1 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,100 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist sermon archives. 2 00:00:06,300 --> 00:00:09,100 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty, Baptist 3 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:13,100 Church in Eastern Massachusetts. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,100 --> 00:00:17,500 or contact us at my Liberty, Baptist dot org or just look us 5 00:00:17,500 --> 00:00:19,800 up on Facebook. And now, we hope that this 6 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:22,200 message from God's word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:35,500 It's coming up in less than two months and it's my desire that 8 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:38,300 we just put it this way. Just pull out all the stops when 9 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:41,300 it comes to what's going to happen on June 11th and like I 10 00:00:41,300 --> 00:00:44,000 mentioned we're looking at having an outdoor service. 11 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,000 We're looking at, we already have Heartland, Baptist Bible 12 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,700 College coming to sing during the afternoon service. 13 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:53,500 We have Pastor George Kurt, be sending pastor of ours from 14 00:00:53,500 --> 00:00:56,400 Westgate Baptist in Tampa, who will be here as well. 15 00:00:56,500 --> 00:00:58,600 Well, we're looking to having a meal in here. 16 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,600 We're looking at doing extensive Outreach in the community 17 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,200 Through online and Direct Mail, as well as us giving out 18 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,400 materials as well. And we are really looking 19 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,700 forward to having a wonderful wonderful day. 20 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:15,000 A day that I pray that we will not forget in the history of our 21 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:19,700 church and the there's a lot that we have to do to prepare 22 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:22,200 for a day like that. And I mentioned this morning 23 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,800 that next week will officially roll out a program that I'm 24 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,400 calling a tuning up for the Which is getting us ready in 25 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,100 every way conceivable, whether it's here on the property, 26 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:34,400 preparing to put a tent on the property, or just getting the 27 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,900 outdoor Landscaping. Done the indoor maintenance 28 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:40,600 repairs, getting accomplished making sure that we're ready for 29 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,500 outreach and getting involved out in the community. 30 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:47,100 Preparing the funds that we need to be able to raise for some of 31 00:01:47,100 --> 00:01:48,700 these things, to be able to reach out in the community 32 00:01:48,708 --> 00:01:51,200 greater than we ever have in the past. 33 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,600 And then also making sure that we're most importantly, ready, 34 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,500 spiritually. That's why we're having A 35 00:01:56,508 --> 00:01:59,500 Revival meeting in May then also while will be having some prayer 36 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:02,200 meetings not just here at the church, but also an individual 37 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,100 homes or will gather together with families and have some time 38 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:08,400 of prayer as well. I want to make sure that we know 39 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:09,600 that. When it's time for the 10th 40 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,200 anniversary, when it's over, as they would say, when you're 41 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,500 playing sports, you left it all out in the field that, you know, 42 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:17,800 that we've done everything that the prayers have been made. 43 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,900 That the money has been given that we have all done our dead 44 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:23,300 level best. It's going to require a lot of 45 00:02:23,300 --> 00:02:24,700 work. I'll be honestly. 46 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:26,400 It's going to require some funds as well. 47 00:02:26,500 --> 00:02:29,200 Well, for the reasons, I want us to raise some money because I 48 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,700 want to make sure that we hit every single door here in 49 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:36,000 Easton, whether it's physically going to the door or most likely 50 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,100 also having extensive Every Door. 51 00:02:38,100 --> 00:02:41,700 Direct Mail approach as well. He say, why is that important? 52 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:43,100 Well, let me give you an example. 53 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,300 It was two days before. Liberty Baptist Church started 54 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:48,700 that there were some people from Tampa. 55 00:02:48,700 --> 00:02:53,200 Florida, that were wandering down some Podunk little road 56 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:56,700 called Pequannock it. That they ended up happening 57 00:02:56,700 --> 00:03:01,700 upon a home where Jim Jerome open the door, let them in and I 58 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:05,200 think that was a Saturday and the very next day he came to the 59 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,100 first service at Liberty Baptist Church because someone invited 60 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:13,000 him to come and he's been here now for ten years, you know, 61 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,300 there are more people like Jim Jerome that are out there. 62 00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:19,100 And what we want to do is to not just honor the past but also 63 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:21,500 look forward to the future. We've already invited a couple 64 00:03:21,500 --> 00:03:23,900 of folks that have been here in the past that we're going to 65 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:26,800 honor during the service. One, the one of the very first 66 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:28,800 people that were here, Miss Dorothy. 67 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,400 Dupont she's actually be traveling here. 68 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:32,800 We're going to honor her during the morning. 69 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,600 Really the first person ever to reach out to our church about 70 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,000 two weeks before the church started, she got a flyer in 71 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,800 heard or emailed and said my sister and I want to come to 72 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,200 church. Can we come and die and pick 73 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,300 them up this that morning? They're the first people enjoys. 74 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:50,700 Her sister is in Ohio now. Not able to come but Dorothy 75 00:03:50,900 --> 00:03:54,600 will be here will be honoring her really the first two 76 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,300 workers. Ever had at our church. 77 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,800 Dan and or Woodward are going to be coming that morning and we're 78 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,800 going to be honoring them as well for their service and we 79 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:04,400 have one other that we want to honor as well one who has gone 80 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,900 on to heaven. And it's my prayer as we talk to 81 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:09,400 their family over the next few weeks that will be able to have 82 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,600 their family come. And I'm going to honor her, 83 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,100 whether the family is here or not, but it's my prayer that 84 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:17,100 their family will be able to be here and be a part of the 85 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:20,399 service and just have a really tough time of rejoicing because 86 00:04:20,700 --> 00:04:25,000 we have so much to thank the Lord for over 10 years. 87 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,500 But we also know this that the 10th anniversary is not mission 88 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:31,200 accomplished. The 10th anniversary is really 89 00:04:31,300 --> 00:04:35,200 to be continued and we want to make sure that we do continue 90 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:37,200 all the way until the Lord comes. 91 00:04:37,500 --> 00:04:40,300 And so I really just in your mind, I want you to mark that 92 00:04:40,300 --> 00:04:44,600 day on your calendar just to be part of it invite folks. 93 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:47,400 It's just going to be a wonderful day and I want to talk 94 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,700 to you more about it later and then we'll do more of that. 95 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:53,100 But I really say that all now because it goes into what we 96 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:55,300 have here with the message tonight because Yes. 97 00:04:56,500 --> 00:04:59,900 Programs or wonderful. I'm thankful for a patch Club. 98 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:03,300 It was because of patch club that we had nine young people 99 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:05,600 come to church, seven of which would not normally be on 100 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,400 Wednesday night. Some of their parents staying 101 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,200 here for church, which was a blessing and kind of the hope 102 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:11,400 and prayer. When we have something like 103 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,900 that, programs are great. I'm glad we have a junior 104 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:15,300 church. I'm glad we have a 105 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:16,700 sunday-school. We're looking here in a few 106 00:05:16,700 --> 00:05:18,500 weeks to add a Another Sunday school class. 107 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:21,800 We have Bible studies, we have Outreach, we have program after 108 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,400 program after program. We're looking at adding programs 109 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:29,200 as the Lord allows I'm all for. G but programs don't build 110 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:32,800 churches. In and of themselves programs, 111 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:37,000 don't build churches programs. Don't build the kingdom of God 112 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:40,300 in and of themselves programs. Don't build the kingdom of God. 113 00:05:41,500 --> 00:05:44,300 What builds churches and more importantly, what builds the 114 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:49,200 kingdom of God is what we see here in Acts chapter 17 tonight. 115 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,100 And what we see here in Acts chapter 17 tonight is missing by 116 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:57,800 and large from the contemporary church today by contemporary. 117 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,500 I'm not talking about style of worship. 118 00:05:59,500 --> 00:06:03,100 I'm just talking about the Church of today and is missing. 119 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:06,500 Maybe impart here at Liberty, Baptist Church because I'd say 120 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:08,700 this, as much as I love. Liberty Baptist Church. 121 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:11,100 And as much as I think this is a wonderful Church. 122 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,600 We don't follow the first century model in the word of 123 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,000 God, in the sense that really most churches today. 124 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,400 Don't because they were not just churches of programs. 125 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,400 They didn't really have many programs, but they were churches 126 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,500 of prayer and they were churches of the power of God. 127 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:29,100 And I think we can have all of them. 128 00:06:29,500 --> 00:06:32,100 I think programs are good but without prayer, without the 129 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:34,600 power of God, we're really missing the mark. 130 00:06:34,900 --> 00:06:36,200 And that's what I want us to focus on. 131 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,800 As we draw closer to that 10th anniversary, you know, a tent 132 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,900 may bring a crowd and weep. Praise the Lord for that a free 133 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:45,900 meal we find out brings a crowd breakfast. 134 00:06:45,900 --> 00:06:48,100 Who would have thought right? I've never seen people come to 135 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:50,200 church so early as they did last week. 136 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,100 I was shocked. No one was more shocked than me. 137 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:54,900 A breakfast. Can draw a crowd of food can 138 00:06:54,900 --> 00:06:59,600 draw a crowd at a concert can draw a crowd but to change lives 139 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,300 requires more than a program to change. 140 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:07,800 Lives requires something far greater than maybe we as a 141 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,800 modern church today and again I'm careful using that term 142 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,000 modern More contemporary. Because I'm not saying that we 143 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,500 are trying to follow in to modernism or into contemporary 144 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:19,700 theology. Or contemporary quote-unquote 145 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:21,200 worship? No, I'm just talking about as a 146 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,500 church today in the time frame that we live in. 147 00:07:25,700 --> 00:07:29,500 We need more of Acts and Acts chapter 17 in our lives. 148 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Would you stand, please for the reading God's word Acts chapter 149 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:35,700 17 will begin in verse number. One Acts chapter 17 beginning in 150 00:07:35,700 --> 00:07:47,100 verse number one, The Bible says this, now when they had passed 151 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:52,000 through and fibulas and uphold Nia, they came to thessalonica, 152 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,300 where was a synagogue of the Jews in Paul as his manner was 153 00:07:56,500 --> 00:08:00,000 went in unto them and three Sabbath days reason with them 154 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,600 out of the scriptures opening and alleging that Christ must 155 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,500 needs have suffered and risen again from the dead and that 156 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:12,700 this Jesus whom I preached unto you is Christ and some of them 157 00:08:12,700 --> 00:08:14,700 believed and consorted with Paul. 158 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,700 And Silas and of The Devout Greeks, a great multitude of the 159 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:21,800 chief women, not a few, but the Jews which believed not moved 160 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,600 with Envy took unto them certain lewd, fellows of the baser sort 161 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,000 more. What a term that is right there, 162 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,400 lewd, fellows of the baser sort. If you can't enjoy the King 163 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,100 James language right there. I can't help you lewd. 164 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:36,900 Fellows of the baser sort. These are some Bad Dudes, all 165 00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:40,700 right, and gathered a company and set all the city on an 166 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:44,500 uproar and assaulted the house of Jacob jasen and sought to 167 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:47,800 bring Then out to the people and when they found them, not they 168 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,900 drew Jason and certain Brethren under the rulers of the city 169 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:55,900 crying and note this, these are they or these that have turned 170 00:08:55,900 --> 00:09:00,300 the world upside down. Are come hither also, look at 171 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:01,400 that phrase, I'll say it, correctly. 172 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:06,100 This time, these that have turned the world upside down are 173 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:10,600 come hither also. I think many are not bothered by 174 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,100 Churches today because we're not turning the world upside down. 175 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:16,800 Oh, I'm certain. We're having an impact to a 176 00:09:16,808 --> 00:09:20,000 certain level, but I wouldn't say we're turning East in upside 177 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:23,700 down or Brockton upside down and this is not an indictment of our 178 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:25,800 church. I'm talking about Christianity 179 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:31,000 today but wouldn't it be wonderful if we could be noted 180 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,100 as the church? That turned Easton upside down? 181 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,200 I think we can but it's not about what we can do, because if 182 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:40,800 it's up to our own capabilities, we can't do it. 183 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:44,600 It's all about what God can do and what God can do through. 184 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:45,700 Us. And that's what I want to look 185 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:47,500 at tonight. Heavenly Father, be with us as 186 00:09:47,500 --> 00:09:51,100 we get into the word and again I know this was not the plan today 187 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:53,100 for me, but this was the plan for you. 188 00:09:53,300 --> 00:09:54,900 And so I pray that you would just have us go in the 189 00:09:54,900 --> 00:09:56,800 direction. You'd want us to go tonight and 190 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:58,800 we ask it in Jesus name. Amen. 191 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:05,200 Thank you, may be seated. Paul and Silas on their second 192 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,300 missionary journey, were accused of turning the known world 193 00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:11,300 upside down. Did I say this? 194 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:13,000 Tonight? This is what our culture. 195 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 This is what our world needs today. 196 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,200 In many ways, it is being turned upside down, but it's being 197 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,300 turned upside down by the forces of sim, it's being turned upside 198 00:10:22,300 --> 00:10:26,300 down by the culture and it's being turned upside down by 199 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:29,100 those who would try to take those things that are so 200 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:30,500 evident. And those things that are so 201 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:34,200 clear from the word of God, Odd. But yet to make left, right and 202 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,900 to make right left and to make up down, and make down up. 203 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,200 And we live in a day where two plus two doesn't even equal for 204 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,100 anymore. That's the day that we live in. 205 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:43,000 The world is getting turned upside down. 206 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,500 Maybe we could put it this way tonight. 207 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,800 We turn it right side up again in the sense that we need to be 208 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,700 out there in the culture, not just out there. 209 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:53,600 Meekly, just saying, well I hope that they don't shut us down 210 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:56,800 hope that the world doesn't shut down our church in the sense of 211 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,300 you know silencing us and quieting us. 212 00:10:59,300 --> 00:11:02,100 No I'm saying that we must broadcast what? 213 00:11:02,300 --> 00:11:06,100 Do we must do far greater we must do far more but we don't do 214 00:11:06,100 --> 00:11:09,300 it in and of ourselves. We do it with the power of God, 215 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:12,300 but how do you change a community on its face? 216 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:15,600 How do you change a community? There's a lot of different ways 217 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,700 that people would say you could change a community. 218 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:21,500 Some would say that it's by feeding the homeless or some 219 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:25,400 would say that by providing weekday programs for families. 220 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:27,900 There were some that would suggest you open missionary 221 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:32,100 hospitals or have doctors or dentists are optometrists go on. 222 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,900 On missions trips and and listen in, and of themselves, there's 223 00:11:35,900 --> 00:11:38,700 nothing wrong with those things. If I've learned anything from 224 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:41,100 some of the track distribution, I've done. 225 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:43,700 And some of the things that I've heard from others that have gone 226 00:11:43,700 --> 00:11:46,300 out and done more than I have, is that when you get out on the 227 00:11:46,308 --> 00:11:48,800 streets and you see the homelessness, and you see the 228 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,100 difficulties that you see the mental illness and you see the 229 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:53,500 drug use. Certainly, there are people that 230 00:11:53,500 --> 00:11:57,900 need physical health. We've had Facebook ads, going 231 00:11:57,900 --> 00:12:00,300 out the last couple weeks, and we've had several people who've 232 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:05,000 talked about needing financial help and I wish that we just had 233 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,700 the type of funds that if it would solve the problem, get 234 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:10,100 what I'm saying. If it would solve the problem 235 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,400 that we could just plug all those financial holes in 236 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,000 people's lives and turn their life around. 237 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,400 I wish that we could do that if and I think it's great when 238 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:21,600 missionary hospitals are open and I I have friends that have 239 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,700 gone on missions trips, that are nurses and doctors and that have 240 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:26,800 gone and done great work on. Mission field. 241 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:28,400 There's nothing inherently wrong. 242 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,600 With any of those things. The problem is, is that none of 243 00:12:31,608 --> 00:12:33,800 these things are bad in and of themselves. 244 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,200 But if this is all a church does, than they are treating the 245 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:42,400 symptoms instead of the disease, and the disease is sin, and the 246 00:12:42,408 --> 00:12:46,000 prognosis is hell. We are not going to change 247 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:50,200 someone's life for eternity by giving them bread, but we will 248 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,300 change their life for eternity by offering the bread of life, 249 00:12:53,300 --> 00:12:55,900 Jesus Christ, not by giving them water. 250 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,300 Water to drink that's clean on the mission field. 251 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:01,900 But by giving them the Water of Life now, I have no problem. 252 00:13:01,900 --> 00:13:05,200 If there's a feeding station that is there, that's operating 253 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,600 to preach the gospel to people as they go through. 254 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:08,700 I think that's a wonderful thing. 255 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,000 I know missionary, is it open Clean Wells to be able to help 256 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,400 Villages drink properly? And guess where they open it? 257 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,900 Right? Next to the church so that 258 00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:19,700 they're able to have people come in and out where they can 259 00:13:19,700 --> 00:13:20,900 witness to them and talk to them. 260 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,300 I think that's a wonderful thing if that's the need. 261 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:25,400 Why? Because they realized that that 262 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:29,000 to feed One, once they'll be hungry in a day to have someone 263 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,900 drink once they'll be thirsty in a day, but to give them of the 264 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:34,900 bread of life to give them of the Water of Life. 265 00:13:34,900 --> 00:13:37,500 They will never hunger, they will never thirst again. 266 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:41,000 This is what changes alike. And so while we even we as a 267 00:13:41,008 --> 00:13:44,300 church, if we had a homeless Ministry or even if we as a 268 00:13:44,300 --> 00:13:48,200 church went out and had a Ministry where we helped a 269 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:51,700 families during the week with their children in childcare and 270 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:53,900 different things like that, there's nothing inherently wrong 271 00:13:53,900 --> 00:13:56,000 with them. But if you do that for any other 272 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,500 Other purpose than trying to give people. 273 00:13:57,500 --> 00:14:00,900 The gospel you've missed the point because those things in 274 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:04,000 and of themselves don't change communities, the gospel changes 275 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,700 the community. Why? 276 00:14:05,700 --> 00:14:10,200 Because the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to 277 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,100 everyone, who believeth to the Jew first and also, to the Greek 278 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:16,500 Romans 1:16, there is power in the gospel. 279 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:19,800 The problem is, we're keeping that power under the bushel. 280 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:27,100 And not only that, we are not implementing God's program, not 281 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:30,400 of of children's programs and things like that. 282 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,700 Although again, there's nothing wrong with those but God's 283 00:14:32,700 --> 00:14:37,700 program of prayer and God's program of power that comes from 284 00:14:37,700 --> 00:14:40,000 him. But these folks had something 285 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,400 different, they turned the world upside down. 286 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,700 It's the second missionary journey there, there in 287 00:14:44,700 --> 00:14:48,600 thessalonica. They did some things, they gave 288 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,700 us a model that we can follow. Here today. 289 00:14:51,700 --> 00:14:53,400 They're very briefly. I want to give you these three 290 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,100 things. The first thing I see, is they 291 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:58,400 lifted up Jesus Christ. They lifted Christ. 292 00:14:58,500 --> 00:15:01,200 Do you see what it said here? In verse number 2, it says in 293 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,900 Paul as his manner was, what does that mean? 294 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,400 This is what he normally did everywhere. 295 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:10,400 Pole went, this was the model that he followed. 296 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:14,000 He went somewhere and baked bread and handed it out to the 297 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,300 poor. Now, let's not what it says. 298 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,600 It says, and Paul, as his manner was went in unto them. 299 00:15:20,700 --> 00:15:24,600 And again, at the synagogue and three Sabbath days reason with 300 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:29,100 them out of the scriptures, he didn't give them a TED Talk. 301 00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:32,600 He didn't talk to them about what the Contemporary issues of 302 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,600 the day were. He said this? 303 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,100 I want to take the scriptures, what we would call the Old 304 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:41,000 Testament today, and I want to talk to you about the meaning of 305 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,000 the Old Testament. Well, what's the meaning of the 306 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,300 Old Testament, little points of Jesus Christ. 307 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,500 And so, what was he doing? He was leading them to the place 308 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,200 where they could understand that the Messiah Had come and his 309 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:55,700 name is Jesus Christ. Verse 3 opening and alleging now 310 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:59,400 that word alleging today is used a little bit differently. 311 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,200 You know when we hear the word allegedly it's usually on the 312 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,100 news and they said you know so-and-so killed so-and-so 313 00:16:05,100 --> 00:16:11,900 allegedly or so-and-so stole from this Bank allegedly and 314 00:16:11,900 --> 00:16:15,600 what they're saying is this is they're saying we have heard, 315 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,800 this is the case we're not saying that it's true, we've 316 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,300 just heard that it's the case. Because if they were to not use 317 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:26,200 that word allegedly, they could be liable for, you know, 318 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,200 slandering someone's name someone's character. 319 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,900 What if they didn't actually robbed the bank or what if they 320 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:32,500 didn't actually commit that murder? 321 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:35,900 So they have to use that term allegedly well, we see allegedly 322 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:38,400 here in verse number 3 opening and alleging, we might think 323 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,300 that Paul is may be hedging his bets a little bit. 324 00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:44,200 It's almost as if Paul is not truly saying Jesus. 325 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,500 The Christ who let me ask you knowing Paul the Apostle knowing 326 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:50,300 Paul the missionary. Do you think that he softened 327 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:52,700 the blow The gospel at all though. 328 00:16:52,700 --> 00:16:55,300 I would say quite the opposite. Wouldn't you know that word 329 00:16:55,300 --> 00:16:59,600 alleging here, the connotation of it in the Greek is setting 330 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,900 down a meal. Believe it or not, he's sitting 331 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:04,900 down a meal in front of them. He is alleging. 332 00:17:04,900 --> 00:17:08,900 That's the connotation if you go into the Greek, Paul is 333 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:13,500 literally making a meal for the Thessalonians and laying it in 334 00:17:13,500 --> 00:17:15,200 front of him. He says, this is what I want you 335 00:17:15,208 --> 00:17:17,800 to understand. I'm laying this before you open 336 00:17:18,099 --> 00:17:20,599 opening and alleging, I'm presenting to you. 337 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,099 You that Christ must need have suffered. 338 00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:25,500 Oh, and here's something from Sunday, school. 339 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:28,500 He must needs have risen again from the dead. 340 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,800 Sounds like there's a need for a bodily, Resurrection? 341 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,100 Isn't there? Having suffered and risen from 342 00:17:33,100 --> 00:17:35,900 the dead? And that this Jesus whom I 343 00:17:35,900 --> 00:17:41,600 preached unto you is Christ. That's a powerful message, right 344 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,400 there. And he says, this is what I have 345 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,300 to tell you that Jesus is Christ, he alleged it out of the 346 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:50,600 scriptures, he set it down in front of them. 347 00:17:50,700 --> 00:17:54,100 And he says, I am going to lift Christ to these people. 348 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:56,100 What is our plan here at Liberty? 349 00:17:56,100 --> 00:17:58,000 Baptist Church. Here's what we have to do. 350 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:02,400 Lift up Jesus Christ, we have to lift High, Jesus Christ, so that 351 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,100 everyone knows that at Liberty Baptist Church. 352 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,000 If you want to learn about Jesus Christ, this is the place you're 353 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,800 going to go. You're not going to hear about 354 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,300 dead Dogma. You're not going to hear from 355 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,300 Old Church fathers. You're not even going to hear 356 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:19,200 from a preacher that's giving his slant or opinion on things 357 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:20,500 know what we're going to have here. 358 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:23,200 Liberty Baptist Church is someone who's going to stand 359 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,900 before you with an Open Bible and no other book. 360 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:28,600 No Book of Mormon. No old church books. 361 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,100 No, Apocrypha and old. Catechism, just simply the word 362 00:18:32,100 --> 00:18:35,900 of God, and we're going to open and allege that it was the Jesus 363 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:39,500 Christ that was put on the tree that was dead. 364 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:43,000 Who was buried who rose again and lives today, that will save 365 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,500 Souls. That's what we're going to 366 00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:47,500 allege here in this building and we've got to do more of it, not 367 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:50,000 less. And it's got to be known in this 368 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,400 area. If you want to learn about Jesus 369 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,400 Christ, if you want to know what salvation is, if you want 370 00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:01,100 people, who will love you. Who will love you that? 371 00:19:01,100 --> 00:19:04,500 This is the place to go. Jesus Christ. 372 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:06,300 You know what we pick? Give people a warm greeting, 373 00:19:06,300 --> 00:19:08,500 when they come in because we're lifting up Christ. 374 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:10,300 Do you know why that's so important? 375 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:12,000 We're lifting up. Jesus Christ. 376 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:14,800 What Pastor? I don't see how that's lifting 377 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:15,600 up. Jesus Christ. 378 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,600 Do you remember what Jesus said when you give a cup of water in 379 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,500 my name, what are you doing? You're doing it unto me. 380 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,500 And so what are we doing? When we are loving someone, 381 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:27,100 we're loving them in the stead of Christ? 382 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:29,200 That's what we're doing. I'm not trying to be weird about 383 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,800 this. This is what the book says and 384 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,800 so when someone comes in and we just sit down and we don't 385 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,200 engage and we don't talk what were showing is that that we 386 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,600 don't want to lift Christ in the matter though. 387 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,500 Someone should come here and be so overwhelmed by the fact that 388 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:44,800 people I want to love on them and people want to talk to them 389 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,600 and people want to engage with them and listen. 390 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,200 I know not, everyone can do that all the time. 391 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,400 Sometimes you have other things going on and sometimes you're 392 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:53,200 having a bad day and sometimes you just don't want anyone to 393 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,500 talk to. You can tell you, that's a great 394 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:56,900 time to get up and go talk to somebody. 395 00:19:56,900 --> 00:19:59,400 If you're having a day like that because we all have days like 396 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:01,500 that and I understand it. But what do we do? 397 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,700 We want people to come in here and say we lift up Jesus Christ. 398 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,200 When people ask me what's different about your church, 399 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,100 then from the Catholic church, if I had a nickel for every time 400 00:20:10,100 --> 00:20:13,500 someone asked me that brother, Dan how Different about your 401 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:17,000 church, then the Catholic church, and I say this, without 402 00:20:17,000 --> 00:20:21,500 having to try to say anything that's disparaging about the 403 00:20:21,500 --> 00:20:24,500 Catholics, there are wonderful, Catholic, people are very kind 404 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:27,600 Catholic people and I don't want them to feel like I am trying to 405 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:31,200 disparage them personally, but this is a very simple way to 406 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,400 explain it. Well, at our church, we just 407 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,300 believe what the Bible says in no other book. 408 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,900 We're just going to teach and preach from what the Bible says 409 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:39,700 in no other book. And you know what? 410 00:20:39,700 --> 00:20:43,300 I find that most people respond in this way, that's Refreshing. 411 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,100 Most people say, well, I didn't know that. 412 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:48,900 And why, because what are we going to do? 413 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,700 We're not going to lift up a catechism. 414 00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:53,900 I tried to do that. For 16 years is a Lutheran, I 415 00:20:53,900 --> 00:20:56,300 memorized. What Luther said about the 416 00:20:56,308 --> 00:20:58,200 Bible, but it memorize the Bible. 417 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,500 I mean, think about that for a second. 418 00:21:00,700 --> 00:21:03,900 I memorize paragraph after paragraph to paragraph about 419 00:21:03,900 --> 00:21:06,400 what a man in the 1500 said about the Bible. 420 00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:08,400 But I didn't know a lick about the Bible. 421 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:11,600 But that's the way it is in many churches. 422 00:21:12,300 --> 00:21:14,600 So what do we do? Well, we believe what's right? 423 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,000 What we may believe, what's right? 424 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:18,200 But it's only because we lift Jesus Christ and believe that 425 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,800 book. So what do we need to do? 426 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,700 We need to lift Jesus Christ, by the way, if we make much of our 427 00:21:23,700 --> 00:21:26,700 tenth anniversary which I hope that we do, it's not to make 428 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:29,000 names for self. What we sing every anniversary 429 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,700 is what was saying this 10th anniversary. 430 00:21:30,700 --> 00:21:33,600 The very first song We sang with his church open and it's the 431 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,200 very first song. We sing at every anniversary to 432 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:39,100 God, be the glory great things. He hath done. 433 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,000 We lift Up. So let's see that. 434 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,400 First of all, Paul here lifted up Christ. 435 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:47,300 But number two, I also see this. They launch churches, they 436 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:49,600 launched churches. I'm not going to get too deep 437 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,200 into this tonight for the sake of time. 438 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:54,900 But this is what churches do churches plant, churches 439 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,800 churches, start churches. No God ordained in the garden 440 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,900 that everything would reproduce after its kind. 441 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:03,100 By the way, that's still true today. 442 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:07,200 That's still the way God has designed things and plan things 443 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,200 that that's just the way very nature is but that's true for 444 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,200 churches. As well. 445 00:22:11,300 --> 00:22:14,400 Churches start churches, I'm thankful that when I went up to 446 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,600 Pastor George perk in 2011 and I said, God has laid upon our 447 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,800 heart to start Liberty Baptist Church in Boston even though I 448 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,200 was the assistant pastor, even though I was the choir director 449 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:26,200 even though I was a youth director, even though she was a 450 00:22:26,208 --> 00:22:29,100 teacher even though we were very integrated and what was going on 451 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:31,900 there, he never flinched. He never thought about it. 452 00:22:31,900 --> 00:22:33,600 He said this, let's get you going. 453 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,500 Now, maybe he was trying to get rid of me. 454 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,800 In hindsight, and some of you say, just Westgate, still want 455 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:41,400 you because maybe know they don't. 456 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:42,600 I'm fine here. All right. 457 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:46,400 But the idea was this, he knew that it was a blessing for a 458 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,900 church to start a church. You know what happened? 459 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:52,200 A few years after that that Westgate started a church in 460 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,600 Oklahoma outside of Tulsa happens to have the same 461 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,700 anniversary as us was started on our sixth anniversary. 462 00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:02,100 So therefore years behind us or six years behind us, I can do 463 00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:05,300 math. But the idea is this church is 464 00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:09,300 start churches, and God's plan is that God's plan for us is 465 00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:12,000 that churches start churches? Do you know my desire for 466 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:14,900 Liberty, Baptist Church has been and will continue to be that we 467 00:23:14,900 --> 00:23:17,700 start more churches. To a pastor. 468 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,900 We're a small Church ourselves. Well, churches, start churches. 469 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,700 Well, what if we spread ourselves too thin here? 470 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:25,400 I don't know that we're in any danger of that. 471 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:27,900 Let's just go ahead and give the Gospel wherever we can. 472 00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:29,800 And when God gives opportunities, let's walk 473 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,000 through those doors when God gives us those export 474 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,100 opportunities. Let's walk through them, because 475 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:39,200 that's what happens here. Paul left thessalonica on a 476 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,000 rail. But you know what, it got left 477 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:45,100 behind a church. Well Pastor, you can't prove 478 00:23:45,100 --> 00:23:47,700 that, it doesn't say that there. Well, I have to whole books, 479 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:50,300 it'll prove it to you once called first Thessalonians. 480 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:51,600 The others called second Thessalonians. 481 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:55,900 Why to the church? That is at thessalonica? 482 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,800 Greetings, that's what Paul says. 483 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:01,800 And we know that a church was established god-ordained. 484 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:06,000 The church as the institution where the gospel is preached and 485 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,600 people who grow, that's why we've been given the Great 486 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,200 Commission Now. How how does this happen? 487 00:24:12,900 --> 00:24:16,100 How does this happen? Well, Matthew chapter 9 verses 488 00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:20,200 36 through 38 says this but when he saw the multitudes Jesus he 489 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,200 was moved with compassion on them because they fainted and 490 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,300 were scattered abroad as sheep. Having no Shepherd, then saith 491 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:29,100 he unto his disciples. The Harvest is plenteous but the 492 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:32,000 laborers are few pray. Ye therefore the lord of the 493 00:24:32,008 --> 00:24:35,200 Harvest that he will send forth laborers into his Harvest. 494 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,200 You know what? Jesus is prayer request for us, 495 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:41,000 is pray to the Lord of the Harvest to send laborers. 496 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:44,200 Can I just be extremely blunt with you tonight? 497 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:49,500 I have tried for the last year and a few months to have an 498 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:52,900 associate assistant, pastor, come and work with us here at 499 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:56,200 Liberty Baptist Church. I've talked to other Bible 500 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,400 colleges. I've talked to men that work at 501 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,900 other churches. I have offered Sterling, pay 502 00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:08,600 packages. I have offered to help them find 503 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:13,300 employment, but I've and I've told them about the need here 504 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:16,000 and how I believe there's great opportunity here and certainly 505 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,500 we've seen that opportunity very much over the last few months, 506 00:25:18,500 --> 00:25:22,000 especially that opportunity growing and Rising once again. 507 00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:25,200 But do you know what I've seen? And I prayed to the lord of the 508 00:25:25,208 --> 00:25:28,100 Harvest to send laborers and I prayed on the outside that he 509 00:25:28,100 --> 00:25:31,700 would send laborers from Oklahoma, from Washington, from 510 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:35,100 Oregon, from Kansas. These are some of the states of 511 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:37,200 places. I've talked to men, And you know 512 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,200 what? I've heard every time no. 513 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,000 No. Can I tell you it? 514 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,100 Bothers me a little bit because I love do England. 515 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,100 I'm not from New England, but I love New England. 516 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:52,300 Like this is where I am from now, and I love it. 517 00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:56,100 I'm fiercely loyal to it. And when people from other 518 00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:58,500 places don't want to come where I live, it's kind of like, you 519 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:01,200 don't like Boston, we don't like, you know, I'm just 520 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,200 kidding. We don't, that's not the right 521 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,700 Spirit. That's the Boston Spirit, but 522 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:09,800 that's not the right spirit. So, that's, that's not the right 523 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,000 Spirit. But you know what? 524 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:15,200 God has made abundantly clear to me, the laborers. 525 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:20,700 Have to be here. if you're waiting for the Cavalry to come 526 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:26,500 in, God hasn't sent it. No, he's given us Calvary, but 527 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:28,300 not the Cavalry. There's a difference. 528 00:26:29,500 --> 00:26:30,700 So what are we saying? Now? 529 00:26:30,700 --> 00:26:34,900 God has brought some, I believe in this local area to come and 530 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:37,700 get saved in a join with us, I believe that's part of it, but 531 00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:42,300 God's calling us to be the laborers in the Harvest and have 532 00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:44,200 seen some who have gotten that spark. 533 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,800 I've seen some who have gotten excited because God uses the 534 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,200 church to be able to go out into the community and be the 535 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,200 battering ram that can turn the world. 536 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:56,700 Down and listen, Easton's the community. 537 00:26:56,700 --> 00:26:59,700 This upside down. A lot of ways people get upset 538 00:26:59,700 --> 00:27:02,700 about the strangest things. I was online last week and 539 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:05,000 there's somebody that was upset. That was my first mistake being 540 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000 online. Last week. 541 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,700 Somebody was upset really team. You probably saw this. 542 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,800 Some was upset because on Depot Street where they remodeled the 543 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,700 street somebody they started hanging the signs for the new 544 00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:17,700 side streets. Not with one post but with two 545 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:20,700 posts. And someone said, why would they 546 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:23,700 use to post on a street sign? And people started arguing about 547 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:27,500 a thread that was 50 or 60 comments long about street signs 548 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:28,900 of whether they have one post or two. 549 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,400 You know, he still needs the gospel to cut through all the 550 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,000 mess and cut through all the, the difficulty and cut through 551 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,800 all the things that people argue about and fight about. 552 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:44,400 Well, what about this, political issue? 553 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,200 What about that? Political issue, guess what? 554 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,900 The gospel solves all of it, the gospel solves all of it. 555 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:53,200 And I'm not saying we shouldn't be involved in politics and I we 556 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,600 should make sure that we have honor and respect for the 557 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,700 government. I'll say that again, because 558 00:27:58,700 --> 00:27:59,900 it's not very popular. We should make sure we have 559 00:27:59,900 --> 00:28:03,100 honor and respect for our government, but I also know 560 00:28:03,100 --> 00:28:05,300 this. What's going to solve the audit? 561 00:28:05,300 --> 00:28:07,500 Would they honour issue, respect issue with the government was 562 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:09,200 good? Sold the mess that the 563 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,600 government is in, is you and I going out instead of complaining 564 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:14,300 about them, go reach them with the gospel. 565 00:28:15,900 --> 00:28:19,400 That's what it's going to take. And again, I'm all for being 566 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,600 part of the political process, but we need to make sure that we 567 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:27,100 understand the dynamic that will change a community is the local 568 00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:29,300 church. And maybe I'm not been clear 569 00:28:29,300 --> 00:28:32,100 about that in the past. Maybe I've not been clear about 570 00:28:32,100 --> 00:28:35,900 our relationship with the government here, and our 571 00:28:35,900 --> 00:28:39,300 relationship with, how we are to respond, to it, for instance, 572 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:42,500 Romans 13. But I will say this, if you want 573 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:48,400 to make a difference here in this community, It's by being 574 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,800 part of a local church and be part. 575 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,900 That's not very popular today. That's not very popular but it's 576 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:57,000 what it is and and to change and make a difference. 577 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,900 So I see where to live Christ with a launch churches, but I 578 00:28:59,908 --> 00:29:02,700 also see this we're to live. Consistently number three, we're 579 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:08,600 live consistently. Having the mechanisms in place 580 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,300 for a community to be turned upside down is one thing, but we 581 00:29:12,300 --> 00:29:14,600 must be living our walk each and every day. 582 00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:18,600 We have to live or walk each and every day. 583 00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:20,900 Here's the problem. All this sounds good. 584 00:29:22,100 --> 00:29:25,300 But we've got to do it. We're going to be consistent 585 00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:28,200 turn if you would to 1st Thessalonians chapter 2 because 586 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,900 Paul is going to talk to the people of thessalonica about 587 00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:32,300 something that I think will be helpful to us. 588 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:34,500 First Thessalonians chapter 2. You're going to few pages away. 589 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:55,700 First Thessalonians chapter 2 Who is in verse 14 yourselves, 590 00:29:55,700 --> 00:29:58,100 Brethren know, our entrance in unto you that it was not in 591 00:29:58,100 --> 00:30:01,400 vain, but even that after that, we have suffered before and 592 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,700 we're shamefully entreated as you know, at Philippi. 593 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,600 We were what's that next word? Bold in our God to speak unto 594 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,000 you? The gospel of God with much 595 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,500 contention, even though there were people that were not happy 596 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:16,400 about them, preaching the gospel, and by the way, he's not 597 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,800 even talking about thessalonica, he's talking about Philippi, 598 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:20,300 why? Because this was something that 599 00:30:20,300 --> 00:30:22,000 regularly happened to him everywhere. 600 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:24,000 He went, he preached the gospel, And people didn't want to hear 601 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,100 him. But yet in the wake of the 602 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:29,700 Calamity that took place in every city and town, churches 603 00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,200 were established. Why? 604 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:35,400 Because Paul, if I could put it this way, was who he said he 605 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,800 was. He didn't just preach something 606 00:30:37,800 --> 00:30:39,800 and live something else. He lived. 607 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,200 Consistently the message for exhortation was not of Deceit, 608 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:48,200 nor of uncleanness nor in guile or craftiness, but as we were 609 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,200 allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel even so we 610 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,300 speak not as pleasing. Pleasing men, but God, which 611 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:58,700 Triathlon hearts for neither at any time used, we flattering 612 00:30:58,700 --> 00:31:02,500 words as you know, nor cloak of covetousness, God is witness, 613 00:31:02,500 --> 00:31:05,900 nor of men salt, we Glory, either of you, nor yet of others 614 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,700 when we might have been burdensome as the Apostles of 615 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:10,900 Christ. But we were gentle among you 616 00:31:10,900 --> 00:31:13,100 even as a nurse cherish at their children. 617 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,900 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing 618 00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:20,300 to have imparted unto you not the gospel of God, only but also 619 00:31:20,300 --> 00:31:25,400 our own Souls. Because you were dear unto us. 620 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,900 What made the difference for the Thessalonians was that they 621 00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:36,200 literally saw Paul and Silas give their own souls for them to 622 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:40,800 be able to come to Christ. They live consistently with what 623 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,200 they were saying. By the way how many communities 624 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:45,700 have been turned off to God by watching people say, they love 625 00:31:45,700 --> 00:31:49,600 God and do something different. How many times have people said, 626 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,500 you know, I really want to go to church, but I don't want to go 627 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:54,200 because of the Christians who were at the church. 628 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,800 Now sometimes that's their problem because they don't want 629 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:02,400 to in their heartbeat in church and they're they're projecting 630 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,700 that onto another church. But I will say this, there were 631 00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:07,700 times there were churches in the communities that are not a good 632 00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:10,500 testimony for Christ and so because they don't live, 633 00:32:10,500 --> 00:32:12,900 consistently people say, I don't want to be any part of that. 634 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,700 Paulie, the consistent life. Charles Spurgeon, put it this 635 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:19,200 way. A man's life is always more 636 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:22,300 forcible than a speech. When men take stock of him, they 637 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:25,200 reckon his deeds as dollars and his words as pennies. 638 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,800 If his life and Doctrine disagree, the mass of onlookers, 639 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,700 except his practice and reject his preaching. 640 00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:34,100 Think about that. If his life and Doctrine 641 00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:40,000 disagree, The mass of onlookers, except his practice and reject. 642 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,000 His teaching. Meaning this if you were saying 643 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,100 one thing and doing another people believe what you're 644 00:32:44,100 --> 00:32:47,800 doing, not what you're saying? And we know that from life, 645 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,600 don't we? We know that to be true, but yet 646 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,600 we forget that in our lives. We can't talk about being people 647 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,500 of prayer, and not be people of prayer, because if we do, we're 648 00:32:57,500 --> 00:33:00,000 going to miss the power that God wants to give us. 649 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,100 That's why tuning up for the 10th anniversary, isn't just a 650 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:05,100 program about. Let's get a lot of people here. 651 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:07,600 And here's some tricks that we can do to get people here and 652 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,300 let's drop it when we're done. No, we need to pray before the 653 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:12,800 10th anniversary. We need to pray during the 10th 654 00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,000 anniversary. And guess what, what do you keep 655 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,100 praying with the 10th anniversary? 656 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:19,300 This is my prayer that we grow in prayer. 657 00:33:19,300 --> 00:33:21,700 Over that time we as a church have grown in prayer over the 658 00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:23,900 last several years with it. Men's prayer meeting ladies, 659 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:26,700 Bible studies, where they pray together, Wednesday night prayer 660 00:33:26,700 --> 00:33:30,000 times are all of these different things, but I want us to grow in 661 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,300 prayer. We need more prayer. 662 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:33,800 Not less. We need to make sure that we're 663 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,900 living a consistently. That we're living lives that, 664 00:33:36,900 --> 00:33:39,500 that when we say that we live for God, we actually live for 665 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:44,600 God, and this is what Paul did. This is how Paul lived, and this 666 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:48,800 is how we must live. I look at thessalonica, we get 667 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:52,100 sum of two of the most encouraging Epistles. 668 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,400 You will find are written to the people of thessalonica. 669 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:58,500 And what's ironic about those Epistles is that in most 670 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:02,900 Epistles, Paul has to deal with those people in that City having 671 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:07,600 done wrong. You know, Galatians Corinthians 672 00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:10,300 Paul has to deal with some problems that they have 673 00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:14,199 encountered, but mostly in first and second Thessalonians polls, 674 00:34:14,199 --> 00:34:17,500 giving them encouragement and they were started in the midst 675 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:20,600 of a disaster. And yet through the midst that 676 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:26,000 because of the power of God, a church was established in an 677 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,800 unlikely place. And Paul and Silas, and many 678 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:33,500 others were accused of turning the world upside down. 679 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:38,500 I know this, I don't want people to talk about Liberty, Baptist 680 00:34:38,500 --> 00:34:40,800 Church, because we're the best protesters on Earth. 681 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,199 I don't, I don't want people to talk about Liberty, Baptist 682 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:48,500 Church, because we're out there with signs and placards, and 683 00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:50,600 we're going to, we're going to show the government what we 684 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:54,600 think about XYZ. I don't want to be known for 685 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:55,600 that. You can, I be honest with you, 686 00:34:55,699 --> 00:34:57,000 there's people already doing that. 687 00:34:57,700 --> 00:35:00,700 They can have that lane go with there's not a lot of people 688 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:05,400 doing that are out there. Passionately patiently 689 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:11,200 prayerfully trying to turn the world upside down for the sake 690 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:14,200 of the Gospel. How do we do that? 691 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,900 We have to lift up cross, we all lift him up, it's not my 692 00:35:17,900 --> 00:35:21,500 message, but his message, it's not your life, but his life. 693 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:25,600 The message His Life For Mine is, what the message is. 694 00:35:26,900 --> 00:35:31,300 We have to win to launch churches and I know that in the 695 00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:33,800 future, I would like for us to do more as far as starting 696 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,700 another church, but we need to establish and strengthen what 697 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:39,300 God has given us here. And that doesn't mean just 698 00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:42,100 sitting around, waiting for God to give us a building it means 699 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:44,000 just going out. Thanking God for the building. 700 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,300 We have now and doing the best we can with it and using the 701 00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:50,000 funds that God has given us. Now to reach more people, 702 00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:53,000 instead of just waiting for a building that we don't know. 703 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,400 God will ever just give us in the future said pastor. 704 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,600 God doesn't just give church buildings and churches. 705 00:35:58,700 --> 00:36:00,900 I'm watched most of my friends. It seems like get Church 706 00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:03,400 buildings that way and I'm just kind of waiting for our ship to 707 00:36:03,408 --> 00:36:06,400 come in. But the Lord says this in the 708 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:10,200 meantime they strengthen churches that mean more money 709 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,800 needs to go to tracks and distribution and materials. 710 00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:16,400 I think we should do that to the glory of God carefully. 711 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:20,700 Making sure that we're not being unwise and how we spend, but 712 00:36:20,700 --> 00:36:23,600 understand at the same time, there's a whole world out there 713 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,500 that needs to be saved. And I I can't reach the whole 714 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:29,000 world, but we can do something about this town. 715 00:36:29,900 --> 00:36:33,700 And then when you live consistently tuning up for our 716 00:36:33,707 --> 00:36:36,900 10th anniversary is not just a neat thing that we should just 717 00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:41,400 do for one day and then drop. No, it's really just an 718 00:36:41,408 --> 00:36:44,500 extension of what we should do because we're a church. 719 00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:48,900 Oh, Soul winning. Yeah, we do that anyway, prayer, 720 00:36:49,500 --> 00:36:51,700 we do that anyway. Reaching people. 721 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,400 We do that. Anyway, preaching the gospel, do 722 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,700 that anyway, but we didn't do more. 723 00:36:58,500 --> 00:36:59,900 You know what I would do after the 10th anniversary. 724 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:05,700 What if we do too much? Well, I'll tell you, if we end 725 00:37:05,707 --> 00:37:07,700 up reaching the whole world, then we could suck. 726 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,100 But until then we've got work to do and they say this and I'll be 727 00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:15,700 done. If you don't know Jesus Christ, 728 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:18,200 your savior to them, if you don't know that heaven is your 729 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:21,200 home, then maybe none of this makes any sense to you to them, 730 00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:26,900 but I do know this is that there is only one way to Jesus Christ. 731 00:37:27,700 --> 00:37:31,100 There's only one way to Jesus Christ and that is by faith, 732 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:33,200 repenting of your sins, and calling a bomb to save you. 733 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:36,100 And there's only one way to heaven and that's through Jesus 734 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:38,200 Christ. So what do we know that? 735 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,300 The scripture says that it's through, Jesus Christ that we 736 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:44,200 are saved and it's through faith. 737 00:37:44,300 --> 00:37:47,200 Faith in Jesus Christ by repenting of our sins and 738 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,200 calling me Christ to save us. The good news is that anyone can 739 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,000 do it? How do I know that a child was 740 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,900 small? As that one back there? 741 00:37:54,500 --> 00:37:58,100 Can accept Jesus Christ, Our Savior, And a man or woman on 742 00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:01,600 their deathbed that humbles their heart, like a child can 743 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:06,100 receive Jesus Christ as Savior, but every person has to make the 744 00:38:06,100 --> 00:38:09,400 decision for themselves. And I want to remind you tonight 745 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,400 that there is no greater decision that you can make it. 746 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,400 If you don't know that, you're going to heaven when you die 747 00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:16,300 say, people can't know that. There's no way that people can 748 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:19,000 even be sure about that. I would contradict you and say 749 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,400 this, there's a group of people here tonight that are very sure 750 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:22,500 where they're going to go where they die. 751 00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:25,300 And it's not because they're overconfident and sound, because 752 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:26,800 they placed their trust in themselves. 753 00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:29,500 It's because they Place their trust in one who has much higher 754 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:32,000 than any of us. The one, whose highest of all 755 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,800 and holiest of all and that's Jesus Christ. 756 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:39,200 Thank you for listening to the sermon from the pulpit of 757 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,000 Liberty Baptist Church. If this message was a blessing 758 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,500 to you or if there's any way we can serve you, please let us 759 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:50,300 know by contacting us at info, at my Liberty Baptist dot org, 760 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,600 or you can visit us this Sunday at eight hundred Washington 761 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,800 Street in Eastern. Massachusetts, may the Lord 762 00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,100 bless you as you grow in his word. 763 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:39,200 Thank you for listening to the sermon from the pulpit of 764 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,000 Liberty Baptist Church. If this message was a blessing 765 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,500 to you or if there's any way we can serve you, please let us 766 00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:50,300 know by contacting us at info, at my Liberty Baptist dot org, 767 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,600 or you can visit us this Sunday at eight hundred Washington 768 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,800 Street in Eastern. Massachusetts, may the Lord 769 00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,100 bless you as you grow in his word.