The Song of Victory: Remembering God’s Faithfulness

• Memorial Day and Military Remembrance [00:00:00 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor leads a tribute to active military and veterans, emphasizing gratitude for their sacrifice and the freedom it provides, contrasting it with secular views of the holiday.
• The Song of Moses [00:06:42 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor introduces the 'Song of Moses' from Exodus as a biblical example of a song that earth teaches heaven, linking it to the concept of remembering God's victories.
• Legacy and Scripture [00:10:15 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor argues for the importance of physical Bibles as legacy items to pass down to future generations, rather than digital apps or tablets.
• Exodus Narrative [00:11:18 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor recounts the story of Israel's deliverance from Egypt, the plagues, and the crossing of the Red Sea, framing it as a 'dead end' that became a breakthrough.
• Fear vs. Faith [00:13:21 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor defines fear as worrying about the future while forgetting God's past faithfulness, urging the congregation to 'stand firm' rather than surrender to fear.
• Divine Deliverance [00:11:18 ▶️ 📄]
  > Retelling the Exodus story where God leads Israel to a perceived dead end at the Red Sea, only to part the waters and defeat Pharaoh's army.
• Memorialization through Song [00:19:15 ▶️ 📄]
  > Explaining why Israel did not build a stone monument at the Red Sea but instead sang a song, because a melody is easier to carry through future battles than physical stones.
• The Song of Moses and Heavenly Worship [00:23:45 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor connects the Old Testament song of victory after crossing the Red Sea with the song sung in Revelation 15, emphasizing the continuity of praise and victory.
• Eschatology and the Rapture [00:27:06 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor outlines a timeline involving the Rapture, the removal of the Church, and the subsequent seven years of tribulation, asserting that the tribulation is yet to come.
• The Antichrist and the Mark of the Beast [00:29:10 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor describes the rise of the Antichrist, the global economic control via the mark of the beast (potentially a biochip), and the satanic trinity's counterfeiting of the divine.
• Salvation During Tribulation [00:31:01 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor explains that despite the removal of the Church, God uses 144,000 Jewish evangelists and two witnesses to bring people to salvation during the tribulation.
• The Song of Moses and the Lamb [00:34:43 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor connects the Old Testament deliverance of Israel through the blood of the lamb to New Testament believers' assurance of victory and presence with God.
• Eschatology and the Battle of Armageddon [00:35:55 ▶️ 📄]
  > An explanation of the timeline in Revelation, noting that the song of Moses occurs before the final battle of Armageddon and the defeat of the Antichrist.
• Faith and Testimony [00:37:30 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor emphasizes that believers conquer Satan by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, encouraging those with stories to have songs of faith.
• Surrender and Worship [00:38:46 ▶️ 📄]
  > A call to recognize that God is the true Champion who wins, leading to a moment of corporate surrender and declaration of victory over personal battles.

• Sermon Illustration [00:09:30 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses the song 'Eye of the Tiger' from the movie Rocky to illustrate how songs remind us of specific people or stories, using it as a transition to discuss the 'Song of Moses'.
• Sermon Illustration [00:10:53 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about his Spanish lessons on Duolingo, specifically being in the 'ordering food' section, to connect with the congregation and lighten the mood.
• Sermon Illustration [00:10:53 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares a personal anecdote about his Spanish lessons on Duolingo, specifically ordering food, to make the congregation laugh at himself before transitioning to the sermon.
• Sermon Illustration [00:16:51 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor reveals he has over 55 tattoos, including 'I will fight for you' in Hebrew on his left arm, and notes that his daughter also has a matching tattoo, illustrating that one can have God's word physically on their skin yet still forget that God fights for them.
• Sermon Illustration [00:22:17 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor references the song 'One Shot' by Logic, noting how its chord progression creates a specific emotional response (hype, desire to fight), using it as an analogy for how the 'Song of Moses' was designed to stir emotion and remind Israel of God's victory.
• Sermon Illustration [00:23:10 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses an analogy of drinking Red Bull and eating power bars to describe sudden energy, contrasting it with the spiritual fatigue of not praising God after deliverance.
• Sermon Illustration [00:23:28 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor references the historical event of Israel crossing the Red Sea and singing the Song of Moses as a foundational illustration of victory and praise.
• Sermon Illustration [00:27:56 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 as a temporal reference point to illustrate global calamity, contrasting it with the greater tribulation that will occur after the Church is removed.
• Sermon Illustration [00:29:44 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor shares an anecdote about a man who said he would 'take the chance' and not get saved until the tribulation, using it to warn against gambling with one's soul.
• Sermon Illustration [00:34:13 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor draws a parallel between the Red Sea (where Israel was delivered) and the 'sea of glass mingled with fire' in Revelation, illustrating how believers who die during tribulation stand victorious before God.
• Sermon Illustration [00:34:54 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor references the biblical account of Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea, where God delivered them through the blood of a lamb on a doorframe, paralleling it to Christ's sacrifice on the cross.
• Sermon Illustration [00:38:09 ▶️ 📄]
  > The pastor uses a cultural analogy involving pop songs like Queen's 'We Are the Champions' and DJ Khaled's 'All We Do Is Win' to correct the focus from human achievement to God's ultimate victory.

• Pastoral Charge [00:01:11 ▶️ 📄]
  > Stand up in honor of military members and veterans.
• Pastoral Charge [00:02:13 ▶️ 📄]
  > Walk up to a veteran and verbally thank them.
• Pastoral Charge [00:02:40 ▶️ 📄]
  > Place a hand on a neighbor's shoulder or reach out hands to pray together.
• Pastoral Charge [00:04:03 ▶️ 📄]
  > Clap louder and stand for a standing ovation for military members.
• Pastoral Charge [00:04:57 ▶️ 📄]
  > High-five three people and thank them for attending.
• Pastoral Charge [00:14:15 ▶️ 📄]
  > Believe in faith and recognize God's desire to bring deliverance.
• Pastoral Charge [00:16:32 ▶️ 📄]
  > Receive the 'right hook from God' against the enemy.
• Pastoral Charge [00:24:27 ▶️ 📄]
  > Inviting the congregation to sing along with the melody of the Song of Moses.
• Pastoral Charge [00:25:32 ▶️ 📄]
  > Inviting the congregation to clap in affirmation of God's victory.
• Pastoral Charge [00:39:26 ▶️ 📄]
  > Stand up for corporate worship
• Pastoral Charge [00:38:55 ▶️ 📄]
  > Come forward or respond to the altar call for salvation/consecration
• Pastoral Charge [00:40:48 ▶️ 📄]
  > Make a personal decision of faith regarding Jesus as Savior and strength

[00:00:00] [SPEAKER SPEAKER_00]
[00:00:00] that invest in coming alongside of our armed forces and our retired veterans and to take a moment today and recognize those that have paid the highest price as our campuses are looking at me directly behind me and for those of you at the central campus additional seating for those of you watching on our online broadcast the names are listed that have been submitted by church members of cbc of their loved one that paid the highest price serving in our armed forces gave up their life so that we can have a moment to
[00:00:29] gather in freedom, democracy, and liberty. I'm grateful. We're going to take a moment to honor our veterans and our active military in just a few moments, but we want to take an opportunity to pay tribute, respect, and a demonstration of gratitude as we remember and reflect.
[00:00:46] And for many of you, the name that's on your heart is not on the screen, but it's something that you carry today. And to all of our retired and active military armed forces, there's a name
[00:00:55] on your heart. And I'm also going to ask for any family member or friend, coworker, classmate that goes, man, I know somebody that gave their life defending our country. And would you stand in their honor as you carry their name and remembrance on this Memorial Day? Would you stand all across
[00:01:11] our campuses? Because you know that person, their name is carried by you. And remain standing for just a brief moment. As I look across this campus and look into a camera and look across multiple
[00:01:31] campuses, I want to say this as men and women are standing all across this city. Memorial Day is just for some hamburgers and hot dogs and a day off, but that's not us at CBC. It's a reminder
[00:01:44] that we get to enjoy a day off because the men and women defending our freedom did not take a day off and made a commitment to protect our borders. And right now there are military armed forces
[00:01:55] all across the globe that are working for our greater good that we have no idea even fully what they're doing.
[00:02:00] But it's appropriate for us in moments to demonstrate attitudes of gratitude.
[00:02:04] It'll cost you nothing to look at an armed force service member and tell them thank you.
[00:02:09] Can I tell you what you'll get in return?
[00:02:11] Thank you for your support.
[00:02:13] Anytime you see a veteran that's wearing a hat or a t-shirt that is a reminder that they have served our country, 10 seconds of just you walking up to somebody as a statement of gratitude could just let them know
[00:02:25] that they are not forgotten and today on this particular day we want to take a moment to pray for every single person that's standing so all across our campuses if somebody is standing next to you would you put a hand on the shoulder of somebody next to you as a statement of we partner
[00:02:40] in prayer believing for a God of comfort if there's not somebody standing next to you across our campuses would you reach out your hands in the direction I know for some of you that feels
[00:02:48] uncomfortable but this is very biblical in scripture there'll be moments where if they couldn't put a hand on the shoulder, they would reach their hands in the direction of someone as to say, you're not alone. So can we just pray together? God, we thank you for your faithfulness.
[00:03:02] God, we thank you for your comfort. God, I thank you that heaven is real and reunions will take place where there is no more pain and no more suffering. And God, I pray right now for every
[00:03:12] family member, every friend, every colleague, coworker, classmate that knows someone specifically.
[00:03:19] God, I pray today for that family.
[00:03:22] You'd wrap your strong arms around them and let them know that they are not forgotten and they are loved, seen as significant and their sacrifice was not for loss.
[00:03:32] We get to worship Jesus freely in this country.
[00:03:35] And God, we're grateful.
[00:03:36] God, we know Jesus, you are king.
[00:03:38] We know that.
[00:03:39] But God, thank you that we live in this land and we thank you that we get to be from this country.
[00:03:45] And God, I pray right now for our service members.
[00:03:48] God, protect them, be their shield.
[00:03:49] comfort them we pray in jesus name and all god's people said amen amen and as we're clapping can we clap a little bit louder for our active service members can we clap a little bit louder
[00:04:03] for our retired men and women and if you got just a little bit of energy in your body if you'd like to stand up and give them a standing ovation i think it'd be appropriate to let these men and
[00:04:13] And women, know how much we love you.
[00:04:16] We're grateful for you.
[00:04:18] I know you don't want nobody to call you a hero, but we think you're heroes.
[00:04:22] And we salute you, respect you, admire you.
[00:04:26] And we thank God for you.
[00:04:28] Come on, church.
[00:04:28] Give me just five seconds of just giving them the highest praise.
[00:04:34] Grateful for you.
[00:04:36] Military City, USA.
[00:04:39] It's who we are.
[00:04:41] Father God, I pray blessing on these men and women.
[00:04:43] in Jesus name. And all God's people said, amen. Amen. High five three people around you. Come on, just tell them I'm glad you're in church today. Thank you for showing up. For those of you that
[00:04:57] are with us for the first time all across our campuses, I know our campus pastors have already welcomed you, but thank you for coming y'all. It's a big deal. We don't take this for granted
[00:05:07] all across our city, five locations, multiple, multiple places across our city. And as we are broadcasting to over 4,000 incarceration facilities across the United States, people in additional seating, ladies and gentlemen, we are walking in the blessing of God. And we're so thankful.
[00:05:24] I leaned over, I got to say this. I leaned over, I hadn't said this in any other service. I leaned over to our campus pastor, pastor Hutch. And I just said so many times, so many churches just
[00:05:34] think the Memorial day weekend is just the weekend that people aren't going to come to church and they're going to go do their thing. And I said, but if churches will create a little bit of space
[00:05:43] to honor men and women that paid the high price.
[00:05:47] No greater love than this, that a man or a woman laid down his life for his friend.
[00:05:52] And that's what makes CBC special, that we take a moment in our service to honor those that have paid the highest price.
[00:06:01] Well, today's message is simply entitled, I Know That Song.
[00:06:04] And this is gonna be like changing gears without a clutch.
[00:06:07] We're gonna have a little bit fun in this sermon today, if that's okay.
[00:06:10] We're gonna laugh a little bit.
[00:06:10] This is way outside my comfort zone because I am not musical whatsoever. I am a closet worship leader. I love to sing out loud.
[00:06:18] I'm grateful for the fact that the Bible says, make a joyful noise. Can I get an amen from somebody? But today's message is interesting to me because I felt like the spirit of God just
[00:06:28] really pressed this into my heart, that there are songs that heaven teaches earth. For example, many of us love the hymn, holy, holy, holy, but that's a song we learned from heaven. But do you
[00:06:38] know that there's a song that earth teaches heaven? And I'm going to teach you that today.
[00:06:42] It's called the Song of Moses.
[00:06:44] And as we talk about the Song of Moses, it's interesting as we talk about Memorial Day specifically, Memorial Day is a moment where we look back, we remember and we reflect as I was even talking names on the wall behind us.
[00:06:57] There are monuments.
[00:06:58] And what we learn throughout scripture is when there is something worth remembering, you build something as a place that you get to go back and generation to generation, people are able to go, what does that mean?
[00:07:09] And those that have experienced it, been through it, could testify to what took place. That's very common today, but it was very common in scripture.
[00:07:17] Every time God showed up, our next sermon series, by the way, starting next weekend, as we go into the summer months, is the names of God. We talk about Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Rapha, Jehovah Shalom,
[00:07:27] all these great realities of who God is. You'll see that there are monuments and memorials testifying of who God is. But when God does what he's going to do for the nation of Israel, this is the reason why we sang these songs today about Egypt, no longer slaves, the battle belongs.
[00:07:44] And here's what we know to be true as well, is that God still wins the victory today.
[00:07:50] And we're going to learn today that the song, come on, I'll give you a second to clap for that.
[00:07:54] We're going to learn today that when God gives you a breakthrough, sometimes it's important to create a monument. But what if God gives you a song to carry? Many of you have lost your song
[00:08:07] because the enemy has gained a lot of ground in your heart.
[00:08:10] But I wanna just warm up the crowd.
[00:08:12] If I could just say it this way, warm up the congregation.
[00:08:15] Listen, I know for many of you, you're gonna send me an email about the fact that we've played some secular music in church.
[00:08:20] I just need you to know we're gonna redeem some stuff today.
[00:08:23] I just wanna help us understand the power of a song because all of us have our playlist.
[00:08:28] How many of you got your workout playlist?
[00:08:31] How many of you got your chill playlist?
[00:08:33] Come on, we all got these different playlists.
[00:08:34] and it's interesting that we'll find songs that will hype us up or mellow us out and every song sometimes is connected to a memory connected to a story connected to an individual and to prove this
[00:08:47] i very different from jimmy fallon don't have the roots come on for some of you have seen jimmy fallon he's got the roots i got somebody better i got the cbc worship band come on all right
[00:08:57] and that's why our team is standing behind me this is going to obviously be broadcasting to our campuses. So campuses, you got to participate as well. But just to show you, to give you proof
[00:09:08] that songs sometimes remind us of people, I'm going to now turn this over to Joe, our maestro, musical director. On the count of three, Joe, I want you to give us our first song. And I want you
[00:09:18] to tell me who this song is connected to. All right, you ready? Here we go. One, two, three.
[00:09:30] A few more seconds. This is a very powerful move right there. I don't know if you noticed that.
[00:09:36] now that song's called eye of the tiger but who's that song about rocky all right so a song reminds us of a person oh do you see where we're going today the song reminds us of a person now
[00:09:51] when we get to exodus chapter 14 if you got a bible by the way i think this would be helpful i said this at the last service i think it's important i'm grateful for technology
[00:09:59] praise be to god if there wasn't technology we'd still be using scrolls ladies and gentlemen so I'm grateful for technology but I I'm more concerned about legacy can I get a witness from somebody my hope and prayer for you is that you would bring a copy of God's word to church like
[00:10:15] pastor Ed you're asking too much can I tell you this when we're all dead and gone it will not be your app off your phone or your tablet that you'll pass on to your next generation your loved ones
[00:10:26] will pick up the word of God and go my mama spent some time in this bible and I can't wait to see what God taught my mama in this word. For you as a father, for you as that Tio, for that Tia,
[00:10:39] for that abuela, abuelo. Come on. I'm using all my Spanish words today. All right.
[00:10:44] Come on. You're ready. Duolingo is doing well. All right. It's doing well.
[00:10:53] All right. So I'm in the ordering food section of my Spanish lessons.
[00:10:59] Amen. If you can't laugh at yourself, laugh at me. It's all right.
[00:11:02] so as we talk today about the the teaching of god's word we understand that the nation of israel was delivered from the bondage of the egyptians through a dude name anybody moses now moses says
[00:11:18] to pharaoh let my people go 10 plagues the blood of the lamb was applied to the wooden door frame and we see the death angel passes over the death of the firstborn of children and adults and
[00:11:30] livestock, death is rampant. Pharaoh's like, y'all got to go get up out of here. I can't take this any longer. And then all of a sudden Pharaoh changes his mind. The nation of Israel is being
[00:11:41] led by a pillar of cloud by day, pillar of fire by night. Hello, somebody. God is always guiding his people. And as he guides them, it looked like God guided them to a dead end. How many of you
[00:11:52] know this, that sometimes God will lead you to what looks like a dead end, but it's a doorway through a breakthrough and they've been getting to see Pharaoh coming at them, but the red sea
[00:12:03] is behind them. I would in this moment, just caution you with the idea of like, I know the story, but just hang with me for just a second. They're backed up against the red sea. And all
[00:12:15] of a sudden they begin to ask this question to Moses. Are there no graves in Egypt that we could die. We would have been better to have died in Egypt. Interesting. Three squared meals a day,
[00:12:27] prison chains and shackles, no futures, no dream, generation, generation, generation, generation, 400 years of slavery. And you want to go back to that? Here's the reason why, because sometimes the giants in front of you will have a tendency to overshadow the God inside of
[00:12:43] you. And all of a sudden fear began to take place and Moses begins to speak up. And this is point number one, write this down. We see that the battle belongs to the Lord. In Moses, Exodus 14,
[00:12:56] beginning in verse 13 and 14, the word of God says it this way. And Moses said to the people, fear not, stand firm, see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today.
[00:13:06] For the Egyptians whom you see today shall never be seen again. And then Exodus 14, verse 14, the Lord will fight for you. You only have to be silent. Now, what's interesting about these words,
[00:13:21] fear not. Moses says it this way. Don't let it rule you. It's an emotion. Fear comes from a place of uncertainty about the future, all the while forgetting the faithfulness of God yesterday and today. Come on, somebody. Did you hear that? Fear is worrying about the future, all the while
[00:13:39] forgetting the faithfulness of God today and yesterday. God didn't bring you this far to drop you now. And so all of a sudden the nation of Israel begins to fear. And all of a sudden Moses
[00:13:50] through the power of God says, do not fear. Stand firm. Stand firm does not mean stand still.
[00:13:58] Stand firm is to simply say, don't you go backwards? Don't you give in? Don't you give over? Don't you submit? Don't you surrender? Can I say this to somebody? It may seem like the battles, being won by the enemy in your life, but don't you give up, stand firm and you will see
[00:14:15] the salvation of the Lord today. Can we just believe in faith? It just takes a little bit of mustard seed faith, not just to move a mountain, but to split a red sea that you
[00:14:27] can recognize there's a God that wants to bring about deliverance. Some of you are facing battles.
[00:14:32] many of you are facing struggles the unknown of tomorrow i don't know what to do you don't know what to do today but there's a god that's already in tomorrow that's working things out listen
[00:14:43] there's a devil that's playing checkers but i got a god that's playing chess he's working it out the pieces are moving he's orchestrating strategizing for your greater good but the people of god forgot his faithfulness now once more this sermon is going to be a little bit different
[00:15:03] This song, many of us, it's cross-generational.
[00:15:06] Take a little commercial break here for a second.
[00:15:07] Many of you know this song, Young and Old.
[00:15:10] I put myself in the old category.
[00:15:12] When this song comes on, there's a moment in the chorus, listen to me, that we all jump in.
[00:15:17] Let's see if you recognize this tune.
[00:15:18] Play it, Joe.
[00:15:19] That was impressive, by the way.
[00:15:46] Hopefully, north side, south side, east side, west side, you were in harmony with this.
[00:15:51] What a beautiful moment that was.
[00:15:54] Don't stop believing.
[00:15:56] Hold on to that feeling.
[00:15:58] but can I say this to you but don't hold on to that feeling if it's fear and the nation of Israel stopped believing and they were holding on to that feeling come on you with me this sermon is a
[00:16:11] little bit different a little bit outside my skill set to be honest with you I'm not musical but I understand that God watch this the battle belongs to the Lord every song much like that song was
[00:16:22] written with a hook every time we hear it it's that particular part that's called the hook can I tell you, God's giving you a song and it's got a hook in it. It's a right hook from God,
[00:16:32] right in the grill, in the face, in the teeth of the enemy. Come on, somebody receive that today.
[00:16:39] But the battle belongs to the Lord, but it's easy to forget this. It's easy to forget this. Let me just show you something real quickly. And I'm haven't done this any other service. Y'all bear
[00:16:51] with me for just a second. On my left arm right here, it's tattooed in Hebrew. I will fight for you. At the end of last night's service, my daughter Liv, she's a college student at Liberty
[00:17:08] University. She's home for summer. She goes, dad, you and I have the same matching tattoo. I thought in the sermon you were going to bring up, you had this tattooed on your left forearm.
[00:17:18] I literally said this out loud I went I totally forgot I had this tattooed now listen I got over 55 tattoos if I could just say that humbly that it's all happened in the past 18 months that's
[00:17:29] a whole nother conversation for a whole nother day and all that to say you can have it tattooed on your skin and still forget that God fights for you you with me you can have the verse memorized
[00:17:46] and still forget that God fights for you.
[00:17:50] And the nation of Israel had a God that delivered them through 10 plagues and they forgot God still fights the battle.
[00:17:59] And all of a sudden, Moses is commanded by God, slam your staff and the waters part.
[00:18:06] And now the nation of Israel begins to walk through, watch this, not on muddy sinking sand, but on dry ground.
[00:18:15] The God that leads you goes before you and he prepares a way for you and all of a sudden they get to the other side of the sea known as the red sea and the pharaoh's army that we've read about 600 chariots are in hot pursuit they get
[00:18:31] on the other side of the red sea and Moses slams the staff again and all of a sudden the water begins to cover up the enemy matter of fact archaeologists are discovering I don't know if
[00:18:42] you've seen this in news, they're discovering chariot wheels at the bottom of the Red Sea as a testimony that this is not just some fable, some mysterious story. This is actual Bible history that the enemy of God's chosen people in this story, God won the battle. Now you think
[00:19:05] about all these songs that could have been sung. The scripture reveals to us what's known as the song of Moses. But point number two, write this down. Number one was the battle belongs to the
[00:19:15] Lord. Number two, a melody becomes the memorial. A melody becomes the memorial. Now, before I read Exodus chapter 15, verses one through three, a melody by definition is something interesting.
[00:19:27] It's the arrangement of notes that create an emotion. Arrangement of notes that create emotion.
[00:19:35] emotion. I had this thought, hang with me. I had this thought that the nation of Israel in Joshua chapter four, cross over the Jordan river and they stack up stones of God's deliverance, but they cross the red sea and they don't build a monument. Now we're going to learn in our summer
[00:19:54] series together. And I can't wait for this. We're going to learn when God gives a name, it's typically it's memorialized or it has a monument attached to it. But this is the only time that there's such a massive deliverance, a battle that is won in victory by God. And there's
[00:20:11] no monument. There's no memorial. You know why? Because sometimes it's easier to carry a song than a stack of stones. Now I got no amens on the central campus. I thought that was a big deal
[00:20:22] right there. I thought that was a moment. I was going to get a couple of claps and amen, preach on preacher, something. Now, let me tell you why. All right. And maybe it'll happen after this,
[00:20:30] because there are moments where God breaks through and you memorialize it. On this date, God showed himself faithful. But why is it that God doesn't create a memorial here on the Red Sea deliverance? You know why? Because there would be future battles that needed to be won. And this was
[00:20:48] not a moment that they would say, okay, this battle was won. There are going to be many battles that needed to be won by God. And they needed a song that reminded them that the victory belongs to
[00:20:59] the Lord. And so to build stones would simply just be, well, God did it then, but they needed a God that would be able to deliver them in the future battles that they would face. And I want to speak
[00:21:10] this over your life. The battles that God has won in the past, God wants to continue to win in the future, but you got to have a song that you carry through in every season of life that reminds you
[00:21:22] just like a melody in a song stirs emotion. There needs to be a song in your heart that the battle belongs to the Lord and the melody creates a memorial that if God did it, then he could do it
[00:21:35] now to prove this as an example. The melody once more is a chord progression that creates an emotion. And I'm going to ask our CBC band to give us this next song on the count of three, one, two,
[00:21:47] three come on some of you nod your head right now here we go one one shot one opportunity would you seize it or would you let it slip away can i say this to you it's interesting
[00:22:17] that that chord progression how many of you got that on your playlist anybody else besides me clean version of course thank you because i'm christian all right so no explicit lyrics for me all right so all of a sudden that's a true story by the way all right
[00:22:36] so but when it comes down that's gospel truth all right um can't fill my head with that stuff i already got a problem as it is i don't need help cussing you know i'm saying so did i just admit
[00:22:46] that before thousands of people yes i did thank you and that's why i'm here but there are moments like when i hear that song i mean listen i get hyped some of you just all of a sudden you got
[00:22:58] goosebumps. You can't explain it. That chord progression, you're like, I just want to fight somebody. I just want to, like, I just want to wrestle. I want to hoop. Something happened and all of a sudden you were like fatigued, feeling a little sluggish. And you're like, I feel like
[00:23:10] I just drank a can of Red Bull and took communion with some power bars right now, right? All I'm saying is, isn't it interesting of a melody progression that created emotion? The nation of Israel comes out on the other side y'all and listen to me and they watch Pharaoh and the
[00:23:28] chariots drown in the Red Sea and they don't stack stones they just start singing and Moses who's not a worship leader begins to lead them now what if what if in this moment we could hear it in Exodus
[00:23:45] 15 verse 1 then Moses and the people of Israel sang the song to the Lord saying I will sing to the Lord for he has triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider has been thrown into the sea.
[00:23:56] The Lord is my strength. The Lord is my song. He's become my salvation. This is my God and I will praise him. My father's God and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war. The Lord is his name.
[00:24:08] The Lord will reign forever and ever. This is the song of Moses, but what if it had a melody attached to it. Come on, Joe, hit it. Sing to the Lord. Come on, somebody get with me for he has
[00:24:27] triumphed gloriously. The horse and his rider has been thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength.
[00:24:36] The Lord is my song. The Lord has become my salvation. This is my God. I will praise him.
[00:24:43] My father's God and I'll exalt him. The Lord is a man of war. The Lord is his name.
[00:24:51] and the Lord will reign forever and ever. It's a little bit different. It hits a little bit different, does it not? But they had no melody. They just sang a song of victory.
[00:25:11] And I want to just say to somebody today, God's brought you through some stuff, but you've not given him your praise. God's delivered you through some stuff, but you thought it was you.
[00:25:22] Can I say today, maybe for some of you, it's just to say the Lord is a warrior. You have brought the victory. But what if I were to say for somebody, I'll give you a moment to clap to that. Come on,
[00:25:32] we can clap to that. But I also think I'm talking to somebody today that you've not seen the victory, but the victory is coming. Can I talk to you about this third point? Check this out. Not only do we
[00:25:45] see the battle belongs to the Lord, a melody becomes the memorial, but number three, heaven sings a familiar song, sings a familiar song. Now maybe some of you have never heard this before, but in Revelation chapter 15, I want you to buckle up because this is about to get real.
[00:26:00] In Revelation chapter 15, the song of Moses is sung again. Did you know that? Did you know in heaven right now, the song of Moses, probably not with that melody from Eminem, by the way,
[00:26:13] is being sung in heaven. Now, if you have a Bible, Revelation 15 is interesting. Now, let me read this to you. In Revelation chapter 15, verse three, and they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God and the song of the lamb saying great and amazing are your deeds. Oh Lord God
[00:26:35] almighty, just and true are your ways. Oh King of the nations who will fear, who will not fear. Oh Lord and glorify your name question mark for you alone are holy and all nations will come and
[00:26:45] worship you for your righteous acts have been revealed. The question you got to ask is who's the day? Who's the day? Well, if you have been a part of CBC, we have preached through the book
[00:26:57] of Revelation several years ago, but I want to just timeline something. Y'all still listen and say amen. Come on. We're about to lean in on this one. When we talk about what's coming in the
[00:27:06] future, the book of Revelation speaks to the future. It's a revelation chapter six, all the way through revelation chapter 19, that we actually begin to see what's known as the years of tribulation. Many people think that the tribulation has already happened. I am one that believes that
[00:27:21] the tribulation is yet to come. I believe there's a moment first Thessalonians chapter four, that the dead in Christ shall rise. And those of us that are caught living on the earth, we caught up with him in the air. When Christ returns, this is an as known as a rapture or removing of the
[00:27:37] church from the earth. When Christ comes, the world will go into utter chaos at this particular moment. It's no longer about geography and borders and boundaries. All of a sudden the world in calamity. And I think we learned in 2020, how small the world is that everything can be happening.
[00:27:56] all at the same time. And there's this one form of language. And we began to see all of a sudden, there were voices that began to lead us through the tragedy and the unfortunate reality of COVID-19.
[00:28:06] But what if I were to tell you that this world has not seen yet a pandemic, an epidemic, or a cataclysmic reality of destruction in the world until the church of Jesus Christ is removed
[00:28:18] from the earth? I don't think we give ourselves, not that it's about us, but think about if the church of Jesus Christ was not on the earth, then where does the light come from? And where does the
[00:28:28] salt come from? I believe that God has left us on the earth because we are the preserving agent of the world. I got two amens on this central campus. I'm telling somebody helped me help me preach this
[00:28:40] thing. If we were not on the earth saying there's a better way and his name is Jesus. There's a word according to his holy Bible that we can live in righteousness. We can live in a pursuit of
[00:28:52] godliness and the world and all the things that it offers to you will never satisfy you. When that voice is gone, what does the world do? It actually begins to do what it's always done. It's to seek
[00:29:03] to find its own salvation in and of themselves or someone else. And his name will be the Antichrist.
[00:29:10] For those of you, listen, I'm not trying to freak you out, but the Antichrist is coming.
[00:29:14] The scripture speaks of this. There'll be one that will rise up to power that will unify militarily also unify economically globally there will be a leader that will all of a sudden unify the world and there will be a seven-year peace treaty with Israel according to scripture and
[00:29:31] three and a half years into the seven years now the church is gone we are gone and let me say this out loud if you got a relationship with Jesus if you don't you stay and I've talked to a lot of
[00:29:44] people man I had a dude sometime one time say this to me it's like hey man I'll take that chance I was like, bro, don't, don't roll that dice. Don't place that bet. Don't parlay that thing. I promise
[00:29:54] you that ain't going to work for you. Please don't gamble with your soul that you'll just get right with Jesus when the church is gone. And then you'll really pay attention because the world will actually shake their fist at God. And there'll be a moment where the antichrist will
[00:30:10] turn and break the covenant with the nation of Israel, set himself up to be worshiped in the temple. And then there'll be a mark that will be placed on those. If you want goods and services
[00:30:21] in a global economy, you got to take the mark of the beast. And by the way, we're actually beginning to see technology. Come on, y'all. I'm not trying to scare you. We're seeing technology that's actually starting to connect the world. And when we talk about the mark of the beast of
[00:30:35] 666, it may not be on a forehead. It could be a biochip placed in somebody's body.
[00:30:40] And when we think about what's taking place, there'll be a group of people that will take the mark of the beast because that's the only way you get goods and services he becomes the leader
[00:30:49] of the world church is gone but there's good news in the midst of the bad news that there's a god that is using the 144 000 jewish evangelists now don't let don't let somebody knock on your door
[00:31:01] from another religion and tell you the 144 000 are the elect no the 144 000 are the jewish evangelist that God releases in the seven years of tribulation to preach Jesus that leads a revival
[00:31:15] and people get saved in the seven years of tribulation because of the 144,000 Jewish evangelists. There are two witnesses that will preach Jesus, which leads me to say this. God is still making a way for people to be saved even after church is gone. Why? Because he's a good
[00:31:32] God. He's a generous God. He's a grace giving God, but there's coming a day when time runs out there's a lot of people like like i said there's a guy was like hey man i'll be a part of that
[00:31:44] group i was like bro don't play like that can i say this to you the cost of those that give their lives to jesus will be simply revelation chapter 20 let me read it to you it's in your notes
[00:31:54] revelation chapter 20 will say this verse 4 and i saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of jesus and for the word of god those who had not worshipped the beast or
[00:32:06] its image and had not received its mark. Those that give their lives to Jesus will be beheaded for the glory of Jesus. And I don't know why this motivates me in this moment. It's the moment where
[00:32:17] they go, we'd rather die and lose our head than to actually get your gasoline, to get your water, to get your food, to be a part of this economy. We will not bow the knee and confess anything,
[00:32:29] but Jesus is Lord and they would die for the glory of the gospel. You go, pastor, I don't even know who the antichrist is. It's part of the satanic trinity. God is the creator of all things. Satan
[00:32:43] is the counterfeiter of all things, which means everything God creates, Satan counterfeits.
[00:32:51] And you have to understand that Satan has a trinity. Satan as the father, you have the antichrist as the jesus and the false prophet as the holy spirit the satanic trinity also has a bible a satanic bible everything is counterfeited and the antichrist will be a jesus type figure
[00:33:12] that actually will be wounded and resurrected it's all copying jesus and the false prophet will be the one that allows the signs and the wonders just like the holy spirit ladies and gentlemen are you
[00:33:24] hearing what I'm saying today. For some of you are like, man, it just makes no sense to me. It's coming. It's coming. And you don't have to get ready if you stay ready, but there's going to
[00:33:36] be a group of people that come to know Jesus in the seven years of tribulation and watch this when they die, they come before the Lord in revelation chapter 15. It says, then I saw
[00:33:48] another sign in heaven, great and amazing seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last for with them, the wrath of God is finished. The seven years are coming to an end. And I saw what
[00:33:59] appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire before God's throne is the crystal sea. Come on, watch the parallel here. Crystal sea. We've been talking about the red sea, red sea, song of Moses,
[00:34:13] crystal sea, those that came through the fire of the trial and tribulation, and they get on the other side of death. And notice what the scripture says. And I saw what appeared to be a sea glass
[00:34:25] mingled with fire. And those who had conquered the beast, that's the antichrist conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. And they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God and the song of the
[00:34:43] lamb. Do you see, come on, I'm trying to teach you the Bible. Ladies and gentlemen, understand what I'm saying? Moses gets on the other side of the Red Sea. God delivered them through a blood of a
[00:34:54] lamb on an old rugged doorframe. And we as New Testament believers have victory and assurance.
[00:35:03] Though we die, we will be in the presence of a living God to be absent from the bodies, to be present with the Lord. Why? Because the blood of a lamb, not on a doorframe, but on an old wooden
[00:35:13] cross was applied to me and to you and sinners can be made sons and daughters. And when these men and women and young people who died for the sake of the gospel in the seven years of
[00:35:26] tribulation and were beheaded, when they stood before Jesus, before the crystal sea, they began to sing the song of Moses. Why? The song of Moses was the defeat of Pharaoh. The song of Moses was
[00:35:40] a future song for the defeat of the devil. And I need you to know today, what I have been wrestling with in this particular text is when you actually look at the timeline in Revelation chapter 15,
[00:35:55] it's several chapters before the battle of Armageddon. You go, pastor, what's the battle of Armageddon? In Revelation 19, going into Revelation 20, the antichrist, the false prophet and Satan will assemble the enemies of God against the kingdom of God. And in Revelation 19,
[00:36:17] Jesus comes riding on a white horse with a sword out his mouth, and it will be tattooed on his leg, faithful and true. And he will be a man of war. And when he comes, he will right every wrong
[00:36:35] and he will bring vengeance and he will bring the demise of the antichrist and the false prophet and satan himself and revelation 20 will be thrown into the lake of fire forever and ever and ever
[00:36:53] and ever and ever but but i got i gotta i gotta make this point if you just hang with me i gotta make this point. When they come through the fire and they sing the song of Moses and the song of
[00:37:06] the lamb, they've not yet experienced the defeat of Satan fully. What does it teach us? That sometimes you got to sing before the victory actually takes place. That you have to believe If, if God did it, then he'll do it now, which is why revelation chapter 12, verse 10 and 11,
[00:37:30] we stand on. They conquered him. Who's the, him, the enemy, Satan himself by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony. You go past your head. I don't got a song. If you got a story,
[00:37:44] you got a song. Ask all you country music lovers out there. If you got a story, you got a song, but can I tell you what God wants to get on your heart as a song? That the Lord, the Lord brings
[00:37:59] the victory. There's so many songs that we could sing today. I thought about this song from, from queen. It's that song called we are the champions. Come on, Joe, can you play this just for a second?
[00:38:09] All right. Can we, we are the champions, my friends, but I thought about this as a song of victory for some of you young bloods. You know, there's another song by DJ Khaled. All we do is
[00:38:28] win, win, win, right? Just got to make sure you're still listening, but check this out.
[00:38:32] When I, when I thought about this, it's not that we are the champions and it's not that all I do is win, win, win. It's actually, he is the champion and all he does is win, win, win.
[00:38:46] And when he walks in the room, all hands go up. Come on. Y'all with me? Oh God. Somebody get with me today. When he walks in the room, all hands go up. And what? Surrender. And what does the Lord
[00:39:04] want to do today? One, he wants you to be reminded that the victory's already been won.
[00:39:13] He wants you to be reminded that God always gets the final song. And I'm going to ask all across our campuses, I'm going to ask not for anybody to leave unless it's an emergency, unless you've got
[00:39:26] to go, I'm going to ask all across our campuses, could we stand together? Because we can't talk about songs without singing a song. And we've sang a lot of songs off our playlist, but there's
[00:39:38] a big difference between the songs of the world and a song that is sung to the God who made the world. And when you and I think about this, it's important that God's people could declare today,
[00:39:52] The weapon may be formed, but it won't prosper. And when the darkness falls, it won't prevail because the God I serve knows only how to triumph. My God will never fail. He'll never fail.
[00:40:11] I'm going to see a victory. How many of you are going through a battle right now, all across our campuses? How many of you are going through a battle?
[00:40:19] you're going to prophesy and declare and sing over your situation the victory has already been won you can put your hands down and I need you to recognize as we sing you ain't trying out for
[00:40:32] the voice y'all but there's three chairs that have already turned in your direction God the Father God the Son God the Holy Spirit and go I picked you I picked you but in order for us to sing a
[00:40:48] song of deliverance. Is he your song? Is he your savior? Is he your strength? There's got to be a moment where you make that personal decision before we sing heads bowed, eyes closed. If you
[00:41:00] want to put your faith and trust in Jesus, today is the day we're going to pray a prayer based upon the authority of God's word. And today, if you want to put your faith and trust in Christ, call
[00:41:09] on his name. Let's say this out loud together. Lord Jesus, I'm not perfect, but I believe in you save me change me forgive me i give you my life if you prayed that prayer in faith today calling
[00:41:24] on the name of jesus we're already clapping here at the central campus man let's clap if you did that raise your hand come on if you gave your life to jesus hold your hand up real
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