4/7/2019 Sermon Woe to You

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this Sherman has had me much introvale.

And there have been Time After Time After Time that I felt myself standing in the gap between you. And the message and asking God to prepare your hearts for the message and to receive this message. Because you see there's nothing in my words. That's going to affect you at all. There's nothing in my words. It's going to change you at all. The only way that you're going to really here and receive what is being said today and I'll allow it to change your life is the holy spirit has to Quicken it not only is it goes out but as you receive it

You will also notice that. I'll preach a little bit different today. You've been around here any length of time, you know that I'm a walker. I am up and down off the platform walking out there walking over there. I'm walking all over the place.

Those of you trying to get your 10,000 steps in I always hit my 10,000 steps on Sundays after preaching because I do it when I'm preaching. But today won't be like that. Because this message is not only a sermon. It is a prophetic message. And because it's prophetic I want to stay close. To the notes the words the phrases that I was given so that I am sharing them accurately.

And not extemporaneously normally when I preach I have very little notes. I've got it hidden in my heart. I know about what I want to say and I let the Holy Spirit give me the words as I'm preaching and that's why I can walk all over the place. But today God has given me a very prophetic message and I want to stay true to what he's given me so I won't be leaving the pulpit.

every Church sooner or later comes to a watershed moment like this where they have to ask themselves fundamental questions about who they are in Christ and his kingdom. What is going to be the core of our church heart? What is the very reason for our church to exist? And as I say that you've also got to remember to flip it over and say a church is not for walls and paint. a church is you

so you have to take everything. I just said about the church and you have to plug in you.

There has to come a watershed moment of Crisis moment and aha moment, whatever you like to call it. When the very core of your heart is laid bare before God. And you answer the question. Why am I here? What am I doing? What am I supposed to be doing?

the heart of the people your heart make up the church.

Not as I've already said this is a very prophetic message. And if you ever took a class in how to come up with sermons that are catchy and I'll bring people in. That isn't a good example.

People don't like sermons that start off with whoa.

And I definitely don't like sermons that start out woe to you. What is somebody else maybe? But not woe to me.

part of the answer part of the answer of laying your heart bear and looking at the core. Looks like this.

Do I want my church to be a pretty clean beautiful stereo stereo Monument?

The kind where people drive down to 67 and go. Wow. Look at that building. They must have it together there. That they've got an indoor pool in that one. You know, there's that Dad is cool. Look at look at how beautiful the architecture is and excetera. Do you want that?

Or do you want to be a forward Mash Hospital located in the Raging battle around the very Gates of Hell? The battle for the people's Eternal Souls taking in the wounded the bloody the hurting and yes, even the dying and trying to restore them to spiritual health and vitality. Which one is it that you want? Which corvision do you want it to be?

And think about that for a moment. It's not an easy answer folks. It's not an easy answer. What is very pretty?

The other one is anything but pretty. The other one is bloody messy dirty filthy. On the verge of chaos half the time. But lives are being saved cards are being restored. The wounded is being healed healed. The broken hearted is seen Joy again.

I can tell you. What I want.

What I want with my heart yearns for is to see Solid Rock as that Mash Hospital. Right there where the soldiers of the Cross are battling Satan and all the Demons of Hell For The Souls of men.

A place where the broken to hurt the wounded the Shell Shocked the dying can be brought in and find anointed Godly compassionate church members whose themselves are broken and humbled before their holy and righteous God so that they know firsthand because they're broken themselves because they're humbled themselves because they know who they are in Christ. They know how to show others Mercy. They know how to share Grace. And they know how to demonstrate God's love for all walks of mankind.

Now I got to tell you.

Afford Mash unit by definition is close enough to the battle that sometimes they get hit.

And we can have our own wounded and our own hurt and our own broken and our own casualties. That's part of the calling. Not every missionary that goes to the field comes home alive.

in fact that many have not And make no mistake about it. Just because you're not braking jungle brush in West Ghana right now doesn't mean you're not in the mission field. You're in a mission field sitting right here.

And in some cases we face more heathens. and Witchcraft and demonic Powers then some of the missionaries are facing in the third world foreign countries are going to

getting this Hospital ready means understanding who you are in Christ Jesus that role that you are called to serve in that's making sure that you are broken and humble enough yourself that you can lovingly minister to others in the power of Christ. You've got to know who you are before you can minister to others.

You have to know what it is to be broken yourself before you can minister to others.

You have to know what it is to be humble.

And humility is not a favorite word in the American culture.

There's one more thing. You better know. You better understand the times were in.

You better understand the times you're in. So turn with me to Matthew Chapter 11. Matthew Chapter 11

and let me set the stage a little bit about what Jesus is about to say. Matthew chapter 11 is shortly after Jesus has sent out the 12 to minister.

Toy soldiers not only Jesus ministering, but he is also set out the twelve ministering they have run into all sorts of things. sometimes victories sometimes defeats sometimes welcoming cities sometimes cities that wanted to Stone him a run em run Em Out On A Rail so it's not only Jesus but it's Jesus disciples who are now experiencing is

and he's also just recently a few verses before giving the dissertation that it's not about bringing. Peace. It's often about bringing a sword.

Because of Sword can divide between the marrow in the bone. A sword can separate between good and evil a sword can separate spiritual warfare.

He's also just before made a comparison between John the Baptist ministry and his own Ministry. Eddie basically in a nutshell said look John the Baptist came ghetto eating locusts and and honey and in dressing Campbell's outfit in and you know about as lonely and unassuming and and Backwoods Ian and everything like that is you could get and you ostracize him and then I come along and I'll go into people's homes and I'll eat with Sinners and I'll talk nice to them and Anna and I'll do miracles for him and everything and you ostracize me. So what is it? No matter what we do no matter how we present the gospel to you. You're not accepting it.

Old you're off for religion.

But you're not accepting the gospel.

No, Jesus starts talking in verse 20.

about unrepentant cities stand in honor of God's word, please.

Then he and I put Jesus in there just so you wouldn't have any doubt. If you're not following along in your Bible who's talking here, then he began to reprimand the cities where most of his mighty Works were done because they did not repent. Road to you Torres in World to You by Saadia for if the mighty Works which were done in you. Had been done in Tyre and sidon. They would have repented long ago in sackcloth and Ashes. But I say to you it will be more tolerable for tyre and sidon on the day of judgement. then for you

and you capernium Who is exalted towards heaven?

dinner stand that statement The very Messiah the very Son of God came from there. They were exalted before heaven.

But he says you will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty Works, which have been done in you had been done in Sodom.

It would have remained until this day. But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgement then for you.

Lord God

we hold your word in our hands as our standard for faith in practice. We Proclaim it to be your word. We Proclaim it to be our Bible. We Proclaim it to be our standard for faith in practice yet. Truthfully Lord. We're not reading it enough. Truthfully Lord, we're not hiding it in our hearts enough. Truthfully Lord, we're not taking the words found in its pages and applying them to our own lives and our own situations.

Dear God we need Revival. in our hearts And it needs to start with us. It doesn't need to start with some Heathen out on the street. It needs to start with your children right here in the house of God. So that we could get on fire for you again get 100% back to our first love and to serving you with gladness and joy.

Lord the way back is clear it's true the word in the spirit of God. help us Lord From This Day Forward to make the word of God The spirit of God and seeking your face. to be our highest priorities in life in Jesus name amen, and you may be seated.

What did you come here for today?

What did you come here to hear and to see today? Maybe some nice music.

Some nice instrument playing some nice singing.

Maybe it would have been. some fellowship time

Maybe it would have even been a whole pie desire. That the pastor is going to preach a sermon that is so motivational and encourages me so much.

They don't carry me through the rest of the week.

Well, I don't know what you came here. the here today

But what's your gun in here? is an unashamed Unapologetic Prophetic message right out of God's word.

and if it steps on toes If it slaps people upside the head.

If it knocks you down to your knees in tears, praise God.

Because that's what God means it to do.

If you're looking for a little encouraging Diddy. You would probably do well to leave before I go any further.

Because I'm here to tell you today by the power of the Living God and by the word that he breathed into my spirit this week. God's uncompromising word says woe to you.

And you will notice that the picture is a Bible in the scales in a balance. Which is why I went and got our old balance over there and put it in the center of the altar today instead of our normal.

Because God. is Judge And God is weighing our hearts on a daily basis to see. Are we being faithful? Are we living what we know? Are we playing games?

I warned. Kurt the sound guy he may have to watch the volume. I might just get a little excited. And my volume might go up.

the first woe that you need to be aware of.

Is Waldo America? The country that you are living in the country that you are putting your hopes in for your future and your retirement and all of those other type of thing. The one that you're hoping if this political party gets in power, they'll do this for me or that political party gets in power. They'll straighten things out. bologna

Not only is the system broken and one party or another isn't going to fix it. One candidate or another isn't going to fix it. But even more importantly the woe to you America is not a statement. It is an absolute stop from almighty. God himself.

No political party is going to stop. What ultimately is coming?

Road to you America because no other country in the world was founded on the Bible and New Testament doctrines like you were. And yet look where you are today.

Well to you America because no other country in the world has seen so much of God's manifest blessings Freedom Global power. Well food clean water and medicines just to name a few of the countless blessings. God pours out on us each and every day. Well to you America because no other country in the world has enjoyed one God filled Revival after another the lights of Edwards Woodfield Wesley Finney Wigglesworth Azusa Street and many more but you would not turn from your wicked ways and make God first and foremost in your hearts your mind's your actions and your country again, every time I have spent a prophet to you you have either ignored him or left him off the stage.

The only difference between you America in ancient Israel is that you didn't Stone him to death.

But you laughed them off the stage none the less. And replace them. With so-called prophets that would preach what you want to hear. They can tell you there's more health wealth and prosperity. There's all sorts of goodness awaiting you.

While the real profits you refuse to listen to.

Woe to you America, because no other country in the world has had so much easy access to the Bible to Godly teachers to anointed preachers and good churches in almost every city and town across the land. There are many charlatans, but there are good ones and just about every town and city across the land. All you've got to do is search until you find the man the woman that is preaching and teaching the word of God and doesn't leave this book to find what it is. They're going to teach and preach.

No one else. You can turn on the TV 24 hours a day. Yeah, you'll have to weed out a lot of junk but there is some on there that are good. You can go to the library and check out a book. Some of them are really good and need to be red. You can go to a bookstore and get past all of the ones that say read my booking and you'll be healthy wealthy and Heaven bound. There's some good ones in there.

And you can pick up Bibles. How many bibles do you want? You can pick up Bibles for less than $3.

I tell you the truth. I question the Christian home that probably doesn't have at least a dozen different Bibles in it.

Not everyone has to be leather recovered and Gold Line and cost $80.

That's the kind of access that you America have had.

And yeah.

Woe to you America yet with all of these manifest blessings of God. No other nation in history of the entire world has spilled such an enormous amount of innocent Blood by murdering our own babies in the womb.

The most ungodly unbelievable statistic in the world today is the most dangerous place for a baby is in the womb of its mother.

God help us.

a perverted and ungodly is that

woe to you America, you are by far the biggest producer in a and exporter of filthy violin Blasphemous ponography, including the exploitation of innocent children for your unquenchable lust

Again, Heaven Help Us. It's not enough to wear the biggest producer of it. It's not enough to wear the biggest consumer of it. We've got to make sure that it's all over the world. So we exported by the by the ship loads to other lands.

unbelievable That we would corrupt. Such a beautiful creation of God.

like what they do in photography

What are you America because ungodliness and Corruption froze Fleet freely in every street of this nation all the top government leaders and sometimes even the top church leaders that are guilty of calling. What is evil good and what is good evil?

Woe to you America because the holy God of the Bible will not. Will not let such evil continue without his righteous judgement.

The holy God of the Bible will not. Allow such evil to continue without his righteous judgement.

World to You America because God's judgment is coming as a terrible Swift sword. And you can count on it. That's why no political party is going to help. That's why having enough money in your savings account is not going to hell. That's why working for some company to give you a fantastic retirement program. It's not going to help.

when that terrible Swift sword comes

All of your planning all of your hard work all of your savings all of your home's all of your car's all of your toys. Are not going to help.

and I believe that sword is being polished up right now.

And ready to be brought to bear on America.

I'm only getting started.

woe to you churchgoer

Hello to you Church Gore who sits in church month after month year after year hearing but not listening being taught but not learning. Woe to you churchgoer knowing but rarely doing spiritually overfed, but refusing to ever work rich but not sharing rebellious, but not repenting.

All right. I just I got to share this with you. I put out I put out a Anonymous questionnaire at the business meeting.

One of those questions was a scary question. I didn't preface it with anything. I didn't say any I didn't highlighted in. Anyway, I just put it there on the paper and I was hoping that nobody would check it.

I was wrong.

Four or five people actually check that one. You know what it was.

The statement above it was words to the effect I believe. That God has ordained the first fruit of the tithe to go to my local church, and then there was a bunch of choices underneath it. one of those choices was I believe this is true, but I don't practice it.

That is a scary response. You believe it's true. But you don't practice it.

Another words, let me rephrase that.

I believe the word of God has given us clearance struction. But I choose to daily walking Rebellion against my God and my Lord and do what I want to do anyway. That's what you said by checking that box.

That's a scary box.

There are other reasons, you know, there were other things are some people check that they don't believe that teaching is true, but they give them to church. Anyway, there's other people that said, yeah, I believe it's true and I get my first fruit to the church, you know, there was I think there was about six or seven different choices under that question. None of them were meant to be tricky and none of them were meant to trip you up. But that one when I wrote it down, I always said to myself. Oh God, don't let anybody check this one. Cuz that's a scary statement. To say that you will openly Rock walk-in rebellion of what you believe to be true. Oh my Lord help you.

My Lord help you.

knowing but rarely doing spiritually overfed but refusing to ever work. Rich, but not sharing. Rebellious, but never repenting. Woe to you Church Gore because Jesus Christ has promised that his judgment will start in his church and with his own unrepentant children.

Jesus has promised that

don't wait for him to you know, get all them heathens out there.

He's coming for you and he's coming for me first.

And he's going to judge us first.

Because we claim to be hits. And we're supposed to know better.

But we don't repent. Well, you know Pastor I I repented 30 years ago when I got saved. Why you got to get saved again?

If you don't understand that repentance is part of the daily walk of sanctification, then you don't understand Christianity. And you're not walking in it?

Do I need to say that any planer?

repentance is a daily thing real honest-to-goodness repentance and repentance folks is not. Hey Lord. I'm sorry. I got my hand caught in the cookie jar, but that big chocolate chip cookie was calling my name.

Repentance is Brokenness before God for your sin and a commitment in your heart to the best of your ability. Never to do it again? That's repentance.

Oh, I'm not done yet.

You think by the time I was talking to the unrepentant church, I'd be done. But unfortunately, it goes deeper.

And it even goes deeper in this church. Right here where you're sitting today?

102 you Church Pharisees

Woe to you Church Pharisees. And there's some in this church.

Some I could walk up and lay my hands on him right now.

Some maybe I haven't discerned that is you yet. But I know summer here.

end Lord do I hope? You hear this message?

Where do I hope you hear this message?

Woe to you Church, Pharisees Sons and Daughters of religious Pharisees vipers as Jesus called you. Who was unrepentant and unforgiving hearts act holier than now towards the father's prodigals. Oh God help you. God help you. If you don't remember the story of The Prodigal, let me remind you of the closing act.

that nasty good-for-nothing prodigal son went into the party with those father and the door was closed and the righteous holier-than-thou elder brother when the curtain came down was on the outside refusing to go in

What are you Church Pharisees? Who was hearts of stone grieve the holy spirit of God and drive away the broken and hurting from his House of Refuge.

world to you take it upon yourself to tell people that they're not welcome here.

Who Do You Think You Are?

Woe to you Church Pharisees who actually do the devil's bidding. Underline that hear that you're not working for God. You're not speaking for God. You're letting your father the devil speak through you.

When you're telling someone that they are not welcome in God's house of worship. Not welcome in Solid Rock Christian Fellowship. Well, I Proclaim to you this very day. It is your unrepentant heart. That is not welcome in Solid Rock It Is Your Heart of Stone it is your heart that is serving Satan it is you allowing the words of Satan to come through that need to go out that door and never come back.

Unless you repent.

You have two choices.

You have two choices before you today.

What is as you repent? You come down to these altars and you cry before God's not me. You don't owe your repentance to me.

You're serving Satan. So you better talk to God.

You get down here and repent.

And quit allowing that stone heart stone dead heart of yours to be used by Satan.

the other is please please I implore you please. Make this the last time you're at Solid Rock.

We want this to be a House of Grace. We want this to be a house of restoration. We want this to be a house where the people that are hurting and broken can come in and find God and find refuge and fine restoration, and we don't need your kind here.

There are other churches in town that you would be welcome at please Avail yourself of them.

What are you Church Pharisees? Repent of your Grievous sin and throw yourself down at the foot of the cross.

And grabbed onto the horns of the altar.

And cry out before God.

And see Jesus blood covering. And cleansing while there is still time. Don't be like Esau. Esau gave up his Birthright and then when he realized what he had done, he came back broken and rejected and very sorrowful and crying huge tears of Sorrow banga have his Birthright back, but it was too late.

How many people stood on the outside of the Ark? After watching Noah build it for a hundred and twenty years and he preached and he preached and he preached to them and they refuse to listen and one day God shut the ark and the flood waters came.

How many cried to get in then?

now Is the time of Salvation if you're here, I don't care if you've attended here 30 years. Maybe you're not saved. Maybe the reason why you Satan can use your mouth to do his bidding is because you never been saved. Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world only counts if he's in you.

Maybe you've gotten self-righteous. Maybe you've gotten holier than now. Maybe you forgot where you came from.

And so you have left your first love. And now you're thinking you're more than you are and you're allowing Satan to speak through your mouth and tell people they're not welcome here. And I'm not speaking figuratively.

I have talked to people who have been told by people in this church. They are not welcome here leave.

I have begged. Those people to tell me who it was. I have begged them to tell me who it was. So that I could personally throw him out of the church.

But they didn't feel released in the Holy Spirit to do it.

But you know who you are. I have a suggestion for you repent.

Repent and seek God and get him back in your heart. And let the goodness of God flow out of your lips not the works of the devil.

Repent and seek forgiveness this very morning. Repent and turn from your Wicked Ways repent and be restored repin and serve Jesus Christ. There's a keyword there and every one of those sentences.

And there is in a Christian or non-Christian alive who doesn't need the frequently repent before God.

this morning I can do no more. Then ask you. To respond to this message. and repent Oh coming up to these altars doesn't mean you're the one Speaking those words. Don't anyone think the first couple of people that come up to these altars?