The Power of God’s People Pt 4 — January 12, 2025: full transcript and answers

▶ 0:12 It’s good to be in the house of God this morning we’ve been talking about the power of God’s people and we want to be on his side. Amen in the scriptures there are two kinds of people. And people that sided with Christ and people that were against Christ two weeks ago we showed you the Scriptures how great fear came and there was a group that put the Jews the leaders in fear and they were afraid to mess with Jesus of because of fear of this group of people and I want to be in that group of people do you want to be in that group yes and there was another group that also cried out and said crucify Jesus do you want to be in that group.

▶ 1:09 No definitely. Not you want to be in the crowd that says crucify. Jesus why would you want to do. That two weeks ago we were sharing and went over how the apostles taught the word of God and the testimony of Jesus the apostles were killed for this word that they spoke they were killed for the testimony of Jesus because they were witnesses with him they spent time with him and they were sharing their experience they experienced the miracles the power and they would teach what he taught very powerful we reviewed the importance of the word of God and what it is it’s it’s powerful the apostles are powerful because we they are our examples today they are examples for all leaders that we should.

▶ 2:09 Be laying down our life to spread the gospel to live for Christ we went over the word of God being the priority the word of God it says is is living and powerful sharper than any two-edged sword the word of God it says in the scriptures is above his name did you know that his name can cast out demons his name is powerful throughout the earth but his word is above that so the word of God is very important and powerful in 2 Timothy 3:16 it says this all scripture is for teaching rebuking correcting and training in righteousness so that the servant of God are you a servant of God this morning so that the servant of God can be well equipped for every good work are you equipped for every good work you can be if you get the scriptures in.

▶ 3:06 You and you say to me how do I do that where do I find them do you understand that years ago they did not have access people like us did not have access to the scriptures but now it’s anywhere you can find a Bible anywhere you can find it on your phone you can find us you can go order on amazon for 10 bucks and get one at your home delivered you don’t even have to walk. Out and years ago they did not have access access to that at all and so we are wasting an opportunity when we do not put God’s word into our mind and our heart Genesis 49:10 unto him shall the gathering of the people be it’s not to the concert it’s not to the mighty man of God the one who looks the best dresses the best I know I look good but I’m joking our gathering is to.

▶ 4:05 Christ those who know their God shall be strong and instruct. Many it says that they will do great exploits as well so are you strong or are you weak Christian do you want to keep being a weak Christian you don’t have to be you can know your God and you can be strong not physically we’re talking about in spirit you can be in a wheelchair and be strong in God why because you know him. Amen Jesus called the people to himself and he said deny yourselves take up your cross and follow me Jesus calls us all directly it’s not go he doesn’t have to go through a priest you don’t have to go to the priest when we when I talk to people they say pray for me minister I’m not anybody. Special you know 15 years ago was right there 10 years ago 5 years ago I was in the chair I’m the same we’re the same you go down to the big church the minister isn’t anybody special he’s got to know his God just like you do.

▶ 5:17 Amen Jesus called the people to himself he’s calling me you the big guy that guy he’s calling donald trump the president joe biden the current president he’s calling them to. Himself and we have a choice are we going to deny him or are we going to deny. Ourself denying yourself just means repent we want to feel good we want to do the drugs sexual immorality we want to do the alcohol we want to do the things that harm us we don’t think they harm us but they do we want to steal we want to lie he’s saying you got to stop that see that’s what you want to do you got to deny yourself yourself. Amen and that takes time but you can stop I mean you can have as much of God as you want you can make this a fast process or a slow process okay you got to deny yourself take up your cross everybody has a burden to.

▶ 6:18 Bear some people are going through sickness some people have a big load of responsibility some people are raising kids some people have this everybody has a situation if you’re a young person and you got uh people coming at you from all directions peer pressure to do this peer pressure to do that you have a cross to bear a burden and Jesus is saying hey get it and bring it and he says follow me so if you can deny yourself if you can pick up your burden and come over to where Christ is you can find rest he says come unto me all you who labor and heavy laden and I will give you what rest he said if anyone thirsts come unto me and I will give you what. Life Jesus Christ has the life Jesus Christ has the rest that you.

▶ 7:14 Need and he is calling all believers to go from being one who believes in their mind to one who has faith that has evidence that will follow him that will deny themselves take up their cross and follow him and that’s called being a disciple so God is calling all of us to be disciples every one of us he is calling to be. Disciples the priests feared who were those who were amazed at Jesus’s teaching are we amazed at Jesus’s teachings or do we just let it go.

▶ 7:52 By and when we talk about the heart we’re talking about a heart that receives the words of Jesus we’re talking about not the pumping thing we’re talking about the mind right words come in God’s word comes in and we make a choice whether or not we’re going to respond that is what God is talking about and so we’re going to move on to another example of the power of God’s people we’re going to be looking in 1 Samuel 14:6 if you’re writing notes you can write down 1 Samuel 14:6 we’re going to be in 1 Samuel 14 a lot today Jonathan and his armor bearer just killed 20 men so at this time Saul is the king Jonathan is who Saul’s son he is a prince right do we know this um at this time the Philistines are basically running the show in Israel okay Saul is king but the Philistines are oppressing them Philistines are from a different country so right now they’re at war.

▶ 9:00 All right so we set the stage right in verse. 15 it says there was trembling in the camp after they killed these men in the field and among all the people the garrison the raiders and the earthquake so that there was a very great trembling and Jonathan said to his armor bearer say this with me come up after me for the Lord has delivered them into the hand of Israel and so Jonathan and his armor bearer started a shaking. Of the camps and this is an illustration of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit and I bring up the scripture because it indicates the situation Jonathan says to his armor bear come up after me he Jesus is saying to his Holy Spirit hey come on up after me I’m going to send you to my people like he promised his people when he ascended.

▶ 10:01 And we need Jesus to shake. California we need Jesus to shake America to cause a trembling the other question is do we have this armor bearer Jonathan is Christ the armor bearer is the Holy Spirit do you have this Holy Spirit who arms. You to fight the spiritual battle many of us may be losing the fight many of us have to deal when you go home when you leave this place you got to address the problems in your life the decisions that you face in your life you’re not going to go through life without problems I guarantee you you’re not going to go through life without temptations I guarantee you you want to know why because the sa Satan is seeking whom he may devour he’s seeking for someone he can.

▶ 11:10 Devour and so do we have the armor bearer are we clothed with the power of the Holy Spirit have we put on the armor of God as it says in Ephesians chapter 6 do we have that sword of the spirit like Jonathan he went up to that garrison and he didn’t go hey uh see you guys you know fall down come on no what did he have he had weapons he had a sword he had his armor he had his armor bearer he was ready. Man and he took them. Out and the question is do we have the sword of the spirit do we have that sword with us not lying at home collecting dust. Right that word of God that Bible it’s called the Bible that holy Bible is it collecting dust or do we use it on a daily.

▶ 12:10 Basis it doesn’t have to collect. Dust and so Jesus and the Holy Spirit can cause a trembling throughout the earth it’s not psychology that’s going to cause a trembling it’s not man’s counsel it’s not man’s wisdom it’s not government that’s going to cause a trembling and a shaking it’s who Jesus Christ the Holy. Spirit and of course we always want as in the Proverbs when you read Proverbs you read about good government and we need good government that’s that’s always the case we want good government right when the righteous are in authority the people rejoice when the wicked are authority the people uh they cry or something. And we can’t look to the government to solve all our problems you can’t look to the government to solve all your issues amen we need Christ we need that Holy Spirit so the people respond talking about the power of the people 1st Samuel 14:20 Saul and all the people who were with him assembled you see it’s important that we.

▶ 13:26 Assemble we are here today and we are are assembling the word church means. Assembly if you say yes I’m in the church of God are you. Assembling. Amen and they went to the battle they didn’t stay uh you. Know not doing anything they didn’t stay young little uh kids that can’t do anything no they grew up they were ready and they went to the battle Philistines the Philistines sword was against his neighbor and there was very great confusion so Jonathan and his armor bearer caused an uproar in the philistine camp and the Philistines started to hurt and hurt harm one another this is what God did through Jonathan the Hebrews that defected to the Philistines joined the Israelites and all the men of Israel who had hidden in the mountains followed hard after the Philistines the Lord saved Israel that day and the battle.

▶ 14:40 Shifted so I want to point out here it started with Jonathan and his armor bearer I don’t know his name or I would say his name it started with those two men and because of it it caused a confusion in the philistine camp and when that started. Everybody who had defected over the Philistines defect means to go you know they they were Jews and they went and they fought for the Philistines no longer they came back with the Israelites and fought with the Israelites and so people God’s people that have gone over to the kingdom of darkness right now in our country in 2024 God can bring them back out of that when he shakes things up and when we uh you know get. Courageous people will see that and and come.

▶ 15:35 Back likewise all the men who had hidden in the mountains people may be hiding right now they may be afraid to tell about Jesus Christ to say that they’re Christians they may be ashamed but when they see somebody. Courageous stand up and when they see God shake they’ll come out of hiding. So somebody has to be. Courageous. Amen so we need God we need Christ and the Holy Spirit to cause it trembling in California in America are we ready for the battle with the word of God we don’t go around with our guns shooting people say are you Christian you’re not a Christian bang no that’s not what I’m saying okay got to understand that I got to be clear some of us don’t know the difference we’re talking about the spiritual battle the spiritual battle is won with the word of God why because the word of God is the main weapon in the spirit okay we understand that and so when you go out and you don’t have God’s word you don’t have it in you and you don’t speak God’s word you’re not using the weapon that’s

▶ 17:06 going to. Advance so our words should reflect the word of God not the world do our words reflect God or they reflect the world our support should be for truth and not. Lies our vote our money our support what are we supporting what are we voting. For are we voting for the purposes of the word of God the of truth and righteousness I remember walking out of walmart and somebody was like you know we’re going to sign we’re going to have a petition here to ask for money to give more money out to people uh uh to the homeless and you know it sounds like a good thing right but I’m thinking to myself we can’t just keep doing this.

▶ 18:05 Somebody thinks my voice is. Cracking the scriptures say that we need to work. Folks young people that are able-bodied we got to find some work you young people up here last week’s message was for you what are you doing to prepare yourselves for the future. Do you have a plan do you have a goal when I was 12 years old I was challenged somebody came up to me and said what are you going to do what are you going to work what are you you know what’s going on what are you doing and they had to ask me at 12 because I graduated high school at 15 so I had to be ready what are you doing what’s happening. Mike and so I started looking at jobs and saying okay here’s a job that makes a lot of money I’ll go for that and I ended up being really good at it but you’ve got to set a goal if you aim for nothing you’re going to hit it every time if you have no goals you’re going to have no direction and no.

▶ 19:15 Outcome okay and if you think you’re not smart enough you think you’re dumb and all this you I was dumb I was I would sit I remember uh going to orthodontist and they’re like oh you must be very smart I’m like I’m not really smart I’m really dumb and I sit at my job I’m like you know anybody could learn this it’s just a matter of doing it a hundred or thousand times you know if you do something a thousand times you can learn. It and they’ll pay you to learn and then I remember sitting there after two years and I went to college for it and in college I didn’t understand nothing they went over terms they’re talking about service and print this and that I don’t know what they’re talking about and I go to work and two years into work I’m like I.

▶ 20:08 Understand what they were saying I see it now why because I had to do. It so you got to put yourself out there you got to commit to something don’t say oh I’m too dumb or I’m too stupid it’s not true okay it’s just a matter of doing it putting in the work and the effort and you may think oh I want to be a billionaire go for it come on but have a goal and again remember if you reach your goal and you become successful and you do not have God in your life you’ve missed the main. Part of the goal okay the Bible says first the natural then the spiritual you can’t just uh pray and and and money fall down you heard me last week money and hamburgers from heaven that’s not going to happen you have to work you might as well get into something that is uh good return okay but if you become successful and you’re wonderful and great and you have not spent time to seek and know your God you are missing it you’re missing out on eternity you’re missing out on knowing your God you can’t you can’t forget God.

▶ 21:34 Amen so moving on back to the power of the peoples 1 Samuel 14:6 Jonathan said to his armor bearer let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised and in the New Testament reminds us what this means not talking about physically he’s uh it’s talking about the heart okay circumcision has to do with cutting out uh you you know the outer skin but it also when it comes to the heart is removing that heart of stone your hard heart has to be removed you want a tender heart somebody that responds to as I said earlier when his word comes in his your ears how do we. Respond it’s not outward it’s not merely outward and physical but it is of the heart by the what spirit spirit amen Acts 7:51 this is um step somebody’s texting me I wonder if the I don’t have rita so I got to make sure okay Acts 7:51 you stiff necked people your hearts and ears so here he identifies that your ears and your heart amen are still uncircumcised not talking about physical he’s talking about get that hardness out of you young people we can get very hard because the world has got us hard we become.

▶ 23:04 Numb all these influences were just like uhhuh uh-huh God says uh-huh uh-huh you know nothing is getting in you don’t want to be numb amen you want to have ears that hear you want to have a heart that is responsive to Jesus you are just like your ancestors you always resist say that with me you what resist the Holy Spirit we don’t want to resist the spirit of God uh for example I have reminded you or we have reminded to get God’s word into you right and I have given you example after example illustration after illustration I’ve shown you in the Bible that we should read the Bible all this kind of stuff and so when you hear that and you make no attempt to put the Bible into you that is a rejection.

▶ 24:02 Do you know that and you know I’ve been there I’ve been a young person it takes time but you got to put some effort into it you know if it takes a chapter a day or you you start small start something do get it into you and so that’s what we’re talking about I want you to understand when we resist the Holy Spirit it’s just God’s word speaking to us and we refuse to take. Action Jonathan says to his armor bearer it may be that the Lord will work for us do we want God working for us do you want God working for you yes amen so you don’t want to be someone who has not been circumcised in heart amen the disciples went out and preached everywhere and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it Jesus worked with his disciples he worked with the word that they spoke because they spoke Jesus’s word are we going around speaking our own word we go to church and we take a part out of it and and we start uh twisting what God is saying telling our own uh version.

▶ 25:22 Amen we we don’t want to do that we want to we want God to confirm his word his full truth chapter verse 6 for nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by. Few that’s a powerful. Statement that’s a powerful scripture. Folks let’s read it together for nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by. Few see Jonathan and aror be are how many people. Two two people went up there with courage and said let’s go after him and God used that so what is our excuse. Folks what is our excuse and this message is for me what’s your excuse mike what is your excuse do you have an excuse I don’t have an excuse.

▶ 26:25 And how do we respond his armor bear responds and says do that is all all that is in your heart go then here I am with you according to your heart and Jonathan said very well let us cross over to these men and we will show ourselves to them it’s man I mean look at this when you read it like g this is Jesus and the Holy Spirit you it’s so. Powerful do all that is in your heart are we in uh do we have a heart after God David was chosen why because he had a heart heart after God do we have a heart after. God he says I am with you Jesus we always want him with us but are we with. Him he want he is after the harvest he is the Lord of the harvest he is out there in the field and he is putting out seed and he is he’s he’s digging up the weeds and he’s he’s plowing the field and he’s he’s.

▶ 27:31 Working are we with. Him when you say we’re with him that means I got to go out to where he is and he’s not going to be like oh let me talk and and and plow with it oh how you doing oh you’re doing great he’s going to say hey get over. Here. Amen get in the plow get to the work get some fruit going in your life I know that I’m being very metaphorical here but I hope you understand the truth right the fruits are the fruits of the spirit love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness j you okay this is why you need to put God’s word in you because I’m saying things you may not understand because you don’t know the Bible.

▶ 28:34 The great thing now is uh you can take any question to ChatGPT and they’ll explain it all for you. Okay Jonathan said very well let us cross over to these men and we will show ourselves to them how many want Jesus revealing himself to you how many want Jesus showing himself how many want the Holy Spirit showing himself to you can you that’s so powerful let’s cross over we’re going to cross over you know and us too we got to cross over to uh people that don’t believe in Christ we got to cross over to the sinner we got to cross over to the liberal or the conservative or the the uh what are they called the libertarian that just believes oh you can do anything you want no that’s not what the scriptures. Say we got to cross over to the lawless to the uncircumcised.

▶ 29:30 In heart and show them the living. God show them the Holy. Spirit you know it’s not just Jesus yes it’s Jesus Jesus does the shaking but if you can get shaken. Yourself if you can get Jesus into you then you can be a source of this showing Jesus to people amen you can be a sce of showing the word of God to. People and if you just think about it logically Jonathan and an armor bear they went up they had a spear they had a sword what did they show what did they show them they showed them here here’s my stuff you get ready you’re going to get. It and the sword of the Lord this word of God is is like that we we got to sh we can’t go up and give them cotton candy there’s got to be the word of God the sword the living word it’s got to be in.

▶ 30:38 There so both of them showed themselves to the garrison Philistines said look the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden come up to us and we will show you something see the Philistines are like oh come over here we’re going to show you something oh man that’s the way s the s lawless oh I got something to show you God I got something to show you come on Christian you got. Something and you may not have anything if you don’t have the word of God if you don’t have the truth if you don’t have the living word you don’t got nothing and they’re going to challenge you and they’re going to mock. You you need. Christ you need the Holy Spirit. Cu if you don’t have it they’re going to show you.

▶ 31:33 Something the the enemy is going to show you. Something uh if you remember there were uh demon-possessed. Men and these men came up that were you know I don’t know what they were but they came up and they’re like all right in the name of the Lord that Paul preaches be cast out or whatever and the demons are like we know Paul. We know Jesus but who are you we’re gonna show you something buddy you see they didn’t know God themselves they didn’t know they weren’t connected to. Christ you can’t keep going through this life disconnected and not serving the living God. Yourself do we understand Jonathan uh said come up after me and Jonathan climbed on his hands and his knees with armor bear after him and they fell before Jonathan Jonathan I’m just pointing out the scripture because it’s talking about his hands his knees Jesus Christ he was crucified put out his hands they nailed his hands to the cross his feet amen all right so all of these stories in the Old Testament um they’re pointing to the Jesus Christ I’m almost every story Esther.

▶ 32:55 Joseph uh David Jonathan here they’re all pointing to Christ if you can find the truth in. Them Jonathan said we will show ourselves to them Jesus Christ on the mountain of transfiguration or just the mountain that they were on Matthew 17:2 there w there he was transfigured before them his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light a bright cl covered them and a voice from the cloud said this is my son whom I love with with him I am well pleased listen to him so Jesus Christ this humble man he didn’t have any look about him that was uh you know he didn’t have a nice hair do like I have you know Jesus he just he got a beard he just looked like a regular guy the scriptures say that you know there’s always pictur of them he just looks amazing now he just looked like a regular guy all right he’s just and everybody you know uh the the priests and the Jews they couldn’t figure out who he which one he was they had to have judas go and show him hey there here’s Jesus right here this is the guy.

▶ 34:13 But when he went up to this. Mountain he took. Off the mask and he was. Transfigured and he became bright like the sun and he. Shone. Powerful and he showed. Himself to his disciples don’t you want to see that side of Christ do you want to know a version of Christ is just who’s this guy you know I don’t know if he’s got any power Jesus I believe thank you for dying on the cross but he’s got more for you you he’s got more for you if you’re willing to follow.

▶ 35:07 Him and also God opened up the heavens and spoke to them another word you know if you’re willing to follow Christ he’ll speak more to you when the disciples heard this they fell face down to the ground and they were terrified kind of like this trembling in the camp they were terrified see God wants to shake us he wants to move upon us now it’s important to understand that the people these disciples that experienced this transfiguration of Jesus changing revealing himself were the ones who went up the mountain with him and so God is calling us to follow him to go with him where he. Goes so we don’t want to wait for him to ren the heavens and come down we can go to him where he is we don’t need to wait for him to shake America or shake California we can get shak in ourselves and we can take that word to this.

▶ 36:14 World we have power there is power in God’s people we understand that that’s the point of this message the people of God are powerful if we will take up our uh our mantle if we will take up our responsibility if we will take up the cause of Christ who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord he that has clean hands and a pure heart he does not lifted up his soul to another or sworn deceitfully this is the generation of them that seek him that that seek thy face so we have a people that want to ascend up to where Jesus is we have a people here that it says a generation that seek him are you seeking God or do you want to go up and follow him or are you just interested in living life and dying you just interested in in in having your portion in this life and having no connection with.

▶ 37:15 Christ there’s a song that says give us clean hands if you don’t have clean hands say God I need clean hands amen lift up your head oh you gates be lifted up you everlasting doors open up your mouth come into God’s house get excited. And get excited about praising God lift up those gates man get you see the lift get those. Gate you know you got that some of us got a big gate with big doors with a big mouth that needs to be big. Opened for Jesus. Not for the world not for the kingdom of darkness who is this king of glory the Lord strong and mighty the Lord mighty in battle I don’t care if you’re falling asleep I’m going to keep.

▶ 38:14 Going 1 Samuel 14:24 Saul all of the sudden comes in all right so we have this great trembling we have this great thing happening Jonathan and his armor bearer they’ve made something happen God is with them he’s caused us shaking uh the Philistines are trembling they’re shaking in their shoes can you feel the the earthquake man what a powerful thing can you imagine right now 2024 feeling that so oh thank you right there 2020 can you imagine God’s voice going out can you imagine there’s there’s there’s posts there’s shaking there’s there’s news there’s there’s things happening on uh videos something’s happening throughout the world there’s a there’s a shaking the the God’s there’s all that can you.

▶ 39:08 Imagine God. Moving amen can you imagine all these stories popping up where people are changing people are bowing people are going they’re they’re worshiping God they’re crying out for God. Then Saul comes in and they have this great thing going and he says okay cursed is the man who eats any food until evening before I have taken vengeance on my enemies and the people and the people were faint so he comes out with this rule and says oh you guys can’t eat until we’re all done with this. What are you. Stupid have any any of you ever gone to the gym before you done a big workout yeah I this happens all the time with my kids they’re all into the gym now they go to the gym they’re working out oh my God they’re running and and they’re doing this and afterwards they’re like we’re.

▶ 40:15 Hungry right you’re hungry maybe you can stop not eat for a few more hours but at night you’re going to be like I need some. Food and these guys are fighting a battle they’re running over hills they’re traversing miles probably fighting a battle against the Philistines you mean those guys back there they fought they didn’t get in their humvees and drive. Along no they got to go on a horse they got to walk they got to run these guys really are spending some calories and then Saul comes along and says you guys can’t eat until we’re done. What and see that’s the problem man comes into what God is doing and we make a mess we try to come up with our own rules our own.

▶ 41:10 Laws and Jonathan comes in and he says what have you done you’re troubling the people look now my countenance has brightened because I tasted a little of this. Honey and Jesus repli oh Matthew chapter 15:3 Jesus replied why did you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition I’m just pointing out here that in Jesus’s day they did the same thing they came up with their traditions they broke the commandments of God Saul came in with some new rule and he messed things up how much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies for there not would there not have been a great much greater slaughter among the Philistines see we don’t want to get in God’s way Acts 5:28 did we not straightly command you that you should not not teach in his name and behold you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us and acts chapter 5 this is the New Testament this is the apostles are preaching the gospel Jesus has already died he’s risen from the grave and here they are the Jews the priests are saying you cannot teach in his name we command you not to teach in his name why and so here man comes in again just like Saul came in with a dumb rule these guys came in with a dumb rule you can’t speak in the name of Jesus do we understand that the Old Testament confirms the New Testament Peter and the other apostles answered and said what we ought to obey who God

▶ 42:42 rather than men well they’re making uh they’re legalizing marijuana they’re legal it’s all it’s recreational drugs we can do it it’s okay to drink it’s okay it’s okay feels good. It’s okay to do the drugs now portland oregon you know they’re making the hard drugs il legal now cocaine her you know all this stuff let’s just make it. Legal all kinds of sexual immorality is legal it’s legal we can do it does that mean it’s. Right why because that’s God’s law I’m sorry that’s man’s word that’s man’s law that’s man’s rule but what does God say. God has been the same since the beginning folks but we don’t like the same simple way God things set up you know Adam and Eve come in you should uh have one spouse one wife and oh we don’t like that we’re going to sleep around we’re going to do what we.

▶ 43:50 Want you know we don’t want man and wife we want to have sex with the same sex. Because we want to do what we want to do government’s approved it the president of the united states has approved gay marage so let’s do it no no it’s still wrong folks man’s word in the church Jesus in Matthew 16:24 he said whoever wants to be my what say it with me we’re going to do a lot of repeating because you guys don’t have anything to write on so if you’re not writing notes going to talk with me here whoever wants to be what my what disciple must what deny themselves take up your what cross follow me amen Matthew chap 28: 19 therefore go and make what disciples of what all nations all right so we should all be headed to become what.

▶ 44:49 Disciples God is calling all of us everyone in this room everyone walking by everyone in every house from here to the ocean is called to become a disciple it’s not just a white religion thing it’s not a white man thing it’s not American thing this is a global. Thing God didn’t just make north America he made the whole world and he is calling all men everywhere to become disciples. And so man’s. Word sometimes can make us believe that all we have to do is stop at believing but God in red letters here you see the red letters do you guys know what that means you know what red letters means do you know what red letters means do you know what red letters means in the scriptures do.

▶ 45:53 You say it Jesus said it okay you find certain bibles when you go to the New Testament you’re there in red you’re like what is this what is this it’s Jesus spoken okay these are red letters so who spoke them Jesus who do we serve Jesus Jesus who do we listen to Jesus okay he died on the cross for our sin he red the who do we follow. Jesus so when he says something do we listen yes so has he called us to become disciples yes. But church leaders are failing in this by teaching belief only all you have to do is believe that’s not. True believers are failing in this by stopping at belief only so we are also responsible see the the scriptures that I don’t have to go to the preacher anymore and say preacher what does the Bible say no you can download on your phone you can order one on amazon they’re $10 if you don’t have one I can give one to.

▶ 46:54 You and you can find out for yourself what does Jesus what does God say you have a responsibility to move from believing in God to becoming a what. Disciple. Amen so it’s important that we like with Saul don’t just listen to the demands of men in government California under the safety act students have the right to privacy uh including their sexual orientation and gender identity so Californians come up with a law that they uh your your student they’re not going to tell you what they identify at school uh family law if you get in a divorce and you have to get custody of your kids their child the gender identity is factored in if there’s a parent who favors uh the gender identity thing say they’re going to favor that parent okay is that right no no parental consent miners do not need parental consent or notification to obtain an abortion in California I see this every time I go to the doctor’s office I sit down and I look at the sign it says you don’t need to tell your parents if you’re.

▶ 48:19 Pregnant and so when my daughter goes to uh when our kids go to the doctor they don’t have to tell you. And I got to tell you nothing in November 2022 California voters passed proposition one which amended the state constitution to explicitly protect the rights to abortion and contra. Contraception uh what they call it now is reproductive rights so now it’s not just abortion it’s you know went from murder right to abortion to now it’s reproductive rights okay so now you have rights in California as of 2022 to protect.

▶ 49:05 Those rights California federal law is ena the breakdown of the nuclear family now I know many people have maybe had to go to these things and use these things but they do not encourage the uh preservation of the nuclear family when I say nuclear family I’m talking about a mother and a father with children okay mom dad and children we have no fault divorce so uh no matter what happens the divorce happens even if somebody’s mean to you bad to you doesn’t matter you may be the innocent party they can divorce you and they can get spousal support and take your money all right child custody support negatively affects good parents so I’ve heard stories where a guy uh you know he got a divorce the the the mother was gone for years wasn’t involved in their son’s life all of a sudden comes back and now she has all these rights gets money and she gets a say now and just.

▶ 50:08 Ruins that. Child is this. Good is this good and just. No child murder that’s what I’m calling it is it called murder no but remember you stopped a beating heart the heart is beating at five weeks by the time you find out you’re pregnant the heart is already beating and you took the blood from that baby the blood the Bible says the life is in the blood we know life is in the blood right you know that’s scientific fact dna you’re a human being when you’re born and also God has given you a spirit and a soul so when you take that baby’s life you’re taking a soul a spirit from someone that’s innocent you’re not in war defending your for your life no you got an innocent baby.

▶ 51:12 Here support for domestic partnerships so we’re supporting the same seex thing that that opposes the nuclear family mother and a father right and a child this is uh. Uh this does not encourage the nuclear family welfare and social services financial support regardless of marital status so uh you can if you’re a woman you can go and sleep around get pregnant and you will get you can get welfare this does not encourage the nuclear family okay and we always talk about rights what about the rights of a child to have a mother and a father what what about the rights of a child to have a mother and a father and to have a normal. Situation what about their rights.

▶ 52:10 For years I were uh was involved in youth. Ministry and I heard many of the situations I mean more than 50% of the cases where there was so much neglect in these kids’ lives. Their parents had died because of alcohol their parents were not in their lives because they were doing drugs and they weren’t allowed to have them you know what are we doing. Folks why is government enabling people to behave like. This medical care medical care right now uh makes everybody the same so if you live your life and you don’t smoke you don’t drink you don’t sleep around which are all high-risk medical behaviors that will take you to the hospital will get you a disease if you engage in that you pay the same as the person who doesn’t is that right.

▶ 53:18 No and so our systems they encourage the bad. Behavior this group right here it’s called glisten it’s in every public. School they have a group called glisten and they are. Encouraging these. Behaviors they don’t care they don’t care about the future of that kind they’re going to encourage them to engage in that kind of behavior to to take on that gender identity to change over their agender or you can be part of their group and just support the whole program be like yes go go yes change your identity. Which has transitioned now to oh you know take chemical c castration pills which they call what do they call those pills they call them puberty. Blockers and they chemically change.

▶ 54:14 Your they suppress your your your your gender this is all man’s word folks it’s not God God didn’t create us this way God didn’t mean for this God this is not God’s plan at all this is man’s plan right and man have come in and we’ve made a mess of so many things we’ve made a mess there’s a mess in the world which is normal the world has always been a mess you know roman times they’re doing all kinds of horrible things it’s all throughout history it’s not like there’s anything new here but the the statement is still true we got to obey God over men. And young people you’re going to have a very good future if you can hang on to God’s word hang on to truth and follow it it’s hard I went to college for five years and it was hard you want to quit you don’t you want to give up you’re I’m tired of this.

▶ 55:18 Process but you got to hang in there you got to stick to your goal your plan you say no I’m not going to get involved with w uh uh the opposite sex till a certain time in my life no I’m not going to bring the the drugs and the alcohol into my life because I know it’s going to hurt my future okay if you can do that you’re going to be successful guys if you can keep those things out of your life you got a good chance of being very successful if you can show up to work on time and actually care and work and go to your boss and say what what do you need done how can I help what I want to help out. Be responsible it’s called being responsible if you can go to work and be responsible you’re going to get far in. Life you know until hey maybe they’re coming a day where America wakes up and all of a sudden you know families are good again and they got all kinds of workers and then you have to compete with some good.

▶ 56:20 People but that’s not what we have right now not in California so don’t go the way of the rest of the world folks don’t go the wide road get on the narrow road I wanted to share this real quick I. Know goes. That get so. Excited ran.

▶ 56:56 The issues around the legal system do you think we’ve made any headway I think it’s more important to make headway in our own house by the time the system comes into play the damage is done they’re not locking up seveny olds yeah you know I I was in chicago a couple of three four weeks ago and we saw these little kids on bikes with masks on the side of their head like five or six of them and the driver said yeah the little yummies I said who he said little yummies look up google liil yummy lil yummy was 11y old murderer wow and you look at his picture you see the head shot and he’s like this and he got murdered at 11 by a 14-year-old wow who’s doing life now in a 16y old that makes no sense you blame the system where was his father it starts in the house it starts in the home and yeah well well my father got locked up where was his father yeah you know.

▶ 57:57 Like I I did talk about my three closest friends and they did you know. 15 so he’s not that’s not a movie that’s denzo washington he’s an actor he’s speaking you know as a regular person and he’s basically saying hey where are the parents where are the parents at it’s not there is injustice in the system he’s saying hey where were they at at seven where were they at when they were teenager where were they at where are the parents at by the time the system comes in it’s already you already it’s too. Late so he’s trying to share some truth with him 1st Samuel 14:31 they had driven back the Philistines so the people were very faint they rushed on the spoil and the people started eating the animals with the blood and somebody said hey look the people are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood you weren’t allowed to eat animals with the blood in the Old Testament okay so Paul’s rule turned into be uh cause causing the people to sin all right and that’s what happens men come up with our own rules men in the church uh men and women in the church come up with our own rules and we cause people to sin okay men and women come up with our own rules in government and we are causing people to.

▶ 59:19 Sin so Jonathan uh Saul finds out about him tasting the honey and Saul’s pointing at him you have tasted honey and now we’re cursed. No Saul’s trying to point the finger at his son for eating honey about his dumb. Rule and Saul says God do so more for also for you shall surely die he says I’m you know I’m so. Uh committed to my little rule that you’re going to die. He’s going to kill his own son over his stupid. Rule John chapter 19:7 Jewish leaders had a law they said to the Pilate we have a law and according to that law he must die Jesus must die because he claimed to be the son of God and verse 45 back to to our story the people said to Saul sa shall Jonathan die who has accomplished this great deliverance certainly not as the Lord lives not one of his one hair of his head shall fall to the ground ground for he has worked with God this day so who came to the aid of Jonathan let’s say it together the people come on.

▶ 1:00:49 People we got to see that we’re powerful we got to see that we’re we have some influence. Amen when the when the world when the church leader saying all you got to do is believe the people step in and say hey. No you’re wrong buddy we got to become. Disciples. Amen and they said certainly not not one hair of his head they came to the aid of Jonathan are we coming to the aid of Christ are we coming to the aid of God’s people what are we what are we do doing or do we oppose God do we oppose his word his truth and so who who rescue Jonathan say it the people the people God is looking for a people folks God is looking for people that are willing to respond God is looking for people that are willing to obey God is looking for people he’s not looking for big boss head honcho leaders he’s looking for who the people.

▶ 1:02:05 So God’s question to us is who are we. Amen Matthew 16:13 who do you say that I am you are the messiah the son of God who do we say that Jesus is and who are we willing to respond to the words that he says. So let’s take a moment. Here we’re going to sing Jesus all for. Jesus and that is our uh it’s just an act this morning.

▶ 1:03:05 This time after the message is our opportunity to respond to God’s word our opportunity to say yes we will follow you yes I want to be a people that serves you a people that lives for you do you want to be with people like that yes do you want Jesus to show himself to you yes amen we in this room we can respond we can take some time to respond to Jesus to come before him to commit to him and tomorrow and today later on today and tomorrow and this week we can begin the steps to making that change. Amen so let’s sing Jesus offer Jesus unto him this morning.