1 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:17,339 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,379 --> 00:00:24,079 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:26,780 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:34,899 --> 00:00:41,520 Good morning, Lansdale Life. Let's give the Lord a shout out. Hallelujah. Amen. 5 00:00:42,659 --> 00:00:54,060 Let's give the Lord a clap offering. Praise the Lord. All right. I'm here to pump you up. And 6 00:00:54,060 --> 00:00:59,880 I'll end by one o'clock. And Pastor Chris called me and he said, man, he said, I'm going to be away 7 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:06,859 with the fam. And he said, can you substitute, sub teacher? And I, yeah, of course, I said, 8 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:12,040 but I'm really busy. I'm working on the Bronx translation of the New Testament. And he said, 9 00:01:12,060 --> 00:01:17,500 really, I said, yeah, you know, that verse that says, grace and peace be you from God the Father 10 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:23,920 and Lord Jesus Christ Bronx translation. How you doing? How you doing? And that other verse, 11 00:01:24,060 --> 00:01:27,859 be careful for nothing but in everything with prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, 12 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,599 let your requests be made known unto God and the peace of God that passes all understanding 13 00:01:32,599 --> 00:01:38,859 will keep your hearts and minds in Jesus Christ Bronx translation. Forget about it. Forget about 14 00:01:39,439 --> 00:01:46,340 all right. So here we are. And I'm just so thankful to be here. We are in Hebrews chapter 15 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:55,359 10, and we're going to be looking at the three lettuces. I don't know if I was going to bring in 16 00:01:55,359 --> 00:02:00,040 a head of lettuce for an illustration, but I thought, no, that's really unsophisticated. 17 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:08,060 And I am just coming in from New York City. And yesterday afternoon, we had several hundred 18 00:02:08,060 --> 00:02:18,180 people meeting lower Manhattan on West 14th Street, and we did seven hours of prayer and worship and 19 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:23,780 just radical shouting out to the Lord. Amen. So let's give the Lord a hand clap for that. 20 00:02:24,719 --> 00:02:31,280 So I'm, I'm fired up. So please fasten your seatbelts. If you feel lightheaded, 21 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:36,520 we have oxygen that will drop down from the ceiling. And if you would turn in your 22 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:45,939 Bibles to Hebrew chapter 10 verses 19 through 26. The title of the message this morning is, 23 00:02:46,740 --> 00:02:56,819 is solo Christianity a thing? Or you could also say no more solo Christianity. So let's open with 24 00:02:56,819 --> 00:03:01,659 a word of prayer. Father, we pray that you would just pierce our hearts with your word this 25 00:03:01,659 --> 00:03:07,819 morning. Oh God, we want to hear from you, Jesus. We don't want to hear from a preacher, a teacher. 26 00:03:08,379 --> 00:03:16,620 Lord, we want to hear from you. So God, as your word says, Lord, that use your word as surgery 27 00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:23,280 on our hearts and lives. Jesus, we love you today. And we're so thankful that you have changed 28 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:29,800 our lives. We are happy. We are filled with hope. And God, just fill each man and woman 29 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:35,080 and young person, teenager, Lord, the children that are being taught right now, just fill them 30 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:40,659 with your grace, your love, your mercy and your excitement about what you're doing in the world 31 00:03:40,659 --> 00:03:46,539 today. And we pray this in Jesus mighty name like they pray in Nigeria. And all God's people 32 00:03:46,539 --> 00:03:54,580 shouted Hebrews chapter 10. Therefore, brothers and sisters, verse 19, since we have confidence 33 00:03:54,580 --> 00:04:01,599 to enter the most holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, open for us 34 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:08,860 through the curtain that is his body. And since we have a great power over the house of God, 35 00:04:09,020 --> 00:04:18,540 here's the first. Let us let us draw near to God with a sincere other translation says a connected 36 00:04:18,540 --> 00:04:25,779 heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a 37 00:04:25,779 --> 00:04:31,139 guilty conscience like we just sang about and having our bodies washed with pure water. Here's 38 00:04:31,139 --> 00:04:42,019 let us number two, let us hold on swervingly to the hope we profess for he who promised is faithful. 39 00:04:42,019 --> 00:04:47,899 Amen. Can we get a witness on that somewhere up in here? And number three, and let us, 40 00:04:48,439 --> 00:04:55,860 and this is the focus of the teaching this morning, consider how we may spur or agitate 41 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:04,660 or stimulate one another on toward agape, love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together 42 00:05:04,660 --> 00:05:11,160 as summer in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another and all the more as you see the day 43 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:16,540 approaching, may God add his blessing to the reading of his holy word. So I am here this morning, 44 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:22,500 saints at Lancelot. And by the way, if he came and you don't know Jesus, you're in the right place. 45 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:29,319 And if you came and you do know Jesus, you're in the right place. Amen. And now I am here to 46 00:05:29,319 --> 00:05:37,680 agitate you. So I hope you're, I believe in the doctrine of agitation. So let me give you 47 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:43,180 a home-based illustration. Now you're thinking, please lock the doors. Don't anyone leave 48 00:05:43,759 --> 00:05:47,000 and agitation. So how do you get your clothes clean? 49 00:05:50,740 --> 00:05:58,519 Most people say soap and water. That is not how you get your rocks or banging on rocks where I 50 00:05:58,519 --> 00:06:04,399 go in Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. You know, they don't have washing machines. They 51 00:06:04,399 --> 00:06:10,240 only way you get your clothes clean is by agitation. Anybody here like sweet tea? I believe 52 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:15,860 in the doctrine of agitation. I believe in the doctrine of sturification. So I'm here to stir 53 00:06:15,860 --> 00:06:22,319 you up. Anybody here like sweet tea? All right. I see. I see a few hands. Now, how do you make 54 00:06:22,319 --> 00:06:31,399 sweet tea sweet? Wrong answer. When you want sweet tea to be sweet, you put in the sugar 55 00:06:31,399 --> 00:06:36,420 and then where does it go? It settles down to the bottom. So what do you have to do, 56 00:06:36,660 --> 00:06:42,579 saints? Stir it up. So the doctrine of agitation and the doctrine of sturification 57 00:06:42,579 --> 00:06:48,000 will prevent you from getting spiritual constipation. Amen. Can I get a witness 58 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,860 on that somewhere up in here? Yeah, I can wrap that, but I won't. You know, who here likes, 59 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:58,500 by show of hands, who here likes constipation? Don't raise your hand. Come on. Don't raise your 60 00:06:58,500 --> 00:07:05,339 hand. And so this morning I want to take you on a journey on the three. Let us as is 61 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:11,439 all you grammatical people can correct me on that. But I also want to take you on a quick 62 00:07:11,439 --> 00:07:17,480 journey if we could have, because for those of you who don't know PB, I am a missionary pastor 63 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:24,699 of Lansdale life. I was pastor in a big church in Manhattan 12, 13 years ago and God used three 64 00:07:24,699 --> 00:07:31,720 words, God, gospel, good news. And the reason I share this story is I want God to stir you up 65 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:41,019 this morning. I was hoping to hear an amen. Okay. I want God to agitate you this morning. 66 00:07:41,540 --> 00:07:48,399 Amen. Because you see the word of God is useless unless it can be applied. 67 00:07:49,939 --> 00:07:54,740 Application is the key word. And you know, the word of God is the most exciting book 68 00:07:54,740 --> 00:08:01,240 in the entire world, right? I mean, it should excite us. It should inflame us. It should, 69 00:08:01,459 --> 00:08:08,720 Lord, do the necessary surgery on my life. Hallelujah. So I can be a different person. 70 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:16,180 I can be, you know, and Nancy D. That's my wife. We just celebrated 45 years of marriage. Hallelujah. 71 00:08:16,180 --> 00:08:23,560 You can give the Lord a hand clap for that. And she, she gave me a really nice anniversary 72 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:29,980 card and I opened it up and it was, this is a little strange. It was a get well card. 73 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:38,139 And I'm like, yo, Nance, what's up? What's up? And, and I opened it up and it said, 74 00:08:38,139 --> 00:08:43,639 get better soon. And I was like, Nance, why, why the get well card? And she said, 75 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:51,299 well, I want you to get better soon. Amen. I hope you got all that. Maybe that's, 76 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,779 yes. So she wants me to be a better husband. So I pray as we look at the, 77 00:08:56,039 --> 00:09:02,399 now you're shaking your, get better comma soon. Okay. You got it. All right. You know, 78 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:07,440 it's terrible when you have to explain a joke. So I want to be a better husband. 79 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:14,059 I want to be a better father. I want to be a better grandfather. We just had grandchild 80 00:09:14,059 --> 00:09:21,500 number 13 born four weeks ago. Give the Lord a hand clap for that. Yeah. So little Jack Devlin 81 00:09:21,500 --> 00:09:27,500 is now one month old, John Michael. And you know, all of you that have little kids, 82 00:09:27,779 --> 00:09:33,220 if you think your lives are busy going to soccer, baseball, you know, so Nancy and I 83 00:09:33,220 --> 00:09:38,919 tripled our fun. We went from five to 13 and I taught my kids, be fruitful and multiply 84 00:09:38,919 --> 00:09:44,240 and replenish the earth. Amen. Hallelujah. So I want to take you on a quick journey. 85 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:51,100 Since I am your missionary pastor, I want to excite you as we look at the let us's says 86 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:58,840 and the one another's of the word of God. So I'm just in from Cuba. Uh, I don't know if you can 87 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:03,580 bring some of these photos up, but we'll burn through those very, very quickly. And if not, 88 00:10:03,779 --> 00:10:08,799 then we'll just go into the teaching of the word. Okay. We good. All right. Okay, good. 89 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:15,679 So here we are. And the first slide is, yeah, thank you. Lancedale life. You made it happen. 90 00:10:16,560 --> 00:10:21,919 Just 11 months ago, somebody gave me, if you can believe this, 23 tons of rice. 91 00:10:21,919 --> 00:10:28,539 Now who gives somebody 23 tons of rice? One guy I met one time, 23 tons of rice, 92 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:32,720 I won't go into all the details. I said, where is it? He said, it's in Bangkok, Thailand. 93 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,600 And I was like, well, what do you want me to do? And he said, I bought the rice $30,000. 94 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:43,059 I'm paying for the shipping from Bangkok all the way to Ashdod Israel. And pastor dev, 95 00:10:43,220 --> 00:10:48,919 all you have to do is to get it from Ashdod Israel and to the two Christian churches in 96 00:10:48,919 --> 00:10:55,460 Gaza. It's about 30 miles, but it's the hardest 30 miles you can ever imagine. So I called 35 97 00:10:55,460 --> 00:11:03,340 organizations, Canada, Israel, us, and 52 people, friends of mine that are in those organizations. 98 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:08,740 And I said, I got 23 tons of rice. We're going to give to the starving Christians at the two 99 00:11:08,740 --> 00:11:14,500 churches, Greek Orthodox and Catholic inside Gaza. They've been, the churches have been there for 100 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:21,379 like 2000 years and everybody told me, impossible. You can see this article on the Christian post. 101 00:11:22,019 --> 00:11:26,559 So all these people said, yeah, well, this is impossible. And I said, well, listen to reverse 102 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:32,679 that says that which is impossible with God is possible, impossible with man is possible with 103 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:37,940 God. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know the verse, but this is impossible. Well, do you know on December 104 00:11:37,940 --> 00:11:44,360 19th, 2024, that ship landed in Ashdod Israel and through my partnership with Franklin Graham 105 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:50,779 at Samaritan's Purse, we got 23 tons of rice into Gaza. Give the Lord a hand clap for that. 106 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:58,179 So there it is. There it is in the middle of a war. So do you believe God can do the impossible 107 00:11:58,179 --> 00:12:03,080 next slide, please? Yeah, God can do the impossible. And that's what we want him to 108 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:10,919 do in your life today. Amen. So whatever you're going through and really my, 109 00:12:11,719 --> 00:12:18,799 the first lettuce talks about going boldly to the throne of God. And if you remember that, 110 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:26,120 if you're taking notes, the first lettuce talks about going to the very throne of God boldly. 111 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:32,240 And my question for you this morning, Lansdale Life, are you praying big prayers? 112 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:42,100 I mean, I can be convicted 25 years ago when I was doing ministry and the hood and filly and 113 00:12:42,100 --> 00:12:49,460 raising five kids there, God gave me a word one day and he said, my son, begin praying 114 00:12:50,659 --> 00:12:56,259 that I would give you a ministry like the apostle Paul. I was like, Lord, Jesus, 115 00:12:56,259 --> 00:13:02,700 that is like an, you want me to have a ministry like the apostle Paul. I prayed that prayer 116 00:13:02,700 --> 00:13:10,620 for 15 years every day. Lord, give me a ministry. I had no idea when I was praying, but I wanted to 117 00:13:10,620 --> 00:13:17,600 go boldly. Just like the word here says, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart, with 118 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:22,799 the full assurance that faith brings. Having our hearts sprinkled the cleanses from a guilty 119 00:13:22,799 --> 00:13:30,080 conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. This is the new and living way. We don't have 120 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:37,879 to go to a priest. We don't have to sacrifice an animal. Lansdale Life, I want you to go boldly to 121 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:44,200 the throne of God. Much as I did when I said, Lord, Jesus, we need to get this rice into these 122 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:52,320 starving Christians. In fact, I intentionally put myself in difficult positions. Now you're 123 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:57,460 thinking he really is crazy. The butter is slipped off the noodles. The elevators go to the top floor. 124 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:02,639 He's three French rice short of a happy meal and two tacos short of a combination plate, right? 125 00:14:03,220 --> 00:14:07,720 But I think in this day and age and everybody's saying, wow, the Lord is coming soon. 126 00:14:07,940 --> 00:14:12,000 Maranatha, we hope he comes next week because my mortgage is due. Hallelujah. 127 00:14:12,860 --> 00:14:20,440 And so, you know, are you praying big prayers? Are you going boldly to the Lord Jesus Christ 128 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:27,539 and saying, Lord, I want you to do miracles. I want you to do signs and wonders and manifestations. 129 00:14:28,220 --> 00:14:33,700 Hey, I was trained in a Presbyterian seminary and now I'm on my way to becoming an Anglican priest 130 00:14:33,700 --> 00:14:39,879 so I can be more effective. And I believe in signs and wonders and miracles and manifestations 131 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:45,560 because I've seen God do those over in Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. You can give the 132 00:14:45,779 --> 00:14:53,279 handclap for that. Amen. So are you going boldly to the throne of grace? When I got here to East 133 00:14:53,279 --> 00:15:01,279 Pakat, this is the northwest section of Kenya and I was almost pranked and getting there and 134 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:06,600 going there and the Lord opened up the door and these little girls, I'm going to say a graphic 135 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:12,620 word. These little girls, once they have their first menstruation, they put beads in their hair. 136 00:15:12,620 --> 00:15:19,620 I've shared this with you before because guess what? Lansdale Life had just helped me build school 137 00:15:19,620 --> 00:15:25,419 number 20 for these little girls. You can give the Lord a handclap for that Lansdale Life. Amen. 138 00:15:27,220 --> 00:15:33,539 And so, I was asked to go and I said, where is this? And they said, well, there hasn't been a 139 00:15:33,539 --> 00:15:41,179 mizungo there in 80 years. The last mizungo, white guy in Swahili, went to this area 80 years ago 140 00:15:41,179 --> 00:15:47,539 and the Pakat tribe tried to kill them. It's a tribe of 200,000. They live the same way today 141 00:15:47,539 --> 00:15:55,179 that they lived 2,000 years ago and they've never heard the name of Jesus. Wouldn't you like to go 142 00:15:55,179 --> 00:16:01,220 preach in a place where they've never heard the name of Jesus? It's exciting because you kind of 143 00:16:01,220 --> 00:16:07,260 feel like you're in the first century. You know, Paul, you're there with Paul on the steps of the 144 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:13,220 temple and these people have never... Jesus, who's that? We went there and we said, have you ever 145 00:16:13,220 --> 00:16:18,139 heard about Jesus? And one guy said through my translator, he said, what tribe is he a member of? 146 00:16:18,279 --> 00:16:25,559 Is he Pakat, Simbudu, or Meragat? So, we began going there eight years ago and we discovered that 147 00:16:25,559 --> 00:16:31,259 these little girls at age 11, once they have their first menstruation, they put beads in their hair 148 00:16:31,259 --> 00:16:36,940 and that's signaling to the tribe that they're ready to be mutilated and ready to be married. 149 00:16:36,940 --> 00:16:44,220 So, FGM, female genital mutilation, was 100% in this tribe. Bang, bang, we came in preaching 150 00:16:44,220 --> 00:16:51,220 the gospel underneath trees. We came in building these schools and we have, to the glory of God, 151 00:16:51,580 --> 00:16:59,220 with Lansdale Life's help, we have revolutionized this entire area and 10% of this tribe has now 152 00:16:59,220 --> 00:17:04,539 come to faith in Jesus Christ. You can give the Lord a hand clap for that. So, are you... 153 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:11,759 Hebrews 10, are you going boldly to the throne of grace? What are you asking God for? 154 00:17:12,759 --> 00:17:17,799 You know, now it's okay to pray for, you know, prayers like, you know, Antilles, Lumbago, 155 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:23,599 and whatever Lumbago is, I just made that up. And, or, you know, you pray these prayers, Lord, 156 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:32,059 and, but, Lansdale Life, are you praying big prayers? The first lettuce, are you coming boldly 157 00:17:32,059 --> 00:17:40,480 before the throne of grace and lettuce draw near to God? Because guess what? You got an easy pass 158 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:46,640 to the throne of heaven. Amen? Isn't that a great illustration? Man, I'm going, you know, 159 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:53,559 I was on a road the other day, it said 95, so I was going 95 miles an hour. That's a joke, 160 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:59,500 I'm sorry, I didn't go... And so, I just spent through the easy pass, going to the Holland 161 00:17:59,500 --> 00:18:05,859 Tunnel. You know, they just do it electronically. That's the access that you have to the Lord Jesus 162 00:18:05,859 --> 00:18:12,380 Christ. Amen? So, you have your easy pass to the very throne of God. So, what are you praying 163 00:18:12,380 --> 00:18:20,019 about? Are you going boldly? So, praise God, after these girls are mutilated, it's a ceremony, 164 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:26,119 it's a rite of passage. How do you stop that? Well, we began preaching the gospel, then we 165 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:31,319 found out this area has never had schools before, and I began raising money with the help of Land 166 00:18:31,319 --> 00:18:37,299 Stale Life, and we've now just finished our 20th school, delivering hundreds of these little 167 00:18:37,299 --> 00:18:42,500 East Bacot girls from FGM, and then after they're healed up a year later at age 12, 168 00:18:42,839 --> 00:18:49,099 their own father sells them to the highest bidder for 30 goats or 30 head of cattle, 169 00:18:49,099 --> 00:18:56,700 and we've been able to break that demonic satanic chain. Amen? Glory to God. Next slide, yeah. 170 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:04,200 And so, continue to pray. I've got a couple of other just exciting things because, you see, 171 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:11,759 this was not accomplished, unless my teams in 21 countries went boldly before the very throne of 172 00:19:11,759 --> 00:19:16,640 God. So, Land Stale Life, I want you to pray big prayers. You know, it's okay to 173 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:24,279 pray small prayers, but don't we have a big God? Amen? We have a big God. We have an awesome God. 174 00:19:24,539 --> 00:19:31,180 We have a God who can do the impossible. So, next slide, please. So, I just ask God to give me, 175 00:19:31,259 --> 00:19:38,320 now I'm a little strange, but I ask God to give me impossible things to do. 176 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:48,380 Why? In order so God can show his strong right hand. Amen? And that's what we want to see in 177 00:19:48,380 --> 00:19:54,839 our life, right? You know, the worst thing that you can have is boring faith. I mean, 178 00:19:54,920 --> 00:20:01,680 who wants a boring faith? Here I am. We're dancing around with the warriors here. I'm on the guy 179 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:07,359 on the left there, and we're dancing. All these warriors, you know what men do for living there? 180 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:13,000 They kill people. They go to other tribes. The Pakad goes to the Marigot and the Sambu, 181 00:20:13,279 --> 00:20:19,960 and they steal their cattle. Well, you know, we started preaching the gospel underneath trees. 182 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:27,240 Next slide, please. And here's, we invited, we went to a chief, and we said, chief, 183 00:20:27,839 --> 00:20:33,940 bring in all your warriors. And so, all these guys came 31, and I said, Lord Jesus, I'm ready 184 00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:41,359 to go. If I get speared to death or shot with a bow and arrow, whatever. And so, we went there, 185 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:49,140 preaching the gospel, amen, with clarity, with understanding, and all 31 warriors came to faith 186 00:20:49,140 --> 00:20:59,119 in the Lord Jesus Christ. You see, now it takes 12 hours to get there. And if you want to come 187 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:05,579 with me, man, amen, who said that? And you're on tape. You're coming. Okay, I see that hand. Yes, 188 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:11,759 every head bow and every eye closed. If you come with me, bro, I'm going to make a public promise to 189 00:21:11,759 --> 00:21:19,500 you. I'll pay for a one-way flight. So, here we are, brokered a meeting with 31 warriors, 190 00:21:19,539 --> 00:21:25,640 and they all come to faith in Jesus Christ. It is so exciting when we go over there, 191 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:32,119 and the other 20 places I go, I just was in Cuba doing Jesus Youth Festivals. Before that, 192 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:37,839 I was in Armenia meeting with persecuted Christians. Too many stories, not enough time. 193 00:21:38,259 --> 00:21:45,279 But let's have an exciting faith, amen. That's why I say, I'm here to pump you up, 194 00:21:45,420 --> 00:21:51,720 Hans and Franz. And we want you to have an exciting faith, because we don't want, you know, 195 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:56,259 heaven is not going to be boring, right? People, you know, I talk with unbelievers, 196 00:21:56,460 --> 00:22:00,960 well, what are we going to be doing in heaven? You know, we're going to be sitting around strumming 197 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:05,799 harps and flying around. I said, no, we're going to be with the King of kings and the Lord of 198 00:22:05,799 --> 00:22:11,960 Lords. And we're going to be worshiping at his feet and just praising God for all eternity. 199 00:22:12,279 --> 00:22:19,400 That's exciting stuff. So, next, and then here we go. We're baptism in East Bekat. So, 200 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:28,160 these warriors are getting saved. We've developed over 1900 farms. Hello, because what's their job? 201 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:34,819 Killing people. Hey, bro, you can't kill people anymore. Put away your bows and arrows. And so, 202 00:22:34,819 --> 00:22:41,700 now we've developed 1900 farms. We have an agronomist from Nairobi who goes in there and 203 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:46,360 teaches them how to farm. And these guys are loving it. And then after they come to faith in 204 00:22:46,420 --> 00:22:52,599 Christ, we baptized them in this muddy river and it has crocodiles in it. But we say, look, 205 00:22:52,660 --> 00:22:57,240 bro, you're saved now. So, if you get eaten by a croc, you know, you'll be good. You'll be good. 206 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:04,660 Amen. And so, it's great just to, and that river, by the way, separates the two warring tribes. 207 00:23:05,319 --> 00:23:10,640 So, when we're out there, this is exciting. When we're out there, one of the tribes is lined up 208 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:15,559 on one side of the river or the other tribe. And these are tribes that have been warring 2000 209 00:23:15,559 --> 00:23:21,960 years. And we're bringing them together, seeing them get saved by the blood of the lamb slain 210 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:28,799 before the foundations of the world. We'll put down. Next slide. So, let us come boldly 211 00:23:29,319 --> 00:23:37,880 and draw near to God and pray. Lansdale Life, pray big prayers. Don't be satisfied with your 212 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:44,019 Christian life now, okay? Well, what exciting things. You know, let's win Lansdale for Christ. 213 00:23:44,019 --> 00:23:53,000 Let's win Hatfield, 1-9-4-4-0, 1-9-4-4-6. I memorize zip codes to stave off dementia. 214 00:23:53,579 --> 00:24:00,720 And let's just win these places for the Lord Jesus Christ. Let's be bold, be strong. 215 00:24:01,380 --> 00:24:09,599 I was given the task in northern Nigeria to rescue 16 children that were kidnapped six years ago. 216 00:24:09,599 --> 00:24:13,920 Check this out. They changed all their names from Muslim names, from Christian names to Muslim names. 217 00:24:14,259 --> 00:24:20,440 And I was given the assignment to go rescue 16 kids. Yeah, wow, I heard. 218 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:28,180 I said, Lord, only you can do this, right? So, we sing songs about the power of God. 219 00:24:28,859 --> 00:24:32,640 We read scriptures about the power of God and the word of God. 220 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:41,500 Have you seen the power of God operative in your life? Amen, okay. Let me say that again. 221 00:24:41,819 --> 00:24:51,000 Have you seen the power of God operative in your life? Amen, amen. You know, that's why Jesus said, 222 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:58,920 Isaiah 61, I came to preach deliverance. I came to preach to get the prisoners free. 223 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:03,119 Those are in bondage, amen. How many people in Lansdale, 224 00:25:05,819 --> 00:25:12,819 in Percocet, in Sellersville, in Karjakistan, how many, I just made that up, how many of those 225 00:25:12,819 --> 00:25:20,700 do you think are in bondage? That's why I dress like this. You know, people think I'm a weirdo. 226 00:25:20,779 --> 00:25:26,279 Well, guess what? I am a weirdo. I'm a weirdo for Jesus. I'm a Jesus freak, amen. 227 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:32,079 Like Bob Dylan said, you know, you got to say amen. Give the Lord a hand clap for Jesus freaks. 228 00:25:32,819 --> 00:25:39,480 Yeah. I was, and I hope, I know, Lansdale Life, I think, has the highest percentage 229 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:46,319 of Jesus freaks in one church. Amen, okay. Here's the head Jesus freak right here. No, 230 00:25:46,700 --> 00:25:52,880 Pastor Chris and First Lady Jill, you're the head Jesus freak. But let's be more weird, right? 231 00:25:52,880 --> 00:26:00,420 So I dress like this in all 21 countries I go to, and people know exactly what I am and who I am. 232 00:26:00,660 --> 00:26:07,259 I'm there to represent Jesus, and I'm rocking the cross, baby, okay. And wearing it in New York City 233 00:26:07,259 --> 00:26:15,720 yesterday, I took a train from Penn Station to Trenton. No lie, six people came up to me on 234 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:23,079 the train. Here I am, just minding my own business. And they said, are you a pastor? I said, 235 00:26:23,099 --> 00:26:32,559 it's not Halloween yet. And they're like, yeah, you know what they say? I mean, this happens. 236 00:26:32,940 --> 00:26:38,880 It's happened. I think I'm in quadruple digits over a thousand times. And I'll say, well, 237 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:44,519 what's your name? What's your name? And they'll tell me, you know, Sam, and I say, Sam, 238 00:26:45,059 --> 00:26:51,359 what can I pray for you? Oh, you know, my marriage has fallen apart. I'm out of money. And I said, 239 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:54,519 well, Sam, I'm going to pray for you. And I'm going to do something better. I'm going to anoint 240 00:26:54,519 --> 00:27:00,720 you with the oil of the Lord. I have done this hundreds of times on the subway in New York City, 241 00:27:00,859 --> 00:27:07,619 on the trains, overseas. And you know what? No one has ever refused me. So lands their life. 242 00:27:07,619 --> 00:27:14,819 Be bold, be strong, for the Lord your God is with you. Joshua one nine boldly approached the 243 00:27:14,819 --> 00:27:24,000 throne of grace. So so I went to get these children out. I went that this is a crazy story. And and 244 00:27:24,580 --> 00:27:30,660 ninety nine point nine percent. So I go to the actual Islamist home and I'm there to meet a 245 00:27:30,859 --> 00:27:38,119 government official. I've got a court order in my hand for the release of sixteen children. 246 00:27:38,980 --> 00:27:46,380 And I waited five hours with my Nigerian team. Her van finally pulls up. Military people step out. 247 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:52,099 She had like fifteen people in the van. And she looks at me and she says, pastor, 248 00:27:54,079 --> 00:28:00,119 commissioner of women's affairs. Pastor, you go to Hades. Hell, you'll never get these children. 249 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:05,279 I said, Madam, Your Excellency, I have a court order. I don't care about that court order. She 250 00:28:05,279 --> 00:28:10,160 goes over and she starts yelling at the children. Sixteen children were all gathered between the ages 251 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:15,400 of seven and eighteen. I'm there to put them in our car and take them to the Christian orphanage. 252 00:28:15,839 --> 00:28:20,480 She's over there, braid. If you go with that pastor, we're going to find you and we're going 253 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:26,000 to kill you and you're going to go to hell. And these kids are like they're like powering. 254 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:32,640 And I'm filming the event of her yelling at the children with my cell phone. And she turns to me 255 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:37,039 and she says, stop filming. And then they start speaking in their tribal language. 256 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:41,359 And I turn to my Nigerian team leader, Barrister Emmanuel Egebe. And I said, 257 00:28:41,740 --> 00:28:47,619 what is she saying? And she's saying the people in her entourage are saying, 258 00:28:47,819 --> 00:28:54,619 let us pick up the rocks here in this home and let us smash the pastor's phone. 259 00:28:54,619 --> 00:29:03,480 Let us smash his car and let us smash him. They were getting ready to stone me and my Nigerian 260 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:09,099 team leader. This happened in late April of twenty twenty five and we're there and they're speaking 261 00:29:09,099 --> 00:29:15,279 in their tribal language. And then I just stopped and prayed. I said, Lord, if you want me to 262 00:29:15,940 --> 00:29:22,099 bear the wounds of getting stoned to death like St. Stephen, I'm ready to go. Because you know 263 00:29:22,099 --> 00:29:28,599 what? For us to live as Christ's land's day of life, to die is gain. Can I get a witness on that? 264 00:29:29,019 --> 00:29:34,500 I am crucified with Christ. Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me. 265 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:40,420 And the life that I now live, I live by the grace of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself. 266 00:29:43,380 --> 00:29:51,480 Does that settle with you, brothers and sisters? He loved us and gave his life for us. 267 00:29:52,980 --> 00:30:00,640 So what will we do for him? Will you boldly go to the throne of grace? Let us. Will you boldly 268 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:08,720 persevere in the faith? I have a very simple six word motto in my life. 269 00:30:09,579 --> 00:30:14,059 And I've told Nancy, this are five kids, their spouses, and by the way, they're all serving 270 00:30:14,059 --> 00:30:20,259 Jesus. I don't know how that happened, but all thirteen grandchildren are being raised in the 271 00:30:20,259 --> 00:30:25,940 nurture and admonition of the Lord Jesus Christ. And people say, well, you know, I don't have a 272 00:30:25,940 --> 00:30:32,539 perfect marriage. I have a successful marriage. And how did that happen? I said, by the grace of God, 273 00:30:32,940 --> 00:30:39,359 and because Nancy and I prayed every night for the last 45 years for our family, no matter how 274 00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:44,799 tired we are, we're laying in bed, okay, hey, who's going to pray tonight? And all of a sudden, 275 00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:49,079 you know, I'm praying all of a sudden I fall asleep and Nancy will like knock me in the 276 00:30:49,079 --> 00:30:56,579 head. Hey, wake up. And there was a recent survey done by Baylor University of pastors in the United 277 00:30:56,579 --> 00:31:03,099 States. This is sad. And they found out in the pastors they queried and surveyed nine out of 278 00:31:03,099 --> 00:31:08,960 ten pastors don't pray with their wives. Yeah, yeah, I mean, you're groaning. Amen. 279 00:31:09,579 --> 00:31:15,500 So we need a revolution of prayer to pray big prayers. Let us come boldly before the throne 280 00:31:15,500 --> 00:31:22,039 of grace. Amen. And that's what I'm challenging you to. And then that motto. So the second let us 281 00:31:22,039 --> 00:31:31,680 is let us persevere. Let us hold fast. You know, compare yourself to the persecuted church in 282 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:38,559 Nigeria, right? You know, we think we have problems, right? I'm going to show you just pictures of my 283 00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:50,420 church that I pastor in Nigeria. Here's Nathaniel shot in the face five times by Boko Haram. 284 00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:59,519 He just went to be with the Lord last week. And he had a after he got shot multiple strokes. 285 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:05,180 And yet, you know what he said? He said, I will remain faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ 286 00:32:05,180 --> 00:32:13,319 until the day I die. This is what your Nigerian brothers and sisters are going through. 287 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:16,980 You know how many Christians Boko Haram Islamic State West Africa Province, 288 00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:23,539 Fulani, Jihadists have killed so far this year, 8000. If you do the math by the end of the year, 289 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:30,799 you divide 365 and 8000. You know what you get? 22 Christians a day are martyred 290 00:32:31,599 --> 00:32:41,380 in Nigeria, simply because they love Jesus. Here's my brother, Habila Abel in the house of language, 291 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:49,119 Boko Haram came to his house, they stuck a pistol, but the end of a pistol right in his nostril. 292 00:32:49,559 --> 00:32:55,299 And they said, we're going to give you three opportunities to not Jesus Christ. And they 293 00:32:55,299 --> 00:33:01,059 said on the third one, if you, you know, if you want to deny Christ, we'll let you live. 294 00:33:01,619 --> 00:33:05,940 And first time, I'm not going to deny Christ. Second time, not going to deny Christ. Third time, 295 00:33:06,079 --> 00:33:12,740 not going to deny Christ. Third time, bang. And the bullet miraculously went through his skull, 296 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:18,099 bounced off the inside of his spine and then blew the right side of his face off. 297 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:24,079 And you know what Habila before that, he's still alive. Praise God. Amen. Let's give 298 00:33:24,079 --> 00:33:31,940 the Lord a hand clap for that. And, and, and now he meets with the terrorist and he says, 299 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:37,380 you know what? You tried to kill me and you failed. You want to, you want to try again? 300 00:33:37,740 --> 00:33:41,819 Go ahead. And if you kill me for me to live as Christ to die as gain. Amen. 301 00:33:43,059 --> 00:33:49,380 So on your worst day, you think of the church in Nigeria, the church in Gaza, the church in 302 00:33:49,380 --> 00:33:55,299 Sudan, where I'll be next month, the church in Syria, the church in Jordan, the church in 303 00:33:55,299 --> 00:34:00,900 Afghanistan, where I go, the church in Pakistan, where I go, the church in Sri Lanka. You see, 304 00:34:01,180 --> 00:34:09,420 we need to be praying boldly. Here is, here I am in April of this year at a mass grave in 305 00:34:09,420 --> 00:34:15,440 Northern Nigeria. And we're going to put a memorial for the 37 adults and 17 children 306 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:21,440 that were hacked to death with machetes. Because you see Boko Haram doesn't, 307 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:26,059 they'll say to the Christians, we're not going to waste bullets on the infidels, 308 00:34:26,519 --> 00:34:31,480 which is you, you're all infidels, by the way, you're all infidels and we're not going to waste 309 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:37,159 bullets on infidels and they just hacked them to death. Here is Alice Stevens. I want you to 310 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:42,320 pray for Alice Stevens. Come boldly before the throne of grace. Let them pray for the 311 00:34:42,519 --> 00:34:51,420 persecuted church that they would persevere. Amen. And think about this. On Palm Sunday night, 312 00:34:52,820 --> 00:34:58,480 the Islamic terrorists come into Zika village in Basa County in Northern Nigeria in Plateau State 313 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:05,860 and they hacked to death 37 adults and 17 children. Alice Stevens, pray for Alice. 314 00:35:06,420 --> 00:35:12,000 They come into Alice's mud hut. These are farming villages. They killed her husband, 315 00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:19,880 machete, her mother-in-law, her father-in-law, her brother-in-law. Alice is holding her little 316 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:28,079 10-month-old Mary. They take out the machetes. They cut off this little 10-month-old ears. 317 00:35:29,179 --> 00:35:32,719 And then they slit the baby's throat. And then they go to her, 318 00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:38,719 Alice's three-year-old, slit his throat. They go to her 10-year-old and they cut open his 319 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:44,820 stomach and his intestines come out. And then they come after Alice and the last blow that 320 00:35:44,820 --> 00:35:49,599 they do, they take their machete and then they come in on the top of the head and they split 321 00:35:49,599 --> 00:35:55,880 your skull open and then your brains come out and that's how you die. So Alice went like this 322 00:35:57,119 --> 00:36:01,880 and they chopped off her right hand but it saved her life. I met Alice two weeks 323 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:08,219 after in the hospital when she was still recovering and her 10-year-old son survived. 324 00:36:09,940 --> 00:36:17,519 Alice had mad PTSD and she said, Dr. William, I wish I was dead. 325 00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:25,719 And I said, Alice, I know that and you know what? I prophesied when I met with her. I said, 326 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:30,280 Alice, within three months we're going to get you a prosthesis. This was April, May, June, 327 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:34,719 I said at the end of July, you're going to have a prosthesis so your hand will be replaced. 328 00:36:35,340 --> 00:36:42,000 And I prayed for her and I said, Alice, persevere, persevere. And I told her my life motto is start 329 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:49,619 strong. Two words, stay strong, finish strong. Amen. It's just six words so say it with me. 330 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:54,159 And this is I want you, if you don't have a life motto, please, Lansdale Life, 331 00:36:54,159 --> 00:36:59,760 adopt this as your life motto. Here we go. Repeat after me. Start strong, 332 00:37:00,980 --> 00:37:08,920 little louder, start strong, stay strong, finish strong. Amen. Let's give the Lord a hand clap 333 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:16,579 for finishing strong. So you think about those Christians around the world, you know, 80 percent 334 00:37:16,579 --> 00:37:22,820 of all people of faith that are martyred are Christians. So remember to pray for them. So 335 00:37:22,820 --> 00:37:29,420 start strong, stay strong, finish strong. And then finally, let us, this is the third, let us, 336 00:37:29,679 --> 00:37:37,000 let us spur one another to love and to good works. Amen. And that's what we need to do because 337 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:42,840 that's the title of the message. If you thought I forgot it, the Christian life was never meant 338 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:52,039 to be lived alone. Can I repeat that? The Christian life was never meant to be lived alone. 339 00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:59,000 You know, I tell people, hey, why did Jesus have 12 disciples divisible by two? 340 00:37:59,659 --> 00:38:09,820 Amen. Why did Jesus send out the seven, 70 divisible by two, 35 teams of two? So, you know, 341 00:38:10,079 --> 00:38:14,920 right now there's a phenomenon within the evangelical church, non-denominational church 342 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,960 is called. Have you heard of it? Deconstruction. And these are folks that have been so burned out 343 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:24,280 by, you know, fighting and politics within the church, which, praise God, it's not, 344 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,519 it's absent from this church. But they're finally saying, I'm fed up, you know, 345 00:38:29,219 --> 00:38:33,639 pastors abusing children, pastors having sex with women who are not their wives, 346 00:38:34,159 --> 00:38:39,360 pastors stealing money. And these folks are like, they're deconstructing. And they're 347 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:45,460 basically saying, I never want to be in another church anymore for the rest of my life. Well, 348 00:38:45,460 --> 00:38:54,980 I say to them, God never, according to Hebrews 10 verses 24, 25, it says, let us gather together. 349 00:38:55,440 --> 00:39:03,739 Let us agitate one another. Let us stir one another up. Let us spur one another to love and 350 00:39:03,739 --> 00:39:09,219 to good deeds. I think that's the next slide. So the Christian life was never meant to be lived 351 00:39:09,219 --> 00:39:14,840 alone. We, if you are thinking that you can live in isolation, and this is funny because I'm 352 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:19,659 talking to the people that are here, right? So you're here. You understand the nature. 353 00:39:20,159 --> 00:39:27,980 You know, why do we call it communion? Yeah, community, right? We're supposed to be communing 354 00:39:27,980 --> 00:39:33,179 with one another. So these are some of the bullets. And let me just say this radical 355 00:39:33,179 --> 00:39:43,579 thought. If you think you can live the Christian life in isolation, you will never make progress. 356 00:39:45,679 --> 00:39:51,260 That's pretty hardcore, isn't it? You know, and men, particularly men, we got a problem. 357 00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:56,340 We got a problem. I always say to men, you know, it's kind of like nine out of 10 pastors 358 00:39:56,340 --> 00:40:00,940 are not praying with their wives. I mean, what the heck? What is that about? And I say to men, 359 00:40:01,119 --> 00:40:06,679 are you, can I have the phone number of another man that I could call right now that you're 360 00:40:06,679 --> 00:40:12,200 accountable to that knows every secret that knows your walk with Jesus, whether you're 361 00:40:12,260 --> 00:40:17,900 walking with Jesus or whether you're doing the for chisel. I don't know if you've ever heard of 362 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:26,000 that word before, but and so we can't live in isolation. Proverbs 2717, iron sharpens iron, 363 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:33,739 and one man sharpens another. Men, the only way you're going to stay sharp in your faith, 364 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:38,559 because people ask me that all the time. Where do you get the energy? Because I meet with Jeff 365 00:40:38,559 --> 00:40:44,559 Howe from Calvary Philly every Friday morning at the Panera Bread on Street Road in Busselton 366 00:40:44,559 --> 00:40:57,239 in Feasterville, Trivos, P.A., 8 a.m., bang, bang. I got saved June 26, 1971, Hitchcock and San Diego 367 00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:02,420 Freeway. Many of you know the guy from Calvary Chapel, Coach DeMesa came out, and I think God 368 00:41:02,420 --> 00:41:07,440 sent me an angel to get me saved because I was such a hard case. But think about this. 369 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:15,599 Think about this. About four days later, I got invited to a Bible study on the base, the Navy 370 00:41:15,599 --> 00:41:20,460 base of San Diego, and the guy teaching, it came up to me afterwards, and he put his finger in my 371 00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:26,820 chest and he said, who are you? And last name, Devlin, military. And he said, when are you 372 00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:32,519 leaving for Vietnam? And I said in a couple months, he said, finger in the chest. He said, 373 00:41:32,519 --> 00:41:37,099 you're going to be here every Friday. You don't mind, do you? Okay, thank you for volunteering. 374 00:41:40,820 --> 00:41:46,500 I said, he said to me, so you're P.B., right? I'm 18 years old and I'm like, why is this guy 375 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:52,780 up in my grill, right? And he says, you're going to be accountable to me until the day you leave 376 00:41:52,780 --> 00:42:00,199 for Vietnam. I was like, yeah, amen. I was like, whoa. And guess what? Every Friday night, 377 00:42:00,199 --> 00:42:05,679 I was there learning the word of God, being discipled by this guy. I don't even remember 378 00:42:05,679 --> 00:42:12,440 his name. I don't think I ever got his name, but praise God, this guy. And if you can bring up 379 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:19,400 that slide, because we're going to the end because I need to finish in nine minutes. You 380 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:27,460 know who this is? This is Smitty. So I volunteer after I got saved again, I'm a Jesus freak. 381 00:42:27,460 --> 00:42:33,679 After I got saved, two weeks later, I volunteered to go fight in the Vietnam war. And a year after 382 00:42:33,679 --> 00:42:38,159 that, I got shot up. Praise God. I got the Purple Heart. Keep paying your taxes because you give 383 00:42:38,159 --> 00:42:43,300 me free medical care and I'll be buried in Arlington. If you never see me again, my next 384 00:42:43,300 --> 00:42:48,000 location is Arlington National Cemetery. I'll be buried there. So you can come and type in 385 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:54,059 William Devlin or Rev Dev or P.B. And you can see where my grave is. Praise God. But I won't be 386 00:42:54,059 --> 00:43:01,900 there. My address will have changed. Hallelujah. Let's give the Lord a hand clap for that. Hallelujah. 387 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:11,400 Amen. I can't wait. Well, yeah, I can because I got things to do for the Lord. And yet this 388 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:19,820 this verse, and so let me just back up. And so I get on this ship, 389 00:43:19,820 --> 00:43:25,820 two hundred and a compliment, a battalion, a ship of 250 guys and only two Christians. 390 00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:35,940 Me and Smitty, say his name, Smitty. Boson's made first class. And Smitty, as a young baby 391 00:43:35,940 --> 00:43:41,699 Christian believer, we met every day for prayer on board the ship because we'd be, you know, 392 00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:48,000 blown up Vietnam and we'd be out to sea for 60 days. And I was ridiculed. People would come up 393 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:53,000 to me and Smitty. We're going to stop talking about Jesus. We're going to put you in a bag and 394 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:58,460 throw you overboard. I was really why did I join the Navy because I was afraid of sharks and drowning. 395 00:44:00,739 --> 00:44:08,539 Make no sense. Amen. But praise God. And so people would ridicule us. But I was accountable 396 00:44:08,539 --> 00:44:14,000 to Smitty for the next two years when we were both together in Vietnam. And you know what he 397 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:21,400 did, sisters and brothers. He drilled accountability into my heart and life. And now for the last 398 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:29,119 55 years, I've always been accountable to another man. Yeah, let's give the Lord a hand clap for 399 00:44:29,119 --> 00:44:36,340 that. Amen. It's not by mind or by power, but by my spirit, the saith, the Lord. So man, 400 00:44:36,460 --> 00:44:42,579 are you, can you have a number of a guy that I could call and say, how is this guy's walk 401 00:44:42,579 --> 00:44:49,460 with Christ? Is he a bootlegger, a scallywag, or is he really a disciple of Christ? You know, 402 00:44:49,619 --> 00:44:55,800 that's the bottom line, man. And so it's been different men over the last 55 years. But guess 403 00:44:55,800 --> 00:45:03,079 what? I do not want to forsake the assembling of ourselves together. And that word forsake means 404 00:45:03,079 --> 00:45:09,559 total abandonment. So when people are in this deconstruction movement, when look, we need every 405 00:45:09,559 --> 00:45:17,300 one of you. Amen. This church needs every one of you in the kingdom of God. I want you to memorize 406 00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:26,519 this. This blesses my soul in the kingdom of God. There are no little people. Every one of you is 407 00:45:26,519 --> 00:45:33,119 integrally important to this church and to God. So if you're just sitting here warming the pews 408 00:45:33,119 --> 00:45:41,679 on Sunday morning, Bronx translation, forget about it. You need to be engaged and say, oh, 409 00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:49,639 you know, somebody at the church offended me. Oh, I just, I was offended. Well, hey, 410 00:45:49,860 --> 00:45:55,039 welcome to the offense club. You know, I'm an equal opportunity offender. I want to agitate 411 00:45:55,039 --> 00:46:00,800 people. I want to stir people up. I want to spur you to love and to good works, which is what he, 412 00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:08,260 Hebrews says, you know, acts 242, let me parlay. And they continued devotedly, steadfastly, 413 00:46:08,619 --> 00:46:14,920 continually and faithfully in the apostles teaching in fellowship and breaking of bread and in prayer. 414 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:21,920 So if you're not engaged, you need to get engaged, forsake. And if you're saying, well, 415 00:46:22,019 --> 00:46:27,400 I'm never coming back to church again, that word forsake were in Hebrews 10 25 where it says, 416 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:34,940 do not forsake. There's other verses, Matthew 27 46, second, Tim 410, Hebrews 13 five. 417 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:41,920 We must stay connected. So that word forsake means to leave helpless. So when you're not here 418 00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:49,579 engaged in ministry, guess what? You are leaving somebody helpless because you're all needed. 419 00:46:53,240 --> 00:46:59,800 When you're not here engaged at Lansdale life, you leave someone in difficult circumstances. 420 00:47:01,079 --> 00:47:07,079 You know, it's such a blessing. My son-in-law just became a youth pastor at a church in Bucks County. 421 00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:12,480 He works full time as a financial advisor. They tapped him, Dan Petty, bang, you're the youth 422 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:18,679 pastor. My other son is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, Zachariah, 32 years old, 423 00:47:18,679 --> 00:47:23,300 got the anointing to be an elder. And I had some Presbyterian pastors call me. We said, 424 00:47:23,519 --> 00:47:31,340 man, we thought we got rid of the devil ends. So are you accountable? Think about this. 425 00:47:32,019 --> 00:47:41,440 Someone here today needs you. Someone out there on broad in Maine needs you. 426 00:47:42,179 --> 00:47:49,780 And you need someone here. I want to give the last illustration. Go to the slide that's connective 427 00:47:49,780 --> 00:47:53,780 tissue. You know, we have something in our body. This is great. I started to read about this. 428 00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:59,320 You know what connective tissue is? You are filled with connective tissue. It's a type 429 00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:06,579 of biological tissue that's listen, it supports, it binds together, it protects other tissues 430 00:48:06,579 --> 00:48:12,260 and organs in the body. It includes various forms of connective tissue such as bone, 431 00:48:12,559 --> 00:48:22,300 blood, cartilage, fat tissue, and plays, listen, essential roles application in maintaining the 432 00:48:22,300 --> 00:48:30,920 structure and function of the body. So without connective tissue, you're going to fall apart. 433 00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:37,739 This is you. This is, I thought about, I'm going to, I'm going to like prank somebody here 434 00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:42,840 like desert saying, you know, get him on the slide. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know this guy. I just, 435 00:48:43,079 --> 00:48:49,000 you know, thank God for chat GPT. So you see the point. If you're not connected, 436 00:48:49,420 --> 00:48:57,340 if you're not in communion, then it's what you're just one big block. Yeah. Just like this poor 437 00:48:57,340 --> 00:49:02,679 guy. And you're just a puddle on the sidewalk. Look at this poor fellow. He can't do anything. 438 00:49:03,260 --> 00:49:11,380 All he's good for is like people stepping on him. Right. So be connected, be connected. And finally, 439 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:15,460 finally, and by the way, at the end, as we close in prayer, 440 00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:23,760 and I do this every time I come to land still life, you just, if you got, 441 00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:30,079 if the God has spoken to your heart and I'm ready to explode, I'm telling you, I, 442 00:49:31,020 --> 00:49:36,019 because I am a lover of the Christian church, regardless of all the 443 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:44,260 for sizzle that goes on, we need to stay connected. Don't forsake one another. Jesus 444 00:49:44,260 --> 00:49:49,179 wants you to be connected. You know, Jesus went to church. 445 00:49:50,579 --> 00:49:56,039 Did you know that? He went to the synagogue. That's why they asked him. I said, Hey, you read the 446 00:49:56,039 --> 00:50:02,719 scroll today, Isaiah 61. So if Jesus went to church, I'm going to church because I ain't 447 00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:07,079 no better than Jesus. And so you can tell the people that, you know, Oh, you know, I'm, 448 00:50:07,079 --> 00:50:11,519 I'm not, I'm not coming to church anymore. So, Oh, Oh, are you better than Jesus? 449 00:50:11,519 --> 00:50:20,400 Finally, there's 59 one anothers in the New Testament. Did you know that? And I'm going to read 450 00:50:21,119 --> 00:50:24,840 just 10 of that. I know I pranked you a little bit. You thought I was going to read all 59. 451 00:50:25,619 --> 00:50:32,179 Be at peace with one another. Wash one another's feet. Love one another. Love one another. Love 452 00:50:32,179 --> 00:50:38,840 one another. Love one another. Love one another. There's five love one anothers. Love one another 453 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:46,099 with brotherly affection. Romans 12. Outdo one another in showing honor. Live in harmony with 454 00:50:46,099 --> 00:50:53,820 one another. Here, Romans 13. Love one another. Welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you. 455 00:50:54,639 --> 00:51:01,579 Instruct one another. Greet one another with a bro's holy kiss. Come on. When you come together 456 00:51:01,579 --> 00:51:07,179 to eat, wait for one another. But if it's your wife, that's fine. Have the same concern for 457 00:51:07,179 --> 00:51:12,900 one another. Through love, serve one another. But if you bite and devour one another, watch out 458 00:51:12,900 --> 00:51:18,139 that you were not consumed by one another. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, 459 00:51:18,340 --> 00:51:26,000 envying one another. Bear one another's burdens. And the final, the 24, with patience, bearing 460 00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:34,340 one another in love. So my accountability to all these men and sisters, this is for you as well. 461 00:51:34,900 --> 00:51:41,940 I do what I call the five Fs. The five Fs. I'm accountable to Jeff Howe, Friday morning, 462 00:51:42,460 --> 00:51:47,599 8am. And by the way, it's non-negotiable. What does that mean? It always happens. 463 00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:53,559 It always happens. Just like me and Nancy Dee praying every night. Non-negotiable. Do you 464 00:51:53,559 --> 00:51:58,860 have non-negotiables in your life with your wife, Jesus? Are there things that you said, 465 00:51:58,860 --> 00:52:05,179 I got to do, I got to read the Word. I got to pray. I got to do deeds of love and mercy to the 466 00:52:05,179 --> 00:52:10,519 community. You know, do you have those, I got to meet with another man. So iron sharpening iron. 467 00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:15,260 Women, are you meeting with another woman? Iron sharpening iron. You know, when you see 468 00:52:15,260 --> 00:52:22,199 just the revolution, the sad revolution of pornography in men and women in the Christian 469 00:52:22,199 --> 00:52:29,079 church. It's a cancer. It's scandalous because we, you know, it's all on the phones. And so 470 00:52:29,780 --> 00:52:34,000 are we getting help for these things and are we accountable to one another? 471 00:52:34,940 --> 00:52:43,219 Don't forsake one another. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace. Let us persevere and let us 472 00:52:43,219 --> 00:52:51,699 love one another and practice all 59 one and others. So thank you, Lansdale Life, for putting 473 00:52:51,699 --> 00:52:57,659 rocket fuel in my engine and sending me around the world for the Lord Jesus Christ. And as we 474 00:52:57,659 --> 00:53:05,139 stand together and as we sing this last song, if you have a need, I'm going to stay here, you know, 475 00:53:05,500 --> 00:53:09,679 the children are going to be dismissed. You can pick up your kids in the nursery. But if you 476 00:53:09,679 --> 00:53:15,599 have a need, you just come forward. Let me confidentially pray for you and let me anoint 477 00:53:15,599 --> 00:53:23,699 you with the oil of the Lord as we close and as we worship the Lord. Amen. So, Lansdale Life, 478 00:53:24,059 --> 00:53:29,159 did you hear the word of God this morning? Did you hear the word of God this morning? 479 00:53:29,879 --> 00:53:34,980 Let's give the Lord a shout out. Let's give the Lord a clap offering. Please lead us. Amen. 480 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:46,199 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church as we praise God and discuss His word. 481 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:52,360 Don't forget to join us for worship live Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 482 00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,460 Be blessed and have a great day!