Is Anything Too Hard for God — Shane Idleman

Corporate Fasting and Seeking God

On this assembly bill, we started a fast. Wednesday will be three weeks. Corporate fast. For so much darkness going on. And so if you want to jump in with us, it's never too late. You can pick up my book on fasting for free if you need insight on how to do it, what type of fast.

But many of us are still continuing in that. We want to see what God does with this. I can just tell you from personal experience, it's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but one of the best things I've ever done.

Very, very fruitful. You won't die. Right? So today's 18 days for me, mainly just water. And I lost almost 20 pounds, and I gained a lot of spiritual weight. And people say, you shouldn't talk about that.

Well, this isn't a private fast. It's a corporate fast. And I believe God has called me to lead. We've got other places that are getting this information out there, call the nation to a corporate fast.

Joel said, call the sacred assembly. Sound the alarm, call a fast. Corporate fast. How do we know Jesus fasted? Must have talked about it. How do we know Ezra fasted? Well, he notes it in his book. How do we know Nehemiah fasted?

Well, guess what? How do we know Esther fasted? Well, it's not that you shouldn't tell people, it's the heart behind why you tell people. That's the whole point. Context is king in Matthew 6. It says you shouldn't talk about your fast.

Right, if you're arrogant and wanting to boast, absolutely, keep your mouth shut. But if you want to encourage people, motivate people through brokenness and humility and calling it a corporate fast, there's nothing wrong with it.

And so I just want to throw that out there for the armchair quarterbacks online. Nobody here, you know, social media is ruthless. That's why I went a year and a half without looking at any comments. And I started to again.

I said, now I know why I did that. And then people say, but that's prideful to not take, well, I take constructive criticism from those who love me, but not from some people I don't, somebody I don't even know sitting up in Montana, upset I'm talking about fasting because he loves his big cheeseburger.

You got to look at who's giving you this constructive, and I've noticed it. Everyone who criticizes me about fasting has ever fasted. Hmm, isn't that interesting? The medical profession thought you die after 10 days, about 80 years ago, thought you die after 10 days of food.

And people like Herbert Shelton and others would challenge that. And people went a long time doing these things. And just, anyway, that was a long rabbit trail. Let's get back on track. Is anything too hard for God?

Nothing Is Too Hard for God

Is anything too hard for God? The power of intercession. We're back in Genesis, and I'll tell you this, just the title gets me excited. Just the title. Is anything too hard for God? Is there? My kids will ask me, is there ever a rock too heavy?

You know, that God could not, or a planet? You know, that gets silly stuff. There's nothing too hard for God, okay? Now, what happens is we don't align ourselves up with His will, so we get frustrated.

I know God can do this, why isn't He? Well, that's a whole nother issue, but I wanna talk about this topic. It's been burning in my heart all week, and that's usually a good sign. Hopefully it'll burn in your heart.

That's usually how this works. I have the fire right now, and then I wanna just put the pews on fire, and then I just go home. And then we'll do it again Wednesday. And Wednesday, I'm in Psalm, I think, 19, so make sure you're here Wednesday at six o 'clock.

We're going through the book of Psalms on Wednesday nights. I'll tell you, you like Sunday morning. Wednesday's unplugged, it's just an incredible environment. What happens, you know, I'm gonna convict too many people, so I'll get back to track here.

Abraham, Sarah, and God's Covenant Promise

Genesis 17 through 18. Now, to give you a little backstory, Abram, well, it's not yet Abraham, his name is Abram, and he's approaching 100 years old, and his wife Sarai is approaching 90. So God wants to establish his covenant with Isaac, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob.

Sarai and Abram said, no, no, that's not possible. We're too old, back when we talked a few weeks ago. But is there anything too hard for God? If God says, this is how I wanna do it, you're not gonna negotiate.

You're not gonna change his mind. Now, you might intercede. I'm gonna get into that in just a minute. But this covenant was with Isaac, Abram's son, Abram, Isaac, Jacob, the 12 tribes of Israel. And so Abram is trying to fix the problem, or fix what he sees could be a potential problem.

Like, I can't have a baby. I'm gonna have to have my maidservant have a child. And God said, nope, nope, I'm gonna still bless you, Abram. There's something about going through Abram's lineage that God wanted to do.

The seed would come from Abram. And then also, Sarai was 90 years old. Here's what's interesting, though. I don't think, because I'm paraphrasing a lot of it, it'd take quite a long time to go through each.

What I'm doing, going through the Bible, it's not verse by verse. It's principle through principle. And a lot of times, verse through verse, but sometimes it's just getting to the heart of what the context is.

And so God said, because of this covenant with you, your name is no longer called Abram. Now your name is called Abraham. And again, if we had time, you could take the ham from the Hebrew, meaning many.

And so it means a father of many, or many nations. And then Sarai was changed to Sarah, to be the mother of those many. And here's what's interesting. I read, when I read commentaries, because I always like to check what I'm thinking, I look at Jewish scholars, too, believe it or not, rabbis, I mean, they have some good insight on Jewish history.

I don't take it as authoritative, or even up there with Bible commentaries, but they have a good understanding of the Old Testament, want to see what their view is, and then checking with, obviously, other commentaries, but it's throughout Jewish history.

And I think, I guess he still does it today. I didn't know that. I'd have to research a little bit more. But when a non-Jew becomes a Jew, sometimes they'll change their name, or they'll add their name, or they'll add to their name.

So the point is, when God gives a new name, it often establishes a new identity, or a change of course for the person. Anybody else you can think of whose name was changed in the Bible? Jacob, that trickster?

Saul? You'll no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. Israel. Paul, Saul. So God would change names, because what He's doing is He's changing your identity. And it's pretty cool and significant, because I wish I could kind of change my name back in the 20s.

That chain, Eidelman? No, no, no, no. I'm, hmm, that's a good one, no. You know, because you change that identity, and who God has called you to be. Now granted, it's good to keep our name sometimes. I'm not saying that.

I'm just saying it's a cool concept, and so it made me think this morning, and this week, do you need to change course? Do you need to change course? You can't change your name, but do you need to change course?

Seeking, Surrendering, and Serving

It's a very simple formula. I talked about it all throughout Ren the Heavens. The formula is the three S's. Always remember these three S's when things get tough. Seek, surrender, and serve. Seek God with all of your heart.

Surrender everything, and begin to serve. You watch what God does with that type of person. I would tell you, by the grace of God, I'm up here this morning, but by the grace of God, seeking and surrender played a huge role.

Seeking God with all of our heart, and that's why some of us love to worship, and some people don't, because they're not seeking God. I'd be bored to death if I wasn't seeking God too. When is this over?

I did my church for the month, praise God. But see, when there's a seeking, there's a yearning. There's a desire. There's wanting more. Many of us are still wishing we had church tomorrow night. Ren the Heavens will keep going, even though it's exhausting.

But see, there's a seeking. Now, I don't often feel like it, right? But feelings are the caboose of the train, not the engine. The engine is perseverance, discipline, focus, fortitude, and then the feelings come.

And then when they come, oh boy, do they ever. That's when God begins to pour into your heart. He's a rewarder of those who half-heartedly seek Him. He's a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. And if you look up that word, I believe it's, I don't know the exact passage, but that Greek word, it's like a, have you ever heard of dripping?

We're getting it fixed in our showers soon. And you can eventually see what starts to wear in the hardest rock. What starts to wear in there? When I was in construction, I would go on leaks that were going on for a long time.

And you could see in the concrete, a divot. What, how did that little water do that? What about if the first drop of water gave up? And see, God says, I am a rewarder of those who seek me like this. Even when I'm hitting hard soil, even when I'm not seeing the results, that's the person I will reward.

And we've been brainwashing our, we want to talk about brainwashing. We've been brainwashing our American culture on immediate gratification. Microwave Christianity, fast food, drive-through. And so when it comes to God, I better get these results quickly.

It doesn't happen. So if you need to change course, you know you need to change course. Seek, surrender, and begin to serve. What does serving do? It's a step of humility. How can I serve you? And we talk about this a lot.

Maybe 20 of this church actually serves. 80 bystanders. And it's just that serving heart will really change you from the inside out. And then chapter 18, verse 13 through 14, and the Lord said to Abraham, why did Sarah laugh?

Shall I bear a child since I am old? Oh, Sarah got caught. Is anything too hard for the Lord? Now I'm assuming maybe God is putting something in your spirit right now, for those of you who this applies to.

There's something that you've been praying for. There's something that you've been waiting on God. And He will take Scripture and have it come alive in your heart. And there's something on the brink of happening.

I knew this was not possible, but nothing is too hard for God. And then God said at the appointed time, I will return to you according to this time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. Incredible. If God wants you to have a child, you're gonna have a child.

God can work behind the scenes. So basically when the impossible becomes possible, and listen, I'm careful. I don't like those hype-up preachers. They just hype it all up, and it's just like everyone's gonna receive a blessing.

Your impossible's gonna become possible today, all of us. That's not true. But the concept is very true. When the impossible becomes possible. So here's the key to removing doubt and discouragement in this area.

It's always according to God's will, His way, and in His time. So if you're wanting God to do something, you better make sure these three line up. Is it according to His will? Because you know not everything we ask is according to God's will, amen?

Is it just me who's fallen on my face before on this one? One person, two, okay, three. That's not bad. We know we've all had to struggle with that. And so if you're thinking God is going to do something impossible in your life, I mean, without God intervening, it doesn't make sense.

Have you ever been there? If you hear me talk about how we purchased a radio network, this definitely applies. And other areas, and people coming to know the Lord who you thought, it's impossible. Things being restored and renewed that you thought would be impossible.

Maybe health issues. And the impossible becomes possible when it's according to God's will. So the first thing I have to do is to determine is this prayer lining up with God's will? Is this what God wants to do right now?

And that's why the old timers used to say we were pressing in, or we camped out, or we held on until God answered our prayers. All night prayer meetings, or maybe two, three, four hours in praying, and they get up and they say, oh, God has heard our prayers.

See, that often doesn't happen after five minutes. I can tell you, as God is my witness, sometimes it takes some pressing in and some persevering in. You find out, is it lined up with His will? Now, are we going to do it His way?

Prayer, Patience, and God's Timing

Anybody try to do it your way? Well, what comes up a lot in this church and all other churches, let's say you're trying and you're praying for, and you're wanting to, and a lot of us have been here, you're wanting to restore a broken relationship.

A broken marriage, a fractured family. Are you going to do it your way? Why isn't this happening? I'm sending flowers. I'm texting verses. Sometimes you need to shut up and leave them alone and go spend time on the mountain with God.

His will, His way. How does God want to do it? See, I wish I could get this in the hearts of most Christians. If God wants to do something, He's going to do it. You don't have to help God out. Many times I'm like, well, God's not going to do it, and then He just does it.

I'm like, how did that happen? He didn't even need me. And so if God wants to do something, your posture is what's important. As you wait upon God, you will renew your strength. Lord, I want this to happen, but I'm not going to bother them anymore.

I'm not going to do this anymore. I'm just going to serve you. And God, I'll let you fix it. His will, His way, in His time. The difficult portion of that, isn't it? His time. And we believe that God hears our prayers.

Family matters. Anybody have those issues? Proverbs 14, 26, in the fear of the Lord, there is strong confidence and His children will have refuge. So you can say, Lord, according to your word, I'm going to pray for my family.

I'm going to fear you, have reverence for you. And in that confidence, my children will have a place of safety. And then spiritual warfare. Isaiah, when the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.

So when the enemy's coming in and pushing against you, there is spiritual warfare for where God can raise up that standard. Basically, raising up a standard in the Old Testament was like raising up a battle banner.

They would lift up the banner. They didn't have cell phones back then. They couldn't contact people. They would lift up a banner high and people would see that would be a call to fight, a call to action.

And the Lord will lift up a banner for you. And then there's deliverance. I sought the Lord and He answered me. He delivered me from all of my fears. I guarantee that didn't happen in five minutes. That might not have happened in 50 minutes.

That might have been a week or two of travailing and crying out to God and getting up early and putting Him first and making prayer a priority. God became an all-consuming passion. And then at the end of the day, He can say, I sought the Lord with all my heart and He answered and He delivered me from all my fears, all my anxiety, all my discouragement.

But it's that seeking. Did you know seeking God is fighting? It's spiritual warfare. You're telling your flesh to shut up and come with you to morning worship or prayer. It's funny. I say, Shane, stop saying morning worship.

I don't get up early. Well, we have evening worship. You don't come to that either. Stop making excuses. It's not convenient. The cross wasn't convenient. You need to get convenience out of your mind.

Following God is never convenient. It's never popular. There's travail, there's perseverance, there's persecution, there's fortitude, there's strength. They should fast more often, I think. They feel the Spirit of God just pouring into people.

It's what we desperately need. What about your calling or any of you wondering, Lord, what do you have in store for me? What's my ministry? Are you calling me to make a difference? How? What do you want me to do?

God's Calling and the Necessity of Surrender

Okay, I was Abram, now I'm Abraham. I want to get on the right path. Lord, what do you want me to do? How can I step out and serve? Philippians 1 .6, being confident in this very thing. He who began a good work in, He will bring it to completion.

But Shane, that's not happening now. Right, are you surrendered to it? Because see, He leads those who are willing to follow. And the picture we have here is, Lord, I'm at Your will, I'm at Your mercy, lead me.

And He will finish, and He will direct you what He began in you. But if you're fighting Him, arrogantly fighting Him, and we all know what it is, let's stop playing games. The conviction of the Holy Spirit is a wonderful gift.

You're all convicted. I'm convicted from time to time too. We all have things God wants us to change. Remove this from your life. Do this. No, no, no, I'm still going to serve you. God, show me Your will for my life.

You got to deal with this stuff first. This isn't let's make a deal. God says this is the deal. And I've seen people die on their deathbed fighting the will of God. Very miserable person. Very hard to see that.

I knew it at 20, I should have been a worship leader, or I knew I should have went on the mission field. I knew as a teenager God called, and they're 85. How miserable. Can you imagine that? That would break my heart.

He will complete it in you until the day of Jesus Christ. But you got to submit to the will of the Father. Two wills cannot exist in the same body. God's will. What I want. And usually what I want is easy.

It's convenient. Get a sleep in. Don't have to stop eating. I just hate that. The flesh does. Right? Fasting and prayer. I got to get here early. And it's this fight that happens within us. Paul says you're never free from those choices.

Physical Health, Sin, and Healing

And then health. Many people are dealing with health issues. I'm gonna talk about the health expo coming up next month if you want to learn. I believe one thing we get a lot of emails is people are thankful that somebody's talking about health, I guess.

Physical health. Because the church, and the church is usually, no, no, no, just potlucks, donuts, and coffee. Don't talk about health. The problem is our physical often affects our spiritual. I can tell you I haven't felt this great in a couple years.

And spiritually. Because when you take control over the fleshly appetites, there's a spiritual benefit. And we pray for people, for diet-related illnesses. And I will pray for people, for God to heal them, but how do we know that's not caused by our choices?

That's just the truth. It's not easy to say. I don't come up here and go, hope everyone comes back and likes what I said. I hope they get convicted by what I said. Because conviction causes change. Exodus 23, worship the Lord your God, and his blessings will be upon your food, and on your water, and he will take away sickness from among you.

Now you can't just put this verse into your life. You gotta, the context, is there a sickness in the camp of Israel? After they exodus, that means they exited from Egypt. There's sickness in the camp of Israel.

Why is there sickness? Disobedience to God. And I'm amazed at how many times we never talk about that either. If you say sickness can be the result of sin, people, oh, I can't believe you said that, Pastor.

Well, it's in the Bible. It's not all the time. I would actually err on the side that it's probably not due to that, because all of us would be sick. Don't go there. But some of us, but sometimes God will use this Paul said some of you are sick and have died because you take the communion in an unworthy manner.

Go to the elders, let them anoint you with oil, confess your sin, and you will be healed. So I would at least take inventory. Is there any sin in my heart? Lord, show me. Am I having not enough faith?

Is it just a natural aging process? And there's really nothing you're gonna do about it. I'm just according to your will. I mean, some people say, no, he desires all people to be healed, and I don't know, I don't know.

I guess the perfect will of God, in a perfect world, but we're in a fallen world. And God often uses sickness or sickness as a result of different things. But it's great to step out in faith and believe and pray for healing, because I believe we don't see enough of it either.

We trust in Kaiser, not the King. I watched a documentary recently on just, I don't remember even the name of it. Something about our addicted nation. I could not believe how many prescriptions and things.

It was just like, we're like the number one, America's like 70 user of all these different opioids and addictions. And over all countries, even like, take 10 countries in total, we're still higher. We think we can medicate.

We think we can just fix our problems that way. And again, to put a disclaimer out there, because every time I talk about this, I get emails. I'm not against things that work. So if you need a serotonin uptake inhibitor, great.

If you need something and you feel God's leading you, hey, that's up to you and God. But it's always the first resort instead of the last resort. Let me give you proof. Don't raise your hand, but a majority of people in here at the next service are taking high blood pressure medication.

I could get them off of that medication within two to three months. Easily. I did a thousand times over when I worked in the gym industry. It's done. Get off your metformin for diabetes. We're telling our liver to not do this with glucose.

Off, done. Why don't they want to do it? It's hard. We've been conditioned. Microwave Christianity. We've been conditioned. How many, look at this, how many people could be off of these things and feeling better?

Listen, even blood pressure, you begin to take blood thinners and Coumadin and things like that. Okay, they do, but then it slows you down. Lowers your blood pressure. I don't have enough energy. Now I don't feel well.

Could it be that we never do anything for God because we don't feel well? And so you tell me physical doesn't affect the spiritual. The problem is nobody ever wants to talk about it. So that was a rabbit trail.

I wish this was second service because I've got a long ways to go still. I might have to do part two. Okay, in part one, we see that nothing is impossible for God. Correct? Now we're transitioning the part of the sermon, the power of intercession, the power of interceding.

Intercession and Standing in the Gap

And we're getting into Sodom and Gomorrah. Let me explain intercession. Sovereignty is when God does something. God's declared it. It's going to happen. That's sovereignty. Intercession is when I ask God to intercede.

Isn't that interesting? You can intercede for something that maybe God was not going to do. And we don't understand His perfect will and His permissive will. Trust me, I've studied it till I'm blue in the face.

I don't know how this works. Thank God you do. But you can change the hand of God from time to time. Certain things are His sovereign declared will. It's going to happen. Nope, good luck. He actually told Jeremiah, stop praying for this nation.

They are destitute for destruction. So that's what intercession is, when we ask God to intercede. It's basically when we go to battle, when we call down heaven, when we travail, seek, pray, and fast, and God says, I'm going to honor that discipline in that person.

I'm going to honor that heart. I'm going to switch and change gears and bless that person for crying out to me. That's what intercession is. It's interceding on behalf of the people. I don't know if I have it.

Let me see, because I don't want to forget this. I just want to give you a glimpse of this. Sorry, media. Ezekiel 22, it's in there somewhere. Ezekiel 22, thank God for the media team. We are so blessed here.

This is incredible. It parallels America. The Word of the Lord came to me, Son of Man, say to the land, the land, that they are devouring people, they're taking money, and they're taking precious things, and they're making widows within.

They're basically not caring for the poor, just the rich and wealthy and just this me, me, me environment. Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things. I just saw on social media that a church, United Methodist Something Church, out of our state, is having a drag day where a drag queen is going to read to the children or do some type of event.

Yeah, don't be surprised. A lot of pastors are not believers. Look at the fruit. Look at the fruit, and they'll let you know. It's in your face. They'll put a rainbow on their sign out front. And they think people like me are heretics.

I don't recommend it, but the name caught me. Yesterday or the day before I went on, it says American Heretic on Amazon Prime or something. Well, guess what? The heretics are actually the ones giving the movie, coming against conservative Christians.

And there's so many lies and deceit in what they're saying. I got maybe 10 minutes, like this is junk. What a bunch of baloney, a bunch of garbage. They don't know the Word of God. And so it's happening.

God's people, God's priests, God's priests who are supposed to intercede on behalf of the people, they were doing violence to my law, violating my word. They are profaning the holy things. When you come in and have somebody preach that is in sin and happy about their sin and drag queen and all these things, and you bring that into the house of God, there's no reverence, there's no respect.

There should be a holy awe that overcomes someone when they walk into God's house. Yes, he's everywhere, but sometimes he decides to visit a group of people and honor a congregation that comes together.

Oh, it gets worse, it gets worse. Her officials, her politicians within her are like wolves tearing their prey. Oh, it gets worse. Her prophets, what is a prophet? It's a prophetic voice that warns the people.

That's what it is, it's a prophetic voice that warns the people. Show me a prophet that wasn't prophetic in warning the people. Show me one. They were rough. They were hard. And what were they doing? They whitewashed these deeds for them by false visions.

Instead of confronting them, they were encouraging their sin. So, the outcome's not going to be good for this type of nation. And I love when people say, well, that doesn't apply to America today. I got it.

The context is Ezekiel, a long time ago. But there's principles that still apply. There are principles that still apply. And here's one amazing principle. I don't know if we have it up there, I might just read it myself.

Ezekiel 22, 30, after all this, here we go. I could almost come to tears. God said, I looked for a man, I looked for someone. I sought from among them. I looked for someone. Would you stand in the gap?

Would you build a wall? Would you intercede on behalf of the people? But I found no one. Does that same call goes out today? I believe it does. That's a driving passion of my heart. I'm seeking the eyes of the Lord go to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are loyal to Him.

There is hope for this nation. There is hope for California. Let me tell you, I believe that revival can come from California. Listen, hold on, hold on. You add up Texas, Idaho, and Florida all together, I believe a revival can come more from California.

Why? Because the darkest spot is where the light of the gospel penetrates, and God says, I'm gonna take that dark, forsaken area, and I'm looking for men and women who are crying out to me and calling out to me.

They might even fast. They might even seek the heart of God, and I will answer that, people. Listen, I don't drive home going, I'm glad they bought that, whew. That was a good sales pitch. I eat and breathe it.

Revival, Prayer, and the Church's Responsibility

Revival is our only hope. You pray for your children, you better pray for a spiritual awakening. 2022, more red, more red states. That's not gonna change anything. 2024, if we could just get so-and-so back in there.

Can't say his name today, because then I'd get hate mail. That's our answer. You actually could cause a lot more friction, and I'm all for the right people, but we've become so arrogant and so haughty.

God says, I look, I look, I saw it. I saw it for a man, a woman, among them in California. There's a prayer meeting? There's a prayer meeting? I see it, I hear it, they're contending. They're having church every night.

They wanna meet with me. The door, people are coming in before we could even open the doors. There's a hunger. You don't think God hears that? So begs to call, where are you, church? Where are you, church?

A lot of us have been doing this for years. Where are you? No, you know, Shane, I'm tired. It's not convenient. Now you know our problem. Am I not just shooting you straight? I know it's difficult. Please don't misunderstand.

If I wasn't pastoring the church, I probably wouldn't be here all the time either. So I have great compassion, but I'm also called to motivate, and to shoot you straight, and trying to put on our big boy pants to some of you men.

Lead your family. Lead your family. Say, I'm going. I'm gonna seek God. I might not feel like it, but I don't care what my feelings say. I'm not gonna eat today. I'm gonna tell King's stomach to shut its mouth.

As I've been in prayer since eight this morning, Lord, if you want me to say this stuff, please don't let me say it out of anger or frustration. Please, God, I've been pleading. But it's been my heart burning on my heart.

I don't know what to do with it. Because it has nothing to do with anger, but pleading, pleading with the people. I'm not upset, I'm broken at the condition of our nation and the church. We act like the remedy costs a million dollars and there's a 50 point checklist I have to do.

The remedy is very simple. Now I can understand Jesus crying out, drink of this water and you'll never thirst again. He who believes on me, he who believes on me as the Scriptures say, out of your belly will flow rivers of living water.

Where are these rivers of living water for most of us? Where are they? You look like Mono Lake, dry and dead, no life. This fresh Owens River or Rush Creek or whatever runs right into it, fresh, beaming with life into this dead, barren lake.

Where's the living water? Gene, how do I get it? Everything I've just been talking about. You seek God like never before. Not even halfway done. That's okay. This is important. I need to talk about this though.

Sodom, Gomorrah, and the Gravity of Sin

Verses 20 through 21, because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done all of this evil to justify this outcry.

And if not, I will know. Now, it's interesting, God already knows. If you guys want these images, Laina can get them to you. He knows, but often he sends a witness. So people can see, hey, God validated this.

God doesn't have to come, oh, let me see what Sodom and Gomorrah is doing. Remember in Revelation, come out of her, my people. Come out of you, my people, lest you share in her sins and receive of her plagues.

Come, let me see what's going on in Babylon. And so God will send witnesses. And maybe Lot was crying out. We don't know who was crying out for the inhabitants. And what is this outcry? Here's the key.

Sin cries when it reaches a gross and perverted state. You think Sodom and Gomorrah is bad. Have you driven to Hollywood? Do you know we have the number one producer of pornography in the world? 45 minutes away?

And when I was studying on that topic, I could not believe how perverted it's getting. Father, son, mother, children. What is this? Am I in the twilight zone? See, perversion will grow and grow. You know, you watch those interviews with Jeffrey Dahmer or the guy that Dobson talked to in prison before he's executed, and it all starts something, you know, yeah, this, and then it got more wicked and more perverted.

The more wicked, the more perverted. I couldn't satisfy. That used to satisfy. Now it's not. You know, it's big now. I mean, don't look into it, but wife-swapping, partner, what is it? God, I'm surprised a lightning bolt hasn't hit.

I mean, it's just because the remnant is holding that line. Holding that line. But I need to talk about this. This might be outlawed in a few years. So, save the video. From a liberal pastor, the Bible says that the sin of Sodom was arrogance, overindulgence, indifference, lack of charity, and haughtiness.

It was all about self-centeredness. And there's not a word about homosexuality. Now, he's partially right, because the Bible goes on to list the sin of Sodom. And it's no surprise, when God's not there, when perversion takes over, everything is perverted.