Proverbs chapter 26. Today's is 26, is it not? Amen. And we're just gonna look at one verse and get the message that God gave to me this morning. What a beautiful day it was, wasn't it? Come on. Oh my goodness, I got to sit out back. Normally mosquitoes tear me up, so I put off all over me. I'm not kidding. I go out there for two minutes, I got mosquito bites all of them on. They liked me. But anyway, I put off on. I went out and sat on my back furniture. I prayed and read my Bible for three hours and studied and wrote down this message. what God gave me this morning, and I hope and pray it'll be a blessing to you. I know it will be. I love when God answers things. Like, do you ever wonder why sometimes about certain things? You know what my biggest thing is? Is I think of all the people that have been through the doors of this church. We started this church 10 years ago, and we've been here in this building for six years. And we should be here for another year. And then we're going to have to find a new place or not. We never know what God's going to do. But we're looking. And you never know what God's going to do. I think God's going to do something great. I really do. I have some things in the furnace that I'll tell you about later. Amen? But anyway. I wonder, what happened to all those people? Where are they? Are they still serving God? You know, it's sad that they're not here, but it's okay if they're somewhere else serving the Lord. And they came through and maybe they got saved here and baptized here and they got their start here and now they're serving God somewhere else. That's wonderful. But there's multitudes of them that aren't serving God, aren't in church anywhere, but they were in church at one time. Brian, why am I all of a sudden got real loud? We need Steve back there. He knows how to handle it. I'm just pushing his buttons right now. Amen. So that's what Steve does. Steve just starts pushing buttons. No, I'm not kidding. Brian is the top-notch guy. But there's hundreds and hundreds, I don't know, hundreds at least, people that have been through these doors, come to church for a while. got saved at the altar, crying in tears, baptized, and then all of a sudden, for whatever reason, you don't see them anymore. And you're hoping that they're okay, but then you find out, like, I can think of two people that I know of that are, like, literally into, like, devil stuff. Like, doing devilish stuff, like, with the devil. And it's like, wow, what happened, right? It's like, how did this happen? And maybe you might know somebody that one time believed in the Lord, served the Lord, but now they're not. And it happens all over the world. And so I like when God answers questions for me like this. Let's get into it right now, will you please? Look in chapter 26, look in verse 11. It says, are you all there? It says, as a what? A dog. I want you to underline that if you can. As a dog returneth to his what? Vomit. So a fool returns, turneth to his folly. He says here, as a dog returns to his vomit. Now, I don't even have my message with me, because I honestly don't need it. I could just do this without any notes. But the truth of the matter is, I want you to think about that. As a dog returns to his vomit. So let's get into it briefly. A dog puts stuff into his body, and it makes him sick. He's sick. makes him ill, ruining his life. And he finally regurgitates and throws it up. Oh, he's feeling better. You know what I mean? He's feeling better and he goes his merry way. And sometime, for some reason, he stops and he thinks, wonder what was in that? And he goes all the way back to his pile of vomit and he starts looking at the things that he ate, the same stuff that made him sick in the first place, the same stuff that made him destroy his life, almost kill him. And he looks at it and all of a sudden now he wants to try it again. And that's exactly what he's saying here. As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly. And I want you to think about that as I'm getting to that. He goes back and he sees the very thing that made him sick, and a fool is a person that does the same thing. Turn with me, if you would, to 2 Peter, chapter 2. 2 Peter, chapter 2. Say amen when you're there. I hope you have your Bibles at home, anybody watching. The good thing about this Facebook Live thing is that it's on all the time, so you can watch it later on. I know AJ said, oh, I can't make it. I said, well, make sure you go home and watch it. You know, just go home and watch it. I want people to hear the word of God. I don't want you to hear me, even though it's my job. I am the preacher, and the word preach means to push. out with power and authority. Push out the Word of God. I am not a quiet person, never have been, probably never will be. And I am what I am and God's called me to preach the Word of God. But what I want more than anything is for you to hear the Word of God so it can help you. Amen? Because I want everyone, everyone to get help on this. Look in chapter 2 with me please. 1st 2nd Peter 2 verse 22 very easy to remember 2 2 2 right there it goes and it says in verse 22, but it is happened unto them according To the true proverb that's the one we just read the dog is turned to his own Vomit say it again again and the sow that's a pig that was washed to her wallowing in the mire the dog returns back to what made him sick again and the pig that you got washed and all prettied up ends up going back into the pig slot. Amen? And that's two things I want you to notice. It says dog and pig. Dog and pig. You don't see it saying sheep because sheep don't do that. Dogs do that and pigs do that. Look at me if you would in verse 20 please. Verse 20 says, for if after they have, what's that word church? Escaped. the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Now, let's stop and let's dissect a little bit. For if after they have, and that word escape, I want you to underline, because it is a word that means they got out of the clutches of. That means somebody had them prisoner. So just like we're going to do the RU, and that's supposed to let the prisoners go, in my favorite song, and can it be that I should gain an interest in the Savior's blood. And it says, I was fast bound in sin, in darkness, then the light came in, I rose, I went forth, and I followed Him, because He broke the chains of addictions, broke the chains of sin, broke the chains that the devil had around me. Do you understand that? That's the song, I was blind, but now I see. Amazing grace. We'll read it again. For if after They have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I want you to underline knowledge. They escaped through what? Through knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Look what it says. They are again entangled therein And what's that next word? Overcome, underlined overcome. Look what it says. The latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known, underlined the way, of righteousness, than after they had known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it happened unto them. But it happened unto them. It's happened so many people. And you wonder why. What happens to them? It says, as a true proverb, the dog returns to his own vomit again, and the sow that was washed in her wallowing to her mire. I want you to understand here that it says they escaped through knowledge. They got entangled again. And they got what? Overcome. There's a lot of people that get saved but not through knowledge. They get saved through the power of the Holy Ghost, through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you understand? There's a difference between knowledge and being... What did Jesus say? You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. See, the wording here is they escaped. So the prisoner had them. All of a sudden, the prison guard that had them wasn't around. They left the keys around. The prison guard took off. The devil that had them left. And all of a sudden, they found themselves and they were able to escape. They got clean. They got clean from their drug addictions. They got clean from their pornographies. They got clean from their gambling habits. They got clean from their alcohol. You know what I'm saying? It happens all the time. I'm clean, I hear people say. I've been clean for 88 days. You know what I mean? That's why, and I'm going to say this, I'm going to say it so you understand me, so I'm not even getting cloudy. I hate AA. Hate it. Because I know it very well. And they lie to you and tell you that you have a disease. Alcoholism and drug addiction is not a disease. It's called sin. And the devil and the evil spirits that are real and the unclean spirits have a hold on you and you cannot get out. That is not a disease. Because the same people get thrown into jail. Guess what? They're not drinking and doing drugs in jail. What happened to their disease? It's got a cure. It's called go to prison. My point to that is, it's a lie. You are not an alcoholic forever. You're not a drug addict forever. You're not a this forever. Because when Jesus Christ makes you free, he said, you are free indeed. He says, therefore, if any man be, now, the word, in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away, and behold, all things are become new, and all things are of God. See, the Bible says you are a new creature, brand new, born again, new slate. You're not a pig. You're not a dog. You're now a sheep. And you know what sheep do? They obey. You know what sheep do? They run away. You know what sheep do? They get lost. You know what sheep do? They do what sheep do, but mostly they follow the shepherd. The shepherd feeds them, the shepherd takes care of them, and Jesus said, I am your shepherd. And that means when you go astray, you have someone that's coming after you. When you go astray too much, you have someone that'll clump you with the rod and the staff. They comfort me. How they comfort you when you get a knot in your head? Because they know that He loves me. He's not going to let me get too far. He's not going to let the wolves get me. Now I'm going on a little too far. Let me think. I want you to think about this. They got clean. They clean escaped, but they continued. Look what it says, please. In the end of verse 20, it says, they are again entangled therein and overcome. Remember? Greater is He that is within you, greater is He that is in you, greater is He that is in you, because Uh, greater is he then that is in you than he that is in the world. See, you aren't overcome. You cannot be overcome by the devil. You cannot be overcome. And when I say overcome, I mean overcome, not beat up, not slapped around, not fall and everybody trips, everybody falls, everybody slides in. You know what I mean? I'm talking about overcome. That word overcome means that, because it even says, the end of it is worse than it was in the beginning, because something serious has taken place. It says that in verse 17, It says, These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with the tempest, to whom the midst of darkness is reserved forever. That is the same words that says in Peter, in another place, that these are angels, these are devils, these are spirits. And it says in verse 18, For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh. through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error." Look what it says. They allure them back, those that were clean escaped from them. But why is it they're going to get them? Because those that are clear escaped from them, they live in error. They live the wrong way. They stop going to church. They stop being around the hymns. They stop being around the preaching. They stop being around the people of God, the things of God, and the power of God. So I'm here to tell you this is a fact. For 25 years, I preached in the prisons. I have been in a lot of different prisons, but many, many prison cells. And what happens is you have a room, and people are allowed to come in. It doesn't matter who they are. You have murderers and rapists. It doesn't matter. They're all allowed to come in. And you see people with teardrop tattoos. I mean, they kill people. See neck tattoo people that look like they are filled with the devil, and they are. And they sit in the back. They're just getting out of their cell. And I've seen it 100 times, Anton. And we start to sing. And you're in a little cell that's a little room that's made out of cinder block. And you have 38 guys packed in there, 40 guys sometimes, standing on the sides. And we start to sing Amazing Grace. And the whole place is singing. And the power of God is prevalent. You can feel the presence of the Holy Spirit of God in the praises. When any devil or unclean spirit that is inside of those people at that time, BAM! They have to get out. They have to leave. They cannot be around the presence and the power of He that is in you. Because He's greater. He's God. He's God. No devil can get near God. Jesus Christ, what did He do, Tan? He kicked the devils out of all of them. Get out of Him, you no good, evil, rotten, unclean spirit. And then what happens is, they feel good. They feel like, oh, I got saved, because maybe they said a prayer, or maybe they came to the altar, or maybe they shed a couple tears. And they feel good. They think they're saved. But when they get out of the place, when they get out of prison, maybe they come to church for a while. Maybe we see them get baptized. Maybe we see things happen. But all of a sudden, something happens, error in their life. They stop reading their Bibles. They stop coming to church service every time. They stop doing the things they're supposed to do. And in that error, turn with me, would you please, in Matthew chapter 12. Let me show you exactly what God said happens. Matthew chapter 12. Look what happens. I love when God, Jesus Christ, pulls the curtain back and He lets us see behind the curtain in the spiritual world things that we would never know. Look what He says with me. Are you there? Matthew 12. Look in verse 43. It says, When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, See, Jesus is opening the veil, showing us that when a man is possessed with an unclean spirit, there comes a time, sometime, we don't know, but I know, it's when Jesus was in the presence of people, the unclean spirit would cry out, what have I to do with you, Jesus? And Jesus said, get out of him. And the unclean spirit would leave, right? Happened all the time. Didn't mean the man was saved. Didn't it mean man was born again? Just now the man could think clearly. Now the man is in his right mind and he can make the right choices instead of being influenced by the devil. But that same person doesn't mean that they're born again and going to heaven. They still had to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, follow the Lord Jesus Christ, wait for the resurrection, and put their faith on him and receive Jesus Christ in them. Do you understand? Because it's no good having Jesus Christ in your head. Only in your heart. And He's gotta be in you. Because it says, when they escaped the pollutions through the knowledge of Jesus Christ. See, so many people, they understand, they hear, but they don't have Him. And there's something stopping Him from coming in. And it ain't Him. And it ain't the church, it's you. And that's why each and every one of us have got to examine our own hearts to make sure that Jesus Christ is in there, not some religion, not some feel-good experience, not some knowledge that you learned. Amen? I don't care if you went to Bible college and came out with a couple doctorate degrees, that doesn't make you born again. Turn with me if you would. Oh, I didn't finish reading it. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, what's he do? He walketh through dry places and seeking rest and findeth none. Then he says, I will return unto my house. See, we notice he says my house. What does God say? That we are his house. His temple, that's the house of God, you know. That's why the church is called the house of God. The temple of the living God is our souls. So when Jesus said, my house, talking about the church, talking about you, is Jesus living in your house? Do you have someone living inside of you? Do you have a spirit that is holy? that hates when you do wrong, hates when you think wrong, hates when you act wrong, and you don't feel good when it happens? See, that's evidence. Because if the Bible says if you don't get chastened, if there's no whooping by that Holy Ghost, if there's no God reproving you, then you don't have Him. But anyway, look what it says. Then He says, I will return to My own house from whence I came out. And when He has come, He finds it, what? Empty, swept, and garnished. You know what that's called? Clean. I'm clean. I'm all, no alcohol for 15 days, I'm clean. No drugs for 88 days. You know I'm talking about Tom, right? You hear it all, I'm clean. Clean from what? Clean from alcohol and drugs. That doesn't mean at all that you have God inside of you. That just means you are prime suspect for a place for the devil to come back. Look what it says. Verse 44. I'm sorry, verse 45. Then what does the unclean spirit that used to live inside of you do? He goes and he takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself. And they enter in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation, Jesus said. So you have no clue what's really going on in the spiritual world. When I see people that used to be in church with their family, now they're doing Ouija boards and astrologies, and I'm like, how did this happen? We see people that used to come to church and believe in the Lord, now they're against the church, against God, and they say things against God. I'm like, how did this happen? Their life is 10 times worse than it ever was. That's why he says in 2 Peter 2, 2, 2, 2, 22, he says, it is better off if they never even heard the gospel. If they're not going to truly get their hearts and truly open their hearts to Jesus Christ, it's better off if they never heard it. because the end of their state, it's going to be worse for them, whatever it was. I want you to look with me in Luke chapter 11. Look in Luke 11. Are you with me? Look in Luke 11 with me. Look in verse 20. You all there? Jesus saying, but if I with the finger of God cast out devils, No doubt, the kingdom of God has come unto you. I'm here to tell you, listen to me, please. The kingdom of God is here. What does that mean? It means the Holy Spirit is here, and he will inhabit anyone, whosoever believeth. See, the problem is people don't really believe it. And I'll get to the verse in a minute. I'll tell you what people do. And I'm already gonna jump ahead, but it's okay. Ephesians 1.13, don't turn there, but it says, in whom you trusted. After you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, whom after that you believed, then after that you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, sealed until the day of redemption. Do you understand? Once you're sealed, no devil can get in there. Why? Because greater is he that's in you than he that's in the world. No devil can come in. No unclean spirit can come in. Oh yeah, you might be tempted. You might fall. You might fall, but you'll always come back. Just like a lost sheep, you'll always come back. I've seen people that were lost for 10 years, not in a million years that I think they were saved, even though they were in church, made professions in church, told you they were baptized, and all of a sudden for like 10 years, a decade, they're out living like the devil. Then all of a sudden, they come back. They come back and they're never the same. They never leave again. Just like the prodigal son in all this, but I'm not going, that's a whole nother story. My point is, is that how do you know somebody's really got him inside you? Because the shepherd makes sure you come back. Because when you're saved, you're saved to the uttermost. Amen? Keep reading, look what it says. Verse 21. It says, when a strong man armed, now think about it. A strong man with a machine gun. He's got his AK-47, right? or as, what's his name, calls it a 14, AK-14 or something, I don't know. Anyway, it says, when a strong man armed, he keeps his palace, what's it say, his goods are in peace, but when a stronger than he shall come upon him and overcome him, there's that word overcome again, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and he divides his spoils, he rips them off, takes everything good that was in them. If you got the Holy Ghost inside of you, no one is stronger than that. No one can come in and rip you off. They can steal knowledge. They can't really come in and take over. Look what Jesus is going on and saying. He says, verse 23, he that is not with me is what? So you want to know why it's so important when the pastor knocks on your door, gives you a phone call, gives you a text, hey, you coming to church this Sunday? Because I know what's out there waiting for you. I know how easy it is for you to get taken away. Because I know that so many people think they're saved. I don't think they're born again. Because saved is such a word that, you know, I'm just thinking about it. Jesus died on the cross, right? And He did. And Jesus rose again, and He did. But Jesus, if Jesus never put His blood on the mercy seat, you would only be saved until you messed up again, and then you'd lose your salvation. But He gave us a promise. That's the Holy Ghost living inside of us. And that's why we can't lose your salvation. Because He's in there. He's the Savior. He's the God in me. Amen? Keep reading. Look what it says. Verse 24, when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest and finding none. He says, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he comes, he finds it swept and garnished, clean. Then goeth he and take to him seven other spirits, more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first. It's scary to me to think that there's people that I know, love, pray for, care for, and I'm not sure. I am not sure. It doesn't matter what I think. I am not sure if they're born again. They have knowledge of salvation. They have knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Savior. They come to church once in a while. You know what I mean? It's like, but I don't know if they're truly born again. But it's not whether I know. I want them to know. Because God knows. I personally don't know. I'll tell you right now. Jesus said, you'll know them by their fruit. He says, can a thorn bush produce figs? No. Can a fig tree produce thorns? No. You'll know. You'll know when they have love. when they have joy and they have peace in the Holy Ghost. You'll know when they have Jesus inside of them. You'll know. And that's exactly what he said. And Jesus goes on to say, in John 10, he says, my sheep hear my voice, and they know me, and I know them. See, that's why he said, a dog. goes back to his vomit. A pig goes back, not a sheep. And there's a whole difference between that. In Hebrews chapter 7 verse 25, you don't have to turn there, but it says that Christ, that God is able to save you from the uttermost. What does that mean? That means when you get truly saved, nothing can take you. Nothing can overcome you. You can be overcome by a fault, the Bible says, but not by devils. A fault can mess you up, the Bible says. He that is overcome in a fault, overtaken in a fault. He's doing something wrong, maybe he doesn't understand, maybe he doesn't know. You that are spiritual, go and restore such a one. But you can't be overtaken by an unclean spirit. Do you understand what I'm saying? Look, if you would, they got clean, they escaped, the unclean spirits because they got around the Holy Spirit, the singing, the praising, the preaching, the teaching. They leave, but the person, for reasons of their own, I don't know, not sure, they do not get born again. Now you can, I can speculate, because the Holy Spirit is a person, and you can't lie to God. You can fool me and you can fool others, but you can't fool God. Can I get an amen? So there's a lot of people that call upon the name of the Lord and the Holy Spirit, which is a person, which is God come in and sees that you don't really mean it. You're not, you're just, you don't really mean it. It's kind of like you have your, your addictions and your drugs, alcohols and all, and you're like, Jesus, save me, save me. But God's looking and saying, well, let go, let go of the stuff. I will. I will just save me. I will. And he's like, I'll come back when you're ready to let go. When you're ready to truly give me your whole heart. And that's what real salvation is. When somebody with all their heart, why? Why? Because the Holy ghost has shown him you're going to hell when you've been sentenced and there's no reprieve. When the judge slams that gavel down life in prison or the death penalty, you know what I mean? It's got to be a shocker of all shocks. Where you, all of a sudden, now you realize this is no joke. It's mine. Or you're walking the green mile, and you're walking down into that chair or that table. We're going to strap you down, and you're held down, and you can't move. And they're bringing out the stuff, and they're going to inject you and end your life. Could you imagine what's going through people's minds at that time? Oh my goodness, I don't even want to think about it. It scares the bejeebers out of me. Well, what? 10 times more. When the Holy Ghost told me I'm going to hell, because it was God saying, you're going to hell forever and ever and ever. That scared me. And that scares you straight. And that scares you where that Holy Ghost brings you to that place of true repentance. Can I say amen? Amen. Turn with me if you would, please. Turn with me if you would, please, to 2 Corinthians chapter 13. Can I say something? I love you all. I do, man. I love you guys. I love coming up here and being able to teach and preach, and you know, there's 1,700 people here. They don't know that. I love coming here, and there's a lot of people. I love teaching and talking to people that are bringing and absorbing it. That's why Jesus, when he preached, you're talking about God preaching. You know what he said? He that has ears to hear, let him hear. Because he knew half the people weren't even listening. And that's the way it is today. Look what it says with me in 2 Corinthians chapter 13. Are you there? Did I tell you 13? Look in verse 5. It says, now listen, this is a commandment. Examine yourselves. Whether you be in the faith. What's it say? Prove your own selves. Remember last Sunday's message? Prove it. Well, I didn't make that up. That's God. God's saying prove your own selves. Know ye not? Don't you know your own self? Whether, I mean, how that Jesus Christ, say it church, is what? Is what? One more time. That's what it's all about. Is Jesus Christ in you or not? Or you're still a dog, but you think you're a sheep. Or you're a pig, but you think you're a sheep, but you're not. And it says, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates. That means cast off, pushed away. Same thing in Matthew 7, 21, 23. Jesus said, in that day, many will say to me, many will say, Lord, they knew Him. Didn't we prophesy? Preach in your name. Didn't we cast out devils? Really? Didn't we do many wonderful, good works in your name? And Jesus said, I never knew you. See, that's scary. And it ought to scare you. Because this stuff's real. Heaven's real, hell's real. God's real, and born again, salvation's real. When you got it, you got it. You can't lose it. You don't earn it. You don't deserve it. It's a gift given to you, but when you got it, you know it. Can I get a witness? Turn with me, if you would, please, to 1 John chapter 2, and I'll finish up. 1 John chapter 2. Are you there? Look with me, if you would, please, in verse 18. It says, little children, it is the last time And as you have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are there many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. But they went out that they might be manifest that they were not all of us. When I think, I see you don't think the way I think because I'm still thinking of people that I led to the Lord 10 years ago. I pray for them. I think of them. They still, I still get grieved. Imagine having a bunch of children and just say half your children won't talk to you. They don't like you. They want nothing to do with you, but you're still their parent and you still love them and they hurt you. It's exactly what it is with a pastor. It's not as, Deep as that, but same thing. I never forget people that used to be in our church. Now, like I said, if they're out serving God somewhere, praise the Lord. God used me and it will weigh in their life, amen. But I think of so many people that aren't even in church at all. They've rejected God. They've turned from the Lord. But yet, they were here on Wednesday nights and giving praises, saying, oh, I thank God for bringing me here. Thank you, Jesus, for salvation. And then, poof, they're gone. That's what he said. He said, they went out from us because they were not really one of us. Not one of us, one of the body of Christ. Jesus Christ was not in them. And that's why the Bible is very clear. You better examine yourself. You better know your own self. Because I'll tell you right now, you can falter, you can fall, you can get oppressed, you can get in sin, but you won't stay there. It's impossible for the person of God, a child of God, to stay there. Because the shepherd, the good shepherd, won't let it happen. He'll go there and he'll beat the devil out of you. Amen? One way or the other. I want you to think about this in 1 John 4, verse 4, and I think we'll end with that. It says, we sang, it says, you are of God. Can you say that with me so we can finish? I want you to repeat after me. Say, you are of God. You ready? Ye are of God. Say it again. Ye are of God. It would be sad if you were of the little g god. It would be really sad if you were of the devil. If you were one of the children of the devil, one of the children of darkness. But here it says, you are of God, the Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, the Savior of your soul. No one, and I mean no one or nothing, not all the powers that be, not all the darkness in the universe, not Satan and all his cohorts can take anything from you when He that is in you, because let's look at it. It says, you are of God, little children, and you have over them, when a strong man See, you're stronger than him. You're stronger than the devil. Not because you're anything, but who is in you. You are of God. You have God in you. There's nothing you cannot do with God. For, what does it say? It says that we know. Now I feel like Joe Biden. I just went, you know, you know the thing. You know the thing. I just went blank. No, Ephesians 4.13 says, for I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. You can do anything with Christ. Don't make me say the wrong thing and look like a dummy. It's Philippians 4.13. Would I say Ephesians? Yeah, well, I got a lot of words. I'm tongue-tied up here. But anyway, I'll get it right. You know why? Because it's in me. It's greater than it's in the world. You can overcome anything. You can overcome anything. Anything. Anything. Anything. I just want you to realize, it says, as a dog returns to his vomit, not a sheep. You don't return back. and want to eat the same stuff that almost killed you and made you sick, amen? There's a reason people do that, and the reason is they're not a sheep. They have not been born again. Examine yourself, know your own self, whether you be in the faith, whether Christ is in you or not. Let's bow our heads for a word of prayer. In the name of Jesus Christ, my Savior, my Lord, my God, and my King, I give you my heart and soul tonight. I give you my body. I present it. There's nothing in my heart, nothing in my mind that I want more than you. I hunger after you. I thirst after you. I need you all the time. There's nothing in this world that is any way, any shape better than you. Nothing. Thank you that I've tasted and seen that you are good. Thank you that I know you. And I pray for every soul that hears this message, everyone, that they will know you too, that you will deliver them, make them free by the power of the Holy Ghost, by the blood of Jesus Christ, by the word of God. Give unto them eternal, everlasting life. Wash them, cleanse them, forgive them, and make them free to serve you, to follow you, to obey you, to be a sheep in your pasture. Thank you, Lord, for this church and all the churches that are out there preaching your word. We love you, we praise you, and we ask you to be with our praises and prayers in just a minute. In Jesus' name and all God's people said, amen, amen.