Have We Forgotten Lot's Wife? - Pastor Joel Urshan

[Music] [Music] press down shaken together and running over [Music] [Applause] [Music] someone left hi in the name of Jesus hallelujah laid on us this morning Lord have your way among us Jesus we give you thanks and praise today for the mighty outpouring of your spirit my family and I were privileged to spend one year on the mission field in Paris France it was our great honor and great pleasure to be able to do that and to serve yesterday I was speaking with our contact that we have there in the city and he was telling me about some events that have been taking place there's a young couple after Notre Dame the famous Cathedral the roof burned I'm sure most of you have seen or heard of that that might not seem I mean it's a big deal but it might not seem like such a big deal to us because it's a different country it's a different culture and one we're not familiar with it was a really big deal for the French it was this cathedral Notre Dame is the original monument of France and it was a really big deal shortly after the the fire took place in Notre Dom our context came in contact with a young man and woman who were in France from the United States of America and who believed in Jesus name baptism and who believed in the infilling of the Holy Ghost with evidence and speaking in other tongues just so happened it was a random occurrence that they encountered these individuals their pastor they were independent they were not associated with the United Pentecostal church international but their pastor had sent them there in order to pray for the city that God's Spirit would begin to move in that place they were in the city walking around praying so on so forth this couple was they went into a Catholic Church which is generally the only kind of church you're gonna find in any town or hamlet anywhere in France just behind City Hall of all places just behind City Hall they went in there they began to pray God led them to go in there well they were in there a priest came up to them and asked them why they were there and what they were doing in their church and they began to explain to the priest that they were there and that God wanted to do a work in the city and they were there praying that God would move in this encounter with the priest they were invited back to have lunch with the ministers of that church the priests of that church now we're not talking about you know black suit and and white collar kind of priest we're talking about robes and hoods kind of priests we're talking about medieval times kind of priests okay just to give you a picture they were eating in silence for forty-five minutes while they had lunch that day and then afterwards they had a meeting with with those that were gathered there that day the priest wanted to know this just happened recently this was not a long time ago wanted to know what they were all about they talked to them about speaking in tongues and receiving the Holy Ghost and they described it as though the air was sucked out of the room and that everybody was so taken by what was being said and explained to them that one of the priests even grabbed his mouth and shocked that that could still happen today they were very receptive for what they had to say after they began to say their goodbyes and move on with their day there was one priests in particular that hung back that wanted to speak to this young couple that was there that day the priest told him that there were individuals in the convent in that in that Cathedral that spoke in tongues when they pray they spoke in tongues when they pray and the priest described to them that he wanted to receive the Holy Spirit he wanted to receive the Holy Ghost this is just a couple of weeks ago friends it's it's not a long time ago he he asked them to come with them into another room the priest he took his robe are his hood off he knelt down and they began to pray for this priests in Paris France and I'm here to tell you this morning that the Lord Jesus Christ is no respecter of persons and God filled that Catholic priest with the Holy Ghost and fire hallelujah and I give God praise for the work that he's doing today and in this rain that we're talking about it's not from some time past it's happening right now right now right now it is happening hallelujah and we have got praise for these things he went on to tell them that there are many within the realms of leadership within the Catholic Church in France that are open and receptive to receiving the Holy Ghost and I can't think of a greater thing to give God praise this morning amen then for this report they may know what God is doing all around the world Holly leaves doing a good work in the earth today don't let media tell you otherwise there are those that are hungry there are those that are desirous of his spirit this morning and have you been praying for someone for a long time Amen no matter how hard they might be no matter how entrenched they may have become God is doing the new work in the earth any mentor that loved one can be saved loved one can be filled with the Holy Ghost and fire him and we believe it this morning in Jesus name hallelujah it's prayer time in the house of God hey man if you have come this morning with a need in your life there is one we serve named Jesus who hears and answers prayer and he's doing a good work today and he will touch you and minister to you we believe it in faith today let's all pray together if we can Lord Jesus this day is a wonderful day that we have come to know and to serve you Jesus we exalt and give you praise for everything that you're doing Lord God we have come from before corners of the city God with different life experiences Lord with different expectations of what could happen this morning God I'm glad that no matter what differences we might have with past experiences and unique ways that we have been raised and grown up in this earth we can cry out to you this morning we can become brothers and sisters in Christ and we can have all things common having a loved one for another power is straight to overcome and then the effects of the enemy hallelujah God we give you praise today for the outpouring of your spirit Lord Jesus we give you praise today for the mighty power is strength that there is when we call on the name of Jesus Christ Lord God Almighty have your way this morning God pour out your spirit here God pour out your spirit and Paris France God let you will be done in the earth let your will be done in the earth Lord God no matter a man the experience no matter how far an individual might be from you today you're here this morning amen you're drawing old man unto you have your way in the house today have your way in the house this morning Lord Jesus pour out your spirit pour out power and strength and anointing Lord God give us victory over the enemy Lord Jesus dealers favor on the job and in our community God pour out your spirit upon the earth as your spirit would have it be Lord God hey men don't hold back use us for your glory Jesus heals us in your kingdom Lord God hey man let your anointing fall call somebody today Lord Jesus to do a good work for the Lord call somebody today amen to do a good work in the kingdom hallelujah for those that have come him in this morning we ask that you would pour out divine intervention on their behalf Lord God move I pray today Savior and your way have your wedding Jesus and then change hearts change minds for God do him in a good work here in Tree of Life Church today in the name of Jesus Christ the only living God the only one worthy of praise and honor and glory [Music] [Music] because [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] and bless the name of Jesus today hallelujah blessed is the lamb of God and holy is the Lord Jesus Christ our God and King hallelujah god bless you for being here this morning you may be seated the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ amen it's offering time in the house of God Asher's please make your way forward and then we're thankful to be able to given to the kingdom of God they meant for his way that he's working among us and doing a good thing on the earth today hallelujah one quick announcement there is a new members class is starting up again the first Wednesday in September I believe it is there's a sign-up sheet at connect point if you would be interested to avail yourself of that that would be wonderful you will enjoy that and if you have any questions please see our brother Bob Rodriguez and he'll be glad to answer any questions or rather Charlie any questions that you might have about that I mean let's all pray this morning let's remember the birdie now campaign amen God's doing a good work among us amen and we're thankful a man for your faithfulness to give and we have reached the stage and ready now that we're moving at the speed of money and it's not as fast as the speed of light I will just let you know amen so we're thankful for any sacrifice who can make toward that amen God is gonna do a great work in Montgomery God is doing a great work in Montgomery things we see in things we cannot see he's at work even right now this morning and we thank him for it today Lord Jesus we love you give you praise today thank you for our assembly today all those that have come out to the house of God to we thank you and give you praise for these ones and men every hungry heart this morning I pray be filled with the Holy Ghost in power Lord Jesus move among us move on that which we give in the offering this morning Lord Jesus do a good work in our Assembly God multiplied him and that which is given into the kingdom God press it down shake it together him and allow it to run over Lord God that we might do your work on the earth if you have called us to dudes hallelujah amen can we give God a praise this morning amen for his faithfulness as we give today [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] like [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh No [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Oh [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] come on in lift him up in this place [Music] come on in lift him up in this place hallelujah come on put your hands together lift up the mighty name of Jesus come on put your hands together lift up the mighty name of Jesus [Music] oh you are good you are [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Applause] did it praise this morning whoa magnify the Lord with me let us exalt his name together thank you Jesus thank you Jesus hallelujah hallelujah this should be the name of the Lord hallelujah you're not gonna hear from this world that he is good you're not gonna hear from this world that he's a healer you're not gonna hear from this world that he's a redeemer so the redeemed of the Lord let them say so let the redeemed of the Lord say so keep me out without a doubt he saved my soul he made me whole let the redeemed of the Lord let the redeemed of the Lord let the redeemed of the Lord old bless His name bless His name bless His name I would have we go clap our hands again to God Oh hallelujah [Music] thank you Jesus we are so delighted that you are here today in the presence of the Lord at Tree of Life Church can we give everyone here a great big Tree of Life Church welcome god bless you if this is your first time we welcome you we hope it won't be your last time you do only come one time as a guest after that we just claim you and are so thrilled that you are here this morning in the presence of the Lord and I'm getting ready to deliver the word of the Lord I do want to make an announcement I want to announce that tonight we're gonna have a great time in the house of the Lord right here Tree of Life Church but we're gonna be hearing from some very special people we're gonna be hearing from young people who were a part of North American Youth Congress one of the most outstanding events that that you could ever arrive at in fact close to 40,000 people might be one of the largest if not the largest oneness pentecostals tree an amazing in in the United States in the United States and we're so thrilled for this and so amazed at what God did God filled several with the baptism of the Holy Ghost we're gonna have four baptized today four baptized today in Jesus name hallelujah the Bible tells a story of a man who waited by the waters and said I'm gonna wait till the angel comes down and troubles the waters and when the angel troubles the waters I'm gonna get in and get my healing well the waters are gonna be trouble today so if you've never been baptized in Jesus name go ahead and jump on in the waters great the waters great amen we're looking forward to all that the Lord is going to do before I preach today I want to do something I would like to ask brother Gary and sister Jackie more if they would just to come on up to the front here this is a very special a couple that we have loved they've been here for all all their lives sister Jackie more from birth a man has been a part of Tree of Life Church we love this couple so much they left a couple of weeks ago for Italy to go and arrange situation because they're going to be moving to Italy and we were afraid that that that they had gone to Italy and we wouldn't get to see them before they went but they're so kind and they came home today and we want to just keep them here but the Lord has other plans but we're going to pray for them and ask God to just extend his mercy to them we love this couple and the things they've done for Tree of Life Church through the years just cannot be measured the lives of people that they've impacted the ministries that they've been involved with and I want us if we could just to extend our hand to them today in the name of Jesus and pray God's blessing upon them Lord we pray for brother Gary and sister Jackie more Lord that you'll be with them as they travel Lord as they as they relocate to a nation Lord a nation that needs your precious truth I pray Lord that you'll bless them lead them Lord send your angels to go before them comfort then I pray in Jesus name let them feel the prayers of your people abiding them oh god I thank you for their ministry for their lives for their example Lord I pray in Jesus name that you overshadow them undergird them encompass them Lord let the mighty power of the Holy Ghost go before them in the name the precious name of Jesus we pray can we all say in Jesus name can we clap our hands under God and give Him praise Thanks thank the Lord they of course will always have a home right here at Tree of Life Church and we don't let you we don't let folks just go you always got a home right here The Tree of Life Church and we're so thankful for that and thankful for you here today the Lord has something very special in store for us this morning you believe that you're not here by accident the Lord has you here on purpose and I want his word to speak to our hearts this morning I'm reading from the Gospel according to Luke the Gospel according to Luke in the 17th chapter Luke chapter 17 and we will begin reading at the 26th verse the word of the Lord says this as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man they did eat they drank they married wives they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all likewise also as it was in the days of lot they did eat they drank they bought they sold they planted they builded but the same day that lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed in that day he which shall be upon the housetop and his stuff in the house let him not come down to take it away and he that is in the field let him likewise not return back remember Lot's wife whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it and I want to concentrate our attention on this 30 second verse that very simply says remember Lot's wife I would like to preach to you this morning on this subject by the help of God have we forgotten Lot's wife have we forgotten Lot's wife can we go to the Lord together and an anticipation of his holy word this morning in Jesus name Lord I thank you for your word I thank you for your spirit I pray Lord that you will move in this house allow your word to have freikorps Lord allow the preaching of your word to go forth in clarity Lord in charity Lord let it go forth in boldness let the truth be spoken in love o God I pray that it will prick our hearts and draw us closer to you let your anointing rest upon your messenger and upon your people today we love you we thank you we give you praise for it in Jesus name and everybody said in Jesus name and everybody said amen and a man you may be seated this morning in the name of the Lord Abraham the father of the faith faithful and a man of great faith who really showed us what faith looks like in that he walked away from his father's house and his father's kindred in order to follow after the leading of the Spirit of God he sat in the door of his tent in the plains of Mamre there were three men that approached him while he sat there and he immediately apparently perceived that they were messengers from the Lord he jumped to attention he ran to them he fell down on his face to the ground he welcomed them to his tent he ran hastily to the flock and gathered a calf he ran to Sara the Bible says he ran Abraham did a lot of running in this in this whole episode he was running here and running there and you know how an unexpected guest arrives you you get to running and Abraham did that he ran to Sarah bacon unleavened cakes Sarah quickly we have guests he ran to the flock and said I need a calf quickly quickly come on do it fast faster and then he welcomed them in and he talked with them and they in that whole experience that encounter explained to him that God was in fact going to give him this promised son Abraham had already received this word from the Lord but they were letting him know again that this absolutely shall come to pass of course they were well past the years of childbearing age and when Sarah heard it she famously or infamously laughed they heard her laugh and said why do you laugh and she said I I didn't laugh they said no we heard you laugh it's all in there that whole little exchange and Abraham was ready to release them they were leaving the Bible says that they they kept looking in the direction of Sodom they just kept looking in the direction of Sodom and and communed among themselves should we tell Abraham what's getting ready to happen he's a man that God has ordained to be a great nation a man of a father of many nations and and and should we withhold from him this information about what is about to happen as they looked off in the distance at Sodom now you must understand Sodom was a bustling city but the wickedness of that city was great the Bible says that the men of the city of Sodom did wickedly before the Lord exceedingly this was going on long before this passage that I'm describing Genesis 18 Genesis 17 18 and 19 this wickedness was occurring in Genesis 13 when Abram his name was Abram then and his nephew lot began to divide themselves and go in separate ways and Abram said you choose if you go to the right I'll go to the left if you go to the left I'll go to the right you choose up to you and lot said as he looked upon the well-watered Plains of Sodom I choose Sodom and Abram of course went to another place the Lord said to him in that moment he said look northward southward eastward westward all that you see I have given unto you but lot didn't have the faith of the vision of Abram and he chose the well-watered Plains of Sodom but in that moment the men of the city of Sodom Sodom were already doing wickedly exceedingly before the Lord even though the city was so full of wickedness lot chose to pitch his tent toward Sodom and he inclined his life toward Sodom he leaned towards Sodom he chose Sodom because of the economic prosperity that was available to him but here on this day on the plains of Mamre shortly after giving to Abraham this word that he would have a promised son that it would come to pass these three men left him with one final word Sodom is going to be destroyed if you have family there you need to let them know to get out of Sodom if you've got any relatives and he loved ones in Sodom you need to go and sound the alarm because the Lord is going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and nothing will ever grow there again by the time God gets done destroying these cities because of their exceeding wickedness nothing will ever grow there again this was of course the famous moment in scripture when Abraham when the men left him the Bible says he did not leave the presence of the Lord he stayed in the presence of the Lord and said O Lord will you destroy the righteous with the wicked he said Lord if there be fifty righteous would you please spare the city and the Lord said if there be fifty righteous I will spare the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah it is interesting that prayer because we see the wickedness of our world I wonder how many times we have prayed as intricately for our world as Abraham was praying for Sodom and Gomorrah we've often talked about that the judgment of God is coming and we know that the judgment of God is coming I wonder how many times we've said Lord would you destroy the righteous with the wicked in fact Abraham knew he was treading upon sacred ground and he he proceeded to step a little further he said O Lord be not angry but if there's forty righteous will you save the cities the Lord said if there are forty righteous I will save the cities he said O Lord be not angry but if there are thirty righteous O Lord be not angry but if there are twenty righteous O Lord be not angry but if there are ten righteous and he stopped praying at that point the reason I believe that he stopped praying is because he knew of ten that should have been righteous he had a nephew who long before had pitched his tents towards Sodom and lot had exactly as we can confirm in scriptures ten members of his family there was lot and there was lots wife there were lots sons there were lots daughters-in-law there were lots daughters there were lots daughters sons-in-law two of the daughters did not know a man that means they weren't married so if he had two sons-in-law that meant he had two daughters that were married Lotte had exactly ten members in his family that we can confirm maybe more but we can confirm ten members in lots family I know for a fact that Abraham knew of ten people who should have been righteous Oh God see you think you're not hurting anybody when you decide to veer off into unrighteousness I want you to know that you're the righteousness that God has given unto you and that you have in Christ Jesus it's not just a covering for you you don't know how many people your prayers have protected and how many people your integrity you don't know how many people in your sphere that God would have judged them had it not been for you but because of the love you have for them and because of the of the practice of of godliness that you have before the Lord God withheld his hand you just don't know Abraham said I know of ten who should be righteous and he went a lot and gave him the word lot you've got you've got a very short amount of time God is going to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah I know we thought that it was just these are the wicked cities that these are the cities that do great wickedness and that's just the way it's always been and that appears to be the way it's always going to be but it's not so lot they're gonna go down in an instant God the mighty God the Almighty God of heaven is going to cast fire and brimstone down upon Sodom and Gomorrah and you've got to get out and you've got to get your family out you've got to get your wife you've got to get your children out the ain't two men came to lot and told lot you've got to get your entire family out of Sodom that I'm is short that time is coming you have to get your entire family out two messengers from the Lord let lot know you got a you've got to move you got to move now lot went and told his sons-in-law he said to his sons-in-law we've got to go God is going to destroy this these cities of Sodom and Gomorrah but the Bible says that he seemed to them as one that mock if he actually seemed when they heard him say it it appeared to them or seemed to them that he was being facetious that he was being sarcastic God's going to destroy these cities in quotation marks it just appeared I don't know why he appeared that way my my conjecture is that maybe they never heard him be serious about the things of God maybe he didn't know how to stop playing games long enough to be serious about the things of God maybe he didn't know how to crack a Bible open maybe he never did make a big deal about going to the house of God to worship the Lord maybe they'd never heard him pray before maybe they never saw him worship before maybe they never saw him put God first in his life I don't know I don't know all I know is that when the time came that a serious sound of alarm and warning was needed he was not a trusted messenger and the time was short fire the infernal fire of God was building it was it was billowing in the heavens and God had waited till he would wait no more and he looked down upon this evil this exceeding evil this exceeding wickedness this violence and this perversion of the cities of sodom and gomorrah and he would wait no longer he was going to pour out his judgment and only by the prayers of abraham did he step in to rescue lot and his family from the from the judgment of god so they did they left the city and do you know that the two men that were with them said you got to go to the mountain you've got to escape up to the mountain and lot looked at them and said no no I don't want to go to the mountain I want to go somewhere he again began to look at a place that could sustain he and his family he just wasn't given to trusting God he always looked for well-watered Plains from an earthly perspective he always looked for what he could calculate and strategize and consider as being the the best way forward it didn't matter what God said didn't matter what the messenger of God said lot had an idea of how this needed to work and so even while he is leaving Sodom he's already arguing with God I don't want to go to the mountain I want to go to a place that I would design for myself but the Bible says that the same day that lot left Sodom that the fire began to fall upon that city and when the fire began to fall upon that city the Bible said there was a warning do not look back don't look over your shoulder don't yearn for it don't longed for it don't feel like you're missing out on anything don't hesitate don't be have trepidation don't look back on what God has delivered you from you just know that the Lord delivered you with a strong hand and a stretched out arm I've got plans for you I've got a place for you I've got a promise for you I've got a mountain for you look forward don't look back but the Bible says that in that moment lost wife decided she would look back don't ask me why I don't know why people have tried to speculate as to why they tried to speculate as maybe she was just a mother who who looked back and it doesn't appear that her sons in law took launch serious enough and maybe they and her daughters who were area to them stayed back and maybe her mother's heart yearned forward we don't know we don't know if she just looked back on precious memories we don't know but what we do know is that she wasn't prepared to go forward she was looking back but the things she was looking back on was the very thing God was judging when we look at the Ministry of Jesus in Luke chapter 17 when he is he is taking a moment here to describe that there is a day coming that you've got to be ready for the day when the Son of man shall be revealed there's going to be a day when the when the eastern sky will open when he'll set his foot upon the Mount of Olives there's gonna come a time when he will come forth upon a white horse and out of his mouth will be a two-edged sword and there will be a name written on him that no man has ever known see we know the name Jesus hallelujah Jesus is the name that saves Jesus is the name that heals Jesus is the name that delivers that is the name of God but the Bible says there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved but there's a name written on him that we don't even know yet an you think you know everything there is to know about him he's got a whole name we've never heard I want you to know I have not seen you have not heard neither hath it entered into the heart of man the things God has prepared for us jesus said this coming a day when the window when the Lord is going to return and I don't know if there's ever more urgent moment than right now to preach to you Jesus is coming back hallelujah Jesus is coming back you can call me old-fashioned if you want to I receive that as a compliment Jesus is coming back for a glorious church for a spotless bride without spot without wrinkle without blemish washed in the blood of the Lamb of God he's not coming back for a compromising Church he's not coming back for a gossiping Church he's not coming back for a malicious church he's not coming back for a divided church he's coming back for a glorious shirt and we have to be ready jesus said you got to be ready he said it's gonna be as in the days of Noah when they were drinking and they were eating and they were marrying and giving in marriage in other words they were living it up and they were they were participating in things they were being promiscuous and they were living a life of sensuality they've concentrated on what they ate what they drank who they were with in an intimate way sound like 2019 to me and he said it's going to be just as it were in the days of Noah when the Son of man shall be revealed god help you who may sit here and think I've been hearing this all my life and it still hasn't happened yet I'm gonna tell you if you are paying attention to what's happening around you you are like Lots son in-laws who thought that this was all a bunch of mockery that this was something that made no sense that this was facetiousness that this was sarcasm and you better wake up and you better get your house in order you gotta get your things together father somebody about foolish foolish because they didn't have till the break of day because Jesus is coming back the son of man shall be revealed hallelujah it's gonna be like in the days of Noah it's gonna be like in the days of lot in the days of lot understand ladies and gentlemen it was like any other day they ate they drank they bought they sold they planted they builded I went to school and went to work went out to eat drove up and down the highways went on strolls they were just living normal ordinary lives clouds weren't gathering lightning wasn't flashing they never bunch of sirens going off it wasn't it wasn't like what you and I may think it was it was an ordinary average day but the same day that lot went out of Sodom it rained fire we think a big a big ball came out of heaven maybe that is what happened I don't know but what I do know is the scripture says it rained by fire fell like rain fire fell like rain brimstone fell like rain it was like brimstone drops drops of fire began to cover that city and anything that was flammable caught on fire anything that could be shaken was shaken and then he stops in the middle of this and he says when that happens because it's going to happen and the day that the Son of Man is revealed when it happens don't you go back into the house for the things that are so important to you leave it behind he said don't go back into the field for the things you think you need leave it behind then he then he stops and he gives us an arm and admonition an admonition that I submit we have completely disregarded in 2019 he said remember Lot's wife he didn't even say remember lot he didn't even say remember Abraham he didn't say remember Sarah he said remember Lot's wife I know she seems like an insignificant part of the story because the part of the story we like to think about is the fire and the brimstone the part of the story that is amazing is that is that in one day the wrath and the judgment of God sail we like to think about the fact that these were exceedingly wicked individuals who were filled with the less perverted lusts of their flesh and they were violent and and God Deden God poured out his wrath upon it his righteous indignation but there's a character in this story that you and I cannot afford to forget about and she is so significant that Jesus decided to pin in red letters that the church never forget the temptation of turning around I'm trying to tell you that the Son of man shall be revealed and Fire is going to fall and brimstone is gonna fall and it's gonna happen on a day like any other ordinary average day but you hear what I'm telling you while this is developing there's going to be a temptation for people who God is trying to deliver there's going to be a temptation in them to turn around oh god I can feel it in the Holy Ghost I can feel the urgency of the word of God to speak to somebody I don't know what it is you're turning around for but there's nothing there's nothing to look back on him the name of Jesus Christ have we forgotten Lot's wife in the moment that she turned around the Bible said that in that moment she became a pillar of salt she turned to powder it actually means she was pulverized in that moment she didn't get judged by the fire she didn't get judged by the brimstone she had a way of escape but because she turned back while God was delivering her she was pulverized in that moment and I have this concern this righteous concern this morning that there are some people who don't realize the danger of looking back you have forgotten Lot's wife even though the Lord of hosts the king of glory the great I am thought it's significant enough to remind you remember Lot's wife when you look over your shoulder thinking you're missing out on something going on in the world remember Lot's wife when you look over your shoulder wishing you could go back to the club wishing you could go back to living the way you used to live the devil begin to tempt you to return hallelujah like a dog would return to his vomit like a pig with Halloween it's mine what are you looking back for what is it that you miss what are you willing to trade piece for what are you willing to trade joy for why do you want that depression he took that spirit of heaviness off of you and he gave you a garment of praise you've got to look forward not bad [Applause] oh god oh god oh god I don't want to stand before him and have to give a count because I'm going to have to do that I said I'm gonna have to do that that's what preachers have to do pastors have to give a count for the people that they minister to so so I've got to actually stand before the Lord and say Lord I preached the truth I can't stand there and say I was afraid to preach the truth I was afraid they would leave I was afraid they would stop supporting the church I was afraid they would turn their back on me and and the kingdom work that we're doing I can't that's not gonna that's not gonna work you hear what I'm telling you I'll be in trouble if that's what I'm saying to God I've got to be able to stand before God with clean hands and a pure heart and say lord I preached your gospel I preached your truth I told them to repent I told them to be baptized in Jesus name I told them to receive the Holy Ghost talking in tongues I told them to come out from among them and be ye separate saith the Lord I told him to pray and fast and worshiping be faithful I told them you are coming so what are you looking back for what are you looking back for what is it that's enticing you back to the world you know God delivered you from Lord help me God don't let it be my fault Lord don't let me paint the picture the way it needs to be painted maybe I haven't told you what's ahead of you quite like I should streets of cold Wells of Jasper gates of pearl yeah a city where we'll never grow old maybe I haven't said it the way it needs to be sad maybe I haven't described it where you'll never grow oh there's no cancer there what are you looking back for there's no diabetes there what are you looking back for there no funerals there what are you looking back for there's no hate racism Envy lust pride what are you there's no addiction there's no brokenness there's no sorrow there's no sadness what do you look at bat slow ha ha ha oh yes Lord yes he cut diagonals oh hey honorable cooks at the higher some of your flirting with the world remember Lot's wife some of you are tantalized by the world remember Lot's wife some of you got one foot in the world one foot in the church remember Lot's wife you don't think the fire will get you you don't think the brimstone will get you remember Lot's wife she was judged on the same day but was not judged by fire you think because you've learned how not to go to hell you can play games I'll tell you what's wrong you've forgot Lot's wife you see you forgot the judgment of God that he is righteous that he is holy I know he is love he is love but I'm gonna tell you what he's not gonna do he's not gonna create a place for us that where he is there we may be also and then fill it with a bunch of sinners this is one of the promise he said there's not gonna be any thieves there there's not gonna be haters there this not could be murderers there that's a promise if you got something in your heart that can't go to heaven you're not going either [Applause] arrogance can't get in here when I tell you pride can't get in hardiness can't get in lust of the eyes lust of the flesh it can't get in mistreatment of your brother and sister can't get in in the inshallah see you here when I tell you racism and prejudice and bigotry maliciousness and unkindness you hear what I'm telling you homosexuality fornication adultery lasciviousness transgenderism he can't go in ha-cha-cha there's a highway there it's a highway called holiness none can go up there but the pure in heart Oh God Oh somebody lift your hands to him right now somebody who remembers somebody who just remember that God is holy and he is just he is holy and he is just and you're not gonna trick him you're not gonna trick him this is a real thing I know he's merciful but he is just this is a real thing hallelujah all across this building I think we ought to stand to our feet lift our voices unto the lord call upon his mighty name call upon his mighty name call upon his mighty here on go higher in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ here the heart of God today here the heart of God today he calls unto you not out of condemnation but out of mercy just as the two messengers called to lot get up get out arise go I want you to come out come out come out of that bondage come out of that bondage him the name of Jesus I'll tell you their chains breaking all over this house right now hallelujah their chains breaking all over this house right now I know you can hear the heart of God I know you can I know you feel his love I know you can his spirit is here to save his spirit is here to say there is no greater cruelty than to let somebody sit in a place that is destined to be condemned and not give them the warning that the judgment is coming I cry unto you in the name of Jesus not as a condemned ER but as a merciful messenger of the Lord on this day that God is love and he's reaching for you before his judgment comes go come on if you believe it lift up a praise unto Him if you believe it lift up a praise a day [Music] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah honey somebody who needs to be refreshed in the presence of God I need you to come right now come on if you need a touch of God right now I want you to come right now come on that's it god bless you you need a touch from God right now that's it god Bless You God bless you come on that's it that's it if this were the day the Son of Man was to be revealed oh I think we ought to pray like this would be the day that the Son of Man would be revealed come on that's it that's it that's it that's it hallelujah hallelu as you come forward I want you to bring everything to God right now bring him your pain bring him your shame bring him your heartache bring him your sin bring him bring him your confusion bring him your questions don't feel bad because you have questions bring those questions to him he is a faithful God he is a loving God [Music] come on that's it that's it god bless you god bless you god bless that's it reach reach reach for him reach for him reach for you come on that's it something's happening right now something's happening right now you need some change to break in your life you need some change to break in your life hallelujah hallelujah go ahead and let it happen right now [Music] [Music] let the word cleanse you today let the word purify you today [Music] [Music] Oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] can't go back go back [Music] Oh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] back [Music] that's it make up your mind today come on that's it that's it that's it in the name of Jesus come on somebody plant your feet in the Word of God right now where's your feet in the Word of God right now against the mounting pressure trying to pull against you plant your feet in the wire of the law [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] praise the Lord Churchill getting baptized Jordan mark you can give God praise for that hey man if you guys have helped me pray for her [Applause] you

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Published: Sun Aug 11 2019