Valley Gospel
A Pentecostal church experience.
Valley Gospel
If My People
After a recent surgery, Pastor Bob shares a moving story of gratitude for the community's support, revealing how divine guidance has spurred the extraordinary growth of Valley Gospel Church. As they navigate spiritual and societal challenges, this episode empowers listeners with the tools to remain steadfast in their faith. We delve into the spiritual warfare faced by many and the transformative power of embracing God's word.
Explore the unwavering foundations of the Christian faith in our discussion on six essential tenets that must remain uncompromised. From the significance of the cross to the infallibility of the Bible, we underscore why these core beliefs are crucial in today's changing world. We also tackle the sensitive topic of religion and politics in sermons, drawing insightful parallels with influential public figures and sharing historical anecdotes to fortify our faith.
As the episode unfolds, we challenge listeners to reflect on areas of life where they may be holding back from Jesus's influence. The conversation encourages a movement beyond complacency toward spiritual revival, emphasizing the need for genuine spiritual authority to overcome modern adversities. Celebrate the majesty of God with us as we highlight the power of worship and the profound experience of divine love, inspiring a transformative journey for believers everywhere.
Thank you, jesus. God will open. He'll open up the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing. My God will open. He'll open up the windows of heaven and he'll pour you out a blessing. My God will open. He'll open up the windows of heaven, he'll pour you out a blessing, and you will not have the room, not because of you, but because he's good, and you will not have the room to receive him.
Speaker 3:Hello, welcome to Valley Gospel Church. We are a non-denominational Pentecostal church located in Springdale, pennsylvania. Our sole mission is to present the living truth of a risen Lord Jesus Christ to a remnant church and a lost world. Let's get into the service recorded live at Valley Gospel Church.
Speaker 4:It has been a really interesting two weeks for me personally and a lot of firsts 70 years without a broken bone, 70 years without a hospital visit actually 70 years without a doctor's visit. Up until this week I have never had a prescription bottle with my name on it Never and it all came crashing down. Most of you know I had surgery last week to remove a hemangioma from the back of my head. It's been a part of me for the past 30 years. And again, thank you for all the prayers. Everything wasn't. Even though they can't rightly identify it yet it's benign and I'm good and I'm feeling great. All the glory to the Lord. Throat's still a little scratchy, so I'm going to shout it out. Today. Everybody was great Doctors, surgeons, nurses, everybody. Don't have one bad thing to say about everything that transpired.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I had some great spiritual conversations along the way, conversations along the way, and in the downtime I had a little. I had time to seek God, to prepare some messages. So I'm kind of stocked up for a little while, including today's, and some folks reached out. And again, thanks to all those who texted me and reached out, checking on how I was doing, how I was coming along. It really meant a lot and was much appreciated. But I had a lot of conversations or at least text conversations with some pastors, church leaders that I haven't talked to in a long time, and they expressed a query. Every conversation expressed this query so how's the church doing? And my response was church is doing great. Church is doing amazing. Response was church is doing great, church is doing amazing. We're growing. The backup we have is incredible. Didn't have to think about anything as far as whether it be Bible study or the physicality of the church, or Sunday morning, somebody right there of the church, or Sunday morning, somebody right there, and the question kept coming up. I don't understand how are you doing great? How are you growing? You know, and some of them said well, you know, we've tapped into the podcast, which, incidentally, the Holy Spirit, this morning as I drove up, said we need to put a banner out in front of the church that says join us on our podcast and gives the direction, something big though that everybody in the neighborhood can see it, just to get the word out. Incidentally, I think we're 800 downloads. Listen to this in 14 countries. 14 countries.
Speaker 4:People are hearing the word of god and the question that all we. How can this be when churches of your size are mostly not doing so well? They're falling away, they're closing and I believe the Lord directed this morning's message, even though it's taken a little bit of a turn the last of the four-part series. They're not after me, they're after you, but it's taken a little bit of a turn and that's under the Lord's direction. In these times in which we live, while the Lord wants to pour out his spirit in an unprecedented way on the remnant church, the last days church, we also have to know that Satan is pulling out all the stops. He's reaching people with political, societal messages that sound good, that sound freeing, but are contrary to God's word, contrary to God's word. And he's using ploys and schemes, some of which he used in the garden Against Adam and Eve, but some are new, some are unique. Trying to soften this up and I can't, I'm going to say it just like he gave it to me Demonic powers are trying to gain control, are gaining control through the culture, through politics, through the region, through a state, through a city, through a town and our nation.
Speaker 4:And, the sad thing, these same demonic powers are taking control of today's religious fasting, going deeper, establishing strong ministries in our walk to deal with these principalities and powers. It's what Paul spoke of in Ephesians 3, that his intent, god's intent, jesus's intent was that, through the church, god's power would be made known to these rulers, to these principalities, to these political rulers, hallelujah, hallelujah, and that we might be prepared and equipped to defeat every enemy on his own turf. Because we should know, we should know that beasts have come to devour the land, especially true in these times in which we live. The problems we face as a society, as a nation, and they seem no, I don't even want to say seem, they appear to be absolutely, absolutely insurmountable. And there's seemingly no cure for mankind. No cure. As I look at our government, our society, our schools, the street, the religion, and we're being placated and softened to accept those things, say, oh well, it's just what they do now, it's just what they say. It seems that religion is seeking deeper into depravity and sin, and even the church seems to be sinking into a pit of despair. What are we going to do? What can we do? This is so bad.
Speaker 4:But if you're a true believer this morning emphasis on true you know there's a big difference in between being a Christian and a Christ follower. Big difference, big difference. I pray that if you're a Christian, that you can hang on till the end. But that may not be the case. Being a Christ follower allows you to not only persevere but be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. My, if you're a true believer, you know there's hope. You know there's hope. If you're a true believer this morning, you know Jesus is there. You also know that the answer doesn't lie in philosophy, in political position or economic stimulus or affordability or inflation or healthcare or the next president, nor does it lie in religion or theology. The answer lies in but one. The answer for the plagues of mankind is Jesus Christ and him alone, him alone. I don't care what the president says, I don't care what congressmen say or senators or these candidates say, I certainly don't care what Hollywood has to say. Jesus is the only way, only way.
Speaker 4:And if I were to be asked what the problem with our leaders today, the policies, the Washington DC, if I were to be asked what's the problem here, it would be exactly what I opened the message with Beasts have come to devour the land. And you say, well, I don't see the problem Pastor. Well, let's see, we got 280-pound men competing with women at sports and people are applauding. We got transgender issues, people being and our children being changed from a girl to a boy and a boy to a girl. We got women being forced to open their locker rooms and their bathrooms to men. What are we doing? What are we thinking? We live in a nation that has surpassed that. Abortion numbers this year have surpassed all of history. Oh, boy, I see we're really not killing babies. Oh, you're killing babies. You're absolute. I think we proved beyond a shadow of a doubt last week that you are killing babies.
Speaker 4:It's territorial demon spirits, territorial demon spirits that have gripped not only our area, not only our politicians, but our courts. Look, our president, the next president, needs Jesus, needs Jesus. Can't you hear the scoffing? Can't you hear the scoffing in the media that most of the nations of the world that reject the concept of a personal Savior, they laugh at a personal savior. They laugh at a personal savior that's going to save you and take you to this utopian place called heaven. They reject the idea of a king, but see, this makes sense. They reject the idea of a king who would die for you, see, because that doesn't make sense In our society. Everybody else dies for the king Huh. They reject the idea that a king would die for us. Huh, for us, huh. He refused to bow to this king who would willingly, willingly, stand down to those who would oppose him and would refuse to accept his offer of sustenance, of provision, of security, of salvation of life, of security of salvation of life.
Speaker 4:Yet you and I, as believers, are called to commit wholeheartedly, wholeheartedly. Not half in, not half in the church, half in this political party yeah, I know I wouldn't do the abortion thing, but I get it. God said he hates it, hates it. We need to commit wholeheartedly to the task of presenting the gospel through the blood of Jesus Christ, without reservation, without compromise, to a lost and a dying world. Chrissy, let's get back to work, thank you.
Speaker 4:In order to present the truth, all of us, myself included, in order to present the truth, every believer needs the basic fundamentals of this gospel in our preaching, in our teaching, in our witnessing, in our testimony. I don't care if you're handing out tracts. We need this basics, hallelujah. We need these basics in our political choices. You need these basics, tuesday and in our lives, that we might have the privilege of presenting Christ.
Speaker 4:Not only is it a privilege, it's a responsibility. If you call yourself a Christian, you have the responsibility of presenting Christ to a lost and a dying world. That's our charge To a world going to hell, hell, hell for eternity, long time. That guy under the truck, andrea don't know, don't know, don't know. Into the truck, andrea, don't know, don't know, you'd think somebody. And again, we can't force anyone, we can't force feed someone. Like I said, you can lead a cow to coffee, you can't make them drink. But it is truly a privilege to present this gospel, the same gospel as the Apostle Paul, to minister the same words that Jesus ministered. What a privilege, what a privilege, but what a responsibility. As John, to awaken the people to the same Holy Spirit that Peter did. Wow, I count that a privilege. You, men of Judea. Wow, what an awesome privilege. If you have your Bibles, turn please to 2 Chronicles. 2 Chronicles 7, beginning with the 12th verse. We'll be reading 12 through 17. Whenever you get there, would you please stand for the reading of God's Word this morning?
Speaker 5:2 Chronicles 7, 12-17. And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said unto him I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I set pestilence among my people, if my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now my eyes shall be open and my ears attend unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now I have chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there forever and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. And as for you, if you will walk before me as David, your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you and shall observe my statutes, hallelujah.
Speaker 4:Hallelujah. God made a covenant with King Solomon to establish and to sanctify a people A people not just to sanctify a people that were slipping away, that were starting to believe lies, that were saying, in essence, well, that's okay, that's what we believe, that's what we think is okay, love is love. That we're slipping away into apostasy and unbelief. And the covenant would be established on the basic tenets of faith the basic tenets of faith. You know, every so often, I believe, the Lord directs me, all of us, back, to take a look back on the bedrock of our faith while we're going deeper and getting deeper in the Word. To take a look back on the bedrock of our faith While we're going deeper and getting deeper in the Word and we're tackling these difficult subjects in the Bible. Every once in a while, he implores us to look back. Look back at what the basics are, what our foundation is, who we are as Christians, what sanctifies us, what keeps us, what makes us who we are. And I'll use for a subject this morning, if my people, let's pray. Heavenly Father. Lord, I thank you for watching over, not only me, watching over this flock. Lord, watching over this flock, Lord, I ask you to open this word today, lord. Open it in reality, in practicality. Lord, that we might hear your voice, that we might see you. Lord, that we might hear what you desire, what you've called us to. Lord, let this word this morning be a lamp in the light. It is in the name of your blessed August, soon coming son. We pray Amen and amen. Please be seated. Thank you, chrissy. It's good to be back working with you.
Speaker 4:I believe the Lord presents us with and I say this cautiously with six tenets of faith. There may be more than six, but these are the six he gave me and I didn't feel authorized to add any more to them. So I'm going to give you the six that he gave me, six that can never be circumvented, six that can never be compromised, can't be overlooked or denied in regard to our Christianity, our Christian worship, our empowerment, our life, our fellowship, our study, six that are untouchable. Here they are Number one the infallibility of the Bible, the inerrant, authoritative written word of Almighty God. Number two the cross. Number two the cross, the means by which we gain all things spiritual, the deity of Jesus Christ, that, the truth that Jesus is God, emmanuel, god with us, the blood without which there can be.
Speaker 4:I heard someone say it here on the platform there can be no remission of sin, the infilling of the Holy Spirit through which we are empowered to live righteously and proclaim his word and the power of God, that he is sovereign, that there are no walls. There are no walls, there are no fences, there are no impediments that he will not cross, that he is able to accomplish everything and anything. So let me start this by. I want to make a point. I wouldn't be so presumptuous that anything I might say is worthy of writing down. But if I ever did have anything worth writing down, this would be it. I believe and I say that only because I believe the Lord revealed this to me God cannot approve, nor will he fully use any church, any assembly, any preacher that denies any of these six basic tenets of faith, any of these six basic tenets of faith. Let me say it one more time, since this is exactly as he gave it to me God cannot approve, nor will he fully use any church, assembly or preacher that denies any of these six tenets. Now we know there are institutions of religion under the name church, temple, house of worship, ministry that try to offer some help, some solace, some direction outside of these six basics. They try, but they can't. They cannot while denying any of these basics. In fact, they should be considered dangerous and we'll deal with these one at a time.
Speaker 4:First, any assembly, preacher, teacher, pastor that doesn't anchor his or her teaching in the holy word of God is actually a hindrance to the people, not a help. A hindrance what do I mean by that? When we're preaching from books or videos or inspirations, or our thoughts or my book, pardon me, pardon me. I saw a pastor with on the pulpit he had his book that he had just written and he said, like I said in my book, let me tell you this anybody who quotes his book from this sacred desk, run, turn it off, shut it down. They are a hindrance to the people of God and they are of no help. No help to those we're trying to reach.
Speaker 4:You see, the Bible is more than a good book. It doesn't just contain the Word of God, it is the Word of God. Huckleberry Finn's a good book. Huckleberry Finn is a good book. The Harbinger is a good book. Not the word of God, not the word. Satan pounds this book with hammers. That's what the Bible says. He pounds it with hammers. But you know what else the Bible says the hammers are broken, the anvil remains, glory, glory. He tries to diminish and minimize this book, to diminish God's word. You know, civilizations and societies over the years, and societies over the years have said that. Well, it's little more than a book of prose or poetry, or a collection, or it's, by the way.
Speaker 4:By the way, why is it that I have taken such flack over the last three weeks about my messages, about what I've said, and that I shouldn't be mixing religion and politics? And how wrong of me and how ungodly for me to do this. And our vice president stood in a church, at a pulpit in Pennsylvania, and declared her candidacy, talked about what she was going to do. How come? That's okay, but I'm taking flack because I mentioned politics in this church. Hallelujah, or society tells us that the only reason the Bible is there is to keep us in line and keep us under subjection. How many of you know who Voltaire was?
Speaker 4:Voltaire was a French philosopher in the 18th century and the story goes like this I haven't researched whether or not, but every part is true, but it's an interesting story that he spent much of his life trying to destroy opposing Christianity. And he said this statement that in a hundred years, the only place you will find the Bible is in a museum of natural history, pointing to the fables that people believe. It said and this is the part that I don't know how much of it's true, but it said that as he lie dying, he cried out to Jesus, to the Galilean kind of a if you're real, come to me here. And the interesting part that 100 years after his death, his mansion was sold to a printing company who prints nothing but Bibles.
Speaker 4:John 1 and 1 says In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. When you and I are grounded in the Word of God, we're grounded in Jesus, and he is the anchor that holds. He is the only anchor that holds. He is the only anchor that holds. Don't look to worldly systems to hold you. Jesus is what holds. Jesus is the living Word of Almighty, god, wow. And He'll always see us through. That's what he said. He said I'll never leave you, I'll never forsake you. Hallelujah.
Speaker 4:Basic number two Jesus is God. Jesus is God, john. St John 5., 5 and 17. But Jesus answered them. My father worked hitherto and I worked. Therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill him because not only had he broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do, for what things whatsoever he doeth. These also doeth the Son likewise, for the Father loveth the Son and showeth him all things that himself doeth, and he will show him greater works than these that ye may marvel, for, as the Father raiseth up the dead and quickeneth them. Even so, the Son quickeneth up whom he will, for the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son, that all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. Wow, wow, wow, wow.
Speaker 4:This is where we start to experience some false teachers, some false religions. Jehovah Witnesses deny that Jesus is God. Mormons deny that Jesus is God. Mormons deny that Jesus is God. Even so, many modern churches deny that Jesus is God. They'll tell you that he was a great rabbi, he was the rabbi of rabbis. He was a good man, he was a prophet. He's more than that Jesus is God. He said so himself. It's pretty clear from our reading right there that Jesus is God.
Speaker 4:Look, when we cross that rolling tide, when we cross that Jordan, we won't be greeted by a rabbi, a priest, a pope, a pontiff. We won't be greeted by a mullah. You will be greeted by the one, true and living God. His name is Jesus. Isaiah 1 and 9 says and the government shall be on his shoulders. His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace, and of the increase of his government there shall be no end. Don't be ashamed of him. Don't be ashamed of who you serve. You know they kind of try to portray that as you're a wimpy Christian. Just the opposite is true. You're a fast ship going in harm's way.
Speaker 4:Hallelujah, the gospel proclaims Jesus as Savior, miracle worker and King. It proclaims Him as everlasting Father and mighty God. Let the world know, let your friends know, let your co-workers know, let demons and devils know that Jesus is the living God. Our assurance, our confidence that he is just that comes from on high, from the Father of lights. It comes from God himself. Our hope, our answer is in Jesus alone.
Speaker 4:And look, I understand, and I understand. That's where some of the ire is drawn against me, but they're not after me, they're after you. They're not after me, they're after you. The ire is that some folks think well, you're not being inclusive, you're being exclusive. And some of the advice that I got this past week was that if some religions don't see Jesus as God or even a way to God, that they have their own supreme being, then we have to respect and accept that way as being just as valid as the God of the Bible. And, of course, we respect people's beliefs, people that believe other ways, to the extent that they might be nice people, they might be benevolent people, but I cannot accept nor respect their beliefs.
Speaker 4:And Pastor Mormons are good people. They're good, moral people. They're good, moral people. They're kind, they're gentle Buddhists, kind, sweet, loving Witnesses, work really hard. They get up early. They get up early and knock on doors. Here's what your Lord said in John 14. Any man that comes any other way is a thief and a liar. So how can you be good and moral and be a thief and a liar? I didn't say they're thieves and liars. Jesus, your kind king, said they're thieves and liars, and you and I not. Only are they in danger of losing their souls. If we commit to that, they're all everybody's good. Come on in. Then we are potentially in danger of losing our souls. Then we are potentially in danger of losing our souls.
Speaker 4:Number three the blood. Hebrews 9., 9 and 22. And almost all things are by the blood. Purged with blood, by the law. Purged with blood and without shedding of blood is no remission. There can be no forgiveness of sin without the blood. And you guys all know, and I've certainly preached it enough, you know they're taking the blood songs out of the hymnals, they're erasing it from the pages of their holy books. God is a holy God, but he's a just God. He's both, and sin must be paid for. Atonement was necessary. I used to work in the same office with a Jewish man at Carnegie Mellon and I used to ask him all the time what his eternal security was based on.
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Speaker 4:I've never met a real practicing Jew, people that say they're Jewish but don't really practice keeping the law. And you know all the truth. But I asked him. I would ask him all the time how are you going to get into heaven? How does that work? And he would say God's forgiveness. But why would God forgive you? Because you've certainly broken his law, you're still in your sin. And his answer to me was mitzvah, good works, do good things. Give that lady outside a dollar and that's how you get into heaven. And I would remind him that the Bible said your works, your giving, are as filthy rags. And I would actually go the extra step and do the Greek interpretation that the filthy rags that the Bible talks about is actually toilet paper, toilet rags, paper toilet rags. There must be atonement. There has to be atonement.
Speaker 4:Unless our sins are washed away by the precious blood of Christ, the blood of one perfect, spotless lamb, we can't be saved, we can't be filled with the Spirit, we cannot go to heaven. Jesus left the splendor of heaven. He left as God. He took on the frailty of human flesh to become a man. He lived 33 sinless years on this earth. He went to Golgotha, the place of the skull and shed his blood so that his blood would be the life. His blood was the life and as that perfect, sinless sacrifice for all sin, past, present, future, not one sin for all sin, mine and yours, how wonderful, how wonderful, wonderful, denise, to know that the sin that we committed before we were saved, paid in full, paid in full glory, the sin that we'll commit tomorrow, paid in full. You're able to call him Lord because of the blood. You're able to say he's your Lord because of the blood. We're able to call him Lord because of the blood. You're able to say he's your Lord because of the blood. We're able to walk in power because of the blood. You have a home in heaven because of the blood.
Speaker 4:Number four the cross, the cross. The cross, the cross that Jesus died on, and you hear this all the time that it was God's answer to the failing in the garden, and it was. But it wasn't a stopgap measure, it wasn't something that God thought of at the ninth hour, before this happened. The cross is. It wasn't meant to patch up sin, much like the sacrifices of old were, when priests had to go into the Holy of Holies and sprinkle blood on the mercy seat to get forgiveness for that year, atonement for that year. The cross is new and revolutionary. Adam and Eve sin in the garden was covered by the blood of goats and oxen. For centuries afterwards, thousands of years. The cross that the second Adam died on holds no compromise. No compromise, I don't care how many priests walk in and sprinkle blood. No compromise for sin.
Speaker 4:It doesn't just cover sin or hide it from God's eyes. That's what the sacrificial system did. It covered sin. It hide it from God's eyes. That's what the sacrificial system did. It covered sin. It hid it from God's eyes, didn't remove it, didn't take it away.
Speaker 4:The cross, the blood that was shed on the cross, eliminates our sin. The cross doesn't make your old life better, as Steph says all the time. Not duct tape, not duct tape. You see, the cross demands death. It demands death to an old life. It demands death to an old self. It doesn't redirect our life in a nicer path. Direct our life in a nicer path. It creates a new life After a spiritual death. After a spiritual death, there's a new birth. That's what the Bible's talking about when it says you're born again.
Speaker 4:Philippians, philippians, philippians 3, I think. Let me make sure, yeah, philippians 3, 17. Brethren, be followers together of me and mark them which walk so as ye have, for an example from any walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell you, even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. We have to submit all of our lives to the cross. We have to submit all of it to the cross.
Speaker 4:If we're holding back, if we have areas of our life that we don't allow Jesus access, or we poo-poo it, if we hold political views in our life that, well, yeah, I am, I don't. I just don't want to talk about. That's what I am. That's who my dad was, that's who my grandmother was, that's where I'm going, and I don't want to hear this. If we hold back that area of our life that we don't allow Jesus in, that we don't allow his direction, that we don't allow biblical guidance, we will live defeated lives. We will live defeated lives. We say, well, we're not seeing any miracles. Well, no, no, you won't. No, you won't, no, we won't. The cross says lay it all down. Heaven gave up its best. Jesus gave us his all. Jesus paid it all. All. To him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain, but he washed it white as snow my On the cross. He washed it white as snow my On the cross. He washed it white as snow. Number five the power of God.
Speaker 4:You know, we look around in today's society and we see parents killing children. We see children killing their parents. We see abortion. We see men fighting women in the ring and calling it I don't know. We see drugs. We see men marrying men. We see war. We see mutilating our children because they said they thought they might be a boy or they might be a girl. And we blame government and schools, we blame police, we blame Democrat policies. But whose fault is it? Whose fault is it? Why does it seem that this world has gone mad? That this world has gone mad and after the last three messages you might be surprised where I'm going with this, but I blame carnal preachers. I lay the blame squarely on the pulpits of carnal churches. They create carnal Christians.
Speaker 4:You know, a couple of years ago a young man locally punched his 20-month-old daughter in the face and killed her and when you saw him being perp walked, he had an image of Jesus tattooed on his arm. And you say what? I don't know where you're going with this. And look, maybe there was a short circuit in his mind, maybe drugs took him to a place somewhere. But somewhere in this man's life there was a form of godliness, there was some kind of Christianity there, but his power wasn't respected. God's power wasn't respected. There was no healthy fear of God's power.
Speaker 4:Most likely it came from a carnal Christian, a carnal preacher, who gave the nod of approval and said it's okay. It's okay. I know you got bondages, I know, but it's okay. It's okay. I know you got bondages, I know, but it's okay. No, you don't have to lay. That doesn't need laid down. I know you have issues with lust and anger, but God's not about that. We don't do that here. Teddy was told that once by a preacher who he was laying hands on, somebody who had lost their sight, and the man came up to him and said yeah, we don't do that here. We don't pray for believers to receive something supernatural.
Speaker 4:How we live our life is portrayed by so many preachers today what we do, how we conduct ourselves, that, just like you are, it's just fine with God, he's fine. He's fine with where you live. He's fine with what you do, he's fine with your bondages. He gets us Pardon my language but no, he don't get you the sinful lifestyle, the lust. Bring them with you. Come on, just come in, and we lose the battle. We lose the battle, the personal battle, for our husband's salvation, our wife's salvation, our children's salvation. We lose that battle because we have left the basics and we've adopted this new age philosophy, this new age Christianity. This, it's okay just like it is. We're not taught to lift the sword of the Spirit. The Bible lays unopened in pulpits.
Speaker 4:Hallelujah, in the unilateral power of Almighty God, a sovereign God who we claim has all power. There are prisoners to be freed. We're not here to just chit-chat with each other and have social events. We're not here to, as I always said, we're not here to talk in tongues to each other. That's not the point, hallelujah. There are bondages to trample. There are strongholds that need pulled down. There are battles to be won. They aren't won in our own strength or our own intellect. Our own intellect, they're one on spiritual weapons. Today's church stands impotent and weak. We fight against little. We stand against even less. Oh, we don't want to talk about that. Every stronghold, nancy Harmon said, every stronghold of bondage must get beneath our feet. Every prisoner held captive must be freed. Our deliverance comes through the power of the Son. We are the blood-bought, the church, the redeemed. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Thank you for listening. The Son, we are the blood bought the church the redeemed Hallelujah, hallelujah.
Speaker 5:Thank you for listening to this week's podcast. We pray it was an encouragement and a blessing to you. You can contact us at Valley Gospel Church, 1069 Butler Logan Road, springdale, pennsylvania, 15144. We invite you to listen to this week's worship service that follows and tune in for next week's podcast.
Speaker 1:We came to glorify your name, lord. You are love, you are life, you are Lord over everything. Alpha Omega, jehovah, the King of kings, wonderful waymaker, worthy of my offering, hallowed be thy name. Oh, let's sing it again Hallelujah. We came to glorify your name, lord, you are love, you are life.
Speaker 2:you are Lord over everything. Alpha omega, jehovah, the King of Kings, wonderful way, maker worthy of my offering, hallowed be thy name.
Speaker 1:You're the answer to all of my problems and you'll solve them. Hallowed be thy name. You supply all my needs, and I call you Abba, father.
Speaker 2:Hallowed be thy name. Oh, you are love, you are life, you are Lord over everything. Alpha Omega, jehovah, the King of kings, wonderful waymaker, Worthy of my offering. Hallowed be thy name. He is Lord, yes, yes, lord.
Speaker 1:You're the only God and there will never be another.
Speaker 2:Hallowed be thy name.
Speaker 1:And ten thousand angels could say how much.
Speaker 2:I love you. Hallowed be thy name. Oh, you are love, you are life, you are Lord over everything. You are life, yes you are.
Speaker 1:You're an almighty fortress in the time of tribulation.
Speaker 2:Hallowed be thy name and.
Speaker 1:I'm more than a conqueror in every situation.
Speaker 2:Hallowed be thy name, oh. You are love, you are life, you are Lord over everything. Alpha omega, jehovah, the King of kings, wonderful waymaker, worthy of my offering. Hallowed be thy name, oh, you like this part.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna lift you up higher and higher.
Speaker 2:Hello, it be thy name.
Speaker 1:This whole world is gonna see how much you set my soul on fire.
Speaker 2:Hello, it be thy name, let's sing it. You are love, you are life, you are Lord over everything. Alpha omega, Jehovah, the king of kings, wonderful way, Make her worthy of my offering. Hallowed be thy name.
Speaker 1:Yes, Lord, there is none like you. You are worthy of all praise. Jesus Hallelujah.
Speaker 2:Yes, lord, king of kings, yes.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna lift you up higher and higher.
Speaker 2:Hallowed be thy name.
Speaker 1:This whole world is gonna see that you set my soul on fire.
Speaker 2:Hallowed be thy name.
Speaker 1:You're the only God and there will never be another.
Speaker 2:Hallowed be thy name.
Speaker 1:And ten thousand angels couldn't say how much.
Speaker 2:I love you. Hallowed be thy name. Oh, you are love, you are life, you are Lord over everything. Alpha Omega Jehovah, the King of Kings, wonderful way over everything. Alpha Omega Jehovah, the King of Kings, wonderful waymaker worthy of my offering, hallowed be thy name.