 It's about to go down Bible doesn't tell us or show us specifically that Here is the order of service you got to have this and then that and then that and then after that then that And oh by the way, whatever the this and that is this is the way you have to do it Doesn't tell us what sort of songs to use how long as a matter of fact when they were gathered together It doesn't even say that they preach the word although we do know that they shared in the word they fellowship There's a desire for us to come together for corporate fellowship for corporate prayer for corporate study those things and so When we think about church, even though the Bible doesn't say do it in this exact form There does come a time when we see and and realize That might be a little bit too much that might that might be Overboard to have all the lights all of the the smoke and so forth the set the certain sound I'm not saying the certain genre of music But that's where it begins to be it begins to be a problem, especially if it affects other people for example, if you've got Gertrude she's 87 years old. She finally drove to church You know the little the little blue-haired lady with the knuckles on the steering wheel is all you can see driving She finally made it to church and when she gets there She sees ladies there in tights and leggings and doing the splits and so forth and guys Sagging and all this she sees those things and she's thinking I'm not coming back to church And so you don't want to offend other people now It's not said that you have to make things to fit everyone's preference because that's not the way It's going to be also what you do want to do is to present a holy Atmosphere and I mean an atmosphere that is conducive for people to learn to worship What we're not trying to do is to be like the world have it just like the world to entertain the world And I'm gonna do it I'm going to cover this issue of what the church is for because I've heard a few people say different things about the church and Do I think that the church is for? The believers and not for the non-believers notice it the Bible didn't say that either the Bible does not say that we'll cover that the church is for Believers and not I mean the building the gathering the gatton now the actual body itself is only made up of believers How do you get non-believers to be part of the believers people outside of the body to be part of the environment fellowship you invite them and so we'll cover that but we don't want to in turn have a Atmosphere the kind of secret friendly atmosphere where it turns or delves into a club like atmosphere And then you ostracize the actual members of the body now We've seen this and in talking about what's happened lately with transformation church and by the way if you want to go someplace and Have a good time if you want to go someplace and just have a good time and let your hair down and all Matter of fact, you don't even have to bring your Bible I'm gonna imagine that because I don't think that you do bring your Bible because if you did bring your Bible At least you're not required to open it. I know that because if you opened it and compared what the pastor is saying Then you would have a problem with what he's saying. He wouldn't be your pastor and you wouldn't be at that church Transformation church has just Listen, they're setting the world on fire They're setting the world on fire And I think it's in preparation of where some members might go because there is no clear line no clear delineation between What's holy and what's not we are still called even though we are not fruit inspectors and so forth We are still called to be holy now something that he said that I think that kind of illustrates the point that I'm trying to make about churches trying to be too entertaining and Not trying to be with the book and so forth He says something That was really that just had me taken them back When he said it speaking about when he first became the pastor and I want to play this and then let's go from there 2015 I Became the pastor and I didn't know what a pastor did and so I was meeting with a group of people and they was like What should we do for Easter? I was like, I've never preached the Easter message So I'm not gonna start this year We need to come up with a Easter play That was the first issue I've never preached at Easter service Okay, this is the part that that was just that just struck me and Easter service is simply You all helped me I could be wrong Could be wrong, but I would think that if you're gonna talk about an Easter service About what happens on that day Whether you call it Easter or resurrection Sunday, we know it's about Jesus's death barrel in this case is resurrection You mean to tell me as a pastor? No, no, no, no more to the point as a believer You can't tell anyone About the resurrection how to how to really I Get what he's saying because he's thinking that it has to be entertaining It has to be a certain way I don't want to just come out and just give the word because wow how boring would that be how? How how droll and how dreary would that be that just would not be right? That just simply would not do it if all I know. I'm sorry. I'm not going to give the word boring Bible boring You talk said that play was fire. Listen in terms of entertainment top notch Top notch whoever did the lighting the smoke machines the pyrotechnics You wouldn't think that at church you would see pyrotechnics, but that's what you saw whoever did that Wonderful, it was it was awesome. It was out of this world now in terms of actually bringing the word You failed miserably you failed miserably But in terms of the light show and so forth you put on a show anyone looking for some sort of sign They got it with without question you I really fully believe that transformation church Accomplished their goal now Heaven doesn't think they accomplished the goal that heaven wants but still who cares what heaven wants Who cares what God wants? We're here trying to conduct church Don't let God get in the way of what we're doing down here at this church. God. It's not your church This is our church. This is not heaven. This is transformation church, and it was like alright. Let's do it I said, but it can't be no whack raggedy That's just he got up like it just cannot be that do it. I said, but it can't so it can't be any whack Raggedy he got up. It can't just be that that It's a problem if you're the pastor a whack raggedy Just he got up like it just cannot be that If your pastor ever says anything remotely like that, you don't have a pastor You don't have a pastor. That's right. Uh detox dog on it. If you say something like that, you don't have a pastor You're looking for a pastor. You're looking for a church What you guys have is a community meeting and a place to do so So all you have with games and so forth and maybe you all are I don't know what's happening there But if the word's not going on that I'm pretty sure the world is going on inside that place So that being the case, I think that you ought to leave now what he had in mind. He didn't want that whack raggedy He got up know what he wanted was this That had to be exciting could you imagine could you imagine I think about this let's let's not be unfair Let's not be unfair. Could you imagine Someone who does not know the lord Going to church transformation church. Hey, where are you? Where are you going this Sunday? Well, I'm going to transmit you ought to come with me to transformation church. It's going to be fun It's going to be what is is is I don't know is lit still a word Fire whatever it's going it's going to be awesome It's going to be it's going to be whatever whatever whatever the term young folk use That's what it's going to be That's what is going to be And so can you imagine being the person that goes there? Who doesn't know the lord? That person was wow in awe Mind blown Now they did not receive they they they aren't they're no they're no closer to heaven than they were before they got there But still still it doesn't matter It doesn't matter because as he says as he says We don't want that raggedy wag Not that But the bible does say paul does say he says this he says Why does this keep popping up like oh, I you know, I know why I know why I keep typing And this is my fault. This is my fault. I keep typing in I want to go to 2nd timothy and my fingers type in 2nd Corinthians So y'all forgive me y'all forgive me But paul said now he said anything 2nd Corinthians also, but he also said 2nd timothy speaking to Speaking to timothy a pastor who is going around planning churches. He says this he says this preach the word By the way By the way Just that portion right there will preach by itself Just that portion right there will preach, you know, the pastor will say that'll preach That right there just the first portion matter of fact, that's an incomplete sentence That's in the middle of an actual thought and an actual sentence in between Verse one and two, but it says preach the word Preach the word and he says be ready to do so in season out of season. Now. Here's my question Pastor Mike Todd When you became a pastor and you didn't know what to preach you'd never preach Well, he says to be ready when in season out of season. You all help me out in season Okay, I understand that's a specific time out of season. That means when it's not in season So pretty much he covers all the bases in season out of all the time. He says reprove So they're gonna be some folks. You got to prove wrong Rebuke the folks that don't want except rebuke them Exhort with patience, you know, because we didn't get saved At the first preaching and may have taken 10 30 40 times Who knows how long it took us for us to hear the word and let it actually to sink in So to do so with great patience And instruction and instruction you mean telling there needs to be yes, there needs to be instruction There needs to be There must be someone there to give instruction in their preaching That necessarily goes with that He says why for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine But wanting to have ears tickle They will accumulate for themselves teachers accord in accordance with their own desires. You mean like this pa Yep, that's what he meant But more than that guys more than that The church has become a spectacle not even so much of the world. It has become a spectacle to the church And it shouldn't be that other churches are turning their nose up and looking like what in the world is happening It used to be it used to be that we would turn our nose up If or one church to another another church, you mean tell me they're choir Not art. They're not wearing choir robes. What's wrong with them? You mean tell me they they don't have ushers or their ushers Don't have white gloves on you mean to where's the church mothers that they don't have church You mean tell me they don't have a choir. They have a praise work. They have drums over there. What is going on over there? They got a good talk Okay, though that used to be the fight with with the churches some of y'all remember that that used to be the fight Amongst different churches and so forth. No This doesn't even resemble church But guys it's not just the the the lights The sound the smoke machine or the pyrotechnics. It's not the the ziplines and pastures coming in on cables and putting cars on stages It's not all the the effects. It's not all of that It's not like jamal brine having uh margin bands come in and the girls scantily clad dancing and so forth No, it's it's it's not like that It's not with the rappers coming in and doing the stomping and grabbing themselves and that in the in the midsection in the crotch area No, it's that no no now. That's bad But what's even worse? That's not the only form of entertainment that we're seeing in the church. The church has become a place to entertain Now when you give the word If anyone is aspiring to get up and to preach or to pass or anything like that and you go to let's say a seminary Or you take a class on homiletics It's just telling you kind of courses on how to deliver the word Well, if that's what you're doing if you're trying to deliver the word you want to deliver the word in a way that is entertaining But not compromise. Don't misunderstand what i'm saying You want the word to be entertaining you want it to relate you don't want you don't want to give the word and everyone is just Dosing off and they're just falling. No But i'm not saying compromise. I'm not saying gimmicks Many people will understand and feel it and will be captivated by your passion And by the way that you can go through the scriptures And you want to make it relate And so in that regard entertaining is fine But when entertainment is at the as at the height or it's compromising it is designed to tickle ears Or nowadays what we have we have people that aren't necessarily trying to tickle your ears They're trying to sound so profound and they'll say things like wait a minute Where is that in my bible? But because i'm not in my bible that much I'm not going to embarrass myself and try to turn and look for it I'm just going to take that pastor at his work. You recall. I want to I want to go over a couple of of uh Eclipse that we've seen before But it proves my point that people will have their ears tickled Not because they're looking for the word. They're just looking for any other word that sounds like it's it's deep you all remember uh, matthew stevensons and this Absolutely ridiculous statement that he said one of the it is one of the at the time It was one of the dumbest statements. I've ever heard it really was at the time it was one of the dumbest statements I'd ever heard but We've had some others that have kind of caught up or surpassed it. But anyway This was one of those statements you all see right you you remember about adam not having a body Now if you look up in genesis one, we see that six or seven things that god told the uh, uh, the human race So let me give you the exact scripture. So I know you believe that I actually uh am saved Do this do this reign subdue all of the things god told adam to do. Do you know the greatest problem with that? You know the most powerful issue with that Do you know the most? Profound challenge with that adam did not Have a body It makes you want to go back And now that might be the good thing it does it makes you want to go back And actually look at it for years. What do you mean? Adam didn't have a body. Wow, that's amazing. You go back and look wait a second. Okay, okay, okay Matthew Stevenson, please sit down you you have When you mess up the basics if you met listen if you mess up genesis one and two something's wrong We haven't even got far in the book and you're messing that up You're messing that up already, but now he's not the only one. There's others that have said some things that are just amazing Amazing because just when you think you've heard it all someone who seems like he might be respected He's not respected at home He's not he's not respected in terms of being able to control himself, but He's got the name doctor attached to his name. And so you would think that A doctor jamal Bryant wouldn't say this this you remember the 85 percent thing that he said since he was 17 accepted his ministry He had been in carpentry Since he was 13 He ran the family business Since he was 17 At the risk of being heretical tonight Might I suggest to you That um 85 percent Of jesus's life He was out of order 85 percent of his life When you hear that you're thinking okay Because you can kind of hear the audience wouldn't What in the world is he talking about where is he going? And you would think that okay. He he there's a trick to this There's there's some place that he's going with this not quite sure, but I trust you doc You're gonna make this fit. So let's let's hear what you got to say He was doing what he was not called to do God y'all done got quiet For 85 percent of his life. He was not flowing in his god-given function 85 percent of his life. He is doing what his natural father wanted But it did not line up with his divine dna well The problem with that is that one the people in the audience are sitting there It's almost they heard something awesome that they're hurt. They're hearing something amazing That they are that they are just entrenched in it. It's like wow Let me answer this question. He says no disrespect to your channel at all no disrespect taken But what is the purpose of all your videos? What is a supposed What is a I'm sorry supposed to do because all you do is talk about people So what's the solution for all these videos? Well, Curtis the drummer Or Curtis drummer LRB. I'm glad jazz number one You have not been watching because if you had been watching you would notice that 95 percent I'm sorry 85 percent at least of the videos cover teaching And so I want to because maybe you haven't seen those maybe you get alerts and it happens I understand sometimes people get alerts to certain videos The videos that might be controversial the videos that might be talking and like like you are in this case You might get alerts to those videos and I'm not throwing shade anybody But youtube will tell you the videos that you tend to like to watch will alert you to those videos And then maybe the teaching videos that we might do it doesn't alert you Because youtubers might I'm not saying just you but other folks people are not seeing the other videos the videos where we're talking about Jesus on the day that he died where he happened to be or the bible study videos or things like that videos That we're talking about doctrine. You know those videos those videos that it'll get a few thousand views Whereas these other views might get 10,000 50,000 have you now what they actually help to do There might be somebody who sees this stuff and then like yourself wonder well, what are we to do? Well, stay tuned keep watching the channel and then as we go over doctrine you'll say Okay, that's great. That makes sense because There are people out there who don't know what sound doctrine is Who only think that the bad doctrine they're getting is the only doctrine? And so you want to put that out to the explosive by the way It's in keeping with what the bible says the bible tells us that we are to expose these people the bible talks about us Making sure that we teach sound doctrine that we expose bad doctrine That we call out false teachings and so and so forth false prophets The bible is clear on that and so because of that We have to do so and we do so one by giving sound doctrine and also exposing us. How think about this How bad would it be? How bad would it be sir or anyone else if You lived or your children were in an area at a park or went to school or went to a place Frequently and there were I don't know four or five six child molesters or sex offenders there in the area Well, what your city likely has especially if you're in a larger city Or and every state's going to have this they're going to this going to be what's called a sex offender registry And on that sex offender registry what it's going to do is going to tell you a couple things It won't just tell you that there are sex offenders in the city or in the state Well, we know that doesn't help me to know that there are I need to know where they are And so they will also alert you to something else. They will alert you to where they are But then not just that they're there or where they are They're going to also tell you what they did Now it helps to know that they are there and where they are and what they did But it also even more so helps to know Who they are Because it does no good for you to know that there's somebody in this vicinity With this charge and his name and so and so but you don't know his face and he's walking So that's the whole point the reason why we do this because guess what did you know? Did you know that every single writer in the bible calls out bad teaching bad doctrine false teachers false prophets Every single writer. So that's why we do it because like jude says I would like to write you and talk to you about our common salvation But I felt the need jude wrote one book And in that one book he starts off this way that that you defend or that you Contend for the faith and so we do so don't do it all the time again 85 plus of the bible. I mean of the videos that we do here cover Doctor and so I invite you to I don't do it often. I'll do it now hit the subscribe button Check the little bell thing so that you'll hear every notification So that way when we cover these these different teachings You'll say wow, okay. I like that. Good. Good job. Court. Thank you. And so that's the whole reason why and I don't mind you asking that question Don't mind you asking that question all because I think it's important for people to know that Why because there's bad teaching out there. There's bad teaching such as what we just saw Somebody who will hear him saying that 85 percent thing that he just said and he shouted And because he said it in a forceful confident way and shouted What does the audience do change your whole tune? It sounded bad when you said it But because you said it's so good so smooth. I'm inclined to believe it or that adam did not have a body But no one got it and walked out why because they don't know to get up and walk out And by the way, it's not just him There are other people out there that seem harmless seem nice enough seem like It's not a bad person. The guy is must be doing something right got a big church Got some things going on here These people around me basically like they're not idiots. So if they're not idiots, I'm here. I'm not an idiot Well, then this might be the place to be until you start hearing that all they're doing is selling fluff They're not giving you the actual word of God Such as you would find in america's largest church who the pastor is we affectionately call him smiling joe I have what it says I have I can do what it says I can do Today I will be taught the word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in jesus name. God bless you It's one thing to believe that you're healed, but when you say I am healed That's what releases the heat believe you're blessed believe you have favor when you say I am blessed I have favor i'm coming out of debt angels go to work Now nothing he said is really biblical nothing. He said is actually biblical By the way, I did notice that some people said Mentioning something about the volume and I happened to look while the video was on looked over I had it on the wrong volume setting. So hopefully you guys can hear it a little bit a little bit better, but His whole thing is if you just have pleasant thoughts Confident thoughts if you just believe it What does he say it causes angels to go to work for you? That's not the case and even some people have even asked him even secular people have asked him Why does it seem like uh, why does your preaching appeal to? Atheists Why is that? Well, I'll tell you why is that because you're not preaching the gospel You know the bible says you know paul says in 2nd Corinthians. He says therefore knowing the fear of the lord What do we do? We persuade men, but we are made manifest to god And so that's what we're supposed to do. We're supposed to be Sharing the gospel four companies and one the love of god compels us paul also says in this chapter But then also because of the terror of the lord God is a loving god But he's not some weak god who's like, you know what do do to me what you want to do I'll just I'll no problem. I'll I'll forgive everybody I don't care if he if you weren't safe. I I'll let you I'll let you make it No, no It's not that is not going to happen Which is why paul urges us to preach the word in season and out of season for the time We'll we'll for the time we'll endure where they will not endure a sound doctrine But have it matter of fact, I want to go back to that passage as well Because the brother asked a question and and I I would be remiss if I didn't if I don't continue speaking About what paul goes on to say look what he says he says for I am already now. This is paul at his death Paul ain't writing after this paul's getting ready to die He says for I am already being poured out as a drink offering and the time of my departure has come I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith That does not mean he has kept believing. This has kept the faith. This is By the way, this is what we this is what we get over here When he says the faith it is tamed to stain and he says tetraica I butchered that it is tetraica. I didn't butcher it. I actually said it correctly It's in the perfect tense So the faith the faith the tennis of the faith what we believe I have held on that I've kept that And so paul is not paul is making it clear What what we're supposed to hold on to I've been been holding on to and look what he says Uh in the future there is laid up for me a crown of righteous with which the lord the righteous judge will award to me on that day Now look what he says. Let's drop down a little bit On his deathbed. He said now he's telling them. Hey, listen bring the cloak and so forth and bring the books Uh that I left with carp. I'm sorry the cloak that I left with with troas with carpets at troas with carpets And the books especially the part parchment and look what else he says. This is interesting. This is interesting paul is dying Or he's not dying, but he's getting ready to die. He knows so and he's looking forward to it But one of his dying words that he says on his way out the door What does he say mr on his way out the door brother? He says alexander the coppersmith did me much harm The lord will repay him according to his deeds He says be on guard or beware against him yourself for he vigorously opposed our teaching On his way out getting ready to die. I know I'm getting ready to die matter of fact How you know I know it's because I'm telling you I know I'm getting ready to die And then he also hate before I go Make sure you avoid alexander beware of alexander That's the reason why we do what we do you cannot you cannot it's like if you go to the doctor You cannot go to the doctor and the doctor tells you listen. Hey, you are you are pre and post diabetic Yeah, it is so bad for you. You are pre and post diabetic You are right now you are dealing with um at age 45 you have you have an acute case of SIDS You got gangrene or you got pre pre gangrene in your veins you got all kind of issues And he says what you can do however is you can exercise and get your diet right exercise and diet The doctor will tell you and I I'm sorry. I'm sexist. I said what he will tell you there are women doctors shame on me I don't want to get I don't want to get attacked But he or she the doctor may tell you to exercise and to eat right You don't have to go and tell you they're going to warn you of some things don't eat this don't do that What do we see through the scriptures what we should be doing what we should avoid doing the things that are healthy The things that are based as what it says You have to catch that SIDS is southern sudden infant death syndrome. If you are 45 you don't have SIDS It's for babies. It's it's it's a thing back in the day. Do they even still is that still a thing now? Have they diagnosed that now or figured because that was something that was happening back in the day and Like a mystery. Yeah, if you're 45 if you're walking around upright talking you can't get you can't get SIDS It's for it's for infants. So but anyway But we see joe preaching a gospel that is tickling ears We see him and he's not the only one that will say something that wants to get us engaged Then you guys some people that They seem to be they seem to be interested In one making you out to be special But then on the other side who have no idea of what they're talking about There are a couple of Doctrines that we need to get straight We need to get straight this issue of salvation We need to get straight this issue of mankind's fallenness which necessitates the need for I said necessitates the need for necessitates salvation We need to also understand who is saving us which brings us to the person of jesus and understand god Understanding the identity that is important, but somebody like a Steven furtig Who doesn't get it right? Bless his heart and Steven. Guess what Steven furtig actually went to a good seminary But going to a seminary doesn't mean anything. Remember Judas walked with jesus That didn't help him. So now we don't impune the seminary just like we're not gonna impune jesus He's just decided that he wants to be famous. He wants to be special And when you want to be special doctrine doesn't matter And so the level of studies is going out the door especially when you say something like this that god is not limited By physical dimensions And I know you know that But he never really leaves Okay However He does change forms He does change. No, he does not change forms as a matter of fact Even if you just even just being a fairly recent Convert you'll hear somebody in the church. You don't even know what the verse is You just heard somebody says that he's the same yesterday today forevermore You might not even know what that passage is. I'm not even too sure if it is a passage You just heard that but it's true passage. He's the same yesterday and forevermore. I the lord do not change He said I used to have a female pastor for at least five years. Was that a sin? It wasn't a sin on your part. It wasn't It was not correct for you to be under pastor now. It was a sin on her part And for anyone that that is promoting it And let me just say this you can be in the wrong and not in sin Do you hear what I'm saying? Everything isn't a An intentional issue on your part. You just in air. I did not know that I should not be doing that I thought that I am supposed to go to church At sunday morning at 8 a.m. I can't leave until until 7 p.m Either if I do that then I'm not godly Lisa knows about that if you in church of god in christ, you go to church on sunday. It's sunday's a work day If you go to certain churches sunday is a work day But no, I wouldn't say that you were in sin or that you sinned But when you know better you do better and so you just grow you just grow Yeah, it was and so an error now an error doesn't mean that errors aren't sin But it always mean that an error is sin. Are you with me? Especially I just I I didn't know I did I didn't know and so this is why we say these things to let folks know And then and just guess what check it out for yourself. Give you the scripture now One of the issues That we have is this just dumbing down of the word or this neglecting of the word the word You'll hear I don't know if you've heard this guys more and more people are saying that The bible Doesn't tell us everything You don't get the god didn't say everything now We understand that everything that god has ever said is not in the bible We get that we get that everything that jesus ever done or said it's not in the bible But all that he wants us to know Is in the bible What he wants us to know that's in the bible. We should know it Instead of minimizing but this person michael allron jr One of the one of the points of being a pastor must be a pastor teacher You must devote yourself to the word and treat it as holy You should venerate it you should make it above everything else But not him and that everything heard by god cannot always be cross reference in scripture I need to help somebody today There are some christians who say things like if it ain't in the book. It ain't real. What are you talking about? You mean to tell me you got the audacity to think that everything god wants you to know can only be found in the bible Well, yeah Yeah, what he wants you to know is in the bible and what's in the bible. He wants you to know Now this is a person that tends that that leans pretty pretty liberal pretty progressive women pastors The lgbtq Movement is okay with him That's why he would say certain things because he can't defend it in the bible. So Doesn't matter. Let's let's let's limit or impugn The bible let's not speak with such veracity in the bible But the bible tells me paul says as a matter of fact, i'm sorry not paul Peter we said we always talking about paul peter says something on the matter He says like newborn babes long for the pure milk of the world so that by it You may grow in respect to salvation if you have tasted the kindness of the lord So like newborn babes desire it like pure milk. I saw a video That I thought just really makes that point when I saw the video I immediately thought of this you should see the bible as just a bowl of milk And desire it and I mean desire, you know how you should die. You know how you should desire that bowl of milk Little fellow just dove in he want he wants all of it He wants so much. I don't care if I get it over my face He did that isn't that how we should be with the word We should just jump in it and enjoy it remember When you when you hear the intro for this particular channel Have you have you all read what it says? Let me just play it. I want you all to see The words the red intro and the little black round circles says be smart and there's some words that come on after it I mean that Love it learn it live it Love it learn it live it Love it learn it love it love what love the bible Learn the bible live the bible. That's the point That is the goal. That's the whole purpose. And so even to the brother that asked earlier Even about the the uh the purpose of the channel No, but guess what's got I listen I will say this though in terms of almond milk I have decided uh in my workout regimen to start taking almond milk with my little supplement See even I can change even You can teach an old dog some new tricks and I got to put some stuff in to kind of kill that horrible Um alien taste, but that's okay though. I can grow now. It's not pure milk It's not pure milk Therein lies the problem, but I can go ahead and adapt a little bit I can I can adapt and so I will and I'll grow and hopefully I'll be healthy about it but The problem is we want to be Fancy We want to be looked at we want to be clapped That was an all I I I appreciated the sermon Or the I'm sorry not the sermon the service Love the service got people because we want a crowd Listen, I I'm not going to lie to you and don't let any of the pastor lie to you There's not a pastor on the planet Unless he's doing unless he's doing something wrong That doesn't want One more member How would you not why would you not want one more member? Why would you not want one more member if what you're giving is life? Then you should want one more member Or five more members or 10 or or a thousand more members Yeah, we want and guess what heaven wants the body of christ to grow Grow in two ways to grow this way Vertically and horizontally vertically in terms of our relationship and knowledge and understanding of the lord and his word And then horizontally in terms of number That's what we want That's what we want and so every pastor wants that it's just what you do to get it And maybe you won't have a thousand members or five thousand and ten thousand Maybe you won't have that large sanctuary And people are coming to you and so forth But maybe what you're doing is like paul did And you have a crown of righteous stored up for you because god sees Your desire your heart your faithfulness. Maybe that ought to be now. I get it everybody everybody wants to be hip And I don't have a problem. And by the way guys, I don't have a problem I do not have a problem with Not Dressing up in church or wearing a suit or anything. No, I'm fine with that also I kind of wish that I would like to see some of the folks in church dressed up I would like to see some of the folks, but it's okay I don't mind if everybody the church has on jeans and so forth whatever But I think there are some pastors that really just go overboard with it and just i'm just trying to blend in and be like ever You know, what's not not it's okay Guys, it's okay if you look at your pastor and actually look up to him If there's ever anyone that you possibly Should look up to it should be your pastor It should be your pastor And he should look at you with with with loving eyes and not google eyes because we got some pastors I've gotten in trouble that way not not google eyes, but loving eyes pastors who who have a concern and care for you That's that is what you want Not trying to be somebody that they're not not trying to be like the world and I found this particular clip This pastor I I don't even know his name, but what he said And I hope I hope we don't find out that the guy's a heretic. I I hope not but what he said Perfect i'm certainly not hip And I am not pop culture and I in 43 years have never preached in cargo pants I don't wear baseball hats backwards to me. There's nothing more pathetic than a 50 or 60 year old preacher trying to look like he's a teenager It's just almost embarrassing. You almost say who in the world is dressing you fire them and start from scratch, but All of the boxes of trying to be hip and relevant and cool I miss all of that by a million miles But I have been reminded in recent days that people are hungry for biblical answers And they're hungry in wanting to learn and not being preached down at or being filled with spirits of religiosity But just kindly looking in the camera And telling people that no matter who you are no matter what you've done There's a god who loves you and will forgive you and all who call upon his name shall be saved Amen Now can I tell you something and and and and I'm feeling a certain way and I'm not just saying that I really am Because that strikes me. There are people who are just hungry for the word of god There are people that you know what just give me the word If you are if you are a aspiring pastor a young pastor and you want to stick out You want to be something special? You want to be seen as something special? Well, then stick to the word Stick to give them the word god will take care of the rest make sure that your desire is not for the fame Someone said Gregory said Tony Evans is a is a great man of the word of god Was one of my former pastors So I can I can concur I don't always agree with with with uh, there's some things I disagree with but I love love them to death Love them to death that being said he said something one time And so let let me let me brawl something that Tony Evans actually said that kind of relates to this He said And I almost now as I'm about to say it I almost wish that I hadn't even said him So I could have taken credit for it. I wish I would have dog on it Or I should have just I should I should go back and cut this part out and just take credit for this But what he said Speaking about people who are trying to be something special want to be seen There's always ladies, you know that there's always going to be some woman who's prettier Who has better hair who has a better shape who's younger who's fit Who may sing better man? There's always going to be a man that's stronger taller faster Um somebody that's always smarter than you there's always going to be somebody that's richer than you There's always going to be somebody that's at that level even if at for the time being You are the greatest thing since lifespan. There's always going to be somebody who has a bigger brighter star A greater celebrity. There's always going to be that person No matter how great you get No matter how strong you get no matter how rich or wealthy or how famous how whatever you get There will always be somebody who will outdo you But as long as you and I live As long as there is a globe as long as there's anything there will never ever Ever ever be anybody that is better or greater in any way shape form of fashion than jesus The only celebrity the only superstar that there is or ever will be how great is he so great So great that when it's all said and done There's going to be two sides. There's going to be a victoria side and there's going to be a losing side The victoria side will clap and cheer forever and ever and worship and adore him and Plead and praise his wonderful name forever. That's how great he is But let me tell you how great he is even more so on the losing side that losing side Guess what they're going to do the exact same thing. They'll do it in the wrong place So but they'll still confess his name. They'll still look at him and know that he is god How awesome how great is that when even your haters your detractors the ones that did not love you the one that did not support you The one that turned their back on you still in the end Say exactly who you are and proclaim you to be king of kings and lords of lords That's how awesome he is. That's why we give our attention to him not to any man Not to any preacher not to any book but to him. Amen