back here this evening. I want to thank Pastor Anderson again for the opportunity to preach
and as well to Brother Segura, Mrs. Anderson for the great hospitality today. I was enjoying some
nice authentic German pretzels right before service, so I'm pumped up. I've got the pretzels,
I've got the caffeine ready to go. We're here in Galatians chapter number five. Let's start reading
in verse number 26. The Bible says, "Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,
envying one another." The title of my sermon is "Vain Glory." "Vain Glory." What is vain glory?
The dictionary defines vain glory as number one, excessive elation or pride over one's own
achievements, abilities, etc. Boastful vanity. Number two, empty pop-pump or show. So someone
who is vain glorious is someone who's just filled with themselves basically. They think they're so
much better than they are and they're just obsessed with their own appearance, their own looks,
their own achievements, their money, their glory, just all these vain things that they want to take
glory in. And the Bible specifically commands us here not to be desirous of vain glory. So this
is a command of God here and this verse kind of gives us some clues as to why that is. Number one,
it says, hey, provoking one another. If you're a person that just has this desire for vain glory,
you are going to have a life where you're just constantly provoking other people.
You're going to be a person that lacks real friends, because here's the truth. No one likes
being friends with someone that's just obsessed with themself and filled with themself and just
desirous of vain glory. You know, no one wants to be around a person that's like that. I'll read for
you. You could stay there. Actually go and go to Proverbs 13. I'm going to read for you Proverbs
16. Five. The Bible says everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord, though hand
joined in hand. He shall not be unpunished. Right? So what is something that's an abomination? It's
something that's just disgusting, something that God just wants to spew out of his mouth. And the
Bible says every single one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord. So, so we should
expect that if prideful people are an abomination to God, prideful people will also be an abomination
to God-fearing people, people who walk in the spirit, people who want to please God, just like
God is disgusted with those that are vainglorious, filled with pride. In the same way, God's people
also are disgusted by prideful people. Proverbs 13 verse 10, notice what it says, "Only by pride
cometh contention, but with the well-advised is wisdom." Right? So in Galatians 5 26, it said,
"Don't be desirous of vainglory because you're going to be provoking one another." Here in
Proverbs, it says, "Only by pride cometh contention." So why is it that we as Christians should take
this message seriously and say, "Hey, we ought to not be desirous of vainglory." Well, if you love
having strife in your life, then go ahead and be vainglorious. But if you like peace and real
friendships and good relationships, then we need to make sure we're not being vainglorious people.
Also, here's the thing. Here's another reason why people who are prideful always have contention,
they're always provoking other people is because people who want to be filled with vainglory,
people who want to be prideful, they can never be content because here's the truth is that
only one person can be the best at one specific thing. You know, there's only one person who's
really the prettiest person, right? There's only one truly strongest man on earth. There's only one
richest man on earth. And so when people are just striving like I have to be the best in this area,
well then they're going to start having contention with people that they view as a threat to that.
And instead of being happy and other people's successes, they view that as some sort of threat
and they have contention, they have strife, they provoke other people. Go to Philippians chapter
two, let's get another verse on this. Philippians chapter number two, Philippians chapter number two,
we're going to see another clear command from the Lord here. Notice it says in verse three,
let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem other
better than themselves. So notice we should not do anything in life through
vain glory. What is this? This empty pomp, this empty show, trying to put on a fair show in the flesh,
trying to have your appearance be that of, "I'm the best. I'm the most spiritual. I'm the most godly.
I'm the best preacher. I have the most money. I'm the most charismatic." Or for you ladies,
"I'm the most beautiful girl in the world." No, no, no. Don't try to do anything through
vain glory, but in fact, you should actually esteem others better than yourself. And you know,
if you actually have a true heart, and only you know this about yourself, if you inside of your
heart truly want to see other people succeed, and you know what? You want your pastor friend to do
better than you. And you know what? You want your friend to get more people saved than you're getting.
And you know what? You want your friend to succeed in his career and in his job. Well,
then when people start being great and doing great things, that's not going to make you mad. That's
not going to lead to contention in your life. You're actually going to be happy for them.
And when you see people where, you know, you do something good, you achieve something,
and their countenance kind of changes towards you. They're kind of upset that you're achieving in
some sort of area. It's like, this might be a person that is vain, glorious, that wants this
glory and the show for themselves. And you know, it's very off putting attribute of a Christian.
So this evening, I want to give you four specific areas where we should not desire to be vain,
glorious. Go to Proverbs 31, Proverbs 31. Number one, don't be vain, glorious in your appearance.
Now, what's funny is when it comes to vain glory, beauty is one of the things that the Bible
explicitly tells us is vain. What does that mean? It's empty. It's meaningless. It is not what is
valuable in this world. Yet, especially women today, so many women are chasing just being as
beautiful as they can. And they put all of the value of themselves as a person in their looks.
And look, it's great to be beautiful. I'm not saying you shouldn't care about your looks
whatsoever. But at the end of the day, that is not what makes a woman super valuable. Look at
Proverbs 31 verse 29. It says, "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excelest them all.
Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain. But a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised."
Right? So the Horace woman, the Bible says in Proverbs, she's on every street corner.
Yet the Bible says a faithful woman, a virtuous woman who can find. Her price is far above rubies,
the Bible says. What is that? That's extremely valuable. You know, people will falsely accuse
the Bible and talk negatively about the Bible saying it's anti-woman. And that's not true.
The Bible is anti-whore. The Bible's anti-promiscuity. But the Bible's very pro-virtuous
godly woman. Her price is far above rubies. But the Bible says of her that beauty is vain.
And what does it mean? It's meaningless. It's worthless. Here's a couple reasons why.
Number one is that you were born with the looks you have. You didn't do anything to really achieve
your looks. Now, of course, people could go to the gym and they could, you know, get strong.
Or people could, you know, abuse their body by getting tattoos and ugly piercings. You know,
the sept, septum ring or whatever that thing is called that the liberal women get cutting their
hair. What's up with Portland where it's like half the head is shaved and half is long? We all sorts
of weird colors to their hair, just abusing your body by eating nothing but junk food, not working
out. You could definitely like denigrate your appearance, but at the end of the day, you know,
God has made you how he's made you. And you know what you are fearfully and wonderfully made,
but at the end of the day, you should not just obsess over your looks where you're just, you know,
this is all I care about is trying to, you know, make sure that everyone knows how beautiful that
I am. Go to proverbs five, proverbs chapter number five, because here's the truth is that you could be
the most beautiful person on the outside and be completely rotten on the inside. It's called
Hollywood actresses, right? It's like, why are they in that industry? Because they're attractive,
because they're beautiful. Let's not play games. Let's not, you know, joke around here. Of course,
that's why they're there. But does that make them good people? No. Oftentimes they're some of the
most rotten individuals. Oftentimes they're just unbelieving Jews. Oftentimes they're people that,
even though they're rich, they go out and commit crimes. They steal, they do drugs, they get drink
alcohol, all this stuff. Look what Proverbs five verse one says, "My son, attend unto my wisdom
and bow thine ear to my understanding, that thou mayest regard discretion and that thy lips may
keep knowledge." What is discretion? It's like the ability to judge. He says, I want you to judge
in these situations here. Verse three, "For the lips of a strange woman drop as in honeycomb,
and her mouth is smoother than oil." Notice, is the Bible describing the appearance of this woman
as being bad, as being something that would not be desirable? No, the Bible is describing this
strange woman as her appearance, just the outside image that you're getting. It's going to look
desirable to you. It's going to look like that honeycomb. It's going to be smoother than oil.
Obviously, that's how it is in reality. But notice verse four, "But her end is bitter as
wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold on hell."
Right? So young men who are not married, look, get married to a woman you're attracted to,
but there better be a lot more below the surface of her skin that you love about her than just
her looks. Because if you're just deciding who you're going to marry only by her looks, well,
you could end up with this type of woman where it's like a honeycomb. It's like smoother than oil,
yet actually it's a trap, yet actually she's a rotten person. And let's just be honest men,
God just made women beautiful, right? We're, we're the ugly gender here. God made women beautiful,
but you know what? Just because a woman is beautiful does not mean that she is a good
person. It does not mean that she's someone that you should marry. And so we got to get out of this
carnal fleshly mindset that is just so obsessed with appearances today, so obsessed with looks
today. You ought to find a woman who is virtuous. Look what it says in Proverbs 6. Flip over to
Proverbs 6. Proverbs chapter 6 verse 23, "For the commandment is a lamp and the law is light,
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery
of the tongue of the strange woman." Notice the Bible is illuminating this world for us so that
we could see what's on our path. If you're just walking through the woods late at night, there's
no moonlight, you can't see, you're going to get hurt, you're going to trip and fall, you're going
to run into some sort of obstacle, right? Well, the Bible here is illuminating this fact to us
that there can be beautiful women that are not someone you want to be with. Because look what
it says in verse 25, "Lust not after her," what? "Beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee
with her eyelids." Does it sound like, oh, you know, wicked women are going to look bad? No,
it says that she's beautiful. But the Bible's saying, "Don't lust after her beauty in your heart,
neither let her take thee with her eyelids." Why? "For by means of a horish woman, a man is
brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life." Imagine how many
men in this world have had their lives destroyed because when they were looking for a spouse,
when they were looking for a girl, their primary concern was how she looked. And they were destroyed
because of that. They were brought to a piece of bread because of that. We ought to make sure we
have the word of God illuminating our path, saying, "Hey, okay, she's beautiful, but let's
not just lust after her beauty in our heart and just assume that'll be enough to get us through
our life together in marriage." No, you need to find a virtuous woman. You need not to let looks
be the only thing you think about. Go to 1 Peter 3, 1 Peter chapter number three. And you know,
for you ladies, I'm not saying don't work on your appearance. I'm not saying don't care about how
you look whatsoever. But what I am saying is don't think within yourself that the only way
you could stand out is by your looks. Because if you're only trying to attract a man by your looks,
well then you're just going to attract any and all type of men, right? But if you want a
godly husband, then there ought to be something inside of you that's different than every other
woman. Because all women are pretty, let's just be honest. But you know what? Not all women are
godly. Not all women are virtuous. Look at first Peter three verse one. Likewise, he wives be in
subjection to your own husbands, that if any obey not the word, that they may without the word be
won by the conversation of the wives, right? So if a wife has an unsaved husband, you know, how is
she going to win this person over? Is it only going to be by her looks, by her hair, by her makeup,
by her body? No, it's by her conversation, right? Being subjection to her husband. Here's something
that men are really attracted to. A woman that is submissive. A woman that is, you know, going to
obey her husband. A woman that's going to be pleasant. Not a woman where you come home and
she's going to scream at you and tell you all the things that you've done wrong and give you a long
list of things to do. I mean, men just want a woman that's happy and that's going to obey her
husband and that's going to be godly. That's very attractive in a man's eyes. Look at verse, verse
two, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Who's adorning? What's adorning?
Is that what you put on? Right? Who's adorning? Let it not be that outward adorning adorning of
plating the hair and of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel. Bible saying, look,
specifically don't worry about these things. Don't make your whole purpose. I mean, some women are
just obsessed today with the next time they can get their hair done and the next time they can
get their nails done and the next time they could buy new jewelry and the next time they could
constantly buy new clothes. But let me tell you something that is not what makes you special as
a person. That is, you know, if you're just obsessed with those things, you know what that
is? It's vain glory. I have to have the newest clothes. I have to have the most trendy hairstyle.
I have to have all the new jewelry and all the new makeup. It's just vain glory at the end of the
day. But verse four says, but let it be the hidden man of the heart in that, which is not corruptible,
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
So notice the hidden man of the heart, who you are as a person that is not corruptible. I got some
news for you. All you ladies, your looks will fade as you age. I'm sorry to tell you that. You know
what? How you look in your twenties is going to be different than how you look in your seventies
and in your eighties. And look, some of you, maybe you could be like Sarah and you know,
you just be smoking hot in your nineties or whatever. I hope that for you. Praise God if
that's you. But you know what? You need to have something more about your person than how you
look. You have to live your life with your husband in your forties and fifties and sixties and
seventies and eighties, Lord willing. And you know what? It's not going to be all about how you look.
It's going to be about that hidden man of the heart that is incorruptible. And notice it says
a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. And again,
if God is valuing something very high, men of God are going to value that highly as well.
You know, men of God like women that are meek and quiet. No one wants to date a girl. It's like,
oh, what do you want to do with your life? Oh, I want to be a female pastor. It's like,
I'm out of here, right? No one wants to date the women that are down at the ice protests. Okay.
They're all ugly physically and spiritually, right? But you know, a woman that's meek and quiet,
that's just faithful to the things of God, that comes to church, that reads her Bible,
that's a soul winner. You know what? A godly young man is going to be very attracted to that.
And you, the young ladies that are not married yet, do not think that all you have to do is put all
this effort on your appearance and that's what's going to get you a godly husband. No, it's way
more so the inner man of the heart. And that's what you should be working on the most as a person.
You know what? Obviously same thing for guys too, right? You know, a lot of guys in the new IFB,
they think it's only, you know, one side or the other. No, no, no, go ahead and do some push-ups
and go soul winning. All right. Go ahead and do some push-ups and get a job and go to church.
All right. Oh, I just want to, I don't want to have a job. I just want to go soul winning every
single day and have 10 kids. Bro, wake up. Okay. There could be extremes on both ends of these
things, right? We need to have a balance, but we definitely don't need to be vain glorious.
Look at verse five. It says for after this manner in the old time, the holy women also who trusted
in God adorned themselves being in subjection unto their own husbands. Even as Sarah obeyed
Abraham calling him Lord whose daughters he are as long as you do well and are not afraid with any
amazement. What's interesting about this is that Sarah is given as an example of a godly woman
for you young ladies to follow and here's what we know about Sarah. We know that she actually was
super attractive. The Bible makes that very clear in the Old Testament but here when the Bible is
telling you look to her example it doesn't say hey make sure you're a babe in your 90s. It says
make sure you obey your husband is what it's teaching. Make sure you're in subjection to your
husband because that is actually what makes you more valuable as a person is being godly. The
Bible says that those who trusted in God are the ones that obeyed their husbands. Go to Isaiah
chapter 3 Isaiah chapter number 3 and here's the thing you don't want to get super prideful about
your looks number one because God gave you the looks that you have you didn't really do anything
to have your looks anyways. Here's another thing is that God could take away your looks at any
moment. You can go through some sort of horrible accident. You can have health issues. You can
become immobile and gain a bunch of weight. All these different things can happen to you. So you
don't want to just be banking your life on being an attractive face. Look what Isaiah chapter three
verse 16 says, "Moreover, the Lord saith because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with
stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go and make a tinkling
with their feet." Doesn't this just sound like a vainglorious woman, right? She's strutting around.
She's got her neck up high. She's got wanton eyes. You know, it reminds me of these girls where
I work in a downtown environment, and sometimes you see people and every single time they walk
by glass or reflective building, they just check themselves out the whole way. And it's just like,
"You look like a fool right now." It's like, "You're so into yourself, but I promise you,
no one else cares. You're the only one that cares." And they're just into themselves.
They're strutting around. I mean, that's what the Bible's describing here. Verse 17, "Therefore,
the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will
discover their secret parts." That doesn't sound fun. That sounds like the judgment of God coming
upon someone, right? And so one minute, this woman is strutting around thinking she's the most
attractive girl. She's super prideful. The Bible says that she's haughty. The next minute, God's
smiting her with a scab on her head and is going to discover her secret parts, right? So, you know,
don't get too puffed up in how you look. Don't sit here and bank your success in life on your looks
because, you know, God could change that at any time. Verse 18, "In that day, the Lord will take
away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet and their calls and their round tires
like the moon." Now, I'm not 100% sure on this, but when it talks about like bravery of their
tinkling ornaments, you know, obviously this woman is like trying to draw attention to herself,
right? And when you live in a really prosperous society like America, women just have no fear
in just drawing attention to themselves because we live in a safe, prosperous country. But let
me ask you, would you be as brave to walk around in the short shorts and the revealing clothing
and bringing all this attention to yourself, would you be brave to do that in like a Muslim country?
Would you be brave to do that in a situation where you weren't necessarily living in a soft,
polite society? You know, here it's saying, hey, I'm going to take away this bravery.
You could be in a situation that's so horrible, warfare, famine, all sorts of different things,
where women would actually be purposely trying to conceal that they're beautiful because they
wouldn't want to get taken or taken advantage of by someone else. Verse 19, the chains and the
bracelets and the mufflers, the bonnets and the ornaments of the legs and the headbands and the
tablets and the earrings, the rings and nose jewels. So apparently those have always been around.
The changeable suits of apparel and the mantles and the wimples and the crisping pins, the glasses
and the fine linen and the hoods and the veils. Sounds like it always took women long to get ready
throughout all of human history. I mean, this is so many things, right? And it shall come to pass
that instead of sweet smell, there shall be stink. And instead of a girdle, a rent. And instead of
well-set hair, baldness. And instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth and burning, instead of
beauty. See, no woman wants to be described that way. Oh, what is this girl? What is this girl like?
She stinks. She's got torn clothes. She's bald. And she's got sackcloth around her body. Are you
interested, man? You ready to sign up for this? That sounds horrible, right? Yet a few verses ago,
she was strutting her stuff. She was walking out with a wanton neck, with wanton eyes, a stretched
out neck. What does that show you? Hey, God can bring you down a level at any time. And so, hey,
if God blessed you with wonderful looks, why don't you just give the glory to God and, you know,
look at yourself in the right perspective, not be obsessed with your looks, obsessed with your beauty,
obsessed with your clothes. You know, just be thankful for however God made you and just be
humble. How about that? Because God can take it away from you very quickly. Go to Isaiah 40,
you know, how about your skin color? Man, today people are obsessed with their skin color.
And it seemed like 10 or 15 years ago, honestly, it seemed like we lived in a post-racial country.
Like, it seemed like no one cared about race 15 years ago. I don't know if anyone else experienced
that, but you know, I grew up a lot of my life in California and a lot in Idaho. And when I lived in
California, I was the minority. And you know what? People didn't really care about skin color. I
didn't really see racism. Now today, people are just obsessed with their skin color. You got the
black Hebrew Israelites, of course, they think that they're the special chosen ones because they're
black. And you know, like actual true white supremacy is making a comeback in America,
where people today are just obsessed with being white and they think that they're just inherently
better because of their skin color or even nationality. People just think like I'm
automatically better because I live in this country, but it's like, Hey, you were born where
you were born. Look what the Bible says in Isaiah chapter 40 verse 15. Behold, the nations are as a
drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the balance. Behold, he taketh up the aisles
as a very little things. The nations of this world are like a drop in the bucket compared to God,
compared to his glory. Now look, I believe that we should be thankful that we live in the United
States. I am grateful that I live in the United States and I believe the United States is the
greatest country on earth because of Christianity, because of the Bible's influence on this land,
not because this is a special piece of dirt here, not because there were special white Europeans
that came here, okay? This country is special because of the Bible and because of Christianity,
but just pieces of land, groups of people, types of skin color, you know what it is? It's a drop
in the bucket compared to God. Look at verse number 16 in Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. All nations before him are as nothing.
Notice there all nations before him, we're comparing to God here, are as nothing and they
are counted to him less than nothing and vanity. Again, I don't think you should hate the place
you live. I think it's really weird when people just get obsessed with just despising and hating
America. I think there's something wrong with you. I think you lack perspective. I think you
lack historical knowledge. But at the same time, we should not think that just because we were born
in America, that that automatically makes you as an individual better than other people. Because,
you know, who was born in America? I don't know. Wasn't like Michael Jackson born in America.
Anything special about that pedophile? No. Wasn't Barack Obama supposedly born in America? I don't
know if he actually was, right? Joe Biden, all these people, they're not special just because
they're born in America, right? Go if you would to second Kings chapter 20. Galatians 3.28 says,
"There is neither Jew nor Greek. There is neither bond nor free. There is neither male nor female.
For you are all one in Christ Jesus." We got to be careful of this racial superiority attitude
that's creeping into America today and not have this vain glory in your skin color and think,
"I'm so great. I'm so wonderful because I'm white." Or what makes no sense is when people are so proud
of being white and then they point to their ancestors 400, 500, 600 years ago and all the
great things that they've done. Meanwhile, they don't even read a book in a year. Meanwhile,
they don't even have a job. Meanwhile, they watch YouTube videos all day and want to tell you about
the flat earth. It's like, "Buddy, get a grip here." Number two, I want to say don't be vainglorious
about your wealth. Don't be vainglorious about your looks. Don't be vainglorious about your wealth.
Second Kings 20 verse 12 says, "At that time, Barodak Biladon, the son of Biladon, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick." If you
remember, Hezekiah was told that he's sick unto death, that he was going to die. He turned against
the wall. Remember, he prayed to God that he would live, that he would have more time, and God gave
him 15 more years. Verse 13, "And Hezekiah hearkened unto them," notice, "and showed them all the house
of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all
the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house,
nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not." So you got this guy, Brodach Beladon,
who's coming just to be nice to Hezekiah, to give him a gift, just to say, "Hey, I'm glad that you've
recovered from your illness." And you would think that Hezekiah would take that moment to give
glory and honor to God that healed him, right? This would have been a good time to say, "Yeah,
you know, I was in my bed. I turned against the wall. I prayed that God would heal me,
that He would give me some more time, and He gave me more time." No, instead, he's like, "Hey,
do you want to see how rich I am?" It's like, why would you think that, right? Because at this time,
Hezekiah is just filled with vain glory, right? He's just interested in being seen as an awesome
guy. Look at how much money I have. Look at how much wealth I have. And this is the pride of man
today, that you can't just be content with the fact that, wow, God blessed you. Wow, you know,
you have all these means. You think someone would be thankful for that and just be like, wow, God,
you know, I'm not worthy of this. You're very merciful. Thank you for this that you've given me.
No, instead, man wants to show it off and flaunt it and have this superiority complex. You know,
there's nothing wrong with having riches. So long as you gain that money through righteous means,
don't have this attitude where you just despise rich people. Okay. That's an unbiblical attitude.
But also, you know, if you have money, you should not first of all flaunt and boast and brag and
make a show about how wonderful you are because you have all this money. And also I don't think
you should have this condescending attitude toward people that do not have the same as you
and just like look down on people for not being where you are in life. I don't think that's a
good attitude to have notice what it says in verse 14. Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah
and said unto him what said these men and from whence came they unto thee and Hezekiah said they
are come from a far country even from Babylon and he said what have they seen in nine house
and Hezekiah answered all the things that are in my house have they seen there's nothing among my
treasures that i've not showed them and Isaiah said unto Hezekiah hear the word of the lord
behold the days come that all that is in nine house and that which thy fathers have laid up in
store unto this day shall be carried into Babylon nothing shall be left saith the lord so just like
you know a beautiful woman's looks can be taken from her at any moment hey rich man out there
men that have means out there you think you're so great just because you have money you know
god could take that away from you in any moment you say no you don't understand it's been in my
family for generations we've got our assets protected we've diversified our portfolio well
here notice what it said there it said in verse 17 behold the days come that all that is in thy
house and that which thy fathers have laid up in store so your generational wealth is not a
guarantee either right usually people who come from money it's a lot easier for them to have and
to make money but you know what even if you came for money even if your dad had a business even
if your great-grandfather had a business that was passed down passed down you know that stuff is not
guaranteed to us and you know you'd be wise if you do have means if god has blessed you with money
and wealth and riches you'd be very wise to be very humble about that and to be very thankful
to god for the things that you have and not sit here and use your wealth as a excuse for you to
have vain glory and to boast and to make a show of yourself notice verse 18 and of thy sons that
shall issue from thee which thou shalt beget shall they take away and they shall be eunuchs in the
palace of the king of babalon what a horrible prophecy that is being told like hey your kids
are going to be taken by the babylonians and they're going to be made eunuchs i mean you'd
be like throwing up you're so like affected by such a horrible thing but that's not his attitude
look at verse 19 this is crazy then said headed to caia unto isaiah good is the word of the lord
which thou has spoken and he said is it not good if peace and truth be in my days think about what
an insane attitude this is and you know what unfortunately some people who are lovers of money
people who want to have a vainglorious show in their riches their money is what is only important
to them and money is the end all be all and like i said nothing wrong with money but there is
something wrong with loving money there's something very wrong with hey you know your entire children's
future is being affected here and you're just like i don't care as long as i have money you
know it reminds me of the old ifb it reminds me a lot of a lot of liberal watered down churches
that at one time were fire breathing independent fundamental baptist churches sometimes you see a
church that's on fire they have the right doctrine they're doing great works they're reaching people
with the gospel but somewhere along the line people get infected with the love of money
and sometimes in not all churches but in some it becomes about getting the big palace it becomes
about getting the accolades it becomes about getting the big staff right and just having all
the fancy accoutrements and here's the thing they do that at the expense of preaching hard they do
that at the expense of oftentimes the word of the lord or of soul winning or of how about you know
small town soul winning missions trips or going across the world to preach the gospel i mean the
missions trips that the new ifb does are not financially profitable we are spending money to
go to random places in oklahoma people who live in broken bow oklahoma and enid oklahoma are not
driving to oklahoma city they're staying there right people in the bahamas they're not driving
to church people in the philippines they're not driving to church but it's like we do this as a
movement because we just love souls and because jesus christ said to go and we're gonna go but
oftentimes you see churches where they're just saying hey forget the next generation as long as
there's riches and peace and truth and a nice building in my day and like i said this morning
you know what i love about faithful word is hey you guys got the awesome building and you still
preach hard and you still preach the gospel to every creature you know what oftentimes god will
bless someone who has their priorities straight and every single church in america should be
looking at the example of faithful word baptist church and say hey look it's possible to not
compromise it's possible to be hated it's possible to be on the news it's possible to have the
enemies it's possible to have all the protest and still god be blessing you guys spiritually
and financially as well you know you don't have to be a compromiser today it's a bad idea go to
if you would ecclesiastes chapter number five ecclesiastes chapter number five you know a lot
of churches today measure success by human bodies in the building and u.s dollars in the bank i
believe that what defines a church success is the number of people they're getting saved
and it's probably faithful word baptist church is getting the most people saved in this whole world
that's the church that i think god values highest is the church that's getting lots of people saved
not just the church that has warm bodies in the pew look we want to reach people but we especially
want to reach soul winners we want to reach labors same thing for your personal life ecclesiastes 5 10
the bible says he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver nor he that loveth abundance
with increase this is also vanity right very similar to vain glory loving money is
vanity you think you love silver you think that stuff is going to satisfy you it never does
he that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver someone who loves money it doesn't matter
how much money they make they will always be chasing the next level of financial success
whereas when you have peace through contentment wherever you are in life you've learned to be
content and you have that peace look at verse 11 when goods increase they are increased that eat
them and what good is there to the owners thereof saving the beholding of them with their eyes it's
like there could just come a certain level of wealth where what good is it to you but just
looking at it how many boats can you really use at one time how many cars can you really drive
at one time j leno right well it wasn't he like a collector of just like hundreds of old classic
cars you can only drive one my friend and eventually just gets to the point where all
you can do is just behold it with your eyes and if you think you know you're going to be satisfied
with that you're not you're just not look at verse number 12 the sleep of a laboring man is
sweet whether he eat little or much but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to
sleep let me tell you one aspect of true wealth how about being able to sleep hey if you could
sleep you're rich in some sort because there's a lot of rich people today that would pay all
sorts of exorbitant amounts of money to get a good night's sleep and you know what oftentimes
people can't sleep because they've just got so much money that's on their mind and they're
managing so many assets and you know their goods increase but it's increased those that eat them
right and so they can't even get a good night's sleep but it's like man if you can get a good
night's sleep you're rich you've got wealth go to first timothy 6 first timothy chapter number six
the bible gives some instruction to those who are rich in this world first timothy 6 verse 17 says
charge them that are rich in this world that they be not what high-minded nor trust in uncertain
riches but in the living god who giveth us richly all things to enjoy see who is the
source of riches it's god the bible says that he gives you power to get wealth so hey if you're
wealthy where should that glory go straight to god verse 18 that they do good that they be rich
in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate laying up in store for themselves a
good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal life hey if you're
rich in this world make sure you're also rich in good works if you're if you have a rich bank
account make sure you're also rich in faith towards god as well go to deuteronomy chapter
number eight deuteronomy chapter number eight deuteronomy eight verse 13 the bible says and
when thy herds and thy flocks multiply and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied and all that
thou hast is multiplied verse 14 then thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the lord thy god
which brought thee forth out of the land of egypt from the house of bondage now i don't know about
you but this does not sound desirable a lot of people today they desire riches which the bible
says don't desire to be rich but many people foolishly today do desire to be rich but just
put yourself in this position for a moment what if god gave you your foolish desire of you becoming
rich but as a result of you becoming rich you forgot about god you just became prideful you
forgot about his blessings you forgot about your purpose and your calling as a christian
you know if you knew that that's the type of person that you would turn into if you were rich
would you still want to do that of course not you would say that's foolish you know our life is like
a vapor you know it's here one moment's gone the next there's coming a real day and as sure as i'm
standing here before you you will stand before the lord jesus christ and you will be judged
according to your works and your rewards in heaven your place in the millennial reign of christ will
be locked in there's no changing it the only way you could change it is the works you're doing
now and you know what a lot of people today are so foolish and not thinking about that and not living
their life that way and instead a lot of people today are living as if they're going to be on
this earth forever trying to lay up treasure on this earth but a lot of people what happens
they end up forgetting about god and i've seen it i've seen people pray for their business to
succeed i've seen people get a huge raise i've seen people you know go from not making a lot
to all of a sudden god blesses them and you see them make the foolish decision of just getting
out of church and you know what their life ends up suffering in other areas as a consequence of
that verse 15 who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness wherein were fiery serpents
and scorpions and drought where there was no water who brought thee forth water out of the rock of
flint who fed thee in the wilderness with mana which thy fathers knew not that he might humble
thee and that he might prove thee to do the good at thy latter end and thou say in thine heart
my power and the might of mine hand have gotten me this wealth but thou shalt remember the lord thy
god for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth that he may establish his covenant which
he swear unto thy fathers as it is this day let me tell you something if you want to succeed
financially or if you already have succeeded financially and you want to stay that way
one of the best financial decisions you could make is by staying spiritual by staying humble
even if you're just only for your own selfish sake here stay in church stay soul winning keep
reading through your bible for no other reason that god sees you becoming prideful and says okay
you think that you got this wealth by your own power by your own hand by your own strength by
your own intellect well how about i just take it all away from you like that wouldn't sound fun
does it we need to humble ourselves go to proverbs 27 proverbs 13 seven says there is a man that
maketh himself rich yet hath nothing think about what that verse is saying people on this earth
there are people that have all the money you could think of anything that they want they could buy
they don't have to be patient for things they don't have to hope and desire for the future
for things to change there are people that just does everything that money could buy yet the bible
says that they have nothing it goes on to say there is that making himself poor yet have great riches
one of these paradoxes that exists in the bible is that there are people that are rich but you know
what in reality they're poor you know why because their wife hates them because they can't get a
good night's sleep because they're addicted to drugs and alcohol because they have no real friends
because they're rich and everyone just wants to take them for everything they got right they have
so much stress they have all these issues it's like yeah yeah you're rich but at what expense
right in reality you have nothing then there's people that are poor the meek of the earth the
poor of the earth and you know what there's a lot of people that are poor that you know what they
have they have the gospel of jesus christ we go into the poor areas and the poor receive it the
poor get saved the poor have eternal life right hey and the poor they're not so obsessed with
making money they actually have time for god they read the bible they get riches from the
scriptures from the king james bible you know they have real true friends that actually care
about them you know you know that their wife cares about them this is why it's good to get
married young you know because if your wife marries you when you're young and poor you know that she
actually likes you right and you know it's just uphill from there lord willing right but look i'm
just saying you know having a wife that loves you having a good night's sleep having good health
having good friends having faith word baptist church having a ministry to go soul winning in
having these blessings life you know that's true riches right there and you would be a fool to
trade away the the true riches of this world just for empty money number three i want to say this
don't be vainglorious about your achievements and your abilities proverbs 27 2 the bible says let
another man praise thee and not thine own mouth a stranger and not thine own lips hey even if you
are really really good at something even if you are really skilled and really talented you know
don't go around bragging about how awesome you are you know it just immediately takes your cool
factor down to zero here's a paradox for you people that are prideful they want to be seen
as cool but when they try super hard to be cool no one thinks you're cool teenagers you need to
learn this lesson because every teenager goes through a phase where they think being cool means
acting cool no no here's how you're cool you don't care about being cool that's how you could
actually be cool you know you remind me there's this baseball player mike trout and he started
his career he's really just big name in major league baseball everyone's like this guy's just
gonna tear it up and he's a good player but he had a lot of injuries and i remember this interview
where this interview asked him like hey what do you think that you'd be like you know if you didn't
get injured he's like yeah you know i just think that if i didn't get injured i'd just be the best
player in the game it's like oh okay you really think that about yourself huh it's just awkward
it's off-putting to hear someone say about themselves like yeah i would be the best baseball
player or i'm the best singer in the world i'm the best runner in the world i'm the best swimmer in
the world i'm the best this is just like no one thinks that but you man there can only be one
greatest baseball player in the world okay and it's shohei otani let's just be honest okay
those baseball fans out there know i'm being real okay but it's just like there's only one
greatest swimmer there's only one most beautiful person there's only one greatest preacher or
whatever and at the end of the day why do you care if you're the greatest anyways aren't you
supposed to esteem others better than yourself you know if i'm playing in a baseball game i just
want the team to win it's about the team winning it's not about being the best you know as a pastor
it's about team jesus it's about hey the new ifv team it's team conservative christianity team
fundamentalism that's the team that i want to win it's not team dylan os it's not oh i have to be
the best pastor i have to make sure that people think i'm the best pastor i already know i'm not
and that's okay because i want my brethren to succeed but you see people where they have to be
the best they have to be seen as the best and so they'll make sure that they glory and boast in
their own achievements and it's off-putting it's one thing you know saying hey look what the team
did that's not that's not being prideful or something like that it's one thing to go
soul winning and say hey we had five salvations hey our church had this many salvations why because
hey that's a team effort and we say hey obviously we know that without christ we could do nothing
but it's it's another thing to be like i am the greatest soul winner in the church i do 90% of the
soul winning for the church i do this this and that it's just off-putting and you know what you
think you're making yourself cool but you're not actually you're you're making yourself way less
cool go to roman's chapter number 12 roman's chapter number 12 you know you should as a person
you should strive for excellence hey you should try to be the best that you can possibly be
in every area of your life right you're not going to be the best worker who's ever existed but you
know you should try to be the best employee at your workplace you should be the best soul winner
you could possibly be you should be the best preacher you possibly could be but as you
strive for excellence you should also cheer on others for their achievements and when other
people achieve excellence when other people achieve greatness you know that should bring
you true joy and you should express that congratulate them on that not become envious
look at romans 12 verse 15 says rejoice with them that do rejoice and weep with them that we
hey mike trout if someone else is the greatest baseball player why don't you rejoice with that
person say congratulations someone got more salvations than you be happy that more people
got saved right hey someone else got the promotion you know what congratulate them be happy for them
support them help them in their role another church gets more salvations hey be happy for that
church right another man of god does great works be happy for that person you know makes me think
of like workout snobs you see workout snobs all the time and and there's some people who they love
exercise they love working out i really like working out and exercise and being healthy
and when a newbie starts to join the gym or whatever they're encouraging that person
they're like great job man i'm so proud of you or you know what you're gonna do great
yeah keep working on that here's some tips you know those are good people then there's other
people where they see people achieve athletically in the gym on the racetrack and they're like
yeah you know i know rfk did 20 dead hang pull-ups but i mean did you did he lock his elbows on
every single one did you guys see that video i'm talking about rfk knocking out the the pull-ups
bros in his 70s why can't we just be happy for him like dude you're in your 70s and you're pumping
out 20 pull-ups like you're a beast man oh but did you see my 20 pull-ups i locked out my elbows
wow you are so cool no actually you're not you're just a jerk right or you know you see people you
know runners like this it's like you know hey you ran my 10 miles it's like i ran 10 miles too and
i didn't even stop once i didn't even take a drink of water i didn't even slow my pace for one second
wow dude you're really cool what why do people do that kind of stuff vain glory do you see how this
provokes others you see how this causes strife with others instead of just saying like bro you ran 10
miles that's awesome yeah but you know i've walked a mile dude that's great you ran 10 miles like
that's awesome hey rfk you bumped out 20 pull-ups that's great or it's like you know a brother in
christ says hey you know i got through the bible last year four times you know be happy for that
person don't be like how many chapters of that was the audio bible i had my eyes on the page for
every single time and look when i read the bible i read my eyes on the page but you know what if
you listen to the audio bible praise god i'm happy for you you know if if you can get through the
bible twice a year with your eyes on it and an extra two or three times listening to it praise
god because we're not in some sort of weird competition here of vain glory and why do people
put out these type of you know statements is because they just want you to think like look
how awesome i am look how great i am i could run this much without stopping i could lift this much
without help man i lock my elbows man i do a full range of motion man i only read the words on the
page it's vainglory we need to make sure we don't have this attitude as christians go to first
corinthians 15 first corinthians 4 7 says for who make it thee to differ from another what is thou
that thou didst not receive now if thou didst receive it why just thou glory as if thou didst
not receive it right if god has given you a healthy body god's given you a smart mind god's given you
the ability to get well why are you glorying in the fact you know as if you yourself did
that under your own power no god gave that to you and yes we're expected to work hard absolutely
but at the end of the day you know you can't work hard if you don't have a functioning body
we have a functioning body why because of god's grace and his mercy look at the apostle paul's
attitude first corinthians 15 verse 9 for i am the least of the apostles that i'm not meant to be
called an apostle because i persecuted the church of god but by the grace of god i am what i am
and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain but i labored more abundantly than they all
yet not i but the grace of god which was with me so notice the apostle paul did not think too
highly of himself if anything he was a little self-deprecating he was like look i am the least
of the apostles i am not fit or meet to even be called an apostle but you know what by the grace
of god i am what i am here's what he did do he labored more abundantly than they all and you
know what as we're striving for excellence let's work super hard let's labor let's try to provoke
others unto love and unto good works there's nothing wrong with you know telling people the
accomplishments that you're doing to try to encourage them but there's a big difference
between the apostle paul saying hey i labored more abundantly than they all and him just saying
like i'm the greatest person who's ever lived i'm the greatest christian i don't have any problems
i'm the greatest athlete that was not his attitude it was not a vainglorious attitude go to matthew
15 last point this evening number four don't be vainglorious about your personal standards
look have your personal standards but it gets really weird when you have this personal standard
that you have made up that is not in the bible and you want to act like you are better than other
people for having this made up standard and oftentimes people they have a personal standard
but they don't just hold that to themselves of a sincere conviction they have to make sure they
tell everyone their personal standard so that you could feel lesser than that person because
you're not up to this person's level of their personal standards look at matthew 15 1 then
came to jesus scribes and pharisees which were of jerusalem saying why did the decide why do thy
disciples transgress the tradition of the elders for they wash not their hands when they eat bread
notice what are they upset about did they say hey here's where your disciples sinned against god
no it's here's where they transgressed against the tradition of the elders who made the tradition of
the elders scripture who made the tradition of the elders god's commandments they're not that's why
jesus answered in verse three 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 on or not
his father or his mother he shall be free thus have you made the commandment of god of none
effect by your tradition see some people they do not have high personal standards out of a sincere
conviction out of sincerely wanting to be pleasing to the lord some people have this gigantic beam
in their eye where they're they're violating very clear commands of scripture but they want to
highlight this small little area of their life where they're so holy they're so righteous they're
so above you right it's like wow you're literally not honoring your mother and father which is the
first commandment with promise it's in the 10 commandments right these people are completely
making no avoid the commandment to honor mother and father but they are so cool because they wash
their hands washing your hands that doesn't make you cool man right and they're sitting here not
only are they wicked by not honoring their father and mother and having this man-made standard above
that but they actually have the audacity to judge and condemn jesus's disciples for not following
their man-made tradition that's why he says in verse seven ye hypocrites well did azias prophesy
of you saying this people draw nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips but
their heart is far from me but in vain they do worship me teaching for doctrines the commandments
of men go to romans 14 romans 14 you know it's okay to have your standards it's okay to have
your own personal opinions but first of all your personal opinions better never be in contradiction
with god's commandments that's number one and also if you have a standard that's over and above
what the bible says you know you can hold yourself to that standard if you're in authority you can
hold people you have authority over to that standard but you cannot sit here and judge other
people that you don't have authority over for having that exact same standard here's an example
of things people get real vainglorious about real holier than thou about how about fad diets
getting quiet already man some people they're just like if you're not carnivore you know you're
you're just a soy boy you're weak you need to be carnivore you need to eat only meat breakfast
lunch and dinner and you know what maybe you'd be able to lock out your pull-ups if you were
carnivore like me what are they trying to say like i'm awesome i'm great just be awesome like i am
awesome right but where does the bible say be a carnivore where does the bible say be a vegetarian
where does the bible say i have to have a keto diet where does the bible say i have to have a
whatever your fad diet is not saying that any one of those things are necessarily wrong to go through
seasons like that look what romans 14 one says him that is weak in the faith receive ye but not
to doubtful disputations for one believeth that he may eat all things another who is weak eateth herbs
so the bible makes it clear who's right in this debate hey we can eat all things what god has
cleansed call not thou common or unclean okay we can eat all things but someone eats herbs bible
says that person's weak but verse three says let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not
and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth for god hath received him look if someone
just out of their own conscience they just have a personal standard you know they're not saying
thus sayeth the lord thou shalt be a vegetarian but they're just saying hey my personal decision
i'm going to be vegetarian i am not to despise that person right and vice versa now let's be
honest in our day and age it's usually usually coming from the other side it's usually someone
who's a vegetarian who wants you to follow their man-made standard and will call you all sorts
of names will judge you for not being a vegetarian no no you're not allowed to judge me in that area
is what the bible says here's some other examples how about holidays look at romans 14.5 one man
esteemeth one day above another another esteemeth every day alike let every man be fully persuaded
in his own mind he that regardeth the day regardeth it unto the lord and he that regardeth not the
day to the lord he does not regard it he that eateth eateth to the lord for he giveth god thanks
he that eateth not to the lord he eateth not and giveth god thanks hey if someone wants to celebrate
a non-sinful holiday that's very prerogative right you want to observe birthdays you want
to celebrate christmas i observe those things nothing wrong with those things and if you just
choose like hey i just don't want to do that i'm just gonna treat this as every other day in the
calendar just gonna praise the lord today i'm just gonna be a christian today i'm just gonna serve god
today that's fine too but the problem lies and usually it's coming from one side not the other
where it's like christmas is pagan easter is pagan it's evil it's wicked you're worshipping
the devil it's like you're a fool and you need to read romans 14 because let every man be persuaded
in his own mind you know people have their own personal opinions their own personal standards
that are above what the bible says and you know what that's okay but you know what you get to
hold yourself and the people you have authority over to those standards and no one else how about
this baptists how about dancing all right didn't david dance to the lord with all his might can i
get up and say thus sayeth the lord it is wicked to ever dance under any circumstance whatsoever
no i can't that would be preaching for doctrines the commandments of men but some people will act
like like you are the scum of the earth if you think that someone could ever dance under any
circumstance and they'll just say like oh i'm just so much more separated i'm so much more
holy i'm so much more righteous because i say that dancing in all situations are wrong no you're
just a holier than now you're just vainglorious you're just wanting this show you just want people
to look at you and say wow you're so amazing you're so wonderful you know guys swimming with their
shirts off i'm gonna tell you my opinion i don't give a rip i'm just gonna give you my personal
opinion okay personal opinion for a moment pastor anderson if he disagrees believe him i think if
jesus went swimming i think he'd just take his shirt off that's just me all right and look i'm
super white so i wear a shirt oftentimes because i'll get third degree sunburns but just know that
when i'm swimming with you i'm not thinking like oh i'm so much more righteous than you
because i'm covering my skin no it's just like i just don't want third degree sunburns you know
if it's night swimming it's a different story whatever but just man-made man-made standards
you know musical instruments the church of christ will have this standard that musical instruments
are ungodly that's not biblical that's your own man-made standard that goes against what the
bible says you can't judge us for having musical instruments or you know some baptists will just
say like this specific instrument is sinful oh really show me that in the bible or is that
just your personal standard and hey if you've got that personal standard have your personal standard
but don't sit here and condemn people who don't have the same exact personal standard
right oh you know anything that's not within the hymn book is a sin really can you show me
that in the bible oh you know the new ifb is real bad real wicked because they've got new ifb parody
music can you show me that in the bible what what songs about you know god's enemies being destroyed
and our victories and our exploits and the new ifb that's somehow sinful how right you don't get
to judge us for that a dress code beyond what the bible teaches you know you're not more spiritual
because your dress goes down to your ankles you're not more spiritual because you'll never show your
elbows you know guys you're not more spiritual because you know you'll only wear a shirt when
you go swimming entertainment standards people have different standards for entertainment you
know if you have a personal standard on that and someone's is different and it's not violating
scripture let that person be fully persuaded don't sit here and be like oh you're not as godly as me
because you don't have my same standard how about education right people are in different
situations i i very much prefer home school and it's something that me and my wife are learning
our kids are very young i don't come to you from a position of saying i've done this i've succeeded
we're doing our best in that area but you know other people are in situations where they have
no other option but to send their kid to school people who live in germany they've got to send
their kid to school am i going to sit here and just like oh i'm so much better i'm so much more
righteous because i in america have freedom to homeschool my kids and you don't therefore i'm
more righteous than you it's like this is not the spirit of unity of christ here this is
vainglory and what does it do provokes one another brings strife brings envy brings contention go to
jeremiah 9 i'll read for you first peter 5 5 the bible says likewise ye younger submit yourselves
unto the elder yay all of you be subject one to another and be clothed with humility for god
resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble those are some sobering words right there hey when
we wake up in the morning we got to clothe ourselves with humility reminding ourselves
of this sober fact that god will resist the proud i do not want to live a life this uphill battle
of god resisting me so i need to make sure that i myself clothe myself with humility and i don't
have this vain glorious attitude about me that just wants to put on this show like i'm some
superhuman that i'm on some next level you know what i like about pastor anderson is like he's
just a normal guy he's not pretentious he's not putting on a show i mean some pastors they just
have this aura about them right that they're just like untouchable they're this superman they're
high and above the congregation you know that's often not healthy because often it's this vain
glory show it's often not sincere just be a regular person jeremiah 9 verse 23 the bible says thus
saith the lord let not the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his
might let not the rich man glory in his riches but let him that glorieth glory in this that he
understandeth and knoweth me that i am the lord which exercise loving kindness judgment and
righteousness in the earth for in these things i delight saith the lord hey don't be a vain glorious person don't
spend your life boasting about things that don't please god that are vain that don't make a
difference in eternity look strive to be excellent in what you do nothing wrong with being strong
nothing wrong with having money nothing wrong with being wise but you know don't sit here in
glory and boast and become vain glorious in those things if you're going to glory in every anything
why don't you glory that you know god why don't you be thankful that you know the scripture
why don't you be thankful that you know the lord jesus christ this world doesn't know jesus
we know jesus hey let's glory in that it's not glory about our money our looks our position
our abilities our accomplishments all these things it's just vain glory we need to make sure we're
going into 2026 humble because god will resist the proud let's pray lord thank you so much for
your word thank you for faithful word baptist church i pray that you would bless
this year of 2026 for this congregation i pray that the people in here would clothe
themselves with humility that we would recognize that all of our blessings come from you and we
just ask that you would use us greatly to reach many people with the gospel this year i pray that
you'd continue to use pastor anderson greatly to change people's lives and please bring us
home safely this evening in Jesus name we pray amen