Elder David Hollis - Hold Fast To What You Have

[Applause] somebody praise his name praise the name of Jesus but he's your strength tonight give him the best hand clap you've given him all done [Music] the best hand clap you've given him all day [Music] there is a slight sound that goes with ways it's not just the smacking of skin but it's from the heart the sound goes with what's coming from the higher we love him and we appreciate him we salute the angel of this house who is also the president relat of the Pentecostal churches of the Apostolic Faith would you give God praise for the leader and for the gift that God is given bishop Lambert W Cates we salute you in the name of the Lord Lady Nancy gates and to all of you who are called to be called to people oh I just I'm glad I'm a saint you ain't repent for lying but give you a snake just I'm glad I'm asleep while you're standing the word of the Lord is found today where they have and I'm appreciative of the Word of God [Music] second Thessalonians chapter number two beginning at verse number 13 [Music] I am honored the grace of God that has been extended to us and I'm thankful to God for you and the privilege to be able to feed the flock of God I'm very grateful to God that he placed me in this ministry that he called me what a blessing to be called by God anybody ever filled out an application and waited on a call anybody ever gave somebody your number and hope they call [Music] I'm grateful to God he called me [Music] I know most of us carry our mobile devices with us and they're on at all times some of us have them even now but there was a time where somebody had to get you they dialed your number and hoped you were at home [Music] there was a time somebody called you they hoped you weren't on the other line my god we thought we were into something when we heard that they invented call waiting we were proud to say hey ho hold on somebody calling on my other line then when we got an answering machine his kids when we would come home we chopped out the carcass we wanted to run in the house to press the button to see how many messages we had and then when they would that you no longer had to have the little cassette to flip over to check the messages you now can check the messages with the phone remotely you could dial into your number and check your own voicemail we started telling people if I ain't there if I don't answer just leave it on my voicemail now everywhere we go that invisible leash is connected to us and people can get to us but I still have in my mind that there was a time in my life that I could miss a call of all the calls I missed I'm glad when he called me [Music] and I'm glad he chose to call again because I didn't answer the first time you call he called me again [Music] he asked me until I said yes [Music] do you know how many other people had applied for this position [Music] he waited on me to say that you are I don't take the call of God like he didn't even have to do a background check cuz he knew everything about me but he called me anywhere [Music] nobody not only did he call me but he didn't leave me like he found me he knew what was wrong with me but he [Music] so when you see us throw up our hands how grateful we are he called us to be Saints he called us to be only here we are here we are I want you to do me a favor look down at your shoes look at your shoes prior to today do you remember the last time you wore those shoes prior to today where have those shoes bill right now some of y'all wish you had worn them shoes but look at the shoes you're walking in and he gave you a chance to step in his house with those shoes on knowing where those shoes have been something I might want to change your shoes next time you come to church I said all that to say I am what I am [Music] second Thessalonians chapter number two verse number thirteen but we are bound to give thanks always to God for you brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and believe the truth well until he called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father which has loved us and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through faith comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and therefore brethren stand fast hold the traditions which he have been taught whether by word or power the bisy for a few moments out of the word of the Lord I'd like to minister to you from this subject hold fast to what you have before you sit down just encourage somebody and say hold fast to what you had this year in 2019 we're not talking to anybody that don't want to talk so are you standing next to somebody and they don't want to talk find somebody that does want to talk for watching the word of the Lord this evening is ministered to us out of a book it is a letter by definition it is an epistle it is a letter that is written by the Apostle Paul a gentleman who assailed in his earlier live stages are known as a Pharisee he assailed in his forefathers religion he testifies of himself and refers to himself as a hebrew of hebrews he testifies of himself and says no Gentile blood running through his veins he testifies of his self and speaks and says that he was a student of the law he testifies of himself and writes that he's got covenant with God based on the token that God gave as a token of the Covenant to Abraham circumcision it is this gentleman that after his conversion he is no longer known as Paul the upon par with it but after conversion he is known as Paul the Apostle his assignment was to do two things take this gospel to the Gentiles and also be willing to minister to those in Jerusalem the poor saints at Jerusalem some of them will call but it is this church this church if it's low near that he writes and he writes of this church history says that this place for ananka it was first known as thermal it was the capital city of one of the four Roman districts of Macedonia it is named after the wife of Cassander who built the city the Sanders wife her name is this one idea but she got her name because her father named her ah her father was a military strategist of war and her father had accomplished great military feats but his wife was pregnant with child and in returning home from one of his military war victories it was told to him that his wife had given birth to a baby girl and he made her well spirit history says that damn Oh young lady would grow up and would marry Cassander Cassander actually would build a city and when he builds the city he names the city after his wife therefore of this city this place now takes on a new name which was once Therma now called thessalonians alike it is there that you will see that this place Paul would minister in this place but though he ministers and takes time it doesn't get a lot of time this church particularly is made up of a few Jewish descendants but it's a lot of former pagans as well as a lot of Greeks this church from the Old Testament as the Torah of Moses as well as from the prophets as well as the law written by birth to a child and he says I feel like I bought a child and child but his heart and his mind is continually held apart he's constantly wondering how is the church doing he says I did without fail I mentioned you in prayer I talked to God about you without ceasing he says I wanted to know what was your condition and what was your state of being the Bible says that he would he said when he arrives he says Timothy when you get there let me know of their affairs let me know how the church is doing with some of the churches I spent three years with other churches but this is one church I'm concerned there will be those that will come and there will be those that will come and start questioning what they believe and how convinced they are in their conviction he said I know that there are grievious wolves out there I know everybody is not in this for the cause of Christ he says I know that they're argumentative people and there's some people that love debate they really don't seek an answer they just like to argue there's some people Oh genealogy they learn to pick apart scripture oh I know the Apostle says there are some people that rest the scriptures they twist to their own I want you to go down there and find out how the church is doing holding fast to what they believed he said yes there's been those who have premiered and tried to shake them based on the questions of the resurrection said there were those who start rising up and said if you die before the rapture you have no hope to address the gathering the difference between the day of the day of the Lord and the day of God don't worry those that die or go to sleep in Christ don't worry Oh Dan towas is gonna get up first we 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Published: Fri Feb 01 2019