Losing The Soul Life
[0:00] Thank you for choosing to listen to today's message by Reverend Dr. David Entry. We know you will be blessed as you seek and serve God. We believe that this message will stir up a desire for more of God even as you listen.
[0:13] Be blessed. It's sad that many people are in church but are not expecting Christ to come.
[0:25] Wow. Yeah. I'm not expecting Christ to come. So when you tell people that this thing you are doing is not good for you, usually they think that, no, it's not me.
[0:41] It can't happen to me. Me. I can't get pregnant like that. No. I can't. I can't catch any STD. No, no, no. I am experienced. For the past 25 years, I've been on the road.
[0:54] I've been in a game. And they begin to talk like Trump. I know what to do. My record has, you see, one of the things I realize as you grow, it is very childish and naive to think yesterday's record will keep you for tomorrow's values.
[1:14] Your yesterday's record is not good enough. And that is what makes people more victims or vulnerable because you think I've always been able to handle it. I can handle this. No.
[1:25] You haven't handled this type before. No. And you don't know that this, and you don't know that your values have changed or your strength has changed. You don't know that a lot of things have changed around you.
[1:38] Usually, when people are told that this food you are eating is not good for your health, usually you feel it's fine. I'm fine. Until one day, suddenly you realize that your kidney has changed.
[1:49] Or your liver has gone. Then you remember, and you go to the doctor, the doctor said, there's too much coke in your system. Including the diet coke.
[2:06] I'm told the Americans like diet coke. Because it gave them the sense of security that it's the same thing, brother. It's the same thing.
[2:19] But you realize that they tell you, then you begin to worry. And then when you are growing, you always remember, I was told. Most times.
[2:30] By the time you are 40, you remember that some of the things you are going through, you were not ignorant. You were told. But you felt it won't happen to you. Can I go into marriage again?
[2:42] Those wives who are not taking care of your husbands. All you want is to be. Some American girl has appeared there.
[2:58] I like that. It's true. Those wives who are not taking care of your husbands. Men, am I speaking the truth?
[3:18] Some people are sitting here, their wives, so they can't just say anything. When they told you that. You see, later on, when you are 45, 50, you remember that I was told.
[3:31] Most of the mishaps in our lives at a certain age, you always remember that that could have been avoided. If you had done things differently.
[3:42] It wasn't that you were not ignorant. You were aware. Now that you are 35, you are struggling to get a decent job. You begin to remember when you were 16 and you were told, make sure you're steady.
[3:54] Make sure you're steady. You say, doesn't matter, doesn't matter, doesn't matter. I'll still get a good job. I'll still get a house. Council, give me a house. And now you are looking for a council flat. Now your destiny has been cancelled flat.
[4:14] And then you are sad. Because the woman, the house was given to the woman, your baby mother. And when you argue, now she's thrown you out. You are homeless. And you go, they say, sorry, we don't have anything.
[4:27] Do you have any child with you? No, we care about the woman and the baby. Because now the system has changed. The system has changed. Then you remember, you should have taken your steady seat. So that by now you'd have bought a house.
[4:39] In the same way, there are people in church who think this thing, Christ coming, Christ coming, is a hoax. They think, oh, come on, give me a break. How come Christ coming? What is he coming to live for? Let's live tomorrow.
[4:51] Let's eat and drink. Tomorrow we die. But when you die and you wake up on the other side, you realize, hey. And the Bible says, you know how Jesus said there will be gnashing of teeth. There will be weeping.
[5:03] Matthew chapter 25, verse 30. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 35, verse 30. What does it say? It said there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[5:15] Jesus is the one who was saying this. Look at verse 29. Verse 29 says that to everyone who has more will be given and he will have abundance. But from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from.
[5:30] Take it away. Then look at the next verse. And he says that, and cast the unprofitable servant into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[5:42] Gnashing of teeth connotes regret. And he said it again, you know, in Matthew 24, 51.
[5:53] There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And I will cut him into two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrite. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
[6:06] So, every good pastor. A good pastor is not the one who is telling you the good things you want to hear.
[6:17] A good pastor and a good minister is the one who says that puts the people in remembrance of these things. For if you do that, you will be a good minister.
[6:31] First Timothy. Remind the people of these things. Jesus is coming. Jesus is coming. The way you are living your life, making money, going, building your relationship, and working and thinking.
[6:43] You know, that's all, listen, that's not what life is all about. So, do you think you are born to come and just work and pay bills and die? Then what's that sense? What's the sense of living?
[6:55] That's why people, sometimes when they get so despondent, life has come to an end. They feel like there's no point in living. Let me kill myself. Because what's the point? What's the point? They will die and go and meet God on the other side.
[7:07] They were sent here for an appointment, for an assignment. So, the church must always be reminded of the second coming of Christ.
[7:18] The perusia. Christ is coming. Tell somebody Christ is coming. Christ is coming. And very interestingly, he said he's going to come like a thief in the night. He's going to come like a thief in the night.
[7:31] Revelation chapter 3, verse 3. He said, I will come surreptitiously. I'm going to come like a thief in the night. I will come upon you suddenly. On our ways.
[7:48] And in the book of Luke chapter 12, verse 38, somewhere there. 37, 38, 39. Listen to how he puts it. Luke 12, 37, 38.
[8:00] And if he should come in the second watch or come in the third watch and find them so, so blessed are those servants. Do you know? Go to 36.
[8:10] Go to 36. But know this. Verse 36, yeah. And you yourself be like men who waits for their master. When he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.
[8:29] Go, you are ready. When he comes, he's returning for the wedding. For the wedding. He's returning. When he comes, he says, I'm here. Hello. Oh, come in. Come in right. I've been looking for your coming.
[8:42] You know some of those funny stories and movies, and you see maybe a husband has traveled. He said, I'm going for three days. And then five hours later, he turns, and he knocks at the door.
[8:53] And then they say, go under the bed. Go under the bed. Because he's coming. The man is coming. You know those stories? Yeah. As long as I've seen one or two on Facebook, or stuff like that. You know, you didn't expect him to be coming.
[9:03] If Christ comes right now. So, put it back on the screen. It says, when their master comes, they will open the door immediately.
[9:14] Go to the next, verse 37. It says that, blessed are those servants whose master, when he comes, will find them watching. What you're expecting is coming, so you're not surprised.
[9:26] If Christ comes back, ask a Christian. I'm talking to Christians. Will he find you watching? When he comes, surely I say to you that he will get himself and have them sit down to eat and will come and serve them.
[9:47] Go to the next verse. And if he will come in the second watch or come in the third watch, that means he will not tell you what time he's coming. All right, in the third watch. And find them so.
[9:58] Blessed are those servants. May you be that kind of servant. Verse 39. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
[10:16] If you knew what hour the thief would come, you'd have been a bit more alert. And look at the context in which Jesus is saying this. The context is we're watching for his coming.
[10:28] Verse 40. Therefore, you also be ready. Tell someone, it looks like this is for you. Therefore, you also, this is Jesus speaking.
[10:43] This is Jesus speaking. Therefore, you also be ready. For the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. This is scripture.
[10:56] He's coming at an hour you do not expect. So, it's led me to teaching on how do you be ready? Because when you are asleep, you are not ready. How do you be ready?
[11:09] What do you do to be ready? And I explained that three things, three ways to be ready. Number one, you have to be willing and ready to live a sacrificial life for the kingdom of God.
[11:21] People who can, this is how Jesus puts it in Luke chapter 14, verse 24, 25, 26. He says that, If anyone comes after me, anyone who comes after me, follow me, let him deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.
[11:37] Take up his cross daily and follow me. He said, anyone who wants to come after me and does not hate his mother, his father, his brother, his sister, his wife, his children, even Luke chapter 14, verse 25, 26.
[11:51] If anyone who comes after me, no, 26. If anyone comes after me and does not hate his father, his mother, his wife, and children, brothers and sisters, yes.
[12:09] You see, have you noticed that sometimes your attempt to serve God fully can make some people fall out with you? Yeah. Yeah. My dad fell out with me years ago.
[12:23] If you're going to church, I don't like the church you are going. And it's interesting. They will tell you, I don't like that church. I don't like that. A certain gentleman came to church and he found himself.
[12:34] He wants to serve God. The mother called him that your sister has gone already. And the teacher is so serious. We have to go back. You have to come back to the church you were raised in. He said, church is not like chicken coop or hen coop or a storeroom.
[12:56] I was born in this church. I will die in this church. That's why you will die in Miss Heaven. When it comes to church, it's your eternal destiny. It's not whether your friends are there or not, or your mother is there or not, or your father is there or not.
[13:11] It's not who is there and who is not there. It has to do with you know in your heart that this is where I'm growing and I'm getting prepared, I'm getting ready. That is what church has to do.
[13:22] You don't go to a church because it's near your house. Ask football lovers. They travel to Ukraine, travel to Russia, travel to France, travel everywhere.
[13:36] The whole weekend. And they'll be going to work the next day. They'll travel and go and go and watch their team play. And lose.
[13:46] Yes, and lose and come back. It's very interesting. People will do that. But when you attempt to pursue God, they tell you that, listen, you are doing it too much. Some people went to wait for 24 hours to stand to just see the royal bride pass.
[14:08] 48 hours. No, I'm against that because, I mean, if that's what you want to do, it's nice. At least in your lifetime, you may not see many royal weddings. So, well, grab the opportunity.
[14:19] But there's an actual royal wedding coming. And Jesus said, get yourself ready for the royal wedding. Revelation chapter 19, verse 7 and verse 8.
[14:34] It talks about the royal wedding. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad and rejoice and giving him glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come and his bride has made himself ready.
[14:47] Make yourself ready. Who is the bride of the Lamb? The church. Get ready. And in Matthew chapter, I think 25, Jesus talks about a parable of ten virgins.
[15:00] They were going for a wedding event. Five were wise, five were foolish. And the wise ones made sure they were always in church to fill their lamps with oil. Oil.
[15:11] Holy Ghost flow. Oil. You have gotten yourself so busy. You have less time for church. Wow. And then when you die, you want to go and spend all eternity with God.
[15:27] You didn't even want to spend time with him here. So, it says five were wise, five were foolish.
[15:39] And the wise ones got oil. The foolish ones said, we'll be fine. It's fine. You don't have to always just kill yourself. Let me try. I'm trying. I'm trying. I'm trying. I'm trying. I'm trying. And then the five foolish ones. And then suddenly there's the announcement that the bride is coming.
[15:53] And so they were... Just when the bride was coming at midnight, they realized that they ran out of oil. So they went to the wise ones. Can you give us some oil? Listen, we don't share Holy Ghost. I can't give you my Holy Ghost.
[16:09] Help him to wake up. I can't give you my Holy Ghost. I can't give you my Holy Ghost. So, Jesus said, you have to be ready.
[16:22] You have to be ready. Whatever it takes to be ready, may it be so. And as I explained, number one, what you have to do to be ready, be ready, be willing to lose your sacrifice.
[16:36] Take up your cross. So, he said, if anyone wants, verse 26 of Luke chapter 14, if any man comes after me and he does not hate his...
[16:46] If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, he says, the hate there is not animosity, please. No, I hate my father. Because just to put it in the right context, see, down there he said, even his own life.
[17:01] So, he's not talking about the Al-Qaeda kind of hatred. He's not talking about animosity. Because your brother is not in church, you are loggerheads with him.
[17:12] No. Those of you who are in church and you have met every family member, like we call, they are devils. So, you don't talk to them. You don't talk to them.
[17:23] You are a very negative person in the family. Everybody is a devil. They say, hello, is there a devil speaking? The devil is in here. Pastor Charles says it's a mental issue.
[17:38] But so, when you say hate, in other words, you are willing to place God and Christ above all that. If it will even risk favor with them, so be it.
[17:50] That's what it means. This is hard to prepare. Because there are not a lot of girls here and boys here whose girlfriends have not helped them.
[18:02] You couldn't serve God because of your girlfriend. There are some nice ladies here who, this boy, he came to drop you. He's gone. But after church, he's going to pick you up and continue.
[18:19] And resume duties. You understand what I'm talking about? Yeah. So, people have stood in your way in pursuing God.
[18:34] And Jesus said, you are not ready. So, that's one of the ways to be ready. And the second way to be ready for his coming is your attitude towards money, wealth, finances, material things.
[18:49] How you handle material things is a reflection of how ready you are for his coming. Because he says that where your treasure is, if this is where your treasure is, can you imagine your heart is after it?
[19:04] Oh. Your heart is after it. One day, I heard a story. One day, a house caught fire. And when the house caught fire, there was this woman.
[19:16] And so, everyone was asked to evacuate immediately. So, the woman came out. And the people came out. And the woman remembered. It's like a block of flats. My baby.
[19:27] It's asleep. My baby. And they said, no. It's too dangerous. You can't go in. And she was, I have to go. They said, no. You can't go. It's dangerous. Oh. My baby. Oh. And then, a certain man who also lived there came.
[19:41] And then broke loose and just ran into that. They couldn't stop him. Run into that building. And run into that building. The woman said, oh, please, thank you.
[19:51] Ah, my baby. And then, this man came back. After a few minutes. With this white, something like a bundle of something. Bundle, you know, the way when you carry a baby, you can't.
[20:02] So, wrapped in his arms. He was coming. And people were standing there. Everybody started clapping. That's the hero. That's the hero. That's the hero. And then, when he came, it was his money he has kept there.
[20:15] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The money he has been stored. He didn't put it in a bank. He has been putting it under his bed.
[20:27] A lot of bundles of money. He went and brought it. People thought he was going to save life. No. He went to save his money. Some of us are saying, oh, oh. But that's exactly what you are doing.
[20:39] You are saving more money than your life. Now, guess what? If this guy had died in that process, they would have engraved his name on a stone that he died trying to save a child.
[20:55] Absolutely. A hero. A hero. A hero. So, man would have given him thumbs up. But heaven knows that this man is a fake person. Where your treasure is, you have to be there.
[21:10] His treasure was not a baby. His treasure was the money. Be careful for a man's life. The man's... In Luke chapter 12, verse 15.
[21:24] He said, beware of covetousness. Beware, Jesus said. Take it. And beware of covetousness. I want this. I want this. I want this. I want this. I want this.
[21:34] That's covetousness. Everything you want. Every material thing. You want it. You have seven weeks already. You are going to make two more. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks.
[21:45] Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. Seven weeks. And it's not that the seven are not good. They are in top shape. But there's this other two that they said has come. That one is a mixture of Brazilian and Jamaican and German hair.
[21:59] They mixed it. So I have to go for that one too. And because of that, you've gone for extra hours. And when you can come for evening service, you won't come.
[22:13] Because you are making extra hours. Because of a certain holiday you want to go. Want to go to Abiva. Meanwhile, Scotland will be okay. Maybe I'm missing something here.
[22:31] So please, forgive me if I'm missing something. But I haven't gone for a lot of holidays. When was the last time I went on holiday? 2014. Yeah. A lot of holidays.
[22:43] The last time. Me and you, who looks peaceful? And happy? Who looks stressed? Do I look stressed? No. Some of you have been to several holidays.
[22:54] But you look still stressed. Oh, you are paying for it. Oh, okay. You are paying for it.
[23:05] No, I'm not against holidays. But what I'm trying to say is that. This is that a man's life does not consist in the abundance of what you have or your experiences. Oh, anytime a new movie comes out, I can't wait.
[23:20] I have to be the first to watch. I have to be the first to watch. I have to be the first to watch. When they were going to launch the iPhone X, it was time for upgrade for me.
[23:31] I just couldn't wait to hold, just grab one. I did not be for my level of a bit of common sense. I would have gone to Q at Apple. To get my. But you know, as soon as you get it, after a week, I was thinking, what is this?
[23:46] I don't actually even want it. I don't even want it. Yesterday, I put up a status on Facebook. And I said that no human being by nature would choose God.
[24:05] No. You will not choose God by nature. Naturally, we don't like God. We have a natural taste for what Satan and the world has got to offer.
[24:19] It's in the Bible. By nature. That's how you are. So, you see, when we were born, we were born to like the things of the world.
[24:35] We were born to like the things Satan has to offer. That is why just deciding to come to church doesn't change you per se. Because you now have to make sure you're constantly receiving God's word so that it will strengthen your spirit to begin to pursue the things of.
[24:52] When people begin to backslide, they begin to say, I know what I'm doing. I'm fine. Who told you I don't read my Bible? The fact that I didn't come to big duty service, it doesn't mean I'm not okay. Listen, backsliding starts slowly.
[25:07] I've been in this Christian work for almost three decades. And I have friends who have backslided miserably. And some of them, they started backsliding gently.
[25:22] Six months, they missed service only once. The backsliding has started. Only one service missed. Yeah, it has started. Because for the past two years, they never missed one until time for backsliding.
[25:34] They missed one. And then the next six months, they missed two. It always gets worse. I'm telling you. It doesn't get better. It doesn't get better.
[25:46] Somebody can stay home on a Sunday and say, today, I'm very tired. My tie is weak. And so I have to really make sure I take it. Previously, you couldn't wait to get to church.
[25:58] Sunday morning, you are awake before you wake up. You know what I'm talking about. Your heart is awake before you wake up. That's when you are hot for Jesus.
[26:09] When you become cold. When you are late, you walk like someone who is going for UN inspection as Syria. So, I've been a pastor for so long.
[26:22] And I've been an active Christian for so long. I see when backsliding is coming. But usually, when people are backsliding, they block their hearts. They say, no, I'm fine. I'm fine. But I watch you.
[26:33] And you say, I'm a man. I know what I'm doing. I'm not man. I know what I'm doing. No one can tell me what I'm going to do. And then Satan. Satan says, go ahead.
[26:44] Well done. Tell them. I'm not preaching at all. Yes. I'm preaching.
[26:56] I want someone to be blessed. Amen. God has empowered me, anointed me to speak blessing into people's lives. Amen. But I don't want to speak a blessing over your life which will just fizzle away.
[27:11] The blessing will fizzle away. I want to teach you how to sustain, keep a blessing, and live in a blessing, work in a blessing, and enjoy your life in Christ. Hey.
[27:25] There are people sitting here. They are sitting here, but they are backslided. Yeah. Backslided. They don't pray again. They don't read their Bible again.
[27:36] Some of the signs of backsliding is they complain very quickly about church. When we pull our backsliding, they complain about church. Their service was too long. But when their heart is on fire for Jesus, they say, oh, pastor.
[27:51] I say, it's time for us to close that. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.
[28:01] Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. So where your heart is, where your treasure is, your heart will follow. Oh. Oh. Your attitude towards material things will determine how well you'll prepare for the coming of Christ.
[28:19] And then number three, three ways to prepare. Number three, the title of my message is Loosen the Puppet.
[28:33] the soul life. Losing the soul life. Especially, you know, when you are young.
[28:54] Can I advise, we have a lot of people here under 30, young, okay? Under 35, young, under 40, plenty. Yeah.
[29:08] Yeah. What you do when you are young will determine how you will live when you are old. You remember your auntie who has got four children with three different fathers?
[29:27] You think it just happened at the old age? No. Happened when she was young. She was with that one and went with this one and went with this one. And your, the other uncle who has got seven children with your mother.
[29:49] Hello. Yeah. Your uncle. Oh, sorry. Your uncle with your mom and your father. Thank you, sorry. Seven.
[30:01] With his wife. Yes. Seven children with his wife. And the children are all working. And there's, he has a sense of, you know, it's just me and my family.
[30:13] At your old age, it's just me and my family. Not too many things scattered here, scattered there. This, this, stepbrother is fighting against this step, stepbrother is step.
[30:24] There's a lot of confusion. And now, you see, don't wait till you are at a certain age before you say, oh, I want to do God's work. Because, please, God's work takes a lot of energy.
[30:37] You. Most of us here, if you try, if you attempt to play professional football, it is too late.
[30:50] Because you are too old. You can't join the army at a certain age. I'm sure, Pastor Frank, Pastor Charles, I don't think they will, if you try and apply to be, join the army.
[31:06] Are you sure they will take you? They will accept you? No chance. No chance. Advisor. Advisor. Infantry. No chance.
[31:17] No. 50 years. No chance. No. Chaplain. 50 years. Chaplain. I get you what I'm saying.
[31:34] I'm trying to draw attention to something. Yeah. Yeah. Mama Grace, you are aging with grace. Amen. Beautiful woman.
[31:46] 60. 70. 70. 75. Wow. Wow. How many children? Seven. Seven. Wow.
[31:57] With how many husbands? One. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. 77.
[32:08] 75. Aging with grace. Yeah. Wow. Looking younger than some 40-year-olds. Yeah. Yeah.
[32:22] Yeah. But the truth is, she can't attempt, Dad passed away about how long?
[32:34] Three years ago. You will marry again? Oh, why? Oh, please. How about the extra children? It's too late. It's too late to attempt to have children at this age.
[32:49] So she'll be fine if she doesn't marry. My, man. When my father-in-law passed, Pastor, I'll ask the mom, Mom, so would you marry? Say.
[33:01] What if I get a husband who likes it like your father? How am I going to handle that at this age?
[33:16] She was thinking that I'm being set free. I'm not saying that. Freedom. Freedom.
[33:28] Freedom. You're asking me if I'll marry again? But it's true. What you have to do, do it early.
[33:43] God, time is not waiting for you. You want to serve God? Don't wait till you are now so old. Your strength is not there. Meanwhile, you are, God called you to be a preacher.
[33:57] Not an advisor. There's a difference between a preacher and an advisor. A preacher is the one who is delivering God's words with conviction and power.
[34:08] Let's say you become a preacher at the age of 60. How many years can you be preaching? I started preaching at the age of 17.
[34:19] 17, sorry. 17. Started preaching. And so, how does he remember the Bible? You can have been preaching for a very long time. So, most of the scriptures I quote are scriptures I learned 20 years ago.
[34:35] Because I was so young to remember. What you have to do for God. Time is running out.
[34:46] Don't be so concerned about your soul life. So, what is this soul life about? Can we look into it and I'll close. I'll do that in 15 minutes.
[35:01] Luke chapter 17. Is somebody learning something? I see God blessing you. You don't want a blessing?
[35:13] I said, I see God blessing me. I see God blessing somebody here. This week is going to be one of the best weeks in the year for somebody.
[35:27] You watch what I'm saying. I said, this week is going to be one of the best weeks for somebody here. It's going to be one of the best weeks for somebody here.
[35:38] In the whole of this year. In the name of Jesus. Jesus. Luke chapter 17 from verse 20. Now, having been questioned by the Pharisees. As to when the kingdom of God was coming.
[35:51] He answered and said, the kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed. In other words, King James said, that's not coming with observations. So, the kingdom of heaven is like something physical.
[36:04] He said, it's not something physical. And he went on to say something quite interesting. He said that, it's not coming with signs. No.
[36:16] Will they say, look, here it is or there it is. For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst. Jesus was telling them, I am the kingdom.
[36:26] The kingdom of God is in different stages. Him being in their midst. You people questioning me. I am the kingdom of God in your midst. But they don't even know. Because they are expecting certain signs in the heavens.
[36:41] But Jesus was there. They didn't realize it. And then he continued to say. And he said to his disciples. The days will come. Say, the days will come.
[36:52] The days will come. When you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man. And you will not see it. Days will come. Have you realized that there are two days here?
[37:05] Two days. Not two days as day one, day two. But two different days. There is one day. First one is the days. Put you on the screen, please.
[37:19] The days will come. Okay. When you. The days will come. The days when you will desire to see. See. One of the days of the Son of Man. Okay. So, there are two days.
[37:30] You desire to see. Give me the King James. One of. Is it King James? Yeah. The days will come when you desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man. And you shall not see it.
[37:42] So, what are these days? So, in other words. A certain period is coming. When. The times where God's Son was walking in our midst.
[37:53] When you had everything together. Where you could have done something. The time is coming when you have that day again. Right. Right. Right. Right. So, two days.
[38:10] And he said that the first day he mentioned here. Luke chapter 5 verse 35. Just put that on the screen. Luke chapter 5 verse 35 talks about how. He says. But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them.
[38:23] And then they shall fast in those days. So, Jesus is talking about a day is coming when the disciples will not have him physically with them again. You will wish he was here. But. So, you have to make hay while the sun shines.
[38:34] Because, listen. We will not. I tell the people who help in setup. Do you think we will always be meeting in a hotel? This is a hotel. The time is coming we will have a nice auditorium.
[38:47] Everything. Everything is fixed. And it will be on record. You never use your physical energy. When you were that young. And all your macho was showing that you are lifting metals at home.
[38:58] And you are not using your that metallically built biceps and triceps to lift these speakers. Young man. As young as you are.
[39:08] None of your strength has been invested in the things of God. You are very young. When you come here 5.30 a.m. You will see young men and young ladies.
[39:22] Young ladies who are busy. And you are now stretching your leg. At 10 a.m. You are saying me Sunday is the time to lie in. Then you stretch your leg and shake yourself.
[39:35] You are coming. You walk to church like. You know. Don't you see Don't King. The one wrestler. Yeah. Don't you. Don't you. Don't you. Don't you. Don't you. Hocko. Hocko. Hocko. Hocko. Hocko. Hocko. Hocko. Is it Hocko.
[39:46] Hocko. Hocko. Yes. You walk like Hocko. Hocko. Coming. And guess what. Guess what. It's all going on record. Everything is going on record.
[39:58] Everything. Pastor. Why are you saying this? It's because at least you must know. You know when the police. How many of you have been arrested? You know when the police comes to arrest you or something.
[40:08] I think they say something. They say everything you say. How do they say it? Everything you say can and will be used against you. How do they say it? Can and will be used against you.
[40:20] That's what they say. Yeah. You have been there before. You have been there.
[40:31] Tell us. What did they say? You have the right to remain silent. Everything you say or do will be held against you. Are to be used against you in the court of law. Is that so? Yeah. No, you're talking.
[40:41] So what you are saying. Everything you are saying. One day I was driving in town. And some guys pulled me over. And I realized the guy had a problem.
[40:53] And then they said sit down. Because I changed my car and my plates. And I had not registered on their database. But insurance is everything is okay. So they were using the old one. So the thing I didn't have is how can I drive without insurance?
[41:05] It's an insult to this beautiful church. So anyway. So they pulled me over. And then the guy said, what's your name? And I said insurance. So they asked what's your insurance?
[41:16] And she said no. And I said come and sit down. And they opened their car for me to sit down. They're like please car. I didn't realize once you sit inside you can't come out. They have to open.
[41:28] I didn't know. How many of you have been inside before? Yes. I sat in this. Gavriv. I sat in it. And then both of them were sitting in front.
[41:41] And they were talking and asking me questions. And guess what? There was a camera on my face. And it told me everything is being recorded. Whatever you say. How you behave. Even when I'm in their car, they are recording me.
[41:54] And I saw myself. Hey. Hey. What have I done? What have I done?
[42:05] And that's when that police officer used the word BS. Me, because I grew up in Ghana, I didn't know that BS is an insult. So I was wondering. So later on, I asked Kobe.
[42:15] Kobe, what are you the one? I asked somebody. When someone says BS, what's the? Is that? Is he a bad thing? Is he an insult? But everything.
[42:27] And your life is being recorded. Some of you didn't know that what you are thinking about now is going on record. Mm-hmm. Hey.
[42:42] Hey. It's true. That's the one you are going on record. You are being recorded and it will be used on the judgment day. So the way you are looking at that lady.
[42:58] Hey. My God. My God. All right. Let's finish the text.
[43:09] I said in 15 minutes. So. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Luke 17, isn't it? Verse, where did I get to? 22? 22. The days will come.
[43:20] So as Jesus said, that day, those days will not be there anymore. And then the second days, in Luke, in John chapter 6, verse 56. Sorry. John 8, 56.
[43:30] I'm sorry. John 8, 56. It says that, John 8, 56. Jesus said, Abraham desired to see my days. He said, Jonah.
[43:45] Your father, Abraham, desired to see my days. My day. And he saw it. So what is that day? He said, the days are coming. See?
[43:57] The days will come when you will not have me. You will not enjoy my days. That second days, that is said. That's the one Abraham wanted to see. When he was alive, walking amongst human beings, working with them.
[44:09] Abraham desired to see those days. And he says that a certain period is coming when you will have that time. So what should we do?
[44:20] Let's see what he said. Verse 22 of Luke chapter 17. And he said to his disciples, the days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
[44:34] Then will you say, look. Sorry. Then will you say, sorry. Then they will say to you, look.
[44:44] All right. Look. There. Look here. Do not go away. And do not run after them. For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in his day.
[45:03] Say in his day. In his day. But first, he must suffer many things and be rejected of this generation. Now look at this. This is where I'm trying to go.
[45:13] And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be, so it will be, so it will be, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man.
[45:29] Now, Christ is going to come back. He says that just as it was in the days of Noah. How was it in the days of Noah? Say the days. The days. The Son of Man is going to come, and there's a phrase in the Bible which is called the day of the Lord.
[45:45] It's the day, there's a day coming when God, Christ is going to return, and everyone is going to, everyone is going to give account of the way you have lived your life. What you have done.
[45:57] The day of the Lord. The day of the Lord. The day of the Lord. Say the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord. Say the day of the Lord. The day of the Lord. In 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 8, the day of the Lord.
[46:07] 1 Corinthians 1 verse 8, who will also confirm you to the end that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. When the day comes, some people will be found blameless.
[46:19] May it be you. You may be found blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 5. Deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirits may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
[46:38] In the day of the Lord Jesus Christ. He's talking about that. That's a day. So, this is talking about someone who is in the church making a lot of mess. Messing up and just messing up. Bad. He said, deliver this person.
[46:51] Release him to Satan. So that his body will be destroyed. So that his soul will be saved. On the day of the Lord. When Jesus is coming, some people's spirit will be saved. Right.
[47:01] And then in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 13, it also talks about the day of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 3 verse 13. Each one's work will become clear. For the day will declare it.
[47:12] There's a day that will declare. You see, you say you've been going to church. You've been doing something in church. Everyone's work will become clear. This pastor who is jumping and shouting and preaching and behaving like everything else is.
[47:23] Love God. The day will declare it. See the way I'm behaving and I'm preaching. If I'm fake, the day will declare it. The day will declare it. There's a day coming.
[47:34] There is a day coming. There's a day coming. The day will declare it. That day will find a lot of people didn't have real hair. It's wig. Most of the day.
[47:47] Bishop. Bishop, when you want to marry a woman, you have to, before you say, I want to marry you, make sure you see her a few times without makeup.
[47:58] Because that's what you get at home. You, you, you, sometimes when you see her dressed, you have to go and try and.
[48:16] It's interesting when you get married and you're at home. I had a meeting with a certain gentleman the other time. He said he always wants his wife to have, he doesn't want to see natural hair.
[48:29] Oh, okay. And I was asking a while ago, I was asking the gentleman, because as for us, all of us, we live with natural hair. Oh, oh, yeah.
[48:40] It's a daily reality for us. It's a daily reality for us. Yes. We live with natural hair. Yes, yes, yes. Most of the hair you see now is not the original one you find at home.
[48:51] No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
[49:01] No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
[49:11] No. No. No. No. OK.
[49:21] No. No. No. No. No. No. Yeah. Oh. Go.Hmm.
[49:56] Come. So when I laid my hands on her, and she went like this. And the woman was strong.
[50:10] The strength. I was just genuinely praying for her. But I realized that. So I said, so Asha's, she used both hands. I said, receive it.
[50:21] Receive it. And she was going like this. So I asked. Normally, you have to help. But the Asha's needs to help you to hold the hand. Just in case the spirit of punching comes upon her.
[50:31] Like, you know, your mom has that spirit. She will punch you and slap you. So the Asha's were trying to remove the hand. And they couldn't. Then, thank God for discernment.
[50:44] I suspected that it's the hair. So just leave the hair on it. And I prayed for her gently. And then when she was, I think she was even falling. And when she was falling, she fell.
[50:55] She fell. She fell. Hey, my friend. You're a bad usher. I need some bad usher. Come on. She fell gently.
[51:07] Gently. Gently. Gently. Gently. Gently.
[51:19] And run again gently. But Benin Hinn told a story of he was praying for a certain man. Do you want to hear the story? Yes. He was praying for a certain man. Don't you think I should start wearing a wig?
[51:31] No. No, no, no, no, no. You tell me no. I'll get the government to do a legislation on it very soon. Hey!
[51:48] Hey! Isn't it amazing? It's amazing! Isn't it fantastic? It's fantastic! Isn't it wonderful?
[52:00] It's wonderful! What a shock! Oh, my hair! My hair! So how do you manage to keep your hair on? Oh, you have a band.
[52:17] Benin was praying. Benin was praying for this man. A man! And he said, when he laid the hands on the man, can I need some usher? This thing, I don't look nice at all.
[52:28] I don't like the way. I don't like the way I look. You see, that's why men shouldn't try to be women. Father, bless her.
[52:42] In Jesus' name. He said, when he laid the hands, and the man was going to fall, he went like this, with his hands on his head. And I said, bring him. Then when he prayed for the man, lift your hand.
[52:54] Then when the man was going to fall, he would do like this. He put both hands on his head. So then he realized that, he realized that the third time, the hairline was shifting.
[53:07] So he felt, he said, early days in his ministry, he felt like this thing is fun. Bring him, bring him, bring him. And he said, receive. And the man will fall and hold that. And the hairline kept shifting, shifting.
[53:20] And Pastor Benny was having fun. He said, this is good. He said, bring him. The man was tired. Do you know what he did? He took the weight, threw it away.
[53:31] He said, now pray for me. But, on a more serious note, the days are coming.
[53:48] The days of the Son of Man. And he said, I don't want to go into other days. Let me just finish on the lot. He says that, as it was in the days of Noah.
[54:00] Verse 26 of Luke chapter 17. As it was, watch this. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be. So it shall be also in the days of the Son of Man.
[54:11] Verse 27, watch this. Watch this. Oh, I've spoken. There's a lot I have to say about our answer. They did eat. They drank. They married wives.
[54:22] They were given in marriage until the day Noah entered into the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. Now, that means that they were living normal lives.
[54:33] They were eating, drinking, marrying, being given to marriage. Life, they were enjoying their lives. Normal lives. They were living normal. But they've been warned that there is a day coming and guess what?
[54:46] They said, let me just enjoy my life. Jesus said, it will not be different. As it was in those days. How was it? People were living normal lives. They were enjoying.
[54:57] They were eating. They were partying. And living, does that mean partying is wrong? No. Does that mean marrying is wrong? No. Does that mean being given in marriage is wrong? No.
[55:07] Does that mean eating is wrong? No. So what was wrong? They were just, all they were doing was just eating, drinking, marrying. They were living normal life without their minds on their coming.
[55:21] That's why I can't afford for you to come to church, receive a new job. Amen. Receive a miracle. Amen. Receive your healing. Amen. And you forget that Christ is coming? I'm a bad pastor. I'm a bad pastor.
[55:34] If Christ doesn't come now, when you die, what account are you going to give? Are you going to say that? I've got a lot. My pastor prophesied, I've got a new car. I've got, I bought houses. My pastor prophesied, bless me, I got married to the best guy in town.
[55:48] Is that, is that what you're going to say? No. And when you were getting married, you were, you said, my pastor taught me and I knew Christ would come. And so even on my marriage day, I was, even as I was enjoying the day, I knew one day Christ is coming.
[56:03] I was thinking about how to do God's work. I was thinking about how, whilst you are enjoying, whilst you are graduating, whilst you are buying the house, whilst you are going to work, whilst you are getting a miracle job, whilst you are getting miracle money, it's always on your mind that there is a day when these things will not matter.
[56:19] A day is coming. Christ can come any day. Christ can come any time. He said, as it was in the days of Noah. Go to the next verse, verse 28. I need to finish this.
[56:29] Thank you, Jesus. Likewise, likewise, likewise, the same way, it's the same way also, as it was in the days of Lot. They did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built, living normal lives.
[56:47] Life was booming. The economy was doing well. Some of us, when things are well with you, you easily forget about God. When things are well with you, you, human beings have such a short memory span.
[57:06] So he said, bless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not his benefit. He had to, he had to remind his soul, that soul, don't forget the things God has done for you. When you were nobody, you were believing God, praying that God, please deliver me.
[57:19] You remember when you were going to the health clinic, and you said, God, please, please, this is my lifestyle, please, don't let me have the sickness. Please, some of you know what I'm talking about. You pray, didn't go answer that prayer. You went, they said, oh, everything is negative.
[57:32] You said, oh God, oh God. You vowed to God that God, if you keep me, I will save you. I'll save you. Then you started church, and you made friends with some orangus, who have not made any vow to God.
[57:46] And you forgot how God delivered you. Like last Sunday I said, some of us were so desperate to get married, and now you are married, you don't care about your wife.
[57:57] What is it? What is it? You don't care about your husband. What is it? What, the way you are desperate to get married, you forget so quickly, you forget so soon, or especially people, people you loan money to.
[58:12] When they are dying, they clamp their car, they say, pay $700. You, the money you are going to pay, use for your next month's rent, you give it to them to just relieve them. And three months later, they are telling you, what is it?
[58:23] Is it not just money? You were almost dying. The pastor prayed, you come and share testimony. Oh, I've been healed of cancer. My husband has come back.
[58:34] Oh God, this pastor, oh, this church, oh, this church. Until the usher told you, don't sit there, sit here. Say, oh, this church, what is it?
[58:45] You see, sometimes there are very people who share their testimonies. It's interesting. Those same people, you watch them. when things are not in their favor, or when things are not working the way they expect, they'll flip.
[59:01] Hey. The Bishop Dax says, the reason why people fail exam is because they forget. They forget. Forgetfulness will cost you more than you think.
[59:14] Don't forget how your mother suffered for you. How your mother, that woman you don't respect, she spent so much money to pay so much for you to have your settlement.
[59:27] When you were in court, all those so-called friends, they abandoned you. This is the one who stayed with you, that wife of yours. She stayed with you even though she didn't know how to cook. And now, you are making a big issue around her cooking.
[59:44] Yeah. Do my soul. Yeah. Don't forget how this church has saved your marriage. Don't forget how this church has given you a sense of distance to live.
[59:59] How it has made you wiser so that you don't become vulnerable to those cowboy boys. Cowboys. Don't forget. We forget too quickly.
[60:11] They were living. Things are now unruly. There's one sister, I know. We pray, pray God, prosperity. When the prosperity came, when we left Graceland, she never came to church for one and a half years.
[60:22] Because she's going to a wedding at Italy. Tomorrow, she's flying to holiday. She was everywhere in the world. And joy in her life. She never came to stand with us on a Sunday morning.
[60:35] When we left Graceland, over two years. Almost two years. But sometimes, it makes God look at you in a certain way. Men may not say anything, but God watches you.
[60:53] In your day of need, remember who God used to help you. Am I not preaching at all?
[61:04] You are. You are. You came to sit in my house that, Pastor, this is your daughter. I wanted to be my wife.
[61:14] When you wanted to dump her, you dump her and dump all of us. Wow. That boy. Yeah. That boy. Dump her and treat us like we were forcing you to marry.
[61:26] Yeah. Listen, may it go on record. I will, I was telling a gentleman yesterday, that's why, I said, how is marriage? He said, it's interesting. I said, now you see why I didn't choose for you? No.
[61:37] Because marriage can be very funny. Yes. You have to make it work. Marriage naturally doesn't work. You didn't hear what I said? Say, marriage naturally doesn't work.
[61:49] I'm telling you. Naturally doesn't work. You have to make it work. You have to work it. You have to work it. Magadash. Magadash. If, if the, the Duke and the Duchess of Sassos don't work it, it will work.
[62:10] It is more risky even from different parts of the world. It's more risky. Yeah. Yes. They gotta, it's hard work. Man. Yeah. You gotta work it.
[62:21] Yeah. Work it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Nobody's exempted. Yeah. I'm starting to do a best. You have to work it. You may look happy now, but it doesn't mean anything.
[62:34] All right. I can't say nothing. Yeah. Yeah. Happiness on a wedding day is nothing. Everybody's supposed to be happy anyway.
[62:45] Yeah. Yeah. The women are usually more happy than the men. Right. Because the man is thinking, hey. Hey. Many men don't like commitment to. Finally, I'm in court.
[63:00] I'm in court. Some people, three months after their marriage, they are sad. Six months after their marriage, they are sad. One year after their marriage, they say they can't stand each other.
[63:15] And if you don't fix it early or you don't bring it under guidance and help early, it deteriorates naturally, it will go bad. It will go bad. Then suddenly, best friends have become worse enemies.
[63:27] Yes. That's how those people you know, your uncle, your auntie, that's how they are all started. Because they were so much in love, they can't leave each other.
[63:41] Every time. When they come to church, we are worshiping, their hands are like this. I love you, Lord. Then they look at it. I like the way they were looking at each other's face yesterday.
[63:59] Those things are just momentary. They are just momentary because real life will test what is in your heart. That's right. That's right. Real life.
[64:11] Real life. I think I should end this preaching. I like talking about marriages too much. Next week, I have to, Pastor Wu has given me time and I have to keep to the time.
[64:22] It's in the days, in the days of Noah, it is the same. We have Noah to watch. We have lots to watch.
[64:33] We can't afford to miss it. We can't, it's just going to be the same. Wow. Let me tie this thing up. Is it okay? Look at verse 30. Look at verse 30. Look at verse 30.
[64:44] Makadashaka. I receive it. Tight, tight, tight. It will be the same way in the Son of Man. Look at 31. Let's go to verse 31. Quickly, 31. And in that day, in that day, he which shall be upon the housetop and his staff, say his staff.
[65:01] His staff. Oh, say his staff. His staff. I can't hear you. His staff. Say my staff. My staff. What does it mean? Goods. The things that you treasure, there are some way.
[65:11] He said, you are the housetop. Your goods are in the house. He says that, and let him not come down to take it away. And he does it in the field.
[65:23] Let him like God not return. Don't be staff minded. You don't have time to try to sort out the staff. You don't have time to finish such enough staff before you do God.
[65:40] Wow. Your staff is somewhere. I know you finish it. You finish uni and you have this top, top certificate or whatever and you have to work, work, work, work, work. Hey!
[65:50] You got no time. I know your staff is somewhere. But when the Son of Man is coming, don't say, I got to sort out my staff first.
[66:04] Don't say, oh, Jesus, wait, I need to get married. This man must marry me by force. I have to make him marry me first. Then later on, I can think about what I will do about church. That marriage may not happen before you die or before Christ comes.
[66:18] And suddenly, you have an account to give. Am I communicating at all? This is what the Bible is saying. Look at the next verse.
[66:30] Verse 32. You should know this. Let's all read it. Luke 17, 32. I can't hear you. Luke 17, 32.
[66:43] Can I hear the ladies? Luke 17, 32. Ladies, I believe you can say it louder than this. Luke 17, 32. Can I hear some bells with the men?
[66:53] Luke 17, 32. Remember the Lord. You are not saying it. Luke 17, 32. Remember the Lord. Remember. Can you imagine? Jesus said, remember that woman.
[67:05] That woman. Do you know what happened to her? Time will not be meeting. Genesis 19, 36. Papu said, he looked back at the things he has left in Sodom. When God was delivering him from Sodom, he said, oh, but I remember I invested this.
[67:17] I remember. He said, don't look back. Run for your life. She looked back. Why? Because her soul loved some things. She wanted the enjoyment.
[67:28] The enjoyment she was leaving behind. Oh, I like, I like this thing. I like, I like this, this is my enjoyment. He said, remember lost wife. Because the way you are attached to this, your enjoyment.
[67:41] The things you call you love. Remember lost wife. Daniel, remember lost wife. Remember lost wife.
[67:52] Then look at the next verse. 33. 33. Whoever shall save his, seek to save his life shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life, that life there is the soul life.
[68:08] Soul life. The enjoyment you want. If you can, if you lose those enjoyment, you will end up saving the enjoyment in the kingdom. The real enjoyment.
[68:20] that when Jesus returns, we are going to have fun. Fun. We shall reign. It shall be glorious. It shall be glorious. But he said, if you want to save your soul life now, you will lose it.
[68:38] And Jesus puts it this way. What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses it? Luke 9, I think 24 or so. And loses his own soul.
[68:50] What does it profit you? Whosoever shall save his life shall lose it. Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall save it. Look at 25.
[69:02] For what is it, what is a man's advantage if he gains the whole world? What shall it profit you if you gain everything, the whole world, and lose your soul?
[69:24] This soul life, this, I love my fun. I want to enjoy my life. Oh, leave me alone. Oh, I love life. I love enjoyment. And watch this.
[69:35] As I always say, most of so-called, those so-called fleshly fun leaves you more empty. Leaves you more empty. You dance the whole night. You dance the whole night.
[69:45] You dance the whole night. You cough. Sometimes you drink. You feel you've had fun. But later on, you feel so empty. Empty. But let's leave that.
[69:56] Maybe some people say, I still like that emptiness. But afterwards, what does a man gain? Next week, I'll have to continue from this because I will show you.
[70:07] He said, two women shall be in the bed. One will be taken. Is there? Two women. At night. He can be at night. Be watchful at night. Whatever. Those of you who do a lot of porn at night.
[70:22] Cry Jesus. Be watchful. He can come at any time. He can come at night. He can come in the morning. He can come while we are in church.
[70:32] He can come. He can come whilst you are awake. It's in the Bible. But next week, what's my time? I have to. No, no. I think the time is. I need to watch. Thank you, Jesus.
[70:50] Did you receive something? I want to pray. Please, let's bow our heads. Jesus. I want you to pray from your heart. Say, Lord. I want you to pray and say, Lord, help me.
[71:01] Lord, help me. Lord, help me to be ready. Lord, help me. Help me to get my priorities right. Lord, help me. Begin to pray right now.
[71:11] Pray your personal prayer. Pray that, Lord, help me to get my priorities right. Lord, help me not to run after staff. Help me. Kobo, Shida, Baka, Radaba. Lord, help me.
[71:22] Help me. Please pray your prayer. Pray that, Lord, I receive your help. I receive help from you. I receive help from you. I receive help from you. I receive help.
[71:33] Help. Lord, help me. Help me to set my house in order. Help me to set my priorities right. Help me to prepare for your second coming. Help me so that I will not be taken unawares.
[71:46] Help me, Lord. Help me. Help me so I will not be a victim to Satan's office. I will not be a victim to Satan's traps and snares and setups. Lord, help us.
[71:57] Lord, help us. Help us to disconnect and detach ourselves from the things that are distracting us away from you. And drawing us into the hands of the enemy. Drawing us into the world.
[72:09] Drawing us into just the soul life. Help us, Lord. Help us, Lord. Help us, Lord. Father, help us. Father, we thank you. We give you praise.
[72:21] I want to pray for a group of people in this building at the moment. Shall we please bow our heads? At the moment, I want to pray for a group of people. You want to say, Pastor, please pray with me. I have heard God's word and I want to start afresh with Jesus.
[72:35] I actually want Jesus to be in my heart and be my Lord. If Jesus is not your Lord, if you have not given your life to Jesus, for him to live through you and for you to live for him, if you haven't done that, then you are not part of what I'm talking about.
[72:49] You can choose to behave well. Still, it doesn't change anything because God does not know you. You are not his. But I want to say, Pastor, pray with me. I want to commit my life to Jesus.
[73:01] I want to give my life to Jesus and start a new life. And serve him faithfully. And serve him truly. And serve him sincerely. In spirit and in truth. For God, Jesus said, the time is coming and now is when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
[73:17] The time is coming and now is when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. And you are genuine about this. You don't want to be a hypocrite. You are genuine. You want to say, Pastor, please pray with me.
[73:29] I want to give my life to Jesus. I want to start all over again with Jesus. If that is your genuine prayer, say this prayer after me. Say it from your heart. Let's all say it together. Say, Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner.
[73:40] But I believe that you died on the cross to save me from my sins. Please forgive me for all my sins.
[73:51] Wash me with your blood. From today, I make a commitment that I will save you. I will work with you. I will open my heart for you. Use me for your agenda and for your purpose.
[74:04] Thank you. In Jesus' name. Amen. Father, I thank you so much for my friends. They've heard your voice. They've taken this step. In the presence of many, they chose to put you first.
[74:18] I pray, Lord, put them first in life. Help them to be strong. Help them to make a difference. I bless you that you grow in the Lord and you make a difference for the kingdom. By the time Jesus is coming back, you'll be prepared.
[74:31] And you'll hear him say, well done, thou good and faithful servant. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. God bless you. I, yes. We thank God for using his servant, Reverend Dr. David Entry, to share this awesome word.
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[75:01] Stay blessed. Stay blessed.