15. Accusation

Welcome to track #15 of the Sufferings of Christ. While he was being accused by the chief priests and elders, he did not answer. Amen. The next thing that you're going to experience is accusations. Amen. Are you ready to be accused? Well, they put it to you that you are a bad person. None of Satan's names is the accuser of the brethren. OK. And you'll be surprised. I was very surprised when I was accused of preaching for money, being in ministry for money. I thought that all I'll be, I'll be above that because, you know, I was, I was a doctor. My mates are all rich doctors all over the world. And so everybody knows that I, I left medical or whatever. But you see, you're not greater than your master. So I was quite surprised when I heard that one too, you know, But it's, it's Satan is shamelessly able to accuse anybody about anything. Jesus was accused and accused and accused. So you must be able to overcome accusations. Amen. Then the 13 pilots said to him, do you not hear how many things they testify against you? And he did not answer them with regard to even a single charge. So the governor was quite amazed. This is again the silence, all the accusations that are leveled against you. You learn to be quiet and not have press conferences answer and defend yourself totally. Are you listening to me? Now are the fees the governor was accustomed to release for the people anyone prisoner whom they wanted. And at that time they were holding a notorious prisoner called Barabas. So when the people gathered together, pilots said to them, who do you want me to release for you? Barabas or Jesus, who is called Christ? For he knew that because of envy they had handed him over. Amen. One of the main experiences that you're going to find is jealousy, he says. The Bible says they knew that because of envy they had delivered him up. Amen. Envy, jealousy, insecurity. Amen. Are you there? When you serve God, you are going to suffer accusations. Types of accusations #1 accusations by direct allegations where they'll make direct allegations against you that you are this or you are that or you are that. OK, you are a drunkard. You are in love with the pastor. Can you not leave that young girl alone? These are examples of direct allegations. Then he had which had received one talent, came and said, Lord, I knew thee, that thou art an hard man, Amen. The next type of accusation is accusation through criticism. When people criticize you, they are accusing you. Amen, Mabel says. And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because he had married the Ethiopian woman. So when people are criticizing you, they are accusing you. The next one is accusation through memory. Yes, under current speakings, when you say we are going to take another offering, then you hear something rippling through the crowd. The next one is accusations by being present at the meeting. Some people's presence is like an accusation. Yeah, very existence there makes you, the minister, nervous. You get it? How many umbrellas we are preaching? And then you feel nervous because some person has come who has made a come that you don't know how to preach or you are a small boy or that is this really a church? Should a woman preach? Why is a woman preaching in this church? I'm older than the pastor, so accusations. They're not saying anything about their presence as they see there. There are some people, if they came into this meeting now, I would feel nervous because of what they have said and my preaching would not go properly because they are around, because their presence itself is an accusation and everybody who survived the ministry must survive accusations, constant accusation by direct allegations, criticisms, memories and even the presence of a certain person. Some husbands are not able to preach well when their wives are there, and some wives are not able to preach well when their husbands are there. Because the presence of the person is saying this is you now saying all these things. Meanwhile in the house, in the house where you obeying the word of God, look at your mouth as you are reading the Scriptures. One past time he told his wife, his wife came to sit in the front of the chair, sweet, smiling, looking nice. And he told her, come on, get up, get up to the back. You come and sit here looking sweet to the back. Come and sit here looking sweet and pleasant to the back. His wife, he told his wife was of a large church. Walk her to the back. She loved the marriage. I tell you she was totally embarrassed by the church. Come back to your chair. Hey, you are sitting here looking what about to the back a barrels to the back a barrels to the back. Ruby walk out. Some people they are very presence. They are saying, oh, oh, I know you, I know you. Look, some of you, you will not like setting people to be in the church when you are preaching. When you are preaching and you look with the left side of your eye and you see one or two of them and you remember setting manoeuvres that you were, you are now turning somebody over like pancake. You are telling the person over like pancake, hey, pancake, you have turned a human being into pancake to this side, to this side, to this side, hey, And as you are pretty, you see the president, they shouldn't come to the church at all. They shouldn't come at all. Accusations by your presence. Go to another branch and when your eye miss the person. There was a girl, she was singing at a crusade. As she was singing, then she saw, and then she remembered. She forgot the rest of the song. The person's presence. I can't hear the bells and the whistles. I can't hear the bells and the whistles. The left side of your eye and the person will be looking at you. Say people don't know you, people don't know you, people don't know you, people don't know you, people don't know you. Then you'll be forced to call Grace. Grace, come and sing, come and sing. I would have been dead sleeping in my grave, but God gave me a chance to see another day. And you see, let's stop being judgmental. Come on, sing it. Hey, I would have been dead. I could have been dead sleeping in my grand but God bless me to sleep on the other day hey? God bless you. Even when I did wrong, he was still dead. I'm so glad that God still. I. Walked to the church yard on a Sunday morning. I stood outside contemplating if I should walk through the dark. You see a lot of folks, what you did from way back then, people holding on to my passing. But I know, I know all I've seen and come short of this story. But I'm glad that I'm here to tell the story. I could have been there sleeping in my grave, but God blessed me to sleep another day. Oh yeah. And even when I did a wrong, he was still there. Oh yeah, so glad of God. Still he. I'm so. Glad and still pray. I'm so glad of God still here. Let's stand the spread. Sit. The second best? He that is fit of sin, let him pass the first stone you are setting up everybody better but the man sitting on the throne. Now it's about time for us to stop judging one another. Stop acting holy at them thou. And I know, I know what I sinned and come short of this movie, but I'm not that. I'm here to tell the story. I could have been there sleeping in my grave in my dark, dark grace. But God blessed me another day. Oh my Lord day. Even when I didn't warn, he was still there. Head. Yeah. I look at the night still here I sit a spread. I look at the God still here is a sin, a spread. Now let me pray, Let me pray. Pray. Pray, pray, our Father, which are in heaven, hallowed be thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Now give us this day Our Daily Bread, and forgive us our dead, forgive our debtors and lead us not lead us not into temptation, but deliver us, deliver us, deliver us from the evil. For thine is the Kingdom. Yeah, yeah, the power and the glory forever and ever and ever and ever. Oh, oh, oh, I'm so glad, I'm so glad. I'm so glad God still hear the sin of spread. Yeah, I'm so glad, I'm so glad. I'm so glad God still hear the. Now the reason why you have to ask her to come and sing was because of that person who has come to the church. Stop acting holier than than one person has come, you know. Then you have to tell them no. Sing about sea of forgetfulness so that that's what the person will be looking at you around because she remembers when she was your pancake. You you know pancake, Do you know pancake? Turn around, turn around. Tell her how I've seen that little part about the sea of forgetfulness because the person is still looking at us. I'm the one who keeps reminding you over and over again to the sea. A forgetfulness far as these from the West 70 * 7 You've forgiven. Me. You've forgiven me and. You keep hands in me. Oh yes, closing my sin into the sea of again. Starting from the top. Come on. I stand before you, guilty. Guilty. And onward. I know. I know I'm guilty. I know it. How can I be forgiven? It's OK. And with holy no, I know. I break your heart, but you promised I could start all over and all the things I've done, all the things I've placed in each and everyone. You placed each and everyone. Into the sea. Into the sea, a forgetfulness. You placed all of my sins. I'm the one who keeps reminding you over again to the sea of forgetfulness far as these from the West. 17 * 7 You forgive a deed, and you keep plants and Leeds in my sea to the sea up again. Amen. Sit down. The next one is accusations. By being absent, you see, because you didn't come, you are saying something. By your absence, you are saying something. You you didn't appear for the meeting and your chair is empty. A vote of no confidence. Yeah. There are some pastors who go to church. Their wives don't come. Come to church is not there. She doesn't come. She's sending a message. I've lost my confidence in you, and I'm making a statement. In fact, I'm going to another church. I need a break from you in your presence, your existence. Kabajaba Lobo. Hey. Tabo says and they accuse him. Jesus, he experienced he experienced accusations. Accusations by being absent. Yeah, the camper won't come. Everybody who as well. Why did you cover nothing? My absence is a message. And a couple were going on a holiday, family holiday, a certain couple, they were going on a holiday and then a certain wife, she said, yeah, I'm not going on the holiday. Just at the last minute. Everything, not even tickets. I mean to go with the family. So it go to the last minute, the husband just took the children who are packing were excited to go with daddy and mommy and mommy says she's not going. Oh mommy, mommy, why? So Daddy just went with the children, a whole holiday, just with the children, just flowing with them, happy, trying to be happy in the absence. It's the message throughout the holiday. And I don't believe in you. I don't approve of you. I don't, I, I, I am not there. Yeah. Hey, never say die. Never say no. Never agree. Never give up for the holiday and for even the children's sake. Accusation by your presence, accusations by your absence. Yeah, the next one accusations by writing. And in the reign of Haseras, in the beginning of his reign, wrote the unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. This is the main method of accusation employed by journalists. We accuse you by writing. Sometimes a spouse can receive a letter in the house or a text, and based on the text, you can be destabilized. Accusation by writing or texting. It's a form of writing this at this time when I was writing this, I wrote it long ago. These these have been written some years ago, but at that time text had not come. So next time we have accusation by texting and by e-mail too, by Bluetooth, Bluetooth and next one accusation by suggestions and insinuations. When Judas asked to what purpose is this waste? Why are we wasting money? It was an accusation against Jesus. Integrity. You can hear comments. First of all, maybe you'll be on the mission field and you stand one of your pastors. Go, go on it. Go and help this church. And then you hear a question. Why are you sending people's husbands away so that you can have more time with their wives? Insinuations and questions. Suddenly your missionary work. Who stops it all? Missionaries should return to the house, back to base. Bam Pastor was laying hands. When he finished laying hands, his wife told, Hey, you like laying hands on girls? I cannot hear that. I cannot hear that accusation by sarcasm. Sarcasm is a way of using words that are the opposite of what you mean. Amen. You may send somebody a message and say thank you. Which means which means, which means there's trouble. Hey, thank you, good luck. God bless you. God be with you. One day when they came to break our walls, I told Bishop there was a member of his church who was involved with those guys. So I told him. I said tell the guy now your church member, tell him that I said thank you. Then he looked at me and said I will not send that message. I will not send that message. Open the door that I will not send that message. The next one is accusations by silence. The next one is accusations by continuous dropping, constant, slowly all the time. It's a constant message that there's something wrong with you. Oh, but a good minister must learn it. But when you are not as strong, sometimes, unfortunately, you may have a situation where you go and accuse somebody who can't stand such things. Do you see, if you went do that, you could easily have a problem that you never thought, because not all husbands or people tolerate such things. Yeah, one man, he won a certain brother. He was in the house one day when his wife was searching through his pocket. But she didn't. She suspected him of foul play. So she was searching through his trousers and his things, and she found a letter from a girl lady. So she came with the letter. Where's the letter? She came with the letter. Oh, you see, I've. I've caught you. Oh, look, look, you see, I've caught you. That's what she told Oh, you see, I've I've caught you. Now a Christian husband. I don't know how different people were about this person. His response was that from that day, which is about 20 something to years ago up till today, has not spoken to his wife again. Oh, yeah, don't speak to her from that. They didn't speak to her again. That was they don't have anything to do with her. So. So you must be careful because if you go, you choose the wrong kind of man to do that. But I say, oh, you see, I've I've caught you. Oh, some people don't like such thing. So from that day, I'm telling the story. It's not a it's not a fairy tale. Oh, it's a real person. From that day up till today, he had to do with his wife or his children with the woman finished and you know, he was just nothing, just inside out. There's no talk. She's in the house. If she is to come back into this world again and she sees such a letter, she will never say something like that. And you hold it quiet and put it back into the pocket and say, hey, God, you are going to say, oh, you see, I've got you. Hey. I said to him, brother, I said to him, brother, he was having problems with his wife. So he came to, he was talking, he was telling somebody say and this wife was his second wife. He has been married before and he divorced his wife and he said the new one, she's doing the same thing. The first one you see, some people, they don't like this Diesel. If you do, they will just like you. So you should be careful. Not everybody who is John Wesley, who will be there taking everything forever without saying nobody. You know, he said, this is what my first wife did. The second wife has come and started this same type of behavior. So he was telling, he said, you see, she has started, oh, this is the same thing that the first one did. He was standing at the bus stop, he was standing at the bus stop and the wife came to find him at the bus stop and she said that somebody whom he doesn't know was also waiting for her brother. He is chasing the girl who is standing. He has not just looking to her. So he said, look, this was the first one who she is coming to start the same thing again. The next one is accusations by continuous dropping constant, slowly all the time. It's a constant message that there's something wrong with you. Oh, but a good minister must learn it. But when you are not as strong, sometimes, unfortunately, you may have a situation where you go and accuse somebody who can't stand such things. Do you see, if you went do that, you could easily have a problem that you never thought, because not all husbands or people tolerate such things. Yeah, one man, he won a certain brother. He was in the house one day when his wife was searching through his pocket. But she didn't. She suspected him of foul play. So she was searching through his trousers and his things. And she found a letter from a girl lady. So she came with the letter. Where's the letter? She came with the letter. Oh, you see, I've. I've caught you. Oh, look, look, you see I've caught you. That's what she told. Oh, you see, I've caught you. Now a Christian husband. I don't know how different people were about this person. His response was that from that day, which is about 20 something to years ago up till today, he's not talking to his wife again. Oh yeah, don't speak to her from that. They didn't speak to her again. That was they don't have anything to do with her. So so you must be careful because if you go, you choose the wrong kind of man to do that when say, oh, you see, I've I've caught you. Oh, some people don't like such thing. So from that day, I'm telling you, it's not a it's not a fairy tale. Oh, it's a real person. From that day up till today, he had to do with his wife or his children with the woman finished and you not even just nothing, just inside out this no talk. She's in the house. If she is to come back into this world again, she sees such a letter, she will never say something like that. And you found it quiet and put it back into the pocket and say, hey, Lord, you are going to say, oh, you see, I've got you. Hey. I said to him, brother, I said to him, brother, he was having problems with his wife. So he came to, he was talking, he was telling somebody say and this wife was his second wife. He has bemired before and he divorced his wife and he said the new one, she's doing the same thing. The first one. You see, some people, they don't like this Diesel. If you don't, they will just like you. So you should be careful. Not everybody who is John Wesley, who will be there taking everything forever without saying nobody. You know, he said, this is what my first wife did. The second wife has come and started the same type of behavior. So he was telling, he said, you see, she has started, oh, this is the same thing that the first one did. He was standing at the bus stop, he was standing at the bus stop and the wife came to find him at the bus stop and she said that somebody whom he doesn't know was also waiting for her back. He's chasing the girl who is standing. He has not just looking to her. So he said, look, this was the first one. He is coming to start the same thing again. The next one is accusations by redescribing events, where they are redescribing things that have happened. You represent it in a flowery way, and you present a part that makes it look funny. Did you see them? I saw them together because I saw them together. Together. Yeah, they were together with other people. But you don't say they were together with you say I saw them together. Oh, I've got you. You see reasons why accusations are powerful. Accusations are very powerful, but there's a reason why they are #1 the reason why accusations are powerful is because they are basically all true. Anything you accuse a person about, there is always truth about it. That's why it's powerful, because it's the power of truth. If you take any sister and you say she's jealous, it's true. I mean, we, we have the jealousy or you don't, you have it. If you take any brother, if you take Pastor Chris or Steven say, oh, you like girls? I mean, it is true they like girls. I mean, we all, how many brothers like girls? Raise up your hand, your two legs and your hands if necessary. So there is some truth in the thing, do you understand? That's why it has an effect, because there is no accusation that doesn't have that amount of truth. That's why I married you, because I like girls. I don't like boys. It's girls that I like. Accusation is like laughing at a deaf and dumb person and showing that he cannot hear. No, you see you can't hear. Oh, you see, you can't hear, so I know that I can't hear. How do you mock me? Oh, you're walking is not true. You are. You are lame and you are laughing as you can't just straighten this place the person is walking. It's cruelty. When you are accused, you are accused. You are talking about what is true, and that's why it has power. Amen. Jesus warned us, Amen. All great men of God who grow in the Lord know that they are unworthy, and they become more conscious of their unworthiness as they grow. And they become more conscious that even if you haven't done certain things, you have done them. You have done them at heart. You have done them even if you didn't do them. It was an Angel that kept you from that day. That's how you are also. You are just like that, you understand. So when you start accusing, a tender hearted person becomes very sensitive because he knows that what they are talking about is is true. I'm preaching, I tell you, you know I'm preaching any soft hearted person who know what they are saying is true. It is deception that will not let you resist it. If they say you like, if it's so you like money. I mean, is it not true that you like money? I mean, don't we all like money to a certain bottom line? We all need money and like money. So when you start on that line, you have gone on to something that has a truth in it. So it has a certain power. You see? Yeah, that's how, that's why accusations work or whatever is taken up against you. They say, oh, the reason why you've gone to Mexico is because you are young. It is true that you are young. If you were old, you wouldn't have gone. But there's more to it. But they've taken an aspect of you and mulliganized you into and there's some truth about it. So it has a protective power that you are young and stupid. That is why you are going. So accusations work because they are true and they are true to a degree, and that little degree to which it is true causes the person to react and that is why. So you may say that, but if it's not true, just say that it's not true and then move on. That your reaction shows us that it is true. Look at how you have become. So that means that there is something. Are you there? Number two, accusations are powerful because they stereotype you. A revelation has come over then the accused. Anytime you are accused, they are matching you with a known stereotype. You see for instance, if you marry someone who is has been married, maybe the wife has died and you become the wife. Do you understand right now you are the second wife, The first wife is dead. Husband is there and there are children and they come to you and say you don't treat. The children, well you see they are matching you with a known stereotype of a stepmother. A stepmother is even in children's stories like Cinderella and so on. A stepmother is a stereotype as an evil woman, a witch like woman who doesn't care for these children whose mother are dead. So as soon as they say something about you, they are just likening you to a known stereotype. And that is what gives it power. You see a young man said, oh, you, you, you are sleeping with or you like girls or somebody at a certain level doing certain things. It's like it's a known thing. So they just say you are you are like everybody else and why should you be different? That's how come it has power because you are linked to a very well known stereotype. If you are a stepmother, it's a very difficult, it's very difficult to have a good reputation as a stepmother. Very, very, very, very, very even if you are very kind and even nicer and better than your own mother would have been, it's difficult. Very few stepmothers have a good reputation and you may be far nicer. You may even train the children in a better way than your real mother would have trained you. But just because you have been matched, these are your matching pairs here. Old Cinderella's is this Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Snow White. All these stories have got stepmothers in them. While I look there. How can you survive? From childhood? You are, you are trained to know that this is how this is from childhood, you are trained to know. Ask for a man, he always chases girls and he's always unfaithful. So when they liken you to that, what's your defense? They have likened you to a perfect stereotype to which you match perfectly and statistically you join that group. That's how come it has an effect. Even if you are very different. How many are understanding the Word of God that is being preached? The stereotype of a man is an adulterous husband who has some children on the side or anybody who's rich and successful, he has some girlfriends on the side. I mean standard stereotypes. So when they take you up and say you are this, I mean they have just said you, this is your group. They put your group here and then they put you as number, the next one to add and it fits perfectly. How can you defend yourself? You have very little defense. That's why you shouldn't say that. If it's not true, just say it's not true, then move on. If you ever become a stepmother, you'll remember. So the whole world has learnt that your type is evil. How can you fight that image? Amen. Yeah, that's why sometimes some women who shouldn't marry forced to get married. Because if let's say you are an unmarried single lady and you are maybe coming to work in the ministry or you are coming around people. And so people start to ask, is she married? It's like an unmarried woman is known to be like a hunter. She's looking so every every unmarried woman, it's not easy for them. So that that's why they want to marry, so that they see the fool walking in charge. They say, oh, come and be my husband so that I'll be free from I'll be free from this stereotype. Oh yeah, you may not be a man, but it's like that is what some people think. There are people who are not married and they are very good, holy people. And in fact they will be. They will be better off not marrying, but because they want to get out of that stereotype, they force and attach themselves to an imbecile and then they will be moving along mercy to reduce the image. What do you think? Is it not true mercy? And the last one? Accusations are true because they thrive on the power of deception. The blood of Jesus and the mercy of God have changed the equation and rendered accusations useless. Satan knows that, but he still intimidates us and harasses us with accusations, guilt, and fear until we are confused. He fights us. He wants us to be with Him. Hallelujah. God loves us, Amen. And God likes us and God wants us, Amen. And the last reason why accusations are powerful is because Satan's power, spiritual power, is behind every single accusation. Every single accusation is a demonic power. When people level things and you say you are this, you are this stereotype, you are this group laced with venom from the enemy like black man. And so you are this, you are Nigerian and you are this, You are Ghanaian and so you are this, You are white and so you are this. Every group you are Spanish and so you are this. Hey, I once heard something about Zambian. Zambian. What type of story is this? I forget this story. Hey. And you just hear those things and you say, wow, they just put you in a box. Yeah. That's some place. If you show the green passport from Nigeria, it's like, I mean, it's like you have shown a passport. I mean, it's like you have shown something. Oh, Amen. Great. There's plenty to talk about, but we just leave that there. Amen. So how many are going to be able to survive accusations? Hey, when they put you in the box and they say you are young and deceived, you are deluded. You are a fool. You have nothing better to do. OK? What was the next one? Jealousy. Hey were envious of Christ, very difficult to live in a jealous environment. Amen. Then the soldiers, they mocked him when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means a place of escal. They gave to him wine to drink mixed with gall, and after tasting it, he would not drink it. And sitting down they began to keep watch. And when they have crucified Him, they divided his garments among themselves, casting lots. The next type of suffering is to work for God is the association with thieves, association with thieves, people who steal money. To be a good pastor you will always be associated with Stealing of money is part of our suffering, the Bible says. And at that time 2 robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. So you will always be sandwiched between thieves. What do you think Samantha? Is this Samantha? What do you think? You'll always be sandwiched between thieves. And that's one of the reasons why people don't want to be in full time ministry because you're associated with stealing robbers. So when you begin to be associated with thieves, thank God they started. I think you are a thief if, if they've not thought of you as a thief, you have not experienced that kind of suffering of Christ. It's an unfortunate thoughts that they have. That's how the ministry is. Chris. You can raise more money than you can give far more money than you can ever give. If you live 1000 years, Pastor Jude, you can raise more money by being more serious with taking offerings, raising funds, encouraging the people to give, and your people will be more blessed, but you'll be more associated with stealing. The more you take offerings very seriously, they'll start to say, Jude, Mr. Judy likes menu. Hey, this man, immediately you hear that jump up and give glory to God. You have suddenly been promoted and you've now been associated with stealing, huh? They are becoming like your Savior. Come and let me pray for you. You are blessed. What is your name? RR Bless Romeo. Lord bless his life. Lord in Jesus name. Amen. I'm blessed. Amen. You have been associated with your Savior. Amen. Is it not a wonderful thing to be associated with your savior, to be like your savior? And people think you are a thief because when you are being asleep with Robert, somebody's passing by saying, who are those 3 cross 03 thieves? That's some thieves are. What are those three? Also, some thieves they found in Jerusalem and they've just killed all of them today. They are killing thieves. Oh, and and Baba said they pass by, people pass by, wag their heads. Look at it, they're steady 9. And those passing by were hailing abuse at him, wagging their heads, abusing. When they start to abuse you and wag their heads like when they wag, they say oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, too bad, too bad. What do you think, huh? How many passes are going to enter that realm? Where is Pastor Richard from? OK, when you are associated Daniel with stealing, what a wonderful thing that would be. Stand up and receive your congratulations when you are associated with thieves. So well done for this association. Does he look like a thief? Is he? So you, you look too good for Christ. Even you need a bit of that messy appearance that Christ had. Do you get it? Yeah. He looks like a president. What do you think? If you stand for election, you may, you may win home. You have the presidential where you have seen a school prefect before. Don't be too good, too nice. This part is also messy. Yeah, that's how it is. You know, one of the things I remember about Family Services, standing there with the basket, I'll be tired. Put in the basket, 5 pounds, 10 lbs. Hey, I remember, I too, I remember night after night in the church, put in the basket a scamp in the booster coins, 100 lbs. I remember every single service. And I remember that part because usually I'm tired and that some way you see the faces and then associate. But at each time I do that, I climb the cross and one teeth on my left, one teeth on my right, and then I join the thiefs. And then we all associate together. 3 thiefs. And Bible says that people were passing by. When somebody's passing out, we have time to know the story. We have time to know the truth somebody who is passed to know the details who when he asked the people who voted for Barabas to be set free so that Christ will be told will they tell him about his preaching. Do you think they had time to tell the story of the prodigal son and the and the blessed are the poor, blessed are the meek, blessed are this given He shall be given to you. If your brother asked you give him don't hold back from Do you think they'll have time to say his teachings? They'll just say there are some thiefs who have been executed today and that's this. This is one of the thiefs. He was a preacher, but he was found out. He was a pastor who was discovered. He may be seated. Pastor. Good pastors. OK, what do you think? Yeah. Don't pass by the stealing path too quickly. Stand up and be counted amongst the thieves and become like your Savior. Don't worry and all of us pastors when they're taking off and I rather become afraid for myself because I know the real issue is what God thinks about what you use the money for because there's where the real challenges is that you should be careful that this thing you are still to tell people to give and you it should be used correctly and not misused even it should not be wasted and it should not be used in such a way that is I could have been used to do maybe 100 units, but you only use it to do 60 or 70. It's a very, very heavy response for the person who is responsible for that because we have been able to convince the people they have given. Now are you misusing it? That's a real challenge. But As for what people think, join the thieves, that's one. And with offerings and being in full time ministry and having to take some of the decisions that you have to take 01 time. Some people came into full time they didn't have they didn't have their salary. Wanted to know how much back to them sit down and decide how much you should be paid. They said what I said. Oh, I said decide she does even another higher level. Well, it's not decided for but now you have to decide what you are worth or what is good for you or what you should take or should I be paid? You can decide. How can I decide? Oh, OK. Because that's why people prefer go and travel somebody besides your value. You are worth 30 pieces of silver. Then the sons of Israel will decide and they just give it to you. Now the Son of God is on the cross. Take up your cross and follow me. Deny yourself. Follow me. Come and sing that song for me. Take up your cross. Follow Jesus. Is that? Is there a song like that? OK. Take up your cross, Follow Jesus. Take up your cross every day. Don't be ashamed to say that you know him. Count the cross. Come on. Take up your cross. Follow him. And you sing this song in the disco. Take up your cross, follow G Jesus, take up your crowns every day. Don't be ashamed. No say that you know him. Count the cars. Take up your cross. Follow him. What are you doing for your king? Have you freely given everything to the one who gave his alive for you, for you now? Don't you get satisfied just to know he's the one who saved your soul? Have you forgotten what you need to do to do? Just take up your crow. Are you ready to take up your frogs? Jesus, take up your cross every day. Don't be a say hey to say that you don't hear. Take up your cross, follow him and there are times seems like the road is long and there are times you feel like you can't go. But you got to take up your crap. Come on and follow Jesus. Come on, take up your crap every day. Hey, don't be a say hey to say that you owe him. Go count the cars. Take up your cross. Follow him sing. It again take up your. Cross, don't take up your crows and follow Jesus. You need to take up your crows. Every day are you going? To. Take up your cross. Take up your cross, count the cross. Take up your cross, Count the cross. Take up your cross, Follow. Me. Amen.