In the Book of Matthew, the 16th chapter verse 18, this will be
the keynote of our text. I'm going to broaden out the
test and read more verses, but I'll first make sure in verse
18. This is Jesus, doing the
writing. If you have a red-letter Edition
Bible, you will see this then red letter Jesus said Upon This
Rock. I will build my church which is
the title of the lesson. I will build my church.
And the Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it.
We want to learn what he meant by what he said.
We want to learn what led up to that, comment or statement that
Jesus made. So, therefore, would you please
go back to verse 13? Matthew 16, we're going to begin
in verse 13. The word of God says the
following when Jesus came into the coasts of caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples saying whom to Man say I the son of man
I am one unique quality that we find here is Jesus said Sara
man, he did not say who knew men.
Say, I the Son of God, am he's at whom do men?
Say I the son of man am Jesus was one that during his
ministry, he called himself, son of man or numerous of occasions
but when God spoke from Heaven he led be made known this.
This is my son, he did that at the baptism of Jesus.
In Matthew 3, verse 16 and 17. He did that of the
Transfiguration in Matthew 17, 1 through 5.
Now those passengers are not on the board.
That was Matthew 3. Verse 16 and 17 the baptism of
Jesus. Matthew 17 1 through 5 the
Transfiguration both of which are amazing.
And passengers. But here Jesus is saying, I want
to know whom do men say that I am now.
Good conversation is on is developing right here.
Here's one of the Bible said in verse 14 and they said, was some
say you are John the Baptist. Some say you are Elias, some say
your jeremias or one of the prophets.
In other words they don't have a clue who you are.
They don't know. And then the Bible said, but
whom say ye that I am now that's getting right down to the
nitty-gritty and he approached Peter was dead.
He's then I won't know who you say that.
I am verse, 16 Simon Peter answered and said unto him.
Thou Art the Christ, the son of the Living.
God Dear friends before we baptized we confess the Lord
Jesus with our mouth. We made the confession.
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God just like Peter
did right here. In Acts 8:37 Ethiopian eunuch in
the King James Version, New King James Version, and other
versions equals. Well include the text of
scripture where it was stated. I believe that Jesus Christ is
the Son of God and John 1 and 29.
John said, Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins
of the world. My dear friends, we need to look
at Jesus as the Son of God. Our Lord.
Our Savior, the savior of the world.
We need to look at Jesus is our very best friend, John 15, and
verse 13. And Jesus is speaking here and
he's drawing attention, and he's mentioning something here that
has never been mentioned before. The church has been called
Kingdom Nimrod some time, but now he identifies the church.
Would you look with me now? Verse 17?
And Jesus said to Simon Peter and the others.
He said bless her about Simon bar, Jonah for flesh and blood
has not revealed that into you, but my Father, which is in
heaven and I say unto thee that thou art Peter and Upon This
Rock. I will build my church and the
Gates of Hell shall not Prevail against it.
This deserves a moment of our time.
He praised Peter for his Proclamation that Jesus Christ.
Is the Son of God, a very wonderful study enjoyable one to
share with other people and then he said Upon This Rock and that
rock is the foundation that confession That just that, Peter
made upon this Foundation, upon this confession, I will build my
church upon that Proclamation that I am.
The Son of God upon that, I will build my church.
He led to be made known what you see is entitled on the ward.
I will build my church. And he said in the Gates of Hell
shall not Prevail against it. What does that mean?
What it means is that the gates of Hades, if you have a Greek
New Testament, you have seen the word Hades that is what this
English word. Hell is from the Greek word
Haney, the place for departed Spirits.
Jesus said, I'm alive now, but I'm going to die, and I'm going
to go to Hades, but Hades English word.
Hell will not prevent me from building my church.
Church. He said I will build my church
and he said, the Gates of Hell will not stop me.
Nobody and nothing will stop me. They can kill me and they're
going to do that. They're going to kill me but I
will be back. You remember during his
ministry, he said destroy this Tabernacle in three days, I'm
rising up again. It's going, I'm going to be
coming back and I will be seeing you.
I will be back. It is magnificent when you put
yourself and the sandals of Jesus and you began to think in
their walk in to understand what he was going through. it is an
amazing passage my Christian friends, to all of you in this
assembly who are members of the Lord's church, the church that
Jesus Built You are so very blessed.
You've got brothers and sisters and all parts of the world.
You've got hundreds and thousands in America, you've got
many, many more thousand and Africa and in variety of parts
of the world. It is amazing.
You can go to the Philippines and go to Australia on a mats
and go you just go all over the place.
And there's New Testament, Christians.
Oh yes there are some time there are few in number but they're
your brothers and sisters in Christ.
And when you read the Bible, if you would read the New Testament
and to those who are members of the Lord's church then and you
would put yourself and understanding.
That's my brother in Christ. She's my sister in Christ.
Well, they mention men and women.
It's just like we today are brothers and sisters and we love
each other and we hug each other's neck.
I love the atmosphere of this congregation.
The Joy, the love, the warm handshake, the great hugs, and
people give it is fabulous and that's the way it should be.
That's the way the Lord wants it to me.
Because we are helping each other go to heaven, and we want
to build that relationship. Make it strong, and make it
tight, because we're members of the Lord's church.
I love this. Jesus said, I will build my
church. Now, let's pay attention here
for a moment. I will build my church.
Jesus is laying forth to situation, the church is not Not
built yet, but I will build it. It's still in the future of
Matthew, 16:13 through 18, it is still lying in the future but I
will build my church. Death Hades, it's not going to
stop me. Do not give up when I die
Calvary, I will be back and I'm going to build my church.
It is so wonderful to know that the things that Jesus
Illustrated is exactly what happened, only to be, a member
of the Lord's church is. So very important.
Jesus can write me call it my church, because it's his, and we
realize the Lord has given us the opportunity to be a member
of his church. And if you're in this have
saying that you're not and you never obey the gospel and
baptism according to the gospel of the Great Commission, then
you're not a member of the Lord's church.
And you don't want to stay in that position.
You want to change your status, your spiritual status and you
want to obey the gospel. You do want heaven to be your
home and it's very, very important.
Well, as we've studied, Matthew 16:13 418 it becomes abundantly
clear. Now, we're going to jump quite a
bit forward. We studied one night on that
second chapter. The day, the Church of the
stablished we're going to go to acts 20:28.
There's two or three very important points here that we
need to look at and be reminded of lessons like this or a
reminder to those who have been in the church for most of their
life. But less you like, this will be
new information to many people who have not had that luxury.
And the book of Acts the 20th chapter 28, this is a powerful
passage listen to what the writer said, take heed,
therefore unto yourselves. And to all the flock over the
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers to feed the Church
of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
Now, all the churches within our Brotherhood within our
fellowship. We call ourselves Church of
Christ and I'll explain more of why, but many people have gone
to this first and said, see Church of God.
So you could go by Church of God.
Well, let's take a look at that who is referred to by the phrase
Church of God. The very next phrase said, which
he hath purchased with his own blood who purchased it with his
own blood. Jesus, Jesus is one and
purchased it with his own blood. So this word god refers to
Jesus. He's the one who purchased it
with his own blood. Now, you may need that sometime
Just look at the verse and die. Scepter passage, you know, a
couple of debates we had on the godhead.
It was very important to show and to clearly established that
all three beings and personalities of the godhead.
God, the father Jesus Christ, the Son and the Holy Spirit all
three, recalled God. All three men called.
Lord, all three were identified as whole Holy God, lord, and
holy and you take a good look at that.
It'd be kinda games and come alive.
The we understand, they have a Unity.
They work together and the debate their Oneness.
They're not one person anymore than husband wife or one, but
not one person. They decide for the Christ are
one but not one person. Well, here's what we find.
Looking at acts 20:28, Church of God that word that phrase refers
to Jesus Christ. It is the Church of Christ.
Now, the thieves in 5 and 25, the word of God teaches here.
Actually, you know, when you go to Ephesians 5 men and great
preacher 32, wonderful lessons on the home, the family husband,
and wife, and their relationship together and it Ephesians 5 and
25, the word of God said it very, very clear and it shows
how much Jesus loved the church. He feeds in five and twenty
five. Husbands love your wives, even
as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it.
I want you to have an appreciation for the church
because Jesus died that he could establish the church.
He allowed himself to me hung on a cross.
Cross to be beaten to be hit with fist, to have a crown of
thorns upon his head. He went through every bit of
that. For you.
And for me, and he said, Paul wrote about Jesus, he gave
himself for the church, dear friends, There may be a time and
I pray that it's not, but that maybe in time that you have to
give your life for the church. We can't hardly fathom that but
do you know a revelation? The second chapter and verse 10?
Revelation 22 verse 10, the latter part of this passage.
The Bible said be thou faithful unto death, and I will receive a
crown of life and you shall receive the Crown of Life.
Well, what does that mean? Be faithful even to the point of
giving your life dying for the Lord be thou faithful, even unto
death. You look at the earlier part of
the verse you see, trials and tribulation and challenges or
come by the way of the Christian.
I know this can have a two-fold Meaning be thou faithful until
the day you die. That's true.
But in this passage, he really is referring to that.
You be willing to lay down your life for the church.
And for Jesus, like, he laid down his life for you and the
church. So you need to love the church
like Jesus did and be willing to do everything within your power
and your might to do the right thing.
Would you take another look please and Romans the 16th
chapter and verse 16? Romans 16 and verse 16.
The word of God says the following Now, would you take a
good look? At the phrase Churches of
Christ. When Paul, the Apostle was
concluding, The Great Masterpiece of the book of
Romans, here's what he said. Now, I'm going to read it from
the King James version, so if you're using a different
version, it might want it slightly different, but the
meaning was still be there. The Romans have such think 2:16
salute, one another with a holy kiss The Churches of Christ.
Let ye I don't like to hear people read this first thing
that we don't believe in the Holy kiss.
Wrong. We better believe in a holy
kiss. We don't believe in an Unholy
kiss. No, we don't practice.
Immorality Unholy kiss, he said greet one another with a holy
kiss as a custom, wasn't those days your it was very common and
you see that today and the Middle Eastern country you know
they were kids on wanted both cheeks it should be a holy kiss.
I'm seeing brothers and sisters you know kids each other on the
cheek. It's be a holy kiss.
Holy is an adjective. Describing the kiss I just don't
like to see people read five times in the New Testament about
about holy kiss and foot wash and all that bad when I believe
in all that. No, we do believe that it the
holy kiss, not an Unholy one, but the point I want to really
illustrate is the Churches of Christ alert.
You when to use a plural, what did we begin?
This meeting talk about one way. One body and one Church.
Why if there's only one Church did he use the morality Churches
of Christ? Well, let's take a look here at
Revelation, 1 verse 11, And that will help to clarify.
It is not hard so don't think it is.
Revelation, 12 verse 11, Jesus riding the seven churches of
Asia and he says the following notice, it's one passage it
clearly identifies. The message we want to talk
about Revelation, 1 verse 11 saying I am Alpha and Omega the
first and the last well that's is writing a book and sitting
under the seven churches plural which are in Asia.
The word churches is used in the plural because of refers to
different congregations. Not religion.
A b and c, not all these religious you see on all the
corners of Bakersfield California.
No. And then In this passage, he
mentions the seven churches of Asia that were going to receive
this letter under the church at Ephesus.
Smyrna pergamum has thawed Tyrant Sardis, Philadelphia and
unto laodicea. He named the seven churches of
Asia. So understand please remember
this, keep it in your brain. The word churches in the plural.
Mention in Romans 16:16 made you an aroma.
Revelation 1 verse 11 churches, simply refers to congregations
because many people in the religious world, they're taught
it doesn't matter what church you, go to the recent late Billy
Graham. He would say go to the church of
your choice. You know what, there's not the
one church and we didn't go to the Church of the Lord is
choice. The Lord has a choice.
He has a meaning. He has a purpose.
He has the design. He has a plan.
I was somewhat appalled. And how many people text me or
sent me little Facebook, private messages and call me on the
phone and said, do you think Billy Graham is in Paradise?
I got to do what you say, Billy Graham's In Paradise.
No question that question. Listen, Billy Graham was a false
teacher, he was a nice man. He had a nice family, he did a
lot of good things, and they would point that out to me, but
look at all the good he did. I think you sound like Matthew
7:21-23. Many will say to me in that day,
Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name,
done many wonderful Works Billy Graham.
There are many wonderful words, but I was saying to you, I never
knew you depart from me. You workers of iniquity.
God is the final judge. We know that, but of corn, the
scripture one who the thoughts teacher, who teach the people
wrong about salvation and we could talk more about that Lord
willing in a couple of nights. So you may need to get another
dose of to this part right here because I want everybody to know
that regardless of how good people are.
They have to obey the gospel and become a member of the Lord's
church. Not some religious organization
started by, man, or woman. They need to be a member of the
Lord's Church in order to be saved.
Time is rushing on, I got to move on to Christian hear the
word Christian the shoes and three verses in the New
Testament acts 11 and 26 hours 26 and 28 first, Peter 4 and
verse 16. Those are the three times the
word Christian issues acts 11:26.
We find here disciples were called Christians.
First in Antioch, Sid disciple is a learner of Jesus, a
follower, a student of Jesus, and those disciples were called
Christians first in Antioch, and you've heard of Antioch
throughout many lessons and your Bible, reading, and all that.
And then in Acts 26, and 28, the word of God teaches about
Ethiopian eunuch as Paul preached to him with all his
might. And King.
Agrippa, put it away and put it off and put it off and he said,
almost down persuaded me to be a Christian.
I want you to know something tonight, you can be almost
persuaded to be a Christian and if you are you're not a
Christian. In order to be a new testament,
Christian, you have to obey the gospel, the gospel Plan of
Salvation, you have to be immersed in water for the
remission of your sins and the name of the father, Son, and
Holy Spirit. That's part of what it is to be
bored again. John 3 verse 7, All of these
verses just blend together so beautifully.
When you read it, it all fits together.
And I want everybody to know to where the name of Christian is
to wire an important name. The Bible said will be given a
name which is above every other name.
It's powerful. I want you to believe in.
Jesus Christ wants you to follow him.
I want you to be a member of his church.
And I want you to consider that a tremendous honor, and when you
wear the name of Christian, you remember that your Christian at
work at school in your neighborhood and whatever
organization you might be a member of and your Christian at
church, You're Christian. Everywhere you go.
You don't take breaks. You're always a Christian even
on vacation. 24/7, your Christian and so am I because
you never know what influence we can have and I wanted to be for
the better not for the worse. Okay let's take another look at
something here and Mark 8, verse 38 and Luke 9 and 26.
These two passages would teach the same thing.
You know, when we reference this passage here and first Peter 4
and 16 the third time the The word Christian is used, he says,
if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be
ashamed. Don't be ashamed to be a
Christian. And then, in these two verses,
Mark 8:38, Luke 9 and 20 cents. I want you to remember these.
I'm giving you a lot that I want you to remember.
But this is so important. This will help to ground you and
make you more effective and talking to other people about
the gospel. And these two verses here and
teaches, Jesus said, listen, here's where we're going to
work. If you are ashamed of me, then I
am ashamed of you. Ouch.
Hey, read it, Sir. Mark 8:38, Luke 9 and 26 if you
are ashamed of me. You're ashamed to wear the name
Christian, you're ashamed to admit that I'm a Child of God
that I'm a member of the Lord's church.
If you're ashamed of me and all these ways, I will be ashamed of
you. On another note, with the same
principle. Jesus said, in the Book of
Matthew, this is not on the board to write it down.
If you're taking notes and Mac to the tenth chapter verse 32
and 33. Jesus said here in Matthew 10
verse 32 and 33 whosoever shall confess me before men.
Him will I confess before my Father which is in heaven, but
if you deny me before, men, I will deny you before the Father,
which is in heaven. We don't want any part of that.
We do not want to be denied. We confess Jesus before men or
Jesus said, I will not confess you for the father.
If you don't confess me before men, I'm not Confess you listen
to that, those are not vain or empty words.
These words mean, something, who if you do not profess
Christianity in your life, Jesus said, I will not confess you
before the father very similar to what is said here.
If you are ashamed of me that I'm ashamed of you, two were the
name of Jesus Christ and the church and Christian the New
Testament Church. You are a Christian, a follower,
a disciple, a learner of Jesus Christ.
So therefore we're in the Name of Christ is very, very
important. We can spend the balance of our
time tonight. The church is not, there's a lot
of things. The church is.
But there are some things that is not and this is a very, very
key area of study that will address some of the things that
you might be asked, okay? The church is not, your church
is not my church, it is the Lord's Church.
I know what you mean. When you say, well, my church
says of my church that but let me tell you what that is really
not using the Bible terminology that God would have you to do.
82 congregation that you attend. It is the church, you're a
member of But it's the Lord's Church don't ever forget that
and that way, we understand, we're going to do things the
Lord's way. Not my way, not your way.
The Lord is way. And therefore, we need to
consider the fact this is the Lord's church.
This is a beautiful remodel job you did here.
This is amazing. Beautiful.
Let me tell you what the church is, those of you sitting in the
benches here This is the village of beautiful building, a great
comfortable, cool place to worship.
I like it. Cool.
Even having a fan here to help that along the way.
But I want to tell you something, today, I want you to
be so thankful to be a member of the Lord's church that you were
his name Christian with pride. And I don't mean pride in a bad
way, but with accomplishment of sense of accomplishment, that
you're happy to let people know that I'm a Christian.
No, I don't want to go there because I'm Christian.
No, I don't talk like that because I'm a Christian.
I want to know anyway, you're different because you don't want
to participate and those worldly things.
Understand the church is not your denomination.
My denomination. It's not even a new
denomination. The church is the Lord's Church.
On the Lord's Day morning when we gather around the Lord's
table. To observe what we call
communion. The Bible uses that term
breaking of bread and the Lord's supper, we're invited by the
Lord to assemble around his table to commune together with
those a lot precious Faith to eat of.
That one loaf that represents the Lord's body at Calvary to
drink out of that one cup containing fruit of the Vine.
That signifies the blood that sealed in purchase the New
Testament and ratified the New Testament.
This is very important, it's not the time to balance your
checkbook or to clip your fingernails or even a clean,
your fingernails. Nor to clean out your purse or
your wallet. It's time to do what Jesus said
this do in remembrance of Me. Jesus knew how we are.
We are forgetful people and if we did not have this to remind
us, there is no telling how long we would go at times and we
don't have think of Jesus. But this is a regular weekly,
reminder. Now, I'm not saying that's the
only time you think of Jesus but Jesus brings us back to what's
really important, the death, the burial and the resurrection.
Please make a notation of First Corinthians 15 verse 1 through 4
Teachers, death burial, and Resurrection, the cord Gospel of
the New Testament Church, Do nomination here, denotes
division, a denomination 12, branches off of forts offer
devise off from another religious organization.
Let's say the church has never been a denomination and they
start one now. The church that Jesus
established understand when he established the church, there
was no other religious organization on Earth.
There wasn't religion, a b, and c.
I remember, when I left a little town of Houston, Missouri,
roughly 2,500 people and I moved to Dallas Texas, your little
bitty phone book, went about this thick and you can turn
pages of Trades and Fades or trade of different religious
organizations and it just mind-boggling how people can
make up their own set of rules their own dictates And people
will follow it. That is amazing to me when you
all were asking, people to do is follow the Bible and be a member
of the Lord's Church. Understand we the church is
never been a denomination and never will be a denomination.
It is simply the Lord's Church. So when people ask you what did
nomination of your member of what do you say?
Oh Church of Christ. Wrong.
Bad answer. Have I ever said that?
Yes, I shouldn't have but I did. You know, did you do you know
what they're asking for church? Do you go to?
That's really what they want to know you so well, I'm a member
of the Church of Christ in the church, the Lord established I'm
not a member of any denomination.
Now, don't expect them to understand that because they're
not that gives you the opportunity to explain it.
To him to know, I'm a member of the church that Jesus died that
he might established. I remember the Church of the
established and that's chapter 2.
I'm not a member of these denominations began way after I
mean, hundreds of years. And sometimes thousands of years
after Jesus type of some church. We are not a denomination,
understand that and if you ever hear somebody in the church, say
we are a member of a denomination because the Church
of the denomination that person is one to watch.
They have a mindset that's not in accordance to the word of
God. All right, stay with me now.
The church is not an afterthought of God.
It was not a plan B. Not a plan B.
Not this afterthought. It is God's original plan.
I just want everybody to know that.
The Lord plan this. It was prophesied hundreds of
years in advance. This is part of God's great
plan, you know, brother Johnny. L Moore wrote a song, many years
ago, Tis, the part of God's great plan.
That is a great song that I haven't sang in quite a while.
The fourth in church, I haven't don't remember seeing him some
bugs, but it seemed that some of the older books brother Lin,
what happened to the part of God's great plan.
That was a great word that brother Johnny did and and I've
enjoyed that song Through the Years Ears.
Well, I just want you to understand.
It's not your church. It's the Lord's.
It's not a denomination. In any shape, it's a Lord's
church. It's not an afterthought.
It's God's plan. Understand the church in which
you are a member of the Lord's church is part of God's great
plan. And now take a hold of here.
Now listen, if you have been wondering come back, I haven't
seen about a one-room, but if you have come back, we're going
to speak a couple of more minutes, five more minutes.
I want you to get this point because this is very, very
important, the church, the Lord established it's not Catholic,
we are not governed by the Pope. We did not start in Rome Italy.
The Church of Christ is not Catholic.
That I probably don't have to spend a lot of time on.
If you have any question about that'll be more than happy to
talk with you. A brother Frank brother Terry
and your brother would be glad to don't you take another look
here. The Church of Christ is not
Protestant. Now you say, do what?
We're not Protestant, you know, I knocked on doors on time for a
week in New York. And nearly every home.
You're not done. I'm Catholic.
Boom. That shut the door.
And people think you're in the cabin, what are you a
Protestant, guess what? We're see.
Never won. We are not confident.
We are not Protestant. Look here.
Protestant. Protest.
We are not Protestant, why? Because we have never been
associated with the Catholic Church, those who are
Protestants and get ahold of this.
Those who are Protestants, at one time, was Associated the
Catholic Church, they protested the Catholic church and they
went out and did their own thing, and they were labeled
Protestant. So when people say, are you
Catholic, Like a Protestant. You say C.
None of the above And everything I say, you say, I'm simply a
member of the Lord's church. The church that Jesus
established. That is so, very important.
And this right here have gives people intention.
When you say, I'm a member of the church that Jesus Built.
He said he would build it. He did build it, and I'm a
member of it and you can be too. I want you to have a working
knowledge of understanding and being able to explain are you
Catholic or you Protestant. And what denomination do you
remember of that? You're 90?
None of those And then you get there tended to, no, I'm simply
a member of the Lord's church. One is satisfied here.
Next to the one that Jesus died that he might established one,
he gave himself for, that's the one I'm a member of and you
should be too. Now, I want you to know
something we would never be. as large as he's Mega Church, would
never be We would never be an organization.
A church that's going to offer a all the little things along the
way. We're not having Starbucks in
here. And we're not trying to compete
with those denominational churches.
What we are? We're members of the Lord's
Church. Doing things God's will, God's
way. And do not be ashamed of the
fact that you have 50 75 people be thankful.
You have 50 or 75 people. It is so important.
I love it. When the church is continuing to
grow through Community. After Community, after
Community, when we establish another crime Geisha, another
current gatien, you know, they do this in the Philippines, we
do it in Africa, we do it, the United States, It is so
important. Listen, be honored and be
thankful to your God. That, you know, about the Lord's
Church. You're a member of this church
right here. The church that Jesus said I
will build my church. No, you're not Catholic.
No, you're not Protestant. No, you're not.
A member of the denomination. You're simply a member of the
church. Can you imagine how it would
have been to be a member of the church and the first century?
Hurry. That's the only one.
There wasn't a Baptist or Methodist or Pentecost for
whatever scattered rather wasn't there.
There were hundreds and hundreds of years away from ever
starting. They were not there.
The Catholic church was six hundred plus years away.
Wow. Yeah, it was pretty tough
people. That I would love to live there.
No, let me tell you what isn't for the rough?
The persecution was tremendous. I want you to be thankful to be
a member of the church today and this day and time and your
lifetime and I want you to give the Lord your very best because
he gave you his very best. And I want you to make the
church as Jesus said, seek ye first the kingdom of God and his
righteousness, I want the Lord to be first for you, for you,
for your family, for your people that you influence.
Let them know, know, we go to church on Lord, stay we don't go
do all that other stuff. Sunday afternoon maybe but not
send the morning. We go to church.
We worship God, we're gonna go support our gospel meeting this
week. Some time to make the bosses of
a bit upset. Hey, but you're attending the
Lord's meeting of the Revival of gospel meeting their friends.
Listen, be thankful to your God. That, you know, about the Lord's
church. That's written about and the
Bible. Oh, I can say a whole lot more
but I've said enough for tonight.
If all goes well brother, Terry would have this on your Facebook
and the private Facebook for the congregation may be as early as
tomorrow. We asked you to really think
about maybe go back and re-listen to this sermon because
it's going to help you become able to more communicate with
people is so important. I'm not saying I'm giving you
anything brand-new. Good.
I'm not. If I were, then you probably
need to check it out. But we're just reminding you of
biblical truths and we're learning how denominationalism
communicates with us and how we need to stand our ground in a
very solid way. And never be ashamed of who you
are of the New Testament Christian.
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