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But Pete seen the lightning and how the wind was makin' waves and he got scared all over again and began to sink. "Oh, no! Help me Jesus! Help me, I'm a sinkin' down!"

But y'all let it slide when someone doesn't even help their parents out when they need some help. Y'all tell these kids that it's fine to give money to your organization instead of buying food for their parents.

Y'all ain't nothin' but snake-oil salesmen! Old Isaiah was tellin' the truth when God spoke through him and said,

'All of you have real pretty words for me, but I never even cross your mind.

The food you put in your mouth doesn't make you unfit in the Boss's eye, but the filthy talk that comes out of your mouth sure enough does."

But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. These words are what will make you unfit accordin' to the Boss.

Jesus never said a word to her but just kept riding. The lady wouldn't give up, so the cowboys asked Jesus if he would tell her to shut up and leave.

"That is true my Lord," she said, "but even city slickers are given one ride by a gentle cowboy."

But if the sky is red and cloudy in the morning you'd say it was about to rain. You're good at lookin' at the weather by the signs in the sky, but you won't open your eyes to what's happenin' right before your eyes.

Finally it began to sink in and the cowboys knew what he was talkin' about. He wasn't talkin' about yeast for makin' biscuits, but the things that the hypocritical preachers and cattle barons tried to get people to do.

From this point on, Jesus told his cowboys what was gonna happen to him. He said, "Pretty soon, I'm gonna ride up to Jerusalem and all those folks I've warned you about are gonna do some very terrible things to me. In the end, they're gonna string me up. But after three days, I will come back to life."

But Jesus reached down and helped them up and told them, "Don't be scared!"

But here's the thing, a cowboy like Elijah has already come and they didn't even recognize him. They treated him sorry and they will do the same to me."

I took him to some of your cowboys, but they couldn't help him."

But this kind don't shuck loose without prayer and fasting."

They're gonna string me up, but on the third day after, I'm gonna be raised from the dead and brought back to life." The cowboys all looked down and some of them cried.

"I don't want to start any trouble here so I'll pay the tax that keeps my Father's house runnin' even though I don't have to. But I want you to go down to that pond and catch a fish. When you catch that catfish, open its mouth and there will be enough money for my tax and yours. Ride into town and pay it."

But I don't care who you are, if you make one of these kiddos lose their faith or their trust and cause them to sin, it would be better if you were killed by a pack of coyotes.

"This whole world is headin' straight for a cliff because of their sins. It's sure enough gonna happen, but I feel sorry for the man who causes one of my little cowboys to sin.

"Let me ask you this. If you had a hundred cows, but one of them was missing, wouldn't you go look for it?