"AND THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 12:2...'Be ye NOT conformed to this world,' some of yall don't even know what that mean."
"Preach Pastor!"
"Me, Im just a Pilgrim...in a barren land. Ion know bout some of y'all. THEN IT SAYS, but be ye TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING of your mind, so that ye may PROVE what is that good, and PERFECT, will of GOD. Now, now THIS came from a man who persecuted JESUS. Let me show ya how he can turn thangs around. I know its time to go home, but just follow me saints..."
"U betta preach Pastor Reed!"
"Now, we all knew who Paul was...but if ya look at his title now, it says "APOSTLE"...an Apostle is anyone appointed by GOD. If ya turn back to the Book of Acts...of the Apostles, u will see where HIS DISCIPLES were appointed, they saw HIM ascend. Disciple means follower yall...they followed Jesus while he taught them The Way, he used Parables to relay Heavenly messages!"
"Mmmm Hmmm!"
"And, and they were APPOINTED to carry out God's will, Jesus told them...In my Father's House are many mansions, I goeth to prepare a place...but he left them behind, with the POWER and the knowledge of His Father's Way...Yall don't hear me."
(Organ)
"I said HE GAVE THEM POWER...and we all know what happen when u give the wrong people POWER dont ya..."
(Organ)
"Now after Judas BETRAYED Jesus...
(Mmm Mmm Mmm)
"It was 11 disciples left...since they had power they said...'we will cast lots, come on yall we need a 12th disciple. But, God had other plans...so now let me show u how he can take the WORST of us and place us right next to HIM..."
"Saul was a scholar..."
(Organ)
"Sho was Pastor!"
"Brilliant minded...but he was taught wrong. He persecuted ANYBODY who spoke the Gospel, he persecuted the church of Jesus Christ... Matthew 16:18 says: For Thou art Peter and upon THIS ROCK I will build my Church and the GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT...but he wanted to Persecute the church and he wasn't talkin bout no building..."
(Organ, Laughter)
"But Saul, had set out to Damascus, and all of a sudden a bright light appeared in front of him. "SAUL! (Preach!) SAUL! WHY dost thou persecute me...
(Tamberine, Organ)
(Wipes Brow)
'But then he said WHO ART THOU Lord?'
Only my Bible scholars gone know who he was talkin to by how the BIBLE SPELLED IT, capital L small o-r-d...He was talkin to Jesus, and he knew it. Now u may be wondering where Im going, but, but sometimes it don't matter how much POWER we got, if it ain't God's will then IT AINT GONE HAPPEN!
(PREACH! AMEN)
"Well I see somebody's enjoying themself Honey."
"Oh"
(Laughter)
"Now Saul was knocked off his horse, and I got knocked off mine...but he won't knock ya off and leave ya, yall know he gone place ya feet on solid ground. And see it was well when Jesus left...it was already written, Saul was gone be that 12th Apostle! And let me show ya something else...HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT DID NOT FOLLOW JESUS, Oh but when he renewed his mind. See, see y'all scared to let Jesus blind ya, and change ya name...SAUL was blind for three days, and them people he set out to kill...was still alive. Then he was transformed by the renewing of his mind. He wrote to every church...proclaiming the word of God. They LOCKED HIM UP! He had change sides...he was set trippin, some of the young folks know what that is.
(Laughter)
Over in Romans...he said I Beseech thee Brethren. He was doin some beggin wasn't he...beggin them folks to do the Will of God, his own people. Yall know he was a Benjamite...And my message today is he will take the worst of us and give us a gold crown...we just gotta be able to recognize him when he speaks. Let God give u a heavenly sight. Them Disciples cast them lots and replaced Judas with Mathias... The Bible never mentioned him again. Paul was the Apostle he had in mind...He wrote 13 books in the New Testament, but had killed so many for teaching His Word...today, I wanna let yall know..."
"OOOOH! Pastor Reed preached! And yo husband know he played that organ Chile! This old knee...Come on before Sister Kemp stop me..."
"I really enjoyed myself! I knew who Paul was, but I didn't know who he was!"
"Yea, and on Wednesday nights he teach about the Israelites and the 12 tribes...u should come."
"Look Honey, Sister Jackie try to stop Zion every Sunday..."
(Oh, no ma'am!)
"She does? He must really like her...he stopped."
"Honey believe me Zion don't want no floozie..."
"So why isn't he already married?"
"Well, that girl he was with, she just decided he wasn't on her level...left him a note and moved to Minnesota with somebody else. That's all I know."
(OH WOW)
"And what about u Honey?"
"Oh, oh...um well things didn't work out with my children's father. After I had my oldest we broke up, but started messing around again. I went on a date and had a one night stand with a co-worker...I found out I was pregnant and he was happy but, um, it wasn't his child, I kinda found out after she turned 6 months. I was already pregnant by my ex so I just gave up on relationships. I haven't dated in over 4 years, it was just work, school and the kids. So as u can see Im no angel and when it comes to dating I guess Im just afraid."
"U know why, don't u?"
"No Ma'am if I did then may..."
"Cause God didn't send him to ya...just hush chile, so when He call u u can recognize his voice. Now come on Pastor done preached through the first quarter, if them Cowboys loose again today i gotta buy Alice a bean burrito and she better not eat it until Im off..."
"Lord, Zion, come on! Jackie! Deacon Mabry waiting on ya...ooh he looking too Honey."
"I just could not leave u at that shelter, soon as u walked in I said that's an Angel. He better not let u get away either, Lord let me grease my cake pans...y'all want chocolate or vanilla? I ain't baked a wedding cake in years..."