In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of honesty and integrity in our actions. He uses the example of people who were sneaky and dishonest in taking free potatoes, warning that sin will eventually be exposed. The preacher also shares the story of a teacher who faced challenges with disobedient students, but ultimately avoided harm due to his strictness and the use of a walking stick. The sermon concludes with a reminder that God sees and knows all our actions, and we will ultimately face the consequences of our choices, even if we repent and are forgiven.

We find in Galatians 6, verse 7, Galatians 6, verse 7, Galatians 6, verse 7, Do not be deceived, God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. We read thus far, it's a few years ago that there was the group called the Beatles. They began to sing that new type of song, that which was of the devil, and which people of Satan rejoiced in, and which today still their pop and rock is still sung. One of them said, it was written in a newspaper, John Lennon said, Christianity will disappear from this world, and that is undebatable. I do not have to argue about that, for I am certain. Jesus was okay, but his subjects were too simple. We are cleverer than he is, or we are more popular than he is, and then it didn't take that long and he was shot six times. He died. It wasn't so long afterwards. He despised Christianity, predicted its disappearance from this world. However, Christianity is still there, and it is growing in strength. He though, burns in hell. He regrets it today. Hell is no small thing. I have often said that even if one doesn't preach about any other topic but hell, it should cause just that single topic people to repent, for it is forever, it is eternal. You do not decide how many years you will be there. Mr. Tancredo Neves, who was president of Brazil, during his presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from presidency. He did indeed get those votes. But the day before his inauguration he got ill and died. For God is not mocked. If there is one who is a fool listening to me today, or in this auditorium, remember that you are risking your own life. You are. To remember that God is not mocked. But don't dare to put your finger in his eye, you'll wake up in hell. Let no one go astray and be deceived, because people are deceived. In your being deceived or going astray, how long do you want to be in this condition? Until when? For how long do you want to be deceived? It is time for repentance whether you feel it or not. whatever grouping you belong to black or white or whoever now's the time to wake up from your sleep. The Bible says in the prophet Jeremiah's book for how long will you wandering daughter go astray. Jeremiah 31 22 there where God's people Israel is referred to as the daughter. As Christians or believers are referred to as the bride of Christ. The Lord asked for how long will you go astray and wander. When will you wake up to the fact of your backslidings. There is going astray but the Lord asked for how long will you remain in your condition. It is not sufficient isn't it enough for you to now wake up in the beginning of the Bible. Genesis 3 verse 1 we read that the serpent was more cunning than all the other creatures of this world. And he said to the woman did God actually say that. Satan chose the creature that was the most clever but it was a clever that had cunning in it. It was a cleverness or intelligence that was demonic. I feel sorry for those who regard themselves highly as intelligent. Don't you know what real A person who is haughty, arrogant in their pride of being clever or of being successful or whatever it might be is a tool of the devil and that person is influenced by Satan. He who has that same cunning. Now the good translation of the Bible says do not allow yourselves to be deceived. Even if Satan comes to you and questions God and says did God actually say you need to realize that you should never listen to him. Be careful not to allow Satan and those who are of the devil to deceive you. In English one has a saying that if a person is controlling you they have you around their small finger. Remember when I got married a certain lady said well I'm glad this will fix him. He'll never preach like he preached before because his wife will be able to control him like it with her little finger. It is many years that the Lord has taken her now but I've still preached always as I did then. I say to you don't allow Satan to control you in that way. To have you controllable by his little finger and that he plays with you. Many children play with their parents like that. Very painful thing. And teachers too who allow the students, the learners to play with them. Those teachers who do not have the spirit are the ones who claim well all children are basically good. Well then the children will play around with you. God says to every single human being in this world do not be deceived for God is not mocked. He who is the truth for the truth will come to the light. In 1 Corinthians 6 verses 9 and 10 it says don't be deceived and then it says those these different sins and the first one in Greek means porno. You know of pornography. Those who expose their nakedness. In 1 Corinthians 6 9 that is the first sin that is mentioned. And I don't know whether there are some people amongst us whose chief sin is porno. Who like to look at things that expose the nakedness of the opposite sex. And it goes on to say the idolaters and those who practice witchcraft nor adulterers nor those who practice homosexuality it says in this verse. I remember as a child there was one who would dress like a woman and behave like that. If that person is alive I don't know but if they've died in that condition unrepentant they are burning in hell. It is claimed that well it's natural this homosexuality the gay lifestyle. Well that's God's gift to you and so it is rampant and you find people of every status in the sin. In churches in jails everywhere. But the Bible says do not be deceived. God is not to be mocked. Soon God's judgment will be upon the whole world every nation. He will come down and call every single person to give account before him. We read of Judas. Or in Jude and the letter of Jude where it says they are the wandering stars who have gone lost. In the Bible it speaks of those who are the preachers the pastors that they are the stars. What a pity if it speaks about stars that are astray wandering. And yet they are in charge of whole congregations and they are practicing the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah. Sodom and Gomorrah was totally burnt to ashes not a trace left and so too with those who live in this homosexuality and do not repent of it. And these preachers who misbehave and who are sexually immoral God says they are wandering stars. It says clouds without water. Driven by every gust in this world. Like the foam of the waves of the sea. This foam being the disgrace the depravity. If you read in the letter of Jude it says these are the ones who are hidden feasts at your love feasts who eat with you. Hidden feasts. And yet I'm amazed how you are deceived and look up to these very preachers. Those who are like clouds driven along with no water. Swept along by every gust fruitless trees. Twice dead. A double death. There are so-called Christians who are just like that. Uprooted trees. Wild waves. Of the sea. Like the waves of the sea uncontrollable. Casting up the foam of their own shame. These are the ones who are deceived and look up to these very preachers who are hidden feasts at your love feasts who eat with you. Wandering stars for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. Such ministers I feel sorry for them for they will reap a double hell. Forever and ever. Much better a jail in this world even if you are sentenced to 10 20 50 years and even if you die in jail so what but hell is forever you cannot escape. When it's on the soul of what you gain and lose when you assume the Lord said if you are stumbled by your hand your right hand rather cut it off and go to heaven with one. Your right hand symbolizing that which is most helpful to you. If you are stumbled by your. God. You're stumbled by I rather pluck it out and go into heaven with one. God. Peter certainly look at the consequences of sin you say well I can't survive without it. Well woe upon you for you will never escape from hell. You say well how can a preacher be one who is astray and causes others to go astray. You know what. Love of money. The love of money has filled hell with people. To go to a good time. In Timothy it says 1 Timothy 6 10 for the love of money is the root of all. The money itself has got no sin it is the love of the money. For more. Instead of preachers spreading the gospel for the salvation of souls they seeing what they can get out of people and those people are to inherit. If all. And those who do not seek God's will in things looking for the highest paid salary instead of asking God what pleases him well to that person to. The love of money is the root of evil. Moon. These are the falling stars out of heaven like Lucifer who was once a shining star but today is known as Satan. Benzene. Being destroyed and then behaving in ways that are despicable what but what lies behind it. The love of money. If I pay a little. And the Bible says they trouble themselves with all sorts of pangs. My. Judas Iscariot went to the religious leaders and said how much money will you give me if I betray Jesus and hand him over to you. But. They suggested. Of 30 silver pieces for which he then sold Jesus. Jesus was then crucified as a result of that. No wonder that he hung himself from a tree as his stomach was swollen and burst everything. So. All this extra excrement shown to the world. I use rude language because you too will die in that way. The. Peter speaks of those who leave the straightway. To Peter 2 15 who chose the way of Balaam. For he loved. And he made his decisions based on money. We do God. Are there those in our midst who have been led astray by money. Deceived and left the way of God because of money. They're selling drugs because of money. Gang. Doing despicable things even ending in murder. You see how stars have fallen. Hey. Candy money. Don't be impressed by those preachers who are arrogant. High and lofty. Who. Perhaps. Have got wonderful cars and beautiful houses. That is just temporary. But they fall. Rather instead of them being in the dark forest seeking souls to save. They love money. Money. The Bible says let the rich be like those who are not rich. The one who has a wife like one who does not have a wife. Those who have a home. A house like one who does not. Blessed is such a person. Abba. Those who walk the way of Balaam are burning in hell. I wish that you could hear their cries even now. Maybe it'll wake you up. Be very careful. Don't be. In the groupings of those who follow John Lennon. Those who said predicted Christianity will die. And they are more important than Jesus. Well after a short time bullets killed him. It's a money. Who can you scold? It's like you are. Go 1543. In Germany there's a school that was built in 1543. In the 1800s there was a certain teacher there. Abba. Who was very strict. Especially on boys who were busy with love relationships and writing love letters. At night. The boys would go out of their dorms and be naughty. Who teach? The teacher caught some of them. But they continued in their evil. Even though some had to be expelled from the school. One night the teacher got back to his bedroom late. And on the way to walk through a certain passage. He walked with a stick. Fortunately. Fortunately for him. for one of the boys had set an animal trap with those steel jaws that he hoped would punish the teacher for being so strict and destroy his leg. But fortunately, since he had a walking stick, it then crushed the stick, broke up into pieces. Fortunately for him, his leg wouldn't be able to support it. Those school children wanted his leg to be broken. The teachers and the school committee tried to find the culprit. But he was not to be found. After some years, that teacher got a letter from some of the children who had been taught by him during the time when the trap was set. This letter was written. The boy said, For many years I was glad I thought we had got you. And it never came to light as to the real culprit. But today I realize that God is not mocked for he is sovereign. And nothing is hidden from his eyes. For God has punished me and I have been dreadfully wounded. I had hoped, sir teacher, that your leg would be broken. But God has broken mine. I was at war. I was shot. And I had both legs amputated. I cannot describe to you the pain I felt. I have a bad conscience thinking that I was punishing you. I did it to myself. Sir, I want to confess my sin to you today. Help me and tell the school children. Make an example of me. That the wages of sin comes. We can sin but we will reap the consequences. The punishment of sin does come. Even if it is after many years. Remember that whatever it is, thoughts, actions, whatever it is, God is in heaven and he sees. What a person sows he will reap. Let everybody pay attention to this. Let everybody pay attention to this. Recently I offered free potatoes to people per family but there were those who were sneaky and would hide their plastic bag with the potatoes around the corner and come again. That sin will find you out. If you need more potatoes, be open about it, come to me and I can gladly give you more. But don't be sneaky about it, don't hide because that which you do, you will reap the consequences thereof. You know here in our province of KwaZulu-Natal there is the Comrades Marathon, either from Durban to Meritsburg or Meritsburg to Durban. In one year number 8 and number 10 won. And they got the rewards, they were the ones who came to the end first. But soon afterwards, the organisers announced that they had been dishonest because those runners didn't realise that the security of the marathon had set up cameras and they had not passed by certain cameras, they had taken shortcuts, their awards were removed. It was number 8 and number 10. It was number 8 and number 10. I will not at a certain... They had found a route that was not the certified route, they did not go by the cameras, instead they chose their own route. That happened between Marisburg and Durban. Their rewards were removed. They were disqualified. God is not mocked. Think of your works. You will reap the consequences. You might repent, but also you might still have to reap the consequences of it. Even though you are forgiven. A girl pregnant, you might repent and be forgiven by the Lord. However, the baby is still there. That child will still trouble you. We had a co-worker here, first co-worker who was Mrs Mzila, the daughter of a preacher, but was born illegitimately. I am a murderer, an outlaw, I have the power to have my children killed. I am not angry, I am not ashamed. I am not offended. I am not a coward. Troublesome in many ways though. I tried to help pay for his education and that but he was Got involved in crime and she said how terrible it is to have to reap the results of your sin what you have sowed In coca-cola, so new goof the wages of sin is death Oh You haven't repented Repented repent then otherwise you will reap what you have sowed No, not do he? Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. Examine your life. Examine your life. Have you repented? Have you truly repented? Or have you only half repented? There will be consequences of that. Each one will give account of his life. You will give account of all you've done before the judgment throne. Forget the potatoes. Forget the buses of transport. You get right with God. Ask God to examine you, to examine your life. Everything from childhood up, whether you've been looking at sinful literature, pornographic things. If I had to pronounce that you're on the way to heaven, I would be a fallen star, one with Lucifer. Ask God to examine you, to examine your life. Pray, ask God to examine you, to see if there be any wicked way in you. Do everything, then be hasty to repent. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. Nothing is hidden that won't be revealed. Where ever you are, even if you're overseas listening to this service, repent, deal with it. Those things which you do, your children will do the same. Repent. Ask, call on God to help you. Ask Him to examine you, to see if there is some evil in you. That God would change you, that through the precious blood, He would wash you. Shall we bow our heads? Work, O Lord, by your Holy Spirit in each one who hears. For, Lord, we've heard you say that we should not be deceived, and if we are deceived, for how long will we be deceived? Help us, O God, and give us genuine repentance, that there would be the fruit of repentance before being condemned to hell. Amen.