Genesis chapter 2 it says then the Lord said it is not good for
man to be alone. I'll make him a helper suitable
for him. I love this movie Home alone.
You know, because it demonstrates this person that
thinks life's better if they were just by themselves only to
find out that life by itself is not what it all was cracked up
to be right, because when you by yourself, there becomes some
challenges that occur when you're alone.
Now look at this passage of Scripture, because the Bible
glues to when you get off by yourself, there's a problem and
it's over here in John. The book of John says it this
way. I believe it's John could be
Luke. Let's see, they're going to put
it up there. Luke chapter 15 verse 3 through
7 it says, and he told them this parable.
He says, what man is among you? If he had 100 sheep right and
lost, what 1 is wandered off alone?
He said he. Does he not leave the 99 in the
open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds
it? You understand the shepherd
realizes that when the sheep are in the family and with the
family they can be protected even if the shepherd's not on
the same field with them. But the one that goes off by
themselves, the shepherd knows they're alone and that's the
problem. And with them being by
themselves, their chances of survival are not good.
It goes on to say this, and when he has found it, he lays it on
his shoulders, rejoicing. Then he comes back and it says,
and when he comes home, he calls together his friends, his
neighbor. Guess what?
He comes home with the sheep that was alone and calls a party
because he doesn't want the sheep to be by itself just with
him. Notice the shepherd doesn't go
and grab the sheep, that's alone and stays alone with sheep, but
comes back and rejoices. And you know he says this, I
have found my sheep which was lost.
I tell you, it's the same way they'll be more joy in heaven
over 1 Sinner who repents than over a 99 righteous person who
need no repentance. What's this tells us?
It tells us that God never intended for us to be here
alone. So let's go back to Genesis
chapter 1 when it said, let us make man in our image according
to our likeness and let him rule over the fish of the sea, over
the birds of the sky, all these things, right?
And he says, Adam, you can have all this stuff here.
It's for you. I provided for you.
I even have someone with you. It's not good for you to be
alone. Here's a help meet for you and
us together and we'll populate this planet.
We'll have more and more people. It will just continue to grow
where the seed of man is godly. And I have a relationship with
this whole group of people. But you can't eat from the tree
of the knowledge of good need for the day you eat, you'll be
home alone. You'll be home alone.
And so Can you imagine because God knows everything.
It's not like God was sleeping. It's not like God went on a
vacation to Paris, right? Said I'm going to go check on
France. I'm going to leave the garden
for a little while. Go check on France for a little
bit. No, he was there and you
understand he knew the situation.
But could it have sounded like this, that when Adam ate the
fruit, God said, Adam, Kevin, Kevin, right?
And that's when he comes down, what have you done?
What have you done? I said, what have you done?
What have you done? God never intended us to be home
alone at all, right? Why?
Because they're scary stuff when you're alone.
Look what it says in Ecclesiastes.
Ecclesiastes lets us know this. He says two people are better
than one. When two people work together,
they get work done. The more more work done.
If one fall person falls, the other can reach out and help.
But those who are alone when they fall have no one to help
them. If two people sleep together,
they will be warm. But if a person sleeping alone
will not be warm, it says an enemy might be able to defeat
one person, but two can stand back-to-back to defend each
other. And three people are even
stronger. They are like a rope that has
three parts wrapped together. It's very hard to break.
Are you hearing me? So we know Kevin wanted to be
alone, wanted his family to disappear.
He thought it was amazing. He got a sugar rush, threw a
little brute fabuge on his face, right, brushed his teeth, went
out, but immediately got scared by an old man dragon, a can and
a shovel. He was tough until the old man.
But know this, when you're alone, somebody is coming to
steal. Somebody's coming to steal
because the enemy is looking whom he may devour, and he's
looking for the ones that are home alone.
Yeah. So what's Kevin do when he finds
out that some people are casing the place and he's just a little
kid? You know, the first night he's
like laying under the bed. The next he's like, man, if
they're coming back, what do I do?
And it's like most Christians that are home alone, they have
what I like to call cardboard Christianity.
They like to put up little cardboard figures all through
the house. Turn on the music.
Come on, you know what I'm talking about.
Home alone. They had the little mannequins
at the table. The little figure was going
through, you know, like it. And they're like, oh, I thought
this place was empty. Where did all this people?
Why? Because even the enemy knows
protection lies with the family. The problem is they figure out
that family's not real to them. So you can come into a church
and sit down, but yet still not be part of the family.
Jump in and think the enemy now doesn't know that you're really
not participating. You kind of in and out.
Come when you want to starts to get tough, show up, get in a
seat, try to disguise yourself with everyone like you're part
of something. And he's like, ah, you're a
cardboard Christian. You got your, you got your
worship music on and your cardboard figures dancing around
praising the Lord, but you ain't got a praise in you.
You've not been trained, you're not connected, you're not
connected there. You think I can get and leave
from here and go to the next one?
Because there are many Home alone Christians in many
churches. Hallelujah.
But the enemy have come. He's coming to do what?
To steal first. But when you put up a little
resistance, he'll go further. Because Kevin just wanted to
protect the house, but when he started to try to protect the
house by himself, pulled out his own plans.
Are you hearing what I'm saying? Pulled out his plans.
It's how we going to win. It's how we going to get it.
And it looks like you're going to be successful.
In fact, one of the greatest weapons he had that night was a
tarantula. Now I'm going to give my
precious wife an opportunity to redeem herself.
When we were married 34 years ago, be 35 years this coming up
September 2026. Right now we had 34 years.
We had a lavish honeymoon. We went to Universal first,
spent all of our money there basically, and then got on a
cruise. Now you say it's a cruise.
That's nice. No, it was more like a little
economy tugboat that they give away as prizes.
And when you show up, it's like, oh, this cute that fits in the
sanctuary. It's a very cute little boat.
We got on this boat and we went over to the Bahamas and then we
realized we can't eat at any restaurant.
So we, you know, found a couple that help pay for our taxi ride
to a store where we bought bread and peanut butter and Jelly.
We ate. That was amazing.
But before we ever made it to the Bahamas, we went to
Universal and we went to this prop show on how they use props.
And one particular prop was a machete with a little cut out
that when it hits your neck, it looks like it's in your neck.
So he said, can I get a volunteer?
Let me tell you how how far back this was.
I videoed the whole thing. Now this was 91, so the camera I
was carrying was like a suitcase.
And so my wife, beautiful, I'm awestruck.
This is my wife. She gets up on the stage, he
puts the machete on her neck. They play this music and all of
a sudden he goes scream and she goes extremely anti climatic.
Everyone laughs, but she is in full blown stage fright.
Now, you wouldn't think about that when Apostle Marshall get
up here and blow and go on the platform.
But back then she was like, so they gave her a second chance.
Music, everybody's cheer to her. Come on.
And you think she could have done it.
And she went. So tonight, Apostle Marcy, come
to the platform. Come on, help encourage her.
Come to the platform. I need you to be Marv.
Just one time. Come right here.
Sit down. Please sit.
Thank you. Yes, sit down.
OK. Now I want you to just kind of
lay back. Like, come lay, lay on back.
Very good. We're getting somewhere.
OK. All right.
Are you ready? This is redemption, OK?
You can do it. We believe in you.
OK.
Ready. You got it.
What am I supposed to do? OK.
And you're Marv. What did he do when the transo
got on his face? Yeah, she did it.
Boo, Boo, Boo. I didn't tell you to grab the
mic. I will say this though now just
so you understand that I actually am not the biggest fan
of Home alone one and two. Mine is actually 3.
Yep with the kid with the with the pot chicken pox.
I like that one the best. However, most of y'all are
naysayers so I didn't bring that in tonight.
But I love this particular time again, when Kevin is having to
defend the house 'cause he's home alone and the enemy has
come to steal and to kill. And so in the second one, they
were downstairs and they pulled the doorknob and we hear
something moving and they're like up against the door,
remember? And they're like, what is that?
And then all of a sudden, bam, it goes through the door and
they get hit and Marv says Are you ready?
I'm going to do my impersonation.
That's the sound of a tool chest falling down the stairs.
Right. But I want you to know this
Kevin was never, was never ever alone.
Even though his family wasn't there, someone came by his path
to be with him. And the first one was an old man
and the second one was a bird lady.
And if it was not for those two individuals, no matter how great
his plans were, in both cases he found himself caught by the
thief. Because nobody if you hang out
all by yourself and think you could do this thing without
anybody else, you may escape on various occasions, but
eventually you will get caught. If he had not befriended or that
older gentleman befriended him and made himself available and
took it upon himself to watch on Kevin while his family was not
there. Then when Kevin calls the law
and says they're over at this house and runs over only to get
into the Wet Bandits house they've already hit, to come up
the stairs and to be captured by the Wet Bandits that didn't put
him on the hook of the door. And Harry says I'm going to do
to you what you did to us. And he peels back his little
finger. And if that man had not shown
up, the cops eventually would have gotten there.
But Kevin would have looked like this in the next show, right?
He would have been marked by the one that was coming after him.
Are you hearing me? In the second one, he goes and
it seems like he's victorious, only to slip up.
Because when you try to live life alone, you going to slip up
to find yourself waking up in the hands of the enemy.
And if it had not been for the third lady who was watching
after him that had defended him after he went, oh gross sick,
right, then he would be laying in Central Park when his parents
would have got received news that they found him and mom
never would have found him at the Christmas tree.
Let's go on and look at this next scripture here.
God never intended for us to be alone.
First Corinthians 12/14 through 21 says, but the body is not one
member but many. If the foot says because I'm not
a hand, I'm not a part of the body, it's not for this reason
any of the less they're a part of the body.
If the ear says because I'm not an eye, I'm not a part of the
body, it's not for this reason any of the less a part of the
body, right? If the whole body weren't I,
where would the hearing be? If the whole we're hearing,
where would the sense of smell be?
But God has placed the members, each one of them in the body
just as he desires. If we were all one member, where
would the body be? But now there are many members,
but what 1 body next verse the I cannot say to the hand.
I have no need to you. I'm going to go and do this
thing with God alone. Nor can the head say to defeat.
I have no need of you. Nowhere in Scripture is God
calling you into a relationship with Christ to individually and
independently disciple you alone.
Because God himself knows there's power with the family.
There's power with the family. And it did take Kevin long to
realize this really isn't what I want.
I miss my family. In fact, in the last one, he
says I don't want another present.
I don't want another gift. I don't need anything if I can
just see my mom one more time and even if it's just for a
moment because he understood the value of the relationship that's
with the family. This is why Hebrews chapter 10
tells us to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together
as the habit of some, but encouraging one another.
All the Moors you see the day drawing near again.
The Lord's constantly saying, listen, the family is not just
your natural family, it is the family of God as Jesus.
When he was ministering one day and his mom showed up with his
brothers and sisters and they stopped Jesus in his preaching
to the crowd. It says your mom's here and your
brother and sister, they want to talk to you.
And he turns and says, who is my mom, who's my brothers and my
sisters? It's those who do the will of my
father. In essence, he says this thing's
bigger than just who you naturally are giving birth and
you have a generation that comes from a natural family.
This thing transcends that because God was was too creative
to just have one kind of of type of family or or, or in one
nation. He was too creative for that.
But they all are of the blood. And he's telling us, look, it's
never OK for us on a Sunday morning to wake up and say, man,
think I'll just stay home alone, read by myself.
Because the minute you take these kind of positions and say,
well, I'll just watch this show on my own, you're putting
yourself in a position that the enemy's watching your house and
he knows nobody's there to protect you.
Because this enemy who was the fallen anointed cherub is the
master of deception. And if he can keep you alone,
then he will eventually take you out, take you out.
So tonight, tonight, know this, that God in heaven.
Is still saying Kevin, he's still saying Marcy, he's still
saying John, he's still saying Marissa, he's saying you're not
with me, 'cause when you weren't with him, he was calling your
name. And when you weren't with him,
he was pursuing you. And when you weren't with him,
he sent other members of his family by you to look after you
until you answered and saw him come through the door.
Because he is the door. And you answered that door and
you called on that name. And you came into this family
never to be alone, but to be together, not only now, before
eternity, for eternity. Hallelujah.
God never intended for us to be home alone, and He's moved
heaven and earth to bring you back home in the family.