Thursday Night Bible Study 1-21-21

hello god bless you today bishop patrick l wooden senior here i pray that you're doing well i'm in the sanctuary today i come to invite you to worship with us tonight at the upper room church of god in christ what an awesome start 2021 has gotten off to be there are multiple things going on there are changes taking place in society the devil is doing what he does but i'll tell you something the god of the bible has not gone off and he's not on vacation he's doing great things and i am glad this is the year of the worshiping service that is the theme that the lord has given me for 2021 matthew 4 and verse 10 thou shall worship the lord thy god and him only shall thou serve and the point of the theme is even as we fight the good fight of faith engage the culture fight for life fight for the definition of marriage fight for praise the lord the fact that god made them male and female fight for biblical and doctrinal purity fight for the things of god as we fight you know when you're fighting you're putting out energy you're burnt you're using fuel or it is taxing but here's how we get revived we turn to the lord we worship him oh my we we seek his face we call upon him we keep our personal relationship with him strong when your personal relationship with the god of the bible is what it should be i tell you what it keeps you excited about the things of god no man having a personal relationship with the lord that is the way it should be is unexcited about the things of god you can't have a relationship with god and it's the way that it should be and you're bored or you're lethargic or you're not interested in the things of god you're not interested in church you're not interested in worship oh your mind is drifted somewhere else the things of god no longer attract you the world is looking more and more attractive your joy's gone your peace is gone you just can't make it listen listen listen it could be i offer an uh a solution it could be that you need to turn your face to the wall it could be that you need to lie prostrate before the lord and spend time before him it could be that you need to turn that television off get off line and go in your secret closet and pray and don't come out until the lord make things better it could be that you need to be a part of a church where you're able to attend church to get into the service of the lord god is watching out for us i said this past sunday and i'll say again my friends the coronavirus is in the world we live in the world saints live in the world and as sure as the virus is in the world people who attend church they will contract the virus too because guess what we all live in the world it doesn't necessarily mean you got it at church we live in the world but what we've done here at the upper room and it has served us well we even talked to some some health people from another county that called just today and when they heard about our protocols they said quote we're blown away by your protocols we wish other churches were doing the same let me tell you let me tell you god has blessed us he's causing his face to shine upon us and i'm excited about studying the word of the lord together tonight at the upper room church of god in christ we believe here's one of the things that distinguishes us and i'm i'm coming to the close with this we believe here at the upper room that worship is worth the risk so we're going to be smart we're going to be safe we're going to be respectful we're going to be mindful of each other we're going to make sure that we stay away if we feel that we're sick we're going to come if we feel that we can't we are going to continue to social distance and do all of the things that we're supposed to do so that we can live but i tell you what else we're going to do we're going to serve the lord and we are going to worship check this out the lord together we're going to study the word together tonight here at the upper room church of god in christ make it a fantastic day i'll see you tonight for bible study yep no concerts nothing fancy nothing's nothing fancy nothing over the top just plain old bible study god bless you oh my soul [Music] my soul loves jesus my soul my soul loves jesus bless his name my soul [Music] loves jesus oh my my soul [Music] my soul my soul loves jesus so help me bless bless his name so let the church say [Music] yes [Music] yes [Music] hallelujah bless the lord o my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name we're getting out all his many benefits god has been good to us we come to praise and magnify the lord tonight we want to lift up the name of jesus amen the spirit of the lord has no number that he that he will address himself to praise god gracious father in jesus name lord we come we thank you lord for your kindness and your mercy we thank you lord for your outstretched hand thank you for your tender mercy thank you for all that you have done for us oh god throughout the years thank you lord for watching those and keeping us from all hurt home danger scene and unseen thank you for staying in the hand of death oh god in the mighty name of jesus lord we thank you for protecting us from the coronavirus oh god we thank you for all that you have done here we praise the god of the bible for his goodness and his mercy towards us lord we just thank you for this time oh god we're asking lord in the name of jesus that you will look on each one that's represented here today that you will bless each home oh god and she will bless each individual oh god lord look on us right now you know what we're standing in the need of and you know how to bless us oh god you you're able to do exceedingly abundantly above that we're able to ask or think according to the power that working within us lord and we just praise your name and we lift up the name of jesus right now oh god we thank you for your goodness we sanctify your name oh god father god in the name of jesus have your way in this place oh god come in the midst of us oh god and have your way holy spirit come in and have your way oh god in the name of jesus give us an ear to hear what the spirit is saying to the church on tonight help us o god in the mighty name of jesus have your way in our lives and have your way in our soul right now touch heal and deliver oh god somebody oh god has said that the journey is much too far forgetting that you came down through 42 generations oh god stopped off at a little city called bethlehem god we were born in a manger lord we just thank you for your kindness and your mercy thank you oh god that you have looked on us and smiled on us right now that you will continue blessing o god father god in the name of jesus that you will have your way in this place o god have your way in this place tonight lord let your holy spirit abide in here oh god look on the manservant that you have plates here on the wall oh god oh god we're asking that you will touch his body that you will touch him oh god no god in the name of jesus bishop hatcher lane with an old god that you would touch his heart right now give him a refreshing oh god help him oh god that preach and become easy tonight lord we know that you're able o god we know that you're able to touch him right now oh god in the name of jesus help him oh god as he break the bread of life before us oh god give us an ear to hear what the spirit is saying to the church touch each one o god touch us right now one by one in name by name o god in the mighty name of jesus have your way oh god have your weight on look on his companion oh god so we know that you're able to bless the lord and she stand oh god in the gap oh god many times oh god so you have to pray away through oh god many times oh god you have to anoint him oh god many times oh god she's praying while he's laying in the bed sleep lord we know that you're able right now oh god oh god in the name of jesus give us the courage oh god to stand o god in the mighty name of jesus have your way tonight lord have your way lord have your way o god in the name of jesus bless those o god the good god that hung down here tonight strengthen that feed with knee oh god in the mighty name of jesus help us oh god that we will bow before you oh god in the name of jesus look on this nation no god look on it right now you said if my people which are called by my name will humble themselves and pray seek my face and turn from the wicked ways then when i hear i would forgive their sin and heal their lands oh god we need a healing tonight oh god we need a healing tonight oh god father god in the name of jesus look on the government tonight oh god those that are at the helm oh god look on the legislators oh god those that are making the laws and the rules that govern this country lord we know you are able o god we know that you are able oh god we need some saved ones in the white house tonight oh god save them tonight oh god and fill them with your precious holy ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues as the spirit of god give us have your way tonight oh god in the mighty name of jesus oh god in your divine name lord look on each home oh god look on those that away in school tonight oh god those that are studying oh god trying to make their way in this society lord look on the young people oh god as they are being confronted with various religions oh god lord we asking o god that you will give them the stand o god and as your word say after we have done all we can do to stand stand in the hand lord having our belongs gritted about with the truth o god father god in the name of jesus here i will cry tonight oh god here i will cry tonight oh god here i will plead oh god in the name of jesus have your way oh god have your way tonight lord we need your help lord we need your undergirding o god father god in the name of jesus look on us oh god look on us tonight lord we know that you're able oh god look on each one lord help us o god that we will hide your word in our heart lord that we might not sin against you help us tonight oh god to study your word oh god to show our self approve or work with that needed not be ashamed rightly divide in the word of truth tonight father god in the name of jesus here we are before you once again oh god here we are oh god in the name of jesus we stand in the need oh god we stand in the need to pray our lord we need your help tonight oh god we need a touch from you right now lord by the god in the name of jesus help o god help us tonight lord help us to hear what thus saith the lord tonight oh god in the mighty name of jesus help us oh god we need your help tonight lord we need your touch tonight lord sing your word lord sing your word lord send your word lord in our hearts tonight lord send your word lord in our ears oh god father god in the name of jesus have your way lord have your way o god help us to do that oh god oh god in the name of jesus that glorified you lord that lift up the name of jesus oh god we know that you able lord you said if might be lifted up i would draw all men under me oh god help us today oh god help us to lift up the name of jesus help us to lift up the name of jesus we know that you're able oh god look on each auxiliary in the church lord each auxiliary worker lord each leader or god in the name of jesus give them the wisdom the knowledge of god and give them the fortitude oh god to stay faithful to you oh god father god in the name of jesus we know that you're able oh god we know that you're able tonight lord look on each one tonight oh god look on each one tonight oh god father god in the name of jesus help us to lift up the name of jesus help us to lift up the name of jesus heaven to call on your righteous name lord your name is a holy name oh god there is salvation in the name of jesus there is deliverance in the name of jesus there is power in the name of jesus we plead the blood of god we plead the blessed night oh god for any of the spirit lord that will come against the church lord father god in the name of jesus have your way tonight lord have your way tonight lord father in your divine name lord in your power tonight oh god look on us oh god look on us tonight lord we need a touch from you lord look on those that are singing zion's songs tonight lord the praise team oh god anoint him to sing tonight lord anoint him to saying oh god another single god under the anointing and the power of the holy spirit tonight lord father god in the name of jesus oh god we know that you're able at night lord we know that you're able oh god and look on the abortion clinics oh god jesus in your divine name oh god in your name lord we need your help lord we need your help lord look on drake's circle oh god plant it for women's oh god lord close down that place lord throw down that operational god and save the workers of god save them all god and give them a testimony lord no god in the name of jesus so that instead of taking their life they can save lives lord father god in the name of jesus hear our cry tonight lord hear our plea tonight oh god in the mighty name of jesus in the name of jesus lord we know that you're able oh god to do exceedingly abundant lord we just thank you o god we thank you tonight lord we thank your god for your presence in this place lord we thank you tonight oh god for your holy spirit in this place lord we thank you lord for all that you have done for us we thank you lord that you have watched yours and kept us lord we thank you for our loved ones oh god that you have spared their lives tonight oh god in the mighty name of jesus lord we know there's healing in the name of jesus there is healing in the name of jesus we know that you're able oh god and we just praise your name we lift up your name we thank you oh god we thank you lord we thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you lord for all you're doing for us in jesus name we're praying thank god amen in the book of saint john again with the 16th verse they are not of the world even as i am not of the world sanctify them through thy truth thy word is truth we thank god for the reading of his word and the hearing of his word at this time the praise team is coming to sing zion's songs amen let's say amen for them as they come hallelujah hallelujah can we give the lord a hand can we give the lord a praise hallelujah glory to god amen can you all help us sing this song these songs amen hallelujah i know the lord will make way oh yes he will i know the lord will for me and for you the lord will lead you safely through i know the lord oh he will make a way oh yes he will anybody believe that tonight i have a savior that i can tell all my problems too and when and i'm don't know just what to do secret prayer oh when i leave [Music] i know yes he will [Music] do you believe he will be [Music] the lord will leave oh i know yes i'm [Music] he'll make the way for me through [Music] [Applause] [Music] i know he's a faithful god [Music] oh jesus will lead you safely [Music] [Applause] [Music] i know i know the lord oh come on and give the lord a praise if you believe it he will make a way hallelujah he will make a way anybody try them and you know he'll make a way hallelujah hallelujah come on and give it to him come on and give it to him hallelujah glory to god hallelujah glory he will he will make a way lord yes he will glory to god yes and when i think about what he has done how he's made ways all i want to do is tell them lord i thank you hallelujah come on put your hands together glory to god hallelujah all right y'all know this song if you believe if you thank the lord come on help us sing it lord i just wanna thank you lord i just wanna thank you oh lord i just wanna thank you lord i just wanna thank you i wanna thank you for being [Music] lord i just want to thank you [Music] [Music] i don't have fun i wanna thank you so meet [Music] i wanna thank you [Music] and you were i wanna thank you oh lord i wanna thank you thank you lord that's all i have to give to you lord and i just can't say thank you [Music] thank you thank you [Music] you [Music] i want to thank you lord [Music] you've been so i wanna thank you lord [Music] thank you thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] welcome to the upper room church of god in christ and the god first broadcast the lord has set our pastor forth as a son of issachar for the sons of issachar understood the times and they knew what israel should do and tonight is all about jesus but it's also all about bible study and bible study is for the serious believer and for that believer who needs to get serious so tonight we rest upon our feet all around the building and we put our hands together as we receive our pastor bishop patrick lane wooden senior you eldar manchu father in the name of jesus oh god we want to thank you for being so good to us and for blessing us oh god to be in the house of god again to be in bible study one more time father open the eyes of our understanding enlighten us oh god allow the word of the lord to sink deep into our hearts and deep into our minds that we might arm ourselves with your word as we fight the good fight of faith we look to your lord we worship you we give you all of the glory we give you all of the honor for you are good and your mercy and do it forever we thank you lord for watching over us oh god even in this pandemic we thank you for being faithful we thank you for being a keeper we thank you god that you have kept uh covered away and then lord we thank you that you have healed and blessed people to recover who contracted the virus we thank you oh god for being so good we know tonight that the virus is in the world and we live in the world but god we thank you that you're keeping us oh god and we're here tonight to worship you to give you all of the glory to delve deep into the word of the lord in the name of jesus to be used of you but never used of the devil to oh god be a tool in your hand but to resist the enemy in the name of jesus now god heal the sick that are amongst us god strengthen those who are going through oh god we pray for all of those who have lost loved ones in the name of jesus for various reasons oh god oh god heal the hearts heal the wounds touch those saints oh god in the name of jesus now lord we ask that you would bless us as we study the word of the lord together tonight in jesus holy name thank god amen and amen would you give the god of the bible praises tonight amen what a mighty god we serve you might be seated in the sanctuary of the lord it is good for us to be here tonight and i am as excited about the things that the lord is doing as i can be i honor tonight i'm a first assistant and thank you sir for that powerful introduction i want to thank god for praise the lord pastor james parker tonight we're honored to have him with us thank god for my second assistant and to all the elders and ministers and all of the saints of the most high i want to thank god for my lovely wife tonight we praise god for her and for every one of you our heavenly father's children and for those who are streaming live who are not able to be here but to are joining us you've joined us online thank you for joining us as we study the word of the lord together i'm grateful we're in our uh thirty uh fifth week or maybe thirty 36th week we're we're climbing and i thank god for his faithfulness and for his keeping power amen he's a good god and a true god and an everlasting king even in times like these 20 21 is something amen i said earlier if you thought uh a few days ago if you thought 2020 uh would uh once it left we would just go on vacation for 2021 i guess you learned that you had another thought coming but you know what god is good and he is in the healing business he's in the reviving business and i have this abiding thing going on on the inside of it's nothing new you've heard it before but uh samuel i applied today like i did when i first uh said it um and and learned it for a certainty and that is simply this god's in charge amen the lord is in charge and when the lord is in charge you know that everything is all right and it will be all is well and shall be well because the lord is in charge the bible is right and god is blessing us and i am so thankful now i want to jump into the word of the lord tonight i want to call your attention to first corinthians chapter number 10 we we're trying to get through this chapter as we study the word of the lord together and and why why are you getting it i saw something um that i want to brother gary i'm getting ready to call on you that caught my eye as i watched the inauguration uh services uh ceremony on television and i said lord and uh uh they're gonna blow me up online about this but it's it's true i said lord you know um uh it's amazing how the world know how to play black people now back during the summer of 2020 colin kaepernick made a big fuss about the betsy ross flag and nike pulled the flag from their shoes because kaepernick that great historian declared betsy ross flag the bets of ross flag to be racist now the truth is betsy ross was an abolitionist betsy ross fought slavery for those who don't know what the abolitionists were she fought slavery so she was anything but a racist she was just the opposite and the betsy ross flag was never considered to be a flag that represented racism until kaepernick said so and then everybody kind of fell in line with you know many of our people fell in line with kaepernick but i noticed that at the democrat inaugural flying high on the capitol for all to see uh put it up there gary was there on on both ends not the far extreme but the first flag that's in there hanging up amongst those flags are the betsy ross flags now if this is the party that agrees with us when and and anti-racist and all of that why did they display the betsy ross flag i'll tell you why because they knew it wasn't a symbol of racism when kaepernick said it but to get you to behave a certain way and to get us to think a certain way they went along with it but then uh they display it in full at the inaugural um lady gaga show on gary uh did the national anthem and i don't have a comment on her singing she's she's she has a wonderful voice but look at these pictures uh of her i want to show you something um uh now you you would think that this person go ahead on to the next slide but look at this that's a body in a trough with what with what appears to be blood and they're dipping either a spoon or something in it and tasting the blood that's her with blood on her the chest and the vaginal areas and all that a person with this type of stuff out in public is that who you select to do the national anthem and and if that's not bad enough i noticed that during the anthem nobody took a knee now if if if taking a knee was that important to the democrats and to the left and that important to the cause for solidarity and all that don't you think somebody would have on that platform taking a knee you know just anybody just one person take one for the team take the knee because it would really make the statement you know why they didn't because they don't participate they actually actually leave that kind of thing on that level for people who don't know any better but on a level where they expect their most intelligent people and where it really counts nobody while the national anthem was being sung took a knee oh yeah but on the the football players and the basketball players do like i said why they want their most intelligent and they want to make a statement that's you don't see it on a platform like that which is where i would think that if the taking the knee was that important to the party that we support 98 of the time somebody at that inaugural would have taken the knee amen amen just want to bring it up i can imagine what you might be posting but they didn't take the knee no one took a knee nobody white took a knee nobody black took a knee during the anthem nobody locked arms and bowed doing the anthem don't you think they should they would have if they believed it the way they say they do first thing i noticed i said lord i said lord nobody's kneeling now i wouldn't have expected some of them to take a knee because they probably wouldn't have been able to get up but uh uh i did expect somebody since we are told that this is the way we blacks look out for each other and uh and this is how you show you against racism and you get systemic racism and this how bad america is nobody took the name so uh i thought i would would bring that up amen and uh did you notice that nobody prayed in jesus name even the the the the priest who did the opening invocation closed his prayer in in your name i don't know what that is and then the uh the brother he closed his prayer uh uh something to the effect of a in in the name of the collective faiths now a christian minister prayed a prayer and he closed his prayer in the name of the collective faith now do you think you're going to get the favor of god praying that do you think that that invokes god's presence and uh uh i don't want anybody to to try to help me recall the preacher's name because if he forgot the name of jesus then i forget his name too because there's no salvation in his name there's no healing in his name there's no deliverance in that man's name so i don't want to know his name but there is a name that is above every name amen and that name is the name of jesus i got a letter i got to go to first corinthians but gary i want to show my letter that i got from uh the uh uh from the uh uh north carolina uh supreme court uh uh now let's see uh gary i can't read the letter from here praise the lord i should have brought out my copy of it but it says thank you for your participation and prayers in the north carolina supreme court today thank you for acknowledging christ i hear many persons uh in at ceremonies uh sometimes uh they pray and they fail to acknowledge the name of the savior see when they called me and asked me to do it i told him i said look you tell her if they want me i pray in the name of jesus i don't pray in the name of pronouns i don't pray in the name of a collective faith you want patrick wooden he got to be to pray in jesus name or get someone else because you ain't you won't run that's sadly enough there's not a shortage of preachers who won't pray who will who won't uh hesitate to leave jesus name out so they can be on the platform you talk about seeking self-glory and they told they said well that's why we wanted you uh to pray because we knew that you would pray in jesus name and i'll say to any preacher if on a platform like that you won't use you won't close the prayer in the name of jesus don't come here and try to pray in jesus name don't come here and then try to preach there is a name that's above every name well you don't know the name because you're ashamed of the name and jesus says if you're ashamed of me before men i'll be ashamed of you before my heavenly father and the angels how many who are who are here tonight who are not ashamed of christ who are not ashamed to name the name of jesus amen preachers when they'll call you when they call you praise the lord and many of you have been called john you've been a lot of them when you call you we pray in jesus name you don't embarrass us like that go go on that stage and talk about in your name you ain't gonna pray here no more [Music] amen do you not know in the early church the one thing that they would not forgive other christians for is when they would if they would get with the world and forget christ and denounce christ the early christians wouldn't take you back into the fellowship you couldn't do that you couldn't do that see it's got to count when it counts see if it doesn't count on the big stage it doesn't count on the little state see if you're not going to name the name of christ standing before millions don't try to proclaim his name talking to three people amen i love the name of jesus and what is it about a political party that makes the whole party ashamed of jesus well we don't want to offend anybody well you offended me you offended christians who believe the bible i guess we can be offended and no one it doesn't matter that we be offended but we don't want to offend anyone else there's something wrong with that if you love the name of jesus say amen all right first corinthians chapter 10. now i want to show you something i want to show you something paul uh gary uh oh we sure we're working the slides tonight put the map on the screen for me i want to show you something i want to show you all right now look at this look at this let me find my laser john do you see the laser showing where is is it on the it's so oh it's on the ceiling saying they showed me where the ladies were it was on let me go there it is okay now paul israel judea is here see that facebook live and youtube hope y'all see it right there the judea corinth is here that is almost a 2 000 mile difference that's corinth here is judea the mighty the great sea the mediterranean this is paul's second missionary journey he goes to corinth are you are you are you listening all right now during this time israel is still under the domination of the romans so israel palestine is not a a world leader a major player and so there's very little reason that people in corinth would know uh but so much sister williams about what jesus did right here when he died on the cross till the evangelist went almost ninth uh 1922 miles and some change to evangelize corinth almost two thousand miles different the gospel had to get there all right so after paul evangelizes corinth in round 52 a.d and we're going to read about that he writes a letter to the corinthians he doesn't send a cassette it doesn't send a volume he doesn't send a volume of videos cassettes cds um hard drives floppy disks i went back with him amen he writes a letter to these people and the letter is detailed with the history of people who lived here the letter was written one time and sent it's been duplicated but they got that one letter the preacher read the letter paul wrote the letter all right and it was their job to get all that god wanted them to know out of that one letter think of all that we have to do to teach people the word of the lord today and in many cases people still don't get it we get we have more than one letter we have the bible we have the bible on the computers we have all kinds of study aids we have all these things and yet these people with no books came to church and the preacher read the letter and it was their job the letter didn't have all of the concordances and references where you could just quickly turn and yet they had to learn the lesson isn't that something god god holds it the lord puts the puts it on each one of us to learn what is being taught that's why you want to have the holy ghost and pay close attention and then go home and study the scriptures because if we don't get it the bible says if our gospel be hid it is hear to them that are lost whom the god of this world have blinded their minds i don't want the devil blind me are you with me first corinthians chapter 10 verse 1 says moreover brethren i would not that you should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud now now this is interesting because uh corinth as i just showed you was on the european continent the people of corinth paul says all of our fathers were under the cloud uh pastor parker not all of the peoples who to whom paul was writing not all of their history was in judaism the church at corinth was a church it was a gentile church there were jews there but the majority of the members of the church at corinth were gentiles turn to acts chapter number 18. let's look at this and and we're going to we're going to try to cover some ground is that all right amen doing our our bible study okay now paul uh is he has arrived in corinth the bible says chapter 18 verse 1 after these things paul departed from athens and i'm not going to go into the the sermon that he preached in athens because if i start talking about athens i won't get to first corinthians chapter 18 and we'll never get the first back to first corinthians i mean we won't get to acts chapter 19 and i won't get back to first corinthians uh chapter number 10 because athens is so full all right so but um turn the page back to chapter get out of 17 go to 18 wooden all right so he says after these things paul departs athens and came to corinth this was approximately a um 150 mile journey all right uh you can tell he was a mighty man to be able to travel and so he didn't have the wonderful chariots and the things that the mode the the the things that we travel in today that was 150 hard miles so he goes from athens to corinth and there in corinth the bible says in verse 2 and found a certain jew all right named aquila born in pontos lately come from italy with his wife priscilla excuse me now the reason they left uh uh italy is because claudius caesar who was a anti-semite had commanded all the jews to depart from rome a wicked man he expelled the jews from rome uh claudius said you may not you you may not you may not go back to palestine but you got to leave here so he put all the jews out of rome so aquila and priscilla didn't go back to palestine but they went to corinth and came unto them and because he was of the same craft because they had something in common they were tent makers um uh and they he stayed with them and wrought for that occupation were tent makers so he's staying with these this jewish couple they're in uh a gentile city this a vile city by the way a very immoral city corinth corinth the corinthians were libertines the corinthians were liars the corinthians were immoral all right you you would you wouldn't want anyone to call you a corinthian it's an insult if someone ever tells you you act like a corinthian okay they're never complimenting you when they say oh there's that brother going there or brother folk he's a good corinthian well folk they just put you down big time all right so so they're in this city and and paul he's there to witness to the people to win some souls in the city and he reason notice what he did the first thing that he does is he goes to the synagogue there were jews living in corinth he goes to the synagogue and he does this we're not told how long he did it but he does he does this for a series of sabbaths the bible says every sabbath he went to the synagogue and persuaded the jews and the greeks he began to debate to discuss the scripture to discuss the old testament writings and he gained ground he persuaded uh he didn't bomb anybody he didn't become a terrorist and kill someone for not believing but he persuaded the jews in corinth and also the greeks that is the gentile god fearers there were god fearing corinthians in corinth they didn't know jesus they probably hadn't heard of christ um but they they were touched by the the message of judaism all right the law the prophets moses um uh whether or not they had become proselytes all the way uh is debatable because they're not called proselytes they're called uh greeks so these were an official term to describe these people were they were god fearers god fearing um uh gentiles so you got who were leaning toward judaism because they were at the synagogue you see so they knew that the religion of the synagogue was better than the religion of corinth and all them false gods and that immorality that was going on so here they are they're in the synagogue paul goes there uh every saturday and he ministers the word of the lord to them and he began to make uh to gain ground and jews were persuaded and greeks were persuaded and then a good thing happened and when silas and timothy were come from macedonia when some of his homeboys showed up the bible says paul was pressed that is he was encouraged in the spirit and testified to the jews that jesus was the christ and yes yes yes yes he used the name jesus it didn't talk about some collective faith jesus jesus jesus he look at this he he persuaded them he testified to the jews now now that was something because those jews one thing now the jews knew what happened in palestine the jews in corinth knew they were proper there when jesus was crucified this is 50 uh between 52 and 53 a.d so 52 53 years after the death of christ here is this man preaching that jesus is alive and that not only is jesus alive but that god raised him from the dead and that jesus christ is the savior of the world he is god's messiah he is the one that when he would tell the jews he's the one that moses was moses spoke of when the moses said the lord our god shall raise up a prophet from among ye brethren like unto me and moses says him shall ye hear well they were they were waiting for this prophet this messiah this christ to come well paul teaches taught them that jesus whom you crucified 52 53 years ago he is indeed the christ and guess what he's alive and well and by the way that power you feel while i'm teaching paul says that's him and he has sent me i've come over uh almost 2 000 miles to tell you about it praise the lord i just left athens it was tough in athens but i'm here to tell you about jesus and and and i got a i got some i got an amen corner i got mighty warriors with me mighty silenced and showed up timothy has shown up and and paul really preached then and look at what happened to them as is always when you preach the truth as is always when you stand before stand for the lord the bible says and when they oppose them it's just a matter of time you know you're preaching you know you're preaching when the opposition comes you know you're getting somewhere when the world and the devil begin to try to push back and the enemy tries to shut you down and the enemy tries to to shut you up and oh my you know the things that we've had to contend with that the enemy always comes when you're making ground for jesus so look at this they began to oppose them and when they oppose themselves and look at this and blaspheme these jews they they said uh as paul taught blasphemy you're alive that man that they killed 52 years ago was a was a liar he was a traitor he was an impostor and he's not alive and they began to blaspheme and as paul tried to persuade them uh they resisted even the more and one thing about god now when you resist the lord this is something that's not taught enough when you resist the lord one time two minutes you know what god says god says i give up that's bible he said that in the old testament says these people 40 years i tested them i mean they tested me they saw my works and god says i came to a conclusion this is a hard-hearted people a stiff-necked people who just won't obey see some of us enjoy resisting god some of you young people who are watching you know you you love being the difficult one in the family got to fight you every time it's time to go to church anytime it's something that has something to do with right you're the one who don't want to do right well you can play that game but don't go too far because you can you can you go god can come to a conclusion this person's just not going to do right and you know what he does he's going to find someone else who will now i can't say when that time you know no human being can determine when that has happened but it happens and you know what it happened here they began to resist paul look at this they when they opposed themselves and blasphemed he shook his raiment that is he began to shake the dust off of his robe in repudiation he says i've been coming to you every saturday standing up here teaching you the word of god teaching you the word of god and all you do is resist or there are people out there that all they do is resist all they do is criticize they won't go to church they won't serve the lord and they'll and they'll talk about you for god all they do is make fun of it they are mighty uh paper tigers online who all they do is resist and make fun of the things of god where you can resist one time too many and you know what god the holy spirit will do he will leave you in that place the holy spirit will stop even visiting your mind the holy spirit will stop even convicting you matter of fact you can say bad things about the preacher bad things about the church bad things about the gospel and don't feel bad at all you know what that means god's turned you over god have turned you over to yourself see that reprobate mind is the mind it is the conscience that doesn't work anymore what is the conscious the conscience is that warning system when the plane is going down the warning system says pull up pull up pull up pull up pull up the closer you get to the ground the more it says pull up pull up well when your conscience has been seared with the hot iron you're burning and nothing is saying pull up you're criticizing the preacher the church everything we do no matter what the what the word is you've got something you got something contrary to say about it and you don't even feel bad you feel nothing that's because you've gone too far see no one can get saved unless the holy spirit convict them none of us are saved because it came to our but that none of us are saved because we made the first move we're saved because god made the first move second move third move fourth move fearful you know how many times it took the holy spirit to get you to come but it was it was god the holy spirit tugging at your heart none of us would be saved had the holy spirit not tugged at our hearts missionaries ministers let me tell you the quickest way to lose your fire is to become carnal to to to become too lazy it's easy to lose your fire for tuesday night lose your fire for bible study you are a missionary or minister and somebody's got to ask you why don't you come to church and you don't even feel bad about it and someone was messed up like that pre-cove see what covert provided for a lot of folks was a cover but you lost your fire long before cover long before covert long before covert you when you do come to church you come late amen and uh when you preach you can't and you you have no desire to witness or i'm talking good so you've gone too far you you can go too far see one thing about the god of the bible he's got to be wanted see salvation is not for the passive it's for the desperate if you don't care whether you make it or not you won't make it if you're not excited about the things of god god is not excited about you amen and you know what he does he moves to someone else he go find someone else and you know what that person says that person says yes hey cause let me tell you god will always have someone the bible says he's never left himself without a witness i don't want anybody to to preach the word to to have the excitement to have the zeal to have the desire to have to get up and go to have the want to that god intended for me now i'll give you a lot of things but i'm not going to give you my want to it is god who worketh in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure i want the the desire to do right that god has for me to operate in me now hop are you my man but i don't want you to have my desire to do right and you ain't gonna give me yours praise god can i get a witness they resisted and you know what happened paul uh shook his robe do you see that and said to them your blood be upon your heads i am clean from henceforth i will go to the corinthians i'm going to the gentiles you jews i've come to you i stopped by to see you first and the reason i came to the synagogue is that i'm a jew and that was my style i go first with people that i have something in common with to try to establish common ground to teach you that jesus is the christ and i taught you and many of you believe and now you're pushing back and you're resisting me and you're resisting me to the point that you're resisting not because you don't know but you're resisting for the sake of resisting you're disagreeing for the sake of disagree see there's one thing to say okay well i don't understand this teach me this i'm trying to figure this out teach me that but once that spirit of strife and debate get in you and you got that mind where you're just no matter what is said you're gonna say something opposite that's when god realizes that he's not dealing with someone who is operating in good faith and i'll say to you when you do when you discover that you're not dealing with someone who's operating in good faith leave them alone if they're going to disagree for the sake of disagreeing if they're going to fight if you go if you're going to buy the gas pick them up bring them to church wait on them and do all that and they still won't show stop going by their house that's right said the lord hadn't told me to give up on them stop going by the house the lord just told you he told you through me leave him alone now if they call you and say you know what i want to come to church all right uh but you better be ready because if you're late i'm going to keep going so what if they got a good reason to be late you can't have a good reason to be late all the time that's how you end up in hell because i i'm not going to be late all the time fooling with you why should i miss all of the prayer every thursday night miss the opening of the service every sunday morning miss all the other things that go on waiting on you to finally get ready to attend church i remember one time i tried to do something who to get a guy to attend church god god taught me in high school i was so one in high school praise the lord praise the lord hear that you elders and missionaries and ministers praise the lord and so uh a brother told me a guy told me that if i bench press a certain amount of weight that he would attend the service and i could lift that weight but every time i tried i couldn't press it with him standing there so when he left i tried again i did it so i asked the lord said god why couldn't i do that when he was here the lord said because he wasn't going to show up anyway so i'm teaching you a lesson don't waste time with that so you tell them about me if telling them about me don't get them to do right if hearing about me won't get them to do right lifting weights won't either see if they make that the litmus test i'm not saying that you can't establish common ground but if they make that the requirement if you lift this i'll go to church no no that person ain't going to do right now that may be exceptional to the rule but but yeah i hope he got saved i'm still saved i'm sanctified but the holy ghost on my way to heaven i hope they got saved i didn't try that any more say amen paul says i'm going to the gentiles and he departed thence and entered into look at this now a certain man's house named justice justice was a a gentile one look at this that worshiped god justice had gotten saved and check this out tell me paul wasn't a bad man check this out whose house joined hard to the synagogue that is paul walked out of the synagogue if he told the jews i'm through with y'all and went next door and opened his church next door to the synagogue and went in that house and began to preach christ one writer said that the synagogue could hear this church and see the saints rocking and the glory falling in the church while the synagogue was just as cold and just as dead wasn't nothing happening because there was no glory in there and so you got all those mad jews sitting up in there who rejected jesus and rejected paul and they're sitting there or with their rejected self oh they ain't got no jaw you're not a rejected folk they ain't happy and they ain't gonna let you be happy they they got the blues they got the blues they got the blues they got it bad they got the worst case of it they're always depressed something's always wrong those are the rejected folks you better get right with god but next door at justice house they're rocking you can hit it through the floorboard bless that wonderful name up boy they just they just took off saying bless the wonderful name of jesus and glorifying god next door the the the priests at the synagogue could hear paul saying his name is jesus paul probably said ow jesus i i can imagine he said it just like that too and full filled with power and filled with the anointing and notice this uh it must have something happened because christmas the chief ruler of the synagogue believed on the law oh christmas was home and he could hear that the glory coming through the walls at the synagogue of the synagogue and ain't no joy in the synagogue so i can see christmas now slipping slipping mother slipping sticking his head in the door probably left his uh uniform home peeking in watching the saints seeing them with the power of jesus christ people being healed people being delivered he slips in and he watches but he made a mistake what he saw hooked him he came back he came back and you know what now you're talking about a trophy the chief ruler of the synagogue where paul had just been rejected he goes over to justice's house and can you imagine the chief ruler of the synagogue standing up there with in all of his uniform with all of his glory paul says if thou shall confess with thy mouth the lord jesus and shall believe on thy and thine heart that god raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved and the man began to confess and paul said where is jesus mr uh christmas and he said to paul oh he's in my heart and paul said praise god you're saved man and the house goes up and the christmas says but not only praise the lord but come here come here he calls his wife calls his family and everybody gets saved and you you talking about revival breaking out in corinth he believed on the lord with all of his house and check this out and many of the corinthians hearing the gospel believed and they didn't just get saved they did something or that in these times could get you killed they made a public declaration of what god did in their heart they were baptized and when you're baptized you're baptized in public gentiles see you get baptized believers see you get baptized non-believers see you get baptized baptized baptism was the outward expression of the inward grace and it said i'm saved i've been dipped in the water i've come up i didn't get baptized to be saved but i got baptized because i am saved so they were baptized then spake the lord to paul in the night vision be not afraid but speak and hold not thy peace for i am with thee and no man shall look at this set on thee that is no man shall attack you to hurt thee for i have much people in this city i have much people in this city he continued there a year and six months teaching the word of god among them oh what a mighty move of god that took place and and i tell you uh if you read on you'll see other things that transpired right there in corinth so after he establishes the church he writes them a letter we've already talked about the discipline the self-discipline that he talks about in chapter eight and the self-discipline in chapter nine then he begins to show them how even if god anoints and gives special privileges if we do not walk in self-discipline the special privileges will be nullified god has special privileges for the believers in the last days but you don't want to nullify nullify the special privileges that god has for you by walking and living in an ungodly way so he begins to give a history lesson he says moreover brethren i would not have would not that you should be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud exodus chapter number 13. we're going to verse 20 um one we wanna just i'm just gonna read 21 and 22 of exodus chapter number uh 13 praise the lord is that what i said yes chapter 13 let's look at this tonight um 21 and uh and 22 well let's read 17 it says and it came to pass when pharaoh had let the people go that god led them through the way of the land of the philistines although that was near god for god said lest pre-adventure the people repent when they see war are you following me and they returned to egypt they were not ready to engage war physically nor were they ready to engage war psychologically and god was looking out for them but god led the people about through the way of the wilderness see he took them a long way around you know god has a reason for taking you the way that he's taking you and he knows what you can handle he knows what you can he knows when we don't know so brother brother bro price he says they can't handle war so i'm going to take them the way through the wilderness look at this the way of the red sea and the children of israel went up uh harnessed out of the land of egypt that is armed for battle all right now no they were not armed for battle but god they were armed but god knew that they wasn't ready to fight so he took them the way away so they could avoid it right and moses took the bones of joseph with him because remember joseph says one day you're gonna leave here and take my take my bones with you the air is blowing on me and so he took the uh took them with him and for he had straightly sworn the children of israel saying god will surely visit you and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you and they took their journey from sukkoth and encamped in edom etham in the in the age of the wilderness and look at this and the lord went before them you see that by day a pillar of a cloud and led them away and by night a pillar of fire to give them light to go by day and night isn't that something he took not away the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people what a privilege what a miracle that god gave them by day all they do is follow this particular cloud and you know what the cloud was distinguished and they followed it and at night the cloud would become fire easy to see and god lit up the darkness so that they could see where to go what a privilege have you ever considered some of the privileges that god have granted you uh in your life and things that he's allowed to happen that he didn't have to allow good things that he's done that he didn't have to do and you know that they were special things that the lord did for you amen god is so good god is so good oftentimes when i when i when i thank the lord i tell the lord thank you for these these special blessings that you you bestowed upon my life lord i don't deserve it uh you didn't have to do it but i'm appreciative i he's been a he's been a pillar of cloud a day he's been fired by night look at this privilege he mentions it says all of them pass uh through the sea excuse me and we'll all baptized unto moses in the cloud and in the sea exodus chapter 14 verse 19 exodus 14 and 19 says and the angel of god which went before the camp of israel removed and went behind them look at this they're in the water now so the angel that was leading them now goes behind them and the pillar of cloud that went from uh the pillar of cloud went from before their face and stood behind them and it came to pass and it came and it came between the camp of the egyptians and the camp of israel you see that god knows how to put distance between you and your enemy stop them and keep you going so and and it was a cloud and darkness to them but it gave light by night to these now that will preach that will preach what is darkness to the world is light to the saints you know before you know the church of god christ was saying you can't join in but you got to be born in that's really what we mean you you can't understand this unless you're saved some movements you don't have to be saved to understand you have to be safe to understand this so it was it was light to these and look at this so that um the one came not near to the other all night so god kept the egyptians away from the uh the the children of uh israel and moses stretched out his hand over the sea and the lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night god blew the waters back and made the look at this you talking about a miracle and made the dry land made the sea dry land and the waters were divided and the children of israel went into the midst of the sea upon dry land not mud but dry ground and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left and the egyptians you know i would that i would have given up something would have told me let these people go i've been here and let them go for all these plagues i think i think you know what they got away no the egyptians pursued and went in after them in the midst of the sea even all pharaohs horses his chariots and his horsemen and it came to pass that in the morning watch the lord looked unto the host of the egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud and troubled the the host of the egyptians and this is interesting and took off that chariot of wheels that is he caused their wheels to swerve where god got in the wheels where the people on the chariots couldn't control it all of a sudden these skilled chariot drivers can't keep the chariots straight all of a sudden they're banging into each other all kinds of things they're having problems and the namanja they're in the midst of the red sea there's a wall of water on both sides and so god causes them the they lose control of the chariots that they're taking it out on the horses they're cussing and swagging what's wrong with this thing and all of that and it's god it's god my my my mind uh there's some thieves uh some bad men end up getting right with god because they set out years ago to harm a girl the folk was white the girl tried to get her car to start and the car wouldn't start the men tried to take advantage of her and she just prayed and turned the ignition and guess what happened the car started and she pulled off what's the big deal about that they had stole the battery and they knew it they were stunned when that motor started up and she pulled off god knows how god knows how to get into wheels and batteries and furnaces have you ever needed a miracle and you didn't have the money he said god i need you to stretch this gas god plea please don't let the furnace run out god please lord don't let me turn my power off if you just give me a miracle god gets into things see saints used to believe like that you know we got so caught on now but let me tell you you better learn how to pray and the indi in these here days we're going to need to know how to call on the name of the law eleven thousand jobs just got cut off uh yesterday when he signed executive order to kill the keith keystone pipeline 11 000 jobs high paying jobs gone thousands of jobs gone and one day when he stopped the construction on the wall gone and if you kill the pipeline and if we lose because right now we are the num world's number one exporter of oil that's why our gas prices were dropping see all these things affect you see all these things have a bearing on your bottom line say amen so now if god got in the wheels oh my what a time ago when we when we're having fun god got in the wheels and uh uh the wheels wouldn't do right so the egyptians said let us flee from the face of israel for the lord fighteth for them against the egyptians you know man you you let it take you too long to figure out that one and moses said and the lord said unto moses stretch out thy hand over the sea and the waters that the waters may come again upon the egyptians and upon their chariots and upon their horsemen and moses stretched forth his hand now by this time by this time i just read where the egyptians uh had given up so they they show the egyptians in the movies pursuing the children of israel when the water closes but when those chariots started messing up then egyptians said you know what we just look this our arms are too short to box with god we give up too late god says god heard him when we say we're going to leave him alone god said hey moses stretch out your arm again and the lord can you imagine the billions of gallons of water the weight and the pressure that it took to hold that water back and then god released that power and all of that power my god can you imagine what would happen if you just had a a generator out there tied to an electric company to generate electricity how much you could light up america all that power began all that pressure began it came crushing down on the egyptians and uh and the lord wiped them out and you know you could finish reading it uh and and and you know there were those who who doubted this story that they even dumb theologians who said no when the children of israel went through the water was a little higher but when the egyptians uh came through uh the water now the children of israel went through the water was low and with the egyptians it rose a little bit that make that makes no sense uh but uh the proof that it that there's a there's a truth technology caught up with the bible where they could read topographic topographic topographic images and the topograph of the sea bottom of the red sea shows a trench through the bottom of the sea where when the waters came back together they crushed the army and when that water came there you know the ground just burst open with that much pressure coming together straight through the bottom of the red sea proof that god did exactly what the bible says that he did so paul brings this up now what's fascinating i'm running out of time what's fascinating is he's talking to gentiles who live almost 2 000 miles from palestine what reason would they have to even know jewish history these these corinthian gentiles just got saved just came to know jesus and yet he expects them to learn this if you don't know it learn it well how we're going to do that that's on you they tell what they couldn't do they couldn't google it it wasn't easy but god expected the believer see see we we have we have dumbed this thing down so and uh um to me the greatest the greatest form of uh racism is the soft bigotry of low expectations don't expect black folk to be able to learn anything that's why you can tell us that the betsy ross flag is a symbol of racism in during the summer and then come right back hang the thing up there at the inaugural and all them black folks standing there nobody noticed and nobody protests saying the same anthem that they've been saying in it all the other times and nobody takes it ain't nobody upset first never the first thing i know is i'm looking i went for one television i went and looked at another one maybe the one i'm watching missed the knee let me run this thing back i know somebody took a knee they don't expect you to they don't affect us to be thanked god expects you to think god expects you to use your brain god expects you to to investigate the scriptures and do the homework and learn about these things paul began to write about now now mind you in your bible if you study you should have references that show you what he was talking about when paul wrote there were no references verse 3 says and did all eat the same spiritual meat this is going to be my last one for tonight look at exodus chapter 16. watch this they did all eat the same spiritual meat verse 1 it says and they took their journey from elim and all the congregation of the children of israel came into the wilderness of sin which is between elam and sinai and on the 50th day of the second month after they're departing out of the land of egypt just one month the whole congregation of the children of israel murmured against moses it didn't take them long every pastor knows what i'm talking about it's so easy uh a people are by and large fickle no fickle means a fickle person is easy they go from one emotion to another on a dime you win the game they love you you lose the game they hate you fickle then take this these people along with all now oh senate to me all the miracles i just read to you would have been enough for them to never complain oh no now i don't know people putting their coats on i don't know if y'all made it made it cold in here i i don't want that blowing on me praise the lord it's one of times say amen i believe some of y'all the lord need to deliver you because you you like to be cold in the winter and cold in the summer look at this and the children of israel said unto them can you believe this can you believe this can you believe this would to god we had died by the hand look at this of the lord in the land of egypt you were slaves in egypt when we sat by the flesh parts and when we did eat bread to the full for you have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger now there's something to learn in this that's beyond what is obvious what you see obviously is these people complaining they're hungry so they're saying we would rather have been in egypt the flip side of that is this is the price of being free and the price of being um being free when you're free you're on your own all right when you're under the watch for eye of mom and dad or under the shadow of some sort somebody else may provide but freedom means especially when you're first getting your footing it means that that you're going you're going to miss mama's cooking you're sitting there in that apartment by yourself hungry and that college dog hunger ain't got no money don't have any money nothing's going for you you you you're going through right now but if you're smart you'll think about mama and daddy's dinner table you think about those good meals but you know what you'll understand that this is part of the journey there were many times pam and i in canada remembered mother turner would be like to sit there and heal eternal preach but we're here in canada with three people for now as we as as you move up and sometimes with the three two of them might be mad and boy the days of being back there without any of that responsibility seemed like a picnic but you have to go through you have to go through you have to go through some of you might be going through some marital problems right now don't long to be single just go through we we sure wish we had the flesh parts i'm taking too long said oh we could eat our bread and all this but then the lord said to moses behold i will reign bread from heaven for you and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day that i may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no and it shall come to pass that on the sixth day he's putting some self-discipline in they shall prepare that which they bring in and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily and moses and abram said unto the all the children of israel e at evening then ye shall know excuse me that the lord hath brought you out of the land of egypt and in the morning then you shall see the glory of the lord for that he that he heareth your murmurings against the lord and what are we that we that that ye mummer against us and moses said this shall be when the lord shall give you the evening flesh to eat and the morning bread to be full for the lord heareth your your murmurings which you murmur against him and what and what are we that you murmur against us but against the lord moses said when you talk about god's leader you're murmuring against god he says i'm going to provide for you now every day you can only bring a certain amount home to last for a day except on friday you can get enough the last two days now if you violate this if you get too much on monday it's gonna rot on you because you have to know what god's teaching them you're gonna have to trust me every day every day el attorne used to say i live by the miracle of the week plan sometimes god will have you living by the miracle of a minute plan praise the lord a miracle per hour and you want to lord what in the world is going on in my life god says i'm teaching you how to trust me everything falls apart things that you can count on to not fall apart fall apart people you can count on to be there you can't find them and at first you think everybody's turned on you then you begin to realize no no he's teaching me he's teaching me how to lean on him he gave them manna from heaven verse 13 says and it came to pass at the eve not only did he give him manna from heaven look at this and it came to pass look at this that at evening quails came up and covered the ground and the camp in the morning do lay round about the horse and when the dew uh uh was gonna behold upon the face of the wilderness that lay a small round thing as small as a covered goblet a frost on the ground and when the children of israel saw it they said one to another it is manna manna literally means what is it for they wish not what it was and moses said unto them this is the bread which the lord give you god worked miracles gave him quail gave him bread showing these special privileges somebody say special privileges now i'm going to stop right here because i'm way along on my time but but you you're seeing what god is saying to us here so he's doing this this history lesson and again what fascinates me more than anything else about this is this teacher expected them to get it well this teacher expects you to get it amen you expect that god has given us brains we have the ability to perceive i did more than just read it to you i've taught it to you and broke it down and showed you the scripture you ought to get it and we're going to grab hold to it and we're going to crawl glory to god we're going to grow as worshiping servants and do the will of the lord bow your head father in jesus name we thank you tonight lord thank you for your word thank you for your power thank you for your anointing thank you for your blessings lord thank you for your keeping power and yes god the god who used paul in corinth god who gave who used him to teach them these great lessons god teach us anoint us lord anoint us that we might take in the word of the lord and apply it to our lives in the name of jesus god give us to give us to be quick with it spiritually give us to see oh god in the name of jesus give us the spirit of discernment that we not be useful idiots for the devil that we not be used to promote the enemies program but that will use to promote the program of god in the name of jesus and father tonight we love your name we thank you for your name here at the upper room church of god in christ and with many who are watching online tonight god we come to say tonight lord jesus we're not ashamed of your name but we love your name we're saved because of your name and these and all other blessings we ask in the name of jesus thank god hallelujah a man and amen would you give the lord god almighty praises right now [Music] come on let us clap our hands one more time for this word that we've heard tonight from our man of god i'm enjoying being in first corinthians chapter 10 and bishop wooden has a way of expounding upon the word where you might find yourself all over the word of god but he always brings us back to the central theme i tell you he gave us many wooden nuggets tonight he said you know you're preaching when the opposition comes and then he said when you resist the lord one time too many god says i give up and then there is one thing about the god of the bible he's got to be wanted and then god knows how to put distance between you and your enemy lastly what is darkness to the world is light to the saints come on can we thank god just one more time for this message that we've heard tonight from this son of issachar bishop wooden understands the times and we're grateful for that you know when you have a gift like bishop wooden that's been with you here for 34 years you got to be careful that you don't become too familiar with it god has given us something exceptional god has given us something rare and we bless the name of the lord for that and because of that he is sown unto us tonight spiritual things so it was only right that he should reap our carnal so i'm going to ask all the philippians to prepare tonight to be a blessing to him um if you have your offering at this time make preparation to give and to do so for those of you who are watching on youtube and on facebook live there are instructions on the screen for you to give we ask that you'll give the offering tonight of a hundred dollars or fifty dollars or whatever the lord has placed on your heart if you have been blessed by this word communicate with god's man for the saints of god who are in person tonight if you have that offering of a hundred dollars or fifty dollars or twenty five dollars whatever that commitment is that you made at the beginning of last year we ask that you would give it at this time the ushers are coming at this moment to collect from you you don't have to pass your offerings down the ushers will come and receive them from you amen i'm giving one hundred dollars tonight pastor parker's giving 125 dollars chairman morgan one hundred dollars elder people's one hundred dollars there the wilson sixty-five dollars older rayford fifty-five leicester 50 say man for these amen philippians we will have more information for you on next thursday night on what we would do with our annual philippians breakfast you know with all the social distancing and everything that's going on over the past uh four years we've gone to the preston wood country club and we have a good 250 to 300 people to come for that event but i contacted them at the end of december and they let us know that they're not allowed to have large gatherings in 2021 and we understand that so there's a plan that i'm putting together i'm going to submit it to bishop wooden hopefully on tomorrow and we're going to see what the lord will allow us to do for our gathering we may have to change it and be creative but you know what we're going to continue to lift up the arms of our man of god amen if he continues to preach we'll continue to give amen and we are going to do just that i have an offering here for pastor parker amen god bless you sir thank you thank you let us pray lord we ask tonight that you are blessed both the gift and the giver in jesus name we pray amen at this time evangelist lester is coming with our announcements receiver as she comes good evening upper room church family join the upper room missionary circle for friday night live on tomorrow night via conference call the fire starter speakers will be missionary diane adams evangelist designer merton and evangelist deborah thompson thomas the main speaker will be evangelist mary williams the call will last 30 minutes to join dial 605-313-4802 again that's 605 access code 563-380-again 563-380 bishop wooden will join apostle d leonard hughes of faith to faith prophetic ministries for an interview to air on facebook live friday january 22nd at 10 15 eastern standard time visit the faith of faith prophetic ministries facebook page to elder carl owens his wife janet owens lost his mother grandmother of caleb and trinity owens overseer annie rose tart on friday january 15th a walk-through viewing will be held on friday january 22nd from 2 p.m to 6 p.m at crusade for christ deliverance church located at 815 taylor's chapel road dunn north carolina a private home going service will be held on saturday january 23rd brother ben and sister masoline thomas lost their son brother of brother antoine thomas and sister arquetta lindsey mr benjamin roger thomas jr on friday january 15th the funeral service will be held on saturday january 30th in west palm beach florida sister lizzie gibson husband henry gibson lost her brother mr alvin holmes on sunday january 17th funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time sister tess bond lost her father mr duke bond on tuesday january 19th funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time upper room church family please keep our bereaved families in your prayer this concludes this evening's announcements thank you for your attention everybody say amen you almost feel led to say when you read and you alert the saints to people passing now you almost feel led to say and it wasn't coveted because that's what everybody assumes everything is they had a someone text me and they said to me ask me what did i think about the memorial that was given for the 400 000 people who had died of covet 19 and i said to them i think that the memorial was very nice it's a wonderful thing to recognize people but you have to be careful when a condition get politicized because what about the rest of the people that died during that time there are people in here who lost loved ones but they didn't die from covert they got no memorial before covert 19 broke out uh almost 8 000 americans die in this country every day and 150 000 around the world every day but when things get politicized um uh you highlight one group but then there are other people sitting right there who lost their mama i know a beautiful lady who went home and to be with the lord and she didn't die from covet 19. my mother-in-law you see so what we want to do is regards to how a person goes home you want to pray for the family amen you don't want to become a litmus test but what was it they died say amen and you hold up everybody and regardless because it doesn't it doesn't it doesn't hurt less or more if it's one way or the other amen we were with a deacon morgan today his youngest son uh passed and the family the morgans is just fantastic a wonderful family and they they um god blessed them and they made it through but it wouldn't have hurt less or more had it been coveted 19 amen it just hurt uh we're praying for ella uh parker you know pastor parker has some wonderful mothers in this church and mother peppers caught the wings of the morning amen just a lovely lady and she's up there with jesus now and parker used a good pastor but she rather be with jesus when is the have they had the service yet this coming wednesday praise the lord we're praying for you sir i want to mention read this to you then we're going home a representative from the durham county health department and she gives a name but i'm not going to give a name out online uh called and asked about our protocols and she was thoroughly informed on our protocols and sister shea hudson told her about our social distancing temperature checks hand washing sanitizing and how we uh seat the members of the same households and how we disinfect and clean the building and after receiving the information she stated that she was extremely impressed with what we are doing and thanked us for how excellent and how extensive our protocols are she said thank you for all that you're doing to keep everyone safe and we really appreciate what you are doing i appreciate your working with us and there are members who are watching tonight and i have received heard from quite a few who have um come in contact with people family members co-workers different ones who um through contact tracing who had covet and they got tested themselves and um uh are negative but they say we're going to stay home for the quarantine through the time that's the right thing to do amen and uh i appreciate you you're watching now for um for that and and and those who are in recovery we thank god for you and so saints the lord is is good but we're dealing with this thing it's in the world and i'm believing god to keep us and to take care of us but you know i'm more concerned about the direction that we're going in because we need his favor we need his anointing we need his power amen so let us continue to pray for each other let us stay smart let us stay wise let us continue to practice the best practices let us wear our masks let's uh i was somewhere today and uh and we were seeing people now and i saw some people that i just wanted to hold but you know uh you get used to a hugging by faith and if you hug by faith long enough you begin to feel it amen and uh and it works so let us continue to be wise and the lord will bless us may we all stand i pray that the word of the lord bless you tonight thank you so much for your giving thank you for coming i love you with the love of the lord can hardly wait uh to resume sunday and see what the lord has to say to us let everybody say god first god bless you thank you so much for coming and we're going to let our seniors leave up first you

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