02-28-23

The speaker begins by greeting everyone and engaging in small talk. He then discusses a television show that features a transgender character and expresses his frustration with the agenda to normalize this lifestyle. He believes it goes against the Word of God. The speaker then transitions to discussing a passage from the book of Genesis, where Abraham meets three divine figures. He highlights Abraham's willingness to give his best to God and the promise of a son to Sarah. The speaker also addresses the issue of abortion and compares it to the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah. He expresses his belief that the agenda to normalize certain lifestyles is destroying the American family and goes against the character of God. He emphasizes the need for prayer and righteous judgment. All right, good morning, everybody. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Brother Ray, it's good to see you this morning. Good to see you this morning. Mmm. Hope all is well. Good morning. Scoochie9, good morning, good morning. Tough times. Amen. Tough times. What's going on? What is going on? Good morning, good morning. A brick of faith. I love it. You are well, sir. Excited to hear about his word. Amen. Does God demand the glory? Does God demand the glory? Wow. JT, good to see you this morning, man. God will get glory. We will give God all the glory and all the praise. Interesting. Let's double back on that question. Amen. Love it. Good question. Good morning, good morning. Chava Baba, good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's good to see you. Pastor Paul, after reading the gospel, where should I go in the Bible? Well, so you looked at Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John. So let's go to the book of Acts. The Acts of the Church. The Holy Spirit. I think you see a great reading in there about Saul, who converts to Christianity and his name is changed to Paul. So there you go. That's how I would do it. So the book of Acts would be the route I would go, in my personal opinion. All right. Okay, great. Thank you. No problem. No problem. Good morning, everybody. Turn your Bibles to the book of Genesis. Let's start with chapter 18. Just going to read through some things this morning. Nothing too intense. We're not going to target too much. Just got some thoughts in my heart. I want to talk about it. Guys, I need you to help me out this morning, especially the moderators. We're going to touch on a subject this morning where people want to cancel folks out. And this morning that might end up being me, because me and Miss Debbie. So you're going to have to look between the lines at my words to understand what I'm saying. So what I'm saying is this. Me and Miss Debbie were watching TV last night. And it seems like we were watching a show. Hang on. I'll think of it in just a minute. Missing Persons. And it's something that, you know, she just started watching. And basically, it's an interesting show. But one of the characters who looks like a man, last night's show admits that he's transgender. So he's a woman who dresses like a man. Now he's getting in a relationship. A woman who dresses like a man. Now he's getting in a relationship. Your Wi-Fi isn't that great, is it not? Let me see something. Hang on. Can you guys see me? My Wi-Fi isn't that great. Are you guys seeing me okay? Somebody give me a thumbs up if you can see that okay. I know my Wi-Fi is terrible. I know. I need to get, my buddy down the street got that, what's it called? Whatever that high tech Wi-Fi, I need to get that. Okay, so here we go. So we're watching that show and then that agenda comes up. And then we get into a commercial about a medication and what does it show? It shows the same thing. Men kissing men. Women kissing women. And guys, I'm not here to be the judge. I'm not here to be the judge. What I mean by that is judge unto condemnation. When we judge, that's what it means when it says do not judge. We do not judge unto condemnation. But I am tired of seeing an agenda that's trying to normalize something that goes against the Word of God. It's that simple. I'm tired of seeing it. Because I know for a fact, now I know those who support that. I know those that get on that bandwagon. You don't know any better. You don't understand. This is a mockery. This is an abomination. That lifestyle goes against the Word of God. And you don't know any better, but these people are going to find themselves in a place of torment, separated from God by choosing a lifestyle that goes against the framework of God's plan for humanity. Think about it. Oh my God, love your vibe. Do you have diabetes? No, I don't. Praise be to God, I'm pretty healthy. I'm really, when I see the TV guys, every commercial, advertisement, TV shows, it always has to be interjected in there. I've gotten to the point, watch this, I've gotten to the point where, for me, I like to tell God you made a mistake. For me, I like to tell God you made a mistake. God doesn't make, amen. I've even gotten to the point where I go, Miss Debbie, we've started reverting back to movies from the 90s. We've reverted back to the movies of the 90s. Okay, but please address the rumors of you being Latina. Please. Oh my Lord. Okay, I've got to quit. I've got to quit talking it at you. My mother's from Mexico. I thought you were being serious. Here we go. So we're going to read something this morning. Y'all don't, don't hear me out. Hear my heart. Don't counsel me for what I'm about to read. I'm not here to judge, but I'm telling you right now, we all need to repent for our sins. We need to receive Jesus Christ. And accept him as our Lord and Savior. Turn your Bibles to the book of Genesis, chapter 18, please. The book of Genesis. You can't counsel the word. Amen. Chapter 18. Now the Lord appeared to him, him meaning Jesus, I mean, uh, Moses. You can see I'm a little fired up. Abraham. Now the Lord appeared to him by the oak of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day. When he lifted up his eyes, he looked and behold, three men were standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth. Now what's going on here? Abraham is, is, is seen in the middle of the desert. He sees three individuals coming towards him. Abraham meets them. And there again, he bows before them. Verse three. And he said, Oh my Lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by. So Abraham is sitting here and he's speaking to these three divine figures. Let's be honest with you. I believe one of them is the pre-incarnated Jesus Christ. What do I mean? Before the new Testament, he's in the flesh. I believe that Abraham is speaking to Jesus himself. He's speaking to God. I believe the two other characters are angels. We'll look at that in a minute. Why do I believe those two other characters are angels? And now we see Abraham interacting with God and these two angels. And he says in verse five, and I will bring a priest. And he says in verse five, and I will bring a piece of bread that you may refresh yourselves after that. You may go on piece of bread that you may refresh yourselves after that. You may go on, may go on live. I will. I will. It wasn't, it didn't freeze. It didn't freeze. I'm sorry. I would. That was my daughter calling and I will talk to her. I have been in meetings with people and if my kids call or my wife calls, I will stop everything and I will answer that call. So please forgive me if it froze back to what we're reading. So we're reading about Abraham speaking to three divine figures that come to him in the desert. Hi, baby girl. I love you too, baby. That's my baby right there, y'all. There she is. Kiana, Kiana Ray Abram. That's my baby. Go ahead and follow her. Kiana Ray Abram. Right there. Y'all see her? Kiana Ray Abram. That's my baby girl. Here we go. Let's get back. Watch this. So Abraham sees these three figures coming through the desert. And he asks them, if I am worthy or if you see anything, please dine with me. Let me break bread. Rest with me because Abraham wants to have fellowship with God. Let's keep reading. He says in verse 6, So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, Quickly prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make it bread cakes. And Abram also ran to the herd and took a tender and choice calf and gave it to the servant and hurried to prepare it. Let's stop right there. Notice how Abraham is bringing his best to God. Do you notice how Abraham is bringing the very best that he has to God? Matter of fact, everything that he mentions there to prepare is from God. But Abraham is giving his best to God. Are you giving your best? Are you giving God your second best? Are you giving God your best praise, your best worship? Are you giving God the fruits from the blessings that you've received? Are you giving Him the best? See, some of us give God the second best, the third best. Some of us get to God when we're ready to get to God. Some of us will say our prayers when we feel like saying our prayers. Are we giving our best? Our very best. Are we waking up this very morning and say, Lord, I just thank you for waking me up. Are you giving the very best you have to offer when it comes to God? Relentlessly, are you saying, you know what, God? I love you. I want to honor you. I want to serve you. Abraham was giving his best because Abraham understood who God was and reverenced Him. How about you? Are you giving your best? Let's keep reading. In verse 8, he took curds of milk and the calf which he had prepared and placed it before them. And he was standing by them under the tree as they ate. Then they ate. And they said to him, where is Sarah your wife? And he said, there in the tent. He said, I will surely return to you at this time next year. And behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. Let me stop right there. Now, I'm just going to throw this out there and it's food for thought. But let me take a sip. Ray, I want you to hear this. Watch this. Ray, I want you to hear this. I'm going to read this to you again. All the moderators, listen to this. Verse 10. The Lord is speaking. He says, where is Sarah? In verse 9. And Sarah is in the tent. But I want you to see this in verse 10. He said, I will surely return to you at this time next year. And behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah was listening at the tent door which was behind him. I want you to listen to this. And I just want to throw this out there. I'm not going to speak too much on it. All right? But I want you to hear something. When I hear people talk about killing their child via abortion, when I hear people even contemplating that they are going to kill their child, I look at that verse where the Lord said, when I return this time next year, we know that the course of the year is what? Roughly 12 months. Was Sarah already pregnant? Was Sarah going to be pregnant? But the point is, he said, by the time I return this time next year, Sarah will be with a son. Who is that son? That son is going to be Isaac. But this is the point I'm trying to get to. What if Sarah would have contemplated that she didn't want to have the child? What individual in this world today has contemplated to kill their child is now eliminating the blessing. And wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This individual right here, how can you say that and make your profile seem Christian? My father was a product of rape. Come on now. Come on. I know we just stepped in some deep waters. How can you say this and you consider your profile to be a Christian? Come on. My father was a product of rape. My biological grandmother was raped. And she chose to have that child because that's the first thing you will use as an excuse, rape. But let me take it a little further. She was raped by a relative. But now that's the second excuse you will use, incest. And I am a derivative of that. But I just want you to hear what they said. The Lord said, I'll be back this time next year. And Sarah will be with child. Think about it. I think that's very deep. I don't want to go too far. But how powerful it is that God knew you before you were in your mother's womb. And God tells them, when I return, that child will be a boy. It will be a living soul. It is in the womb of Sarah. And when I return, thank you. Verse 11, now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age. And Sarah was past childbearing. Sarah laughed to herself, saying, after I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my Lord, being old also? And the Lord said to Abraham, why did Sarah laugh, saying, shall I indeed bear a child when I am so old? Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the appointed time, I will return to you at the next time, this next time next year, and Sarah will have a son. Sarah denied it, however, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said, no, but you did laugh. How beautiful it was that even God knew Sarah was laughing in the background. Now we're going to go somewhere with all this, guys. I need you to really hang with me here. We're losing numbers because this subject is tough. How do you call yourself a Christian? How do you call yourself a man of God? But you've got to listen to what is being talked about here. Because when we talk about 18 and 19, something very interesting, based on, like I said in the very beginning, I am sad to see. And it just causes me, it just hurts my spirit to see the agenda that's being put on TV. How a lifestyle is being made normal, and it goes against the Word of God. So hang with me as we read here, because this is important. Verse 16, Then the men rose up from there, and looked down towards Sodom. And Abraham was walking with them to send them off. And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? Since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed. You know what we're talking about, right? Abraham leads to Jesus, and Jesus goes to the cross and resurrects on the third day. And the nations are blessed because of Jesus. I saw briefly, somebody said Ishmael. We know who Ishmael is. We know Ishmael was the firstborn son of Abraham. We know Ishmael was not the promised son of Abraham. But we know Isaac was the promised son. And in the lineage of Isaac came Jesus Christ. Ishmael was the son of a slave woman. Isaac was the son of a free woman. We were born in sin as slaves, but we were made free by Jesus Christ. Notice the correlation. Let's get back to this. Verse 19, For I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him, that keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what he has spoken about him. And the Lord said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. So the Lord says to Abraham that the outcry, the sin, the normalcy that has taken place needs to be addressed. I want you to notice, guys. Sodom and Gomorrah, the outcry, the sin, the culture had normalized this abomination living, and God is going to address it. Let's stop right there. How about us? Are we almost getting to the point where it's being normalized, a lifestyle that goes against the Word of God? You can't watch a TV show. You can't watch a Disney movie. You can't watch a commercial without this agenda trying to normalize our children. And, folks, this is what it boils down to. Hang on. Ray, what are the ages of your children? Real quick, what are the ages of your children? Come on. If you don't mind sharing, Ray, what are the ages of your children? We banned Disney in our lives. Thank you. Thirteen. There's a 13-year-old right there. Thirteen years old. One person. All right. Nineteen, seventeen, sixteen, and two. Do you know that the agenda of Satan is to put this mess on TV, in commercials, in Disney, whatever channel it is, to normalize this lifestyle so that your children will come against you and claim it as a, and equate it to the civil rights movement? And that's a shame because that is not a normal lifestyle. God says right there, watch this in verse 20, and the Lord said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. We are seeing sin that is exceedingly grave right here in America, and it is destroying the American family. And how is he going to use it? He's going to normalize this through your kids. Your kids are going to grow up to think that is normal. They are going to go against you when you stand on firm, when you stand on righteousness, when you stand on the word of God. Why? Because they want to equate this. And if you ever want to make me upset, compare that movement to the civil rights movement. The movement my father marched in with Martin Luther King and other ministers and other people. You want to make me upset? You want to make me upset? Do that comparison because it is no comparison. Now, I'm not going to hurt somebody that lives a lifestyle opposite from me, unlike the civil rights movement. I'm not going to deny someone the right to live the life they choose to live, unlike the civil rights movement. But by golly, why do you have to push your agenda, and when I speak about that agenda, you come against me and shut me down. I operate in the spirit of love, and I will meet people where they're at. But I happen to know that sin goes against the word of God, and without forgiveness, you will be separated from God for eternity. And destruction is going to come on this earth for the evil wickedness that we are practicing or accept. Love and truth and truth and love, this is what this is all about. But let's keep reading. Let's see what God does about all this. Forget about my opinion. Let's see what the Lord says in verse 21. I will go down now and see if they have done entirely according to the outcry which has come to me, and if not, I will know. Then verse 22. Then the men turned away from there and went towards Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the Lord. Verse 23. Abraham came near and said, Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Now this is us, y'all. See, there's some unnecessary prayer to some degree. Folks, this is where we need to be. We need to be praying for that child. We need to be praying for that relative. We need to be praying for that neighbor. Suppose, Abraham, suppose there are 50 righteous within this city. Will you indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the 50 righteous who are in it? I love Abraham. Won't you spare if you just find 50? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous and the wicked are treated alike? Far be it from you. Shall not the judge of all the earth deal justly? Oh, I love Abraham. He's speaking to God. He's speaking to Jesus here. And I don't care who y'all think this is. He's speaking to Jesus, the pre-flesh, Jesus pre-New Testament. He's speaking to the Lord. He's saying, it's not like you, Lord. It goes against your character. You're going to destroy the righteous with the wicked? Meaning, I want you to hear the key word. He is going to destroy. God will destroy the wicked. Some people say, why would a loving God do? He's a righteous judge. He's a righteous God. This is where people don't think. A righteous judge declares righteousness. The problem is you look at God through the eyes of humanity and our judges, our judges are crooked. I'm not going to say they're all crooked. But because of their sin nature, they can't be righteous. They can be influenced. They can be bought. They can be persuaded. But God can't be persuaded. He's not like man. He's a righteous judge. And God knows, and you know, and let's all agree, if someone murders someone, they should be declared guilty and they should receive punishment. If someone steals, they should be declared guilty and they should endure punishment. If someone lies, they should be declared guilty and they should endure punishment. That is what a righteous judge does. And for you to say, well, why would a loving God, a loving God who is a righteous God, well, what? Issue the punishment. Think about it. 26, so the Lord said, if I find in Sodom 50 righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account. He said, if I find 50, I'll spare the whole place on their account. I'm going to say something very bold right now. Are you ready? And I say this with humility. Do you know why God has favored? I'm sorry. I'm in the book of Genesis, chapter 18, verse 27. We started so quick. I'm so sorry. The book of Genesis, chapter 18, look at 27, but get to my point. Do you want to know, and I say this with all humility, hear me out, hear me out. You want to know why your household is blessed? Because you're serving God. You say, what, basketball? You don't need humility for that. That's the truth. I'm not done. Do you want to know why your community is blessed? Because you're serving the Lord. Oh, thank you. Thank you for blessing. Let me repeat that. Do you want to know why your community is blessed? Because you are serving the Lord. Do you want to know why your city is blessed? Because you are serving the Lord. You want to know why your state is blessed? Because you are serving the Lord. Do you want to know why your nation is blessed? Because we are serving the Lord. This nation has been blessed because those of us who have served God and are serving God, this is why the nation is blessed. Wait a minute. The Lord said right there, He says, If I find 50 righteous, I will spare the whole city. But here we go. Hear me out. Yeah, and I'm a rapture guy. When the Lord takes us up out of here during the rapture, and those of you who are left, you're going to see what we're talking about. Oh, y'all didn't hear me. Y'all didn't hear me. I'm not bragging here. This is not a braggadocious thing. I'm just speaking the truth. When the Lord raptures His church out of here, when we have left the earth, remember how they used to say Elvis, he has left the building. When we leave this earth, and I'm saying this with all respect. Ladies, excuse my language. All hell is going to hit the fan. When we leave this earth, when the church is raptured, all hell is going to break loose. And you want to stay for that? You want to endure that? Watch this. Abraham is speaking to the Lord. He said, Lord, if you find 50 righteous, it's not like you to destroy the righteous with the wicked. But look what he said. So the Lord said, if I find in Sodom 50 righteous within this city, then I will spare the whole place on their account. We as Christians and followers of Christ are the blessing that's in the nation. And this is why this nation is being spared. And when we are taken up out of here, doing the coming of Christ, the rapture, all hell is going to break loose. Ladies, excuse my language. 27, Abraham replied, Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes. Now Abraham is stepping in that humility. He said, even though I'm speaking to the Lord, folks, he's speaking to the Lord. I'm nothing but dust. Why? Because we are made from the dust of the earth. He's in his humility. He's being humble. He said, Suppose the 50 are lacking five. Will you destroy the whole city because of five? And he said, I will not destroy if I find 45 there. And he spoke to him yet again. And he said, Suppose 40 are found there. And he said, I will not on the count of 40. And then he said, Oh my Lord, be not angry. And I shall speak. But suppose 30 are found there. And he said, I will do it. If I only find 30. Notice how Abraham is like, Lord, if it was 50 minutes, it was 40. And if it's 30, Lord, will you not spare? Because why? You got to remember, Abraham had somebody there, Lot, his wife and their children. Remember Lot and Abraham decided they were going to split land because their herdsmen were fighting with each other. And Lot chose that area. And Abraham is speaking. He's asking the Lord, if you just find this many, will you not spare? And the Lord watches in his mercy. Mercy. The Lord is displaying mercy. What is mercy? Holding back. What is deserved. We're going to read the actions of Sodom and Gomorrah They deserved to be destroyed. But Abraham is in his incessant prayer, speaking to God Almighty. And the Lord said, if I find that many, I will spare. That mercy. That grace. Verse 31. And he said, now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord. Suppose 20 are found there. And he said, I will not destroy it on the account of 20. Verse 32. And then he said, Oh, may the Lord not be angry. And I shall speak this one. Suppose 10 are found there. And he said, I will not destroy it on the count of 10. As soon as he had finished speaking to Abraham, the Lord departed. And Abraham returned to his place. I'm going to do two things. I'm going to take a breather real quick. I'm going to get a sip of my coffee. And I'm just going to ask a couple of questions real quick. Here we go. Oh, that is good. What do we got? Somebody said, I need to read my comments, folks. I'm not here to judge people. I'm not. But there's an agenda creeping up in our homes. In our communities. It's not about the people. It's about the evil one. It's about the enemy of God, Satan, Lucifer, Belzebub, who hates us, the image bearers of God. And he tries to convince us just like the garden of Eden. When, when, when, when, when, when, uh, God found Adam and Eve and they realized they were naked. The Lord asked them the most important question. Who told you you were naked? And that same question needs to be posed to people today. Who told you, you were that way. Who told you, you were, you were of that lifestyle. Who told you you were an alcoholic? Who told you you were a thief? Who told you you were a liar? Who told you you're an adulterous? Who told you you were worthless? Who told you? These are the lies from the depths of hell and the problem like a fish in the pond. It's just hooks you in your mouth and you just go along with it. And then you say excuses like I was born that way. Yes, you were born with us in nature, but you can be set free by God. Because God, somebody said it just right. The accuser. The accuser. Who told you? And folks, I'm being careful with my words because we know people want to make me, they want to make the word I speak from hate literature. And they want to make me a person who hates neither, either one. I'm not a hater and my word does not hate. It is truth and I'm just teaching and preaching the truth. But we got to get right before God comes to destroy this earth. We got to get right. I know. Me and Miss Debbie. We are continuously amazed every day. Of how wicked people have become. And don't get me wrong. We're not sitting on top of our perch or our tower looking down as we are self-righteous. No, we know where we came from. Me and Miss Debbie don't understand. Me and Miss Debbie lived that life. We were in that world. We were in that world. We lived that worldly life. We did those things. We understand, but we've been set free. Don't sit and think because my name is Pastor Paul or Miss Debbie. We are perfect or precision or this and that. No, we understand we have been set free. And because we've been set free, we want you to be set free. We want you to be set free because why? We know according to the word of God, you are a slave to sin. And that sin is going to take you farther than you want to go. Keep you longer than you want to stay. And charge you more than you're willing to pay. That sin will take you straight to the depths of hell. And the solution is receiving Jesus Christ and asking for forgiveness. He was the substitute for you and I on the cross. And he's the substitute that lives within. Come on. But we're reading something here where Abraham is speaking. Now we heard the promise of Isaac, amen. And I gave you food for thought when God said, I will be back this next time, this next year, and Sarah will be with child. That's food for thought, that one. We're not going to go too deep on that, but I find it very powerful once again. That God said, an implication, the womb of Sarah is a child. And that child will be a boy. And that boy will be birth. And when I return, he shall be here. Let's be careful. Let's be careful, ladies. God is a living being within your womb. But we move forward where God now tells Abraham, we're going to Sodom and Gomorrah where we hear the cries of the sin. The depravity of humanity is increasing, intensified, and we're going to go there. But Abraham, in his righteous living, in his ability to understand his loving God, said, if you just find this many, will you not spare it, Lord? If you just find this many, will you not spare it, Lord? Far it be from you that you would spare, that you would destroy the righteous with the wicked. And they broke it all the way down until they got, if you just find ten, Lord. And what did the Lord say? If I find ten righteous, I'll spare the whole city. Let's keep going. Chapter 19, verse 1. Y'all ready to go? Ten. He said ten. Ten. And God is not like men, that he should lie. His ways are not our ways, and his thoughts are not our thoughts. You ready? Let's go on. Chapter 19, verse 1. Now, someone might say, let me just throw the first name I see out there. Carol Joy Quick might say, well, Pastor Paul, you said there were three individuals in the desert. You think one of them is Jesus. Well, we do know that Abraham bowed down before them, and then we do know that he did call him Lord, and we do know that Lord is uppercase. But how would I know the next two were angels? Look at verse 19. Chapter 19, verse 1. He says, Now the two angels, now there's only two. There was three, but now there's only two. The one, the Lord, went back to the third heaven, or in spirit, but now we have two angels. It was Jesus, amen. Amen. It was Jesus. Thank you. It was Jesus. It was Jesus. You know what? Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Something just popped in my head. I think it's in the book of Hebrews. The two angels. Come on. Somebody take me there. Give me that verse. Is it Hebrews where it says be careful about entertaining angels? Somebody take me that verse. Hebrews, I think it is. Hebrews it is, I think. Come on. Somebody help me out. Where is that? Be careful you might entertain. Somebody take me that verse. Let me find it. I think it's Hebrews. Somebody's going to help me out here. I don't want to lose my place there. Where is it? Hebrews what? Be careful you might entertain. It might be angels. Where is it? Hebrews what? Somebody help me out here. I just thought of this. I just thought of this. Abraham was entertaining some people here. Watch this. Where is it at? Somebody here. Is it Hebrews? Hebrews 13.2? Look at you. Look at you. Hebrews 13.2. What is Hebrews 13.2? We just read this the other day. I just want to make sure we read it again. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. How interesting. Abraham entertained these three figures. These three figures came to him. But we go back to Genesis 19. Now the two angels. So Abraham was hospitable and he showed hospitality to the three figures. But we notice they are angels. I just thought that was pretty interesting. Just an observation. But let us go back to what we are saying. Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. Now real quick, the gate. The gate was always a place of meeting. The gate was always a place of, if you will, the local government leadership would come together at the gate. Everything was decided at the gate traditionally back then. This is where the government basically made its decisions. And where do we see Lot? In leadership at the gate. Now that is a very interesting observation. Because Lot is in leadership. And we are going to see, and this area and community, this city is corrupt. What am I trying to say? Be very careful. When Paul says I am in the world but not of the world, be careful. Be careful with regards to your associations. Be careful with regards to people that are opposite of your thinking. Your theology. Be careful. Be careful. Because if you find yourselves getting caught up with people that are opposite of your thinking, you find yourselves conforming to their thinking, and then you get caught up in the thinking. Watch. Lot saw them. He rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. And he said, Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise early and go on your way. And they said, However, no. But we shall spend the night in the square. So he sees them. He invites them. Hostility. I don't know why that word is not coming out properly. But to be hospitable, to show kindness, to open up your house was traditional. And it was important. And Lot says, Come, sleep at my house. Verse 3, Yet he urged them strongly. So they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. So Lot was saying, No, you can't sleep in the square. Because Lot knew something. Lot understood the city that he lived in. Lot understood the city that he had a position of authority in what it was like. It was corrupt. It was vile. It was perverted. Lot knew this. And this is why Lot said, No, no, no, you don't want to sleep out there. Come in. Come in. But, folks, you better be careful. You better be careful who you roll with. You better be careful who you associate with. Because that evil influence can influence you to normalize it. You want to know something? Lot almost came to the degree that it was normal. The lifestyle that was being lived around him, he was almost to the point that it became normal. And that's what's happening today. We've almost come. There are Christian folks that say, Well, you know, I don't agree with the Bible on this. There are Christian folks. You know, I hear what the Bible says, but I don't think a loving God would destroy somebody or hurt somebody or separate. A loving God wouldn't do that. Why? to the normal narrative or the narrative that's trying to normalize an abomination against God. And Lot had come to the conclusion, raising his children, that this lifestyle, even though it was beyond his doors, it became normal. And that's what's happening in America today. We got churches. We got churches trying to build their congregation. And because they're trying to build their congregation, they're not preaching the Word of God. They're not touching on these subjects. And they're trying to normalize an agenda that goes against the Word of God. You got people on TikTok wearing collars and this and that and saying, Oh, well, God is this and God is that. And he accepts this. No. No. That's the same way Lot was thinking. Verse 4. Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house. Watch this. The men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house that Lot lived in, not residence. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. What are these men of the city going to do? Watch. Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Okay. Maybe they think they're enemies of the city. Maybe they think they need to investigate. Maybe they're unwanted posters. And I don't know. But watch. We're going to read. Where are the men who came to unite? Bring them out to us so that we may have a relation with them. Wait a minute. So these angelic beings, these angels, and I guarantee you they did not look like regular men. They look like in the image of men. I guarantee you that. But you could have told the difference. You would have been able to tell the difference. Trust me. These cats came in the city. Lot didn't waste time. He escorted them to his house immediately. But because they saw them and they recognized them as different and they knew they were different, their wickedness would bring them out so that we can have sexual relationships with them. Now, folks, folks, you don't need to be a theologian to understand the depravity of their hearts. You don't need to be a theologian. Think about it, y'all. Think about it. That sickness. They were so sin-filled, they were willing to violate and rape angels. This is how depravity, the sin nature, there are people that are so consumed in their sin. They are so wrapped up in their sin, they're not even using common sense because it is taking them farther than they want to go. It is keeping them longer than they want to stay and they are being charged more than they're willing to pay. This is what sin does. It takes you far from God to the point that you are left with a reprobate mind. How many times have you seen a picture of a person who has delved deep in the pool of sin and when you look at them, they just look pitiful. They look pitiful. They look pitiful. I mean the person whose life has literally been taken by their sin nature. How many of you have seen them? We've seen them. They look pitiful. They look pitiful. And this, where these men, they're going to come to Lot's house. Let's call it like it is, what they said. Hollywood, amen. They're going to come to Lot's house and say, Lot, where are the men you brought in here? Bring them out so we can have sex with them. That's what they were saying. That's what they were saying. Now, what is going to amaze me here is Lot's perverted mind. Now, you know in 1 Peter, Lot was declared righteous, which shows God's grace and mercy. But even Lot, his mind had been perverted by the influence of the community that he lived in. His reputation of serving God was minimized to nothing. No one cared. They came to him and said, Lot, they didn't even ask Lot. They didn't even ask Lot. Lot, bring them out. Lot's reputation to serve God or the creator of the heavens and the earth? Right, his sister said it right there. He said, well, let me back up. Let me abstain from every form of evil. Lot's reputation was zilch. Let's keep reading. And they called out to Lot in verse 5. We're in Genesis 19, 5. And they called out to Lot and said to him, where are the men who came out to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them. But Lot went out to them at the doorway and shut the door behind him and said, please, my brothers. See, Lot, please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. This ain't the first time they acted like this. Lot knew that. But don't act wicked with them. But see, Lot had already immersed himself in the culture. He was a leader in this community. But his testimony wasn't worth a hoot. Verse 8. Now, behold, I have two daughters. Look at Lot. Look at Lot. His mind is so jacked up. Now, behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with a man. And please let me bring them out to you and do to them whatever you like. Only do nothing to these men, insomuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof. The custom and the culture of those times meant that you would protect your guests at all costs. That was acceptable. But not at the point that you would give your virgin daughters over to perverted men so that they could violate his children. Lot, his mind has been jacked up. And see, folks, this is what I'm trying to get to. If you watch a thing long enough, it becomes a truth. If you hear a thing long enough, it becomes a truth. If you see a thing long enough, like I said, and hear, and you're exposed to it long enough, it becomes a truth. Here in America, there's an agenda that comes through our TVs that is trying to provoke and bring a false narrative. And if you let your children and your grandchildren and yourselves visualize this long enough, it becomes a truth. And now you find yourselves with an internal battle against your own family because you're trying to stand on truth, when all the while you need to shut that TV off, you need to shut that radio off, you need to shut that mess off, and you need to get in your Word, get in your prayer meeting, get in your church, and quit listening to that mess and that agenda. Because it will pervert the hearts of your family. It will pervert them. Think about it. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It will pervert us. Look at Lott, please. And y'all, get this, what I'm about to say. I've had people, well, I would go out and look. There's a description, there's a difference between prescription and description. Now, God is not prescribing that you give your children over to be raped. He's describing this. But it's for us to understand the, if you will, the reprobate mind of the community and the effect of that on Lott. He's describing this. But that's what's happening to us today. And, folks, I have to fight more Christians on this subject than anybody. How many Christians have I spoken to, I love the Lord, I accept the Bible, but I disagree that God, folks, either you accept it from Genesis to Revelation or you accept nothing. Think about it. Either you believe it all or you believe nothing. You cannot take what you want out of this Word and run with it, only that, and dismiss the rest. You can't do it. It doesn't work that way. It's all or nothing. Let's get back to the Word. Oh, my, my, my. And they called to Lott and said, where are those men who came out? Verse 6, but Lott went out to them in the doorway and shut the door behind them. Let me back up a bit because I want to make sure we don't miss anything. Before they lay down, the men of the city of Sodom surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. And they called to Lott and said to him, where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out that we may have relations with them. But Lott went out to them at the doorway and shut the door behind them and said, please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. Now, behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with men. Please let me bring them out to you and do to them whatever you like. Only do nothing to these men in so much as they have come under my shelter of my roof. Verse 9, but they said, stand aside. Furthermore, they said, this one came in as an alien and already he is acting like a judge. Now we will treat you worse than them. So they pressed hard against Lott and came near and broke the door. Now they're going to take Lott's house by force. And now they even said, Lott, you're not even a part of this community. We're going to do worse to you than we do to them. See, that's another thing. People of the world will turn against you. When you stand for righteousness, when you stand on the word of God, some people are going to turn on you. You think you might have some friends stand on the word of God and start living the truth. Some of you on here right now would admit that. The moment that you started serving God, some folks turned on you. The moment that you started declaring and proclaiming the Christian, some folks turned on you. Folks that you knew your whole life. Folks that you cared about. Folks that you hung out with. But the moment that you started serving God, they don't know you then. Family. Ooh. Lambert, you said that family. Family. Ooh. Lambert, you said that family is the biggest. I remember Miss Debbie, when she first got her relationship with the Lord, she'd go home and her family would laugh at her and mock her, call her holier than thou. At first. Her siblings. Verse 10. But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door. So they busted through the door. They grabbed Lot. They shut the door. Now they're going to violate everybody in the room. Wickedness. But watch. Watch this. Watch this. Watch what the two angels do. But the men reached out their hands, meaning the angels, brought Lot, grabbed Lot in the house with them, and they shut the door. They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door. The angels grabbed Lot, dragged him in the house, shut the door, and those angels at that moment struck all those individuals blind. They were bumbling and fumbling, couldn't see. Verse 12. Then the two men said to Lot, Whom else have you here? A son-in-law and your sons and your daughters and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of this place, for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has come so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it. Lot went out and spoke to his son-in-laws who were to marry. They were going to get married. They were engaged, going to marry his daughters, and said, Up, get up out of this place, for the Lord will destroy this city. But he appeared to his son-in-laws to be jesting. Let's stop right there. So he goes to his future son-in-laws and said, Get out of here. We've got to go. We've got to go. The Lord is going to destroy this place. But his son-in-laws thought he was kidding. When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city. But he hesitated. Why did Lot hesitate? Because why? Sometimes that sin, that flesh. Can I tell you all a story? I remember when I first accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I used to smoke weed. And I remember accepting Jesus, getting baptized. And I remember being so excited at church, hearing the sermon. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. But I remember getting home that night, and I hesitated. I wanted to. We're in the book of Genesis, chapter 19, verse 16. I remember looking at Miss Debbie and said, Do you want to smoke wine? I hesitated about not stopping smoking. And we did. We rolled one, and we smoked it. I'm not trying to be a stumbling block. I'm just trying to be real with y'all. The same way with Lot. But he hesitated. So the man seized his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hand of his two daughters. For the compassion of the Lord was upon him. And they brought him out and put him outside the city. I remember when I was addicted to that marijuana, that God had to grab my hand and get me free of that addiction. But I hesitated. Why? Because the Bible says there's nothing good in the flesh. Lot hesitated. Because his city became normal. Lot hesitated because the wickedness became normal. Lot hesitated because all his personal belongings, his home, his stuff. He hesitated. But it's when God grabs your hand. It's when God gets a hold of you. And he takes you out. Then you become free. See, I became free. Didn't mean there wasn't temptation. But I was free. But I hesitated. I hesitated. Same way with Lot. Verse 17. And when they had brought them outside, one said, escape for your life. Do not look behind you. See, there, wait a minute. Do not look behind you. See, a lot of you spend too much time looking back. Because when you spend your time looking back, you take your mind to back then. See, you got to look forward. When you drive a car, you glance in the rearview mirror, but you look forward. Because you glance in the rearview mirror to make sure there's nothing in the way. But you look forward because you got somewhere to go. Come on now. Come on. You don't drive looking in the rearview mirror. You can't live life looking in the rearview mirror. But what did he say? Do not look behind you. And do not stay anywhere in the valley. Escape to the mountains or you will be swept away. That point there is we got to quit looking back, folks, and start looking ahead. Even Abraham was looking for a city whose builder and maker was God. Folks, we got to keep looking forward. We got to keep our head up. Quit looking back to that lifestyle you used to live. Quit looking back to the things that happened to you. Quit being consumed with the stuff back there. And look forward to the greatest chapter that God is about to write in your life. Look forward. Look forward. Verse 13. We're in Genesis 9. 18 But the lot said to them, O no, my lords, now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life. But I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me, and I will die. Verse 20. Now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please let me escape there. Is it not small that my life may be saved? Verse 21. He said to them, Behold, I grant you this request also, now to overthrow the town of which you have spoken. Notice, now lot, because he's going to this other town, and because he requested, this other town is going to be saved. Folks, I'm telling you, America is America and intact from now, because Christian folks are here. Because the gospel is being preached. Because the church collective, I'm not talking the local building that you see, I mean the kingdom of God. This is why America is being spared right now. But I'm telling you, and I'm going to repeat it, and I'm not saying it braggadociosly, I'm telling you, the moment the church is swooped up out of here, in the rapture, all hell will break loose. And I say that with all humility. Verse 22. Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the town was called Zor. And the sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zor. Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire and the Lord out of heaven. And he overthrew those cities and all the valleys and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground. But his wife from behind him, Lot's wife, who was attached to her city. Because remember, the angel said, Do not look back, because if you look back, you will turn into a pillar of salt. But Lot's wife, verse 26, But his wife from behind him looked back and she became a pillar of salt. She looked back. Why? That's what she was connected to. That was her community. That was her ideal. She didn't follow the instructions. Folks, we can't look back. We've got to look ahead. Verse 27. Now Abraham rose early in the morning and went to see the place where he had stood before the Lord. And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley. And he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like smoke of a furnace. Thus it came about when God destroyed the cities of the valley that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived. God promised if he found ten, he would spare the city. If you do the math, it was Lot, his wife, and two girls. Lot's wife looked back. That left three. But God spared Lot and his daughters. The point of all this is this. Christian folks, stand on the word of God. Speak out against this evil narrative that is coming against our households. Speak out and stand firm on the word of God. I'm not telling you to hate. I'm not telling you to hurt. I'm not telling you to be prejudiced or racist against someone that is living a lifestyle that is not up to God's standards. But I'm telling you to speak the truth. And I speak it all. I tell people all the time. I will love you. I stand on the truth. But I do not believe in your relationship. And I do that in love. Because I'm going to tell you why. Forget about me. I'll tell you why. What happened in Sodom and Gomorrah, God is going to destroy. And the wickedness that we see, just blatant wickedness. Just blatant wickedness. The wickedness that we see, Christian folks, it's coming. And that's why I say this. Please turn your life around, non-believer. Turn your life to the Lord while you still can. Quit living this wicked lifestyle. Quit living it. No good is going to come out of it. A righteous God will destroy those that are wicked. There's no doubt about it. If He did it then, He'll do it again. There's no doubt about it. Look at the days of Noah. That will be coming up. Look at the days of Noah. Even God said, I repented the day that I created humanity or man. Because our thoughts are continuously wicked. And I guarantee you, if you do the math, the days of Noah, the earth was probably just as populated as it is now. And God destroyed the whole earth with a flood. Think about it. Christian folks, it's time to stand firm. It's going to get worse. All right. Let me be quiet and answer some questions here. Let me answer some questions. Like I tell you all the time, if I can't answer it, I'll get back with you. Maybe one of the moderators. Come on. Praise be to God, I made it through the whole thing without somebody getting their little feelings hurt. Thank you for blessing, y'all. I got through the whole thing without somebody getting their feelings hurt. Thank you, Pastor Paul, speaking the truth. Thank you, Ray. Thank you. Brick of faith, you're welcome. Amen. Thank you. Thank you, Tony. Thank you so much. Got to run a bit early today. Appreciate the hard to talk about subject. Amen. Good to see you. Look forward to talking to you. Have a great day, everyone. Have a great day. God is amazing. Amen. The word will convict everyone's hearts. Thank you. Thank you. Have a great, Pastor. Thank you for the good word this morning, Pastor. Thank you. Thank you, Pastor, for blessing this morning. Thank you for blessing me. Love you, brother, all in truth. Thank you. I needed this today. Praise be to God. Praise be to God. Or just read the word. No personal opinions here. Just the word. Thank you for the blessings. Thank you. When is the new church roof happening? Oh, good point. So I got an email the other day, and they said, which is, I think, a great birthday gift for me. They have projected the March 6th. So I will do a live while they're out there or something. And basically, we'll do a live, and the new roof will go on the 6th. But I haven't heard. I just got an email last week, but I haven't heard any recent updates. So they put the order in for all the materials. So hopefully, hopefully, hopefully, hopefully. Somebody asked me about the Nephilims. You know, you're all familiar with the Nephilims, the reviled men of God having relationships with the women and stuff. You know, I don't know. I really don't know when it comes to Nephilims. I'm not really sure. It's not a definitive. I don't have a definitive response to that. And I've heard, you know, different versions and different opinions. I just sort of stay neutral on that one and just say, I don't know. So that's what I got for you on that one. So this week, he is being blessed with this. Pray for guidance today. Amen. We pray for that. I feel invisible everywhere I go. It's okay. I feel invisible. Well, you're not invisible because we just saw you, and we believe you're there. So there you go. You are not invisible. You are somebody special. You're an image-bearer of God. So you're not invisible. How much longer will you be on, Pastor? You know, I'll probably, what is it, 745? I'll probably get off in about 15 minutes. I'll probably get off in about 15 minutes. So, you know, I've got some things to do. So praise God. Praise God. But once again, you're not invisible. What else? Oh, I thought that was my son pulling up. Amen. Well, God has a number of hairs on your head. Amen. How do I light the fire of Jesus within me? I feel lukewarm lately. Well, pray for marriages, the family unit under attack. Amen. I believe it's not regarding, and I think Mercy Me really spoke to this the other day, it's not the feeling. Sometimes we do, you know, we pray and we get in our Word to get that feeling, but it's not the feeling because you know and I know feelings can mislead us. So don't feel lukewarm. I want you to still stay in your prayer. I want you to stay in your Word, stay in your Bible study. Do that, not out of feeling. The feeling sort of can be misleading to some degree. But do it because you're a child of God. And allow God to do what he's going to do within you. All right? So don't, well, I'm feeling lukewarm. Well, you can evaluate yourself. You know, am I in my Word? Am I praying like I should? Because, trust me, even this morning, this morning as I woke up, I didn't consult the Scriptures on the topic of giants on the earth, opinions irrelevant. Amen. This morning I just didn't feel, once again that word feel, I didn't feel like that. And so I can't operate on feeling. I say, okay, you know what, I might not feel like I want to get on here, but I'm going to get on here because I know there's a word that needs to be spoke. I don't feel like, you know, staying on this and this and this and so on, et cetera. The feeling was the tricky part. But I did it because God said, no, you speak on this subject, you get on here, and you do it. Because why? I have to be obedient unto God. Now the question is, how do I feel now? I feel like I did what God told me to do. I was obedient. And I feel good that I represented my Father. So don't get consumed with the feeling. All right? Don't get consumed with the feeling. But get consumed with being obedient and doing what you're supposed to do. Does that make sense? It should. Cool. Spiritual exercise. Amen. I like that. God asked Adam and Eve, who told you that in the garden when he already knew it, for you and I. For you and I. We read that. God knew it. Who told you you were naked? But that was for you and I. See, a lot of things, we see God describing something. It wasn't because God needed, didn't know. It's because it's for you and I to see the example. So when God said, who told you you were naked, He knew it. But that was for you and I because there are people walking around saying, well, I was born that way. Well, who told you that? Who told you that? And we know who told you that. The enemy of God. The enemy of creation. We know that. But there are people that refuse to accept that because they're in denial. So that's why. But He gave us this ability to see it from a bird's eye view to understand why it happened. It was actually your channel that influenced me to start Coffee with Christ channel. Hey, man, well, you know what we're going to do? We're going to follow Coffee in Christ channel. And now I've got a new friend, John P. Browning, who now we are going to do coffee. Well, you know what? Hang on. Let's do this. Let's do this. John, how do I invite you? Let's talk about that. Let's talk about that. John, how do I invite you? Here we go. John. Where is John at? There we go. I'm going to send John an invite. We're going to talk about this. Where's John at? There we go. I'm going to send John an invite. We're going to talk about this. There's John. John Browning. He's going to be on in just a minute. It's going like this. John. Hey, how you doing, buddy? I'm good. How are you? I'm blessed, brother. I'm blessed. Very blessed. Man, where are you from? Where do you live at? From West Virginia. West Virginia. Amen. And what do you do in West Virginia? What is your occupation? I'm a marketer. I'm an internet marketer. Okay. Excellent. Excellent. And now you do a similar coffee talk. Tell me about it. We're starting. It isn't starting yet. We're starting it. We're doing actually two channels. One is called Developed with Christ. And we're going to do Through Our Testimony. And Through Our Testimony is going to be one where we interview new believers and experienced believers in Christ to basically tell their story, their side of the story, their journey from where they come from to how their life is developed with Christ and where they are now, basically. All right. All right. Well, tell me yours. How did this all start? When did you become a Christian? Mine started way back. Actually, I was in the church when I was real little, but I could never get my parents to take me. And then as time went on, I kind of grew away from it. When my dad actually wanted to start going to church, then I was already too far gone. I'd already started hanging out with the wrong crowd and got into, you know, the bad stuff, started smoking cigarettes, you know, all that good stuff. And then I guess I was around 20, 22 or something like that. I started dating a girl who wanted to go to church. So I went to church to satisfy her. And then I guess it was probably actually around, I would say, 26 when I really started getting into it and taking it seriously. And then I had a back falling. And when I had that back falling, went through a bad divorce, lost everything. Then I fell. And then I got also hurt in the coal mines. And when I got hurt, they put me on a pain medication. Then I actually fell into drugs and alcohol and all that stuff, depression. And then I've been strong back for about four years now, growing every day. Amen. And actually, when I started into my marketing career, like I didn't, I prayed about it. I asked God, like, oh, Lord, I know nothing about this stuff. You know, I'm just an old coal miner. And I felt so strong in my spirit to do it, right, to learn about it. And now I know why, because I actually host our church's channel from our church. When we do our live, when the preacher gets up and preaches and we do little, what we call 10-minute sermons, I host that now. And actually, we're building a YouTube channel for that church in particular. And my name started to get out there because I'm about the only media guy here around in our area that knows how to do this stuff. So God's always got a plan. I always trust that voice. You know what I'm saying? I always trust that voice. Well, now, hey, John, I got a gentleman that if you ever need help on that technical side when it comes to, you know, websites and internet and all that stuff, I got a guy that's blessed in our ministry, our church is building our websites and all that. So if you need anything like that, you let me know. He's a good man. Because that's what us Christian folks got to stick together on that one. Absolutely, brother, absolutely. It's all about getting the word out, man, you know what I mean? I believe time's running short. Actually, very short, man. We're living on borrowed time. Now, hey, real quick. You can speak to it. Were you on my live this morning, I'm assuming? Absolutely, man. That narrative, that wickedness. You know what I was talking about when I was trying to lead you by trying to be very careful. Totally. Because I get kicked off periodically. I used to, not anymore. But, man, we're seeing a lot of crazy stuff, right? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, brother. I mean, just look at America itself. Let's not even look worldwide. Just America. How bad it's become. It makes me often think, and I wrote that a minute ago, but there's so much going on, I don't know if you can see it. It makes me think how bad Solomon, or Solomon, not bad, Sodom had truly been. You know? It was wicked. Me and my friend get in this conversation all the time about, like, he says, I don't think it was, I don't think America is that bad yet. And I'm like, I think America's worse. You know? I think it's worse than what Sodom was because, I mean, we're so far past that. I mean, look at Epstein, right? Look at all the stuff that's going on there and what is actually allowed, right? I mean, what's allowed in our culture now and what our practice is. Look at what we're teaching our children through the cartoons and stuff now. And, I mean, it's just, it's, how does it say it? The bad is praised and the good is rejected. Come on. You know what I mean? And, I mean, it's just right in front of our faces. We can't even turn on the TV anymore without seeing something that's offending or that's pushing you to do something that's not against the Bible. You know what I mean? Right. It's all about, I mean, plainly put, the devil ain't hiding no more. Come on. It's nothing but. One of the viewers just said, Just trying to make our children think like adults and expose them to adult things. Yes, that's right. And they truly are. And, like, when you start pushing for a law to be pushed, like, to be okay for pedophilia, man, you know there's something wrong. There's something wrong. I can't, I don't, I can't understand that. And so, this is the problem with people. They don't think properly on this one. So, if you make this immoral law, okay, what's next? What's next? And see, what happens, it seems to take a snowball effect. So, we lower the bar here, and then it goes a little bit farther, and we lower the bar, and next thing you know, what's stopping us to make, you know, crazier laws? Because why? The hearts of people. They're waxing cold. The hearts of men are waxing cold. Yes, yes. And, like, I heard somebody the other day, I deal with a lot of people on a daily basis, and I work with all walks of life, and somebody was saying something about, they were talking about how the universe and this and stuff and the Holy Spirit was all compared to the same thing. I'm like, no. No, you're totally off. You're experiencing a worldly view of religion. You don't experience a born believer baptizing the Holy Spirit. Amen. Because if it was, then you wouldn't be saying that. Right, right. You'd absolutely be saying the opposite. Yeah. But this is the way the world believes. Yep. And, honestly, I mean, I'm probably going to step on your toes now, but even Christianity is being so sugar-coated now in some churches that it's going to send people to hell. Because they don't preach hell no more. They don't preach fire and brimstone. Hell's just as real as heaven is. Amen. Right? We're going one place or the other, and, I mean, if you're not under the blood, then you're going to hell. You're not reading that word, and you're not going by the book and doing what it says. You're going to hell. Simple as that. Simple as that. And the crazy thing is, you know, we as Christians don't celebrate that. This is why we're trying to share the truth. Yep. That's exactly right. We're saying God is not the first force here. Yep. That's right. Wow. Also says God will not be mocked. God will not be mocked. Oh, man, and it made me so sick. And I see people on this app all the time here, man, that's basically mocking God. Right? And it's stomach-turning because you have so many people that's doing this and leading people in the wrong direction. And then they're looking at you like, well, God is love. Yes, God is love. God is also just. God is also righteous and holy. I mean, it even says that his thoughts are above our thoughts and his ways are above our ways. So how can you even compare? How can you tell God what he is? Right? How can you tell God what you're going to accept? Mmm. Mmm. That's like a, that's like a child telling a parent, no, we're not going to eat there. We're going to go here. Really? You're going to tell me how to do and what to do? Come on. Yeah. Amen. Exactly. Exactly. Wow. Wow. Well, John, I am so happy to meet you. I'm going to, I followed you back. And like I said, if you need anything with regards to, like I said, I'll connect you to this other young man. He's, matter of fact, he's on the live right here too. But man, I, you know, may the Lord bless you. May the Lord watch over you and show favor upon you. You get those things going. I want to, you know, hear what you got coming down the pipeline so that I can be encouraged by my brother in Christ. Thank you, brother. Thank you for bringing on here and letting me speak to you, man. You're, you're, I've been following you for a pretty good long time, man. And I have to say your, your, your talks and getting into the Bible the way you do is so inspiring to me. And it made me strive to be a better Christian. Oh, man. You know what? Thank you. Thank you. May God get all the glory, brother. But you know what? Amen. Amen. I'm here for a short time and I just want to give everything I got to God because he's blessed, blessed me and I know he's blessed you so much. So thank you so much, though. May God get all the glory, all the praise. Amen. Amen. All right, brother. Have a blessed day. All right. Take care. All right. Amen. Yeah, everybody, it's like that. You know, this young man, what an encouraging story. But that's the rest of you. We, we, let's, let's, let's make sure that we don't waste our time. Let's make sure that we are doing something to, to, to promote the kingdom. Let's make sure that we are living completely for the Lord. You know, once again, we looked at Lot and, and, and, and he hesitated. Let's not hesitate. Let's get serious about our walk with the Lord. And I know I saw somebody said real quick, well, you know, I know that when I speak about God, it falls on deaf ears. You are not there to win their soul. You're there to proclaim the gospel. You're to sow the seed. You know, you sow the seed. Someone might come in water, but God brings the increase. But live that sold out life. Live that life that is, is becoming of God. And, and, and keep, you know, once again, I've said this, and I want to say it again. It's not your job to make people believe. It's your job to live what you believe. And you live it. And trust you me, people will be drawn to that. They will be drawn to that. You know what? Real quick, I'm going to do one other person here. Because you know what? Oh, my, my. Ms. Redbird5, I'm, you know, I was trying to invite you, but I noticed that we got to get you some more followers. But you were there with a word every second. And I love it. You were there. You were followed, and I followed you back. But you've been there, and you got a word. And I appreciate you. I appreciate you. So thank you so much. And I, my moderators, God bless you all. I love it. You guys really help me. You know, even when I need that scripture. Because you know, first of all, my memory is not like it used to be. And I even have problems enunciating words this morning. So praise be to God. Hey, but let me reiterate, guys. I really do. As a matter of fact, JT, pop up there on the screen real quick. JT, I got Joshua, who is an artist, who his graphic design is beautiful. And so this guy can graphically design stuff. I got Joshua there. But let me show you another gentleman who is a computer whiz kid. Who is, and JT, other than the bottle washer, I forgot that title that you have. You are a, where, JT, where are you at? There you are. JT, Jim Taylor, there you go. JT, Jim, Jim Taylor. Guys, websites, ClickFunnels, whatever, computer-wise, there's your guy too. JT, Jim Taylor. So if you get Josh, Christian man with the graphic designs and all that, you get JT with all that computer stuff. You combine those guys. Instead of taking your money and going over there and wasting it on somebody else, go with some guys that will have your best interest at heart. He's a software developer. There you go. Sorry, JT, that title, I'm sorry. But between those two, you guys can, and even, oh, I sure would love to show you a design that Joshua made me for Point Break Consulting. It is cool. Matter of fact, Josh, oh, I wish there was a way we could put it up. But Josh made me a design for Point Break Consulting. It's beautiful. It's got the surfboard on there. It's this powder blue, and Point Break Consulting made that for me. So, and JT, Jim Taylor, he's doing our whole website computer system for Dix. Follow JT, please. John, follow JT. He can set you up on all that, get you going. But he's setting up our computer system, and he's just blessing us with that. So, you know, I'm going to plug in people that are blessing the ministry to bless you and so on, et cetera. Now, don't, guys, let's not hide the fact that these things aren't freebies. Let's bless these people as they do that for us, because we're going to go give our good money to the secular world. We're going to give our money to things out there. But let's bless each other as Christians. Let's not assume because they are a fellow believer that it should be a freebie. No, let's bless them. Let's bless them. And let's not think that somehow, well, they're Christian, they're going to do it. No, no, don't do that. Be able to say, okay, what do you offer that's affordable? I want to bless you before I take my money and go put it over there. Amen? Let's do that. Let's do that. I hope you receive that the way that it is. Oops. What does that mean? Oops. What does that mean? Help me out. Oops. Watch this. Watch this. Watch this. There we go. Let's see. Hang on. Hang on. Oh. Spike molder. What does that mean? I was going to bring you on. I wanted to see what that meant. Oops. What does that mean? What happened? Thanks for that particular word. Okay. All right. Amen. But there you go. All right, everybody. I'm going to get going. May the dear Lord bless you, watch over you, and keep you. May he just bless you immensely. And Christian folks, let's stay in that word. Let's stay in that word. Don't back down from this. Stay in your word. When you even don't feel like it, read it. When you don't feel like praying, pray. When you don't feel like going to church, go to church. I have found it's when I don't feel like it is when I really need to be in it, in it, or in it at the church. That's when I know when I don't feel like it, that's when I need to be in it. All right? So let's do that. All right. Let's pray you guys out. Father God, thank you. We praise you. We honor you. We lift you up. Father, I just thank you for the blessings you've bestowed on me and my family and all of us. And, Lord, I pray for this man of God that you're going to be using as he develops these platforms so he can progress the gospel. I pray that you just bless him and show favor upon him. And, Lord, I just pray for each individual under the sound of my voice, Father. We thank you, Father. We thank you. Lord, we pray that you would use us today. Even the ones who don't feel like it, I pray that you do something so powerful, so magnificent that is undeniable that you are still in the saving business, Father. Father, we thank you. We praise you. We ask this in the name of Jesus and we all say amen. All right, everybody. God bless you. I reiterate, have a super wonderful day. May the Lord bless you. And thank you so much for giving and blessing. Take care.