 Good afternoon Pastor David. Me, Joan. Welcome everybody to a random moment with Pastor David unfiltered. You know Pastor last night in your message as you were teaching out of Ephesians chapter 6 verses 6 through 9, you were speaking of the life of the slave. But some of the points that you pulled out of your from the study that I written down was the importance of walking in the whole in the power of the Holy Spirit and You've you made some some points that I'd like for you to share more on One of the things that you said is that you quoted somebody saying if conversion is so supernatural In the church or why is it not evident in the believer? One of the other things that you pointed out is you know walking that the church could have a tendency to walk in the flesh Where words are drowned out by the way we live and so pastor have you seen a? Decline or decreasing of the power of the Holy Spirit within the oh absolutely absolutely there There was there was a declension of the power of the Spirit in its manifestation in a biblical sense For a long time. I mean Before I got saved It was evident that the church by and large Was walking more in the energies of the flesh and man's imagination and man's own Will say man's own standard of moral virtues and and things even though The world I grew up in in the early days of my life Was very much influenced to Christian philosophy and thought I mean It's been said and probably not too far from the truth John that The unbeliever in the 50s Lived a more moral life than the so-called believers in our day And there's there is some some truth to that because I grew up in a time when you could Leave your your front door unlocked you could leave the car keys in the vehicle Your bicycle in the front yard You could open windows in your neighborhood when it was hot at night You would say hello to your neighbors and your neighbors would actually watch over you and the your parents weren't around That was the 50s. That's how I grew up and that you know Obviously came from the atmosphere of the 40s and prior to that and and so today the average person who is Listening to this right now would more than likely say well gosh that was then but this is now What's the difference the difference is is the church? today is So overwhelmed I think by the temptations and pressures of the world That many forget who they are in Christ. They simply don't know who they are My son David used to have a rotweiler a rotweiler Good-sized dog 90 to 100 pounds and I took I took his roddy on a walk around our church grounds and just up the up the In our parking lot just to the south of us. I was walking the dog and We came upon a chain-link fence of one of our neighbors who had a goose there a couple of geese and The roddy became interested in looking at this These two geese male and female and she pressed her nose against the fence and the male Is you know opened up his wings and started making noises and that riot rotweiler started running and started dragging me And it made me it made me laugh But it also made me aware of the fact that Christians are like that today I mean God has given us everything that pertains to life and godliness through Jesus Christ When Paula was writing to the Corinthians He said the Corinthians carnal people that they were that they have come behind in no spiritual gifts that God has enriched them in everything right and The church of today because we have gotten caught up with either emotions. I want to feel good when I come out of church or Caught up with politics. I want to know who I should vote for and what's the current events or you know Social events within the church. I want to make sure I go to this particular potluck or Whatever and when you have your home Bible studies or if you have fellowship at all outside of You know formal studies the small groups that you may join have Very surface oriented teachings that that don't go into practical Things related to life for Christ when they're more fluffed in depth. That's that's pretty much current And so what happens is the church very much forgets who we are in Christ Maybe because one is because there's an absence of Bible reading for the average Christian The average Christian isn't in the word daily isn't in prayer daily the average Christian as I know Come on come to church on occasion or perhaps will be involved in one form or another But it's not as it's not what it should be and so yes I really believe that the church is asleep in the light and that we really need to wake up And I'm not saying that we need to become angry and militant in March and let our voices be known and look at me I have X amount of people in my church. Therefore. I'm great and you need to listen to me Political person because that's that none of that works the only thing that works is prayer and living for Christ and being true to the gospel and sharing and Knowing who you are in Jesus Christ, John and That's the key isn't it? I mean before you got right with the Lord you were raised in a Christian home But you didn't live for Christ you went in the exact opposite But when you got saved and you were delivered from all those bad habits and sins The gratitude of your heart it was exposed and then God was able to pour in his power and his presence and And now look at you, you know, you serve with faithfulness you you teach the word to men And you have a very good Bible study and very good ministry. Why is that? It's because of what God does and in the heart of a thankful sinner. That's been forgiven. That's how that works and so yeah, I believe that the church is running on on Three cylinders and and and then that it's time for us to awaken especially in these last days Especially in the times that we're living in we need to stand in the Lord Amen and want to encourage you guys to come to our church I mean we have services at on Sundays at 8 30 and 10 45 and You're welcome to invite your friends and family and if this isn't your fellowship and you happen to come across our Our time here get involved into it in a church that is Bible teaching Yeah, I mean and and get involved into the ministries and and be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit because as you said pastor The church is running on empty. Well, I'll tell you one thing John and we can close with this I want to be mindful of our time But the one of the ways that you know whether you're being taught the word of God is after the Bible study If someone can walk up to you and point to the verses that you went through and ask what is the proper Understanding of that verse. That's how you know because there are churches. I've talked to people like it. I've been doing this a long time and Oh, yeah, I go to a Bible-leaving church. We get we hear the word of God every Sunday. Really? What did you study this last week? Well, we looked at this portion of scripture. Okay, open it up and tell me what that means and They they get they get kind of like a mental block is because they weren't taught that verse They were taught something that wasn't even in that verse and that's the problem. See I really do believe that real Bible teaching Well, it's like this the time will come when people will no longer endure healthy teaching healthy doctrine But will voluntarily turn aside from truth and turn into fables and that is what has happened today in many places But you don't you don't understand, you know pastor Rosales When my pastor preaches he crawls across the floor I've seen that when my pastor preaches and he jumps, you know, because the Holy Spirit is on him And when my pastor preaches, you know, they talk about that but at the end of the day Yeah, it doesn't matter how high he went in the air. How straight does he walk when he lands, right? And are you walking in the spirit with you know, because remember the spirit the fruit of the spirit is love But it's also self-control. So is your life under control? Are you are are you still drinking well the scripture says, you know be not drunk with wine We're in his dis dissipation, but be filled with the spirit Why is the Bible tell me to reject the carnal inclinations of flesh and and the various things that can provoke me to do things that Don't have self-control in them and rather tells me no walk in the spirit and in the spirit you will have self-control Why does it say that and here's the thing is a lot of believers, you know right now people are turning me off because they don't like it, but the bottom line is a lot of professing believers are just really not being taught John and No, well teaching is boring. Really, you know, well, I don't think so God's word is never boring And when we're open to what he wants to do our lives have changed that matters I mean, well, thank you pastor Thank you of for shedding some light because yeah We we're in a time where we need to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and go to Bible teaching church and put it into practice Especially in these last and dark days. Yes. Well, thank you pastor David. Thank you guys for tuning in again I want to remind you that we have our church services at 830 and 1045 Would love for you guys to come out and join us We're worshiping the Lord spending time in God's word invite a friend and family to come join us and to join you And we look forward to seeing you on Sunday. Thank you pastor David. God bless you guys. Thank you for tuning in