Today, Dr. Byrd speaks
on the topic "Do Your Job."
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And now, here he is,
speaker/director of Breath of
Life Ministries, Dr. Carlton
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Byrd. PB: Take your Bibles. Go
with me to the book of Mark, and
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we're going to go to chapter 1,
and we're going to go to verse
number 1. As we read today in
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your hearing, Mark chapter 1,
verse number 1. The Word of God
says to us, "The beginning of
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the gospel of Jesus Christ, the
Son of God; As it is written in
the prophets, Behold, I send my
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messenger before thy face, which
shall prepare thy way before
thee. The voice of one crying in
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the wilderness, Prepare ye the
way of the Lord, make his paths
straight." Everybody say
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"straight." Aud.:  Straight. PB:
 John did baptize in the
wilderness, and preach the
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baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins. And there
went out unto him all the land
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of Judaea, and they of
Jerusalem, and were all baptized
of him in the river of Jordan,
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confessing their sins. And John
was clothed with camel's hair,
and with a girdle of a skin
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about his loins; and he did eat
locusts and wild honey; And
preached, saying, There cometh
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one mightier than I after me,
the latchet of whose shoes I am
not worthy to stoop down and
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unloose. I indeed have baptized
you with water: but he shall
baptize you with the Holy
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Ghost." Today our message is
entitled "Do Your Job." Do your
job. Father, in the name of
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Jesus, bless us now as we preach
this Word. I invite and plead
with your Holy Spirit to come
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now in this place. God, I seek
no glory of my own, but we give
all honor and glory and praise
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to You. Forgive us for our sins,
and when the appeal time comes
move in this place by Your
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Spirit and by Your power. It's
in Jesus' name we pray, begging
for forgiveness of sin. Amen.   
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Do your job. I'm an avid
football fan. Any other football
fans in this place? All right. I
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grew up in South Florida, so in
growing up in South Florida I
grew to love the Miami Dolphins.
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[Aud. reaction] PB:  I didn't
get too many amens.    [Aud.
reaction] PB:  Now, if I had
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said the New York Jets or
Giants, I probably would have
gotten church, you don't want to
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be sacrilegious. Come on, say
amen. But I grew up loving the
Miami Dolphins. But let the
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record reflect, they are still--
whether you like them or not;
hate if you want--the only team
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on record that has had a perfect
season on record. Come on, say
amen.   Aud.:  Amen.
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PB:  All right. Now, when
basketball season is over,
professional sports gets a
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little boring to me. Baseball
does not do it for me; watching
nine innings of lifeless
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baseball does not produce any
energy, excitement or enthusiasm
for me. Do I have a witness
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in this place? 
  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  So it's during this time of
year where I long and look
forward to the upcoming NFL
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season. Now, one of the greatest
rivals of the Miami Dolphins are
the New England Patriots.
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[Aud. reaction]    PB:  That's
Sister Alston's team.    [Aud.
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reaction] PB:  They play in the
same division; they play in the
same conference, but I can't
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stand the Patriots. [Aud.
reaction]    PB:  Now, the
Patriots won the NFL
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championship this past year. I'm
not hating, but to their critics
it was only one because of
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Deflate-Gate. This was the
accusation that the Patriots
intentionally underinflated
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footballs in the AFC
championship game against the
Indianapolis Colts--the game
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they had to win to get to the
Super Bowl.    They beat the
Colts, went on to the Super
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Bowl, beat the Seahawks on the
last play of the game, and now
they're the reigning NFL champs.
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Now, despite whether you like
them or not, despite whether you
think they cheated or not,
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despite whether you think they
had an unfair advantage or not,
the Patriots are really good.
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They have a good team, a good
star quarterback in Tom Brady,
and they have a no-nonsense,
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say-little coach in Bill
Belichick. Now, since Belichick
has been the coach of the
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Patriots, his team has enjoyed
14 straight winning seasons.
They've enjoyed 12 playoff
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appearances, 6 AFC
championships, and they've won 4
Super Bowl titles. Pastor Byrd,
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what does all this have to do
with the sermon? Because you
don't even like the Patriots,
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and that is true.    [Aud.
reaction]    PB:  Hang with me
for a bit. I did some reading on
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Belichick. Belichick's success,
which has been the team's
success, is based on the premise
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where he calls it a "Do Your
Job" philosophy. This Do Your
Job philosophy is for all
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coaches, all front-office
workers, all players." He says,
"Everybody do what you're
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supposed to do; stay in your
lane; and work hard." He says,
"If we do it well, we win. If we
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don't do it well, we lose. So Do
Your Job." The employer that has
employees says Do Your Job. The
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parents who give their children
household chores say, Do Your
Job. Jesus, before He left this
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earth, left us with a simple
similar mantra: Do Your Job.
Everybody do what you're
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supposed to do; stay in your
lane, work hard, and we win.
Jesus' version of Do Your Job
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was "Go ye therefore, teach all
nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father, the Son and
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the Holy Ghost. Teaching them
observe whatsoever I have
commanded you. And lo I am with
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you always, even unto the end of
the world." Do Your Job.    Now,
when I think of Do Your Job, and
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I apply it to biblical
personalities, many individuals
come to mind. Adam's job was to
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name animals; Noah's job was to
build an ark; Joseph's job was
to be secretary of agriculture;
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Moses' job was to lead the
people out of Egypt; Caleb's job
was to spy out the land;
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Joshua's job was simply to just
march; Gideon's job was to
fight; Naaman's job was to dip
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in some water; Mordecai's job
was to train and prepare Esther;
David's job was to kill Goliath;
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Solomon's job was to build the
temple; Hezekiah's job was to
stay on the wall. Everybody had
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a job, and they were to do their
job.    Now we shift, and we
come to the New Testament.
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Things take on a different
philosophy because now the
Messiah, Jesus, the Christ,
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comes into the picture. Jesus
has a stated job. Matthew 1:21,
"And she shall bring forth a
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son." "Thou shalt call his name
Jesus, for he shalt save his
people from their" what,
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everybody? Aud.:  Sins. PB:  But
before Jesus comes, there's
another person who has a job.
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His job was to be the
forerunner. His job was to be
the way-preparer. His job was to
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be the modern-day Elijah. His
job was to be a precursor to the
coming of Jesus Christ. His name
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was John the Baptist. Now, John
and Jesus both had been
consecrated for God's service
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from their mothers' wombs, which
means they had a job, they had a
purpose, before they were even
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born. I wish I had a witness in
this place.    [Aud. reaction]
PB:  Even their names mean they
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were divinely selected. Both
sets of parents, both mothers--
who were cousins by the way--had
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been told by angels of the
significant roles that their
offspring would play in the
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redemption of people. Both of
their births were in a sense
miraculous. John was born of
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Elizabeth, who had been long
barren and considered incapable
of conceiving children. Jesus
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had been born of Mary, a virgin
who had conceived through the
Holy Ghost. Both John and Jesus
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complimented each other as much
in their differences as in their
similarities of their commitment
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to righteousness, to truth, and
the kingdom of God. John
preached the judgment; Jesus
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preached the good news. John
wore camel's hair; Jesus wore a
seamless robe. John baptized
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with water; Jesus baptized with
the Holy Ghost. John's ministry
was rural; Jesus' ministry was
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urban. John basically stayed in
one place; Jesus, because he's
omnipresent, went everywhere.
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John performed no miracle; Jesus
restored sight to the blind.
John ate wild honey and locusts;
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Jesus ate traditional food of
His culture. John's lifestyle
was that of a hermit; Jesus was
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more of a social being, going to
banquets and feasts and dinners
when he was invited. Between
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Jesus and John the Baptist there
were enough similarities and
differences to satisfy the
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religious palates of any sincere
searcher. What a team. John the
Baptist and Jesus. But the
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interesting thing, as I study
Mark chapter 1 is, they both had
a job: John, to prepare the way
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of the Lord; Jesus, to seek and
to save that which was lost. But
today let's focus a bit more on
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John and his job, because it's
John's job that sets the stage
for our jobs today.  Now,
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anytime God is getting ready to
do something big, God sends a
messenger to foretell what He's
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getting ready to do. He sent
Noah to preach "It's going to
rain." He sent Elijah to tell
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Ahab and Jezebel of their
impending doom. He sent Jonah to
warn the people of Nineveh. He
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sent Jeremiah to cry aloud to
the people. You will remember
that God promised to send his
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messenger before the children of
Israel as they journeyed through
the wilderness to the Promised
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Land. You will also remember,
friends of mine, that years
later the prophet spoke of the
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coming Day when there would be
another journey through the
wilderness and Moses would lead
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the way. Another Moses, rather,
would lead the way. Isaiah,
chapter 40, verse 3 tells us
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that John is this messenger,
because it speaks the same
language of Mark chapter 1,
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verse 3. "The voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
prepare ye the way of the Lord."
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So then the people knew there
was going to be a messenger.
They knew a forerunner to the
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coming of God, but the people
were waiting for the appearance
of a prophet like Moses. They
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weren't looking for somebody
like John. They weren't looking
for somebody with camel's hair,
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sporting a homemade leather
belt, eating locusts and honey.
They were looking for somebody
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in a shirt, a suit, and a tie. I
mean, the King of kings, being
ushered in by somebody who eats
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bugs and honey? John wasn't a
religious scholar. John didn't
have letters behind his name.
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John was not the most
intellectual man. You wouldn't
look at John and expect him to
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be the forerunner of the Most
High God. John was a blue-collar
guy. Ordinary brother. Regular
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fellow. And here is the God of
the universe calling John to be
His chosen mouthpiece to
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foretell the world about His
soon-coming Son. You all don't
hear what I'm saying. But that's
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just like God, always rooting
for the underdog. Always pulling
for the last, the lost, the
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least, the unlucky and the left
out. God often chooses people in
His service that other people
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don't like.    [Aud. reaction]
PB:  God uses ordinary people.
People like you and me who are
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willing to do as He commands.
Because God chooses to use what
we would call foolishness to
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make those of us that think
we're wise truly look foolish.
Man looketh on the outward
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appearance but God looks on the
heart. Man sees pretension but
God sees commitment. Man sees
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desecration but God sees
dedication. God is sovereign.
God can do what He wants, when
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He wants, where he wants and how
He wants. God's thoughts are not
our thoughts. God's ways are not
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our ways. The rabbis had the
best robes, but John had camel's
hair and ate locusts. The
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Pharisees could pontificate in
prayer, but John preached the
Advent message. The Pharisees
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and the priests could hoop in
their sermons, but John had the
Holy Ghost. [Aud. reaction] PB: 
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John preached the Word of God.
John preached the message. John
was not a salesman. He didn't
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try to sweet talk you into
anything. John wasn't a
politician trying to make his
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words match into whatever the
popular opinion of the day
because John knew you couldn't
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be popular and prophetic at the
same time. John didn't care what
people thought of him. He didn't
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care what people said about him.
John preached a message that
would hit you straight in your
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heart. John would say, "I'm not
just another guy trying to get
you to come to church." But John
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says, "I've got a special job.
I've got a special calling."
John said, "I've got a divine
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directive: Prepare the way of
the Lord. Make the paths
straight." John's job was to be
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the forerunner, the precursor,
the predecessor to prepare the
people for the coming Messiah.
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That was John's job. But you
know what? We also have a
similar job. Jesus gave us the
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great Gospel Commission.
Everybody, do what you're
supposed to do. Do Your Job.
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Stay in your lane. Work hard,
and we win. John was to prepare
people for Jesus' first coming,
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and our job is to prepare people
for the Second Coming.    [Aud.
reaction] PB:  Now, this is one
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of my old-school sermons. If
there were ever a time where we
needed to do our job, it's now.
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Let me try that one more time.
If there were ever a time where
the people of God need to do
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their job, it's now. If you look
at what happened in this world
just this week, you have to ask
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yourself: what in the world is
going on? I mean, when people
are-- can I preach this a little
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minute? When people aren't safe
in prayer meetings, you know
we're in trouble. I mean, prayer
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meetings? I mean, we're talking
about greater security now, in
the church. Talking about more
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cameras now in the church.
Talking about, we may have to
get metal detectors in the
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church. Who would have thought
that in 2015, black people
wouldn't be safe in a church on
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Wednesday night? [Aud. reaction]
   PB:  This isn't the 1960s.
This isn't 16th Street Baptist
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Church in Birmingham. And you
know what? It isn't, 'cause it's
worse. The young man said he
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wanted to kill black people He
said he wanted to cause a race
war. Not only is it bad that he
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wanted to start a race war, but
he wanted to start it in the
church!    [Aud. reaction] PB: 
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Let me throw this in. I know
this is taped, but I'm going to
say it anyhow. Please know that
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for just as many people who shun
his actions, there are just as
many people who support his
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actions. [Aud. reaction]   PB: 
What in the world is going on?
But not only that, 2015 with all
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of our sophisticated
intelligence. How is it that two
prisoners can escape a
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maximum-security state prison
and in three weeks only one was
found, shot and killed
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yesterday? But the other is
still on the loose. What kind of
world do we live in, where a
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prison worker can develop
affections for mass murderers,
and feel the urge to help theme
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escape by providing them with
tools to escape. She knows
they're plotting to kill her
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husband. She's going to drive a
getaway car and all of a sudden
she gets cold feet. How is it
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that a prison guard can provide
them with other items, aiding
their escape in exchange for
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some paintings? Man, I'd have
bought you some paintings. What
in the world is going on? We've
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had three global terrorist
attacks on yesterday. In France,
a severed head is found hanging
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from a fence; a decapitated body
is found in the suspect's van.
In Tunisia, three men open
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gunfire on beachgoers, leaving
37 dead, 36 wounded. In Kuwait,
ISIS claimed responsibility for
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a blast that killed 25 people at
a Shiite-affiliated mosque. But
all of this is overshadowed by
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yesterday's 5-4 decision of the
Supreme Court to legalize
same-sex marriage in the United
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States, which potentially
threatens religious freedom.
You've got people saying, "Well,
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it doesn't affect me." Yes, it
does. And when religious freedom
is threatened, you know what's
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next. "And he shall speak great
words against the Most High, and
shall wear out the saints of the
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Most High, to change times and
laws: and they shall be given
into his hand until a time and
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times and the dividing of time."
You've got the Pope calling for
unity; reconciliation of all
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faith groups and denominations.
And I was taught as a little
boy, whenever you hear peace and
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safety, know there's sudden
destruction. Dragon--I'm going
to preach it. Others may not
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preach it, but I'm going to
preach it-- "The dragon was
wroth with the woman, and went
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to make war with the remnant of
her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have
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the faith of Jesus Christ."
Hallelujah, somebody. Church,
we've got a job to do. [Aud.
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reaction]    PB:  Prepare ye the
way of the Lord. I may be by
myself, but I'm going to prepare
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the way. [Aud. reaction] PB:  Be
the forerunner. Preach the
gospel, in season and out of
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season. I hear people tell me,
"Pastor, folk don't want to hear
about the true Church. I've got
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130 witnesses and testimonies in
San Antonio, Texas, that will
hear this gospel!    [Aud.
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reaction] PB:  Preach the
gospel, whether it's popular or
not.    Aud.: Amen. PB:  Preach
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the gospel, whether you like it
or not.    [Aud. reaction] PB: 
Preach the gospel. Do Your Job.
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Our world is secular. Our world
is postmodern. Our world is
different. Our world is not
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Christian. Our morals are low,
our churches are dying, our
people are sleeping in church.
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Do you realize what's going on?
Wrong seems right. Right seems
wrong. Do Your Job! People are
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getting tired now. Folk are
getting tired. Folk tired of
revelation without relevance.
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Folk are tired of plastic,
phony, lifeless, flat, comatose
ministry. People are tired of
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coming to church and getting
hollered at. People leave
church, and they don't even know
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what the message is about.
People are tired of seeing the
emphasis of policy placed over
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the needs of people. People are
tired of never getting delivered
from their problems. People are
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tired of being unable to come to
a church where they can share
their burdens and problems,
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simply because they are afraid
of what other folk may say after
they come clean. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Folk are tired of
judgmental, legalistic,
finger-pointing folk finding
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holier-than-thou attitudes.
People are getting tired of
watching all these preachers,
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hearing about tithe there ain't
nobody getting blessed but the
preacher. [Aud. reaction]    PB:
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Folk getting tired of coming to
church, no transformation.
Leaving the same way they came.
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We've got to get the point, back
to the books. We've got to get
back to the point where we
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believe in this Word. I believe
in this Word. I believe I can
step on demons. I believe I can
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tread on serpents. I believe
that God's got the power to
speak to somebody's life and
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lift them up off their sickbed
of affliction. I'm the top, not
the bottom. The head, not the
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tail. Above, not beneath. The
lender and not the borrower. If
you don't believe this Word,
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then get out of my way, in the
name of Jesus. [Aud. reaction]  
  PB:  God is coming back for a
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people without spot or wrinkle.
He's coming back for a people
that believe in this Word. Not
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only do they believe in this
Word, they believe in this work.
They believe in this--what,
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everybody?    Aud.:  Work. PB: 
I'm tired of folk bashing the
church. Do Your Job. Stay in
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your lane. Work hard, and we
win. I said, Do Your Job, stay
in your lane, work hard, and we
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win. We will win against this
fight against sin. In the Lord's
work today there are a great
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variety of jobs that need to be
done. Not just jobs around this
church, but jobs that need to be
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done in the lives of people.
Somewhere today there's a sick
child who needs medicine but his
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parents can't afford it.
Somewhere today, there's a boy
who needs a new pair of shoes
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but his mom and daddy can't
afford it. Somewhere today,
there's a child that nobody
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wants. Somewhere today, there's
a meal that needs to be fixed.
Somewhere today, there's a house
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that needs to be painted; grass
that needs to be cut; lights
that need to be kept on.
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Somewhere today, there's a
person that needs to be shown
some kindness. Somewhere today,
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there's an older person who
needs help. Somewhere today,
there's somebody on dope who
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wants to get off. Somewhere
today, there's a teen mother who
is overwhelmed and feels like
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giving up. Somewhere today,
there's a God-ordained marriage
between a man and a woman that's
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on its way to divorce court.
Somewhere today, there's someone
who wants to go to heaven, but
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they just don't know how. Look
around you. Look at yourself.
Look in the mirror. Learn to see
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people the way God sees them.
Learn to look around with the
eyes of God; see their hurts,
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see their needs, see their
longings. People need hope
today. Do Your Job! There are a
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lot of people who work and
they're very busy around the
church. But I'm not sure they're
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doing the Lord's work in the
Lord's way. [Aud. reaction]   
PB:  You see, I've learned. I'm
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