Jesus Teaching on Divorce — June 26, 2022: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:00 We thank the ones online for joining in with us also and as you see on the screen. In Psalms it says open ye gates and be lifted up your doors and the king of glory Jesus will come in who is this king of glory the Lord of hosts open ye gates and it goes on to say your gates will be called praise. Right. So. As chris comes to lead us in worship let’s just praise the Lord to be thankful for amen open wide sentence. And the king of glory shall come in. Lifted up your doors.

▶ 0:59 Who is this. Jesus. Jesus. Oh. Is the Lord of hosts.

▶ 1:56 And we lift it up. I am. Who is this king of glory he is the Lord of hosts. Hallelujah. You’re the beginning and the end of our faith oh there’s a great and mighty army in the earth today.

▶ 2:59 The host of darkness trembles when we walk their way there’s. Shout the victory. For prayed is our king great. Is the king of kings oh there’s a great mighty army in the the host of darkness trembles when we walk their way there’s a great and mighty army in the earth today so let us shout shout the victory. The enemy is under our feet so let us shout shout the victory.

▶ 3:57 For great is. The enemy. Is feet so let us shout shout victory. Lord is. There’s a great mighty army in the earth today. The enemy is under our feet so let us shout shout the victory.

▶ 5:07 For great is our king. Is the king of the king of peace. For great is our king. Is the king of kings. Grace. Things for great is our king.

▶ 6:10 Great is our king for he has done wondrous things. For great is. Lord we thank you today Jesus. There is no other God we give thanks for watching and you are building your church in the earth that the gates of hell cannot prevail again.

▶ 7:06 You are building a glorious church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. You are building a church who will be found faithful when you return. Thank you Lord the Lord has gone up with a shout and we have seen it in our nation and we are very thankful and we are very grateful that we have this God who has come down and shown his strength amen. Praise the Lord. Who is this. Is.

▶ 8:02 That crystal sea with angels singing. You’re enthroned in splendor. You’re clothed in fire. Your thrones upon. The crystal sea with angels. You are worthy.

▶ 9:02 You are holy. You are righteous. You are. All true glory. Belongs to you. Who is this king who is this king who reigns on. Is. His glorious praise.

▶ 10:37 All the glory. Belongs to. You. You. All the glory. Belongs. Your glorious praise with all my heart. I will proclaim.

▶ 11:31 You are worthy. You are holy you are holy you are righteous. All the glory. Belongs to. All the glory. Be. On lost.

▶ 12:50 Thank you. Um. He is Lord. Is. Is.

▶ 14:07 Every time. Cause. Is. Jesus. You’re my Lord. In your mind. With my with.

▶ 15:08 My that’s Jesus. Jesus Christ. Oh Jesus.

▶ 16:24 Oh Jesus. What a privilege it is. Jesus. Worthy to be thanked and praised.

▶ 17:34 Worthy. Are you Lord. Worthy to be thanked and praised. You Lord Jesus the Christ. Worthy to be thanked and praised and worshiped. And adored. And praise.

▶ 18:50 To make your glories know. Think hallelujah. Worthy is the key. You’re more than a conqueror. Your. Oh you’re more than a conqueror. Your Lord.

▶ 19:59 Let’s sing that one more time. Worthy. And worship. Worthy are you. And. Upon the throne.

▶ 21:08 To make your glory known. Worthy is the key. You’re more than a conqueror. Your Lord. Part of everything. Hallelujah.

▶ 22:33 You are more. Than a conqueror. Amen. Someone want to lift up their voice and pray before we go to the word yes. All right we gotta kill you. We have Jesus good day and we thank you for everything. And hope everything gets better. Jesus name amen amen yes. Now we’re going to invite pastor to come on up and get ready for the word.

▶ 23:41 Okay we’re going to continue our sessions on the typical Jesus gathering what Jesus taught what Jesus did when he had a church service. This is our seventh session and we want to remind you these important things people came to hear Jesus. Came to hear his teaching and they were amazed. At the results of his teaching. Bill o’reilly and his book killing Jesus. And his ghostwriter that wrote it for him was wrong. They said that people only come to see the miracles but the Bible says over and over that the people came to hear his teaching. And they were amazed at his teaching they were shaken up by it stirred up by it how he taught with authority.

▶ 24:41 To back up what he said. And not as the scribes Jesus backs up what he says even today if you accept his words he will back up what he says. He also they were amazed at how he taught things that were kept secret from this beginning of the world from the foundation of the world Jesus exposed things that had been hidden in the Old Testament and he revealed them and they were amazed how he taught in parables. When he was with the crowds and when he came and gathered with his disciples he explained all the parables to his disciples now this is important stuff because the apostles who wrote the epistles in the New Testament got all their information all their Revelation including Paul Paul did not get some special Revelation when he went up to the third heaven.

▶ 25:45 There is no Paul gospel. All right there’s no Jew gospel there’s no Gentile gospel there is one gospel. And Jesus revealed all of these secret truths all of these parables both to his apostles and to Paul. Amen. And Jesus today has the power to back up what he teaches. So today we’re going to take a look at the teaching of Jesus on divorce. Remember three sessions ago he taught about murder. Then he taught about adultery and now he’s teaching on divorce when the crowds came together and there were thousands that came and this is why Bill O’Reilly said they couldn’t hear because they didn’t have pas well I asked God that question when I was a young Christian I go how in the world these people here they’re on the seashore and the waves are rolling the birds are squawking and the wind’s blowing how can they hear.

▶ 26:52 And he said son if I can raise the dead I can project my voice a quarter of a mile or more I said I got it you cannot go to the Bible with natural understanding you got to go to the Bible with spiritual understanding can that be an amen. We say nothing is impossible with God then we want to contain him in the in the uh fences that us humans are in and he’s not in offense. He’s God okay so Jesus teaching on divorce we go to Matthew chapter 5 verse 31. Jesus starts out this parable as he did the other. Two times quoting a Old Testament law it has been said whoever divorces his wife let him let him give her a certificate of divorce.

▶ 27:44 And then he gives us the spiritual. And the moral of that law. See that’s what a parable does by a natural thing he gives the spiritual moral truth spiritual and moral truth so Jesus said but I say to you whoever divorces his wife for any cause except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery. Period he stopped there now he’s talking to thousands of people and you know there’s people in that crowd that are divorced. In fact one woman that he dealt with had five husbands she married five times in divorce five times and the man she was living with wasn’t her husband she was just living with a man okay and it didn’t distract Jesus at all from preaching the gospel to her and bringing her to himself.

▶ 28:49 And whosoever number two whosoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. All right. And whosoever in Luke 16:18 divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery see now you’ve got four people committing adultery. From one divorce. All right. Now you see the picture here divorce shatters the heart when you divorce it hurts somebody somebody some innocent person is getting hurt also the children are innocent and they get hurt. And so Jesus stands firm on divorce and adultery he stands firm he doesn’t waver. He says it’s wrong it’s a hell sin you spend eternity in the lake of fire if you don’t repent and change your ways.

▶ 29:47 It’s a serious sin he stands strong. All right. Divorce in America. Is 50. And if I ask in here. Families that are in a divorced home 50 would be I asked it everywhere I go all right. One-third of people just live together now they don’t even bother. Marrying and I’m talking about Christians. They just move in. And they come to church and as Proverbs says they wipe their mouth and say I’ve done nothing wrong. God says it’s wrong but this is the callousness of the Christian church in America today and the American citizens you see.

▶ 30:45 But he stands firm because divorce harms the innocent party and it harms the children and the Bible says if you love me you’ll keep my commandments. And the greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself for love does no harm to your neighbor and there’s no closer neighbor than your spouse and your children. Could that be an amen. Hallelujah so he stands strong. He doesn’t get into a psychological debate with them so. We go. A period of time after he spoke on the sermon on the mount and the Pharisees come to him. Okay now they heard what he taught back there so they come to him to test him they’re always trying to catch him in his words and you know use scriptures to show he’s not preaching the truth because his truth.

▶ 31:49 Is totally different than what they say is truth so they come to Jesus and they say is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause see they repeat his statement back there of that law they’re repeating that law that Jesus used. Jesus replied. At the beginning Genesis 1 and two at the beginning God made them male and female. Not transgenders. Not menstrual people not birthing women he made them male and female okay. Folks if you’re going to preach the gospel you’ve got to preach the gospel you can’t bring in your opinions and you can’t bring in the news opinions and other people’s opinion.

▶ 32:46 God created us male and female and any idiot that knows anything about science and I was a lover of science when I was a kid I read everything on science and went to a school where they taught me deeply into the science and real science is good. But false science and twisted science is no good. We know that a male. Is a male by his genitals and a female is a female by the genitals isn’t that right and no question about it I don’t care how they feel about it they’re still a male and they’re still a female and for this reason because I created the male and female for this reason a man shall leave his parents and be joined to his wife this is the marriage joined to his wife the word wife married taken a vow to be faithful to that person all the days of your life to treat them right.

▶ 33:49 Jesus said that was at the beginning. God’s law was marriage and he says the two become one flesh that is the intimate act between a man and a woman the two become one flesh the two becoming one flesh equals children. You know they didn’t have birth control and all that back there actually they did know how to control birth okay. If the egg and the sperm did not meet. There were no babies and you noticed people had babies years apart so they knew what to do are you there. When you marry and you commit to that spouse that person and you have children. You have the liability to provide for and take care of that family you are accountable for that family you are accountable for how you treat that spouse and how you treat your children.

▶ 34:55 Accountability comes in. So he continues in Genesis. So what God has joined together who joined the marriage who invented the marriage God did who recognizes the marriage God does whom God has joined together. He invented marriage let no human being separate. No divorce. I don’t care if they were in reconcilable differences or whatever. He says let no man separate in Malachi chapter 2 verse 16. God so said I hate divorce. He said it is treachery when you make a vow to your spouse.

▶ 35:50 To be faithful to them to. Care for them do them no harm and then you harm them God says that is treachery treachery is a serious sin. And in the next session he’s going to get into the vows. All right. So. I don’t care if you married. Someone because they are a trophy and you want to be proud of walking down the street with them and catch the one that everybody wants to marry or you want to marry just for wealth or you just want to marry for sex. You can’t trade them in. When you marry God holds you accountable and responsible to be faithful and love that spouse and those children.

▶ 36:46 So here’s the human thinking again so the Pharisees that are in the scribes are there to test him well why did Moses give us a certificate. Of divorce. If God had that law at the beginning. Why did he. Give us a certificate of voice number one it wasn’t Moses. God gave Moses this law God made the law. To give him a writing of divorce and look at the wisdom watch out Jesus han from here on watch how Jesus deals with this remember they’re out to trick him they’re out to catch him all right and they’re trying to use human logic to. Expose someone who’s using spiritual logic.

▶ 37:41 Are you with me. So Jesus said Moses because of the hardness of your hearts. Permitted or allowed divorce. But from the beginning it was not so. God gave you permission to divorce because you’re a hard-hearted people. Wow and he’s talking to these Pharisees. And this crowd hearing him. You know what if I was back there I’d be there at every service too here we’ve got to say today. I mean how many ministers do you know can address the word like that and he’s he’s just starting. So he is quoting from scripture by the way he is quoting scripture here.

▶ 38:41 All right. Nehemiah 9:16, 17 and 29. They’ve hardened their necks. They’ve hardened their heart. And would not turn to God all 40 years in the wilderness when he brought him out of Egypt they were still worshiping idols all 40 years they were still lusting after evil things all 40 years and they were hard and they would not turn to God. All 40 years so God gave them. Permission to divorce from a hard heart. Now look at this. Nehemiah goes on to write by the spirit of the Lord yet God this whole 40 years was merciful to them was gracious unto them and willing to pardon.

▶ 39:46 Grace you know there’s a segment of Christians that want to say we’re in the dispensation of grace well and I tell them listen Adam and Eve found grace God didn’t kill him like he said to the day you eat of that tree you will die but God’s grace let them live another 900 years. Are you there Noah found what grace in the eyes of the Lord hear Israel in the desert for 40 years found what grace in the eyes of the Lord come on folks. And he was willing to pardon the divorce he was willing to pardon the idolatry he was willing to pardon them lusting after evil things and greed and things like that and he was willing.

▶ 40:41 To pardon their sexual immorality with the people of the other nations that they were not supposed to. Are you there now. Let that get into your cranial vacuum. Because this is important. Deuteronomy 5:29 oh that there was a heart in them that they would fear and obey me that it might go well with them all the days of their life see Jesus was quoting scripture God knew when he brought them out of Egypt that they had hard hearts. Many of them the majority of them God knew that. And he gave him a writing of divorcement. First Corinthians 10 when Paul who was called to the third heaven.

▶ 41:43 Addressed Israel in the wilderness. He said with many of them God was not well pleased he was displeased with them and overthrew them in the wilderness. You see those 21 and older or 20 and older did not go into the land. He was displeased with him he dealt with them all right even though he was willing to pardon them his grace. Didn’t destroy he could have just destroyed him in a day. Hebrews 13:8 Christ is the same. Say these words with me yesterday. Today. And forever. The same God in Genesis 1:2 is the same God at the end of Revelations.

▶ 42:42 This is what people have got to understand. I am the Lord thy God and I change not. So the point is if he pardoned them in the wilderness. Jesus is he is one slick teacher. If he is the same yesterday today and forever. And he pardoned him in the wilderness for idolatry and and lust and divorce then he will what. Pardon today what he is the same he is wanting to pardon us he’s wanting to deliver us he’s wanting us to turn back to him.

▶ 43:36 So Paul wrote in first Corinthians 7:15. If the marriage spouse leaves then let them remain unmarried and to come back together but if the unbelieving spouse don’t want to come back together and they depart. The innocent one is not bound in such case. Are you there. God has called us to peace. Peace is the absence of conflict. Peace is the absence of war. And when you’re in an abusive marriage you have a right to get out of it. When people’s hearts even Christian ones are so hard that they will abuse their spouse.

▶ 44:36 That spouse who is innocent has a right to get out of that marriage and that abuse and I can give you example after example. Especially women who churches and husbands use this verse wife submitting to your husband. And the husband don’t want to go to church the husband don’t want to serve God if they do they go to some church where there’s no accountability. And the wife just goes along I got to submit to my husband. And I have dealt with this for 50 years. Women in abusive relationships and the church they go to demand that they submit to that husband and vice versa. You know they use the scripture you got to love your wife as the church and do do no harm to your wife and and you know no matter what I do you got to love me no matter what I do you got to stick with me you can’t divorce me women use that in Ephesians.

▶ 45:38 God has called us to peace no one has a right to physically abuse you and no one has the right to tell you how you should serve God God. Has the handle on that right himself. Could that be an amen. So there are questioning. Jesus here. How do they start with the no divorce in Genesis one and two and wind up with a divorce in the law and he’s explaining to him did you get that isn’t that amazing what he just did. He’s not done yet. All right. King David by the way was divorced.

▶ 46:31 You know in a lot of churches if you’re divorced it is the unpardonable sin. In a lot of churches denominations if you’re divorced you cannot be in ministry of any kind. See that’s hard hearts insensitive heart and the Bible says that the son is not accountable for the sin of the father and the father is not accountable for the sin of the son but everyone’s accountable for their own sin isn’t that right isn’t that right. It isn’t right for churches. And I just saw a popular minister very popular demand that a woman stay in an abusive relationship and if I called his name you would know who he was and if you read the news you’d know who he was. Folks that’s not right.

▶ 47:30 And God Jesus knows that. Jesus knows that people’s hearts are going to get hard insensitive and they’re going to mistreat and they’re going to do things they shouldn’t do and that innocent party is not guilty of anything. Amen. And even if they’re guilty and they come to their senses even the one who caused the divorce they come to their senses will he pardon. Absolutely. And he’s making that very clear. Powerful. And then he ends it by saying I say to you whoever divorces his wife except for sexual immorality and marries in others commits adultery and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery Jesus sticks to his gun divorce is not God’s plan.

▶ 48:29 But if you are an innocent victim of it you have a way out. Powerful. Amen. And if you are the guilty party and you come to your senses and repent and get remorsed for it you can be reconciled back so he doesn’t let them get away from the stand he has at all amen. Now getting back to the human intellect the apostles are there hearing this all right so. His disciples said. If that’s the case it is better not to marry. Now here we go with a human thinking again. If that’s the case it is better not to marry.

▶ 49:22 God told him in Genesis to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth didn’t he we just read that God a man shall leave his mother and father and cleave to his wife does God want people to marry. Say yes. Come on good grief. If people don’t marry. Is there a solution for them. It’s his coming and it the disciples open it up with their natural thinking God never said Jesus never said in the previous verses not to marry did he but when we start thinking with the human mind well it’s better not to marry well how are we going to replenish the earth if we don’t marry. Amen. Ah.

▶ 50:15 That human thinking. So what does Jesus do he changes the subject. Watch this. He addresses their question. Better not to marry. Jesus says only those to whom it is given can accept this saying what’s saying. To not marry. It is given. To whom it is given. Can accept this saying not to marry. Verse 12 there are those that are born eunuchs eunuch is a person. Who cannot uh have.

▶ 51:10 Intimate relationship. Because of a defect here when they were born or made by men. Castrated if you’re a male and castrated if you’re a female and then sewn up and they do that in a in some nations today. Circumcision is not just. Used on males they use it on women. He’s he’s saying these people can’t marry they can’t be reproduced they can’t have be joined together. You know and some then he comes up with this one some made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake wow. Now we know from previous lessons that we are not to mutilate our body in any way we are not to harm our body or other people’s body in any way so this he is bringing in the spiritual aspect.

▶ 52:13 This is a spiritual aspect to a moral result they made themselves they decide they’re not going to marry. All right and think look at it I mean Jesus is covering such a vast audience. Teenagers who are growing and getting an education to one day marry they got to use self-control until that day they marry don’t they and God is saying. Uh. To whom it is given can accept it. So even before you’re married Jesus is saying you can control yourself. It’s given to you to control yourself. Watch this.

▶ 53:06 He who is able to accept it let him accept it. Now you’re. Forced to accept it if you’re single and if your spouse divorces you you got to stay out of an adulterous situation until you remarry. And he is given us something to do that are you there and we know the fruit of the spirit. And the seven truths that are added to faith. Have self-control in them don’t they self-control God will give you what you need in the season you need it. Okay first Corinthians 7:7. For I would that all men were as I myself and has his proper gift of God one after this manner and another after that manner.

▶ 54:01 Paul lived his whole life without getting married. And Paul clearly says it was a what. Gift of God see it is given can accept this something is given what’s given. The gift the empowerment. To stay single. And stay pure. Isn’t that powerful. You don’t find teachers like that today. Amazing what he did here and remember they’re trying to trip him up and the apostles are adding to the problem and he takes their statement and clarifies it again okay.

▶ 54:56 Hallelujah are you getting this. Now. Who was able to accept it let him accept it except what the gift. The empowerment from God to control yourself. Teenagers can control themselves. Young adults can control themselves growing Christian adults can do these things because God will empower you in the season you need it and if you get married and your spouse kicks you out for no reason at all God will give you the power to hold on until you find another mate or you decide to live the rest of your life. As single which some do when I go to third world countries there’s some women that men just don’t come up and ask for their hand and they stay single all their life.

▶ 55:52 Because in their culture you don’t women don’t make any advances they just got to wait for some man to come by. But God will empower you isn’t that powerful. Hallelujah see God the same yesterday today and forever if he pardoned Israel for their hard hearts he will pardon what. People today for their hard hearts and especially if their hard heart caused an innocent one to suffer. Amen. Wow. Now verse 8 to the unmarried and widows. Okay is this divorced person unmarried. That guy or that person that got rid of their spouse. Is that spouse now unmarried.

▶ 56:46 Yes. Say it with authority yes they’re unmarried yes hallelujah. And to the widows if your spouse died he says if they lack self-control it is better to let them what mary read this with me let them marry say it again let them mary. See Paul who was called up to the third heaven had the same Revelation that the apostles had with Jesus here on earth. It is better to marry. Than to burn with sexual passion and be tempted by Satan all right if they know they need to get married and their marriage is available.

▶ 57:39 Paul says what Jesus said they can be pardoned and they can marry. Hallelujah. Let’s let it be written thus let it be done as. My guitar player comes. It’s amazed me for 60 years. How Christians want to put a burden on Christians. That they can’t handle and is not scriptural to handle. And Jesus deals with these things. Remember. He has called us to peace peace is the absence of conflict. And in Ephesians 2:14.

▶ 58:31 There’s a verse he is my peace he has broken down every wall. And wherever you’re at today whether in this room. Or whether online. Half of you are in a family divorce. And God is telling you. Both to the spouse and to the children I’ll empower you. I’ll empower you to handle this situation it’s really hard on the kids. But God Jesus is saying I’m going to empower. Those innocent people to get through this. And if you’re willing to accept God’s empowerment you may be the one that’s the source of the problem but you can repent. You can change your thinking you can change your ways and you may be the one that’s the victim but every which one it is let us come to the prince of peace Jesus is the prince of peace.

▶ 59:34 And let us come to him and if we need to confess our sin just confess him if we need just his empowerment to live through this just tell him you I need this empowerment I need this gift to get through this season and he has the power to back up what he said. Coming to me won’t help you coming to him will and if you want that peace will you stand with me and let’s sing this together and just let Jesus deal with our life. One. Who has broken down every he.

▶ 1:00:45 Is the key now. Cast all your cares on here. For he careful you. He is my fear. He is my peace just do it. Cast all your cares. On him. For he care for you. He is my peers.

▶ 1:01:41 He is my dream we’re gonna sing it again you are my peace in the first person. You are my peace. You have broken down every wall. You are my peace. You are my peace. You are my peace. You have broken down every wall. You are my peace Lord Jesus. You are my I guess.

▶ 1:02:39 I cast my cares. On you. For you care careful me. You are my peace. You are my peace. I cast my cares on you. For you care of for me. You are my being. You are my you are my being.

▶ 1:03:39 You. Are my now let’s lift up our voice and pray we’re going to pray first. For our spiritual condition if you’ve got anything that you need to get right with God just bring it to God if someone has something against you just. Get it right with God today father we lift up our voices unto you and we just ask you to come and examine us let your Holy Spirit come and examine us search our heart to see if there be any wicked way in us and Lord. We thank you that you can search us out and you love us and you care for us and you can change the condition. And Lord we ask you to forgive us we ask you to cleanse us and we ask you to deliver us.

▶ 1:04:35 Set us free from all sin as the Bible says the blood cleanses from all sin there is no sin that the Bible cannot cleanse us from we don’t have to go to hell fire Lord because we have you the deliverer the healer and the cleanser. Working in our life. Jesus let everyone. Online and here today find that forgiveness find that pardon find that deliverance. That’s set free. From our failures our mistakes and our sins in Jesus. Powerful name. Secondly we want to pray for the physical healing we’ve got people here that need physical healing I’m sure there’s people online that got physical healing the Bible says you will lay hands on the sick and they shall recover so you if you’re sick just put your own hand on you and those of other ones just stretch out your hand and let’s pray for God to heal father we come to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ the great physician.

▶ 1:05:47 And father we asked you to bring healing. Bring a miracle. Bring healing the word there’s healing bring a miracle to where there’s a miracle needed in the name of Jesus Christ Lord. Bring that healing Lord you said you would you would back it up with signs following we asked you this day Lord come and heal even if you use medicine heal. Without medicine heal. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray father. Amen. And amen. Now listen I know God heals they gave me just a couple of months to live a couple of decades ago. From family fever. The doctor gave me a bottle of pills.

▶ 1:06:40 That huge and that round and it had so many side effects that I just decided not to take the medicine. And I went in the next month and the doctor said it’s gone. And I said doc I didn’t take the medicine. He said oh my God I would have gave credit to the pills but this is a miracle he said I am a Presbyterian Christian and I’ve seen this before in my office in my patience I said you got a miracle from God. So God does heal today folks amen. I had a tooth that was cracked this one over here at the bottom all the way around. Anybody that knows science knows a tooth does not heal itself. The dentist told me I had a crack and he showed it to me I go God what happened what did I do I think it was those corn nuts.

▶ 1:07:41 People told me not to. Use and I did anyway but anyway. And I uh and he wanted to drill the whole tooth out and put a cap over you know drill it down and then put a cap over it I said I gotta think on that I teeth are hard to come by let me think on that I I didn’t even think about it six months later I went in and that dentist was checking my teeth and he goes hey. That crack’s gone. Did you get healed he was a Christian I said I didn’t I didn’t even I don’t remember praying for it or anything he just healed me let me know God can do that. Amen he is still healing today and I can tell you a lot of stories about that from other people. Secondly let’s pray for our nation for our government.

▶ 1:08:37 Those who lead you called you to er and destroy your path. Father we lift up our voices today Lord Jesus we’re in America so we’re praying for the leadership of America we thank you for the success you have given us recently and the Lord there’s still a big work to do a large work to do Lord to get morals back into this nation Lord you said that the righteous would rule Lord the wicked would not rule over the righteous but the righteous would rule over the wicked and Lord we ask you to come and touch our politicians come and touch this nation and Lord bring that scripture to pass Lord Jesus. Come you are the king of the nation the king’s hearts in the hand of the Lord and you can turn it and again we thank you for the success we’ve had but Lord we ask you to complete the work oh turn America back to righteousness.

▶ 1:09:40 In your precious name Jesus we pray. Amen and amen the same for the church God promised a church that the gates of hell could not prevail against God promised a glorious church without spot or wrinkle or any such thing in Joel he promised a church that would march in unity march in rank and nothing can stand before them for the captain of the host is in front of them leading the way that is the promise and we have not seen the total fulfillment of that but let’s pray for it today because we only get what we pray for father we lift up our voices again in the name of your son Jesus Christ and Lord we ask you to touch the church the catholics the baptists the all.

▶ 1:10:33 The protestant churches touch the Jews Lord oh father in the name of Jesus Lord let there be a fulfillment of that which was spoken Lord that you church would be holy without blemish and we would prevail over the gates of hell and we would march in unity Lord we’re looking for that day of unity where we march forward in rank with you leading the way way to battle overcoming all obstacles. Thank you Lord Jesus that you have the power. To perform what you taught. Thank you Lord Jesus. Amen and amen. Hallelujah. Ah now I feel like I’ve been to church.

▶ 1:11:27 You can be seated as they take up the offering. We want to thank you for joining with us online today and we trust you will have a blessed day in God and just take this message and pray get on your knees and pray over it and if you have guilt in any area let Jesus come and remove that guilt I don’t care if it’s divorce idolatry. Greed. Lust whatever it is let him pardon you cleanse you deliver you from that lake of fire and give you that eternal life and a new heaven and a new earth you have a blessed day.