Sunday Evening Worship Service
by Mark McCool
September 26, 2021 · First Apostolic Church of Knoxville (Knoxville, TN)
Kind: sermon
Scripture: Proverbs 23:22-23, 2 Timothy 2:14-16, Matthew 24:5, Matthew 24:10-11, Proverbs 22:2, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Matthew 5:45, Galatians 1:6-8, Matthew 16:4, 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10, Jeremiah 10:2, Mark 16:17, Romans 14:22, Acts 4:12, Hebrews 6:4-6, 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, Hebrews 12:14-15

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the undefeated is in the house i said the undefeated the all-time undefeated champion of every situation is in this room and i'm on his side and you're on his side hallelujah lift your hands and your hearts to jesus and give him praise for victory thank him for victory hallelujah hallelujah someone might say well pastor i haven't won a victory over my battle then the battle's not over if you're on the lord's side and you haven't got victory the battle's not over we are the champions who serve him lord bless you i'm gonna let you move to your seats give an honor and praise unto our lord jesus christ our savior what a mighty mighty spirit we feel in this house tonight i give honor to our bishop i give honor to our pastoral staff all of our ministers elders and to the saints of first apostolic church once again we greet you in the precious name of jesus thank you for your faithfulness being in the house of the lord tonight i give honor to all of our guests if you this is your first time at first apostolic church we welcome you and we're so honored to have you worshiping with us and hope you will feel the friendly welcome of first apostolic church we want this to be the friendliest church in town but i know you're looking for more than just friendly you're looking for a friend and i want you to find friendship and fellowship with christ in this house and we welcome you tonight welcome those who are joining us online thank you for being in the service with us those who are here local and within close proximity i'm looking forward to the time that you can be with us in person and worship with us together i also want to give you a little bit of information uh pastor whitley is up in bloomington indiana he's in his home stomping grounds if you will preaching a conference and we're praying for him and praying that the lord will continue to give him souls for his labor sister jamie and i had the privilege of preaching at a new church i'd never been to before this past friday night we were in crawfordsville indiana and what a marvelous time we had there we saw a young lady receive the baptism of the holy ghost and then we got to see her baptized in jesus name in that service that go ahead and give the lord a great big hand what an awesome time we had and i was so impressed i got to meet as i said some saints that i didn't know and uh they were familiar with i've talked to some who are familiar with us because of our internet outreach but the the name of that church was the one-way pentecostal apostolic church i like that name i don't mind telling you there wasn't any doubt what they were who they were or whose they were so any of those saints from one way pentecostal apostolic church we greet you tonight in the precious name of jesus and we send uh special blessings to pastor stephen lee in that assembly i'm excited about hearing from the word of the lord tonight it's always fresh and it's always new not because i'm speaking it but because it's fresh from the lord i want to say thank you pastor anthony what a marvelous message are you yet holding on i'm still holding on tonight hallelujah thank you and i also want to say thank you in advance to all the brothers who are going to join us this coming saturday i know we've announced this a couple of times and you folks that are on the internet uh you may uh be a bit weary with hearing it but i want to announce it again i'm looking for some mighty men of muscle and we're going to work promptly within a time frame from eight o'clock until noon and uh we're going to do a uh a little demolition work we're tearing out part of the platform in the uh events center we put it in so we know how to take it out uh we we built that and remodeled it several years ago and now we're converting that for a more convenient use for our event center for youth events for wedding receptions for those of our church and this is part of our facility remodeling and god's blessing this time would not permit me to tell you all that's going on but we gave a report this morning and our men's fellowship breakfast and there's a lot of exciting things renovation uh taking place on our facility as we continue to enjoy our new facility as well so uh brethren brother anthony rightly said bring your gloves uh bring your hammer bring your crowbar and uh we've got a great big uh construction dumpster that we're gonna be putting some stuff in you may do a little bit of carrying so if everyone would please i would ask that we bring no children to this event i know sometimes that's a necessary thing but there's going to be a lot of heavy lifting and also a lot of work and we need no children here in that area during that time so if you would help us we would greatly appreciate it i want to take you to the word of the lord tonight call your attention to the book of proverbs the 23rd chapter the book of proverbs the 23rd chapter i'm going to read just two verses proverbs 23 reading verse 22 and verse 23 proverbs 23 verse 22 and verse 23 hearken unto thy father that beget beget thee listen to your daddy despise not thy mother when she's old and notice verse 23 buy the truth and sell it not also wisdom and instructions and understanding i want to speak to you for a few minutes tonight on this subject be careful what you buy into be careful what you buy into let's pray savior i love you god i'm grateful for your word i'm grateful for the praise and worship that's gone up and the blessings that have come down lord for the works that you have already done in this house the lord i pray that your word would minister to us would encourage us lord let me speak as your mouthpiece lord not of my authority but of the authority of your word god we thank you for this opportunity in jesus name we pray amen and amen be careful what you buy into it is easier today than ever before to make purchases especially online online shopping from amazon walmart.com or the countless retail businesses now make it uber convenient to buy from them and spend your money even sliding a credit card and inserting a chip card is being replaced by simple tap one time all you veteran shoppers remember what it used to be like with a credit card when you went in they had that great big thing that they put up on the counter and they laid a uh a a a three sheet piece of uh paper and they'd if you don't know what that sound means tough luck you've missed out on your education but they would take an imprint of your card and they'd write the amounts in and uh it's never been easier before to spend and to shop and here's what's happened and this time of things and i would even tell you this i experienced this past week i i went to a restaurant they said we take no cash please you you got to use your card but this has in turn increased an atmosphere for more scams fishing emails ponzi schemes and bogus websites cyber crime and cyber criminals are doing everything they can to find a new way to get you to buy in to their criminal activity there's something called email fishing and that's not with an f jesus said he'd make us fishers of men but the enemy has been a fisher for your soul for a long time with ph he's been selling us bad bills of goods for a long time and these fishing schemes that take place these cyber criminals target folks by trying to create emails and text messages that look like the real thing and all they do i mean they'll they'll steal the logos of legitimate banking businesses they'll steal the logos of legitimate government agencies and organizations and they'll send you a message and all that message is asking you to do just uh click on this and give us a little information give us a little your personal information man we're going to make your life better i'm here to tell you you better be careful what you buy into i read a little thing that told about some of the things that happens and the techniques of this fishing schemes that go on hackers try to provide you with a way to give your personal information and account data to them they'll promise you a whole bunch of money if you'll just give them a little information if you'll pay me just a little bit i what they're really saying i'm going to take everything you've got if i can once they access your info they try to take your credentials and use it for other things they want to take everything you've got they want to even create viruses that get into all of your devices that continues to steal from you boy don't that sound like the way the enemy does that spiritually he wants everything he can from you and he's selling us a false bill of goods one of the things i read said legitimate companies don't re request your sensitive information via email i've got news for you one of the reasons i feel like it's so important that the initial evidence of speaking with tongues is the first evidence of the holy ghost coming in there's a language that we can talk to god it's encrypted and the devil don't understand it let me tell you the devil cannot read your mind the only way the devil's going to know your weaknesses is if you divulge them to him don't give the devil your private information don't confess your weaknesses to anybody you need to talk to the lord let him touch you till you speak with tongues and it's only you and him knows what's going on that wasn't in my notes but it's true one of the things said legitimate companies usually call you by your name you know why because they know your name you've been doing business with them they don't address you as dear valued customer or dear account holder they know who you are i'm glad to know that jesus knows who i am i'm glad to know he can call me by name he knows how to touch my heart directly i don't need a proxy i don't need somebody else to go through to get to me jesus can get in touch with me personally and did you know many of these fishing groups they like to use scare tactics to make you think you've broken the law don't you folks just love when you're busy doing something especially someone who's doing manual labor you're working or someone who's concentrating at your keyboard don't you love for your phone to ring and when you answer it the first thing you hear is something that sounds like this that means you've got about a nanosecond to hang up before you hear a sales pitch and many times it will be someone with a heavy accent that you know they're not calling you from west knoxville and it'll be some ominous did you know that your bank account has now been frozen did you know that the irs has a warrant out for your arrest if you'll just give me a little information if you just tell me a few things about if you'll just send me a copy of your credit card i can take care of all of this now most of us we've become savvy enough that we know how to avoid those things from ebay to used cars from investment collectibles to buying houses and horses no statement rings truer than let the buyer beware you better be careful what you buy into proverbs 23 said by the truth and sell it not second timothy 2 14 says of these things put them in remembrance charging them before the lord that they strive not about words to no profit but to the subverting of the hearers study to show thyself approved unto god a workman that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth but shun profane and vain babblings for they will increase unto more ungodliness it's amazing how cautious many of us have become with purchases of natural goods and services but yet we are still so careless carefree and cavalier when it comes to buying into things about salvation you would be shocked that some of the doctrines that people will buy into they'll believe about any sales pitch when it comes to eternity they do not do their due diligence when it comes to their soul he said shun profane and vain babblings for they will increase unto more ungodliness hear me in this house tonight beware of counterfeit truth i said beware of counterfeit truth i've had the opportunity several times to go to new york city it's an amazing place to see it's really incredible to see the lifestyle and the pace there there are certain parts of that city you can go to on fifth avenue that there are such exclusive stores that have these uh uh exclusive name brands that that for some of those stores you even have to get an appointment to go in and i don't worry i didn't couldn't even afford to look let alone go in and purchase but i did walk down the street and see some of those things but you can in the same city go a few blocks down to lower manhattan and there's a place down in lower manhattan called canal street and on canal street you can get mont blanc pins rolex watches louis vuitton purses new release videos and expensive brand perfumes and never pay more than 20 bucks for it you don't get the fancy store there'll be somebody out on the edge of the street and they'll lay it out on the street and they've got a buddy looking this way in that way and if you look at it from afar some of it actually looks like the real thing but if you get a little closer you'll see it's not the real thing it's a knockoff it's a counterfeit of the real thing matthew 24 5 said for many shall come in my name saying i am christ and shall deceive many let me tell you tonight there's a lot of things walking around calling itself christ and christian that's not the real thing it's deceit it's the enemy fishing for your soul the enemy's trying to destroy you and all the time he wants to make you think you're finding salvation for a little cheaper price [Applause] verse 10 of that same chapter says then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another saints of god hear your pastor the enemy has entered into this world and is doing everything it can to find somebody that will get offended about everything [Applause] now i'm outside the church right now talking let me tell you you can't do anything nowadays without somebody getting offended if i start itemizing i might offend somebody here tonight but we're in a day that has become worldwide popular to get offended about something i'm going to listen to everything you say and if there's something halfway makes me feel different than you i'm offended scripture said it would be that way then shall many be offended and shall betray one another we're living in a world of betrayal we're living in a world that used to be a man's handshake was his bond now a room full of lawyers and documents thicker than three phone books won't keep people to keep their word anymore and i'm still outside the church and shall hate and shall hate one another we see more hate in our world than we've ever seen before brother hating brother sister hating sister our nation the united states of america that word united is disappearing quickly there's so much division there's so much offense there's so much hatred going on let me tell you who's causing that the devil himself is causing that the devil wants to divide our nation listen we need to be together as a nation you think i'm getting political you're crazy i don't care what party you're in i i want to be with folks who are united because we've all got souls and we've all got lost people to win to god some of us need to set our politics aside and start praying a little more because you see when the devil gets on the outside then his next step is try to divide the church if he can get we the church offended over some little something finding something thinking critically all the time you know i understand what critical thinking means critical thinking means that that that you look at something with a critical eye to see if everything's all right about it but some have taken that to the nth degree that all they do they become evaluators of their brothers and sisters they become evaluators of the service they're looking for something to criticize they can't say anything good about anything i've got to find something to get offended about [Applause] then shall many be offended and shall betray one another instead of praying for one another we're looking for some fault to tell to everybody else to gossip to everybody else to put on social media about somebody and we develop right in the church as hatred for our brothers and our sisters god does not deem that to be so the politics the prejudice and the division needs to leave the church hear me we need to drive some of this mess out of the church we need to be together loving our brothers and sisters caring for our brothers and sisters looking for their good habits not finding fault with one another because here's what happens and many false prophets shall arise and shall deceive many underline it italicize it all caps be cautious who you allow to speak into your life if their words to you attempt to speak for god it will always be in harmony with the word of god and will always in all caps be absolutely correct plain and specific well some of you looking at me straight right now he said many false prophets shall arise oh i want you to come up here and i want you to look me in the eye and listen i want to tell you your name is such and such and so and so and your social security is this that and the other well that's great if you don't know your name and your social security number maybe god needs to reveal it somebody for you but this is not a dog-and-pony show we don't need smoking mirrors to convince someone with some kind of sign let me tell you god will speak through the preached word i said god will speak through the preached word listen you be cautious of those that want to get in your ear whisper i've got a private revelation for you listen if they're not right 100 you better run from you're hearing false doctrine somebody speaking into your ear with an agenda to personally edify their self i want to show you how spiritual i am those who advocate the false gods of money less pleasure and excess and those who equate success with truth blessings of god with always being truth are not in the will of god scripture tells me that it rains on the jest and the end just says good people gonna have rainy days sometimes god made both the rich and the poor that that's what proverbs said proverbs 22 2 said the rich and the poor meet together and the lord is a maker of them all ecclesiastes 9 11 said but time and chance happened to them all jesus said in matthew 5 54 that ye may be the children of your father which is in heaven for he maketh the sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust don't sit back in some fair cycle seat because somebody's going through a bad time and think they're not in the will of god sometimes the rain's going to fall when you needed a sunny day sometimes the sun's going to shine when you need a little rain on your crop but just the same god's still in charge if you're obedient to his word we walk by faith and not by sight it's not one little snapshot but it's the entire walk with god [Applause] galatians 1 6 said it this way i marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of christ unto another gospel which is not another but there be some that trouble you would pervert the gospel of christ but though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed bishop tells a story speaking with a gentleman one time who had kind of dogged him a little bit i want you to buy my book i've got a book on prophecy i want you and at the time bishop wasn't at a place brother i'll get with you later on and and so uh just a a few months later bishop went to another conference and he saw that guy and he remember he told him he'd get with him on his book about prophecy and bishop said hey my brother i told you i wanted to buy your book on prophecy he said well he said i'm having to revise it so there's some things have changed [Applause] god's word doesn't change hear me before you start listening to some man's interpretation giving you some pride the scripture's not for private interpretation you need to listen to the preached word of god stay in god's will keep working for him keep [Applause] don't be a part of the sign seeking crowd jesus told the pharisees in matthew 6 14 a week in an adulterous generation seeketh after a sign but there shall no sign be given unto them but the sign of the prophet jonas and he left them and departed they were pressing jesus they're wanting signs of this and signs that the the super pious pharisees oh i need a sign i need a sign and jesus called him an adulterous generation second thessalonians 2 8 said and then shall the wicked be revealed whom the lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming even him whose coming is after the working of satan with all power and signs and lying wonders hear me if you are influenced by signs alone satan has signs they're called lying signs satan can do some things that looks real powerful satan can create counterfeits that if you don't have yourself rooted and grounded in the word of god in the simple doctrines of the apostles the apostles doctrines of salvation and holiness you see in our original text when he said by the truth and sell it not he said also by wisdom and instruction and understanding that means use that gray matter that god put between your ears don't let the enemy or some false prophets start fishing you into some super pious attitude that's not of god and i realize there's some would think i preach you're supposed to build my faith you're not building my faith no i'm telling you what real faith is real faith is walking day to day real faith is not looking for some sign and i'm going to follow that sign verse 10 said and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved he said by the truth and sell it not you've got to love this truth listen if you don't understand to get this apostolic jesus name message the revelation that god is so beautifully given to you to understand a plan of salvation is repenting of your sins being baptized in his name being filled with his spirit living a holy life walking day to day with christ in your flesh and then your humanity not looking for some super colossal thing but instead saying day to day i'm going to walk with you you're going to find yourself not in love with truth jeremiah said it this way jeremiah 10 2 thus saith the lord learn not the way of the heathen and be not dismayed at the signs of the heaven but the heathen are dismayed at them listen oh man some of y'all really look at me straight i hope i'm not upset in your apple cart too bad i mean folks be posting pictures did you see this cloud you know what that looks like i was walking in the woods you see the way this tree is formed i believe it's a sign now i think i'm being ridiculous but we've got folks out following that mess and won't hear a simple message on letting the grace of god receive your repentance find an altar and say god i'm sorry for my sinning god help us when we're looking for some super colossal extra thing that's not in the book just follow the word of god let him guide your life follow his financial plan pay your tithe give your offering love your family love your brothers and sisters this isn't hard [Applause] it's not rocket science in fact it's my role in responsibility to preach you truth and be an encourager to build your faith in god not in me don't find some man that you've got so much faith in that if he stumbles and falls it's going to destroy your walk with god hear me you better follow and have faith in god he's in charge if your truth is based on signs alone you may get directed by false signs in fact we shouldn't follow signs mark 16 17 and said these signs shall follow them that believe we don't need to be following signs signs ought to be following us there's a sign he's a apostolic because he's honest in his business there's a sign she's apostolic because under the most dire of circumstances she didn't lose her faith she stayed strong there's a sign our signs ought to be following us romans 14 22 says it has thou faith ask the question have you got faith have it to thyself before god don't go around trying to show everybody how much faith you've got have your faith before god happy is he that condemneth not himself in the things which he alloweth that means you can keep your life clean not because you're showing off for somebody else but because you're doing things unto god and you're trusting god and you're having faith in god that's real faith that's really walking with god man don't buy into generic truth i saw advertised here a while back you get a leather jacket for 19 bucks and it said it was made out of unreal leather another advertisement said we've got pleather jackets that means plastic leather but all you aspiring to get married folks there'll be a time when the finances are real good and you're gonna have to go grocery shopping mom and daddy ain't gonna be there you used to go with mom and daddy and you wanted to get uh soft drinks man i love dr pepper i love diet coke but when you start paying for it on your own then you go down that aisle and you see stuff like dr thunder can i get a witness [Applause] max cola sparkling cola well i really like mountain dew but they've got something called mountain shout and that's got to be cheaper you know i love sprite but i i i i'm gonna get this sting it looks just like it the letters look the same and then you go home and you pour it in the glass and it kind of looks like it if you'll squint your eyes and kind of make a face it sort of tastes like it but it's not the real thing it's generic you know it even got to the point there you know you're saving a little money they you could buy generic stuff in the store it would be that simple white label with black letters just sit soda on it why would somebody want to do that because it's cheaper and it doesn't have a name on it buyer beware movements with generic non-committal doctrines of all inclusiveness of sin they may say it costs too much to serve jesus i'm here to tell you i want the real thing i don't need some generic created to taste like and look like jesus i want to be jesus name from the top of my head to the soul of my feet i want the name to be on this thing i don't i don't need some watered down close facsimile i want the real thing acts 2 12 4 12 said neither is there salvation in the other for there is none other name under heaven given among women whereby we must be saved if it ain't jesus name it ain't church if it ain't jesus name it's not what i want to be sit down just a few more moments more i'll hurry once you buy in don't sell out i said once you buy in don't sell out hebrew said this hebrews 6 4 for it is impossible impossible for it is impossible he said for those who were once enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and were made partakers of the holy ghost and have tasted the good word of god and the power of the word to come man once i've tasted dr pepper dr thumbert thunder ain't gonna work no more once i've tasted a true move with the holy ghost once i've tasted what it feels like to have god come into my heart i can't buy into something else i can't go someplace else looking for some watered down simplified easy way by man's ideology it said if they shall fall away to renew them again unto repentance seen they crucify to themselves the son of god afresh and put him to an open shame those that will sell out what god has revealed sad to say there's some selling out even in our movement that's right the bible calls it backsliding and falling away second thessalonians 2 1 says now we beseech you brethren by the coming of our lord jesus christ and by our gathering together unto him that you be not soon shaken in mind or troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us as the day of christ is at hand let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first that the man of sin be revealed the son of perdition now again i'm treading on sacred ground to some but many so desiring a move of god will sometimes create a false sense that god is not working because some are falling away this scripture lets me know that god's not going to come back till there is a falling away because there's going to be a revelation of those who really love truth and those who just love the habit and the social order of being a church that doctrine really doesn't matter holiness doesn't really matter i can be brand x y or z i all none of that stuff really matters to me i just want to feel good about myself and we're all gonna preacher i thought you said you you don't want us to be divided i'm not preaching division i'm preaching what everybody needs to do to come together but there will be those who oppose and exalt themselves above all that's called god or that is worship so that he is god sitteth in the temple of god showing himself remember you not that when i was yet with you i told you these things this is a prophecy to let us know that the falling away that we see of some is just revealing that god's coming back for a real church there will be those who will say that the apostolic church needs to back up and sell out on the things we hold so dear to meet the sinner's needs i say a thousand times no we're not going to lose the truth of the jesus name message or dumb it down to fit anyone [Applause] hebrews 12 14 said follow peace with all men and holiness i quote this a lot with which out without which rather no man shall see the you can't even see the lord without holiness and peace that's what he said looking diligently diligent unless any man fail the grace of god lest any root of bitterness spring up and trouble you and thereby many be defiled don't allow bitterness don't allow bitterness to cause you to leave the truth somebody hurt my feelings that's all right start feeling in a different place don't let anything drive you away from the truth maybe by man's standards you have a right to be offended forget man's standards you're living by god's standards i will not be offended i will not be hurt i'm not going to let somebody drive me away hear me this this world around us that we're having to live in i mentioned it before there's so many many folks getting offended there's so many folks dividing and destroying and and trying to create these divisions when when hebrews said follow peace with all men don't look for war look for peace with people around us and holiness john wesley said this the holiness message hath no greater enemy than those who once embraced its tenants for having forsaken righteousness they cannot bear to forsake alone but are not and will not rest contingent until they bring others to their estate for as long as there is one left standing they stand condemned that's when folks leave holiness they can't go by themselves they got to find somebody else they want to take with them you know what they're doing i'm going to talk outside of my mouth let me give you a call i want to send you a private text hear me the holiness message shouldn't condemn you it should make you excited about who you are and who you are but david bernard said this about holiness in some holiness means to imitate christ what could be wrong with imitating christ to be christ-like the holy person will not gratify the desire of the sinful nature but will put on personality the personality and the mind of christ praise team get ready coca-cola used to have a an ad campaign that said it's the real thing it's the real thing for all you folks that are so spiritual you've never heard any secular music you won't understand this but in case marvin gaye and tammy terrell used to croon out a song said ain't nothing like the real thing well hear me tonight i'm not here preaching about cola nor true love in the world but i'm preaching about the truth of who jesus really is let me tell you once you've experienced jesus they ain't nothing like the real thing he is the real thing i want you to know if you're in this house tonight and the enemy has been trying to fish into your heart and tell you there's an easier way the enemy's been trying to sell you on the bill of goods that serving jesus is hard let me tell you it's the easiest life there is it's the greatest life there is stand with me i know you've heard this example before but i give it again because it's appropriate i've been told and have even read that the way they train bank tellers to identify counterfeit and foreign money is by simply allowing them to count the real thing [Music] and when the counterfeit comes through it feels different you don't need to be going out experiencing counterfeit just keep coming to church and experiencing the real thing if you'll stay in the house of god and experience the real thing when something that's not real you'll feel it immediately he said this don't fear my spirit isn't working with this this this isn't what i know is real you see if you're in this house tonight you need a refreshing of the real thing we're going to come to the altar in just a minute i want you to just come say god refresh me with a feeling and with your spirit once again if you're needing to sell out to buy in you may need to come tonight with a spirit of repentance saying god i i want to buy in completely maybe you're in the midst of a sale you've been about to sell out let me tell you by the truth sell it not instead proclaim as sister philippi used to say i'm sold out i'm sold out to jesus whatever you have need of tonight whatever refreshing whatever renewing you have i want to open the altar for you if somebody wants to refresh and renew in christ i want you to just step out and say lord i need a refreshing and a renewing i want to once again proclaim that you are real in my life i want to once again affirm and feel your presence would you come right now saints of god would you join with us hallelujah hallelujah i'm going to stand on this thing i believe in this thing i'm strong in this right now hallelujah sing it [Music] now is [Music] by the grace of god ideology [Applause] [Music] [Applause] i don't know where i would be today i most likely would have given us [Applause] [Music] hallelujah [Applause] [Music] i'm glad to be in the house of the lord with a bunch of believers who bought in a long time ago and they haven't sold out pastor anthony mentioned this morning [Music] this is a multi-generational church and i am absolutely blessed beyond measure to see the multiple generations still standing strong not compromising not going in any different directions not looking for some new ideology or new doctrine but saying i'm just happy another generation's coming on i i i saw something happen tonight i i mentioned to brother blevins it blessed me i saw about at least a half a dozen if not more of young men [Music] at praise and worship time come around the altar for praise and worship now no no knock on the ladies understand but young ladies usually mature earlier than young men do i'm whispering okay and usually young men are looking for the back seat not the altar in a lot of places i've been young men i honor you some praise and worship leaders god's going to reward you because they're not ashamed i don't care what age they are they're not ashamed i'm going to come around the altar and i'm going to get my blessing i've already bought into this thing mom and dads keep your kids in the house of god keep them in worship service i i like seeing these young folks and i like seeing these not so young folks like me that aren't afraid to come around the altar at worship in praise time thank you for letting the heart i've already preached we've got wednesday night bible study but prayer meeting tomorrow night seven o'clock wednesday night bible study friday nights master rally at the promise in uh uh church hill tennessee uh you ought to go in spite of the preaching i get to preach we're gonna have a good time lord bless you you're dismissed in jesus name shake hands and be friendly