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As you find your seat, grab a song book and turn to song number 129. 🎵Piano music plays🎵 Song number 129, there's our first song, Rock of Ages. Let's all stand together for this first song, if you're able. Song number 129, all together nice and strong on that first verse. 🎵Rock of ages, clap for me, let me hide myself in thee🎵 🎵Let the water and the blood from my wounded side wish flowed🎵 🎵Be a sin, a double cure🎵 🎵Save from wrath and make me pure🎵 🎵Could my tears forever flow🎵 🎵Could my zeal no languor know🎵 🎵These for sin could not atone🎵 🎵Thou must save and thou alone🎵 🎵In my hand the price I bring🎵 🎵Simply to thy cross I cling🎵 🎵While I draw his fleeting breath🎵 🎵When my eyes shall close in death🎵 🎵When I rise to worlds unknown🎵 🎵And behold thee on my throne🎵 🎵Rock of ages, clap for me, let me hide myself in thee🎵 Amen. Wonderful singing. Let's start off our service with a word of prayer. Lord God, Heavenly Father, I thank you for giving it to us this day. I thank you for our salvation, Lord, and for this church and every precious soul in this building tonight, Lord. And I thank you for the souls that were saved this afternoon also. I ask that you please just bless us during this service, Lord. I ask that you please bless the singing that may be pleasing unto your ears, Lord. And most of all, I pray that you would please fill past me with your spirit, that you may preach a bold message. And I thank you also for our pastor, Lord, that we have a pastor who can stand up for truth and stand on your word, Lord, and not give in to the enemies of God in this world. And I just thank you for all those things, Lord, and I ask that you please bless this service. And in Jesus' name I pray. Amen. All right, you may be seated. Go ahead and turn to your song. It's a song number 147. Song number 147 as our second song, Leaning on the Everlasting Arms. Song number 147, all together nice and strong on that first verse. What a fellowship, what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms. Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms. Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. Oh, how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the everlasting arms. Oh, how bright the bath grows from day to day, Leaning on the everlasting arms. Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms. Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. What have I to dread, what have I to fear, Leaning on the everlasting arms. I am blessed with you, with my Lord so near, Leaning on the everlasting arms. Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms. Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. All right, great singing. Thank you for being here this evening. Just a few announcements here before we sing our next song, which will be 120 Jesus Savior Pilot Me. 120 if you want to get that ready in your song books. Of course, our services are as follow. Sunday morning is at 1030 Sunday evening at 5 p.m. And then we have our Thursday night Bible study at 7 o'clock. Currently going through the book of 1 Samuel. Hope to see you on Thursday for that. You see the so many times in teams, the list of expecting mothers. Congratulations again to Miss Kimberly Lance on the birth of their baby boy Charles. I think that's his name. And so congratulations to Kimberly and brother Jacob. You see the important reminders there at the bottom and some of the upcoming church events. Of course, the ladies prayer breakfast is coming up on Saturday, August 27th. And then we have the birthday breakfast for September, as well as the Judea soul winning on Sunday, September 4th. Homeschool field trip to the Discovery Cube in Orange County will be on the 14th of September, which is a Wednesday. You can see my wife for more details regarding that. Of course, the activity is free. You just got to make sure you're homeschooling and you could go. And then, of course, the men's prayer night is coming up on Friday, September 30th. Tonight, after the service, we will be congregating near the piano. We have singspiration tonight. And so hope to see you there. Improve those vocals. Amen. And learn how to sing unto the Lord. Let's let's well, let's just try our best. All right. Let's just put it down. OK. I know you guys are going to do great. And so no food or drink a lot, of course, in the main auditorium except for water and coffee. No lording for your fellowship hall during the preaching service. And, of course, make sure you silence your phones during the preaching so as to not be a distraction during the service. Let's go and take some so many numbers from this past week. Salvations from Monday to Thursday. Any salvations from Monday to Thursday? How about Friday and Saturday? Friday and Saturday? Three? One? One. Anybody else? How about this afternoon? Salvations for this afternoon? One for Brother Hikes' team. Two for Brother Marcus' team. Six for Brother Morrie's team. Three for Brother Ulysses' team. One for Brother Glenn's team. Anybody else? Did I miss anybody? Going once, twice, thrice. All right. Keep up the great work on sowning. Let's go ahead and sing our next song. One hundred and twenty Jesus, Savior, pilot me. Song number one hundred and twenty Jesus, Savior, pilot me. All together on that first verse. Jesus, Savior, pilot me. Over life's best you see. Unknown waves before me roll. Hiding rock and trench with shoal. Chard and compass come from thee. Jesus, Savior, pilot me. As a mother stills her child. Thou canst such the ocean wow. Boisterous waves obey thy will. When thou say'st to lend me still. Wondrous sovereign of the sea. Jesus, Savior, pilot me. When at last I near the shore. Where the fearful breakers roar. Twixt me and the peaceful rest. Then while leaning on thy breast. May I hear thee say to me. Fear not I will pilot thee. Amen. Wonderful singing. At this time the ushers will come forth to collect the offering. And you can turn in your Bibles to Matthew chapter number three. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Tonight we're in Matthew chapter number three. Matthew chapter number three and the Bible reads. In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea. And saying repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah saying the voice of one crying in the wilderness prepare ye the way of the Lord, maketh pass straight. And a leathern girdle about his loins and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan. Were baptized of him and Jordan confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism he said unto them O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come. Bring forth therefore fruits meat for repentance and think not to say within yourselves we have Abraham to our father. For I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with the water unto repentance. But he that cometh after me is mightier than I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. Whose fan is in his hand and he will thoroughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him. But John forbade him saying I need to be baptized of thee and comest thou to me. And Jesus answering said unto him suffer it to be so now for thus is become with us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus when he was baptized went up straight way out of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him. And lo a voice from heaven saying this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. Let's pray. Dear Lord God we thank you for the word of God that you've given us Lord. The King James Bible Lord and I thank you for the power that it gives to us Lord. And I pray that you feel pastored with the Holy Spirit as he preaches the word of God to us Lord. And that you give him boldness to preach every counsel of God. And that we have ears to hear today of the preaching of your word Lord. Just bless this time and every aspect of it. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen. Okay we're in Matthew chapter number three this evening. Look down at your Bibles at verse number seven. It says, But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? The title of my sermon this evening is a generation of vipers. A generation of vipers. And I'm specifically referring to the Jews. Those who are adherence to the false religion of Judaism. Now let me make myself very clear that when I talk about Jews, I'm referring to those who adhere to the false religion of Judaism. Those who adhere to what's known as the Talmud. Those who adhere to that false blasphemous book encyclopedia of the Jews known as the Talmud. That blasphemes the name of Jesus Christ. It blasphemes the God of the Bible. And it rejects Jesus Christ and it glorifies the fact that there's a group of people out there 2,000 years ago who sought to crucify the Lord Jesus Christ and took pride in doing so. That's what I'm referring to tonight when I'm talking about the Jews. And let me just say this is that when you look at the Bible, when you study the New Testament specifically, you begin to realize soon enough that, you know, these Jews according to the flesh aren't necessarily Jews in the eyes of God. The Bible specifically says in Romans chapter number 2 verse 28, For he is not a Jew which is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision outward in the flesh made of hands, but he is a Jew which is one inwardly and circumcision is that of the heart and of the spirit whose praise is not of men but of God. So according to the Bible, the true Jews in God's eyes are actually those who have believed on Jesus Christ. Those who have been circumcised in the heart. So those who claim to be Jews and are not. Those who claim to be of Israel and are not. These are the ones who, you know, adhere to Judaism. They embrace the Talmud. They hate the Lord Jesus Christ. And tonight I want to focus on that particular group, what the Bible also refers to as a generation of vipers. Here in Matthew chapter 3, we see that John the Baptist, he's just doing the ministry. He's preaching the Word of God. He's preaching the gospel. He's getting people saved. He's getting them baptized. And then you have a group of people known as the Pharisees and the Sadducees, okay? Now the Pharisees and the Sadducees, specifically the Pharisees, were adherence to Judaism. These were the religious leaders of that day. They came to him to be baptized of him, not because they were saved. It wasn't because they believed on Jesus Christ. They were doing this as a means to obtain favor of the people because of the fact that they saw that John the Baptist was popular amongst the people. They saw that people were coming to him to hear the Word of God and so they wanted to get in on the deal as well. And, you know, instead of giving them the gospel, instead of preaching them the gospel and preaching the Word of God into them in that sense, instead he tells them, hey, I know you guys. You're the generation of vipers. Now what is a viper? Well, a viper is a snake. A viper is a serpent, is a snake, and there's one particular person in the Bible that is referred to as the serpent. In fact, the Bible calls him that old serpent and that is Satan himself. And here he says that there are a generation of vipers and he says, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Now let me just make myself very clear that John the Baptist is from Israel. Right? No one would argue that. And in fact, go with me if you would to Matthew chapter 12. John the Baptist is of Israel. Jesus Christ, of course, is of Israel. Most of the disciples were of Israel. You know, most of the apostles were of Israel, yet here in the New Testament we see that all of them preached against the Jews. Now, you preached against the Jews today in 2022, you'll be labeled an anti-Semite, right? They'll say you're anti-Semitic for preaching against the Jews because you hate the Jews. But hold on a second. Isn't that what Jesus did? Isn't that what John the Baptist did? Isn't that what the disciples did? Isn't that what the apostles did? Isn't that what basically every Christian throughout history has done? Is preached against the Jews? And here's the thing is that, you know, a lot of these people will say you're anti-Semitic for preaching against the Jews. They're essentially projecting what they're actually doing because they're actually the true anti-Semitic people. I mean, the greatest anti-Semitic people in the world are the Jews because they hated the Lord Jesus Christ who was a Jew to the point where they crucified him. Think about that. So John the Baptist coins this great phrase as the generation of vipers. And here's the thing is that, you know, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Why reinvent the wheel? Right? And in fact, when Jesus is preaching, he takes that same phrase and uses it against the Jews. Look at Matthew chapter 12 verse 22. Then was brought unto him one possessed with the devil blind and dumb, and he healed him in so much that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed and said, Is not this the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. So Jesus does this great miracle as he was wont to do. And people are just, you know, astonished at his doctrine. They're astonished at the miracles that were done by his hand. And people are starting to realize this is the son of David. This is the Christ. This is the anointed one. Well, the Pharisees hear this, and they essentially bring up this false railing accusation against our Lord and said, Well, the only reason he's able to do this is because he's empowered by a devil, a demon. Beelzebub is referring to Satan himself, which is a pretty blasphemous thing to say. Now, here's the thing is that we see this in our Bibles, but it actually coincides with what they actually believe in their Talmud. The Talmud literally says that Jesus Christ was empowered by devils, that he was a partaker in sorcery and in the black arts. So it's not like, Well, you're taken out of context. It's in their context as well. In their false blasphemous book, they say the same exact thing that he did these things by the power of Satan. Look at verse 31, if you would. Verse 31. It says, Wherefore, I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men, but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. Now, what is he referring to? Well, he's essentially saying, you know, if someone rejects the Son of God, they still have a chance to get saved. Someone who rejects Jesus Christ at the door, or even if they bring a railing accusation against Jesus Christ himself, even if they don't want to believe that he's the Son of God, that person still has a chance to believe later on in life if someone gives them the gospel. Obviously, it's a lot less likely for them to believe on Jesus Christ if they already have these preconceived ideas about him. But in general, a person who rejects God the Father, he rejects God the Son, says blasphemous things against them. They can be forgiven. They can still get saved. Now, obviously, they should get saved prior to them dying, obviously, because at that point if they die, it's already too late. However, if someone wants to bring a railing accusation and say, well, Jesus Christ performed these miracles by the power of Satan, in other words, he's indwelt by Satan himself, well, at that point, you're blaspheming the Holy Ghost, which, according to the Bible, is your one-way ticket to being a reprobate and to help. At that point, you become twice dead, plucked up by the roots, you can no longer be saved, it shall not be forgiven unto them. So who is he referring to? The Jews, also known as the Pharisees. They're the ones who are bringing this railing accusation that he was possessed by a devil. So a lot of people ask me, well, is this possible today? Can someone blaspheme the Holy Ghost today? Well, let me say this, is that because that teaching is also found in the Talmud, and if you have Jews who read the Talmud, and they read that Jesus Christ was indwelt by Beelzebub, and did these things by Beelzebub, and they believe it, that person's reprobating. You see, you can have Muslims who believe in the Quran, you can have people who believe in the Book of Mormon, people who believe in the New World Translation, they're not necessarily damned as of yet, maybe some of them are, but let me say this, if someone reads and embraces the Talmud, at that point, they are reprobating. If they know exactly what the Talmud says and says, I agree with this 100%, that's blaspheming against the Holy Ghost. So yes, it is possible to blaspheme the Holy Ghost today in 2022 if there's a Jew out there who reads the encyclopedias of the Talmud, and looks at it and reads that verse and says, I believe that, I believe that Jesus Christ was indwelt by a devil, then at that point, that person's reprobating. Verse 32, And whosoever speaketh the word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Either make the tree good and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by his fruits. Look at verse 34, O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give an account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Now we often read that verse and we apply it to soul winning. If someone says, well I don't want to get saved, or I reject this truth. We'll say, well by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. But in context it's actually referring to the Jews who claim that Jesus Christ was indwelt by Satan himself. Well at that point they've already condemned themselves. They're on their one way ticket to hell, these people cannot be saved. Look at Matthew 23 if you would, Matthew chapter 23. The title of the sermon is A Generation of Vipers. Now a lot of people say, well yeah but that was the Pharisees though. No it was a lot of Jews who were not Pharisees. People get that mixed up and think, well that was the Pharisees, yeah he was addressing the Pharisees. But he also addressed the Jews who were not Pharisees, they were not Sadducees, they were not religious leaders. They just adhered to Judaism, and in fact they were the ones who cried out his blood be on us and on our children. That wasn't only the Pharisees, that was also just regular Jews who rejected Jesus Christ. This is what the Bible says, that he came into his own and his own received him not. It's not referring to he came into his own creation, we can apply it to that. But more so it's referring to the fact that he came into his own, that which is of Israel, and they received him not. The Bible refers to it as them not knowing the time of their visitation. Look at Matthew 23 and verse 29. Now Matthew chapter 23 is Jesus Christ rebuking the Pharisees. And he's just kind of going off on them. Now the really neat thing about this sermon, this one in Matthew 23, is that he preaches the same exact sermon in the book of Luke. A lot of times Jesus Christ would actually recycle sermons. Now this time he's preaching to the multitude and there just happens to be a couple Jews, Pharisees within that group there. And then he just starts directing his sermon towards them. So if you can picture this, he's out in the open, he's preaching God's word, and he's just doing what he does best. And all of a sudden he sees some Pharisees coming in and then he just starts preaching against them. He dedicates this entire chapter to preaching against the Pharisees. Now the other time in the book of Luke, a Pharisee actually invites him into his house to dine with him. And Jesus Christ comes there, he's not going to reject it, this person is being receptive, he's inviting him, he's not going to be rude. So he goes to this Pharisee's house and based upon the text, we see that there might be other Pharisees, scribes, Sadducees in that household. Just there at this meeting. But he's inviting him to eat and then a woman comes and she begins to wipe his feet with her hair. The tears, she begins to wipe his feet with her tears and her hair on his feet. And then the Pharisee thinks within himself, oh if this man were a prophet, he would have known that this woman was a sinner. You guys know the story. So then he just begins to turn his, oh I'm sorry, you know what, that's the wrong parable, it was actually this. He goes into this Pharisee's house, but he doesn't wash himself prior to eating. That's the correct parable, or story. He doesn't wash himself and he's just like, how can this guy not wash himself before he eats? And then Jesus Christ just begins to rip the Pharisee in his own house. And he preaches this exact sermon against that Pharisee. And then the scribes are there and they're like, Lord, save us, thou reproaches us also. And then he starts going off on them in the Pharisee's house. I mean, this is pretty gangster, I'll just be honest with you. So, you know, I read that earlier this week and I thought to myself, I'm going to recycle sermons more often because Jesus did it. I mean, he's thinking to himself, that was such a good sermon, I'm going to re-preach that again. And maybe, you know, maybe those Pharisees who were in that household didn't hear it the first time or they weren't there. So he's like, I'm going to re-preach it again. And, you know, there's some variation in the verses, but what it showed me is that this was in Jesus' heart. Because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. So he just starts ripping on the Pharisees and the scribes in the guy's own house. Awesome. So let's look at this one here, it says in verse 29, Won't you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites because he built the tombs of the prophets and garnished the sepulchres of the righteous? But someone says here, and say, if we had been in the days of our fathers, we would have not been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Now, pay attention to what they just said there. He's saying, well, if we were in the days of our fathers, essentially what he's saying is we wouldn't have helped our fathers, right, to partake in the blood of the prophets. Okay. He's basically, they're basically admitting to the fact that they are descendants of those who killed the prophets. So there, this condemnation is not coming from us, it's out of their own mouths. You see, when we talk about our spiritual descendants, we never say our spiritual descendants were the Pharisees. We never say we came of Cain. We never say, you know, if we had been in the days of Cain, we wouldn't have slew Abel. Why? Because that's not, we're not about that, that's not our lineage. We talk about our spiritual forefathers as being Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, you know, the prophets, those who were righteous. We never associate ourselves with those who hated the prophets. But these guys are like, well, if we would have been in the days of our fathers, the ones who killed the prophets, we wouldn't have helped them. Yeah, well, you would have probably been like Paul the Apostle and held the coats, though, as they stoned Stephen. So, obviously, this is something that was common amongst the Pharisees, a statement they would commonly make. And, you know, some people would take it hook, line, and sinker. And say, oh, yeah, those guys aren't too bad, you know. They wouldn't have killed the prophets just like their dads did. Verse 31, wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which kill the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. What is he saying? Walk in your daddy's shoes then. Fill ye up the measure of your fathers, then be just like your dads then. Be just like your fathers. Be just like those who killed the prophets. And, by the way, that's exactly what they did. What was he saying to them? You're a generation of vipers. The generations that came before you killed the prophets, killed the apostles, killed the pastors, killed the teachers. And you're willing to admit that's where you come from. Verse 33, ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes. And some of them ye shall kill and crucify. And some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city. Now, you know, I don't know if you have a different Bible, but it doesn't necessarily say that they'll persecute you in the Mormon tabernacle or something. It doesn't say anything about Muslims here. It doesn't say anything about anything else. It talks about synagogues. Because let me say this, and I don't want to get ahead of myself. The main adversary of the New Testament was the Jews, my friend. And obviously we can take what the Jews did to the disciples and to Jesus Christ and apply it to every other false religion out there. But at the end of the day, the main context is Jews. And it's not like, well, yeah, that was the main adversary for them in the New Testament, but for us it's just different. No, it's the same thing today, my friends. Why? Because the generation of vipers from 2,000 years ago is still the generation of vipers in 2022. The Jews. The generation of vipers. Look what it says in verse 35. That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zechariah son of Barachias, whom he slew between the temple and the altar. Barely I say unto you, all these things shall come upon this generation. What generation is he referring to? The generation of vipers. Now I want you to notice that he's saying, because you're willing to attach yourself to a generation that killed the prophets, therefore the blood of the prophets is going to be on your hands. You say, well, that's not fair, though. You know, if they weren't there, if they weren't advocates of the death of the prophets in the Old Testament, why would God hold them accountable to that blood that was shed if they were not there? Well, because of the fact that the Jews have no problem with taking credit for that. You say, well, how do you know? Well, because when they were trying to crucify Jesus, what do they say? His blood be on us and on our children. So if they have no problem with their children taking credit for the crucifixion of Jesus, what makes you think they would have no problem or they would have a problem taking credit for the blood of the prophets of the Old Testament? When they specifically said, those are our fathers, it's because they're the generation of vipers. They know who their spiritual descendants are, they know who their spiritual forefathers are, and they have no problem associating with them because that's exactly what they believe. See, we think to ourselves, well, you know, the Jews are the greatest adversaries of the New Testament, but they were in the Old Testament, too. They just weren't always called Jews. You said, really? Yeah, that's why Jesus said that the blood shall be upon you from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias, the son of Erechias. Now, who is he talking about when he says Zacharias, the son of Erechias? Because there's a couple of Zacharias in the Bible, but he's actually referring to the Zacharias found in Second Chronicles, who literally was slain in the court of the temple when he preached against those in Israel. He wasn't slain by the Babylonians. He wasn't slain by some foreign outside, you know, country or nation. He was slain by his own people because he preached against them. Turn with me, if you would, to go to Jude 11, Jude verse 11. This is why the Bible refers to them as being a generation of vipers. I mean, in fact, Jesus Christ himself dates them back all the way to the time of Abel, before the term Jew was ever coined. He says the blood of Abel, righteous Abel, shall be imputed upon them. They shall be responsible for that blood, even from the time of Abel. Why is that? Well, look what Jude verse 11 says. Before we read that, I'm going to read to you from John chapter 8 verse 44. He says here, ye are of your father the devil, and the lust of your father will ye do. Now, who's the father? What father is he referring to? Satan. He says, ye are of your father the devil, the lust of your father will ye do. Listen to this, he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth. What is the first murder that took place in the Bible? Abel. He was a murderer from the beginning, abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, speaketh of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it. We often focus on the fact that he says that he's a liar and the father of it, but according to the Bible, he also relates them to being the descendants of Cain, because Cain was the first murderer in the Bible. Look at Jude verse 11. Woe unto them, because they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Corey. Now, when we look at 2 Peter chapter 2 in the book of Jude, we know that this is essentially the profile of a false prophet. And we can take this profile and apply it to the false prophets of our day, right? We can apply it to the Joel Olsteins, the Rick Warrens, the robber breakers, the repenting your sins crowd, but guess who the original false prophet is? The Jew. Guess who the original false prophet is? Well, according to the Bible, it's the Jew. And in fact, when the book of Jude is being written, he's writing this with the Jews in mind. How do you know that? Because there was no other group of people who's persecuting the Christians more than the Jews. Bottom line. It was the Pharisees, the Jews. When you read through the book of Acts, you see the one who's constantly going after the disciples, constantly just hounding the apostle Paul, constantly fighting against the churches. There were Jews! You can't tell me that it was just, well, you know, I thought there was like some lady who was possessed. Okay, like one instance though. Most of the time when there's Gentiles persecuting Christians in the book of Acts, it's because they were instigated and provoked by the Jews. You say, you can't prove that. How about the Romans? Who were provoked by the Jews to crucify Jesus. And in fact, the Romans wanted to, Pilate didn't want to crucify Jesus. And when you read the book of Acts, the Romans are the ones who are like for Paul. It's the Jews who are constantly persecuting, constantly provoking, constantly instigating them to do so. Verse 12 says, these are spots in your feast of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear, clouds that are without water, carried about of winds, trees whose fruit withereth without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots. Now, it's interesting because he uses this phrase here, that they're twice dead, plucked up by the roots. And in Matthew chapter 15, verse number 12, when talking about the Jews, he says, then came his disciples and said unto him, no one's doubt that the Pharisees were offended after they heard that saying. But he answered and said, every plant which my heavenly Father hath not planted shall be rooted up. Oh, he's talking about someone else. No, he's talking about them. You see, instead of listening to your favorite dispensationalist, who always wants to prop up the Jews as being the apple of God's eye, that they're God's chosen people, that God favors them. Why don't you actually accept the truth of what the Bible actually teaches, that the Jews, according to the Bible, are children of Satan? And of course, we're not just referring to any Jew out there. You know, there's some Jew out there that doesn't believe in the Talmud. They feel like they're ethnically Jew. I'm referring to those who adhere to Judaism. We said, what does that include? Every rabbi? Every rabbi in every synagogue, it includes those who preach ardently against Jesus Christ. It includes the ADL. You say, why are you throwing the ADL into, they're just doing their job. Yeah, the job of Satan. They're doing the work of Satan. The ADL is a joke, my friends. It's just the modern version of the Pharisees in the New Testament. They're just using technology this time. Let me read you this article by the ADL, the Anti-Defamation League or whatever. The ADL. New IFB pastors use YouTube shorts to increase viewership and engagement. Following ADL's investigation, YouTube terminated both the First Works Baptist Church and Verity Baptist Church channels. In recent months, pastors affiliated with the anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ, New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement, have taken advantage of YouTube shorts, significantly expanding the reach of their hateful content. Oh yeah, because it's so hateful to tell people to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. And by the way, let me just say this. My YouTube shorts was not controversial at all. That was some of the most kindest material I've ever put out. I'm serious. Probably the craziest one that I put out was, should we respect all religions? Which is the one that they talk about. You know, because they couldn't find anything else. It says here, using the relatively new social media tool, some New IFB pastors have increased the average viewership on their channels by tens or even hundreds of thousands of views per video. YouTube shorts introduce, let me begin to explain what YouTube shorts are. It says here, a recent review of the New IFB affiliated YouTube channels in July 2022, found that many churches are supplementing their traditional weekly sermon videos with short uploads, with some of the movement's most prominent pastors finding significant success using YouTube shorts to expand their reach, or promote explicitly bigoted views, including anti-LGBTQ content. Pastor Bruce Mejia, First Works Baptist Church in California, was one of the first ones to use it, and then he says, he starts going through his statistics, and let me just say this. The guy did his homework. I was reading this, I was like, damn, my channel's boss. They made little pie graphs, and I was just like, wow, that's pretty good, you know? The channel averages over 140,000 views per short, versus approximately 1,400 views per video on traditional content. Now let me just correct this person, the channel analytics actually said that we were getting 6.4 million views every 28 days. And I think it was like over 100,000 watch time minutes. It was just like, that means people were binging on the channel. They just watched one video and they just kept watching, and just kept watching, and just kept watching. And of course they give this little pie chart here, just talking about the success of the channel, and then he says, new IFB pastors regularly promote anti-Semitism and anti-LGBTQ. Notice how both of those go hand in hand, by the way. Rhetoric and other bigotry in their teachings, such as calling the government to execute people who they believe violate biblical teachings. Oh man, that's so horrific, right? To teach what the Bible actually says about fags. In some cases, pastors have used shorts to explicitly promote these bigoted views. He says, Jimenez, the Verity Baptist Church pastor, best known for the statements he made in 2016, celebrating the terrorist attacks at the Pulse Gay Nightclub in Orlando, also incorporates bigoted views in his shorts. Oh yeah, you know, just like how to get saved, and you know, how, I don't know, he made some shorts about what? Like recent news and stuff like that? Nothing crazy. The pastors in turn use shorts to drive traffic to their YouTube channels and church websites by linking to additional content in the description sections of the video. Though it may not be possible to determine the exact correlation, listen to this. Though it may not be possible to determine the exact correlation between the popularity of the shorts and the channel overall, the First Works Baptist Church channel has seen significant growth in the past 16 months since its first shorts was uploaded in 2022. In other words, he's saying, you know, we don't really know why they're so successful. We can't really correlate a success between the shorts and why he's getting so many views, why people like his content, why they're getting so many likes, why he's doing so great. We don't really know why that is. I'll tell you why, because it's God's word, stupid. You idiot. You know the word that you reject? The word of God that you hate? You know the word of God that you crucified? That's what I'm preaching and that's what people want to hear. I don't know why. In that time, the channel has gained over nearly 100,000 subscribers and marked increase from the preceding three and a half years. He says, while delivering a sermon at the new IFB annual Red Hot Preaching Conference in July, Mihir referenced the recent success of the church's YouTube channel, seeming to allude to the impact that the shorts have had on viewership and engagement. And then he quotes me. You know, our channel has been growing, he commented. I preached. The Jews haven't caught on to me, apparently. I've infiltrated the JewTube. He added, using the anti-Semitic moniker that new IFB pastors frequently use to refer to YouTube. Although the new IFB movement is relatively small, there he goes again, right? With approximately 30 churches across the U.S. and abroad, its members' aggressive online strategy extends the group's teachings far beyond the church's walls. What are they saying? They're saying these who have turned the world upside down are come hither also. It's the same thing that they were saying in the book of Acts. He said, why is it that they're saying the same thing? Because they're the generation of vipers! Their descendants or their ancestors are those who persecuted the Christians in the book of Acts. That's why! Despite social media companies' attempts to deplatform the new IFB church's hate speech, members have devised strategies to circumvent these efforts and further expand their viewership as demonstrated by their use of YouTube shorts. What are they saying? These freaking guys somehow are able to just circumvent us and still get their message out there. And in fact, if I wouldn't have said that comment at the Red Hot Preaching Conference, they probably still wouldn't have known. But it's only because they're lying in wait trying to catch words out of my mouth, they're like, oh crap, he's on YouTube. Oh crap, they're seeing success. Oh no, we've got to deplatform. And they take credit for the fact that YouTube deleted our channel. Now why would they want to do such a thing? Well because of the fact that they hate Christianity, my friends. They hate Jesus Christ, they hate Christianity, they hate the Lord. And so although this article is great, it's obviously written by a stupid person. Who, by the way, I'm sure they're watching right now, and guess what? I'm still not going to change my message, I'm still going to preach against the Jews, I'm still going to preach against the synagogue of Satan and tell everyone that you murdered Jesus! Because that's exactly what they did. They killed the Lord Jesus Christ, my friends. They reject him, and you know what? Every single church out there, Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, needs to burn their Israeli flag. Yes, I said it. Because it promotes the Moloch, it promotes the Star of Renfan, things that are anti-Christ. Oh, you're being such a racist. No, I hate Judaism, my friends. Just as every Fundamental Baptist Church should. Because Judaism hates the Lord Jesus Christ. How are you going to have some Christ-rejecting Jew come to your church to promote Judaism, a religion that takes credit for crucifying Jesus? Think about that for a minute. Not only that, folks, they lie about Jesus through and through. They say he was born of fornication, they say that Mary was a harlot, a whore, who was sleeping around. Hey, Fundamental Baptist brethren, you know what they also teach? They teach that you get so mad at us for teaching that Jesus went to hell, which is exactly what the Bible teaches, and that he rose again the third day, that his soul was not left in hell, neither did his flesh seek corruption. Well, I got one for you. The Jews teach that he's still there. That he's there burning in his own excrement, referring to his fecal matter, for teaching sorcery. How about that? Why don't you get mad at the apple of your eye, the rotten apple of your eye? You get mad at us because we teach with the biblical doctrine that Jesus Christ went to hell for three days and three nights, because his soul was an offering for mankind, and you say, oh, you guys are teaching heresy, and you'll ostracize people for teaching that, you'll blackball preachers and churches for believing that, but you'll still have a Christ-rejecting flag up there of a book that teaches that he's still in hell and he's a heretic and he's a devil. Answer for that, Fundamental Baptist brethren. It's wicked! You better watch what you say. Folks, none of that was in my notes. Because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. A good man out of good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things, my friend. They're a generation of vipers. And what is that different from what John the Baptist said? How is that different from what Jesus Christ said? Jesus Christ, he took that sermon from John the Baptist. You know, I take sermons from my friends all the time, especially if they say something really good and it just sounds really good, I'm like, I'm going to use that. Well, you know what Jesus is like, I like that, I'm going to use that, because that's exactly what they are. And you know what, Jesus took a sermon from a Baptist. Think about that for a minute. Go to Matthew 27. Matthew chapter 27. They're a generation of vipers. Let me explain to you why they're a generation of vipers. Because they associate themselves with the ancestors that killed the prophets, that killed the men of God. And you know what, they have no problem also taking credit for that which is going to happen in the future with Christians. They have no problem taking credit for the death of Jesus Christ. They have no problem blaspheming his name. Look what it says in Matthew 27. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person, see to it. Then answered all the people and said, no, you've got to take responsibility for this. No, you should be the one taking responsibility. You're doing it. We don't want this responsibility. It's your fault. No, verse 25, his blood be on us and on our children. What is he saying? He's essentially saying, they're saying, we have no problem taking credit for what's about to take place at this moment. And in fact, we're willing to, let me just say this, that's called a what? A curse. When he says his blood be on us and on our children, he's saying, let the curse fall upon us and let the curse fall upon our children. And when the Bible refers to fathers and children, it's not just referring to the immediate father or the immediate child. It's referring to generations thereafter, generations before. When the Bible talks about our fathers, it's not referring to their immediate fathers, it's referring to ancient times, generations prior to them, many generations prior to them. So when they say our children, they're referring to even the people who call themselves Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan today. Don't tell me. Oh, they just need Jesus Christ. They rejected Jesus Christ, my friends. And this is why, let me just say this, this is why Jews today and for the last thousands of years since this time have been a curse to this world. Yes, you heard right. This is why many nations have booted them out of their country because of the predatory lending practices and the rejection of Jesus Christ. They've been cursed, you know, and people want to just ignore that. The fact that for hundreds of years, the Jews have just been kicked out of many nations because of how wicked they behave, because of the rejection of Jesus Christ. But it's fact, my friends, and it's not because they're preaching the gospel either. It's not like, oh, they're being persecuted because, you know, they're preaching Jesus Christ and then crucified wrong. What are they doing? Predatory lending practices and because they reject Jesus Christ, God placed a curse upon them. Read the book of Deuteronomy, my friends. Go to 1 Thessalonians chapter 2, 1 Thessalonians chapter 2. The Jews, beyond a shadow of a doubt, are the greatest adversaries of the New Testament. And you know what? We're still in the New Testament. We're New Testament Christians. Look what it says in verse 14. I mean, think about this. Why do you think the Jews worked so hard to silence us? Why do they work so hard? You know, I thought the Muslims were like the Jews' greatest adversaries. They're not trying to shut them down on YouTube. I mean, isn't that a narrative that's constantly pushed? That the Muslims are just the greatest adversaries to the Jews. They're constantly fighting one another. The Muslims are doing this. They're taking their land. We need to help the Jews and support the Jews. But yeah, you don't see Muslims being the platform from YouTube. Who are the ones that are being the platform? Fundamental Baptists, Christians. Who are the ones who, like, they want to make walk-on eggshells around the Jews? Christians. Who are the ones that, you know, I don't see Jews infiltrating Islam. Never see a Jew trying to infiltrate Islam. You know who they do infiltrate, though? It's Christian churches. By means of dispensationalism, by means of the Hebrew Roots movement, which is the Christ rejecting movement. Look at 1 Thessalonians 2, verse 14. It says in verse 14, For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God, which in Judea are in Christ Jesus. For ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews. So this is pretty funny. Because the Apostle Paul is praising the church at Thessalonica because they're suffering persecution because Yea, all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. And he's saying, you're suffering persecution of your own countrymen, just like we have of the Jews. And then he inserts this in verse 15. Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and they pleased not God, and are contrary to all men. So this is not, he's like chasing a rabbit here. And let me say this, we need to have this kind of preaching today. We need to have preaching like Peter and Paul, where in every sermon they're just kind of throwing this in there. You say, why? Because Christians forget. Because then you have dispensationalism via John Nelson Darby, C.I. Schofield, and Peter Ruckman creeping into churches, bringing in the leaven, not reading these verses. They don't have a preacher getting up and preaching against the Jews. And so generations pass where they're listening to all these lies, all this dispensationalist heresy, and then all of a sudden they think the Jews are the greatest thing since sliced bread. And then they got them wearing the Star of David on their neck, and sending money to Israel to build up the third temple where the antichrist is going to reign. The end times eschatology is just all crap. They have Gog and Magog at the beginning of Daniel's 70th week. I mean they're all screwed up, it screws them up. But notice how the Apostle Paul is preaching. He's like, you guys have suffered persecution of your own countrymen, just like we have of the Jews who just don't please God, and are contrary to all men, and they crucify the Lord Jesus, and he's just reminding them of the reputation of the Jews. And he's not the only one, Peter did the same thing. He's preaching to Jews, and he's just like the Lord of Glory, whom ye slew. I just want to make myself very clear here. I mean that takes guts my friends, because that wasn't America. You know, violence was just rampant during that time. They didn't have the protection of any police or anything there, or any laws. So they're just putting their lives out there. They've hazarded their lives, the Bible says. So he's preaching to a group of people, and he's just telling all of them, you guys are the ones who crucify Jesus. He says, who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and they pleased not God, and are contrary to all men. What is it saying? They hate everyone. Jews who adhered to Judaism, they hate all the goyems. And in fact, that's what they call you and me, they call us goyems. We like cattle to them. And in fact, they have laws of how to treat us. That's a sermon for another day. They're contrary to all men, that's why they're kicked out of all these countries. Verse 16, this is probably one of the most wicked aspects of the Jews, forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved. So it's one thing to be contrary to all men, it's one thing to please not God, it's one thing to persecute, but then they're just like, well let's take it a step further and stop them from preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, because we know they'll get saved. But this shouldn't surprise us because of the fact that when Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead, and they heard the testimony of the soldiers, of this miraculous thing that took place, they're like, well we'll just pay you and you just tell everyone that the disciples stole away his body. It's not like, oh man, we're wrong. Maybe he is Christ. It's like, well let's just, I'll just pay you and you just lie about it like I would. That's basically what they're saying. And that's something that was commonly reported until the day that that portion of scripture was written. That the body of Jesus was stolen by his disciples, it wasn't that he really resurrected. Why? Because that's the narrative that they pushed. And let me say this, just as they pushed narratives back in those days, they're still pushing narratives today. Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sin always, for the wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. What is God saying? My wrath shall fall upon the Jews to the uttermost. They're not going to be able, they can run, but they can't hide. Why? Because they're partaking in one of the most wicked ministries, which is to keep people from getting saved. I mean, the reason why they shut down our channel is because they want to forbid the Gentiles from hearing the gospel. Oh, it has links in the description to other anti-homophobic and anti-Semitic things. The links were to the gospel. The link was to the Spanish gospel. The link was to the plan of salvation. And if you say that's perverse, you're a pervert. But they're filling up their sin always. What does that mean? They're treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath. Go to Acts chapter 13. When you read the book of Acts, you'll see that the Jews will commonly listen to the apostles until they start talking about bringing the gospel to the Gentiles. And they're like, oh, you should die. Oh, you're worthy of death. So they'll listen and they're like, all right, you know, we'll listen because you're talking about the prophets and what the Bible says. But as soon as they bring up, now we've got to bring this to the Gentiles, the Jews are like, oh, okay, you're worthy of death. Because that's how much they hate the Gentiles. Look at Acts 13. Let's give a couple of examples of this to prove this. And you know what? One of the things that frustrates me the most is when fundamental Baptist brethren just want to just ignore this. It really pisses me off. I'll just be honest with you. And it's not something that I'll split hairs over or break fellowship with, but it makes me not respect their level of intelligence or their level of love for God's word. Because someone who loves the truth is not going to ignore what the truth says. When it's in plain English, it's right there. Folks, if we love the truth, who cares what our preconceived ideas are? We need to just go with the truth. And I've not always believed in replacement theology. I got saved in an independent fundamental Baptist church, and there were pro-Zionists. My father-in-law was a pro-Zionist. He's pre-Trib. He's all those things. And I used to believe that the Jews were God's chosen people. No tomatoes, please. That's what I believed. It's not something I was hard on, but it's something that when someone told me, I'm like, yeah, they're God's chosen people. They're the apple of His eye, whatever. Pray for Israel or whatever. But there comes a point when you're confronted with the truth and you think to yourself, oh, I was just wrong then. Oh, I've got to change what I believe. And then when the veil is removed, and then you start seeing what the Bible says, and you're like, oh, crap, I was really wrong about this. What in the world? And then you start reading through Ephesians 2. You start reading through Romans 2. You start reading through Romans 9, Romans 11. You start reading through Galatians 3 and 4. You start reading the book of Hebrews. You start reading Revelation 2 and 3. And you're like, oh, crap, I was really wrong on this. And then you kind of think to yourself, like, how did I miss this? How did I miss this? But you know what? I love the truth, my friends. So I'm willing to admit that I was wrong. But what ticks me off is when you have a fundamental Baptist who claims to be King James only, who's confronted with that truth, and they're just like, they're still God's chosen people. They're still the apple of his eye. We still need to pray for them. We still need to support Israel. It's like, dude, you're just ignoring a large chunk of the Bible. And, you know, shouldest thou help thee ungodly and love them to hate the Lord, therefore wrath is upon thee from before the Lord. Because there are people out there who worship the Jews in ignorance, but then there are those who are confronted with this truth and they persist to do so. It's wicked. Correct it! Acts 13, verse 5, And when they were in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John to their minister. And when they had gone through the isle of Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus. Now, why do you think the Bible went out of its way to just let us know all that? I mean, couldn't he have just said a certain sorcerer, a false prophet? But then he put in there a Jew. Why? Because there's a theme. It's called a theme. He's trying to embed within our minds and in our hearts, these are the main adversaries. You're like, what in the world? A Jew's a sorcerer? Yeah, there's still sorcerers today. Mishnah? I mean, their books are books of sorcery. Folks, most Satanists are Jews. They, like, go hand in hand. Folks, the Kabbalah is a book of sorcery. But, you know, the fundamental bad... Oh, nothing to see here. No, no, no, no. There's still God's chosen people. What God are you talking about, though? Verse 7, which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man, who called for Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear the word of God. So this guy is just like, hey, call these guys over. I want to hear what they're saying. They're preaching the word of God. I want to hear the word of God from them. Sincere thing. This guy's not saved. He wants to hear the truth. Buddy Limus, the sorcerer, for so is his name by interpretation, withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. So doesn't that coincide with 1 Thessalonians chapter 2? They're trying to keep Gentiles from getting saved. This guy, the sorcerer, came and withstood the apostle Paul and Barnabas and tried to stop them from getting Sergius Paulus saved. Verse 9, then Saul, who is called Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him and said, all full of all subtlety and all mischief. Listen to this, thou child of the devil. Oh, Paul, a little anti-Semitic there, Paul. As I recall, Philippians chapter 3 is written by the apostle Paul, and he says that he's a Jew. He's of the tribe of Benjamin. But that is his pedigree. So who's really the anti-Semite here? Bar Jesus or the apostle Paul? Because true Jews actually want the Gentiles to be saved. True Jews actually believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. True Jews actually adhere to the word of God and reject Judaism. That's what a true Jew is. So you tell me, who's really the anti-Semite in this story? It's Bar Jesus. Paul is awesome. He's like, you full of subtlety and all mischief, child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? That's a good sermon there. Look at all those points. Point number one, he's full of subtlety. Point number two, he's full of all mischief. Point number three, he's a child of the devil. That means he's a reprobate. Point number four, he's the enemy of all righteousness. Point number four, he's going to pervert all the right ways of the Lord. And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon me, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness, and he went about seeking some to lead him by the way. This is awesome. So the Apostle Paul just like struck him blind. Struck the dude blind. He said, well, that wasn't very nice. Well, he was already blind in his heart. He's already blind in his heart. He said, well, that's not a really good testimony. You know, there's unsafe people around. You shouldn't say things like that. Well, look at verse 12. Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed. Being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. He's like, that was cool. These guys are legit. I believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. They believe that testimony. It wasn't like, hey, this isn't politically correct. You guys are brethren. Why are you fighting? No, he's just like, and then just looking at Bar Jesus, and he's like, he's looking at his like, I believe. Look at verse 42. And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath. Now, when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. So what's going on here? You know, the Apostle Paul and Barnabas, they're preaching to God, and they're preaching to Gentiles who are proselytes. They're converse to Judaism, because they're in the synagogues, okay? But then they get saved, and then they start following Paul and Barnabas, because they're like, tell us more. And the next Sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. Look at verse 45. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, you know, when they start seeing all these views, all the likes, all the comments, all the good responses, you know, the whole city coming out wanting to hear the word of God, they were filled with envy and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. So it's not like, you know what, we don't agree with you guys, but you guys are doing a good work. We don't agree with you guys, but you know, keep on keeping on, keep reaching new people. No, they're filled with envy, because they want to be the ones they see to make one proselyte, to make them twofold more a child of hell than themselves. So you start fighting against them. Look at verse 46. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold and said it was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you, but seeing he put it from you and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. What did Paul the apostle say? He's like, you guys rejected the word of God, so I'm not gonna waste my time with you. Look at chapter 14. Oh, that's an isolated incident. That doesn't happen very often. Look at Acts 14, verse one. And it came to pass in Iconium, which by the way, these areas are not Israeli areas. This is very much Greek-speaking areas. Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of Jews and also of the Greeks believed. So there's some Jews who were getting saved. Amen? As well as Greeks. Verse two, but the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and made their minds evil-affected against the brethren. You say, what does that mean? It means the ADL went to YouTube and said these guys are anti-Semitic, they're anti-homo, you know, they're evil people, they're just bad people, we gotta be platformed, they're spreading a message of hate. It says in verse three, There was no time, therefore, a bold day speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony to the word of his grace and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. But the multitude of the city was divided and part held with the Jews and part with the apostles. And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles and also of the Jews with the rulers to use them despitefully and to stone them, they were aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lyconia and into the region and what was it that was trying to stop them from preaching? It was the Jews. Isolated incident. Go to Acts 23. Acts chapter 23. Verse nine, it says, And there arose a great cry and the scribes that were of the Pharisee sect part arose and strove saying, We find no evil in this man, but if a spirit or an angel had spoken to him and when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down and to take him by force from among them and to bring him into the castle. And the night following, the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. I miss the verse where God's saying, Hey, these are my people. Leave them alone. They're the apple of my eye. It says in verse 12, And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, listen to this, and bound themselves under a curse. You know, because they're all about that. That's just their manner. They just love being cursed. They're just like, yeah, let's bind ourselves under another curse. Bound themselves under a curse saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they have killed Paul. This is a pretty, you know, crazy curse here. They're like, we're going to fast until Paul's murdered. And there were more than 40 which had made this conspiracy. Now, here's the funny thing, okay? You guys have read the Bible through. Did Paul die by the hands of these conspirators? So what happened, 40? What happened to the 40? Did you guys break the vow? Of course they did, because they always break vows. Did you guys break the vow? Of course they did, because they always break vows. Bunch of liars. I'm sure they found some loophole in their Talmud. And they came to the chief priests and elders and said, we have bound ourselves under a great curse. No kidding. Tell us something we don't know. Oh, you mean a new curse. That we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. Now this is a great, this is a great honor for the Apostle Paul, because the Pharisees also bound themselves essentially under a curse that they wanted to kill Jesus. Same thing with Paul. Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you tomorrow as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him and we or ever he come near are ready to kill him. When Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, the story is amazing because it's actually a Roman soldier who delivers the Apostle Paul through like a caravan. It's an amazing story how God used the Romans to persecute Christians, not to save them from the hands of the Jews. Go to Revelation chapter 2. Revelation chapter 2. We're going to do some end times prophecy at this moment, you know, Revelation 2. He said, what do you got against the Jews? Well, first of all, other than everything I just told you, they're not really Jews. They're not really Jews. And I don't know anybody else who believes this, but I believe it, is the Bible consistently tells us that those who believe on Jesus Christ are the real Jews. And when you read what we're about to read right now, we see that Jews, according to God, are actually referred to as Nicolaitans because Jews are the ones who call themselves Jews. But they are not, but are liars. Now I'm going to prove that to you. Look at Revelation 2, verse 1. Of course, this is the church at Ephesus. It says, unto the angel of the church at Ephesus write, These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. I know thy works and thy labor and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil, and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles and are not, but hast found them liars. Now, again, who is the main adversary of the New Testament? It's the Jew. Who is some of the greatest false prophets of the New Testament? Jews. So who is he alluding to here? Well, I believe he's alluding to the Jews. There's nobody else who would come to try to claim that they're apostles, other than the Jews themselves. And, in fact, when you read the epistles of Paul, you see that the ones who are trying to infiltrate the churches were Jews. Read the book of Galatians. It was these false brethren who have crept in unawares to the churches of Galatia trying to bring people back under the law. This isn't some heathen of India or something like that during that time who traveled all the way to try to convert people to Hinduism. He's referring to the Jews. And so when the Bible talks about these false apostles, he's referring to Jews who try to come under the cloak of being an apostle of Christ. He's like, no, that wouldn't happen. Have you heard of Judas, who's a false apostle who just wanted to, who betrayed the Lord Jesus Christ for 30 pieces of silver? Other Jews are just following in his footsteps. And who is Judas working with, he's referring to the Pharisees. So we see that this church here, Jesus says, I know that you can't bear them which are evil. Those who say they are apostles and are not has found them liars. You know, because who is a liar, but he that denied that Jesus is the Christ, he is anti-Christ. I believe he's referring to Jews because those are the group of people who were trying to infiltrate churches during that time. He says, and is born, has had patience for my name's sake, has labored, he condemns them for not doing the first works. He says in verse 6, But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. Now, a lot of people kind of want to throw up their hands and say, I don't know who that's talking about. Because you don't see that name being referred to anywhere else in the New Testament or anywhere else in the Bible. They just kind of say, well, maybe we just don't know. But I think the answer is writing the text. Because look what he says in verse number 7, excuse me, verse number 9, it says, I know thy works in tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich. I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not, but are of the synagogue of Satan. God never refers to them as being Jews. He calls them, according to this passage, Nicolaitans. Now, why he calls them that? I don't know. I just know that obviously the church at Ephesus knows who he was referring to as being the deeds of the Nicolaitans. And the deeds match up with the previous verses that they say, or the previous verses that they try to pass themselves off as being apostles. They're trying to infiltrate the churches and he's saying you hate their deeds. Go to Revelation chapter 3. Look at Revelation chapter 3 and verse number 9. Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan which say they are Jews and are of the synagogue of Eli. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet and to know that I have loved thee. Now, that's kind of interesting, isn't it? Come and worship before thy feet. Why is he saying that? Well, look at verse 8. It says, I know thy works. Behold, I have set before thee an open door. No man can shut it. For thou hast little strength and hast kept my word and hast not denied my name. Now, when you study what this is actually about, you bow down to the statute of Nebuchadnezzar, right? King Nebuchadnezzar and his associates were trying to get people to bow down and worship before the feet of the image. And then he says here, of course, when he says I've set before thee an open door, it's a call back to the furnace that they were thrown into. I've set thee before an open door. They're going to make it through this trial, et cetera. That's what he's talking about. I preached about that many times before. And then he immediately follows up with in verse number 9, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which saith your Jews and are not but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet. What do we see here? We see that the Jews is not only referring to those who ethnically are Jews, but those who have the spirit of Jews, the spirit of Judaism, the spirit of Satan. Those who have persecuted God's people even in times past in Babylon, for example, which by the way, the Talmud is referred to as the what? Babylonian Talmud. Not the Israeli Talmud. It's called the Babylonian Talmud, my friends. Go to Galatians chapter 4. Galatians chapter 4. We're almost done. You say, what's the purpose of the sermon tonight? I just want to go off on the Jews for a little bit. Spare me something? Spare me some time. Spare me some time. And you know the ADL can use this. They're trying to get me investigated by the FBI. Go for it. What are you going to find? Bunch of sermons? Preaching again? I'll save you the trouble. I'll forward you all of my sermons against the Jews. I'll just email them to you. You don't even have to worry. Just email the church and say, can you send us a list of all the sermons you preached on the Jews? I have no shame in what I preach. This is what I believe. Our church is a church who believes in replacement theology, and I'm not afraid to speak out against the Jews, the synagogue of Satan, because that's exactly what my Lord and Savior did. That's exactly what every man of God does. And you know what? People need to hear it today. You know, people, churches need to stop being so afraid of the Jews. We're afraid of what they might do. Fear not then, which can kill the body, but afterwards can do nothing. Look at Galatians 4, verse 24. He says in verse 24, which things are an allegory, for these are the two covenants, the one from Mount Sinai, which generateth the bondage, which is Agar, for this Agar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem, which now is, and is in bondage with their children. Now you ask fundamental Baptists, they'll tell you, oh, that's the Muslims, Arabs. So they always push this narrative that it's the Muslims, it's the Muslims, it's the Muslims. Why? Because it's them, it's them, it's them. It's the Jews who this is actually referring to. Verse 26, But Jerusalem, which is above, is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, rejoice thou barren that bearest not, break forth and cry thou that travailest not, for the desolate hath many more children which hath a husband. Now we brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. Who's he talking about? Those in Galatia. Verse 29, But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. So he's saying here, just as he that was born after the flesh mocked and ridiculed that which is born after the Spirit, even so it is now. They take even so it is now as in even so it is now in 2022. That's why the Muslims keep persecuting Jews. But folks, even so it is now is referring to this time. Galatia, during the first century A.D. And who are the ones that were persecuting those who were born after the Spirit? Oh yeah, the Jews. He says in verse 30, Nevertheless, what's the matter with the Jews? They take even so it is now as in even so it is now in 2022. They say the scripture, Cast out the bond woman and her son, for the son of the bond woman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond woman but of the free. Go to John chapter 8 real quick and we'll be done there. John chapter 8. What does he mean when he says cast out the bond woman? If you remember the story, Ishmael is cast out with his mother. Okay. He's cast out with his mother and his mother is referred to as the bond woman which represents Sinai, which represents the law, which is exactly what the Jews want you to get under is the law. So by the way, anytime there's some sort of Christian group out there that's trying to get you to observe the law, trying to get you to observe the Sabbath, red flag, it's a Judaizing cult. It's a Judaizing religion and you say, well, they talk about Jesus. It's not the same Jesus. And when you follow that, that trail to the very end of that religion, they're going to try to get you to reject Jesus Christ. Look at John 8.33. They answered him, We be Abraham's seed and were never in bondage to any man. How sayest thou, you shall be made free? Jesus answered him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whose servant committed sin is the servant of sin and the servant abideth not in the house forever. You know, just like Ishmael and his mother were not able to abide in the house, they were cast out. He says here, The servant abideth not in the house forever, but the son, Isaac, abideth forever. And we're spiritual descendants of Isaac. If the son, therefore, shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. So, one more scripture actually. Go to Matthew chapter 8. I know I said that was the last scripture. I wasn't lying, I thought it was, so I'm not lying to you, okay? Look at Matthew 8. This is the last scripture. Because there's a theme in Matthew 8 and the theme here, the theme is this, is that those who are of the bondwoman are cast out of the house. Those who are of Ishmael, spiritually, by the way, Ishmael was saved, I believe he was saved, but he represents the Jews who are not saved. He is the son of the bondwoman who is cast out, but yet the son abideth forever. Why is he trying to make this parallel that the son of the bondwoman is cast out? Why is he making this parallel when Jesus said the servant abideth not in the house forever? Where are they going? Where is he being cast out to? Look at Matthew 8 verse 9. The centurion coming to Jesus who is not a Jew, referring to the centurion who is not a Jew, he's coming to Jesus because he believes on him. He says in verse number 9, For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this man, Go and he goeth, and to another, come and he cometh, and to my servant, followed, verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. The faith that this Gentile has is greater than the faith of all these other Jews. Look what it says in verse 11. And I say unto you that many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. Verse 12. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out. Now hold on a second. Who are we talking about here? Because if the kingdom of heaven is being filled with those who are coming from the east and west to sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that means that the children of the kingdom as alluded to in verse number 10 is referring to those who are in Israel. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out. Where? Into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Translation, hell. So when the Bible says that Ishmael and his mother, the bond woman, are cast out, and he says that the Jews, which generate the bondage of today, are cast out, what is he talking about? They're going to be cast out into outer darkness. They're not going to be saved. You say, well, don't you want Jews to be saved? Of course, but they don't want to be saved, though. They don't. The vast majority of Jews out there do not want salvation. They don't. Because in order to get salvation, you have to go through Jesus. And you know what? I would more readily believe that a Muslim would get saved than a Jew. Now those of Islam, those are hard to win, too, but I guarantee you it's a lot easier to win them to Christ than it is a Jew. Why? Because at least a Muslim still thinks that Jesus Christ is a prophet and not someone who's burning in his own excrement in hell. You tell a Muslim that Jesus Christ did miracles by the power of Beelzebub, they would say that's heresy. They would say that's wicked. Now they're wrong because of the fact that Jesus Christ is not just a prophet, he's the Son of God. But hold on a second. Wouldn't we agree that it's a lot easier to win someone who actually references Jesus than someone who hates him? Isn't it easier to win a Catholic to the Lord? Than it would be to win a Hindu? Because a Catholic at least believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Well, you know what? It's a lot easier to win a Muslim to the Lord. I'm not saying it's easy just in general. I'm saying it's easier. You would have a higher chance of winning a Muslim than you would a Jew. Folks, this is the generation of vipers. And you know what? This is the generation of vipers. And you know what? This battle that the apostles were fighting in the New Testament is the same battle that we're fighting today. I don't know of any other independent fundamental Baptist churches, other than those who are friends with our churches, who are being persecuted by the Jews. Because the other ones are actually bowing down to Nebuchadnezzar's image. And Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego, these new F.B. churches and churches like it, they're actually bowing down to Nebuchadnezzar's image. They're like, I'm not bowing down to this. I'm not putting up a Star of Rem fan and, you know, a tabernacle of Moloch in my church. Because they rejected the Lord Jesus Christ. Throw me in the furnace if you want. Delete my channel. Persecute us if you want. And you know what? I take the Jews persecuting us as confirmation that this is a New Testament church. Yeah, albeit it's a little different than what they were going through in the New Testament. But Jews don't persecute most churches. Because most churches are bowing down to them anyways. They got them in their hand. They got them in their nose. You got to pay attention to who the Jews are going for. Who is the ADL actually going for? Who's the ADL? I mean, go on the ADL website, there's like multiple articles about the new I.F.B. on there. There's articles about the new I.F.B. I'll tell you why. Because their tactics have been refined. They're using technology. You say, aren't you afraid? No, because guess what? Just as the Lord delivered the apostle Paul out of the hand of the Jews in like manner, he's going to do the same for us. And when I see a Jew persecuting me, a Jewish organization persecuting First Works Baptist Church, I'm like, we're in good company. Because this is exactly what they did to Jesus. This is exactly what they did to the apostle Paul. This is exactly what they did to the disciples of the New Testament. And there's always two groups of people who will fight us until the day that we die. Fags and Jews. And sometimes you can just say both. Foos. These Foos. Because sometimes they're one and the same. Because Jews promote faggotry. And I'm against both. Okay, I hate homos from the top of my head to the bottom of the sole of my feet. And I also hate those who hate the Lord. I also hate those who despise the Lord who spit on the ground when they hear Jesus Christ. My loyalty is towards Jesus Christ. My loyalty and allegiance is not to Israel. It's to Jerusalem, which is above. My loyalty, my faithfulness is to Israel. My loyalty, my faithfulness is for Jesus Christ and the Word of God. Not to some Jews out there in the Middle East who hate him. And shame on the Christian who would back up such a wicked religion, such a wicked person as they just can say whatever they want about Jesus and you'll just be like, oh, but there's still God's chosen people. Foos. Shame on you. Grow some stones. And say what needs to be said. Oh, man, I just don't want to offend them. Folks, they're already offended at the rock of our salvation. They stumbled at the stumbling stone. You're a pebble. If they've already stumbled at the stumbling stone, you know, what other damage can you do? You might as well stand for the truth. And not kowtow to these wicked Christ-rejecting Jews in their synagogue of Satan. There, I said it. Does that mean you don't allow Jews into your church? Most Jews wouldn't even want to come to my church. But you know, if there's a Jew who's actually looking for the truth, yeah, we'll get him the gospel. Let me say this. We don't do this whole Judeo-Christian thing here, though. I don't do this whole Mazianic Jew here. When they get saved, it's like, oh man, now I'm a Mazianic Jew. Basically, you're not saved yet then. Because you've got to become all the way Christian. Not just halfway and keep it half-Jew, half-Christian. It doesn't work that way, my friends. For in Christ, there's neither Jew nor Gentile. So you have to reject Judaism if you want to get saved. If you want to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you have to reject the teachings of Judaism and no longer identify yourself as a Jew. What if I don't want to do that? Then go to some Zionist kowtow-worshipping, church out there that is just, is willing to bow down to the image of Nebuchadnezzar and pray for Israel and send money out there to build that third temple for the Antichrist if that's what you want. Some John Hagee-loving church out there, they'll wear the Star of Remphan on their chest. You go there. Maybe this is not the place for you. I'm done. What I'm saying is this, is that, you know, we're not going to change on this. You know, this is a stance that we take and obviously, you know, you don't need to believe just like us to be in our church, but you have to put up with this preaching and you're going to hear it to the day that I die and Lord willing, someone else will come up after me who believes exactly the same. Preach hard against the Jews because that's what Jesus did and I want to be just like my Savior. Let's pray. Lord, thank you so much for your word. And thank you for the promises that we have in your word, Lord. I pray that you strike these wicked people down, Lord, and those who hate you. Help us to be bold in our stance, not to be ashamed of you, Lord. And the Jews of the New Testament were some of the most anti-Semitic people. They killed you. They sought to slay you. They sought to slay the Apostle Paul. And even though here we are 2,000 years later, they're still seeking to silence the message of the Bible. Help us, Lord, to be bold. Help us, Lord, to stand boldly and to not be ashamed of the word of God and to not just crack under the pressure of these Jews of today, Lord. We love you. We thank you. Pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Amen. A great sermon by Pastor Mejia. The ushers are going to come around and pass out the song sheet for our last song here, Psalm 139. I think a fitting song here. This is our last song after that sermon. We were able to see how loud that Pastor Mejia can get as he's preaching. Let's see if we can get close to that as we sing this last song. Psalm 139, all together nice and strong on that first verse. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God. Depart from me, thou wicked. Thou Eleventh Son, depart from me. Therefore, ye bloody men, depart from me, therefore, ye bloody men. Do not, O I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee. Do not, O I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee. And am not, O Ipl thee, with those that rise up against thee, do not, O I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee, for they speak against thee wickedly, for they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Take thy name in vain, do not, I hate them. O Lord, that hate thee, do not, I hate them. O Lord, that hate thee, that am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee. Do not, I hate them. O Lord, that hate thee. I hate them with perfect hatred. I hate them with perfect hatred. I count them, thine enemies. I count them, thine enemies. Do not, I hate them. O Lord, that hate thee. Do not, I hate them. O Lord, that hate thee, that am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee. Do not, I hate them. O Lord, that hate thee.