Amen. He knows exactly what we need. Amen. Exactly when we need it. Amen. He knows who needs it. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. That's right. Get out your Bible and let's go to St. Mark. You might be doing a little teaching tonight, if that's okay. So I appreciate you being here, appreciate those who tuned in by way of the internet. Amen. Let me just read. Mark chapter number seven. Mark chapter number seven. We're gonna start reading verse number one. The Bible says, y'all realize this is the word of God. Y'all realize that God Holy men of old spake as they were moved on by the Holy Ghost. Amen. The Spirit of God moved on these men's hearts. Amen. These men were holy men. These men were godly men. These men were men that God could trust. These men were men that sought after God. And God sent down the Holy Ghost and He come and He spoke to their hearts. They begin to pin the words of God. The words of God. They begin to pin down the words of God. Amen. And record them. Hey, those sheepskins and how many of you, David, wrote it down? And boy, here they are, amen, down in 2021. We've got the words of God that's been pinned down that we can open up in a book form that God put in order. Does that sound about right? I said that God put in order, amen, for us to be able to read the words of God. We ought to shout over being able to read the words of God that he spoke. Amen. Hallelujah. Chapter number seven, verse number one, the Bible says, The Bible says, here's a holy book. It's a book worth reading. It's a book worth listening to. It's a book worth living by. It's a book worth following. Everything it says you ought to try to do. Come on now. Amen, that's right. I said it before, I'll say it again. Might not have been written directly to me, but every bit of it's written for me. Amen, and we can put our trust and our confidence in what this book says. Ain't that right? Everybody, we can trust this King James Bible. I promise you, it'll make you, it'll get you all the way home. Amen, if we'll just do what it says, it'll make, we'll get all the way home. Amen, first thing we gotta do is get born again, why? Because that's what the Bible says. That's what the book says, amen? Being born again, hallelujah. Anyway, St. Mark chapter number seven, And verse number, I didn't know I was going to say all that, but boy, that's good. I want to take a bit of it back. Amen. Chapter number seven, verse number one, the Bible says, then came together unto him, who Jesus, the Pharisees, and certain other scribes, which came from Jerusalem, where the temple is. Everybody all right? And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread, with defiance, that is to say with unwashing hands, they found fault. They found fault. They're there, these religious nuts, is everybody all right? Amen, wouldn't know God, amen, when they're standing there looking at it, is everybody okay? And here they are, here they are, they come out, and they begin to look at Jesus Christ. Is everybody okay? And they begin to look at his disciples. Now you get a hold of this, and they found fault. Some of the most holiest men on the planet at that time How do you know? Because they're Jesus' disciples. They're walking with Jesus. They're talking with Jesus. And they're witnessing of the miraculous work and power that Jesus Christ has. And here they are. And they're with the Lord. They're in the Lord's presence. The Lord's in their presence. And here this crowd comes. And they begin to find fault with them. They begin to pick them apart because they didn't wash their hands. Is everybody all right? Is everybody okay? Amen. I'm telling you right now, buddy, hey, the Bible says that those that live, let me just read, amen, over in 2 Timothy, chapter number two, or chapter number three, and verse number 12, 2 Timothy, chapter three and verse 12, says, yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Amen. And here they are, these disciples have left everything to follow Christ. They're walking with Him, they're talking with Him on a daily basis, and here comes this crowd, and they're watching Him, and I got news for you. If you're gonna live for God, friend, folks are gonna watch your life. And they're gonna try to pick you apart. Now I'm telling you right now, amen, I've had them pick my messages apart. Oh, when God give me a message to preach, I've had a look in my life over a microscope. They've been trying to find fault. Why? Because they're trying to justify what they do. They're trying to justify how they live. But I'm telling you right now, these disciples, they didn't worry about it. They didn't get upset. They didn't get mad and leave the church. They didn't walk away from Jesus. They stayed right there with him. Everybody okay? You think folks ain't trying to find fault with you? You're here at church on a Wednesday night. Come on now, you've been walking with the Lord, praying, seeking him, maybe studying his Bible, reading his Bible, and I promise you there'll be somebody, amen, sitting off somewhere in the distance watching you, trying to find fault in how you do, amen, trying to find fault in your doctrine, trying to find fault in the way you live, the way you dress. Hey, is everybody okay? Amen. Here's the disciples. That's good preaching. Here's the disciples. Have you been there? They're eating with unwashed hands. They got dirty hands. They got dirty hands. But when Jesus gets done with this tribe, they realize the disciples may have dirty hands, but they, that's trying to pick them apart, has got dirty hearts. I mean, here's this group here. I mean, they're watching everything he does. They're watching everything the disciples are doing. Here they go. They watch him eat and they find fault. And before you get started, everybody's got faults. Ain't that right? We've all got faults. We've all got shit things in our life that we need to deal with. But here's the thing about the disciples, not only do they have their faults, but they're the one that can help them with their faults. Amen. Amen. So they find fault. Wow. And that's something. And I know that they're just flammable flesh. But can you imagine the disciples? Probably one of them was Peter. You can say what you want to about Peter, but I don't see anybody else other than the Lord that walked on water. Everybody okay? Everybody all right? I mean, probably one of them was Peter. Maybe they just stepped right out of the vault. Maybe they're finding fault with Peter. Huh? I mean, I don't know who all of them were, it doesn't say. It just says some of his disciples were there and they began to eat and wash their hands. Man, I tell you what, these people jumped on them, boy. They began to find fault with them. Go down to verse number six. They was more worried about their traditions. Amen. In chapter number seven, in verse number six, the Bible says, he answered and said unto them. Come on there. He answered and said unto them. Well, Isaiah's prophesied of you hypocrites. Uh-oh. You know, it's amazing to me. It's amazing to me how people just pick the verses they want out of the Bible. They're always picking in good grace verses and love verses. and forgiveness verses. Is everybody okay? Amen. They like to get on the grace bandwagon, amen, and talk about the grace of God. And thank God for the grace of God. And I'm telling you what, when I read this Bible right here, amen, I begin to see how they begin to find fault with the people that follow Christ. Are you hearing me? When the people that follow God and live for God, I hear what Jesus said. Amen. Is everybody okay? Now, I'm just reading what the Bible says. He said, well, Isaiah's prophesied of you, hypocrites. As it is written, this people honoreth me with their lips, but their hearts, their heart is far from me. Sure, sure, my disciples got dirty hands, but you got a dirty heart. My disciples' hands not clean, but your heart ain't clean. Maybe on the outside there's a little dirt, because they've been laboring for the Lord and working, and none of us are perfect, but friend, it's what's on the inside of you that's right. This is where Jesus begins to talk to them and bring the Word of God. Matter of fact, Jesus is the Word of God. He's the final authority on everything. If it's written in red, that means, buddy, you better pay double attention to it. Verse number seven, how be it in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines of commandments of men? And we jump all over that, and I've been guilty of it, and I'll probably preach it till I die. But Jesus didn't stop there. He said they teach for, because he done told them what they was doing. They're teaching for doctrines of God, the commandments of men. But listen to what he said. For laying aside, verse eight, The commandment of God. What they've done, they've laid aside the word of God. We're living in a day and a time when people are laying aside the word of God. They may be judging God's people. They may be on their dirty hands, but the problem is they've got dirty hearts. And they're no longer reading the Bible. They're no longer living by the word of God. They're no longer practicing the scriptures. Is everybody okay? Come on now. Amen. for laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as to washing the pots and cups, and many other such like things ye do. And Jesus didn't stop there, and he said unto them, full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. You may do the things you want to do. You may be able to live the life you want to live. So if the commandment of God's against it, you reject it. Amen. Everybody okay? Y'all quiet. Amen. But these men walked with Christ. Amen. Here comes that crowd. Amen. Come up there. They're going to find fault with them. They're gonna put them under a microscope. I'll tell you right quick, you watch me and you study me, amen, and you're fine, Paul. I'm not perfect, brother, and I don't preach that I'm perfect. Is everybody okay? Amen, I do have standards. I line them up in the Bible. Amen, I do have, amen, ain't that right? I have convictions, they're Bible convictions. I can't help it because you've dropped the commandments of God. I can't help it because you've laid them aside. Amen, if it's in the Bible, it's still right. Hallelujah. I don't care if you quit practicing it. I don't care if you lay in the sand. The Bible is still right today. The Bible is still just today. The Bible is still holy. The Bible is still the word of God. And we're still expecting, by God, if we are saved, to follow it. Amen. Now, the problem is, When they lay aside the word of God, they will put you under a microscope. Amen? And if what you're saying or what the word of God is saying disagrees with them, come on then. Is everybody all right? They ain't doing that right. I can't believe you said that. He's just up there in that little pit with a little stone. Everybody all right? Amen. I'm not throwing stones, I'm throwing rocks. I'm throwing big rocks. Amen. Amen. I'm throwing a big rock. Amen. That's right, he is the rocks. Everybody okay? Amen. But the problem is, the problem is they reject the word of God. That's what the commandment is. Everybody all right? You see that, that's the word of God. He did not come to do away with it. He came to fulfill it. And he did not come for us to do away with it. He came for us. The Bible says, God forbid that we should do away with it. Everybody all right? He came to make a way for us to get to heaven. He knows that we can't fulfill the law. He come and he done all that. Maybe He knows that we can't live it holy. He come and He done all that. He knows we can't live it perfect, that He came and He done all that. But what He done, He made a way. Maybe so that when we do make a mistake, when we do have faults, maybe we can still walk with Him and talk with Him, and He'll explain it to us, and He'll help us get right if we'll seek Him. Amen. Quit putting aside His Word. Quit laying His Word down. That's what they've done. They laid down the commandment. They laid down the Word of God. Everybody okay? See, James tells us we've got thoughts. James 5, 16 says, Confess your thoughts one to another. And pray one, pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual perfect prayer of a righteous man of that is much. First Peter chapter two, verse 20. For what glory is it if we need be buffeted for your faults? For your faults. So it's obvious we've got some. Problem is, amen, whenever the Pharisees and all them that's flayed down the word of God and no longer live by it, amen, when they begin to put us under a microscope. Come on, man. They forget about their faults. I like it because Jesus reminds us. Jesus reminds us. And here's the thing, the disciples, they didn't get offended. They didn't get all upset. Oh, they talked about me. Oh, they printed something I said on Facebook. Oh, they put it out there on social media. Is everybody okay? You better be careful what you listen to out there on Facebook. and hashtags and all that. Is everybody all right? Get one side of the story. Get God's side. Get God's side. Find out what the word of God says. Is everybody okay? Amen. He said, for what glory is there for when you be buffeted for your faults? Amen, you shall take it patiently. But if when you do well and suffer for it. Is everybody all right? If when you do well and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is acceptable to God. Yes, sir. Amen. Amen. So it's not really that acceptable. Amen. And we got to let God have vengeance. Is everybody all right? All right. Here they are. They come out. They watch the children. They watch the men that's walking with Christ, that's closest to the Lord. And here's what they do. They look at what they're doing, and they find fault with what they're doing. I mean, these are the disciples they're talking about. Are you hearing me? These are the ones that's living for God, that's walking with Christ, that's doing what the Bible says, and yet they begin to find fault. And I wonder how many of them join me in, oh yeah, that's right, they ain't do that. Look, they got unclean hands. Oh yeah, you're right, Mr. Pharisee, they got unclean hands. Oh, look at that, look at what they did, look at what they said, look at how they act, they got unclean hands. Amen, but here's the problem. I mean, come Sunday, I'm gonna be back in the house of God, amen? I'll get my hands washed, I'll get my body washed, I'll get my heart washed, I'll get my soul washed, I'll get my mouth washed by the word of God, by the Holy Ghost of God, amen? I'm gonna get instruction from the Holy One. Hallelujah right there. I mean, put that down, right down there. I don't care, amen, why? I'm still walking with you. I'm still doing everything. Everything I've been doing before. And I'm not about to change. Amen. I'm not about to lay the Bible down. I'm not about to lay it to the side. That's what they do. And Jesus called them out on it. Jesus called them out on it. They said, look at them, eating with unclean hands. Jesus said, yeah, but the Bible says you got an unclean heart. See, I've been watching you. See, Jesus says, I've been watching you. And what you've done, you've laid down the word of God. Amen, you sought out your convictions. Is everybody okay? Amen, you laid down the commandments. Amen, let me tell you something, the right suggestions, the commandments. Come on, man. Go down to verse 15. So his disciples came to him, and Jesus says, in verse number 15 now, he said, there is nothing from without a man that entering into him can defile him. But the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples, look, they're still with him. They're still walking with it, even though they've been mocked and ridiculed. Everybody okay? They've been talked about and judged. Is everybody all right? Amen, that's right. Amen, still living by the word of God, walking by the scriptures. I mean, they're still walking right next to the Word of God, just in case you was wondering, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. So in the beginning with God, and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Who's been talking about Jesus? Here they are in the Word of God, living beside the Word of God. Hallelujah. That's right. Amen. And folks found fault. because they had some dirt on their hands. And Jesus said, that ain't that which goes in a man. That's defiled, because they ate with some dirty hands. But it's what's coming out of him, because it's coming out of his heart. Listen to this. And Jesus said in verse number 18, let me finish reading verse number 17. And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parents. Here they are, still walking. A little hard times come a lot of folks' way. No persecution. Amen. Somebody wants to share their convictions. Amen. Boy, you'll be popular if you do. You know what? I ain't looking for popularity. I'm not looking to fit in with the world of the crowd. I'm not looking to fit in with the crowd that's laid down the word of God. Is everybody okay? I'm not looking to walk with them. I'm looking to walk with Christ. I'm looking to continue to walk in the spirit. They that live in the spirit, what? Should also walk in the spirit. You want to say amen? I'll tell you what, in the spirit walking, I mean, it ain't the same as this worldly welcome. Is everybody okay? I'm telling you right now, you'll have standards, you'll have convictions, you'll try to live by that Bible right there, and there'll be people find fault with you. It might not be true, but they'll try to find fault with you. And if they can't find it, then they'll just lie on it. Is everybody okay? And so here they are. And Jesus even asked the disciples. And let me tell you something, here they are, here they are being rebuked. Is everybody okay? We're living in a day and a time when church folks can't handle a little bit of rebuking. Not just a little bit. I mean, they can't handle hard preaching. And here's Jesus, the Son of God, the Savior of the world, the Word of God. The disciples asked him a question, and he went, oh, I understand, that sounds okay for me, I'll write that down. Jesus looked at them, In 2nd verse 18, are ye so without understanding also? Are you hearing it? He's not calling them. He's not babying them. He's not petting them. These are people that know Him. These are people that's been walking with Him. He's done rebuked the worldly crowd. He's done told them, hey, it's your heart. You lay down the word of God. He's gonna rebuke him about laying down the word of God. And now listen to this. And he tells him, he says, are ye also without understanding also? Do ye not perceive that whatsoever thing from without, and with unto the man, it cannot defile him? For it is not to him, because it is not into his heart. Here we go. You got dirty hands, but faith got a dirty heart. Come on. Isaiah said, Their lips draw nigh. Oh, it sounds good. It sounds good what they're saying. Surely it ought to be that way. And Jesus said, but your heart is not right. Oh yeah, your words sound good. Your words sound real educated. Your words, your words, boy, they just tingle everybody else's ears. They just really make you sound so big and smart and tough. But your heart is what's wrong with you. Your heart is far from me. You've laid down the word of God. You've sidestepped the word of God. You have laid down your convictions from the word of God. You've laid down the scripture. You quit living by the scripture. He said, this what you're complaining about they've done with their little bit of dirt on their hands. That's nothing compared to what's in your heart. What'd you say? Let me read it. Verse number 20. That which cometh out of the man, that defiled the man. Oh, let me get back up here. Verse number 18. Verse number 19. Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out unto the drought, purging all needs. And he said, that which cometh out of the man, that defiled the man. Now listen to this. And this ain't Brother Tracy preaching this. This is the darling son of God. The one they say, you know, has such compassion, and he does. The one they say that has all this forgiveness and he does. Come on. The one they say that loves so much and he does. Come on. Amen. And they'll cheer, pick their verses, and they'll skip over the meatier parts of the line. Everybody all right? Right. Right. That's what Jesus said in one place. Oh, man, you like all the smooth talking. Amen. Because it don't bring no conviction in your life. It doesn't challenge you. to get closer to God. You like smooth talking because it doesn't challenge your lifestyle. Come on, man. You like to hear the smooth verses and the smooth talkers because it doesn't cut to where you live and challenge you on how your relationship really is with God. Amen. And listen to what he said. Verse 21, for from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts. Now this is Jesus. What's been running through your mind today? Come on. Evil thoughts? Adulteries, fornications, murders. Hello. How you been living your life? This is what Jesus is asking. Jesus is telling them. He's telling his disciples. He's telling His disciples in the house away from the people. He's explaining to them what's wrong with that world out there. What's wrong with them that lay the Word of God down? What's wrong with them that walk away from the commandment? Because that's what they've done. And Jesus begins to explain to them. He said evil falls. He said this is what's coming out of their hearts. Adultery, fornication, murder, theft. Deceit! Hello? Huh? Lasciviousness! An evil eye! What are you looking at? Huh? What are you lusting at? Come on now! These are the things that Jesus is saying, not Brother Tracy! We're probably losing a lot of drones on the internet right now. Amen! But I'm telling you what Jesus said. Blasphemy. Pride. Oh my goodness. Yeah. Pride. Can you believe that Jesus called out pride in people's lives? Amen. Pride. Pride going before destruction and a haunted spirit before a father. Amen. You better be real careful. Come on. Pride. Oh yeah. Man, we get so lifted up with pride. People get so lifted up with pride and they start looking at a man of God and picking him apart. You better be real careful. Ain't no time to justify your lifestyle and act like you're somebody holy. Is everybody all right? I tell you, Jesus. His disciples were with Him. Some of the most holy men on earth at that time, I believe. I mean, why? Because they was walking and talking with the Word of God. They were hearing the Word coming out of Jesus' mouth. He was a walking Bible. Everything He said was holy. Everything He said was holy. They was not hearing any false doctrine. Everything he said was right. It's true. He said, pride. Foolishness. All these evil things come from within and come out of the heart. I got a dirty hand. Well, Trace, you got dirty hands. You might be right. My hands may need to be washed. You know what Peter said? Not my hands, but my feet only. Wash me off my hands, my feet, my head, everything. Are you hearing me? Maybe you as a child of God may have a little dirt on your hands. I promise you, if you do very much work of the Lord, you're going to get a little dirt on your head. I know that's perfect. We've all got faults. But here's the problem. It's that crowd that's laid down the Bible. They lay down the commandments of the living right. They're going to be searching you. They're going to be looking at you. They're going to be doing everything they can to try to find fault in you. And you're going to have to make up your mind. You're going to have to decide. Are you going to let your people bring you out of church and away from God and lay you up out of there? Are you going to have to make up your mind? No matter what they say, I'm just going to keep going with the Lord. That's what I decided. I just kept going with the Lord. They didn't jump up and down and scream and holler and get no fist fight. They let God defend them. They let the Lord of God defend them. Is everybody all right? I'm not going to change what I preach. I'm not going to change how I preach. I'm not going to change the Bible I preach out of. I'm not changing none of that. I don't care who don't like it. Is everybody okay? I'm telling you right now, Jesus Christ, he was holy. His disciples was holy. And here they are picking them apart. Right. They was watching. God help. They was looking for something to say. Amen. Amen. But what they didn't know is Jesus, the word of God, didn't change. Amen. They didn't scare him. They didn't make him back up in no corner and say, oh, maybe you know, okay, I understand, you know, please don't stone us. Come on. No. Jesus called them hypocrites. Right off the bat. Right. Right off the bat. Man. He didn't buy, he didn't play. He said, well, that Isaiah's prophesied of you hypocrites. Is that okay? Amen. Let me just double check. Yep, that's the first thing he said in that chapter. I said, that's the very first thing he put in that chapter was called him out and called him hypocrites. Amen. Oh man, people are getting mad at Brother Tony Hudson because he calls a few names, hypocrites. Is everybody okay? Come on. Come on now. Amen. Hey, I'm just telling you, Jesus called him out. Amen. You can get mad at the preacher, you can get mad at the word of God, but it's not gonna change. Amen. They was trying to make them change and make them conform, amen, to what they wanted to do. We want you to follow our traditions and wash your hands and do what we say. Do it like we do it. And Jesus said, you hypocrites. Amen. You hypocrites. Amen. You want to find fault? Here's something for you to do. Look for fault with Jesus. Why? Because he's the one I'm following. Amen. Look for fault in that King James Bible. Why? Because that's the one I'm living by. If you find fault with him or that, amen, then you come talk to me. Because I'm not perfect. I've got faults. Amen. But this scripture does not have faults. Jesus Christ does not have fault number one. Nope. He's perfect. He's still perfect. He was perfect when he was born. He was perfect when He walked on the face of the earth. He was perfect when He died. He was perfect when He rose again on the third day. He was perfect when He went and He sat beside the Father to make intercessions for you and for I. I've got news for you right now. He's still perfect today. He's never sinned. He's never had an evil thought. So I imagine if He could call them wicked and evil and ungodly, I imagine he has the right. I imagine it's true. Oh yes. For all have sinned. So if you want a five-file with me, you can print it all over the internet. I don't care. You can go out on the street corner and proclaim it. That's fine. You know what I'm going to do? I'm gonna do just like these disciples done. I'm gonna keep walking with that faith. I'm gonna keep doing exactly what I was doing. Hey, you know what? You may call me out on something, you may be 100% right. Yep, I got some dirt on my hands. Guess what? I'm gonna get down, I'm gonna get the Lord to wash me up real good and clean me up. The problem with the others here that found the fault is it wasn't that their hands were dirty, it's that their hearts were dirty. So don't let somebody with a dirty heart Amen, get you discouraged, right? Call him to quit. Don't let somebody with a dirty heart just trying their best to find fault. And the only reason they're really trying to find fault is just like these were. Amen? So they can justify their actions. Amen. Are you hearing me? So they can justify laying down the dial. Amen. Isn't that what he said? Let me read that again. I don't think y'all got quite got that. Come on. I think somebody on the internet missed that part. Go ahead. I'm pretty sure they did. But we'll just start reading verse number six, where Jesus first starts talking in this chapter. Well, hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites? As it is written, this people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. I've got dirty hands, they have a dirty heart. How being in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctors the commandments of men. For laying aside, let's look at this, the commandment of God. What's that in the Word of God? They've just laid it aside. They've laid aside their convictions. they laid aside the doctrine of the word of God. For laying aside, listen to this, for laying aside, verse eight, for laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, what man thinks is right, what man wants to do, how man wants to live, the tradition of men as the washing of pots and cups and many other such like things you do. In verse number nine, And he said unto them, full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. What they've done, they've laid down the Bible, and now they're trying to tell others how to honor it. They've laid down their own convictions, amen, and now they're trying to find a fault with mine. are yours. Do you hear me? That's what he was doing with the disciples. They laid down their own convictions, and then they went to find fault with the disciples. People in this world have laid down their convictions, and now they're trying to find fault with the church. And then they've changed the Bible so many times. So many times. What things they have, they have a lifestyle, they'll write another book. They'll leave out verses. Amen, they'll leave out chapters. because it infringes on their lifestyle. If that verse or that chapter's in there, and it says you shouldn't do that, then they can't get right with God and do that. So what they do, they just write them another book, write them another book, write them another book. Take out that chapter, write them another one. Trying to find fault with my King James Bible. Trying to tell me it talks about hate, no it doesn't, it talks about holiness. Trying to tell me my Bible preaches division, no it doesn't, amen, it's righteous. Amen. Yeah. And then when you lay it down and you walk away from it, everything trouble begins. Amen. That's right. You'll be looking for fault in everybody. These people were right with God. Do you understand that? Come on. These disciples were right with God. Come on. And yet, here they come trying to find a fault. Amen. So you study my life all you want. I'm not telling you they can't be in the perfect will of God. Somebody say amen right there. You can't. Amen. Amen. And you need to strive. Amen. But even at death, Amen. That's a hard place to stay. Amen. That's right. Makes work. Makes getting your hands a little dirty. Amen. That better there? Amen. Somebody come on to the piano tonight. Amen. I just want to sing that. Hemicycles, man, they didn't let them run them off. They didn't let them change what they was doing one bit. I don't read what Hemicycles says. Oh, hold on a minute. Let me run and wash my hands. Satisfy you. Anybody in there? Nope. No, man, these boys was hungry. Man, they was plowing it down, dirt and all. Everybody okay? Amen. That's right. Dirt and all. And they fell flat. But it didn't change them. They just kept going to the Lord. Kept living for God. Everybody all right? Amen. Kept toting that big fat 3-gallon bottle around one of their arms. Amen. Quoting scripture. Is everybody okay? Amen. Amen, that's right. Kept witnessing for the Lord. Some of them kept handing out tracts. Everybody okay? Amen, that's right. Kept preaching against Facebook. Is everybody all right? Amen. That's right. Come on. People just kept on. Kept on. And when they got there, Jesus had to rebuke them just a little bit. But even under that, even under a little bit of rebuke, man, they didn't tuck tail and run and say, I'm going with that other crowd. They said, okay, Lord. And then after he rebuked them, he told them what was wrong with that crowd out there, their hearts. They got a deeper understanding. Jesus is always gonna give you a deeper understanding if you'll stay with him. Amen, I love you tonight, I appreciate you. We appreciate the Lord. Amen. I really, I really, really truthfully, I've been kind of studying on and meditating on, amen, the long suffering of God. I thought I'd be preaching on that night right there. Amen. This mess is kind of a long ways from that. Amen. We might catch that on a little Sunday. Amen. But the problem is, more folks, amen, they're frustrating the grace of God. Right. His long suffering. Amen. It's short. and it better get it right. Better get it right, better get it back right. That's right. Amen. We're trying to pick apart God's people. Everybody okay? Amen. That's right. Better pick that Bible back up. Better get back in the Holy Ghost preaching church. Amen. Pick the right Bible up, the King James Bible. That's right. Some of them convictions you thought to the sides, you need to pick them back up. Amen. Ain't that right? Y'all not telling it right. Amen. Some of that dedication you chucked off to the side, you need to pick some of that back up. Amen. Everybody okay? Come on. Amen. Don't let somebody that's out of the will of God pick you apart and make you feel bad, make you feel guilty, and make you slip out of the presence of Christ. None of them disciples stayed there. They kept walking with him. Amen. Amen. I love you. Appreciate you. Amen. Get her to play something tonight. Get you to stand on your feet. If you want to come out and talk to the Lord, come.