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Go: the last words of Jesus
- He closes the Enlarge series that brother Rob has been teaching, taking up Jesus' final words in Matthew 28: go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name, with the promise 'I am with you alway.'
- Some worshiped and some doubted, but the command to go was given to all of them.
- 'Go' is an action word: it can mean relocating to a mission field, or simply crossing the street to a neighbor, or listening to a stranger's story in a grocery line and praying for them.
Scriptures: Matthew 28:16-20
Complete in him
- Paul warns the church: beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men and the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- In him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily, and we are complete in him — there is no side track that adds to the name of Jesus.
- The blessed and fulfilled life is following his commands and his teachings; God is enough, and the name of Jesus is enough.
Scriptures: Colossians 2:8-9
What is God calling you to do?
- In counseling, people's unhappiness and discontentment usually trace back to selfishness and self-pity; desperation makes people generate their own answers, and those lead down the wrong path.
- He asks it honestly: not what is the pastor or the music minister called to do — what is God calling you to do in this hour?
- There is something about assembling together: edification, strength, and encouragement are built in the gathering, and the anointing matters more than talent, lights, or screens.
- Human nature always asks for the minimum — how many do I have to get right, how far over the speed limit can I go — and that is why Jesus said 'go' instead of 'stay.'
Judged by the book of works
- At the great white throne, the books are opened — and another book, the Book of Life — and the dead, small and great, are judged according to their works.
- Works matter: what you do counts, and people will always want to see the evidence behind what you claim to believe.
- With whatever length of life you have, you can decide to go and do what God is leading you to do, and those works are what will be written in your book.
Scriptures: Revelation 20:11-15
What do you have to lose?
- The prodigal wasted what was his, came to the bottom, and found his way home — there is a place at the cross for everybody.
- Look at the empty chairs on a Wednesday night: put a name to one of them, and pray for an opportunity to have an influence in that person's life.
- If Jesus can forgive your sins and fill you with the Holy Ghost, he can do the same for them — boldness is simply reaching out and loving people.
- He closes in prayer, asking God to breathe life into the church and open doors for each person to do what he has called them to do.
Scripture index: Matthew 28:16-20; Colossians 2:8-9; Revelation 20:11-15.
Transcript
hey man if you have a Bible tonight you ought to be glad you ought to be glad if you've got a Bible on your phone and got translations you ought to be gladder foreign it is today write that down Mandy gladder uh brother Rob so capably has been talking about in large missions talked uh of course he being a missionary uh understands that investment what is necessary that was one of the reasons why I asked him to take that series and then of course you all know my wife and I spent years on the mission field as well thoroughly enjoyed it on the foreign field and now we're in another mission field you may notice that Chattanooga now is a mission field we had people in our church on Sunday from other countries huh yeah they were like from North Georgia I'll joke I'm joking but um the Lord is doing great things in this hour I don't know about you but I'm ready I'm ready I'm ready for God to move and to show himself strong amen so we will continue tonight uh if you have your Bible let's go to the Book of Matthew um Matthew chapter 28 now I would dare say a lot of you know these verses and brother Rob did a great job one of his sessions specifically talking about I'm going to begin here tonight Matthew chapter 28 verse number 16 the in the 11 disciples went away into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them when they saw him they worshiped everybody say worshiped they worshiped him when they saw him but there's a pause there in the grammar some doubted everybody say doubted some worshiped some doubted Jesus Verse 18 says came and spake to them saying all power is given unto me in heaven and in Earth go ye therefore and teach All Nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo I Am with You alway even un to the end of the world amen finish so let it be um as we bring this series of lessons to a close I want to draw our attention to the words of Jesus when Jesus said go I wonder what he was talking about now that's a two-letter word that's an action word it's activity that's attached to it what do you think Jesus's heart was filled with at that particular moment what do you think is his mind if you will was wanting them to to attach themselves to I know we read these verses and and often they're misquoted off times they're they're taken out of context and so forth but when Jesus said to go what do you think he was really referring to what was he telling them to leave that place get in a vehicle whatever that happened to be find another destination and simply relocate that's a go I know that again has been mentioned in this series that foreign missions or missions around the globe people see that they hear it they Envision all the stuff they've got here having to deal with and deal with something with it sell it or give it away and then they go and they plant themselves somewhere and they begin to work in in another country it's it's the way that it was done in our lives that's how we've followed the word go but more than that how many realize that when you get out of bed in the morning you have a point of reference you have a starting place so technically follow me a moment here technically you could actually say in your prayer time when you're talking to the Lord on any given day you could say Lord today I'm going to go to work I'm going to go to the store shopping whatever it happens to be and you can say Lord I want to go and I want to do your will that could mean anything agreed it could mean simply walking out your door across the street to your neighbor greeting them inviting them to the house of the Lord it could simply be standing in the line at a grocery store and listening to somebody's story empathizing with them about what they're going through and then gently pray for them it could be a plethora of things that's done we know that through the gospels the Matthew Mark Luke and John accounts that we get all of the Life of Christ that we needed to get I mean you know you can't put somebody's life in a book you can't you can't there's no way that you could get all the dots filled and and all the lines filled and everything plugged in but you can get a snapshot of it right if I said to you right now for an example the name Michael Jordan would you know his whole life no what would you know that he was a great football player right baseball somebody argued he played baseball didn't he he wasn't great but he played but you you know the name just by reference now do you know the whole life no you but you know the name by what he did if you will if I said the the name Albert Einstein how many know him knew him no but you've heard of it right has anybody ever heard of John schmicatelli me neither but I used the name often it's one of those common names that you hear in all the cities right look him up in the phone book point is this you can't know everything about someone's life it's the same with Jesus why do you think it's such a joy to fall in love with Jesus because friend of mine you will never hit the bottom of how much love he has for you you'll never wrap your arms wide enough East or West you'll never be able to discover the height of it of how he feels about you have you ever been in a position where you were discouraged and you simply breathe the name Jesus and peace rest on you how do you explain that because of the name that happens in your life have you ever tried to explain to someone the Holy Ghost how do you explain it to them well what happened is and then you're trying to put in the English terms or whatever a way that somebody can anybody explain where the Holy Ghost comes from the the win list it pushes and it moves but you don't know where it comes from that's how the spirit is right when we talk about Jesus we're talking about the power of almighty God from the beginning that came to Earth and changed Humanity all the accounts that were told you can discover in Genesis all the way through you will find out everything was about this man Jesus how many believe Jesus is worth knowing yeah so in in his final if you will before the amen was go and in the going you have to put wheels there you have to put Wings there you have to put shoes there you have to put whatever mechanism it is there why is that important because all of us have something that we can go to that we can go be a part of that we can go and connect to I think sometimes especially in our modern culture that there there's there's a little bit of fear and intimidation on the church's mind you know I don't want to embarrass anybody so I won't say anything to that person you know I I really don't want to step I don't want you know I don't want to become part of the news so I'm not going to really stand against that belief we've got a lot of things happening in our world today and we've got corporations and companies that are putting everything listen to me putting all of who they are on the line because of a a belief and no bones are made about it come on the lake just of late in the news what have we've discovered these retail stores are doing things and they're just saying to the world around them we believe enough in this to put our retail name on the line and listen carefully but when it comes to somebody full of the Holy Ghost and power of God are you willing to put it all on the line to stand for who you are are you willing to go wherever that is at whatever distance that is to be found doing what the command was given
let's continue forward a letter written to the Church of Colossians chapter number two you guys know this verse Colossians 2 and 8 beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vained deceit after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ for in him dwelleth all the fullness of the godhead bodily and you're completing him which is the head of all principality and power will stop there at this particular point there is a warning that is given to the church beware there are philosophies and deceitful things that are happening in the world around you anybody ever see that in your world that you live in huh anybody ever experience deceitfulness or philosophies that make not a whole lot of sin Let me let me share one that's very interesting to me ever everyone please look look up to the sky take your fingers place them over your eyes hold your idolage shut count to three Now quickly remove your fingers open your eyes do you see that light kind of twisty freckly thing in your eyes some call that spiritual encounter I call it the blood and my eyeballs got pushed out because my fingers are real heavy hold on to me some would declare that when you rub up next to a tree that there's a spirit in the tree and it speaks to you others would declare on and on we could talk about things that are philosophies schools of thought that although they may have good Merit they will not get you to heaven we get that we understand that if you want to be completely full and completely whole and completely complete that only comes through Jesus Christ in him dwells all of the fullness of the godhead bodily in him you don't have to go through chapter 7 verse 51 you don't have to go through sub paragraph 92 with law such and such you can actually go to the name of Jesus and all of it is encompassed in that I mean thankful for the name of Jesus stay with me tonight we're going somewhere I'm thankful for the blood of Jesus Christ to follow his commands and his teachings is actually the blessed and fulfilled life that you're looking for I have come to discover as pastoring that times when when when I counsel with folk folk come and want to talk to me about whatever that in the discussion what I generally find is their unhappiness their discontentment their questions or concerns by and large are wrapped around some things called selfishness self-pity huh yeah the the old proverbial this one that I use often because as my kids were growing up I had to memorize it nobody likes me everybody hates me I'm gonna eat some worms yeah the whole world is just bad and negative and I don't know about you but I can find myself in this hour and what my grandfather would have called the Molly grubs anybody here describe what a mully grub is the worst well I have Molly grub it could have been a hop-a-lock or something right what's a mully grub some of you are dying to Siri that aren't you somebody asked Siri what is a Molly grub see what she says a what it's just a terrible place oh somebody's on their phone get them brother Dan help me they're on their phone what you got Molly I don't know what you're a what hey so we've been using the word wrong all this time a witching point is this sorry I got sidetracked there here's the point you can find yourself in a bad place you can find yourself wondering if what you believe in the word of God is actually true you can get to a place in your life where you will wonder if you're truly honestly going to make Heaven your home huh come on it's called desperation if you've not been there and you've lived for God any time at all and you've never been to that position you hold on because your flesh is very strong and it will beat you and there will come a time when questions will need answers and you're afraid to go to God for it somebody help me and so you begin to end your own philosophy and deceitfulness begin to try to generate an answer and 99 and a half times out of four it's going to lead you down the wrong path why because there are principalities and things happening but in him is the power in his name is understanding when he left he said I want you to go and baptize go reach go do don't be confused and try to get on a side track of father-son holy ghost that has nothing to do with that verse in the name of the name of the name of every time it references back to what the name that all right Stay With Me the fact is you've got to understand and settle within yourself that he's enough God Is Enough the name of Jesus is enough power come on all the junk going on in our world I am convinced I am 100 convinced that if somebody would stand up in the media in the Press at the at the White House at the black house at the greenhouse it doesn't matter and they would simply plead the blood of Jesus and they would pray the name of Jesus things would happen I guarantee it will happen why because it's happened in my life I have stood in the midst of a storm in my life and I've pled the blood of Jesus and I know the power that is there come on how many here has a testimony what God's protection has been over your life all because you were in a bad place but you simply breathe the name Jesus and that car took a turn or that didn't happen or that fell there and instead of here you know what I'm saying all because of the name of Jesus now in Matthew's writing we see the final words here was to go and to do to go and to do what of course he says to baptized why why was Jesus so adamant about telling the followers the disciples those that were the Learners of him why was he so interested in telling them to go instead of stay anybody stay and wait that's true the work okay work is there but it's here as well so why didn't he say stay and baptize them what happened because the nature of man is to do what at least bit possible am I right huh come on how many has ever took a test and said how many do I have to get right huh did I just make that up why why do you why do you think the interstate and all the side roads all have this really neat white sign on them with a speed limit number and then we already know what we're about to do is what we know five to ten over is okay in fact if you so cool if you're driving along and you're going over the speed limit heaven forbid and you passed an officer of the law coming this way what's the first thing you do what do you do foot off the gas tap the brake and look down how fast was that going what am I going to say how can I get away with it honest I suffer I wasn't doing 103. right we just got this all over my and how many has ever held your breath until you see them go on by and what do you do and then what do you do you go right back to tell me I'm lying somebody oh we even teach our kids that yeah you can go 10 over it's fun oh because inherently in human nature is what what is my minimal what is the least that I have to do that's why I'm convinced there will not be one person stand before him at judgment and say did I do enough just
Stay With Me as we've been discussing over the last few weeks on Wednesday nights I'm going to ask you a question I watched the clock I've got a clock up here I want to ask you some honest questions if I may first of all what is God calling you to do in this hour is that an okay question not not what is Pastor or what is music minister or what is Sunday school what is God calling you to do in this hour Stay With Me if you're hungry and you're honestly praying God I want you to move in my life because I want more of you or I'm thirsty for you guess what God does very graciously how many believes God hears you when you pray that you think God remembers so when you prayed the prayer Lord I really feel like I want to get closer to you and so therefore God I'm going to spend extra time in prayer today right or whatever it happens to be and because we're human we have a great desire to want to fulfill that because it's God by the way but I've often wondered in myself me this is me this okay this is that transparency thing that teachers get stuck with sometimes right I wonder sometimes if I treated the people around me that or I can see the way that I sometimes treat the holy God of all creation that I can't see how would our relationship be huh again I don't think intentionally you you tell someone a lie but how many have had great great desires to help someone to encourage someone to be there for someone and your calendar your schedule just not be able to accommodate it so you don't do it what if that were God do you think that that would affect your relationship now again 2023 Grace Works how many glad that Grace works but what is your definition of grace I know what is it come on biblically what is it beyond what unmerited favor what does that mean how do you even Merit anything here's my point if God is simply doing something in your life and God is calling directing leading prodding unctioning opening doors whatever then surely there's something that God has for you to do now again let me ask it another question are you content with Where You Are or would you like to be what God wants you to be oh are we okay with Sunday and Wednesday only again our old timers went 100 days a week right are we okay with Sunday and Wednesday now I want to explain to you Sunday church and Wednesday church if I may Sunday church is usually two wheels because Church doesn't start till 11. now you've been getting up all week long at four to go to work and Sunday for whatever reason it's the greatest challenge ever I'm like my Lord you got seven more hours you know you can't you know because my mind Wednesday you don't even come on two wheels do we we just pray that we have wheels I'm in the parking lot know how I got here but I got to get through the door right okay stay with me stay with me I'm not saying that all of your going to heaven or hell is based on your time in the building I'm not because you can have church at home can't you come on you can have church in your car you can Worship the Lord anywhere is that right am I telling the truth come on how many have had I've had incredible prayer meetings in my truck driving down the road anybody else come on I've been out on job sites before in the power and spirit of God show up anybody else you know I'm talking about right but there is something about the assembling of yourselves together what happens in that assembly edification something is built what else is there strength is there encouragement uh come on this past Sunday is a great example our first service in this building was anybody here good time man I walked in I was by myself because I came early and I thought you know what Lord I feel like today is just going to be a good old good old ad old-fashioned Pentecostal service and folks started showing up and then more folks showed up and for crying out loud new faces walked in and I don't even know them and then other ones started walking through the door next thing I know it's again as my granny would have said not my grandfather but my grand she would have said Martin here at full that's a southern word it's almost full and here's my point Stay With Me in my mind I said Lord is this an answer to our prayers because we have prayed let us be a beacon in this city let us somehow show your love to the community because friend of mine I don't care how talented we get or how skilled we get and how many lights we have on and how many screens we can put on if the anointing of the Lord is not there then it doesn't matter anyway I've said it before and I've been I have been put down before for saying it this has got to be more than just simply a social club you can get that in any other club man when I come here can I be transparent in that the position of a teacher to be transparent right sometimes I don't care what you get from God I need something from him so I got to make up Within Myself Lord I'm coming to the house of God I'm going to love and worship you I'm going to why because if I can get myself in a position to where the voice of God can speak maybe just maybe I can get that go command from him on going across the street or going down the road or going into another town why because the power of God will still speak in this hour if all of us would develop an attitude that says Lord if nobody else loves and worships you today I'm coming to do that and I'm going to magnify you I'm going to lift you up I'm going to sing the song If I don't know the words I'm going to hum it until I can learn it come on and when the preacher preaches I'll be the loudest voice they'll have to turn him up because I'm going to be there amen why is that the case because it's not about me nor the singers nor the musicians nor the preacher it's about who why do we need to get him bigger in our lives because he's the if he increases what are we doing and we're getting ourselves out of the way is the Lord ever opened the door for you and you cannot explain how in the world it happened were you worthy of that or was God simply showing you you know what you're faithful I'm faithful I'm faithful whether you're faithful or not I'm opening doors I'm blessing I'm moving why because in the hour in which we live friend we've got to have so much of him in US so much of him in our lives so much of his power and his love is there more to live in for Jesus or have you reached a pentacle a place a plateau now again transparency here I'm the teacher tonight let me tell you something there are times in my life that I have felt the glory of God I have breathed the oxygen of God and I knew it was him I mean right there and then there are times in my life that I have wondered where the birds were where the flowers were where the pretty of life was and then I'd come through that and for whatever reason the blessing of God would begin to move again in my life I'm convinced of this thing we're talking about enlarging tonight we're talking about missions doing things for God I'm convinced this the seasons of God are sure the seasons of your life are certain things happen things pass things come things go I'm convinced that if a church in a city will stay true to God you'll have this and you'll have this you'll have this and you'll have this sooner or later you'll start the upward climb and things will begin to happen things begin to move simply because listen if you bring Jesus on the scene it changes all things I want to take a couple of moments here listen carefully again I'll watch the clock in this series that that brother Rob's talked about tonight I'm bringing it to a close but how are you right now is that an okay question how are you right now do you need to change something in your life or are you simply okay is God's mission principle in your life or are you simply just trying to get through the service get through the week get through the month what needs to change in your life right now for you to feel the Fulfillment of God's voice in your life huh help me for just a moment in your mind's eye in your spirit's eye what do you see right now in the spirit world what do you see you do know that that's a that's a good question what do you see are we focused on the negative and the down and the and the struggle and the trial and the test are we are we focused on that simply trying to find a solution or way to navigate it or are we looking for the hand of God that he told me to go and I'm going to go and if I go he's going to be with me he said that to the end so the question again I pose it this way how are you right now what do you see another where to from here in your life in your spirit I'm not asking to move across the country I'm not asking to go to another world I'm simply saying is there something in your life that you can do to fulfill what God is showing and telling you to do has anybody here ever been intimidated by others yeah well I don't I'm not a good speaker I'm not a good teacher I don't have all the words I don't have all the verses I don't whatever and so I can't teach a Bible study couldn't you what question do you really think they're going to ask you huh do you think you think for one moment that someone out there is going to say Can can we talk for an hour on the kingdom of Melchizedek if that's your greatest fear guess what study on the kingdom of Melchizedek and then you can give an answer if that if you're afraid of that what if somebody asked you about Bible salvation what do I need to do to go to heaven and if you don't have an answer for that then discover it in the word and say Lord I want I want to know things so that I can give an account to others come on the age-old question you know aren't we all God's children aren't we all going to heaven I don't know what your Bible say the pastor you're asking me difficult questions no I'm not I'm simply asking you the basic things of your relationship with God because listen if you have repented of your sins you understand the power of repentance if you've been baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of sins guess what you understand the power of baptism and if you've ever received a wonderful gift of the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues as the scripture gives instruction guess what you can give an account for that
let me show you how important this is again I'll watch the clock Revelation this is the very last of our King James Bible very last of it Revelation chapter 20. verse number 11. notice what it says here and I saw a great white throne him that sat on it from whose face the Earth the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them you go back and read the rest of this I'm simply picking up here I saw the dead small and great stand before God and listen to it the books were opened and another book was opened which is The Book of Life the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their somebody say it works the sea gave up the dead which were in it and death and Hell delivered up the dead which were in them they were judged every man according to their what somebody say it and death and hell were cast into the Lake of Fire this is second death and whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was what cast into the Lake of Fire in this reference here that the author is in his mind whether in the spirit or out I do not know but this is what he writes Works matter what you do counts apparently now how many want to find your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life yeah but you'll be judged by the book of your works Pastor I thought that I just had to live by faith and not works okay the let's look at that very quickly how many believe that you're a millionaire okay bajillionaire anybody else anybody okay does anybody believe you got 15 in your pocket let's start there okay here we go we got it here's the point you could tell everybody you'd know everybody you meet that you're a multi-millionaire and what's the one thing they're going to want to do they're going to want to see it huh why because seeing is that okay stay with me when it comes to the things of God if we don't think works matter listen friend you and I right now can do one of the worst things ever that Humanity would think of and everybody that knows you will say well that was a terrible thing to do why because you work in a negative way your actions were negative and it hurt someone it destroyed someone however you want to translate that but I declare to you this listen carefully I declare to you this that if Works matter because there's a book of works that's going to list what you've done I wonder right now how comfortable the bulk of us would be with what is actually in that book is that an okay question is that too personal now listen to me I don't have to judge you because I cannot sit on that throne it is not my Throne to sit on need I remind you it is not your throne to sit on there is one and it's his say it Jesus his but what you can do is with however long or however short your life is here on planet Earth you can decide I will go and do what he is leading and guiding me to do and because of that there will be Works written in that book it is per those Works how you will be judged it is per those works the reward that you will receive it listen to me if you really want to worship God then you do everything you can do to get every reward you can so that if that Crown is full of jewels let's call it that you get when you get to glory land that will be the Way That You Will Worship the Lord God everything I've ever done and yet you paid me you gave me because it was mine you gave it to me I give it to you that's what the 24 Elders did threw it on the ground in front of him and worshiped listen carefully 2023 we need to be now more invested vested connected whatever you call it in the things of God there's a whole world out there hurting come on every day you look at things and I'm I'm appalled by by Humanity I ask God's forgiveness often Lord forgive us as humans we have messed things up so bad Lord help me God I want to find favor in your eyes I want to understand your way I want to grasp a hold of the blessings of God but I realize it will come with a price how many believes at the end that every knee will bow and every tongue will confess you believe that why do you believe it because it's in the word is that okay every knee and every time so what if you were to decide or you knew somebody who said you know what I'll never worship Jesus I'll never declare him God okay you just wait because the scriptures do not lie and you will confess and you will bow your knee to him listen to me but in our generation 2023 right now the last several lessons that have been talked about as missions in other fields where the Rob last week brought up going on a mission trip and helping you realize you can go on a mission trip outside your front door and a cross and down the street you know that right because people need the Lord their only answer their only solution is going to be finding him and the truth of the matter is if Jesus can forgive your sins he can forgive theirs come on if he can put the Holy Ghost in you guess what he can put it in them if he can allow you to use his name you know what they can too so here's the question
look around you tonight come on it's it's almost eight o'clock my landing gear is coming down brother John come give them some false hope come on right now tonight look around you please there are empty chairs now this is the question it's a Wednesday night it's usually a smaller crowd we get that who would you like to see in one of the chairs is that an okay question do you feel like you could put a a name to it and whoever that name whatever that person is in your life would you be bold enough to say Lord I'm going to pray that an opportunity come I'm going to pray Lord that an opportunity come so that I can have an influence in their life come on I've never been good at beating somebody up with the Holy Ghost and with the power I've never been successful at that I've never been able to simply just guilt somebody and just now I know that I've been able to talk to folk and then scratch their head and make a decision and and I couldn't understand why they wouldn't stay with God or why they didn't live for God instead they came and they went has anybody ever known somebody to come and hear the gospel and and just walk away from it it makes you wonder where where their mind or what's going on where the truth is is if there are indeed backsliders that we believe can come home then there has to be somebody who's come on one of The Parables that sticks out to all of us is called the prodigal I want what's mine now only to find out that after wasting it all he did what came from here to the bottom and then found his way home see there's a place at the cross for all of us and the going again is it okay to ask you are you okay tonight everything in your spirit good huh I'm not saying are you a sinner and you're doing oh no that's not the point in this lesson tonight I'm simply asking you this is God leading and guiding and calling you into a place to a person to a to a country to us another Street in your neighborhood or you could simply just tell somebody about God you can love them you could just share the love of God with them here's the last of it and I'm done what do you have to lose huh that person that that the Lord's laid on your heart even right now perhaps sitting in this room if you were to open your mouth and talk to them or simply just reach out and just love them Pat them on the back a smile a handshake what do you have to lose is what you have to lose more valuable than him enlarging is about searching for a way to stretch to grow Sunday again I'll revert back to that that we had a lot of folk in the church my question then is what what do we do when more come we do have solution for that we simply tell them stop I mean right you you you're looking smile because nobody would say that you don't have to say that you can show that why I think pastor always says if there's somebody in this room and you don't know who they are you better go straight to them before you go hug your friend's neck why because this church will be known as The Friendly Church the loving Church whether they ever come back or not whether they ever come to an altar or not we're going to love folk is that okay listen carefully we've got ways that we can get more people in this building in fact if the Lord sends them our way we could go all the way down to the UTC Arena we can have church in there come on our church knows how to set up equipment don't we how many times have we gotten to do that huh that's not we can go to a big open field somewhere am I right there's a point if we truly believe that we can enlarge that we have to follow individually what God is telling us because as a church we believe Jesus is coming soon we believe all the signs are pointing to things happening in our world tomorrow 20 years from now I don't know I'm sure every generation the last several hundred years I've always thought Jesus is going to come in my lifetime my dear sweet grandma died on her deathbed saying Jesus is coming she just knew she would see the rapture my sweet mom at 83 now she's saying I'm still believing I'll see the rapture it might be my kids or my grandkids that are I'm still believe that's not the point the point is is that when it's all said and done there's some books that's going to hold the works that we've done so my question for you is this are you really okay or would you really like to do something for God
I want to invite you to stand with me it's 803. we'll just stand come on every hand lifted to heaven right now would you come on Jesus we surrender to you tonight we believe God that you've got a great plan in store for the church it's unfolding even as we stand here tonight Lord we believe that your name is still more powerful than any devil in hell we believe that the repentance and baptism in Jesus name the unfilling of the Holy Ghost is still salvation living that life Lord that is pleasing to you it is still the plan help us tonight oh God breathe life into US Lord as we commit ourselves to you yet again God knowing that the answers Lord come from you we we trust you Lord for growth in our hearts and in our lives we believe you Lord for for Revival in this hour we trust you for him come on somebody if the Lord's laying somebody someplace on your life I want you to pray for it right now speak the name speak the play Speak the street name whatever it is come on speak it out to the Lord God I'm believing you for this I'm trusting you for it God you're going to open doors Lord I believe you are you're going to help me God to get past myself and to reach to you Lord in the presence of the enemy God that might be around me you're going to prepare a table Lord and I'm going to be able to do God what you've called me to do I love you Lord I Trust You Lord I I believe in you Jesus for great things come on would you pray with somebody close to you close around you pray God give them strength come on pray God use them and anoint them in this hour come on Lord you you can use people God you can use their witness and their testimony Lord you can do something powerful in their life God they can see Lord people come to know you they can experience in themselves Apostolic anointing God As you move in their lives come on help us Lord as a church give us the wisdom knowledge and understanding we need Lord to move forward in you to God be the glory come on that's right to God be the glory to God be the glory to God be all the glory in the name of Jesus We Praise You Lord And We Worship You Forever blessed be the name of the Lord God Hallelujah to the name of Jesus we love you and we bless you and we worship you forever Hallelujah come on give him praise before you leave we love you Lord and we thank you Jesus we worship you tonight God Hallelujah to the name of the Lord God amen amen go to enlarge come on stretch yourself a little bit in the spirit let God use you amen so glad you came out tonight to our guests again we we welcome you were honored you came to join with us amen Friday night seven o'clock here for the married couples marriage matters of course Sunday we're back we'll got Sunday kids church at 11 o'clock in here the youth will be in their room the adults will be in their room the nursery will be in their room and I'll be out I'm joking come on it'll be new for us but we're going to make it through 11 o'clock is our class time 11 listen to 11 45 then at 11 45 we'll break it down we'll have a few minutes of fellowship at 12 noon we'll begin all church prayer and uh we invite everybody to come be with us it's just a little different than what we've been doing but how many knows we can do different okay I love you guys I'm so glad you came tonight put a smile on if somebody around you doesn't have a smile would you share one with them go with God love the Lord reach out to people I love you guys have a great week in the Lord hey don't forget I need a few helpers please to to move chairs and set up some tables for us thank you guys
Scripture references as spoken: Matthew 28:16-20; Colossians 2:8-9; Revelation 20:11-15.