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Losing the Love for Jesus Christ and Compromising With the World (Clip)
David Wilkerson

David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011). American Pentecostal pastor, evangelist, and author born in Hammond, Indiana. Raised in a family of preachers, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at eight and began preaching at 14. Ordained in 1952 after studying at Central Bible College, he pastored small churches in Pennsylvania. In 1958, moved by a Life Magazine article about New York gang violence, he started a street ministry, founding Teen Challenge to help addicts and troubled youth. His book "The Cross and the Switchblade," co-authored in 1962, became a bestseller, chronicling his work with gang members like Nicky Cruz. In 1987, he founded Times Square Church in New York City, serving a diverse congregation until his death. Wilkerson wrote over 30 books, including "The Vision," and was known for bold prophecies and a focus on holiness. Married to Gwen since 1953, they had four children. He died in a car accident in Texas. His ministry emphasized compassion for the lost and reliance on God. Wilkerson’s work transformed countless lives globally. His legacy endures through Teen Challenge and Times Square Church.
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This sermon emphasizes the importance of maintaining love for Jesus Christ above all else, highlighting how the pursuit of selfish desires and worldly attachments can lead to turning away from God. The speaker warns against becoming an enemy of God by prioritizing worldly pleasures over a relationship with Jesus, stressing that love for the world diminishes love for Jesus. The message addresses issues of adultery, idolatry, and the dangers of replacing love for God with love for worldly things.
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And say my mother's a hallelujah woman. I used to go to church. I'm Pentecostal background. I'm Baptist background And I can hardly find any pusher. It hasn't been to church least a Baptist or Pentecostal background the pursuit of selfish desires You see young person. It's not the drug pusher It's not any seducer. It's not the spirit of this age. It's not your evil friends dragging you down I used to preach that but I don't anymore That's all happening after you leave him, but the real reason you broke away is that you lost your love for Jesus Christ You couldn't do what you do. Now if you had any love left for him, you'll understand Jesus said he that's not with me is against me And that means that you don't you didn't walk out of me just because you didn't love me alone You turned on me You didn't only quit loving me you turn to be my enemy And it's more than you're just being for yourself. It's more than you're just being for the devil It's more than you're being for your friends. You're against me And I heard that in my Spirits of mine the other day in prayer and it rang through my subconscious mind Oh God the terror of that not only not to love you walk away with my friends since I'm not hurting anybody I'm doing this to myself. I may do it to my friends. But no, he said you're doing it to me You're against me because if you know with me you're against me There's no neutral ground That's why I believe the Lord commanded thou so love the Lord thy God with all thy heart all thy soul And all thy might and strength because he knew if you would do that you would never leave him never Because that would produce obedience Obedience is the byproduct of love The Bible said if any man loved the world the love of the Father's not in him. You show me any backslidden young person Sitting here in this room or in any other place where I'm preaching hearing my voice right now You I can look you right in the eye. I Can say the reason is that you have no more love for Jesus in your heart You've replaced your love for God with the love of the world you may not admit it, but you don't care for Jesus anymore You've become his enemy. I can tell you that on the authority of God's Word and Your love for the world and for the things of the world Will correspond directly free with your loss of love for Jesus The more you begin to love the world and attach to the things of the world it corresponds with your love for Jesus You love the world more your love for Jesus goes down until it's lost Lust is not your problem. Love is the loss of it Why all the divorcing and cheating and fornicating in the house of God Well, it's wagging the prophecy. God's given me has to do with five Trumpet sounds I'm to make one is Wardom and adultery in the pulpit The number one problem in America adultery in the pulpit a spirit of adultery The building of temples The refusing to lay down idols I Didn't know my television set was an idol Till he told me And I said Lord just one little one in the back room That's what Micah said just a little idol in the back room And almost cost Israel its life Why all the divorcing in the house of God why so much love so many Christians hooked on pornography I Don't know brother swagger gets the confessions. I get and mostly from the ministry Of pornographic cassettes Trading with one another I Don't know what you hear but I hear the sound of a trumpet I hear judgment
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David Wilkerson (1931 - 2011). American Pentecostal pastor, evangelist, and author born in Hammond, Indiana. Raised in a family of preachers, he was baptized with the Holy Spirit at eight and began preaching at 14. Ordained in 1952 after studying at Central Bible College, he pastored small churches in Pennsylvania. In 1958, moved by a Life Magazine article about New York gang violence, he started a street ministry, founding Teen Challenge to help addicts and troubled youth. His book "The Cross and the Switchblade," co-authored in 1962, became a bestseller, chronicling his work with gang members like Nicky Cruz. In 1987, he founded Times Square Church in New York City, serving a diverse congregation until his death. Wilkerson wrote over 30 books, including "The Vision," and was known for bold prophecies and a focus on holiness. Married to Gwen since 1953, they had four children. He died in a car accident in Texas. His ministry emphasized compassion for the lost and reliance on God. Wilkerson’s work transformed countless lives globally. His legacy endures through Teen Challenge and Times Square Church.