September 26, 2021 - Sunday Worship Service

beloved hear the word of god feel the spirit join our service every sunday at 10 a.m as we connect with the word of god see you sunday and to god be the glory [Music] sisters and brothers all in faith and in struggle good morning and welcome to the abyssinian baptist church in the city of new york your generous contributions help support the mission of the abyssinian church please take note of the various ways to give buy zell through your bank account using the number 917-710-7933 [Music] for further instructions please go to our website abyssinian.org text the number 646-760-3339 you can go online abyssinian.org give mail your contributions to the abyssinian baptist church 132 odell clarke place new york new york 10030 or you can walk in and leave your contribution with the receptionist at the front desk of the church we thank god for your generous contributions to the abyssinian baptist church please continue to lift in prayer members of our faith community who request prayer for themselves or her loved ones who are sick shut in or in bereavement these names will appear now on the prayer list that you see on your screen abyssinian welcomes you to join let us pray weekly conference call this prayer line takes place thursdays at 7 a.m 9 30 p.m see zoom and dial in details on screen and by going to our website under worship services [Music] bible study in september takes place every wednesday night at 7 pm with walking deacon michael diaz leading the session on lord teach me to pray see zoom details on screen and via abyssinian.org [Music] abyssinian's virtual noonday bible study with reverend pamela mason will take place tomorrow monday september 27th at noon see on your screen login details this information is also posted on our website at [Music] the abyssinian.org health ministry presents a two-part diabetes management session with endocrinologist rhonda truesdale on thursday september 30th and october 6th see zoom meeting details on your screen the abyssinian baptist church men's week of service takes place monday october the 4th to friday october the 8th and culminates on sunday october 10th in our 69th men's day service at 10 am when our beloved brother dr cornell west serves as our men's day speaker [Music] your generous contributions help support the mission of the abyssinian church please take note of the various ways to give buy zell through your bank account using the number 917-710-7933 [Music] for further instructions please go to our website abyssinian.org text the number 646-760-3339 you can go online abyssinian.org forward slash give mail your contributions to the abyssinian baptist church 132 odell clark place new york new york 10030 or you can walk in and leave your contribution with the receptionist at the front desk of the church we thank god for your generous contributions to the abyssinian baptist church please continue to lift in prayer members of our faith community who request prayer for themselves or for loved ones who are sick shut in or in bereavement these names will appear now on the prayer list that you see on your screen abyssinian welcomes you to join let us pray weekly conference call this prayer line takes place thursdays at 7 a.m 9 30 p.m see zoom and dial in details on screen and by going to our website under worship services [Music] bible study in september takes place every wednesday night at 7 pm with walking deacon michael diaz leading the session on lord teach me to pray see zoom details on screen and via abyssinian.org [Music] abyssinian's virtual noonday bible study with reverend pamela mason will take place tomorrow monday september 27th at noon see on your screen login details this information is also posted on our website at abyssinian.org [Music] the abyssinian health ministry presents a two-part diabetes management session with endocrinologist rhonda truesdale on thursday september 30th and october 6th see zoom meeting details on your screen [Music] the abyssinian baptist church men's week of service takes place monday october the 4th to friday october the 8th and culminates on sunday october 10th in our 69th men's day service at 10 when our beloved brother dr cornell west serves as our men's day speaker [Music] your generous contributions help support the mission of the abyssinian church please take note of the various ways to give buy zell through your bank account using the number 91710 [Music] for further instructions please go to our website abyssinian.org text the number you 646-760-3339 go online abyssinian.org forward slash give mail your contributions to the abyssinian baptist church 132 o'dell clark place new york new york 1-0-0-3-0 or you can walk in and leave your contribution with the receptionist at the front desk of the church we thank god for your generous contributions to the abyssinian baptist church [Music] please continue to lift in prayer members of our faith community who request prayer for themselves or for loved ones who are sick shut in or in bereavement these names will appear now on the prayer list that you see on your screen abyssinian welcomes you to join let us pray weekly conference call this prayer line takes place thursdays at 7 a.m 9 30 p.m see zoom and dial in details on screen and by going to our website under worship services [Music] bible study in september takes place every wednesday night at 7 p.m with walking deacon michael diaz leading the session on lord teach me to pray see zoom details on screen and via abyssinian.org [Music] abyssinian's virtual noon day bible study with reverend pamela mason will take place tomorrow monday september 27th at noon see on your screen login details this information is also posted on our website at abyssinian.org [Music] the abyssinian health ministry presents a two-part diabetes management session with endocrinologist rhonda truesdale on thursday september 30th and october 6th see zoom meeting details on your screen the abyssinian baptist church men's week of service takes place monday october the 4th to friday october the 8th and culminates on sunday october 10th in our 69th men's day service at 10 am when our beloved brother dr cornell west serves as our men's day speaker [Music] your generous contributions help support the mission of the abyssinian church please take note of the various ways to give by zell through your bank account using the number 917-710-7933 [Music] for further instructions please go to our website abyssinian.org text the number 646-760 you can go online abyssinian.org give mail your contributions to the abyssinian baptist church 132 o'dell clark place new york new york 1-0-0-3-0 or you can walk in and leave your contribution with the receptionist at the front desk of the church we thank god for your generous contributions to the abyssinian baptist church please continue to lift in prayer members of our faith community who request prayer for themselves or for loved ones who are sick shut in or in bereavement these names will appear now on the prayer list that you see on your screen abyssinian welcomes you to join let us pray weekly conference call this prayer line takes place thursdays at 7 00 am 9 30 pm see zoom and dial in details on screen and by going to our website under worship services [Music] bible study in september takes place every wednesday night at 7 pm with walking deacon michael diaz leading the session on lord teach me to pray see zoom details on screen and via abyssinian.org [Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] [Music] [Applause] my sisters and brothers all in faith and in struggle good morning this is the day that the lord have made and we should rejoice and be glad and put your hands together as we welcome another beautiful sunday morning here at the abyssinian baptist church we thank god for your presence today as we seek to lift up the name of jesus in our work and in our witness and now as we go forth in this worship experience let us collectively pray together the prayer that jesus taught his disciples when he taught them to pray by saying our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever amen and now the choir will come without opening him certainly lord [Music] do you have a religion [Music] oh do you love everybody [Music] have you been creepy [Applause] so [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] oh do you love everybody [Music] thank you thank you thank you [Applause] [Music] let the church say amen you think thank god for the choir and also for our beloved sister eunice amen and leading us [Applause] [Music] [Applause] as our sisters and brothers of our faith community enter we want to now center ourselves as we prepare to be in conversation with god to thank god for all the ways god has brought us and taught us and led us and to ask god for strength for the living of the days of our lives so we might be a light and ambassadors for truth and the radical love of jesus that is his witness pass me not o gentle savior hear my humble cry while on others thou art calling do not pass us by we come this morning sisters and brothers all continuing to pray for members of our faith community who are in bereavement a longtime member of the abyssinian baptist church bernice rutherford transitioned on september 13th and her homegoing services will be tomorrow at the owens funeral home 216 linux avenue the final viewing at 10 a.m and the service begins at 11. we're praying for the family of our brother philip morrow who recently transitioned and then of course we're praying for the daughters of sister sheila lily who we've been praying for she transitioned yesterday at the calvary hospital in the bronx also remember in prayer the family of brother joseph moses and sister deja watson remember brother elijah brooks and sister lorraine vinton horn who sends her gratitude and love to the abyssinian community for the outpouring of love and support extended to her at the joint memorial service celebrating the life of her mother and aunt and then we come sisters and brothers all praying for our deacon thelma mason who celebrates her birthday today and while she continues in rehabilitation at the pinnacle nursing home her children are here to celebrate with her we thank god for their demonstrated love for her parents for their parents we also lived in prayer the chair of our trustee board trustee alexis thomas who was praying for her father who's critically ill dr marcella maxwell who we lifted last week and her daughter sister deborah young we continue to lift them in prayer sister pat feemster who requests prayer for her brother-in-law who has experienced death of several family members and our member alberta newton request prayer brother van durk fisher is battling cancer and is in hospice care our faithful usher sam lyons request prayer for his mother pamela lyons and also for deacon barbara hines who's in hospice care we're pleased to report that deacon al vinson had a successful surgery and deacon solomon is at home recuperating after a successful surgery we come now sisters and brothers all praying for our sisters and brothers in haiti and we stand in solidarity with them we come now bearing witness to the power of prayer not only is prayer as spoken words but his prayer has demonstrated love in action and so now our assistant minute pastor reverend eton hope young will come and lead us to the throne of grace [Music] let us pray lord as we lift our hearts and our spirits to the heels that come as our help god we recognize that our health our help and our strength only comes from you god in this moment of sacred conversation we'd ask that you would incline thine ear to hear the petitions that will go forth on today god we ask that you would allow for us to experience a divine healing healing in our bodies healing in our families healing in our communities oh god the names of those who were sick and firmed and bereaved have gone forth so god i ask that you would touch each and every one of those persons right now god i ask that you would bring comfort to their bodies god i ask that you would heal them from whatever illness is present god for those who are dealing with the loss of loved ones i ask that you would bring to their hearts a sense of comfort and a sense of peace that surpasses all understanding and god as we lift up the names of those who need you right now god we remember to pray for ourselves god we may or may not be sick in our bodies perhaps we are emotionally challenged perhaps we are financially challenged perhaps our realities are not as peaceful as we would like for them to be but god we know that you are god and god alone god we know that you are the author and the finisher of our faith god we know that you are our strength we know that you are our rock we know that you are our divine protection so god we call upon you right now to meet us at the very point of our need to be to us all that we need you to be right now and goddess we lift up ourselves before your throne of grace god we remember our brothers and sisters across this world who were challenged by poverty challenged by war challenged by leaders who are more invested in themselves than in the interests of the people god we ask that you would allow for a remnant to rise up oh god to meet the needs of the people around this world god we pray for our brothers and sisters in haiti god we pray for those who are still stuck in afghanistan and trying to find their way out oh god god i ask that you will remember our brothers and sisters in ethiopia who are facing an ethnic genocide god i ask that you will touch us right now that you would heal us that you would allow for us to experience a divine wholeness that can only be given from you god in this moment we ask that you would shelter us under your wings oh god that you would envelop us in your divine love and that you would give us a peace a sense of comfort and a faith that remains strong with everything around us seems to be falling apart god touch us right now this is our prayer in the mighty name of jesus and we all say amen [Music] [Music] we sleep [Music] is [Music] is [Music] he is [Applause] oh [Applause] [Applause] he reigns forever here [Applause] oh here i am foreign [Applause] [Music] sisters and brothers all once again we welcome you to the abyssinian baptist church in the city of new york we thank god for your presence on behalf of our senior minister our pastor dr calvin otis butts we thank you for being a part of our worship today and we hope that you will return next sunday as you seek to live out your faith in jesus christ with us if you missed any portion of the announcements prior to the beginning of service the prayer concerns the ministry events you can find those panels running once again at the end of service and you can also find this information at abyssinian.org please remember sisters and brothers all the protocols for returning to worship services in the sanctuary what are what are the protocols we share them with you once again you must show proof of vaccination you register online at abyssinian.org the registration portal is open to you and is active every monday and the links remain active for one week so that's very important information if you seek to join us and we encourage you to come if you seek to join us in worship you must follow the protocols the abyssinian health ministry presents a two-part series on diabetes management with dr rhonda truesdale and this will be on thursday september 30th and october 6th if you need more information and interested in joining or encouraging others to join visit abyssinian.org for the zoom meeting details and more information on tuesday september the 28th at 5 00 pm our deacon suzanne miles westbrook will present as a leading elder in an honor and praise sacred libation ceremony for african ancestors buried in the bronx van courtland park and we want to celebrate our deacon westbrook and this event is free and it takes place at the van cortlandt parkhouse museum lawn that's tuesday september the 28th at 5 pm if you want to be there in solidarity with deacon miles mask must and must be worn and you must also show proof of vaccination the blackmail initiative is presenting its 16th annual city university of new york conference with the theme our state of mind in the era of covet racial injustice and emotional trauma now what the conference takes place on thursday september the 30th and friday october the first with moderators dr eddie glaude of princeton university and lisa evers you can visit cuny.edu forward slash bmi for blackmail initiative for more information sisters and brothers all we thank you for your consistent and generous giving to the abyssinian baptist church so that we might continue our work in transforming the community that we have been situated in for close to 100 years we thank you for these contributions and we ask that you might continue to give so that we might sustain the mission of this beloved house of god which is to win more souls for christ and here are the ways in which you can give through zell through text to give by dialing 646-760-3339 you can give online by going to abyssinian.org forward slash give and of course you can mail your contributions to the church or you can drop them by here on 138th street we thank you for your generous gifts we thank you for helping us sustain the mission of this beloved institution and now dr butts will come forth with further announcements let the church say amen good morning i'm delighted to see you our numbers are over 200 and it may not look that way because you're spread out and staff is here but we're slowly beginning to rebuild and i believe this pandemic will subside soon and we'll be able to come back into the house of god at the church say amen but i'm delighted to see those of you who are with us this morning and of course those of you joining us on live stream do we have any visitors here just persons who are not members of our church but who registered and came on anyhow will you stand if you are among us one brother in the balcony a sister there a brother there show them some love and welcome them in the back another brother in the back if you are close by them and uh give them a fist bump an elbow bump or encourage their hearts we're glad to see you we don't have time to go into where you're from and who your pastor is and all of that but i do see that we have uh youtube visitors arnett klug from columbia south carolina uh s mcgee from columbia south carolina al richman from raleigh north carolina and we have uh somebody from the first presbyterian and drive-in church in oxnard canada well thank you all of you watching on live stream wherever you're watching from thank you thank you thank you for joining us today may the good lord take a liking to you and keep on blessing you amen now the american baptist women are here this morning they're our first ministry to sit in a rally and estelle connor stand up she is the leader and will all the members of the american baptist women please stand look at that [Music] now you all remain standing for just a moment the american baptist women's ministry is a christ-scented ministry with a commitment to encourage and empower women and girls to serve god we are a community of faithful mission-minded women engaged in worship and service today they are in rally and are so happy to be in church we're happy to have you in church and in addition they honor the memories of their past members sister jacqueline carton wow sister gwendolyn jones sister dolores jeffries sister brucey smith they say they are gone but not forgotten this past year has caused a disruption in our local activities but we continue to support the following programs they have a love gift a national support overland planting hope gift of giving world day of prayer international ministries missionaries and programs around the world workshops domestic violence prayer and meditation and through the national office they have been active during this pandemic so we thank you as they address issues like sex trafficking domestic violence homelessness immigration economic empowerment cross-cultural relationships and the united nations sustainable development goals they're asking for our continued prayers congratulations thank you and in the true spirit of abyssinian they brought a big envelope yeah with money in it for go west thank you american baptist women [Music] what about trustee you got that all right thank you thank you thank you we're delighted to have you this morning i want you to pray for deacon leon merrick he's been having some challenges here recently and i want you to keep him in your prayers and remember sister martha goodman you all know sister goodman and she's still in the rehab nursing home i want you to keep her in your prayers now bo mason stan camara mason stan these are deacon thelma mason's children and they came to celebrate her birthday and we're delighted and uh y'all make sure your daddy's all right he's been in bad shape since your mama ain't been home man pray for him digging keels we're glad to see you back feeling better i saw it there he is right there and beloved i want you to know this ministry cannot go forward without good deacons it's just impossible and deacons you have been good and loyal and strong and deacon kiels has been the leader in our sick ministry and communion and we're delighted to see him looking so good so brother chairman tell him to take care of himself please all right and deacon kills yvonne god bless you you've got to be a strong woman to deal with this guy here so we are delighted to see him this morning and thank god for for him i want you to continue to pray for all of those on our sick and shut-in list now i want to tell you that gabrielle baker very active in our blue now program has an art exhibition at the royal kente gallery right here on adam clayton powell jr boulevard and uh stop by there not only just see her exhibition but to support the gallery they'll be delighted to see you they are members of the church and it's a great great place for fellowship and to appreciate fine art gabrielle baker and beloved men's week of services is coming now the church will be open for worship and praise so you can come to church you can register we got to fill up now guess what our all-male worship service comes on tuesday the preacher is reverend rashad moore all right now y'all got to come to church please now i know it's the all-male worship sir we're dece i saw dece earlier right there i know it's the all-male worship service but i'm going to tell rashad to come and preach a sermon for everybody because i want to fill up the sanctuary i want you all to be joyous and i want us to celebrate our men now he can slant it toward the men but sisters y'all might as well come to i know you don't want us in your worship but we can we we will let you come to ours right is that right this yeah i know you don't want us up in your business but you know we're opening up now we're becoming more universal in our approach so uh but we really want to come and hear our beloved son rashad raymond moore and uh so i want him to have a good audience and then we got three night revival my cousin uh brother antoine yao now y'all may remember yao yao can sing and preach and so we want to have a big big big revival that's three nights and then men's day we have dr cornell west west is coming and uh you know west takes us all up in the stratosphere but you know he's dedicated to our struggle and uh so we got a great week go to the website those of you on uh the live stream those of you in the same go to the website follow the activities now monday night the night of christian education we're not sure yet but that's all right we'll let you know and that'll be a powerhouse too it's a big big big week we've got some very dynamic speakers thoughtful uh spiritual and we're gonna have some good music too now uh welcome back our inspirational voices they uh win the quiet loft this morning and their leader of course is uh lefredrick kopsner le frederick good to see you and i'm delighted to see them they look good they sound good and we're coming back beloved more and more our choirs are coming back they had rehearsal the other day and uh if you were wondering why your leader might have been late that's because he's been cooking for the first family yeah last night we had lamb chops and spinach and spinach uh with garlic uh and we had baked a loaded baked potato casserole and it was slammed good yeah we yeah yeah yeah the night before that he fixed some uh neck bones and lima beans for the pastor [Applause] now all of you people watching and you got your neck bone preacher jokes you just keep them to yourself because those neck bones were good and i'm not afraid to admit my southern roots you know i got roots deep in the south south carolina north carolina georgia florida there's a butch temple church of god in christ down in daytona beach florida i want you to know that's true that's real so i am um i'm delighted matter of fact uh lefredrick you need to go see londell and tell islanddale here this morning where is it yeah you need to talk to the friendly frederick and cook and you need somebody in that kitchen that can cook right now [Applause] the frederick can throw down yeah we gonna now you know don't don't don't get too crazy because lionel londell has been 30 how many years 35 27 almost 30 years that we've been supporting lying down and londell has been supporting us so let's keep that in mind yeah talk to the freddie the boy can cook now there ain't no joke i'm if you know if i can describe he baked me some red snapper the other night yeah let me see now oh oh oh we're coming back to church now lat was it friday night i overdid it a little bit friday night i went down to the harvard club and the president of ghana nana ado dankwa okofu i do was the keynote speaker he had with him apostle professor opoku anaya who is the chairman of the board of trustees he had his finance minister and they all came to celebrate the building of the national cathedral of ghana it's the national cathedral of ghana which will house the bible museum of africa and the biblical gardens of africa now i invited the president to come and worship with us he said that he would the architect is the same gentleman who built the national museum of african culture and history history and culture and uh it's going to celebrate christianity in africa and i think it's a wonderful project and i wanted to mention it to you i'll put more information on our website um but it was a great gathering one of our member sister teresa clarke of um [Music] africa.com invited me to come down and you know i want a closer relationship between africans and america and africans on the continent uh and i continue to work on that as we go forward so dearly beloved please uh keep that in mind those of you watching follow up those of you watching have a particular advantage you can take a pen and pencil and jot some of this down i asked miss graham to think about going back to a program so that we would have that in our hands and you could read some of this information so god bless you all his brother tom southern here tom saxton tom southern is here this morning if he's listening i want him to reach out and get in touch uh with me now let's see brother chairman sister chair all mine's clear almost everything all right don't forget now we need your contributions i want you to give give give thank you for your support thus far it's been wonderful but we have to maintain our giving now that we're coming back we're going into abbey west i hope the first quarter of 2022 but i've got to pick up the fundraising camp piece of this and for those of you watching online and those of you in the sanctuary please learn to give and continue to give electronically use zell text to give or go on the website to contribute now and set that up it is wonderful it helps us tremendously and it also empowers people who are apart from us who may be in different parts of the country to give so i'm asking you now when you leave today the contribution boxes will be on either side of the church you can drop your envelopes if you brought them with you in there but i'm asking you i'm begging you i'm pleading with you please learn to give electronically it is becoming the way of the future it is the future and it helps us tremendously our trustees will appreciate it i know and it gives them an opportunity to worship and be in fellowship so thank you for listening and i praise god for you amen now let's open our bibles once again to the 16th chapter of the gospel of matthew you know i've been in that chapter for the last two weeks i want to begin at verse 21. matthew 16 verse 21 we continue our discussion of the church why we want you to be followers of the lord jesus and why we want you to be a part of our fellowship in the church matthew 16 beginning at verse 21 this is the king james translation from that time forth began jesus to show unto his disciples how that he must go unto jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and be raised again the third day then peter took him and began to rebuke him saying be it far from thee lord this shall not be unto thee but he turned and said unto peter get thee behind me satan thou art an offense unto me for thou savorist not the things that be of god but those that be of men then said jesus unto his disciples if anyone will come after me let them deny themselves take up their cross and follow me for whosoever will save their life shall lose it and whosoever will lose their life for my sake shall find it for what is a person profited if they shall gain the whole world and lose their own soul or what shall a man or woman give in exchange for their soul for the son of man shall come in the glory of the father with his angels and then he shall reward everyone according to his works verily i say unto you there be some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom may the lord bless unto us this reading of the word and sanctify it to the good of our souls let's pray together beloved as we consider the text and the pericappy go home read matthew 16 again and again and again but now let us pray as we hear the music coming from the celestials and from our inspirational voices let the church say amen [Music] yes [Music] please [Music] yes [Music] yes [Music] [Music] i will be [Music] my everything to you and i'm killing it [Music] completely it's not is [Music] is from [Applause] [Music] i will [Music] [Music] is i is yes oh yes [Music] is what you want me to do yes [Music] me [Music] [Music] is [Music] this is [Music] huh [Music] [Applause] it is good to be in the house of god [Applause] so takes you takes you to another place [Music] [Applause] [Music] i was on thank you all by the way for your text messages and uh phone calls regarding the good morning america piece i appreciate that i told one of my friends that uh the thing i was most nervous about was uh how i would look on tv with a bald head you know and then i got on and i was you know i'm thinking about this you know how we are and then this slim tall good-looking dude walks in the room that's uh the host what's it ain't tj t.j he clean as the board of health young you know sliding in there hey brother butts what's happening i said oh lord here we go i'm got old my headball and this young man is and then at the end of the show you know i was checking him out now you know he's clean you know i checked out that that that vest and i had to i had to back up a bit because i had to check myself i tell you i tell you all that uh there are some deadly sins some deadly ones and one of the greatest of them is jealousy [Applause] it's a smoker it really is it's a smoke jealousy man you know you see somebody with something you want you wonder how they got it and you want it and it eats you up on the inside man it's a smoke you gotta watch that jealousy thing it is it's one of the seven deadly ones and and as i think about that you know i i got uh i got caught up here in seventh heaven with that completely yes and there's a listen beloved there's a metaphysical war going on a metaphysical walk i mean there's there's there's something happening around us that i want more and more of us to be aware of is spiritual and um let's do it this way every faith just about particularly the abrahamic faiths you know the abrahamic faiths of judaism christianity and islam abraham is the father of all of those and they all place a special emphasis on the presence of evil listen evil it's real now i have preached to you before about evil and jealousy can give rise to some evil stuff i appreciate you poor by evil and for us in the old testament new testament tradition that we follow evil really began we followed it from isaiah with the fall of the archangel lucifer from heaven and lucifer the bright and morning star did y'all hear what i said that's how he was known lucy was a bad boy he was an archangel he was the chief angel i've told you this story many times and what got next to him was jealousy and who was he jealous of the only one he could be jealous of was god i've often told you for those of you who sit in high positions be careful of those who are around you satan [Music] lucifer became jealous of god and that's why you see in revelation that passage there was war in heaven he said the dragon and his angels fought against michael god and his angels and lucifer lost because you can't beat god no matter how hard you try [Applause] lost and you see in isaiah and you see in revelation that god threw him out of heaven that's where i get that little thing and told him where he could go that's where he sent it threw him out of heaven and jealousy listen to me brothers sisters all of us jealousy made him shake his fist at god as he failed if i can characterize it that way down to the earth and say i will get you in other words this battle this war is to be continued and the book says that it rages down on the earth and satan is the prince of this world the battle rages down on the earth today and how is lucifer satan going to get to god through you through you through you brother through you satan has everything else he got money he got men he got women he got power he told jesus didn't he he said if you fall down and worship me i'll give you the kingdoms of this world one cosmic phantasmagoria he laid it out for him who else could do that but god that tells you how tough satan is and so he pledged to get even with god but one thing lucifer knew and he knows that his time is short and he understands now better than anybody else that lucifer and all of us your arms are too short to box with god i hope y'all listening to me jealousy and the one thing that god cherishes more than anything else that lucifer satan does not have is your soul it's your soul it's your soul what does it profit a man or a woman to gain the whole world and lose their soul and satan is working every day over time if you follow time over time to get your soul and he has all kinds of temptations and tricks to pull you in and now let me shift for a moment back to who i am as a black man talk to you in the vernacular of black folk i've told you over and over again that one of the highest expressions of who we are is defined as soul i went to soul food didn't i i went through soul music didn't i i went through soul train there's a motor transportation i told you all of that and we used to hold that up as the highest expression of our cultural uh contribution soul love peace and [Applause] and so if there's one thing that could break the back of the black man and black woman it is to capture and decimate their soul his soul murder and beloved you see it all around you all of those things that we used to hold up so high and celebrate are now being pulled apart the very essence of family life and the very essence of our wonderful music you know there are illustrations all over beloved of how people try to steal our soul from place to place the soul is the seed of our joy restore unto me david cried out he had gone through hell the joy of my salvation give me back my soul and beloved your soul is attacked not just cooperatively uh as a people it's attacked individually it makes you question god yeah jesus did that major question on the cross why have you forsaken me now i'm going to pause for a minute and talk about your soul and why it's so important to strengthen and nourish and ensure remember that word insure your soul there's a church over on 120 [Music] 4th street it's between frederick douglass boulevard and no it's saint nicholas avenue and frederick douglass was called the sole saving station i'm not sending you over there what i'm suggesting is that that name that name represents what have i been preaching about these last two sundays the church we are the sole saving station because it is our responsibility not just mine delivered all of our responsibilities to ensure that our sisters and brothers and our souls are safe and insured against the destruction of the devil and all around you you see what happens to men and women rich and poor educated and not educated whose souls have been destroyed suicide goes up drug abuse rages depression robs us of our joy and that's why we have to put this emphasis on saving our souls and the church through christian education through good singing through preaching through teaching has to be responsible for making sure that our souls are safe it's the only thing about life that can be eternal your car's going to break down your house will be deteriorated you'll even lose your life and you insure all of those but what insurance have you placed on your soul mama died and you loved mama she was the source of your strength in life you haven't been able to get over it what's wrong with you you need to have a little talk with jesus in this world you will have tribulation but the lord said be of good cheer for i have overcome the world mama's not the only one who's going to die it might have been your husband it could have been your brother you're going to have these challenges in life and beloved the thing that keeps us stable is a balanced and nurtured and encouraged soul i was sitting there thinking a moment ago about my own mother and father how good they were to me what good people they were they've been uh they've transitioned now years ago but my my faith and my soul is anchored in the lord and i'm able to press on knowing that one day i'm going to have to come to that house myself and i'm trying to say to all of you who are out there listen to what the lord said i want you to watch this and i'm through peter y'all been following matthew 16. the first encounter jesus says who do the people say that i am you remember that and uh peter is the first one to jump up i told you oh bad peter you know be careful you know y'all who talk so fast peter jumped up and he said you man you are the christ the son of the living god and gee what did jesus say said flesh and blood did not reveal that to you but the spirit of god the spirit speaks to you it speaks to your soul sometimes you don't even understand you don't know why you were crying when they were singing that song that may not have been one of your favorite songs maybe it was just the way they laid it out but it brought tears or made you clap your hands or jumped to your feet why because the spirit was speaking to your soul so then look what happens in the next instance jesus says if you're going to follow me pick up your cross then he says i got to go to jerusalem i'm going to die they're going to take me up on charges i told you about the pharisees and sadducees and he said they're going to crucify but i'ma rise again on the third day and then what does peter do he jumps up again watching those of you who run your mouth to me he jumps up again and what does he say he said oh no that ain't gonna happen no we're not gonna let that happen it can't go down like that you're not gonna get crucified it's not going to happen and then what does jesus say it's the flip of what he said earlier he said get thee behind me shape first he said flesh and blood didn't do this but the spirit of god now he says get thee behind me satan for you are not thinking the way of god you're thinking the way of men and what i want to tell you beloved now in that same instance listen the moment you think that you got it straight with god the moment you think that people are praising you because you hid it right and god spoke to your soul satan is right on your heels don't bring that self-righteous stuff up in here satan is right on your heels he flipped peter just like that and he flipped him again because jesus said you're going to deny me oh no no no no satan gets in your soul and that's why you need to ensure your soul you need to take care of it and that's why the church becomes important no beloved it's not that you're not going to sin it's not that your heart is not going to break it's not that you're not going to deal with depression and all of those things it is just that there's a soul-saving station so that when those things come upon you you have something you can lean back on what have i to dread what have i to fear what leaning on the everlasting arms i have blessed peace do you know what you're saying with my god so near what leading you've got something to lean on that doesn't make you a wimp and it certainly doesn't make any other religious practice any more important than yours is all of us have to deal with the devil all of us have to deal with the pressures of the soul and so here we go it's getting behind me and there's lucifer he's battling for your soul and he's going to dangle stuff in front of you oh yes he is and you're going to get weak from time to time yes you are jealousy that is that man's wife leave her alone i know she used to be my girl i know honey [Applause] but that's what she used to be she's not your girl anymore you mad because another brother i saw the beauty in her the glory in her the intelligence in her and he swept up while you were out there playing the field [Applause] now leave her alone jealousy jealousy how do you get that position you're not supposed to be in that position jealousy you see what i'm saying that's devil that's evil and beloved all of us none is good but god and all have fought and fallen short of the glory but what is it but how do we overcome this if we are caught up in this what else does the church have to say about our sinful behavior our uh ragged uh lifestyle what what what is it we know we're in the church what saves our souls it's something called grace it's an unmerited favor it's a gift from god that's why i stay close to the church one thing have i desired of the lord that will i seek after that i may dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life it's called grace i'm not worthy but the love of god shines its light upon me and i strive every day beloved to battle satan why you talk about him because i know him so well and it's the grace of god that has showered itself upon all of us and so when we recognize the grace in our lives we get better we get stronger we're not as jealous as we used to be let me start in where i started so i'm on the program and i'm talking and i'm talking to this brother and i'm checking out this vest he got on ron you know i know ron ron sent me a note saying he tells me where i can get the vest from and uh he you know and so i you know butts this brother is 30 years younger than you you know what is wrong with you i'm checking so i had to i said man who is your tailor you know at least let me try to get a vest similar you know but the jealousy can beat you down you laugh at me that's all right i don't care but think about yourself and it's not just jealousy that eats up your soul it's the depression and the bereavement it's the sadness it's the injustice you know it's all of that it's the heartbreak of children bad marriages bad relationships they chew your soul up but i'll tell you one thing bo and camaro your mama see you on her birthday that strengthens her soul see what i mean and even though she may be struggling with an illness right now she'll get better she'll be stronger and for all of you out there listening to me those of you on live stream come on back to the soul saving station so listen so we can put our arms around each other we can pray together we can jump up we can sing together we can be joyous don't let this world and this pandemic and the gossip of men and women keep you from your church it is your soul saving yeah i know we got to be careful but we are doing the best we can we are wearing masks we're washing our hands we're doing all the things we're putting in infrared whatever it is sister but we're not going to let satan get thee behind you say this pandemic is evil he's trying to push us apart and especially for the black man and woman in america i admire this live stream we're going to continue to use it but don't use that as an excuse not to come into the house and give god some praise and if you don't know jesus pick up your cross and follow him and he will encourage your heart he will in he will uplift your soul he will encourage you and you'll be able to meet any challenge even that day when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death through jesus christ our lord we pray amen the doors of the church are open [Music] the doors of the church are open there's any man or woman here this morning who does not know the lord christ [Music] in the encouragement of their soul we invite you to come you can come right down the aisle you can take the hand of one of our officers standing down front as you give your heart to jesus we'd be glad to have you the doors of our church open and if you're watching on live stream just go to member abyssinian.org remember abyssinian.org and we'll connect with you and bring you into our fellowship the doors are open and we invite you to come [Music] think about it beloved insure your soul [Music] though the storm keeps on raging the doors of the church are open somebody needs to know god it's hard to tell the night [Music] still that voice that life within me is reassured as i keep my eyes upon the distant shore i know he'll lead me to the blessed place that he has prepared [Music] and the storm don't see [Music] and if the wind keeps blowing we want you to make a choice for god through jesus come down the aisle now member at abyssinian.org we thank god for you remember beloved there is a battle going on for your soul and there ought to be times in your life when you see it happening and you can just say get thee behind me leave me alone shake it off as best you can and even when you can't shake it off fall down on your knees and ask god for help it's real beloved the struggle is real don't you know that [Music] and it's not i mean i know the social we're going to meet up in the bronx tomorrow ministers to talk about the haitian crisis and what's going on at rikers island all of that but it's more than that it's what you really experience i'm talking about bereavement i'm talking about depression i'm talking about jealousy and talking about all of those things revenge that you got you want to get even with somebody and what they did to you was wrong to be sure you got to let that go cause it'll eat you up fast and it will eat them don't you hear what i'm saying i'm trying to help all of us to save our soul [Music] save our souls [Music] so i thank you i thank you for being here today all of you who have come out to the sanctuary y'all getting a little closer together you might trust each other a little more that's all right you know our children are downstairs you know our sunday school teachers are back and uh we're building so i hope by the time we get through this last quarter we'll be full again but we have people watching us on the live stream on youtube i just read a few names from across the country and for those of you watching us the same stands for you too your soul the only thing about life quote unquote that is eternal hold on to it protect it and we believe the best protection comes through jesus brother chairman oh sister chairman all is well god is good i wanted to say that tomorrow at gethsemane baptist church in the bronx and i'll be gathered with other clergy and elected officials because we're going to be talking about voting got a big election coming up don't sleep on it i know the democratic candidate always wins but may not win don't sleep on it if we don't get out there and vote you know we got a lot of big elections coming up you know and we got to look at how people handle the issues that are before us so we'll meet at gethsemane baptist church tomorrow at 11 all are invited to talk with our elected officials i don't know if the press will come you know they don't want to cover anything like that but i hope that they will because we're going to be challenging people because evil is around us everywhere so thank you and god bless you all minds are clear let us bow our heads in prayer and now may the power of god the love of christ jesus and the communion of the holy spirit rest rule and abide with us now henceforth and forevermore world without it amen [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] to whatever you say of the day yeah foreign amen yes [Music] man [Music] your generous contributions help support the mission of the abyssinian church please take note of the various ways to give by zell through your bank account using the number 917-710-7933 [Music] for further instructions please go to our website abyssinian.org text the number 646 you can go online abyssinian.org forward slash give mail your contributions to the abyssinian baptist church 132 o'dell clark place new york new york 1-0-0-3-0 or you can walk in and leave your contribution with the receptionist at the front desk of the church we thank god for your generous contributions to the abyssinian baptist church please continue to lift in prayer members of our faith community who request prayer for themselves or her loved ones who are sick shut in or in bereavement these names will appear now on the prayer list that you see on your screen abyssinian welcomes you to join let us pray weekly conference call this prayer line takes place thursdays at 7 00 am 9 30 pm see zoom and dial in details on screen and by going to our website under worship services [Music] bible study in september takes place every wednesday night at 7 pm with walking deacon michael diaz leading the session on lord teach me to pray see zoom details on screen and via abyssinian.org [Music] abyssinian's virtual noonday bible study with reverend pamela mason will take place tomorrow monday september 27th at noon see on your screen login details this information is also posted on our website abyssinian.org the abyssinian health ministry presents a two-part diabetes management session with endocrinologist rhonda truesdale on thursday september 30th and october 6th see zoom meeting details on your screen the abyssinian baptist church men's week of service takes place monday october the 4th to friday october the 8th and culminates on sunday october 10th in our 69th men's day service at 10 a.m when our beloved brother dr cornell west serves as our men's day speaker [Music] your generous contributions help support the mission of the abyssinian church please take note of the various ways to give buy zell through your bank account using the number 917-710-7933 [Music] for further instructions please go to our website abyssinian.org text the number 646-760-3339 you can go online abyssinian.org give mail your contributions to the abyssinian baptist church 132 odell clarke place new york new york one zero zero three zero or you can walk in and leave your contribution with the receptionist at the front desk of the church we thank god for your generous contributions to the abyssinian baptist church please continue to lift in prayer members of our faith community who request prayer for themselves or for loved ones who are sick shut in or in bereavement these names will appear now on the prayer list that you see on your screen abyssinian welcomes you to join let us pray weekly conference call this prayer line takes place thursdays at 7 a.m 9 30 p.m see zoom and dial in details on screen and by going to our website under worship services [Music] bible study in september takes place every wednesday night at 7 pm with walking deacon michael diaz leading the session on lord teach me to pray see zoom details on screen and via abyssinian.org [Music] abyssinian's virtual noonday bible study with reverend pamela mason will take place tomorrow monday september 27th at noon see on your screen login details this information is also posted on our website at abyssinian.org abyssinian health ministry presents a two-part diabetes management session with endocrinologist rhonda truesdale on thursday september 30th and october 6th see zoom meeting details on your screen the abyssinian baptist church men's week of service takes place monday october the 4th to friday october the 8th and culminates on sunday october 10th in our 69th men's day service at 10 am when our beloved brother dr cornell west serves as our men's day speaker [Music] your generous contributions help support the mission of the abyssinian church please take note of the various ways to give buy zell through your bank account using the number [Music] for further 917-710-7933 please go to our website abyssinian.org text the number 646-760-3339 you can go online abyssinian.org forward slash give mail your contributions to the abyssinian baptist church 132 odell clarke place new york new york 10030 or you can walk in and leave your contribution with the receptionist at the front desk of the church we thank god for your generous contributions to the abyssinian baptist church please continue to lift in prayer members of our faith community who request prayer for themselves or for loved ones who are sick shut in or in bereavement these names will appear now on the prayer list that you see on your screen abyssinian welcomes you to join let us pray weekly conference call this prayer line takes place thursdays at 7 a.m 9 30 p.m see zoom and dial in details on screen and by going to our website under worship services [Music] bible study in september takes place every wednesday night at 7 pm with walking deacon michael diaz leading the session on lord teach me to pray see zoom details on screen and via abyssinian.org [Music] abyssinian's virtual noonday bible study with reverend pamela mason will take place tomorrow monday september 27th at noon see on your screen login details this information is also posted on our website abyssinian.org the abyssinian health ministry presents a two-part diabetes management session with endocrinologist rhonda truesdale on thursday september 30th and october 6th see zoom meeting details on your screen [Music] the abyssinian baptist church men's week of service takes place monday october the 4th to friday october the 8th and culminates on sunday october 10th in our 69th men's day service at 10 a.m when our beloved brother dr cornell west serves as our men's day speaker [Music] your generous contributions help support the mission of the abyssinian church please take note of the various ways to give buy zell through your bank account using the number 917-710 [Music] for further instructions please go to our website abyssinian.org text the number 646-760-3339 you can go online abyssinian.org forward slash give mail your contributions to the abyssinian baptist church 132 o'dell clark place new york new york 10030 or you can walk in and leave your contribution with the receptionist at the front desk of the church we thank god for your generous contributions to the abyssinian baptist church please continue to lift in prayer members of our faith community who request prayer for themselves or for loved ones who are sick shut in or in bereavement these names will appear now on the prayer list that you see on your screen abyssinian welcomes you to join let us pray weekly conference call this prayer line takes place thursdays at 7 a.m 9 30 p.m see zoom and dial in details on screen and by going to our website under worship services [Music] bible study in september takes place every wednesday night at 7 pm with walking deacon michael diaz leading the session on lord teach me to pray see zoom details on screen and via abyssinian.org [Music]

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