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The podcast "REWIND" features a collection of past sermons from Organic Church. Each episode takes listeners on a journey through the teachings and messages delivered during previous worship services. The content is a retrospective look at the spiritual guidance and insights shared by Pastor Michael and visiting guests!
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The Authentic Church (March 23, 2025)
The line between attending church and truly knowing Christ is thinner than many realize. In this soul-stirring message, Pastor Michael confronts the uncomfortable truth that many believers use wounds from fellow Christians as an excuse to distance themselves from church community. "Why would you allow the flesh to be so offended by the world that you throw away your relationship with Jesus Christ?" he challenges, reminding us that where genuine relationship exists, wounds are inevitable but not fatal.
With refreshing honesty about his own struggles, Pastor Michael shifts our perspective on church hurt by asking a powerful question: how can we expect to be wounded by people we don't spend time with? Just as we experience the deepest hurts from those closest to us, church family can cause pain precisely because of our proximity and investment in those relationships.
The heart of this message confronts the dangerous territory of willful, unrepentant sin. "You cannot willfully sin, knowingly sin, and expect to get into heaven," Pastor Michael warns, drawing from Matthew 7 where Jesus declares to many religious people, "I never knew you." The sobering reality is that one can participate in every church activity imaginable—baptism, youth group, volunteering, tithing, even pastoral ministry—and still miss the kingdom of heaven through deliberate disobedience.
Rather than leaving listeners in condemnation, this message calls for authentic behavior modification that springs from genuine relationship with Christ. The altar call invites everyone to lay down their sins, not expecting immediate perfection, but committed movement toward Christ. As we approach the end times, our gathering together becomes increasingly vital—not just for attendance numbers but for spiritual transformation that prepares us for eternity.
So we are down to four nursery volunteers. So again, if you have ever felt led, now is the time to speak up, because at some point we, the adults, the legacy members of this building, are going to allow children's ministry to die by choosing to sit idly by. While we know when we are called Amen, all right, that's all I'm going to say about it. While we know when we are called Amen, all right, that's all I'm going to say about it. I'm going to let it go. Let it go, let it go, all right. I had lunch with a friend of mine, a man who I used to work with, and I just told you guys his name is Mark Fowler. Mark is a wonderful man, very anointed, he is apostolic and yet he is prophetic. All in the same, he's a very gifted man, very talented man, and he said something to me yesterday or Friday, whatever day it was, I don't even know what day it is today. Really, honestly, at this point it's just a blur. It's just a blur. But he said something to me that a pastoral friend of his said to him and he said if I hear it one more time, I'm going to scream. And I laughed because we've all said it.
Speaker 1:I have been wounded by more people in the church than I have been by people in the world. Right, we say it all the time because it's true. Why is it true? Oh, it is true, but it's true because it's the things that we know, right? I don't spend time with people in the world, I spend time with you people, right? How is the world going to wound me when I don't spend time in it? I spend time in it. Did you guys know that? We all come in here every Sunday, believe it or not, broken, having fallen short of the glory of God at some point in the week. Right, amen, none of us are perfect, and so what happens is the imperfect body gathers and we say, do or think things about one another that are not okay, and we hurt each other. Right, listen, I have been wounded. Pastors have been wounded by more people in the church than they have been by people in the world, but it's because we spend all of our time with you. Listen, I have been wounded by my wife more than anybody else. Why is that? Because I spend more time with her, right Now. Because my wife has said things to me that sting or that hurt. Would I throw that love away? No, and why not? Would I throw that love away? No, and why not? Because if it matters, I will press on Amen. Hallelujah Isn't the same thing in Jesus? See, here's the problem.
Speaker 1:We use I've been wounded by the church as an excuse to not go to church. Because that's easy, right? Well, so-and-so said, or I heard that so-and-so did. You don't even know if it's true. You heard it, you thought it, and what did the devil do with it? He used it. And what did he use it for? To drag you down?
Speaker 1:That other person's still sitting in church. They don't even know you're mad at them. Quite frankly, they probably don't care that you're mad at them. They are still sitting in church. Now we're going to get into this. But whether or not they know Jesus is a different story. But they've showed up for church, right. But you're sitting at home angry.
Speaker 1:Why would you allow the flesh to be so offended by the world that you would throw away your relationship with Jesus Christ? I'm not going to do it. Listen, I know some of y'all talk about me. That's okay. I got broad shoulders. I can listen. I know it's true.
Speaker 1:Some people say it's not. I've walked in on those conversations and when you do, the room gets quiet, right. You walk in the room and all of a sudden, everybody tends to stop talking. You know, right, and I walk in there and smile the whole time and I sit there and I let it be uncomfortable. Why do I let it be uncomfortable? Because I know that God is now going to have to work that out with them, because they didn't get to finish saying what they were thinking and now they got to swallow it. Right, that's a hard pill to swallow when you're talking about somebody that you're supposed to love. Amen, okay, all right, I'm done on that. All right, grab your Bibles.
Speaker 1:We're going to start in Matthew 18. Matthew 18, verse 20. Now we're going to talk a little bit about why it's important to be at church, wounded or unwounded, why it's important to be here. It's not the point of the message today, but it's where we're going to start. Fair Fair. Matthew 18, 20,.
Speaker 1:It says For where two or three gather together as my followers. I am there among them. Well, what better place to be? Listen, even if you're sitting in your seat. Cynical, if there are at least two people here who believe in Jesus Christ, guess what? He's here. What better place to be than in the presence of the Holy Spirit?
Speaker 1:Listen, there are some Sundays I stand back here in the tech booth and I'm like these people. I'll be honest with you. Last Sunday was one of them. I walk out of the pulpit from announcements and you guys are dead to the world. I don't know if you just didn't wake up last Sunday. You didn't get enough lattes. I don't know what happened, but it was quiet in here at first and I went Lord, I don't know what you're going to do, but I need you to do it because something's got to give right. And then what's the next thing that happens? This place blows up. There's people laying all over the floor, people at the altar. God is already moving, right, but I allowed my flesh to slow down, to slow me down, right, because I was frustrated that you guys weren't responding the way that I would have expected you to.
Speaker 1:Is it logical? For now, I'm a logical person, not an emotional person, right? I don't cry often. I don't like to hug people. I don't want, I really don't even want you to talk to me, for being honest with one another, I don't like if you're crying. Talking to me, it is everything. I've got to show empathy, and it's not because I don't feel bad for you, it's just not. It's not part of my process. My process is logic.
Speaker 1:I want to explain to you how we fix this. I want to help you, right, dale? You hot, buddy, your head's starting to sweat. Listen, the heat is set at 65. This isn't yeah, right, you can warm yourself on Dale's head this, there's a fire moving in this place today. I'm just telling you if you are sitting here, hot it ain't. It's only set to 65. So you got your sweater on.
Speaker 1:I'm worrying about you today, but where two or more are gathered, he will be. Listen, I don't want to be any place else. Listen, when I go home, I wanna be in that same situation. I know where my wife and I are gathered together. Jesus is there also.
Speaker 1:Now, sometimes that's not good for me, right, because I want to say do and act a fool, right, I want to live in the world. I want to be part of the world. Am I talking to myself today? Talking to Marcus too? I guess that's okay. Listen, I know that my flesh will kick in whenever I get in certain places, right, and I've got to. I've got to stop and I've got to think is that what I want to show the world, or do I want to show the world Jesus? So I was having lunch with that buddy of mine and he said that to me and I said I got to write that down because that whole message will preach. Now I was telling Pastor Roger, I have like four or five messages written, they're in the chamber, they're ready to fire, and yet I wrote a message this morning because I couldn't just let it go Right. But that's what I think God does here. I don't think he allows us to. Just whatever is there is there. He wants to move in a new and fresh way. Okay, so where two or more are gathered, he will also be there.
Speaker 1:Acts 2 42. All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship and sharing in meals, including the Lord's Supper, and to prayer. That should give us a vision of what the church should be. Right, now, they devoted themselves to the apostles' teachings. Right Now, they devoted themselves to the apostles' teachings, not to the apostles, to the apostles' teachings.
Speaker 1:Right, I don't need you guys to devote yourselves to me. I don't want you to say, oh, if Pastor Michael's not preaching, I ain't going this Sunday, can I tell you? That's why I don't tell you when I'm not going to be in the pulpit. Because if I tell you I'm not going to be in the pulpit, guess what? You don't show up. You think it's okay. Oh, I don't. Oh, I don't need to hear anybody else preach. I'm telling you yes, you do.
Speaker 1:There's a reason that God has said get out and let somebody else in, whether that's for my rest or my season or for your season. Right, I know it, I'm okay with it. Listen, if God said to me today you ain't ever preaching again, I would say thank you Jesus. I would say thank you Jesus, but I know that's not what's happening today. But I'm going to follow his lead in all things. That means sometimes taking a break, sometimes stepping out, but you devote yourselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship and sharing in meals, including the Lord's Supper, and to prayer and to prayer. That means that we're not just showing up here to sit around, we're not just shaking hands and saying good morning, right, we're going to partake in the Lord's Supper, we're going to eat meals together and, most importantly, we are going to pray together, because a church that wants to grow is going to pray, right, and I'm not talking about growing in numbers Because, listen, I'm happy with 10. I'm happy with 100. I don't care. But I'm telling you, if we want to grow spiritually, we will pray together. Amen, all right.
Speaker 1:Psalms 122.1. Pastor Holly, what does this say? I was glad when they said to me let us go to the house of the Lord, amen. I was glad when God said to me hey, it's time to get up and go to the house of the Lord. Now I said, god, can I sleep for 10 more minutes? And he said, no, it is time to get up. And I said, well, how, about two more minutes? And he said, no, it is time to get up. And I said, well, how, about two more minutes? And he said, no, it is time to get up. And so I wasn't thrilled with the Lord in that moment, right, but I knew what he was going to do was going to be exciting. I don't always agree with what God is doing in my life, can you believe that? But I will submit to it because I know that what he's got is better than anything I've come up with.
Speaker 1:Listen, sometimes, you guys, I'm just going to be honest with you because I love being honest with you. I think that we have to be an authentic part of ourselves whenever we're delivering a message. I think I can't just pretend like I'm somebody, that I'm not right. So sometimes to tell you the truth, sometimes you send me a text message and I don't respond for several days. Do you know why? That is Two to three business days, three to five business days, if we're being honest with each other, because if I'm not in the head space to respond to that text message, you are going to get a fleshly response instead of heavenly response. Right, and listen, my fleshly response sometimes that's what you want from me, right? You want me to whatever. It is like I talk a lot about this. We're going to form a posse, we're going to be mad at somebody. Let's get mad. I want to join.
Speaker 1:I said to somebody one time I said who we fighting? Right, because that was where I was at in my flesh. I was like I'll fight somebody right now, right now. But the spirit was really you should probably take a step back, because your flesh is taken over and the spirit says that you need to turn the other cheek. Oh, I don't like that, right? Sometimes I want to fight, sometimes I want to hear it and I want to argue. My wife knows all about that. If the clouds opened up and God said, michael, you are wrong, I'd still argue with her. I would just hope that she didn't hear it, right? Because sometimes the argument for the sake of the argument is part of the fun, right? So why are you smiling like that? She like to fight. He's like I ain't a dumb man. I'm not going to say yes, don't try to put me out there like that, but I know that sometimes that's the way that our flesh is.
Speaker 1:But we should be excited when God says get up and go to the house of the Lord. Listen, your flesh may not like it, but your spirit desires to be in the house of the Lord, amen, okay, why is gathering in the house important? Because we need to spend time with like-minded believers so that our strength in Jesus becomes more real. Some of us got that. The others are just sitting there like that was word salad, right? You just put a bunch of words together and hoped it made sense.
Speaker 1:Okay, when we want to get physically fit, we go to the gym, right, some of us. Some of us. When we want to get physically fit, we go to the gym and we like to go to the gym with our friends. Right, it is so much better when we go to the gym with our friends because we can run on the treadmill next to one another and like, I ain't even going to try to jog for you because things start to shake and it's embarrassing. But we want to be on a treadmill next to a buddy or lifting with a buddy, because whenever we're doing that, there's strength in numbers. Right, I feel better about myself. When I'm with a friend of mine, like I know they might be laughing at me over in the corner because I can't run a mile without right, I know that about myself. But when I'm there with a friend, they aren't going to laugh at me because chances are they're doing the same thing.
Speaker 1:We come to church to do the same thing, same thing. We come to church to do the same thing. We are stronger in numbers when we come together and we stand against whatever the enemy may be trying to do in our lives and we pray and we believe with one another. We are stronger because of it. Listen, god will do mighty things if you're the only one praying for it. But I'm going to tell you, where two or more are gathered and he is with us, greater things will come to pass, right, like we'd be on the floor praying. We're just believing that God is going to do something great and something great happens, and then some of us are a little bit shocked that it happened, right. Right, when God does something miraculous, we're a little surprised because, well, we thought that he could, but we didn't actually think that he would.
Speaker 1:I believe that Jesus can do anything. I know that he can, but sometimes when I say it I'm like I don't really think he's going to do that. That's probably a little far-fetched. Listen, my wife. So she took a hold of my message last week and I said to her what was aim? Small, miss small, think small, be small, think small, pray small, think small, be small. So listen, she said she's believing God for a mighty blessing in our life. She told me what it was and I'm giving her 100 reasons why that can't happen. What is wrong with me? That's really dumb. That's about as dumb as a person can get right. It's like what was I even thinking? So now I'm like all right, I think she's praying small, I'm going bigger, right, but I know that God is going to do something. We just don't know what it's going to be yet. But here's the thing Even if he does just a small portion of what she's praying for, it's maybe not what we wanted, but it's what we needed. Hallelujah, that's all I'm asking for today. That's all I'm asking for, all right.
Speaker 1:Today I have to tell you something I am not worried about atheists today, this message. I'm not worried about them. You know why I'm not worried about them? Because at least they know what they believe and they have the nerve to stand on it. My question to you today is do you know what you believe and do you have the nerve to stand on it?
Speaker 1:Right, as Christians, as disciples, as followers of Christ, when we walk into the building, we're so wishy-washy on what we believe just like I am, that we can't even begin to commit to who Jesus actually is. All we can do is say that well, so-and-so says he can Listen. If he says he can raise people from the dead, if you die in here before that ambulance gets here, you best believe. We're going to try, right, because I don't know he can do it. He can do it. I know he can do it. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not going to not call the ambulance because I think I can revive you, like I have a little more respect for you than that, right, but I know that God is going to do something big in all things. But I want to put him in that box. I want to pretend like he's only capable of what I can think of. You know his thoughts are far larger than any of the thoughts that we have. Amen. His plans are already set into motion, much larger than anything we could ever desire. Whew, you're sitting in your seat claiming to love Christ and yet we're all living in sin. Amen.
Speaker 1:I wrote a whole message Again, I like to tell on myself. I wrote a whole message about swearing. I can't preach it. You know why I can't preach it? Because I do it sometimes. My daughter is. She's like Daddy, if she hears it, like she don't play games, and I always tell her thank you sweetheart, thank you, sweetheart. And sometimes I'm like, will you please stop? But she will not. I need that in my life, right? She's my little angel on the shoulder. And then you got Easton on the other one. Say it again, dad. No, I'm just kidding. Look at him laughing. He's like been there, done that. You are sitting in your seat claiming to love Christ, but you are living in sin.
Speaker 1:Go to 1 John, 3, 4. Everyone who sins is breaking God's law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God. Leave that up there, because I need to say this to you All sin is contrary to the law of God. That means that whatever sin you are in is the same as the sin of the person next to you. It is all contrary to the law of God.
Speaker 1:Okay, so I'm saying, don't look at your neighbor and say, well, your sin is much worse than the sin of the person on the other side of me. Because isn't that nature of the flesh To try to justify how you are worse than me, like I want to be better than you. So I'm going to justify my sin. Well, my sin you can't see in public, right? My sin is behind. You can't see. I go home after church. I drink six glasses of wine, three beers, and I'm so drunk I can't even go to work the following morning. I have to call off, but that's behind closed doors. So that's mine, that's nobody else's business, right? No, that's not how that works.
Speaker 1:When you are choosing, and willfully choosing, to live in sin, it is contrary to the law of God, right? So if you're sitting at home and you're listening to things, you ought not be listening to, watching things you ought not be watching, reading things, you ought not be reading and living a life that you ought not be living. Can I tell you that you are living in sin, willfully and willingly. I'm going to tell you something when I realize that, about myself. Listen, okay, I'm going to just do it. Hold on. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus.
Speaker 1:We're going to pivot. Sis, you're not going to have this scripture Pivot, da-dun-dun-dun. Bear with me for just a second. I've got to find my passage of scripture. We're going to go to Matthew. Sis told me I was Matthew heavy today. I guess we're going to be a little heavier.
Speaker 1:Okay, matthew, this is not my regular Bible. It is not properly marked. It's Matthew 26. I think this is right. Hold on, okay. Yes, matthew 26. We're going to start in 66. You want to put that up there for me, sis, if you can do that quickly. Matthew 26, 66. Hey, actually we're going to just keep going. So run me to 75. Ready, yes, no, indifferent. All right, here we go. What is your verdict? Guilty, they shouted. He must die. Then they spit in Jesus' face and hit him with their fists and some slapped him saying prophesy to us, you, messiah, who hit you that time?
Speaker 1:Meanwhile, as Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, a servant girl came over to him and said you are one with Jesus in the Galilean. But Peter denied it in front of everyone. I don't know what you are talking about, he said. Later, out by the gate, another servant girl noticed him and said to those standing around this man was with Jesus of Nazareth. Again, peter denied it, this time with an oath. I don't even know the man, he said. A little later, some other bystanders came over to him and said you must be one of them. We can tell by your Galilean accent. Peter said ready. Peter said I swear by God, I don't even know the man.
Speaker 1:And immediately the rooster crowed we're going to stop there. Now, if we read that in the King James Version, can we pull up the? Can you do that in King James? Can you swap that for me? And then I want to go there. I want to go to wherever we're at. Peter swore oh, what do you have there. Yours is different. What am I reading? This is an NLT. It is, that's okay. Give it to me King James Version, guys. I didn't plan this. This isn't in the message at all, we're just doing it.
Speaker 1:Then he then began, he to curse and to swear. I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew Leave that up there. Then began he to curse and to swear In order to separate himself from who Jesus was. He chose to swear Ouch, from a guy who can swear with the best of them.
Speaker 1:Every time I do that, I am removing myself from Jesus, right? Every time one of those words leave my mouth and when it leaves my mouth, I know it. It's not like I didn't have other options I separate myself from Jesus. Why? Why do I do that? Because I have allowed the world to condition me that that sin is less than your sin. I have said to myself well, is it really hurting anybody? I don't swear at people. I just say swear words, right, dave's? Like praise Jesus. How many of us have been there, right? I won't swear at you, but I may say listen, it doesn't matter how I'm saying it, there's no justification for it.
Speaker 1:Why would I choose to separate myself from Jesus in order to satisfy the flesh? Your sin is the same way. Why would you choose to separate yourself from Jesus to satisfy the flesh? Because our flesh is broken. The world has told us that it's okay. But what is the devil? A liar, right? He wants you to think that your sin is okay, because so long as your sin is okay, you will continue to do it. You will continue to live in it.
Speaker 1:I don't want to live in sin. You will continue to live in it. I don't want to live in sin. I don't want to willfully and knowingly live in sin, because if I choose that path, where do I end up?
Speaker 1:Hell, and we like to talk about the fact that Jesus overcame hell, death and the grave because I believe in him. But can I tell you something? I'm not showing it. I need to stop, because I'm starting to feel bad about myself right now. Right? Anybody sitting in their seat, just like I, don't like this. It doesn't feel good, right? Because now we're thinking about our sin, are we? We think it good because I want you to, because if I have to think about it, you have to think about it. Right, want you to, because if I have to think about it. You have to think about it, right.
Speaker 1:Listen, you cannot willfully sin, knowingly sin, and expect to get into heaven. Listen, we like to talk once saved, always saved, right? Well, let me tell you something. When you are willingly living in disobedience with God, what does the word say? Matthew 24, 13 says the one who endures to the end will be saved. Right? That means that you can't just say a prayer, come to the altar, do all of those things and expect to not have to make a change in your life. You don't get to go live in the world acting like the world, behaving like the world, and expect to get into heaven. There has to be change, meaningful change. You have to know that you cannot willfully and knowingly live in sin, because living in sin is outside of the law of God. Amen, hallelujah.
Speaker 1:I don't know if you guys are excited right now, but I'm excited because I know that God is doing something in my life right now and I think maybe my daughter has learned how to pray, like Holly does and like he's like really working through this right now, cause I'm feeling convicted Like I ain't never felt convicted before and I'm trying to preach. So, lord, just do it already, all right, okay. Matthew 5, 29 through 30. Matthew 5, 29 through 30. So if your eye, even your good one, causes you lust, gouge it out and throw it away, it is better for you to lose one part of your body than your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your hand, even your stronger hand, causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Speaker 1:I don't believe that this is Jesus advocating for self-mutilation. I don't think he wants us to really cut off our hands. I don't think he really wants us to gouge out our eyes. I think what he's telling us is that we need to start advocating for behavior modification. This isn't about self-mutilation. This is about behavior modification. Right, because we behave the way that we do because of the way that we were raised and because of the things that we allow the world to influence in our lives, right? Yes, are you guys awake, taking notes? I don't know what's happening right now. Okay, we're still feeling good.
Speaker 1:Yes, okay, he is not advocating that I would cut off my tongue because I say a swear word. He's advocating that I learn to stand up and say I'm not going to live this way anymore, that I'm going to modify my behavior so that I can walk closer to him. Now, listen, I ain't saying that I've got it all figured out and I'm saying that I'm still going to sin and I'm still going to fall short of the glory of God. But I'm going to tell you something that God is not going to stop working in my life because I have grace. But I'm not going to live expecting God to always forgive me. I'm going to live saying God, I want to be closer to you, I want to be more like your son, right, and then I'm accept the grace that he has to give me because my flesh is stupid, right, okay, thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus, all right, thank you Jesus. The devil is a liar. And listen, we've got to start getting this straight before we end up back in Matthew 7. Right, matthew 7, 21,.
Speaker 1:What does that say? It says not everyone who calls out to me, lord, lord, will enter to the kingdom of heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day, many will say to me Lord, lord, listen, listen, we prophesied in your name and we cast out demons in your name, and we perform many miracles in your name. But I will reply. I never knew you. Get away from me. You who breaks God's laws Willfully living in sin is a direct violation of the law of God.
Speaker 1:And yet many of us know what our sins are, don't we? How many of us know what our sins are? I only have two hands. They're the only two I can put up right, but if I had eight, I'd have to probably put them all up. If I'm putting up a finger for every one of them, I know what they are. I choose to live in them. I'm willfully living in sin, therefore separating myself from the law of God. Lord, have mercy on my soul, because if that is the choice that I make, I will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Thank you, jesus.
Speaker 1:Listen, this is the deal you can be in church and not be in Christ. You can be in church. There are some of you sitting in church right now that are not in Christ. I don't know what to say. Listen, I had somebody text me the other day and they said Pastor Michael, I really want to pray. I don't know how to pray and I said thank you, jesus. And why did I say that? Because they're actually learning something right? They're saying God, god, I just want more of you. There are some of us sitting here who have been saved for a hundred years and we still don't even talk to God. Right, we know who he is, we know what he does, but we don't really give him relevance in our lives. I'm telling you, if you are willfully, willfully and knowingly and willingly living in sin, you will not inherit the kingdom of heaven.
Speaker 1:Listen, your parents can baptize you in the church. You can grow up going to youth group in the church. You can serve in the church. You can sing songs in the church. You can tithe to the church. You can be a volunteer in the church. You can be on staff in the church. You can even be a senior pastor at the church. You can have your wedding in a church. You can spend your holidays at the church and you know what? If you die, you can even have your funeral in the church.
Speaker 1:Did you know that it can be done? You can do all of those things and still go to hell. All of those things and still go to hell. Do you know why? Because you have lived your life willfully and knowingly in sin. I don't want to go to hell. I don't want to go to hell. So that means that I have to make modification behaviors in my life and encourage behavior modifications in your lives, and I can't be willing to let each and every one of you go to hell because we're willing to do ungodly things.
Speaker 1:Amen, the danger here is unrepented sin. That's the danger. You're living in it, knowingly living in it. Listen, I'm gonna open the altar at the end of this. I know you guys are gonna get like all worked up because we're're going to probably run over, but I'm going to tell you I'm going to open the altar, I'm going to be all of you there. Okay, I'm going to be all of you there because, let me tell you something, if you are willingly and knowingly living in unrepentant sin, you will not inherit the kingdom of heaven. That's it. The word tells us that that if we are living outside of the law of God, that he will tell us get away from me, I don't know who you are. You have lived out of the will. I don't want that for you, I don't want that for me.
Speaker 1:Amen, my last passage of scripture and then, as soon as we're done with this, I want to open the altar. If you feel called to come up here, I just want you to be here, okay, I just want you to come here and just ask God for forgiveness. Lay all of those things down. I don't expect you to be perfect when you're done, but I expect you to be moving towards it. I expect you to be able to say I don't need this in my life and I'm not going to carry it with me. Amen. Last passage of scripture is Hebrews 10, 24 to 25. And it says let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. Here it is, here it is, and let us not neglect our meetings together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. Amen.
Speaker 1:The tech team's going to lower the lights, we're going to play some music, and I just want to open the altar. I just want this to be a time where you can come and repent of your sin. I want you to be able to open your heart to what it is that God is going to be doing in your life. Listen, I'm going to beat you there, like I said, because I know that God is doing something for me today. Father, I just thank you and I praise you for a move of the Spirit in this place. Father, that you would allow us to just be alive in you. Father, that you would continue to just shake our souls. Father, that there would be life-changing power today. God, that we would be.