The Receipt of Regret
by Cornelius Williams
July 8, 2026 · Strong Tower Youth Camp
Kind: sermon
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:10, Matthew 27:3-5, John 11:47, John 11:57, Matthew 26, Romans 8:1

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As you are finding your seats and your Bibles, want to quickly bring us to the book of 2 Corinthians chapter 7 verse 10. And I'll also be approaching the text of Matthew 27:3-5 and I know it's taking and will take a little time for these young people to find their seats and in that finding I want to say how humbled and overwhelmingly honored I am to be asked to minister alongside these other great men of God to a great room filled with sincere young people. And my spirit, my soul is full with expectation as God has been building service upon service, altar call after altar call. Are there any young people that thank God for Strong Tower Youth Camp? Come on, any young people feel like the week's been worth it at Strong Tower Youth Camp? I honor this great host church, Bishop Carpenter, the host ministry, and Brother Hammon and all the youth leaders that are responsible for the effort that has went into this camp this week and just for those that have not traveled, I have been so fortunate to travel the last 10 years. And if anybody's just quasi curious the difference between preaching a conference in a youth camp. There's one one big difference. Biggest difference between a conference in a youth camp is when you walk in your room and you look at the basket. You will find a Monster Energy drink. And that's just a tale of the tape to let you know what kind of week you're going to have. No sleep at all. So, I appreciate the energy drinks and the Oreo balls. And the hospitality and all the labor and work the media team and all the effort that's been going into this conference. And this camp rather and my assignment tonight, anybody thank God for the preachers that have preached thus far? My assignment tonight the help of God is to help rip some young people away from the grips of the adversary. To help you walk with God like you've never walked with God. Any young people in the house really want to walk with Jesus? I'll just try that survey one more time. Any young people really want to walk with Jesus? Second Corinthians 7:10 says, "For godly sorrow worketh repentance." Somebody shout repentance. Worketh repentance to salvation that needeth not be repented of. But the sorrow of the world worketh death. There's a subject matter a man Judas Iscariot that fits that bill perfectly. And unfortunately, Matthew 27 and three declares that this Judas which had betrayed him Jesus when he saw that he was condemned. Anybody knows what that feeling feels like, condemnation. When he saw that he was condemned, he repented himself. I want you to hone in on that word because it is not the same form of repentance that we know is and as repentance, but he repented himself. The Bible says that this repent was more like regret. As he held

he held the bag of silver 30 pieces of silver and he brought them back to the chief priests and elders. The Bible says that as he held this bag in his hands he said, "I have sinned." Are there any imperfect people in the house know what I'm talking about? I have sinned. And that I have betrayed innocent blood. They said unto him, "What is that to us? See that See thou to that. That is That is your problem." The Bible says with this bag in his hand full of coins and regret. He cast it down in the temple. And he departed and he went and hanged himself. For all those young people that raised your hands and said you want to walk with Jesus, I want to see him one more time. Come on, there's anything to learn, it's a good idea to learn from a man that walked with Jesus. Anybody really want to walk with Jesus? If you want to walk with Jesus, God, if you would help it has fallen my lot to help you keep walking with Jesus. And before you choose to walk away, you're going to have to hear the echoes of this sermon over and over in your ears before you get there. I wonder if one more time you can lift your hands up to the Lord. Come on, if you walked into this camp, if you got some stuff that's been trailing you and you feel like you can't walk in the calling that God has for you, I pray that victory would get a hold of us tonight. Ooh, come on, I wonder if there was at least 100 young people that knew how to pray in the spirit can start praying in the Holy Ghost right now that God would help us. God, I pray Lord that you would help my words to weigh in over the minds of your young people, Lord, to help us to walk with you and keep walking with you. Ooh, in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus, in the name of Jesus. Come on, I pray somebody will leave regret behind for good. I pray somebody would get over guilt and start walking in grace before the service is over. Come on, I pray somebody would walk in condemnation, but she will start WALKING IN THE FULFILLMENT OF YOUR CALLING. COME ON, CLAP YOUR HANDS a little LOUDER LIKE YOU REALLY want to walk with Jesus. Come on, step by step. COME ON, DAY BY DAY, I REALLY WANT TO WALK WITH JESUS. CLAP YOUR hands a little louder to the Lord. I want to preach for the next few moments from the spirit of Judas and his regret and talk to us about the receipt. Somebody shout the receipt. The receipt of regret. God bless you in the fear of the Lord. You may be seated in Jesus name. One more time, can you shout regret? And it's fallen my lot to minister to every soul, not just young people, every soul in this makeshift sanctuary that can testify to the unfortunate truth that every last one of us have done things in our life that we wish we'd never done. Every last one of us have lived Bishop Carpenter just long enough to tell the tale of some ill-advised decisions. We have lived just long enough beyond the borders of bad decisions to know what it feels like to have regrets. I wish somebody would whisper an amen in the house.

That unfortunate truth is sometimes a gruesome nightmare for people that are trying to walk with Jesus. Because the fact of the matter is after every bad decision is the realization of that very soul where we come to the grips in recognizing that every decision and every choice has a cost. And sometimes life, the system of life, has taught us some hard lessons. And sometimes the price we pay is more than we bargained for. That cost and that bargaining brings me to Judas and his betrayal of Jesus. I do not want to offend you by spending much time talking about Judas, but I fear that this this ambiguous biblical character is not talked about enough. Because I think that Judas represents the greatest biblical tragedy the paradox of proximity that walking with Jesus nothing if you don't live for him. I said walking, talking with Jesus means little if you don't leave transformed by him. I wish somebody would lift up your voice like you really want to be transformed by Jesus. The tragedy of Judas is that as brother Whitley preached last night, even if you were and are a biblical theologian and I asked row by row, seat by seat, section by section how long? Somebody shout how long? How long did it take for Judas who has walked with Jesus some 3 and 1/2 years upon being picked, how long did it take him to betray him? I want you to just think about it for a little while cuz I'm quite sure most of us, if not all of us including myself, had I not studied, don't know the answer. Because ladies and gentlemen, young people and I pray I'm not boring you tonight talking about a bargain and betrayal but I've come to tell you that Judas' betrayal did not start with a kiss. Judas' betrayal this bargaining to betray the one true and living God, God manifested in the fat flesh, his consequences did not begin with the coins. I wish somebody was hearing me on a Wednesday night. His consequences began with an opportunity. I wish somebody would talk to me like you know what it feels like for hell to throw temptation in your path. Come on for the adversary to bring things in your path that try to draw you off course. Oh, but before the service is over, I pray a young man, a young lady would say I DON'T CARE WHAT STUMBLING BLOCK COMES IN MY WAY, I'LL TURN A STUMBLING BLOCK INTO A STEPPING STONE AND I'M SIDE STEPPING SIN BECAUSE I'VE GOT MY MIND MADE UP. NO MATTER WHAT THE COST IS, I CHOOSE CHRIST OVER ANYTHING. I WISH SOMEBODY ON THE BACK ROW WOULD CLAP YOUR HANDS. I CHOOSE GOD over lust. I CHOOSE GOD OVER I WISH SOMEBODY would clap YOUR HANDS A LITTLE LOUDER. I CHOOSE GOD OVER A BAD RELATIONSHIP. I CHOOSE GOD OVER MY COLLEGE CAREER. I CHOOSE GOD OVER ANYTHING. I WISH YOU'LL CLAP YOUR HANDS LIKE YOU MEAN THAT. BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE. AND JUDAS' CHOICE to choose coins OVER CHRIST BEGAN WITH AN OPPORTUNITY. But I just talked to you for a little while. AN OPPORTUNITY THAT TOOK NO TIME AT ALL. IN FACT,

you'd be shocked to know that all it took for Judas to backslide after three and a half years of walking with Jesus, all it took him was one week. I don't think heard what I just said. I said 3 and 1/2 years of indoctrination from God manifested in flesh was foiled, undone, and reversed in 1 week. You say, "Preacher, why is that is so important?" I'll tell you that's poignant and more powerful than you can process because you cannot despise the power of an altar call in a strong tower youth camp because if it took Judas just 1 week to walk away from Jesus, all it takes is 1 week to walk right to Jesus. I'm going to try it on this side. I said if it took 1 week FOR JUDAS TO BETRAY HIM WITH A KISS, all it takes is 1 week OF WEEPING YOUR EYES OUT IN AN ALTAR AND WIPING HIS FEET WITH YOUR TEARS TO SAY, "I LOVE HIM AND I WON'T WALK AWAY FROM HIM FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE." ALL IT TAKES IS COME ON, I WISH A STRUGGLING YOUNG PERSON WOULD HELP ME RIGHT NOW. I WASN'T FEELING SO GOOD BEFORE I WALKED ON THIS CAMPUS, BUT I'VE BEEN IN THE THRONE ROOM, BUT I'VE BEEN IN PROXIMITY AND 1 WEEK CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING. I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD THROW UP YOUR HANDS LIKE YOU FEEL LIKE THIS WEEK MATTERS TO YOU. IT IS ETERNITY WEIGHING IN THE BALANCE. COME ON, SOMEBODY LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND pray unto the Lord. Come on. I want somebody to get this in YOUR SPIRIT. WE'RE NOT JUST PREACHING SERVICES, WE'RE PREACHING SANCTIFICATION FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Come on, somebody one more time, lift your hands up for the Holy Ghost walking in this room. I don't care, listen, I pray a young a young person will hear me. If you haven't prayed in an altar call yet this week, you better get to praying. If you haven't wept this week, you better get to weeping. IF YOU HAVEN'T RENT YOURSELF FROM SIN YET AND REPENTANCE, YOU BETTER GET TO repenting because one week changes and can change everything. Oh, YEAH, ONE WEEK OF WORSHIPPING LIKE THAT PUT THE ADVERSARY IN HIS PLACE FOR GOOD. COME ON, WORSHIPPING GOD AND RUNNING AISLES CAN TURN YOU INTO A PERMANENT PRAISE PARTNER. One week. Somebody shout one week. One week. A one week of willing his way away from Jesus, walking his way away from Jesus began at the tomb of Lazarus. Can I just talk to you for a little while? I'm at 18 minutes. Anybody going to hear hear hear hear this preacher for a little while? Standing at the tomb of Lazarus and Jesus, who has performed miracle after miracle, breaking bread and multiplying it, healing the sick, raising up the infirm, the palsy, opening up the eyes of the blind, is about to perform one of his greatest miracles yet. He walks right up to the stench of a of a sinful the sinful stench of the tombs. But, there was a righteous man living in those tombs. I come to tell somebody every young person is not backsliding. God is ready to call you by name and separate you, the wheat from the tares. The Bible tells us in John 11 that Jesus says, "Lazarus, come forth." And out of the tombs walks a dead man. That's not the most important thing. This This death stirred up great controversy. This resurrection stirred up even more. Is this all right tonight? And when Lazarus walked out of that tomb, it caused great concern for the high priest. They said, "This Jesus fella is getting out of hand. This Jesus fella, his miracles are becoming irrefutable in so much that all the people will start following him."

And so they had a high council meeting, John 11:47 to be exact. And the Bible says that in 57 to be exact, and the Bible says that in this meeting the high priest in this conversation began to do some bargaining of their own. The Bible tells us, if you don't mind letting them see this, John 11 and 57 tells us that the priests and the elders begin to consort and they put a bounty on the head of Jesus. And they said, "Whosoever would find this man named Jesus and would bring him to us, WHOEVER KNOWS WHERE HE IS HIDING AND WILL BRING THIS JESUS FELLA TO US, WE have a reward for you." Ladies and gentlemen, this marks day one of Judas's betrayal. It did not start with the kiss. It did not start with coins. It started with the opportunity. Can I tell some young person that the adversary is so conniving and the adversary Oh God, I wish the Lord would help me. HE'S NOT JUST TRYING TO GET YOU IN THE BACKSEAT. HE'S JUST TRYING TO GET YOU TO PUT YOUR HANDS ON THE DOOR. NO, you're not hearing what I'M TELLING YOU. IT STARTS WAY BEFORE THE KISS AND IT STARTS WAY BEFORE THE TOUCH. IT STARTS IT STARTS WITH THE THOUGHT. WHAT IF I COULD? WHAT IF I WOULD? WHAT IF I MAY? WHAT IF I MIGHT? BUT I'VE COME TO TELL SOMEBODY WHAT IF YOU MIGHT NEVER WALK AWAY? WHAT IF YOU MIGHT NEVER COME ON, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY YOU OUGHT TO TAKE, YOU OUGHT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY EVERY CHANCE YOU GET TO WORSHIP GOD EVERY CHANCE YOU GOT. OH, SOMEBODY OUGHT TO CLAP YOUR HANDS unto the Lord. DAY WHAT? SOMEBODY SHOUT DAY WHAT? I'M HURRYING. DAY ONE, they issue a bounty on Jesus' head. Day two, somebody shout day two. Day two, the six days before the Passover, the very next day. Boy, I I If you don't like the Bible, you ain't going to like this preaching tonight. The very next day, the same Lazarus that walked out of the tomb is now walked to the table. And Martha most likely has prepared a meal for Jesus, Martha, Mary, and the disciples. And the Bible says, God help me. And the Bible says that while they are partaking of the meal and Lazarus, the one which was dead, is sitting there. That Mary walks in with an ointment. The Bible says she begins to anoint Jesus for his burial. Problem is when this ointment begin to overflow, Judas had a problem. Judas had a problem. He's already had the opportunity. Now he has a problem. The problem is is that bitterness starts getting in. Because for the first time we find out is that Judas Iscariot has been carrying the coins. Never mind that Jesus didn't act ask Judas how many coins and how much money we had to buy bread. He didn't ask Judas. He asked Philip. When he Jesus looked for a coin in a fish's mouth, he didn't ask Judas. He asked Peter. Because you don't ask a man to give when he's a thief. And the enemy come and not but to steal and to kill and to destroy. But Jesus said I've come to give you life and life more abundantly. And that's why the adversary is trying to steal your purity. And that's why the adversary is trying to steal your joy. And that's why the enemy is trying TO STEAL YOUR CALLING. BUT I COME TO TELL YOU GOD is trying to give YOU ANOINTING LIKE YOU NEVER HAD. AND GOD IS TRYING TO GIVE YOU GRACE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER GOT. AND GOD IS TRYING TO GIVE YOU VISION. I'm hurrying. And because he was a thief, he spoke up AND SAID, "WAIT. WHY WOULD YOU WASTE SOME 300 PENNY WORTH, a year's worth of wages? Why would you waste that on Christ? Can I ask somebody tonight before this night is over you need to find out how

much Jesus is worth to you. Because if you're sitting in your seat of sanctification and you've got a cynical spirit in your heart, you might start wondering if it takes all that lift on your dress to please God and why does it take all that lift in my hair to BE HOLY AND WHY DOES IT TAKE ALL OF THAT WHEN I can cut some corners and I CAN GET A FEW COINS, but I come TO TELL YOU THERE'S NO DISCOUNT FOR THE DIVINE FAVOR OF GOD. THERE IS NO CUTTING CORNERS FOR THE CONSECRATED SPIRIT OF THE LORD. THERE Come on, YOU CAN'T SHORTCHANGE ANOINTING. IT'S GOT TO BE FULL PRICE. IT'S GOT TO BE ALL OR NOTHING. IT'S GOT TO BE ALL THERE AIN'T NO HOW IS SOMEBODY WILL WORSHIP THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT? THERE AIN'T NO WASTING SACRIFICE. I WISH I CAN GIVE HIM A YEAR'S WORTH OF WORSHIP AND MORE. A YEAR'S WORTH OF WAGES AND MORE. A YEAR Judas said, "Why just waste day three?" I'm almost done preaching. Day three, Jesus comes into Jerusalem the Palm Sunday of welcoming the the holy of holies Hosanna Hosanna to the Lord in the highest. Day four, five, and six, Jesus is in the temple and he is teaching. And while the preacher was preaching not when THEY LEFT THE TEMPLE, WHILE JESUS WAS teaching You're not hearing what I'm telling you right now. I wish I can get down off this pulpit and help a young person. I said while THE PREACHER WAS PREACHING DOCTRINE, THERE WERE VOICES IN YOUR EARS SAYING, "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY THAT." BUT I'VE COME TO TELL A GENERATION THE REASON WHY YOU BUY THE TRUTH AND YOU SELL IT NOT IS BECAUSE TRUTH NEVER GOES ON SALE. JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY. I AM THE TRUTH AND I AM THE LIFE AND THERE'S NO COINS AND THERE'S NO PENNY WORTH AND THERE'S NO WAGES THAT CAN BRING WORTH TO THE VALUE OF MY VESTURE." SOMEBODY OUGHT TO WORSHIP GOD WITHOUT INHIBITION. YOU OUGHT TO LIFT UP YOUR VOICE WITHOUT RESTRICTION. COME ON, SOMEBODY OUGHT TO WAVE YOUR HANDS AGAIN AND SAY, "PREACHER, I LOVE THE TRUTH. I WANT THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH." Come on, somebody lift up your voice a little louder. I want the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. And while Jesus was teaching Come quickly to the music, brother Donnie, if you don't mind. It's about to get dangerous. We got dangerous Donnie in the house. While Jesus was teaching While the preacher was saying, "Be you holy for I am holy," said the Lord. The man with the coins started having conversations with the chief priests and the elders negotiating about this Jesus. The Bible says Matthew 26 Jesus began to be counted up in the coins of Judas' mind and he asked the chief priest how much would you give me? If I turned over everything I've ever heard. Lord, help me. How much would you give me? If I walk away from everything that was ever preached. And you would think that Judas would aim high. You would think that Judas would bargain and bolster a bagful of coin.

There's a broken system in humanity. in commerce and merchandise. That when WE KNOW SOMETHING HAS HIGH VALUE OUR HEARTS ARE NOT appeased until we pay a lower price. I wish the ladies that like to shop would help me preach right now. YOU CAN WALK BY THE WINDOW WEEK AFTER WEEK. THE SAME DRESS, the same suit. But that suit doesn't satisfy my heart like it satisfies my heart when it goes on sale. Cuz when it goes on sale, we feel victorious. Because we feel like we cheated the system. WE FEEL LIKE WE CHEATED ALL THE OTHER BUYERS. THEY BOUGHT IT FOR THIS, BUT I GOT IT for that. And because Judas thought that 300 penny worth was too much, he said, "Ah, just how about 30 pieces of silver?" Can I tell you what's dangerous, young people? When you think you can get anointing for half the price. When you think you can get powerful all flowing anointing and you don't have to pray for it. I wish the Lord would help some young person in here. When you can dabble in carnality and the coins of carnality could convince you, I feel the Holy Ghost, too, and I'm watching whatever I want. I CAN HEAR GOD, TOO, MOSES, AND I'M DOING whatever I want. But I've come to tell somebody you can't have your coins and Christ, too. IT COMES WITH THE COST. IT COMES WITH SCARS. IT COMES WITH TEARS. IT COMES WITH SACRIFICE. IT COMES WITH THORNS. IT COMES WITH WEEPING. IT COMES WITH MOURNING. IT COMES WITH SINCERITY. And the problem with regret is that when regret is done Bible says that Judas got the bag that he bargained for. But when Judas got the bag HE THOUGHT HE CHEATED THE SYSTEM. I hope some young people are locked in right here. He thought he short-circuited the system. But he found out too quickly that truth doesn't go on sale. WHAT IS TRUTH? Truth is the best thing you can ever get a hold of. And it doesn't go on sale. I said holiness is the best thing you can get a hold of. And there ain't no such thing as halfway holy. Come on, you can paint it up, you can dress it up, you can watch it up, YOU CAN SEX IT UP, BUT I COME TO TELL YOU IT COMES WITH A PRICE AND ABSTINENCE BRINGS ANOINTING AND COVERING KEEPS YOU SAFE. Bible says the seventh day.

Does anybody see the pattern the seventh day is the number of completion? Because when sin is conceived, it incubates and it grows and when it is done, the wages of sin bring it forth death. You can keep the coins if it's going to kill you. I don't want the coins if it's going to kill me. I'm going to preach to some young person. I don't want the carnality of every time I come into God's presence, I've got to pray for 2 hours before I can feel him. You can keep Netflix. You can keep NETFLIX IF I'VE GOT TO WEAVE MY WAY THROUGH THE NEFARIOUSNESS just to get to the master. You can keep the PORNOGRAPHY IF I'VE GOT TO PRESS MY WAY JUST TO GET TO THE HIGH PRIEST. Judas kisses him. Isn't it strange that the woman that broke the alabaster box was kissing his feet? Because being close to Jesus, you will either kiss him unto betrayal or you will kiss him unto becoming. And I don't know about you, but I want to be a follower until the end. I don't WANT TO THROW AWAY ALL THESE YOUTH SERVICES AND ALL THE SWEAT AND ALL THE SINGING AND ALL THE PREACHING WAS IN VAIN AND ALL THE WEEPING AND ALL THE ALTARS AND ALL THE LATE NIGHTS WAS FOR NAUGHT. Bible says that after this kiss remember the coins that he had in his hand. After they hauled Jesus off to the court Bible says in the eighth day something started ringing. Something started ringing in the ears of Judas. Is this what you traded Jesus for? Sand will make mockery of you. Is this what you traded Jesus for? Fornication will make a fool out of you. Is this what you traded Jesus for? The Bible said as we heard in our hearing that when Jesus came up in the mind of Judas and he realized that he was condemned about the condemnation of the coins. If I've ever preached a sermon to young people, I pray you would hear this preacher tonight. The Bible says that he repented himself. This is why you need to be a theologian. Because that repentance is not what you think it is. When the Bible said that Judas repented himself that was not godly sorrow. Because godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation. And ladies and gentlemen, Judas was not saved. Judas was sad because he let Jesus down. And that word repented, somebody shout repent. That word repented himself is the Greek word meta

mellomai which means to have regret or to change your mind. As the ushers would help me tonight it may be difficult to help weave your way in these altars. But I've got something, not coins, I've got something I want to put in your hands. The receipt of regret is what Judas is left holding. He wanted to take the coins back, but it was too late. You want to get your pure purity back, but it's too late. You want to get your mind back, but it's too late. If there's any If any God, Lord. If there's anybody that's offended at what I preach in next few minutes, I promise you it is a good idea not to be offended. Cuz if I don't preach like I'm about to preach right now, there's going to be some parents regret the preacher not preaching like this. Cuz every time you walk in service, the cloud of condemnation gets all over young people. Any young people ever walked in a service and you feel like God ain't want to talk to you cuz what you did? Come on, am I talking to anybody? Anybody ever tried to lift your hands and something said, "Put your hands down." GOD DOESN'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU. PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN. COME ON, AM I PREACHING ANYBODY IN THE BALCONY? GOD DOESN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU. PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN. A condemnation trails you right into the temple. We got a generation that have become victims to spirits. We got young people I want to preach in the love of God and hoping somebody wouldn't walk out of here with a receipt of regret, but you will leave here with a receipt of redemption and restoration. Cuz you found a place of repentance, something Judas never found. There are young people right now are victims to vaping. And you got it in your purse. And you got it in your dorm. And you tried to break your way way from it, but it's keeping you bound. But God doesn't want you to be a victim. God wants you to walk out of here a victor. You've dabbled and you got access as a teenager to alcohol. Just take a sip, it's not that bad. And a sip of sin leaves you siphoned. Is this all right tonight? But when you walk in the sanctuary, it's dragging right behind you. Can I tell you what's wrong with pornography? with the price? It costs so little, free in fact. But the thing about sin is in the adversary's market, he would make you believe that it's free until it costs you everything. I'm preaching to some young preachers right now. He'll make you think that one click in that porn website won't cost you a subscription, but what you've subscribed to is a lifelong memory that you can't get out of your mind. Images over and over, even when you get down to And WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO PRAY, IT'S RINGING IN YOUR EAR. AND WHEN YOU TRY TO TALK TO GOD, YOU'VE GOT REGRET AND THE RECEIPT TO PROVE IT. Hookup culture. It's online dating, virtual reality. We've got people battling with spirits of lesbianism, and you're not a lesbian outwardly, but you're a different character in the closet of your privacy. We're wrestling with receipts. Stuff that we regret. The young people that have dabbled in witchcraft. I'm preaching. I hope some parents will help me preach right now.

I hope some young people will let your youth pastor affirm this preacher right now. Have dabbled in the satanic hold of witchcraft. And when you try to get into the wrestling presence of the Lord, you can't pray your way through the poison of those dark prayers you've been praying with the Ouija board. I wish somebody would hear me right now. Gaming addictions. Doom scrolling. Can I tell you what's the dooming of doom scrolling? The fact that you don't realize you're doomed from scrolling hours upon hours, and you can't remember 10 Bible verses in the scrolls of scripture. YOU'VE GOT THE COINS, YOU'VE GOT THE RECEIPT, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE remembrance of THE WORD OF GOD IN YOUR HEART. OH, BUT I PRAY SOMEBODY WOULD GET DOCTRINE DEEP DOWN IN YOUR BONES AND SAID, "THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MY HEART THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST THE LORD." I don't have time to go through this whole list. I don't know I don't know if these young people can get their hands on these cards, but I want you to take this card when you get it, I want you to put it in your in your Bible. You need to know that when you keep the coins, Judas, you got to keep the consequences. Can I preach to somebody? Is this all right? Yeah, I'm a preacher. But if you don't think years of being a promiscuous promiscuous college baseball player don't get in my mind every now and then, you got another thing coming. Married with two beautiful kids, an amazing wife, and a baby on the way, you don't think that the devil doesn't target my mind with thoughts, you got another thing coming. Am I preaching any young person any young person know what I'm talking about? Five minutes in the backseat of a car and it plays in your mind over and over and over and over. But I've come to help a young person rip that receipt right out of your hand. Come on, YOU THINK IT WAS FREE, BUT IT'S COST YOU EVERYTHING. YOU'VE HAD TO CLAW YOUR WAY ALL CAMP LONG. YOU'VE HAD TO WEEP YOUR WAY ALL WEEK LONG. YOU TRIED GOD, BUT WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD, I PRAY SOMEBODY WOULD FIND THE REPENTANCE THAT JUDAS NEVER FOUND. I PRAY SOMEBODY WOULD FIND THE REPENTANCE THAT JUDAS NEVER FOUND. Worldly sorrow bringeth death. But godly sorrow brings you to salvation. I'm going to ask this question. But then any young people that's haunted by some stuff you've done and you want God to give you dominion over it for good. I want to see the hands in the house. Come on, you I I'm talking to you if you're sitting next to that girl right now. I'm telling somebody that girl will keep guilt over your head if you don't get close to the Jesus. I'm telling somebody in the love of God Almighty. You don't have to walk around with regret and the coins of condemnation because Romans 8 and 1 declares. Therefore God, I wish somebody would hear the Lord right now. There is therefore now. I don't care what you did last school year. I'm talking about now. I don't care what you did last week. I'm talking about now. Oh, I feel something about to move in this room now. Mhm, I need I need SOME INTERCESSORS TO TAP INTO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO

I'm about to provoke SOMETHING INTO THIS SANCTUARY INTO THE MINDS OF SOME YOUNG PEOPLE THAT NOW CAN CHANGE FOREVER, THAT NOW CAN CHANGE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. THERE is therefore now When Judas found out he was condemned, he did not run to Jesus, he ran to the high priest and not the high priest. He did not repent. But now there is therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh. Can I tell you how you rip that receipt of regret out of your hand? You walk in the spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. All across the house, I want you to lift your hands and close your eyes. That stuff on your phone? That secondary wardrobe in your closet? Them websites you save for when you're feeling low? I pray somebody will leave the spirit of regret behind and walk right into the restoration of God. I'm trying to save a young preacher from wrecking your world if you will listen to this young preacher. I'll tell you how you walk away from that spirit of regret that's been trailing you all week long. You lift up your hands and you pray until you start praying in the spirit. In fact, I want you to lift your voice begin to pray and start asking God for forgiveness. I know you've done it all week long, but I'm talking about a finite forgiveness that you never walk back into it again. Come on, lift your voice. Now, I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND. THEY WEPT BITTERLY. PETER FELT BAD for betraying Jesus and he couldn't stop weeping. I pray a young person will lift up your voice as loud as you can lift it right now all over the house. God, I've been HOLDING THIS GUILT FOR MONTHS AND MY MAMA don't know about it. I'VE BEEN HARBORING THIS HURT FOR WEEKS AND NOBODY ELSE KNOWS ABOUT IT. Come on, bring it to Jesus. Come on, lift your voice. Somebody ought to pray. If you're trying to keep your carnality, I can't help you. But if you're trying to walk with Christ, I pray somebody will walk your way right into the atmosphere of God. I pray somebody will lift up your voice and let tears run down your face. Come on, DON'T YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBOR. COME ON, DON'T YOU WALK INTO THAT FIELD BY YOURSELF. COME ON, DON'T YOU LET SUICIDAL THOUGHTS GET THE BEST OF YOU. COME ON, I PRAY SOMEBODY WILL WALK AWAY FROM REGRET. COME ON, there's nothing too dirty that God can't cleanse. Come on, there's nothing too lost that God can't find. Oh, I feel it coming into the room right now. Come on, you ought to close your eyes a little tighter. You ought to lift your voice a little higher. Come on, you ought to let them tears run in the temple. Come on, turn away. COME ON, DON'T LEAVE THIS HOUSE WITH COINS WHEN YOU'VE GOT CHRIST. Don't you hold on to your past. That's keeping you FROM WALKING IN PROMISE. CLEANSE ME, OH LORD, FROM MY INIQUITIES. I feel the Holy Ghost descending right now.

I want you to hear this right now. I'm done preaching. We're about to pray the power of the Lord down in this house. I did not preach that long list of regrets to condemn not one young person. I pray somebody will process what I'm preaching today. I am not preaching the condemnation, but I am preaching the conviction of God that it would get a hold of the conscious of some young man that feels like you went too far. Cuz as long as THE LIST OF REGRETS CAN BE, I COME TO PREACH A LIST that's a whole lot longer that you won't ever regret. Oh God, I feel the Holy Ghost. Help me. I come to preach A LIST THAT IS 10 TIMES LONGER that you won't ever regret. You won't EVER REGRET WALKING IN HOLINESS. You won't ever regret praying at an altar. You won't ever regret weeping your eyes out. You won't ever regret keeping your purity. You won't You won't ever regret at 9:08 p.m. praying at the Strong Tower Youth Camp. And God, I don't care what the cost is. I don't want your divine favor at a discount. I'll pay the price. Because if you paid it for me, I will pay it for you. Come on. I don't want you to think about your neighbor. I want you to think about Jesus and I want you to lift up your voice as loud as you can to him. Come on. You won't regret praying in tongues. Come on. You won't Come on. Come on. I double dog dare you to pray in tongues. I double dog dare you to get in the Holy Ghost. You won't ever regret listening to your pastor. You won't ever regret listening to the evangelist. You won't ever regret READING YOUR BIBLE. YOU WON'T EVER REGRET WALKING INTO A YOUTH SERVICE. Come on. You won't regret running to an altar and saying, "God, can you help me