Quitting On God

PEOPLE HAVE QUIT ON GOD. NO WONDER WE HAVE SO MUCH TROUBLE IN OUR FAMILIES. PEOPLE DON’T NEVER PICK UP THIS BLESSED BOOK. IF YOU NEVER GET IN THE WORD OF GOD, YOU’LL NEVER GET NOTHING FROM GOD. THEY’VE QUIT READING AND STUDYING. DON’T YOU LET THE DEVIL TRICK YOU. HE TRIES TO DO IT TO ME. I’LL GET TO READING IN SOME OF THEM OLD BOOKS AND THE OLD DEVIL WILL SAY THERE’S NO WAY I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THEM BIG WORDS MEAN. SOMETIMES I GET IN THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS AND THE OLD DEVIL WILL TELL ME I MIGHT AS WELL GET OUT OF THERE. FOR MOST, IT’S THE HARDEST BOOK TO UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW WHY? SATAN DON’T WANT PEOPLE READING THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS. WHEN HE DOES THAT TO ME, I WANT TO READ IT MORE. OUR BIBLES SHOULD BE WORE SLAP OUT. YOU DON’T NEED A NEW BIBLE. THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OLD BIBLE. THERE ALWAYS CHANGING TO THESE NEW VERSIONS. VERSION ONE, VERSION FIVE, NOW THEY’VE GOT THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION. THERE WASN’T NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OLD KING JAMES. THE PROBLEM IS, THEIR NOT READING IT. THEY AREN’T HEARING IT PREACHER EITHER. THEY’LL TURN ON THE TELEVISION AND WATCH SOME OF THE FILTHIEST STUFF YOU’VE EVER SEEN IN YOUR LIFE AND WON’T EVEN TAKE TEN MINUTES TO READ THE WORD OF GOD. IT’S A DISGRACE TO GOD THAT A SAINT OF GOD DON’T HAVE ENOUGH WILL ABOUT HIM TO PICK UP THE WORD OF GOD AND READ IT ONCE IN A WHILE. YEARS AGO GROWING UP IN CHURCH I REMEMBER COMING OUT OF THE CHURCH HOUSE AND IT’S SAD BUT I’D HEAR PEOPLE WHISPERING AMONGST OTHERS: “BOY, DID YOU HEAR WHAT THAT PREACHER SAID? I MEAN HE WAS ALL OVER ME.” IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY SUNDAY I WAS HEARING SOMEBODY BAD MOUTHING THE PREACHER. BAD MOUTHING ONE ANOTHER. WE’LL BE CONSUMED ONE WITH ANOTHER IF WE DO THAT. PREACHER ARE PREACHING GOD’S WORD. IT’S NOT ME UP HERE TALKING. IT’S GOD TALKING THROUGH ME. YOU BAD MOUTH ME, YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE BAD MOUTHING GOD.

SOMETIMES THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD WILL CONVICT PEOPLES HEARTS AND THEY’LL RUN FROM IT. I KNOW A LADY AND I WON’T CALL NO NAMES BUT SHE’S A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH AND I FELT GOD DEALING WITH THIS LADY’S HEART. SHE FELT IT TOO. THAT NIGHT I KNEW THE MESSAGE WAS FOR HER. NORMALLY I DON’T KNOW WHO THE MESSAGE IS FOR BUT THAT NIGHT, GOD SHOWED ME. SHE LEFT THAT NIGHT AND I HAVEN’T SEEN HER IN THE SAME CONDITION SINCE. SHE WENT DOWN HILL. SHE RAN FROM GOD. HEARD HIS VOICE AND IGNORED IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS THING AND PEOPLE HAVE QUIT ON GOD. GOD WILL FORSAKE US IF WE FORSAKE HIM. IT’S IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. DON’T GET CONFUSED WHEN HE SAYS “I WILL NEVER LEAVE THEE NOR FORSAKE THEE.” IT MEANS AS LONG AS WE’RE IN THE WILL OF GOD, HE’LL BE WITH US. WE’RE SAVED. WE CAN’T GET BACK LOST. BUT ARE YOU REALLY SAVED TONIGHT?

I LOVE THESE ALTARS. A LOT OF CHURCHES DON’T EVEN HAVE THEM ANYMORE.

YOU OUGHT TO BE PRAISING GOD FOR WHAT HE’S DONE FOR YOU TONIGHT. I KNOW IT’S HARD TO SHOUT ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE OF ALL THE SIN BUT YOU OUGHT TO BE SHOUTING ON THE INSIDE. YOU’RE NOT READING THE WORD OF GOD ENOUGH AND YOU’RE NOT ATTENDING CHURCH ENOUGH. YOU’VE GOT TO PUT GOD FIRST AND NOT WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. PEOPLE HAVE QUIT PRAYING.