1 00:00:31,379 --> 00:00:34,579 As you can see, we're taking a perpetual vacation down there in 2 00:00:34,579 --> 00:00:36,339 the country, Panama. 3 00:00:36,419 --> 00:00:39,299 We are having the time of our lives. 4 00:00:40,099 --> 00:00:42,019 I was privileged to grow up on the mission field. 5 00:00:42,019 --> 00:00:48,179 My dad went to Mexico in 1985 with three supporting churches, believe 6 00:00:48,179 --> 00:00:48,659 it or not. 7 00:00:48,739 --> 00:00:53,139 He went on two years of deputation and found three supporting 8 00:00:53,139 --> 00:01:01,679 churches back in the early 80s and went to Mexico in 85 with $250 9 00:01:01,679 --> 00:01:02,359 a month support. 10 00:01:02,439 --> 00:01:07,959 I was five months old and my dad's dream was to go to the EFE 11 00:01:08,679 --> 00:01:10,599 Mexico City and start a church. 12 00:01:10,919 --> 00:01:14,119 But when he got down there and went through Bible, excuse me, language 13 00:01:14,119 --> 00:01:19,199 school, he took a few trips down to Mexico City and God always 14 00:01:19,199 --> 00:01:20,119 closed the door. 15 00:01:20,119 --> 00:01:24,029 So he stayed at Mount Hebron, which is just south of Monterey, 16 00:01:24,029 --> 00:01:28,409 and and taught in the Bible Institute for I think it was 12 years 17 00:01:28,889 --> 00:01:31,529 and started churches up in the mountains. 18 00:01:31,529 --> 00:01:35,369 He would take missions trips basically up into the mountains. 19 00:01:36,169 --> 00:01:39,209 I went with him on many of them. 20 00:01:39,369 --> 00:01:43,529 Some of them we would walk up to 14 hours one way to get to a village 21 00:01:43,689 --> 00:01:46,329 witness and then turn around and come back down the mountain. 22 00:01:47,049 --> 00:01:52,269 I just got back from Mexico two days ago, Friday night, got in 23 00:01:52,269 --> 00:01:57,269 at midnight to head to Texas yesterday. 24 00:01:57,989 --> 00:02:02,829 But my brother and I went to Mexico City and found out that there 25 00:02:02,829 --> 00:02:07,189 are two churches that my dad supported or basically started in 26 00:02:07,269 --> 00:02:09,909 the 80s and 90s that are still in existence today. 27 00:02:09,909 --> 00:02:13,469 We went to one of them, San Juanito, way up in mountains and 28 00:02:13,469 --> 00:02:14,949 got to go there. 29 00:02:15,109 --> 00:02:18,709 My dad was there when the pastor, the current pastor got married 30 00:02:18,709 --> 00:02:19,829 in the 1990s. 31 00:02:20,539 --> 00:02:28,859 And I arrived right when another man and his wife who were 32 00:02:30,459 --> 00:02:38,219 Bible students of my dad in 87 and 88 walked in and they were reminiscing 33 00:02:38,699 --> 00:02:43,339 and all four of them are Bible students of my dad's. 34 00:02:44,059 --> 00:02:49,859 And they said that my dad was probably the greatest influence in 35 00:02:49,859 --> 00:02:53,659 their lives and it was just wonderful reminiscing. 36 00:02:53,659 --> 00:02:55,059 My dad passed away when I was 16. 37 00:02:55,139 --> 00:03:00,059 He had colon cancer, was found with stage 4 colon cancer when I 38 00:03:00,059 --> 00:03:00,579 was 12. 39 00:03:00,579 --> 00:03:05,459 He was 41 years old and died of colon cancer when he was 45. 40 00:03:06,099 --> 00:03:09,979 It was my dad's dying wish for us to move to Lawrence, Kansas and 41 00:03:09,979 --> 00:03:13,699 be under the Ministry of Dr. Scott Hanks, my pastor today. 42 00:03:14,179 --> 00:03:19,189 And when I graduated from Bible college there, he had a. I 43 00:03:19,189 --> 00:03:22,749 actually started a Bible college there at our local church 44 00:03:22,909 --> 00:03:25,309 in Lawrence, Kansas with three of us. 45 00:03:25,549 --> 00:03:28,869 And I got to graduate there and he hired me on as staff and I 46 00:03:28,869 --> 00:03:31,349 ran the Mercy and Truth Printing ministries, if you've ever 47 00:03:31,349 --> 00:03:33,549 heard that, for about eight years. 48 00:03:33,709 --> 00:03:36,189 And then God called us to the mission field. 49 00:03:36,429 --> 00:03:37,229 So we've been. 50 00:03:37,789 --> 00:03:40,349 We got down there in July of 2016. 51 00:03:40,349 --> 00:03:44,229 I've just been taking a vacation, as you have seen in the 52 00:03:44,229 --> 00:03:44,509 video. 53 00:03:45,119 --> 00:03:48,319 Couple things that weren't in the video, I purposely cut it off 54 00:03:48,319 --> 00:03:49,079 at six minutes. 55 00:03:49,079 --> 00:03:50,479 I didn't want it to be too long. 56 00:03:51,119 --> 00:03:56,879 But in 2024, a Mexican missionary, Jonathan Jacobo, came 57 00:03:56,879 --> 00:04:01,839 down and stayed nine months with us at our church there in Panama 58 00:04:01,839 --> 00:04:02,239 City. 59 00:04:02,479 --> 00:04:05,959 And while he was with us kind of acclimating to the country, we 60 00:04:05,959 --> 00:04:08,679 started a bus route in the area where he was wanting to start 61 00:04:08,679 --> 00:04:09,359 a church. 62 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:14,399 And when he started the church nine months later, we merged a bus 63 00:04:14,399 --> 00:04:17,039 route of 2025 people and into a church. 64 00:04:17,199 --> 00:04:19,839 And then five of our church members moved their membership to 65 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,519 La Iglesi Baltiste de Providencia, and we were able to 66 00:04:23,519 --> 00:04:25,599 help jumpstart that church. 67 00:04:26,159 --> 00:04:29,679 Three of the five of the members that transferred the membership 68 00:04:29,679 --> 00:04:32,879 were junior church and Sunday school teachers. 69 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:35,439 And so that was really fun. 70 00:04:35,439 --> 00:04:38,279 I didn't also mention our Bible institute. 71 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:43,939 I teach four hours a week, 12 of our church members there, two 72 00:04:43,939 --> 00:04:46,659 hours on Monday night and two hours on Tuesday night. 73 00:04:47,219 --> 00:04:50,099 Also didn't mention two ministries that we're hoping to start. 74 00:04:50,499 --> 00:04:52,099 Hoping to start a deaf ministry. 75 00:04:53,139 --> 00:04:56,899 A dozen of our church members went through four months of learning 76 00:04:57,459 --> 00:05:01,739 Panamanian sign language and also would like to start a prison 77 00:05:01,739 --> 00:05:02,339 ministry. 78 00:05:02,499 --> 00:05:09,059 I was in charge of the Douglas county jail ministry up in Lawrence, 79 00:05:09,059 --> 00:05:11,359 Kansas, for several years. 80 00:05:11,359 --> 00:05:16,959 And we went into the jail there twice a week for several years. 81 00:05:16,959 --> 00:05:21,959 And I would like to get into the prison there. 82 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:24,479 There's a ladies prison right close to our church. 83 00:05:24,559 --> 00:05:29,239 And then there's a large prison, the country's largest, about 84 00:05:29,239 --> 00:05:30,479 an hour from our church. 85 00:05:30,479 --> 00:05:33,279 So we're trying to get into both of those and preach the gospel. 86 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,119 So please do pray for us. 87 00:05:37,139 --> 00:05:38,979 This is our first official furlough. 88 00:05:39,459 --> 00:05:42,979 We came back to the States to have Davey back. 89 00:05:43,059 --> 00:05:46,259 During the pandemic, it was impossible to get into the hospital 90 00:05:46,339 --> 00:05:48,979 for any reason outside of having Covid. 91 00:05:50,019 --> 00:05:51,899 So pregnant woman was on her own. 92 00:05:51,899 --> 00:05:55,539 We couldn't have a hospital birth in Panama. 93 00:05:55,779 --> 00:06:00,739 And so we came up for a couple months during the pandemic, but outside 94 00:06:00,819 --> 00:06:04,269 that, this is the first time we've been in the states in 10 years 95 00:06:04,349 --> 00:06:06,109 or going on 10 years. 96 00:06:06,109 --> 00:06:10,269 So my pastor said, you're supporting churches need to see you 97 00:06:10,269 --> 00:06:11,229 get back here. 98 00:06:11,229 --> 00:06:14,869 So we're here for 11 months, and thank you so much for allowing 99 00:06:14,869 --> 00:06:15,709 us to be here. 100 00:06:15,869 --> 00:06:23,309 I was in College Station in November, right after Thanksgiving, 101 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:28,929 and Pastor Jonathan Moore said, hey, you need to go to Haslett, 102 00:06:28,929 --> 00:06:29,489 Texas. 103 00:06:29,969 --> 00:06:32,609 I'm not sure why he loves you all so much, but he. 104 00:06:32,769 --> 00:06:36,689 He says, get up there, and I'll give you the contact information 105 00:06:36,929 --> 00:06:38,409 of Brother Stone. 106 00:06:38,409 --> 00:06:38,769 And. 107 00:06:38,929 --> 00:06:40,289 And he'll get you in. 108 00:06:40,289 --> 00:06:40,569 And. 109 00:06:40,569 --> 00:06:42,529 And sure enough, here we are. 110 00:06:42,929 --> 00:06:45,089 So if you don't like us, it's. 111 00:06:45,089 --> 00:06:46,409 It's Brother Morris fault. 112 00:06:46,409 --> 00:06:46,929 Okay. 113 00:06:46,929 --> 00:06:48,289 If you know who that is. 114 00:06:48,289 --> 00:06:50,449 Isaiah, chapter five, if you have your Bibles. 115 00:06:50,769 --> 00:06:52,209 Thanks so much for having us. 116 00:06:52,209 --> 00:06:53,009 It's a blessing. 117 00:06:53,009 --> 00:06:53,189 We. 118 00:06:54,299 --> 00:06:56,699 We do desperately need a little bit more support. 119 00:06:57,419 --> 00:06:59,819 We're only at 83% of our support. 120 00:07:01,419 --> 00:07:07,059 And you can ask me how in the world we have made it on 83% of our 121 00:07:07,059 --> 00:07:09,099 support, I have no idea. 122 00:07:10,219 --> 00:07:11,739 It doesn't add up on paper. 123 00:07:12,059 --> 00:07:13,259 We do not starve. 124 00:07:13,419 --> 00:07:16,379 Even though I may look like I'm starving, I'm not. 125 00:07:17,259 --> 00:07:22,949 But the cost of living in Panama City has tripled since the 126 00:07:22,949 --> 00:07:23,509 pandemic. 127 00:07:23,589 --> 00:07:26,149 And so, please do pray for us. 128 00:07:26,149 --> 00:07:28,309 I'd like to read two verses with you. 129 00:07:29,029 --> 00:07:30,429 Almost started in Spanish. 130 00:07:30,429 --> 00:07:31,149 I apologize. 131 00:07:31,149 --> 00:07:33,749 I've spent 25 years of my life in Latin America. 132 00:07:33,989 --> 00:07:34,988 Cuantos de ustes? 133 00:07:34,988 --> 00:07:35,829 Hablan espanol? 134 00:07:35,909 --> 00:07:37,309 Puentos hablan espanol. 135 00:07:37,309 --> 00:07:39,149 Oviamente los misionos. 136 00:07:39,149 --> 00:07:41,669 Oh, several of you speak Spanish. 137 00:07:41,669 --> 00:07:42,869 Okay, excellent. 138 00:07:43,349 --> 00:07:44,489 Is it okay if I just pray? 139 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:45,359 Preach in Spanish? 140 00:07:45,519 --> 00:07:47,599 I feel more comfortable in Spanish. 141 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:50,479 Some of you are lost in English anyway. 142 00:07:50,479 --> 00:07:50,879 All right. 143 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:53,879 Isaiah, chapter 5, verse 13. 144 00:07:53,879 --> 00:07:59,639 The Bible says, therefore my people are gone into captivity because 145 00:07:59,639 --> 00:08:03,199 they have no knowledge, and their honorable men are famished, 146 00:08:03,279 --> 00:08:05,999 and their multitude dried up with thirst. 147 00:08:05,999 --> 00:08:12,239 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself and open her mouth without 148 00:08:12,239 --> 00:08:15,559 measure, and their glory and their multitude and their pomp, and 149 00:08:15,559 --> 00:08:18,399 he that rejoiceth shall descend into it. 150 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:18,999 Let's pray. 151 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:20,279 God, thanks so much for this day. 152 00:08:20,759 --> 00:08:24,479 Thank you for the Heritage Baptist Church and for their willingness. 153 00:08:24,479 --> 00:08:28,719 Allow us to come in and present our work and allow me to 154 00:08:28,719 --> 00:08:28,999 preach. 155 00:08:28,999 --> 00:08:31,279 I ask and pray that you please preach through me with power, authority, 156 00:08:31,279 --> 00:08:31,879 and wisdom. 157 00:08:31,959 --> 00:08:34,919 Give your people what they need, for it's in Jesus name I pray. 158 00:08:35,239 --> 00:08:35,879 Amen. 159 00:08:36,639 --> 00:08:39,519 Folks, here in Isaiah, chapter five, you know your Bible. 160 00:08:39,839 --> 00:08:43,199 Isaiah chapter six is really the missions chapter. 161 00:08:43,199 --> 00:08:44,159 In Isaiah. 162 00:08:44,719 --> 00:08:48,479 Isaiah, chapter six, you have Isaiah saying, here am I. 163 00:08:48,639 --> 00:08:49,279 Send me. 164 00:08:49,599 --> 00:08:55,119 And I know it's probably odd for a missionary to preach from the 165 00:08:55,439 --> 00:09:01,999 previous chapter, but folks here In Isaiah, chapter 5, God's 166 00:09:01,999 --> 00:09:03,119 going to lay out for Israel. 167 00:09:03,669 --> 00:09:10,149 Even before Isaiah surrenders his life to God, God's going to lay 168 00:09:10,149 --> 00:09:14,389 out to Israel why they're going into Captivity and why they're 169 00:09:14,389 --> 00:09:15,189 heading to hell. 170 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:21,669 And folks, he says here that there were multitudes in Israel heading 171 00:09:21,669 --> 00:09:22,149 to hell. 172 00:09:22,309 --> 00:09:28,909 And I believe that a preacher should always explain interpretation. 173 00:09:28,909 --> 00:09:29,229 First. 174 00:09:29,229 --> 00:09:33,669 That word hell, we translate it as hell in English. 175 00:09:34,949 --> 00:09:38,709 The best word for it is actually in Spanish, it's seol. 176 00:09:39,029 --> 00:09:41,509 It's the word, the place of the dead. 177 00:09:42,309 --> 00:09:45,509 Now you have to understand that before Jesus Christ was here 178 00:09:45,509 --> 00:09:49,509 on earth, the Jews knew, the Hebrews knew that there was a place 179 00:09:49,509 --> 00:09:50,229 of judgment. 180 00:09:50,629 --> 00:09:55,829 They probably didn't know where it was or its name or anything 181 00:09:56,389 --> 00:09:57,189 else like that. 182 00:09:57,599 --> 00:10:01,839 Jesus Christ was the one that explained to us exactly what hell 183 00:10:01,839 --> 00:10:06,799 is and how long hell is for and all the details that we know. 184 00:10:06,879 --> 00:10:11,199 Jesus Christ explained that, but they did know that there were 185 00:10:11,199 --> 00:10:14,919 consequences and there was a place of judgment for those who did 186 00:10:14,919 --> 00:10:18,519 not believe in the Messiah to come and put their faith in Christ 187 00:10:18,519 --> 00:10:19,679 and the Messiah to come. 188 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,039 And God says here, let me explain to you. 189 00:10:24,029 --> 00:10:26,109 Actually, he has already explained it. 190 00:10:26,109 --> 00:10:29,869 If you notice, the very first word of both verses is therefore 191 00:10:30,269 --> 00:10:34,429 he's already explained to Israel why they're going to captivity 192 00:10:34,429 --> 00:10:39,069 and why they have children and grandchildren and neighbors and co 193 00:10:39,069 --> 00:10:41,709 workers on their way to hell. 194 00:10:42,749 --> 00:10:46,429 And folks, much has not changed. 195 00:10:46,829 --> 00:10:52,239 The same reasons why there, there was a great falling away before 196 00:10:52,319 --> 00:10:53,599 this event. 197 00:10:54,479 --> 00:10:57,759 There is the same reason why we have many people on their way 198 00:10:57,759 --> 00:10:58,399 to hell today. 199 00:10:58,799 --> 00:11:05,559 Now can we ever change the, the, the, the dynamics of, of the 200 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:06,079 truth? 201 00:11:06,479 --> 00:11:09,039 There are more people in hell than there are in heaven. 202 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:12,279 Jesus said broad is the way that lead to destruction. 203 00:11:12,279 --> 00:11:13,199 Many there be. 204 00:11:13,439 --> 00:11:16,599 He used the word many and he says that narrow is the way that 205 00:11:16,599 --> 00:11:17,679 lead to life everlasting. 206 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:18,439 And few. 207 00:11:18,919 --> 00:11:21,959 So there are a few going to heaven, many going to hell. 208 00:11:22,119 --> 00:11:24,319 Can we ever change that dynamic? 209 00:11:24,319 --> 00:11:25,199 I don't think so. 210 00:11:25,199 --> 00:11:29,039 If Jesus Christ, the very son of God could not or did not while 211 00:11:29,039 --> 00:11:31,879 he was on earth, you and I cannot change that dynamic. 212 00:11:32,199 --> 00:11:37,319 However, I do believe that there are many on their way to hell 213 00:11:38,759 --> 00:11:44,479 that would not end up in hell if the truth of the gospel only got 214 00:11:44,479 --> 00:11:45,399 to them in time. 215 00:11:46,569 --> 00:11:49,929 And folks, God here explains to Israel. 216 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:55,489 Listen, I want to explain to you before it happens and before 217 00:11:55,489 --> 00:11:59,369 you get to captivity and wonder why you're there. 218 00:11:59,689 --> 00:12:03,609 Let me explain to you before it happens why you're there. 219 00:12:04,009 --> 00:12:06,489 If you would go back to verse one with me. 220 00:12:07,689 --> 00:12:11,289 The Bible says now while I sing to my well beloved a song of 221 00:12:11,289 --> 00:12:13,429 my beloved touching his vineyard. 222 00:12:13,989 --> 00:12:19,269 The Bible says my well beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful 223 00:12:19,269 --> 00:12:19,629 hill. 224 00:12:19,629 --> 00:12:21,269 Now if you jump down to verse Seven. 225 00:12:21,349 --> 00:12:23,949 The Bible says that the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is 226 00:12:23,949 --> 00:12:24,869 the house of who? 227 00:12:25,989 --> 00:12:26,709 Who is it? 228 00:12:27,189 --> 00:12:27,749 Israel. 229 00:12:27,749 --> 00:12:31,189 Now, I'm not one of these replacement theology kind of guys. 230 00:12:31,349 --> 00:12:36,389 I do not believe that we're the 13th or the lost tribe of Israel. 231 00:12:36,709 --> 00:12:41,469 There's a lot of false doctrine popping up everywhere. 232 00:12:41,869 --> 00:12:43,509 I don't believe in the replacement. 233 00:12:43,509 --> 00:12:45,789 We didn't replace the children of Israel. 234 00:12:46,429 --> 00:12:49,269 We are going to heaven by the shed blood of Jesus Christ. 235 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:50,589 I mean, there's no way. 236 00:12:50,589 --> 00:12:55,389 But however, if you go to the New Testament, God also refers to 237 00:12:55,389 --> 00:12:57,709 us as part of the vine. 238 00:12:57,789 --> 00:13:02,189 You go to John chapter 15 and you will find that he is the vine, 239 00:13:02,189 --> 00:13:03,389 we are the branches. 240 00:13:03,629 --> 00:13:07,779 Now, we didn't replace anybody, but we did get grafted in. 241 00:13:08,659 --> 00:13:09,219 All right? 242 00:13:09,379 --> 00:13:15,139 And what he says to Israel I believe that we can apply to us today. 243 00:13:15,779 --> 00:13:16,739 Look at verse two. 244 00:13:16,739 --> 00:13:18,659 The Bible says, and he fenced it. 245 00:13:18,659 --> 00:13:19,619 What did he fence? 246 00:13:19,619 --> 00:13:24,379 He fenced the vineyard and gathered out the stones thereof and 247 00:13:24,379 --> 00:13:27,699 planted it with the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst 248 00:13:27,699 --> 00:13:31,139 of it and also made a winepress therein. 249 00:13:31,139 --> 00:13:36,229 And he looked that it should bring forth grapes. 250 00:13:36,629 --> 00:13:38,229 So that's what he was hoping for, right? 251 00:13:38,789 --> 00:13:39,949 Now check it out. 252 00:13:39,949 --> 00:13:43,869 It doesn't say that Israel did not produce grapes. 253 00:13:43,869 --> 00:13:44,869 Look at what it says. 254 00:13:45,349 --> 00:13:49,429 The Bible says, and it brought forth wild grapes. 255 00:13:50,629 --> 00:13:51,829 See you. 256 00:13:53,269 --> 00:13:58,309 First of all, you see how well God took care of Israel. 257 00:13:58,669 --> 00:14:00,909 And folks, we are well taken care of. 258 00:14:01,789 --> 00:14:08,429 The American Christian is the most pampered and the most blessed 259 00:14:08,669 --> 00:14:11,709 person that has ever walked on this earth. 260 00:14:12,989 --> 00:14:16,669 I feel like we are even more blessed than Israel was. 261 00:14:17,309 --> 00:14:20,109 We're just pampered beyond description. 262 00:14:20,269 --> 00:14:22,029 But it doesn't come free. 263 00:14:22,029 --> 00:14:23,309 We're bought with a price. 264 00:14:23,469 --> 00:14:25,629 He's expecting something out of us. 265 00:14:25,969 --> 00:14:30,609 Unfortunately for us, when we get comfortable, we get lazy. 266 00:14:32,689 --> 00:14:36,769 I hope you all aren't soft skinned this evening because I'm 267 00:14:36,769 --> 00:14:40,969 really fed up with what I'm finding after being out of the country 268 00:14:40,969 --> 00:14:41,809 for a long time. 269 00:14:43,729 --> 00:14:45,649 Christians today are lazy. 270 00:14:48,209 --> 00:14:51,889 It's sad, but it's because you're comfortable. 271 00:14:52,989 --> 00:14:55,949 And folks, I have to tell you the truth, if I were as comfortable 272 00:14:56,109 --> 00:14:58,909 as the American Christian, I'd probably be as lazy. 273 00:14:59,149 --> 00:15:03,109 Now God has done something for us and took us completely out of 274 00:15:03,109 --> 00:15:03,909 our comfort zone. 275 00:15:03,909 --> 00:15:05,789 I am comfortable in Latin America. 276 00:15:05,869 --> 00:15:07,949 In fact, white people make me nervous. 277 00:15:09,869 --> 00:15:11,389 Y' all make me nervous. 278 00:15:11,629 --> 00:15:16,349 All right, I have unos amigos right down here that are helping 279 00:15:16,349 --> 00:15:17,589 me out behind Brother Hendricks. 280 00:15:17,589 --> 00:15:24,199 Maybe you're too white, brother, But I spent 16 years in 281 00:15:24,199 --> 00:15:28,879 Mexico and I've now spent almost 10 years in Panama, and the 282 00:15:28,879 --> 00:15:30,279 Latino is my friend. 283 00:15:32,119 --> 00:15:38,919 But when God sent us to Panama City, I begged him, God, please do 284 00:15:38,999 --> 00:15:41,399 not let us stay in the city. 285 00:15:41,959 --> 00:15:42,919 I'm from the country. 286 00:15:44,889 --> 00:15:49,609 My family and I, we grew up in the valley of the Sierra Madres, 287 00:15:50,249 --> 00:15:54,129 right in the valley of what is the Rocky Mountains up here in the 288 00:15:54,129 --> 00:15:58,529 States and out in a little village about an hour and a half 289 00:15:58,529 --> 00:16:00,089 south of Monterey, Mexico. 290 00:16:00,089 --> 00:16:04,289 And I grew up in the country, and I just ran wild, you know, I 291 00:16:04,289 --> 00:16:07,329 could climb the mountain, go to the creek or. 292 00:16:07,329 --> 00:16:08,409 Is it a creek here? 293 00:16:09,859 --> 00:16:12,739 Y' all speak English or creek? 294 00:16:12,739 --> 00:16:13,419 Okay, thank you. 295 00:16:13,419 --> 00:16:13,859 Okay. 296 00:16:13,859 --> 00:16:15,179 You do speak English. 297 00:16:15,179 --> 00:16:15,779 Goodness. 298 00:16:16,259 --> 00:16:20,739 My wife is from a farm in Ottawa, Kansas, and. 299 00:16:22,339 --> 00:16:23,699 Right, Ottawa, yes. 300 00:16:24,579 --> 00:16:25,979 I thought I said Olathe. 301 00:16:25,979 --> 00:16:26,339 Sorry. 302 00:16:26,659 --> 00:16:28,899 But anyway, so we're from the country, both of us. 303 00:16:28,899 --> 00:16:30,579 And God has us in the middle of the city. 304 00:16:30,579 --> 00:16:33,059 We are uncomfortable, and uncomfortable. 305 00:16:33,059 --> 00:16:34,179 Christians do more. 306 00:16:35,389 --> 00:16:36,789 The problem is we're comfortable. 307 00:16:36,789 --> 00:16:40,189 And, folks, God fenced us in and he protects us. 308 00:16:40,429 --> 00:16:42,909 And the Bible says he gathered out the stones there. 309 00:16:42,909 --> 00:16:47,309 We don't even have to do a lot of work to be able to produce a harvest. 310 00:16:47,629 --> 00:16:51,989 Y' all understand that what we do is very minimal compared to what 311 00:16:51,989 --> 00:16:53,069 he has already done. 312 00:16:54,989 --> 00:16:57,749 When he says gathered out the stones, you have to understand that 313 00:16:57,749 --> 00:17:01,639 a farmer, he has to pull the stones, stones and the rocks out 314 00:17:01,639 --> 00:17:04,639 of his field to be able to have a plowable field. 315 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:09,119 But because of the earth's movement, the earth shoves rocks 316 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:09,959 to the surface. 317 00:17:09,959 --> 00:17:12,399 And what he does one year, he'll have to repeat. 318 00:17:12,639 --> 00:17:14,079 And it's a very arduous. 319 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:15,919 It's a very heavy job. 320 00:17:16,639 --> 00:17:20,079 And God says, hey, listen, I do that job in your hearts. 321 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:24,239 He pulls out, he breaks up the fallow ground. 322 00:17:25,599 --> 00:17:26,519 He works on it. 323 00:17:26,519 --> 00:17:29,829 And, folks, we are so, so pampered. 324 00:17:31,269 --> 00:17:33,509 We don't know what persecution is. 325 00:17:34,229 --> 00:17:35,069 But you know what? 326 00:17:35,069 --> 00:17:37,829 We get upset about what somebody said. 327 00:17:40,869 --> 00:17:42,549 We have not resisted unto blood. 328 00:17:43,589 --> 00:17:46,309 But she wore the same dress as I did. 329 00:17:48,549 --> 00:17:51,669 Boy, that's persecution right there. 330 00:17:53,349 --> 00:17:55,989 That's suffering for American Baptist. 331 00:17:57,199 --> 00:17:58,079 Am I not lying? 332 00:17:58,799 --> 00:17:59,679 Come on, now. 333 00:18:00,719 --> 00:18:09,039 And we get so bitter and so upset and so out of sorts over silliness. 334 00:18:10,239 --> 00:18:15,519 And God has to constantly come in, change our little diapers, pamper 335 00:18:15,519 --> 00:18:17,519 us, pull out the rocks. 336 00:18:18,239 --> 00:18:19,639 He says, I'm constantly. 337 00:18:19,639 --> 00:18:20,679 I'm protecting you. 338 00:18:20,679 --> 00:18:21,759 I'm pulling out the rocks. 339 00:18:21,919 --> 00:18:22,479 I am. 340 00:18:23,389 --> 00:18:26,909 He says, I planted you with the choicest vine. 341 00:18:27,229 --> 00:18:30,669 If you don't know what that's all about, just go to a Buddhist 342 00:18:30,669 --> 00:18:33,709 country or a Hindu country or a Muslim country. 343 00:18:33,709 --> 00:18:40,669 Or a Catholic country and you'll find a people serving a hateful 344 00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:47,629 God, a nasty, mean, diabolical God. 345 00:18:49,959 --> 00:18:54,439 You go to Africa and you'll find people worshiping devils. 346 00:18:54,919 --> 00:18:55,959 Go to Haiti. 347 00:18:57,159 --> 00:19:01,639 Hey folks, do you all have any idea that we believe in the most 348 00:19:01,639 --> 00:19:04,999 loving God that man can even invent? 349 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:08,439 We can't come up with a comparison. 350 00:19:09,079 --> 00:19:10,199 We're planted with. 351 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:12,839 We're connected to the choicest vine. 352 00:19:12,839 --> 00:19:16,599 And by the way, young people get out of sorts with the Baptist 353 00:19:16,599 --> 00:19:22,479 church and go after some non denominational junk. 354 00:19:23,279 --> 00:19:28,279 They don't believe in the same God of mercy and love that you believe 355 00:19:28,279 --> 00:19:28,639 in. 356 00:19:28,639 --> 00:19:31,519 And we believe in your planet. 357 00:19:32,079 --> 00:19:34,719 Do you understand what God is saying to Israel? 358 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:39,639 Do you not understand all that I've done for you so that I can get 359 00:19:39,639 --> 00:19:41,039 a harvest at of you? 360 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:43,159 I want some grapes. 361 00:19:43,159 --> 00:19:45,919 But here's my complaint with you, Israel. 362 00:19:46,479 --> 00:19:47,959 You gave me wild grapes. 363 00:19:47,959 --> 00:19:51,039 That word wild means poison, poisonous. 364 00:19:52,239 --> 00:19:56,279 And you have to understand in the wild there are grapes you can 365 00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:58,559 eat and there are grapes that you cannot eat. 366 00:19:58,959 --> 00:20:02,239 The way you can tell the difference, they say, is by three 367 00:20:02,239 --> 00:20:02,639 ways. 368 00:20:02,639 --> 00:20:06,799 You can tell by the leaves and you can tell by those. 369 00:20:07,529 --> 00:20:12,169 The spiral tentacle looking thing, my bobs. 370 00:20:12,649 --> 00:20:18,809 All right, there's a technical word for you, but folks, I have four 371 00:20:18,809 --> 00:20:22,569 boys and they're mischievous. 372 00:20:26,169 --> 00:20:27,249 They're mischievous. 373 00:20:27,249 --> 00:20:32,369 And if they ever come to me with a handful of grapes and they 374 00:20:32,369 --> 00:20:35,169 say, hey dad, we found these, can we eat them? 375 00:20:35,809 --> 00:20:37,689 I don't have leaves to refer to. 376 00:20:37,689 --> 00:20:41,169 I don't have the tentacle little spiral things to look at. 377 00:20:41,649 --> 00:20:45,769 They say the only other way of identifying a good grape or a poisonous 378 00:20:45,769 --> 00:20:51,249 grape is by the seed y' all catching what God is doing here. 379 00:20:52,129 --> 00:20:58,529 He's saying, Israel, you look nutritional, you look nutritious. 380 00:20:58,529 --> 00:21:01,629 From the outside, you look like the real thing. 381 00:21:02,349 --> 00:21:06,069 People from the outside are looking in and seeing your temple 382 00:21:06,069 --> 00:21:06,669 worship. 383 00:21:06,909 --> 00:21:12,829 They see your sacrifices and they think that you're serving me 384 00:21:13,469 --> 00:21:14,429 from your heart. 385 00:21:15,788 --> 00:21:19,789 But if they were to get closer, they were entering your houses, 386 00:21:20,189 --> 00:21:21,709 they would find idolatry. 387 00:21:22,669 --> 00:21:26,429 And that is the reason why they're going in captivity. 388 00:21:27,229 --> 00:21:32,109 You see, they have adopted the world's philosophy and the world's 389 00:21:32,829 --> 00:21:34,909 way of worship and this, that and the other. 390 00:21:35,069 --> 00:21:39,549 And they say with their mouth, but their heart was far from God. 391 00:21:39,789 --> 00:21:42,509 Was that not his complaint with Israel? 392 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:46,989 And folks, if I can sum up what I'm talking about in one word, 393 00:21:46,989 --> 00:21:48,589 it is hypocrisy. 394 00:21:49,309 --> 00:21:51,949 Y' all understand what God is saying to Israel? 395 00:21:51,949 --> 00:21:54,529 He's saying, Israel, do you, do you know why you're going into 396 00:21:54,529 --> 00:21:55,169 captivity. 397 00:21:55,169 --> 00:21:56,609 Do you know why you're going? 398 00:21:56,769 --> 00:22:00,609 Why your children and grandchildren and co workers and 399 00:22:00,929 --> 00:22:03,249 neighbors and loved ones are going to hell? 400 00:22:05,889 --> 00:22:07,809 Because you know what the truth is. 401 00:22:08,449 --> 00:22:11,809 But your life is not matching up with what you say you believe. 402 00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:15,369 And folks, it is the same way. 403 00:22:15,369 --> 00:22:19,369 Today I am totally convinced that there are many people on their 404 00:22:19,369 --> 00:22:21,559 way to hell for one reason. 405 00:22:21,799 --> 00:22:22,759 They have never. 406 00:22:23,159 --> 00:22:24,319 Listen to me carefully. 407 00:22:24,319 --> 00:22:28,039 They have never come in contact with a genuine Christian. 408 00:22:32,439 --> 00:22:36,919 We say we're a religion of love and we serve a loving God. 409 00:22:37,639 --> 00:22:41,159 But when we see somebody that's tattooed from head to toe 410 00:22:41,719 --> 00:22:45,639 and they have piercings all over their face and they have hair 411 00:22:45,639 --> 00:22:50,819 that's colored different ways and, and spikes and whatever, and 412 00:22:50,819 --> 00:22:54,059 they smell of alcohol and drugs and this, that and the other, 413 00:22:55,499 --> 00:22:57,499 we do not treat them with love. 414 00:23:00,219 --> 00:23:03,979 Do you all have any idea why they're there? 415 00:23:06,219 --> 00:23:09,499 Because they've never come in contact with a genuine Christian. 416 00:23:10,299 --> 00:23:15,419 And do you not understand what all of this paraphernalia is? 417 00:23:15,859 --> 00:23:22,459 I went to Colorado several weeks ago and I have never seen so 418 00:23:22,459 --> 00:23:29,979 much black as far as clothing and so many diabolical symbols on 419 00:23:29,979 --> 00:23:33,379 clothing as I did in Colorado Springs. 420 00:23:33,859 --> 00:23:36,499 My word, it was nasty. 421 00:23:37,059 --> 00:23:39,779 But do you know what that is, folks? 422 00:23:39,779 --> 00:23:40,819 It's a call for help. 423 00:23:43,229 --> 00:23:44,989 People, especially young people. 424 00:23:45,069 --> 00:23:48,349 They're coloring themselves and they're painting themselves and 425 00:23:48,589 --> 00:23:52,389 they're tattooing themselves and they're piercing themselves and 426 00:23:52,389 --> 00:23:55,149 they're showing themselves and they're this and the other and they're 427 00:23:55,149 --> 00:23:58,429 screaming out, will somebody please look over here. 428 00:24:00,109 --> 00:24:04,149 And unfortunately, the wrong crowd, Satan's crowd is looking at 429 00:24:04,149 --> 00:24:07,149 them and saying, hey, we'll take you just like you are. 430 00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:11,309 And God's crowd is shoving them away. 431 00:24:12,749 --> 00:24:18,029 I was in with my son Daniel. 432 00:24:18,029 --> 00:24:21,709 He was about 8 years of age and we were on a hill. 433 00:24:21,869 --> 00:24:25,069 If you've never gone to the Mission Field, you don't know what 434 00:24:25,069 --> 00:24:25,669 I'm talking about. 435 00:24:25,669 --> 00:24:30,669 But a hill in a residential area is an ant hill. 436 00:24:30,669 --> 00:24:34,829 It's just a network of paths and everything. 437 00:24:35,779 --> 00:24:38,379 Houses stacked on top of each other and behind each other and this, 438 00:24:38,379 --> 00:24:38,979 that and the other. 439 00:24:39,139 --> 00:24:44,739 So my son and I, we were walking down and I looked down a 440 00:24:44,739 --> 00:24:46,739 path and I saw two fellas. 441 00:24:46,739 --> 00:24:50,299 One was leaning against the railing of a staircase that went 442 00:24:50,299 --> 00:24:56,659 up to a road and the other was leaning against the back corner of 443 00:24:56,659 --> 00:24:58,339 an abandoned broken down house. 444 00:24:59,139 --> 00:25:02,129 And I said, daniel, let's go give them a track. 445 00:25:02,129 --> 00:25:03,209 So we headed over there. 446 00:25:03,449 --> 00:25:07,289 As I'm about halfway to these two fellows, another fella, a third 447 00:25:07,289 --> 00:25:09,849 one, stepped out from behind the house. 448 00:25:11,289 --> 00:25:13,689 And of course, I'm getting suspicious already. 449 00:25:13,689 --> 00:25:15,209 I'm in Villa Guadalupe. 450 00:25:15,209 --> 00:25:19,249 We're in 18 different sections of the cities, many of them I mentioned 451 00:25:19,249 --> 00:25:19,769 in the video. 452 00:25:20,969 --> 00:25:23,689 13 of the 18 are called sonarojas. 453 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:25,689 Sonaroja is a red zone. 454 00:25:25,849 --> 00:25:26,489 It's a. 455 00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:28,399 A very dangerous area. 456 00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:35,359 Gringos that would be me should not go in sonar rojas. 457 00:25:35,439 --> 00:25:37,199 But we're in 13 of them. 458 00:25:37,439 --> 00:25:40,999 And some of them are so bad that the police do not go to. 459 00:25:40,999 --> 00:25:42,159 It's too dangerous for them. 460 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:44,799 We're there now. 461 00:25:44,879 --> 00:25:46,319 Villa Guadalupe is not. 462 00:25:46,319 --> 00:25:47,719 Not quite that dangerous. 463 00:25:47,719 --> 00:25:50,879 But Villa Guadalupe is a high gang area. 464 00:25:51,439 --> 00:25:53,209 There's more, multiple gangs in that area. 465 00:25:53,289 --> 00:25:58,049 So I got to them, and the guy that stepped out from behind the 466 00:25:58,049 --> 00:26:01,929 house said, hey, mira lo queta, nemos aqui. 467 00:26:01,929 --> 00:26:04,889 Hey, professor, look what we have here. 468 00:26:05,609 --> 00:26:08,489 I'm thinking, oh, goodness, I'm going to be their supper. 469 00:26:11,289 --> 00:26:17,529 And I stood in front of el profe. 470 00:26:17,529 --> 00:26:17,929 He was. 471 00:26:17,929 --> 00:26:19,049 He was right in front of me. 472 00:26:20,489 --> 00:26:24,529 The guy that had stepped out, the third guy that I saw, he was 473 00:26:24,529 --> 00:26:27,049 to his right, my left. 474 00:26:27,929 --> 00:26:29,609 And then I had two wingmen. 475 00:26:29,929 --> 00:26:31,129 Wingmen over here. 476 00:26:32,969 --> 00:26:36,169 He thought he left my peripheral, but he moved. 477 00:26:36,169 --> 00:26:38,489 He tried to move out of my peripheral on my right. 478 00:26:38,569 --> 00:26:41,329 Wingman over here moved out behind me. 479 00:26:41,329 --> 00:26:42,569 I have Daniel right here. 480 00:26:43,129 --> 00:26:44,249 And so I sat down. 481 00:26:44,409 --> 00:26:47,259 I didn't want to offer him any resistance. 482 00:26:47,259 --> 00:26:52,579 I didn't want to show them that I'm competition, I'm something 483 00:26:52,579 --> 00:26:52,939 different. 484 00:26:54,379 --> 00:26:59,179 I sat down, I said, fellas, listen, I know who I am and I know 485 00:26:59,179 --> 00:27:00,219 what's going on here. 486 00:27:02,139 --> 00:27:07,179 I said, but if I were to die right now, I'd go straight to heaven. 487 00:27:08,939 --> 00:27:10,299 But I have a question for you. 488 00:27:12,069 --> 00:27:16,509 If you were to die right now, are you 100% sure you're on your 489 00:27:16,509 --> 00:27:17,189 way to heaven? 490 00:27:18,069 --> 00:27:21,349 I'm in the middle of a gang and I'm at their mercy. 491 00:27:21,669 --> 00:27:23,109 There's no way out for me. 492 00:27:24,069 --> 00:27:27,109 The professor, he nodded, I could continue. 493 00:27:27,509 --> 00:27:29,589 I went through the plan of salvation with him. 494 00:27:30,469 --> 00:27:33,909 When I got down to the end, I noticed that the wingman over here, 495 00:27:34,949 --> 00:27:36,309 his eyes were watering. 496 00:27:38,159 --> 00:27:42,159 I said, now, if you would like to ask Jesus to save you from your 497 00:27:42,159 --> 00:27:45,759 sin and take you to heaven, repeat after me. 498 00:27:45,999 --> 00:27:46,959 I went through a prayer. 499 00:27:46,959 --> 00:27:50,239 I don't usually do that, but I was in a little bit different situation 500 00:27:50,319 --> 00:27:51,199 at the moment. 501 00:27:52,638 --> 00:28:00,159 The guy to my left, the right hand man to the prophet, or professor 502 00:28:00,559 --> 00:28:05,259 and wingman on my right, both asked Jesus to save them. 503 00:28:07,099 --> 00:28:10,299 When I got down, I stood up and I looked at the professor. 504 00:28:10,299 --> 00:28:12,779 And I have to have his permission to Leave. 505 00:28:12,779 --> 00:28:17,899 He says, if you're ever in this area and you're ever in trouble, 506 00:28:18,858 --> 00:28:22,699 you tell anybody you're under the professor's protection. 507 00:28:23,739 --> 00:28:24,779 And I walked away. 508 00:28:25,499 --> 00:28:29,059 You know, those four men had never come in contact with a genuine 509 00:28:29,059 --> 00:28:29,369 Christian. 510 00:28:30,719 --> 00:28:31,359 They had never. 511 00:28:32,159 --> 00:28:38,399 They probably didn't land in that situation because they wanted 512 00:28:38,399 --> 00:28:38,719 to. 513 00:28:39,439 --> 00:28:41,999 It's just their lifestyle led them to that. 514 00:28:42,959 --> 00:28:48,199 But then light came into their life, and somebody that wasn't afraid 515 00:28:48,199 --> 00:28:52,239 to die, an American way out of his zone. 516 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:59,579 And the contact with a genuine Christian just illuminated their 517 00:28:59,579 --> 00:29:00,219 hearts. 518 00:29:01,579 --> 00:29:07,579 And folks, I can tell you story after story after story of 519 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:12,539 people that have been transformed by the gospel you heard. 520 00:29:13,178 --> 00:29:16,699 In the video, I talked about Imada. 521 00:29:16,699 --> 00:29:20,539 Imada would elbow her visitors until they raised their hand. 522 00:29:20,539 --> 00:29:23,729 The reason for that is because Aymada came to church, was a visitor 523 00:29:23,729 --> 00:29:24,809 for her son. 524 00:29:24,809 --> 00:29:27,169 Her son got a prize because she came to church. 525 00:29:27,169 --> 00:29:30,249 And during the invitation, she raised her hand that she wasn't saved. 526 00:29:30,249 --> 00:29:34,809 And a soul winner took her out and led her to Christ. 527 00:29:34,809 --> 00:29:37,369 And she thought, that's the only way you get saved. 528 00:29:38,169 --> 00:29:41,609 It was her experience, and she thought that's how she got everybody 529 00:29:41,609 --> 00:29:42,089 gets saved. 530 00:29:42,089 --> 00:29:45,529 So she started bringing all kinds of people, neighbors and friends 531 00:29:45,529 --> 00:29:48,809 and family members to church. 532 00:29:48,809 --> 00:29:51,269 And she would sit next to them, and if they didn't get their 533 00:29:51,269 --> 00:29:52,709 hand up, she'd elbow them. 534 00:29:53,669 --> 00:29:56,469 You know, they're going to get saved whether they want to or not. 535 00:29:57,029 --> 00:29:58,589 I mean, she's just green. 536 00:29:58,589 --> 00:30:00,389 She is new to this. 537 00:30:00,709 --> 00:30:04,149 And one of the young men that she brought to church was. 538 00:30:04,149 --> 00:30:05,029 Was Yasir. 539 00:30:05,029 --> 00:30:10,829 Yasir was, oh, about 18, 19 years of age, in trouble with the 540 00:30:10,829 --> 00:30:11,109 law. 541 00:30:11,669 --> 00:30:16,429 That's why he was at Imada's house and from a very dangerous area 542 00:30:16,429 --> 00:30:21,109 called Manyanitas and just, just horrible, just scarred up by 543 00:30:21,109 --> 00:30:23,909 the world, already involved in all kinds of sin. 544 00:30:25,589 --> 00:30:29,349 And I'll never forget, it was very humorous to me. 545 00:30:30,469 --> 00:30:33,749 I asked, if anybody is not saved, would you raise your hand? 546 00:30:34,549 --> 00:30:37,829 Amada looks over at Yassi standing right next to him. 547 00:30:38,149 --> 00:30:41,349 Next to her, Yasi is closing his eyes. 548 00:30:41,859 --> 00:30:43,139 He doesn't want to raise his hand. 549 00:30:43,219 --> 00:30:47,299 She elbows him, gives him a good old shot there. 550 00:30:47,379 --> 00:30:49,059 His hand goes up. 551 00:30:50,019 --> 00:30:54,019 Joshua, a young man in our church, walks him through the Romans 552 00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:55,699 road and Yassir gets saved. 553 00:30:56,579 --> 00:31:00,539 Yassir takes his earrings out of his ears and starts cleaning up 554 00:31:00,539 --> 00:31:01,059 his life. 555 00:31:01,459 --> 00:31:04,419 Gets baptized, gets discipled. 556 00:31:05,219 --> 00:31:09,349 When we started, like Les I Bautista Providencia, Yasir came 557 00:31:09,349 --> 00:31:09,589 to me. 558 00:31:09,589 --> 00:31:11,389 He had been in the church for about two years. 559 00:31:11,709 --> 00:31:14,189 He was working in the junior church at that time. 560 00:31:14,589 --> 00:31:18,509 He says, pastor I want to go with Brother Jacobo and help him 561 00:31:18,509 --> 00:31:19,389 start that church. 562 00:31:20,189 --> 00:31:24,989 I said, yasir, I don't want you to fall into sin. 563 00:31:25,309 --> 00:31:27,309 I don't want you to backslide. 564 00:31:27,549 --> 00:31:28,909 I said, you're doing well. 565 00:31:29,149 --> 00:31:33,349 The only reason I want you to go over there is if you start growing 566 00:31:33,349 --> 00:31:36,809 faster and do more for God than you're doing right here. 567 00:31:36,809 --> 00:31:38,289 He says, pastor, I want to help. 568 00:31:38,849 --> 00:31:42,529 I said, yasir, you can transfer your membership with my 569 00:31:42,529 --> 00:31:43,089 blessing. 570 00:31:43,729 --> 00:31:47,649 Yasir is Jonathan Hakobel's right hand man today. 571 00:31:48,209 --> 00:31:49,489 He's a song leader. 572 00:31:49,649 --> 00:31:52,929 He goes soul winning with him every single week, multiple times 573 00:31:52,929 --> 00:31:53,409 a week. 574 00:31:53,489 --> 00:31:55,809 He does everything with Jonathan Hakobo. 575 00:31:56,129 --> 00:32:01,259 It's just amazing when somebody can can meet the real thing. 576 00:32:01,979 --> 00:32:06,859 But folks, let me ask you, how much of the real thing do we have 577 00:32:06,859 --> 00:32:14,619 today and how much are say so on Sunday, but don't do so on Monday. 578 00:32:15,419 --> 00:32:16,219 Y' all with me. 579 00:32:16,699 --> 00:32:21,339 This is why our generations are going to hell. 580 00:32:21,739 --> 00:32:25,709 The second reason is in verse 8 and I'll breeze through these next 581 00:32:25,709 --> 00:32:26,069 two. 582 00:32:26,149 --> 00:32:29,149 The Bible says in verse 8, Woe unto them that join house to house, 583 00:32:29,149 --> 00:32:33,789 that lay field to field, till there be no place that they may be 584 00:32:33,789 --> 00:32:36,109 placed alone in the midst of the earth. 585 00:32:36,109 --> 00:32:38,949 He says, first of all Israel, do you understand why you're going 586 00:32:38,949 --> 00:32:39,629 into captivity? 587 00:32:39,629 --> 00:32:41,989 And do you understand why you're going into hell? 588 00:32:42,789 --> 00:32:47,829 Many of you multitudes are going to hell, first of all because 589 00:32:47,829 --> 00:32:48,869 of hypocrisy. 590 00:32:48,869 --> 00:32:51,909 Number two, because Israel had become materialistic. 591 00:32:51,919 --> 00:32:55,869 And here in this verse, he says, listen, y' all are more interested 592 00:32:55,869 --> 00:32:59,269 in occupying your whole inheritance. 593 00:32:59,589 --> 00:33:04,549 You're trying to build bigger and wider and you're trying to occupy 594 00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:05,189 your entire. 595 00:33:05,189 --> 00:33:09,629 But that is your goal and that is your life and you're not even 596 00:33:09,629 --> 00:33:11,029 thinking about eternity. 597 00:33:12,229 --> 00:33:15,989 And folks, does that not describe American Christians today? 598 00:33:17,509 --> 00:33:21,619 Our jobs are not given to us just to make money. 599 00:33:23,779 --> 00:33:26,419 They're really not even to support our families. 600 00:33:26,419 --> 00:33:28,499 That's God's responsibility. 601 00:33:29,059 --> 00:33:33,299 Our jobs are given to us many times because we're in contact with 602 00:33:33,299 --> 00:33:34,179 lost people. 603 00:33:35,699 --> 00:33:41,379 God gives us poor health as a gift, as a ticket to get into and 604 00:33:41,379 --> 00:33:45,819 before doctors that otherwise we would never be able to see because 605 00:33:45,819 --> 00:33:47,819 they will not allow us to knock on their door. 606 00:33:50,129 --> 00:33:55,329 We have everything that has to do with a Christian's life is to 607 00:33:55,329 --> 00:33:57,729 be able to give the gospel. 608 00:34:00,049 --> 00:34:03,569 Our children are supposed to be a light in the school systems, 609 00:34:04,369 --> 00:34:09,169 but most of the time they're more interested in sports and education. 610 00:34:11,889 --> 00:34:13,889 At least that's our interest. 611 00:34:14,709 --> 00:34:15,989 Their interests are other things. 612 00:34:17,349 --> 00:34:21,429 But folks, we don't even look at what God is doing. 613 00:34:22,069 --> 00:34:25,749 We don't even see God's hand in different situations. 614 00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:32,309 We have lost vision of eternity in our day to day life. 615 00:34:33,029 --> 00:34:34,789 We have become materialistic. 616 00:34:35,109 --> 00:34:39,029 Our goals are to get a better or a more newer. 617 00:34:39,189 --> 00:34:46,029 A newer this, that and the other better iPhone, car, bigger 618 00:34:46,029 --> 00:34:46,309 house. 619 00:34:47,429 --> 00:34:49,109 And that was Israel's problem. 620 00:34:49,349 --> 00:34:51,989 Look at verse 11. 621 00:34:52,469 --> 00:34:55,269 The Bible says, woe unto them that rise up early in the morning 622 00:34:55,589 --> 00:35:00,149 that they may follow strong drink that continue until night till 623 00:35:00,149 --> 00:35:01,309 wine inflame them. 624 00:35:01,309 --> 00:35:03,349 Verse 12 talks about different pleasures. 625 00:35:03,589 --> 00:35:04,229 Verse 18. 626 00:35:04,229 --> 00:35:07,209 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity and 627 00:35:07,209 --> 00:35:11,129 sin, as it were with a cart rope. 628 00:35:11,609 --> 00:35:12,289 Verse 20. 629 00:35:12,289 --> 00:35:15,449 Woe unto them that call evil good and good. 630 00:35:15,689 --> 00:35:18,729 Does that not describe America today? 631 00:35:19,769 --> 00:35:20,649 Good night. 632 00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:24,489 And that put darkness for light, light for darkness. 633 00:35:24,489 --> 00:35:25,529 Verse 21. 634 00:35:25,529 --> 00:35:27,769 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes. 635 00:35:28,329 --> 00:35:30,329 Boy, that's. 636 00:35:30,329 --> 00:35:32,409 That's the Christian nowadays. 637 00:35:33,289 --> 00:35:34,729 Prudent in their own sights. 638 00:35:34,809 --> 00:35:35,809 Verse 22. 639 00:35:35,809 --> 00:35:39,249 Unto them that are mighty to drink wine and men of strength to 640 00:35:39,249 --> 00:35:40,489 mingle, drink. 641 00:35:40,729 --> 00:35:43,929 Hey, can you hold your alcohol? 642 00:35:43,929 --> 00:35:47,769 You know, y' all see what God is saying? 643 00:35:48,249 --> 00:35:51,129 He says, israel, you're on the way to captivity. 644 00:35:51,129 --> 00:35:54,329 And many of you, multitudes of you are on your way to hell. 645 00:35:54,329 --> 00:35:55,449 Let me explain to you why. 646 00:35:56,729 --> 00:35:59,129 Because those who believe in me are hypocrites. 647 00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:04,479 Those who believe in me are materialistic and they're not thinking 648 00:36:04,479 --> 00:36:05,279 about eternity. 649 00:36:05,519 --> 00:36:09,039 And number three, those who believe in me are involved in sin. 650 00:36:10,479 --> 00:36:13,119 You all understand what the problem with darkness is? 651 00:36:15,599 --> 00:36:18,639 The problem with darkness is not because darkness has power. 652 00:36:21,039 --> 00:36:23,199 Darkness cannot rise in power. 653 00:36:23,839 --> 00:36:25,119 It has no strength. 654 00:36:26,949 --> 00:36:27,749 Are y' all with me? 655 00:36:28,869 --> 00:36:32,069 The problem with darkness is the absence of light. 656 00:36:33,989 --> 00:36:37,589 You flick on a light, darkness cannot fight. 657 00:36:37,589 --> 00:36:39,109 It has no power. 658 00:36:40,549 --> 00:36:45,349 What our problem is today is that the local Independent Fundamental 659 00:36:45,349 --> 00:36:51,949 Baptist churches are dwindling and the Child of God is no longer 660 00:36:51,949 --> 00:36:53,969 shining in their community and. 661 00:36:54,039 --> 00:36:55,559 And being what they ought to be. 662 00:36:56,199 --> 00:37:02,919 And folks, I look at Israel back then and I see America now. 663 00:37:05,639 --> 00:37:13,239 And the reasons why Israel were where they were then is the 664 00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:17,399 reason why America is where we are today. 665 00:37:18,279 --> 00:37:21,799 Is not because of darkness, is not because of the lost. 666 00:37:23,559 --> 00:37:25,239 We have the fault. 667 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:26,519 Let us pray.