1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,000 Welcome to the First Apostolic Church podcast. 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:07,960 Our church mission is to love as God loves showing compassion 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,440 every soul, thus winning those souls and equipping them to be 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,640 sent out to plant and to harvest. 5 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,000 Thank you for joining us today, and we hope that you are blessed 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:32,640 by today's podcast. It's the Lord church. 7 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,160 I just want to take a quick moment. 8 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:56,240 I just want to give honor to God tonight. 9 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,040 I give honor to my wife and my daughters and my amazing 10 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,600 parents. I see them here tonight. 11 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,280 I want to give honor to pastor and all of our ministry team for 12 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,120 the work they do in the Lord ministering to us. 13 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,760 It is it is a great thing to know that we can go to them when 14 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,840 we have questions to ask about the word when we need 15 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,360 encouragement. We can see see their own 16 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,640 worship. We can hear them pray and that's 17 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,720 always encouraged me and I just I really appreciate that and all 18 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,600 that they do and I don't have anyone scripture to start off 19 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,400 with here tonight. Actually, I just have a lot of 20 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,240 scripture. I'm I'm just going to read the 21 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:37,760 Bible to to all of you. Hopefully I won't, I won't feel 22 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,440 too long winded with that, but we'll, we'll see what happens. 23 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:45,240 My attention is tonight is just do a very basic Bible study on 24 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,320 some of the things that we believe here in the Apostolic 25 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:49,800 Church. The list of scriptures I have 26 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,920 though they are a lot that it's not an exhaustive list, but they 27 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,480 are a really good start. And tonight will hopefully for 28 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,200 most of us just feel like a a refresher course. 29 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,840 But for those who are newer or are guests or anyone just tuning 30 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,040 in online for the first time, hopefully it'll be a good 31 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,800 introduction to what some of the things that we believe. 32 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,600 And before we dive into the word, before we're seated, let's 33 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,720 just take a moment to pray. God, we love you, Lord. 34 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,640 God, we thank you for your presence in this place. 35 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:21,800 God, we thank you for the word that's about to come forth. 36 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:24,640 God, I pray helpless to hear and receive your word tonight. 37 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:27,720 God blood, do a good work in US, God, anoint my mind and my lips, 38 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,160 God, to speak the word that you would have me to speak, God, 39 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,160 Lord. God, we give you all the glory. 40 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,600 We give you all the praise God and we thank you tonight, Lord 41 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:42,160 in Jesus mighty name. We pray you can go ahead and be 42 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:50,840 seated. So to start off with, we believe 43 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:56,880 that there is one true God, just one God by himself. 44 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:04,760 Deuteronomy 64 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is 1 Lord. 45 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,800 James 219 Thou believeest that there is one God. 46 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,040 Thou doest well. The devils also believe, and 47 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:21,240 triple Ephesians 4/4 through six. 48 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:26,840 There is one body and one spirit, even as you are called 49 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:32,520 in one hope of your calling. 1 Lord. 1 Faith, one baptism, one 50 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:36,800 God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and 51 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,680 in you all. Back into the Old Testament, 52 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,680 Isaiah 43 verses 10 through 11. Ye are my witnesses, saith the 53 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:50,320 Lord and my servant, whom I have chosen, that ye may know and 54 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:54,720 believe me, and understand that I am he before me. 55 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:58,600 There was no God for it, neither shall there be after me. 56 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:04,680 I even I am the Lord, and beside me there is no savior. 57 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,200 It's a really big deal to declare that, especially when 58 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,840 you're looking back thousands of years ago in the Old Testament 59 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,920 days, even the New Testament days, surrounded by Romans in a 60 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,800 multiplicity of gods, it was the common thing to just believe in 61 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,880 many, many gods. If see a waterfall, there is a 62 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:24,080 God for that. If you think of love, there's a 63 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:25,560 God for that. If you think of whatever you're 64 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,920 thinking about there, there was believed to be a God for that 65 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:35,040 that was over that domain. But here we have the actual God 66 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,760 setting the record straight. I am God and I am God alone. 67 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,280 There wasn't someone before me because He's not temporary. 68 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,040 There's not going to be someone after me as He has no end. 69 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:51,880 He alone is the Lord. Isaiah 44 and six. 70 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:56,600 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel and his Redeemer, 71 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:01,360 Redeemer the Lord of hosts. I am the 1st and I am the last, 72 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:08,480 and beside me there is no God. So here in the first Apostolic 73 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:12,560 Church, like almost every Christian Church, we believe 74 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:18,800 that there is one true God. We also believe that you must 75 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,680 have faith, but also with faith you must have works with that 76 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:29,880 faith. Now Hebrews 11/1 says now faith 77 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:34,840 is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not 78 00:05:34,840 --> 00:05:38,720 seen. I read a quote that really that 79 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,440 I think really sums up faith well. 80 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:45,240 Faith is a reasonable assurance and what you have not seen 81 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,920 because we can be reasonably assured that there is indeed a 82 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,240 God and that he does indeed move in our lives. 83 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:59,560 Faith isn't simply blind, you know, it's we are are encouraged 84 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:04,080 to study the word to, to look out, to explore, to find things 85 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:10,360 out, to ask questions, because faith isn't simply blind, but it 86 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:13,840 is a reasonable assurance and the proof of all that we have 87 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:16,680 found that God really is there. He really is real. 88 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:21,480 He really is with us and in Hebrews 11/6. 89 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,160 But without faith, it is impossible to please him being 90 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,360 God. For he that cometh to God must 91 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,400 believe that He is. Because you're not going to come 92 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:35,360 to someone if you don't believe they're there, and that He is a 93 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,240 rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. 94 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:42,080 You're just never going to find God if you don't believe He's 95 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,400 there. If you never believe someone's 96 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:45,680 going to catch you in a trust fall. 97 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:49,000 You're never going to fall, obviously so. 98 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:54,880 But coming to God with faith, we will find Him. 99 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:02,520 James 214 to 17, another aspect of faith beyond just believing 100 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:08,120 in him, starting with verse 14. What does it profit, my 101 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,680 brethren? Though a man say he hath faith, 102 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,240 it's awful. It's easy to say it's easy to 103 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:16,720 say I'm a Christian. It's easy to say you believe and 104 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,640 have not works. Can faith save him alone? 105 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,320 If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food, and 106 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,280 one of you say unto him, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and 107 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,120 filled, because it's easy to say that you know words. 108 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,240 Words come out of our mouths easily, notwithstanding you give 109 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,200 them not. Those things which are needful 110 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,600 to the body, what doth it profit? 111 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,360 Even so, faith, if it had not works, is dead. 112 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:48,480 Being alone because faith in God will always be proven by our 113 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:53,480 works as we obey Him. And it's not that we're trying 114 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,160 to work for our salvation here, it's that the fruit of faith is 115 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,560 works. The fruit of an apple tree is 116 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:02,360 apples. If it never produces fruit, 117 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:06,200 you're never going to get anything from it. 118 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,000 It's not doing what it's there to do. 119 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,120 God's intention for us is more than just believing in Him. 120 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,920 It is also using our gifts, our talents, our blessings to bless 121 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:22,320 and help others as well. Because the very nature of 122 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,480 faith, it is just to have actions matching your belief. 123 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,800 Otherwise it's really, really empty. 124 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,040 It's like someone who can brag until they have to try to prove 125 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:33,360 what they've been bragging about and then they can't. 126 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:38,880 It's so faith will have works following it. 127 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:45,840 And Proverbs 3/5 through six. Just another aspect of faith. 128 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,800 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine 129 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,760 own understanding and all thy ways. 130 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,680 Acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 131 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:04,360 Don't worry so much about the things around you, about the 132 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,120 things happening, about you know what? 133 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,720 What am I going to do? How am I going to do this? 134 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,240 What's going to happen? Have faith that we are in good 135 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,640 hands. Follow God when He is calling 136 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,840 you out, when He is calling you to share that testimony with 137 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:22,120 someone, He is calling you to give a little bit more to 138 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,240 someone to help them. Follow Him, whatever He is 139 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:33,120 calling you to do and have faith in His will and moving past 140 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:36,640 faith and my attention tonight is just hitting the tops of the 141 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:39,760 trees of some of these things. We could easily go more in depth 142 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:43,840 in every topic, but I'm just trying to hit the tops of the 143 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:48,200 trees so to speak here. We also believe in repenting of 144 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:55,080 our sins. Second, Peter 39 The Lord is not 145 00:09:55,080 --> 00:10:00,440 slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is 146 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:05,520 long-suffering or patient to us. Word not willing that any should 147 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:13,600 perish, but that all should come to repentance and Psalms 51 two, 148 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,160 wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my 149 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:22,920 sin. Because repenting, being sorry 150 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:25,440 for your sin is not sorry that you got caught, that you sinned. 151 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:30,520 It's genuinely regretting your actions, what you have been 152 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,840 doing those things that kept you separated from God and desiring 153 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,560 to no longer do those things or have those things. 154 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:42,000 One thing my dad always told me is sorry means you're not going 155 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,560 to do it anymore, otherwise you're not sorry. 156 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:51,000 Repenting is making a genuine effort to stop doing that thing. 157 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,280 As Brother Mason has taught us many times, repenting can be 158 00:10:55,280 --> 00:11:01,040 described as a 180 about face where you were walking in and 159 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,360 towards your sin. Just doing those things and then 160 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,720 in repentance you're setting it down and you're walking away 161 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,280 from it. So it's more than just saying 162 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:10,320 I'm sorry Lord, and doing those things. 163 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,360 It's the desire for that sin to be washed away, to be gone, to 164 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:21,240 no longer entertain those sins. Second Chronicles 714 If my 165 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:25,120 people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, 166 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:30,880 and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, 167 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:36,280 then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and 168 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,560 will heal, and will heal their land. 169 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:47,760 Acts 319 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins 170 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,560 may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come 171 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:57,080 from the presence of the Lord. It's hard to get someone clean 172 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,440 if they just stay in the mud. You can keep throwing water and 173 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,960 keep trying, but they're going to keep rolling in the mud until 174 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,480 they actually pull them get out of the mud. 175 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:10,240 They can't really get clean until we try to pull to get out 176 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:13,640 of our sin, to repent from it. It's hard for the sin to be 177 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,000 forgiven and washed away if we just keep picking it back up and 178 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:21,960 throwing it upon ourselves. And we do believe in a repenting 179 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:27,120 more than just once. Paul wrote that he dies daily. 180 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:30,480 In other words, he repents of his sins day because we die to 181 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,800 our sin, the sinful nature we want to have. 182 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,960 We want to be dead to that for it to no longer be there, no 183 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,120 longer be alive, no longer entertaining that. 184 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,120 So we need to die daily because just in daily life we get dirty 185 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:44,240 and have to take a shower again. Even so, sometimes we find 186 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,880 ourselves having to just repent of our sins every day because 187 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,440 all kinds of just little messy things we tend to get caught up 188 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,680 in. But there's a difference between 189 00:12:52,680 --> 00:12:57,200 just messing up and purposely rolling around in the mud. 190 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,800 And we believe in getting up out of that mud and making every 191 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,800 effort that we can to not entertain sin. 192 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:08,600 And for anyone that's kind of over stresses or worries about 193 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,040 thing, you can't help the first thing that pops into your mind. 194 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:15,840 We are sinful by nature. We were born into. 195 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,600 We have some of us are natural born liars, some of us are 196 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,240 natural born haters. Some of us are natural born 197 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,640 thieves. And we can't help the natural 198 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:26,840 tendencies that there, but we can help what we do after that 199 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,280 first thought pops in. We can choose what we entertain 200 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,200 because repenting is choosing not to entertain it after it 201 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,760 pops in. You know you can't help if 202 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,480 someone attractive walks across your vision, but you can help 203 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,560 whether you turn your head to look again or what you do with 204 00:13:42,560 --> 00:13:46,800 your thoughts afterwards. So as soon as you notice you're 205 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,920 starting to walk in kind of the wrong direction, immediately 206 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,400 repent and turn away from the wrong ways of thinking and 207 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:59,320 acting and talking. We also believe in baptism and 208 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,120 being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. 209 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:08,480 Matthew 2819 through 20. This is the words of Jesus. 210 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:12,440 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the 211 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:17,160 name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Ghost, teaching 212 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,080 them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. 213 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:24,200 And lo, I am with you all way, even to the end of the world. 214 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:26,920 Amen. And this is the words of Jesus 215 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:29,520 to His disciples right before He ascended up into heaven. 216 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:37,840 But to break down the sentence just through, if you were taking 217 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,480 a literature class, you want to break down this sentence, you 218 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:47,280 will find that name is singular, which means what's coming after 219 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:54,240 it is titles for the one name because Father is a title, Son 220 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,200 is a title, Holy Ghost is a title. 221 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,760 The name it is referring to is Jesus, as we're going to see 222 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:05,320 here in the book of Acts going to Acts 238 and 39. 223 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:10,480 This is 50 days later. Peter that says these words was 224 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,400 there at Matthew 2819, heard exactly what Jesus said, and 225 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,720 this is his words after delivering a message and he's 226 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,240 answering the crowd to what they should do. 227 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,480 Then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized, everyone 228 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,800 of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the admission of 229 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:29,680 sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, for the 230 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,000 promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are 231 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,480 far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 232 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,800 And the Bible never said he stopped calling, which is why 233 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:45,120 it's so relevant for us today. So fifty days after Matthew 234 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:52,920 2819, Peter is directly obeying the words that Jesus said to do 235 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:58,000 by telling people to be baptized in the name of the Father Son, 236 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,680 the Holy Ghost, which is Jesus, because Jesus Christ is the 237 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:08,080 fullness of God Incarnate. Acts 412. 238 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,360 Neither is no salvation in any other, for there's none other 239 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,880 name referring to the name of Jesus under heaven given among 240 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:20,600 men, whereby we must be saved. We baptize in Jesus name because 241 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:24,920 it is the only name that saves us and it's the only name we see 242 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,120 used by the early church throughout the entire book of 243 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,680 Acts. And that name is so powerful not 244 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,680 because the five letters Jesus, which is just an English 245 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:39,160 translation, but it is whose name it is that it is so 246 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:44,200 powerful. It is also why we pray in Jesus, 247 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:46,160 why we do all things in Jesus name. 248 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:51,320 But Acts 19, four through 5, then said Paul, John verily 249 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,040 baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the 250 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:58,160 people that they should believe on him which should come after 251 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,800 him, that is, on Christ Jesus. And when they heard this, they 252 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,440 were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 253 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:09,800 Paul was speaking to disciples of John the Baptist. 254 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,240 They were. They had been baptized according 255 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,960 to John's baptism, which was the baptism of repentance taking 256 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:21,359 place before the crucifixion. Before all this message, all 257 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:24,440 these messages from Acts had gone forth and they are just now 258 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:28,160 hearing it for the first time. And so when they heard the need 259 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:33,000 to be baptized in Jesus name, they got re baptized in the name 260 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,040 of Jesus. Because just being baptized, 261 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,480 just getting wet, but being baptized in the name of Jesus, 262 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,280 you are taking on the name of Jesus and being grafted into the 263 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:46,720 family of God. When when dad married my mom and 264 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,480 he adopted me, my name went from Baker to McGee. 265 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,600 He put his name on me and so now I will inherit everything he 266 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,600 leaves behind as his son. Because maybe not by blood by by 267 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,640 every other way I am 100% his son. 268 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,960 Even so, we may not be natural born Jews after the family of 269 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:12,080 God, but by taking on the name of Jesus Christ and baptism we 270 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:15,960 are grafted into the family. We become inheritors along with 271 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,160 all the others, with all the rights and all the promises of 272 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:24,680 the entire word. And then reading again Acts 238. 273 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,840 Then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized everyone 274 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:32,800 of you name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you 275 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:34,560 shall receive the gifted Holy Ghost. 276 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:40,440 Another purpose for baptism is the washing away of the sins we 277 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:43,480 repented of or another place in the Bible. 278 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:48,200 It is when we repent of our sins, it's like we crucify our 279 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,760 flesh, like Jesus was crucified on the cross. 280 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:57,080 And in baptism we are burying that sin like as Jesus was 281 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:02,560 buried in the grave, we bury that old dead body of sin and in 282 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,240 the name of Jesus, that only name that saves, that restores, 283 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,000 that heals, that has all power and authority. 284 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:20,040 So we believe there is one God, one single God, God by himself 285 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,080 that was before all things will be after all things for his 286 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:27,200 eternal. We believe in having faith God, 287 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,920 have faith in God. Otherwise none of this means 288 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,760 anything. We believe in having works with 289 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,640 that faith, works that matches what who we are claiming to be. 290 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,720 We believe in repenting of our sins. 291 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,520 We believe in being baptized in Jesus name, and we believe in 292 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,920 being filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost, with the 293 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:50,120 evidence of speaking in other tongues as a spirit gives the 294 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,320 utterance, not just babbling mindlessly. 295 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:59,640 Acts 1044 to 47. While Peter yet spake these 296 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,720 words, the Holy Ghost fell on all of them which heard the 297 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:08,160 word, and they of the circumcision, which would be the 298 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,760 Jews which believed, were astonished. 299 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,200 For there was a bit of a culture shock. 300 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,160 The Jews kind of believed all this was just for them, not for 301 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:21,480 us Gentiles. But lo and behold, here it is so 302 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:24,120 which believed were astonished as many as came with Peter, 303 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:27,000 because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of 304 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,760 the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with 305 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:34,320 tongues and magnify God. Then answered Peter, can any man 306 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,440 forbid water that these should not be baptized, which have 307 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:43,480 received the Holy Ghost as well as we Acts 19 and six. 308 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:48,120 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came 309 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:51,120 on them, and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 310 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:54,800 And we can all see there's not just one way to receive. 311 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Some people got the Holy Ghost after hearing the words. 312 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,520 Some people got the Holy Ghost when someone prayed for them. 313 00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:02,960 There's there's no one certain way to receive the Holy Ghost, 314 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:08,720 but with them speaking in tongues. 315 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:10,480 Again, speaking in tongues is not gibberish. 316 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,960 You're not just going to yada, yada, yada, yada or whatever. 317 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,360 It is a supernatural event of the Spirit of God taking control 318 00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:21,640 of our tongues, causing us to speak praises or prophecies in a 319 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:25,200 language that we don't know. If you know Spanish, you're not 320 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,720 going to be speaking in tongues in Spanish. 321 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,480 The words you speak aren't going to really mean anything to you 322 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:32,760 because you're not going to know what they are. 323 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,160 You're not going to understand this language, but it will be a 324 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,840 proper language and it will be properly spoken. 325 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,320 So again, not just gibberish, you'll not just be making things 326 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:46,240 up. It will be properly spoken in 327 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:49,760 the right sentence structure for the language that the Holy Ghost 328 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,680 is speaking through you. And you know one reason God uses 329 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:55,120 tongues? Because there is a reason. 330 00:21:55,120 --> 00:21:59,880 Everything is with purpose. The reason He uses tongues as a 331 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:03,560 sign of being filled with His Spirit, is because as humanity, 332 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:07,040 our tongues is the one thing we always fail to control 333 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:12,400 constantly. James 3 Three through 8. 334 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:17,240 Behold, we put bits in the horses mouths, that they may 335 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,200 obey us, and we turn about their whole body. 336 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:25,240 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are 337 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:29,280 driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very 338 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,120 small helm. Whither so ever whithersoever 339 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:37,280 the governor listeth? Even so, the tongue is a little 340 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,720 member, just like the bit in the horse's mouth is small, just 341 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,760 like the rudder is small. Our tongue is small and boasteth 342 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,400 great things. Just like that rudder will move 343 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,680 a giant ship, the bit will move a giant horse that's much 344 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:54,360 stronger than we are. Our little tongue will boast and 345 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:58,600 move great things. And behold how great a matter a 346 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:04,480 litter little fire kindleth, and the tongue is a fire, a world of 347 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,960 iniquity. So is the tongue among our 348 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:12,520 members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire, 349 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:16,400 the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell. 350 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,160 For every kind of beast, and a birds, and a serpent, and a 351 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,560 things in the sea is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind. 352 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:31,200 But the tongue can no man tame. It is an unruly evil full of 353 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,360 deadly poison. And for anyone who thinks you 354 00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:37,240 got a really good hold on your tongue, just kind of look back 355 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,680 over the last couple years and think of how many times you wish 356 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:45,960 you would have stopped talking. But God uses speaking in tongues 357 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,680 as a sign of receiving His Spirit and shows us that He is 358 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:53,080 able to control that which we struggle the most with. 359 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,560 When we surrender to His Spirit, we find not only do we speak in 360 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:03,040 tongues, but every area of our lives will become more holy and 361 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:07,320 more in line with His will as we continue to submit to Him. 362 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,520 The key to it all is to surrender and let His Spirit 363 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,120 move. And I got to tell you, for 364 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,240 everyone who has yet to receive the Holy Ghost, there is nothing 365 00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:20,480 like it. I still remember the first time 366 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:22,320 whenever I finally received the Holy Ghost. 367 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:29,120 I can live on that high forever and it is amazing, absolutely 368 00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:31,280 amazing. There's nothing to compare to 369 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:37,600 that. But we also, because we believe 370 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,080 that, we believe that as we see the Holy Ghost, that is how you 371 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,560 get saved. At that moment you are saved. 372 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,560 You have believed, you have repented of your sins, you have 373 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,840 been baptized in Jesus name, you have received His Spirit. 374 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,080 You are saved from the sin you were once bound in. 375 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:56,840 But there is still life to live. We still have however many years 376 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,920 ahead of us, and we believe that in living life we ought to be 377 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:05,480 wholly and modest from the inside out, in our thoughts, in 378 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,600 our words and our actions, and in how we dress and how we 379 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:14,760 conduct ourselves. First Peter 29 But ye are a 380 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:20,560 chosen generation, a royal priesthood, which is actually a 381 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:26,720 really, really big deal. To be a priest was like the 382 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,080 highest thing you could be as an Israelite. 383 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,600 It was of great honor. And God is here calling all of 384 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:40,000 us a part of a royal priesthood. We are a holy nation, a peculiar 385 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:44,920 people, that ye should show forth the praises of him who 386 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,880 hath called us out of darkness and into his marvelous light. 387 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:57,400 The focus is on Him and not us because when we choose Him, when 388 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,440 we choose to believe Him, we choose to follow Him. 389 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,560 We are filled with His spirit. It's not about me, OK? 390 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,200 My wants need to take a back seat. 391 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:09,040 The way I feel needs to take a back seat and I need to put Him 392 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,920 first. Remember how I said earlier the 393 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,880 trust that we are in good hands. That means the way we feel it's 394 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,440 in good hands. What we struggle with, it's in 395 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:19,920 good hands. The calling may be hard. 396 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,520 It may even feel harsh sometimes, but like any good 397 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,080 drill Sergeant that moves his soldiers forward, he understands 398 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:30,200 the conditions may be harsh, but he understands that they can do 399 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,400 it, and his soldiers are the better for it because they know 400 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:35,760 they can trust their drill Sergeant. 401 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,320 They're in good hands. If he is calling them to push 402 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:42,880 harder, they know that they can do it, even if they don't feel 403 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:48,520 like it first. Peter, 115 to 16. 404 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:53,920 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all 405 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,680 manner of conversation, which that word doesn't just mean your 406 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,240 speech, although in your speech for sure it means in your 407 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:05,520 lifestyle, because it is written be ye holy. 408 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:12,920 For I am holy. And holy is being set apart. 409 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,560 It's not being like the world, the world that just entertains 410 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,600 their own fleshly desires and whatever whims they have. 411 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:23,880 No being holy is being set apart from that is being focused on. 412 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,440 The Lord has been focused on glorifying Him and letting Him 413 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:31,720 shine through US first. Peter 33 through four. 414 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,800 Whose adorning? Let it not be the that outward 415 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,760 adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold, or of 416 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:43,640 putting honor of apparel, but let it be the hidden man of the 417 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:48,000 heart, and that which is not corruptible, even the ornament 418 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,000 of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of 419 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:56,040 great price. Now these verses are specified 420 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,120 to wives, and there's nothing wrong with that. 421 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:03,320 It's not the meaning in any way. But these verses are good for 422 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,920 all believers because we need to let the nature of God inside of 423 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:12,800 us be what shines, not our outward appearance of flashy 424 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:16,280 clothes or hair or gaudy jewelry, gaudy watches. 425 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,680 We don't need to let the outward be so shiny and distracting like 426 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,280 like that crap from Moana. We're not trying to be like 427 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,280 that. We're not trying to be 428 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,440 showcasing ourselves. That doesn't mean go around 429 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,760 looking gross and plain and ugly and not not make yourself look 430 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:37,640 nice. It's not your focus is not your 431 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,800 outward glow. It is your inner glow. 432 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,720 In the first Corinthians 69 through 20. 433 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:49,000 We're finally at the last two verses. 434 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,440 What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, 435 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,440 which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 436 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,920 For ye are bought with the price, that price being the 437 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,800 blood of Calvary. He laid down His life for us to 438 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:11,280 wash away our sin, to remove that state of separation, 439 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,720 because sin is more than just. Do this and don't do that, thou 440 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,320 shalt not, although it certainly involves that. 441 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:22,000 Sin is a wall, a barrier between you and God, because sin is 442 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,920 everything that He is not. Lying is such an atrocious sin 443 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,240 because it is against His nature. 444 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,080 God cannot lie because He is the truth. 445 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,080 It is impossible for Him to lie, and us lying is doing the exact 446 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:39,320 opposite of who He is, and that that is pushing Him away by our 447 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,560 own choice. We are pushing him away, pushing 448 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,080 ourselves further from him. You know that sin was just a 449 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,640 constant, permanent barrier because there's nothing to wash 450 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,280 the sin away. Because even if we kind of 451 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,280 stopped doing it, there was still the fact that if you look 452 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:55,560 at sin, his mother was still there. 453 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:59,200 It wasn't washed away. But when he died on the cross, 454 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,880 He was the perfect sacrifice to meet the demand for justice at 455 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,800 sin, because sin is atrocious. Sin is a slap in the face of the 456 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:11,960 most holy divine God, because as much as He is love, He is also 457 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:16,920 justice and righteousness and holiness and sin will and must 458 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,720 be judged. But He is a God of love. 459 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:23,040 He cannot just leave us in a state of separation. 460 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:27,120 He cannot just leave us to go with that judgment which will be 461 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,440 harsh. That judgment will be so at the 462 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,160 right time. He robed Himself in flesh to be 463 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:37,800 the perfect sacrifice to take that judgment upon himself so 464 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:41,680 that we can apply that blood to ourselves and have our sins and 465 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,480 our saying washed away so that when the judgment comes for that 466 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,080 sin, it's not coming for us because that sin is no longer 467 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:49,920 bound to us. We're not. 468 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,280 We're not in engrossed in that sin. 469 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:58,000 That is the price that was paid. He bought us with that price. 470 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:04,000 Therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which 471 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,400 are gods. Listen, you can do whatever you 472 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:14,680 want to with our life. We have free will, but we must 473 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,400 if we are going to claim any of this, we're going to claim to be 474 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:23,400 Christian. We must glorify God from the 475 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:26,520 inside out, in our body and in our spirit, in our inner nature 476 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,440 and in our outward nature. We must glorify Him. 477 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,360 And yes, this scripture, the context of it is about not 478 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:40,440 fornicating, but it still covers every aspect of our lives. 479 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:46,800 We are the temple of the Holy Ghost and should seek to bring 480 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,600 Him glory rather than glory to our own selves as just serving 481 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:56,280 our own pleasures. Every time we mess up, repent 482 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:01,080 and get back up. Live your life to glorify God. 483 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,280 And there is of course, so much more that we could go over, so, 484 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,360 so much more. But I'm just want to hit the 485 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,360 tops of the trees on this cover, some of the basics about what we 486 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,080 believe here in the Apostolic Church. 487 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,680 And after this, if anyone has any questions, any one of us 488 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,640 here in leadership will be glad to help answer them. 489 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,800 The best things you can do are pray. 490 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,120 Absolutely pray. Try it. 491 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,280 I tried it for myself the 1st first time consistently when I 492 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,080 was 16 and I've never gone back. I decided my parents probably 493 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,000 weren't idiots and they didn't come to church just because they 494 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:45,040 had nothing better to do because they did give a good example to 495 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:46,880 me. I just didn't really want to 496 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,720 believe it. But at 16 is when I actually 497 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,320 really tried to apply it to my life. 498 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,640 I've never gone back. Best thing you do, pray. 499 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,360 Read the Word. Read it over and over. 500 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,160 Don't worry about understanding every single aspect of it. 501 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,080 You're not going to. So read it again. 502 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,400 Read it again as you grow up and mature in the faith and 503 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,760 naturally you will understand. Understand things better. 504 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,400 Come to church and hear the word of God. 505 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,880 It will help increase your understanding. 506 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:20,040 And ask questions. When you don't understand 507 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:21,440 something, you need to know the reason why. 508 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:22,960 Don't just go around wondering why. 509 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,880 Ask the question, why all this is just too important. 510 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,960 Don't think of it. Don't think it's too dumb of a 511 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:30,960 question that you should know. If you don't know, you don't 512 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,760 know, Ask and we will gladly help you. 513 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:37,120 We'll gladly make sure you understand the reasons why for 514 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,360 anything that we do or that we believe. 515 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,000 And that's that's all I have here for tonight. 516 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,680 Bishop, if you would, can you come out And if you have any 517 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,880 closing words and if you could just close us out in prayer 518 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,560 tonight. I told Bishop earlier none of us 519 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:58,040 would be here without him. And yes, if he had disobeyed the 520 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,000 Word with the calling of God, God could have called up 521 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,560 somebody else and maybe a lot of us would be here. 522 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,560 But he did step out in faith following the word, the calling 523 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,159 of God. And because of him, here we are 524 00:34:10,159 --> 00:34:13,480 today. And I am just so grateful for my 525 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,239 Bishop. And I just want to say thank 526 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:17,360 you. And that's part of the reason I 527 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,239 just want you to come out close to service. 528 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,400 Maybe you don't have anything to add, but I just, I really value 529 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:24,480 your prayers. You have such an amazing heart 530 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,199 for people and you're so close to God. 531 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:29,760 You just, you're a great man of faith, a great example to all of 532 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:39,710 us. How can you add to the word of 533 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:42,270 God? Good job. 534 00:34:43,389 --> 00:34:45,710 Amen. I'm glad that we know truth. 535 00:34:46,830 --> 00:34:48,909 Amen. I'm glad there's only one God. 536 00:34:50,030 --> 00:34:52,150 Wouldn't you hate to have to pray to three? 537 00:34:53,230 --> 00:34:57,280 I mean, tell all three of them something. 538 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:01,240 I'm glad I can just tell one and he knows it, Amen. 539 00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:05,000 Let's stay in tonight, Amen. So glad y'all came. 540 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,240 Glad that. Glad to have Terry, Sister 541 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:12,240 Rhonda with us tonight and Amen. That's a that's a great thing. 542 00:35:12,240 --> 00:35:14,200 I feel like we're just back home, but that's all right. 543 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,640 It's good to have them, Amen. And Sister Sharon, it's sure 544 00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:22,200 good to see you tonight, Amen. It's good to see you back in 545 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:23,880 here. Amen. 546 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,520 So let's, let's just pray together tonight. 547 00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:30,520 Heavenly Father, we thank you, Lord, for your service tonight, 548 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,440 God, for your spirit that's in this place, God. 549 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,960 We're thankful, Lord, for the word that is ever settled in 550 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,080 heaven. God, Lord Jesus, your word will 551 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,240 stand forever. Everything else may fall, God, 552 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:46,840 but the word will never fall. I asked you, Lord, to be with us 553 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,000 tonight. I pray God, you would go with us 554 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:53,480 to our different homes, abode. Bring us back God with victory. 555 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:57,320 Lord, Sunday morning in the name of Jesus, pray thee would touch 556 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,920 the sick and the afflicted. Lord, me and the broken hearted. 557 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,760 God I pray in Jesus name give us a good night tonight. 558 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:08,760 Lord, we pray in your holy name, Amen and Amen, you're dismissed. 559 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,760 Thank you for listening. If you would like more 560 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,960 information about our services and activities, you can find us 561 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:38,840 on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter with the username FACMC. 562 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,240 Again, that's FACMC. Thank you and have a blessed 563 00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:43,520 day. You can. 564 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:51,240 Go to the.