 Amen. All right. Well, thank you very much everybody for being here tonight. We are definitely excited to be here and I want to say congratulations, of course, to brother, brother Jared and Miss Heidi and the family and congratulations to the holdfast Baptist Church family and two years ago. We started this church as a church plant and it's been a wonderful ride and you know I'm always thankful that whenever we come here the church family even even this afternoon is always thinking us for starting this church and I appreciate that but I want to thank you for getting on board and for being a part of it We appreciate you working along side us of course tonight we are cutting the umbilical cord and This will no longer be Verdi Baptist Church It'll be an independent Baptist Church hold fast Baptist Church and of course tonight I'll be ordaining brother Jared as the pastor The church and he'll be Pastor Pozarnski and of course we love the Pozarnski family I feel like it's a little echo if you could help me with that. I'd appreciate it We love brother Jared and Miss Heidi and all the kids except for Garrett of course, but we love we love all the Whole family and and we're thankful for them And I do have to before I preach the sermon because I'm gonna preach the sermon and then I'm gonna ordain him So I do have to give this last Try you know brother Jared. Are you sure you don't want to come back? All right you're you can you can we can put somebody else in charge maybe put Jacob in charge and you guys can come back and Be be part my wife said I had to try at least one last time to get them to come back But we're glad they came here and we believe this is where they should be of course And we I just want to say thank you. Thank you to all of you think for the work I know that it's work to start a church. This is a fifth church that we've started and And and we're thankful for that, but thank you for for the work you do Thank you for the church family getting behind it I want to thank our Verity Baptist church or Sacramento family for being here tonight. Many of you came I know there's some looks like there's some of you from first works as well thank you for being here tonight and Tonight I'm preaching a sermon Entitled hold fast and of course this is the the name of the church going forward is going to be hold fast Baptist church and I'm preaching a sermon on the subject or on the title of the church hold fast But but really since it's brother Jared's Ordination service. I want to just let you know I'm preaching a sermon for brother Jared tonight I'm preaching to the future pastor of hold fast Baptist church and and and all of you get to listen in of course And I'm not just preaching to brother Jared, but I'm preaching To miss Heidi and the family by the way after tonight. It's not brother Jared anymore. All right. It's pastor Pazarnski But so just just make sure you know that and I want to preach to the whole fast Baptist church family tonight the name of the church is hold fast and that phrase hold fast is found Throughout the New Testament. I we started here in Revelation chapter 3 because this is probably the most famous Area where this term is is known for in the Bible if you look at Revelation chapter 3 and verse 1 the Bible says and unto the angel of the church and start is right These things say he that have the seven spirits of God and the seven stars I know that it works that thou has to name that thou livest and art dead of course This is a reference to a church that's dying They have a name they have a reputation that they were living but they're dead He says be watchful and strengthen the things which remain that are ready to die for I've not found my works perfect before God remember therefore how that has received and heard and then notice what he says he says and hold fast and Repent he says I want you to hold fast to the things that you've had If therefore thou should not watch I will come on me as a thief and I shall not know an hour I will come upon me if you look down at verse number 11 of the same chapter. He says behold I come quickly hold that fast Which thou has that no man take thy crown the word Hold fast or the the term hold fast means to grip firmly or to grasp Strongly the word hold means to grasp or to grip the word fast means firmly or fixed in a strong way And the Bible uses this term Throughout notice you're there in Revelation 3 if you flip back to Revelation chapter 2 and look at verse 24 The Bible says but unto you I say and unto the rest inside towers many as have not this doctrine Which I've not known the depths of Satan as they speak I will put upon you none of the burden verse 25 But that which he have already notice the words hold fast till I come We are told throughout the Bible to hold fast to take a strong grip to grip firmly to grasp strongly Certain things and tonight like I said is my honor To ordain brother Jared as the pastor of whole fast Baptist Church And I want to preach to brother Jared tonight on the subject of things to hold fast to in Ministry there are some things that as the pastor of the church you should hold fast to and again I'm gonna preach the brother Jared tonight But I'm really gonna speak to his entire family and I want to speak to the entire church family tonight Some things I want to give you three thoughts tonight in regards to things You ought to hold fast in Ministry now if you would go with me to the book of Job in the Old Testament if you open your Bible just right in the center You're more than likely fall in the book of Psalms and right before Psalms. You have the book of Job Job chapter 2 Let me give you three thoughts tonight Three things you ought to hold fast to in ministry if you're taking notes tonight I'd encourage you to take notes. I noticed on the back of the bulletin There's a place for you to write down some things and Maybe you can write these things down number one in ministry you must hold fast to personal integrity in Ministry and I know I would not be ordaining brother Jared tonight as the pastor of this church if I did not know and and and and I'm Trusting that he is a man of character and a man of integrity you the church family here You've gone to know brother Jared. You've heard him preach. You know that he is He is what he says he is he is a Man of his word. He's a man of integrity his family is is is the real thing They are they love the Lord and they they love each other and and that's why we We wouldn't even consider ordaining them if it wasn't for that but in ministry we must remember and I want to Challenge the Pozarski family and and pastor Pozarski to always remember that in ministry We must hold fast to personal integrity notice with Job if you remember the story of Job Job was a man who the Bible says He was upright. He was perfect He was a godly man and of course that brought about there was trials that came in his life and that God allowed in his life and I want To notice what God said about Job Job chapter 2 after he'd already lost all his Wealth and he'd lost his children In Job chapter 2 and verse 3 the Bible says this and the Lord said unto Satan has now considered my servant Job that there is None like him in the earth a perfect and an upright man one that feareth God is true with evil notice these words and Still he holdeth fast his integrity Although thou moveth me against him to destroy him without cause here the Bible tells us the God here is speaking about Job And if you remember it was God who said to Satan when Satan appeared God said has thou considered my servant Job? And that's the life that you and I should want to live the type of life that God would be willing to highlight us or to Give us as an example. He says has thou considered my servant Job and and then of course Satan the false accuser brings his Accusation says well Job's only serving you because you bless him Job's only serving you because you put a hedge of protection around him if you take those things away He'll curse you to your face and of course God allowed for those things to come And I want you to notice that God highlights here right before round two of the trials of Job He says look he's still holdeth past his integrity Job had decided that he would hold fast to his personal integrity you're there in Job chapter 2 go to Job 27 If you would I want you to notice the words of Job himself Job 27 because if you remember Job's three friends show up and they begin to falsely accuse Job they begin to say Job this happened to you because of sin in Your life these trials That are happening are happening because you're a bad person you're wicked you're ungodly Notice Job's response Job 27 verse 6. He says my righteousness I hold fast I will not let it go my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live Job said not only do I hold fast to personal integrity He says but I'll also he said I'll also defend the fact that I've lived right He says I'll defend the fact that that that I've been a righteous person He says my righteousness I hold fast go with me if you would to the books of First Timothy in the New Testament if you find the tea books together in the the tea books in the New Testament They're all clustered together first second that's the longest first second Timothy tied his first Timothy chapter 3 as Preachers and as people in ministry as men of God and as as as pastors and pastors wise and and and pastors kids We must remember that in ministry. We must hold fast to personal integrity. What does that mean? It means that we should live righteously Now now please understand this there's often this misconception in ministry that a pastor and a pastor's wife are supposed to be sinless That is incorrect Obviously, nobody's sinless other than the Lord Jesus Christ Bible says that we're all sinners Bible says There's none that do as good. No, not one and and we we create this false Idea that the pastor and the pastor's wife must be sinless Well, let me help you out with something if that's what you believe you're going to be disappointed Because we're all human beings. We all make mistakes. We all sin We all do things we we shouldn't do and say things we shouldn't say and lose or temper and all those things We understand that but so we're not asking a pastor and his family to be perfect By the way, don't ever put this standard on the pastor's family that they've got to be perfect They can't make a mistake. They can't they you know, we we often put these these Expectations and it's this ferracea equal attitude We put these expectations on others things that we would not do ourselves or expect of ourselves or expect of our own kids Don't fall into this idea that the pastor must be sinless the pastor's wife must be sinless the children must be sinless But let me say this we should live righteously first Timothy chapter 3 look at verse 1 here we have the The the qualifications of a pastor or a bishop first Timothy 3 verse 1 the Bible says this This is a true saying if a man desired the office of a bishop he desired a good work By the way, let me tell the whole fast family Pastoring a church and I understand that brother Jared is becoming the pastor now Officially, but he's been playing the role and doing the work and it is work He the Bible says if a man desired the office of a bishop he desires a good work Then the Bible says this a bishop then must be blameless notice. It doesn't say sinless But it says blameless What does that mean it means to live above board it means to live above reproach? It means that you can't be blamed or there's no major sin in your life that you could be blamed for and we as men Of God should live righteously should live blamelessly But our church families should never expect anyone to live sinlessly We should hold fast to personal integrity What does that mean that we as preachers and as men of God have to take our testimony seriously and we ought to live Righteously, but it means that our church families should not expect more Then what the Bible? Expects which is to live a blameless life not a sinless life Second Timothy if you would you're there in 1st Timothy go to 2nd Timothy chapter 3 2nd Timothy chapter 3 look at verse 10 2nd Timothy 310 the Bible says this but thou has noticed what what Paul says he's writing this letter to Timothy He says but thou has fully known my doctrine. He says you know what I believe you know where I stand You know the positions I take then he says this manner of life He says you know the type of life that I live you know my behavior my conduct He says you fully known my doctrine my manner of life purpose faith long-suffering charity patients Look, we need to hold fast to personal integrity. What does that mean? It means that we should live righteously But it also means this that we should defend our righteousness You're there in 2nd Timothy Go with me if you would to 1st Peter chapter 3 2nd Timothy Titus by Lehman Hebrews James 1st Peter and do me a favor Keep your finger there and 2nd Timothy or put a ribbon or a bookmark there because we're gonna leave it And we're gonna come back to it but go to 1st Peter chapter 3 2nd Timothy Titus by Lehman Hebrews James 1st Peter 1st Peter chapter 3 See Not only should we live righteously, but we should also defend our righteousness in ministry you say why here's why because in Ministry you're going to be falsely accused Brother Jared. I'm here to tell you I'm gonna lay my hands on you and ordain you as the pastor of this church and And I believe that great things are ahead for you. I believe God's gonna use you and God is using you God God's gonna continue to use you in a mighty way, but let me make you a promise with this ordination will come false accusations Against you against your family against your children By the way, this is why the Bible says he God understood this This is why God said against an elder receive not an accusation But before two or three witnesses, you're not even supposed to receive it You're not even supposed to hear it out. You're not even supposed to click on the video and watch it on YouTube Unless you've got the two or three witnesses And you say well the two or three witnesses. This is not two witnesses one guy tells another guy The what did you witness? See we are to defend our righteousness. Why because false accusations The darts of the devil will come our way and how do we fight that off? We fight it off by living right and doing right and eventually our lives will speak for themselves First Peter chapter 3 look at verse 16 notice what the Bible says having a good conscience having a good conscience the word conscience It's talking about someone Who who who is has a clear conscience not someone who's sinless not some someone who doesn't make mistakes But someone who is doing right in their heart having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil notice Whereas they speak evil of you as of evil doers that they may be a shame That falsely accused your good conversation in Christ Notice he says they speak evil of you as of evil doers by the way Let me say this brother Jared said this in the in the in the announcements You know just mark it down when there are people who have made it their job, too I'm gonna bring this pastor down. Let me tell you all the bad things about this pastor. They are speaking evil They speak evil of you as of evil doers. What does that mean? It says they speak evil because they are evil They're bitter they're wicked They're trying to hurt the cause of Christ Whereas they speak evil of you as of evil doers that they may be a shame that falsely accused your good conversation in Christ See sometimes in ministry people will attack you they'll attack you falsely They'll attack your family and we need to live in such a way that it doesn't stick We're blameless We live righteously But we also defend our righteousness Go to Proverbs if you would Proverbs chapter 26 keep your place in 2nd Timothy We're gonna come back to it but go to Proverbs if you remember you open up your Bible Just right in the center before more than likely fall in the book of Psalms right after Psalms You have the book of Proverbs Proverbs chapter 26 now brother Jared and again I'm gonna address you a lot tonight because I'm preaching to you all right You you get to preach to all of them, you know three times a week So now you're gonna get a little bit of your own medicine You said you know, how do I deal with this when the false accusations come because they're going to come How do you deal with it? Well, let me explain Sometimes you answer and sometimes you don't Notice notice this seeming contradiction in the Bible Proverbs 26 5 and Proverbs 26 4 and 5 It seems like it's a contradiction except for the fact that Solomon put the verses right next to each other So it's obviously not a contradiction Proverbs 26 4 says answered not a fool according to his folly Sometimes you don't answer the fool Why less thou also be like unto him Then in verse 5 he says answer a fool according to his folly. You say why less he be wise in his own conceit See sometimes the accusations come and you just don't answer them You just ignore them and look in ministry You need to know this and you need to understand this that if a pastor who's doing what he's supposed to be doing Decided to just confront every accusation attack every accusation. I'm gonna make everything right then you're that's all you're gonna do all day long You don't have time to do nothing else So a lot of times you don't answer answer not a fool according to his folly Let's not also be like unto him But sometimes you do answer a fool according to his folly Unless he be wise in his own conceit you say well, how do you know the difference? You got to pray about it and look at the context But look sometimes you just ignore it sometimes you answer it either way you must defend your own righteousness You must live righteous bliss. You must defend your righteousness in ministry. You must hold fast the personal integrity I remember I don't know. This was maybe a year or two ago We had the these people Who made a video? exposing pastor Jimenez financial fraud pastor Jimenez Verity Baptist Church, you know big major conspiracy and What what they did was they took this this this form that as a nonprofit We fill out every year every couple of years for the state of California and it's it's a form that it's public records available to to anyone who wants it and it's just Updating that the nonprofit is still like the existence that we're still we haven't Folded it or whatever canceled or stopped and in in that it gives you a place to list different people We put our staff there and it gives you a place to list their addresses And you it had my name and other staff people's names one of the names on there was brother Stuckey And this was during the time when brother Stuckey was transitioning to the Philippines We just sent them to the Philippines To to start a church there Verity Baptist Church Manila, and he was living in a hotel He'd just gone there, and he was living in a hotel hadn't got a house yet And and we were waiting a little bit because we want to kind of figure out where the church was going to be and he Wanted to get the church building secured first and then find a place to live near that and all of that for so for that Reason we put the church address under his name now. Here's the thing These people bring this thing out and they're like look at this financial fraud Brother Stuckey doesn't live at Verity Baptist Church. Therefore these people are wicked and they're just exposing us for all this Stupidity and you say well, what'd you do? Well for a while We ignored it because I just kind of laughed and shook my head and thought these people are idiots but you know Eventually this this this full this verse applied answer a fool according to his folly Let's see be wise in his own conceit and I never actually responded to it But I did write a little somebody asked me about it I wrote a little email and they got posted on Facebook somewhere and all I said was this look if you're gonna take the time to Expose a church based off a financial document You might want to take the time to actually read the financial document before you expose them because if you look at the Instructions it says that you can put the employee's personal address or the address of the church Which is what we did but here the here's all I'm saying is things like this come up all the time Where people just want to expose you and just want to show and by the way even if it was wrong And it wasn't wrong, but even if it was wrong, what does that prove? What does that show? How does that disqualify you from the ministry and the only reason we even answer this is because these people are so stupid It was just more to show the stupidity that maybe you should take the time to actually read the document that you're gonna use to expose somebody with before you expose them with it Sometimes here's all I'm saying sometimes you answer not a fool according to his folly Last I'll also be like unto him Sometimes you answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his own conceit So what must we do in ministry? We must hold fast to personal integrity. We must live righteously and defend our Righteousness, but let me give you a second one tonight Go go go to Proverbs chapter 4 if you you're there in in Proverbs. I believe go to Proverbs chapter 4 Proverbs chapter number 4 You're in Proverbs 26 go back to Proverbs 4. I Said number one you must hold fast in ministry You must hold fast to personal integrity number 2 in ministry. You must hold fast to proper instruction Proverbs 4 and verse 13 notice what the Bible says it says take fast hold hold fast fast hold same thing take fast hold of Instruction let her not go keep her for she is thy life here We're told that we must take fast hold of Instruction go to 2nd Timothy if you would 2nd Timothy chapter 1 I hopefully you get your place there in 1st and 2nd Timothy 2nd Timothy chapter 1 Notice what the Apostle Paul says here in 2nd Timothy chapter 1 and verse 13 Proverbs says Take fast hold of instruction and look in 2nd Timothy 1 13. We'll see the same thing and let me just say this the listener The one being instructed should hold fast to proper instruction. Look at the Bible is teaching You should be ready to hear and to receive 2nd Timothy 1 verse 13 hold fast The form of sound words Which thou has heard of me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus as The listener as the church member. I'm talking to the Not the very about more the very about the church family, too But I'm talking to the whole fast about the church family as the listener your job is to hold fast the form of sound words Which thou has heard of me the apostle Paul says your job is to be like the Bereans remember the Bereans in the book of Acts The Bereans the Bible says that they receive the word with all readiness of mind They were ready to receive it. They wanted to hear it. They wanted but they also search the scriptures daily whether those things were so Let me say something to you a whole fast Baptist church something You can help your pastor with when your pastor stands up to preach be ready to hear and to receive what he has to say But don't be just constantly examining him for every little thing that he said wrong And what he shouldn't have said and you said this and it wasn't correct. Let me tell you something. He's a man He's gonna make mistakes You try getting up and preaching for an hour three times a week for ten years And let's and let's see how your track record is. Let's say let's see if you don't say something stupid Let's say if you don't say something wrong Let's see if you don't get something incorrect see look We're all gonna make mistakes you say well what what's some people you think some of these church members They think their whole job is to show up the church and just sit there and they're just gonna I'm just wait till he messes up He said Joe none he meant no, I'm gonna get him on out. I'm gonna expose him Got the video ready to go. You said what is your job as the listener? Here's your job hold fast the forms of sound word Which thou has heard of me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus notice verse 4 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us Go to 1st Thessalonians chapter 5. You're there in 2nd Timothy. Just go backwards past 1st Timothy past 2nd Thessalonians into 1st Thessalonians Thessalonians chapter 5 look at verse 22 verse 20 Excuse me 1st Thessalonians 5 verse 20 despise not prophesying the word prophesying there is being used in the way That you and I would use the word preaching despise not preaching look you ought not despise preaching you ought to Appreciate preaching you ought to encourage preaching you ought to show up every time the Bible's open And and the man of God stands up to preach the word of God. You ought to Show up and be ready to receive I notice despise not prophesying Prove all things Does everything that brother judge say is everything he's gonna say correct possibly not is everything I say correct possibly not your job is to prove all things. This isn't a cult He will tell us, you know, you're a cult. Well, if we were a cult we wouldn't be encouraging to go home and search the scriptures daily To see whether these things were so you got to prove all things you say, okay So I'll despise not prophesying I'll prove all things then what do I do if I find out that maybe something that was said was incorrect Here's what you do hold fast that which is good You keep the good and and if something was said was wrong incorrect, whatever you say He's just a man He's a human being If I sit up and preach for an hour a week 52 weeks a year 10 11 years, I'm sure I'd say stupid things too is the way you should think We ought to hold fast to proper answer and I'm talking about brother Jared I mean brother Jared is a smart guy obviously you listen to the man speak you can tell he's an intelligent man I'm talking about all preachers You ought never show up to church with this just attitude like let's see what he has to say this time Why don't you be ready to receive the word and maybe you'll find that God doesn't work in you So in ministry we must hold fast to personal integrity We must hold fast to proper Instruction the listener should hold fast to proper instruction But let me say this brother Jared the preacher and I know you know this But I want to remind you on the day of your nation the preachers should hold fast to proper instruction See Proper instruction means it needs to be complete Go back to 2nd Timothy if you would you're there in 1st Thessalonians go past 2nd Thessalonians into 1st Timothy 2nd Timothy chapter 4 look at verse 1 Tonight, I'm giving a charge to brother Jared I'm charging him as the pastor of whole fast Baptist Church to Hold fast to personal integrity and to hold fast to proper instruction. Well, here's what Paul said to Timothy a Preacher he says I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ Who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom preach the word be instant in season Out of season the word be instant to the that term means be ready Be Prepared in season out of season. What does that mean whether it's popular or not? Whether people like it or not you preach the word be instant in season out of season then he tells us here's what that looks like Reprove that's negative Rebuke that's negative Exhaught that's positive with all long suffering and doctrine You'll find that God is often telling us that when it comes to preaching it'll be two-thirds negative one-third positive And and and I believe this should happen in a sermon, you know, I'm not saying two of the sermons should be negative What should be positive? I'm saying every sermon should have some negative aspects to it some positive aspects to it But we as preachers brother Jared need to remember that we need to hold fast to proper instruction What's proper instruction that means that it's negative. What's wrong with the false TV preachers? What's wrong with the Joe Lohsteins and the DD Jakes and the Rick Warren's what's wrong with those guys? Here's what's wrong with those guys. It's not what necessarily all of the time. It's not what they say. It's what they don't say They're these positive only preachers and We need to remember as Bible believing Baptist preachers that we must hold fast to proper instruction What does that mean sometimes it's going to be negative And by the way not only in the preaching as leaders sometimes we're gonna be negative as As leaders sometimes as the pastor of the church sometimes you're gonna have to tell people no Passive this great idea. I was thinking that we could start this Bible study and at my house and I was gonna invite all oh, you know Some 60 year old guy. I was gonna start this Bible study for single young ladies at my house. No I mean, oh, here's what I'm saying sometimes as the pastor you guys say no No, we're not doing that. No, we're not going there. No, we're not going in that direction. No, I'm sorry That's not gonna happen. By the way, not just the pastor sometimes the pastor's wife No I'm sorry. We're not gonna do that We're that that's not gonna happen here. We love you. We care for you, but no the answer is no and here's the tendency The tendency is to want to become this like positive only go to Matthew Matthew chapter 13 if you would First book of news estimate should be fairly defined Matthew 13 The tendency is to to not want to be negative sometimes because here's the thing. We're all human beings. We all want to be liked We all want to be loved We as preachers cannot we as leaders cannot we as pastors Pastors wives cannot be positive only sometimes we have to correct Sometimes we have to be negative sometimes we have to say no and here's a problem with that Is that sometimes when you correct people? They don't like it And sometimes when you correct people, they don't like you I want to explain this to brother Jared and Miss Heidi And I want to explain it to the whole fast Baptist Church family And I hope you'll understand But there is this common experience among pastors and pastors wives This realization that comes about Once you've been in ministry for a while and Jesus spoke about it Jesus explained it. Let me show it to you Matthew 13 verse 57 This is something that all pastors talk about Maybe I shouldn't say all but many pastors and the pastors that I know personally my personal friends We've talked about this and it's kind of just a in it's an interesting realization Matthew 13 57 says this and they were offended in him Jesus is in his hometown preaching to the home crowd and They were offended in him. They were offended at Jesus But Jesus hadn't to them notice a statement Brother Jared, I'm sure you've seen it. I know you've seen it, but I want you to consider it Notice what Jesus says a prophet the word prophet there is referring to a preacher a Preacher a prophet is not without honor now the word honor means respect reverence admiration appreciation Jesus said a prophet is not without honor now the way that that's worded is in the negative But when it says is not without honor it means that a prophet gets honor a Prophet a preacher Goes to preach somewhere and they are oftentimes honored reverence admired appreciated People want them to sign their Bibles people want them to take pictures with them people want them to to talk to them and Those are good things. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. Jesus says a prophet is not without honor But he says this save the word save means accept or accept for Notice this in his own country and in his own house Now this is Jesus. Remember the sinless son of God Talking about his ministry He says I'm here in my hometown talking to the people I grew up with the people that saw me grow up I mean if there's anybody who should understand that I'm the sinless son of God that I never sin that I never did anything wrong It should be these people he says but they have they're offended in me and he says here's why Jesus says here's why a Prophet is not without honor save in his own country and in his own house Here's what he what he means by that And go with me to second Corinthians if you would second Corinthians chapter 12 you there in Matthew You have Mark Luke John acts Romans 1 Corinthians second Corinthians a Prophet is not without honor saving his own country in his own house There's this common experience and I feel like I would be doing you a disservice if I did not take the time to explain this to you and your wife and And look Jesus said it and that's good enough But I can tell you I know that it's true because I've experienced it I know many of my pastor friends we talk about this and it's just this this common realization that Virtually all pastors and there's wives experience and it is this it is When not all and please understand that not all but sometimes it feels like many of your own church people seem to Love or respect or admire or reverence other pastors and other pastors wives more than their pastor and their pastors wife and This is what Jesus is talking about. He says look a prophet is not without honor. They have honor except Jesus says In his own country And in his own house Now here brother Jared. Here's why This can be bewildering at times Or it can be confusing at times Because you think to yourself My wife and I are the ones that spend time with these people My wife and I are the ones that are there in their time of need We're there in the middle of the night We're there at the hospital bed. We're there to counsel them We show up at their lowest points We're the ones that are there when they need us. We're the ones that are there We're the ones that that that preached to them every week that that that talked to them on the phone We take the call early in the morning. We take the call late at night We we we are we creep with them and we rejoice with them We're there and sometimes you just kind of wonder at the lack of loyalty And it feels like other pastors sometimes are more loved and appreciated and respected by the people that you give your life to and you just kind of think to yourself what is that and Jesus talked about it. He said a prophet is not without honor save in his own country and I want you to notice brother Jared Paul talked about it second Corinthians 12 leger is 15 He says and I notice this and I will very gladly spend and Be spent for you This is what Paul says I'll be there when you need me. I'll pick up the phone. I'll be there early in the morning late at night I'll be there at the funeral home. I'll be there at the hospital bed. I'll be there to Perform the funerals. I'll be there to perform the weddings. I'll be there to do the counseling I'll be there to do the premarital counseling the not so premarital counseling. I'll be there I'm very gladly to spend and be spent for you though the more abundantly. I love you Paul says The less I'd be loved And you think to yourself Where does this come from and You come to the place and look I'm just telling you this is a conversation sometimes pastors and pastors wives have You want to know what we talk about at these pastors meetings sometimes? We think have you noticed that? You're like, yeah, it's kind of weird. It's kind of like what Jesus said. It's kind of like what Paul said and You reserve yourself you reserve yourself to this idea that maybe that's just the way it works Maybe because you spend so much time with people you just become so familiar to them that you know the other pastor in the other state The other pastor in the other city. He's the superstar. He never makes mistakes But if they were around them like they are around you they would see that they're people too and and by the way Other pastors say this to me, you know, we joke around You know they say to me it seems like my people just think you're the greatest thing ever and you show up and you're just Amazing and this that and I say to them. Well, that's how my people act about you My people are always, you know at the men's preaching nights always bringing up your sermons and I'm thinking myself Well, they're always bringing up your sermons That's just how it is. You know, so you reserve yourself to this idea Maybe that's just how it is, you know the pastor down the grass always green on the other side, right? Pastor down the streets always just the the better guy and then you hire staff I'm trying to help your budget Then you hire staff you'll hire stuff one day and you'll be surprised How it seems like the church family and by the way, you're thankful for this Because you love your staff and you want your staff to be loved and You'll see how the church family sometimes it seems like they're tripping all over themselves to love the staff Take care of the staff remember their birthdays remember their anniversary is just just flood them with gifts Just make sure that they're highly cared for and loved for and and and you think okay Maybe it's carnal of me to think that the pastor and the pastor's wife should be loved more than the staff But you think they should at least be loved as much as the staff and you're just kind of like Are we not friendly? Are we just what's the deal here? I was talking about this with my wife and She made she made the statement and I and I feel like I knew the statement I understood this statement But she made the statement and it kind of just brought clarity to the whole thing go to Galatians chapter 4 of you Would you there in second Corinthians go to Galatians? It brought it brought clarity to this whole idea and Brother Jared it took me 11 years to figure this out. I'm trying to help you out. I'm giving you a head start, okay? My wife brought this up to me. She said well, here's the thing The reason that those other people are so loved Is because they don't correct these people See, you know you think you listen to a sermon from the pastor in another city in another state And they're screaming and yelling and blah blah blah they're screaming at their church people or whatever their church people are getting offended He's saying that about me, but you don't feel like that But when your pastor gets up and screams and yells and whatever you're like he's preaching that about me and you're probably right See the other pastor doesn't correct my people Who corrects my people I do my wife does I Go to their church. They want to take pictures with me and find my sign their Bible and do those things But you know what I don't I don't correct them. I don't know them But their pastor does them their pastor's praise for them. I don't pray for them You know I get on my knees and pray for our church family But their pastor corrects them you know what the staff You know what the staff gets to do and I love our staff We have a great staff you know what the staff guys you know what the staff wives get to do they get to have Our church people walk up to them and say the stupidest thing I Have a great idea We should and you know what the staff and the staff wives do they go And then they call me or my wife and say you ain't got a problem. You got to take care of this. This guy's crazy You know what I get to do or what my wife gets to do Hey, brother Hey, hey sister You know Somebody told me that you brought x y and z up and I just want to tell you that's not appropriate You had a question about this doctrine. Let me tell you that's not what we believe here See here's here's what Paul said Galatians 416 Am I therefore become your enemy? Am I therefore become your enemy? Because I tell you the truth. I I hope you love all the other pastors in the new FB. I Hope this church one day get staff and you love them and you care for them and you appreciate them and you reverence them But before you start dissing your pastor and dissing your pastor's wife Remember that that staff family and that other pastor they get to slide on something that your pastor and your pastor's wife Doesn't get to slide on they have to correct you And by the way the Bible says faithful are the wounds of a friend They correct you because they love you They correct you because they care about you and You sit there and say oh, well, I love the staff but pastor, you know, he's always this and miss you and she's always that Let me tell you something. That's because we're the leaders That's because when you say something stupid, we don't get to sit there and go We have to say no No, no, no You said what are the takeaways? Here's the takeaways for the Jared Miss Heidi you need to be clear about your job Your job is to tell the truth Your job is to keep this church straight keep this church right and if that means that you don't get that many Anniversary cards and you don't get that many birthday cards and people don't like you as much as they like the other pastor They don't follow over Your special days as they do for all the staff that doesn't matter because your job is to hold fast to proper instruction But let me just give a little hint to the whole fast family Don't be like my baby Hannah I have a we have a daughter. She's two two and a half years old. She's a baby And Hannah's the most loving thing. I mean, she loves me. She loves my wife. She's always wants to be on us She wants to be hugging us. She's whatever, but we're her parents. So we have to correct her And you know what Hannah says to us when we correct her we said no You're not my best friend You know how that's how some church members are Hey, listen sister listen brother. We love you, but no You're not my best friend Maybe you ought to realize You say, oh, I'm so excited. I'm getting a pastor. I'm getting a pastor. Well, here's the thing You're not getting a pastor that'll preach to you so that he can preach to you although a pastor should preach to you But you know that anybody can preach to you And you're not getting a pastor to say yes and affirm you and everything Because anybody could do that You know what you're getting when you get a pastor and a leader You know what you're getting when you get a pastor and a pastor's wife You're actually getting someone whose life whose whose ministry is to be vigilant to watch you in your life And come alongside you and sometimes say hey, you're doing great Hey, you're doing wonderful and sometimes say what no one else will say that's a problem You're going in the wrong direction I know you're probably not going to want to be my friend anymore But I've got to tell you You're ruining your marriage You're ruining your children You're ruining your testimony That's what a pastor does It's what a pastor's wife does So when you feel like oh, I wish you were more like pastor. He meant as I wish you were like pastor Anderson. Just remember their church people don't like them either What Must we hold fast to in ministry we must hold fast to personal integrity What must we hold fast to in ministry we must hold fast to proper instruction What must we hold fast to in ministry Go to Hebrews chapter 10 if you would you're there in 2nd Timothy go Past Titus philemon into the book of Hebrews 2nd Timothy Titus philemon Hebrews I said number one personal integrity number two proper instruction number three in ministry We must hold fast to our professed ideology The word ideology means what we believe A set of doctrines Hebrews chapter 10 and verse 23 Notice these words Let us Hold fast The profession of our faith Here's the key words without wavering The word waver means to falter to be unsteady For he is faithful that promise In ministry sometimes the ministry gets hard and we cannot waver in what we believe We've got to hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering Now if we're wrong about something then we should fix what we're wrong about But once we've studied something out and we we we and and and we see clearly in the bible Hey, we've got to be instant in season out of season You've got to hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering Without quitting when it gets hard when it gets difficult when the sermons go viral when the news media shows up When people start questioning and saying do you really believe you've got to stand up and say yeah, I really believe it I'm going to hold fast to the profession of our faith and I'm not going to waver This isn't a game This isn't our first rodeo We've been doing this we've been in it That's just one of the things I love about the the the satellite ministry is that you get to Watch a man and his wife and his family Uh Play the role of a pastor before they are the pastor and you get to see it becomes real clear Go to james if you would you're there in hebrus go to james it becomes real clear in the satellite ministry Just after a few weeks and a few months it becomes clear they've got it They've got the pastor's heart. They've got the pastor's wife's heart brother jared calls me We we text every week and he calls me every few weeks and miss hidey calls my wife every Once in a while and you can tell by their questions and what do we do in this situation? And what do you think about this and and have you experienced this before you can tell by their questions that they They've got the pastor's heart. They love their people We have to hold fast and say this is what we believe and we're not changing Today we're cutting the umbilical cord from whole fast baptist church It will not be connected to verity baptist church But I believe and I pray and I hope that 10 years from now 20 years from now We'll be able to say this church and that man has held fast to the profession of his faith without wavering James 1 5 says if any of you like wisdom let him ask of god that give it to all men liberally and upgrade it Not it shall be given him but let him ask in faith nothing wavering Nothing to sway back and forth that thing to become Unsteady Ephesians says that we should we should not be tossed about with every wind of doctrine We should hold fast to the profession of our faith For he that waver there's like the wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed for let not that man Think that he shall receive anything of our lord a double-binded man is unstable In all his ways This is who we are and this is what we believe I mean, I mean we we should be honest with people and say look we believe salvation is by grace to the faith Not of words. We don't believe you got to repent of your sins to be safe. We believe in eternal security We believe the king james bible is the word of god. We believe in soul winning. We believe in sanctification We believe in holiness. We believe in separation. We believe women shouldn't wear pants And we believe that that men should look like men and women should look like women We're against the homosexual agenda today and and god puts the death penalty on look. We're just telling you this is who we are We are a whole fast and we are a whole fast to that profession and say I believe the bible i'm a baptist And when things get difficult See when things get difficult we must we cannot waver what we believe Go to hebrus chapter 4 When the trials come the persecution comes when things get hard We can't waver What we believe And we must remember In whom we believe Hebrus 4 verse 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest That is passed into the heavens Jesus the son of god let us hold fast our profession See our profession is connected To the fact that he Resurrected and ascended and is passed into heaven Jesus the son of god go to hebrus chapter 3 look at verse 6 But christ as a son over his own house whose house are we if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end Here's what i can tell you about ministry or that jared i'm talking to you and you know this That sometimes you get to go somewhere Sometimes you get to preach somewhere You might be invited to like a red hot preaching conference or Fundamentalist conference or fire breathing conference. You might be asked to be the guest speaker at some event or something And you go there and for about 60 minutes people tell you how great you are and how your ministry has helped them And how your preaching has helped them and they want to take pictures with you and they want you to sign their Bibles and they want you to do all those things and we appreciate all that and we were thankful for that But that will not get you Through the ministry The red hot preaching conference and all the hype will not get you Through the trials the battles the difficulties the hard work That is called the ministry You say well, what do you do? Well, you do what david did when he was a leader and he felt lonely He encouraged himself in the lord See we must remember Why we got into ministry to begin with It wasn't for the people because we got into ministry before there were any people It's not for the youtube subscribers because we got in the ministry before there were youtube subscribers It's not for the accolades. It's not for the The pats on the back although we appreciate all of that we got into it for one man the lord jesus christ Amen And when things get hard We must hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end And that hope is christ Go with me just real quickly to first timothy chapter four if you would you kept your place there first timothy chapter four Look at verse 14 We're about to transition into the ordination part of this service First timothy chapter four and verse 14 says neglect not the gift that is indy Which was given the by prophecy With the laying on of the hands of the presbytery The presbytery is a reference to the elders The bishops the the spiritual leaders The bible talks about this laying on of hands it is A given giving of authority It is a vote of confidence It is a commission To do the work of god as an ordained minister Acts chapter 13 if you would let me show you a couple of verses Acts chapter 13 and verse one Matthew mark luke john ax ax 13 verse one Now there were in the church that was at anti ox certain prophets and teachers As barnabas and simian That was called niger and lucius of sireen And menea which had been brought up with herit the tatrar and sol As they ministered to the lord That's what brother jared has been doing. That's what his whole family has been doing the last two years here As they ministered to the lord and fasted the holy ghost said Separate me barnabas and sol for the work Where and to i have called them and of course these men are being called into the work of evangelism But notice what it says here in verse three and when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them They sent them away the laying on of hands is a commissioning It is an endorsement It is a giving of authority The bible says to lay hands suddenly on no matter This is not something that should be done quickly or swiftly It needs to be earned Needs to be a man that has met the qualifications that has shown himself faithful that has done the work of an evangelist And it is my honor tonight To lay hands on brother jared and ordain him as a pastor of whole fast baptist church for the jared I'm going to ask that you would come up here at this time Let's pray Emily father What I thank you for this man Brother jared I thank you for his personal friendship to me Thank you for his wife his children The blessing they've been to me and my family The blessing they were at at our church in sacramento And the work they've done here Lord he's shown himself faithful He's a man of character and integrity And lord I pray that you would Give him your power lord. I know he's filled with the holy spirit, but I pray that you'd anoint him with fresh oil For this work that you've called him to do to be the pastor From his hiding to be the pastor's wife of whole fast baptist church Lord through this action of laying on of hands. We ordain him tonight This is our vote of confidence This is our giving of authority That he would lead this church. We love you lord. We pray you'd use them mightily You'd bless him you give him wisdom and I ask for his family that you'd bless them you protect them in ministry I ask for this church family that they would come around their pastor and love him and support him And love his family support his family and that you would do great things here And lord I pray that this church would be true to their name that they would hold Fast to the things that have been given unto them in the matchless name of christ. We pray amen