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0:00 I've got 1 scripture or 3 scriptures that I'm going to read. I believe the Holy Spirit gave me this that I'm going to share this morning. Basically, it's 7 statements. I0:11 don't really have to preach. I could just mention the statements because they speak for themselves. But let me read the scripture. Hebrews chapter 12 verse0:23 26 to 29. Whose voice then shook the earth but now he has promised saying, yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also0:35 heaven. Now this yet once more indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as are things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken0:47 may remain. Father, we thank you this morning for your word. Your word that it's a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. Entrance of your word gives understanding0:59 to the simple. We thank you that you've already declared that heaven and earth shall pass away. But the word of the Lord shall endure forever. Pray that you'll anoint us this morning as we share your word.1:11 Anoint the ears that hear it, that the word may fall on good ground. Bring forth seed, bring forth fruit that will glorify your name in Jesus name. Amen.1:25 We're living in a very crazy world at the moment. There's a lot of things happening here in the United States, and many, many people are shocked by some of the things that1:37 we see. But it's not just happening here, it's happening throughout the world, no matter where you go. These things are taking a place. So days of Noah, corruption and violence in1:49 every country of the world. Corruption in high places, low places, violence, all these things taking place. The days of Sodom and Gomorrah are also here we see2:01 those things taking place. And the reason why I believe there's so much evil in the world today is because, Jesus is coming back. And2:13 the devil knows that his time is short. And so he's flooding the world with his demonic spirits and his evil forces. For the first time2:25 that we've seen that satanist churches are now becoming visible, they'd accept it. Satanism is accepted in our society, in a country that was2:37 founded on biblical principles. We see temples of false gods, and, the world is being bombarded with many, many2:49 different gods. Gods that are impostors, gods that have no power, and gods that are not able to meet the needs of people.3:01 And so, everything looks very shaken. I believe God is shaking the world. And he's going to shake the church because the Bible says that judgment must begin at the3:13 house of God. And if it begin with us, what will be the end of them that believe not? You see, God wants to purify his church. He's not coming back for the3:24 church that is weak, worldly. He's not coming back for the church that is full of spots and blemish. He's coming back for the church without wrinkle and3:36 blemish. A pure righteous church. And so he's preparing his church for that great day. And so we have to understand, although many things around us are3:48 being shaken, things are changing, truth is cast in the streets. There are some things that are unshakable, immovable. Nothing will move4:00 them, nothing will shake them, and nothing will do away with them. We know there's an attack against the Bible. It always has been. There's attack against God,4:12 and there's attack against the church. For those of you that have committed your lives to Jesus Christ, or born again believers, times are going to be difficult. Things are not going to be4:23 easy. You're going to be slandered just because you put your trust in Jesus Christ. You're going to be hated by people just because you made that decision to4:35 follow him. So there's ever been a time for us to get strong, it's now. There's never been a time for us to be rooted and grounded in the word of God, it is4:47 now. Because the days in which we live. The 7 things I believe the Holy Spirit gave me, of course, there are many, many more. There are many other truths that are unshakable, but the4:59 7 he gave me for this morning is the 7 I'm going to share with you. And the very first 1 is, there is only 1 true5:10 God. There is only 1 true God. John 17 3 says, and this is eternal life that they may know you,5:22 the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. The only true God. As I've said, there are many gods in the world today. People5:34 worship the earth, people worship cows, some people say worship a higher power than yourself. And so there are multitudes of gods in5:46 our world today. And what we have to understand is that all these gods are dead. They have no power, they have no life, and they cannot do anything5:58 for their followers. There is only 1 true living God and it is the God of the Bible. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the God and father6:10 of our Lord Jesus Christ. And so, we see already among many believers are beginning to speak about, there are many many ways to6:22 heaven. There are many many ways to worship and there are many gods that we can turn to and that we need to be tolerant of all these gods but how can we be tolerant to something that is6:34 false, to something that is not true? We must stand up for the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, because the truth will set you free. And so there's only 16:46 God. He is omnipotent, all powerful. He's omniscient. He's everywhere at the same time. And he is a great God. A God of mercy, a God6:58 of joy, a God of peace, a God of righteousness, a God of mercy, and a God of grace. He is different from every other God that is presented to humanity today. Every7:09 other God demands their followers to carry heavy burdens in order to follow them. Our God gives us more than he requires from us, because he's a7:21 gracious and a giving God. Amen. Now, when you look at the old testament, you'll see the history of God's people. God has always wanted the people.7:33 His plan was to have the people that will worship him, love him, and serve him. And so he chose Israel. And Israel has a history, that is up and down.7:46 Every time there was a new king in Israel, he would lead the people astray. When they've got a good king, he leads them the right way. And so here in the book of, first Samuel, we read about7:57 Elijah the prophet. And Ahab is the king of Israel. He leads the peoples, the long way. He's evolved to Jezebel, and, the people begin to worship a8:09 false god by the name of Baal. And God has had enough of it. And he tells Elijah the prophet to go and tell the people, how long do they hold between 28:20 opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him. And if Baal is God's folly. Make up your mind. Who is your God? If you want to follow the true and living God, follow him. And if you8:32 want to follow Baal, follow him. And so, Elijah the prophet came to the people and he told the people what God is saying. You see, God raises up prophets8:44 even today. And, it's not about titles, it's about ministry. The style of ministry, the prophetic ministry where God raises up prophets because the8:56 prophets are are are shown the weakness of the church. The prophets are shown when the church goes in the wrong direction. You know for a fact, we are ordinary people, although9:08 we're the children of God. But we seem to take the things of the world, and the things of the world become part of the church, and it doesn't take long, and the church is going in the wrong direction. That's why9:20 we need the prophets to speak up for God, to say that the church must be based on the word of God. So God raises up prophets, and God's raising up prophets once again, because the9:31 church has gone astray. If you see, many of the big churches, many large churches, many of the pastors are beginning to cave in, and they're giving up, precious truths just in9:43 order to please people, in order to be popular, in order to be famous. And so there's a lot of nonsense going on in the body of Christ. So the prophet comes and he speaks on9:55 behalf of God, and he says, this is what God's word says, and this is what God requires from you, and this is the way you ought to walk. So we need the wish of the prophets. So God10:07 raises up Elijah, and Elijah goes and tells the people, and then he goes to the prophets of Baal. And he says to the prophets of Baal, why don't you come to Mount Carmel and10:19 build an altar? You put your sacrifice on it, I'll do the same thing and we'll pray. And the God that answers by fire, let him be God. And so they had to make a10:31 decision. And so the prophets of Baal came to Mount Carmel. They came in the probably in their religious guard, and they came with all their religiosity, and all10:42 their forms and things they did. And they began to dance around the altar, whatever they did, and said, oh Baal, hear us. Oh Baal, hear us. And they10:54 wanted to do Baal to talk to them, and Baal to send fire. But there was no fire, and Baal wasn't talking. But Elijah the prophet is only 1 man. 1 man right with God is the11:06 majority, by the way. And he stands on 1 side and he says to the prophets, maybe your God's on leave. Maybe he's on vacation. Maybe he can't hear you. Shout louder. And the Bible says that11:17 these prophets, 400 of them began to cut themselves until the blood flowed. Oh, Baal, hear us. Oh, Baal, hear us. All day long, no fire. You11:29 see, some people say, all you have to be is sincere. Well, they were sincere, but they were sincerely wrong. You see, you can be sincere and sincerely wrong.11:41 And so it's not a case of just being sincere. We need the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So here we find this man, these people11:53 praying and there's no fire. You see, they had no testimony. And that is the truth with every false god. You see, they could not look back and say, historically, God12:05 Baal did this. Historically, our God Baal brought rain. Our God brought fire. Our God did the miraculous. They couldn't say it because they could not look12:16 back because there was no testimony of the power of their God, because he was a false God and he was powerless. But with Elijah the prophet, it was different.12:28 He may got the people together and he began to pray. And I want you to notice his prayer. It's not about himself. And folk, the church is not about us. We need to understand that.12:41 And he begins to pray and he says, oh Lord God, let it be known this day that there's a God in Israel and that I'm your servant and I'm doing all this because you told me12:53 to do it. He gives God the glory. You see, Elijah took up the challenge, or Elijah put out the challenge because he could look back, and he could look time and13:05 time again how mighty his God is. The miraculous things that his God had performed. That God has sent fire from heaven. That he led the led the Israelites through13:16 the wilderness with with a pillar of fire at night. That he gave rain and stopped rain. All the miraculous things Elijah knew that his God was able to do. And he knew that if he takes up this13:28 challenge, he's God will not let him down. As he begins to pray, the fire comes. And it does not only consume the sacrifice, but the whole altar is burnt up.13:40 And the people fall on their faces. That's what it says. And they say, the Lord, he is God. The Lord, he is God. The Lord, he is God. You see,13:53 God of Elijah is the true God. He's the 1 that needs to be worshiped. Many of those people realized that day the prophets were all killed and they realized14:05 that they were serving a God who could do nothing for them. And you know, there are many gods today, like I said, and some of these gods creep into our lives and we don't even realize it.14:17 Because Jesus said that Jesus said something amazing. He said, you cannot serve God and mammon. You cannot serve God and mammon. Mammon is prestige, it's14:29 status, it's money. He said, you can't serve that and serve him. Either you love the 1 and despise the other, but you cannot serve both. And folk, if there's a dominant God in the14:41 world today, it is the God of money. The God of money. Now, it's not wrong for somebody to be wealthy. It's not wrong for someone to have a lot of money. It's not14:53 wrong those things, but money in itself is not wrong. It's the love of money that is evil. And today we see a tremendous greed spirit throughout the world. Look15:05 how corrupt the world is. Look at the corruption in high places. People that you never expected it from. Lawyers and people who are in great positions, educated people, all the corruption is going15:17 on. And it's all about money. Money, money. Why? Because they worship money. Money is their gods. And and and that's the God that has taken a hold of the world15:28 today. That that spirit of greed has even crept into the church. That there are churches that all they do is promote money, money. I I saw on YouTube,15:40 2 well known pastors, big churches. They they were preaching and talking about money, and the people were coming out and throwing the money on the steps on the platform. And these pastors were jumping up and down on the15:51 money, shouting money, money, money, money. What is that? What is that? That's their God. And I know some of them personally, they worship money.16:04 Money cannot change your life in the way that God wants it to change. Money can't bring you in a living relationship with God. Money will let you down. Money will16:15 fail you. And yet there is so much greed in the world today. People are worshiping the God of money. What do you think all the drug dealers and thousands and millions of them today16:27 selling the drugs, all the the drugs that are coming across the world? What's it about? Is it about people saying, oh, you know what? I'm gonna make some drugs and I'm gonna make some people happy. Is that what it's16:37 about? No, it's about money. It's all about money. And they kill and they murder and they maim and they kidnap all because of money. And then a lot of people who buy their goods get caught16:49 up and become drug addicts and then they start stealing money. Because they can't live without money. They can't live without drugs, and it takes money to buy drugs. So it's a rotten system.17:01 It's a God of the world. That's why Jesus said, you cannot serve him and money. You've got to make up your mind. I mean, over the many years I've been in the ministry, somebody came to me and said, oh, you know, God's17:12 given me a tremendous job and I know I'm going to make a lot of money. When I make it, I'm going to give to the church. And I was, where are moving to? I'm moving there. Is there a church for you? Don't know. That17:21 doesn't matter. You see the money thing is more important, and later on, you find that they're cold and they have fallen away. They no longer serve the Lord. Folk, we must not allow these guards to grip our lives,17:33 because that's idolatry. We speak about idolatry today, and we think it's all those stone carvings and wood carvings that are idols. There's a lot of stuff. It's anything. Anything that robs17:45 God from receiving your worship is an idol. And so there is only 1 true God and that's the God of the Bible. He's the same yesterday, today and forever.17:57 He's an everlasting God. He will never change. Heaven and earth will pass away, but God will never change. Hallelujah. And you know what? He's a wonderful God. He says, I'm not ashamed to be called your18:08 God. And I'm not ashamed to call you my people. And so this morning, there there are people who are starting to discuss, you've got to be tolerant. Everybody's got their own God. They believe in a higher power. That's18:20 baloney. 1 God, the true God, the God of the Bible. Number 2, there's only 1 true savior. 1 true God,18:32 1 true savior. Matthew says, and she will bring forth a son, the angel says, and you shall call his name Jesus for he will save his people from their sins. You can't get saved through18:44 religion. When I got saved, many, many years ago, someone said, oh, we we we heard some good news. We heard that you've got religion now. No, I don't go into religion. I'm too stupid for18:56 religion. I've got a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. Not religion. Religion can't save you. You see, religion can't save you. Your family19:08 can't save you. Friends can't save you. Money can't save you. Status can't save you. Becoming famous can't save you. How many people have become famous who knew God, who worship God, and then fell19:19 away? Those things can't save you. There's only 1 savior and his name is Jesus. Buddha can't save you. Hare Krishna can't save you. Only the God of the Bible, Jesus Christ19:30 himself. The Bible says there's no other name given among men, whereby we must be saved. No other name, but the name of Jesus. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the19:42 Lord shall be saved. Isn't that a wonderful statement? That means you can be in the valley of despair. You can be a drug addict, a drunkard, whatever you whatever it is, and far from God,19:54 bound by sin. If you call on that name, your life can be transformed in a moment. In a twinkling of an eye, God can change your life. Many, many times we've heard20:06 testimonies of people who went into a hotel room, come to the end of life and planning to commit suicide. And then next to the bed was Gideon's Bible and they picked it up and they began to read it. And they read20:17 about the name of Jesus, the savior. And they called upon that name, and God cleansed them and forgave their sin, and they became new creatures. Hallelujah. There's power in the name of Jesus.20:30 We send people everywhere. They got problems. We send them here and there to Mary, to Jonah, all over the place. And all that they're doing is playing ringy ring around the rosy. And nobody's getting freedom, man. The20:41 freedom and the liberty is in the son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. And I've got a witness to that. Hallelujah. I'm a witness to that. I was an alcoholic and20:53 I called upon the name of the Lord, and in a twinkling of an eye, he delivered me and he set me free, and I've been free for a long time. Hallelujah. There's only21:05 1 true savior and His name is Jesus. Don't do good works. Good works are like filthy rags in the sight of God. Call upon his name. There is only 1 way to21:16 heaven. Oprah added some people on her show and they were discussing, well known pastors by the way, they're discussing, is there, are there more than 1 way to heaven and21:28 they were kind of keeping their mouth shut. They didn't want to say, what I'm going to tell you now. But Oprah says, there's many ways to heaven. No, there's not. There's only 1 way. Look what he says. Jesus21:40 said, I am the way. Not 1 of the ways. I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the father but beside me. The only way you and21:52 I will ever go to heaven is through Jesus Christ. He's the way to heaven. Hallelujah. And I'm so glad I met him because I know beyond all that, I don't hope to go to22:04 heaven. I'm going to heaven. So you better start liking me while we're down here. Amen. 1 way to heaven and Jesus is that way. There's only 122:15 way to receive power to be and to do. You see, we've got a problem. Our problem is to be and to do. Some people just want to do and some people just want to22:27 be, but you've got to be and do. Understand what I'm saying? You've got to be a Christian, a believer, a child of God. You got to be a new22:39 creature. All things must pass away. There must be a change in your life. If you say I'm following Jesus, there must be a change in your life. You can't hold on to the old things and say I'm a believer.22:51 No, he changes. If a man's in Christ, he's a new creature. Amen? But you know what? To be a Christian, you need power. And to do what we're supposed to do as23:03 followers of Jesus, we need power. I can't do what Jesus has called me to do. I don't have the ability. I'm not like pastor Tim. Pastor Tim is an intelligent guy. I'm not intelligent.23:16 Not at all. And the only thing I can do, whatever I do, I've got to rely on the Holy Spirit. We've got to rely on the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the 1 that gives us the power23:28 to be. That's why why the scripture said, don't be drunk with wine, but fill the Holy Spirit. Why? So that I can be a strong believer. Because we're attacked every single day. The world hates us. The devil23:40 hates us. The demonic spirits hates us. There's a battle going on every single day in your life and my life. So I need power to overcome. I need power to resist. I need power to23:52 to to resist every temptation that the devil will bring my way. And the power is the Holy Spirit. I need power to preach. I need power to function in the church among God's people. We need24:03 power. That's why when they chose the first deacons, they says, let choose men, with wisdom and full of the Holy Spirit. They never said choose, so many men that are highly educated or24:15 very charismatic or handsome and pretty. No. They said men full of the holy spirit. Because we need the holy spirit desperately today. And there's only 1 power, and it's the power of the24:27 holy spirit. He says, that you shall receive power when the holy spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the world. Hallelujah.24:39 You need power to be the salt of the earth. You need power to be the light of the world. You need power to be an example of the Lord Jesus Christ. You need power to be an ambassador of Christ. And that power24:51 is given to us. It's the Holy Spirit. Amen. There are only 2 destinies. 2 destinies. Matthew 7, he says, enter by the narrow gate25:03 for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction. He says, there's a broad road. The gates open, it's wide. But if you go down that path, it leads to destruction.25:16 And there are many who go in by it, because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life and there are only a few who find it.25:28 So there's a wide gate and a narrow gate. Let me put it to you better. There's only heaven and hell. There's no purgatory. There's no paradise. Why25:40 would you believe in something that the Bible doesn't talk about? Why would you think that you can live like you want to when you die, you go to another place and they clean you up there and then you go to the next step?25:51 Why would you believe that? You make a choice here. You and I make a decision and that's why every 1 of us, every single 1 of us, 1 time or another is confronted by the Holy Spirit. You've been26:03 confronted this morning by the Holy Spirit. It's the word of God challenging you. There's a right way and there's a wrong way. There's a life eternal, there's death eternal. There's heaven and hell. That's all there is.26:15 And so we have to make a decision. I made a decision many years ago. I was on my way to hell. And I thought, I'm a big boy, you know, when I drink. I don't go, I don't I had family that were preachers and they26:27 would tell me I'm on my way to hell. I said, I don't care going to hell. All my friends are there. But there's no friendship in hell. Friendship comes from God. And I'm so glad when I heard the gospel26:38 and the holy spirit confronted me. I responded and my destiny changed. And I know I'm on my way to heaven. Hallelujah. And I wanna tell you something else. There's a mansion waiting for me.26:51 And when I walk down the streets of gold, they're to recognize me. Those angels are going to call out my name. Welcome home, Tommy. You27:03 see, this is not pie in the sky. This is God's eternal word. So everyone has to make a decision. Why do we beat around the bush? Why do we first tell long stories and short stories27:15 to tell people, listen, hey, it's heaven or hell. That's it. So I don't like that. I like a pastor who can cool it down, sugar it and tickle the ears. No.27:27 I'm just telling you the truth. And you know what's wonderful? You have the power to decide where you're going. You have the power. No past, no, I27:39 don't have any power as far as that's concerned with you. You have the power and you can make a decision today. I'm sick and tired of this broad way that leads to destruction. I'll never have peace. I'll never have joy.27:51 Things are always falling apart. I want a different road and the road I'm taking is a narrow 1. Jesus said, it's only a few on that road. There are only 2 destinies, heaven or hell.28:03 Number 6, God's plan for the gospel to be preached to every human being. That's the love of God. That's why I say, you shall receive power that you can preach the gospel, Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the outermost28:15 parts of the world. Folk and that's why pastor Tinerman are pushing to preach the gospel wherever we can. Every person deserves an opportunity to surrender their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ.28:27 But they can't rely on just pastors preaching in churches. And we'll talk about it before I close. Everyone go therefore make disciples of all nations, baptize in name of the father, son and the28:39 holy spirit. That's the mandate from the Lord Jesus Christ. You know, when I got saved and I was with all these pastors and stuff, and and, hey, what's your vision? What's your vision? They're all talking about28:51 vision. And I hear all kinds of visions and I thought, yo, what's something strange about me? Because I don't think like that. But over the years, I've learned that's not about my vision. It's about his vision. And29:02 what is his vision? Matthew 28, go into all the world and preach the gospel. Make disciples, teaching them the things that I've taught you. That's the vision. That's his vision. And when his vision29:14 becomes my vision, I have his anointing. I have his power to accomplish it. I don't have to do it in my own strength. Amen? Hallelujah. And so God's plan for the gospel to be29:26 preached every single person. God loves every single person, no matter where they are, no matter what they've done, no matter who they are, He loves them. He wants everyone29:38 to have the opportunity to hear the gospel. Amen. Number 7, all believers, and that's what I'm going to carry on with this point. All believers are called29:50 to the ministry of reconciliation. Now, you don't often hear pastors preach on this. And they don't want to tell people, we're all ministers. You see some people always want to be30:02 above other people. And unfortunately, you get that in the church. You get some people, they think they're above other people. We all stand on level ground. If you're here this morning and you you're30:13 a drug addict and you were out in the gutters, you were homeless and God has saved you, and God has changed your life, the amount of blood it took took to do that is the same amount of blood it took to cleanse me.30:24 Because we're equal. You understand that? We're equal. He loves all of us. Amen? Now look what he says. He says, he's given us a ministry. I I I've been in the ministry a long time, people30:36 go, oh, know, I'm asking God, what's my ministry? I'm praying and I'm fasting. What's my Here it is. Read it. And then they say, oh, I think your ministry is so and so, and your30:48 ministry is this. And and people this direction, listen, here's your ministry. I'm giving it to you this morning. Every single 1 of you. It says in 2 Corinthians 5 17, it says, therefore, if anyone is in30:59 Christ, he's a new creation. All things have passed away. Thank God for that. Behold, all things31:11 have become new. Now all things are of God who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.31:23 Us, the people, all of us, given us the ministry of reconciliation. That is that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their31:35 trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors of Christ as though God were pleading through us. We implore you in Christ, we31:47 are being reconciled to God. So he says, God has given all of us a ministry of reconciliation. That's powerful. That means I can speak to them. I have. I can speak to someone and talk31:58 to them about Jesus, and they surrender and give their life to Jesus. They are reconciled to God the father through Jesus Christ, his son. But I'm the 1 that spoke to them. That's my ministry. That's32:10 your ministry. Every 1 of us. Now he says, he's given all of us the ministries of reconciliation. You know what? I you know, when you when you when you're in a ministry a long time and you find people, I'm a32:22 minister, you know, big boy. You know what minister means? Servant. That's what it means. We're servants. Jesus was a servant. Came not to be ministered to, but32:34 to minister and give his life a ransom for many. So we are all but listen what it says, and he's given us the word of reconciliation. That means that when I come to speak to somebody about Jesus, I32:46 don't have to have a prepared message. I don't have to have my thoughts together. I don't have to know a dozen scriptures. No. Because as I'm sitting under the word, and as I'm reading the word, there's a32:58 storehouse that's been filled with the miraculous word of God. I might not remember what I heard, but in a time of need, the Holy Spirit will take that word and bring it out, and it'll be used in that moment, and it will33:09 be powerful. Hallelujah. I went to a a lady came to me 1 day, and I used this 1, there's many others, but this was a good 1. My wife says, I repeat, but what do you33:21 expect when you're my age, you have to repeat stuff. But I I had a friend, he used to drink with me. Big drinkers, teenage alcoholics. But years later, got saved and I became a pastor of a33:33 church. And, his mother came to see me, said, please, why don't you go and see Johnny? He's drinking himself to death. And the mother was all messed up. I said, where is he? She said, he's in alcoholics home. So I went33:43 to the alcoholics home to visit him. And I spoke to him, and then I invited him to church the Sunday morning. He was coming out on the Friday. When I left, I thought, you know what? I don't think I'm going to see this33:55 guy again. You know, people, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll be there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, and then they'll turn up. But Sunday morning when I got to church, then he was standing. First 1 there. And, he came into the34:06 service. And that morning, of course, I knew he was there. But I preached the gospel and he gave his life to Jesus. And he got saved. But this this is the thing. This is the thing.34:19 He brought 17 family members to the Lord Jesus Christ. 17. And they all attended our church. He just passed away34:30 last year. This is many, many years ago. In all the years, him and his family remained faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ. You see, God has given us the ministry. You, wherever34:42 you are, you're going to see people, you're going to meet people at pastor Tim that me and others will never meet. I asked somebody 1 day, I said, many of you know Jeff? And I I mentioned this surname, I wondered this34:53 morning. In our church, did this. How many of you know Jeff so and so? And no 1 put up their hand. I said, nobody knows him. Of course not. He's my neighbor. He's my35:04 neighbor. I'm the only 1 who knows him. I'm the only 1 that can go with the gospel too. You don't know him. So you know people that others don't know. And that's how we need to spread the gospel today.35:16 Whatever we don't be ashamed of it. Stand up for what you believe. I'm not saying tell people they're gonna go to hell and be ugly about it. Preach and tell them, listen, there's a better life in Jesus. Wherever you are,35:27 your family, don't be scared of your family. They're going to talk bad about you anyway. Don't be scared of anybody. Stand up, stand up for Jesus. That's what we need to do today. We need to be35:39 bold with our faith. You know, when the disciples were thrown in prison, they didn't cry and get us out here. We're suffering. They said, Lord, give us boldness that we may preach the gospel.35:51 God's given us all the ministry, but now I'll close with this. With all ministers of reconciliation, he's given us the word of36:03 reconciliation, but it says also he's ordained us. Do you know what ordained means? Now, you know, you know, church church over the years, not not our church,36:15 church, has a lot of pomp and stermany. They do a lot of pomp and stermany. A lot of stuff is just plain junk. No other words for it. No meaning. Tall dressed up36:27 with old candles and sticks. It means nothing. Ordination means accepted into Christian ministry. That's what it36:38 means. So you've all been ordained. If you're a believer, you've all been accepted into Christian ministry. So my encouragement to you36:50 this morning, these things cannot be shaken. They'll stand no matter what happens. But remember, every 1 of us has a part to play in God's great plan.37:02 Wherever you go, this coming week, the next week, or the following week, never be ashamed of the gospel because it's the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes. Lead you may you may talk to somebody37:14 and they don't respond and they walk away. Someone else talks to them and they give their lives to the Lord Jesus. You have planted the seed, they have watered them. Amen? And so together, together as the church,37:25 we can do the work of God. Together. It's not gonna be through listen, it's not gonna be through famous pastors. It's not gonna be through famous preachers. It's gonna be through ordinary people37:37 filled with the Holy Spirit, understanding the ministry that God has given to them. Amen. Let me pray and then someone's gonna come and make an appeal. Father, we thank you this morning37:50 that you've chosen us, that you've said to us, Lord, that you have a plan and a purpose for our lives. We thank you, Lord, that when you call us, you take us out of darkness and you bring38:02 us into your marvelous light, and we become your sons and your daughters. Not only do we experience your marvelous grace, your forgiveness, and the cleansing power of your blood, but you38:13 also give all of us a ministry. Each 1 is important. And Lord, I pray this morning for this congregation here right now, that every person will feel38:25 that they are important in your plan and your purpose. And I pray that you'll anoint them with the Holy Spirit, wherever they go, at their workplace, in their family, that they'll stand up for the truth, that38:37 they'll share the gospel. Wherever they go, they will plant the seed, be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Father, we ask this in Jesus' name and we thank you.38:49 Amen. Amen. God bless you.
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