Bethel Gibson Road - Sunday Service - Sunday 19th September 2021

good we praise you for you are good and we love you because you are good and we thank you now in jesus name praise the lord hallelujah lord we praise you you are good lord we praise you you are good praise the lord i'm sure you brought a sacrifice of praise into the house of the lord this morning praise the lord we bring a sacrifice of praise into the house of the lord we bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the lord we bring we bring the sacrifice of praise into the half of the lord we [Music] is the sacrifices [Music] to is [Music] [Music] house [Music] is it's the sacrifices the sacrifice is [Music] it's the sacrifice it's the sacrifices we bring the sacrifice how we this is the lord for he is worthy to be free [Music] he is worthy to be afraid jesus [Music] [Music] is is foreign jesus is [Music] i jesus jesus is is [Music] foreign [Music] today [Music] worthy [Music] do you agree this morning [Music] me [Music] foreign is is foreign [Music] today worthy me is yes [Music] worthy today [Music] is [Music] through the storms he is [Music] my lord is built my hope is built on nothing less than i dare not trust i cannot trust even the sweetest friends [Music] on jesus [Music] [Music] yes [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh [Music] god [Music] oh [Music] who ever [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] me he is [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] let's just take one minute right now just [Music] glory hallelujah hallelujah let's not take a break from the world let's not take a break from the worship that's what he wants that's what he loves that's what he requires glory to god glory to god glory to god [Music] [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you jesus thank you [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] hallelujah thank you jesus thank you for every burden lifted thank you for every yoke broken hallelujah every sickness healed oh glory to god hallelujah hallelujah glory to god glory to god praise the name of the lord hallelujah hallelujah it is the custom for us to just move on oh no glory jesus oh god oh glory glory glory [Music] i'm careful not to disturb the holy ghost [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah you may be seated if you can hallelujah that's all right hallelujah hallelujah [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah moving forward [Music] as is our custom we're going to be reading from the book of psalm 27 chapter 27 hallelujah hallelujah the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear the lord is the strength of my life whom shall i be afraid when the wicked even my enemies and my foes came upon me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell the one host should encamp against me my heart shall not fear the war should rise against me and this will i be confident one thing have i desired of the lord that will i seek after that i may dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life to behold the beauty of the lord and to inquire in his temple for in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me he shall set me up upon a rock and now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me therefore will i offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy i will sing yea i will sing praises unto the lord hear o lord when i cry with my voice have mercy also upon me and answer me when thou sayers seek ye my face my heart said unto thee thy face lord will i seek hide not thy face far from me put not thy servant away in anger thou i spared mine help leave me not neither forsake me o god of my salvation when my father and my mother forsake me then the lord will take me up teach me thy way o lord and lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty i had fainted unless i had believed to see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living wait on the lord be of good courage and he shall strengthen thy heart wait i say on the lord bless the name of the lord we give god thanks for his word this morning uh hallelujah our song of praise this morning is coming from the pentecostal hymnal number 122 victory glory hallelujah victory jesus salvation brought victory victory that the powers he has there heaven's grace can never fail victory victory [Music] hallelujah [Music] i is trusting in the lord i am standing on his word i have please had joy with me since my life is free from victory [Music] [Music] victory is [Music] victory [Music] victory hallelujah i she's asking me [Music] victory victory victory victory victory hallelujah me [Music] jesus victory for me is [Music] is um jesus for me [Music] oh jesus say hallelujah [Music] glory hallelujah we've got the victory [Music] the victory it doesn't matter what our circumstances what's happening in the world today we've got the victory glory no matter what the doctors say we've got the victory hallelujah glory hallelujah hallelujah we'll be going to our scripture reading for this morning and i'm going to ask evangelist forbes hallelujah just to come and read the scripture which will be taken from the book of saint luke and we'll be reading from uh verse 15 sorry chapter 15 and verse 11 to the end so that's the book of luke we'll be reading from our scripture reading for this afternoon taken from the book of saint luke begin from chapter 15 from verse 11 to the end we'll read alternatively and it reads and he said a certain man had two sons and the younger of them said to his father father give me the portion of goods that falleth to me and he divided them his living and not many days after the young son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country and there wasted his substance with riotrous living and when he had spent all there arose a mighty famine in the land and he began to be in warmth and he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country and sent him into his sphere to feed swine and he would feign have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat and no man gave unto him and when he came to himself he said how many hired servant of my fathers have bread enough to spear and i perish for will say unto hunger father i have sinned against heaven and before thee and i'm no more worthy to be called thy son make me as one of thy hired servants and he rose and came to his father but when he was yet a great way off his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him and the son said and and the son said unto him father i have sinned against heaven and in thy sight i am no more worthy to be called thy son but the father said to his servants bring forth and put it on him put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet and bring hider the fattest car and kill it and let us eat and be merry for this my son is dead and is alive again he was loved and is found and they began to be married now his eldest son was in the field and as he came and drew nigh to the house he heard music and dancing what these things meant and he said unto him thy brother is come and thy father had killed the fattiest car and because he had received him safe and sound and he was angry and would not go in therefore came his father out and entreated him and he answered and said to his father lo these many years do i serve thee neither prosperous at any time thy commandment and yet thou never give us me a kid that i might make merry with my friends but as soon as this thy son has come which hath devoured thy living with harlots thou hast killed for him the fatted card and he said unto him son the whatever with me and all that i have is dying 32 and lost together it was me that we should make mary and be glad for this is my brother was dead and he's alive again and was loved lost and is found mary lord at his richest blessing and his holy word hallelujah amen amen we thank god for evander's faults but we thank god for his word hallelujah glory to god we're going into a time of prayer hallelujah where we come before the lord one more time with our petitions glory to god glory to god there are many names many requests that are there some known some written hallelujah but we're trusting god today to deliver glory hallelujah hallelujah uh healing requests for evangelist cynthia morrison and sister beverly lamont and we want to remember bishop barnes bishop thompson and from bishop dexter edmond and family uh their sister rachel edmund still requesting prayer hallelujah uh sister pam beckford's uncle who was stage four lung cancer undergoing chemo hallelujah hallelujah uh marlon as sinclair's as minister barry sinclair's brother was requesting prayer we want to remember sister june johnson hallelujah mother lewis glory to god we need strength and comfort hallelujah hallelujah sister barrett from mount horeb church hallelujah has passed that sister paulette kumar's mother has passed and we're asking prayer for the family for the comfort of the family hallelujah and brother emilia i think that's correct husband of veronica original from me from bristol let's keep these names in prayer hallelujah strengthen comfort hallelujah sister dawn johnson hallelujah we want to put these before the lord we have the request but we god has been moving hallelujah god has been blessing we have some victory reports here uh ranjit samara khan father of sonali what a heart bypass he's thanking the saints for prayer because he's now out of the hospital no longer needs to be on the ventilator hallelujah he's now at home recovering let's give god the glory hallelujah thank you jesus thank you jesus ella murray is out of the hospital hallelujah and is back at the nursing home recovering and we just want to give god thanks glory hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we are believing god that he's a deliverer a healer uh minister henderson is requesting prayer hallelujah there are some saints that will be traveling for a few days they're going to somerset and they're requesting the prayers of the saints let's remember them in jesus name for those who will be traveling we want to remember them there's a lot happening in the world we want to put the saints hallelujah the care of the hands of the lord glory to god glory to god hallelujah uh we're going to be singing song number 18 from the pentecostal hymnal standing on the promises of jesus hallelujah minister henderson will be leading us the throne of grace this morning hallelujah glory to god number 18 from the pentecostal hymnal standing on the promises of jesus at the last verse we will all stand hallelujah in jesus name [Music] [Music] glory in the highest standing on the promises of god [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] is [Music] landing on the promises of christ my lord bow to him eternally by [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] is is is is [Music] [Music] i am standing on the promises of god oh thank you jesus oh bless your name lord we bless your name we bless your name jesus righteous father in the name of jesus christ we thank you lord friend of the day we thank you lord jesus for sparing our lives that we can gather together in this fortune one more time we have thankful lord jesus that despite everything around us years therefore so god we are thankful lord jesus your friend indeed a friend that sticketh closer than a brother when we're alone the lord god you call you you came lord jesus my savior and you be with a friend unto us oh god when we are forsaken you draw us close to you when we are sick you are a healer when we are weak you give us strength lord god and save it divine when we read down lord god is straight to your hand and you lift us up oh god jesus savior you've been wonderful unto us your god and we are thankful lord for the privilege to come before you despise oh god we are living our world lord god we are troublesome troublesome times a year but despite everything lord you gave us your word and we take your tea to our lord god that you'll be with us even unto the end of the world we are thankful jesus christ here with us today lord god we put before you the sick ones there is father we are your city list oh god you know them wherever they are you are healer lord jesus christ you made us oh god you know all about us what are when the doctors fail you don't fail lord god we are thankful for the saints oh god their families oh god their friends who has been healed and you heal them oh god my savior we thankful unto you lord god that elder murray is at home one thing seems to be very bad oh god we never know you pull through but though god has healed him oh god you're here with us today and we are thankful god not only him but everyone oh god you pull through write us father in the name of jesus christ today we are thankful oh god you're brought back oh god our pastor or from overseas lord god we are thankful oh god that he hears of today lord jesus christ as we begin a work of god that the fathers have done you'll be traveling from time to time oh god not just him alone or god but the race of those o god who took on the mantle of god that the fathers has left righteous father in the name of jesus christ as you as being with the fathers so be with him o god and the others oh god as they go from place to place lord go with them oh god put the words in the heart oh god the work is great there is god my savior help them dearest father in the name of jesus christ o god and help us lord as we support the fathers so do the same with them there is god lord jesus christ soon and very soon you shall put an appearance o god help us lord jesus to live a sanctified life a consecrated life oh god you coming back for a church without sparta wrinkle help us lord god to live right we must be ready for the rapture jesus god my father help us lord lord jesus help us oh god not to remove oh god the landmark that the fathers have set the landmark of holiness of righteous living oh god help us to stand firm lord not to go to the right or to the left oh god but to live right there is god my savior help us lord jesus oh god we child from time to time from day to day lord god my savior not oh god to follow the multitude to do evil but to stand firm lord god not to turn to the right of the left help us lord today lord jesus christ as the world we believe we come forth oh god we pray lord god whosoever you use lord god who should believe surpass the lord god put the word within his heart oh god myself that whatever he said o god does not have self lord it come from your throne god sent a word unto us today and give us a heart to god to receive it not just to receive it but to put them into practice bless us lord cause your face to shine upon us heavenly father we thank you for hearing us oh god only thank you for helping us in jesus name oh god we thank you hallelujah hallelujah praise the lord change you may be seated bless the name of the lord bless the name of the lord i must greet you all in the name of jesus i greet you in the name of jesus oh i love the name of jesus i love the name of jesus hallelujah no other name like the name of jesus hallelujah hallelujah and i take the opportunity to greet our presiding bishop and pastor bishop dexter edmund and his wife and family hallelujah all our bishops well and all the bishops in here this morning but i agree all the elders and all the ministers hallelujah all the saints of the living god glory to god we give god thanks for you hallelujah it's good to be ever good to be in the presence of the lord and to be among his people i i don't know about you but we go through a whole week we have all kinds of experiences you know more than me and we go through all kinds of experiences but when we come into the house of the lord hallelujah among the people of god amongst holy ghost people of god hallelujah something must happen i don't intend to come in here and leave the same glory to god i expect to be filled i expect to be blessed hallelujah hallelujah my purpose is to come and worship my purpose is to come and lift up the name of the lord hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah and there's something about you strengthen me glory to god i in sharpness iron so it's good to come in here among the people of god and i give god thanks for you hallelujah and we give god the glory hallelujah hallelujah when i get there hallelujah i will sing and shout when i get there hallelujah praise the lord when i get there i will sing and shout when i get there [Music] [Music] when i get there when i get there i'm [Music] [Music] do you have [Music] i want to get there uh uh ah oh uh [Music] um [Music] uh [Music] [Music] right now [Music] [Music] when i get there me oh [Music] uh oh [Music] wow [Music] do [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] when we have a lively hope [Music] [Music] that's the name of the lord [Music] hallelujah [Music] hallelujah when the rights [Music] uh reaching [Music] hallelujah [Music] me we're going to be giving back unto the lord that he has given unto us hallelujah glory to glory hallelujah in our tithes and in our offerings glory to god i'm just going to bless the offering in the name of jesus heavenly righteous father we give you right for today we thank you we thank you thank you lord god for the anointing for your blessing [Music] in the name of jesus as we say thanks one more time in jesus name amen we'll continue to sing that song and the ushers receive their offerings [Music] will be foreign i will be is will be oh [Music] give him the praise hallelujah me that will be have a great time i can't oh oh oh when we get to heaven is [Music] [Music] what a day of rejoicing there will be if you're looking forward to it if you're looking forward to it [Music] god bless you [Music] maybe this is a heaven sunday it's a heaven sunday it's a heaven sunday will you be there sunday will you be one more time hear me [Music] come on take a moment [Music] hallelujah how many people in this church today you're ready you're ready to go you're ready we are going to see the king so soon and very soon we are going to see the king everybody says [Music] [Music] [Music] it won't be [Music] hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] there won't be anymore [Music] no more crying [Music] no more time [Music] we singing [Applause] glory hallelujah [Music] hallelujah the lord bless you you may be seated in the presence of the lord this is the great assurance that we have this is why we're living this life so that we might enjoy the presence of the lord god is good and god is great how many people know that god is good and he is great and he is greatly to be praised we want to give god thanks for brother damian and sister hazel who were the proud parents of a baby girl born monday 13th september let's praise the lord for them [Music] amen and we give god all the glory for his goodness brethren we are ready we are making ready we are preparing to return um to our home church the first sunday in october the lord be our helper we're gonna go home by hook or by crook we're going home and we want everyone to prepare yourselves amen every department every ministry to prepare yourself for us to go and celebrate the lord amen on the first sunday of october if the lord delays is coming and we're still here that service will begin at 11 a.m everybody say 11 a.m oh i don't hear you somebody say 11 a.m i want us to meet for prayer at 10 30. let's get around the altar at 10 30. amen and just breathe the word of prayer together amen and then we will begin our service promptly we want everybody to be in place senior choir everyone ban praise team we're going home with a great shout amen of victory in the name of the lord also on the first sunday will be the district women's meeting amen here at the convention center envelopes are here for you to give your donations the ushers have them and we will be blessed in the name of the lord jesus good to be here thank god for traveling mercies i bring you greetings from bishop and mother barnes and all of the saints in brooklyn new york we thank god for them amen and thank god for keeping bishop as you know bishop and was in hospital for a little while amen and it could have been so much different than how it turned out but god and so we celebrate the hand of god on the bishop's life on mother's life and the saints of god everywhere get your bibles thank you minister earl for leading us in worship today and for this praise team let's clap them will we let's just show our appreciation and demand everyone that serves ushers greeters deacons everyone that serves medical team we give god praise for you gospel according to luke chapter number 15 for a few moments tomorrow morning the lord be our helper we begin another national week of prayer and fasting and 5 55 join us in prayer amen as we continue to go before god the theme for this week comes out of the book of romans romans chapter 8 verse number 14 where the bible says for as many as are led by the spirit they are the sons of god and the information our devotional will be to you before the end of today so much i can't read it all because it was read we read it earlier but there are some key verses in this passage that i just want to call to your attention first of all verse number 18 this young man says i will arise and go to my father and will say unto him father i have sinned against heaven and before thee and i am no more worthy to be called thy son no more worthy to be called your son but please make me as one of thy hired servants the bible says in verse number 20 he did as he thought to do he rose came to his father but when he was yet a great way off his father saw him watch this had compassion and ran and fell on his neck kissed him and the son said unto him father i've sinned against heaven and in thy sight and i'm not worthy to be called your son verse 22 but the father said to his servants bring forth the law the best robe excuse me and put it on him put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet and bring hither the fatted calf kill it let us eat and be merry for my son was dead and is alive again he was lost and he is found and the bible said that they began to be merry and those of us who believe the word of the lord say amen this past few weeks on wednesday night um i have been teaching and exhorting through bible study the purpose plan and power of his church god has a purpose for his church god has a plan for his church and god has given his church great power one of the many many things i've learned over the years is not to be too creative about ministering in other words it's not every good idea is a god idea and sometimes we can be in meetings and strategy sessions racking our brains about what we should do and what we're supposed to be about and what this and what that when what we really should do is just find out what god is doing what is god's doing what what what is on god's mind and rather than create a vision and ask god to bless the vision that we create what we should be seeking is the mind of god and whatever is on god's mind let's just do what's on god's mind and so no one need to get creative about the purpose plan and power for his church because through the word of god he has given us instruction and he has given us a vision for the type of church he wants ministry what is the purpose of the church what is the plan that god has and we thank god for his power well as we read scripture and as we meditate upon the word of god we can see that there are two primary purposes that god has for his church there are many that we could deal with today but we want to deal with two that i consider to be at the top of the list what is the heart of god for his church and that first principle or that first purpose is what jesus said about his own ministry jesus said i am come to do the will of him that sent me jesus said and that will part of that will or the center of that will was as jesus said to seek and to save them that were lost and as we read the new testament from matthew to the gospel certainly we see a jesus that is passionate that goes to any length to seek those that were lost jesus was so passionate that he did not always wait for them to come to him but jesus sought them out and i'm glad that we have the bible as a record because it seems to me that jesus was interested in people that maybe you and i would not be interested in jesus took time for people that maybe you and i would pass by of all the people for him to go to dinner with in jericho jesus does not seek to have dinner with the mayor of the city jesus dot does not look as to who are on the a list jesus is going to find the worst of the worst a man by the name of zacchaeus zacchaeus was hated by everybody disliked by his own people and disliked by those who employed him to put pressure on his people on his best day zacchaeus was a creative accountant on his worst day he was a crook not only was he exacting and the taxes for the romans but on top of the taxes that he would extract from the people he would add some on top for himself and so he was a man that gained great wealth as a result of dubious activity but god goes into jericho and meanders his way through the streets and find the bible said he was a man of short stature is that right climbed into a sycamore tree i don't know if you've ever tried to climb a sycamore tree it's not the easiest tree to climb but such was this young man and this man's determination to see jesus he made an effort to get up the tree jesus comes looks up and says zacchaeus today salvation is coming to your house the bible does not tell us this saints but i can imagine the uproar that must have taken place among the elite of jericho who thinking to themself of all the people that this man could go to home to dinner with he has chosen this thief it puts us in mind saints it really gives us clear indication as to what jesus was about let's leave jericho and let's go to samaria jesus the bible says in the gospel according to john chapter number four the bible said he must needs there was an urgency there was a push for him to go to samaria jesus strategy was to send his disciples away come on how many grown men does it really take to go get some lunch but jesus knew if peter was there oh let me try it on this side if his inner circle was there they would have prevented him from doing what he came to do jesus now begins a conversation that i call these kingdom conversations with a woman who had come at a time of the day when she would not be encountered by anybody jesus has this this way doesn't he saints of of connecting with the least the last and the lost and so if we are going to be that church that jesus is desiring for us to be then we must have that same desire to reach out to the least i won't belong to the last and to the laws we must have that desire to seek and to find remember now we do the seeking but he does the saving to find those that are laws so the primary purpose then of the lord's church is to be a soul-winning church a church that has at its priority the winning of souls into the kingdom of god proverbs you know tells us that he that winneth soul fruit of the righteous is a tree of life and he that winneth souls must be wise and so in following the path of jesus for this powerful ministry of winning souls to the kingdom of god but then the church has another responsibility to win souls into the kingdom but then to build those souls to train those souls into disciples so here is a twofold ministry on one end we are soul winners and on the other end we are disciple makers hallelujah let me just share this with you winning a soul can happen in the matter of minutes oh i don't hear anybody you're on the bus you sit next to somebody and you just begin to witness to them and in a matter of moments that person can accept christ into their life and give their life to christ disciple making on the other side though is a life long process while you might be able to win a soul in a matter of minutes saints of god we are still being made into his disciples that takes teaching it takes making it takes development it takes prayer it takes nurturing it takes what jesus took three and a half years to do and still some of his disciples many of them didn't get it it's going to take the rest of our lives oh let me hear the disciples in here say amen but i want to talk today just for the next few moments about a another group so watch this we have sinners who we are winning into the church that's part of our ministry we have those of us that are in the church the bible said that we are to be disciple makers and we are to edify to build up but there is another group that i want to just touch on today are those who were once in the church oh god i don't know you have to spend a lot of time to witness to them because they used to be with you in sunday school i don't know you have to tell them too much about the order of church because for many they grew up in the church but for whatever reason and i was we could go on and talk about whatever reason they some have wonder hallelujah some have strayed some have left and gone so far that they don't even know how to return may have a desire to return but don't know how because they are fully they fully understand often times the reaction that they would receive when they come saints can i just remind us that it's hard for us to convince the world and the sinners and the backsliders that we're going to treat them well when we don't treat one another well oh it's hard to convince people to come to church when the church is confused when there is no love for breath so families you want me to come and be what part of that so there is a frustration now how do we receive those back into the fall my god and i believe that there are thousands if we were to add them all up come on some of you were thinking of some right now can i talk some of us you you you raise your children in the church and your prayer today is not for no more money your prayer today is not for anything your prayer this sunday lord if i could just look over and see my son oh i know i'm talking for somebody lord if i could just look over and see my daughter worshiping with me what a joy that would be i'm here to remind the saints that the parable of the prodigal son is more so about the father than it is about the son and what the prodigal the parable does is provide for us a scenario it provides for us a scene for us to study how do we receive those back into the fold gospel according to luke chapter number 15 you know jesus teaches us three very powerful parables i love parables because parables are easy to understand many years ago as a sunday school student deacon downer was our sunday school teacher and i remember him giving us a definition of a parable that i still use because i have not found a better definition deacon downer taught us that a parable is a heavenly story with an earthly meaning i've not found a better definition that through parables jesus takes kingdom concepts kingdom ideas dresses them in everyday language so that we might understand first parable is a parable of a woman who loses a coin she is so desperate for her coin we don't have time to go into it today i encourage you to read it she is so desperate that she goes and knocks on her neighbor's doors and says come help me find this the bible says when she has found it she asked him to rejoice then we have the parable of the lost sheep jesus says to them how many of you having a hundred sheep would not leave the 99 safe and go after the one isn't god good oh lord jesus if god has been good to you last week and you're expecting him to be good to you this week shout hallelujah oh yes he's a good god so we have the parable of the lost coin we have the parable of the lost sheep and now jesus is teaching the parable of the lost son now what jesus does elders e jesus is a master teacher master teacher jesus first observes his audience who is listening then jesus says all right you know sometimes when you're teaching and preachers tell you you know sometimes people's my people have their minds have a tendency to wonder amen some might be wondering right now so as a teacher as a speaker you have to find a way to get people back into the message somebody think you know i've got dinner plans oh bishop hurry up i got to do this but and and jesus understood the the frail nature of human the attention span amen and jesus knows his audience so jesus says to them this lost son went out and spent all his father's money amen wasted it people's mind was wondering what's new about that wasted in riotous living once knew about that but then jesus introduces swines and when you introduce swines to a jewish audience oh my goodness those who were not listening before those whose minds were on dinner before now want to know how in the world come on saints he could have ended up in a dog pound he could have ended up in a cow pasture no that wouldn't have gotten their attention jesus said he what look at what he said he said that he spent everything that he had and when he had spent all verse number 14 there was a mighty famine in the land and he began to be in one 15 he joins himself to a citizen here it is 16 and when he would want to fill his belly with the husk that the swine did eat no man gave him this young man's situation was so this man's young man's situation was so um destitute i'm suggesting to you the pigs did not allow him to eat what they ate this young man had to wait until the pigs had finished eating and then whatever they had left that was his meal for the day my god my god but the bible says look at this look at this look at the poetry of scripture look at this he said in verse number 17 he came to himself i i hope that we don't have to experience this but sometimes people have to hit rock bottom and sometimes listen to what i'm about to say and it's not kind maybe sometimes we have to allow people to hit rock bottom for them to begin to understand how good they had it oh i'm teaching all right hallelujah sometimes you try to convince somebody about how good they have it but in order for them to really understand they have got to lose everything they've got to find themselves in losing themselves hallelujah i wonder today how many people within five or five mile radius of where we're having good church today are trying to find themselves after losing themselves and it's amazing saints that god would put this message in our hearts for us to hear today in the few minutes that we have left for us to truly understand the role that we have to play i'm here i'm going to say something now i'm i'm i'm prophesying i'm speaking it in the name of jesus we that's why we got to go home because we've got to be ready to receive those that are on their way we've got to prepare not the church we've got to prepare our hearts the building is ready for us to come back lord i help man there is new paint on the walls and new chairs on the roster man new new carpet on the floor the building is prepared but how are we prepared what preparation are we making to be a church that will welcome the law my god in heaven i need somebody to help me preach this and say hallelujah right here saints putting paint on a wall and putting carpet on the floor putting new chairs that's that's easy that's easy that that that just takes a check but the manifestation of god in our hearts to look at somebody who has fallen and disgraced himself and resist the temptation to climb on a high horse and to look down your nose oh it's going to take the holy ghost to do that you know i remember i remember i've got to finish we got to finish i remember when i was pastoring elder jones i remember i was pastoring in in the states and had a beautiful church and where our church was located it was very close to a number of universities and so what would happen students would come from out of town they'd come from new york new jersey or they'd come from richmond and for whatever reason the lord would lead them to our church so we had a strong student presence strong strong student ministry and so we had these students and and of course i had been a student so i know sometimes students struggle to eat sometimes you understand what i'm saying and so what we would do we develop strong student ministry we would give them you know sometimes cook on sundays we provide amen laundry facilities for them to to to do their laundry and one day we were in a meeting and somebody said to me they said pastor edmund you spent a lot of time uh thinking of ways to serve these students and they said well why well you know because we've got i said i said you know why because i have children who may want one day travel to another city and join themselves to a church and what we are doing for these is what we're hoping that somebody else will do for ours oh you you don't get it you see saints as long as they are them as long as they are them we're not vested but when you see somebody as your child oh i thought i was going to get a louder amen than that when you okay let me see if i can come when you see yourself in somebody else and i don't want anybody to think oh my god that couldn't be me and how could they do that and all saints of god saints of god if it was not for the grace of god hallelujah somebody shout hallelujah in here oh say it one more time because we've got to finish somebody lift up your voice as long as we just see people as faces as long as we see people as as consumable uh disposable items we have a tendency sometimes when people leave the church here's here's our response make them go on oh i just said it in a way since that's not the heart of a shepherd that's not the heart of a loving jesus that that that's the heart of the sheep because what jesus was talking to was men who said this is what they were thinking why should i worry about the one when i got 99 jesus said that's not a shepherd spirit that's a hireling spirit no no no no no no no because the one the one you see i love this i've got the finish i i love this i love this i love this let's teach everything let me just move i'm going to come back to that then paul you know paul and barnabas had this young man with him by the name of john mark and you know you know how and and john and and whatever mark did and and paul said you know what he's not ready to be with us he's not ready he's not ready he's young he's immature and and and barnabas you know there was a family relationship with them so so barnabas and paul really what's the word let me say nicely what's a nice word to say elder they almost came yes they had they had a fierce disagreement that's the word i'm looking for that's the nice word for fight they had an altercation so was the altercation that paul and barnabas separated lord help me to teach this but the time came when the young man that was not ready paul said sin for him and my pain for the church sometimes is that we have a make them go on spirit they want to leave let them leave but there's another side to ministry there's another side to ministry he was weak but now he's stronger can i help somebody today yes she let herself down but now she's in a different season of her life my god in heaven my god in heaven this young man he came to himself let me close that up has anybody ever been in a situation where you had to come to yourself i don't know what it took maybe it was the fact that he is now living with swines now let's give this young man some credit let's give this young man some credit this young man says i'm gonna arise now first of all he says there are servants in my father's house that's living better than me you know how we know that how the servants used to live because some of the servants were his personal servants the young man said i will arise i don't know what kind of reception i'm gonna get when i get there but i'm gonna arise i don't know i don't know i i don't know how he's gonna receive me so i'm not going back to be his son because i have been disqualified i have done things that i shouldn't do so all i want to do a servant's life would be good right now if if i could just get a servant's job if if i could just live in servant's quarters if if i could just be around the servants if maybe i could do a servant's job i'm not going back to join nothing i'm not going back to pick up where i left them no no i just want to be in the house i'm not going back to join anybody's clique to join anybody's club i'm not trying to be part of nobody's group i just want to be in the house usher no you don't have to give me no special seat just give me i just want to be in the house i just want to be in the house because i know what living in the pigpen is like i know what eating swine food is like i just want to be if i could just get home if i could just get in the church if i could just find the space lord i'm gonna hide i don't even want anybody to see me when i come i just want to be in the house young man says i'm going to go back i'm going back i'm going back i'm going back i'm going back i'm going back i'm going back i'm going back i'm going back i'm going back i'm going back lord daddy i'm going back i'm going back i have nowhere else to go i i have nowhere else to go i know what this life can bring i know i have now i now experience but i'm going back hallelujah i'm preaching this message for about ten thousand people who right now are saying to themselves through this pandemic through this discovery i want to go back i want to go but how am i going to be received what are they gonna say how are they gonna look at me well the young man he had enough fortitude now he's made it up in his mind he is not expecting to be a son because he has been desperate he believes himself to have been disqualified so now if he can be a son he's happy to be a servant the bible says he goes back now here's the beautiful thing saints here's the beautiful thing and this is why i say this that this is such a rich picture of a holy church in action lord god this is such a beautiful picture of a sanctified church in action look at what the bible says he arose verse number 20. he arose he arose he arose don't don't don't miss that word he arose he arose because he was dead and when you're dead the next thing that happened is that you rise again bible said the arose came to his father but when he was a great way off his father saw him my god not only was his father his father saw him his father was looking for him his his father was preparing for him his his father was praying for him his his father was interceding for him his father was believing god for a miracle for him and the bible said when his father saw him and had compassion now there are two things his father could have done his father could have thought about the money that he gave him and how he had wasted everything but the father decided i'm not going to use my energy i i've been wanting to come back for so long the bible said he had compassion on him had compassion everybody say compassion compassion watch this and ran and fell on his neck kissed him now the son is going to confess and say father look at the confession in verse number 21 and the father said i the son said i have sinned against heaven and in thy sight and no more worthy to be called thy son but the father said to his servants bring bring bring the best robe bring the best robe and put it on him and put a ring on his hand and put shoes on his feet and bring the fatted calf kill it let us eat and be merry for this my son was dead and is alive again he was lost and is found and the bible said they began to be merry i need about 28 worshipers and praisers who absolutely believe in the miracle power of restoration who absolutely believe in the miracle power of reconciliation i want you to lift up your voice and shout hallelujah glory to god you know what i've learned in my time growing up in the church some backsliders leave some backsliders stay let me try on this side oh yes there's a group of folk that backslide but they don't leave they're just as messed up but they don't go they still they still know how to do church they know how to present themselves but they are backslidden but i am so glad that what paul says to the church at corinth is what i leave us with today to with that god was in christ reconciling the world unto himself the word reconciliation has two meanings whether if you're an accountant it has one meaning but if you're in the kingdom it has another meaning and in the kingdom reconciliation means to be at peace again to be at peace again so the father receives his son and the father says to his son you are at peace again and so he says to us to with that god was in christ reconciling the world unto himself has now given unto us who do you think the us is who do you think the us is who do you think that us is who do you think that us is he has given unto us the ministry the ministry of reconciliation chains of god here here your pastor today ministry has more to do about the person being ministered to than the person doing the ministering oh yes oh yes oh yes oh yes ministry is not about the minister it's about the one who is receiving the ministry and lord jesus and in order to give the person the right kind of ministry you've got to put yourself in the situation of the person that's being ministered to feel their pain feel their anguish that's the only way you're able to minister to them lord god lord god so so watch this says you know there are many of us some of us that leave we could not minister to people who have experienced pain because we just claim that we have never been in pain so how are you going to help somebody who has been in pain when you've never experienced pain lord i'm trying to help somebody i'm trying to help somebody but you see when you know lord jesus i don't have time to talk about the good samaritan i don't have time to talk about him but you see the good samaritan knew what the man was going through because he himself had been right there hallelujah somebody lift up your voice and shout hallelujah to minister saints it's a ministry and as we prepare for this end time revival as we prepare our hearts to receive men and women amen yes the sinner who has not yet come to christ amen can by faith can we just say hallelujah for those that are on the way from sin the salvation somebody lift up your voice and and say hallelujah come on think about them think about them put them in your mind look at all of those young men and young women who who god is preparing us to receive oh god i can see them coming i can see i can see them coming in and when they come god is going to give us the ministry of reconciliation and speak peace paul said to with that god was in christ reconciling the world unto himself has given unto us the ministry everybody say the ministry i don't hear your same ministry that means your purpose in the church is not just to be a face in a crowd and a name on a road you're here to do ministry you're here to serve the body of christ you're not just a church goer you're not just someone that identifies with a building but you know that when god brought you into this world there was a purpose and god made you go through some things and while you were going through them you couldn't understand what it was about but now god has brought you through giving you a sensitivity giving you some joy so you might be able to help somebody else well can i tell you get ready get ready because the world is full of people who are tired of a worldly system and all they want to do is go home i wonder is home ready i wonder is home ready is home ready because jesus said there were two sons there was a son that left and there was a son that stayed we don't have time to elder but i need you to teach it who was the worst off who was the worst the one who left or the one who stayed because the one who stayed may have stayed but his heart wasn't right his heart was messed up at least the one who left said he came to his father and said father i have sinned but i'm not yet reading where the one that stayed home repented of anything all he was concerned about why are you all making such a fuss about my brother who lived i wonder can i preach for somebody why are they making such a fuss she went and had a baby out of wedlock he was a drug dealer why is the church making up so much fuss well i'll tell you why it's not just the church that's making the first i heard jesus change there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner i wonder am i preaching in the right church it's not just the church it's heaven rejoices when one sinner turns their life to the lord somebody lift up your voice and shout hallelujah oh you're not saying it loud enough say hallelujah say hallelujah they're coming saints [Music] some of them have been watching our broadcast for the last year they're coming they're on their way i mean they're on their way former choir members used to be ushers used to be preachers they're on their way i speak it in the name of jesus your son that was baptized at gibson road is on his way your daughter that you had to throw out of the house she is on her way and i believe that there is going to be rejoicing hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah can i get somebody to worship say hallelujah [Music] hallelujah glory to god you better come early [Music] somebody might be in your seats and now you're going to have a problem because this is the seat that you've been sat in oh god i need to preach this but somebody's hungry somebody's hungrier what we take for granted somebody is hungry i see them coming i see them coming get ready bethel they may not come in church clothes i know i just lost you i know i just messed you up they may not come in church clothes but they're coming they're coming and when they get here there will be rejoicing shout hallelujah i wish i could tell you to turn your name and tell him to fix your face [Music] i wish i could tell you to look at somebody and say fix your [Music] wait i wish you had to look like that i went in my comfort fix your [Music] you're coming hallelujah hallelujah somebody's son i don't know who i'm preaching for i don't know who i'm preaching for i don't know who i'm preaching for somebody's son is on his way home [Music] somebody's daughter [Music] you have given up your lost hope you prayed and you prayed and you prayed and the more you pray it seems like she's getting worse but i came with a word from zion for you today she's on her way hallelujah [Music] this father watch this and i close with this elder this father was a restorer what's this not only does he help the son that left he went to the sun that didn't go because when he heard about how bad the stay-at-home son was he said he said not only do i win my son who left i've got to win the son who stayed he said son everything that i have you don't have to be insecure about somebody taking your place you don't have to be insecure about somebody taking your ministry everything that i have you're my eldest son you're my son of promise you're the son with birthright stand on your feet we've got to finish [Music] he said everything that i have [Music] belongs to you but son understand our family is not complete [Music] if someone is still in a pig pen our family is broken and fractured as long as we have family members in a pigpen so yes beloved ones we've got to minister to the sinners and we've got to edify the saints but let's not forget the backslider i was in town a few months ago and young lady who was a part of our church saw me and started to engage her ass i said no man she said bishop i've been watching the service on on the youtube and i she said i want to come back to you i said come i said come she said bishop i said i know before you say what you're going to say i know. so you know what i said to her i said let me tell you come just after praise and worship start and leave just before the benediction that way you don't have to deal with nobody [Music] if that's the only reason why you're not coming is because of people let me tell you how to handle that come after praise and worship start and leave before the benedictions because people recognize that if we are struggling to love one another oh my god if we the church are struggling to forgive one another [Music] then the backslider got enough sense to know if they're struggling to help one another what they gonna do with me but the spirit of jesus is still in his church the spirit of jesus is still in this church maybe you're here today and you're not saying i'm serious about this there is a revival i see it a revival a revival of souls into the kingdom of god and we must get ready i the lord way they have taken rough and dark [Music] my choice forever [Music] [Music] my soul [Music] i need somebody to lift up your boy sing it for somebody today sing it for someone today [Music] [Music] it [Music] come on somebody put it in the atmosphere of your [Music] let's sing it one more time [Music] we're believing you for the miracle of salvation [Music] [Music] not from him [Music] while i'm trusting [Music] give us a heart for the loss give us a heart for the lord [Music] somebody's in a big [Music] father we love you today [Music] everybody can pray i want you to put someone in your mind every one of us knows somebody that's unsaved [Music] everybody knows someone that used to walk with the lord and for whatever reason they no longer walk with him i want you to put that person on your mind we're going to pray for them right now oh my god put them in your mind call them on the phone this week invite them to church tell them it's safe to come home tell them it's safe tell them they can come home tell them they can come home tell them they can come home tell them come home it's safe to come home i want you to pray for them now i'm going to lead you in this prayer as we pray for the loss pray for that young woman she's watching right now that young man that's watching that mother that father that's watching right now they have come to themselves come on let's pray father in the name of jesus god we thank you right now for the move of your spirit in the lives of men and women everywhere we thank you right now god that the fire of desire has been ignited in the hearts of your people praying now god for that man that lingers that woman that suffers desiring to be in the house just wants to come lord god and hear the word i pray now in the name of jesus that you would pour in oil and wine that you would put your arms around them god fix them heal them father give them everything that they need according to your will we thank you for it done god we believe in god we believe it the altar will be full the baptism pool will be busy we speak it and we believe it and we claim it lord jesus we will see men and women come to know you for you are yet in your church and you are still alive we give your name praise now in jesus name in jesus name everybody that loves the lord say in jesus name in jesus name now everyone clap your hands one last time and as you're clapping your hands turn around and i just say i love you to about 15 people on either side of you amen just tell them you love them amen tell them i love you i love you we thank god for you thank god for this church family amen we believe them they're coming they're coming they're coming they're coming they're coming they're coming they're coming the lord bless you and now may the saving grace of our lord and savior jesus christ the love of god the father the full fellowship of the holy spirit the comfort of rest remain and abide with us now and forevermore in jesus name let everybody who loves the lord say amen greet someone as you go beloved ones remember amen to be safe as you leave and be blessed as you go in the name of jesus the lord bless you [Music] [Music] you

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