I've written number two. Revelation 2 if you would please. We've been in a series of messages that we've entitled, What Jesus Thinks of His Churches. Out of Revelation 2, the seven churches of Revelation, I've got just a tad of a ring Just a tad. Are you hearing a ring out there? Okay, I hear just a little one. Just a tad. If we can back off just a little there. Alright? Look if you would, chapter 2. If you don't have a Bible, the text verse will be on the screen. And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write, These things saith the Son of God, who hath eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass. Thyatira, if the postman is making his circular route through Asia Minor to visit these seven cities, the fourth city that you're going to come to is going to be the city of Thyatira. It's located about 40 miles southeast of Pergamos. If Pergamos is the northernmost city, you're going to turn southeast and you're going to come to the city of Thyatira. It's the least important of the cities mentioned in Revelation. Other cities were known for their political power, their status in the Roman Empire. Thyatira was an industrial center. It was smaller than the other cities, and we find that it was famous especially for its manufacturing of purple cloth. You remember Lydia? In the book of Acts chapter 16, she was there in Philippi. Remember that? And she was the first convert there where the Lord opened her heart. She was a seller of this purple cloth. She was from Thyatira. That was her home city. We really don't know how the church was founded. There's nowhere in the book of Acts, nowhere in the Bible that we find any information about how this church began. Some believe that Lydia may have carried her newfound faith back to her home city and shared the gospel and a church was founded in that city. Others, which I believe is more possible and more likely, believe that the church began on Paul's third missionary journey during the three years that he dwelt in the city of Ephesus. We don't really know how it started, but here's what we do know. That by the time that John pens this letter from Jesus, there is a thriving congregation in Thyatira. Many believe that this church may have been the smallest of the seven churches, yet it will receive the longest letter. It experiences the sternest rebuke. It teaches us that all churches, whether small or large, whether small or large, have the attention of the Lord Jesus. He's the one who does the evaluating. You see, when it comes to this matter of what we think about Calvary Baptist Church, it doesn't really matter what you think. It really doesn't matter what I think. What matters is what does Jesus think. He does the evaluating. Each of these seven churches mirror the condition of all churches on planet earth today. And what we're really wanting to know is what kind of church is Calvary Baptist Church. We learned the first mark of a healthy church when we came to Ephesus was love. You remember, Ephesus had everything right, but yet they had left their first love. We've learned you can't love Jesus too much, but we everyone can love Him better. Amen? We found the second mark of a healthy church is faithfulness. We learned that from a persecuted flock of believers in the city of Smyrna who were faithful to the point of death. We learned the third mark a couple weeks ago of a healthy church is foundation. We learned in Pergamos that here was a church that had cracks in the foundation that would eventually drain the vitality and the vibrancy and the effectiveness of that ministry. When you come to Thyatira, the fourth mark of a healthy church is purity. A pure church is a powerful church. The converse is true. An impure church is a powerless church. You remember Joshua, the nation of Israel back in Joshua chapter 7? They had just defeated the mighty fortress of Jericho. God had brought the walls down as they obeyed Him, and they took that city and won a great victory. And then they go up to the little town of Ai. There's some pride there. They say, it's just a little city. We don't need all the soldiers. Let's just take a part of the army and we'll go up and we'll take the city. And you remember, the inhabitants of Ai actually defeated the armies of Israel and slew a number of their soldiers. And you remember, you find Joshua on his face before God, and God says, Joshua, get up. There's sin. in the camp. A man by the name of Achan had disobeyed God in the matter of the accursed thing. Had taken that that God had said was forbidden for them to take. There was something rotten in the nation. And that one man's sin robbed an entire nation of the blessing and the power of God. When you come to this fourth church, there's something rotten in Thyatira. It's the church that has a rotten center. Let's pray together. Father, I thank You for Your truth today. And Lord, I pray that we would lean in, that we as Your people would hear the message from You that You gave to this church that I believe is a message to all churches. Lord, that holiness is not an option. Purity is not an option. Lord, to be a people that are right with God. And Lord, I pray today that You would speak to us as Your people. Lord, pull back the curtain of our lives. Look into our hearts. Help us, Lord, to have ears to hear and to be responsive to the working of the Holy Spirit, that we might be all You want us to be individually and as a church, that we might have Your power and Your blessing in this day. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. When you begin to look at this letter from the Lord Jesus to Thyatira, you find first of all that this church had made great progress. You see the great progress of this church. The Lord begins by commending them. Look at verse number 19 in your Bible. He said, I know thy works. and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience." Did you see that? There was a lot of good going on in Thyatira. As a matter of fact, they were godlike in their love. Did you notice the word charity is an old Bible word, an old English word today, we think of it in a different way. But it was a word that distinguished that agape love, the love that God has for every one of us, a love that's unconditional and sacrificial, and it's a serving kind of love. Remember John 3, 16, For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Here, listen. I want you to understand something today. God loves you with an unconditional, sacrificial kind of love. It's a love that knows no end. Friend, listen, you can't make God start loving you, and you can't make Him stop loving you. I'm glad that Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so. What about you? And so they loved the Lord. They had something that Ephesus didn't have. They had a deep, burning love for Jesus Christ. But within this Word and within this context, not only did they love the Savior, and church, can I tell you the greatest thing we're going to do is love Jesus the way Jesus expects us to love Him. Amen? But they loved each other. Oh, when you walked into this church, you could feel the warmth and the love. Can I tell you, there's a world out here that knows nothing of the love of God. And when they walk in the doors of this church, they don't need to feel a tenseness. They don't need to feel a sense of separation and division and tension. They need to sense a warmth and a love that only Jesus can bring to a group of people. They need to sense the love of Christ. We need to be a church, and I believe we are, that loves each other. By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another." They were selfless in their service. In this word service, you get the English word deacon. It means to make dust or to go through the dust. It pictures a dust storm rising from the feet of a servant who's going about his master's business. And this church was busy about their master's business. You see, I believe the church at Thyatira, they didn't just love each other, they cared. for each other. They bore one another's burdens. They prayed for one another. They forgave one another. They encouraged one another. They were striving together for the work and the faith of the gospel. They were patient in their endurance. Notice, and faith. Notice they were a church that believed God. They were faithful to the Lord and they patiently endured. That means that in spite of the persecution, in spite of the opposition, in spite of what was coming against them, they just wouldn't quit. Dr. Bob Jones Sr. said, the character of a Christian is known by what it takes to stop them. What can the devil do to make you quit? And these people just wouldn't quit. You remember the old Weebles? Anybody can hold your hand up? Am I the only one? I don't want to be the only one that knows. You remember that? Weebles wobble, but they don't fall down. You know, you can just knock them and they'll knock back. Here they come again. So it reminds you of those little punching bags when you were a kid. You know, you had a clown and you would hit it and it would come back up and hit you. How many of you know what I'm talking about? That was back when you had fun as a kid. and they were missional in their work." Notice he said, "...and thy works." Did you see that? That word is different from service, which I believe was a church that was ministering to one another, but they weren't just looking on the inside. Friend, they were looking on the outside. They were reaching out. And they were busy in the work of the gospel. They were serious about the Great Commission. I remind you, church, a faith worth having is a faith worth sharing. And they were busy reaching the world and their neighbors and those around them with the Gospel. And here's what I love what Jesus says. What's this last phrase in verse 19? And the last to be more than the first. He said, hey, here was a church that was on the move for Jesus and it just seemed like that they were building steam and building momentum and the last was more than the first. Did you see that? They were spending time on things that mattered. You know, that's the prayer of my life. I'm no longer a young preacher. Now, I am by no means an old preacher. Alright? No means an old preacher, but I am further down the road than when I started, when I was 23 years old. And as I move into this phase of my life, which I believe are the best years of my life, the best years of my ministry, as I move into them, do you know what my prayer is? Lord, let my last be more than my first. Lord, I want to make more of a difference for You. I want to do more. I want to be more. I want to accomplish more for You now, the last. I want this to be more than I've been involved in all at the beginning. Can I say that's the desire we ought to have for our church? We may very well be, I don't know this, we may very well be the last generation of believers before Jesus comes. And if we are, now is not the time to slow up. Now is not the time to circle the wagons. Now is not the time to just try to hold on till He comes. Can I tell you, now is the time to be all in. for Jesus Christ and for the advance of the gospel of Christ. Listen, our church is moving into where we're over 50 years old. We're going to be 55 years, I believe, this year. And then we're going to be 60 if the Lord don't think about that as a church and all that God's done through the history of our church. But oh, let it be said of this generation of Christians that the last was more than the first. Wouldn't that be something? Oh, there's so much good Jesus could say about this church. Oh, it was a church of great progress, but there was a glaring problem. Look at verse number 20. Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee. For all that was right, for all that was good, there was something radically wrong. Here's a lesson, and I want you to jot this down. Are you ready? Even good churches have problems. I believe we're a good church. I believe Calvary Baptist Church would be considered a great church. But we're not a problem-free church. You say, First, how do you know that? Well, I'm its pastor. There's no such thing as a perfect church. If there was and we joined it or I pastored it, you and I would mess it up. because we're imperfect. And there's no church that you're ever going to go to that doesn't, somewhere along the line, have problems. Because they're sinners. Oh, we're saved, we're blessed, but we're sinners. Isn't that right? Now, that's not an excuse, it's just a fact. We're imperfect people, and when you have imperfect people, you're going to have problems. But I want to remind you something, because it's not the fact that you have problems, but it's how we deal with those problems that matter in our lives. I want to remind you how Jesus revealed Himself to this church. I need to move quickly because there's so much to say. Notice back in verse 18. These things saith the Son of God. Do you know this church is the only church that Jesus reveals Himself to as the Son of God. Now that doesn't mean He wasn't the Son of God when He sent the other messages. He's always been the Son of God. But He's setting forth His deity. He's setting forth His divine authority as the head of His churches. Listen, I remind you this morning, Jesus isn't just a good man and He's not just a great man. He is the God-man and every one of us are accountable to Him. As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow unto Me. That's what He said. So then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. This church is getting ready to give an account to God. His eyes, look at it, are like unto a flame of fire. The blazing gaze of the Son of God is burned beneath the surface of this church, revealing its impurities. Notice what he says, middle part of verse 23, I am He which searcheth the reins, the mind, the innermost being, and hearts. Did you see that? Hey, someone said the police can search your house and car, and the FBI can find out your past, but only Jesus knows your heart and my heart. His feet are like fine brass. They're moving to judge. You see, everything looked good on the outside at Thyatira, but it was rotten on the inside. Verse 20 tells us the problem. It was the cult of Jezebel. Look at verse 20. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants, to commit fornication, all kinds of sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. You say, wait a minute, preacher. I thought Paul said that we could eat things sacrificed to idols back in Corinthians, that believers in that day could do that. They didn't need to ask about it. Just sort of buy the meat and eat it and don't ask questions. Well, wait a minute, that's not what's going on here. That's true. That was meat that had already been used in the pagan worship of that day and it was sold in a meat market, like going to a meat market today. Or you go to the meat counter and you would buy the leftovers of whatever was not used in that sacrifice and it would be sold in the market. And Jesus was saying, Paul is saying it's okay to go to the grocery store and the meat market and to buy the meat and don't ask the questions, but it's not okay to go in the temple and eat and worship to the idolatrous images in that temple. Who's Jezebel? When Jesus called this woman Jezebel, I don't believe He was giving us her name. I believe He was describing her nature. Jezebel is one of those names that mamas don't name their daughters. Never met one that would come up and say, Hi, I'm Jezebel. Have you ever met one? She's the counterpart of an Old Testament Jezebel who bore that name. She was the wife of Israel's king Ahab. She was a wicked woman. She was a foreigner. She wasn't an Israelite. She was a Sidonian. She was the daughter of a pagan priest who had usurped the throne of Sidon. And she introduces idolatry and asteroth worship and the groves and the bale into Israel. Her name is associated with the basest of immorality. She was the epitome of evil in that day. Israel would never be the same again after Jezebel was queen in Israel. The Old Testament Jezebel by this time has been dead a thousand years, but her New Testament counterpart was alive and well and at work. Notice the Bible said that she calleth herself a prophetess. She flaunted herself as a channel of divine truth. A messenger of God. Did you notice something? She called herself a preacher. God never did. And notice what her message was. To teach and to seduce my servants in immorality and idolatry. That's just basically what those two sentences or phrases are saying. Just as the Old Testament Jezebel had introduced the basest forms of idolatry and immorality into Israel, this woman was doing the same in Thyatira. The word fornication here would be physical adultery. It would be all types of immorality and unfaithfulness, not only to one's spouse or to one's purity, but also to the God of heaven, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. Now, we already mentioned what this was. Thyatira was known for its trade guilds. They were sort of like unions. And there was the guilds for potters, and for bakers, and weavers, and tanners, and dyers of cloth, whatever industry there was. a patron god, an idol that was associated with that particular trade or that particular job or business. And they had like a guild, a union, a club surrounded it. And they would gather there in the city of Thyatira and they would worship together that particular idol. And it involved things that I can't even say in mixed company. You see, it may have been that Jezebel in the Old Testament was a priest in the temple of Ashtoreth which made her a temple prostitute before she married Ahab. That's exactly what goes on with men and women in the worship of these pagan idols. And they would eat, and they would drink, And they would play all in the worship of their God. And Jezebel claimed to receive revelation from God that, Christian, here you are in this industry and you don't want to lose your job and you're feeling the pressure. It's just okay to do what everybody else is doing. I can hear her saying now, you can't win the world if you're not with them. The cult of Jezebel still alive today. I'm aghast at what is entertained and done in churches across America all in the name of Jesus. This woman claimed to lead her followers into the deeper mysteries of the spiritual realm. I want you to notice in verse 24 what Jesus calls it in the middle part. He said, as many as have not this doctrine, middle part of verse 24, in which have not known the depths of Satan. Young man, young lady, you listen to the pastor. When you go down the road of impurity, it will take you to the depths of Satan. Just as there are the deep things of God to bless us like His wisdom, and His mercy, and His grace, and His forgiveness. Who can fathom the depths of the grace of God? All the wisdom and knowledge of God, Paul says, they're past finding out. Can I tell you, just as there are the deep things of God, church, there are the deep things of Satan. And right there's Jezebel leading a group of believers in Thyatira right down that road. They were following the cult of Jezebel. That was her rebellion. But I want you to note her refusal. Look at verse 21. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication, and she repented not. Aren't you glad that God always gives us a way back? And God is opening the door to this woman and to those that are following her lead. He's giving them an opportunity, a window of repentance. Christian, listen to me. No matter what road we go down away from God, there's always a way back. I love what David said. He restoreth my soul. I am so thankful for a restorative God today. What about you? But she refused. I want you to listen to me and I want you to listen well. Sexual sin is secret. It's hidden from the eyes of men. There are no doubt in congregations across America men who go into secret places with their phones and their tablets and their computers and they go into the deep things of Satan. There are young people on their phones and on their tablets, when the door is closed in their room and mom and dad's in bed, and you're looking and delving into the deep things of Satan. Just as the deep things of God will bless you, the deep things of Satan will destroy you. Sexual sin is a narcotic like heroin or cocaine or any other type of drug that people become addicted to. The euphoria it brings is so great that even though there's guilt and at times deep guilt, you just can't stop. And that was Jezebel's problem. No doubt she knew it was wrong. No doubt she had experienced guilt. But over time, she had turned the alarm bells of her conscience and the Holy Spirit off and she no longer was bothered by those things because you know what? She just didn't want to stop. And can I tell you something, fellas and ladies in our room today? When you begin to go down that road, it will take everything from you because you'll get to the point you just can't stop. It's interesting, the majority of believers in Thyatira weren't following her. They weren't. Look what he says in verse number 24. I'm going to come back to some things. I'm not done yet. Look at verse 24. He said, But I say unto you, and unto the rest in Thyatira, the majority of the church wasn't going down that road, as many as have not this doctrine, which have not known the depths of Satan as they speak. The majority of the believers in Thyatira, they weren't following her. They weren't endorsing her. They were just tolerating her. They were compromising the purity of local church. Notice her reward, verse 22. The Lord said, I gave her space to repent, and she repented not. Verse 22, Behold, I will cast her into a bed. Her bed of immorality will become a bed of sickness, a bed of affliction. That's what that means, that word bed. It's not just any kind of bed, it's a bed of affliction. And them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, great affliction, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death. Now we stand aghast. Where's the meek and mild Jesus? Where did he go? Can I tell you that holiness, Christian, is not an option? It's not optional. I believe that the children here are those that were involved in her sin. They were spiritual descendants or the converts. They were those who were following her lies, indulging in her immorality. The Lord is still giving them a window of opportunity to repent. Notice He said, I will. He hasn't done it yet. He hasn't stepped in with His chastening hand. They haven't reached I John 5, verse 16 of the sin or sinning to the point of death where a believer who goes on in a sinful lifestyle heedless of God's warnings to the point that they've so ruined their testimony, they've so stained the name of their Savior that God takes them to heaven. By the way, you may be a guest here today. I am so glad that you're here. But one thing you're going to learn about Calvary Baptist Church is this. We're not going to pull any punches. And we're going to preach the Bible as it is. And we're going to let God speak to us from it. Because what God is doing here is an act of love and mercy. In our fleshful thinking, we don't see things that way. But God helps us to understand that in His mercy, He's bringing that believer home before more damage can be done in their life and more damage done to the cause of Christ. God can no longer trust them down here, so He takes them to heaven to be with Him. And they're saved, the Bible says, yet so is by fire. I don't want to meet Jesus that way. Do you? I see a slogan. I love baseball. I love baseball, but I love Braves baseball. Last night was not a good night. The night before was. You know, the ups and downs of it all. But there's a little thing that comes up. I've been watching advertisements on TV with this slogan the world has come up with. I think they're well-meaning. but they're deceived. Here's what it is. Hegetsus.com. How many have seen that? He gets us. Jesus just understands. He just gets us. I mean, you know, we got our problems, but He gets us. We have our sin, but He gets us. No, He doesn't. It's almost in that phrase as if God's sort of giving a little wink. It's okay. Do better. Sort of like a grandpa to his grandchildren. You ever noticed? You know, grandparents spank their kids, but their kids can't spank their kids in their presence. Anybody know that? Now my granddaddy, that's why I turned out a preacher. There's only two grandchildren my granddaddy spanked. I still have the memory in my mind. My cousin, who's a missionary in Spain, was the other one. Of all the grandkids, my granddaddy spanked two boys. That was me and Michael, and we're both preachers today, okay? So that'll tell you something about biblically disciplining your children, okay? You might make a preacher out of them. Sort of a grandfather that says, oh, it's okay, honey. God is holy. And He doesn't turn a blind eye to my sin, and He doesn't turn a blind eye to your sin. God doesn't get it. He deals with it. The good news is there's a way out. The good news is we can repent. You see, a lot of times you're hearing preachers banging the pulpit about sinners repenting of their sin and getting saved. No doubt we need to see people getting saved. Amen? But maybe one of the hindrances to people being saved is God's people failing to repent. Becoming comfortable with what God's not comfortable with in our lives. of sort of pretending like it's not there. And God said that there's a way out. There's a road back. Jezebel and your followers, you don't have to stay where you are. You can repent. You can come back. You can get on the road of restoration. You can find forgiveness. Isn't that a blessing? We know that not everyone in Thyatira had been infected with the virus of Jezebel. We know that. We've seen the great progress of this church. We've seen the glaring problem in this church. But I want you to notice the Lord sets before them a door of hope. It's a glorious prospect that's before this church. Look at it in verse number 25. He said, But that which ye have already, hold fast till I come. He said, He said, all of the things that you're doing, the love, the service, the faith, the patience, the missional work of reaching the world. Keep doing that. That's what He's saying. Verse 26, And he that overcometh, that's the person who conquers. Let me just say something. You can win over sin. Young person, you can win over sin. Sin does not have to have the final say in our lives. We can be overcomers. Amen? We can be conquerors. And it begins with this matter of repentance. Of living Proverbs 28 verse 13, He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have Mercy. Repentance brings revival and restoration and renewal in the life of a Christian. I want to remind you, dear child of God, no matter how far you've gone, no matter what depths you've went to, no matter what may be lurking in your heart, God's grace is still greater. And His forgiveness is still there. I remind you, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. I'm reminded of David. You remember David in the Old Testament? His sin was by Sheba. He didn't lose his salvation. But he did lose his fellowship with God, the joy, the vitality. You know what David lost? He had no song whatsoever. He lived in misery. He writes about it in his Psalms. He goes that way for an entire year. One day God sends Nathan the prophet and he preaches one message to one king at the risk of his own life and gives an invitation. David could have easily said, off with his head, I'm not going to hear that, you're a dead man. But he didn't. He let the Holy Ghost work in his heart. And here this king of the greatest superpower in the world of that day fell on his face off of that throne before God because there was a prophet that said, you're the man. And he fell on his face before God and repentance gushed out of his heart to the God of heaven. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and a contrite heart, David said, O God, thou wilt not despise." You know what David found that day? He found a loving heavenly Father ready to welcome him and restore him and renew him. And Christian, that's what you'll find. We have windows of opportunity to come back to God. In my ministry of 34 years, I don't know. I don't try to play God, but I do know that there are believers that I've pastored that I believe they experienced an untimely death because of the lifestyle that they led. God's mean. No, God's not mean. God's righteous and God's gracious and God's just. And if there's a problem with 2024 Christianity, we are preaching the love of God and the grace of God and the mercy of God to the exclusion of the justice of God and the holiness of God. And what you're doing is you're making an idol. That's not really God. Paul said, Behold the goodness and the severity of the Lord. The goodness when we respond. But God is just. And God is holy. And God will deal with His children. He'll deal with me. He'll deal with you. And He wants us to respond. and to deal with that that is destructive to our lives and to our families and to His church. Christian, can I just say something to you this morning? It pays to serve Jesus. It does. It does. Oh, I know. God won't kill me. No, no, no. You missed it. If that's all you understand of God, you don't know Him very well. If your view of God is God's just up in heaven waiting on you to mess up so He can zap you, you've missed it. You say, how do you know that? Because He hasn't zapped me. He's been long suffering, and patient, and forgiving, and gracious. Because judgment is His strange work. That's his strange work. That's what he says. I didn't say that. He said that. That's not what he likes to do. It's not what he wants to do. What he wants to do is bless and restore and refresh and renew. Are you following me? Now notice what happens when we're overcomers. Look what he says in verse 26. He that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of a potter shall be broken to shivers or in pieces, even as I received of my Father. You know what he's talking about here? That when I'm faithful down here, he's going to bless me up there, so to speak. Faithfulness today will determine your usefulness tomorrow. He that is faithful in little, ruler over much. I don't know what we're going to be doing on the new earth, which is heaven. I don't know what we're going to be doing. I don't know what that kind of service is. I can't explain to you. I know we're going to reign with Jesus. What all that's going to look like even during the millennium, I don't really have all the answers to. But here's what I do know, is that when you and I are faithful to the Lord, and we respond to God, and we deal with what's in our hearts, and we're faithful to Him, We're thankful here. God said, I'm going to give you even more blessing when you get over there. That's what He said. I'm just going to tell you, it's worth living for Jesus. And then He talks about present blessing. Look at verse 28. And I will give him the morning star. Do you know who that is? That's the Lord. Revelation 22, 15. He's the bright and morning star. You know what I believe He's giving us? He's giving us Himself. Can I help you understand there's no greater fulfillment in life than having sweet fellowship with the Lord. To know His presence and His blessing and His touch and His joy. And that's why a Christian outside the will of God is the most miserable person on planet earth because you know what it is to have His joy and His peace and His blessing and His touch in your life. And for a Christian, the greatest fulfillment, the greatest satisfaction is walking with Him in sweet fellowship that's not broken by unconfessed sin in our lives. I'm preaching to our church this morning because a pure church is a powerful church. And it's real easy to look out there and say, boy, that Jezebel in Thyatira, she is a bad lady. I'm telling you what. It's something else to let the Holy Ghost look inside of us. To see if there's anything there between us and the Savior. Oh, it may not be immorality and idolatry. But wait a minute. Do you know when I love the world more than I love Jesus, that's a form of immorality? It's called spiritual adultery. I'm being unfaithful to Jesus. When I allow sin to go undealt with in my life, I'm making an idol out of my sin because I love my sin more than I love God. Because if I love God more than my sin, I would confess it and I would deal with it. Are you following me? And so I'm going to ask this question. I'm going to ask you to lean in, and I'm going to ask you to respond, and I'm going to give an invitation. In a moment, we're going to bow our heads and we're going to close our eyes. And I'm going to ask you, along with the Holy Spirit, to look inside. Is there anything in there that shouldn't be there. And if there is, then don't you think the Lord wants us to come here and confess it and repent so that we can experience revival in our lives. Wouldn't we agree with that? Are you following me? I knew when I stepped into the pulpit today that we wouldn't go away at the end of the service happy. I knew that. I knew that what I was going to preach would be heavy. I knew that. But I also knew that it's what we need as God's people. And let's not let this time, I gave her space to repent and she would not. Don't let it be your testimony what Jezebel's testimony was. God, I know it's there. But Lord, You know it's getting late and I've got to get to the restaurant. Lord, You know if I come down there in front of everybody, they're going to think I'm a terrible sinner. I've got news for you. We're all terrible sinners. That's reality. And what we need to do is just slip forward and let God have His way in our lives and get out of our lives anything there that's hateful to the Lord. Because a pure church is a powerful church. Let's bow our heads in prayer.