Something New

would you pray with me one more time Church Lord today we thank you so much for the power and the spirit it's working in US room today God With Us Jesus we believe you are the healer the mender of the broken heart you are the god that can do anything we have come today God expecting to meet you here we know Lord God we can call on your name anywhere and you are there but God when we collectively come together there is power and anointing on the community Jesus we come today to sing songs come today Lord to testify of your goodness to pray and bring our needs to you but right now Lord we we want the word of God to move in our lives spoken word I make myself available to you Lord know that without you I am simply man and I will fall crumble under the weight but with you Lord in your glory and your anointing God we can hear from you fall fresh upon us Jesus here Lord yeah Lord yeah Lord yes Lord Hallelujah Hallelujah I love you Jesus anybody else feel the presence of the Lord I welcome all of you to the church house today those online watching I'm so glad you're here if you're a guest we welcome you we're honored you've come today thank you yeah yeah tomorrow night prayer online seven o'clock Tuesday Night Celebrate Recovery here in the sanctuary is that 6 30 tonight six or six Orton six o'clock thank you that's on Tuesday and then Wednesday back here for Bible study we've got all kind of good things going on right don't forget church is the best place to be anybody want to go to heaven you're gonna have to know the Lord you may be seated thank you singers musicians thank you to all the staff all the helpers all the workers Sunday school teachers musicians those in the parking lot those putting out water and things thank you so much I love all of you and I know the lord loves you more than I do is that all right but I'm glad you're here today this weekend of course our marriage matters yesterday I want to publicly say for my sake how much I love my wife and how much she deserves me I mean I deserve her yeah amen what a wonderful day to serve the Lord do you agree shout amen oh come on is it a wonderful day to serve the Lord wonderful day to serve the Lord I I know that as you look around in all the places in the world there's 24-hour news agencies of every shape form and fashion you can find out anything you want to know from every corner of the world you can spend hours if you want to in fact talking to scientists talking to those who study the effects of the things going on in our world and I did a little research to consider how much as a as Humanity as the human race how much we are interested in stuff I'm sure most of you know this that there's a lot of money spent on different studies one of them I found out was why is there lint in a belly button that's important Kevin we need to know that they were afraid to list the amount of money given for such research but I am certain that it means something I also found out that one of the other great studies that recently came out was what is the difference between apples and oranges and the fact is is they discovered not a lot I like orange juice I don't like apple juice there's a lot of difference oh also y'all ready this is a good one too they did a study in fact scientists spent hours and hours researching how to make the best grilled cheese sandwich oh come on that's Revival right there y'all why these are real experiences real experiments real tests looking for real answers and it has set the scientific world on fire with anticipation in fact listen in fact in an attempt to reform the ecosystem of the world there are there are funds that are spent there are a certain group of educated folks with clipboard in hand and Pen iPad computer ready these men and women gather together and they get all this information together and one item or one event or one series or sequence of events they begin to make notes and they begin to compare notes and in the world around is anticipating greatly how much information they'll gather and then they'll present it to the world and they'll say look what we found out oranges are orange and that alleviates it just removes all doubt I wasn't sure I wasn't sure the world around us deserves to know all of these things don't you agree boy because if you're a child and you ask somebody why is the sky blue they deserve an answer why is an orange orange and why does it have the same word twice sorry I'm sure that there are a whole lot of us out here that that love things and we we know that if they gather enough information it'll probably change our hearts and our minds and we'll develop a new attitude we'll develop a new uh desire for things but I know that for an example out of all of the great amount of funding that has been given to listen to this how people bathe and how that it hasn't changed over the last century so shampoo wash rinse repeat some of y'all probably have changed that whole sequence and messed up the whole scientific world you dry off you then get dressed you go outside and what happens you do it all over again you get dirty you come back you soap your shampoo you'll understand where I'm coming from there's a whole lot of understanding why we do things and why we try to understand them with a deeper knowledge for an example as well I didn't know that you could buy soap now that smells like the morning dew yeah ain't nothing better than a good old Morning Dew bar of soap right now I wonder if you live on a farm would you absolutely want that bar of soap I miss saying I'm just asking I'm not sure that I would huh there's only a few of us in here that have learned that some information is probably not worth all of the funding and all the time effort and energy put into it but what we learn is this once you have received information you then have to establish your way of doing things agreed you have to establish how you're going to receive the data the information and in that particular point in that time you will then have to decide it's settled I like cream in my coffee I like eucalyptus smelling soap I like lemon oil smell oh Lord some of y'all know what I'm talking about you're afraid to raise your hand and say yeah I agree the fact is is that every culture and every society comes up with systems and policies that make their world function it makes their particular group of friends function for an example here in the great United States of America somebody shout salute salute in the United States of America we do things a certain way you do things different in other countries why because they have altered their Lifestyles to where they live why because in humanity you have to find out what works for you you have to find out what operates in the place where you are and then you function under that umbrella I don't want to confuse you today please understand that I'm not against science and I'm not against studies and and all the money and all the effort and energy given to that but I want to remind you I want to remind myself today of the possibilities of becoming possibly disconnected with the reality of Life do you realize that I for an example I like bar soap anybody else anybody else a bar soap kind of person I like bar I even I'll go a step further y'all ready for I am not I'm not promoting but I like safeguard huh yeah I tried Irish Spring and it was just so overwhelming I tried Dove and I felt women this show I went to to safeguard and my wife knows I like Safeguard and so if the Safeguard soap bar I don't know why I'm going through this is not there in the shower guess what it's not going to be a good day because I refuse to pick up that scrunchy looking thing and squirt stuffy stuff on it and lather up with that and expect that I understand why that scrunchy looking thing is supposed to keep me clean that's just me come on Adam and Eve had their bare hands I understand that's got a is it a loofah it's got a name and everything got a name they're on you got to call it by that stay with me stay with me because if some people don't have that in their hand it ruins their whole day let me let me let you in on a secret to these younger folk in here today I want you to know that that thing that you carry in your pocket or in your pocketbook or in your purse or in your backpack that is not simply a phone it is easy to make a phone call you can do that on two lines it's old landlines called it such a tip and a ring that's all you had to have ring pick it up and it connects the line you talk you're done you disconnect it that's your done but what we call the cellular phone how many of you folk honestly use that little thing as a phone yeah but how I have a truck now and I can put my phone I get into the truck and Mandy it connects man and then my little my wife will call right in the middle of me climbing in in the truck and it'll go and she'll say it 20 times hello hello hello hello I'm going hello it's connecting and all of a sudden built without hands nothing I'm talking and everybody Drives By Me doesn't think I'm weird nor strange because I'm just talking out in the air huh anybody remember an atlas oh Lord I'm gonna date myself I'm at road atlas yeah come on Revival come on road atlas you can figure it out he got to go through and you got to send them now I don't know who's Siri is I'm not sure about boy she talks really loud in my truck am I Siri navigate to the closest Chick-fil-A and here it goes I found 92 would you like one oh now I got a choice Hold On To Me Hold On To Me that small little thing in your pocket it now has all of the conveniences that you need your calendar your dates the information I'm gonna ask I'm gonna put somebody on the spot right now herb what's your wife's phone number you don't even know do you dog you just say Siri call my wife and it comes up and says which one no I'm joking I'm so good it comes up and says you want to call snooky Boogie or ookiepoo and then you just say it's snooky Boogie right there right and then it rings my wife my wife said you know what you know my phone number and I'm like yes tell me what it is come on am I right why because what you've got in your pocket is actually a computer and it compresses and and takes and and pushes out and brings back it collaborates I've talked about this the last couple of weeks and it's scaring me to death because I don't understand it yet you've got what's called artificial intelligence man I've been seeing that my whole life with some people they just think they're intelligent that's fake right I'm not probably not the same probably not the same thing but there's an in there's a system to gather information to share information and it seems that that for way too long we have all been able to live and adapt our lives under this new process of doing things and the fact is is that when we understand what is happening in our minds and in our culture we have to know that the sharing of information is very very important let me give you a really quick example this may not make sense to some of you but it does to me imagine if you will sharing this information with someone else hey look here you see that big animal over there it looks like a cat got big old wide stripes on it that big thing right there has got big teeth hey what I discovered about that big thing over there that looks like a cat has got teeth is that thing can eat you something else I discovered about that big thing that looks like a cat and that can eat you like it ate Stanley the other day is that we need to understand that that's a human eaten tiger and if you want to be eaten you go over there and you molester you're trying to bother you try to poke that tiger but otherwise what do you tell your neighbor and your friend stay away from the Tiger now see how easy that was to share that information Dakota all because somebody died at the mouth of a tiger you know I'm often I'm often bum fuzzled there and I often wonder sometimes how was it the first person tried milk foreign big old animal right over there got them hanging down things drawn will you go over and pull on that thing right there and what comes out Will you pour it over cereal you know what I'm saying how many people died going out there and that cows don't get away from me what's wrong with you somebody had to discover milk hey you ready for 2023 y'all here we go anybody know what milk is I found out not long ago you can now get milk out of almonds am I right you can get milk out of Oats now I don't know how they make the granola with the oat milk on I'm like boy those guys that Oak don't have a chance out there does it somebody began to listen to me somebody begins the process and it goes from there you can now have your milk with almonds in it or grains whatever you can now understand the importance of staying away from Tigers all of these scientific studies and all these things that come about I realize this is information that you learn and you share and you grow and you pass on to other Generations but hear me what I'm saying today I've got a purpose in this presentation right now life is full of moments of learning and moments of study we agree with that a time to seek out knowledge and a time to put the knowledge to use that you have acquired but I tell you today friend I'm thankful for the growth and the prosperity that we have in our nation how many is glad for indoor plumbing I don't need an outhouse now although I have used them I don't want that now I'm thankful that I have a commode and I have a toilet and a shower in my house that's the simple things that we have made complicated because we want to complicate things come on anybody remodel a bath lately how much did it cost you yeah I went commodes how much oh Lord I'll just pass on that no you won't because you got to have in your house I had this conversation yesterday when I was growing up with all of my brothers and sisters at our house there was one bathroom how did we do it not sure we did there was a let me tell you a story today there was a man named Paul and this Paul guy was very determined in his Pursuit Of Truth and preserving the information that he had discovered y'all stay with me the Bible talks about this guy's life's experiences his discoveries of information and how that he would take that information and he would influence the world around him so much so that he would write to other Church groups other groups of people that were gathering in homes and in places and and he would tell them this information that he had dug up that he had Unearthed or that had been given to him and these letters would be sent from his office to those places and they would read those out loud to everybody that would hear it and they would actually apply the lessons that were given to them to their lives Paul was very informative and very influential in the world in which he lived on one particular occasion y'all follow me a moment here Paul had come to a place that the spirit of God had led him and in this place he discovered that there were all types sorts shapes and whatever of Idols the Bible in the book of Acts talks about in Acts 17 verse 16 now while Paul waited for them at Athens his Spirit was stirred in him when he saw the city hear it holy given to idolatry therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews with The Devout persons in the market daily with them that met with him verse 18 then certain philosophers of epicureans and the stoics encountered him and said what will this babbler say others some he seemeth to be a Setter forth of strange Gods because he preached unto them hear it Jesus and the resurrection Paul comes to the city of Athens in Greece has anybody ever heard of Athens not in Tennessee not in Georgia but in Greece Athens it is this whole city according to Paul's letter according to his recollection according to what his writing had been giving to idol worship Paul goes to their churches their places of worship and he begins to discuss with them the things that he is seeing in their City he's gathering information he's doing some research and he's walking by these idols and he's seeing this one and he sees that one and he understands this one and he's trying to wrap his mind around that one and the Bible says that these strange Gods he calls them something was going on in that City and the more that Paul discovered and the more that he did his research I believe that in that particular culture and Society there was so much going on that Paul was not able to keep up with it all although he wanted to and therefore he was the study or the scientist guy the knowledge guy who built this database so as I read to you here in Acts 17 the Bible says that there were other groups that came to him and they're asking him questions and he's he's looking at all these idols and all these things around him and and they're they're inquiring of him this Jesus and and the one that they persecuted the one that rose from the dead and they don't understand it verse 19 of the same chapter notice this Acts 17. they took him brought him to aeropagus saying may we know what this new Doctrine whereof thou speakest is verse 24 thou bring us certain strange things to our ears we would know therefore what these things mean notice in verse 21 in the parenthesis here for all the Athenians The Strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else hear this but either to tell or to hear some new thing Paul stood in the midst of Mars Hill said unto ye men of Athens I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious for as I passed by beheld your devotions I found an altar with this inscription to the unknown God whom therefore ye ignorantly worship him declare I unto you they wanted to see what this Paul fella had to say they thought it's strange the the what he was preaching they didn't understand where he was coming from they took him to the place where he could present if you do your history you'll find out this was a very important place in the city this is where that literally hundreds and hundreds would come and all they wanted to do was discuss things and they wanted to understand things and they would throw out ideas and thoughts and they would begin to run after that notice here though when Paul was given the opportunity to speak to them because of his Doctrine and teaching that he was doing y'all follow me a moment here what was happening is the people around begin to gather because they wanted to comprehend what he was talking about and they wanted to understand these strange new things something new that they could follow after notice hear this Paul did not address the god of Apollo he didn't address the idol of Atlas or demius he didn't talk about Hercules or Pawn or Poseidon or Zeus No those were the powerful Idols Gods if you will that they had built at that time in the city but rather friend what he decided was this I realized that These Guys these Romans they're looking for all they can these these grecians they are hungry for things and they're trying to find something but the truth of the matter is there is one thing that they understand is there is what is called the unknown God and we're not really sure what he's all about we're not sure how big he is how wide he is how deep or how tall but one thing we know is there is a force out there and we believe that that Force has a power hang on to me the Bible according to what it says is they had superstitions those groups of men and women gathered there a Superstition is simply this it is a belief or a practice resulting from ignorance fear of the unknown trust in magic or chance or false conception of anything what Paul was addressing with them is this you're looking at all of these Idols around you and you can discuss them because they've been passed down from one generation to the next but I've come to talk to you today about a God that you have yet to recognize nor realize that according to the book of Acts chapter 17 verse number 24 that God that made the world and all things therein seeing that he is Lord of Heaven and Earth well not in temples made with hands neither is worship with men's hands as though he needed anything seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the Earth has determined the times before appointed and the bonds of their habitation verse 27 that they should seek the Lord if happily they might feel after him and find him though he be not far from every one of us for in him we live and move and have our being as certain also of your own poets I have said for we also his offspring for as much then as we are The Offspring of God we ought not to think that the godhead is like unto gold or silver Stones Graven by Art and man's device in the times of ignorance God winked at but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent because he has a point of the day in which he he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given Assurance unto all men in that he had raised him from the dead here's the preacher today Paul was declaring unto them the completeness of the unknown God if they would simply decide I want to know more about that God than any one of these Stone pictures these gold fixtures these silver fixtures why because as Paul was identifying with them if you'll ever know the unknown God he'll change the way you walk he'll alter the way to talk he'll get up underneath you he'll be above you he'll be beside you he'll walk with you in the midnight he'll be with you every step you take the Bible it says it specifically the people of Athens they were looking for some new thing something that was new fact of the matter is what they were looking for was truth now I realize that if it had been you or I on that particular day on Mars Hill I probably would have taken time to study a little bit about Zeus or maybe to research some about Apollos or to understand a little better these Idols so that I could have a conversation with him look at this guy over here he's built out of stone this one over here built got a goal this one over here is this this one over here is that because you and I as humans we have to defend a whole lot of things agreed well why do you believe the way you believe why do you go to church every Sunday why do you wear skirts why don't you do this how come you can't go there why won't you see I know this is 2023 and some of y'all are strange to that thing but there is such a thing as Holiness unto the Lord and when do you decide within yourself I will be what God is leading and instructing me to be then you will have to align yourself with the word of God and the word of God doesn't change it is the only thing forever settled in heaven that said you and I would want to have to declare you know what there's something new that you're looking for you're not going to find it in Apollos or Zeus or any of those other things out there but instead Paul doesn't go that route but but but but go with me for one moment if you will this Paul this guy man he is he has been doing great things he has been man the preacher can preach and where he's going he's been stoned he's been left for dead he's been beaten he's been Thrice pushed there he's been left in the water he's been I mean this guy has been a rough life somebody say a rough life I can only imagine now he's come to this city and he's walking up and down the road and he's trying his best to wrap his mind around why these men and women would worship all of these idols and all these false things he said he listened to it he is soon to face Diana and when he comes up against the temple Diana he better have his act together why because Diana was the force of the Ephesians and if he didn't understand who he was and why he was doing what he did he was fixing to get his yeah and so Paul was establishing this I can only in my mind's eye imagine this guy come on broken beaten bones didn't heal right bruises cut scars he looks dirty he don't look like much he's got a garment on where he's been walking around to these cities I mean come on y'all don't think for a moment he had on one of those Louis Vuitton suits or one of those cars a stretch limo gnaw from where he when he went into towns and places it was a wasn't much to look at I can only imagine him now in the epicenter of discussion of new things Paul makes himself up the eye walks himself up the road and he gets to the place where he can begin to speak and instead of trying to argue with him about what they had or did not have he simply backs up and he says I've come today to discuss something with you if you'll ever fall in love with the unknown God you know why you've got an idol here says unknown God it's because you're not smart enough to realize who he is this Zeus that you worship he's never done a thing for you this Apollo that you worship never brought your kids out of the Tomb but I've come to declare to you the unknown God I make him known to you today he's the one that was crucified he's the one that shed his blood on a cross he's the one that laid down his life for your sins and for mine and as this preacher was standing there that day and all of his Brokenness and ugliness everybody looking at him or scratching their heads saying I'm not sure that I understand the words coming out of his mouth but one thing I do know there is an anointing and a glory that's resting upon this man there's something new is exactly what we need today some of them scoffed and ran away the story tells us some of them cross their arms and begin to question more some of them looked and said you're a liar and it's not true but the Bible specifically says and some made themselves available to Paul Stay With Me 2023. we live in a world today full of idols you can call it MBA you can call it NFL you can call it cars you can call it jobs you can call it money you can call it whatever you want to every one of these Idols are stacked up in the world around us hear me somebody you can have education you can have stuff you can have big small ugly whatever you want and you can give it a name and you can worship these items come on we know in our society today there's a whole lot of idol worship going on there's a whole lot of false gods being worshiped in our world today you know why they're looking for something new but if the apostolics can truly stand up full of the Holy Ghost and Fire baptized in the only saving name Jesus Christ if we can stand and declare the whole Council of God listen to hear people at work I've come to tell you there's one God his name is Jesus there's not three there's not 33 nor 3003 there's one God and if you'll lift him up he'll come in and change your life he'll come in and forgive you of your sins he'll come in and wash you whiter than snow you can go down in the name that's above every name and those sins be dealt with and he'll breathe to you life and he'll fill you with the Holy Ghost and Fire and you can stand up and declare now I am from the unknown God he is made known to me 2023 I believe there is a reaching in our society and our culture I believe there's a cry I believe that there's a desire believe that folk are looking for something that's bigger greater more powerful more soothing more able more capable I declare to you that none of the idols of this world will stand save Jesus Christ now I know I know we live in a in a Grace dispensation don't we years ago they preached it really hard we live in Grace now we live in Grace now and they talked about grace and grace was one of the things that that as Christians as a religious world we ran to it Grace God's Wonderful Grace and we submitted ourselves to it and we realize that except for the unmerited favor of God there'd be no way that we could ever really truly love him and Grace became the message for the day but listen to what I'm telling you friend I use this often because in my experience in life I have found this to be true if I am a lawgiver like a parent I can establish laws with my children and if they are indeed my children Randy they have to listen otherwise they stand to receive the what punishment from the law Giver to them now again I'm not talking about beating a kid I'm not talking about all of that I'm telling you simply this there are some things in life that you should not do I'll I'll use it as soon as I've used it a hundred times every one-on-one ready if I told my children don't go play in the highway is that the law yes the law is don't you get off this porch and go play in the highway agreed so here's the point what if my children decided they were going to climb off the porch and they were going to go run out into the highway and play guess what they just did they made a decision now if they get into said Highway and a car comes by and hits them because I'm the law Giver I have every right to do what to enforce the law so I can climb by right off the porch I can walk out onto that street and where my child lays believing and hurting and broken I have the right as the law Giver to do what to discipline that child you disobeyed me I told you not to play in the street you ran into the highway and now that you've done that you are hurting and you are broken I will punish you for that why they broke the law but because I'm the law Giver I have a couple of things at my disposal that I can use or one of them is Mercy one of them is I can allow them Grace so although I have the right as the law Giver to lift him up and to swap their behind for disobeying me in their Brokenness in their heart and their pain instead I kneel down and with all the mercy and Grace I can baby I said don't play in the street but Daddy loves you I'm gonna get you all the help I can get you I'm going to make sure that you live I want to make sure that you're healed and you're put back together I can punish them but my mercy and Grace says no instead I give to them what they need to get up off the ground and to be forgiven of that and to be washed of that and to be made whole and complete why you and I understand that as the law of grace and mercy and we live in a world today that simply says I don't care what you say I'll run out here and play if I want to and you can't touch me or do anything to me because Grace is here the Lord God all the while sitting there saying I'm giving you every opportunity but I am a jealous God and I will not be mocked and you will stand that judgment and although mercy and Grace work now you're gonna pay for your disobedience unless you get under the blood this new thing they were looking for Josh was the word of God to work in them today 2023 what I sense in our atmosphere and our culture and in our world is there's a world of people that are hurting broken busted making all kind of terrible choices listen to me there's a whole lot of testimonies out there of people that have been beaten bruised hurt by others mistreated harmed because somebody made a bad decision and they carry all of this stuff with him through life and every Idol they go to the NBA doesn't help bigger car nicer house doesn't help NFL doesn't help now they follow me follow me digging whales in another country just because it's a good thing to do foreign and every one of these Idols they walk by money Fame Fortune things possessions family children parents everybody they go to can't help them because those idols have been put there by man You're Gonna Let Me Be Pastor for a moment the religious connection of church can't help you but every week I admonish and I implore get to the house of God why because if you have an altar that you can bring your busted up broken messed up life to you can know the unknown God and he can be revealed to you and you can understand the new thing that's happening is the blood of Jesus applied to your life changes everything I feel in the spirit I have been perplexed and questioning in my mind where are we in 2023 Lord if we're really going to see an end time Revival what is it going to look like am I am I painting a picture Sam in my mind of of all the the angels in heaven doing this and and and flying and moving their wings and down here on Earth we hear this and then everybody says hey did you hear that that's angel wings evidently we're in the presence of the Lord huh or is it going to look weird and out of sorts and maybe even out of place because we're not sure how to handle it when it comes in came into Sanctuary this week during the day I was working in my office and came out use the restroom and I noticed the light on here in the sanctuary so I came out and I walked down that hallway the first thing I laid eyes on was a little baby carrier a little baby carrier sitting here on this altar my friend Seth and Kristen with a little Josiah see y'all y'all y'all find you finally went home they said we haven't been home yet we just got discharged I said why won't you come here pastor we got to bring him here before we get him anywhere listen to me sister Eunice that lets me know they know the unknown God and they want little man to know him too and they want their children to know that the best place you could ever show up is at an altar there are no guarantees with that agreed no no all we know is this if that little guy comes here first under Mom and Dad's requirement they're going to show him mercy and Grace and I stood back I didn't want in Fringe I stood back and I talked to him the moment and then I said listen I'm going to leave you all to it and I turned and walked out and I paused I turn I look back chestney Mom and Dad are holding hands praying over that baby just a mom and a dad with a baby that's hurt I'm glad so thankful there's a church family that will say church is so important because there are so many Idols out there that we could send our children to come home some of you parents are guilty as all get out you'll talk more with your children about football or hunting or fishing than than Jesus I'm I'm so sorry that you think more of that stuff than him I know of parents that will take their children out into the front yard and with a ball and a bat and a glove they'll sit and Pitch to them and they'll spend an hour trying to get them to swing correctly level and put their hips into it to pull and move and how to catch a ball they'll spend hours out there with uh come on that's right over your shoulder come on you got to give it the power to move that's right there you go hours with them come on right foot left foot kick boom boom push score hours but when that baby comes home and says hey Dad it's a church camp at church can I go now son not this year it's a sad day in our church when our children can tell you every team that's in the playoffs but they can't tell you the 12 disciples names I want to show y'all something you're ready for it everybody that knows this y'all join in with me you ready for it Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Deuteronomy Joshua Judge Drew come on first and second Samuel first and second king first and second chronicles what that's all the first and second what is that song about the b-i-b-l-e that's the book for me I stand upon the word of hear it the b-i-b-e patch that's a silly song oh all right that's a silly song then let's do this one raw raw re kick the ball v go score yay that's good don't Bill no listen to Pastor what they were looking for and what Paul was doing at Mars Hill the most intellectual spot on the planet at that point as he was telling them I know all you guys want to do is sit around here and talk and discuss and contemplate and new things and thoughts and be able to come on they were entire Generations that all they did was sat around and discuss things Paul walks right into the midst of them bearing all the scars that he had and he says today I've come to talk to the one to the about the one that really can change your life so what is the something new let me ask it this way that I'm closing is there a new God out there is there a new Idol we need to create is is there a is there a new statue that we need to to give a title to so that so that we can gather around it what is there Jesus crucified the cross of calvary it heals it delivers it makes free it establishes your goings and your comings it's there when you don't deserve it it's there when you do it's there in the morning it's there in the midnight it's there in the noon time the name of Jesus that will wash away sins it's the power of the Cross of Calvary that'll come in and change you your life your children your grandchildren all the way that are down the line why because there is no Idol that can help you only the blood of Jesus come on apostolics do you still believe the whole gospel to the whole world is still Jesus Christ is there another way that we should look for is there another path that we should walk down is there another Idol that we should wrap our arms around is there another message that we need to preach is there something else or is it still Jesus come on could you be convicted today that you're still Jesus only the way the truth and the life is it today still joy in the morning Joy yeah in the moon time joy in the Midnight Hour is it still something great in your life in anticipation of what God can do if you'll simply let him there's something new that our world's looking for is still the same Jesus the same Jesus so here where we are today is 1 35 this altar is open there are some here today that are hurting and broken you're broken your your hearts your lives you've messed up you've wondered how how can I ever find truth I invite you today to walk past the idols of your life to come to an altar and discover Jesus there's some of you here today you've known the Lord you've heard his voice you know what it's like to wrap your arms around them but for some reason you've allowed the idols of the world to distract you and to pull you aside I've come to tell you today he is still here and it might be that simply you need to fall in love with Jesus one more time put yourself in his hands once again to declare God you know where I am you were there when I got up this morning you're still here today there is still joy in your presence there is still life Lord and Liberty in your word I can still make Heaven my home I can still walk on streets of gold come on somebody there is no sin too great there is no shame too deep there is no hurt that's too far that the blood of Jesus cannot reach it come on this altar's open for everybody to pray sing something Brothers around come on what you pray today lift your voice to Heaven lift your voice to Heaven I've come to love you Jesus oh I need you Jesus oh that's right come on Jesus he's calling come on love the Lord lift your voice oh I need you Lord that's right come on is there somebody will come pray with these children there's somebody to come pray with these young folk come on they were always looking for something new I'd present to you today Jesus simply Jesus the power of Jesus come on let's try it here still answering prayer he is still forgiving sin he is still changing lives he is still doing a great work in lives come on parents pray with your kids come on Mom and Dad pray with these teenagers Jesus I still believe you I still honor you come on that's right the name of Jesus Jesus the name of Jesus Jesus Jesus that's right come on pray come on some of you are desperate for a move of God call on the name of Jesus that's right some of you are hungry for an outpouring in your life Call On Jesus Hallelujah the altar come on that's right you have all the answers she says that's right come on pray church pray ER oh come on that's right get up next to somebody pray with them God of Glory you can work in their life oh God you are the answer you have the answer for them you Lord God can do anything in their lives raise them up Lord bring them Jesus into your presence let them understand the promises in the word let them comprehend Lord your will for their life come on church pray that's right that's right that's right there is healing in the name of Jesus there is Direction in the name of Jesus I love you Lord I trust you Jesus My Hope Is In You Jesus my confidence is in you Jesus there's no other name there's no other way yes there's no other name like your name Jesus that's right come on pray Saints nothing too dirty come on now that he can't make Worthy through the power of the names please oh that's right come on the holy ghost is real today foreign that's right that's right yes Oh The Blood oh the blood of Jesus I declare the name Jesus the name Jesus the name Jesus the name Jesus come on prayer warriors pray believe the blood of Jesus over these families plead the blood of Jesus over these lies yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I need you Lord Jesus I bless your name Lord would you go get closer to somebody and pray with them right now come on let's write together family together family pray one for another family that's right believe one with another family come on I believe you Lord I believe you Jesus I believe you Jesus I believe you're Jesus the name of Jesus come on that's right the tribe the new thing you need is simply the blood of Jesus in your family in your life oh that's right in Jesus name We Believe In You Lord we trust you today we honor you today Jesus oh your great God you are great God You Are Holy Jesus you are worthy Jesus I love you Lord there's nothing too dirty that he won't make Worthy foreign nothing too dirty that he won't make Worthy what Paul declared in that day you you've got a structure in play you gotta assemble you've got something here the only title The Only Name you could come up with is unknown the only reason that Paul didn't attack all the other ones is because they knew them they knew how limited they were but he said I want to talk to you about the one you don't know yet his name is Jesus Jesus y'all crucified he put him on a cross but on the third day he came alive he ascended and said I'm going to prepare a place I want to talk to you about that one it is that blood of Jesus it is that power of the Cross of Calvary that will make the difference in any life and when we truly understand the power of that you too can walk into any situation in any Mars Hill and any place of thought where they're looking for something new and you can simply declare the counsel of God says this it is not by might not power but it's the spirit of God that will do the work would y'all pray with me before you go Lord thank you for our time together today you're doing Lord such great works in the hearts and lives of your people I speak peace right now Lord into troubled lives I plead the blood of Jesus for troubled hearts and lives I believe the glory of the Lord is in this house to move and to direct and to give direction today to Hungry hearts the name of Jesus I pray right now Lord a word would speak into their lives that comes from the Throne of God the word of God breathing speaking into them hope and understanding it is only through Jesus that Victory will come Hallelujah I prayed in the name of the Lord protect deliver make the Lord away God we can walk up right before you in the name of Jesus let the church be the church in this hour help us oh God to be victorious in our worship to understand every day of the week Lord is a day to love and to lift you up in Jesus name come on saying worship him I love you Lord thank you foreign Hallelujah come on Church Worship the Lord a moment there is victory in the name of Jesus come on don't let your past beat you down worship past it God I've come today because I Know Who You Are