Welcome to the official podcast of Rock Hill Baptist Church 2
where we are focused on glorifying God, spreading the
gospel, and making disciples of Jesus Christ right here in the
heart of Greenville, SC. Each week we bring you a life
changing word from our Senior Pastor, Pastor Matthew D Long
Junior, or one of our anointed guest speakers.
We pray this message strengthens your faith, deepens your
understanding, and empowers you to elevate in every area of your
life. Let's join the service already
in progress to. The Church.
Amen. Amen.
Amen to this. Distinguished pastor.
Passed along and to this great church.
It's good to be here and I'm here out of great respect and
love for your pastor, Amen. I knew Rev long before he became
pastor of Rock Hill. Amen.
We have a chance to fellowship each Monday night at the
minister's fellowships, so I'm glad to see him here and his
leadership of this great church. Amen.
It's good to be here. I was thinking as I drove up
this morning. I served as president of the
Inner River of Congress Christian Education for several
years. I was elected here at Rock Hill
and men, I was elected right here as president of the
District of Congress. And I never forgot that.
So I'm glad to be here and to celebrate with you this
anniversary. And God bless you and good to
see all of you here today. And I bring you greetings from
Springfield Baptist Church, where I'm not the past emeritus
after a total of 41 years as pastor of, of that church.
Amen. We want to look at the third
chapter of Revelation. I want to read from the King
James Version from the 3rd chapter of Revelation verses 14
through 20, from the King James Version, Revelation 314 through
20 and to the Angel of the Church of the Let auditions.
Write these things, saith them in the faithful and true
witnesses, the beginning of the creation of God.
I know that works that thou art neither cold nor heart.
I but not work cold or hard. But then because there are
lukewarm and neither cold nor heart, I spew out my mouth
because thou says I'm rich and increase his goods.
They have. Need of nothing, and knoweth not
thou art. Thou art rich and miserable, and
poor, and blind, and nothing. I counsel thee to bear of me
gold tried in the fire, that thou may be rich in the white
raiment, that thou mayst be clothed, and that the shame of
thy necklace do not appear, and not thanks thine eyes with a
vast shadow, that thou may see as many as I love, I rebuke and
chasten. Be zealous therefore, and
repent. Behold, I stand at the door and
knock. If any.
Man, hear my voice, open the door.
I will come in with him or shut with him and be with me.
Amen. Amen.
Talk about a knock on the door. A knock on the door.
I appreciate the Book of Revelation.
The Bible could. Not have been.
Complete without the Book of Revelation, his Judas.
Talks to seven churches. 7 churches in Asian Judas knows
what's going on. In the church.
Youth knows what's Jesus knows. What's going on in Rock Hill?
The church is not just. About the preacher.
Or the deacons. Or the choir.
The churches of. Body of Christ can get a witness
here it's. Good when the church can stop
and celebrate an anniversary. A church anniversary.
Celebration is a. Chance.
To thank God for. One more year.
You survived one more. Year another.
Year went by when the devil did not steal your joy.
The Church has made-up of human beings.
We come. From different families to
different communities and different backgrounds.
But Jesus brings us together, the Spirit.
Brings us together. Love brings us together.
Grace and mercy brings us. Together the church.
Is not perfect, because we are not.
Perfect Rock Hill. Baptist Church could not have
lasted 138 years. You were doing everything.
Wrong in a. 138 years, somebody prays.
In 38 years somebody made some sacrifices, somebody gave,
somebody volunteered. Because we are not perfect.
The Lord still knocks on our. Door.
Isn't that good news people sometimes like?
To use World. Wisdom in church problems but
the church is not a bank, church is not a university, church is
not a pop and mop store the church is about Jesus to get the
witness here the church is about Jesus in these 138 years,
pastors have. Come and gone, but rock.
Hill seal stands in under 38 years.
Deacons have. Come and gone.
But Rock Hill seal stands. Grandma and grandpa were good
church members, but grandma and grandpa are gone.
But this church still stands. Praise the Lord.
Our nation went through World War One and World War 2 and
Korean War and Vietnam War. But Rock Hill still stands.
The church is here to stay. You know good news.
The church is here to stay. The church has outlived the.
Roman Empire. Church has outlasted presidents
and kings and Queens. Church has outlasted prime
ministers. You can, you can.
You can't kill the church. I said I'm glad you can't kill
the church. You see, Christ died for the
church, sister after the pie. Jesus said upon this rock I will
build my church. I will build my church, and
against of hell shall not prevail.
Against my church. If you think you are so
important the church can't can't do without you, you has died.
If you think you're so important you has died.
We have good fume the church will move on.
You know, good news Church is here to say he just stealing
freaks. He still knocks on our doors
after Jesus should not have to knock on the door of his church,
Amen. When I go back to my house, I
don't have to knock on my door because I got a key, Amen.
But he says, he said I knock on the door.
Knock on the door is a signal that somebody wants to enter
your room and your private space.
The knock on the door is a business courtesy, seeking your
permission. Enter your private quarters.
In the book. Of revelation you just through
John writes to seven churches of Asian the church and let us see
him you just says I stand at the door and knock in the good news.
I'm sad at the door and praise the Lord.
What does this text mean? Praise the Lord.
Amen. This text means.
That God is alive in the world. Praise the Lord, what does it
mean in the first place? You will you see the?
You may. Ask Well, since the Church
belongs to the Lord, why does he have to knock on the door?
Well, because he's patient. I'm so glad the Lord is patient
Well, because the Lord wants to us to freely accept him.
The Lord does not want us to be puppets and he don't put a gun
down the head first to accept him.
The Lord wants us to and freely accept Him except because He's
the. Lord, He's the Lord all by
himself, if that means no help. He's the Lord all by himself
become to him in love and in freedom.
Not only does Jesus stand at the door and knock, he keeps on
knocking. Yes, it's also that stands at
the door of our lives. He's the one sister to to
thought I would have a wicked ways.
You ought to you ought to stop crossing sometime.
You ought to stop sinning sometime.
You ought to praise the Lord every now and then.
You've been to church 203040 years.
You ought to be a little better. You ought to be a little.
Better. And used to be.
Christ is alive and well. Aren't you glad he's alive and
well? He stands there door and knocks
on our lives. Yes it does.
He wants us to receive our salvation.
He wants to lift our spirits. Amen.
Sometime the wig gets. Dark.
But Lord tells. Us to hold on, hold on a little
while longer. I.
Tell you that night might be long.
But morning going to come. I know, morning.
Is going to come, he said, said the text.
I stand the door. No, no, the news is that Jesus
does not come to the church and leave.
He stands there. He keeps on knocking.
He keeps on politely knocking. He knocks on your door.
He knocks on my door. He knocks on the neighbor's
door. God is patient.
I'm so glad we share the God who is patient.
I'm glad I'm not the Lord God be messing up if I was the Lord,
but God is good. You and I go to somebody's house
and and and and and not two or three times and nobody shows up
your property leave the house, but you just stays there and
keeps on knocking. Aren't you glad it keeps on
knocking? What a second lesson is the Lord
does not give up on us. Jesus does not knock, does not
give up on us. He does not look at us.
And he said where you're dead about nothing, so you ain't
going to be nothing. He doesn't say that.
He doesn't say you were born on the wrong side of the tracks.
Jesus loves everybody, OK? Who you are, how poor you are,
where you came. From.
The Lord. Still love you.
In that good news, he knows our name.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord.
Yes, Jesus is not concerned with the the circumstances of our
birth. He does not push us aside
because we used to be weakened. All of us messed up somewhere.
All of us. Sin to say.
About Grace. For the Lord.
Still loves us. He's still knocking.
At our door. He stands there.
And keeps on knocking. I'm so glad, so glad he keeps on
knocking. Praise the Lord, praise the
Lord. I said praise the Lord.
Is it all right? While church folk outside trying
to abate the situation, you just sit at the outside knocking on
the door saying let me in. You got confusion.
Let me in. You want to solve your problem.
Let me in let. Me in.
Let me in. If you wonder.
Why more people don't join the church where I let Jesus in?
He'll tell. US.
How to get people in the church? Praise the Lord, he said.
Be my witnesses in. Jerusalem, be my witness in
Judea. St.
Marya. And all parts of the world the
Bible is not not. Trying to the.
Piano and our own understanding because I thank people, church
people sit back and look at the situation of the church, sit
downstairs. I know how to solve this.
But you see, I I've been to school with him, I've been
taught this and I've been taught that.
But the Lord said Lord, let. Me end.
It's my church. Let me end praise the Lord.
Well, we also need to bring the Lord in our conversation.
Holy Spirit is trying to tell us to move.
On. Earth, the problems can't be
solved. Stop and have a word of prayer.
I send the church somebody to pray.
Somebody to praise? Lord.
Help us along the way. Somebody to pray.
Lord, give us no wisdom. Somebody to pray.
Oh Lord, help us. Help us.
Along the way. Praise the Lord in your right,
in the all right, in the all right.
Jesus still knocking at our door, He says.
Here you got to hear my boss, hear my boss praise the Lord
when somebody knock. On your.
Door at night. You said who is it?
Who is it? You can recognize the boss, so
come on in. You got to.
Recognize. The voice of Jesus.
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord.
If you pray, you recognize His voice.
Read the Bible. You.
Recognize the voice. Sometimes.
The devil knocks on your door.
Don't let him in. Tell the devil, get out of my
way, get out of my way, get out of my way.
Praise the Lord. Sometimes the false.
Prophets not on the. Door, but tell the false
prophet. Got in the way.
I'm on my way. I'm on my way to Cana's land.
You don't go. Don't hinder me.
I'm on my way. I'm on my way.
Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.
I don't know.
Let me in, Let me in. I.
Talk with you. Let me in.
I eat with you. Let me in.
I went with you. Praise the Lord, Praise the
Lord. Thank you, Lord.
I'm so glad. I'm so glad Jesus knock on my
door. To the Jesus, knock on your
door. I'm glad he knocked on my door
and I was not fit to live. When rare to die, He knocked on
my door. Praise the Lord.
This joy, this joy I have. The world didn't give it to me.
This joy, this joy, this joy I have.
The Lord gave it to me. Give me all right, Thank you,
Thank you. Happening.
So thank you, thank you, thank you.
I feel like going on. Anybody here feel like going on?
Aren't you glad? Aren't you glad Jesus knocked on
your door? Aren't you glad you got hope for
tomorrow? Aren't you glad Jesus died on
the cavern? He died.
He died for you and me. Praise the Lord, brother.
Sunday morning He got up, got up, got up, got up, got up, got
up, got up. Power Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah. That's.
All right, he got up with all power.
My Mama, my Mama, I'm telling you, honey, put your hands
together for the word of God and God's manservant, Dr. Gorman.
I'm telling you, I, I love it. I love it.
We have appreciation for all styles and and ways of, of the
word coming for and I'm telling all depth of levels as well.
That's just beautiful. He says.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
Let me come on there, he said. I'm glad he came in in my life.
That's all right, Doctor. That's all right.
Yes, Sir. I ain't going to lie.
I'm going to be over like that and still have fire.
You better preach. Go ahead.
I love it. Y'all put your hands together
one more time for Doctor Corbin not to bless my whole life.
I'm telling you, listen, you may not know Jesus and the free
pardon of your sin and I would ask that you would not close the
board, not close the door, but open the door and let him come
in. I believe today's a good day to
accept Jesus into your heart and into your life.
All you have to do is pray this short prayer and repeat after me
and says Lord Jesus come into my heart, save me.
I want to be saved. Lord Jesus, thank you for dying
on the cross for me. Lord Jesus, thank you for rising
out of the grave for me. Lord Jesus, thank you for soon
coming again for me. In Jesus name, Amen.
Let's put our hands together, believing by faith that somebody
just received Jesus into the heart.
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