1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,880 I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but did you know 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,720 there are seven types of people you should not help? 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,480 Now, that doesn't mean we don't respect and love everyone as 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,080 Christians, but I think the Bible is very clear. 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:17,920 There are certain types of people that we should avoid. 6 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:21,120 We should be careful not to help, that we should be wise as 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,720 serpents. Yes, we preach the gospel to 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:28,360 every creature, but some people they may not want to be helped. 9 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,760 So before we get into this list because some of them I don't 10 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,240 think you'll ever have considered before, first I want 11 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,880 to say if you've never been here before, this is my coffee 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,800 channel. If you like, this is where we 13 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,480 just drink coffee. No, nothing sensational, just 14 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,520 unedited me talking to you with the Bible. 15 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,840 So please do pause the video right now. 16 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,200 Get yourself a nice cup of Joe and let's have a cup of coffee. 17 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,120 Now, just as I do this, I do have a question for you. 18 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,160 Last video, you might remember I just went straight into the 19 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,760 video and just drank the coffee as we went along. 20 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,560 And some of you said, Joe, you've got to pour the coffee. 21 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:05,160 That's our favorite bit of the video. 22 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,440 We love the sound. Let me know what you'd like. 23 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,000 Would you like me to get straight into the video or do 24 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:18,850 you want to hear this sound so good? 25 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,600 Oh, just one more thing before we come to the list. 26 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,320 These pictures, these lovely faces that you can see right 27 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:30,880 here are people who've bought one of our off the curb mugs. 28 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,720 So if you buy one of them, I'll send you an e-mail and we'll put 29 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,480 your face in this video if you send me a photo. 30 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:43,080 OK, so the first type of person that we cannot help are evil 31 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,240 political powers, people in high positions that give no thought 32 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,840 to the things of God. Just look at Mark chapter 6 with 33 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,760 me. Mark chapter 6 and verses 17 to 34 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,320 18. For Herod himself had sent and 35 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,480 laid hold of John and bound him in prison for the sake of 36 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:03,960 Herodius his brother Philip's wife. 37 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:08,080 For he had married her, because John had said to Herod, it is 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,760 not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. 39 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:15,040 Now you probably know the story quite well. 40 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,320 Here we have this man, Herod, and the Scripture actually says 41 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,360 that he enjoyed listening to John the Baptist. 42 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,760 He enjoyed listening to what he had to say because this man was 43 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:29,720 filled with the Spirit of God. But John was not fearful to call 44 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,280 out people in high places. He was not fearful to call out 45 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:35,440 sin. And he said, it's not lawful for 46 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:37,960 you to have your brother's wife. This is wrong. 47 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,800 And what did Herod allow Herodias to do? 48 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,680 He allowed her to have John taken out of the picture. 49 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,080 Now why is this a very solemn thought? 50 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:52,760 I'll tell you why. Because God had made John the 51 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,360 Baptist his mouthpiece. This was the man who was to 52 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,600 speak out the messages of God. And what was Herod doing when he 53 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,760 had John taken out? Deleted. 54 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,640 What was he doing? He was silencing the voice of 55 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:09,280 God. And when you do that, when you, 56 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,320 when these political powers and there are people doing it right 57 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,920 now, today, we don't want this book, the Bible. 58 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,280 You cannot preach the truth from this book. 59 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,040 Certain pastors are taken out, certain people are told they 60 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,280 can't do this. Countries all around the world, 61 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:24,960 we're hearing about it constantly. 62 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,680 You're not allowed to say this. You're not allowed to do this. 63 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,880 And the powers that be, they're trying to silence Christians. 64 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:35,440 And when that happens, there's very, very little hope for them 65 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:39,440 but the grace of God. So if you are by any chance, if 66 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,560 there's a political person listening to this right now, I 67 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,160 very much douse it. But imagine there is right now. 68 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:49,480 What would I say to you? I would say make sure you honour 69 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,320 the word of God and fear only God. 70 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,080 Don't fear man. Don't fear opinions and turn 71 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,840 from your wickedness and turn to the living God. 72 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,960 Because when you take out his mouthpieces, bad things happen, 73 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,520 and your nation will reap the consequences of it, right? 74 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:11,360 The second person that you cannot help is the lazy person, 75 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:15,080 the person who refuses to work. Just turn in your Bibles. 76 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,440 Now to Second Thessalonians with me, Second Thessalonians chapter 77 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:21,800 3, and we're going to look at verse 10. 78 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,960 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this. 79 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,720 If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 80 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,200 In other words, what were the apostles saying here? 81 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,280 They were saying, listen, we're not going to just give out 82 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:39,920 handouts. If someone is refusing to work, 83 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,560 that person should be very, very careful. 84 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:44,320 The Bible even goes even further. 85 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:47,360 It says if a person doesn't provide for their family, it 86 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,080 says they are worse than an unbeliever. 87 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,600 That is a very, very challenging verse. 88 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,680 So if you're a lazy person, if you're not working hard right 89 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,720 now, the Bible has a few strong words to say to you. 90 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:03,680 And as Christians, if we notice people who are lazy around us, 91 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,000 we should be very, very careful about whether we help them. 92 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,240 You've all heard the phrase before, haven't you? 93 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,480 Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, but teach him how to 94 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,840 fish and he'll eat for a lifetime. 95 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,440 And there is something to be said about that. 96 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:22,000 If we're constantly helping someone, we're not helping them, 97 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,720 if that makes sense. We're just enabling them to be 98 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,160 lazy. I was always struck by this 99 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,440 sweet old lady at my church a number of years ago when I used 100 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,760 to go to a church in another town. 101 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,840 And this sweet old lady is a walk into the prayer meeting, 102 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:39,880 she said. I saw this homeless man and 103 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,400 there was a part of me that just wanted to reach out and help him 104 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,640 and and I did. I helped him and and I loved 105 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:47,000 him. But then the other part of me 106 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,080 inside was saying, get up, get off off your off your off your 107 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:54,080 legs, you know, get up right now and and work. 108 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,280 Come on, you've got a body, go and work. 109 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,320 And that's kind of struck that this sweet old lady would have 110 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,280 such a, you know, that tough kind of love would be so strong 111 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:05,200 in her, in her views. But she was right, wasn't she? 112 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,960 You know, often we can work. Many of us. 113 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:11,560 We have no excuse. Now, this isn't for the person, 114 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:13,000 of course. You know, I'm not talking about 115 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,360 the person who has severe things that have stopped them from 116 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:18,880 working. Of course, we're not talking 117 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,400 about that kind of person. We're talking about the person 118 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,760 who plays video games all day, who just relies upon benefits or 119 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,080 upon money from the government and they just refuse to work. 120 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,520 We've got to be very careful how much time we give to that person 121 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,520 because we're not helping them. You know, some of you often ask 122 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:42,640 me, men particularly, how do I stop, you know, going to the 123 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,920 Internet, how do I stop all of these thoughts in my mind and, 124 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,520 and stop going back to that same sin over and over again? 125 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,960 Would you know what I think for a lot of men it is it's this. 126 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:58,680 Some men go to bed with far too much energy, far too much 127 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,240 energy. As a man, you know, we were made 128 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:04,440 to be totally wrong out. Even women, we were made to 129 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,800 work, to be going to bed just exhausted. 130 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,440 So, you know, you put your head to the pillow and you're asleep 131 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:13,440 within a few seconds. But some men, some, and I lived 132 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,160 this life when I was younger, go to bed with far too much energy, 133 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:22,400 just relaxing on social media, chilling out, watching movies. 134 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,600 Do a bit of this, do a bit, you know. 135 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,160 But no, we should be doing the chores of the house. 136 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:30,360 We should if we're family men, we should be spending time with 137 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:31,760 our children. We should be working. 138 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,760 If you can't be the main breadwinner, I would challenge 139 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:36,800 you. Men, don't just work one job, 140 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,240 work 2, work three jobs, even if you have to. 141 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,120 You are meant to be looking after your wife, the weaker 142 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,280 vessel, so she can be that, the homemaker and look after this 143 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,600 home that you know you've both been entrusted to. 144 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,360 These are just some of my thoughts. 145 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,200 I know you might think I sound like a dinosaur, a bit of an old 146 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,640 fashioned man, but I do believe these are biblical principles. 147 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,240 I'm open to your views though. Let me know what you think in 148 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,440 the comments section. The third person who we should 149 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:08,080 be very careful about helping is the angry person. 150 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,880 Look at Proverbs chapter 19 and verse 19. 151 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,920 Very interesting verse. Proverbs 19, verse 19. 152 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:28,000 I think I've said this before in previous videos, but if you are 153 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:32,440 someone who wants more wisdom, study the book of Proverbs 154 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,080 because a lot of Christians when I sort of I realize how wise 155 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:38,320 they are, I'm like, where did you get your wisdom from? 156 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,320 Often it's because they spent a lot of time studying this book 157 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,760 and I love to read it every year or so. 158 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,480 I try to get through the book of Proverbs at least once. 159 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,120 And it's also a wonderful book because it's got 31 chapters, so 160 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,360 you can have one read 1 chapter each day of the month. 161 00:08:55,080 --> 00:09:00,920 OK, Proverbs 19, verse 19, A man of great wrath will suffer 162 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:05,200 punishment for if you rescue him, you will have to do it 163 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:08,760 again. Some of you, and it's I admire 164 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,800 this about you, you've got a heart of gold. 165 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,560 But some of you, you've bailed people out far too many times. 166 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,760 You know, you've had someone's back. 167 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,160 This person has been angry. Maybe they've got into a fight 168 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:23,400 or they've even got in trouble with the law and you've bailed 169 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:25,840 them out. But what's this verse saying 170 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:28,400 right here? It says if you rescue them, 171 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,920 you'll have to do it again and again and again. 172 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,160 Why? Because they haven't had to pay 173 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:37,000 the price for their sin. They haven't had to face up to 174 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,440 to the ramifications of their wrongdoing. 175 00:09:39,680 --> 00:09:42,240 And when we do this, we're not helping anyone at all. 176 00:09:42,560 --> 00:09:44,560 But then there's another thing. There's another verse in 177 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:47,680 Proverbs that this is the first verse that came to my mind when 178 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:49,520 I thought about this series of things. 179 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,640 People you can't help, people you should be wary of, and it's 180 00:09:53,640 --> 00:10:07,120 Proverbs 22 and verse 24. It says make no friendship with 181 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,600 an angry man and with a furious man, do not go, lest you learn 182 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,080 his ways and set a snare for your soul. 183 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,880 So here this, this principle that we're hearing in the world 184 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,080 all the time. You know, the four people you 185 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,880 spend the most time with, that is who you'll become. 186 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:25,440 Just nod your head. Have you ever heard of that 187 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:26,960 before? You know, the people you hang 188 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,400 around with, that's who you'll become. 189 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,880 Well, this was in the Bible. You know, bad company corrupts 190 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:33,960 good morals. And here it's saying, if you are 191 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,840 friends of an angry person, don't be surprised if you soon 192 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,280 start getting a bad temper. Very, very interesting. 193 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,560 And again, I can see that in my own life when I've been friends 194 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:49,080 with someone who's had a bad temper or who's used wrong words 195 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,680 and suddenly I start using those wrong words. 196 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,920 So just be careful. Again, we want to love these 197 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:56,560 people. We want to show respect for 198 00:10:56,560 --> 00:11:00,240 them, grace to these people. But if you're spending close 199 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,360 time with them all the time and you're just allowing them to get 200 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,800 angry without challenging it, you're not helping them at all. 201 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,480 So challenge that person and ask them and maybe even say, listen, 202 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,520 if you continue in your bad temper, I'm going to have to 203 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,600 refrain from this friendship because I know that's having an 204 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,040 effect on me as a Christian in my own soul #4. 205 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,760 The 4th person we should be very wary about helping is the 206 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,400 mocker. Again, we're in Proverbs still, 207 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:31,720 Proverbs Chapter 9, and we're going to read verses 7 to 8. 208 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:37,600 He who corrects A scoffer gets shame for himself, and he who 209 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,360 rebukes a wicked man only harms himself. 210 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:43,760 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you. 211 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,120 Rebuke a wise man and he will love you. 212 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,400 You see, there are some people in life. 213 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,160 You've met them, I've met them and they always have to have the 214 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:59,120 last word. I remember there was a man who 215 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,560 was at a church and he had a bit of position in this church. 216 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:05,520 And my friend who was younger used to say to me, listen, this 217 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,880 guy, he's always right. He's so he believes he's right 218 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,000 about everything. I could imagine him he even 219 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,400 having an argument with God. That's how bold he is in in his 220 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,920 arguments. He just thinks he's always 221 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,480 right. And the Bible here saying if 222 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,560 there's a foolish person, if there's someone who's mocking, 223 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:23,080 if they're scoffing, just be careful. 224 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:26,280 Don't waste your time on them because you're not going to get 225 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,920 anywhere with them. They won't listen. 226 00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:31,200 They'll refuse to listen. There is, you know, taking this 227 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,040 verse on a bit of a diversion here, this, this principle. 228 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,760 There's a verse that really hits me very hard. 229 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,800 And it's this verse. As a young person, I used to 230 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,920 read this and see it as a challenge that I need to repent 231 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:47,080 from a, a certain sin. And it goes like this, he who is 232 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:52,080 reproved or he who is warned many times and yet stiffens his 233 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,960 neck will be broken suddenly without remedy. 234 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,400 And I used to think all the times I hear preachers warning 235 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,320 against a certain sin, all the times I read it in the 236 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,480 Scripture, all the time, the times the Holy Spirit convicts 237 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,640 me turn from this turn from this. 238 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:14,240 And I keep stiffening my neck. I keep refusing to to turn away 239 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,760 from it. But that is going to end badly 240 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,840 one day. One day God's just going to, you 241 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:24,040 know, reprove me without remedy. Now, for some, this could be 242 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,200 very, very much the end. Death could be what what 243 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,160 happens. But for others, it could be 244 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:33,320 something that that really does, you know, just completely takes 245 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,280 the, you know, the wind from your lungs, if you like, takes 246 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,800 takes the feet from beneath you. There is things that happen in 247 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,400 life. You know what I'm kind of trying 248 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,720 to get to here with this. So friends, I'm just saying to 249 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,640 you, let us make sure that we are teachable. 250 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:49,600 The Bible talks about that so much. 251 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,400 If an older person or a Christian or someone who wants 252 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:56,160 to help us offers us insight, let us have open ears and be 253 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:58,760 teachable. Let us not be those people who 254 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:01,800 always have to have the last word and always think they're 255 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:04,320 right. Now we are actually going to do 256 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:05,920 something a little bit different. 257 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,640 As you know, on this channel, I just sort of, we just have 258 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,000 coffee together and there's very little editing. 259 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,520 But I do want to show you a little clip from a, a preaching 260 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,600 video of mine on my street preaching channel that I'd like 261 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,920 you to just watch and then listen to what I'm going to say 262 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:20,680 about it. Hallelujah. 263 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:22,960 Are you going to read it and be serious, Sir? 264 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,120 Because people died for this? Yeah, I'm. 265 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,320 Yeah, they died for this book, Sir. 266 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:30,120 If you're going to be silly, I can't give it to you. 267 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,080 I'm sorry. People literally shed their 268 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,240 blood and died because people say keep this message quiet. 269 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,240 We don't want Christianity to spread. 270 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,480 We don't want the world to be turned upside down. 271 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,360 And they were put to death with these beliefs. 272 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,280 So that's why I'm not giving this out loosely. 273 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,440 Anyone who's going to read it seriously, I'll give it to you. 274 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,680 But if you're going to take take the Mick, I can't. 275 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:49,880 I don't want to just give it away because anyone want to take 276 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,160 it and read it seriously. Thank you. 277 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,680 God bless you. Now, why did I show you that 278 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,600 video? I'll tell you why. 279 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,600 When I was a young St. preacher, my mentor, Vinny Commons, who I 280 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,840 often talk about, I've got a lot to be grateful for for this man. 281 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,480 He said to me once when I was getting into a sort of debate 282 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,760 with some, you know, rather scoffing young people who were 283 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,520 laughing at me, who were being rude. 284 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:16,320 He said, he just whispered in my ear, Joe, stop the conversation. 285 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,280 The Bible says do not cast your pearls before swine. 286 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:25,120 And Jesus himself said that don't give those precious things 287 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:28,120 to those who trample on it unless they turn around and 288 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,480 devour you. Now the video that you saw up 289 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,280 there, here I am preaching on my own. 290 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,680 Vinny wasn't there, but I just felt as this young man, I saw 291 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,840 him as I'm preaching, he was raising his hands. 292 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:40,880 He was doing all of this, you know, he was laughing. 293 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:42,680 And he came up for the John's Gospel. 294 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:45,720 And I've seen many times before these John's Gospels, they RIP 295 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,000 them up. They throw them in a bin. 296 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,080 Some of them, they even set them on fire. 297 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,560 And it breaks your heart and even makes you quite angry when 298 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,280 they do that. And I just got a sense that 299 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,040 verse came to my mind. I shouldn't give him that. 300 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,680 And I asked people when I put this video out, was that harsh? 301 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,400 And one or two people said maybe I would have given it to him and 302 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,200 and given him the benefit of the doubt. 303 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,440 But the vast majority of people said, there is a time where 304 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,560 you've got to say, no, I am not going to to do this. 305 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,600 You need to know how serious this is. 306 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,880 So again, just be wary of giving too much time to a scoffer. 307 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,120 Warn them and say, I'm going to stop this conversation because 308 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,960 you are mocking that which is sacred. 309 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:29,160 Hey, I wonder if you thought about the fifth person that we 310 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,560 should not help. Well, it's false. 311 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,840 Teachers. If you've got your Bible still 312 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,160 there, please turn to second John. 313 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,880 And we're going to look at verse 10:50. 314 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:46,120 If anyone, if anyone comes to you and does not bring this 315 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,360 doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him, 316 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:55,280 for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds. 317 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,040 Wow. Oh, that's incredible, isn't it? 318 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,040 So in other words, if someone comes with a false teaching, 319 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:06,119 someone comes with, you know, a teaching that is is completely 320 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,319 against the word of gods. Don't invite them into your 321 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:12,319 house, the Bible saying, because you're sharing in their evil 322 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:14,319 deeds. Now, how does this look 323 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:17,599 practically? You know, should you bring a 324 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:20,400 Jehovah's Witness in because they believe a completely 325 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:22,960 different doctrine in a completely different Jesus? 326 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:24,680 Should you have them into your house? 327 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,960 Should you have into your house someone who believes in, you 328 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:29,720 know, maybe in a different religion? 329 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,000 Very difficult to talk. I'd actually be very interested 330 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,640 to hear your opinion on this because I don't have an answer 331 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,360 fully to this. But I do know that we should 332 00:17:38,360 --> 00:17:42,000 rebuke false teachers. I do know that we should have 333 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:46,760 nothing to do with those who teach false things, and I think 334 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,520 what the Bible is actually trying to say here is this. 335 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:53,480 A little bit of homework after you've watched this video or 336 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,280 tomorrow when you come to your daily devotion, would you do a 337 00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:00,040 favour for me? And would you read second Peter 338 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,240 and chapter 2? Because you'll see why the Bible 339 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:08,200 here in this verse takes such a hard line on false teachers 340 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,440 because these guys, they're crafty. 341 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:14,000 It says they'll, they'll sneak into, you know, innocent 342 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,840 people's houses, that people who, you know, young women and 343 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,560 they'll, they'll take advantage of them. 344 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,360 You know, you know, they'll try and get money out of you. 345 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,200 They'll act like they're they're clouds but they've got no water 346 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:28,480 in them. They don't rain. 347 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,880 They act like they're going to help you but but they provide 348 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:36,080 nothing but dryness and sadness and aridness in the soul. 349 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:40,040 OK, this next one is very serious and it's actually a 350 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:44,440 scary warning for all of us. I believe the 6th person you 351 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,880 should not help is the unrepentant. 352 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,400 Look at 1 Corinthians 5 verse five with me. 353 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,480 We're going to start verse 4 actually, in the name of our 354 00:18:55,480 --> 00:19:00,080 Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together along with my 355 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:04,640 spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, deliver such 356 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,680 a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that 357 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:13,560 his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 358 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:20,600 So here we've got this man and he's done some very, very evil 359 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,840 things. He's, if I can remember 360 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:28,840 correctly, he's taken his father's wife for himself. 361 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,080 That's really bad. And this is in the church. 362 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,800 This happened in the Can you imagine that if that happened in 363 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,240 your church, maybe you do know a similar situation. 364 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,560 But these are, you know, we talk about how things are getting 365 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,760 worse. Well, things were very dark back 366 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:44,400 then. And that gives us comfort when 367 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,200 we read the scripture that we know that they knew how bad 368 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,360 things could be as well back in in the early church. 369 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,760 But what's the lesson here? Well, I'll take you on a trip 370 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,240 down memory lane. In my own life. 371 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,200 I remember when I was starting out as an evangelist, there was 372 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:05,200 a particular church member and you know, he was quite 373 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,120 outspoken. I do believe he did love the 374 00:20:08,120 --> 00:20:11,480 Lord, but there was various issues there. 375 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,920 He couldn't put the bottle down. He would go for months and 376 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,200 months without attending. And we had a sort of in our 377 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,880 church, it was, you know, you need to be there. 378 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:23,520 We, we want to break bread with you. 379 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,400 We need to, you know, keep you accountable at the church, you 380 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,120 know, not as a way of lording it over you, but for your own help. 381 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,320 We want to be there for, for one another. 382 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,160 And this guy, as I said, he had so many issues. 383 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:39,640 He was going into the world, he was using interesting language. 384 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,320 You know, he was, he was basically living a double life. 385 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,160 And this went on for years and years. 386 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,760 And I remember many other church members were saying, this isn't 387 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,320 right. That was saying he's a church 388 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,280 member and he's, he's, he's, you know, and he's never with us. 389 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,880 He never attends the church. And then there are other people 390 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,840 who, you know, want to join the church and and they're asking, 391 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,080 well, why is he in the church? And I've not been joined in yet, 392 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:08,400 You know, all of that. You know what, what happens in 393 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,120 churches? And so I brought the issue to 394 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:15,840 the pastor and he said something that that really hit me hard. 395 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:20,280 He said, Joe, if we cancel his membership, what we're 396 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,800 effectively saying to this man is we're handing you over to the 397 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,840 world. We're giving you over almost to 398 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,040 Satan. And he said, I want to be very 399 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,160 hesitant about doing that because that is a serious thing. 400 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:34,920 We're saying we're breaking fellowship with you if you're 401 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:37,680 not. And that's why he showed so much 402 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:40,000 grace for such a long, long time. 403 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,720 Now, I think there is a time that this has to happen. 404 00:21:45,120 --> 00:21:49,280 You see, there has to come a time where a person who we've 405 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,560 tried to help for for a long, long period of time have has 406 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:57,200 remained unrepentant, continued in sin, continued in wilful sin. 407 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,680 There comes a point where you say, OK, you, you've spent so 408 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:06,600 many years, so long right now turning from God and not wanting 409 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:10,480 to to obey his word that that we give you over to to this 410 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:13,120 evilness. Now why does the Bible say that 411 00:22:13,120 --> 00:22:17,080 because it says his his his soul might be saved in the day of the 412 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,160 Lord Jesus. In other words, before the 413 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:24,240 coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, he will realize, wow, I had so 414 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,280 much safety when I was with Christ. 415 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:29,040 I had so much peace when I was with Christ. 416 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,280 I had protection. And this world, it's, it's a 417 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,760 horrible place. And they'll see after drinking 418 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,360 from broken systems, systems how how empty it leaves you. 419 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,400 And they'll see just how it is a dangerous thing to be alien from 420 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,120 the living God, to be apart from the living God. 421 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,920 And that might bring them back into a place of repentance. 422 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,360 I think that's what the Scripture's saying there. 423 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,160 And I think sometimes it is very necessary to do that with a 424 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,840 certain person. But again, this is a decision 425 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,520 for for the church, the leadership in a church. 426 00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,120 And let them make that decision very, very carefully and not 427 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:11,680 lightly. Lastly, the last kind of person 428 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:16,280 that you can never, ever, ever help is the dead. 429 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:21,720 Just turn in your Bibles to Luke Chapter 9 with me, Luke Chapter 430 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,440 9 and we're going to read verses 59 to 60. 431 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,520 Then he that's Jesus said to another, follow me. 432 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,560 But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father. 433 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:35,960 Jesus said to him, let the dead bury their own dead, but you go 434 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:40,560 and preach the Kingdom of God. Now that verse is very strong, 435 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,800 isn't it? Here's a man who's just lost his 436 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:47,200 father, and Jesus is saying to him, no, don't bury your father. 437 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,360 Go and preach the gospel instead. 438 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,760 What is Jesus trying to say here? 439 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:56,280 He's saying that this person is dead, they're gone. 440 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,400 But the greatest concern you have right now is to tell those 441 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:04,480 who are alive to turn to Jesus Christ to come to him in faith 442 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,520 and repentance. You know, guys, this is a lesson 443 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,240 I think many Christians we all need to hear. 444 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,480 It was actually a game from my friend Vinny. 445 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,760 He said, I don't know what is the biggest sport in your 446 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:18,200 country over here. It's football, it's soccer. 447 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,960 And he said, I want you to imagine, Joe, imagine right now 448 00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:28,000 you've got all of the football team, Manchester United and and 449 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,520 the manager says to the football team, I want you to go up front 450 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,320 to the striker. And I want you a net. 451 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:36,840 I want you to make sure you you stay close to the net. 452 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,320 Don't do anything silly. The defenders keep your guard 453 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:41,120 on. You know, he's given all these 454 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:44,040 rules out, all of these directions out to to the to the 455 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,760 team. And then what happens is that 456 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,320 the whistle blows, the game starts, and then the manager 457 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:54,560 comes out onto the pitch and he notices that there in the stands 458 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,280 are all of the football players and they're singing We love you, 459 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,840 whoever the manager is. We love you whoever you're 460 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,600 whatever team you're watching now, we love you. 461 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,600 You're great, you're amazing. You're the best manager in the 462 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,480 world. We love you so, so much. 463 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,440 Is that manager going to be happy? 464 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,720 Is that coach going to be happy? No, he's going to be fuming. 465 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,640 He's going to say I gave you instructions to do go and play 466 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,280 the match. And so it is, I think, with the 467 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:26,720 church, yes, we are called to worship the Lord God, But if all 468 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,320 we do is just worship him and we never go out and preach the 469 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:34,240 gospel to this world that is dead, I think the Lord is going 470 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,120 to have some words to say to us on the day of judgement. 471 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:40,320 Yes, we know it's going to be a wonderful, a glorious day when 472 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,320 we meet the Lord, when we stand before the Bama seat, the White 473 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:45,880 Throne, judgement seat of Christ. 474 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,000 We're all going to stand there. You know, when I get to heaven 475 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:54,560 and we'll have years and years, millions, eternity where time 476 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,960 doesn't exist, to praise the Lord God. 477 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:01,240 When I get to heaven, I will be able to have perfect fellowship 478 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:03,280 with you. We'll have wonderful fellowship 479 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,920 together in heaven at the church, will have such unbroken, 480 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,640 precious fellowship. But there's one thing when I get 481 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,320 to heaven I cannot do. And what's that? 482 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,760 Evangelism. I cannot preach the gospel 483 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,600 because it's too late. And guys, there are people right 484 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:24,320 now dying all around us who are going to a lost eternity. 485 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:29,320 They're going to hell forever and ever and ever, separate from 486 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,480 the living God. Why do I talk about this today? 487 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,880 Just today in my morning devotion as I'm reading the 488 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,560 Bible, the Lord really convicted me. 489 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,760 There's a family member who we don't have the best relationship 490 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:48,640 with, and that person's getting older and older and older, and 491 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,040 we've kind of not spent time with them because bad things 492 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:55,600 have happened in the past. But the Lord just convicted me. 493 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:00,440 Can you honestly be OK with not having one last try at sharing 494 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,560 the gospel with this person? Can you honestly see that person 495 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:08,200 just walk into eternity gone and they're there for all of it? 496 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,640 Joe, you're an evangelist. Why are you not sharing the 497 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,320 gospel with that? Why have you not reached out one 498 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,000 more time and told them about Jesus? 499 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,160 And I thought, Lord, you're right, I need to do that. 500 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,000 And I wonder right now if, as I've shared that in my heart, 501 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:28,120 the Lords convicting one of you right now, there's someone you 502 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:32,000 know who is getting closer to the end and you need to share 503 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,120 the gospel with them or not just that you know that you should be 504 00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:38,760 doing evangelism to the world. You should be on your streets, 505 00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,600 giving out tracks, telling your work colleagues, telling them 506 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,840 about Jesus. Because there comes a point when 507 00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,600 the dead is appointed for man wants to die. 508 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,960 And after that, the judgement, there's no second chances. 509 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,920 Once we die, once we're dead, it's over and we're either in 510 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,520 heaven or hell. So preach Christ, preach him 511 00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:02,760 crucified while you still can. This one was a little bit more 512 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,720 serious, but I did enjoy it. I hope you've had enjoyed your 513 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,720 coffee with me. And I am really grateful to 514 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,080 every single one of you who's a channel member, to every single 515 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,680 one of you who prays for us. You know that we've had a very 516 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,560 tough year in 2025. There's just been many different 517 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,240 things that have happened to us and it's been hard at times. 518 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,680 But I know you guys have been praying. 519 00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,960 And thank you for those of you who pray that we'd reach many, 520 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,560 many lost souls out there. I really long to see more souls 521 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,440 saved and thank you for those of you who support us through our 522 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:36,720 website. I just want to say let you know 523 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,200 I'm just grateful to everyone who watches the videos who 524 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,720 comments likes. I don't take any of you for 525 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,800 granted and it's just an amazing privilege to be able to preach 526 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:48,040 the word and spend time with you guys. 527 00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:51,520 Can't wait to see you all in heaven and I hope will some of 528 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,240 you it'll be a wonderful privilege if we even get to meet 529 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,240 down here on earth. God bless you all. 530 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,560 If you want to watch another coffee video, if you still got 531 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:02,320 plenty of coffee in your pot, well, go and check this one out 532 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,000 and we'll see you on the other side.