The Undershepherd Page #8

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You're gonna

be great.

Thank you.

I don't want him to preach,

and that's final.

Did you forget

how this church is run?

You don't dictate anything

around here.

I can have you

replaced in two seconds.

Oh, you really don't wanna open

that can of worms now, do you?

This is my church.

No, this is the church

we allow you to speak in.

I have quadrupled the money

that comes into this church.

I have the highest-rated

ministry on television.

Without me, this church

would be nothing!

What are you scared

of, L.C. huh?

Are you scared that

Roland just might upstage you?

You're good, you're

real good.

Are you serious?

Dead serious.

You know what,

Deaconess?

I'll let

him preach.

You'll let him

preach.

Okay.

And one more thing,

Case.

Yeah, what?

If you ever

physically touch me again

I know people that

will hurt you.

Oh, Deaconess.

Hey.

That's my brother,

Joey.

How you doing, man?

Heard you were

looking for me.

Yes, Joe, I have.

My Joey.

Joey... I really,

really appreciate you

not saying anything-

Sure

appreciate you.

Take it.

I don't

want that.

Joey, she... I heard

she's gonna be okay.

Thank God.

Just go on,

take it.

I don't want

that money.

Now just hold on a

minute, here, all right?

If you walk out that door,

you just keep on walking.

You are no longer

welcome at this church.

And leave my keys

on my desk!

Why don't you

think about this?

I could've taken you

places, Joey.

Come with me.

Come with me,

take it.

I pray to God I'm not

going to places you're going.

You keep that.

Just hold on minute,

hold on a minute,

just hold on a minute.

If you ever say

anything.

If you ever

say anything.

No one is ever gonna

believe you.

You hear me?

Joey!

If

Good morning,

church.

I said,

good morning, church.

Good morning!

We have a...

special guest

this morning.

Young man who's been here with

us for about 15 years and

went off to start his

own church, praise God.

We wanna welcome him back,

him and his lovely wife.

I want the church

to give him a big

First Baptist welcome.

For Pastor

Roland Braxton.

Come on up, Pastor.

I'm, uh...

truly blessed to be here

this morning.

When I agreed to come

back and, uh, preach here today,

it... it...

Take your time,

tell it!

...led me to reflect

on, uh...

all the things that

have transpired in, in

me and my beautiful wife,

Shirley's life

since we've been away.

And now I can

truly say that, uh...

I know now what it's

like to struggle.

But I wasn't

always in that place

of humility and

unselfishness.

I was arrogant, I was

brash, I was impatient,

I was...

I had my own ideas of what

I should be doing.

In Proverbs, it says that, "men

may know wisdom and instruction,

"understand words

of insight.

"Receive

instruction in wise dealing,

"righteousness, justice

and equity.

Yeah, yeah.

"The wise man also may hear

and increase in learning

and the man of

understanding acquire skill. "

It's just one of

the many lessons I've learned.

Come on, now.

I need you to

step down now, come on.

The Bible also says,

"Man is bowed down.

"And men are brought low.

"But the Lord of hosts

is exalted in justice.

"And the Holy God shows

himself holy in righteousness.

"He will raise a

signal...

"He will raise a

signal for a nation far off

"and whistle for it to

the ends of the earth.

None is weary,

none stumbles. "

Sit down.

You can sit down,

Rev.

Amen.

Wasn't

that wonderful?

Short and sweet.

Just like

I like it.

We wanna thank Pastor Roland

for his sermon today.

And I was moved.

By the reception of

this church!

For a man,

who quite frankly,

turned his back on his

and walked away.

From this church!

We made a scene that he

was off doing the Lord's work,

but that wasn't the case.

He wanted

his own church.

He wanted his own

identity.

Well, well.

And he couldn't achieve

that identity

in the shadows

of Dr. Cannon.

So he turned his back on all

of us and this church

and set out

on his own path

designed by the devil

himself.

So now he comes back

with his beautiful wife.

Crawling back!

Like

a prodigal son.

Coming to save the house

and its riches!

You know the story.

Sit

your ass down!

Oh!

Sit down, Rol.

Your knees are burning!

If God was truly

on your side

it would've

succeeded, Amen?

But it failed.

He failed.

You failed.

He's a loser.

He's an imposter

disguised as a Pastor.

He can't be sincere if he can't

be an undershepherd.

A true undershepherd.

If your heart is filled

with ego and greed, Roland.

God is so good.

God is so good.

God is so good.

Some of you have heard about

Nish Wilks being ill and, uh,

God sent some inspiring

angels.

But he wasn't

done with it.

We're done with you!

We can talk about this

after the service.

As I was saying,

God is there even when...

you think he isn't.

We want the truth.

Can you please escort

Brother Wilks out my church.

Young man, I am the Chairman

of the Board of the directors

of this church.

And I know you

know who runs this church.

Get down, L.C.

Listen, listen.

Tell 'em, L.C.

If you have one ounce of

decency left in you.

Tell them!

Tell them,

what?

You tell them the truth

about how you used my daughter.

Hold on, hold on,

wait a minute, wait a minute.

I know we got cameras in here

but wait, one minute.

Wait, one minute.

The truth about

your daughter

getting pregnant by

a member of this church?

Tell them the truth

about...

The truth about her terminating

one of God's children!

The truth,

you want the truth?

I'll give you the truth,

Brother Wilks.

The truth is

that my assistant Joey

is the father of that

terminated baby

and that's why he

is not here today so, yes.

You want the truth about

your daughter?

The truth of your

daughter is a whore.

Oh my God!

You wanna talk about

free will?

Son, I told you,

that you were no longer

welcome in this church,

my house!

The minister

is lying!

As God is my witness,

Minister Case

impregnated Nish.

What?

Wait!

I've given you

everything.

And you wanna stand here

and defame me and my character!

You know I am a

married man.

I drove a young woman that

you got pregnant

to an abortion clinic

where she almost died.

And then...

he asks me to say

that I was the father.

And I almost did.

You almost did.

Y'all finished?

There's cameras

in here.

As God is my witness, I don't

know what kind of reality show

is going on here,

Brother Wilks.

L'ma pray for you.

This young

man is bitter

because I let him go.

People, please.

Please,

don't be fooled

by this well-orchestrated

opera!

Roll the tape.

Roll the tape.

Wait, wait, this

is an abortion clinic.

Yes.

Who am I

taking?

Nish.

I wanna see you.

I want you inside

of me.

Nish'. You told Joey...

this is your responsibility.

Tum this off,

tum it off.

Tell them!

You're telling me that

you are not taking me

and you are asking

me to be reasonable?

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