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I want to preach, make a Baptist
want to shout, praise the Lord. 

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It's a blessing to be back here.
Mount Victory Baptist Church and

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I am so encouraged. 
I got in yesterday from Chicago,

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came in right in the middle of 
the, the ministry training work 

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workers meeting. 
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not just the number of people, 
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And I was encouraged by that, 
but just the spirit behind the 

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pastor saying, Hey, we want to 
do something for God and we want

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to be a going church, a Church 
of the green light that that is 

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a blessing and it's a privilege 
to be back here. 

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Now. 
A year ago when I was here, I 

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reminded your pastor that he was
preaching for us really soon. 

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I don't know how many of you 
remember that. 

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So yesterday I was just joking 
with him. 

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I said, now you're going to be a
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right? 
You should have seen his eyes. 

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Like a deer in front of 
headlights. 

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He is not on the schedule, but 
he did come last year. 

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Brother Johnny came with him 
and. 

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But what a blessing they were. 
Pastor Boots preached for our 

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anniversary Sunday. 
We saw people get saved. 

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We had a full house and the Lord
blessed and, and then they 

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stayed and helped work on our 
basement, which we were able to 

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remodel by God's grace and add a
new prophets chamber, several 

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classrooms and a brand new 
kitchen and just the amazing 

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amount of help that the men 
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And it is good to have good 
friends. 

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It is and it's good to be 
friends with this church. 

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And even though we don't see 
each other often, it's been a 

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year since I've been here. 
I've thought about this church, 

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I've prayed for this church and 
it is a blessing to just see you

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going forward. 
Don't lose what you have, and 

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there's many ways that could 
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We're going to look at some of 
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But God's given you something. 
You're special, and by His 

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grace, you want to hang on to it
and stand as we just heard. 

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Take your Bible, turn with me to
Second Samuel, chapter 21. 

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Second Samuel, chapter 21. 
I want to preach a message 

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entitled A road riddled with 
Battles. 

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A Road Riddled. 
With battles. 

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Battles are not fun. 
There are normally casualties 

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and not everything that happens 
in a battle is good, but battles

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have to be fought. 
Certain wars simply must be 

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waged. 
And our life. 

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Be nice if it were different, 
but God knows what's best for 

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us. 
Our life is a road riddled with 

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battles. 
If you look out over the 

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landscape of your life. 
What I'm saying, I know bears 

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true and I know you can say Amen
to the fact that our life is a 

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road where it's been battle 
after battle after battle after 

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battle, and we are tempted to 
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Our life is a road riddled with 
battles. 

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As you look at Second Samuel 
chapter 21, there are certain 

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parts of the reading beginning 
in verse #15 that I will 

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emphasize to coincide with what 
I am preaching. 

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And so Second Samuel chapter 21,
beginning in verse #15 just to 

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give you a little bit of 
background music. 

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This is towards the end of 
David's reign. 

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A lot has been done in his 
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The Lord's hand has been on the 
nation. 

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David has done. 
Everything in this chapter 

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because of the Gibeonites to 
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Israel and we come to chapter 21
verse #15 the Bible says. 

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Moreover, the Philistines had 
yet war again with Israel, and 

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David went down and his servants
with him and fought against the 

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Philistines and David Wax. 
Faint and Ish bin Binab, which 

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was one of the sons of the 
giant, the weight of whose spear

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weighed 300 shekels of brass and
weight, he being curded with a 

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new sword, thought to have slain
David. 

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But Abishai the son of Zuriya, 
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Philistine, and killed him. 
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him, saying, Thou shalt go no 
more out with us to battle, that

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thou quench not the light of 
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And it came to pass after this 
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Was again a battle with the 
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Then was Shabak I, the Husha 
Thai Slusaf, which was of the 

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Sons of the Giant. 
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Gob with the Philistines, where 
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Girore, Jim of Bethlehem, might 
slew the brother of Goliath, the

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get tight, the staff of whose 
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And there was yet a battle in 
Gath, where was a man of great 

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stature that had on every hand 6
fingers. 

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How would you like that? 
Piano players. 

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And on every foot, six toes, 4 
and 20 in number. 

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And he was also born to the 
giant. 

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And when he defied Israel, 
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the brother of David, slew him. 
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giant in Gath and fell by the 
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Of his servants. 
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text you can see where I'm 
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There was yet again a battle and
again and again what a picture 

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of our lives. 
Let's pray as we look at a road 

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riddled with battles. 
Heavenly Father, I do thank you 

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for this conference beginning 
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I thank you for the opportunity 
for a church to immerse 

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themselves in Your Word and how 
special and how good and how 

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needed that is. 
Now, Lord, from my part in this 

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conference, I just want to be a 
blessing. 

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And I pray that you would fill 
me with the Holy Spirit, that I 

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could preach Your Word, Lord, 
both to myself and to the 

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hearers that we would leave 
today edified, built up in our 

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faith, challenged and 
encouraged. 

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Lord, start this conference off 
right for your own glory. 

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Convict our hearts, Lord, save 
the laws. 

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Do what you want to do in and 
through us this week in Jesus 

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name, Amen. 
Before the battles, we've just. 

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Read about again and again and 
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You'll know from the life of 
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There were the battles with Saul
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Saul wanted to kill him. 
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David running, facing the foe, 
running from the foe, doing 

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everything he can honor Saul. 
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Before that, the battle against 
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Before that, in David's life, a 
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road riddled with battles. 
It never got easier. 

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The battles just kept coming. 
In this life, we have a road 

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riddled with battles. 
Some never get into the battle. 

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They can't even compare 
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They don't know what it's like 
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have battle scars, to be battle 
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And I believe that's sad because
you miss seeing what God can do 

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in fighting and winning those 
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We're supposed to fight our 
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I need to remind you that the 
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finally, my brethren, be strong 
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His might. 
Put on the whole armour of God 

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that you may be able to stand 
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Spiritual warfare. 
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If you come to a Bible 
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dedicated to holding forth the 
word of life, and you think 

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there's not going to be 
spiritual warfare, I guarantee 

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you all this week the devil's 
going to be fighting, wanting to

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get in our minds and our hearts 
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that God has for us. 
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For we wrestle not against flesh
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principalities, against powers, 
against the rulers of the 

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darkness of this world, against 
spiritual wickedness in high 

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places. 
Wherefore take unto you the 

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whole armor of God, that you may
be able to withstand in the evil

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day, and having done all, to 
stand. 

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I love how it was brought forth 
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today that that means being 
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but a road riddled with battles.
I don't see in the word of God, 

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in the life of David or anybody 
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that there's a time to coast 
where you can just put it on 

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idol and coast through life. 
We have eternity to rest, and I 

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look forward to that. 
But until then, it's a road 

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riddled with battles, battle 
after battle. 

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David won those battles and it 
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one, another one came right 
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At the beginning of his life 
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towards the end of his life, it 
didn't get any easier for David.

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Churches like this are being 
destroyed all the time because 

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they get too tired of fighting 
the battles. 

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It's easier to coast for the 
next generation. 

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We have to fight a lot of young 
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We're fighting battles now for 
them. 

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I love our country and I, I 
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of the country because there's 
so much rich history here 

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concerning the United States of 
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We enjoy this land that we have 
with, I know, all of its 

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problems, with all of his 
prosperity and all of its 

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freedom. 
We enjoy it because of battles 

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that have been fought, and these
men fought battles not knowing 

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who we would be or what we would
look like, but we enjoy based on

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their fighting the fossil, Paul 
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I have fought a good fight. 
I have finished my course. 

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I have kept the faith. 
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Churches die when they stop 
fighting battles. 

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New things come in. 
As pastors, we have to be up to 

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date on on fads that come in 
because it may not be consistent

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with the Word of God. 
New things, old things, things 

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that have to be fought all over 
again and in the ministry is 

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you. 
You want to think, man, we 

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fought that battle a year ago, 
We fought it five years ago and 

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we fought it well and we won. 
Surely we won't have to fight 

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that battle again. 
And it comes right around the 

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corner again. 
You say, Pastor Lewis, I get 

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tired of fighting battles. 
Rest is coming. 

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It is coming. 
I believe in heaven and I. 

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Believe that we have that 
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And one of the things I'm 
looking forward to is some rest,

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but not yet. 2025 was the 
hardest year of my ministry, and

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it's because of what I'm 
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It just seemed like the battles 
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Now God is faithful, praise the 
Lord, and He fights and wins the

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battles. 
But we've got to keep fighting 

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those battles with God alongside
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If you're doing what you should 
be doing, there's going to be 

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strong opposition. 
Now, friend, if you're sitting 

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here at ease and Zion making 
sure, as was said in Sunday 

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school, that the chair doesn't 
move, if that's all you're doing

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and you're not feeling the, the,
the, the, the fire of 

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opposition, then my friend, 
you've been wavering. 

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But for those of us that, that 
are trying to hold the, the 

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banner high, it's a road riddled
with battles. 

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We face an enemy that does not 
stop and the devil would love to

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bring this church down. 
He would love to bring this 

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pastor and his dear family down.
He loved to bring. 

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You down and your children down.
Young people. 

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One of the ways he'll do this is
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let's take a new path. 
Turn with me. 

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If you would to Jeremiah chapter
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Jeremiah Chapter 6 We have an 
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He's relentless and he wants us 
to stand not in the new ways, 

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but in the old ways. 
Jeremiah Chapter 6, As you're 

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turning, I've been coming across
these passages that remind us 

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not to remove the ancient 
landmarks which our fathers have

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set. 
And there's a truth that that 

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came to me as I was listening to
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And the pastor said that when 
you move a landmark in God's 

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eyes, it's as if you removed it.
And we like to say, well, I'm 

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just moving the landmark a 
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God doesn't say not to move it. 
He says, don't remove it. 

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If you move it, in God's eyes, 
you removed it. 

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And so we see here in Jeremiah 
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Thus saith the Lord, stand ye in
the ways, and see and ask for 

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the old paths, where is the good
way, and walk therein, and ye 

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shall find rest for your souls. 
But they said we will not walk 

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therein. 
Now young people get that the 

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good that they were told to 
remain with the old paths. 

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And their response was, we're 
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That's today in Christianity, 
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Mountain Victory Baptist Church.
The old paths is where we are to

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stand. 
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sung just a moment ago. 
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standing for him, but we're 
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sitting right next to us. 
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So we're not going to accept the
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We don't need to accept the the 
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Bible. 
Don't need a set of new 

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standards. 
Don't need new music. 

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Don't need a new. 
Bible The old paths Turn with me

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to Second Timothy chapter 2. 
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Paul was in prison waiting to 
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What comes to your mind when 
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head chopped off? 
Interesting for Paul it was, I'm

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going to keep on standing like a
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Second Timothy chapter 2. 
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verse #3 thou therefore endure 
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You got to remember where he 
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Endure hardness as a good 
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No man that woreth entangleth 
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life, that he may please him who
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To be a soldier. 
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come here in Chicago, I noticed 
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There were a bunch of sailors 
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in their Navy Blues. 
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Navy Blues. 
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I hope I got that right. 
Blues, dress Blues. 

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All right. 
But they were dressed and boy, a

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bunch of them. 
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dozens. 
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before. 
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somewhere and a bunch of them 
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then others going other places 
and, and I don't know if they're

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getting ready to ship overseas 
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Iran, but something was going 
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And I don't know, just seeing 
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a little taller. 
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There is some, some some. 
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Just man, this is our country 
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fought, man, every. 
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but every president in my 
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be done with Iran. 
When Barack Obama said something

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had to be done with Iran, oh, 
we've got to deal with Iran. 

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They can't get a nuclear weapon,
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And, and, and, and who's doing 
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So it just made me proud, OK, 
just to see them. 

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They've been chosen to be 
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battle. 
That needs to be us as 

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Christians, as soldiers. 
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We've got to teach these old 
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young people so that they 
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they learn to not just tolerate 
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It is not easy. 
I've been saved for over 30 

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years and and if the Lord lets 
me pastor to the end of this 

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month, I'll be pastor for 18 
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And those battles have not 
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They keep coming. 
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several at once. 
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Some are painful to the core. 
Some in our eyes seem large, and

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of course we need to fight 
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But some seem small and they 
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you'll lose ground. 
That you've gained battles in a 

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world where there's a lion 
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that's playing for keeps, a lion
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You. 
If you could just get that in 

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your mind and in your heart, 
we're fighting an enemy that 

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wants to destroy us. 
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a road riddled with battles. 
What are they #1 the battle for 

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the Bible, The battle for the 
Bible. 

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This battle is brewing. 
It's brewing. 

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In, in, in, in what used to be 
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Turn with me to Second Peter 
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I believe it's Satan's 
distraction to keep us from 

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winning souls. 
Anything to distract us. 

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Anything to get us sidetracked. 
The battle for the Bible, 

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though, is one that is worth 
waging. 

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The Bible tells us in second 
Peter chapter one. 

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Second Peter chapter one verse 
#21. 

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The Bible says for the prophecy 
came not an old time by the will

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of man, but holy men of God 
spake as they were moved by the 

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Holy Ghost. 
There are those that would take 

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the Bible you have right now out
of your hand and replace it with

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an easier to read version of the
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That's the problem with Internet
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They'll have you turning to so 
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Bible that you will question 
whether it's even possible to 

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have the Word of God now. 
We've seen this for decades 

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outside of the independent 
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At the heart of this is the 
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If you don't know what Bible to 
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have verses taken out which 
effects doctrine, if you don't 

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know which Bible to use, then 
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There isn't any. 
Now I know as a pastor it's hard

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enough to keep a church unified 
when you're using the same 

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Bible, much less everybody out 
there having a different 

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version. 
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independent Baptists saying 
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One example is Brian Sam's. 
He's an he calls himself an 

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independent Baptist. 
And yet he has published a whole

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set of YouTube videos to teach 
independent Baptist pastors how 

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to transition their church from 
the King James to a version 

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that's easier to read. 
But please understand that a 

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church that is fighting the 
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King James by preference, not 
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It's not like we're choosing a 
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off white and, and, and this is 
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We'll just pick one that we 
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No, we're talking about the word
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And so we're fighting this 
battle not out of preference, 

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but out of conviction. 
Second, Timothy 316 says all 

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scripture is given by 
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profitable for doctrine, for 
reproof, for correction, for 

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instruction and righteousness. 
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the the book that he said for 
the book of the the month that 

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it that it's scholarly yet 
simple and I want to say what 

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I'm about. 
To say is is really profound. 

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OK, get this. 
OK, you got to go to the Hebrew 

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and the Greek to get this ready.
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the meaning. 
Yeah, you got to go to school to

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understand that, right? 
No, you don't. 

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If you change the words, you 
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Don't change the words of God. 
Deuteronomy 83 says, And He 

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humbled thee, and suffered thee 
to hunger, and fed thee with 

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manna, which thou knewest not, 
neither did thy fathers know 

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that he might make thee know 
that man does not live by bread 

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only, but by every word that 
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the Lord doth man live. 
That's the kind of Bible I want.

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I want in every word Bible, not 
a most word Bible, every word 

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Bible. 
Hey, listen to me. 

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I need all of the words of God 
that I can get. 

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Don't take any of them away from
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Matthew 44 But he answered and 
said it is written, Man shall 

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not live by bread alone, but by 
every word that proceedeth out 

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of the mouth of God. 
I'm willing to fight that battle

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preserve for us in the in a 
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Hey, it's building churches. 
Hey from from the from the the 

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hotel with with a church 
starting to now a church that is

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growing and thriving. 
It didn't take an NIV for God to

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bless this church. 
Lives are being changed in 

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Chicago and the church is 
growing and the church is 

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thriving in Chicago. 
And we've only preached the King

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James from the very beginning. 
I'm not going to mess with it. 

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I'm not going to fool with it. 
You see, I'm not going to try to

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alter it. 
But that battle is going to keep

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on coming. 
Church, what are we going to do?

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You're going to hear about some 
some church, maybe across town 

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that transitioned and now it's 
the thing to do. 

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Why are we still stuck on that 
King James Version, a road 

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riddled with battles? 
Our job is to battle for the 

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Bible. 
And the Lord's allowed me to 

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come here and preach some 
messages. 

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I just want you to know right up
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from six different versions of 
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the one that you like best. 
Not at all that that destroys 

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faith in the Word of God. 
Why would I want to change 

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anything about a book that's 
been properly translated and it 

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has God's hand on it. 
This book right here has 

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everything that you need. 
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A battle for the Bible #2 the 
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The battle for the beginning. 
I'm talking about the Genesis 

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account of creation. 
This life is a road riddled 

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with. 
Battles. 

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I like Genesis 11. 
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the heaven and the earth, and if
we lose the beginning, we'll 

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lose the rest of the Bible. 
If we lose Genesis 11 in the 

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beginning God created, we'll 
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In the beginning was the Word, 
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the Word was God. 
For if Genesis falls apart, the 

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rest of the Bible falls with it.
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Talking about letting 
evolutionists influence our way 

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of thinking. 
In their so-called scholarly 

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language. 
Churches not battling millions 

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and millions of years. 
That's what I'm talking about. 

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I'm talking about churches not 
battling monkeys into men and 

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not properly equipping our young
people with answers so that they

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can fight that battle too. 
I'm talking about believing that

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God created this world in six 
literal 24 hour periods of time.

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They call the opposite science, 
but God has a different term for

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it. 
Turn with me to First Timothy 

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chapter 6. 
First Timothy chapter 6. 

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Again, they want to call this 
science, but God calls it 

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something else. 
First Timothy chapter 6, verse 

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#20. 
Paul wrote to Timothy under 

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inspiration of the Holy Spirit 
and said in First Timothy 620 O 

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Timothy, keep that which is 
committed to thy trust, avoiding

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profane and vain babblings and 
opposition's of science. 

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Falsely so-called. 
Falsely so-called science. 

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OK, which is with knowledge 
science, but it's falsely 

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so-called. 
False science then was a problem

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in the 1st century and it's a 
problem now. 

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And I'm thankful there are some 
para para church organizations 

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that have done a really good 
job. 

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Ken Ham with with of course, the
the Ark Encounter and and and 

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and and the Creation Museum. 
I don't know if you've been to 

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visit those. 
I would definitely suggest it 

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and was there with our Christian
School and Ken Ham just happened

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to be there and we took a 
picture with him and I got to 

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meet him. 
That was enjoyable. 

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But please understand that these
para church organizations were 

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never called or equipped to 
fight all of these battles at 

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the same time. 
The local church is for that. 

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And we need to be involved in 
this battle. 

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And so we need to get the 
knowledge that we need. 

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There is knowledge available so 
that we can defend a young 

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earth, so that we can defend 
Noah's flood. 

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People will say, yeah, I believe
Noah probably existed. 

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Do you believe in a global 
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No, I don't believe in that. 
Why doesn't man want to believe 

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in a global flood? 
The fossil record proves it. 

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Why doesn't man want to believe 
in a global flood? 

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Because it points back to a 
creator that they're accountable

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to because of sin. 
You see, and also Noah is a 

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wonderful picture of the Lord 
Jesus Christ himself. 

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And that ark is a picture of 
salvation. 

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That ark is is Christ. 
It has one door, and if we enter

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in by the door, we can be saved.
Of course, the world wants to do

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away with Noah. 
Millions and millions of years 

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is of the devil, you say. 
But I've been to university and 

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that's what they told me. 
You're wrong and they're wrong. 

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And and and. 
Millions and millions of years 

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is of the devil, you say? 
What about dinosaurs? 

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God created dinosaurs with all 
the other animals on the 5th and

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6th day of creation and and and 
praise the Lord for the animals.

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But after the flood, conditions 
for survival were slim and 

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00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,000
different, radically different. 
Because of that. 

451
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:43,040
Dinosaurs aren't here today, but
they existed, right? 

452
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:47,840
Along with man, children are 
being raised up in churches 

453
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,880
where this is not emphasized. 
It's not emphasized. 

454
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,480
They're seeing pictures, little 
cartoon pictures of Noah's ark 

455
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:57,600
and there's 17,000 animals on an
ark this big. 

456
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,680
And it's, and it's making the 
kids laugh, but it's not 

457
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:04,040
reinforcing the truth of the 
Bible, you see. 

458
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,040
And then and we, we teach them 
that in Sunday school with our 

459
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,240
little slides and elucidations 
and, and, and, and coloring 

460
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,080
sheets. 
And then they go to the public 

461
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:17,000
school and get pounded with the 
ideology against God's Word. 

462
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:19,440
It's a road riddled with 
battles. 

463
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,200
The battle for the Bible, the 
battle for the beginning. 

464
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,600
And then third, the battle for 
the blood. 

465
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,960
The battle for the blood. 
I was encouraged in Sunday 

466
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,720
school. 
When we sang about the blood, 

467
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,320
that was a blessing. 
And biology. 

468
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:42,240
We're taught to beware when the 
body starts losing blood, right?

469
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,560
Yeah. 
It took science a while to catch

470
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,360
up with the Bible that the life 
of the flesh is in the blood. 

471
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,800
George Washington, when he got 
sick, they said let's do some 

472
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,120
bloodletting. 
And he kept saying take out some

473
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,760
more, take out some more, and he
died. 

474
00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,840
Beware when the body starts 
losing blood. 

475
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:01,920
We should apply that to the 
local church. 

476
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,880
Let's beware when the body of 
Christ does not emphasize the 

477
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:10,360
blood of Christ. 
Songs like Power in the Blood, 

478
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:15,280
There is a fountain filled with 
Blood, Are You Washed in the 

479
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,560
Blood? 
They're they're sung in some 

480
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,120
places, but they're getting more
and more and more rare. 

481
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,640
And as new songs are being 
written that are focusing on 

482
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:28,080
worship and praise, even the 
good ones, a lot of them aren't 

483
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:32,200
mentioning the blood, mentioning
the cross, mentioning 

484
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:34,440
redemption. 
But blood. 

485
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,840
We sang it when we sang in the 
morning service about the old 

486
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,760
rugged cross stained with blood.
So divine. 

487
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:49,640
We're to speak of the blood, not
to hesitate to speak of the 

488
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,520
blood of Christ. 
There's a battle for the blood. 

489
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,720
I mentioned something about John
MacArthur a year ago in a 

490
00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:02,440
different message, and his 
teachings have something to do 

491
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:08,000
with the battle for the blood. 
He said this in 1976, quote, it 

492
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:12,080
is not his bleeding that saved 
me, but his dying. 

493
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,160
And I know there's a lot of 
people out there that have 

494
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,480
appreciation for John MacArthur,
but I take issue with that 

495
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:23,000
statement based on Hebrews 922, 
which says without the shedding 

496
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:28,680
of blood is no remission. 
John MacArthur worked very hard 

497
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:33,520
over the years to try to clarify
his position and and he he did 

498
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:37,440
it by essentially saying the 
bleeding was necessary. 

499
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,200
Yes, it was for atonement that 
he shed his blood. 

500
00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:48,400
But I am opposing those who say 
that there is some special 

501
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:53,320
property in the blood itself. 
I don't know what you believe, 

502
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,960
but I believe that that blood 
was divine. 

503
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,560
And I believe that there is 
something different about the 

504
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,800
blood of Christ and my blood, 
you see. 

505
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,960
And so the battle for the blood 
rages. 

506
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,760
The Bible says in first Peter 
118 For as much as you know that

507
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,600
you were not redeemed with 
corruptible things, that's 

508
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,120
silver and gold from your vain 
conversation, received by 

509
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:18,600
tradition from your Father's, 
but with the precious blood of 

510
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,840
Christ. 
As of a lamb without blemish and

511
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:27,240
without spot. 
The blood of Jesus is the blood 

512
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,560
of God. 
Acts 2028 says, Take heed 

513
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,600
therefore unto yourselves, and 
to all the flock over the which 

514
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:37,320
the Holy Ghost hath made you 
overseers to feed the Church of 

515
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:43,120
God, which he had purchased God,
which he going back to God had 

516
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:47,960
purchased with his own blood. 
And there is that false teaching

517
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,720
that it wasn't his blood that 
saves us, that it's only his 

518
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,960
death. 
But the Bible says it was 

519
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:58,640
necessary that both his death be
accomplished by the violent 

520
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:03,080
shedding of blood. 
And death and blood are not the 

521
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:07,120
same thing. 
The battle for the blood. 

522
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:12,679
Will we battle for the blood? 
Will we keep singing songs about

523
00:34:12,679 --> 00:34:16,440
the blood? 
Will we keep pleading the blood 

524
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:21,000
of Jesus as the only thing that 
can wash us of sins? 

525
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:22,920
Man, I want to battle for the 
blood. 

526
00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:25,800
There is power. 
I think about my own life, some 

527
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,440
of you read Not Forsaken, and I 
think about where I should be 

528
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:33,199
today, which is dead or in jail.
And I think about how my life 

529
00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:38,760
was dead in brother. 
There's power, power, wonder, 

530
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,440
working power in the blood of 
the Lamb. 

531
00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:46,639
It is the blood of Jesus. 
Christ that can wash away your 

532
00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:49,199
sins. 
It is the only thing that is 

533
00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:51,480
efficacious to make you fit for 
heaven. 

534
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,760
And we better be willing to draw
the sword for the blood. 

535
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:58,120
Friend. 
There's a battle for the Bible. 

536
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,320
There's a battle for the 
beginning, there's a battle for 

537
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,920
the blood and then forth there's
a battle for the body. 

538
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:11,080
The battle for the body. 
This is really a battle of our 

539
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,800
day. 
Turn with me to 1st Corinthians 

540
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:17,840
chapter 6. 
We know that the church at 

541
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,240
Corinth was tolerating open 
fornication. 

542
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:26,160
It wasn't just that it happened 
and that it shouldn't have 

543
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:30,880
happened. 
The issue that Paul raised his 

544
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:35,480
pen on was that it was open and 
tolerated by the church. 

545
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,840
First Corinthians chapter 6 
teaches us that there's a battle

546
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:45,560
for the body, and we need to 
take this battle to our churches

547
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:50,360
and keep fighting it. 
First Corinthians 618 Flee 

548
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,360
fornication. 
The Bible's too hard to 

549
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:57,240
understand man. 
We've got to get that ESESV in 

550
00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:03,800
here, that NIVKEYMOUSC. 
We got to get that in here 

551
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,800
because it's too hard to 
understand. 

552
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,760
Flee fornication. 
Flee. 

553
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,960
Every sin that a man doeth is 
without the body, but he that 

554
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,240
committed fornication sinneth 
against his own body. 

555
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,560
What know you not that your body
is the temple of the Holy Ghost,

556
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:25,280
which is in you, which you have 
of God, and ye are not your own,

557
00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:30,800
for ye are bought with a price. 
Therefore glorify God in your 

558
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:37,200
body and in your spirit, which 
are God's fornication. 

559
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,960
What is it? 
It is that intimate relationship

560
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,160
outside of the bonds of 
marriage. 

561
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:48,120
My preaching right now for just 
a few moments will be part of 

562
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:54,200
our battle for the body. 
It is always a blessing to see a

563
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,400
couple that that is in their 
courtship. 

564
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,520
They're Christian dating and 
they're wanting to do it right, 

565
00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:02,000
and they're wanting to stay true
to the. 

566
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:07,280
Lamb and and be clean. 
This will always be a sinful and

567
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:11,160
wicked world. 
This battle for the body was 

568
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:16,360
raging in Corinth, and it's 
raging in 2026. 

569
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:20,560
There will not be a time when 
your pastor should not preach 

570
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:23,120
against fornication. 
That time will not come. 

571
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,400
It will not be a battle that is 
fought. 1 And then he can relax 

572
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,600
and back off from it for 5 or 10
years. 

573
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,800
No, no, no, no. 
It is a road riddled with 

574
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,920
battles. 
And if you don't think that you 

575
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,480
need strong preaching about 
moral purity, then you're 

576
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:45,120
exactly who needs it, friend. 
A road riddled with battles. 

577
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,720
If we're neutral on this sin, 
we've lost the battle. 

578
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:53,440
And I want to contend today that
we need to be against and battle

579
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,680
against anything that could lead
to fornication. 

580
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:01,200
There is a danger in touching 
before marriage. 

581
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,000
Now come on. 
Every bout against fornication 

582
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:09,600
started where with touching and 
the same God that says don't 

583
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:14,960
fornicate says don't touch. 
We just need to not be stupid OK

584
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:19,800
and play around with sin. 
I know chaperone dating is old 

585
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:25,000
fashioned, but it's wise 
pornography. 

586
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:27,720
David said. 
I will set no wicked. 

587
00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:31,240
Thing before my eye. 
We're having a conference in 

588
00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:33,280
just a few weeks. 
Pray for our church at the 

589
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,400
beginning of April. 
We're having a church wide 

590
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:41,680
conference on purity, the 
pornographic age and victory in 

591
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,880
Christ. 
And we're designing and, and 

592
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:48,120
praying and working towards a 
conference that is not a, a, a, 

593
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,880
a conference to reform people or
some type of type of an 

594
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,360
addictions program, but for the 
family. 

595
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,840
And, and the messages will be 
geared in such a way that it can

596
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,800
be for a mixed crowd. 
It's for anybody that that says 

597
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,760
I'm just tired of the filth of 
this world and I want Bible 

598
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,160
truth to help me either get 
right or stay right. 

599
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:12,720
And churches are not getting out
in front of that sin, OK, and 

600
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:14,720
having ministries to deal with 
that. 

601
00:39:14,720 --> 00:39:18,840
And it's very, very, very unwise
because it's in our churches. 

602
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:25,160
Friend, notorious murderer Ted 
Bundy said after spending a long

603
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,960
time in prison. 
He was interviewed, he said. 

604
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:32,240
I've spent a long time in prison
and every murderer he could 

605
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:37,040
point to said that part of the 
urge to kill and rape. 

606
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:41,600
Without exception, every one of 
them was deeply involved in 

607
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:45,760
pornography. 
Mighty men around us Falling 

608
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,960
courage almost. 
Gone will anyone battle for the 

609
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:56,880
body, which is God's two because
we're bought with a price. 

610
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,560
See how all of things these work
together. 

611
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:04,400
By the way, battle for the body,
the passage says we're bought 

612
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,480
with a price. 
What is that that price? 

613
00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,400
The blood of Jesus Christ. 
What do we read that from the 

614
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,520
Bible itself? 
If we, if we, if we miss one of 

615
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:13,400
these. 
Battles. 

616
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:18,560
We miss them all, friend. 
Transgenderism. 

617
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,840
We have a sign at Cornerstone 
Baptist Church, right? 

618
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:27,280
We have a men's bathroom here, a
ladies bathroom here, and a big 

619
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:30,400
plaque that we had made-up in 
the middle that says these 

620
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,040
words. 
Our bathrooms are only for those

621
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,960
whose birth anatomy matches the 
word on the outside of the 

622
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:40,080
bathrooms. 
Not what you say or think or 

623
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:41,080
feel. 
You are. 

624
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:46,200
Violators will be expelled. 
We live in a day and age where a

625
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:47,280
little. 
Boy. 

626
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,920
Can be transitioned and a 
government that says the parents

627
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:56,440
ought not to know and a church 
that's quiet. 

628
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:02,320
We need to battle for the body. 
Modesty is in this battle God. 

629
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,520
And I was so appreciative of 
the, again, the workers meeting 

630
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,120
yesterday where that was 
emphasized to the workers in the

631
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,120
church. 
And what a blessing to have a 

632
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,840
church that wants to say, hey, 
God's word says, if you're a 

633
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,000
Christian, don't you think you 
ought to dress so other people 

634
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,960
know you're a Christian too? 
Praise the Lord, it's a battle 

635
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:24,080
and it needs to be fought. 
There's a battle for the Bible, 

636
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,160
the beginning, the blood and the
body. 

637
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:32,000
I want to give you one more in 
this life, which is a road 

638
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:36,360
riddled with battles, there is a
battle for brokenness, a battle 

639
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:41,200
for brokenness, and what I mean 
by that is brokenness over sin. 

640
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:46,800
Boy, the Sunday School lesson 
today on King ASA was so good. 

641
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:52,240
It was so convicting and as he 
talked about Asa's life and and 

642
00:41:52,240 --> 00:41:56,120
even what led to his destruction
and in the end, his compromise. 

643
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,680
In the end, was there any, 
anything in your heart that made

644
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,400
you broken over anything? 
My friend? 

645
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:05,560
When we lose our brokenness over
sin, then we're going to be in 

646
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,640
position to let go any of these 
other battles. 

647
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,320
Brokenness over sin precedes 
revival. 

648
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:12,960
Turn with me to Hosea chapter 
10. 

649
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,800
Hosea, Chapter 10. 
You can have all of the others, 

650
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,120
right? 
You can be willing to fight all 

651
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:24,560
those other battles that I just 
gave, but but if you fail here 

652
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,720
friend, then then then you'll 
lose the rest. 

653
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:34,240
The battle for brokenness. 
In Hosea Chapter 10, we have a 

654
00:42:34,240 --> 00:42:38,480
farming illustration which is 
very important to help us 

655
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:43,840
understand revival. 
Hosea Chapter 10 verse #12 Hosea

656
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:49,600
10/12 The Bible says sow to 
yourselves and righteousness, 

657
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:55,080
reap in mercy. 
Break up your fallow ground, for

658
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,240
it is time to seek the Lord till
they come and reign 

659
00:42:59,240 --> 00:43:04,080
righteousness upon you. 
I'm not a farmer, I'm not the 

660
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:07,920
son of a farmer, and I don't 
have much of A green thumb, but 

661
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,520
I understand that there are two 
types of ground. 

662
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:17,000
There is fallow ground that is 
ground which is undisturbed. 

663
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:21,080
It is ground that if you, if it 
could talk and if you could 

664
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:24,360
interview it, it would say, I'm 
proud of my stability. 

665
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:29,440
But it's full of cracks and it 
never sees new growth. 

666
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:34,200
And there's another ground. 
It is the cultivated ground. 

667
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,920
It is the ground that is broken 
up. 

668
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:40,960
It is disturbed. 
And that, that that plow comes 

669
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:45,840
in and it's noisy and it's 
disruptive and it breaks things 

670
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,960
up and, and, and listen, it 
causes a little bit of chaos in 

671
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,880
the ground. 
But by that chaos can come new 

672
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:58,600
growth when something is planted
in the same way, there are two 

673
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,400
types of Christians. 
There is the ground, the 

674
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:04,800
Christian that is fallow ground.
He's proud that he's 

675
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,880
undisturbed. 
He tolerates the pastor's 

676
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,200
preaching. 
He's there and he's content. 

677
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,880
Just leave me alone. 
At least I'm here. 

678
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,200
I'm not going anywhere. 
You can count on me to be 

679
00:44:16,200 --> 00:44:18,880
stable, but there's no new 
growth. 

680
00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:23,760
And then there is the Christian,
hear me, friend, that will come 

681
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:27,320
to a Bible conference like this 
and say, I know that I'm not 

682
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,520
everything that I ought to be, 
but I want to see God do some 

683
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,080
things. 
And I'm even willing to welcome 

684
00:44:33,080 --> 00:44:36,400
the plow. 
And you let that plow come, men,

685
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:40,080
and start tearing things up. 
And the Word of God, the seed of

686
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,040
God's word drops on that 
cultivated land. 

687
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:47,960
And God can do something, 
Friend, there is a battle over 

688
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:52,720
brokenness. 
There is a, there is a precious 

689
00:44:52,720 --> 00:44:56,720
record in God's Word of men and 
women who got to the end of 

690
00:44:56,720 --> 00:44:59,720
themselves and they were broken 
hearted because of their sin. 

691
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:04,160
And God forgave them, restored 
them, and made them even greater

692
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:07,160
for His glory. 
I think of Peter, didn't Peter 

693
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:09,840
mess up big time and denying his
Lord? 

694
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:13,120
But there came a point where he 
wept bitterly and it wasn't 

695
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,680
weeping like Judas who was just 
remorseful. 

696
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:20,320
Peter was repentant and then we 
see him on the day of Pentecost.

697
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,040
He had brokenness. 
Today. 

698
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,520
People want to hide their sin, 
cover up their sin. 

699
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:29,920
Boy, I would I would suggest 
Psalm 51 reading that for this 

700
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,960
conference. 
David broken by his sin with 

701
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:37,320
Bathsheba says have mercy upon 
me, O God, according to thy 

702
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,920
loving kindness, according unto 
the multitude of thy tender 

703
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,520
mercies blot out my 
transgressions. 

704
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,720
This is a precious chapter. 
As a bus kid, I went to this 

705
00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:50,680
chapter dozens and dozens of 
times when I would mess up and I

706
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,200
come to God maybe hanging around
with a bad friend that I 

707
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:55,200
shouldn't have been God 
convicting my heart. 

708
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,960
He says in verse 2, Wash me 
throughly from mine iniquity, 

709
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:03,040
and cleanse me from my sin, for 
I acknowledge my transgressions,

710
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:07,520
and my sin is ever before me 
against thee the only have I 

711
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:11,880
sinned and done this evil in thy
sight, that thou mightest be 

712
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:15,640
justified when thou speakest, 
and be clear when thou judgest. 

713
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:19,480
Behold, I was shapen in 
iniquity, and in sin did my 

714
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:23,000
mother conceive me. 
Behold, thou desire is truth in 

715
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,760
the inward parts and in the 
hidden part. 

716
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:31,120
Thou shalt make me to no wisdom.
Purge me with hyssop, and I 

717
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:34,720
shall be clean. 
Wash me, and I shall be whiter 

718
00:46:34,720 --> 00:46:37,840
than snow. 
Make me to hear joy and 

719
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:44,000
gladness, that the bones which 
thou hast broken may rejoice. 

720
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:49,240
Hide thy face from my sins, and 
blot on all mine iniquities. 

721
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:54,680
Create in me a clean heart, O 
God, and renew a right spirit 

722
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:57,680
within me. 
Cast me not away from Thy 

723
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:00,200
presence, and take not Thy Holy 
Spirit from me. 

724
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:05,280
Restore unto me the joy of Thy 
salvation and uphold me with Thy

725
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:09,640
free Spirit. 
Then will I teach transgressors 

726
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:13,640
thy ways, and Sinner shall be 
converted unto Thee. 

727
00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:16,880
David says I can't get anybody 
saved because I'm backslidden, 

728
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,600
but once I get right with you 
and and I have that clean heart,

729
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:23,400
people would get saved, they'll 
come to God. 

730
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:25,600
Verse 14 deliver me from blood 
guiltiness. 

731
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:29,640
Oh God, thou God of my salvation
and my tongue shall sing aloud 

732
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:31,280
of thy righteousness. 
Man. 

733
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:35,960
It was affecting how he sang. 
Come the congregational singing 

734
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,760
and I just don't feel like 
singing. 

735
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:40,040
Why? 
Why? 

736
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:45,200
Verse 15 O Lord, open down my 
lips and my mouth shall show 

737
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:49,240
forth thy praise. 
Thou desirous not sacrifice, 

738
00:47:49,240 --> 00:47:52,200
else I would give it now 
delight. 

739
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,840
It's not in burnt offering. 
The sacrifices of God are a 

740
00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:01,320
broken spirit. 
That's verse 17, a broken 

741
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:04,480
spirit. 
That's what David had here, and 

742
00:48:04,480 --> 00:48:07,240
a broken, a kind of contrite 
heart. 

743
00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:11,280
O God, thou will not despise. 
Do good and thy good pleasure 

744
00:48:11,280 --> 00:48:13,840
undesign, build out of the walls
of Jerusalem. 

745
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:17,680
Then shalt thou be pleased with 
the sacrifices of righteousness,

746
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,600
with burnt offering and whole 
burnt offering. 

747
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,640
Then shall they offer bullocks 
upon thine altar. 

748
00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:27,400
That's a broken man. 
Those are the words of a broken 

749
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:30,600
man. 
Do you get broken over your sin?

750
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:35,160
There can be no revival without 
a brokenness. 

751
00:48:35,600 --> 00:48:39,160
There is a need to be broken for
revival. 

752
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:42,160
And I'll tell you one way to 
approach a conference like this 

753
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,680
is this. 
God break me. 

754
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:49,560
You know my heart, you know my 
mind, you know my ways. 

755
00:48:49,560 --> 00:48:52,720
God's ready to forgive. 
Stay in the church where you 

756
00:48:52,720 --> 00:48:57,040
hear the type of preaching that 
that, that, that that cultivates

757
00:48:57,240 --> 00:49:00,720
A brokenness. 
OK, conviction. 

758
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:04,360
The Lord's ready to forgive. 
Let me ask you a question. 

759
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:08,000
When was the last time you were 
broken hearted over your sin? 

760
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:10,520
When was the last time you? 
Expressed it in wording. 

761
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:14,320
OK. 
David took words to express his 

762
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:16,400
brokenness. 
It was real. 

763
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:22,120
Will you let him break you? 
Not just one battle in this 

764
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:25,280
life. 
It'd be good if we could say 1 

765
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,040
and done. 
It's not reality. 

766
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:31,360
There's something fleshly inside
of every one of us that would 

767
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:33,280
like to fight a battle and then 
coast. 

768
00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:38,520
The battles are hard, but after 
all, aren't we soldiers? 

769
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:43,880
I cannot close this message 
without reminding you of the one

770
00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:46,120
who said he would fight the 
battle for us. 

771
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:52,160
He is the God of battles and he 
will fight and win the battle, 

772
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:57,080
but he wants to empower you as a
soldier to get it done. 

773
00:49:57,080 --> 00:50:01,040
He uses soldiers. 
Pastor. 

774
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:06,720
Amen. 
Let's stand our seats with our 

775
00:50:06,720 --> 00:50:11,520
heads bowed and our eyes closed.
You know, that's that's you're 

776
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:14,920
used to it, but that's hard 
preaching. 

777
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,160
But it's not something that we 
need to apologize for because 

778
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:22,120
it's in the Bible. 
And I say this all the time, but

779
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:25,360
why are you here if you don't 
want to know what you need to 

780
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:29,040
change and what you need to do 
better and what God wants us to 

781
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,640
change and how God wants us to 
do better, right? 

782
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:35,360
And there may be some things 
that you've never heard before. 

783
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:39,000
There may be some things that 
are hard for you to hear. 

784
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,280
Pick one of them. 
Take one thing that God spoke to

785
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:46,080
your heart about and work on it 
like God continue to work on 

786
00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:48,880
your heart, right? 
We want to be closer to him. 

787
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,360
I don't think there's anybody in
here that would raise their hand

788
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:54,760
and say, I don't want to be 
closer to God, right? 

789
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:57,640
I think if I asked, everybody 
would raise their hand and say 

790
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:59,680
that. 
And everybody's in a different 

791
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:01,920
place. 
Some people have been Christians

792
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:04,720
a long time. 
You've had a long time to mature

793
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:07,560
as a Christian, and you might be
farther along than somebody else

794
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:12,400
in your Christian walk, but that
battle's coming back and you're 

795
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,200
going to have to fight it again 
and fight it again and fight it 

796
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:16,680
again. 
We have another generation 

797
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:18,680
that's coming up behind us, and 
they need to hear it. 

798
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:22,080
They need to see us fighting. 
They need to see us standing. 

799
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:25,520
They need to, they need to know 
that we're not giving it up just

800
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:29,160
because the battle gets tough or
just because it gets hard. 

801
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:32,760
But I think it all comes down to
exactly what he said in that 

802
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:34,120
last point. 
It's brokenness. 

803
00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:38,360
God's going to break you 
sometimes, but that's what we 

804
00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:43,120
need in order to grow. 
You cannot grow without being 

805
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:46,160
broken. 
You cannot see new growth in 

806
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:48,680
your life without that field 
being plowed up. 

807
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:54,640
God has to do that, and it's an 
amazing thing when he does it 

808
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,320
and you respond to it and you 
see the growth. 

809
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:00,840
It gives you strength to keep 
battling the other things that 

810
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,160
the devil's going to put in your
way, right? 

811
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:07,640
It's important, it's important. 
Father, we thank you so much for

812
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:09,880
the message this morning. 
May you speak to our hearts and 

813
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,120
where decisions need to be made.
God, I pray that we'd make those

814
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:15,640
decisions this morning. 
That would be pleasing to you. 

815
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:18,960
Thank you again for all you do 
for us in Jesus name, Amen. 

816
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,120
As the piano plays If God spoke 
to your heart this morning.