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Series B – Sixth Sunday After Pentecost – Sunday, July 5, 2015 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough

Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough:

Time Stamp	Transcript
0:29	the holy Gospel According to Saint Mark
0:31	chapter 6 verses 1-13
0:35	Jesus left there and went to his
0:37	hometown accompanied by his disciples
0:39	when the Sabbath came he began to teach
0:42	in the synagogue and many who heard him
0:44	were amazed where did this man get these
0:46	things they asked what’s this wisdom
0:48	that has been given to him that he even
0:50	does Miracles isn’t this the carpenter
0:53	isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of
0:55	James Joseph Judas and Simon are his
0:59	sisters here with us and they took
1:01	offense at him
1:03	Jesus said to them only in his hometown
1:06	among his relatives and in his own house
1:08	as a prophet without honor he could not
1:11	do any Miracles there except lay his
1:13	hands on a few sick people and heal them
1:15	and he was amazed at their lack of faith
1:18	then Jesus went around teaching from
1:20	Village to Village calling the twelve to
1:22	him he sent them out two by two gave
1:25	them authority over evil spirits these
1:27	were his instructions take nothing for
1:30	the journey except a staff no bread no
1:33	bag no money in your belts weigh your
1:37	sandals but not an extra tunic whenever
1:39	you enter a house stay there until you
1:42	leave that town if any place will not
1:45	welcome you or listen to you shake the
1:47	dust off your feet when you leave as a
1:49	testimony against them they went out and
1:52	preached that people should repent they
1:54	drove out many demons and anointed many
1:57	sick people with oil and healed them
2:01	in the name of Jesus
2:05	our text for today is taken from our
2:07	gospel text and it says this if any
2:10	place will not receive you and they will
2:12	not listen to you when you leave shake
2:15	off the dust the design your feet as a
2:17	testimony against them
2:18	so they went out and proclaimed that
2:20	people should
2:22	here’s the word repent
2:26	yeah get this
2:28	ancient Christianity under the tutelage
2:31	and instruction of Jesus
2:33	was a message of repentance
2:37	we seem to have lost that today let me
2:39	digress for a second I don’t know if
2:41	you’ve noticed the news but things seem
2:43	to be going haywire here in the United
2:45	States I’m going to make something very
2:47	clear pagans do what pagans do because
2:50	pagans are pagans
2:52	do you know what I’m saying cows moo
2:54	dogs woof Pagan sin
2:56	and our our country is experiencing a
3:00	lot of moral upheaval in turmoil and I
3:02	lay all of the blame not on the
3:04	politicians not on the culture I lay all
3:07	of the blame on the church
3:08	and I’ll explain in a minute we’ve lost
3:11	that important word repent
3:15	and it goes way back there’s a reason
3:17	why there are churches today that are
3:19	blessing same-sex marriages and I’m more
3:21	alarmed at that than I am about the
3:23	society doing it because again pagans do
3:26	what pagans do you know what I mean so
3:29	let me point this out
3:31	in our text that I’ve chosen from our
3:33	gospel text it begins with Jesus though
3:36	going to his hometown and of course they
3:39	threw a parade right
3:41	they put out the bunting
3:43	local boy becomes celebrity prophet
3:46	and everybody welcomed him in the
3:48	synagogue and they gave him the keys to
3:50	the city
3:53	that’s not how it went is it
3:55	no
3:57	Jesus in his hometown was rejected
4:00	and he could do very few Miracles
4:01	because of their lack of faith
4:04	they didn’t believe
4:06	they didn’t believe
4:08	so if Jesus is rejected by those who
4:10	know him best it shouldn’t surprise us
4:14	when we find ourselves in hot water when
4:17	we’re preaching Jesus because Jesus said
4:20	they didn’t like me they’re not going to
4:22	like you either that’s the rose bro
4:24	paraphrase and I pray that that
4:25	translation never comes out
4:28	but so let’s go to this thing again
4:31	Jesus said if any place will not receive
4:33	you Jesus actually anticipated that
4:36	they’re not going to roll out the red
4:37	carpet every time you Proclaim him and
4:40	tell people to repent and be forgiven he
4:42	says if any place will not receive you
4:43	you know what you do
4:45	change the message make it a little bit
4:47	more appealing
4:48	that’s what you do you go out there and
4:51	you find a way to you know make it so
4:53	that you can put on a spectacle maybe
4:55	have a circus or a carnival
4:58	maybe have your pastor dress up in a
5:00	clown suit or come in in an Elvis
5:02	costume
5:04	that’ll bring in the crowds right
5:06	that’s not what Jesus said if any place
5:08	will not receive you and will not listen
5:11	to you when you leave shake off the dust
5:15	that’s on your feet as a testimony
5:16	against them so they Jesus’s disciples
5:19	went and proclaimed again listen that
5:22	people should here it is again repent
5:28	in other words you don’t get to stay in
5:30	your sin
5:31	God doesn’t wink at it God is not up in
5:34	heaven as some elderly grandfather who
5:37	likes to put the butterscotches in his
5:38	pocket you know what I’m talking about
5:39	my grandfather would do this okay and it
5:42	didn’t matter how misbehaved his
5:44	grandchildren were including me we’d all
5:46	get a little pat on the head and he’d
5:48	give us a butterscotch and we can be
5:49	little hooligans
5:52	God is not like that
5:54	and Jesus is not like that in fact if
5:57	you look with me in Luke Luke 24 verses
6:01	45 through 47 I’d like to point
6:03	something out this is Luke’s account of
6:05	the Great Commission and in Luke’s
6:07	account of the Great Commission Jesus
6:09	actually gives us the message in
6:11	Matthews account he tells us what to do
6:12	right Matthew says all authority in
6:14	heaven on Earth has been given to me go
6:16	therefore and Make Disciples of all
6:17	Nations baptizing and teaching all that
6:19	I have commanded you right this is what
6:21	Jesus says in Matthew but in Luke’s
6:23	account of the Great Commission we get
6:25	the message here’s what it says Luke 24
6:28	45 he opened their minds to understand
6:31	the scriptures and said to them thus it
6:33	is written that the Christ should suffer
6:35	and on the third day rise from the dead
6:37	and here it is and that repentance and
6:41	the Forgiveness of sins should be
6:43	proclaimed in his name to All Nations
6:45	beginning from Jerusalem
6:48	in order to preach repentance and the
6:51	Forgiveness of sins the two go together
6:53	they’re like peanut butter and jelly
6:56	in order for repentance and forgiveness
6:58	of sins to be proclaimed that requires a
7:00	preacher a Christian a pastor a teacher
7:02	to Proclaim both God’s law and the
7:06	gospel you don’t get to just preach the
7:08	gospel
7:10	because what happens when you only
7:12	preach the gospel is that the idea goes
7:15	that no longer is God love but love
7:18	becomes God you see the difference
7:21	love becomes God when you only preach
7:24	the gospel oh you you you want to get
7:27	married and you have a a partner that’s
7:30	the same sex as you well that’s okay
7:32	Jesus died for everybody so we can bless
7:35	that marriage
7:37	you know we can’t
7:39	because we have to Proclaim repentance
7:41	and the Forgiveness of sins
7:44	in order for sins to be forgiven one has
7:47	to acknowledge that they need to be
7:49	forgiven and before that can happen you
7:51	must preach God’s law the two go
7:53	together if you only preach the law you
7:55	create a bunch of legalists running
7:57	around the landscape thinking that
7:58	they’re holier than thou and that
8:00	they’re earning brownie points with God
8:01	and they’re going to heaven on their own
8:02	steam that’s another error by the way
8:04	you gotta avoid both errors we’re not
8:07	antinomians and we’re not legalists we
8:10	hold law in gospel intention
8:12	understanding that God has given both
8:13	and they serve a function
8:15	Luther put it this way
8:18	he said always preach in such a way that
8:20	if the people listening to you do not
8:22	come to hate their sin they will instead
8:25	hate you
8:27	that’s a good quote
8:28	some pretty good advice
8:30	Paul writing to Young Pastor Timothy in
8:33	second Timothy chapter four says this I
8:36	charge you in the presence of God and of
8:38	Christ Jesus who’s to judge the living
8:40	and the dead notice it’s in light of the
8:41	fact that Jesus is returning we sang
8:44	about it in the Battle Hymn of the
8:45	Republic it’s kind of weird for me to
8:47	sing The Battle Hymn of the Republic
8:48	because clearly at the time that it was
8:50	written the Christian faith and
8:52	patriotism were somewhat intertwined
8:54	they seem to be quite disconnected today
8:56	but Paul says in in light of Christ’s
8:59	imminent return and judgment and he’s
9:01	going to judge the living and the dead
9:03	and by his appearing in his in his
9:04	kingdom in light of the fact that what
9:06	we’re dealing with are ultimately the
9:09	ultimate matters of life and death
9:11	believe me when I tell you it’s all
9:14	about that last day you remember when
9:17	you were in high school
9:18	I I went to high school as a freshman
9:20	and I don’t know about you guys but I
9:22	was totally oblivious about how high
9:24	school worked okay I had no clue that at
9:27	the end that they were going to have a
9:30	valedictorian and a salutatorian and
9:32	that people were going to be honored and
9:33	stuff like that at some banquet at like
9:35	graduation no clue and I could care less
9:38	but then when it came time I sat there
9:41	and go dang it you know I was actually
9:42	smarter than that kid that got the
9:44	valedictorian
9:46	but it’s like I wasn’t even cognizant of
9:49	there’s like a graduation day and
9:51	there’s things that happen right think
9:52	of well Christ’s judgment is kind of
9:55	like graduation day if you would and on
9:57	that day the only thing that matters is
10:00	what you’re going to hear from Christ
10:02	either he’s going to welcome you into
10:04	his kingdom and he’s going to say Well
10:05	done good and faithful servant or he’s
10:07	going to say depart from me I never knew
10:09	you
10:11	that’s all that matters on that day
10:14	and where you end up after that is
10:16	either in Christ’s Eternal new heavens
10:19	and new earth or you end up in the Lake
10:21	of Fire and believe me it’s
10:22	uncomfortable there
10:24	and that’s an understatement
10:27	so in light of the fact that Christ is
10:29	going to return and judge the living and
10:31	the dead here’s what Paul says to Pastor
10:33	Timothy preach the word
10:37	this isn’t a game
10:39	be ready in season and out of season oh
10:41	yeah that means there’s times when
10:42	preaching the word is not going to be in
10:44	Vogue reprove rebuke and exhort two
10:48	negatives and one positive
10:51	so maybe two-thirds of my Ministry needs
10:53	to be negative
10:55	I’m joking about that
10:57	but do so with complete patience and
10:59	teaching for a time is coming Paul says
11:01	when people will not endure sound
11:04	Doctrine
11:06	but having itching ears they will
11:08	accumulate for themselves teachers to
11:11	suit their own passions they will turn
11:14	away from listening to the truth and
11:16	wander off into myths
11:21	is that not today
11:23	I cannot even begin to tell you I’ve
11:26	lost count of the hundreds of pastors
11:29	I’ve heard about over the years who have
11:31	lost their jobs as pastors and they’ve
11:34	been run out on a rail because they
11:36	dared to preach repentance in the
11:37	Forgiveness of sins and Proclaim Christ
11:39	in him crucified you know what that does
11:42	nowadays it just upsets people it’s
11:44	divisive it’s so negative it doesn’t
11:46	make me feel good about me
11:49	well it’s not supposed to
11:52	is it
11:54	but see the thing is those who turn away
11:56	from listening to the truth and wander
11:57	off into myths
11:59	are wandering their way right into hell
12:02	because remember it’s all in light of
12:03	Christ’s imminent return and judgment
12:05	that we are to do these things
12:06	repentance is the message that Jesus
12:10	taught his disciples to preach and they
12:11	preached it if Peter were alive today
12:13	how popular would he be on Twitter
12:17	Facebook
12:19	oh he’d be a raving Maniac wouldn’t he
12:21	people think he’s some kind of Westboro
12:23	Baptist Nut Job telling people to repent
12:27	but here’s the important thing about
12:29	this repentance is intimately tied to if
12:33	you would conversion and I want you to
12:35	think about this Francis peeper who is
12:37	arguably the the premier Lutheran
12:41	dogmatician of the 20th century
12:43	in writing about conversion this is
12:46	where people go from being pagans to
12:47	actually being Christians kind of a big
12:49	deal he says this conversion is affected
12:52	by the gospel with the aid of the law
12:55	listen again conversion is affected by
12:58	the gospel with the aid of the law the
13:00	inner motions of the heart which go to
13:02	make up conversion this is what you
13:04	experience are the Terrors of conscience
13:07	which arise from the knowledge of sin
13:10	engendered by the law and the trust of
13:12	the heart and the gracious promise of
13:14	the Forgiveness extended to the man in
13:17	the gospel
13:19	have you felt Terrors of conscience over
13:22	your sin
13:24	when I’ve preached over the past year
13:27	and I’ve preached the law have you felt
13:30	terrified by it if not then I need to to
13:33	ramp it up a little bit I need to take
13:35	it from you know maybe you know beating
13:38	you with a stick to flamethrower take it
13:40	up a notch because the reality of this
13:42	situation is that God’s law reveals you
13:44	don’t measure up I don’t measure up
13:47	you do not love God with your whole
13:49	heart and you how do I know this it’s
13:51	real simple when you’re in trouble
13:54	and things are going bad in your life
13:57	what do you turn to for comfort
14:00	do you turn to comfort to God
14:03	or do you disappear into a book
14:05	go on a binge on Netflix and watch five
14:09	seasons of a program do you crawl into a
14:12	Bottle Pop A Pill
14:15	go on the internet and find a way to
14:17	distract yourself that’s your God by the
14:19	way the thing that you turn to in
14:21	comfort in times of trial and
14:22	tribulation that’s your God
14:25	do you love God with your whole heart
14:28	do you love your neighbor perfectly as
14:31	yourself
14:32	and don’t think for a second this has
14:34	only to do with like the big sins you
14:37	know Murder adultery foreign whatever
14:39	that is
14:41	how about murdering your neighbors
14:43	reputation through your gossip
14:48	how about coveting your neighbor’s stuff
14:51	how about wanting your neighbor dead
14:52	because you’re so angry at him you just
14:54	want to knock his head off
14:56	all of that dams to Hell these are not
14:59	small matters
15:01	they’re huge
15:03	and if you were to stand before God
15:05	without being covered in the perfect
15:07	righteousness of Christ which is given
15:09	to you as a gift because Christ bled and
15:11	died for your sins you would be damned
15:13	to hell
15:14	you are not a good person I am not a
15:16	good person
15:18	so don’t think for a second that this
15:20	doesn’t impact us all
15:22	so conversion it’s very important that
15:25	the law do its work and strip you of all
15:28	Notions that you are going to stand
15:30	before God and God’s going to say you
15:32	are the best thing next to slice toast
15:35	because you’re not
15:36	Christ only died for the ungodly and
15:39	that means you and me
15:41	people then continues where these two
15:43	motions Contrition and Faith which are
15:46	affected by the Holy Ghost through the
15:49	law and the gospel are wanting
15:51	no conversion has taken place
15:57	I want you to think about the
15:58	implications of what he just said
15:59	without Contrition and faith without the
16:02	working of long gospel the holy spirit
16:04	is the one who works that Terror of
16:06	conscience it’s the Holy Spirit who
16:08	works faith in you to take comfort in
16:10	the promises of God where those two
16:12	things are wanting no conversion has
16:15	taken place
16:17	so imagine yourself if you would in a
16:19	church
16:20	there’s a pastor
16:22	and the pastor’s very eloquent he’s very
16:25	funny he’s very entertaining and The
16:28	Rock and Roll laser light smoke is in is
16:31	just off the chain
16:33	but the message you hear is this
16:36	you you’ve got some difficulty in your
16:39	life yeah we understand marriage is
16:41	tough children are disobedient that boss
16:43	of yours might be a little bit difficult
16:45	to work for but if you promise God that
16:48	you’re going to apply his principles to
16:50	make your life better you can turn
16:52	things around and experience victory in
16:54	your life so sign at the dotted line I
16:57	would like everybody to Bow their heads
16:59	and raise your hand if you’re going to
17:00	pray this prayer with me Lord I promise
17:03	to apply your principle so that I can
17:04	have better sex better behaved children
17:06	and find my purpose
17:10	when somebody does that have they been
17:12	converted
17:13	have they been brought to penitent faith
17:16	in Christ for the Forgiveness of their
17:17	sins
17:19	no they haven’t
17:22	or how about the churches in town
17:24	that performs same-sex marriages
17:28	and let somebody who is an impenitent
17:31	sin continue to wrongly believe that
17:34	they have a right standing before God
17:36	and that God is blessing this Union
17:39	have they been brought
17:41	to penitent faith in Christ for the
17:43	Forgiveness of their sins
17:45	have they experienced the Terrors of
17:46	conscience of the law
17:49	and the comfort of the Assurance of the
17:50	Forgiveness of sins in Christ no they
17:53	haven’t
17:55	are they Christian
17:58	I would say no they’re not
18:01	Christ taught his disciples to preach
18:04	repentance instead our day is a lot like
18:10	the day
18:12	of Jeremiah
18:14	and if you have your Bible I’d like you
18:15	to look with me at Jeremiah 23.
18:18	by way of historical note Jeremiah was
18:21	the last prophet that God sent to Israel
18:25	before he judged them
18:28	before he had 90 percent of the people
18:33	of Israel killed systematically by
18:37	Nebuchadnezzar as a judgment only 10
18:39	percent of them remained alive and they
18:42	were taken out of the land and brought
18:44	to Babylon and spent 70 years in Babylon
18:48	as a consequence and a punishment for
18:51	their obstinate refusal to bend the need
18:54	to God be forgiven and abandon their
18:56	idolatry
18:57	and I want you to hear the spiritual
18:59	condition
19:00	of Jeremiah’s day
19:02	and tell me if this is not today
19:05	Jeremiah 23 starting at verse 9.
19:08	concerning the prophets
19:11	notice it says prophets prophets are
19:13	religious guys prophets are guys saying
19:15	thus saith the Lord they’re speaking to
19:17	people and giving them words from God
19:19	here’s what Jeremiah writes my heart is
19:22	broken within me all my bones shake and
19:24	I am like a drunken man like a man
19:26	overcome by wine because of the Lord and
19:29	because of his holy words for the land
19:32	is full of adulterers because of the
19:35	curse the land Mourns and the pastors of
19:38	the Wilderness are dried up their course
19:41	is evil their might is not right both
19:44	prophet and priest are ungodly
19:48	religious leaders who are what
19:51	ungodly
19:53	even in my house I have found their evil
19:56	declares the Lord therefore their way
19:59	shall be to them like slippery paths in
20:02	the darkness into which they shall be
20:04	driven in Fall for I will bring disaster
20:06	upon them in the year of their
20:08	punishment declares the Lord and the
20:10	prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory
20:12	thing they prophesied by ba’al and led
20:15	My People Israel astray
20:18	but in the but the in the prophets of
20:21	Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing
20:23	they commit adultery and walk in lies
20:27	they strengthen the hands of evildoers
20:32	look at that the religious leaders of
20:34	Israel immediately before God judged
20:38	Israel
20:40	they were strengthening the hands of
20:42	evildoers
20:43	preaching to them oh all is fine
20:46	everything will be well God is for you
20:49	so who could be against you
20:52	they strengthen the hands of evildoers
20:54	so that no one turns from his evil and
20:57	that’s what repentance is
21:00	so the religious leaders of Israel were
21:02	strengthening the hands of evildoers and
21:04	nobody was repenting all of them have
21:06	become like Sodom to me and its
21:08	inhabitants like Gomorrah therefore thus
21:11	says the Lord of hosts concerning the
21:13	prophets behold I will feed them with
21:16	bitter food and give them poisoned water
21:18	to drink for from the prophets of
21:21	Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into
21:24	all the land thus says the Lord of hosts
21:27	do not listen to the words of the
21:30	prophets who prophesy to you filling you
21:33	with vain hopes they speak visions of
21:36	their own minds not from the mouth of
21:39	the Lord they say continually to those
21:41	who despise the word of the Lord it
21:44	shall be well with you and everyone who
21:47	stubbornly follows his own heart they
21:48	say no disaster shall come upon you
21:54	what kind of religious leaders are these
21:58	strengthening the hands of evil doers
22:03	but that’s what’s happening in the
22:04	church today is it not
22:08	pastors
22:09	congregations there’s 375
22:13	000 congregations in the United States
22:15	of America
22:16	how many of them are strengthening the
22:19	hands of evildoers and telling no
22:21	disaster is going to befall you you go
22:24	ahead and have marital relations with
22:26	anybody you feel like doesn’t matter if
22:28	it’s a dude or a girl or maybe even
22:31	three or four of you can get together
22:32	and you can have one of those Paulie
22:33	relationships God’s okay with that
22:35	because if you feel it in your heart you
22:38	got to be true to who you are
22:45	who’s to blame for what’s happening in
22:47	society the church is
22:48	because pagans do what pagans do because
22:51	pagans are what pagans are
22:53	you can’t expect unbelievers to Bear the
22:55	Fruit of the Spirit
22:57	we’ve been given a message to preach
22:59	repentance and the Forgiveness of sins
23:01	and God is the one who raises people to
23:04	life through his law and his gospel
23:08	but we want to be everybody’s friends
23:11	we want to be liked by everybody we want
23:14	to we want finally for the world to say
23:16	those Christians are so hip they’re so
23:18	cool
23:20	when were we told to ever believe that
23:22	that was going to happen
23:26	so the religious leaders of Jeremiah’s
23:28	day oh they were hip they were popular
23:29	they were cool everyone was listening to
23:32	them and they were strengthening the
23:33	hands of evildoers and now God is
23:35	speaking judgment against them
23:37	and he says don’t listen to the words of
23:40	the prophets
23:41	he didn’t say don’t listen to the words
23:43	of the king
23:44	or some raving Maniac out there some
23:47	Pagan idolater these are people who are
23:49	the religious leaders of Israel
23:51	how nonsensical is this
23:54	and then the Lord says says this for who
23:56	among them has stood in the counsel of
23:58	the Lord to see and to hear his word or
24:01	who has paid attention to his word and
24:03	listen behold the storm of the Lord
24:05	wrath has gone forth a whirling Tempest
24:08	it will burst upon the head of the
24:10	wicked the anger of the Lord will not
24:12	turn back until he is executed and
24:13	accomplished the intents of his heart in
24:15	the latter days you will understand it
24:17	clearly I did not send the prophets yet
24:20	they ran I did not speak to them yet
24:23	they prophesied but if they had stood in
24:26	my counsel they would have proclaimed my
24:28	words to my people and they would have
24:30	turned them from their evil way and from
24:33	the evil of their deeds
24:36	you want to know how you can tell
24:38	whether or not a pastor is really sent
24:40	from God
24:42	does he preach repentance and the
24:44	Forgiveness of sins or does he coddle in
24:47	comfort in penitent sinners
24:51	that’s how you know the difference
24:53	because God here says that if they had
24:57	been sent by me they would have turned
25:00	people from their evil and from the evil
25:02	of their deeds
25:06	this is not a game
25:08	there are real people who are going to a
25:10	real hell
25:12	and we have the real words of eternal
25:14	life
25:16	does the nation of the United States
25:18	need to repent truly it does but before
25:21	it will know that it needs to do that
25:23	the church must repent
25:27	we must speak the truth
25:29	and we must do it in love
25:31	and if they will not listen to us we
25:34	shake the dust off the feet and move on
25:37	we don’t change the message we’re never
25:40	going to be the cool trend on Twitter
25:45	no one’s going to be coming and say I
25:47	really am just dying to be in with you
25:49	and hang with you Christian Folk
25:52	love what you’re doing
25:54	that whole celibacy thing before
25:56	marriage and that whole thing about
25:58	being married to one person your whole
26:00	life of like the opposite sex just
26:03	mind-blowing
26:04	can’t wait to hang with you guys
26:09	it’s never going to happen
26:11	so let’s stop acting like we can make
26:13	that happen
26:15	we need to repent
26:18	and understand that we are dealing with
26:19	the ultimate issues of life and death
26:21	we’ve been given a commission to make
26:24	disciples and we’ve been given a message
26:27	repentance and the Forgiveness of sins
26:29	and unfortunately the church many
26:33	portions of the church in the visible
26:35	church have abandoned that message
26:37	abandoned the authority of God don’t
26:39	believe in miracles and believe that
26:42	basically the message is all about can’t
26:46	we all just get along
26:48	and that’s not our message our message
26:51	is that Christ is bled and died for our
26:54	sins
26:55	and your neighbors need to hear this
26:56	they need to hear this
26:58	they need to hear that they’re Sinners
27:00	they need to understand that they do not
27:02	have a right standing before God that
27:03	they’re ungodly and that Christ has bled
27:06	and died for them
27:07	and they need to be called to repent and
27:10	to be forgiven the message has never
27:12	changed because Jude writes it’s the
27:14	faith once delivered to the Saints
27:17	Christian theology does not progress and
27:19	it doesn’t matter that we have
27:20	smartphones today this message still
27:22	doesn’t change we have a Timeless
27:24	message to tell people until Christ
27:27	returns
27:28	lettuce repent be forgiven for not being
27:32	diligent in this message and bear fruit
27:35	in keeping with that message and go and
27:37	tell the world because if you’re truly a
27:40	patriot and you care about this country
27:42	and where it’s going we’ve got the only
27:44	solution
27:46	nobody no politician can turn this thing
27:48	around Only God Can and that comes
27:50	through the preaching of repentance and
27:52	the Forgiveness of sins in Jesus name
27:56	amen

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