Echoes of Israel (Part 7) 4/12/25 "Organization and Structure in Israel"

* We're going to pick up right where we left off. I'm going to try my best to have everybody out of here by 4:00 Central. That way you can still go do whatever you want to do uh on Shabbat, anything you want to get outside and enjoy the evening and the sunset. So, I'm going to try my best just to run through these notes. * We're talking about ancient Israel versus end time Israel. And we found several things that they had. Number one, divine leadership. They had the spirit of prophecy. They had a visible sign of who they were. And they were very aware of false prophets. They also had something else that we want to try to model that we want to try to imitate that we want to follow the pattern of in first harvest. * They were thoroughly thoroughly organized. Ancient Israel was thoroughly organized. Exodus 12 and 17. I tell you what, let's do Exodus 13 and verse 18. Exodus 13 and 18. So Yahweh led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt. They went up how? In orderly ranks. * They went up in orderly rank. Is that hierarchy? Absolutely. Yes, it is. Amen. Is that order or was everybody just doing whatever the Lord told them to do individually? Was order. No, there was order. Let's look at that word Hamas. Now, you might know where the word Hamas comes from because they are so organized. * and they're evil. It means armed. Now you see where the word Hamas comes from. That evil group of people. They're armed men. You see that's what Hamas means. Armed men in battle array. Arrayed for battle by fives. harnessed. That's what the word means. So, we know that ancient Israel was harnessed. * They were they went as a military. They were organized. And anyone that doesn't believe in organized religion, I I don't know what to tell you except all you would have besides that is disorder, which is what the Messianic Church has. Everybody doing their own thing, but not in the land of Israel. They went up after the pattern of an army. They went up 4 million of them. * Think about it. Women, children left Egypt, not counting all their cattle and their animals. It would have been impossible to lead Israel without order. Without there being a structured hierarchy, Israel would have never been able to even cross the Red Sea without them being harnessed. Now the organization of Israel in ancient times perfected itself as it went along with organization. * And you know when we built First Harvest, when the Lord built it and we helped, the first thing he told me to do was to harness the people, structure the people, get rank, get order. I didn't do that to copy Moses. I did that because that's the pattern of Israel is to harness the people. Okay? So very important that we understand. Now guess what else I found out about Israel? They left Egypt organized, harnessed. * But as time went on, as the ministry grew, there had to be tweaks and changes in the organization, in the hierarchy, in the structure. Let's read about that. Exodus 18 13- 26. And we're just going to read a little bit of that about a man named Jethro who went to the pastor. Moses was the pastor. Jethro, which was the priest of Yahweh according to verse one of Exodus 18 and verse 12. He was the priest. * He went to the pastor. No one else could go to the pastor except the priest. And here is the council that was given to Moses. Why? Because Moses didn't know how to run this organization that Yahweh had given into his hands. He was following a cloud. But now that they had come through the first few years of a ministry, it was time to tweak. Let's read about it. * And so it was on the next day that Moses sat to judge the people. And the people stood before Moses from morning until evening. So when Moses's father-in-law saw all that he did for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit and all the people stand before you from morning until evening? And Moses said to his father-in-law, in other words, if I could interject, you're only one man, Moses. * The people need to be ministered to, Moses. They need to be served. They need to have other judges that can hear their cause and help you with the work. not to rule you or to even counsel you or to be in any position over you. You need helping the people. Read. Because the people come to me to enquire of Yahweh. * When they have a difficulty, they come to me and I judge between one and another. In other words, Moses, you get a thousand inbox messages a day from all the people with Bible questions. What does this mean, pastor? And you hurt their feelings if you don't respond, even if you don't have time to respond. So, Moses, you need helping the people. Read. * and I make known the statutes of Yahweh and his laws. So Moses's father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good. Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear themselves out." What you're doing, Pastor Vaughn, what you're doing, Moses, is not good. You're going to burn out. You're going to burn out by pastoring all the people by yourself. So, here's what we need to do. * For the first year, I pastored this movement by myself until we started tweaking and I said, "Yahweh, I've got to follow the pattern. Teach me the pattern of Israel to organize this ministry." read. Well, this thing is too much for you and you are not able to perform it by yourself. * In other words, you can't fly to everybody's funerals and weddings and counseling sessions and marriage counseling. So, what you're going to do, you're going to organize to where you don't have to do it and yet you're still doing it. Read. Now, I don't go to everybody's funerals, but I do go to all the elders because they go in my place, but there's no one to go to them in my place. * You see how that works? All right. Go ahead. Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and Yahweh will be with you. Stand before Yahweh for the people so that you may bring the difficulties to Yahweh and you shall teach them the statute and the laws. Wait a minute. What's the pastor to do? To teach. Is Is anybody following this? I'm trying to build the same thing. * Pastor, you need to go before Yahweh for the people and pray for them, cover them, and teach them. That's what you need to do. Moses read and show them the way in which they must walk. You are to do what you're doing right now in Zoom. Teach the way. Teach the message. That's what you need to be doing. * Boy, this sounds so familiar, does it not? I mean, does anybody not see the parallel between ancient Israel and that Israel? Read. And work they must do. Moreover, you shall select from all the people. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Are you telling me Moses was to pray, teach, and then tell the people what to do? Amen. * He was to tell them what work needed to be done. I'm just going to let that percolate a minute. I'm just going to let some people come back to class and and pick up what I'm putting down. So, you're not supposed to be doing all the work. You're supposed to be telling what needs to be done. I got just wanted to make sure we read that right. That's all. * Because we live in a Babylonian world that thinks, "Oh, the pastor ought to be out there working right along with us, doing all." Well, that's not what the pattern says. Now, I do it just to keep people from talking, and I enjoy it. But the truth is, my job in this ministry is to stand before Yahweh for the people, to teach, and to tell the people what needs to be done. That That's my job. * That's my duty. I really shouldn't be doing all the decorating. I really shouldn't be setting up all the events, blah blah blah. And thankfully I no longer have to. Okay? But I'm trying to show you the pattern because when you go to Babylonian churches, they don't go by this pattern. The people run the church. The people tell the pastor what to do. * See, I tricked y'all back to session one because I wanted all the visitors to leave. I wanted the saints here so I could pastor you for a few minutes. If we claim that we are Israel, we've got to be Israel. We have to follow the patterns. What I'm teaching you now is the leadership pattern of Israel. Go back and read that verse about uh standing before Yahweh teaching the people. * Here are my three job descriptions. Go ahead. Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel and Yahweh will be with you. Stand before Yahweh for the people. Stand before Yahweh. That's intercessory prayer. That is standing in prayer over the work. Number two is what? so that you may bring the difficulties to Yahweh and you shall teach them the statutes and the laws. * You're going to handle the problems the elders can't handle. You're going to deal with the difficult stuff. Okay? You're going to stand before Yahweh and seek his judgment. And what else, Elder King? And teach the people how to walk in the ways of truth. Next. And what's the next one? Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness, and place them over them as r to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of 50s, rulers of tens. Wait a minute. Sort of like * regional elders, state elders, district ministers. The regional elder is the ruler of the proverbial thousands. The state elder is the ruler of the proverbial hundreds. The do does anybody see the pattern? What we've built here? What we're designing? It's the pattern. Assign men. Now, what's the qualifications for these people? Read it again. * You're going to assign men that are what? Number one, what? Such as fear God. They fear Yahweh. They fear Yahweh. They reverence Yahweh. That's what I look for in an elder. The love of truth. What's the next qualification? Men of truth. What? Love of truth. You love this message. You want to be an elder. And by the way, I need to clear something up. * Everybody can't be elders. We don't need them. We need regionals and states. If your state has an elder, we don't need another elder in that state. It's that simple. Okay? In other words, if we have a state elder and you're in that state, you're probably never going to be an elder until they show out and leave. * I mean, then an opening. I mean, in other words, we just need one state el. Now let me if it's a big state like Texas or Florida, you know, then we will divvy up the states and put multiple elders in those state in those areas. But we need everybody to understand if your state has an elder, we don't need an elder in that state. * Uh if your region has a regional, we don't need another regional elder. So this is not open. Never take it personal that you're not an elder. your state has one. Now, if you're in a state that don't have one, then you're a prime candidate to become an elder. Uh Mississippi, we have a state elder. There'll never be another one. * Elder Morgan is our state elder in Mississippi. Meaning, he is a man that fears Yahweh and loves truth. Now we have local elders at our local headquarters church. One day when KTC2 grows and KTC3 grows, they will have local elders to help in the local congregation. So I just I I we're just really having a pastoral meeting. * Here's what I'm teaching trying to show you this pattern. All right, go right ahead. 18 covetousness and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of 50s, and rulers of tens. Regional, state, district. Amen. Does everybody see what the Lord had me to do years ago? I wasn't appointing elders because I wanted a bunch of elders. * I want an elder in every state. That was my vision from the beginning. and we will get it. We're not far from there. I think we've got about 20 states covered already. So, amen. Go right ahead. And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. Wow. * We had this very thing last night. I spoke to Elder Meadows. I found out they they had dealt with a matter that I didn't know anything about. You know why? That was a small matter. Why should I have to be involved in all of the little stupid stuff that happens in among people? I mean, I'm being real. I'm for real. People acting like dummies. * Why? I need to be standing before Yahweh getting a message. And and these elders deal with the stupid stuff. And if there's a matter, I call it stupid because people act stupid and we just do crazy stuff. But the local elders, the state elders, they handle that. They do not come to me with those matters. However, when they do reach out and say, "We need to have a Zoom meeting with you. * " You know why? The matters gotten beyond their ability to handle it. That's the way this works. Amen. Next. Though it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you. If you do this thing, and Yahweh so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will also go to their place in peace. So Moses, if you want if you want peace in the ministry and you want it to endure, organize it. * Do you know why? Here we are five years later almost, same microphone, still ministering. You know why? We organized it. We brought peace to it. and we built a wall. We took Moses out of the main picture and we organized it. And it is that organization that our enemies has not been able to destroy. We made it bigger than me. * You follow me? And that is the pattern of Israel. Amen. Go right ahead. Though Moses heeded the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of 50s, and rulers of tens. * So they judged the people at all times. The hard cases they brought to Moses, but they judged every small case themselves. There you go. I just showed you biblical government. There it is. There it is. That is church order. That I don't know any I would never pastor a Babylonian church that does it like these churches in town. * This how we do it according to the pattern. You can find Israel when you find that same organization. divine leadership and then the sharing of that leadership among the people. And I want to say something while I'm here. Just like you cannot love Yahweh without loving his prophet or his servant. Neither can you love his servant or his prophet without loving those and honoring those that I have chosen to help me govern. * Those of you that do not treat elders with respect, uh, I heard I heard someone the other day say something about the elders. That really got on my nerves. It's still on my nerves, and I'm probably going to tell them something about it. Don't ever downplay the elders. Why? They are me. Don't ever downplay me. Why? I'm the servant of Yahweh. * So if you're putting me down, you're putting him down. cuz you're putting them down, you're putting me down. Those people are not perfect either. They are serving. They are doing the best they know to do. And they will get it wrong. They will mess up. And your duty is to look beyond the mess up and recognize they've been appointed to help care for you. Amen. * Amen. Amen. This is biblical. I would say our duty is to pray for them. The elders are being attacked because if the enemy forces can get through the elders, they can get to you. Absolutely. And that's why all the elders are mocked and made fun of and ridiculed because they are the wall that Yahweh's built around me. * And so, uh, we always have to pray for the elders of this ministry. Now that pattern of Israel replicates itself in the New Testament, 1 Corinthians 12 28. Let's go rule uh let's read 1 Corinthians 12 and 28. And let's look at one of the spiritual gifts in the end time church. And Yahweh has appointed these in the church. * First apostles, second prophets, third teachers, and after that miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. That word administration is translated as government. to govern the the church is a gift of the spirit. There is a gift of governments. Let me ask you something. If you're waiting to find a ministry that you agree with on everything, I want to give you a news flash. * And I hope it's not shocking to you. You will continue to go in circles the rest of your life. from one little home meeting to the next until you find out they don't believe it like you do. Maybe their calendars a day on what and one day you have to say, "I'm looking for divine leadership. I'm looking for a movement that's actually doing something that's actually making a difference in lives, that's actually producing literature, that's actually getting the message out. * I'm going to find it. that's actually got an elder in my state that can help care for my family or at least close to me that provides gathering opportunity. When you find that, lay aside the little things and learn divine government. It is a gift of the spirit to do so. It truly is. Romans 12 and 8. Let's read that quickly. * The book of Romans chapter 12 and verse number 8. And then Elder Jan, grab Ephesians 2:19-23. Go right ahead, sister. He who exhorts in exaltation, he who gives with liberality, he who leads with diligence, he who shows mercy with cheerfulness. He that rules, that means govern, let him do it with diligence. * Ephesians 2 19-23. Now therefore, ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and to the household of Yah, and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Yeshua Hamashiach himself, being the chief cornerstone, in whom all the building fitly framed together, grows unto a holy temple in Yah, in whom you also are builded together for a habitation of Yah through the spirit. * Let me ask you all a question. That's a God of order. Let's start in heaven. Would you agree with me that the universe is well organized? Would you agree that the stars are in perfect order systems? The angels themselves are arranged in a hierarchy. That's why we have arc angels. * Now, there was an angel that no longer liked hierarchy. He decided to go on his own. He decided to get out of the structure. His name is Satan. And you can always find his children because they too hate hierarchy. They too don't need no man telling them what to do. Satan started it and his children are carrying it out today. And that brothers and sisters, if the heavens are organized, if the angels are organized, then why in the name of all that's holy would the greatest movement on planet earth, the house of Israel, not be organized under divine * leadership? I've come to tell you, First Harvest Ministries found the secret to success. You know how we found it? We repeated the pattern of Israel. We repeated the pattern. And some of you in this ministry raising your voices to these elders, you are a child of Satan. I'm being quiet on purpose. Satan lives in you. * He gets your mind to rebuke an elder. Learn to submit yourself to the hand of Yahweh. Oh, I will always submit to God's hand. All right, let me show you his hand. Look at how many fingers I got. Five. Apostle, prophet, pastor, teacher, evangelist. Submit yourself to the hand of Yahweh. I don't care how smart you are, don't be serpent seed. * The serpent hated the structure of the work of Yahweh and tried to destroy it. You know how? By usurping that authority, rising above it and knowing more knowledge. Your smartness does not impress me. your obedience. Don't impress God. You can be as smart as you want to about this message. You can quote it front to back. But until you can say, "Yes, sir. * Yes, ma'am." You don't know this message. It is to break you. It is to crush you from your serpent seed, from that thing in you that hates the voice of authority. I knew if I told y'all what part two was about, you wouldn't come back. So, I had to get you back the best I could. Amen, pastor. I'm giving you more truth right now than you'll hear in a lifetime in church. I'm telling you. * Amen, pastor. Hallelujah. We love God. God of order. You're welcome. God is a God of order. Let me give you an example. There is a woman no longer with us. A precious woman that I love dearly. Will love her till I die. In one of our meetings, the sister was doing something that was causing confusion and I sent an elder to ask her to or maybe it was after the fact to not do that anymore. * I didn't do it because I'm not her elder. She has an elder in her state. Well, that lady is no longer with us because over the course of a year that built up so much in her that it caused offense and she's not with us today. And that's the reason why because deep down they hate authority. Brothers and sisters, this message weeds out the tears from the wheat eventually. Eventually. * Because at the end of the day, we believe in structure, order. We don't believe in chaos. We believe in order. And when you find your place in that order, you're going to walk in the blessings of this ministry. You're going to walk in the blessings of truth. Everything connected with heaven is in perfect order. Everything. * Everything is subject. And I'll tell you what else is organized. Can I tell you what else is organized? It's got more organization than any company you've ever worked for. The kingdom of darkness. Satan runs a tight ship. And that's why he gets his ministers to stand in the pullpit and preach against organization. * Because he's organized, he don't want us organized. He understands where our strength lies. Even the mobsters are organized. Absolutely. They understand. The only people that don't understand it is the church. You know why? We got preachers up preaching like a bunch of dummies that every man works out his own salvation. That is a lie. * From the pits of hell. The Bible doesn't say that. Every man does his own thing with fear and trembling. No. Go learn how to read your Bible before you throw that scripture at me. Every man isn't working out his own salvation as if there's multiple different ways to do it. No. If I had time, I would teach you what it means. But I don't have time. * See, Satan desires to see Yahweh's work at First Harvest disorganized, even though he's highly organized. The Bible said, "We don't wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, authority, the rulers of the darkness, those principalities are all organized." Pastor Von, how do you know that? Okay, I'll tell you. * In the book of Daniel, guess what? Every state had in the kingdom of darkness, a prince. The state of Persia had a state elder on the dark side. They're called the prince of Persia. Elder Jan Meadows is the prince or the princess of Texas. That means authority. It is a principality. And the only movement that will not establish themselves in that way is those that are ignorant of the the way that Israel was organized. * And then the prince of Persia said that there was a prince of Greece and they didn't get in each other's way. Let me give you an example. Let me give you an example. Two or three days ago, Elder Morgan was in Pigeon Forge. He thought about getting all the saints together there. You know the first thing I told him? You clear that through the state prince. * You clear that through the state elder of Tennessee first. And you know what he told me? You're too late, pastor. You've taught me well. That was the first thing I did. You know why? We know what Satan hates that we know. Organize it. Get it structured. Satan uses his preachers to disrupt God's structure. * Oh, how Satan would rejoice if he could succeed in his efforts to get in among this people. He would rejoice and disorganize the work and disorganize the work. But you see, our organization is our greatest weapon against uprisings and to refute doctrines that are not in the word. Amen. This is what Yahweh gave us. Brothers and sisters, repeat the pattern. Repeat the pattern. * Now, anytime you have something organized, it has to be financed. Oh, yeah. Y'all didn't know I was bringing you back for this. Hallelujah. organization requires a financial system to operate properly. The chief source of revenue for Israel was the tithe. Now, many of you listen to demonic messianic teachers that teach against paying the tithe. * You listen to demonic Christian teachers that teach against paying the tithe. You, my friend, are listening to the enemy of Israel. Without the tithe, the temple falls. Satan's agenda to where you can't buy copier paper for booklets. Do you know how much my booklets, my printing cost per month is for a copier? If you had any idea to get the message out, just to get the message out. * Satan loves it when you get convinced that tithing is under the law. Uh you're right. It is. And that's what we're supposed to be obeying the law. But what Satan forgot to tell you in your Christian church was this. Tithing did not begin in the order of the Levites. It began with Melchzdc and Jacob even before Melzdc. But Melchzdc was the first priestly order to receive the tithe. * Now, if I understand correctly, I could be mistaken. I thought Yesua was a priest after the order of MelchzDC. That makes me a Melchzdc priesthood. That means the tithing is accepted by MelchzDC in this hour. Let's read about it. Leviticus 27:30 through32. I will say something because now the visitors are gone and I don't care who it offends. * If you're not a tither, you're not an Israelite. That's it. Bottom line. Love me, hate me, throw something at me, whatever you want to do. You can't change the truth because the spirit of prophecy is speaking right now. The amen of the word of Yahweh. If you're not a tither, you're not an Israelite. You're a wannabeite, but you're not an Israelite. * Let's read Leviticus 27:30 through32. And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh. Everything. Everything belongs to Yahweh. Everything. And how do we prove that? By giving him the tithe. Read. If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add 1/5if to it. * Say that again. Say that again. If a man wants at all to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add 1/5 to it. I've taught on the redeemed tithe, and I don't have time to finish it today. The tithe is so holy that if you want the animal back that you gave as the tithe, you now have to add 5% interest to it. The tithe is holy unto the Lord. * Was that verse 32? 31 read. And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to Yahweh. Somebody say tenth is tithe. 10th is tithe. Tithe. Not ninth, not 11ths, not eights or 12. The tenth is the tithe. Now, let me just deal with this stupid mess taught among the Messianics. * Well, tithe back then was only animals and vegetables. That's what it is today. What do you think still buys everything we need for the temple? The tithe. Whether the tithe is an animal or a dollar bill or a vegetable or a quarter, what it is something of value. If you want to start paying me your tithe in horses, bring them. I'll sell them and I'll still get you money. * Okay? So, if you want to be stupid about it, then if you got 10 dogs, bring me one. And then much as I paid for one, I'll be glad to sell your dog. Okay. The truth is the value. It's the value of something that you owned. Something that's going to cost you something that you're It hurts you to give it. Why? Because you're literally surrendering when you pay the tithe. * All right. Now Yahweh gets 17th of your time and onetenth of your income. Both are holy to the Lord. The Sabbath honors Yahweh as the creator of all things. The tithe honors Yahweh as the owner of all things. Let's see what the purpose of the tithe was. Numbers 18 21- 26. Let's find out if tithing can go anywhere we want to send it to. * Let's find out if tithing can go to uh some orphanage over in India. Let's see if tithing can go to some willy snilly preacher that's riding through town. Let's see the purpose of the tithe. Go ahead. Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel. As I have given the preachers all the tithe. Notice what Yahweh says. * It's my tithe and I'm giving it to the man of God. Somebody said, "I give my tithes to God." You poor child. What you going to do? Throw it up in the air and say, "Here, God?" No. Yahweh says, "If you want to give it to me, put it in the hand of the priesthood. Put it in the hand of those that operate the temple, and you've given it to me. * " Read as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform. The work of the tabernacle of meeting hereafter. Wait, they're to be paid for the work they do at the tabernacle of meeting. That is the temple. That is the purpose of the tithe. for the work being done at the temple, which is the work of ministry. * Read, hereafter, the children of Israel shall not come near the tabernacle of meeting, lest they bear sin and die. But the Levites shall perform the work of the tabernacle of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall Okay, here we are. We're at the tabernacle of meeting right now. We're here. * Who's doing the work today at this tabernacle of meeting? You're you're looking. That is where the tithe goes. That is Israel. I know that's not the way the Baptist church does it. I know that's not how the Pentecostal church does. I get it. That don't oppress me much. I couldn't care less. We're repeating the pattern of Israel. Read Elder. * It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Not Notice what it said about the priest. The priest bears the iniquity of the tithe. Here's what that means. You give your tithe to that man of God, your shepherd, the one that's doing the work of the temple, and he misuses it. * He bears the iniquity of the tithe. He waste Yah's money. Guess what? Jan Meadows don't bear the iniquity now. Why? She gave it to the priest. She gave it to the Melchzdc order that is operating the temple. She no longer bears the iniquity. He does now. The priesthood, the minister of God, bears the iniquity of misusing the tithe. Your hands are clean. * He will be judged by Yahweh himself by how he handles the tithe. Read. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. It shall be a statute until the Levitical order has ended. Uh oh. Y'all must be asleep on me. Don't think that's what it said. Oh, thank you, District Minister Mallerie. Never. * I was hoping if anybody would catch that. It's to be a statue until me Melchzdc replaces the Levites and you're no longer required to do this. No. Listen to me and listen well. If tithing is over, so is Sabbath. Because Sabbath is determined to be kept in your generations forever, holy days. So if if tithing is over, so is Sabbath. * So is holy days. This is to be done not in all the world in the generations of Israel for ever. Now let me say something to you. This ministry supports orphanages around the world. We support missionaries around the world. This ministry takes the tithe and we pay tithe on the tithe. Not only that, we don't wait till the third year to take up tithing for the needy. * No, no, we do it every week. We we buy cars for our saints. One sister in the ministry, $3,500 just just this week that's going out on and on. In other words, we tithe off of the tithe to the poor, to those that are in need in our assembly. That's what we do according to the pattern. Amen. Keep reading. That among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. * For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer up as a heave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance. Therefore, I have said to them, among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance. Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them, When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to Yahweh, a tenth of the tithe. * " Do you see it right there? The ministry is required to tithe off of your tithe. Okay. And I do I support ministers. I support help those in need off of that. Now, notice what it says. That we are to give for the work of the ministry and we're not to have an inheritance in the land. Now, if you get with your friends and family that all go to the Baptist church, they almost take pride in the fact that their pastor don't even take a salary. * He works a regular job just like I do. Torah forbids the ministers to work a regular job. They're to have no inheritance in the land. Question, pastor. Was Paul a tent maker making a salary? Paul was an apostle and he had to do that because he did not have a local headquarters church of his own. But the p in other words, he was an itinerate minister. * But those dealing locally were required in Israel to work at the temple exclusively. Whereas Paul had a different ministry. Paul had to finance the work he was doing because the tithing went to the local churches. He depended on the local churches to give him an offering. And that's the way that worked. Yes, ma'am. But the local pastor, the one over that local temple is not. * Now, if you have to work, but I I'm not making that a doctrine. But that was not the ideal. That was not the way Yahweh designed it. Amen. Like like an evangelist. Correct. Same thing. Paul was pretty much like that. Yes, sir. He depended on offerings of the people. Now, quickly, I'm running out of time. So, I want to point out one other thing. * Where is another parallel between us and ancient Israel? Let me show you. Exodus 25 1-8. I want to show you when you'll know that you have found Israel. Without a doubt, you'll know it because it will look just like an ancient Israel in their generosity of giving to the work. You will find a true Israelite when they cannot give enough. * Why is that? Because your forefathers, it's in your DNA. It's in your DNA. It's in your DNA to give. Israelites are givers. We love to give to the work. Let's read about it. Exodus 25 1-8. Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to the children of Israel that they bring me an offering from everyone who gives it willingly with his heart. * You shall make you shall take my offering, and this is the offering which you shall take from them." Gold. But this is not the tithe. This is not the tithe. This is a free will offering. Read gold, silver, and bronze. blue, purple and scarlet thread, fine linen and goat's hair. Ram Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. * Now Moses is taking up an offering during the church service of gold and silver. I thought it was just cows and horses and dogs. Bunch of d. Look, Moses is taking up a gold offering, honey. Matter of fact, he said, "No dollar bills, no fake money. Just bring real God's money to this offering. Gold and silver. * " Somebody did put a gold thing in Passover. Somebody I don't know who that was, but we got it. Hallelujah. Go ahead, read. Badger skins and acacia wood, oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense. onyx stones and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. And let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. * Let them finance the work that I may dwell among them. Israel, the true Israel, will bring their gold, their silver, their acacia wood, their rubies, their diamonds to the work of the temple. Read Elder. That was verse eight. Pastor, do you want to say? Okay, that was verse eight. Thank you. Now go to chapter 35, Elder Jan, and get verse 21 and 22. * And then Elder King, grab chapter 36, verse 5 and 7. Um, Exodus 35:21 and 22. And they came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and they brought Yah's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willinghearted, and brought bracelets and earrings, and rings and tablets, all jewels of gold. * And every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord, unto Yah. Where did they get all this money? They had just spoiled the Egyptians. Yahweh gave them. Listen carefully. The offering to give. Do you see what I'm trying to tell? Yahweh provided his own offering into hands he could trust to give it back. * He would never have given all that gold and silver to regular people. He gave it to Israelites because their hearts, the Bible said they were willing givers. He knew that's what was going to build his temple. Oh, hallelujah. His tabernacle. Oh, hallelujah. That's why I teach that Yahweh gives through you, not to you. * I mean, these are slaves, by the way. They're out in the middle of the wilderness. Where did they get gold bracelets? Where did they get jewelry? Where did they get gold? These are slaves. Yahweh gave it to them at the Passover. Yahweh gave it to them because he knew they would give it to the work. I'm telling you today, I'm not here to ask for you for your money. * I don't need it. But I am here to beg you to let Yahe bless you so that he knows if he blesses you, he'll get it back for his work. Oh, hallelujah. Is anybody still with me or have I lost everybody? Okay, I hope so. We're with you, pastor. Thank you. I'm trying to teach you. Trying to teach you here. Amen. Amen. * I know the first the first part was more exciting, but now I'm having to be pastor. Now I'm having to keep I want you blessed. The most blessed people I know are the biggest givers we have. You know why keeps blessing them? Because he knows they just going to turn around and bless his work. Oh, hallelujah. Amen. If you don't desire to give, now if you don't have it to give, we're not talking to you, are we? But if you desire to give, you're an Israelite. * Christians don't want to give. People don't want to give. Israelites, they don't even know how to hold on to their gold and silver. You know why? There was a tabernacle to build. There was a tabernacle to build. the work to go forth of the end time message. There was a work to be financed and they brought it all to Yahweh. Now, in closing, we're looking at parallels. * And before I leave today, we've talked about all the good things of Israel that we want to mimic. But remember, we're also looking for those warnings of things we don't want to mimic. I'd like to read about one of those warnings. And this is closing. I'm done after this. Exodus 20 and verse 16. Let's read that this morning. * I'm sorry. It's no longer morning. It's night time almost. We did it again, folks. We went back for old times sake. Hallelujah. It's been a long time since we've done this. Oh, I love it. I just love it. This used to be our normal for any of our new people, Sister Mandy Bunch and all of them. * We used to do this every week, eight, nine hours sometimes of Bible study. Hallelujah. Let's read Exodus 2016. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. The Ten Commandments or the 10 words are the foundation of our moral duty. The ninth commandment is very unique. It deals directly with our words. * I hear a warning tonight from Israel. Echoes of Israel in my ear against false witnessing. Against false witnessing. Evidently, this was a problem among the ancient Israelites. False witnessing. Now, why are we judged by our words? Because there is a penalty for false witnessing. False witness is not a minor issue. I want you to know that. * And we've had some of it here in our camp. We will not allow it. It will not stay among us. We will purge out that levan because false witness is a capital offense in Torah. I don't know if you realize that or not. All you covenant keepers that love to scream, "You're a commandmentkeeper." False witnessing is the opposite of the spirit of prophecy. * Spirit of prophecy is all truth. False witness is Antichrist. And if you're operating in false witness, you are operating in the spirit of antichrist rather than the spirit of Christ or prophecy or truth. Now in human law, we call it perjury. And it carries a severe penalty even in our courts. Do you know why it's so horrible? It violates the greatest commandment of all. * False witnessing violates the greatest of all commandments. Anybody want to take a shot at it? Love your neighbor. Love your neighbor. Love your neighbor as yourself. Love your neighbor as your as much as you love yourself. Love your brother. If you're false witnessing against them, you're violating loving them. I just made that so simple that a Baptist could understand it. * False witnessing is not loving and you're breaking the greatest of all commandments. That's why it is a capital offense. Because if you loved your neighbor as much as you loved yourself, you would never slander them or bring a false witness. Let's read about what the Torah says about tailbearing and false witnessing. * Exodus 23 and1. I'm fixing to get in some of y'all's gravy, so be prepared. Exodus 23 and verse one. Read it. You sh You shall not circulate a false report. Do not Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You shall not circulate. Look, by text, by inbox, by outbox, or by this box. You shall not circulate a false report. Read Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. * You shall not follow a crowd to do evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after many to pervert justice. You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute. If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey, go in a Okay, verse one. You must never repeat. Let me tell you what verse one says. You must never repeat a rumor. Everybody repeat it after me. * You must never repeat a rumor. Amen. No. If you do, you have committed a capital offense against the Torah. Now, you can shake your head yes or no, whatever you want to do, but every person in this room, myself included, is guilty of repeating rumors. and you need to repent and never do it again. It is a capital offense. * How do I know, pastor, if it's a baseless rumor? Very simple. You speak to the person that the rumor is about and find out if it's true or not. There you go. What a wild idea. Yeah. Yeah. If you want to find out if we killed a bunch of dogs, you might want to call us. If you want to find out, you may want because until you do that, it is baseless. Listen to me. * Until you speak to the person that you're talking about and verify it or dever, it is baseless. I give you an example. Few weeks ago or a few days ago, I got an inbox message of somebody said somebody had texted them they had not heard from in a long time. And this person that's outside the church told this person about a supposed rat in our church that was, you know, that we need said, I'm going to give you one name and gave a name. * Do you know what I did immediately? That's a baseless rumor at that point. Correct. Right. I immediately sent a message to that person and said, "I just heard a rumor that involves you. I was told such and such and such. I need you to affirm or deny." That was it. They wrote back, "Pastor, I adore the ground you walk on. That is a lie. * " and they called me and we spoke about it and that was a baseless rumor. Now brothers and sisters, listen to me. If we don't get serious about this, the work Israel could not withstand tailbearing. It destroyed them. We're not going to let it happen here. Why? You got a pastor. The spirit of prophecy is here and we are not going to do baseless rumors. * What is tailbearing? Let's read about it. Leviticus 19. Elder Jan, if you want to grab it. Leviticus 19 and verse 16. Pastor, let Yes. Uhhuh. I I'm just going to say this straight up. The enemy is getting desperate because they have put letters in the hands of of of leaders in this church. and we have ignored them. * They have come and tried to to do the very thing you're saying and we have ignored them and they're getting desperate. So now they straight up come and lie to you and try to cause division in the camp by bringing up people's names that had nothing to do with anything. And I plain as as I can see it. * I just thank God for that discernment and wisdom. And praise God for that. Praise Yahweh. Amen. My brother, we must never listen to me. I beg you. Don't ever believe anything you hear. Don't believe anything you see. Obey the scripture unless this plague come in among us. Let's read it. Elder Jan. Leviticus 19:16. You shall not go up and down as a tail bear, as a dispenser of gossip and scandal among your people. * And neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am Yah. So wait a minute. Did I just hear in the Torah that if you go around telling gossip, you have shed the blood of your neighbor? Y'all, this is against Torah. You know, the one y'all all claim to be Torah followers. This is a violation of Torah. * If you believe anything you hear about someone and repeat it, you have violated Torah. And this is a serious matter that we must deal with in this ministry. We are protected today because I've taught you what to do. Matter of fact, there's a lady here, Sister Deanna Presley, that I'm I told you I was so proud of the other day. She got a message blah blah blah blah blah about Pastor Von blah blah blah blah blah. * And she wrote back to that person and said, "Uh-uh, that's not how this is done. here's his number. Call him and we'll go from there. Well, I never got a call, of course, but that woman protected the work. She didn't deny or affirm. She just said, "Uh-uh, that's not how we do it. We go by the Torah." Now when you are tailbearing that is a false report repeating a rumor or believing a report without three witnesses two to three good not just any old witness. * Let me I need to clarify something. Okay. You need seasoned witnesses. People that have a good report among the body. Tailbears always focus on scandal and never truth. Always. Tailbearers are always looking to expose until they find the truth out that there's nothing to expose. They could care less about truth. That's a tail bearer. * anytime they're attracted to scandal. Do you know my wife and I run from scandal? When I hear something I heard yesterday about a couple that we know that's getting a divorce, I didn't I don't even want to know why. I don't even care. It broke my heart. Now, some people be like, "Oh, what happened?" I don't care what happened. * It's a divorce. It's horrible. Quit being attracted to scandal and be attracted to truth. A tailbearer is never happy ever. There's no end to the game. There's no stopping point. They can't stop. It's their drug. And by the time they get done, they've drugg everybody with them. Why? Because those people didn't have a pastor that teaches them biblical protocol how to deal with these things. * But Yahweh has a legal remedy for tailbearing in the Torah. Deuteronomy 19, Elder King 15 through 21. Let's go see what Torah says about false witnesses. I'll give you an example while she's turning there. I was in a meeting several months ago with a lot of these people that are involved with you know what. * I walked in by myself without anybody because I'm not scared of one of them. I walked in there with 10 12 people in there. I didn't know they were recording me. and they released that recording and we have won more people back after they heard that recording because I went around the room to all 12 people. You go hear it. No, please don't. I beg you. It's stupid. * But on the recording, I went around the room and I said to every person there, I said, "Now, I'm willing to be grilled by all of you, but you're going to give me the honor of the first question." And I said to all of them, one by one, tell me what I did to you. And I started with one lady on the left. It's on the recording. * Well, you didn't do anything to me. I said, "Thank you." Next. What did I do to you? Well, you didn't really do nothing to me. Thank you. Next. What did I do to you? Well, it's not me. Thank you. Next. What did I do to you? Well, it you know the next what I went to answer. God is my witness. The tape is my record. God is my witness. * There was not one complaint of anything I had done to any of these people. They were there on the behalf of others. And I'm like, "So, I've not done anything to none of you, but you're outside my church protesting." Where were the others? Thank you, brothers and sisters. We've got to know the danger of tailbearing. You know, let me show you how it works. * There was a lady that lived among us, Sister Diane, and it was all over the internet that that we had killed Diane. She was dead and we were hiding her body. Now, I'm telling you, if you think I'm playing, I'm telling you, nobody could find her. She was dead. And do you know people believe that mess? And then when Sister Brody moved here, we had her sleeping on a couch full of roaches. * I mean, I I I I'm not going to give this much more attention. I'm trying to teach you today. People will believe anything except the truth. That is the world we live in and we must never be part of that. Deuteronomy 19:15-21. One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits. * By the mouth of two or three witnesses, the matter shall be established. If a false So, wait a minute. There has to be two or three witnesses before the matter can even be considered. Okay. Next. If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, then both men in the controversy shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days. * And the judges shall make careful inquiry. And indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother, then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother. Wow. That you shall put away the evil from among you. So in other words, if the person was to get the death penalty and a false accuser, a false witness rose up and lied on that person, then they would get the death penalty that was supposed to go to the accused like Mori. * Amen. Absolutely. Continue, Elder. And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you. Your eye shall shall not pity. Life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. You shall have no pity on false witnesses. That's what Torah just said. * You are to kill them from among your ranks. They are to be gone. They are to be dismissed because they have committed a high crime against the whole congregation. Sister Cali, um, how about if the accu the the person who was accused of something, you come to them, ask them, and they lied to you, and down the road you find out it was true. * I'm just want to know what happened when the person is li, the accused is the liar, not the witnesses. Does that make sense? Let me think. Um, Well, I mean, if the person lied, then it'll come out and and you can bring it before the church at that point. But, I mean, all we can do is take someone at their word. * I mean, we're not the judge and the jury, you know? So, uh that's the only recourse we have is two or three witnesses. Now if that person you believe they lied then you can say hey can we meet with two elders three elders and let's discuss this. That's your next step at that point. Brother Joseph pastor I don't know if this is too far out there but it just pierced my heart when you said it. * I know everybody always points to the statement made supposedly in the crowd when Yeshua was there and they said, "Let the blood be on our own head, but what about those false witnesses that came forth and gave testimony before Caiaphas? Is that a was that a symbol to Israel why they've been cut off until this time and that they have and and that penalty has come against them because they false witness against That's correct. * Uh well, all of the Sanhedrin all bore false witness. every one of them against Joshua. And that is why the blood is on their hands and not on the nation of Rome because of false witness. Even though it was the four ordained will of the father that he should absolutely absolutely because in the end they're all going to be forgiven anyway, but it was all part of the divine plan. * Did he reconcile them though right there when he said, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do." Absolutely. Yes, sir. Okay. Okay. Yes, sir. Absolutely. Now, how do we address reports in the ministry? If a report is false, then we're duty bound to stop the circulation of that report. If it's true an accusation, first of all, we offer the offender the opportunity to make that wrong right. * We're not out to destroy. We offer the opportunity to correct the wrong. If they refuse, then we go to the elders of the church. Now, there are seven sins. Five of them are an abomination to Yahweh, and they all involve false speech. Proverbs 21:28 says, "A false witness will perish." This sin is everywhere. It's in every age. It's in the church. * You must gain victory, friends, over false witnessing if you're going to enter into the kingdom of Yahweh. I'd like to read to you as we close a few warnings in the early church. Elder King, 2 Thessalonians 3 11-12. Elder Jan, 1 Timothy 5:13. 2 Thessalonians 3 11-12. For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busy bodies. * Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Yeshua Messiah that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. Busy bodies will destroy a church, get a job, get a life. 1 Timothy 5:13. Sorry. Moreover, as they go about from house to house, they learn to be idlers, wandering about uh and not only idlers, but gossip and busy bodies, uh tatlers, speaking things which they ought not. Amen. * It's an abomination. Let's go to Zephaniah, Elder King. The book of Zephaniah, not Zechariah, but Zephaniah, chapter 3, verse 8 through verse 13. And we're just about finished today. Zephaniah 3 8-13. The end time remnant must have pure speech. This is a requirement to enter into the government. We must never bear false witness against our brothers. Zephaniah 3 and 8 through13. * Therefore, wait for me, says Yahweh, until the day I rise up for plunder. No determination is to gather the nations. Sorry. My determination is to gather the nations to my assembly of kingdoms to pour on them my indignation also my fierce anger. All the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. * For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language that they may call on the name may call on the name of Yahweh to serve him with one accord. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my worshippers, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring me bring my offering. In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds in which you transgress against me. * For then I will take away from your midst those who rejoice in your pride, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain. I will leave in your midst a meek and humble people, and they shall trust in the name of Yahweh. The remnants of Israel shall do no unrighteousness and speak no lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth. Wow. * For they shall feed their flocks and lie down, and no one shall make them afraid. Wow. The remnant is going to have pure speech, pure tongues, no deceit. Remember the 144,000, there's no guile in their mouth. Mind your words, children. Perfect speech equals perfect character. According to James 3 and2, perfect speech equals perfect character. * We must not have any lie found on our lips. We must be stainless and spotless. No whispering, no jealous slander, no gossip masked as concern. We must not use Satan's magnifying glass, turning mole hills into mountains, stirring up suspicion and ruin. We must not be those people that are traitors by accusing our own brethren, floating rumors to destroy unity. * Cannibalism. Gossip is spiritual cannibalism. We serve gossip as a desert when we destroy character. Refuse to listen to gossip. If no one listens to evil, it won't be spoken. Gently but firmly shut it down. How do I do that, pastor? I'll tell you how. When you hear gossip, say with these two lines, would you write that down and sign it for me? Or hold on, let's bring that person into the room. * You'll kill it every time. The moment someone says, "Have you heard?" say, "I don't mind listening, but would you write that down and sign it for me so I can have it or let's get that person on the line. You'll kill gossip every time." Gossip's not hard to kill. You just got to want to kill it. And the sad thing is very few want to kill it. * They really want to know. It cannot be found among us, Israel. Oh, no, no, no, no. It cannot be found among us. And finally, there was a tribe of called Dan. One of the 12 tribes of Israel. Guess where you will not find Dan? In the book of Revelation among the 144,000. Do you know why? Because Dan's symbol, the tribe of Dan, their symbol is a biting snake whose name means judge. * Always false judging as a snake. And Genesis 49:17 called Dan a serpent by the way who bites the heels of others backbiting, striking others in secret with slander, gossip, and deceit. That shows why no tribe of Dan is found among the 144,000. Those that use their tongue to destroy will not inherit the kingdom of Yahweh. Thank you for joining me today. * It's been a wonderful day. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you, Pastor Shalom. Thank you, Pastoral. Shalom for your wonderful teaching. Enjoy your grand. Let me see. Let me see if anybody was listening. Let me see if anybody was listening. Uh oh. Sister Deborah Latchney said she was falsely accused, pastor. * Well, Sister Deborah, then you need to contact your your elder if you've been falsely accused. We will take care of that. Let me see who was listening. Dr. Devet. Yes, pastor. Dr. a bit. Did you hear what I heard about Elder Jan Meadows? Um, sure. If you want to write that down and sign it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I'm right here. I'm right here. * You can ask me. Hallelujah. Go ahead, Elder Baker. I just love that you brought up the the uh tribe of Dan. And something I learned this week right before you posted that, it blows my mind. But in the 18th chapter of Judges, Dan is brought out. And you know they're they never all the land had peace all this time but Dan never even had a place to live. * What were these people doing when the whole entire rest of Israel was in Canaan land getting their land and and getting their people? It blows my mind. Run that by run that by me again in Judges. I I'm not following chapter 18. Um, and this is when there's this is during the kings. There's no everybody's doing their own thing, but but like Judah and Benjamin and all these people already had their lands established. * But but listen to this. The tribe of Dan was seeking a place of their own where they might settle because they had not yet come into the inheritance among the tribes of Israel. So when the all of Israel was was doing everything God said they were doing, what was Dan doing? Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Okay, this is interesting. * Joshua 19:47 because Dan was assigned land in the coastal region by Benjamin and Judah. But Joshua 19:47, the territory of the children of Dan went out too little for them. So rather than fight in faith, they abandoned the land and looked elsewhere. In other words, they were so busy backbiting, if you will, they could not come into their inheritance because they were not willing to fight the fight to hold on to their land. That's Wow. * Interesting. Amen. Thank you, brother Carl Herky. District minister Herky. Thank you, pastor. just a ministry partner at this point. But um I did a would you mind if I ask a question about the end of the last section where we were uh talking about Revelation chapter 19? Uhhuh. Um we had established that that was um Yeshua speaking throughout that. * And my question came with verse 10. Um I'm wondering what we do with this. It it says, "And I and I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, see that you do not um I am your fellow servant and your brother uh of of your brothers who have the testimony of Yeshua, right? Like he's is he speaking of himself in the third person?" He's he's speaking of himself because he's telling John that the testimony of Yesua, the testimony of the son of God is what I have. The same testimony that you have. * In other words, I'm your fellow servant. I have the testimony, my testimony. In other words, he is claiming his testimony is the same as John's testimony. So, he's speaking of himself in the third person there. Thank you. Yes, sir. Absolutely. Uh, Sister Donna Debard. Yes. I death and life are in the power of the tongue. * And one thing that father really really feels with me about is what comes out of my mouth. And I have learned I am I have learned. You can feel something and it's all right. We rule over our feelings. You your emotions. But don't give it life. When you feel like you're frustrated, upset, uh even coming down sick, don't say I'm coming down with a cold cuz you will, right? I mean, there is such power. * Father has entrusted us through our obedience to the truth. He's entrusted us with power. It's it and and we've got to learn how to use it correctly. We can't just say any little thing that comes to your mind. Absolutely. You want that works for good and evil. So you definitely don't want to say anything negative or evil. * But you can change a whole atmosphere by what you say. You can change the whole atmosphere. Sometimes the drama here gets so thick. So thick. And I'll say, "Father, give me words." Right. And And we're peacemakers. We're the children, right? Blessed are the peacemakers. That's right. And he'll give me words and just say those words. * See, if I would have said how I felt or tried to defend myself, it would have Amen. And you know, James 3 and verse two says the very same thing you just said. He says, "For in many things we offend all. Mhm. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. Amen. So true. So so so true. Amen. * Let's see. And then uh Sister Vanessa Hunter, we missed you so much at Passover. It's so good to see you today. I pray you're better. Sister Vanessa, can you hear me? Yes, I can. Okay, good. I missed y'all more than I have words to express. Believe me. Amen. Um, mother passed on to me many, many years ago. Proverbs 17:4. * We talk a lot about what we say, but he holds us accountable for what we hear. An evildoer listens to false lips. That makes us an evildoer when we're listening. A liar listens to spiteful and malicious tongue. We're responsible for what we hear. Abs. Oh, wow. Amen. You're exactly right. Because it all that's where it all starts, isn't it? Yes, it is. * Yes, it is what we hear. Yep. Absolutely. So, if we want to control our tongue, well, all we got to do is control our ears. Huh. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Amen. So wonderful. Brother Ricky Peruse. Well, I know in the Navy we were taught um loose lips sink ships. Okay. So when you're spreading what you hear and it's not true, you would go to captain's mass because the Navy is very hard if you're spreading this disinformation. * Really? And they find out it's not true. I didn't realize that. Yeah. You can go to captain's mass and you can get in trouble and you can be dishonorably discharged. Wow. You mean they can discharge them from the Navy, but we can't discharge them from the church? I hear. Hallelujah. Amen. It's good stuff. Unmute. Very good. What a great day today. * I'm, you know, I'm not sorry I kept you so long because I've not done it in a long, long time. We had a full Sabbath day together. Amen. Amen. I love you all. I'm gonna go out to Remnant Ranch real quick and play with my grandbabies. And I heard that they're out