hi and welcome to the victory Church podcast we're so glad you could join us if this ministry has impacted you in any way we'd love to hear all about it please send us an email at share and victory Church ATO org we pray this message will speak to your heart this message and I want to share with you this morning it's like completely countercultural to everything that we hear my heart is grieved because because it's like to preach this in our country is like it's like you're fighting against the hardness of the hearts of men and swimming upstream there was this message in the preaching of messages like this that gave birth to the only two revivals this country has ever saw in the first and second great awakening and it was the absence of this kind of preaching and these type of messages that caused our nation to drift into a place of where it is right now if someone invited you here you're watching this message wherever you want our country wherever you are in the world those of you who've been watching even from Australia this is week four of not just a series but a collection of cries that is coming forth from this place in Atlanta where we are trying to rally a group of people to a greater message that here in our country we are the victims of a faith that has been perverted by false doctrines and the lies of men and for those of us who have been born into this generation we have been born into a faith that is perverted that is toxic and cancerous and right here right here from Atlanta we are crying out as loud as we can until we will begin to reverberate around this country and we will not be silent about this that we must return to biblical Christianity we must return to the heralding of God Almighty and the veneration of a God who is holy he is not dope he is not my homeboy he is not the name on a t-shirt he is holy he's worthy of respect he's worthy of honor he's to be glorified and lifted up and all of you who have been tuning in from cities as far as Miami California Los Angeles Australia Christchurch in New Zealand we say cry aloud with us cry aloud with us fight for the veneration of Almighty God right where you are we thank you for your testimony and for your letters and for your emails you would bless us if you join us and not keeping quiet and don't be jealous of what you see on TV I know y'all watch TPN and you Washington word Network and you think that that's what America III don't be jealous of what you see my Filipino pastor who reached out to me this week if you watch this message don't be jealous of what you see this country is perverted it's full of nastiness and false preachers and false Gospels and I know you passed a small church and I know you're struggling right where you are we pray for you this week on Wednesday night don't be jealous of what you see on TV that's two percent of the country two percent of the churches in America but right where you are you can join us and cry it aloud for the veneration of God the respect of Almighty God and a return to biblical Christianity we will not see revival in this nation of your nation if we don't preach the truth of God's Word if there's no repentance if there's no prayer if there's no turning away from our sin and that is for the believer first [Applause] so this is not a weak floor of just a series this is a weak floor of a rally cry to bring people back to biblical Christianity and if nobody won't do it we're gonna keep crying out from this place until everybody has heard us but to all have heard that message we seem anything right now stealing that tagline to all have heard and platon everywhere to all have heard what your opinions your revelation to all have heard what God didn't call us to lift up the name of men and your brand and your name and your revelation but if Jesus be lifted up but to all have heard is not for revelation is to all have heard the message of Jesus I feel like hanging out with me Frank two weeks ago two weeks ago a small town in Georgia was rocked by the news and a young lady who lived in that town was tragically killed she was driving home from work and she was struck by a train in the middle of the night she perished and the news went out across that town about the young lady that perished a funeral was held in her honor and there was a woman who works in our church sitting in that funeral her own family member as it were and she said as she listened to the preacher do what all preachers do in funerals comfort a family with false hope or God pluck this flower from the garden so he could have it to himself so we blame God for every tragic death never mind a person lives in sin God wanted this kid to get shot in his head so he plucked the flower from his garden that way so we paint God is cruel and evil and as our team member sat in that funeral listening to the preacher give the family false hope she wept bitterly in her soul because she knew that this family member was not saved this person did not belong to Jesus and so as she sat there she'd been sitting in his church for years and had heard gospel preaching and she knew that this family member was not where the preacher said she was oh she's in a better place looking down on us from heaven lai said the preacher to comfort the family and she sat then she wept because she knew the scriptures and she knew that this family member was not in a better place looking down on us from heaven but she was tragically hurled into eternity to me a face she was not prepared for and listened to the life of the young woman raised in a Christian home been around the things of God but watch I will get right with God on my own terms when I'm ready I'll get right with God nevermind I've heard the gospel how many times never mind I've sat in churches how many Sundays I would get right when I'm ready but she was not aware of what the scripture says that tomorrow has not promised for anyone it's why the scripture says in the day you hear the truth harden not your heart for not tomorrow but today is the day of salvation for there are many people even people sitting in this room people watching me right now you got plans for next week plans for next month plans for where you're going on vacation in the summer and you have no guarantee you're gonna see those plans and as the team member sat there and wept her tears her pain her frustration underscores one of the greatest perversions and American Christianity adrift from the heart that God gave the first Church to care about something that was more important than their sanctified lives let's read again the primary text of this series this collection of teachings Peter preaches the very first Christian sermon on the day of Pentecost a Jewish festival in the first century AD 3,000 people hear that message and are saved edie 3,000 men and women are added to a church of 120 now 3,000 120 people now have been coming to the faith and have become a brand-new Church Acts Luke the writer tells us in verse 42 in chapter 2 says and all the believers devoted themselves to the Apostles teaching scriptures they were devoted to learning the scriptures they were devoted to understanding the scriptures they wanted biblical knowledge don't just impress me don't just make me shout don't just move me emotionally we want to know the Bible and understand it that involves hearing and learning they will watch devoted to learning the scriptures not just being devoted to a man's sermon they were devoted to understanding the Scriptures they devoted themselves to the fellowship to coming to gathering like Sunday morning they were devoted for some of you men and some of you women let me tell you right now especially if you have children don't your children ask you are we going to church this morning you mean are we going to church this morning is there God in heaven there's no option we are devoted to these fellowship not just devoted to watching it online I'm devoted to being in the presence of God's people in a large gathering to hear the word of God taught to me and they were devoted to the breaking of bread the sacrament of remembering God they were devoted to prayer to have guidance from God dependency upon God intimacy with God they were devoted to him his face before his hand everyone was filled with awe many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles all the believers were together and had everything in common selling their possessions and goods they gave to anyone who has need so they devoted themselves not only to God but to each other they devoted to taking care of each other's needs they were in small groups and if they heard that somebody in a group had a need they came together to meet that need they heard that somebody couldn't pay a bill they came together to pay that bill when hope needed money for apartment when she left people in the church came together and put up $1,000 to make sure she had what you need that is biblical Christianity that happens in this church all the time we should never need a benevolence form if we live in biblical Christianity we want to need benevolence forms nobody would have to be pounding on the door of the office saying help me pay if we lived in Christianity biblical Christianity biblical community my brothers and sisters with him I cry and we would rally together to meet each other's needs your children are my children and my food is your food and your clothes is my clothes like Danielle gave my daughter a jacket last week that's sharing all things in common everyday they continue to meet together in the temple courts they broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts praising God like Jordan said raising cars you can't praise God with your mouth closed praising God and enjoying the favour of your people and the Lord added to the number daily those who were being saved now watch I want to draw your attention to one verse in this text the next series of verses in our collection of talks verse 46 and verse 47 it says in verse 46 everyday they continue to meet in the temple courts every day they continue to meet in the temple court so every day in some place they met in that place the scripture calls the temple courts Luke the writer of Acts will tell us in chapter 5 verse 12 where those temple courts was because not only did they gather but where they gathered was also very important look with the people of God the first church people who are on fire for God we sang about fire what is the purpose for fire if we're not gonna use it what is the purpose of fire be nothing it's like a it's like a barbeque why are you gonna light up a barbecue of don't know meat on the grill and don't know me and you know what speaking of barbecue speaking of barbecue you ever lit a bunch of coals as long as they're together they stay on fire as long as they're close they stay on fire take one pole out and throw it on the side how long is that call gonna stay on fire when it's separated from the pack so as soon as people drift away from the gathering they start growing cold go look for them they cold they dead they turn it away from the face we lost their Christianity they shipwreck their faith because they think they tough enough to do Christianity alone if God was never alone what makes you think you and I are tough enough to be alone we're so prideful and so arrogant with them we can do Christianity alone and as soon as you take a coal away from the heap of coals and begins to grow what cold you want to warm that coal up throw it back on the pile that's on fire somebody shall fire [Applause] not only were they gathering but where they gathered was also very important acts 5 verse 12 the Apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people and all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's colonnade and we read by that and we just keep going so we don't get the meat from the text thank God for biblical teachers this is Solomon's colonnade this is a picture of the temple that once existed in Jerusalem this temple was destroyed in AD 70 by Titus this temple was built by King Howard the second one the first one by Solomon my wife I had a chance to walk through the remains of this temple and in the back of the temple you see a long colonnade on the east side of the temple that was called Solomon's colonnade and on both sides you see a large giant space more than 35 acres almost 40 acres of flat ground larger than Centennial Park here in Atlanta this is the place the scripture says watch the believers met here every day they would wake up their sons and daughters and they will come here every day they would get dressed in the morning and they would come here every day why they could have met outside of Jerusalem they could have met outside of the temple but they watch shows I like that word they made a conscious decision to gather in this place every single day why would they do that well culture and history tells us it was in this place the majority of people in Jerusalem gathered hundreds of people gathered thousands of people gathered tens of thousands of people gathered there who are far away from Jesus it was the center of culture I like this and so now we have the mixing of three thousand one hundred and twenty people mixing with thousands of unbelievers three thousand one hundred and twenty people filled of the Holy Spirit all amongst unbelievers all around them they turn left there's our unbeliever they turn right there's an unbeliever this will be the convergence watch of the church and culture like the convergence of our church and social media the convergence of the church and anything happening outside of the local gathering this is the convergence of the church and culture why would they be here every single day what does this tell us about the first church it tells us that there was evidence that they had a heart and a passion for evangelistic zeal something inside them was burning to be around unbelievers not that they can take on the pattern of unbelievers so that the unbelievers can be impacted by their lives see that anytime we spend time with unbelievers there's always gonna be a battle for influence either they're gonna pull us into the dark are we gonna pull them into the light and every day this church met in the temple courts around believers man I thought about PTC G now when we was on the street in that last week we're just out there writing scriptures all over the sidewalk like Jesus writing in the dirt we were I'm bumping into people in the street and bringing people into the kingdom off the street what would be the purpose while I was being out there and let unbelievers walk by and what was the fruit of their gathering there all the time around unbelievable 47 of Acts - and the Lord what added to their numbers how much daily what those who were being what saved the fruit of their gospel witness produced a harvest of new souls into the church so they watch intentionally put themselves in contact with unbelievers to increase the border of the kingdom of God where would they get that type of evangelistic burden from what was they devoted to now what we're devoted to an America we devoted to the sermons of men that are empty we deserve were devoted to books that have no doctrine we're devoted to podcasts that have no doctrine we're devoted to the God of our own selves we're devoted to a Christianity we create in our own mind to suit our own lives a Christianity that says I'm gonna be a good churchgoer and not be involved in anything out there other than that so we're devoted to a faith we created that suits my convenience but what were they devoted to the Scriptures they were devoted to what the scriptures and they were devoted to the Scriptures they were devoted to the Apostles teaching what kind of stuff would Peter would be telling them what would they have heard from the lips of Peter Peter would have been teaching from the Old Testament he would have been teaching him about the teachers of Jesus what would they have heard that Peter would have told her what kind of things would Peter would have remembered to cause the flock that he was leading that we're gonna be focused and concerned about the unbelievers because Peter could have led this church to gather outside of Jerusalem but he led this church to gather where culture was what would the past have been teaching them what words would Peter have heard that Jesus would have shared with him in his lifetime what about Matthew 28:18 when Jesus said to them all authority in heaven and earth has been given to me watch this I have all power and all authority then he transfers that authority with this powerful word therefore watch go therefore what go therefore what go notice he didn't say just build churches and sit in them because the church that Jesus founded was not a religious institution it was not a physical location it was not a loose coalition the church that Jesus founded was a firebrand people that was concerned about what's going not just sitting and being he is saying be it he said go into what make disciples will watch you can't make disciples of a person that don't believe so who do we make disciples of those who have believed where do we get people that don't say from our gospel ministry he said make disciples it's the only imperative in the text it is the highest command that Jesus gave his followers go and make disciples baptizing them and teaching them to do everything I've commanded you watch listen to me look at me my brothers and sisters I want us to get in your heart this morning whether you fight me or not and I will be with you to the very end of the age notice there's some things we're doing that God is not with us because he never promised to bless just whatever we build but he did promise to be with us as long as we do what he promised to build watch look at you some of you staring at me like I'm saying something foreign and you're right because you don't hear this kind of preaching in America no where was the last time somebody told you God did not save you to be a church a tender new bidding church a whole life world last time anybody rubbed you the wrong way and stepped on your toes and said Jesus did not save you to be a church attender but he saved you to be watch this word this is a curse word in American Christianity he called you to be missional he called you to live with a sense of constant movement forward towards and expected in and because we're not missional is why our prayer lives are boring that's why we can't pray longer than five minutes it's why we can't spend time in God's presence it's why we don't shed tears at all you know we don't shed tears because we're not thinking mission aliy for America Christianity is the time I log on Sunday and then it's my life Monday through Saturday that's American Christianity it's a check off on Sunday to ease my conscience I've done my D to God for the week and then it's what I want to do the rest of the week and you know it you live this way this is what Peter was teaching the church in acts watch what else would they have heard from the Apostle Peter how about Mark 16:15 all of this was written years later go into all the world this is the teaching they would have heard not you're just awesome not how to get your requests not not what do you believe in God for this year there's a place for that but that can't be every message every message can't be what you believe in God for this year because we keep imitating people with that garbage and what it creates are not contributors but consumers of Christianity and you know this this is why you pull up to make an order instead of pull-up to get yourself in order we pull up to the kingdom because we want service but we all pull up to the kingdom to be devoted to service so Americans are fat Woodward and they do nothing with it but Jesus told his followers go into the world where there is heavy population of people and preach the gospel to them watch and we hear preachers I see these beavers always talking about support my ministry because I'm taking the gospel to the world and we support them but we don't listen to their preaching what are you taking to the world your opinions your revelation your doctrine we take that word gospel and we have abused it because we don't know what it means the gospel is not good sermons and the gospel is not good preaching let me help you you know what the gospel is here is the gospel we are all sinners damned with no escape from that but God and His love not wanting anyone to perish I'm quoting the Bible - you sent His Son into the world that if anyone would put their faith in Jesus that person shall not perish but have eternal life that's the beginning of the gospel what is the rest of the gospel john 1 in the beginning was the word and the Word was with God and the Word was God verse 14 of John 1 and the word became flesh the word became flesh and walked among us and ate with us and hugged us and rolled on the floor said neither do i condemn you let let her go the woman who was caught in adultery I don't condemn you the word said let her go the word said I love you the word said grace the word said mercy the word said love the word said on-mission the word had hands that touch people the word had feet that carried the gospel the word shed tears when Lazarus died the word forgave people that were bound in insecurity and shame the word also said two people who keep attacking me on social media I am the way the truth and the life no man no man he said no man comes to the Father but through him they can't come through Mohammed you can't come through Confucius you can't come through Allah there is only one cop his name is Yahweh and his son is the Lord Jesus Christ who said no man comes to Yahweh but through me you say pastor how could you offend us like that Jesus was offensive but we said my friend believe something different pastor you should change your message no you should pray for your friend [Applause] my allegiance to my affinity of someone else or is it to the truth of God's Word when Jesus said not Phillip said no man comes to Yahweh but through me I am the door and any person that comes in any other way as a liar and a thief and a robber that is the gospel and the preaching of the message of Jesus and the whole council of God's Word and Peter would have told him we need to go into the world and preach this gospel watch we need to put ourselves in contact with unbelievers and let them hear the truth of Jesus Christ let them see it in your life where is the world now I could barely get 5 people to meet me on the street corner so where's the world now the world is online the world is in populated cities anywhere there are traffic of unbelievers there we have opportunity to be a gospel light to be a witness to be a witness have you ever thought about how many people are following you on social media that you have opportunity to be a witness for God is not that what you called us to be but America has taught you to be a churchgoer the scripture teaches us to be witnesses let me finish the message because I know you mad I know you want to hear no more so let me let me land the plane now I can't take my time they want to go home Rhonda they don't want to hear this they don't want to hear this they want to drink that water down 10% garbage that they've been drinking their whole life that they've been Christians for 10 years is still weak and still anemic and still soft I'm not soft and I'm not afraid and even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear sokar no way he's with me his rod and his staff [Music] I'm not soft and that's soft I'm not a Christian puck I was still doubt before he found me he didn't change my nature he just changed my mission [Applause] we're all about Christian dogs at somebody in his place [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] I'm glad to tell Drake to move over talk about nice for what soft for what hashtag that saw for what somebody shouts off for what [Music] Hawkins Ubisoft when he who lives on inside of you [Music] I'm not soft and you don't have to be from New York if you feel with the Holy Spirit you're not soft you a fitful war fear fashion for battle [Applause] somebody say I'm fit for warfare now you don't believe that let the devil know [Music] somebody shall pull up [Music] [Applause] [Music] Bartel Drake move over I'm gonna write my own song soft for what tide of these wishy-washy Punk foo jelly back no spine heaven no Bible no it no Holy Spirit thumping on mountaintops and in sally's saw for what you filled with the Holy Spirit greater is He that is in you afraid of the enemy for what afraid of the thing you're going through right now for what afraid of the attack of the devil for what [Applause] there's no losses in the kingdom only lessons I can't lose I just learned [Music] I learn [Applause] [Music] no matter what I've been through I don't lose I learned you're talking about your tears you know the Bible says a bunch of Tears God catches them in a bottle now one of them falls to the floor we will be stronger if we were devoted to the Apostles teaching thank God for victory Church I said thank God for victory Church thank God for a place where the Word of God is being taught unfiltered unadulterated 100 proof Christianity and it no matter who's up here all of our communicators I've taught them we break the bread with the oil on it they miss that we break the bread with the oil on it I told all my communicators we break the bread with the oil on it we teach this word can I finish this message can I finish this message and the risers can I finish let me finish this message sit down let me finish this message pull up somebody shout pull up [Music] [Applause] [Music] see what you feel right now you can feel that any time you want when you stir it up in the Holy Spirit or when you find yourselves among other people that are on fire can I finish this Melissa no they they don't want to hear the rest of this Rhonda then want to hear the rest of his daughter they don't want the rest of this word anybody want to finish this bottle with me [Applause] anybody will finish this bottle um I got one more round left anybody want to finish this with me and brown and he observes like hell [Music] anybody won't finish this bottle with me no chaser the last part of this message no chaser I'm the last part of this message is brown and it burns like hell [Music] [Applause] you want that you know what that you all finish this bottle with me [Applause] [Laughter] [Applause] [Music] who are shots I got enough for everybody I got enough warning me everybody [Music] let me finish this message let me finish let me finish let me empty this bottle of 100 proof faith on you I can see it brown on the bottom of the cup I need no extra glass I'm going down this right here it's gonna burn on the way out look at the rest of the verse and for my hardcore reformed brothers I love you but I disagree now I don't cosign people to hell I'd disagree we read the scriptures wrong we understand predestination wrong the next word says whosoever that's an option to choose him or reject him whosoever believes and his baptized are saved to watch this Edie watch Edie watch saved Edie watch watch everybody watch those who do not believe will be condemned now everybody settle down let me close this out listen those who do not believe will be condemned listen you know why the American Church will move or mission because that word right there that Jesus said condemned doesn't bother us settle down everybody look at me you know why you know why the American church just feels like Sunday and Sunday you know I don't feel like a mission Brendan you know what because so many of us sit in churches and this word right here does not bother us condemned says those who do not believe will be condemned another translation said those who do not believe will be damned who are those anyone who is not inside of Jesus the Bible says we'll be damned so watch let me finish there was a man in that crowd other than Peter his name was John and after all of the apostles were brutally executed he survived they took John and they trying to kill him so they took John and they dipped him in a cistern of boiling oil and when they brought him out of the oil he was still breathing because as long as you're in the will of God you can't die until God releases you from this life because his hand is on you as long as I remain in his will and no matter what they say about me or who come from me I won't leave until God is ready for me to leave until he says my service is over now receive the crown that is laid up for you well done my good and faithful servant that's why I fear no man I fear no plane no car ride as long as I'm inside the will of God I'm in the palm of his hands this watch the safest place to be in all of the world is inside the will of God as long as you aside as well watch you can trust when good things happen and you can even trust when bad things happen even death now let's finish the message this last round you know you know why we don't feel like we're on mission you know we don't feel mission aliy because this word don't bother us give me back my scripture this word don't bother us thank you so much this word don't bother us so let me let me let me define this word for you with John's word John survived the oil and then they banished him to a prison Island like I turned 18 and Rikers Island prison they sent him to a prison island watch for the preaching of God's Word they seized him and banished into a prison Island a small island about 20 miles off the coast of Ephesus modern-day Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea called Patmos and while he was there Yahweh Jesus appeared to him and said John everybody look I want you to get a pen and parchment and write down everything that must come to be and what John recorded was the book of Revelation the last book of the Bible 22 chapters of prophetic utterance from Jesus that he said will come to be and no matter what anyone preached giving that camera no matter what anyone preached no matter what anyone says everything in these 22 chapters will come to pass as Jesus said it so we should know it in fact he says blessed are those who read it that's what I'm going to teach it to you at the end of the year you will know condemned this John told us what condemn was these words scared the hell out of me when I was first Saved and it gave me a fire to care about those outside of my faith John wrote Jesus words in Revelation chapter 20 beginning at verse 11 now watch very carefully what Jesus told John will happen watch then I saw because Jesus gave him a vision a great white throne and him who was seated on it which is Jesus because he's not a baby in a manger he's a man and he's not coming back to make peace first he's coming back to make war everybody should be paying attention now please watch the Word of God earth and sky fled from his presence and there was no place for them and I saw the dead great and small who are the dead great and small every human being that has ever lived why are they great and small great wealthy famous small unfamous poor unknown everybody what were they doing standing before the throne for what their judgment every human being in their right mind has ever been born we will all be at this moment watch look at me everyone in this room give me that camera everybody watching this message we will all one day be at this moment this moment is coming for every person in their right mind date.now be married now bill your business now do all you want to do now but but we are all gonna be standing here one day we are coming for this moment I don't hear that in the preaching of America it was the last time you heard anybody talk about this this was the kind of preaching that gave birth to to Great Awakenings in America and then some smart people who thought they were smarter under God said we need to get away from preaching that is hot let's tell everybody God is love and grace and over do that until they're drunk with apathy so he's love and grace love and grace every song just love and grace every sermon love and grace grace love love and grace love and grace and Tom Tipsy offer apathy and the books were opened what books the book in heaven that records everything that we do in this body every word that we speak every deed done in the body they're all being recorded everything nothing is done in the dark it all just gets recorded somehow I forgot when I did that at 17 but we're gonna give an account for that I forgot when I cussed out that brother and sister but we're gonna get him account for that that's why he said let no idle words come from your mouth if it leads your mouth it should be for purpose another book was opened which was the book of life the dead were judged about to close the message according to what they had done as recorded in the books the sea gave up the dead that were in it death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them this means hell I'll teach you this when we come back to the hell is the temporary hold in place until the final damnation when people go to hell that's not a permanent stuff they go there as like prison until they are completely damned watch and each person was judge according to what they had done verse 14 then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire the lake of fire is the second death stop now what the next verse says shook me the next verse shook me not shook me to the point of being afraid for my own life because watch I'm aboard the Ark of safety but it shook me for all of those who see me building the boat Noah for a hundred years Noah with no drop of heavy rain Noah until the day that first drop fell from the sky and then they were swimming in water trying to comment on the boat but it was too late and this next verse shook me to care for those outside of my faith verse 15 the one you should just tattoo to your heart if you're a believer and anyone's name not found written in the Lamb's Book of Life was cast into the lake that burns fire you know what that you know what Jesus just said if anyone guys separated from me anyone dies separated from me their fate is permanently sealed in damnation he said well preacher I don't believe that God don't send people to hell he doesn't unbelief sends people to hell this is why Jesus taught a lot about Hell and the only thing that's gonna protect us from this moment is the blood see this is so much Bible some of us can't handle it because no one preaches to you the Bible watch.watch and what what did Jesus said about this place if we read the New Testament I'm closing I'm done he said he called this place watch out of darkness a place so dark men's heart will fail them for fear look you don't even care as I'm telling you he said a place so painful people will chew their tongues for pain they would have a body fit for destruction that they will have a body that lasts for eternal fire and some of you don't understand the definite so let me give you an idea of what this means Judas who betrayed Jesus the Bible says went to this place when in the first century that means how long has he been there over 2,000 years when his Drude is going to get out never two thousand years of torment and fire and pain begging to get out but the Bible says when we die there's a gulf fixed that no one can cross over that when you take your last breath whatever you was in that's your permanent fate is sealed that's why Jesus told a story about a man named Lazarus and a rich man both of them died the rich man went to hell Lazarus went to heaven the rich man cried out and says I did not know this place is real please go tell my brother's not to come to this place and Jesus says no we will not tell them your message they have the prophets and if they don't hear the voice of the real prophets they're gonna end up in the same place you are why because God is love is given everybody this word call tie a season of grace to truly turn to him I'm done now watch this is what he told the church preached the gospel for a while so people will be saved now watch this some of y'all been to churches you think saved is behavior I'm about to shut all this down they've been the churches Melissa and y'all thing saved its behavior so he said you say garbage like she's more safe than him and demos because you think saved his behavior notice the two letters on the end of saved Edie finished work so when I was a little boy I fell into a pool I can't they wanted to teach me how to swim so instructor push me into the deep end of the pool he said I'm gonna teach you how to swim and I went straight to the bottom watch and somebody saw me frolicking at the bottom water be good to go to my nose my chest begin to fill with water I was in pain and then I felt something hitting me in my forehead it was a stick and I had enough common sense to grab hold of that stick ooh they missing this and they yanked me out of the pool right and the news that day around camp a little black boy was saved today at camp watch he was delivered from drowning nothing about behavior he was saved so when we say those who believe are saved the questions should be from what like I was saved from drowning those who are in Jesus are saved from what from being tossed [Music] that's all the way brown but no chaser if I'm in Christ I have been saved from that lake of fire how then do I not give him my worship how then do I not praise how did do I not love the one that rescued me from something watch bottom of the pole that I could not get out of some I finish this on my own that's why my heart explodes with love for him because I think about every day I could have remained at the bottom of the pool how many times could you have died before you were saved count them drove home drunk slept with that person been in shootouts Philip Anthony Mitchell bullet graze your ear how many plane flights have you been on how many cars have you driven how many trees have you been on how many accidents did you survive how many mornings did you keep waking up while in sin [Music] that is called grace and mercy is why watch the Bible says that we can't boast in anything except the cross not my gift not my talent not my title not my position not my money not my status I can't boast in anything except the cross that God has called the church watch when he said to the Apostles go into all the world preach the gospel I'm closing look he knew they would die said who was that message for after they died it's for all of us who claim the name of Jesus is to carry on the work of man what I'm trying to say today that if you're saying that God brought you into his church he gave us a mission together the church does not have a mission the mission of God has a church if you would get that revelation it would even change your prayer life tomorrow what is your mission statement and what is your vision stake the the church doesn't have a mission the mission of God to win souls and represent him when the earth has a church a body of believers who carried that message and his name to the ends of the earth even to Australia so let me close with this right in America like that don't mean nothing to us so like you know I preached 9:30 I preached 11:30 and some people didn't leave and they never gonna care that I said to you man you're more you're so valuable that God gave you a mission to just be a gospel light you can be and listen that just be a gospel life [Music] is it passed away huh how do I share the gospel I'm shy how about just start by just caring just care about people who are not saved your friends your family your sorrows your parents your team your employees how about just care about souls they listen if they died they will be burning in hell how about start by just caring about them when you go to work tomorrow you go to your job on money this gives Monday more meaning when you add your childhood oh there's all these people around me I wonder which one of them will burn in hell they're not say how about start by just caring maybe that might move us to start praying for people we know personally would not say then a prayer life won't be boring God this is my best friend she won't come to church she don't know you lord save her then we start praying then you then you realize I've been praying for hours and then let's not let prayer be an excuse for action how about living uh how about being a witness okay or looking for opportunities to share the gospel or sticking the seed of truth and if you can't do that at least bring them here where they can hear truth so let me let me close with this because you think I'm asking you for a lot I know all I'm saying is care a couple hundred miles off the coast of Florida there's an island there called st. Thomas a palatial paradise vacation spot people spend thousands of dollars every year to go to st. Thomas in the 1700s st. Thomas was not known for its beauty but st. Thomas was known for horror and evil and death for the very island we visit now in the Caribbean was once a prison island owned by an atheist who owned 3,000 African slaves and he made a decree in the 1700s he said no evangelist will ever step foot on this island to preach that message of Jesus his desire was that these 3,000 African slaves would die and never hear the name Jesus and let me just stick this in really quick and what about those who live before Jesus well God doesn't live in time so he retro actively credited the blood of Jesus in the past to everyone that simply put a faith in Him like so abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness the blood retroactively and so the Atheist says no man will ever step foot on this island his desire was that these 3,000 Africans would never hear the name of Jesus two young white men from a Christian group called the Moravians men who was serious about prayer serious about the scriptures married with children heard about that prison Island with those 3,000 African slaves and because they were students of the God of the Bible their hearts were always burning for the loss watch so when they heard about those 3,000 African slaves they went down to a dock watch and they sold themselves into slavery and boarded a ship bound for that Island standing on the dock were wives and children crying saying please don't go and as the boats separated from the shore with the tears in the eyes of wife and children one of those moravian shouted at the top of his lungs may the Lamb who was slain receive the reward of his suffering may the God that died on a cross received the souls that he died for and they were never seen again their hearts were so burned for the loss and so committed to the missional gospel has been given to us they sacrificed their own lives to save 3,000 African slaves they were not so attached to the affairs of this life that they could not understand the greater purpose for which they were called maybe you won't give your life for the gospel we could care about the loss we could pray for those who are far away from God we could devote ourselves to churches and ministries that are serious about the spread of the gospel like this one we can give we can serve we can pray we can witness on our social media we can be a light and why in this moment you can hear a pin drop is because this is not being preached across America but this is the reason or the highest endeavor given to the church like what good is singing songs about fire if we're not gonna use it or spread it you know why I love the fact once Jesus said I will make you fishers of men look what we do in America listen this is America we we tell people to be fishers of men we have classes to be fishers of men we write books about fishing we have podcasts about fishing we have classes about fishing but we never fish 2% of Americans ever share their faith with another human being national statistics so if you're not the type of person to say man I'm John I'm just gonna share my faith everywhere I go well at least bring them here where they can hear the truth pray care all around us men and women are dying and being separated from God for all eternity the message of the gospel and the work of Jesus is the mission he has given to the church and if we subjugate that for something else we have abandoned biblical Christianity for a diluted faith that is not found in the scriptures heads bowed eyes closed because I feel the Holy Spirit staring me right now and let me be honest there are people in this room you're not a follower of Jesus but by his grace he brought you here I don't know how but you've heard a lot of truth today and yours my brother and yours my sister is a decision to make walk out of this room underneath the wrath of God or run towards the love of God so here is gospel truth you are a sinner and so am I you have broken God's laws and so have I the penalty for what you have done will be eternal damnation if you die in that state but my brother my sister Jesus came to pay that price for you and you don't have to be perfect but if you would just be honest and say yes I am guilty and if you would just obey the Scriptures to say I'm gonna place my faith in Jesus I'm gonna run to the one who's already given his life for my sin today the Bible promises you can be saved edie from the wrath to come I'm talking to you my sister I'm talking to you my brother and you already know who you are this is your moment don't be like the young lady who was struck and killed and hurled into a damnation man you have an opportunity right now to make sure you can pillow your head tonight and safety and then live the rest of your life and purpose if I'm talking to you and you feel it you already know and swirling and your belly and you feel afraid your knees are knocking and you're leaning forward in the chair you dis is for you this is I want to be saved I believe if I'm talking to you and you say pray for me preacher would you just throw your hands in the air so I can see you I see that hand my brother I see that hand my sister I see that hand my brother I see that hand my sister I see that hand my sister I see one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve and arises we truly hope this message resonated with you and encouraged you in Christ if this ministry has been a blessing to you please support the spread of the gospel by visiting us online and choosing the giving option that works best for you and again thanks for tuning in and we look forward [Music]
