious stuff there's some women that
have been steadfast hey there's some ladies that work super super hard at home way more than 40
or 50 hours a week and they serve in church with a good attitude how about these women verse 35
women received their dead raised to life again and others were tortured notice this not accepting
deliverance you know they're saying they were just enduring their persecution enduring their
tribulation they were willing to go through that they did not accept deliverance why that they
might obtain a better resurrection you know there's going to be a reward in heaven for people that
endure suffering with a good attitude you're going to have rewards in heaven for you know what maybe
you do have a hard life maybe you have a do do have a hard job but you say you know what my life
isn't about my job god didn't save me and put me in this world to put my 40 hours a week he put me
in this world to serve god and i'm going to do it with a good attitude you know you're gonna be
rewarded for that you're not going to be rewarded for working 40 hours a week you're not going to
be rewarded for doing your kush you know white collar job 40 hours a week there's no reward in
heaven for that but there is a reward for serving god and others had trial of cruel mockings and
scourgings yay moreover of bonds and imprisonment they were stoned yeah come talk to me when you're
stoned loser comedian he's probably stoned in a different way all right they were sawn asunder
boy that sounds horrific being sawn asunder we're tempted we're slain with a sword we're
wandered they wandered about in sheep skins and goat skins being destitute afflicted tormented
of whom the world was not worthy they wandered in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of
the earth you read that and then you hear wham parking lot team wham you know doing a church
activity cleaning the church helping with bulletins helping with song leading whatever it's like pour
you pour me and look i'm not sitting up here saying i've been through anything crazy hey i have not
yet resisted under blood i've got nothing to complain about folks i've got nothing to whine
about my life is pretty dang good when i read about jesus dying on the cross go to matthew chapter
number 20 matthew chapter number 20 number five what makes jesus the man number five jesus
accomplished what he set out to do because you know what a man he starts things and he finishes
them a man he has a vision he has a goal he has a task and he accomplishes that task task and he
doesn't complain while he's at it look at matthew 20 verse 17 and jesus going up to jerusalem took
the 12 disciples apart in the way and said unto them behold we go up to jerusalem and the son
of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes and they shall condemn him
to death and shall deliver him to the gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify him in the third
day he shall rise again i already kind of mentioned this but get this picture jesus knows that harm is
coming his way and you read this and it seems like he's just kind of nonchalantly telling his
disciples like yeah you know i'm gonna die i'm gonna be scourged and have all these bad things
happen to me i'm gonna raise again though praise god for that but imagine like imagine you're
walking into a situation where you say if i go through with this work if i obey god in this
situation i'm gonna get scourged i'm gonna get beaten i'm gonna get whipped i may even get
killed think about the type of person that it takes to know that and continue to do it anyways
it takes a man that's what it takes hey it takes the man christ jesus where he say hey i see the
cross i see the suffering i see the death and you know what i'm going anyways i'm going to that
destination go if you were to john 19 luke 951 says and it came to pass when the time was come
that he should be received up he steadfastly set his face to go to jerusalem notice he knew
what was coming and he steadfastly set his face to jerusalem he wasn't wishy washy about it he
wasn't unsure of himself he just said hey if this is god's will i'm going in that direction
you know a man should be willing to find out what god's will is for their life and say whatever
price god asks me to pay i'm willing to pay that price for the lord jesus christ that's what a real
man does and look that's going to be different for every single person but you know you know in your
heart you know when god is leading you to make a decision you know when you read something in the
bible and you say that right there was for me you know when you say hey that sermon right there was
for me yeah the preacher was talking about me you know a real man does he just does it he just
accomplishes it john 19 verse 30 when jesus therefore had received the vinegar he said what
it is finished and he bowed his head and gave up the ghost hey jesus finished he accomplished
what it is that he set out to do go to second timothy chapter number four second timothy chapter
number four i mean the story of the lord jesus christ would look quite different if it's just
like hey you know he did miracles he fed people he healed people he preached the word of god
and then you know he didn't die on the cross for our sins you know we wouldn't be here today
christianity wouldn't be here today you know what he finished second timothy four six you know the
apostle paul's another good example here for i'm now ready to be offered in the time of my departure
is at hand i have fought a good fight i have finished my course i have kept the faith i
wonder where the apostle paul drew that example from probably from the lord jesus christ right
where the apostle paul saying hey i have fought a good fight i'm gonna finish this race i finished
it says my course i've kept the faith henceforth there's laid up for me a crown of righteousness
which the lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but unto all them
also that love his appearing see the example jesus gave was so that we would look at his example
and follow in his steps and you know what for the apostle paul he's saying i fought a good fight i
have finished my course you know let's finish as christians let's not just get saved and have a
couple of years where we serve god and then fizzle out let's finish our race hey let's grow old
serving god let's be three to thrive right now let's be soul winning right now let's be three
to thrive and soul winning 20 30 40 50 years god willing from now why don't you actually finish
the christian race i'll tell you why because it takes a real man to do that or woman of god too
all right this is a man-centered sermon but you understand what i'm saying right you know take
someone of character and strength to do that anyone can start doing something anyone can
start doing something you know anyone could start a ministry anyone could start preaching the gospel
anyone could start reading the bible that's not impressive you know it's impressive someone who
finishes what they've started you know it's impressive is the young man or young woman who
starts reading the bible and they finish reading the bible you know it's impressive someone who
starts memorizing the chapter and they finish memorizing that chapter you know it's impressive
someone who like pastor cobb who's serving god in his 80s finishing his course right not falling out
of the race in your 30s and your 40s and your 50s or something like that you know how about hey
it's real easy to get married why don't you finish married it's real easy to get married
people could do it in las vegas and reno in minutes right go to the judge and just boom get
married but you know what it takes to finish that your whole life is what it takes till death do a
spark you know raising your kids don't give up finish raising those kids you start a ministry
hey finish that ministry god calls you to do something in this life hey take heed to the
ministry that you've been given that thou fulfill it the bible says go to second timothy 1 second
timothy 1 look at verse number 12 it says for the witch cause i also suffer these things nevertheless
i'm not ashamed for i know whom i have believed who's that that's jesus you see where he's drawing
his inspiration because he's the man i'm persuaded that he is able to keep that which i've committed
unto him against that day hey he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day
of jesus christ jesus has given us all the tools we need to finish our course but you have to want
to finish your course you have to actually try to finish your course you actually have to be steadfast
look what you have to do verse 13 hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me
and faith and love which is in christ jesus you know you can't you can't finish your race without
being someone that reads your bible i can just tell you right now if you're not someone that
reads your bible you're not going to finish the race there's a lot of people who do read their
bible a lot that don't finish the race but i'm just telling you right now if you don't read the
bible you will not finish your race verse 14 that good thing which was committed unto thee notice
heap by the holy ghost which dwelleth in us hey you know timothy had that gift of god that was
given unto him by the laying on of paul's hands he says that good thing that was given unto you
heap right hey anyone can start being a pastor maybe not anyone but a lot of people can start
becoming a pastor right hey and you can start that ministry but it's like don't you see a lot
of people fall when you see a lot of people quit don't you see a lot of people fall into sin hey
we need to keep that which has been committed unto us good isaiah 53 isaiah 53 last point about why
jesus is just the man number six because jesus carried the burdens of others a real man hey he
carries his own burdens doesn't whine and complain a real man doesn't just work 40 50 hours a week
do a couple easy no he carries the burdens of other people that's what a man does look at isaiah 53
verse 4 surely he hath noticed borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we did esteem him
stricken smitten of god and afflicted you know what a real man does is he bears other people's
griefs he bears other people's sorrows does that mean that jesus never had any grief of his own
of course he did does that mean he never had any sorrows he was a man of sorrows right he was
tempted in all points like as we are yet without sin but you know what a real man does is he bears
other people's grief and other people's sorrows you know what a weak man does is he comes home
from work and he complains to his wife about how bad his life is about how hard his job is
about how mean his boss is about how no one wants to be his friend no one wants to sit with him no
one wants to talk to him or something like that like that is not a manly thing to have your wife
carrying your sorrows and your burdens right hey you need to carry her burdens you need to be her
shoulder to cry on you need to be hey honey it's gonna be okay we're gonna get through this no
worries right you don't want to be the one that's freaking out all the time let me just help you men
like look if you really really need to tell us give me a call and i'll like slap you around a
little bit something like that like i'll help you but like don't call your wife freaking out like
the world's ending that's not a good idea for your marriage again your aura is just going down the
trash with her okay you need to be a man you need to carry the burdens of others here's a great way
here's just a practical way about how all of us can carry other people's burdens how about prayer
you know a lot of christians just don't pray at all and that's a shame we need to revive prayer
again in christianity and in churches and i bet you a lot of you if you pray it's maybe really
quick just at dinner for your food you're just repeating these things and then maybe if you
pray more than that maybe you pray for yourself and then maybe maybe if you pray for that you
might pray for like your wife or your kids or something like that but you know why don't you
bear some burdens why don't you be a man why don't you take you know our our bulletin and bear some
burdens of other people why don't you bear some burdens of people in california that you might
not ever even see why don't you bear some burdens of some preachers in the in the philippines that
have sacrificed a lot leaving the united states of america that are doing a great work for god out
there why don't you bear some burdens of other people because you know what jesus did he bore
other people's griefs and sorrows verse 5 but he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised
for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed
you know jesus is just the ultimate man you know why because he carried a weight so heavy that no
one else could carry it right what is that's the weight of sin hey there's a lot of strong men
physically in this world but you know it doesn't matter how strong you are in the flesh doesn't
matter how mighty you are in the flesh doesn't have much money or power influence you have
no one can lift that weight of sin no one can bear that weight of sin on their own people try
right it's called repent of your sin salvation work salvation where they try to carry that weight
don't worry jesus i've got it i've got it it's like you know my kids joking around or something
while i'm lifting and like touching the ends of the weight like they're lifting it's like
that's like us trying to repent of our sins no folks jesus has it all right the man's got the
weight we'll just let we'll just back off like all right jesus you deadlift that you go ahead
and just deadlift the sin of the whole entire world you know we can't bear that you can't even
bear your own sin not to mention other people we had to have someone else go to act chapter number
four while you're turning there act 10 verse 43 to him give all the prophets witness that through
his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins how do you get that weight of
sin taken off of you you got to believe in jesus you got to trust that he's got the weight you
don't try to lift the weight yourself you trust hey jesus bore it all literally he's the man act
chapter number four you know before salvation we spiritually you know what we are we're weak lame
blind and you know in the bible there's all these different stories of jesus healing people right
that have physical deformities they can't walk they can't speak they can't see and what is that
picture picture someone that's unsaved right and there's a story in acts where peter and the
apostles they heal a man that had this look what it says in verse number eight it says then peter
filled with the holy ghost sent unto them you rulers of the people and elders of israel if we
this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man by what means he is made whole be it
known unto you all and to all the people of israel that by the name of jesus christ of nazareth
whom ye crucified whom god raised from the dead even by him that this man stand before you whole
hey if someone is whole spiritually if someone is saved it's for one reason the name of jesus christ
it's not because the impotent man's one day just decided to try to you know wobble around on his
little nubs or something like that no it's just because he was totally healed by the name of
jesus christ and before we're saved we're just blind we're lame we're mute we're dumb we just
are completely helpless and we believe in jesus christ and we can just get up and we're made whole
we could see we could speak we could walk you know that salvation by faith in jesus christ and
and notice how it says in verse 10 he says whom ye crucified whom god raised from the dead of
course we're taking the lord's supper tonight what are we thinking about we're thinking about
the crucifixion of jesus christ go to matthew chapter number 11 the crucifixion of jesus christ
you know romans 15 one says we then we then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the
week and not to please ourselves why is he the man because you know what he bore other people's
infirmities he bore our sicknesses he bore our infirmities he bore our sins he's just the man
for bearing those things look what it says in matthew chapter number 11 verse number 29 obviously
we talk about salvation believing in christ but notice what it says in verse 29 it says take my
yoke upon you and learn of me for i am meek and lowly in heart you shall find rest unto your souls
for my yoke is easy and my burden is light when it comes to salvation jesus he bears all the weight
he does all the works doesn't he's nothing we have to do to be saved except believe on the lord
jesus christ no works required but you know after that he doesn't just want to save us and have us
just sit on our butts and be lazy and do nothing notice he invites us to what to his yoke what is
a yoke it's something that the oxen put on themselves to do what labor to work you know
what those oxen are doing they're bearing other people's burdens right and you know that's what
we should do when we get saved hey thank you lord jesus for bearing my sins that weight that
there's no way i can lift but you know what it's just like imagine jesus healing someone
that could never walk that could never stand and he just heals them he just makes them whole and
then that man just sits down and just stays seated and just stays stays down for the rest
of his life hey he just raises lazarus from the dead and he's just like i'm gonna go lay down
in the tomb i'm just gonna go back to sleep this is like the christian who's saved make no mistakes
they're saved but then they don't go and want to work for god they don't want to bear other
people's burdens hey hey you're saved by faith you know what then you should put on that yoke
and you know what it is easy it is life in comparison to the yoke of sin the parking lot
team is easier than being a drunkard folks folding bulletins is better than having bastard children
and paying child support you know serving god putting on the yoke of jesus christ serving
other people being a soul winner being free to thrive living a clean life being faithful to
your spouse reading the bible memorizing the bible that is a light yoke folks compared to what this
world is doing i mean this world is filled with just depression and drug abuse and suicide and
and just adultery just all these issues why because they've got the yoke of sin on them
that's a lot worse and here's the thing these people that complain about serving god oh i have
to serve god oh serve in church uh look the moment you take that yoke off you'll find a much heavier
yoke waiting for you the moment you say oh i gotta get out of church church is so terrible
serving god is so terrible i'm tired of getting yelled at you know you're gonna find a much
worse ox to work with you're gonna find a much worse yoke to bear on yourself i'm just telling
you it's like if you're wise you know you'll just put on jesus's yoke because his burden is easy
it is light go to first timothy chapter number two first timothy chapter number two of course
tonight we're celebrating the lord's supper and when i just think about all the great things that
jesus did for us i just think man what a man jesus is the man hey he's human but isn't jesus just the
man isn't he just the best man there ever was isn't he just the best example of masculinity it
could possibly be you know jesus young man he should be your hero because he is just the man
first Timothy two five for there's one god one mediator between god and men the man christ jesus
who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time let's have a word of prayer and then
we'll go ahead and take part of the lord's supper or thank you so much for your word thank you for
sending us your son jesus christ to bear that weight that none of us could bear to be such a
good example of a man in every area of life what i pray all of us in here would look at your examples
and just consider in our lives where we need to match more with your character and your example
especially i pray for the men in this room that they would not look to worldly influencers
as an example of manhood like andrew tade or some sort of professional athlete help us all to look
to the lord jesus christ as our hero an example of manliness in jesus name we pray amen all right so
at this time we are going to start partaking of the lord's supper here if you would please turn
your bibles to first corinthians 11 first corinthians 11 now first corinthians chapter
number 11 look what it says in verse 26 it says for as often as he eat this bread and drink this
cup you do show the lord's death till he comes so what are we doing tonight we are picturing the
death of the lord jesus christ we are not partaking in some sort of weird catholic doctrine of trans
substantiation this does not provide salvation this doesn't become jesus's body this doesn't
become his blood what we're doing is we're picturing the death of the lord jesus christ
now a lot of churches uh let's keep reading here verse number 27 it says wherefore whosoever shall
eat this bread and drink this cup of the lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood
of the lord the bible says that this is a serious event that we're partaking of and you need to be
worthy to partake of the lord's supper what does that mean you need to be saved okay so a lot of
churches will practice closed communion where they won't allow people that aren't like baptized
members of their church to participate in the lord's supper i'm not going to police that but
notice what the bible does say it says but let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that
bread and drink of that cup why for he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself not discerning the lord's body so look obviously if you don't believe
salvation is by faith alone if you think you lose your salvation let me just help you don't partake
of the lord's supper right you need to be taking of these things worthily also i believe if you're
involved in any type of sin that's worthy of getting you kicked out of church you know because
first chrithians chapter number five talks about people that were not even supposed to what eat
with right those are people that are what covetousness extortioners railers drunken drunkards
that list that's in first chrithians five look i don't know what's going on in everyone's life
but if that's you do yourself a favor and don't partake in the lord's supper because the bible
talks about people eating and drinking unworthily for this cause many sleep meaning people have died
from taking the lord's supper unworthily and many are weak and sickly among you and look
i'm not going to go investigate you or anything like that i've had people tell me hey i'm not
taking lord's supper i didn't say well why you know tell me right now what that is i was like
all right you're not taking lord's supper that's between you and god just don't do it though if
you're not worthy to take the lord's supper okay now at this time obviously you know we're a family
integrated church we love having the kids in the service but for this one evening we just asked
that the kids would be quiet and reverent and if they just get too crazy please just take them out
right away the ushers have been instructed to make sure that mothers and the mother baby room will get
what they need please no talking or texting also you're going to receive both the bread and the
wine before we partake of the lord's supper so when an usher gives you one or the other don't
just immediately partake of it we'll partake of it together go to luke chapter number 22 luke
chapter number 22 luke 22 verse number 14 the bible says and when the hour was come he sat down in
the 12 apostles with him and he said unto them with desire i have desired to eat this Passover
with you before i suffer for i say unto you i will not eat more any more thereof until it be
fulfilled in the kingdom of god and he took the cup and gave thanks and said this take this and
divide it among yourselves for i say unto you i will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the
kingdom of god shall come so at this time i'm going to start filling the cups with the wine
picturing the shed blood of the lord jesus christ this time the ushers can come forward and piano
can begin to play all right if you would bible says in luke chapter number 22 verse number 19
and he took bread and gave thanks and break it and gave unto them saying this is my body
which is given for you this do in remembrance of me at this time will break bread picturing
the broken body and the death of the lord jesus christ time the ushers can come forward right first
corinthians 11 verse 23 the bible says for i've received of the lord that which also i delivered
unto you that the lord jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread and when he had
given thanks he break it and said take eat this is my body which is broken for you this do in
remembrance of me let's pray lord thank you so much for giving us your son jesus christ thank you
that he was just willing to endure the pain and suffering that was inflicted upon his body so that
we could be saved lord you know without his death we would be without hope in this world thank you
that jesus was real man that was willing to endure that for us carry the weight that we could not
jesus name we pray amen you may partake first corinthians 11 25 says after the same manner
also he took the cup when he had supped saying this cup is the new testament in my blood this
do ye as oft as you drink it in remembrance of me let's pray lord thank you for the shed blood of
jesus christ we know the bible says without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins
thank you for the precious blood of jesus help us always to remember and defend the saving power
the blood of your son jesus christ it's in his name we pray amen he may partake lastly the bible
says in matthew 26 verse 30 and when they had sung in him they went out into the mount of olives
so jesus and his last supper they ended it together by singing him so we're going to
end the service this evening by singing song number 27 brother cameron he'll come lead us
song number 27 the old rugged cross thank you for this evening before this day this on our hearts
take it gravely and seriously the thing that we would be in remembrance of not just one day but
every day of the year lord i pray as we dismiss this evening that you would be with us that your
hand of protection would be on us and that you would just bring to remembrance that sacrifice
that we put it at the forefront of our memory and that we push toward the high mark of the calling
that is in christ jesus these things we pray in jesus name amen that you are dismissed