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They Defiled Themselves

In today’s world, we don’t like to take accountability for our sins. We don’t like to feel like we’ve done something wrong. Sometimes, we feel as though it’s not our fault. Our childhood, financial circumstances, environment, etc., all play a role in how we became who we are today. Therefore, shouldn’t there be some form of justification for certain actions? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the Truth in his powerful message, They Defiled Themselves.

Psalms 106:39 NLT
Jeremiah 3:13-14a
Proverbs 11:21
2 Corinthians 6:14-16a
1 Corinthians 6:19
2 Corinthians 6:16b-18
Ephesians 2:8
1 Corinthians 6:9-11

They Defiled Themselves

39 They defiled themselves by their evil deeds, and their love of idols was adultery in the Lord’s sight.

Psalms 106:39 NLT

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Romans 1:18-21

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Secret Sins

It’s easy to try to hide our sins when we do them in secret. We think that no one will see, and therefore, we’re better off than the person who flaunts their sins all over the land. We think that no one will ever find out about these sins, so we pretend like we’re perfect and have no sin, but is this really how we’re supposed to live? What if our secret sins are very small and aren’t that bad? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the dangers of keeping sins within the darkness of our own hearts in his message Secret Sins.

Psalms 90:8
Psalms 94:7
Psalms 94:23
Revelation 22
John 3:16
Hebrews 4:13b
Psalms 103:8-14
Psalms 66:18-19
2 Corinthians 10:5

Secret Sins

16 No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light. 18 Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.

Luke 8:16-18

1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. 2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. 5 For each will have to bear his own load. 6 Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.

Galatians 6:1-10

11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from His sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Hebrews 4:11-13

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Stay Awake

2,000 years ago, Jesus promised His disciples and all believers that He would one day return for His followers. Each generation of the Church thinks that it will be in their time period, but it has yet to happen. Does that mean that Jesus won’t return in our lifetime? The better question is, if He were to come in your lifetime, would you be ready? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he shows us the dangers of falling asleep at a time like this in his message, Stay Awake.  

Mark 13:32-37 (KJV)
Philippians 4:8-9
Matthew 24:45-51
Revelation 21:8

Stay Awake

36 But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. 37 For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 45 Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 47 Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants and eats and drinks with drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know 51 and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 24:36-51

32 But of that day or that hour knoweth no one, not even the angels in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 It is as when a man, sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, commanded also the porter to watch. 35 Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning; 36 lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Mark 13:32-37 (KJV)

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Show Me The Way Pt. 3: Light of the World

Jesus said that as long as He was in the world, He was the Light of the World. Jesus is no longer here. We, the Church, are now His representatives on this earth. Jesus has now called us to be the Light of the World. So what does that mean for us? How can the Church be the Light of the World? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the Truth in his heart-wrenching message, Show Me The Way Pt. 3: Light of the World.

Matthew 5:14-16
Ephesians 5:7-8
1 Corinthians 10:17 (AMB)
John 9:1-4
John 9:5
Matthew 5:16
2 Corinthians 2:14-16a
Jude 23
Matthew 28:18-20
Mark 8:35
Ezekiel 3:18
Romans 13:11-14
John 8:12b

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Light of the World

1 As he passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 We must work the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 9:1-5

13 You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:13-16

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Show Me The Way Pt. 2: Salt to Self

We, the Church, are the Salt of the Earth. That means that we’re to disinfect and fertilize the Church. Jesus poses the question, “Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again?” What does it mean for salt to lose its saltiness? And how do we, the Church, make sure we don’t lose our saltiness? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the deeper importance of salt in his message, Show Me The Way Pt. 2: Salt to Self.

Mark 9:43-50
Matthew 7:3-5
Romans 12:1-2
Hebrews 10:19-25
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Leviticus 2:13
1 Corinthians 3:13-15
Exodus 30:34-37

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Salt to Self

13 You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

Matthew 5:13

42 Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, 48 ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’ 49 For everyone will be salted with fire. 50 Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.

Mark 9:42-50

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Show Me The Way Pt. 1: Fertilize and Disinfect

Jesus commanded the Church (the body of Christ, His followers) to be the Salt of the Earth. Today, this seems like a very odd command. What good is salt? Many doctors and influencers today tell us that salt is bad for us. So, why should we, the Church, be the Salt of the Earth? What does that mean for us? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the true purpose of the Church in his message, Show Me The Way Pt. 1: Fertilize and Disinfect.

Matthew 5:13
Matthew 3:8
John 15:8
Hebrews 5:11–14
1 Timothy 2:5–6
Daniel 6:5
Daniel 6:6–7
Daniel 10:21
2 Corinthians 2:15–17
2 Peter 3:9
Luke 14:34

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Fertilize and Disinfect

13 You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.

Matthew 5:13

1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’” 4 Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Matthew 3:1-6

34 Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

Luke 14:34

19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 15:19

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The LORD’s Favorable Grace

We are saved by grace through faith. Throughout Scripture, we’re told of the LORD’s favor and His grace. What is the LORD’s favor and grace exactly, and how do we attain them? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes in his encouraging message, The LORD’s Favorable Grace.

Romans 7:23-25a
Psalm 5:12
Mark 10:29-31
John 21:21-22
Isaiah 53:1-4
Isaiah 53:5-6
Isaiah 53:7-12
Luke 4:18-19
John 1:16-17
Acts 2:39
Acts 4:33

The LORD’s Favorable Grace

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.

Luke 4:18-19

2 For He says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 3 We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, 5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; 7 by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 6:2-10

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Dying To Self Pt. 2: It’s Not About Us

As the Church, we are called to be the body of Christ. We are His arms, feet, eyes, and ears here on this earth. But is one more important than the other? If we are all given gifts, is one gift more important than the other? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he brings his eye-opening message, Dying To Self Pt. 2: It’s Not About Us.

Philippians 2:3-8
Matthew 20:25-28
Matthew 28:19-20
Acts 18:24-26
1 Corinthians 12:12-20
Ephesians 4:11-13
1 Peter 4:10
Exodus 18:13-14
Exodus 18:19-23

Dying To Self

It’s Not About Us

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! 18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Galatians 2:15-20

Paul explained that he was crucified (spiritually) with Christ. Therefore every day, Paul was dying to self. It was no longer he that lived, but Christ that lived through him. He even went on to say that to live is Christ. It’s not about you. It’s not about us. It’s about Christ. And we are His body here on this earth.

15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. 16 The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again. 27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, 28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is a clear sign to them of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God.

Philippians 1:15-28

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Dying To Self Pt. 1: It’s Not About You

Today it’s difficult to differentiate between the world and the Church. The sheep, goats, and wolves all seem to blend into one fold that we can’t seem to separate and distinguish between anymore. The Church no longer sees signs, wonders, miracles, or healings, why? Is there something the Church needs to do that we aren’t doing? What’s holding back the Church from seeing the glory of God as Moses and the early Church did? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the stronghold holding back the Church from seeing the power of God in our generation in his sobering message, Dying To Self Pt. 1: It’s Not About You.

Philippians 2:3-8
Romans 11:36
Galatians 2:20
Romans 8:23-25
Romans 8:16-17
John 8:35
Philippians 3:12
John 3:30
Hebrews 10:32-34 NLT
Psalms 66:18-19
Rev. 11:18
Luke 17:7-10

Dying To Self

It’s Not About You

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

1 Corinthians 6:15-20

15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. 17 But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! 18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

Galatians 2:15-21

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Selling Your Birthright

An inheritance is something to look forward to. While not all of us have a physical inheritance, we all have a spiritual inheritance. Does that mean everyone will be saved? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to our spiritual inheritance in his fiery message Selling Your Birthright.

Jeremiah 29:11
Proverbs 3
Hebrews 12
Genesis 25:29-34
Genesis 25:30-34
Romans 9:13
Hebrews 12:15-17
Revelation 21:7-8
Romans 12:21
Colossians 1:12-14
Isaiah 54:17
1 John 5:4-5
Revelation 12:12

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Jacob and Esau

29 Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted. 30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom.) 31 Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.” 32 Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?” 33 Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 25:29-35

13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

Romans 9:13

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