[APPLAUSE] AMEN. YOU MAY BE SEATED. YOU MAY BE SEATED. WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR
CAMPUSES TO CHURCH THIS SUNDAY. IF YOU ARE A VISITOR, MY NAME IS
MILES MCPHERSON, I AM THE PASTOR OF THE ROCK CHURCH. I AM 56 YEARS OLD, BORN IN NEW
YORK IN 1960. WHEN I GREW UP I LIVED IN A
WORLD WHERE IT WAS BLACK AND WHITE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN,
WHITE PEOPLE -- WELL, NOT A LOT OF WHITE PEOPLE LIVED IN. WE HAD SOME AND IT WAS FINE. BUT WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL FROM
FIRST GRADE TO EIGHTH GRADE. YOU COULD NOT LIVE THERE IF YOU
WERE A PERSON OF COLOR. SO I GREW UP AS MANY OF US IN
HERE HAVE SEEN RACIAL DIVISION. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
TREMENDOUSLY SINCE THEN. HOWEVER, THE DEVIL IS STIRRING
IT UP AGAIN. AND HE'S STIRRING IT UP TO
DIVIDE US. AND I WAS PRAYING, I HAD A
SERIES THAT I WAS GOING TO START TODAY. ABOUT THE BIBLE. AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK, I WANT TO CHANGE THAT AND TALK
ABOUT TODAY WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY. YOU DO NOT HAVE A LESSON PLAN
TODAY, I AM GOING TO PUT STUFF ON THE SCREEN, BUT YOU DON'T
HAVE A LESSON PLAN, AND WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU CAN. AND I WILL READ A SPECIAL PRAYER
AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST. THERE IS A STORY IN THE BIBLE,
GENESIS 50, AND A MAN NAMED JOSEPH, AS A KID HIS BROTHERS
SOLD HIM INTO SLAVERY. AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER HE
BECAME SECOND IN CHARGE OF ALL THE LAND IN EGYPT, BASICALLY THE
WORLD BUT EGYPT AND THERE WAS A FAMINE AND HE HAD CONTROL OF
FOOD, AND HIS BROTHERS CAME LOOKING FOR FOOD AND FOUND THAT
THEIR BROTHER THAT THEY WROTE OFF FOR DEAD IS IN CHARGE. AND THOUGHT HE WOULD GET BACK TO
THEM FOR SELLING HIM IN SLAVERY. YET JOSEPH SAW SOMETHING BIGGER,
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID IN GENESIS 50... HE SAID, AS FOR YOU, DO
NOT BE AFRAID FOR I AM IN THE PLACE OF GOD. WHERE I ENDED UP GOD PUT ME. BUT AS FOR YOU, YOU MEANT IT FOR
EVIL. BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD IN
ORDER TO BRING ABOUT AS THIS DAY TO SAVE MANY PEOPLE. WHAT THE DEVIL IS INTENDING FOR
BAD, AND THE DEVIL IS STIRRING US UP. IT'S NOT A BLACK AND WHITE
ISSUE. IT'S NOT A POLICE/NON-POLICE
ISSUE. THERE IS A SPECIAL ISSUE GOING
ON AND AS THE HOUSE OF GOD WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. AND NEED TO UNDERSTAND A BIGGER
ISSUE ABOVE THAT AND AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD WE HAVE TO FIGHT
ON THAT LEVEL. THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DIVIDE
PEOPLE AND SHOOT EACH OTHER AND POINT FINGERS. AND GOD IS SAYING ENOUGH, ENOUGH
IS ENOUGH. AND NOT ONLY GOD BUT PEOPLE OF
GOD. AND YOU, WHEN I PREPARE A
SERMON, AM I TALKING TO THE CHURCH? OR SECULAR WORLD? THIS IS TO US. I WANT Y'ALL TO RISE UP AND LOVE
LIKE I LOVE. AND DEMONSTRATE MY LOVE AND MY
FORGIVENESS. I WANT TO STATE THE FACTS AS
THEY ARE. BECAUSE IN THREE DAYS THIS WEEK,
OUR COUNTRY CHANGED. JULY 5, 6 AND 7. AND LET ME BE CLEAR. THERE IS RACIAL TENSION IN THIS
COUNTRY. I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT ALWAYS,
WHITE PEOPLE AGAINST ME. BLACK PEOPLE AGAINST ME. POLICE. I HAVE HAD POLICE HARASSMENT AND
MY FATHER WAS A COP. SO I GOT BEAT BY A COP. [LAUGHTER] AND MY SON IS A COP. ON JULY 5, 2016, ALTON STERLING,
A BLACK MAN WAS KILLED IN LOUISIANA, HE HAD FIVE CHILDREN. AND ON JULY 6, PHILANDO CASTILE
WAS KILLED IN MINNESOTA. AND ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. AND NEXT DAY, FIVE POLICE
OFFICERS KILLED. MICHAEL SMITH, 28 YEARS, SERVED
IN THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SEVEN AS U. S. ARMY RANGER. HE HAD TWO CHILDREN. MICHAEL KROL, 18 YEARS WITH
POLICE DEPARTMENT. LORNE AHRENS, 25 YEARS WITH
POLICE DEPARTMENT. PATRICK ZAMARRIPA, 32 YEARS OLD,
U.S. NAVY SERVED THREE TOURS IN IRAQ, HAD TWO CHILDREN. BRENT THOMPSON WAS MARRIED TWO
WEEKS BEFORE HE PASSED. 43 YEARS OLD, HE HAD SIX
CHILDREN. THESE SEVEN PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE,
THEY ARE NOT COPS AND BLACK MEN. THEY ARE PEOPLE MADE IN THE
IMAGE OF GOD. AND IT BREAKS THE HEART OF GOD,
THAT PEOPLE MADE IN HIS IMAGE ARE KILLING EACH OTHER. AND WE AS THE PEOPLE OF GOD NEED
TO RISE ABOVE THE ISSUES AT THIS LEVEL. AND BE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. AMEN. [APPLAUSE] SO --
BEFORE I GET INTO MY MESSAGE, WE HAVE THREE GUESTS I WANT TO
BRING UP TO PRAY WITH US. AND WE ARE GOING TO PRAY FOR
THEM. BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF ALL OF THIS. IF YOU GUYS CAN COME UP RIGHT
NOW AND GIVE THESE THREE POLICE OFFICERS A BIG HAND. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU, YOU ARE WELCOME, YOU ARE WELCOME. AMEN. [APPLAUSE] AMEN. LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, PEOPLE ARE
SAYING YOU ARE FOR THE POLICE -- I AM FOR EVERYBODY. AMEN. I HAVE KNOWN THIS BROTHER FOR 10
YEARS -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. I HAVE KNOWN YOU SINCE YOU WERE
A LITTLE KID. IS THAT RIGHT? 30 YEARS MAYBE. 30 SOMETHING YEARS. WE NEED TO SUPPORT ALL PEOPLE. AND WHEN YOU CALL 9-1-1, YOU
WILL PRAY TO GOD THAT SOMEONE IN A BLUE UNIFORM WILL COME TO HELP
YOU, AMEN. AMEN. [APPLAUSE] AND THEN, AND THEN YOU ARE GOING
ON PRAY TO GOD THAT ONE OF THE GOOD ONES IN THE BLUE UNIFORM
COME TO GET YOU, AMEN. WHY? BECAUSE ALL POLICE ARE NOT
RIGHT. ALL PASTORS ARE NOT RIGHT. ALL WHATEVER YOU ARE, ARE NOT
RIGHT. WHATEVER YOU ARE. BUT WE NEED TO LAY DOWN OUR
POLICE, OUR SHERIFF, OUR PEOPLE AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS. THAT JESUS WOULD HEAL ALL OF US,
AMEN. LET'S GET ON OUR KNEES. LET'S GET ON OUR KNEES. LORD GOD, WE PRAY FOR HOLINESS. WE PRAY THAT YOU PURIFY OUR
HEARTS AND OUR MINDS. LORD WE PRAY FOR THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, THAT WE WILL BOW OUR KNEE TO JESUS CHRIST AND
THAT YOU WOULD OPEN UP THE HEAVENS AND POUR OUT YOUR SPIRIT
ON OUR LAND. WE PRAY FOR OUR POLICE. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THAT
BADGE. LORD WE PRAY FOR THAT SMALL
PERCENTAGE THAT ARE DOING WRONG. WE PRAY THAT YOU DEAL WITH THEM. BUT LORD THE REST OF THEM, WE
PRAY THAT YOU PROTECT THEM. WE PRAY THAT YOU ENCOURAGE THEM. THAT YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM AND
PATIENCE. AS THEY DEAL WITH PEOPLE EVERY
SINGLE DAY WHO PRESS THEIR BUTTONS. WE PRAY THAT THEY LAY THEIR LIFE
DOWN ON THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE PRAY YOU KEEP THEM SAFE. AND LORD I PRAY AS A CHURCH THAT
YOU WILL BRING US TOGETHER AND THAT WE WILL BE LIGHT ON THE
HILL THAT YOU CALLED US TO BE, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. LET'S GIVE THEM A HAND AS THEY
GO BACK TO WORK. AMEN. AMEN. [APPLAUSE] YOU MAY BE SEATED. YOU MAY BE SEATED. IF YOU HAVE A BIBLE, ON THE
COUNT OF THREE, LIFT YOUR BIBLE UP. ONE. TWO. THREE. SAY WORD. WORD. ONE MORE TIME SAY WORD. WORD. TURN TO COLOSSIANS 3. COLOSSIANS 3. AT 2 OR 3 O'CLOCK ON THURSDAY, I
CALLED THE CHIEF OF POLICE HERE IN SAN DIEGO. I SAID, CHIEF, CAN I BRING SOME
PASTORS DOWN TO PRAY FOR YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT. THIS WAS AFTER THE TWO SHOOTINGS
IN BATON ROUGE AND MINNESOTA, SHE IS LIKE ABSOLUTELY. AND THREE HOURS LATER, WE DIDN'T
GO AT THAT TIME. WE ARE PLANNING THIS. FOUR HOURS LATER, MY SON TEXTED
ME AND SAID, 11 POLICE OFFICERS WERE SHOT IN DALLAS. AND I FACETIMED HIM RIGHT AWAY
AND SAID, WHEN DO YOU GO TO WORK. HE SAID, I'M GOING TO WORK IN
SIX OR SEVEN HOURS. THIS IS VERY REAL, UNLESS YOU
ARE LIVING UNDER A ROCK, YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, CAN I GET
AMEN. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING
ON, YOU NEED TO ASK SOMEBODY. AND IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND EVERY
SINCE THEN. AND PEOPLE ASK WHAT THE STATE OF
RACISM IN THIS COUNTRY? AND I AM DOING AN INTERVIEW IN A
HALF-HOUR HERE AND I AM SURE THEY ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THAT. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT THAT STATE NEEDS TO BE. LET'S LOOK FORWARD. YOU WILL HEAR ON TV PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT WE NEED TO MEET TOGETHER. AND WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER. SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND DEVELOP
RELATIONSHIPS. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. BUT I AM GOING TO TELL YOU AS
PEOPLE OF GOD, THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THAT. GOD IS SAYING, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. I WANT MY PEOPLE TO BE MY
PEOPLE. INSTEAD OF TOLERATING PEOPLE. GETTING ALONG. JUST SIMPLY UNDERSTANDING
PEOPLE. I WANT YOU TO LOVE PEOPLE. I WANT YOU TO FORGIVE PEOPLE. THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IN
THIS ROOM WAS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. AND I WANT YOU, MY CHURCH, TO BE
A LIGHT ON A HILL AND THE SALT THAT I CREATED YOU TO BE. AND I WANT YOU TO GO ABOVE AND
BEYOND WHAT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IT CORRECT. I WANT TO READ FROM COLOSSIANS. PAUL IS WRITING TO THE CHURCH OF
COLOSSE AND THEY WERE WORSHIPING ANGELS APPEASING POWERS OF EVIL
AND GOOD. THERE WAS A SPIRITUAL FALSE
TEACHING ABOUT WORSHIPING ANGELS AND RESPECTING THESE SPIRITUAL
POWERS. AND JESUS WAS BEING
DE-EMPHASIZED. IN THE BOOK IT'S FOUR CHAPTERS. IN THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS ABOUT
THE PREEMINENCE OF CHRIST. PAUL SAID, YOU NEED TO
UNDERSTAND WHO JESUS IS. HE IS ABOVE ALL PRINCIPALITIES
AND POWERS. SO THESE POWERS YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT, JESUS IS ABOVE ALL OF THAT. HE'S THE FULL EXPRESSION OF THE
IMAGE OF GOD. AND IN THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS HE
SAYS, THEREFORE HERE'S HOW YOU NEED TO LIVE. WHEN YOU SEE A THEREFORE, IT
GOES FROM LITERAL TO PRACTICAL. FOR INSTANCE, YOUR BREATH STINKS
THEREFORE YOU NEED TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH. IT'S THEORETICAL. SINCE CHRIST IS ALL OF THIS, AND
EXPRESSED THE IMAGE OF GOD. AND PREEMINENT. AND DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD,
AND WITHOUT HIM THERE IS NO SALVATION. SINCE THAT IS TRUE, THEREFORE
HERE'S HOW YOU NEED TO LIVE. WHAT I WANT TO APPEAL TO YOU,
HOW WE NEED TO LIVE. THE DEVIL WILL WANT TO DUMB YOU
DOWN, HAVE YOU PICK SIDES. I AM AGAINST THE POLICE OR FOR
BLACK LIVES. GOD SAYS, DON'T PICK SIDES. PICK MY SIDE. BE FOR ME. [APPLAUSE] NOW DOES IT MEAN CERTAIN THINGS
DON'T HAVE TO BE CHANGED? YES. DOES IT MEAN WE HAVE TO GET
ALONG? YES. OR ISN'T CERTAIN ISSUES, ALL OF
THAT IS TRUE, BUT HOW DO YOU FIGHT IT. SOMEONE ASKED IF AN ALLIGATOR
AND A BEAR HAD A FIGHT. WHO WOULD WIN. THINK ABOUT IT 10 SECONDS. IF AN ALLIGATOR AND A BEAR HAD A
FIGHT, WHO WOULD WIN. HOW MANY SAY THE ALLIGATOR? HOW MANY SAY THE BEAR? HOW MANY ARE YOU NOT VOTING? THIS HAS NO RELEVANCE, I AM NOT
GOING TO RESPOND, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE. HERE'S THE ANSWER, IT DEPENDS ON
WHERE THEY FIGHT. IF THEY FIGHT IN THE WATER,
ALLIGATOR WINS OR ON LAND, THE BEAR WINS. WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE? IF YOU FIGHT THIS BATTLE IN THE
NATURAL, YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE. BECAUSE WHAT GOD CREATED YOU FOR
IS SOMETHING SO MUCH BIGGER. WE NEED TO FIGHT ON A SPIRITUAL
LEVEL. LET'S READ THIS REAL QUICK,
CHAPTER 3 COLOSSIANS IT SAYS... JESUS SAYS SINCE CHRIST WAS
PREEMINENT, HE DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND ABOVE ALL
PRINCIPALITY AND POWER, AND YOU ACCEPTED HIM IN YOUR HEART AND
YOU WERE RAISED WITH CHRIST. AND YOU HAVE NEW LIFE. ETERNAL LIFE. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN YOU, IF
THAT'S TRUE. VERSE 1. IF YOU THEN WERE RAISED WITH
CHRIST, SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE. WHERE CHRIST IS SITTING AT THE
RIGHT HAND OF GOD. WHENEVER YOU -- IF YOU WERE ABLE
TO ENVISION CHRIST SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER. A LOT OF ISSUES THAT YOU DEAL
WITH ON THIS LEVEL. NOT ONLY WOULD THEY NOT BE
ISSUES BUT YOU DEAL WITH THEM IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY, IT SAYS. SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE,
NOT OF THE EARTH. VERSE 3... YOU ARE DEAD, WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN? THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, THEY
ARE GOING TO BURN. VERSE 4... THEREFORE -- EVERYONE SAY
THEREFORE. BY THE WAY, PASSION IS NOT BAD,
PASSION IS GOOD AS LONG AS USED FOR GOOD. IN OTHER WORDS I WANT THAT,
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL GET ME SOMETHING, VERSUS WANTING GOD. VERSE 6... YOU KNOW WHAT FILTHY LANGUAGE
OUT OF YOUR MOUTH IS, YOU KNOW THE F-WORD AND S-WORD, AND YOU
KNOW FILTHY THINK. SHE THINKS SHE'S ALL THAT. THAT'S FILTHY LANGUAGE. SAYING ALL THAT -- CUTE, THAT'S
NOT EVEN HER HAIR. LOOK AT HER -- LOOK AT HIM, I
KNOW WHAT HE'S THINKING. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I HEARD. FILTHY LANGUAGE. HOW MANY OF YOU ALREADY THAT IN
THE LAST HOUR? UH-HUH. UH-HUH. FILTHY LANGUAGE. LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS IN VERSE 9. TELL THE TRUTH. TELL THE TRUTH. DON'T BEND IT. I MEAN PEOPLE ALL THE TIME,
PASTOR I GO TO CHURCH, I LOVE THE ROCK, HEY. WHEN THE LAST TIME YOU BEEN? YOU KNOW -- THE 5 O'CLOCK
SERVICE AT SAN DIEGO STATE. FOR ALL OF Y'ALL WHO MAY NOT
KNOW, THAT WAS 11 YEARS AGO. HEY -- IT'S A LITTLE BEND. MY POINT IS, TELL THE TRUTH. TELL THE TRUTH TO EVERYBODY YOU
TALK TO. FOR REAL. I HAD A CITY OFFICIAL TALKING TO
ME THE OTHER DAY ABOUT SOMEONE FROM OUR CHURCH. AND THEY SAID, THEY LIE TO US. THEY USED THAT WORD, THEY LIE. STRAIGHT UP LIE. DON'T LIE. DON'T LIE. VERSE 9... IN OTHER WORDS, GOD IS LIKE,
Y'ALL ARE TRIPPING ON YOUR ETHNICITY. BY THE WAY, YOUR ETHNICITY, YOU
GOT CULTURE STUFF. FABULOUS. MARVELOUS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT GOD SAYS? YOU ARE JUST ONE OF MY KIDS. YOU ARE JUST ONE OF MY KIDS. I MEAN ALL OF THAT IS COOL, BUT
WORSHIP ME. HONOR ME. TALK ABOUT TAKE PRIDE IN ME. BRAG ABOUT ME. THIS IS JESUS TALKING. PUT ME FIRST. LET'S KEEP READING... HOW ABOUT THAT. WHY DON'T YOU FORGIVE ONE
ANOTHER, AND BE MEEKER TO ONE ANOTHER AND KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. HOW ABOUT THAT. WHAT ABOUT THIS AND THIS? THIS IS WHAT JESUS SAID HE WANTS
YOU TO DO. LET'S MAKE ROOM FOR THE HOLY
SPIRIT TO FLOW IN OUR CHURCH, COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY. AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 14... WHATEVER YOU DO -- EVERYONE SAY
YOU DO. WHATEVER YOU DO... THAT'S MY
GRANDSON,... NUMBER ONE, IT'S NOT IN YOUR
NOTES, WE ARE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE SCREEN, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE
IT DOWN. YOU WERE MADE TO ACT LIKE GOD. DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD CREATED YOU
TO ACT LIKE HIM? DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD CREATED YOU
IN HIS IMAGE? ALL YOU WHITE PEOPLE, GOD
CREATED YOU TO ACT. BY THE WAY, IF YOU ARE NEW, WE
TALK ABOUT RACE VERY FREELY HERE. AND HERE'S WHY, HERE'S WHY. THIS TIME OF EVERY SUNDAY IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE MOST SEGREGATED HOUR IN THE
COUNTRY. BECAUSE IN MOST CHURCHES -- I
STRESS, MOST, 90% ARE SEGREGATED. MOSTLY BLACK, AND WHITE AND
HISPANIC. BUT WE HAVE A SKITTLES CHURCH
HERE, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF COLOR. AMEN, AMEN. [APPLAUSE] AND ONE OF THE REASONS I JOKE
ABOUT RACE OR TALK ABOUT IT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET
HUNG UP ON IT. I WANT YOU TO BE COMFORTABLE
WITH THE FACT THAT GOD MADE YOU DIFFERENT. PEOPLE SAY I DON'T SEE COLOR,
THEY ONLY SAY IT WHEN THERE IS MIXED COLOR IN THE GROUP. WHY DO YOU SAY YOU DON'T SEE
SOMETHING IF YOU DON'T SEE IT. DON'T SAY THAT. BECAUSE GOD MADE IT TO BE SEEN. GOD GAVE ME THIS SWEET, CARAMEL
-- [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING. YOU SEE THAT RIGHT THERE? LOOK AT IT. THIS IS A BILLION DOLLAR
BUSINESS. Y'ALL KNOW HOW LONG Y'ALL GO FLY
ALL THE WAY TO HAWAI'I AND SPEND ALL KINDS OF MONEY TO GET THAT. AND WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOU WANT
EVERYBODY TO SEE IT. AND IF YOU HAD YOUR NICE TAN AND
SOMEBODY SAY, I DON'T SEE COLOR. YOU ARE LIKE, YOU DON'T SEE
THAT! LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, GOD
CREATED US IN ALL DIFFERENT SHADES, WHY? BECAUSE HE'S CREATIVE. HE GAVE SOME OF YOU KINKY HAIR
AND STRAIGHT HAIR AND GAVE YOU THE CHANCE TO KINK IT, BECAUSE
HE KNEW YOU WOULDN'T BE SATISFIED WHATEVER YOU HAD. HEY -- HE MADE YOU IN HIS IMAGE
AND THE ABILITY TO FORGIVE PEOPLE AND LOVE PEOPLE. AND FOR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FLOW
THROUGH TO OTHER PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHAT THEY CALLED YOU OR
NO MATTER HOW THEY TREATED YOU. OH, YEAH. OH, YEAH. I DEALT WITH IT ALL OF MY LIFE. I DEAL WITH IT TO THIS DAY FROM
WHITE PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE. AND GOD IS BIGGER. GOD IS BIGGER. YOU WERE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF
GOD. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. AND GOD IS SAYING, ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH. STOP ACTING LIKE YOU ARE IN THE
NATURAL WORLD AND ACT LIKE YOU A SPIRITUAL CHILD OF GOD. AND LET THE SPIRIT OF GOD FLOW
THROUGH YOU. I HAVE NUMBER 2, A CHALLENGE,
TAKE YOURSELF OFF THE THRONE. THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU. LET ME GO DOWN THE LIST, WHITES
HAVE THEIR ISSUES AND BLACKS HAVE ISSUES AND MEN OVER 40 AND
GAYS HAVE THEIR ISSUE. GOD IS LIKE SHUT UP. WHAT ABOUT MY ISSUE. I WANT YOU TO PUT ME ON THE
THRONE, MAYBE ME THE ISSUE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PEOPLE ARE
NOT TREATING YOU FAIR. YOU CAN'T LEGALIZE A CHANGED
HEART. AND OUR FIRST AGENDA DOESN'T
MEAN YOU DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS. DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T DO ALL OF
THAT. BUT OUR FIRST AGENDA, THE POWER
OF GOD -- MY WIFE CANNOT PUT RULES IN MY HOUSE TO MAKE ME
LOVE HER RIGHT. THERE IS RULES -- DON'T GET ME
WRONG. I AM DOMESTICATED. BUT SHE WISHES SHE DIDN'T HAVE
TO PUT THOSE RULES ON THE WALL AND POINT EVERY DAY, REMEMBER
THAT. BUT THOSE RULES AREN'T GOING TO
KEEP ME FROM CHEATING ON HER. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO KEEP MY
LOVING HER, SERVING HER. IT'S GOT TO COME FROM HERE. THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO HAVE
IS THIS RIGHT HERE. THE SPIRIT OF GOD BE IN OUR
HEART. NUMBER 3, HONOR THE IMAGE OF GOD
IN SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE YOU. THIS IS MY CHALLENGE FOR YOU, AS
WE PREPARE TO TAKE COMMUNION. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE A PEN,
AMEN. HOW MANY HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE
ON YOUR PHONE, SOMETHING. PLEASE WRITE THIS DOWN. THIS IS YOUR CHALLENGE. THE OLD IS GONE. THE NEW HAS COME. WE CANNOT RELY ON THE WORLD TO
DISPLAY THE GLORY OF GOD. WE CANNOT RELY ON THE WORLD TO
DISPLAY THE GLORY OF GOD. THE WORLD IS NOT GOING TO DO
THAT, AND NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. AND NO LAW THAT ANY PRESIDENT OR
GOVERNMENT CAN PUT IN PLACE TO DISPLAY THE GLORY OF GOD. THE GLORY OF GOD IS THE GLORY OF
GOD. FLOWING THROUGH YOUR LIFE. THROUGH YOUR LIFE. YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE LAWS YOU
WANT, WHICH BY THE WAY ARE NECESSARY. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO DISPLAY
THE GLORY OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE. SO TO MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS
REQUIRED. AND GOD HAS GIVEN US THE SPIRIT
OF GOD. AND MY CHALLENGE TO YOU, STEP 1,
YOU FIND SOMEBODY THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU, AND WE WILL
PRACTICE BEFORE WE LEAVE TODAY, YOU HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY
IN ALL OF THESE BUILDINGS. THIS IS ONE PLACE, AND I HAVE
BEEN TOLD THIS BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO IT MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. BUT THIS IS ONE PLACE WHERE
PEOPLE SAY, I LOVE COMING, SO MANY PEOPLE I FEEL SO
COMFORTABLE. BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT PEOPLE ALL
OVER SAN DIEGO, AND FROM ALL OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
NEIGHBORHOODS. SOUTH AND EAST OF CERTAIN
FREEWAYS. [LAUGHTER] YOU NEVER KNOW WHO IS SITTING
RIGHT NEXT TO YOU. DO NOT JUDGE BY THEIR CLOTHES OR
THEIR COLOR. BECAUSE WE GOT SOME REALLY
NICE-LOOKING PEOPLE IN HERE THAT ARE STRAIGHT-UP THUGS. [LAUGHTER] AND WE GOT SOME REALLY
THUG-LOOKING PEOPLE IN HERE THAT ARE SWEET, GENTLE PEOPLE AND
THEN WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE THUGS. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHO IS WHO. AND HERE'S WHAT IS SO COOL ABOUT
ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE. THEY ARE SEEKING GOD. SO HERE'S MY CHALLENGE TO YOU. WRITE THIS DOWN. I WANT YOU TO FIND SOMEONE THAT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU AND SAY TWO THINGS. GOD LOVES YOU. AND YOUR LIFE MATTERS TO HIM. MY GRANDFATHER WAS 81 YEARS OLD
WHEN I LED HIM TO THE LORD, HE DIED A WEEK AFTER I HAD THIS
CONVERSATION WITH HIM, HE HAD CANCER. AND LAYING ON HIS BACK AND I WAS
NEXT TO HIM. AND I SAID, GRANDPA, I WANT TO
SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH YOU. AND HE TURNED HIS HEAD AWAY FROM
ME, LOOKED AT THE CEILING AND HE SAID, GO AHEAD. I HAD TO SHARE THE GOSPEL, IT
WAS HARD I HAD TO TELL HIM THAT HE NEEDED JESUS OR GOING TO
HELL. AND FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS
MOUTH, THERE WAS RACISM IN HIS CHURCH IN JAMAICA AND WHY THE
PRIEST TREATED MY PEOPLE BAD. HE HELD THAT HIS WHOLE LIFE. YOU ARE GOING TO SAY TO SOMEONE,
GOD LOVES YOU AND YOUR LIFE MATTERS AND YOU WILL GET INTO A
CONVERSATION AND CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND YOUR LIFE. AND WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? TO DO SOMETHING AMAZING. RIGHT NOW THE DEVIL IS SAYING,
TO YOUR CORNERS. AND THAT'S A BOXING TERM, GET
READY TO FIGHT. AND YOU HAVE TO PICK GOD'S SIDE
AND WALK THROUGH JESUS THROUGH THIS. AND DEAL WITH THE GOOD, BAD AND
UGLY THROUGH JESUS. AMEN. LET'S GET YOUR COMMUNION OUT. I WANT TO READ SOMETHING TO YOU. BEFORE WE TAKE COMMUNION I WANT
TO PRAY FOR EVERYONE IN THE CHURCH. WE WILL TAKE COMMUNION AND THE
PASTOR CAMPUSES WILL COME OUT AND DISMISS US. AND ON THE WAY OUT, I WANT YOU
TO FIND SOMEBODY, BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR SECTION. TURN AROUND, THIS IS YOUR
FAMILY. SAY, GOD LOVES YOU. AND YOUR LIFE MATTERS. AND THEY SAY TO YOU, DID YOU
PICK ME BECAUSE I LOOK DIFFERENT FROM YOU. ABSOLUTELY, AND YOU ARE
BEAUTIFUL. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. IF GOD SPOKE TO YOU DURING THAT SERMON AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WANT TO ASK CHRIST TO BE YOUR SAVIOR, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS A-B-C. ADMIT AND ACCEPT THAT YOU ARE A SINNER. THE BIBLE SAYS ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. BELIEVE IN YOUR HEAR THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, THAT HE DIED FOR YOUR SIN AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD THEN CONFESS YOURSELF A SINNER AND SAY, JESUS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK JESUS CHRIST TO BE YOUR SAVIOR, JUST LOOK AT ME RIGHT NOW AND PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME IN THE PRIVACY OF YOUR HEART KNOWING THAT GOD KNOWS YOU AND LOVES YOU VERY MUCH. SAY, DEAR GOD, I BELIEVE THAT I AM A SINNER. I KNOW THE PENALTY OF MY SIN IS DEATH. I DON'T WANT TO DIE AND GO TO HELL. BUT I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD THAT HE DIED AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD FOR MY SIN. I CONFESS MYSELF A SINNER AND ASK HIM TO FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN. JESUS, PLEASE FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN AND FILL ME WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, IF YOU JUST ASKED CHRIST TO BE YOUR SAVIOR, WE WANT TO KNOW. WE WANT TO EMAIL YOU SOME RESOURCES. IF YOU JUST PRAYED THAT PRAYER WITH ME TO ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR, CLICK ON THE LINK THAT JUST APPEARED WE WANT TO SEND YOU SOME FREE RESOURCES. GOD BLESS YOU AND WE WILL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN.
