 Thank you so much. Good evening everybody, and for those of you watching online, I know if you're back home in the Cayman Islands, it's morning, so good morning for the folks back home in the Cayman Islands, and wherever you're in the world you're watching, we're delighted to have you joining us here in Nairobi Central for our camp meeting 2023 On the other theme, Jesus is coming, get involved, get involved, tremendous, tremendous. I continue to be excited about that theme. I hope and trust you have been, have you been blessed since morning? Amen? Yes, and so we're ready to do some work this evening. So yesterday morning, yesterday morning, we took a deep dive into the book of Daniel, and the prophecies of the Second Coming of Christ, we get an idea of how close we are to the Coming of Christ, and yesterday evening, we took another deep dive into the dangers that lurk on the borders of Cayman, and that in as much as we are preparing ourselves to go home, we have to be conscious of these dangers and navigate our way through so that we don't make the same mistakes that Israel made so many years ago. This evening, we will turn our attention to the other piece of your theme, the theme that the portion that says, get involved, because I'm getting excited about that, the portion that says get involved. And so there are two questions that should jump out at you when we say get involved. Jesus is coming, get involved. There are two questions that should jump out at you. One is how should I get involved, and the other is who should get involved? Is a church okay for everybody in the church to be involved? Who should get involved? Are there some prerequisites? Are there some criteria? And so our discussion this evening under the subject, now, now hiring, now hiring. So bow your heads with me as we pray. Father, here we are again in your house of worship, one more time to hear from you. So we ask God that you will speak to us through the instrumentality of your Holy Spirit. That as we open your words, Lord, we dare not do so without asking for your help. So again, I pray that you will open up our minds and open up our understanding. We ask these mercies in Jesus' name. Let the church say amen. I'll put a text on your screen. Matthew the 9th chapter, the 36th verse. Jesus says, but when he saw the text says, but when he saw the multitudes, the Bible says he was moved with what? Compassion for them because they were weary and scattered like sheep having no shepherd. I'm in the next verse. And the next verse says, then he said to his disciples, the harvest is truly plentiful, but we have a problem. What's the problem? The reapers are few. And that's a problem we have in Nairobi. The harvest is truly plentiful, but the reapers are few. That's a problem in the church. We have many members in the church, but those who are involved are few. Can I say that one more time? Yeah, we have many members in the church. And by the way, I don't know, is that true for Nairobi Central? I don't know. We have many members in the church, but those who are involved are few. And by the way, if it is true here in Nairobi, it has been true for a very long time because Jesus pointed it out then. In other words, what God is saying, by the way, when we talk about harvest, it means harvest means we have come to the end of the agricultural year. Am I right? We have come to that end and now it's time for reaping. And God says, I think I need help for the purpose of reaping. Let me say that one more time. This is a cry from heaven. I need help in Nairobi to do some reaping of souls. I need help in evangelism. I need help. And the question we're going to ask myself is, Lord, how can I help? And by the way, is there any prerequisites? Is there any qualification or are you open to anybody to join the team? So the text says, verse 38, Jesus says, therefore, to the disciples, he says, you know what, guys, let's pray to the Lord of harvest so that He will send out laborers in His harvest. And the question, I probably could end the sermon by starting with it, how many of you as members of the church are willing and prepared to get involved? Because being a member of the church is not going to be sufficient to take you into the kingdom. And so the text says he sent out his disciples. And that's Matthew chapter 10, verse 1. After he told the disciples that the laborers are few, he said to them, guys, you have to go out and help. So he sent out the disciples. When he had called his 12 disciples to him, he gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all kinds of sicknesses and all kinds of diseases. So if there's anybody in the church this afternoon who is a little uncertain and not too sure whether you're capable of helping Christ in these last days, what I want to put out to you, all Jesus needs from you is a willing heart to say, Lord, here am I, send me. Amen. All he needs is somebody to say, here am I, send me because he already knows your weaknesses. He already knows your shortcoming. He already knows your limitation. He just wants somebody to say, here am I, send me. And when you do that, when you sign up to be involved, the Bible says he will give you power over unclean spirits. Can the church say amen? He'll give you power to cast them out and also power to do what else? To heal all kinds of sicknesses and diseases. Amen. But he needs somebody to volunteer first. After that, he sent only 12 people he had, he sent them out, but he felt that the 12 was not enough. So the Bible says after these things, the Lord appointed 70 others and sent them all. You see that word also? Look at that word. Have you seen the word also? If that word also is in your Bible, you can underline it. He sent them out also, meaning there is no member in the church of Christ who is sitting down not doing anything because he sent them out also. And he sent them two by two before his face into every city and place where he himself is about to go. Look at the text, look at the text. Wherever he plans to go, he sent out these guys before him. Did he get that? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. These are the Bible workers. He sent them out before him. I'm in the next verse and he said to them, he said, guys, the harvest is truly great, but I still have more problem. The problem I'm having is with laborers. The laborers are still few. Therefore, pray the Lord of harvest to send out what? To send out reapers into the harvest. Then he says, go your way. The whole I send you out as what? As lambs among wolves. Oh Lord, the Holy Spirit just don't load something in my brain. I want to take my time and share it with you. I am sending you out as lambs among wolves. Then you understand why some people do not sign up for this mission. You get a message now? Why? Because it's a dangerous mission. Oh, let me put it there. I'm sending you out as what? Lambs among wolves. What do we know? What do we know between lambs and wolves? What do we know? Come on, talk to me. Talk back to me. We're not preaching. What do we know about lambs and wolves? Wolves eat lambs. Am I right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What is what? Wolves kill lambs. Wolves kill lambs. So Jesus says, before you sign up, I want you to understand it's a dangerous mission that you're going on. Amen. Some of you will lose your life in the process, but if you lose your life for my sake, you are guaranteed to get it back in the eternity. Amen? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I want the church to understand it's a dangerous mission, and that's why some people don't go out, don't join up, don't get involved. No, no, no, no, no. They feel safe to come church, praise the Lord and go home, but they ain't joining up for this service. But maybe that's why the laborers are few. Oh, hang on, hang on, hang on Nairobi. Have you read the text? The text didn't say the worshipers are few. The text didn't say the worshipers are few. The text says the laborers are few. And what the Lord wants is how do we convert those worshipers into laborers? That's a challenge. The other reason I'm purport to you why the laborers are few, why the hiring sign is still up, Heaven says, I'm still hiring, still hiring, right? The other reason why the hiring sign is still up and why laborers are few is that some folks do not think that because of their history, or because of their current lifestyle, some folks don't think that Heaven would possibly use them. So they automatically disqualify themselves. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on because the preach is going somewhere. And by the way, and by the way, some folks who disqualify themselves because of some stuff that they find themselves in and some of their past life, some folks who disqualify themselves because of that, the truth is some of those folks disqualify themselves because of what they heard people say in church. So I'm going to make a very bold statement here today. See, the church is not what is hiring you. It is not the church that is hiring you. It's God. The church is not the Lord of the harvest. It's God. Are we together? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, stay with me because I'm going somewhere. I'm going somewhere. And there are sometimes folks in the church make you feel that God would never use you. So a lot of people say, I am not qualified to get involved. So I leave the work to those who are well qualified and well put together have a good lifestyle, good reputation. So if you're, if you're wondering where this preacher is going, I'll take you there. I'm taking you back to the bodice. Take you back to the bodice. Why back? Why back? Why did I say back? Anybody know? We were there when? Yesterday. We were there yesterday. We were there yesterday. So we're going back. If you were not, is there anybody here? You were not here yesterday evening. You were not here. Anybody here who was not here yesterday? Oh, everybody was here yesterday. Okay, just one person. Okay, you can't miss any. You can't miss any. You can't miss any of the sessions, right? And for those of you online, you can't miss any of the sessions. We're going back here yesterday. At the borders, yesterday evening, we studied approximately 2.5 million people left Egypt under the direction of Almighty God, traveled, reached the borders so close to the kingdom and lost their lives and lost their soul salvation. Are we together? What was the reason again? Unbelief, they fail to believe that God could carry them through. Where did that unbelief come from? From the leaders, 12 elders of the church were sent to spy the land. 10 had no faith in Almighty God. And because of that, the whole, the whole, the entire church, the entire church lost its soul. Two persons made it out, two. We talked about that yesterday. I'm going back there today under the subject, now hiring, get involved. Because now we said, you remember we said last night that God instruct Moses to turn around the camp? Yes? And let them back into the wilderness where all of these failed people, they all died there. Their carcass is wrapped in the wilderness. And God says, I will only bring their children, anybody under the age of 20, I will bring them to the border. So stay with me. Moses is now dead. The entire children of Israel went back in the wilderness. They all perished there, all the adults perished there. Their young ones, 40 years they went back there to spend, 40 years they were back there. Their young ones now grew up. Is the church with me still? Good. Young ones are now grown up. Moses by this time is now dead. And God has now appointed a new leader to take the children of those who perish to Canaan. Ha! Because if you think God not going to take somebody into Canaan, you've got to think again. Because no matter what happens, God's plan will always be accomplished. And so he took new leader, Joshua. The text says, I mean the book of Joshua chapter one, after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, it came to pass that the Lord spoke to Joshua, the son of Nun. Moses is assistant, saying verse two, it says, hey Joshua boy, Moses, my servant is dead. Now therefore arise. Go over this Jordan, you and all these people to the land, come on, help me read this stuff, to the land which I am giving to them, the children of Israel. Ha! Which means, which means, which means God says, the parents fail, but I'm still going to make my promise to the children. So Moses, so Joshua, take these children, by the way, these are children of their disobedient parents who already did. Take these children, carry them back to the borders, hey, and cross over with them. Is the church with me? Yes, and cross over with them. And then in verse nine, in verse nine, in case, in case Joshua became a little fearful, the Lord says, have I not commanded you Joshua? Be what? Be strong, and what else? Be courageous, and do not be afraid, nor be dismayed. Why? For the Lord, your God is with you wherever you amen. I want to talk to somebody in Nairobi. When you sign up, when you volunteer to be a part of God's plan, understand, the Lord will be with you wherever you go. When you sign up to get involved, be strong, because you're going out as lamb among wolves. Be strong. People will criticize you, but be strong. They will say all manner of things about you, but be strong. Be courageous. Don't falter, hey, because the Lord is with you. Be strong. I promise you, I'll be with you wherever you go. Well, well, you know, I love the Bible. The Bible is an amazing book. The Bible is amazing. No movie on HBO, cinemax, any, no movie can come near the word of God. Watch the drama. Watch the drama. So Joshua organized the folks, all right? This is a new crop, new breed of the children of Israel. Joshua organized them, and Joshua marched them. We're marching to Zion. March them right back at the borders, where their daddy were, their fathers and mothers were. Joshua marched them right back there, where they messed up the last. Is it church with me? Where they messed up the last time. Right back there, Joshua carried them, where their parents messed up, where their parents had no faith in God, right back there. And this time, Joshua decided we need to send spies because things may, hey, things may change over the last 40 years while we were in the wilderness. Oh, Lord of mercy. Hey, I'm enjoying myself up here. Hey, Joshua, Joshua says, we, it's 40 years we were in the wilderness, things may change over the land so we can use the same report. So he decided to send spies again. See the word, oh, I did, I spelled that word wrong. It should be again. He says, he says, I will send spies again. But this time, he decided he's not going to send 12. He decided I am not, watch this, I am not sending 12. He decided I am not calling up the elders. Oh, Lord, he says, because he was part of the, he was part of the 12. So he knew what is it. No, no, no, no. He says, I'm not, I mean, I mean, I'm in chapter two verse one. No, Joshua the son, I'm known, sent out how many? Two. Two. I wonder, anybody have a good idea why you only use two? Anybody? Well, what comes to mind is out of the 12 that went the first time, only two came back with the right report. Amen? So maybe it's good and wise to just settle with with two. So he decided, I ain't sending no 10, no 12 church leaders there. I'm only going to use what? Two. So he sent them from Agassia Grove to spy secretly saying, hey, guys, when you go over, view the land, especially where Jericho, so they went and they, so the Bible says, so the two, the two part their back and they dash off across the borders, you know, undercover agents, because it's a dangerous land they're going into, right, dangerous land they're going into. So they don't want anybody to see them because they are spies. This is CIA work, espionage work. So when they, so, so when they dash off over into enemy territory, the Bible says they went and came to the house of a harlot. By the way, who is a harlot? Look here now, nobody in the church who knows what the harlot is. I don't, what's going on? You all don't know what the harlot is? Oh, you all know what the harlot is? Yes? Are there harlots in Nairobi? Oh, they are. Okay, good. Now, so you know what, so you know what harlots is. So, so, so the tech, hey, the tech says, the tech says, watch, watch a preacher, watch a preacher. These two handpicked servants of the living God went over on a secret mission to enemy territory. And of all the places they could find to lodge, of all the houses they could find, see the Bible said, and lodge. What does lodge mean? Of all the house they could find to lodge is the house of a Nairobi harlot. Does the church have any problem with that? I'll turn my back to you guys. I don't know what their wives would say if, because they're sure when they come back and wife heard that they spent a night at the harlot's house, the wife is going to ask, why on God's earth you choose? Well, we couldn't find anywhere else. What do you mean you couldn't find anywhere? Can you hear the argument? We couldn't find anywhere else. What do you mean you couldn't find anywhere else? Why you, no, no, we chose a harlot's house because this on the type of business that she runs, there will be no attraction to two men going to her house. Amen. It's the norm. But the problem is my church will have a problem with that because men of God are not supposed to be in, help me preach, in a harlot's house. Say you're hiding, you're hiding. Why don't you trust God to hide under some tree or some bush, your harlot's house in a harlot's house? No sooner there is here that words reach the king, that there are two spies in town, and they are lodging at that house. Intel service, by the way, the CIA service in Jericho is sharp. They pick up these guys quick, quick, words reach the king. And so the king, the king, the king of Jericho sent to Rahab saying, bring out the men who have come to you, who have entered your house, for they have come to search out, they don't come to do business with you. They come to search out the country, these are spies, bring them out. And by the way, if you know, if you know, if you entertain spies like that, you're charged, you're on charge under the espionage act. This is death. Is the church with me? Yeah, this is death. Did I say when you sign up is a generous mission? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This is death. So the king sent word, bring out the men, because we know we have intel, our intel told us when they came, who came, how they dressed, we know where they are, bring them out to us. Well, sister harlot got involved. Amen. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know why? You know why? She was aware that destruction was coming. She was aware that the end of Jericho was on its path. She was aware of the time she was aware that salvation was there. And she got herself involved. Amen. She got herself involved. But watch me, watch me at the risk of her own life. So when the king says, send them out, because we know you have them. You're harboring criminals. The woman verse four says, the woman took the two men and the Bible says, she hit them. She did what? Rather than bringing them out and handing them over to the king. Now I wonder how many church member would put their life in danger for the sake of God and put the family in danger for the sake of God? How many of you sitting down would run this risk, even though you're a baptized member of the church, pay your tithes well, sing on the choir, be faithful for this year. When the rubber hits the road, how many of you are willing to take this risk in order to get involved? She hit the men. And so she said, when the king's servants, when the CIA officers turn up at her door, she says, yes, it is true that two men came to me. But I agree. But I did not know where they were from. And he said, I don't know. I don't know where they were from. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. I didn't, I don't know where they were from. Is that true or false? Come talk to me. Is that true or false? False, false. I'm not surprised that the harlotel lies. What am I surprised is that she used light to protect God's children? No, that surprised me. Is the church with me here? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, in other words, in other words, you can say anything you want about her. She's doing her utmost best, how she knows how to make her contribution to the kingdom of God. So leave Rahab alone. I don't know where they're from. Verse five. And it happened as the gate was being shut when it was dark that the men went out. Where the men went? I do not know. This is what she's telling, she's telling the CIA officers. She says, yes, the men came. I didn't know where they come from. They do their business and they're gone. When it was dark, they went out. Where the men went, I don't know. So if you want, you should pursue, run after them quickly, for you may rather standing up here talking to me, run after the guys, you may catch them up. But the text says what she had brought them up to the roof and hid them with the stacks of the flak which she had laid in order on the roof. She brought them up her house, top of the house. She put some stacks of some flaks, some shrubs over them, cover them, went downstairs, told the lie that they're gone. And I'm watching the whole thing and I'm saying does my church, is my church okay with this? Is this all right or are you getting uncomfortable? How many of you are getting uncomfortable? Because this don't sit too well with what we teach in church. I mean verse seven. Then the men pursued them by the road to Jordan, to the forts, that is the CIA officers. And as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shot the gate. Dangerous pass, dangerous pass. Ray up, take a sigh of relief, but she still have the stuff upstairs on her roof. Are you with me? And so when the CIA officers left, verse eight says she went upstairs to talk to the men. And church of the living God, those of you watching online, I want you to take note of the testimony of this practicing prostitute. I want you to take a good note of the testimony of this practicing prostitute. Here's her testimony. She went upstairs, she uncovered the two men. Before they were laid down, I mean Joshua chapter two, before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof. And she said to the men, here's her testimony. She says, I know that the Lord has given you this land. She says, I know that God has already given you this land. I know that your God has already done, what? That God has already given you this land. And then she says that the terror of you has fallen us and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you. And I pause and I pause and I pause because I have a problem right here. What's your problem, preacher? Oh, my problem is we sent 10 leaders of the church over there and 12 of them and 10 of them had no courage in God. Yet this prostitute had a knowledge that God already given the victory. How come? How come 10 leaders of the church don't have this knowledge but this practice in prostitute was so sure that God already given the victory? How come? How do you explain it? How do we explain it? 10 elders of the church who saw the Red Sea open, who ate manna from heaven, who saw a water flow from the rocks, 10 leaders who heard the voice of God, yet still they had no faith at the borders but this no good prostitute had a testimony. And why it says there will be some surprises in the kingdom, big surprises. Some of the people that we think will be in the front row of God's kingdom will be missing. And some folks that we never in our wildest dream think would make it, would be sitting right at the front row. I know that the Lord has given you this land. And by the way, she sheared some intel with these two spies. She says, hey, this is top secret, but all the inhabitants of this land, they are fainthearted because of you. Verse nine. And here she goes again. She says, four, help me read. For we have heard. Praise the Lord. For we, we who, we who, me as a prostitute and all my girls who work in the business. Hey, we have heard how the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea. Are you kidding me? Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. Come stay with the preacher, stay with the preacher. The men who failed at the borders, they didn't hear that the Lord dried up the water. Help me preach, help me preach. They saw it. They saw it. They walk on dry land with water piled up onto it. They saw it. They experienced it. So how come a prostitute who only heard about it had more faith in it than you who saw it? The Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came to Egypt. And by the way, what you did to the two kings of Amorites were on the other side of Jordan, Sian and Ogre. When you utterly destroyed, we heard that your God destroyed the enemies around you. We have all the intel. We heard. And as soon as we heard these things, she says, our hearts, what? Melt, Jesus. Watch me, watch me, watch me. I wondered, stay with the preacher. When we heard what your God has done, our hearts melt and we became fearful and faint-hearted, do you realize it is these same people that the 10 said were giants? We can't take them down because we're like cross-hoppers in their sight that they are strong on us and mighty on us. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, somebody on the inside said, no, no, no, no, no, not a thing go like that. We were all faint-hearted. In other words, in other words, had those 10 men come back and say, hey, yes, the guys are big and strong, but God will carry us through. They would have got the victory. Neither did they remain any more courage in any one of us because of you. And then she said, and then she said, listen to the preacher. And then she said, hey, hey, hey, listen to the preacher up here for all of those of you who your life messed up. You're getting to the wrong situation. Hey, all kind of stuff in your life and you have written yourself off. Here's what this practice in prostitute declared. She says, for the Lord, your God, he is the God of heaven above. And he's a God on earth. Notice, notice, notice. She didn't say the Lord, my God. Are you in the church with me? Because she's not an Israelite. She's a heathen. But when she heard what Israel's God has done for Israel, her trust and her confidence generated in Israel's God. She says, your God, the Lord, your God is the true God of heaven. And when she made that statement, God of heaven, smile on this prostitute. After she made her testimony to the two men, her faith was so activated. Hear the preacher church? Her faith was so activated. She had so much confidence in the men's God. She was so sure of a victory. Well, she started to make plans for her family. This is the next part of the sermon. Not only you must get involved, but get your family as well. She started to make salve big plan for the family. She says, now, therefore, I am begging you guys, swear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness that you also will show kindness to my father's house and give me a true token. In other words, since I've been, since I put my life out for you, I'm asking you for one thing. When the judgment falls on Jericho, when destruction comes on Jericho, when your God decided to attack Jericho, I am asking, save me and my father's house. Me and my father's house. So this, this, this, this, this harlot was not about herself. Am I whole? I hope somebody sitting down in this church saying the same thing. God, my life may not be straight. My life may not be right. Hey, folks may say all manner of things about me, but I have my trust and my confidence in you. And I'm asking you, when you come, Lord, save me and my children, save me and my family. And she says, and spare my father and who else? And my mother and who else? My brothers and my sisters and all that they have deliver our lives from. How many of you sitting in church want to make that request to God? Lord, I plan to be involved when I'm asking you, please, when you come, save me, save my mama, save my papa, save my husband, save my wife. Come on, put your hands up there. Save my family. Because when the role is called up yonder, I just don't want to be the only one going. I want my whole house to come with me. Save my family. Amen. She put a request in. I like this lady. She put a request in for her family. Amen? Yes, she put a request in. Why? Because she was so sure her faith was so strong that she put a request in for her family. If your faith is strong in the coming of God, if you are dead certain that God is coming and coming quickly, put a request in for your family, the request in for your family. Well, let me wrap this up for you. Somewhere you start laughing. Everything about this story is contrary to what some of us teach in church. Am I right? Am I right or am I right? I'm right. As Christians, we don't make deals with prostitutes. We don't even, if we're giving out tracts and we know that the house is, you know, that kind of business over there. We bypass it. What shocked me is that the hand-picked men of God made a deal with a prostitute. Here's the text. So, when she asked for her family to be protected, the men answered her. Look at the text. They said, our lives. Come on. Let me read this up. Our lives. Watch this. Oh, you still don't get it. Let me pray for you. Our blood washed, born again, Christian, Holy Ghost filled, sanctified life for your rotten, no-good, messed up prostitute in life. Oh, Jesus, help us in the church. Our lives for your life. I just stopped by to tell some, I don't know who this message is for, but I just stopped by to tell some struggling soul in Nairobi. Maybe he's not even here in church. Maybe he's online in some back room somewhere, caught up in some situation somewhere. Maybe you'll find yourself in a situation that your mama didn't teach you, that your family members are embarrassed of. I don't know who this message is. Maybe you'll find yourself trapped and think God cannot use you. Our life for your life and the message to you, no matter how far down in sin you have fallen, God is still able and willing to take you up, to wash you off, to clean you up, to plant your feet on higher ground and to use you into his mission. Don't write yourself off because God has not given up on you. Our life for your life. If none of you tell this business to others, the men told it, this prostitute, and it shall be when the Lord has given us the land that we will deal kindly and how? Truly with you. Praise the Lord. Amen. Well, here's what blows your mind. Then the men said something strange that again gonna upset some members of this church. So, pardon me if it upset you, but this is Bible. Here's it. So the men said to her, we will be blameless of this oath that we took with you, which you made us swear. Unless, I mean verse 18, unless you bring your father and bring your mother and bring your brothers and all your father's household to where? Which house? Which house? The prostituting house? So understand if you can that the harlot's house, the Nairobi brothel, becomes the only place of safety in the time of judgment. Understand if you can that house, hey, the house of the prostitute, become the place of salvation, the only place of safety. Hey, you still don't get it. The only place where the arms of God protects. I told you the church can handle it. In other words, in other words, the sermon is, if you want to be saved, come help me preach. If you want to be saved, come in the harlot's house. You see how problem that is? Because some of you have been problem even saying it. Why? That's because we have a warped concept of who God is. These stories are designed to pull down the framework of what you have in your mind of who God is and understand the true nature of God. He's able to use anybody anywhere to carry out any mission for his God. Church may write you off, community members may write you off, but God will never write you off. No matter what you do, no matter how far you stray, you are still a child of the living God and he wants you on board. Her house is the only house of safety. Oh, I finished now, but I have one more surprise for you. I can't, listen. Oh, not one more, two more, can I give you two more surprises? Do you have time for it? Yes? All in favor say aye. Those opposed nay, scarred. All right. Two more surprises, two more surprises. This harlot, amazing stuff. There is a book called Hebrews in the New Testament. There's a chapter in it called chapter 11. In that chapter is a who's who list of the greatest faithful patriarchs of the Bible. Are you with me? These are the creme de la creme of faith. These are the stalwarts of faith in the Bible. There are people like Abraham and Moshe and Isaac and big stalwarts of faith in the Bible, in that who's who list. And I decide to check it. I was blown away. Hebrews 11 verse 30. Let me read. By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were circled for seven days and by 31. And what? By faith who the harlot rehab did not perish with those who died not believe when she had received the spies with the harlot rehab found herself in the who's who hall of fame in the word of God. Is the church with me? Who would ever in a wildless imagination think God could turn around a life like this all because she stepped out and got involved at risk to her own life and God took care of her. And so I'm saying to you birthing I don't know your life story. I don't know what your history is but it doesn't matter. God wants you on board. He wants you to be involved. Is the church with me? And he will take care of you. I said I had two surprises for you. That was one. Here's the last one. Here's the last one. Take a deep breath for this one because this one is big. So I was reading the book of Matthew chapter one and I was working through the genealogy of Jesus and if if you don't mean when you go home you can check it out. Here's what it says. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David the son of Abraham the son and Abraham begot Isaac and Isaac begot Jacob and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers and Judah begot Perez and Zira by Tamar and Perez begot Ezra and Ezra begot Ram and that's where some of you close the Bible and go off to sleep because it's just not making any sense to you but oh no no no no read on read on read on read on read on because Ram begot I've been adab and I've been in a begot nation and nation begot salmon I mean verse five and salmon begot bores by take a deep breath salmon salmon married this harlot and they give birth to a man named bores and then bores married begot obed because he married Ruth you remember that stuff or both obed bores begot obed by Ruth and obed begot Jesse and Jesse begot David hang on hang on hang on hang on hang on hang on so so so so practicing prostitute rehab amen become the great great great grandmother of the greatest king of Israel David through whom lineage christ came in other words in other words Jesus Christ watch me watch is the father could have chosen a million roots or route to bring his son but he charted a path through the bowels of a practicing prostitute to bring Jesus Christ here I'm finished I'm finished when I when I come on this pulpit and share a word with you it's not to fill up a few minutes in your camp meeting program I share it because I want somebody to understand that God will never give up on you I want I want somebody who feel rejected somebody who feel that they can't be used because they're not whole enough to sing on the choir somebody who feel written off I stop by to tell you God will never give up on you yes you may have made wrong decision bad choices mess yourself up but God will never give up on you and if you're watching somewhere in a dark back room in Nairobi or wherever you're watching and you feel downhearted God will never give up on you all he asked you to do is to do what this woman did get involved she even lie in the process and God overlooked it and worked with her nonetheless is the church with me yes please note that please note that please note that God didn't say no I can't I can't use you because you're unclean I can't use your house because no no no no you gotta you gotta straighten your life out you gotta get baptized you gotta no no just as you are God will take you and sign you up to be involved so here's my appeal then who among you today I've been looked over your life and God knows sometimes you yourself wonder based on the stuff that happens to you yourself wonder if God could ever use you because sometimes people make you feel that God would never use you who among you today having watched this listen to this is willing to say God thank you I feel a little hope in my soul I feel a little hope I may not be perfect in my ways blond those many times but I'm prepared today tonight to get involved I'm prepared to sign up I'm prepared to ask you dear Jesus use me use me for whatever purpose you see fit use me because I'm willing if that describes you can I ask you to stand as a testimony to God this Lord use me I see some folk standing didn't plan to sing this song but I'm going to sing it anyhow just as I am waiting I want to open this altar open this altar for somebody the spirit of God bids you you look over your life pops realize I'm not perfect I've not been perfect God but maybe sometimes I've written myself off but tonight I want to declare before heaven on earth I want to recommit my life resurrender my life put my life back in your hand ask you to use me and then save my soul and save my children and my family as well when you come when you come Jesus I want to be saved and I I'm asking like this rehab did I'm asking you to save my family also so I am prepared tonight to do what he did I'm prepared to surrender to you give my life to you and ask you to use me I'm going to ask you to join me up here if that describes you as we sing the next stanza just as I am come on up come on up come on up come on up says God I am I'm giving I'm giving you coming up is here another come on let's sing just as I am just as I am see any other any other God, God bless you, come on, God bless you, come on, God bless you, somebody come on, you're not giving up on it, girl is on fire, Jesus you can take her, you can take me, God are the others are the others Spirit of God, did you come, hold a friend hand and say come I see a movement here, God bless you, God bless you, my brother is here now, yes, God bless you be absolutely, God bless you as you walk with some children yes we need the children as well if the spirit of God has moved upon is a clear indication tonight that God is willing to save you what this incredible woman did to put her life at risk but God took care of her is there anybody else in this church maybe even online if you're online you can send a message in before the folks are monitoring the online service here you can send a message is says preacher I have surrendered my heart to the Lord again I want to be used by him in these last days yeah I've made some mistakes in my past sometimes I've written myself off but in the name of Jesus I'm coming again I'm going to take the last stanza and if that describes you in the name of Jesus step out says God I come I come use me for whatever purpose you want to use me but only make sure that when the role is called up yonder I'm in the number last stanza just as I am dear nada dear nada the spirit of God meets you come come come come come come come come I see you coming come bless you I see you coming I see you coming God bless you I see you coming I hear another here now here now another verse of that song there coming God bless you here now Spirit is the Lord. Somebody getting the victory. Praise the Lord. God bless you come. Take a family member. Take a family member. Take a family member. Rahab says, save my father, save my mother, save my sister. If you are father and mother and sister, take your family member's hand and come. I'm gonna close this meeting now. God bless you. Is there another? Before I close this meeting, I told you this is a part of service that I hate. I hate to close a meeting. I hate this part because somehow I can't be sure somebody going back home without making it right with the Lord. So with your heads bowed, your eyes closed, how to be thine and thine father. Rahab is dead and the two spies are dead but you are still alive. I think I know something about you and I think I've read somewhere in your word that says you are the same God yesterday, today and forever, that you change not. And so I am confident that the same grace that you sheared with Rahab, the same mercy that you have extended to her. I am confident that you have that same amount of grace and mercy willing to be extended to those who step forward this evening and those who are online watching and those who will watch this recording years after. I pray Almighty God that those who came forward tonight who step forward to sign up for the labor force. I pray God that what you did for Rahab, you will do it for them tonight. Pray God that you will put your arms around them. I pray Father that you will wrap them close to your bosom. I pray O God that you will protect them. And yeah, when the enemy comes against them, God, I pray that they will stumble and fall. And above all things God, as they sign up for this work to prepare men and women for your soon coming. I pray Father that you will guarantee them a place in your everlasting kingdom, but not just them only. But like Rahab says, Lord, I pray that you will also guarantee their family members so that going home will be a sweet one. We will be able to sing the song of Moses and the Lamb. This coming Sabbath, Lord, we draw the curtains down and camp meeting 2023 with a baptismal service. And it is my prayer, God, and it is my one request that these who have come forward who have not yet done so, and others in this congregation who have not yet done so, and those who are watching online who have not yet done so, who have not yet given their heart to you, or maybe they haven't, they have been back slidden somewhere. I pray that on Sabbath morning they will make that recommitment and says, Lord, sign me up again, Jesus. Because I'm willing to join the harvesters. Thank you, Lord. Thank you for what you have done tonight. Thank you for your word. May your name be honored and glorified. We ask in Jesus' name. God bless you. See you tomorrow morning. I don't know what time. What time is tomorrow morning? 11. Tomorrow morning at 11, I'll be here with the subject, the coming. And then tomorrow evening, you don't want to miss tomorrow evening either. Two powerful presentation tomorrow evening. I'll be back with that one. So make sure you're here tomorrow morning at 11 and tomorrow evening. Until then, our service continues.