Reserved
Pastor Aaron Batchelor Preached on 8/30/2026
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Summary
Pastor Aaron Batchelor explores the Parable of the Great Banquet to show that God has a place reserved for every person, regardless of their past or current condition, urging listeners to stop making excuses and accept the Master's invitation.
Key points
- •The word reserved can signal both inclusion (we are expecting you) and exclusion (this is not for you), but God's reservation is an open invitation to the hurting.
- •Religious pride often causes people to focus on social status or catching others in mistakes, whereas grace focuses on finding those who are hurting and helping them heal.
- •Excuses for missing God's invitation (work, possessions, relationships) are often not sinful in themselves, but they become dangerous when they take priority over the Master's call.
- •The most dangerous excuse is not 'never' but 'later,' yet the Master's response to rejection is to expand the guest list to include the poor, maimed, and blind.
- •God does not require you to clean yourself up before coming to the table; he has already done the work of preparation and there is still room for everyone.
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Grace
Salvation
Purpose
Repentance
Faith
Life application
This week, identify one area of your life where you have been saying 'later' to God's invitation. Commit to surrendering that specific burden or area of disobedience today, trusting that there is a place reserved for you regardless of your past.
Reflection questions
- Have you ever felt like you didn't belong in a church setting? How does Jesus' invitation to the 'poor, maimed, and blind' change that perspective?
- What are the 'good things' in your life (work, family, possessions) that might be distracting you from the Master's banquet?
- The sermon mentions that 'later' is the most dangerous excuse. Why is it so easy to delay spiritual commitment, and what is the risk of doing so?
- How can we as a church community better reflect the heart of the host who compels the broken and lost to come in?
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Full transcript
0:00>> Hallelujah.
0:05>> Woo my Lord. I hope you're feeling out
0:07there what I'm feeling [music] up here
0:09right now. There is a residue of the
0:11glory of the Lord that's in this house
0:13right now.
0:15Anything is possible. [music] I'm
0:16telling you. Burdens that some of you
0:18have carried for years. in a moment in
0:21the name of Jesus [music] is about to
0:22fall off of your spirit.
0:32>> Hallelujah.
0:34Woo. His presence is here today.
0:38I want to direct your attention to Luke
0:41chapter 14. I know I'm standing between
0:43you and one of the best lunches you're
0:45going to have this week,
0:48but I do have a word that I want to
0:49share with you and get out of the way
0:51and let the Lord do what he wants to do.
0:55That's our desire at New Life St. Louis.
0:57If you learn anything from this
1:00experience, if you find out anything
1:02from this experience, it's that we want
1:05you to experience the love of God, to
1:09find life in Jesus because he's the way,
1:11the truth, and the life, and to find
1:14your purpose in him. We want you to
1:16experience the wonderful presence of God
1:18this morning. And I'm so glad that you
1:21decided to get up on a Sunday, come with
1:24your friends, get yourself dressed, and
1:26get to the house of the Lord. And I do
1:28know that God has a word that he's about
1:30to speak into your life, and you'll
1:32never be the same again.
1:35Luke chapter 14 is where I want to
1:36direct your attention. Luke chapter 14,
1:39and we'll begin at verse 16
1:42through verse 24.
1:46Then said he unto him, this is Jesus
1:49speaking to the host of the dinner he's
1:52at. He said, "A certain man made a great
1:55supper, and bade many, and sent his
1:58servant at supper time to say to them
2:00that were bidden, come, for all things
2:03are now ready." And they all with one
2:06consent began to make excuse. The first
2:09said unto him, I bought a piece of
2:10ground, and I must needs and see it. I
2:13pray thee, have me [music] excused.
2:16Another said, I I bought five yolk of
2:18oxin. I go to prove them. I pray thee,
2:21have me excused. Another said, I've
2:23married a wife, therefore I cannot come.
2:26So that servant came and told his lord
2:29all these things. Then the master of the
2:31house, being angry, said to his servant,
2:34"Go out quickly into the streets and
2:37lanes of the city, and bring in hither
2:40the poor, and the maimed, and the halt,
2:42and the blind." And the servant said,
2:45"Lord, it's done as thou has commanded."
2:48And yet there is room. And the Lord said
2:53unto the servant, "Go out into the
2:55highways and the hedges, [music] and
2:58compel them to come in, that my house
3:01may be filled. For I say unto you, that
3:04none of those men which were bidden
3:06shall taste of my supper." The message
3:09that I have for you this morning is one
3:11that's been stirring in my spirit for
3:14quite a while now. I believe the Lord is
3:16wanting to speak a message to every
3:18vessel under the sound of my voice here
3:20today. whatever soul that's gathered
3:21here or whe whether you're watching
3:23online and that is that God has room at
3:27his table for you. He's got a place for
3:31you at his table. What you just saw this
3:34morning through that testimony song is
3:37that what God has done for others, he
3:39can do for you. And it doesn't matter
3:41the condition. It doesn't matter where
3:43you came from. It doesn't matter what
3:45you're struggling with. He is a God of
3:47miracles. I can't describe how he does
3:50it all. But that's why he's God. He's
3:53got a way of turning what's wrong and
3:55making it right. He's got a way of
3:57taking messes and turning them into
3:59miracles. And so by faith, I want to
4:02preach to you this morning from this
4:03subject. Reserve. Somebody say reserved.
4:07>> Somebody say reserve. You've got a table
4:11and you've got a chair reserved for you.
4:15Heavenly Father, thank you for our
4:16friends that are gathered here today.
4:18Thank you for this wonderful church, the
4:20atmosphere in this place. I pray now
4:22that you would speak to us. Help me as
4:24your vessel to preach what the spirit is
4:26saying to us in these latter days. And I
4:29pray that the word would be mixed with
4:31faith in them that hear it. And we'll
4:33give you all the glory. In Jesus name we
4:35pray. And everybody said, "Amen."
4:38>> You can be seated. In Jesus name. There
4:41may not be another word in the English
4:43language that can make you feel
4:45important and rejected at the same time.
4:48And that word is reserved.
4:51When your name is on the the card, it
4:55means we're expecting you. We've we've
4:57planned for you. We've saved you a
4:59place. But when you you walk into a
5:01crowded room, you're looking for
5:03somewhere to sit and every empty chair
5:06says reserve. That same word means this
5:08isn't for you. somebody else. This
5:11belongs to them. You ever walked into a
5:14room where you felt uncomfortable or you
5:16you immediately wondered where do I fit
5:18in all of this? Maybe it was a school
5:20cafeteria. You ever been there? You've
5:22walked in and and you felt just
5:24uncomfortable and whose table do I sit
5:26at? Maybe it was a wedding reception
5:28where you didn't know which table was
5:30yours. Or or maybe it was a church like
5:32you've come into this morning. Everyone
5:34else seems to know the songs and the
5:36language and they seem to know one
5:38another and you're wondering, is there
5:39really a place here for someone like me?
5:42That's what we're really asking today.
5:44We're asking, is there a place for me?
5:47Some of you invited to Friends Day today
5:50perhaps didn't almost come because you
5:52thought, I I don't have the right
5:54clothes. I haven't lived the right life.
5:56I I don't know enough about the Bible.
5:59the church might split in two when I
6:01walk through those doors. Hey, the
6:04church is still together, by the way.
6:05Just want you to know
6:07if these people knew everything about
6:09me, they may not want me here. And I
6:12want to answer that question before I
6:14preach one more word this morning. God
6:16has room at his table for you.
6:22For you. Not the cleaned up version of
6:25you. Not the future version of you who
6:27finally gets your life together. You,
6:30I'm talking about the weary you, the
6:32wounded you, the guilty you, the
6:34doubting you. There is a place for you.
6:40In 2013,
6:42a couple by the name of Fowler, Carol,
6:45and Willie of Atlanta, Georgia were
6:47preparing for one of the happiest days
6:49of their lives, the wedding of their
6:50only daughter. They had reserved this
6:52upscale venue called the Villa
6:54Christina. The room was ready. The
6:56entertainment was arranged. A four
6:58course dinner had been purchased for
7:00hundreds of guests. And then 40 days
7:03before the wedding, the wedding was
7:06cancelled.
7:07And suddenly all the money that they had
7:09invested in reserving all of these
7:11things, this beautifully prepared
7:13banquet was already ready to go. But
7:16there was no wedding, no celebration.
7:18And so Carol and Willie didn't really
7:20know what to do but to try and cancel
7:22and recoup some of their money. But
7:24Willie said, "You know what? Before we
7:26do that, let me pray about it." And he
7:28prayed about it. And and the next
7:30morning, this is what he told her. I
7:32love this. He said, "Don't cancel the
7:33reception. Let's change the guest list."
7:40So they called in Atlanta, Georgia. They
7:42called this outreach, this ministry
7:44named Hosea, Feed the Hungry, and they
7:47offered them the entire reception that
7:50they had already paid for. That ministry
7:53thought it was a prank. You think you're
7:54going to really come in, you're going to
7:56feed all these hundreds of people for
7:58free, a four course meal in this
8:00beautiful uh edifice, but that
8:02invitation was actually real. And on
8:04September 15th, buses pulled up carrying
8:08homeless men and women and children.
8:11They weren't handed leftovers at the
8:13back door. They entered the front door
8:15as honored guests.
8:18Yeah. That incredible.
8:21What a couple. The adults were served
8:23salmon and chicken. And the children had
8:25their own room with food and face
8:27painting and painting and juggling and
8:29crowns. And one of the organizers, they
8:31remembered the children watching servers
8:33pass these trays of ordurves, these
8:36appetizers. And the children didn't know
8:38if they should take one item or they
8:39were supposed to take the whole tray.
8:41They didn't know. They'd never attended
8:42anything like that in their lives
8:44before. The Fowler family, they stood at
8:47the front door and they welcomed
8:49everybody that came in. The feast
8:51continued. The original guest list had
8:54changed and people who never expected to
8:57enter that room discovered that a place
9:00had been prepared for them. Willie
9:03Fowler, he said, "I just prayed and the
9:05idea came to me. I don't know if Luke 14
9:07was in his mind whenever the Lord
9:09prompted his spirit to do something so
9:12remarkable and so generous, but I kind
9:14of feel like that's what Jesus was
9:16talking about in Luke 14. He's eating in
9:20this home of a prominent religious
9:22Pharisee. He's surrounded by all these
9:25religious leaders and verse one says
9:27they watched him. They're studying
9:30Jesus, but they're not looking with good
9:32intentions. They're looking at Jesus to
9:34see if he's going to make a mistake. If
9:36he's going to violate one of their
9:38Sabbath rules. That's what the religious
9:40people are doing. And I don't mean to
9:42step on people's toes, but religious
9:44people seem to love catching other
9:46people doing something wrong.
9:49>> I don't know if it makes us feel better
9:51about ourselves. I'm not sure what it
9:52is. People that are so focused on
9:55religion only seem to like to find the
9:58bad in other people. But gracefilled
10:00people, people that have known the mercy
10:03of Jesus, they love finding people that
10:06are hurt and help them heal.
10:09Religion says, "Do you really deserve to
10:12be here?" But grace says there's a place
10:14that's reserved for you. That's why I
10:16like hanging around with gracefilled
10:18people. You're going to find that at New
10:19Life St. Louis. You're going to find
10:21people that don't have it all together.
10:23people that still have some lives that
10:24are messed up, but Jesus stepped in and
10:26grace has filled in the cracks and the
10:29gaps and his grace makes us who we are
10:31today. I'm not yet what I need to be.
10:34But when Jesus stepped into my life, old
10:37things were passed away and all things
10:41I know I'm getting worked up this
10:43morning, but when I think about what
10:44Jesus has done for me, I barely can
10:47contain myself cuz I was lost on my way
10:50to a devil's hell. But Jesus
10:54stopped by.
10:56He's eating dinner. The table's
10:59prepared. Jesus has been invited to this
11:01wonderful home. And here's this
11:03Pharisee. And he's sitting there with
11:05everybody that's pushing their way in to
11:09this table to this dinner. And all of
11:11the sudden, the Bible says there was a
11:13man who stepped up that was sick by the
11:17dinner table. Had dropsy. Apparently
11:20there was swelling and his limbs or his
11:24stomach somewhere it started to protrude
11:26from his body and he was very very sick
11:29and he showed up and he was standing
11:32right in front of Jesus at the dinner
11:34table. Now I want to be honest a little
11:37bit transparent. I do not enjoy eating
11:40at hospitals.
11:44This is my uh secret thing the Lord's
11:46working on. I love you. I pray for you.
11:50I've made countless hospital visits. I
11:52love going to visit people. Love going
11:54to pray with them. But there is
11:55something in Aaron's little peeon brain
11:57about smelling hospital food while
11:59you're in a place where people are sick.
12:04You know, if that's not the type of
12:06pastor you need, then just pray for me.
12:12But Jesus was not uncomfortable
12:16around the sick man.
12:19Jesus didn't go, "Whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:20Let's take this outside."
12:23Jesus didn't say, "I'm sorry, sir. Do
12:24you see where we're at right now? I'm
12:27sorry. Do you not understand that this
12:28place here is for important people on
12:30Jesus was not uncomfortable with this
12:33man's sickness?" I think that shows us
12:35something beautiful about Jesus is that
12:36no matter whatever condition you bring,
12:38physical, spiritual, or otherwise,
12:40mental, emotional, relational, and you
12:42come into his presence, Jesus is not
12:44turned off by you.
12:47Come on. It may make other people feel a
12:49little bit uncomfortable. You don't make
12:50Jesus feel uncomfortable. I said, you
12:53don't give you don't make Jesus feel
12:55uncomfortable. He doesn't get the
12:56heebiejeebies whenever you walk into the
12:58room.
13:02Jesus was not uncomfortable around sick
13:04people. Your life does not make Jesus
13:08uncomfortable. Jesus healed the man and
13:11let him go.
13:12And then verse 7, Jesus noticed how the
13:15guests were choosing the seats of honor.
13:17They're watching Jesus, but Jesus was
13:19watching them because at an ancient
13:21banquet, guests would recline around low
13:24tables. Not like these chairs here
13:25around this table on this platform. The
13:27places near the host, they carried the
13:29greatest honor. So, everybody would
13:31press their way trying to get close to
13:33the hosts. This room of spiritual people
13:36supposedly is quietly playing musical
13:39chairs. Nobody wants the lowest placed.
13:42Everybody wants to be seen near the
13:44important person. And Jesus has just
13:47healed a suffering man. But they're more
13:50interested in where they sit than who is
13:53hurting.
13:55I think that's the first surprise in
13:57this chapter about Jesus is because the
13:59religious people think the sick man is
14:01the problem in the room. But Jesus
14:04reveals that the deeper sickness is
14:06pride.
14:08You can be close to the table and still
14:11far from the heart of the host. You can
14:13know church language and quote scripture
14:16and dress correctly and you can still
14:18make life all about you and your
14:20position and where you're sit. And so
14:23Jesus looks at them and said, "It ain't
14:25all about that. It's not about the
14:26highest and most important position." He
14:29told his disciples, "Take the low
14:31place."
14:33And then he turns to the host and he
14:35says, "When you prepare a feast, stop
14:38inviting only the people who can return
14:41the favor. Invite the poor. Invite the
14:43mame. Invite the lame. Invite the
14:46blind." Jesus is dismantling the whole
14:49social ladder.
14:52>> And then one man at the meal, he pipes
14:54up and he says, "Blessed is he who shall
14:56eat bread in the kingdom of God." And
14:59that sounds real spiritual. Everyone
15:01around the table would have agreed that
15:02surely it would have been wonderful when
15:04we sit down at the Messiah's banquet.
15:06But Jesus answers that story with a
15:09story that turns the guests uh upside
15:12down. He turns it all around. Jesus
15:15starts this story by saying, "A certain
15:17man made a great supper and he bade many
15:20to come." And then the servant
15:22announces, "Come, for all things are now
15:27ready." Somebody say, "The table's
15:29ready.
15:30The table is ready. The host has done
15:33all the work. The guests don't have to
15:36pay admission at the door. They don't
15:38have to help prepare the food. The
15:40guests are not asked to bring a covered
15:42dish. This is not a potluck. Thank you,
15:44Jesus. Nobody's bringing mystery meat in
15:47a casserole dish.
15:51Come on. You remember those old school
15:52church potlucks? And I used to love
15:54potlucks, but you had to be careful.
16:01Oh, this looks amazing. Who made it?
16:05Wow. Beautiful. You No.
16:10You find that one good dish and you pile
16:12that up so you don't have room on the
16:13plate for Sister So and So's dish now.
16:17H love to. It's so full.
16:21It's so full.
16:23Listen, when you get outside this
16:25afternoon and we get done here with what
16:26the Lord wants to do and you get in that
16:28food line, I'm telling you it that food
16:30out there is absolutely delicious and
16:32prepared and packaged just right. It's
16:34absolutely amazing. The kitchen team has
16:36done a phenomenal job. It's not a
16:38potluck out there. I'm just going to
16:40tell you right now, it's not a potluck
16:41out there. It's prepared. It's ready.
16:44It's fresh. It's amazing. They've been
16:46up all night. uh some of them cooking
16:48through all night just trying to get the
16:50ribs ready and getting the catfish
16:52ready, getting the chicken ready,
16:53everything is prepared and ready for out
16:55there. Can I tell you that when you come
16:57to the master's table, everything is
17:00already prepared for you.
17:03There's nothing I could have brought to
17:05this service that could have earned me
17:07salvation and and God looked down and
17:10say, "You know, you brought enough.
17:11That's good. I'll finally let you into
17:13heaven." No, there was absolutely
17:14nothing I could bring to him but my torn
17:17up, messed up life and say, "Here I am."
17:20And the Bible says that while we were
17:23yet sinners, Christ died for the ungod.
17:26Not when I was cleaned up, not when I
17:28got my suit on, not when I knew all the
17:30words to the song. When I was yet a
17:32sinner, when I was lost, when I was
17:35divorced, when I was strung out on
17:37drugs, Jesus died for me. Jesus said, "I
17:41love you anyhow." Even when I was angry,
17:44even when I doubted, even when I didn't
17:46go to church, the Bible said Jesus died
17:49for me, a sinner.
17:53Can I tell you, you don't make Jesus
17:54uncomfortable. He's already prepared the
17:56table for you. He's already got the
17:59reservation for you. And all you got to
18:01bring is your life.
18:04[cheering and applause]
18:07>> The tables. I wish you'd touch somebody
18:08and tell them the table's already ready.
18:12It's already ready. It's already
18:14prepared for you. Can I tell somebody
18:16here this morning under the authority of
18:17the word of God and the Holy Ghost that
18:19your deliverance is already prepared for
18:21you. [cheering]
18:23>> God made it fail. God made it fail.
18:27Everything. Come on. The enemy's already
18:29formed some weapons against you. But the
18:31Bible says, "No weapon formed against me
18:35is going to prosper." Why? Because my
18:37table's already prepared. David said it
18:40like this. as thou preparest the table
18:42before me in the presence of my enemies.
18:46I don't even need to wait for the battle
18:48to be over. I don't even need to wait
18:50for the struggle to be finished. I don't
18:52even need to wait for everything to be
18:54fixed. My table is already prepared.
19:01[cheering]
19:02>> Come on. This is the word of the Lord to
19:04you this morning is you don't have to
19:05wait for your life to be perfect.
19:08You don't have to wait for your third
19:09Sunday to be at New Life St. Louis in
19:11order for God to finally say, "I love
19:13you."
19:14>> He was saying, "I love you on the
19:16cross."
19:20>> He was saying, "I love you." And all of
19:22those people you were sleeping with and
19:24those things that you were sniffing and
19:25snorting and smoking and doing, you
19:28didn't run God off.
19:31>> Oh Lord, I know. I'm sorry. He didn't
19:35run you off and you didn't run God off.
19:38He was there, as the old-timers used to
19:40sing. He was there all the time, waiting
19:43patiently in line. He was like the
19:45prodical father that was looking,
19:47waiting for a daughter and a son to just
19:49come running back home. And I know you
19:51think you came for just some fun and
19:52activities and a meal. But I'm here to
19:54tell you that you're in this house cuz
19:56God's been waiting on you. I'm here to
19:58tell you, your table is already
19:59prepared. Your freedom is already set.
20:01[snorts] Your healing is already
20:03prepared for you. God's been waiting for
20:06this moment. And somebody today is going
20:08home new. Somebody today is going home
20:11free. Somebody already told me this
20:13morning they're going to be baptized in
20:15the precious name of Jesus. I'm just
20:17here to tell you today is the day of
20:19your salvation.
20:21[cheering]
20:23If you believe that, I wish you'd lift
20:24your hands as a testimony right now. I
20:27wish you'd lift your voice and say,
20:28"God, today is my day. This moment is my
20:31moment.
20:37Come on. It's not mind over matter. It's
20:40the word that's forever settled in
20:41heaven.
20:43>> Come on. He ain't God if he can't keep
20:45his word.
20:47>> But he said, "My word shall not return
20:49to me void. It'll accomplish that which
20:51I sent it to do." God's word is forever
20:53settled. And because it's in the word, I
20:55can stand upon it. I don't stand upon it
20:57just because it feels good. I don't
20:59stand upon it just because I think it's
21:01going to work out. I stand upon it
21:03because he promised. And if he promised,
21:06it's going to come to pass. [cheering]
21:08That's right. I come to church and I
21:10remind God of his promises. I lift up my
21:13hands and say, "Though he slay me, yet
21:15will I trust him." I lift up my hands
21:17and say, "The weapons of my warfare are
21:19not carnal, but mighty through God to
21:22the pulling down of every stronghold."
21:25>> [applause]
21:26>> Somebody say, "My table's prepared."
21:29>> Come on, touch somebody. Tell them,
21:31"Your table's prepared."
21:39>> Woo!
21:41My Lord, I know I don't have a Hammond
21:44B3 organ playing behind me right now,
21:45but I sure feel it in my spirit.
21:52Sometimes you got to encourage yourself
21:54in the Lord.
21:56>> Sometimes you don't have six, 700, 800
21:58people surrounding you and cheering with
22:00you and lifting up their hands and
22:01saying amen and feeling the glory of the
22:03Lord. Sometimes you're at home alone in
22:05the darkness and sometimes you just got
22:07to lift up your head and say the glory
22:09of the Lord is here and God is going to
22:11fight my battles and I am going to
22:13overcome and there are more with us than
22:15be against us and greater is he that's
22:17in me than he that is in the world.
22:18Sometimes you just got to be your own
22:20music.
22:22Sometimes you got to be your own song in
22:24the middle of the night. Sometimes you
22:26got to be your own melody. And you got
22:27to lift up your voice in tune, out of
22:30tune. But you just got to lift up your
22:32voice and sing anyhow. God [screaming]
22:34has been good to me. [cheering]
22:38>> He's not going to fail me. He's not
22:40going to leave me. He's not going to
22:41forsake me. [cheering]
22:51I woke up one night. Well, it was
22:54actually in the morning. I woke up in
22:55the morning. I felt something on my
22:57head. I was like, "My God, what sweating
22:59at night? What is in the world?" And it
23:01was oil.
23:04My kids woke up, felt their heads, it
23:07was oil. Some of you mas know what I'm
23:10talking about.
23:12Somehow in the middle of the night, my
23:15baby Brianna woke up and began to pray
23:18against some things and pray over her
23:19family.
23:21>> This the best sleep I've had. Feel free
23:22to do it again.
23:26I sleeping through the night like a
23:28baby. And she was coming through and
23:30anointing us with oil. Going into the
23:32kids' rooms anointing with oil. Come on.
23:35It ain't guaranteed that they're going
23:36to live for God. They're not guaranteed
23:38just because they're in a pastor's
23:39family, they're going to live for God.
23:41They got to make their own choices. They
23:42got to make their mind. Uh they got to
23:44choose you this day whom you're going to
23:46serve, but I'm just going to tell them
23:48as their as their father that their
23:49table's already prepared. And if they
23:51want to sit down, it's already ready for
23:53them.
23:55It's ready not because of who their
23:57daddy is, not because of who their mommy
23:59is, not because of their gifts and their
24:01talents and abilities. It's because of
24:03what Jesus has done.
24:05[cheering and applause]
24:09And here's the dangerous thing about the
24:11story that Jesus was telling. Jesus was
24:14telling this story that's relating to
24:16the kingdom of God. And he said, "When
24:17the servant went out to invite people,
24:19people rejected it."
24:22The dangerous thing is you can reject
24:23the invitation.
24:26You and I have the ability to say yes or
24:29to say no. Now, I've got something that
24:31burns within me as I pastor this church.
24:33There's something that burns within me.
24:34I want everyone in the greater St. Louis
24:36area, everyone that we can come in
24:38contact with physically or maybe even
24:40through online, I want everyone to
24:42experience Jesus
24:46>> because once you experience Jesus, you
24:48will never be the same again. Whether
24:50you accept him or deny him because the
24:52choice is yours. You'll never be the
24:54same again.
24:55>> But I want them to experience how
24:57beautiful and wonderful that he is. The
24:59dangerous part of this story is you can
25:02reject the invitation.
25:05And people came and the Bible says that
25:06whenever the invitation went out,
25:09somebody said, "Well, I bought a piece
25:10of ground. I have to go see it." Who
25:13buys property and then goes to see it?
25:17Somebody said, "I bought five yolk of
25:19oxen. I need to see if they can plow."
25:21Who buys five yolk of oxin doesn't even
25:23know if they have the strength to plow.
25:25It's like going to buy a used car. You
25:27buy the used car and then you're like,
25:28"Does it have an engine?"
25:31Somebody else said, "I'm married. can't
25:33come. Now, here's the thing. None of
25:36those things are sinful.
25:40Land is not sinful. Work is not sinful.
25:44Marriage is not sinful.
25:47But Jesus says in the end time, whenever
25:50he comes back on the earth, it's going
25:51to be like it was in the days of Noah
25:52when the flood came and what everybody
25:54else was doing. The Bible doesn't just
25:56list all the sins that they were doing.
25:57It just says they were drinking and in
26:00marriage and they were just doing
26:01ordinary things.
26:02>> [snorts]
26:04>> And those ordinary things became greater
26:08than the invitation.
26:11Possession work relationship those
26:14are good gifts, but they make terrible
26:17gods.
26:22>> We believe God wants to bless and God
26:24wants to give you good gifts, but they
26:26make terrible gods.
26:29Those are not gods that can hear you.
26:31gods that can always keep you in trouble
26:33and gods that can always be. In fact,
26:35Jesus said this in Mark chapter 8. He
26:37said, "What shall it profit a man if he
26:40should gain the whole world and lose his
26:42own soul?"
26:46>> The guest did not say, "Well, I hate the
26:48host. That's why I can't come." They
26:50just simply said, "Not now."
26:53The most dangerous excuse, oh, hear me
26:56this morning. The most dangerous excuse
26:58is not never. It's later.
27:03>> Later. Later sounds reasonable. Later
27:07feels safe. Later.
27:10Later never has to obey today. It says
27:14maybe tomorrow. I'll seek God when life
27:16slows down. I'll I'll get serious when
27:18the children are older. I'll come back
27:20when I fix some things. I'll surrender
27:23eventually. But Proverbs 27:1 says,
27:26"Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou
27:29knowest not what a day may bring forth."
27:34An invitation is not the same thing as
27:37an arrival. You can be invited. You can
27:40be informed. You can be interested. You
27:43can sit near Jesus and sit in his
27:46presence and still never come. But I'm
27:50here to tell somebody today, God has
27:53made room for you, but he will not make
27:56your decision for you.
28:04Don't let an ordinary excuse cost you
28:09this extraordinary invitation.
28:13And I'm concluding to the shock of all
28:16the members of New Life St. Louis.
28:19That's why they love to have you here. A
28:21preacher preaches a little shorter.
28:24Come back next Sunday. Let's see what
28:26happens. [snorts]
28:32There's still room. The servant reports
28:37that those invited guests wouldn't come.
28:40And so the master becomes angry. But
28:42notice what his anger produces. He
28:45doesn't cancel the supper. He doesn't
28:47say, "Well, shut the doors. Put the food
28:49away. Tear all the decorations down."
28:52No. The master says, "Go quickly into
28:54the streets and the lanes of the city,
28:56the highways and the byways. Bring in
28:58here the poor and the maimed and the
29:00halt and the blind. Bring them in so
29:04that my house will be full cuz his table
29:08is a table for hungry people."
29:11I know some of you this morning may
29:13think your history has removed your name
29:16from the guest list.
29:18>> Pastor, you don't know what I've done.
29:21You don't know where I've been. You
29:22don't know what I've been through. You
29:24don't know what I said. And maybe I
29:26don't.
29:27But Jesus knew the people he was
29:30calling.
29:32Jesus knew and it didn't turn him off.
29:35Jesus knew and it didn't turn him away.
29:38The ashamed have room at his table. The
29:42addicted have room at his table like you
29:45saw this morning.
29:47The divorced have room at his table. The
29:52doubter has room at his table. The
29:57person who walked away from God,
30:00you still have room at his table.
30:02The person who's never known God still
30:04has room. And the servant went out. He
30:08brought everybody who society thought
30:11was a nobody.
30:13People just saw all their poverty. But I
30:15love it because the Lord saw their
30:17potential. The servant brings them in.
30:20And then he says five five of the most
30:24beautiful words in all of scripture.
30:27Five beautiful words that I believe is
30:30going to speak faith into your heart
30:32this morning. the five words that the
30:34servant said to the master and yet there
30:39is room.
30:44Go out, get them, grab them, compel them
30:48to come that my house may be filled.
30:52And yet there is room.
30:58Ephesians 2 says, "We were strangers
31:01from the covenant of promise, having no
31:03hope and without God in the world. But
31:06now in Christ Jesus, you who were
31:10sometimes a far off are made nigh by the
31:14blood of Jesus Christ."
31:18The reason that we're here today on this
31:20day as New Life is because somebody
31:21brought the invitation to us. Now we're
31:24bringing the invitation to you. And
31:25we're here to tell you there's still
31:28room.
31:36There's still room.
31:40There's still room for the broken.
31:43There's still room for the hurting,
31:45for the grieving,
31:47for the lost.
31:49There's still room for you.
31:52There's room for every woman. There's
31:55room for every man.
31:57There's room for every child of God.
32:00There's room.
32:01You just have to make the decision.
32:04Will you come to the table?
32:08I was 7 years old when the Lord filled
32:11me with his spirit.
32:13About that same age when I got baptized
32:16by my pastor, my dad in Dupo, Illinois.
32:20I remember going to that water. still
32:23have a picture of that day whenever I
32:24went down in the precious name of Jesus
32:26identifying with Jesus's burial and I
32:29came up a new creature in Christ Jesus.
32:34I'd love to tell you that since the age
32:37of seven to where I'm now in my old age,
32:44I wish I could tell you that I've never
32:46made a mistake. I wish I could tell you
32:49I've never had doubts. I wish I could
32:51tell you there's never been a bad day. I
32:55wish I could tell you that I've never
32:56had a struggle.
32:58But the truth is since that moment until
33:00now, I faced some dark days.
33:04I faced some days where I fell and I
33:07made some mistakes.
33:10Where some days when I went in to pray
33:12to the Lord, I didn't even know if he'd
33:14even listen.
33:16Some days when I felt so heavy in my
33:18spirit, so wounded, I never thought that
33:21I would make another day.
33:23>> I never thought that I could get past
33:25what people had done to me and what they
33:27had said about [music] me. There were
33:28times I thought this is it for Aaron.
33:32You had a good run, but this is it. It
33:35was good while it lasted, but that's all
33:37he that's all he's got. And then when I
33:40come to the Lord,
33:42I find that his table is yet prepared
33:45for me.
33:47I find that the seat is still available.
33:53I found that I did not exhaust God's
33:56grace.
33:58>> I have not even begun to plumb the
34:00depths of his kindness and goodness.
34:04The Bible says the greatness of the Lord
34:06is unsearchable. Not that we can't find
34:09it, it's just that you'll never find the
34:10end of it.
34:12>> And that it's the goodness of God that
34:14leads us back to repentance. Can I just
34:16be real with you this morning? Don't let
34:18the suit fool you. Don't let everything
34:20fool you here this morning. Times
34:22whenever I didn't know if I was going to
34:23make it. Times whenever I was bound up
34:25by fear and discouragement. Depression
34:27ruled my life and I thought I'm never
34:29going to make it. But I'm here today
34:30preaching to you, letting you know that
34:32he's the same yesterday, today,
34:35and forever.
34:40I say it so many times. I say it, bro. I
34:43do. You've heard pastor say it before. I
34:46wish I could come to people and just
34:48pull them to Jesus. I wish I could just
34:50be like, "Come on, get to the altar.
34:52What are you doing, Mark?"
34:58Mark comes to the altar, but I didn't
34:59have to.
35:04I wish there were times I could just go
35:06and just But you have to make the
35:09decision.
35:13>> I know the devil's lied to you. I know
35:15you've lied to yourself. The devil's a
35:18father of lies. Don't let his lies keep
35:20you from what God wants to do in you
35:23today.
35:25I know we're full in here. I know it's a
35:27packed house. I wish I could get all six
35:29700 of you down here to the front of
35:31this altar packed in like sardines, but
35:34we're not going to do [music] it. But
35:36what I am going to do right now, here's
35:38what we're going to do. that if you need
35:41God in your [music] life, if you need a
35:44touch, if you need the strength of the
35:47Lord, if you've got weight from sin that
35:49you can't handle on your own and you
35:51need God to forgive you of, that's
35:52right. We don't talk a lot about
35:54repentance, but we need it. We need to
35:56repent. And there's things in our life
35:58that we need God to forgive us. If
36:00that's you like I've been and you need
36:02God to clean you up.
36:05If you're here today and you got some
36:06emotional baggage, you got some scars,
36:09you got some things that you're not sure
36:11how you're going to make it through, I
36:12want you right now under the sound of my
36:14voice, wherever you're at, I just want
36:16you to stand wherever you're at, just
36:18stand. You don't have to come to the
36:19front. I just want you to stand. If you
36:20need more of the Lord, if you need a
36:22touch, I want you to just stand. You're
36:24not going to be alone. It's going to be
36:25a lot more than one of you.
36:28Uh-oh. We had some people interrupt the
36:30dinner. Jesus, what are we going to do?
36:34Jesus said, "I didn't come for the
36:36whole.
36:38I didn't come for everybody that had it
36:39together. I came for the hurting. I came
36:43for the sick."
36:45That's what Jesus came for.
36:47Jesus said, "I didn't come for this
36:49place to have it for people that are all
36:50cleaned up and have everything ready.
36:52No, I'm for people that still are hungry
36:55and still need me."
36:56And now I wonder if we've got anybody in
36:58this place that's a believer that's been
37:00washed in the blood of the lamb. I
37:02wonder if we've got anybody that says,
37:03"God is still keeping me. He's still
37:05holding me and I don't have it all
37:07together yet, but God is still I wonder
37:09if you would stand in this place right
37:10now." I wonder if there's anybody here
37:12that says, "I still need him more than
37:14I've ever needed him in my life." Come
37:16on. I told you you wouldn't be alone. I
37:18told you don't let the people fool you.
37:20Come on. Right here we're standing
37:21saying, "We need God." I want everybody
37:23under the sound of my voice to lift up
37:25your hands all over this place and close
37:27your eyes and with your own voice, would
37:29you lift up your voice to the master
37:31right now and call upon him? I promise
37:33he will not turn you away. I promise he
37:35is here today for you. He's here to heal
37:37you. He's here to save you. He's here to
37:40deliver you. And before we head outside,
37:42I wonder if there's somebody right now
37:44that wouldn't be ashamed to lift up your
37:47voice right in the aisle that you're in
37:49and say, "Jesus, I need you today.
37:53Heavenly Father, I plead your blood upon
37:55your people right now with tears falling
37:58down their face, Lord, uh with burdens
38:01in their heart. I pray for [music] my
38:03brothers and sisters that you would
38:05forgive them, that you would heal them,
38:08that you would restore them in the name
38:10of Jesus. You're not willing that any
38:13should perish, but that all should come
38:15to repentance. Come on, my brother. Come
38:18on, my sister. This moment is for you
38:20right now. This day is for you. And
38:22Jesus is here in this moment
38:26in the name of Jesus. Come on,
38:27believers. If you'd lift up your voice
38:29right now and if there's somebody beside
38:30you that was standing or has their hand
38:33lifted, would you begin to pray over
38:35them? Come on. You don't have to make it
38:36awkward. You don't have to make it
38:38weird. Just begin to pray in the name of
38:40Jesus for them and watch what will
38:42happen. Watch what God will do in this
38:44house right now. Watch how God will pour
38:47out his spirit upon you. And you'll
38:50never be this. I feel it right now. The
38:52Holy Ghost is falling in this place. His
38:55presence [music] is here right now in
38:56the name of Jesus. I curse every cancer.
38:59I bind every sickness in the name of
39:01Jesus. For your word says that by your
39:04stripes we were healed. And so I speak
39:07healing upon your people. Those that
39:09have emotional scars and wounds in their
39:12spirit. People that have abused them and
39:14talk about them and left them. I speak
39:17healing over their spirit right now in
39:19Jesus' name. I plead the blood over
39:22every prodigal and backslider and those
39:24that have been far from [music] you,
39:26God. There's still room. There's still
39:29room at the table. There's still a seat
39:31that you prepared, oh God. Uh you didn't
39:34come for the whole, you came for the
39:35sick. Uh you came for the lost and you
39:38came for the hurting. Uh I pray that
39:40you'd reach deep into their heart right
39:42now and remind them of your love. remind
39:45them that you care for them, that you're
39:47never going to leave them, that you're
39:49never going to forsake them.
39:53Come on, he's moving right now. If
39:54there's anybody in this place, you say,
39:56you know what? I need an altar in my
39:58life. You know what? I need God to do
40:00something. If you want to make way right
40:02now and just come down to the front of
40:04this place, you can do that. You can
40:06stay right where you're at, or you can
40:07move out and say, you know what? I do
40:09need Jesus. I need a touch. I need an
40:11altar somewhere where somebody can help
40:14pray with me. I need something in my
40:16life that I cannot do on my own. I need
40:18somebody greater. I need somebody wiser.
40:21I need somebody stronger. I'm here to
40:23tell you today, his name is [music]
40:25Jesus. And there's still a table for
40:27you. His name is Jesus. And there's
40:30still a reservation for you.
40:34That's it. [music] Believers, thank you
40:35for helping me pray with friends on your
40:37row right now. Come on. Let's make this
40:39place an altar. Let's make this a place
40:42where Jesus can set us free. Where Jesus
40:45can heal us. Uh where Jesus can forgive
40:47[music] us uh and make us whole again.
40:50[singing]
40:53[music]
40:54>> In the name of Jesus. Come on. This
40:57place is for you. This seat is for you.
40:59The table is for you. Jesus [music] came
41:02for you this morning. Don't miss your
41:05opportunity. Don't miss the day of
41:08salvation today.
41:11[music and singing]
41:17>> Oh Jesus. Oh, thank you God for bringing
41:20them here today. [singing]
41:22>> Thank you for drawing them closer
41:23[music] to you today. Fill them up full
41:26of your peace. Fill them up full of the
41:28Holy Ghost, [music] Lord. Let them never
41:29be the same again. Let them be
41:32transformed from the inside out. Jesus,
41:34if you did it for me, [music] if you did
41:36it for others, Lord, you'll do it for
41:38them. You're the same yesterday, today,
41:41and forever. Pour out your spirit upon
41:44their life right now in the name of
41:46Jesus. In the name of Jesus.
41:50[singing]
41:51[music]
41:53>> Yes, Lord. Do it, Lord. We ask. Do it,
41:57Lord. We pray in the name of Jesus.
42:00Nothing is impossible with you. Nothing
42:02is too hard for you.
42:04>> [music and singing]
42:06>> Mira.
42:10>> Oh yes Jesus. [singing]
42:12>> Oh [music] yes Jesus. Heal every family.
42:15Heal every individual I pray right now.
42:18Fill them up full of your spirit. Fill
42:21them up full of hope, full of your joy,
42:24full of your life in the name of Jesus.
42:27[music]
42:28[singing]
42:31Grace is extended.
42:33>> There's grace extended. [music]
42:35[singing]
42:36>> There's miracles in this house right now
42:38in Jesus name. In the name of Jesus.
42:41[music]
42:42All things are possible to them that
42:44believe.
42:46>> Are
42:47[singing]
42:49miracles
42:51are in this [singing and music] place.
42:56>> Oh yes Jesus.
42:58>> [music]
43:00>> extended. [singing]
43:03Mir
43:06in this [music and singing]
43:07place
43:10are broken. [music and singing]
43:13Eyes are open.
43:17Mirales [singing]
43:19are [music]
43:20in this place.
43:23>> They're in this place right now. If
43:24you're praying, continue to pray.
43:27We're going to be baptizing some in the
43:29precious name of Jesus and water. And I
43:31feel prompted in the Holy Ghost to just
43:33make this right now, this invitation for
43:35you. I know you came to Friends Day. I
43:37know you got all dressed up and came out
43:39on this Sunday. But if you feel the Lord
43:41tugging at your heart, you've [music]
43:42repented of your sins, but you've never
43:44been baptized, immersed in water in the
43:46precious name of Jesus, then today is
43:48your day. If you feel that little tug
43:50and that prompting, that's the Lord.
43:52That's the Lord that's pulling on you
43:53today, saying, "Today is the day of
43:55salvation." If that's you, I want you to
43:57come over to this sign. We've got robes
43:59for you. You don't even have to get your
44:00clothes wet. But you can [music] go
44:02outside today knowing that you're free.
44:04Knowing that your sins have been
44:05forgiven, knowing that your name is
44:07written down in the Lamb's Book of Life.
44:08If that's you today, I wouldn't wait
44:10another moment, but I'd say today
44:12[music] is my day for God to do a
44:14miracle in my life. Come on. You may
44:16surprise your spouse today. You may
44:18surprise [music] your friend today. As
44:20you step out, they may look at you in
44:22shock and go, "Wow, you're really going
44:24to go down. Yeah, I'm going to go down
44:25today cuz I'm not waiting on you. I'm
44:27not waiting on this row. I need Jesus
44:29right now in my life. If that's you,
44:31[music] I want you to come from the
44:33balcony on the floor. We've got others
44:35that are going to be baptized right now
44:36this morning in the precious [music]
44:37name of Jesus. Come on. Today is your
44:40day of salvation. If you still need more
44:43of God, if you [music] still need a
44:45touch of his spirit, throw your hands up
44:47right now and say, "God, I still need
44:49more of you. I still need more of your
44:52spirit. I don't want to leave today
44:54without a touch. [music]
44:56>> A miracle can happen.
44:58>> I need you today, Jesus.
45:03>> A miracle [music and singing] can
45:05happen. A miracle can happen. A miracle
45:11can [music and singing] happen in this
45:13place.
45:16A miracle [music]
45:18[singing] can happen. A miracle can
45:22happen. A miracle [music and singing]
45:25can happen in this place.
45:30With Jesus, [music and singing] it will
45:32happen. Jesus
45:35with Jesus. It will happen with Jesus.
45:38It will happen [music] in this place.
45:41[singing]
45:44With Jesus, [music] it will happen. With
45:48Jesus [singing] it will happen. With
45:51Jesus [music] it will happen in this
45:54place. [singing]
45:58With [music] Jesus it will happen. When
46:01Jesus it will [singing] happen. When
46:05Jesus [music]
46:06will happen in this [singing] place,
46:14eyes [music and singing] are open.
46:17Spir
46:21in this place [singing and music]
46:24on Sunday
46:27grace [music and singing] standing
46:31miracles
46:35[singing]
46:38[music]
46:42[singing]
46:45[music]
46:47are in this place. [singing]
46:51Hearts are man
46:56standing.
46:58Miracle [singing and music]
47:00are in this place.
47:05>> There's still room for you today. If you
47:08want to get baptized, come on over to
47:10this side and we'll baptize you with
47:11others who are going to give their life
47:12over to Jesus today. I want to remind
47:15you
47:17there's a place reserved for you. In
47:21John chapter 14, Jesus said, "I go to
47:23prepare a place for you that where I am,
47:26you may be also. So don't let your
47:28hearts be troubled, neither let it be
47:30afraid. Believe in him today and your
47:33life will be forever changed." If you
47:35want to continue to pray, this altar is
47:37open. [music] This house is a house of
47:39prayer and you're more than welcome to
47:41stay around. If you want to celebrate
47:42with us as we baptize, those that want
47:44to be baptized today, you can do that in
47:46Jesus name. We're so glad for their
47:48decision today. They'll never be the
47:50same.
47:52Jesus looked at Nicodemus in John 3:5
47:55and he said, "Except a man be born again
47:57of the water and of the spirit, [music]
47:58he cannot enter into the kingdom of
48:00God." And if you ever want to experience
48:02all that God has for you in his kingdom,
48:04then we got to do what Jesus said. and
48:06let's be baptized in water in the name
48:08of Jesus, filled with his spirit so that
48:10we don't just have a faith in God, we
48:12begin to see and realize all that he has
48:14for us. [music] Amen. If you're a friend
48:17with us today, thank you so much for
48:19being pleased. Come outside and enjoy
48:21the activities and the food. Let's all
48:23have a wonderful time out there today.
48:25Let's have a blast and [music]
48:26fellowship. You can join us right here
48:28through these double doors and walk
48:30outside, come around, but we've got all
48:32of it ready for you. God bless you
48:33today. Thank you for being here. The
48:35Lord is going to go with you and we'll
48:37see you next Sunday in Jesus name
48:39[music] for our next steps class. God
48:41bless you. You're dismissed in the name
48:42of the Lord.
48:57>> Mal, [music]
49:00a miracle can happen. A miracle [music]
49:05can happen [singing] in this place.
49:11>> A miracle [music]
49:12can [singing] happen. A miracle can
49:16happen. A miracle can happen [music]
49:20in this place. [singing]
49:24A miracle can [music] happen. A miracle
49:29can happen. A miracle [music] can happen
49:34[singing] in this place.
49:38With Jesus, [music and singing] it will
49:40happen. With Jesus, sing will happen.
49:45With Jesus, it will happen
49:48[music and singing] in this place.
49:52Jesus said will [music] happen with
49:55Jesus.
49:55>> When Jesus [singing] said will happen
49:59with Jesus [music]
50:00will happen [singing] in this place.
50:06>> Jesus will [music and singing]
50:09Jesus
50:11will happen. When Jesus [music]
50:14will happen [singing] in this way,
50:18dreams are broken.
50:22Eyes are [singing and music]
50:23open.
50:25Miracle
50:27are in this [singing and music]
50:30place.
50:32Hearts are
50:35graceanded. [singing]
50:38[music]
50:41are in this place [singing]
50:46are broken.
50:49Eyes [music and singing] are open.
50:52Miracle
50:54are [music and singing] in this place.
50:59Hearts are [music and singing]
51:00mened.
51:02Grace standing.
51:06Miracle [singing]
51:08[music]
51:08are in this place.
51:25[music]
51:40>> [music]
51:49>> Where are you?
51:53Heat. Heat.
52:26Hello.
52:37Wow.
52:41[music]
53:20Heat. Heat.
53:29Here [music]
53:45we go.
53:49[music]
53:53Ready?
54:18Okay.
54:21Heat. Heat.
55:05All right. [music] Praise God. Praise
55:08God. This is Sister Jayla and this is
55:10Sister Charer's cousin that's getting
55:12baptized. and mama. Oh, come on. Praise
55:15God. What a day. Help me pray over her
55:18before we baptize her in the name of
55:19Jesus. Heavenly Father, thank you for
55:21Jayla's faith in you. Thank you for her
55:23decision and obedience to your word to
55:26be baptized, Lord, in water. Father, we
55:28thank you that your grace still reaches
55:30us. Thank you for the plans that you
55:31have for her life. Keep on drawing her
55:34closer [music] to you. Let her never
55:35forget this day of celebration. Let her
55:37never forget this moment when her sins
55:39were washed away. In Jesus name we pray.
55:43Amen.
55:43>> Praise God.
55:49>> All right, [music] Jayla, based upon
55:51your profession of faith in the Lord
55:53Jesus Christ, the confession of all of
55:55your sins, it's [music] my privilege to
55:57baptize you in the name of Jesus for the
55:59remission of all those sins.
56:08>> [music]
56:20>> Heat. Heat.
56:32>> [music]
56:39>> Heat. Heat.
57:16>> [music]
57:53>> What's that?
58:09Praise God. [music] So excited for
58:11Judah. You can see friends and family
58:12that are up here. We baptized his sister
58:14what, two weeks ago, something like that
58:17in Jesus' name. And we're so thankful
58:18for what God is doing in her life. And
58:21Judah said, "Today is his day to be
58:23baptized in Jesus' name. Old things are
58:26passed away and all things are about to
58:27become new." Help me pray over this
58:28wonderful young man. Heavenly Father, I
58:30thank you for Jud. I thank you, Lord,
58:32for his obedience to the faith. I pray
58:35he'd never forget this moment, oh Lord,
58:37when his sins are washed away. Old
58:39things are passed away and all things
58:41are becoming new in his life today.
58:43Father, keep on directing him and
58:45ordering his steps and making him the
58:46man of God that you have called him to
58:49be. Thank you for bringing him to new
58:51life. And thank you for your grace and
58:53mercy. We celebrate you today [music] in
58:55Jesus name. Thank you,
59:06Praise God, Judah. Based upon your faith
59:09of the Lord Jesus Christ [music] and the
59:11confession of all of your sins, it's my
59:13privilege to baptize you in the only
59:15saving name of Jesus for the remission
59:17of all your sins. Take a hand.
59:31>> [music]
59:48[music]
59:53>> Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat.
60:02[music]
60:16Heat.
60:28[music]
60:39Hey, heat. Hey, heat.
60:54>> [music]
60:55>> Praise God.
61:00This is Gage. Be no stranger in a new
61:02life. But he said [music] today is his
61:04day to make old things pass away. All
61:06things become new by the blood of Jesus.
61:08Help me pray over this young man's life.
61:10Heavenly Father, thank you for bringing
61:11Gage to new life. Thank you, Lord, for
61:14what you're doing in his heart. I pray,
61:16oh God, [music] that you'd help him to
61:17remember this moment. Never forget it
61:19when his sins were washed away. When the
61:21enemy comes back and tries to lie and
61:24deceive him and bring up his past, help
61:26Gage to remember what you did for him
61:28today and how his sins are going to be
61:30washed away. God, we give you praise. We
61:32give you glory and thanks for this
61:34moment. In Jesus name we [music] pray.
61:36Thank you for it, Lord.
61:44Praise God, Gage. Based upon your
61:48profession of faith in the Lord Jesus
61:49Christ and the confession of all of your
61:52sins, it's my privilege to baptize you
61:54in the only saving name of Jesus [music]
61:56for the remission of all your sins.
62:12>> [music]
62:15>> Heat. Heat.
62:24Heat. Heat.
62:33[music]
62:52>> [music]
63:01>> Heat. [music] Heat.
63:21>> [music]
63:22>> Heat. Heat. N.
63:30Heat.
63:33[music]
63:49Heat.
64:35Yeah. Yeah.
64:40Praise God. So thankful for what God is
64:43doing in Charles life today. He's making
64:46this decision and God's about to do some
64:48amazing things in this man of God. I'm
64:50so thankful. Help me pray a blessing
64:52over him right now before we baptize
64:54him. Heavenly Father, I rejoice in your
64:56goodness today. I thank you, Lord, that
64:58you receive us, Lord, into your kingdom.
65:01I thank you that you don't keep us away,
65:02but that you love us enough, Lord, to
65:04forgive us, to make all things new,
65:06Lord. And I thank you for my brother's
65:08faith in you today. Let him never be the
65:10same. Let him always remember this
65:12moment and celebrate your goodness in
65:14his life as we baptize him. And as he
65:16comes up out of the water, let him be
65:17filled full of your spirit every day,
65:20God. And we'll give you glory and praise
65:22for [music] it in Jesus name we pray.
65:24Thank you, God.
65:34Charles,
65:36based upon your profession of faith, the
65:38confession of all of your sins, it's my
65:41privilege to baptize you in the only
65:42saving name of Jesus for the remission
65:45of all of your sins.
65:53Heat.
66:13Heat. [music]
66:33>> [music]
66:41>> Hey, hey, hey.
66:45Heat.
67:03Heat.
67:41>> [music]
69:36>> I will destroy you. I will destroy