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for help. It is important to me that people always understand that I know I cannot preach without help from the Holy Spirit. Lord, this is a supernatural event.

If you're not in it, it amounts to nothing. If you help us to hear and do, we will be changed people. So now I ask you be glorified today.

The music has already blessed us and you were the audience. And now I pray that you'll be honored as I preach your word that you've laid on my heart. In Jesus name I pray.

Amen. >> Amen. >> Everybody said it like you mean it.

Amen. >> Thank you for being seated. [clears throat] When you study scripture, and anybody that's been to theology classes, Bible classes, seminary, you know that there are terms that are imperative when you study the Bible.

terms like types and shadows. Types and shadows. In scripture, a type is a representation.

In the Old Testament, when someone is a type, they are an illustration of Jesus. Shadows means that there is a truth that's still vague. It's it's looking into to a shadowy dark place and seeing an outline but not seeing the very image of it itself.

And the New Testament is full of types and shadows. A shadow would be an event. For example, the Passover.

When I see the blood, I will pass over you. Blood meant redemption. That's a shadow of things to come, which was Christ shedding his blood and death losing its grip on us.

Another shadow is the event of the crossing of the Red Sea out of bondage through the baptism of water and truth into a different land never to go back. That's a shadow. Uh you have things like the tabernacle.

The tabernacle itself was a teaching about heavenly things. the feasts and uh the festivals were all teachers of things that would become a reality in Jesus Christ. So Paul said to the Colossians, "All of these things are but a shadow, but the substance is Christ." So keep in mind again, this whole book is about Jesus.

This book is not about Israel. It's not about the church. It's not about characters.

They are all parts of the main story of salvation which is in Jesus Christ. >> Hallelujah to God. >> So some of the types or persons one one would be Adam.

You know, Adam was the beginning of the human race. [clears throat] Jesus was the last Adam. >> He started another race called the bornag again believers, the church of the living God.

David would be a type of Christ because he he he conquered a giant and he became king. Joseph, what a beautiful u type that is. Joseph who was betrayed by his Jewish brethren sold into slavery for a mere pittance of money.

Joseph who suffered in the pit of potterer and the pharaoh miraculously brought to the throne to rule over Egypt second only to the pharaoh. But there's another type that I want to talk about. His name is Isaac.

He's Abraham's son. He's the father of Jacob. And that's the way he fits into scripture.

There's a lot about Abraham. There's a lot about Jacob and not a whole lot about Isaac. But remember, Isaac was the one who asked his dad when they were going up Mount Mariah, "Where is the sacrifice?" And Abraham said, "My son, God will provide a sacrifice, and you're it." In in truth, Isaac willingly laid himself on the altar of sacrifice.

Of course, we know that Abraham never brought the blade down. God had another ram in [clears throat] the thicket. But essentially at Mount Mariah, Isaac laid his life down.

Now I come to the 24th chapter of Genesis and it says, "Abraham was old and well advanced in age and the Lord had blessed Abraham and all things and Abraham said,"Now he's old. He loves Isaac. Isaac does not have a wife.

Back in those days, it was 10 times more important to be married than it is today. So Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house. Now this servant will be mentioned half a dozen times in this passage, but he's never given a name.

He's just called the servant. He's the chief in the father's house. And he goes out to do the father's will.

And his whole purpose is to go out and find a bride for Isaac. The father sent the servant to find a bride for his son Isaac. And so the servant leaves with 10 camels and aids and workers and he travels to a far country hundreds and hundreds of miles to the northeast.

And he kneels down to pray and he says, "Oh my God, be merciful to my master and give me favor and let me find a wife for Isaac, my master's son. Give me favor, give me success." And the Bible says, "And it happened before he finished speaking that behold Rebecca came on the scene. He prayed this prayer." "Father, let the woman who offers me a drink and then offers to give all of our camels a drink be the woman you have chosen for Isaac." And it happened exactly the way he prayed it.

And so he goes up to the whale and he sees this beautiful young woman and he says, "May I have a drink?" She said, "Of course, I'll give you a drink. And why don't I just water your camels while we're at it?" He must have taken a deep breath. But he worshiped and glorified God.

So she did that. She gave him a drink. And then when camels drink about five gallons at a time, she had to get 50 gallons of water.

But she did it willingly and without complaining. Then he said, "Who do you belong to?" And she went into her family history and told her who her dad was and where she lives. And she said, "Come, come see my father.

Come to the tent." And the Bible says again the man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord because to the servant everything was about the father's will. Everything that he did was to fulfill the heart of the father. So he goes to the tent and he meets the family and he says after they offer a big feast, he said, "I don't want to eat yet." He said, "I want to take care of business first.

This is why I came. I want you to know that first of all, I represent Abraham." And Abraham, here it is. Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old.

Listen. and to him he has given all that he has. He's saying, "My master Abraham has given everything he has to his son Isaac." And so they re rehashed the story of how he prayed and how God answered the prayer.

And then they called Rebecca in and said, "Rebecca, daughter, sister, this man wants to take you to a far country. He wants you to marry a man you've never seen." The response of that woman, just a short retort, was, "I will go. I will go without ever having seen Isaac, knowing nothing about him, not knowing the the danger of the journey, but she said, "I will go." And at that moment, the servant started giving her gifts.

gifts that say this is only the beginning of what you can expect when you finally meet this man Isaac. So the Bible says the servant took Rebecca and departed. What you have here is a type of the rapture of the church.

This is what is going to be fulfilled. This Old Testament truth will soon be fulfilled and we will be a part of it. A long long time ago, God the Father said, "My son needs a wife.

My son must have a bride." A long, long time ago, God the Father said to the Holy Spirit, the great servant, "Go into a far country and gather a bride for my son. Go to a place and pick out those who will willingly follow." What you don't understand possibly is what happened the first time you heard the gospel. It was the Holy Spirit saying, "Will you go with this man?

This man being the Holy Spirit, will you go with me? Will you let me take you through a journey of danger and darkness yet joy and jubilation? Will you let me take you on a long journey to meet somebody you've never seen?

>> To be married to somebody who already loves you >> without having seen you. Hallelujah. >> Praise God.

This is the most beautiful narrative right here of and we're in it right now. >> Right as I'm talking to you, the servant is going all over this world saying, "Will you go? WILL YOU GO?" WHAT YOU DON'T REALIZE is when you said yes, you started a journey in ignorance.

>> You didn't know what you were getting into. YOU JUST KNOW IT FELT good and it sounded good. And he said, "YOU WERE LOST, BUT now you are found." AND >> YOU WERE LOW, BUT I'M GOING TO RAISE YOU UP.

AND YOU WERE SICK, BUT I'M going to make you well. >> YOU WERE DAMNED, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU acceptance with the father. That's what you heard.

And that's when you said, "I'll go. I'll go." But you you you thought maybe it go on a little quicker. maybe things would happen a little faster.

But no, it's been a long journey. She had to climb on those stinking camels. She had to be with people she did not know.

She went through long, dark valleys where thieves were hiding. She went through dusty, thirsty days. She had to wrap up at night in the cold DESERT AIR.

ALL THE WHILE NOT EVEN KNOWING THE people she's with, having in her mind, this must be a wonderful man. This has got to be somebody very special for me to be drawn to him like this. So folks, that's Christianity in a nutshell.

>> UH HE SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT. The spirit came and touched your heart and my heart ignited a fire. I've never seen him, BUT I ALREADY LOVE HIM.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN I get there. I don't even know what to expect the rest of this journey. You see, because as she went along day after day, it was hundreds of miles, folks.

Every day she listened to the servant talk to the other servants about the glorious heritage of Isaac through Abraham. What does that mean? It means the Holy Spirit has servants.

Who were his servants that helped me come to him? It was called Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, James, and Jude. These are the servants of the great servant who wrote what he told them to write down.

And every word was a quickening word, an enlivening word, an eyeopening word. And every day of my life on every step of this journey, he has taught me something. I'm listening.

You see, I don't want to get too wound up. I I just have to say it again. Don't want to offend anybody.

You know, I don't I just don't think I don't know how you can sit at home and look at a screen. I did it for two weeks. I said, "My God, if I don't get back in church, I'm going to die." I can't stand THIS.

I DON'T WANT to look AT A SCREEN. I DON'T WANT IT TO JUST BE ME AND SANDRA. I GOT A FAMILY CALLED THE CENTRAL CHURCH FAMILY.

I WANT TO FEEL IT. I WANT TO BE IN IT. I WANT TO HEAR IT.

I WANT TO TASTE IT AND SMELL IT. I WANT IT TO BE ALL OVER ME. I'VE GOT TO HAVE THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SAINTS AND HEAR THE WORD OF GOD.

[applause] SHE LEARNED A lot of things on this journey. See, it's all about learning, longing, and looking. John Phillips said it best.

The whole journey of Christianity is learning of Isaac, longing for Isaac, looking for Isaac. The days are long. The journey is treacherous at times.

That's why Jesus said, "All you that labor and are heavy laden, COME TO ME AND learn >> of me." You're learning on this journey. I know more about Jesus today than I've ever known in my life. I'm learning every day.

I I'm finding out that he doesn't move very quickly sometimes. He's awfully slow at other times. That might mean the same thing, but that's how I feel.

That he doesn't make himself known all the time. That I find myself in frustration wondering when God, how God, where God? Time is running out.

I'm getting older. Things are deteriorating. When are you going to do something, God?

And the whole time I'm learning that you've got to be patient. You've got to wait on the Lord. And there's another verse of scripture that we quote so often, I'm afraid it's losing its its effect on us.

And that verse is all things work together >> for good to those who love God, who are the called according to his purpose. >> EVERY STEP I TAKE, every sleepless night I endure. THIS WHOLE JOURNEY has been one of letting GOD WORK IT OUT IN HIS own time, in his own way.

I HAVE MOANED AND groaned and begged and pleaded and it hasn't CHANGED A THING. GOD ALREADY KNOWS WHERE HE'S TAKEN ME AND WHAT HE'S GOING TO MAKE OUT OF ME. THE BEST THING I CAN DO IS HAUL OFF AND SAY, "THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BLESS YOUR NAME. YOU'RE IN CHARGE.

YOU ARE INDEED GOD." And on this journey to meet Isaac, brother, it can be a frustrating time. A number of years ago, as you know, Sandra and I have four little four daughters. They were little.

They're not now. And I don't, in fact, we talked about it between services. We don't remember which daughter it was, but years ago, we lived on the east side of town.

That's where the church was. And this little I think she was about four. I said, "I got to take the car to the garage.

Something's wrong with it. You want to ride with dad?" She said, "Sure. It's in July." July.

I want to go. So, we went. We got there and they checked it over and said, "Oh, it's worse than we thought." You ever heard that?

I thought I just needed a battery. Oh, no. You need a transmission.

How does that? I said, "Well, I don't know what to do." And the little girl said, "I'm thirsty. I'm hungry.

I want to go." And the guy said, "It's going to be several hours." And it wasn't a transmission. He said, "It's going to be a number of hours." He said, "You're welcome to sit here and wait." AND SHE SAID, "I I CAN'T I I'M THIRSTY. I'm hungry." And it just so happened we were only about two miles from my mom and dad's house in Charlotte.

And I said to her, "I tell you what I'll do. We'll walk to Grandma's. Instead of sitting here, let's go to Grandma's." She said, "Okay." I promise you, we had not gone 300 yards.

up the sidewalk sharing amity. She said, "I can't do this. I'm hot.

I'm thirsty. I want mommy. [laughter] I can't." And she sat down right on the sidewalk.

And I said, "Get up. You've got to get up. You can't sit." And then I noticed cars passing and people staring.

And I thought, "They think I'm kidnapping this child." If they'd had cell phones in those days, they would have called the police on me. I'm sure of it. But she wouldn't get up.

And and I said, "You got to, honey. It's it's 100° out here. We can't just sit here.

I can't do it." I said, "Well, I'll carry you." And I picked her up and I said, "This is not good. I'm an aszmatic. I'm already out of air.

I CAN'T EVEN CARRY MYSELF." And I walked a while and I breathed a while and she [clears throat] cried thirsty. I can't do this. I said neither can I.

It's a bad situation. So she SAID, "LET ME RIDE YOUR BACK." So I knelt down. She got on my back and I walked another few yards and she said, "Let me get on your neck." And then she got up on my neck and I'm holding her legs and I'm walking down the sidewalk.

I'm breathing hard and I said, "I can't I can't do this." And I put her down and she sat back down. I said, "I tell you what I'll do. If you'll stand up and walk, I'll hold your hand and I'll tell you some stories, some exciting stories." She said, ' Okay.

So, I started telling stories of our childhood. I told her the story where Dennis and Janice and I got a pony. Dad said, "I bought you guys a pony." And when they brought the pony, we saw the car coming up the road.

The pony was in the car. It was that small. It was a mini Shetlin.

They had taken the back seat out. And when it came up the road, we all went, "What?" The tail was out one side and his head was out the other side. They pulled up in the driveway.

They opened the door and the pony stepped out and we said, "Oh, hello." She loved that story. She was still thinking about it when she said, "I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. I'm thirsty.

I'm hungry." So, I told another story. After a while, I started lying. I made up stuff.

What would you do? So, finally, she sat down again and I said, "Here, here's the way it is. I'm going to put you down and I'm going to help you walk.

I'm not going to leave you and I'll talk to you the whole way, but you're going to have to walk a little bit. Guess what I've learned about the Lord? >> THERE ARE TIMES HE'LL CARRY YOU.

>> I CAN'T DO THIS, LORD. I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANOTHER DAY. WELL, let me hold you.

I'll carry you A LITTLE WHILE. I'M THIRSTY. I'M HUNGRY.

I CAN'T. I'll carry you a little while longer, but I'm going to have to put you down cuz you're going to have to learn to walk >> by faith. >> Hold my hand and believe my word.

>> And I am telling you, I had no idea this walk home would be this long, this far, or this hot. But I can also tell you he has never run out OF TRUTHS AND STORIES and narratives. EVERY TIME I THOUGHT I COULDN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE, I'D OPEN UP THIS BOOK AND SAY, "THE IT TOLD ME, THE LORD WILL WALK WITH YOU.

THE LORD IS YOUR SHELTER IN THE TIME OF STORM. HE WILL SHELTER YOU FROM THE HEAT OF THE DAY. HE WILL CARRY YOU IN HIS ARMS." FOLKS, WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

AND I'M TELLING YOU, IT'LL BE THIS BOOK RIGHT HERE THAT WILL FEED US AND STRENGTHEN US UNTIL WE SEE HIS GLORIOUS FACE. [applause] Don't you know that as they traveled, as she listened, as the servant talked about Abraham, what a a wonderful, holy, powerful man he was. As she as he talked about Isaac, what a humble, obedient, and rich man he was.

Cuz his father gave everything unto him. It wasn't his looks that attracted her. It wasn't even the fact that he had everything given to him.

It was the knowledge that he already loved her without having seen her. She longed for him. Peter said, "Though we have not yet seen him, we love him.

Though we do not see him now, we love him and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. That's what church is. That's what we're doing.

None of us has seen him. But I heard a long time ago how much he loved me. And when the Holy Spirit said, "Will you go?" I said, 'Yes, I'll go.

The journey. Oh boy, what a journey it's been. All of us could write a book.

We've had our pains, our heartbreaking losses, the darkest of dark nights, the most painful of painful days. We've been confused. We've been abused.

We have failed. We have failed him. We have suffered.

We've been cold at night, hot in the day. We've got the smell of stinky camels all over us. Cuz that's the journey, you see.

And that journey only creates an excitement, a fascination about this man that's waiting on us. Let me read the rest of that to you. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening.

I don't know how many days it had been. I don't know how many hundreds of miles had passed. But it said Isaac went out to meditate in the field.

Listen. He left the father's house to go out into the field and think, ponder. He was pondering.

Wonder when my wife will come. Oh, I've been looking for this bride. I know God that I know my father's servant has been successful.

I wonder. And so he's meditating what will she look like how will I act when I see her? Will she love me?

Will she be all that I need? Rebecca's asking the questions. Isaac is asking the questions.

He's out in the field meditating. And the Bible says he lifted up his eyes >> and looked and there the camels were coming. Listen to this.

Then Rebecca LIFTED UP HER EYES. They both looked at each other at the same time. And when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from her camel.

She couldn't wait. Hallelujah. For she had said to the servant, "Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It's my master." And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebecca, and she became his wife, AND HE LOVED HER. That's the most perfect description of the rapture of the church. Some people wonder about this, but Jesus has divinely chosen not to know some things.

God does. God has chosen not to remember your sins. Jesus has chosen and the father has chosen for Jesus not to know when he's coming to get his bride.

Jesus said, "Nobody knows the day or the hour, only the father, not even the angels." >> [clears throat] >> So the father is pleased for Jesus to be happy and excited about the day when his bride will come to meet him. Jesus has never seen his church in full. The church has never seen Jesus in full.

But there will come a day when the father will look over to old brother Gabriel with a bugle in his hand and say, "Blow it." And that will open graves and that will CAUSE US TO DISMOUNT our camel and we will run to meet him. Our eyes will meet. We will go to heaven >> secluded for a heavenly HONEYMOON AND BE WITH JESUS FOR ETERNITY.

YOU OUGHT TO [screaming] PRAISE GOD THIS MORNING. [applause] Paul said to the Ephesians, "Christ loved the church, past tense, and gave himself for it, that he might present her to himself a spotless church without blemish or any such thing." Paul said, "I'm presenting you to Christ as a chasteed virgin." You say, "But my life, oh, the things I did gone. The blood of Jesus washed it away.

The blood of Jesus erased your past. >> The cross of Calvary became your birthday." And now in God's eyes, those who have been washed in the blood, touched by the spirit, are chased virgins before the Lord. And folks, all we're doing now is waiting to hear the servant say, "We're almost there." And and I heard him say it.

I read it this morning. We're almost there. There will be a day, it could be today, when we will say, "Who is that man?" And he will say, "There is my bride." Oh, that we would anxiously anticipate that moment.

>> Several years ago, I was asked to speak at a conference in another country. >> [clears throat] >> Sandra could not go because of those little children we had. I went and I went reluctantly.

I I think I must have missed the Lord's will. The whole trip was a disaster. Getting out of this airport, disaster.

The flight disaster. The airport I landed in, I thought, you got to be kidding me. I waited and waited and waited for somebody to pick me up and take me to my accommodations so I could preach.

I didn't think they were ever coming. When they got there, they got lost. When I finally got to the hotel, I said, "This this cannot be.

This this cannot be a real place. It smells horrible. It's filthy.

I This is my place. I stayed there three days. I preached at night.

It It was okay. It was okay. I couldn't wait to get out of there.

I finally got somebody the next morning to take me to the airport. I said, "God, thank you. This thing's about over." Couple of hours, maybe three hours into that, I thought, "Something's wrong here." They came over the speaker.

You ready? [snorts] We're sorry to inform you that the only plane out of here today has a maintenance malfunction. That's my plane.

He said, "Uh, we will do our best to accommodate you any way we can." I thought, "You've got to be kidding me. You've got to be kidding me. I want out of this place.

I want out Other people did too. I could feel a swell of resentment towards the airlines. Several hours later, they came on the speaker and said, "We are happy to inform you that we have found a plane that will fly in later today and take you all out." And there was a an applause for hours.

I walked through that little airport, that little nasty, stinking airport where the baggage people were rude. They didn't care if you were happy or not. And they I knew the plane was coming from that direction.

And I'd walk back and forth and look. They'd say, "The plane is in route now. It should [clears throat] be here any time.

It's it's on the way." Okay, then show me. And I remember staring, just staring at that blue sky, looking for anything. And several hours into that, I saw a dot.

And then I heard him say, "We are happy to inform you that the plane that will take you home will be landing shortly." And I watched it. And I saw it land and I said, "It's real. It's real.

And I saw them taxi. It was an empty plane. They found an empty plane to come get us.

And so they turned around and they started ushering us out to the plane. And I made it home. But here's what here's what I want to tell you today.

I wish that I would get up every day and look towards the eastern sky wanting Jesus to come back the way I wanted that plane to come back. >> I wish that I would wake up with such a a desire to get out of this place to see Isaac that that's the first thing I do every morning. And that's why we need a prayer meeting.

And that's why we need gospel preaching. And that's why we need to walk closer to the Lord than ever before. And that's why we need to remember that this long, hard, hot, arduous journey, even though there are good times and joyous times, this thing is for a reason.

>> Soon and very soon, we are going to see the king. Soon and VERY SOON, ISAAC IS GOING TO LIFT UP HIS EYES AND WE'RE GOING TO LIFT UP OUR EYES AND WE'RE GOING TO RUN TO HIM AND HE WILL EMBRACE US AND WE WILL BE WITH HIM FOREVER. EVERYTHING WE'VE GONE THROUGH WON'T MATTER THEN.

[applause] So you have your elements In reality, this is a type and a shadow. This communion thing, a type and a shadow. Thank you, Tony.

This tells us something that the Bible speaks about often in the New Testament, but in a shadowy way. This tells about a person in the New Testament that we can barely make out the image of. But now he has come.

He died. He rose again. He sits at the right hand of the father.

And it's plain and it's clear what this means. His body, his blood, his offering was to save you and me. And it's an invitation to anybody to enjoy the goodness of God.

Will you go with this man? Will you continue to trust this man on this journey? And I thank you, Lord, today that I get to hold these in my hands.

And it's not questionable. It's not ambiguous. It's not foggy.

I know what this means. I know what this means. This means that I once was lost, but now I'm found.

This means I used to be a member of the old world. [clears throat] Sin had control of my life. But you laid your body down just like Isaac.

You [music] died. And now your risen body gives me life. We are members of your body.

And I thank you that I know what this means. This means I'm saved. This means that my past has been forgiven, [music] gone.

This means that daily I can be cleansed in the presence of Jesus. So on the night that Jesus was betrayed, [music] he took bread and he said, "Take [music] this, eat it. This is my body which was broken for you." And then he took the cup and said, "This is the new covenant in my blood.

[music] Drink all of it. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you do proclaim the Lord's death till he comes." Here it is. His body, his blood, his death, and he's coming back to get us.

Hallelujah. That's my prayer. Stand with me, please.

and [singing and music] take your right away. How my soul wants [singing and music] to be with you, my Lord. Even [singing and music] so, even come Lord [music] Jesus pray back and sing.

Even [music and singing] come Lord Jesus. Even [music and singing] slow take your pride away. [music] How [singing] my soul longs to be [music] with you, my Lord.

Even [singing and music] so. Even Lord Jesus come. >> I'm glad I'm saved.

[music] The church listen today most of this country will be engaged in some kind of orgy. Drugs, drinking, call girls, call guys because of a sporting [music] event. Millions will be lost and millions will be won.

That dollars that is souls will be damned. Lots of bad things will happen because our nation is sick. Sick.

And there's nothing we can do except preach the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you hear what I'm telling you? I'm so glad today that I'm not looking forward to that.

[music] I'm glad I don't have anything invested in that. It makes me sick to tell the truth. And I knew it was going to happen.

I feel something coming on me right here. Well, I might as well do it. And I know some of you are all excited.

You know, you you've heard about the horrible halftime show that's coming. Some of you are all excited because Turning Point USA has an alternative [music] halftime show. Can you tell me the difference between the two shows?

The alternative is supposed to be for America, but the people entertaining are foul-mouth, lost, degenerate people. I've heard them saying they are filthy. Their mouths are filled and that's the alternative.

>> You're trying to tell me that we HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE, FOLKS. THE WORLD CAN'T GIVE ME AN ALTERNATIVE. I'VE ALREADY MET JESUS.

DON'T TRY TO OFFER me an alternative. [applause] And while I'm at it, I'm going to say what I feel right here. [music] I wish the president of the United States would clean up his language.

>> I wish he would stop insulting people. A a a leader should not give himself to insulting people all the time and using foul language. And while I'm at it, I'm going to finish.

EVERYBODY IN THE WHITE HOUSE curses except two women that say they're born again, but they're all foulmouthed. LET ME TELL YOU what the Bible says. From the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

Listen, don't you dare get being conservative mixed up with being a Christian. >> [applause] >> CONSERVATIVE DOES NOT MEAN CHRISTIAN. You can be pro-life.

You can be pro- biblical family. YOU CAN BE PRO- ISRAEL and die and go to hell. You can be ALL OF THAT STUFF.

THAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU A CHRISTIAN. >> FOLKS, I am a Christian. I'M NOT A WHITE CHRISTIAN.

YOU'RE NOT A BLACK CHRISTIAN. I'M NOT IN A WHITE EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A BLACK CHURCH.

WE ARE ONE IN CHRIST. THERE IS NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE. THERE IS NEITHER BLACK OR WHITE OR SLAVE OR POOR.

WE ARE ALL [screaming] ONE IN Jesus Christ. NO. GO AHEAD AND PRAISE THE LORD.

[applause] Don't talk about the people THAT REPRESENT YOU. THEY DON'T REPRESENT ME. I GOT ONE representative and he's the one that SAID TO ME A LONG TIME AGO, "WILL YOU GO WITH THIS MAN?" I SAID, "I'LL GO WITH THIS MAN." AND THAT'S THE MAN I'VE BEEN GOING [music] WITH AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY OTHER MEN.

NOBODY CAN SAVE ME. NOBODY CAN REDEEM ME. NOBODY CAN BLESS ME.

NOBODY CAN MAKE ME HAPPY but this man. [music] >> [applause] >> All right, there we go. That's it.

See you tomorrow night, 7:00. We'll pray. If you're MAD AND YOU'RE NOT EVER coming back, have a good trip.

Let the words of And I don't want to have any discussions with anybody about anything after church. You hear me? Don't you let nobody come down here and talk to me.

[music] I got nothing to say to nobody EXCEPT I'M GOING WITH THE MAN. I'M GOING WITH THE MAN. Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, oh Lord, my strength and MY REDEEMER.

AMEN.

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