 If you have a prayer request, we have a team ready to pray with you. I am so excited of what God is doing at Pace Assembly Ministries, and I'm glad that you are here to be a part of this service as we are about to begin. Family Summer Celebration. Join us from 5 to 8 p.m. for the Super Summer Sunday. We're firing up the grill and serving up everything from juicy hot dogs and sizzling hamburgers to refreshing ice cream and sweet, juicy watermelon. But that's not all. There will be music and games for the whole family. Join in the fun as we organize kickball and volleyball games for all ages. It's an opportunity to bond, laugh, and create lasting memories. Remember the Super Summer Sunday will take place at 5 p.m. right here on Mitchell Field at our church. Don't forget to bring your favorite lawn chair for your comfort and relaxation, so get ready for an unforgettable summer experience with your church family. We can't wait to see you at the Super Summer Sunday Cookout. Subscribe to our channel for more updates and exciting announcements. Let's make this the best cookout yet. Hello everyone and welcome to Prophecy Files Briefing. We're glad that you've joined us for just a few moments here today. And I want to bring you this information and call for you to step into action concerning what's taking place with Target and how important it is that the voices of Christian people, those that have values and beliefs that are steeped in the Word of God and for the protection of our children and free speech even, will take action immediately. You have been hearing the controversy and you've been seeing the numbers that as it's been declining for different corporations that have chosen to take its cause up with ungodly activity. And it's been nothing short of a serious backlash towards Target that has lost millions of dollars as a result of it. It's not the first time that they've done this. But the push that has been happening in the Target stores has been the push of the pride garments, the pride wear as it's called, and in combination, interestingly enough, the combination is with satanic type t-shirts and the like. Those that believe in Satanism are actually behind the garments that are being pushed towards children and adults, but you need to understand that this is a serious time for Christians to take action. And I'll make a bold statement to you now that if you are a Christian, you will take action because in the time we're living, this is not a time for you to sit back and wait for someone else to do something. It's time now to stand to the cause because the Target is just one of many, the Target corporation with its pride push. Interestingly enough, it was pride that brought Satan down and will bring down every individual that involves himself with it. But you're seeing that push coming from different corporations all around, and unless Christians and those of biblical values will stand up in this hour, then certainly there is a tsunami that is coming. In fact, I'm thankful for Franklin Graham, who stood at the National Religious Broadcasters just a few days ago. And reminded everyone and told all of us that there is a storm coming. And that storm is going to wind up being over First Amendment rights. You could read the article. But it's so important that we take the stand in this hour against evil. I want to draw your attention very quickly. And this is prophetic because Jesus said, as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of Man. Well, what was it like in the days of Noah? Genesis chapter 6, the Bible says this, that the Lord saw, that's a dangerous thing when the Lord sees, that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination and intention of all mankind's thinking was only evil continually. Can you see that happening at Target? Certainly it is. In fact, I know that the scripture directs it towards young believers, but I can tell you to offend, to take advantage, to abuse, to pervert children and try to persuade them that somehow that they are of a different gender than what God created them to be is absolutely evil at its very core and heart. The Bible says, though, that right in the middle of all of that, Noah found grace and favor in the eyes of God. And as a result of that, Noah, of course, built an arc to the saving of his household. I want to also draw your attention quickly to this prophetic statement that comes as Paul is writing to his young protégé, Timothy, and he says, In the last days, perilous times will come, for men shall be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, here we are, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure, more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof. They go to church, they proclaim their religion. And I believe that what we're seeing here is the formation of an actual religion from what you might call a woke religion that is taking over our land today and we're asking the question, is there anybody in leadership that is standing up? Is there anybody that's going to be the voice of protection and the voice of the Lord in faith and in strength in these last days? Well, if you're looking towards Washington, you're going to miss it. But if you're looking to those of this area and in your area that can stand up for biblical values and make their position heard, then the time is now. I want to encourage you today in light of these prophetic events, letting us know in the last days that we're living in it right now because of what you see, to take the opportunity to write and to call, target, there's numbers that are already set up, call their corporate headquarters and with kindness but firmness of faith, let them know that you voice your opposition to it. Sign the petitions that are being circulated and also be ready to stand in the days that are ahead. Franklin Graham's warning to us is very critical. There's a storm coming and we better be prepared for it as we're looking on the horizon for more and more of evil and darkness to encroach upon our society. That's why there must be individuals just like Noah who would stand as pillars of faith and strength in the last days and that's you. And I want to remind you whatever you do, keep looking for Jesus because I believe Jesus Christ is coming soon. Family summer celebration. Join us from five to eight PM for the Super Summer Sunday. We're firing up the grill and serving up everything from juicy hot dogs and sizzling hamburgers to refreshing ice cream and sweet, juicy watermelon. But that's not all. There will be music and games for the whole family. Join in the fun as we organize kickball and volleyball games for all ages. It's an opportunity to bond, laugh and create lasting memories. Remember the Super Summer Sunday will take place at five PM right here on Mitchell Field at our church. Don't forget to bring your favorite lawn chair for your comfort and relaxation. So get ready for an unforgettable summer experience with your church family. We can't wait to see you at the Super Summer Sunday Cookout. Subscribe to our channel for more updates and exciting announcements. Let's make this the best cookout yet. Welcome to Pace Assembly Ministries. My name is Will Purvis. I am the music director and the worship pastor here at Pace Assembly. And I'm so glad that you're here to join us today for this service. I'd like to take a moment to share a little information about Pace worship. Pace worship is a multicultural ministry that gathers in worship to our Father through music and song. Rehearsals take place every Thursday, starting with Pace worship at six PM and then Voices of Pace choir at seven PM. If you would like to join Pace worship or our music department in general, please email us at Pace worship at paceassembly.org. I encourage you to visit us online and download the Pace app to stay up to date with everything that's happening with Pace worship and Pace assembly at large. If you are watching online, we are so glad that you joined us today. Let us know where you are watching from in the comments. If you have a prayer request, we have a team ready to pray with you. I am so excited of what God is doing at Pace assembly ministries. And I'm glad that you are here to be a part of this service as we are about to begin. Let's team up this morning. The Bible says that everything that has, then you have a rise to find somebody. Glad to see each and every one. So glad that you made Pace some of your home this morning. So we're so glad that you're here. If it is your first time here, then we're, you can have a seat, you can sit down. You can sit down. Don't worry, we'll ask you to stand back up at some point. We don't sit down now, so. But we're so glad that you're here. If this is your first time here, whether it's you or with your family, or you're yourself, at the end of service, if you'll go out to the foyer, over to the left-hand side of a place called Guest Central, if you'll step in there, we wanna get some information about you. Let you know about what's going on here and how you can stay connected with us and with this church. And Pastor Ms. Rita have a special gift just for you. So please do that as you leave today right after the end of the service. Also, this whole year for 2023 has been back to the Bible, letting you know. Come on, give God a handclub praise for that. About, there's something like I said, it's something about on your phone, but it's something about having a physical Bible in your hand when you come to church. Cause your phone could go out, your phone, you know, we could have something that takes away all the technology, but this right here will never go away. This will never go away. No matter what happens in this world, this right here stays the same. And there's nothing that will change about this. So we're gonna give a Bible away this morning. So as you will know, if you've been here a number of times, you reach right underneath your seat, there's a golden ticket or a blue ticket or a yellow ticket or something. There it is right there. I think she's about the fastest person that's ever found it before in this service this year. I think it's about the quickest we've had somebody find a Bible. So she made sure she reached all the way up underneath the seat this morning. So we're gonna give a Bible away every Sunday morning. So if you'd like one, please be here. Just don't cheat and look under every seat before you step into the service. I said, we're gonna switch the spots because the ticket is right here. So I'm gonna sit right here. But make sure you bring your Bible if you have one. And if not, if you already have a Bible and you get one, go give the Bible to someone and bless somebody else with the word of God. So make sure you do that. One quick announcement before we receive the tithing offering, I wanna really pump up this afternoon is Super Summer Sunday is today, right here on our ball field, right out here at the end of service. Now listen, make sure that you're here. You're with your family, you bring somebody, we're gonna have hamburgers and hot dogs. We're going to have a cornhole tournament, a horseshoe tournament. We're gonna play kickball. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to do it, you just kick a ball. It's kickball. If you need somebody to run for you to first base, that's okay, you can do that. It's okay. We're gonna do like 20s and 30s against one another and then from 40 on up. So yeah, yeah, so come, so come, be there for that. We're gonna have a great time of food, fellowship, watermelon, all kinds of stuff. So make sure you're here. Bring somebody with you, just come, bring your lawn chair to sit out. If you just wanna sit out, we'll have chairs and stuff underneath the event barn out there, but make sure you come. We're gonna have a great time of just connecting with one another and especially for if you're brand new here to pay somebody, this is the best way for you to come to get to know other people and everything. So this is a good time for you to get out, get out of your own little circle and meet somebody new. So this is a great time. So do that today. The event starts at five o'clock, but all of you who are department heads for your volunteers, make sure your volunteers are there at three, four. Okay, just making sure. If you're a department head and you have volunteers, make sure you're there at four o'clock because the event will start at five o'clock. So make sure you have your people there at four o'clock. So, how many glad givers are in the house this morning? Amen, God bless your life, amen. There are ways that you can give, you can give on the app, if you're watching, if you're online, you can give right there on the computer right there and on the giving, or if you have cash, you can grab an envelope at the end of service, drop it in the buckets as you leave today. But also today is mission Sunday. So giving over and above your tithe and offering, everything that you give towards missions goes out. I know they're teaching it out in kids' shirts this morning about not only do we give our tithe and offer, but we give other and extra of that. So it goes to support the missionaries and everywhere we go so the gospel can get out through this whole entire world. So giving today is mission Sunday. So give whatever the Lord lays upon your heart and I know God will bless you for that. How many of you right now know that God is bigger, better, greater, and stronger than anything that you have during the holy night? If you believe that, come on, give God a hand, come and praise this morning. He's never lost a battle. Believe that when you was in trial, get you to see his dish. You have to present your talent in whatever God is giving to you. To worship him. That's what he's waiting on, you to worship him. As long as I'm breathing, I'm so glad. Fear it is in this place. Don't let it leave you. Don't miss God out of fear. Don't miss God out of fear. Person once said, my blessing comes out of my pressing. How many been pressed? How many been burdened? Hardships came. But guess what family, we overcame. You can sit here and look at your neighbor and you can say I'm alive because of his grace. I'm alive because we overcame. He helped me overcome my fear. He helped me overcome my struggle. One last time, some people sing with us. All the praise that is rightfully doing this morning. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. If you need healings, how's the time to get it? Thank you, Jesus. We glorify your name. Honor, we give you praise. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus. Bless your name, Jesus. It's always right to praise him, to worship him. You just reach over and take somebody by the hand and faith believing today. Worship always is the prerequisite to the presence of God and to the healing of God, to the joy of the Lord. When your worship goes up, the manifestation of God comes down. And so while you've got ahold of their hand, there is this statement in the scripture where two of us agree is touching any one thing. So as you begin to pray one for another, God's gonna make what's happening in your life manifest today. Would you pray one for another, Father, in the name of Jesus, even as my worship has gone up this morning? Let that be transferred from person to person inside of this building. That your healing would be manifest, that your mighty hand would step into their situation, Lord, and touch every life, every mind, every spirit. Even as they express their worship unto you right now, God, you're the Lord who is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above what all we think or ask. And we give you glory for it right now. Now, why don't you just lift those hands soar to heaven right where you are, even connected today, and give God the glory that's due His name before you ever see the miracle happen? Lord, we give you praise, we give you honor, we give you glory. For what we've asked and what we worship, it shall be. You're the great God who is able to do it today. Hallelujah, hallelujah. How many of you believe that today? Do you believe it? Come on, do you believe it? Tell somebody beside you, I believe it in Jesus' name. Amen. Phillips, right now, would you? Father, even in the middle of this service right now, your spirit that is already manifest, we pray your healing touch inside of His body. You're able to do it. Lord, there is no, no thing God that is impossible. We've just sung about it. We believe your word right now. Let the power in the presence of God touch His body right now, soul and spirit. We give you glory for it right now, mighty God. Give Him strength, I pray, that comes from another world. We praise your name, we glorify your name, we glorify your name. Come on, somebody believe it and praise the Lord for it in the middle of this situation even now. God, we give you glory for healing, for manifest presence of God. Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus, thank you, Jesus. Come on in, let's bless Him right out loud. He's working right now. For those of you that are brand new to this atmosphere of worship, what we don't want to do is run over the Holy Ghost. We want the Holy Ghost to have His way. We want the Lord to have His way. Anybody want the Lord to have His way this morning? Come on, lift those hands while the presence of God is moving. Give me some power here, guys. I want you to know that the spirit of God is moving where you are right now. You're to ask for your relatives, for your friends, for your loved ones, right where you are right now. You're to begin to praise God that He's going to where they are and ministering to their need right now. We believe in Jesus, we trust you in it. We glorify your name right now in the name of Jesus. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah. Bless it be God, bless it be God, bless it be God. Bless it be God, bless it be God. Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus. Glorify your name, we haven't lost our place. Thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus. I'm thankful for the presence of God, aren't you? I heard Pastor T a few minutes ago say you can sit down because you know you're gonna be standing up again. Amen, so take your Bibles please and stand with me. Praise God, thank you Jesus. I want you to open your Bible up to Isaiah 61, Isaiah the 61st chapter, praise His name, thank you Jesus. Isaiah 61, if you found it say a good amen. If you're still looking say hold up, my Lord, my God. Isaiah 61 says this, verse one, the prophet Isaiah prophesying into the future, hundreds of years into the future said, the spirit of the Lord God is upon me. That's for those of you that don't recognize the spirit of the Lord God being upon you right now, that's what this service is all about, amen. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath anointed me to preach the good tidings unto the meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God to comfort all that mourn, to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called the trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. Praise God. Now, I would like for you to go out please and get me a report of what the Lord is doing and whatever and bring that back to me. Isaiah 61 has 10 points in there to let me know and you know that there's coming a Messiah in the end time to do all of that, 10 things. We've just read about it. Now, arrest your mind right here for a moment. I want you to turn over to the book of Luke chapter four. Luke chapter four, and we're gonna read the fulfillment of that. Praise God. Luke chapter four, Jesus comes up out of the wilderness and the Bible says that he enters into the synagogue there. And verse 17, the Bible says, and there was delivered unto him, Jesus, the book of the prophet Isaiah, or Isaiah. And when he opened the book, he found the place where it was written. The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he, Jesus, closed the book, gave it again to the minister and sat down and the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fashioned on him. And he said to them, this day, this scripture is fulfilled in your ears. What you've been waiting on for a long, long time, this scripture has been fulfilled in your ears. Can you say a man to that? I want you to go back, please, a little bit of reading here this morning, but the scripture is good. Matthew chapter 11, Matthew chapter 11. Matthew chapter number 11. We welcome all of you that are viewing online around the world. We're glad for you to join us all the way from the Philippines, all the way from Kenya. We're thankful to have you join us this morning. In the book of Matthew chapter number 11, in verse one, the Bible says, and it came to pass when Jesus had made an end of commanding his 12 disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now follow this, this is the scripture text of the morning. Now when John had heard in the prison, the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples. And he said unto him, aren't thou he that should come? Or do we look for another? And Jesus answered and said unto them, go and show John again those things which you do here and see. The blind received their sight and the lame walk and the lepers are cleansed and the deaf here and the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Now I want you to lift your hands, put your Bibles down, lift your hands, because I won't preach until all minds are arrested in this house. Whatever that you have on your mind right now, you need to get rid of it. Otherwise, what I say, what this word does or what the spirit does inside of this building would be of no benefit to you. So I would like everyone in this building to lift your hands towards everybody in the building, please. I'm asking you, please. Everyone in the building, please. See, if we're not one of mine, I don't want to cord the spirit of the Lord won't come, but if we are, the Lord will come. You got your hands lifted, that's a sign of surrender. Now open your mouth and I just want you to fill this room with the praises of God right now and let the Word of God be clear and in our ears today. Father, we thank you right now because your word is everlasting and true. And what you've done before, you will do again. And so I pray right now, Holy Spirit, that you would send your word right there no matter what's taking place, God inside of his chest and his arms, you're able to heal him. Otherwise, what I preached this morning will be null and void. So manifest your power inside of his body long before any kind of IVs come in, long before there's any kind of attack or anything like that you already know, you already heal, you already deliver. So I pray God that you would release your power inside of this building right now. Release it, God, from distractions and from interruptions and from difficulties and trials and all kinds of things, Lord, that will cause your people to not be able to receive your word. In this atmosphere of worship, it's great warfare above our head and there is no doubt in our minds, God, that we're in a time when we need you, we need your word, we need your presence. So help this humble servant this morning and open the ears of your ears today and let faith arise right now in the mighty name of Jesus. Lord, there's no weapon that's formed, shall prosper and your spirit has preeminence in healing, saving and delivering today in Jesus' mighty name. And everybody that believes it, say a good amen, look at your neighbor on the left and right and tell him that's him, tell him that's him, that's who you've been looking for. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. If you're ready to receive this word this morning, shout, amen, somebody. I say, if you're ready to receive this word, shout, amen, somebody. From the book of Malachi chapter number three, you read the last of the words of the prophet Malachi for telling what is about to occur, but it would yet be 400 years before it would happen. 400 years of darkness, 400 years where no prophet would speak, 400 years where no preacher would preach. In fact, the Bible lets us know that this is a time when God himself is silent with any fresh word from heaven. But the last words that he spoke to his people was that there would be one that I would send, Malachi three. He will be the messenger that will go before the coming Messiah and it will happen inside of the temple that the Messiah will come and he will come suddenly. That messenger was none other than John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ. John had authority that had been given to him by God, even from the baptism of the Holy Spirit that his mother received and the child John received in the womb of his mother Elizabeth. When the Messiah carried by Mary was in the womb of Mary and John that we know to be the Baptist was carried by the womb of Elizabeth when the two of them came together, Medici, the Bible says that the babies leaped in the womb. So away with the nonsense that there is not life inside of the womb, for John was filled with the Holy Ghost even before he was even born. Those of you that may be pregnant, those of you that may be considering pregnancy, those of you that might have a child somewhere on the way if there is an Abraham and a Sarah in the room. I would say to you, let God's spirit fill your life until every offspring is filled with the Holy Ghost and power. The vested authority of God Almighty rest completely upon the forerunner John the Baptist before Jesus arrived and we read the scripture that Jesus would be the coming Messiah, but John was the one who was going to tell him what was going to take place, who was coming, that he would be baptizing John in water for the remission of sin, but the one that's coming after me will baptize with Holy Ghost and fire. And we find in the book of John chapter one that there was a man sent from God whose name was John. John the Baptist as we call him, my friend Pastor Ted Trailer, make sure that we know that the Baptist were mentioned in the Bible. John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching repentance for the kingdom of heaven and he drew great crowds, the Bible says, outside of the city and that made the religious individuals, the Pharisees very, very angry. John was getting bigger crowds than they were in the synagogue. It was John who was sent to prepare the way of the Lord making his path straight, the Bible says. It was John at the height of his ministry saw that Jesus was standing in the line of sinners and it was John who pointed him out in the line of sinners even though he was his cousin, he pointed his finger and said behold, the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. John saw the Holy Spirit in the River Jordan in the form of a dove descending upon Jesus and he heard the affirming voice of God Almighty say, this is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. John saw this, he experienced it all. John in chapter one verse 34, John said this, I saw and bear record that this is the Son of God, not was, not going to be, he is the Son of God. This is important because John and Jesus were cousins. They grew up together and what a challenge it would be for him to look into the face of his cause and declare him to be the Messiah that we've all long been waiting for. John had an encounter with God like no other. But you can find this in the scripture in John 3 verse 25 that there arose the Bible said a question, John's baptizing people and Jesus now comes on the scene and he goes to the synagogue and reads the spirit of the Lord God is upon me but it's interesting to note that Jesus and John at one point were in the transition and both of them were baptizing at the same time for the remission of sins. Jesus' disciples and John the Baptist. Jesus was there on the shores of Galilee and the Bible says in verse 25 of chapter three that there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification or purifying baptism. And they came to John verse 26 and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan talking about Jesus to whom thou bearest witness behold the same, that same baptizeeth and all men come to him. I want to stop right there when I was reading that scripture, it was pointed to me and for you this morning to note this, don't hang around people who try to get between you and Jesus' ministry. These Pharisees and folks and Jews were there to try to pull a question into the heart of John whether or not Jesus has authority or not and John answers them pointedly in the next verse and said, a man can receive nothing except it be given to him from heaven. John was a witness to the fact that the Holy Spirit came upon him in the form of a dove, the affirming voice of God that was upon him and there was in the middle of the Jordan River a transfer of authority and power at that moment. Verse 28 says ye yourselves bear witness, John's still talking, that I said, hear this, I am not the Christ, but I am sent before him, fulfilling the prophecy of Malachi chapter three. Verse 29, and he that, I love this passage right here, let me put my glasses on so I can see it for real. Verse 29, he that hath the bride is the bride grooms. In other words, the bride don't belong to me. The bride belongs to the bridegroom. I wish I could preach a little bit about that this morning. He says, but the friend, this is verse 29, but the friend of the bridegroom which standeth and heareth him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is full. In other words, John is saying to everybody out there, hey y'all, it wasn't my voice, but I heard the voice of the real bridegroom coming, and when I heard his voice, I was ready to step back because the bride don't belong to me. The bride belongs to the one that has come after me. The Bible says that it was John who revealed the mystery of God's purpose inside of us in John three and 30. He goes on during that. The next verse of scripture, listen to what John said. John the Baptist, Jesus said, of all men and women, this man is the greatest among us. He called him a great prophet, a great man of God. So there's something to be said here. John says in John chapter three verse 30, he must increase and I, John said, must decrease. Now sometimes when God speaks something to us, have you ever said something out of your mouth that God said inside of your spirit before you really realized what it was gonna cost you? The weight of these words, he must increase and I must decrease. John had no idea what this decrease was going to look like. The crisis of faith and the transition that was happening meant that the old order under John, the Baptist, was going to be moved out of the way, decreased and the new order of Jesus Christ and the kingdom of God was going to increase. Now this is something hard for a lot of people to understand but you need to understand this that the old order was making way for the new order. In other words, decrease many times in our life can make you question your faith in God because all preachers and prophets speak of your increase but rarely will you find one who tells you you're gonna have to decrease. We're not into decrease, we're into increase. We're into increase, increase my money, increase my whatever, increase all of me, increase everything that I am but we don't see God in the decrease but I submit to you today that unless you decrease that you won't see the increase. I know I can't get too many amends but let me just say to you, we are in right now a period of time when the terminology of pride sets before us and ladies and gentlemen, humbling ourselves before God is something that a lot of people don't wanna do but the Bible said if you have revival if my people, which are called by my name will humble themselves. Now the Bible goes on to tell us through the words of David that if we do not humble ourselves the Lord will humble us and if your immediate response is pastor I don't have any pride, now's the time to pray. Are you with me now? So it is shortly after this declaration that Jesus is called out of the line of sinners by John the Baptist and said behold the Lamb of God Jesus stood in the line of sinners y'all that's another message altogether. We wouldn't be caught in the line of sinners would we? Anyway, we were saved before we were saved but just in case, John shortly after this period there's this transition of power that takes place and John is arrested, oh man you might wanna pull your toes right up underneath your seat right now. John is arrested shortly after the baptism of Jesus and he's put into prison. That begs the question of course why was John put into prison? I mean they could have put him into prison they could have put him into prison anytime they knew where he was he'd right out there at the river Jordan preaching repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand he'd been out there baptized he's the one with the largest crowd he's got the megaphone, he's hollering he's telling everybody get right the kingdom of heaven is that they could have arrested him at any time but now Jesus comes on the scene this transition is starting to take place and they arrest him why do they arrest him pastor? thank you for asking they arrested him, pull your toes in for preaching to a government official the king of the day you have committed sin y'all better pray for me right now he preached to King Herod the head of the government for all of you that say that that you should stay out of politics pastor and just preach Jesus I am preaching Jesus and this word right here said John stepped up and put his finger in the face of Herod and said you have sin well how did he sin? oh Lord Jesus he sinned because King Herod decided that he wanted his half brother Phillip's wife y'all alright? don't get quiet now you watch this stuff on reality TV I wish you would not lock up on me now the reason why you're excited is because you've seen it so much now there's no phase you're numb to what's going on but I'm about to tell you something and some of you may like it, some of you may not but the Bible says that Herod took his brother's wife divorced the one he was with took his half brother Phillip's wife now I wanted to say to everybody that's looking somewhere else on the other side you better check out their family members before you go ahead and lock up with that because if you get one you get the whole family and whenever he took Herodias as their first of all you never want to marry a woman by the name of Herodias but anyway when you got Herodias you got his daughter came in her daughter came in with her and whenever she danced around ludely and Herod was all beside himself he made a proclamation in the middle of all of the you should read this Bible there's some stuff in here I'll keep you off of Jerry Springer anyway the Bible says that whenever she got ready she said there you go he said baby whatever you want now John's in jail and she said because her mama Herodias had been talking in her ear whenever he says what do you want you tell him you want the head of John the Baptist that nasty preacher that's been tearing down my Herod's kingdom preaching this repent for Jesus or a Messiah is coming you tell him you want the head of that preacher on a palette bring it to me on a charger on a tray why he had no object but to go out and do exactly what he had declared because he said it in the company of so many people and in comes the rolling head of John the Baptist and John's days are over as the preacher of the gospel I must decrease and he must increase y'all alright out there you may not be after I say preach to a government official that you have sinned so blatantly and God is watching this and it got thrown in prison in other words if John was preaching today to the king in the government position he would say the laptop is real see don't clap don't clap because it was all fake anyway I just want to let you know something ladies and gentlemen the reason I had I had a colonel a retired colonel hit me up last night with his wife said I've been watching prophecy files now for years in Germany while I've been over there and this is the first time I've ever met you and I want to let you know I am glad that you're out there on the front because there's very few preachers that are willing to stand up and take a stand for the gospel of Jesus Christ for fear somebody's gonna run out the door ladies and gentlemen John called it sin and I say preachers you better call it sin too and let's quit washing over this thing pastor if you just preach and stay out all that John didn't do it and neither did I Jesus called them hypocrites and vipers and I say ladies and gentlemen it's time and if we gotta get real let judgment begin at the house of God and then go to the white house and the supreme court special house and let's clean it up by the blood of Jesus Christ I wish I had a church in here why am I preaching that to you because you better get ready because you can't say these kind of things and stand in neutral if you were here last week I think I'd preach something about neutral is not an option so the ministry was coming to a close and the crowds left John that was depressing for a preacher I might lose a few this morning but if they left Jesus and he was left alone in prison wait a minute God's man of faith and power is stuck in prison John's B3 organ was getting rusty and corroded his worship pastor run off the tent was getting corroded and the chairs were resting and people started leaving John and in his mind he starts hearing those other people that came to him trying to pit him against Jesus saying in his ear hey man I guess your days are over for preaching there's another man out there you know you baptize him you transfer the authority and by that time nobody wanted to visit the old man John anymore he's stuck in prison by himself because you know you can stay sick for a day and people come bring you chicken soup two or three days and the church will still be visiting you but if you stay sick for a week if you stay trouble for a week or two you're gonna find out not only the friends started thinning out but suddenly I'm gonna have to stand alone and now make up my mind am I going to stand at all is this for real at all is all this singing, shouting, worshiping and all that kind of stuff all that loud mouth preaching is all that kind of stuff for real John's having these things swirl in his head and I'm just telling you friends somewhere in your walk with God you're gonna have to find yourself in a place, you will find yourself in a place it goes like this now God sweet tender creator of the universe God I've been living for you I've been paying my tithes I've been coming to church I've been praying, I've been reading my Bible I've been trying to help other people I've been trying to preach to God look how many people come into kingdom because I was preaching the gospel I wish y'all would show me some teeth but now here am I in this prison a place I don't want to be a place I said to myself because I heard some faith tapes before I'm not in this prison I'm not in this prison I'm not in this prison and I looked around and here I is in the prison and nobody's coming to visit me and now they're talking about my successors ministry or mine I just want to let all of you know out here God never promised to keep you out of a prison or a fiery furnace or a lion's den or a place that you don't want to be or in your trials or in your struggles or in the pain pastor when I got saved they said it was going to be praise in God worship and all of a sudden I got pain and persecution as I said in this life you will suffer persecution but be of good cheer I have overcome the world and greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world if you don't understand this then you will get offended at God in these last days but I came to tell somebody this morning God's not forgotten you in your prison I said God's not forgotten you in your prison somebody said well pastor you're not in prison but oh yeah right up here that's where the prison is that's where the bars are ladies and gentlemen there may be some physical people behind physical bars today but their head is outside of the prison some of you sitting in this room are in more of a prison than the state penitentiary you know why because right here in your head you can't get yourself out of what it is you feel all wrapped up because I just want to let you know no matter your dilemma you don't have to worry about God God said I have not forgotten you in this prison in fact it is my doing did this to me consider that everything that we call the devil is not the devil's work have you ever been in a place where you felt like this is the devil but wait a minute this might be God I need to check how do I feel come on this is the way this is the way most people are doing today I'm going to put my finger in the wind and see how I feel and then it comes out like this I just I have peace well what does that mean does that mean that you're going to keep on trusting God or that you're going to have peace because you have mentally ascended to it and now you're think positive thoughts and you've taken the Stephen Covey course and you are among friends and and you got some folks around you that are affirming you and liking your Facebook post and you're putting more scripture out there than you ever read in your life and now you're going God where why am I in this I'm not supposed to be here I want to say to all of the why am I preaching this to you this morning because there's days ahead when your faith is going to be put on trial like you have never seen in your life if you're going to stand for the Lord and like John the Baptist he said I want to let you know if you're going to come it may even incarcerate you but you got to keep the faith in the middle of all that because it's the Lord's doing and it's marvelous in his eyes Jesus said in John 15 there's a purging process that takes place because there is fruit and there is more fruit and then there is much fruit and and we like the idea of much fruit I I just had the blueberries pop out on our little bush out there at the house and I've collected a few of them on there and boy it looks great but several years ago when it was beaten down and vines twisting it and all that it had no fruit but you know what we had to purge that thing we had to cut it back we had to do some things that put it into a painful place but now it's producing even more than it's ever done before so soon I won't have to buy my blueberries from Walmart I'll just go out there and pick what I have been the charge over and the vineyard keeper ladies and gentlemen I want you to know that there's sometimes when you're going to hurt and the Lord is going to say I'm not going to take the thorn away there's sometimes when you don't understand what's going on and the world is swirling around you like a storm but I came to tell you ladies and gentlemen not only has God not forgotten you but he already has a way of escape that you may be able to bear it John sitting in a prison can you imagine his mind that's where the battle is I can get out and party with my friends but that only lasts for a little while come on somebody I mean as long as I got money in this great I just lost a thousand I can hug the porcelain furniture in the morning didn't we party last night yeah and reality sets in today can you imagine the battle in John's mind John is sitting in prison in solitary confinement not knowing what's going on 10 months according to the commentary says now pass by and nobody Jesus himself has not come to visit John wait a minute pastor that's the reason why I ain't going to your church no more you didn't come down here and visit me John is thinking these thoughts I'm trying to help you this morning because you think these thoughts because he had time to think that's why we always got to keep something going just turn the TV on in the house I got to have some noise Siri Siri play something why because when we start really getting down to start thinking about what's going on we start having these questions run through sometimes it's us y'all with me out there sometimes it's the devil sometimes our feelings kick in and I hear John saying these words to himself as if God can't hear I make a mistake in baptizing Jesus I mean after all he was my cousin we played Roman soldiers and Pharisees he always did beat me but did I miss you God I took this job but now there's pressure did I miss you I said this is the man I pointed you out I said he's the man but now I got some questions was that just me did I really hear your voice and I'm going to tell you I've read this passage of scripture over and over again hundreds of times no doubt but never have I seen this passage of scripture because I always thought it was just John having a pity party or something like that but he says to his disciples that finally come and visit him the last two that remain he said you go ask Jesus are you the one watch this or should we look for another should we start over are y'all hearing me I have watched by the thousands as people have fallen away from the faith in recent years because they had these questions but they never took it to the one who could answer they made up their own mind maybe it wasn't what I thought it was I mean all that hooping and hollering and singing and shouting and dancing and falling out and speaking in tongue maybe maybe there's something else maybe there's another this term another here means it means there's two terms using another in the scripture one is another of the same kind which is where you see Jesus saying I'm going to send you the comforter another of the same of me I'm going to send you the spirit the Christ of me and then there is another of a different kind this is what John is saying right here because while John is sitting in that prison while you're sitting in that mental prison while I'm sitting in that trial and that dilemma the devil loves to sow seeds of doubt when you're in a transition when there's movement when there's something that is moving he's always there at the birth of something or at the death of something to depress you are you hearing me he sowed seeds of doubt and unbelief when you're going through a cutback when you're going through a trial I have a question for you what do you do when you put all of it on the line with Jesus and it doesn't seem to work out like you thought I'm just telling you there have been plenty of times when I've been there because how many of you ever had a plan for God and you told him this is the plan Lord I spoke in tongues and had three prophecies over this and a message in tongues and I'm telling you God I'm excited that you're going to do this and then God goes well that's what you thought have you ever had God think another thought when you were thinking another thought when it comes to your prison when it comes to your trial your crisis of faith your trouble all that you're believing in that is put on the line and put on the test this is where he is why do I need to know this pastor because you need to know from Malachi God says to us I am the Lord and I change not that God is not going to change just because you're in a prison a trial or a dilemma you got to come to the place where you settle the question and settle the doubts Jesus is the one that I've been looking for you better get this message right here because there is going to be more turmoil in the days ahead that's going to try to question and every attack that possibly can is coming against this word and coming against the people of God but you've got to have a made up mind no matter if I go through the valley or I'm on the mountain no matter if I'm getting hit with arrows and fiery darts or whether or not my best friends walk off and leave me I have made up my mind that's him that's the one I've been looking for all my life I wonder is there anybody in here who's made up your mind that Jesus is the one I've been looking for all my life wave at me if you have I'm just teaching to you this morning a little bit a Holocaust survivor made this statement there is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still I'm telling you and you know what I'm saying when you look all around what's happening in our world and and as I've told you on prophecy file briefing and other that the spirit of lying is loose like like I mean running the streets lawlessness and everything else is going on and now it's come to the church where I have requested of you to sign petitions and and whenever we put that out there on the World Wide Web everybody love me for one of the only times in my ministry that I've had to tell the media team you're going to need to monitor this prophecy file briefing every day because the old boy used the F word on me so many times this past week and gave me all kind of dissertation of what he said that the church should and should not be a part of and what a false prophet I was and called me everything but good but if he happens to be watching I want to let you know I'm still here I'm still trusting in Jesus he's still coming back just like he said it's still the blood it's still the cross it's still the power that is above every other name and I just want to find out is there anybody in here who's got a made up mind I'm going to stay with give your neighbor a high five and tell him I think I found who I'm looking for I started thinking about Lord what do you want me to title this and whenever I said I found what I'm looking for I had to make sure that we put that's him on the front of it because some of y'all are looking I need to make sure it wasn't your boyfriend your girlfriend I found who I'm looking for I want you to know when you find Jesus you get everything come on somebody Corey Timboum another holocaust survivor said it like this and it couldn't be said any better you may never know that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have I want to tell somebody in here you may have thought you've lost it all your job your money your house your friends your wife your husband but I came to tell you as long as I got King Jesus don't need nobody the question is really what John was asking is this is Jesus enough we don't want to say to Jesus we say Jesus I believe in you but then we got plan B just in case I get in prison I know a bondsman that'll get me out come on somebody just in case I get in trouble I know a banker that can help me out just in case I need an attorney I know one that will take all my money and be glad about it just in case I need a friend I'll look on Facebook and find out how many friends I have and none of them will carry you to the grave we always have plan B come on anybody ever had plan B before I want for all of you that didn't they just lie didn't raise your hand I just want to let you know God reads your mind you might as well say yes and amen whatever because I know good and well if there's ten people on a row I can tell you that nine of them have had questions they asked Mother Teresa one time have you ever questioned your faith I think it was ABC or one of those liars and anyway said sure I questioned my faith and the next thing you know it blew up all over the worldwide media Mother Teresa questions her faith we interrupt this message to bring you this breaking bulletin because some of you are getting hung up right now on Mother Teresa I just want to let you know there are going to be people in heaven that you did not expect to be there and you're going to look around and say you and they're going to flip around and say you are you kidding me oh I can assure you from that point forward it's not going to be discussions how do we get here you're going to be dancing on the street come on I don't care if you're black white rich or poor I'm glad that I got in when I got in when I got in I feel like running so I'm still preaching teaching John says this question he said are you the one or should we look for another what he was actually saying do we need you or do we need to look some other place to be satisfied and we're in an unsatisfied culture right now are you hearing what I'm saying this is what we want when we get in trouble we want Jesus to show us a sign he said it's an evil generation that looks for a sign he said if you're going to believe me you better believe me for my words sake not for what I do you ain't going to have to worry about what Jesus does you just need to know that you're anchored in Jesus come on somebody you can't just have him in your head you got to have him in your heart and I submit to you that if Jesus is not enough then you don't know Jesus you hadn't read this book right here I don't know if he's enough to save me all my friends nobody will save me like Jesus save me come on somebody you heard him up here talking about he rescued me and it didn't get some of you didn't register with that but I came to tell you when you know that you know that it had not been for the Lord who was on your side you wouldn't be sitting up in your right mind right now but the blood came and washed me clean he saved me and Jesus is enough in fact I submit to you according to this own word he is El Shaddai he is more come on somebody I want you to just reach up just as an illustration and pull down more right there you know what I'm talking about he is more than enough he's not just enough he's not just enough to get by he's not just enough healing he's not just enough salvation he's not getting into heaven by the skin of your teeth you're going in with a shout the Bible says because our God is more than enough look at your neighbor and tell him he's more than enough and if you don't know that you don't know Jesus because if you knew him like I knew him you would know that he's more than enough come on somebody it's not that I need more of Jesus actually I need less of me we face the same dilemma that John did when we get in a fiery trial are you the one or should we be looking somewhere else do I need a loan are you going to bring me out of this have you ever had God put you on hold before and let you listen to music I'm talking about spiritually speaking I'm talking about you went to the Lord in your hour of need red hot need and you came to find out that Jesus is now and you're now we're not the same now have you ever had the Lord just say hold the line you know that's what he plays in heaven sing with me how great is maybe drop the line I'll call back are you the one or should we look for another what do you mean another another Jesus now before you say there's not another one oh there's a bunch of them Paul makes it very clear in 2 Corinthians 11 verses 3 and 4 but I fear listen to what he said but I fear less by any means as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety so your mind should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ for if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus whom we have not preached Paul said or if we receive another spirit which ye have not received or another gospel which ye have not accepted ye might well bear with it in other words you'd like to have it so because when it gets tough we always look for another route is this helping anybody today he said there's another Christ another spirit another gospel a potential that you're going to you're gonna lean in a direction because that's our propensity that if this doesn't work out I've always got this you better be careful in the time we're in because there are a bunch of Christ Jesus said in the last days there's going to be so many false Christ out there preaching all kinds of look what he said Gospels now I'm just going to tell you a big old glass of milk with a drop of arsenic in it is death let me say it like this if it don't Jesus said I am the vine and you're the branches if it doesn't come through the vine you don't want it come on if your boyfriend don't come through the vine you don't want it excuse me uh oh I went backwards if your girlfriend don't come through the vine as already said oh pastor I'll get him no you won't get him say if your money don't come through the vine you don't want just keep your money come on somebody if your car your house your bank account your friend if your house don't come through the vine you better shake it off like a snake and say God I if I've got to stand alone I will stand alone why because another spirit another Christ another gospel is the term that we roll into that is the title of the coming false Messiah called anti Christ now whenever you hear the word anti the immediate response is it's something against Christ but all my friends the anti Christ person will be more religious than you and I are in fact he's going to pull all of the religions of the world into one eventually to worship him so the real correct translation is not against Christ but another Christ someone that has been brought in who is an imposter John says are you the one or do we need to look for another and I'm going to tell you here's the danger here's the danger the danger is that if you take your attention and focus off of the cross of Jesus Christ as being the one believe me there will be there will be an opportunity for another Christ to come and tell you what you want to hear and the next thing you know he's convinced you that you don't need all this church stuff I'm concerned that too many people have not read the word of God enough to know what he said for say not the assembling of yourselves together as a manner of some is and so much the more as you see the day approaching I asked you the question do you see that approaching sure you do you know Jesus Christ is about to return what does that mean that means one of the main ingredients of the church is to be able to get together because there may be a time when you're not able to get I had text this morning from people that said pastor I can't be there I'm sick I'm this I'm that ladies and gentlemen you should treasure the opportunity to be around others of like precious faith because there's going to come a time with the isolation so we can talk to you and that's well fine a good but I've got to know and are you the one or should we look for another that was John's question should I place my fellow faith in something other than Christ and him crucified is there another option can I trust you Jesus to be who you say you are everything we are everything we have everything as a believer that we believe is based upon Jesus being the one sometimes we have expectation of him and it doesn't work out the way we thought and the first place we go is to the place of disappointment because we had a thought in mind but God's got a better thought Bible said he's thinking a better thought than we are that's the reason why we got to pray y'all that's the reason why we got to stay in Phyllis that's the reason we got to worship all that worship around here is not just a religious exercise it is me communing spirit to spirit heart to heart with God because if he turns right I'm going right this is so important first to get a hold of today because many times we thought that it would be different we thought that it wouldn't be so hard to serve the Lord we thought he's moving too slow let me help him are you the one or should we look for another let me just say you better wait on the Lord Abraham are you a birthing Ishmael that will be the persecution of your existence come on somebody in a world of another how many of you know there's always something let me make it plain that's the reason why there's not just Colgate right about it come on you know what I'm talking about because if it was the end all whitener everything like that there could be one toothpaste on the shelf but look at here look at here here's one that tastes like bubblegum so you can get your children to brush their teeth come on somebody here's one that's got extra mint in it and this one's got extra whitening and all that kind of stuff and when you boil it all down the enemy is always trying to pull us to some other way of doing it other than doing it Christ way and I'm going to tell you it takes great restraint for yourself in the time that we're in to not watch Netflix while I'm preaching not scroll Facebook while I'm preaching I'm just telling I know what I'm talking about not to mention the fact that the people are on the cameras can see you doing that stuff so I would stop y'all alright there this is the first day of summer Sunday of summer so I'm having a good time here this morning I don't know about you and a world of all these distractions Paul says to the Corinthian church I am concerned that the simplicity listen to that terminology Holy Ghost put it in there the simplicity of Jesus can't seem to keep your attention very long I'm bored with Jesus Pastor I would never say I'm bored with Jesus well then why are you running after that other stuff come on let's go to the Old Testament for a minute here comes all these Israelites out in the middle out there and all of a sudden they say we want bread God said fine I know you need bread I'll take care of your bread here comes all this stuff called manna they looked at it and said what is it that's what manna means what is it come on that's what happened when you got married you looked at it and said what is it there it is right there and they ate it and then they ate it some more and they ate it some more brought some quail in and God brought some water in out of a rock how you like that come on see you're not even impressed with that I'm talking about no stream around he punched the rock and out comes gallons and millions of gallons of water I'm just telling you that's impressive he rained manna down from heaven and they ate it and ate it and ate it and then they said we're sick of this manna I want no more manna but the manna was a type and shadow of Jesus Christ and what they were actually saying we're tired of this Jesus Jesus in the morning Jesus in the noon there's some type preaching in here today I'm afraid we give in too much to our doubts when we're in the middle of a trial and there's two kind of doubters there's a dishonest doubter and there's the honest doubter everyone of us in this room here's the oh I'm sorry not here they're all online the dishonest doubter don't want to know the truth because they don't want to know the answer the honest doubter says tell me the truth no matter what it is who goes to the doctor and he's got the diagnosis in his hands hey, hey I know I'm hurting from a head to toe I know I just paid you a million dollars and all that stuff but don't tell me see I'm strange like that as soon as I get whatever they're saying I'm an internet doctor don't laugh at me because you are too I know how you are you're an internet lawyer, an internet doctor you're an internet whatever that you are you're searching out there next thing you know you've got every disease in the book you've got another oh my god some of you are stunned who are you still looking for what is it that Jesus is not satisfied in your life that you're still looking I just came to tell you as a pastor there's church not because I'm the pastor when he found me I knew he was the one he did something for me that nobody else could do come on somebody misplaced faith will always make you settle for another Christ but I just want to let you know what you're getting when you get Jesus this Jesus comes with the cross this Jesus comes this Jesus comes with persecution they persecute me they're going to persecute you this Jesus comes with pain sometimes and trials sometimes and all kinds and accusations and mocking and they're going to spit and everything else but I want to let you know what else he is this Jesus comes with blessings that you cannot measure in this life this Jesus comes with benefits that he daily loads you with this Jesus comes with rewards of those that diligently seeking this Jesus comes with salvation so complete that I am not incomplete this Jesus comes with sanctification he's set me apart this Jesus comes with justification so that when the devil levels a mockery or accusation I can just stand at the cross and Jesus will hammer the gavel and say oh no this one is justified and just any day now just any morning night or noon whenever the trumpet I shall be this Jesus comes with rapture and glorification I want you to know there's no need to doubt him when you know too much about him and once you've known too much about him it's hard to deny him come on somebody what does that mean that means I need to daily unload my cares because Jesus made this statement in Matthew 24 he said one of the signs of the last days and I'm almost done so musicians come on one of the signs of the last days Matthew 24 watch this many will be offended what does that mean they're going to be offended at Jesus because they said they had a t-shirt on it said Jesus is my Lord they had a t-shirt on it says Jesus saves bro and they went out to Family Beach Fest and somebody spit on them I didn't say that happened see y'all they went to handle a cup of cold water to somebody and they slapped out of their hand and they rejected them I want you to understand they didn't reject you Samuel they rejected me so I don't need you to get offended because everything didn't work out like you thought I don't need you to get offended Jesus said because John says right here many will be offended for Christ's sake you better get over any kind of offense are you hearing what I'm saying I told some guys around here the other day they were talking about something I said you know my business law teacher told me in school that if there's something you receive you buy whatever that don't be afraid well let me make it plain he said if your wife maybe has a dress and you want something in addition to that don't be afraid to ask because if you can take no you're going to be alright some of y'all never tried this on I dare you so my wife went shopping for a dress she's standing there getting ready to pay and I told the attendant I said you know what those earrings right there and that necklace right there and that right there would really look nice with that don't you think would you consider just throwing that in she snatched it off the rack throw it down there we went out the door just paying for the dress because she gave us the accessory I just want to let you know ladies and gentlemen the Lord is more than enough if you'll stay with the original plan God will add to your life blessing upon blessing don't be offended if somebody says no I don't want your Jesus okay next I'm not going to get offended because you hating on me you hate on me all you want to but I just come representing the king I'm just the FedEx boy I'm just telling you everybody's going to heaven and everybody's going to hell if you're not careful that reject Jesus Christ you reject Jesus Christ that's up to you I just stopped by to tell you have a nice day that's I have to be careful if I'm flying to sit down next to somebody because they want to know what you do and sometimes I pucker and sometimes I duck because sometimes they're ready to receive it and sometimes they're not are you hearing what I'm saying they told the evangelist Billy Sunday whenever he preached if you ever heard of Billy Sunday he was a fireball preacher he just tell it like it is he said they told him said Billy you're going to offend some people the way you preach now I know you don't get offended with me at all but Jesus said when he told the Pharisees and Sadducees the way it was that you're a bunch of vipers and hypocrites they got offended they told Billy said Billy you're going to offend some people the way you preach you're going to offend them Billy you're rubbing the fur on that cat the wrong way and Billy replied the old cat's going toward hill if she wants to turn around I'd be rubbing her the right way old Billy I have been told hey preacher you better get some user friendly seeker sensitive sermons some easy going stuff are you going to lose your crowd Jesus said in Matthew 11 6 blessed is whosoever that is not offended in me I'm going to tell you what Jesus is over here healing play me some background music so they'll know I'm about to stop Jesus is over here over here doing it this transition comes and God had placed his hand and used John the Baptist mightily thousands no telling how many that came to the Lord baptized because of John the Baptist but then out of his mouth came these words Lord I worship you more than myself come on y'all all raised your hand that way this morning oh we worship you you know what you were saying I must decrease so that he can increase if church and you can't see Jesus but you see me more than Jesus I'm not doing what I'm supposed to be doing if your friends can only see you on your job and not Jesus come on somebody you know the good part about Sunday it's the first day of the week you get to do it all over again and get a brand new week and some brand new mercy and some brand new grace anybody need that so Jesus over here he's healing delivering all that kind of stuff and two disciples two disciples from John who just come by they were on the visitation team they stopped by the prison gave him a track gave him a Bible they said John we'll be back he said hey hey before you go go ask go ask him are you the one or should we be looking for another he'd been in there for 10 months they said okay we'll ask him two disciples find Jesus doing what Jesus came to do healing the sick opening blinded eyes healing the lame and they slip up on Jesus I can see these two guys can't you I mean they just saw blinded eyes open and the lame and walking and all this kind of miracles happen all around them right there and Jesus got it back to him and they walk up and go hey Jesus oh yeah okay we just came with a question how would you like to ask God are you the one they said are you the one John it isn't us that's asking John John said you know how we are it's not my question it's Rogers question are you the one or should we be looking for another and they step back wait for an answer I see Jesus not even stopping eyes are open the lame walk the blind or healed this one gets up and running leprosy is cleansed boom boom boom and then he turns around and says you go tell John everything he did to make and prepare the way of the Lord he did it right everything he's been believing you tell John what you have seen and heard well what do you want me to tell him tell him the blind see tell him the lame walk and the leprosy are cleansed tell him deaf ears are opened up tell him the dead are raised back up tell him we're preaching the gospel to the poor thanks for the handoff John it's alright John don't worry about it John I got it you did a good job in fact you're the greatest of all men that's been born of a woman I'll take up the cause for this purpose I was sent to this earth friends with those one statement he fulfilled Isaiah 61 prophesied to that moment John heard about his message in the synagogue there in Capernaum he said the spirit of the Lord is upon me the spirit of the Lord lifting from John now and the authorities upon Jesus and this is something that I've heard so many times in fact I heard it from someone just a few days ago that we had their service right here in this sanctuary their relatives their relatives were standing there and I was greeting them and they said Pastor Mama live for Jesus I said I know she did she was a godly woman said let me tell you let me tell you what she said to us in the few moments before she left here said they came in the room and Mama looked up and said can you see them can you see them she said I see them standing and worshiping oh there's the angels she said she's looking around and God had peeled back heaven to let her see where she was going you know what Jesus was saying to John John they're going to take your head off in the morning but don't you worry you can go ahead and die in peace for a good fight Paul you kept the faith you've run the race I want to say to you church whatever you do no matter the trial no matter the heart ache no matter the pain no matter the dilemma no matter what you have to go through whatever you do keep your faith in Jesus because he's the one you've been looking for all of your life can you say amen to trust in Jesus just to take his word I must say just to rest upon his promise just to know the say it it is Jesus Jesus come on church Jesus come on everybody stand and say Jesus distractions anything would you take the time right now and just search your hearts here and those of you that are online Lord I've had some doubts on the inside and it's not wrong to question the Lord's not going to beat you up because you had doubts he didn't do that to John he just said I want you to make sure that you know that you can trust me you can trust me in life and you can trust me in death John I am who I said I am Lord search me this morning try me see if there be any wicked way in me I humble myself before you and as a pastor this church I humble myself before this people and I say Lord whatever you do abide with us manifest your glory search us try us use us declare your truth through your people in this hour like never before I believe it Jesus you hold in your hand the symbol of the broken body of Jesus Christ and I can tell you today that this is not something that's a depression this is something that is victory that you hold in your hand today too many times we look at communion as a solemn state and while it is I understand but I want you to know today we're going to celebrate the victory of the Lord because while he gave his life and while he was beaten upon and while he was tortured for our transgression the Roman soldier that was beating him thought that he was beating him to death but Jesus said no man takes my life I lay it down you've got a savior who has the power over life and death and he took the stripes on his back my God I feel somebody getting healed right now somebody in this area right over here needs to thank God for your healing flowing through your body this is the confirmation that he left in his mind that by his stripes we are healed today as we receive communion I want you to recognize that if I was the only one that needed a healing he would have still done it for me and I'm thankful for what Jesus has done Lord thank you for your broken body thank you today Jesus that there is no disease no ailment no malady whatsoever that you haven't conquered through the stripes laid upon your back so in confirmation of that today that you're the same yesterday today and forever as people receive this communion let healing deliverance power and salvation flow through this building and on to those that are watching online by the power of your spirit in Jesus name you may receive the bread together my God my God yes he is the one right now he is the one he's the one that was beaten for us and he's the one whose blood poured down Calvary's cross and I submit to you today that that same blood is still pouring out across the nation Jesus is getting ready to wrap this thing up and he's poured out his spirit to such a degree that he's crossing all denominational lines he's jumping over everybody's ideology and theology because he's coming for his bride this past week more than 40 pastors and I gather together to call a prayer meeting across all denominational lines next week I will sit down with Pastor Ted Trailer and myself and plan a prayer meeting if the Lord Terries is coming before the election next year we call the church last time we gathered more than 8,000 people in the base center calling upon the one true God not Buddha, not Muhammad not humanism not any kind of climate change we called on the name that is above every other name and I came to tell you that the blood of Emmanuel's veins is still flowing here today so I want you to get ready my dear friends because when you receive this cup I don't want you to hesitate to begin to worship the one who shed all of his blood there is no one else that has shed their blood for the remission of our sin but Jesus Christ there is no one else who laid down his life and was buried for three days and got up on the third day with all power in his hand ladies and gentlemen he is not a defeated Jesus he is this same Jesus who rose from the dead and his power is about to flow through your life hold that cup up Lord Jesus, thank you for the blood that has overcoming power over my mind, over my spirit over my doubts, over my pain over all of my dilemmas over all of my traumas over all of my questions I plead the blood over it all this morning saturate me with the blood of Jesus I pray today and we believe it in the name of Jesus now lift that cup to your lips and receive the healing power of God dance towards heaven this may be the only time this week you get this opportunity and audience with the Lord, come on Lord is my shepherd