Victory Christian Center | Mid-Week Teaching Service (08.11.21)

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is hallelujah thank you lord glory to your name lord god [Music] thank you lord you're worthy to be praised hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you amen thank you lord through you the blind we'll see through you the mute we'll sing through you the dead will rise through you all darkness please through you our hearts will praise through my heart screams i am free hallelujah can you guys sing that with us say through you through your love life we'll see you [Music] through you the darkness please [Music] [Music] i am free to live for you i am free to live for you i am free i am free i am free through you the time we'll see [Music] i am free [Music] i am [Music] i am free to live for you i am free to live for you i am free i am [Music] i [Music] we are free [Music] i [Music] am free [Music] [Music] i am [Music] i am free today i am free to live for you i am free i am free hallelujah thank you lord for your freedom [Music] god we give you all the honor and all the glory lord there's no one like your sweet name lord [Music] thank you god this is the air i breathe thank you lord this is the air i bring [Music] your holy presence thank you god it's living in me [Music] are my daily bread there's no one sweeter than you guys you are my daily bread [Music] spoken to [Music] yeah i'm desperate for you how many need the lord today hallelujah [Music] i'm so lost without you let's sing that together one time just the voices sing and die and [Music] i'm desperate for you desperate for you yes lord we need you more and [Music] you sing this is the air i breathe [Music] living in me baby it's in me lord you are our daily prayer lord you are my daily bread [Music] to me [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah come on [Music] everybody desperate for more [Music] oh father we love you we praise you we adore you we exhaust you oh god i'm desperate for you i am lost without you i acknowledge that openly god unashamedly i'm lost without you oh god it's in you that we live and move and have our being the very breath of our lives it's in your hand oh god we thank you for loving us before the foundation of the world god in accepting us in the beloved through our lord and savior jesus christ thank you for the blood of jesus that was said for us we thank you for victory in the blood life in the blood power in the blood covenant in the blood righteousness in the blood the blood that speaks of better things than that of abel and we receive everything that the blood speaks about in our lives we receive it father we lift up all men everywhere as you will all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth draw men and women to you by the spirit of god all over the world god thrust out laborers into the harvest we lift up lord the present administration and leaders in this nation we ask that there will be divine encounters divine visitations a move of god in their lives that they might come to know you god and then remove every one of them from office that are trying to destroy this nation in the name of jesus get them out lord get them out get them out this nation will never be a communistic marxist a socialistic nation in the name of jesus god we ask for mercy upon these united states of america in the name of jesus we lift up israel we pray for the peace of jerusalem prosperity within its walls divine protection around israel give them victory lord victory over their enemy in the name of jesus give the prime minister wisdom for that nation in jesus mighty name thank you for every ministry gift apostles prophecy dancers pastors and teachers god deliver us from unreasonable wicked men god have mercy upon us let there be fresh all in our lives purge us work in us deliver us god in the name of jesus and thank you for great provision for that which you've called us to in jesus name and we thank you for it sing it one more time i'm desperate [Music] yes [Music] us without you yes lord yes lord may we recognize that every day of our lives lord every second of every of every minute of every hour may we recognize god we need you we require you of necessity you are our vital need in the name of jesus and we thank you for your mercy and your love for us upon us and for us in jesus name amen and amen greet your brothers and sisters let them know you're glad they're in service tonight thank you singers so very much amen [Music] and we want to welcome those of you that have joined us through live streaming welcome to our midweek service i'm so honored and delighted and humbled to have you in our service tonight invite friends family members co-workers etc to join you tonight here at victory christian center as we worship god as we fellowship as we get into the word of god again thank you for being a part of our midweek service well good evening everybody all right thank you for being in service tonight love you so very much i appreciate you and we have prayer requests michael maxwell a member of our church his mom passed 88 years of age the service will be this saturday at 11 o'clock at the peaceville zion baptist church in savannah georgia and uh michael is doing well he's rejoicing for the 88 years that his mom lived let's shout about that somebody and she loved god with all of our heart and raised uh the family the children's has served jesus christ so he's rejoicing knowing that she's with the lord jesus christ vivian ford her brother passed vivian a member of our church she and gary for a long long time vivian's brother passed arrangements are incomplete at this time he passed this morning and then harlanda leaks some of us know us know her as horlonda towns leaks uh her mom passed uh this morning arrangements are incomplete so let's lift them up in prayer father we lift up our brother michael maxwell we lift up vivian ford we lift up harland lord and god we we ask you to continue the ministry of the holy spirit in each one of their lives and their families in jesus name thank you for wisdom for every decision god that is before her lined up and vivian in the name of jesus and father we thank you for divine protection around michael as he travels through savannah georgia and father be glorified in each service in jesus mighty name make your presence known and thank you for your grace being sufficient for each one of these our brother and our sisters and their families in jesus name thank you for healing the broken heart doing what only you can do and we give you glory for it and father we lift up all of our church family father that are standing in faith for manifestation of your glory your promises in their physical body we agree with them and we call them healed in the name of jesus as you are the lord our god that heals us and takes sickness out of our midst in the name of jesus god we thank you for miracles and callie benson's life lord miracles god continual miracles and great freelance life in beth quakenbush antifolks and so many others god in the name of jesus lord rebecca lord miller we call her heal all of our church family in the name of jesus thank you for the same spirit that raised up jesus from the dead dwelling on the inside of us quickening our immortal bodies in jesus name and we give you glory for shout about it somebody amen and amen all right let's see here uh applications are still being accepted for the 2021-22 llb scholarship however tonight is the last night to express interest and qualification please email your resume or at least the form is on the screen church office at bccenter.net or sign up in person at the welcome center as soon as possible like immediately there is not yet a submission there is not yet a submission deadline right for other requested items all right i believe that's it for me right now let's have our video announcements please hello victory christian center family this is mrs riley principal of victory christian center school what a phenomenal time of the year i love the beginning of a school year because it signifies new beginnings and new lives to touch and impact victory christian center is committed to developing the whole child's spirit soul and body from an academic perspective we have since 2012 competed in the tarp rocketry challenge this year there were more than 600 teams in the contest i'm not going to tell the story this time i am going to allow the children and their coaches to share it with you as they shared with wbt's radio podcast to listen to the podcast and hear more about our middle school rocket team log on to www.odyssey.com forward slash wbt forward slash podcast and click on the carolina focus podcast for the date of july 25th and now here are a few of our ministries upcoming events there will be a single mother's peggy fellowship at the youth building this saturday august 14th from 3 pm to 5 pm for single mothers with children ages 2 and under any moms wishing to attend please sign up at the welcome center call the mission's office at 704-529-5888 or register online at vccenter.net we want to say welcome to our newest members we are so happy that you are part of the victory family in the know we'll have a session next friday at 7 30 p.m at campus three this is a members-only event hello i'm minister matthew chapman an instructor here at more than conquerors college this semester i will be teaching on the book of ephesians this course will touch on the subjects of redemption the authority of the believer the family and much more to register for this class or to find out more information about other classes that are being offered here at more than conquerors college please call 704-679-9122 look to hear from you soon god bless you vcc is hiring for our secretary for the maintenance department this position is part time candidates must be computer literate detail oriented and have good communications and clerical skills if interested please drop off your resume at the church office during business hours monday through friday 9 a.m to 4 45 pm or email the church office at church office bccenter.net journey to joy a ministry for widows and widowers is hosting a picnic at the lake for its ministry members and their guests next saturday august 21st from 3 to 7 p.m at rankin lake park in gastonia the cost is 15 per person and includes food like hamburgers hot dogs bbq ribs and all the fixings activities include paddle boating fishing walking trail around the lake games and more next wednesday is the deadline to sign up and pay at the welcome center our snbc students appreciate the opportunity to participate in classes for their age group each sunday night take a listen to what they had to say about their experiences i enjoy being taught god's word in sunday night bible class and i enjoy the stories that mr sales tells us to convey the message for the lesson that he that he'd be teaching us and overall i just enjoy being there [Applause] i'm i enjoy sending that bible class and i really learned a lot and i'm very happy that my parents brought me here and i enjoyed the stories that mr sales told us to help me to know what to do and what not to do in life i appreciate being in a environment where i can grow spiritually and learn more about the word of god volunteers are needed especially spanish interpreters for two upcoming events the first is the single mother's pregi fellowship which is august 14th from 3 to 5 pm the second is an evangelistic tent meeting which is august 28th at 6 pm any members who can assist with either of these events please sign up at the welcome center or call the missions department at 704 52 children cannot bring themselves to sunday night bible classes we encourage you to invest in your children and see to it that they get to classes designed to equip them with bible knowledge and a godly perspective on our world ages 5 to 15 years meet at the youth building classes for the nursery 16 to 18 years and 19 and up are held in the dome classes begin at 7 pm let's work together to pass on our godly heritage to our children thank you for watching the vcc announcements and don't forget you can find these announcements events and more on the victory christian center church app get it at the google play or apple app store all right are you ready to give tonight hallelujah praise god if you're in need of an offering envelope if you would lift your hand at this time i see a couple of hands have gone up most of you give online now and through your phone and uh or receive your offering envelope as you come in we so much appreciate your faithfulness and your tithes and your offerings the giving of them your commitment to god amen all right who's michael floyd minister floyd is going to come and exhort us tonight all right good evening i'm reading from luke chapter 18 verse 22 says so when jesus heard these things he said to him you still lack one thing sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven and come follow me but when he heard this he became very sorrowful for he was very rich now i want you to imagine somebody paying the bills cue the sad music somebody bring a kleenex please but now i want you to match this person on vacation they're excited they're going around they're jumping and dancing and they're just having a great time and they're just shelling out money with a smile now what's the difference well paying the bills seeing nah so much want to pay the bills he just didn't want the consequences of not paying the bills but on vacation he was he was excited he wanted to do it his he'd been saving up for it he'd been planning it he'd been thinking about it now if we're more excited about worldly things in the world than we are the things of god then we'll have when god tells us to give we'll have the same response as the guy in his passage no no can't do it no but when we are excited about god's kingdom we'll be a cheerful giver the way god wants us to be so this is what i want us to do today i want you to think about what god has done for us think about who god is to us think about how god saved us don't you want somebody him to save somebody that's unsafe right now and that's why we should be excited about kingdom building and when we do that we're going to have the attitude and the desire and the will to give the way that we should now i guess everybody's probably finished you know filling out their envelopes and everything but if you're filling out a check you know of course make it payable to vcc which stands for victory christian center all right everybody looks looks ready so let's stand and let's give god some praise father we praise you today we love you we appreciate you we thank you for who you are to us we thank you for the opportunity to give it's a pleasure this isn't a drudgery it's a pleasure we have the opportunity to build your kingdom and so as we give take our gifts do your work in the earth with it the greater people be saved and come back to you do your work in the earth with it we thank you as we give it shall be given unto us good measure pressed down shaking together and running over should men given to our bosom thank you that the windows of heaven are open to us and that you pour us out of blessing that we have not room enough to receive it we appreciate you we thank you so much thank you for who you are in jesus name amen amen come on let's praise the lord of the harvest tonight glory to god lord of the harvest we give you praise honor and glory oh we call the seed harvested in jesus name we'll walk into it it'll come upon us we think of that men given to our bosom god good measure pressed down shaken together and running over you bless us going out and coming in you bless the work of our hands and we thank you for wisdom for that which you bless us with in the name of jesus angels go forth and minister for us there's the salvation in jesus name amen and amen praise god shout about it again somebody hallelujah all right you may be seated ushers let's please receive our gifts [Music] i want to see you i want to see help open the eyes of my lord open the eyes of my heart i want to see you oh lord i want to see you let's lift it up in this place [Music] open me [Music] oh yes i do i want to see [Music] and your train pour out your powers [Music] we want to see you clearly [Music] through the reading and receiving oh you're sitting on the throne of glory shining [Music] [Music] as we sing holy shall we sing holy holy holy holy holy [Music] anybody living to see jesus in this place oh jesus jesus we lift [Music] last time jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus [Music] let's stand to our feet and give god some praise tonight how many you want to see him oh hallelujah [Music] look upon his face glory to god glory to god oh we look for the blessed hope hallelujah the glorious appearing of our lord and savior jesus christ hallelujah [Music] oh we bless you tonight our father we love you as we humble ourselves before you open up our eyes to see in our ears to hear guide us in the truth by the spirit of god and we thank you for it father your word is anointed i thank you now for your anointing within me and upon me and i look into the greater one to live big within me tonight to think through my mind speak through my lips enabling me to minister your word and to do so accurately father has already said i am what i am by your grace and i acknowledge that openly and unashamedly as i humble myself unto your mighty hand in jesus name amen and amen praise god you may be seated you love him everybody i'm going to call this lesson you know they asked me for some notes and i'll tell them i may not even speak tonight and then just some things started stirring on the inside of me and uh i'm going to call this message i've never seen this picture this television series not one time in my life but i'm going to call this message the walking dead have you ever seen that the walking dead i've never watched it but i've seen the commercials you seen the commercials they're walking i i don't even know the motivation i don't know the purpose i don't know what the objective is i don't know what it's all about but but but but for sure it's walking dead people mummified etc you know what i'm talking about right and so we're going to call this lesson the walking dead i'm sorry to be a little more positive and call it uh a live no i won't even go there uh let's look at first timothy chapter four we're going to look at a lot of scriptures tonight it's a wednesday night school started today so we have to move quickly you know at victory anyway school started today first timothy chapter 4 and the first verse many of us are very familiar with this passage of scripture if not pretty much all of the scriptures that we will be looking at tonight i want to remind you here that the bible says in verse 1. now the spirit expressly says amplified says distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will depart from the faith giving he to deceiving spirits and doctrines of devils speaking lives and hypocrisies having their own conscience seared with a hot arm etc but the part about deceiving spirits and doctrines of devils are prevalent and will be dominant in these last days right doctrines of devils and deceiving spirits look at first thessalonians chapter 2 in fact we don't have to turn to that but they said paul wrote by the spirit of god that he was grateful that the thessalonians received the word of god that not as the word of a man but as it is in truth the word of god and i want you to receive this word tonight and all of the words that ever come from this ministry i want you to make sure your heart is right that you are receiving it not as a word from robin gould not as a word from marlin ghoul not from a word from any of our ministry gifts but as it is in truth the word of god the word of what the word of god now first timothy chapter 5 we're going to look at that and this is where this message stems from first timothy chapter 5 and the sixth verse here paul by the holy spirit is dealing with order in the church procedures in this church policies in the church the way the church should be governed and in this particular chapter he's talking about widows indeed but i'm going to extract something out of verse 6 that applies to this message the walking dead the bible says in first timothy chapter 5 verse 6 but she talking about the widow but she the widow who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives she's dead when so that's the walking dead isn't it she's dead while or when she's living and paul is talking to the church through his son timothy is that right that that that she here in verse six she who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives the walking dead amplified to give us more clarity the bible says in verse six whereas she who lives in pleasure talking about the widow she who lives in pleasure and self-gratification giving herself up to luxury and self-indulgence is dead even while she still lives now question easy question wouldn't this same scripture apply or be true to everybody would it not that if you meet the criteria if you qualify for what the spirit of god is saying it applies to you just like when you read the qualifications for deacons and elders and leaders you can't say that's just for them god doesn't have one set of rules as it were for one and not that not that the general rules don't ex uh apply to everybody come on say amen you're thinking with me right yes sir so we'll just put it differently anybody verse six anyone who lives in pleasure is dead while they live thank you whoever said it who said that amen i needed that reggie thank you so much everybody else was like well um philippians 3 verse 19 put it on the screen please philippians 3 19. we're going to try to go quickly all right here we go philippians 3 and the 19th verse and i'll read it right here it says and we'll start at verse 17. brethren him who brethren join in following my example and note those who so walk as you have us for a pattern for many walk of whom i have told you often and i'll tell you even weeping that they are the enemies of the living of the cross of christ but notice they're walking and i'm weeping right i've told you this often and i'll tell you even weeping that they are the enemies of the cross of christ whose end is destruction whose god is their belly and whose glory is in their shame who set their mind on earthly things right but verse 18 says for many walk see walking dead right for many walk of whom i have told you often and i'll tell you even weeping i'm weeping over those that are walking a certain way they're the walking dead i don't want to be that way i i i want god to work on me i want god to work in me i want god to purge me i want god to burn sin out of me i want god to burn rob and ghoul up where jesus only lives i want to change i don't want to be the walking dead i don't want to be caught up in this world i don't want to be caught up in sensual things and pleasure and self-gratification i want jesus living big on the inside of me i want to be conformed to the image of his son according to romans chapter 8 and the 29th verse therefore i want god to just cleanse cleanse me and continue to be at work in me both the willing to do of his good pleasure are you here i want all arrogancy out of me all pride out of me all haughtiness out of me i don't want anything in me that displeases god work on me lord can you join me in saying that work on me lord jesus i want it so badly to tell i can say to you please forgive me if i ever hurt your feelings if i ever offended you in any kind of way if you saw any arrogance in me any hardiness of me any pride in me anything that was wasn't like god i want it out of me i don't want to be alive yet dead amen amen look at luke chapter 15. you know the account of the prodigal son do you you recall that the younger son he asked for his his inheritance it wasn't time for it in the sense of maturation he hadn't matured enough for it it wasn't the season for it but he asked for it anyway because he had some crazy friends i imagine that were doing certain things and looking over to the world this is me talking it's not in the bible written that way sometimes you have to put yourself in the story why would a man ask for a young man that hasn't made in his home why would he ask for his inheritance ahead of time that dad is like son this i'm putting myself in the story son what's wrong why what's out there that you don't have here have you ever lacked anything but he probably has some friends hey man why don't you come over here you know you don't ever go to the clubs you don't ever do this you don't ever do that so dad give me my inheritance you know the story right his dad reluctantly it doesn't say reluctant in the bible but i see it that way reluctantly did it and his son went out and just squandered it all on riotous living and and drugs and putting it in my own words and drinking in clubs and girls etc until he came to a point where he had nothing and you know what people are using as long as you got something and when it all runs out and you think you're popular but they're just using you using your car you take me here okay let's go here okay using your money but let it run out and it ran out for this prodigal son looked around and nobody was there for him you know the story so i don't want to spend a lot of time on that but he came to his senses right the bible says he came to himself and he said it's better in my father's house let me get up and go home and let me tell my father father i've sinned against you and god i'm not worthy to be called your son make me like one of your hired servants and so he made his way home his father swung ran out and said he couldn't even get the get the uh uh forgiveness or repentance out of his dad just hugged him loved on him put on the fat kill the fatted calf robe on his back ring on his finger shoes on his feet etc they had a good time right but notice what he says in luke chapter 15 about the son and you're familiar with it the bible says oh let me get to 15 i'm in 14. the bible says in verse 24 it says for this my son was dead he was dead let me tell you this you walk away from god you die you're walking but you're dead this my son was dead if that guy had died in that state he'd go to hell but he's alive again shout about that that we can get alive again walking around dead since my son was dead he was dead he lost connection with god he walked away from god pursuing the flesh and pleasure and everything the world wants to offer you to entice you so it can kill you this my son was dead and is alive again he was lost and is found and they began to be married he said the same thing in the 32nd verse to the elder son eldest son he said in verse 32 to his to his oldest son it was right that we should make mary it was right that we should be glad for your brother was what dead walking dead how many of us are dead walking the walking dead everything in church is a front it's a facade it's a lie because when you leave here there's another lifestyle there's another attitude there's another way of doing things another vocabulary another set of friends different books that you read different music that you listen to different songs that you're seeing different places that you go and then sunday's coming back so now you straighten it back up i don't want to be the walking dead i want to be alive and stay alive burn it out of me father make me more like jesus are you hearing this tonight look at romans chapter six let's do a little reading here in romans chapter 6 verse 11 starting there you know you have to understand that when you get born again the holy spirit is always endeavoring to assimilate us into god's culture you understand that when you get saved the holy ghost is working on you to assimilate you into god's culture into the father's culture into the kingdom of the kingdom of god's dear son culture and we have we have to stop fighting that when the holy ghost says let it go we got to stop saying i don't want to he's trying to assimilate us get us into the culture of god's kingdom just like if i ever teach on him about this uh open borders and illegal immigrants if god when you get saved he works on you to get you assimilated into his family and when you come into the culture you're supposed to assimilate into this nation and not bring your own stuff here but that's a but that's a society without the wisdom the wisdom of god what am i saying god is always by a spirit trying to keep you alive trying to make sure you don't ever become the walking dead and you become the walking dead when you resist and grieve and quench come on talk to me what did i say to romans 6 let's start at verse 11 the bible says likewise you also now now a lot uh leading up to this is talk it talks about the importance of of considering yourself in water baptism having died with christ and buried with christ and coming out in newness of life like christ came out from the grave and newness of life amen and then it says in verse 11 likewise you also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin but alive to god be alive to god dead to sin alive to god in christ jesus our lord therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that you should obey in this lust and do not present your memories as instruments of unrighteousness to sin but present yourselves to god as being alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness to god for sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under law but under grace what then shall we sin because we are not under law but unto grace what's the next two words certainly not say it like it reads certainly not do you not know that to whom you present yourself slaves to obey you are that one slaves whom you obey you present yourself to drugs you're a slave to drugs you present yourself to pornography you become a slave to pornography you present yourself to a secular music and you you can't hardly ever turn it off anymore you become a slave to it come on talk to me it says right here in verse 16 do you not know the hope to whom that to whom you present yourself slaves to obey you are that one slaves whom you obey whether of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness notice if you submit yourself to obedience then you're going to begin to lead it's going to lead you to righteousness you'll begin to walk in righteousness no no longer no longer deceived by the devil and doctrines of devils you'll be walking in righteousness that's what we all want isn't that right but god be thanked that through you that though you rather were slaves of sin but god be thanked that though you were slaves of sin yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered and have been set free from sin shout about that somebody i mean that's in christ jesus we've been set free from sin and you become slaves of righteousness i speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh for just as you presented your memories as slaves of uncleanness and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness so not notice oh do you see that you get going in lawlessness and it's going to lead to what more lawlessness and you become the walking dead oh it won't hurt me oh i can handle myself why don't we just obey god and come out from among them and be separate amen and touch not the unclean thing amen somebody in the house notice it says here what verses did we leave off on you weren't reading with me 19. i speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh for just as you presented your memories as slaves of uncleanness and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness so so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for holiness so you can come alive any time you decide to it said so now you went from lawlessness to lawlessness lawlessness so now tell your neighbor turn it around amen it says right here as slaves of righteousness for holiness for when you this is what i want you to get for when you were slaves of sin you were free in regard to righteousness you were the walking dead when you became a slave to sin you were a disconnect to the righteousness of god you were the walking dead are you hearing this then you come in here and you lift your hands and you get down to the altar but then you go out see you see and you're a slave to sin and you're free from righteousness don't think that you can live in sin and call yourself the righteousness of god i can't you can't nobody can sin is a disconnect from god if you regard iniquity in your heart god doesn't hear you right and then it says this for when you were slaves of sin you were free in regard to righteousness what fruit what fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed i mean you look back and say oh my god how did i get messed up like that how did i do that why did i hang around on people he says what fruit do you have now you're ashamed of those things you look back the devil entices you but now your eyes are open and you say oh my god learn to say no to the devil say that out loud i must learn to say no to the devil and we can do it you know we reckon ourselves dead indeed unto sin and we are alive unto god through jesus christ right and when you when you wake up see you're ashamed of the things that you were involved in well i'm ashamed of myself my gosh that's when your eyes open that's that's that's when you're no longer the walking dead see you're alive and then you say oh god forgive me i repent of my sins god i turned away from that way of life may i never go back that way again in the name of jesus amen somebody and then it says for the end of those things is death see the devil doesn't want to tell you he just wants to hook you but the end of those things is death it's death but now having been set free from sin and having become slaves of god you have your fruit to holiness and the end is everlasting life shout about that's somebody you become slaves of god no longer to lawlessness you're no longer the walking dead you're alive everlastingly alive to god for the wages of sin is death but the gift of god is eternal life in christ jesus our lord look at second timothy chapter 3. the bible says verse one but know this that that in the last days perilous times will come for men will be lovers of themselves notice now lovers of themselves lovers of themselves boy i don't want to get stuck lovers of themselves all about me where i want to go what i want to do what i want to buy what i want to have lovers of themselves and then it says here lovers of money proud blasphemers disobedient to parents unthankful unholy unloving unforgiving slanderers without self-control brutal despisers of good traitors headstrong haughty notice now read it with me lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of god like the prodigal son like the widow woman in first timothy 5 verse 6 just caught up in pleasure prodigal son i just want to have fun out here i'm missing out you know standing here with dad i'm missing out you know being in church i'm missing out don't you know i'm missing out dad that's why i want my inheritance but he came home saying oh dad i'm not worthy to be called your son i've sinned against you i've sinned against heaven he couldn't get it out because the dad received me any good that god will just receive you hallelujah when you come back with a broken heart and a contrite spirit god doesn't despise that he receives that he welcomes that amen love is a pleasure rather than loves of god when you become a lover of pleasure more than the lover of god you become the walking dead period and i'm going to tell you what i don't care how how how sharp your suit is a dead man i don't care how pretty your dress is you're a dead woman because you have become a lover pleasure i don't care how much hair you got put in your head i don't care how long it is i don't care if you look like queen of siba now you are dead woman are you hearing what i'm saying to you i don't care how much uh what's that stuff black stuff you put on your in your just for men i don't care how much just for men you put in there you still a dead man a walking dead man i don't want to be that i don't want to be there so god free me from the pleasures of this world love not the world don't even love the things in it if any man loves it the love of god isn't in him for all that's in the world is the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life and all those things are passed away but the word of god abides and remains forever seek first the kingdom don't seek pleasure seek the kingdom amen all the things you know what the bible tells us will be added unto us having a form of godliness but denying its power denying the power to set you free from sin denying the power to keep you from the world and out of the world i just can't help myself you're denying the power it just gets the best of me you're denying the power there's power with god there's power in god god is power the world is maintained by the power the word of his power are you hearing this it's all it is power and i say all he is you understand what i mean by that we don't have to be a walking dead man we don't have to be the walking dead amen somebody now where was i reading help me out my bible turns all right ii timothy 3 the bible says having a form of godliness but denying his power now read the next one two three four five six words come on read it oh from such people when you see a walking dead person but they're in my family they're on the job they're in the church there's no exceptions from such turn away and god is always at work in us trying to assimilate us into this culture but i want to be accepted but i want to be light i don't want to offend anybody i'm just too good of a person to make anybody feel bad so you rather become a walking dead person too it says from such turn away i didn't write the bible i didn't write it all scripture is given by inspiration of god holy men of god spoke as they were moved by the holy ghost right and the word of god is profitable it's profitable lift your hands and say lord let it profit me amen let it profit me lord in the name of jesus all right let me get back second timothy what three is that where i was now notice it says for this sort are those who creep in the households and make captains of gullible women loaded down with sins led away by various loves always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth now as janice and james withstood moses so do their also so do these rather also resist the truth now you can tell you can tell you can tell who's who's a walking dead man they'll resist the truth they'll always argue with you over this book right here they'll always say i don't see it that way i don't believe it really means that well that's not for me anyway well that's your understanding that's your interpretation that's where jonathan jabers was and so it is in this day they'll resist the truth walking dead people will resist the truth they will argue you about the word of god and think that it does not have application to you but the word of god is for every last one of us regardless of what we feel think or or whatever amen all right now it says here verse 9. notice now it says verse 8. do these also resist the truth see they were resisting the truth that moses taught and and many christians are resisting resisting the truth of the word of god today right it says it says men of corrupt minds disapprove concerning the faith but they will pro progress no further for their folly will be manifest to all as theirs also was lord i don't want that folly being manifested to everybody lord i repent anybody else need to repent lord i repent god i want to do it right i want to get it right i don't want to be a walking dead person that you have to judge openly come on talk to me all right now let's look at something you notice it said from such turn away now i wrote a question in my bible did you know that there are certain people that the holy spirit says where to turn away from you know that it's all in the bible right let me give you five scriptures to write down and you read them on your own people we're supposed to turn away from romans chapter 16 verse 17. if they want to put it on the screen you know one after another that's fine as far as the scriptures but in romans 16 17 it says that that if i'm starting strife and contention and all that kind of stuff you're supposed to stay away from me stay away from me ephesians 5 11 let's put that one on the screen please ephesians 5 11 you guys put that on the screen very quickly please and have no fellowship see have no fellowship that means stay away from them right is that not what that reads and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but you rather expose them expose them how by your lifestyle expose them how about your character expose them how by your discipline expose them how by i am coming out from among that amen that's not who i am and notice paul is writing this to the church so he's saying you have to even expose those in the church by your righteous living amen he didn't say go talk about them to people it doesn't say put your tongue on them first corinthians 5 verses 9 through 12 is another place ii thessalonians chapter 3 verses 6 through 14 is another place first timothy 6 verse 5 is another place where god tells us by the holy spirit you know through paul writing to the church that there are believers that's based on what's going on you cannot fellowship with that you stay away from that's hard isn't it i'm talking about man god are you serious yes he's serious he's absolutely serious but god i grew up with him he's absolutely serious are you here now i'll give you those scriptures again romans 16 17 ephesians 5 11 first corinthians 5 9-12 ii thessalonians 3 verses 6 through 14. and also first timothy chapter uh oh six verse five put that one on the screen first timothy six verse five first timothy 6 verse 5 please using ringlings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth who suppose that godliness is a means of gain from such withdraw yourself back then there were teachers and people that had a form of godliness because they was using that to get money from people we've had we've had years past men and prophets of god using their office to get money are you hearing that they had that back then he says stay away from them withdraw yourself you got to discern preachers you know you got to discern christians in the church form of godliness and get out the door can i get twenty dollars to get twenty from you then go to minister douglas can i get twenty dollars you know i got twenty over there and then go over john can i get twenty dollars by time he got home he five hundred dollars form of godliness you in the church i saw you down there with your hands up you got to be a okay brother i better discern you brother come on talk to me am i making any sense tonight you just don't start giving your money away to people just because they came to church you better pray in tongues you better discern things in your spirit i don't care if they were up here dancing for every song amen y'all not getting mad at me tonight on this lesson are you you can write down ii peter chapter 2 verse 10 read that in your leisure time okay but write this statement down allegiance to christ does not allow us to remain neutral when it comes to other people that are not doing it right our allegiance to christ does not allow us to remain neutral you must understand that the bible says all those that live godly will suffer persecution so you stand up you're not neutral this is not who we are that's not who i am now go ahead and talk about me go ahead and yell at me go ahead and cuss me out go ahead and backstab me he told me if i live godly are you going to persecute me but i have no allegiance to you my allegiance is to god and i cannot remain neutral just because i've known you so long come on talk to me we'll get anything out of this let's not resist the truth of almighty god now let's put in our let's let's look at the first corinthians 15 34 we'll close with with uh one other scripture once we read this first corinthians 15 verse 34. now what's the topic tonight the walking dead say that's not me the bible says in the 34th verse now i like verse 33 right so no wonder god tells us to turn away because it says in verse 33 don't be deceived evil company will corrupt you don't be the same oh i can hang around them it won't bother me or i can listen to the music it won't bother me oh i can do this i can do that it won't bother me i can hang around them they might not they they say they're saying just because they're not living their way you you teach it it doesn't mean i can't hang around them okay go ahead evil communications don't be deceived evil company amen evil company he's talking to christians you know evil company will corrupt good habits so he says awake tell your neighbor wake up so he's saying and this is what i i got one other scripture but we're closing here with these scriptures awake to righteousness and do not sin for some do not have the knowledge of god i speak this to your shame but oh god is saying tonight hey let's wake up let's not let's no longer be the walking dead amen let's be alive on the inside let's be alive on the outside let's live for god and represent god amen one other scripture romans you know the scripture many of you or ephesians rather five i'm thinking of another one in romans ephesians 5 and look at the 14th verse they'll put it on the screen but awake to righteousness awake to righteousness he says hey don't be deceived evil company will corrupt you so awake to righteousness live in righteousness and there it says in verse 14 of ephesians 5 therefore he says awake you who sleep arise from the dead and christ will give you light notice you can do it at any time anytime you can turn around any time you can wake up anytime you can stop being the walking dead and you can be the walking alive as it were for christ isn't it right let's stand to our feet i tell you what i for real for all day long i say i probably won't speak tonight i went home a little later than i usually go home on a wednesday you know and uh and ate some dinner and i usually don't do that because i was in my mind i don't preach and i was already thinking lord who should speak and then man when i got over to the church it just started rising up on the inside of me and so god wanted us to hear that tonight right he just gave me those scriptures so quickly. and here we receive the word of god lift your hands and say i receive the word of god i receive the word of god and lord i don't want to be a hearer only i want to be a doer lord i commit to being a doer of the word of god in the name of jesus i don't want to be the walking dead and those that have discernment they can see that i'm dead they can see the nice suit they can see the nice carve they can see the nice house they can see the nice dress but lord they see through it and they see a dead man they see a dead woman oh god deliver me from everything that's of death in the name of jesus set me free i will to be free in the name of jesus and so lord we give you the praise honor and glory for helping us to assimilate into the kingdom's culture not the world but your culture in jesus name hallelujah praise him for about 30 seconds hallelujah i praise you my father glory to god i give you praise and honor and glory hallelujah hallelujah praise god praise god you are my rap you're my deliverer my salvation you're my waymaker oh god you're my strong tower you're my jehovah shalom you're everything that i need glory to god else should die i praise you tonight thank you lord we reckon ourselves dead to sin alive unto god lovers of god more than lovers of pleasure in the name of jesus every head bow we'll give our invitations if there's anyone here tonight even watching through live stream if you've never given your life to christ i'm begging you to do that tonight those of you that are in this auditorium the bible says and reread it in romans the wages of sin is death but the gift of god is eternal life through jesus christ our lord if you're here tonight you say pastor i need jesus christ i'm ready to receive him as my savior and make him my lord i want to be a christian i want to live for god i want to spend eternity with god and i want to represent him in this earth realm all you have to do is acknowledge that you are a sinner you need a savior his name is jesus you cannot save yourself man is not god there's only one god the creator of heaven and earth god and father of our lord and savior jesus christ if you've never given your life to christ those that are watching and those that are in this auditorium i like for you those that are watching call the number 704-525-8638 in this auditorium pick up whatever you brought with you come on down to the front please if you need to rededicate your life to christ if you want to be honest tonight i said i i'm the walking dead but i'm changing changing it now i will awake to righteousness i will get out of my slumber my sleep i'll come back home to god and live for god then i want you to pick up whatever you brought with you come on down to the front those of you that are watching rededicate your life to god awake awake awake to righteousness 704-525-8638 come on get out of that slumber get out of that sleep in the name of jesus he loves you the devil hates you and god loves you call the number 704-525-8638 if you're in the auditorium and you need to rededicate your life to god please right now pick up whatever you brought with you thirdly if you're here tonight and you need to be filled with the holy spirit with evidence of speaking with other tongues 704-525-8638 jesus said you shall receive power after the holy ghost comes upon you and you'll be witnesses unto him wherever you go the bible says out of your innermost being will flow rivers of living water this spake of the spirit which they that believe on him should receive when you get saved the next step is to receive receive the power of the holy spirit the rivers of living water lastly if you're here tonight and you say pastor i need a church home you're watching and you say i need a church home i don't have a pastor you can join this church online you can take our new members classes online if you don't have a pastor you believe god wants you here you've been joining us through live streaming you know consistently or off and on and maybe for the first time tonight but yet you know man that's what i need right there that's where i belong you call that number somebody has talked to you on how you can begin to take our new members classes in the auditorium anybody here you need to give your life to christ rededicate your life to god get filled the holy spirit or you want to become a part of this church family i want you to pick up whatever you brought with you come down to the front right now please [Music] i want to say thanks to those of you that have joined us tonight through our live streaming and uh we trust the word of god has been a blessing to you god loves you we want to encourage you to walk for god walk with god god loves you he'll never leave you nor forsake you talk to him pray read your bible god loves you and he's committed to you our next time that you can join us through our live streaming is on this friday morning at eight o'clock we have a live telecast it's 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