 And so this is yet another reason why you need to be careful about the type of church that you go to, even the type of preacher that you listen to. In and of itself, I am not opposed to a church having a play, a little Easter service, even with the lights and the smoke and so forth and the bands and I don't really have a problem with that. It's just that when you do it and then why you do it when you want to kind of, as he says, push the limits to the edge. I want the person who feels lonely and isolated and like God doesn't care. I want them to see how amazing Jesus actually is and what God actually did for all of us. So I said, we're going to go to the edge on this. And they said, pastor, how far on the edge are we going to go? I said, we're going to do everything short of sin. Oh, y'all, I felt the religious people, they booties got tight right there. And therein lies the issue. How far on the edge you want to go, even to the point where you may offend some people or as they say, the religious people, which it makes me wonder, who does he think or who does he call the religious people? Is it the people that want to hold to the word of God that think that there's something holy about the word of God? And you don't want to kind of dumb it down. Those people, you know, the people that main thing that you want to hold to a certain standard and not bring the standard down just for the sake of reaching people in the world. Step one. Are you a fatty? I'm a fatty! Hey! Hey! Uh-oh. What is she doing? Friends, I don't have a fatty. Girl, we keep telling you it's okay. Y'all little booty-matter too, friends. Y'all know. They don't be discriminating. James says as he says, you adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility towards God? To be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. This desire to want to reach the world, that's fine. We should all want to do so. But to what cost do we compromise the word? Do we compromise our standing? Do we present ourselves in a light that makes the world think that come on in and be exactly what you were, how you are as you came in? There is no need to change. Or as this church, there's no need to be transformed. So no, you may not wear a yellow and blue checkerboard suit. But I do. And we can be ourselves in this place. And I just thank you, Bishop, for creating the atmosphere for us to have what you're about to see today. In 2015, I became the pastor and I didn't know what a pastor did. I don't think that you still know what a pastor does. I don't think that you get it. With all due respect, I just don't think that you get it. I'm not sure if you know how a Christian is supposed to behave. How a Christian, a growing Christian, is to comport themselves, let alone a pastor. You seem to want to either, if you happen to be saved, there's some doubt about that. But if you happen to be saved, you seem to want to stay in the area or the place of a immature Christian, one that's not growing. And if that's the case, then guess what's going to happen to the members that go to your church? Same thing. They're going to follow the belief of the pastor. If the pastor skirts the issues and the traditions and the trends of the world, wants to be like the world and so forth, well, then guess what they're going to want to do? They won't see the difference and they're going to want to be the exact same way. Peter says that in 1 Peter 2, he says, like newborn babes long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it, you may grow in respect to salvation if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. In other words, let the word be more important. Desire that. What's wrong with giving people the word of God on Easter of all places? They're going to be there. Now, if they came to see a show and you give them one, they're going to miss out. I promise you, they're going to miss out on the actual word. The focus is going to be all the lights, all the dancing, all the singing. Wow, we had a wonderful time. That was a super demonstration. But then ask them about the word and they'll be silent because they will not know what was said. Give them the word. You have the ability. I think you do the ability to give the word in a way even where it's entertaining to where it holds them. If not, then practice that instead of practicing the stage plays and the performances and so forth. Work on how you deliver the word so that it captivates them. Let them understand the point of all of this. The reason why he died. The fact that you as comfortable as you are in your sin will be comfortable on your way to hell. But Christ died. He paid a price that you couldn't pay. Give them the gospel and tell them why he died. Why he was buried. Why he was gone for three days. Why he was resurrected and then ultimately why he ascended. Let that be the message. That's what they came for. You've got people that you've never seen that tend to not show up. Here's your opportunity to give them the pure unadulterated gospel. Paul says though, speaking about these types of churches, that the time will come when people will not endure sound doctrine, but rather what they have are itching ears. They want to hear something, see something. What will they do? They will go to find people to preach what they want to hear and the way they want to hear. And let's make sure it's entertaining. Let's make sure, as he says, it's not dry or boring. It's exciting. And so while normally I really don't have a problem, honestly, I don't have a problem with these sort of theatrics in church during a certain, not during a service, but after a service, maybe a special concert or a special play. I don't have a problem with that. It's just that when that takes the forefront of a service and that be the main thing, then we have a problem because we've got people coming to see a performance rather than hearing the word. And so I would say I would caution people to avoid those types of churches, because this isn't the only one avoid those types of churches and go to a place to where they appreciate the word because I can promise you that people in the pew, rather than being entertained for an hour or two hours, these are people that when they hear the word, it will take root in their heart and look at their lives and see how the word of God is growing them, growing in them and growing them. So I would caution anyone from going to or seeing, seeking out places like this. And if that's your church, you might want to reconsider being at that type of church. You might want to go to a place where the word is the most important thing. Why? Because it is the most important thing. Amen.